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For years now, straight hair has been the female ideal. But curls are back, along with short crops, rattails and dip dyes. Today, hair is once again becoming a statement of individualism.

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BY ELIZABETH DAY

Like many addictions, it starts as a psychological prop, a way of making yourself feel more confident in social situations.

At first you only do it on a night out because everyone else does. But then you become dependent. Before you know it, you’re indulging first thing in the morning and then in the loo at work when you think no one’s looking. You do it after the gym and even on holiday. You forget what you were like before the addiction took hold. The

idea of living without it sends a shiver of cold terror down your spine.

I talk not of narcotics, alcohol or cigarettes. I talk instead of something that millions of women can relate to on an everyday basis: The simple act of straightening one’s hair.

Over the past decade, ironed-straight hair has become almost the default style for females of a cer-tain age. At some point in the early noughties, it seemed we all signed up to the cult of the poker-straight. Our obsession was fuelled by advances in technology and the ready availability of salon-quality straighteners on the high street. When ceramic-plated GHD hair straighteners first hit the shelves, we rushed en masse to grab a pair capable of transforming our frizzy mops into long, sleek manes worthy of a member of Atomic Kitten. Everyone was doing it. Even Jennifer Aniston, propagator of that iconic layered mid-90s haircut “The Rachel”, went straight.

In the grip of our addiction we didn’t care about the damage done to our split ends or the occasional forehead burn or the times we had to dash back to the house, panicked that we’d left our straighteners on and they were bur-ning a hole through the carpet.

I was no exception. With my straighteners I could iron the natu-ral kink out of my hair in five minu-tes every morning. It was quicker and easier than getting a blow-dry. When I started my first job on a newspaper, I told myself that straight hair looked more professional than my custo-mary tangle. Soon the straighteners were just another part of my morning routine. I was so attached to them I once took a pair on assignment to Mali – even though I was staying in a hotel with no electricity. For the best part of a decade I was a slave to the straightener. I didn’t think to question my subservience because everyone else was doing it, too.

But now something strange is happening. Silently, stealthily, a gene-ration of women has emerged from under the steaming shadow of 230C heat. And hair has once again become

something to experiment with. Blow-dry bars have sprung up in city centres. Extensions are something you do to your scalp rather than the side-return of your house. A battery of gadgetry has reached salon shelves: curling tongs and hot rollers and hair extensions and Argan oil and dry shampoo. Pop stars such as Katy Perry and Kelly Osbourne are dyeing their hair shocking pink and purple. Lady Gaga wears oversize bows made of hair. Women grow fringes to be like Lou Doillon, sport undercuts to emulate Rihanna and style peroxide-blonde mohicans in homage to Emeli Sandé, and no one bats an eyelid.

“It’s not one, iconic haircut any more,” explains Luke Hersheson, an award-winning stylist and a brand ambassador for L’Oréal Kérastase. “People used to embrace having the same haircut as Jennifer Aniston. Now there are 20 or 30 new trends, and individuality is so much more important.”

Hersheson says that social networks such as Twitter and Instagram, which enable celebrities to establish direct relationships with their fans, have meant that we are now able to leap on new trends far more quickly.

“We’ve always had celebrity influence, but the world’s a lot smaller,” Hersheson says. “When I was starting out in the early 90s, the only way I could find out what was happening was to assist hairdressers at a catwalk show. Those pictures were not released to the public for six months. Now I just go home and log on. The accessibility has changed massively.”

Today hair is once again becoming a statement of individualism. Just in time, as it happens, because a few weeks ago my straighteners broke and my hair reverted to its untampered state: a nondescript wave that is nei-ther one thing nor the other.

But the odd thing was that I no longer felt leaving the house without straightened hair was the visual equi-valent of going out in public missing some vital item of clothing. Instead my female acquaintances were overwhel-mingly positive.

Hair today: Straightor curly?

For women, hair is a tricky business. Straight or curly, it comes loaded with cultural meaning – a social symbol that, unlike clothing, is an intrinsic part of the body and one which grows on a daily basis. Hair is a genetic inheritance, a marker of our biological roots, and yet the vast majority of us manipulate it through our lifetimes.

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My cousin said my hair looked better than she’d ever seen it. Some – like my friend Olivia – were almost affron-ted that I’d been hiding my curls from them for so long, as though I’d been leading a follicular double life. “You should leave your hair exactly as it is,” Olivia insisted. “Throw the straighte-ners out.”

The men I know were less sure. They thought my hair made me seem “a bit zany – like Minnie Driver”. One male acquaintance cited Anita Roddick. My husband diplomatically said he liked it both curly and straight, which is basi-cally why I married him. Interestingly, everyone I spoke to believed it made me look younger.

For women, hair is a tricky business. Straight or curly, it comes loaded with cultural meaning – a social symbol that, unlike clothing, is an intrinsic part of the body and one which grows on a daily basis.

“Hair is called a secondary sexual characteristic,” says Philip Kingsley, one of the UK’s leading trichologists, and the man who coined the term “bad hair day”. “You can’t flaunt your pri-mary sexual characteristics in public, at least not in western society, so that’s what makes your hair so important from a social viewpoint: it’s about sexuality and morale. Lots of women, and men, find that if they are not happy with their hair then they are unhappy people.”

Hair is a genetic inheritance, a marker of our biological roots, and yet the vast majority of us manipulate it through our lifetimes. The styling of our hair is, says Dr Sarah Cheang, a senior tutor at the Royal College of Art, a form of “social signalling”. According to Cheang, who co-edited the book Hair: Styling, Culture and Fashion, our impulse to straighten, dye or curl our hair comes from a psycho-logical need to disguise who we really are. When hair continues to grow, it threatens to betray our biological roots or our so-called “natural” identity to others.

“We may have decided that our ‘true’ or ‘correct’ identity should be some-thing else,” she says. “Thus hair might need to be dyed, bleached, straighte-ned, curled or hastily removed.”

As a result we bombard our hair with treatments. We allow it to affect our moods, and we treat it as a means of both adornment and self-expression. When we lose it – through alopecia or chemotherapy – the trauma is intense.

The issue becomes even more complex for black women, for whom straight hair can often only be achieved through great expense, the application of dangerous chemicals and the endu-rance of physical pain. Straightening the natural texture of black people’s hair has been perceived as pacifying a culture dominated by white ideals of beauty – but that is another, even more politically charged story.

All of this contributes to the fact that the average woman in the UK spends £26,500 on her tresses over her lifetime. A quarter of the respon-dents to a 2010 poll of 3,000 people said they would rather spend money

on their hair than food. And although the grim economic climate has seen visits to hair salons drop off, an increa-sing number of women are styling their hair at home.

A consumer report by Mintel states that ownership of hair-styling products has expanded by 4.4 million adults bet-ween 2007-10. Twenty million women own a hair dryer and more than 5 million own straighteners (25 percent of whom say they couldn’t live without them).

But why do we bother? Why do we feel this need to tamper with our hair? Hersheson sees it as part of an inherent human covetousness: “It’s part of our being to want something we haven’t got. We’ve got a natural, built-in desire to enhance, change or experiment.”

This could be true. A natural bru-nette, I remember being desperate to have blonde hair as a teenager because it seemed that all the boys fancied Pamela Anderson. It turns out there is plenty of historical precedent

for blondes being more admired. The Edwardian explorer M French Sheldon claimed to have dazzled the locals in East Africa in 1906 with a white gown and a long blonde wig that apparently rendered her all-powerful and untouchable. But colour is a fluid concept.

“Blondeness used to be a sign of youth,” says fashion historian Caroline Cox. “Now, because so many women post-50 are dyeing their hair blonde, it’s a sign of maturity, and young women are increasingly dyeing their hair in a grey tone that’s almost silver or pale blue.”

Hair cut, too, has long been a social signifier. When the bob gained popula-rity in the 1920s it was emblematic of a new era of modernity and women’s emancipation in the aftermath of the First World War – a literal cutting-off from outdated Edwardian traditions. In the 1960s both men and women grew their hair long to rebel against accepted establishment norms. In the 1980s the first wave of women in the

workplace often cut their hair short in order to fit into a male-dominated environment (in Working Girl, Mike Nichols’s 1988 film about a secretary who yearns to become a businesswo-man, there is a seminal moment in which the protagonist, Tess, is so des-perate to be taken seriously that she cuts off her soft blonde hair).

These days, according to Cox, the dominant trend is for styling rather than cutting, and for “glamorous, long hair, and lots of it”. It is a look that crosses the social divide and yet simul-taneously emphasises it. There is an assumption that pneumatic glamour models and female cast members of Towie rely on “fake” hair extensions, whereas the luscious natural locks of the Duchess of Cambridge bespeak a woman with the time and money to devote to a deluxe blow-dry.

Other famous proponents of the glossy mane include the caramel-tinted Kim Sears – when her boyfriend Andy Murray won Wimbledon, the BBC devoted almost as many camera angles to capturing the rippling movements of Kim’s astonishing hair as it did to the tennis. As a result of this trend, the UK is now the third largest importer of human hair in the world, with £38m worth entering the country in 2011 and a 70 percent market growth in the last five years.

Karin Lesnik-Oberstein, a professor of critical theory at the University of Reading and editor of The Last Taboo: Women and Body Hair, sees this as part of a broader trend towards cos-metic enhancement. “There’s an idea now that the more successful a woman is, the more glamorous and sexy she should be,” she says.

“Short hair is still equated with mas-culinity,” says Lesnik-Oberstein. “I have very short hair, and in England I often get mistaken for a man. It happened to me recently with two older ladies who mistook me for a man in the loo and said: ‘Sir, this is a ladies’ ‘loo’ very politely. They were mortified when I told them I was actually a woman. That never happens to me on the continent – for instance in Germany or Holland, where a lot of these societies are more egalitarian and matriarchal.”

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Women go out of their way to make their hair voluminous or to bring back lost shine. But it seems like

almost everyone has something to say about their precious locks. While compli-ments can make a woman’s day, anything said against them can lead to a catfight.

Here is a list of things you should never say to a woman about her hair, reports huff-ingtonpost.com.• What did you do to your hair?• That’s an interesting hairstyle.• Your hair made you!• Your hair looks thin!• Your roots are showing.• Who did that perm, girl? I can totally fix

that.• You used to have such good hair once.

What happened?• Why don’t you do your hair like hers?• How long did it take to get your hair

done?• I can give you the name of a good

hairdresser.• Is it supposed to look like that?• Is that paint in your hair? (Referring to a

gray streak.)• Wow. It’s so soft. It looks coarser.• Do you colour it yourself?• It makes your face look fat.• Are you wearing a wig?• Did you get that cut or colour or style or

perm because you’re having a crisis?• Is that human hair?• What hairstyle were you trying to go for?• Wow, your hair looks so big!• Really do not like your hairstyle!• When are you going to get your hair

done, baby?• It’s greasy.• Why darling, you’re bald.• Oh, it’s shorter than usual. Well, it will

grow out.• It makes you look old.• I think you need to colour your hair.• It’s just different, that’s all. IANS

What shouldn’t be said to a woman about her hair

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Samsung C&T, as member of the FAST consortium, has received a letter of award by

the Arriyadh Development Authority (ADA) to oversee the Package III (lines 4, 5, and 6) portion to build a massive subway network in Riyadh. The contract includes the design, construction and commissioning of lines 4 (orange), 5 (yellow) and 6 (purple), which will have 25 stations. Construction will include 64.6km rail track: 29.8km viaduct, 26.6km under-ground track and 8.2km overground track.

Samsung C&T will partner with FCC from Spain, Strukton from the Netherlands and Freyssinet from Saudi Arabia for the design, construc-tion and commission of the project. Subway cars and the operating system will be designed, built and delivered by the French specialist Alstom. The Riyadh Subway Construction Project will transform the city, strengthening

Samsung C&T awarded Riyadh Metro Project

Officials at the signing of the Letter of Award.

and driving the Saudi economy and improving living standards by provid-ing citizens with their first metropol-itan public transport system. It will be the longest subway system under development in the world — 176km.

Yeon-Joo Jung, CEO & Vice

Chairman of Samsung C&T, said: “Samsung C&T looks forward to exe-cuting this landmark project to the highest standard, contributing to the development of Riyadh. The project will require us to work with some of the best in the global construction

industry and serve as an opportunity for us to demonstrate that Samsung C&T is one of them.”

Samsung C&T is also working on metro projects in South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, Qatar and India. The Peninsula

Mannai Corporation hosted its annual iftar celebration at Mannai compound at Salwa Industrial Area. Senior management team and more than 600 employees from subsidiary companies attended.

In the spirit of Ramadan this year, Listerine Middle East and North Africa teams based in Qatar celebrated iftar with labourers this week.

The initiative saw executives from Listerine and volunteers come together in the spirit of community service to help distribute meals and make a dif-ference to the workers’ welfare. During Ramadan, Listerine is distributing about 2,000 meals in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE.

Bad breath is a common complaint when fasting during Ramadan, due to the dryness of the mouth. The issue can be reduced by drinking plenty of fluids during the evening and suhoor time, followed by brushing and mouthwash.

According to recent research by scientists from Johnson & Johnson, antiseptic mouthwashes kill bacteria causing plaque, gingivitis and bad breath. Anti-cavity mouthwashes use fluoride to protect against tooth decay:

Taking a few minutes to care for your mouth each day can help you establish healthy habits for a lifetime. Keeping a healthy body is important to maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

Brushing alone misses 75 percent of your mouth. That’s why it’s essential to rinse with mouthwash to reach nearly 100 percent of your mouth and get rid of the bacteria that brushing leaves behind and that can cause plaque, bad breath and the gum dis-ease gingivitis.

“The main challenge is that many people don’t

Listerine distributes iftar meals to labourers in Qatar

Dining in Doha launches Ramadan contests

In celebration of Ramadan, Dining in Doha has launched its Annual Ramadan Competitions. It is the largest contest in Qatar for Dining in Doha and other websites and publications in the field.

Dining in Doha is giving people the chance to win suhoor at various hotels and restaurants. Winners will have the chance to break fast at many five-star hotels also. Lots of winners will have the chance to win suhoor for two our four people.

In the last few weeks, over 3000 people entered The Dining in Doha Ramadan Iftar Competitions – with over 50 winners being chosen.

If you would like to enter competitions, just head to the website [www.din-ingindoha.com] and answer the question.

It isn’t long now before Dining in Doha launches Qatar’s first promotional discount card. With discounts at major five-star hotels with deals ranging from 10 percent to 50 percent, the card is sure to take the foodies of Qatar by storm! Details to come soon! Contact Sophie Wehbi, Director, Dining in Doha, info@diningindoha.com The Peninsula

understand how a mouthwash works and helps in complete oral care. Specially formulated mouth-wash facilitates control of the bacteria counts in the mouth thereby assisting in disease control,” said Dr Ramesh Bulbule, Dental Surgeon at Alabama Dental

Center and Chairman of Scientific Committee, Emirates Dental Society, the UAE

Listerine is the leading mouthwash brand in the Middle East, available in different variants in lead-ing pharmacies and supermarkets. The Peninsula

Workers receiving iftar packets.

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Darwish Luxury opens its new Pandora Shop-in-shop in Doha

Qatar Duty Free (QDF), the second largest duty free operator in the Middle East, has announced an

exciting summer promotion until August 31 for passengers departing from or tran-siting through Doha International Airport (DIA).

Having witnessed success year on year, the next edition of the Summer Surprises Promotion offers passengers who spend QR550 ($150) or more on duty free pur-chases a scratch & win coupon to win instant prizes.

Those with a coupon will on the spot win prizes, including gold coins, Canon cameras, Samsonite travel accessories, QDF Luxury Car Draw and Motorbike Draw raffle tickets, LG mobiles, Apple iPads, watches, QDF gift vouchers, QDF

discount coupons, and many others. Double scratch & win coupons will be extended to MasterCard members who will make pur-chases with their credit card. QDF offers a wide assortment of latest products in various categories, including cosmetics, electronics, clothing, jewellery, confec-tionary and much more. “’The tremendous response received from customers in the past years for the summer promotion has encouraged us to bring back this exciting promotion once again,” said QDF Senior Vice-President, Keith Hunter. “Our vast range of duty free products ranging across leading international brands has been met with great delight among international travellers. We hope passengers will have an extra special memory of their travels this summer.” The Peninsula

Qatar Duty Free launches Summer Surprises Promotion

A special travel experience for all travellers.

A Pandora lookbook summer pre-autumn 2013 pack.

Turkish Airlines is promoting fascinating traditions and spiritual experi-ence celebrated across the cultural capital of the country throughout Ramadan with its ‘Ramadan in Istanbul’ campaign, which is popular

among GCC residents, with the airline recording significant growth in tourist arrivals from the region.

Passenger numbers from the Gulf were highest from Saudi Arabia this June, followed by the UAE, Kuwait and Qatar. The airline is building on the appeal of Turkey to GCC tourists as a popular year-round destination, which offers a unique blend of Eastern and Western cultures, with the new campaign. ‘Ramadan in Istanbul’ underlines Turkey’s traditions and monuments, comple-mented with state-of-the-art hospitality provided by the airline and the country.

Ziya Taskent, Senior Vice President, Marketing & Sales, of the airline, said: “Istanbul continues to be one of the most preferred vacation and leisure desti-nations for residents in the Middle East. The ‘Ramadan in Istanbul’ campaign builds on popularity and increased visitors during the holy month last year, especially as the airline offers attractive fares from the Middle East to the capital as part of the annual travel promotion.”

Istanbul is home to a rich Ramadan culture tracing back to the Ottoman era through holy scripts, paintings and an inherited tradition celebrated by the Turkish people. It exudes a cosmopolitan vibe with an abundance of shopping opportunities, particularly for Ramadan gifts.

Turkish Airlines’ ‘Ramadan in Istanbul’ campaign boosts GCC visitor traffic

Turkey offers a unique blend of Eastern and Western cultures.

Taskent said: “We are continuing to enhance passenger satisfaction on the airline, highlighted by awards we have won. ‘Ramadan in Istanbul’ gives added reasons for people from the Middle East to visit Turkey.” The airline connects passengers to 237 destinations in 103 countries and flies to more destinations in the Middle East from Europe than any other airline. To view flight schedules and other details, please visit www.turkishairlines.com The Peninsula

Darwish Luxury, the luxury arm of Darwish Holding, and Pandora, the global brand famous for genuine hand-finished jewellery,

has launched two new shop-in-shop concepts at “Fifty One East” — City Center Doha and “Moderna” — The Center. The two locations in addition to the concept store at Lagoona Mall are welcoming a sea-son of new charms touched by a look reminiscent of seaside summers.

Founded in 1982 in Copenhagen, Denmark, Pandora aims to provide women across the world with a universe of modern, genuine and hand-fin-ished jewellery to help express their individuality and bring their personal style to life. Pandora-created feminine and timeless jewellery has been embraced by consumers worldwide for its unique quality to cap-ture life’s treasured moments at a reasonable price.

A representative from Darwish Luxury said: “We are delighted to announce Pandora’s new stalls com-prising a chic collection of bracelets, charms and jewellery. We aimed to create an eye-catching fusion that will satisfy the fashionistas’ desires while bring-ing the experience closer to them.”

Inspired with the trends of the 2013 summer and pre-autumn seasons, Pandora divulged in the Qatari market the new-fangled, versatile hand-finished leather bracelet that adds a gorgeous play on texture

to your favourite Pandora charms. In addition, this season comprises Pandora’s monochrome flower charms, where the graceful black and white cherry blossom motifs give Pandora’s newest hand-spun charms a charming and poetic feel. Not to forget the sparkling hand-finished pavé charms that were updated for the season with eye-catching stripes of cubic zirconia pavé-set stones in graphic black, pas-sionate pink or dazzling blue contrasted with classic white.

Pandora designs, manufactures and markets hand-finished and modern jewellery made from genuine materials at affordable prices. Pandora jewellery is sold in more than 70 countries on six continents through over 10,300 points of sale, including about 900 concept stores. Pandora employs over 6,000 people worldwide of whom 4,000 are in Gemopolis, Thailand, where the company manufactures its jew-ellery. Pandora is publicly listed on the Nasdaq OMX Copenhagen stock exchange. In 2012, Pandora’s total revenue was DKK 6.7bn (about 893m euros). For details, please visit www.pandoragroup.com

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BY GUY GUGLIOTTA

START with the largest air-craft ever built, with a wing-span longer than a football field and a split fuselage fit-ted with six Boeing 747 jet

engines — enough thrust to get 1.3 million pounds off the ground, about 425,000 pounds more than a fully loaded 747. Sling a 120-foot, three-stage rocket below the aircraft, and when the plane reaches 30,000 feet, fire the rocket into space. Then the plane flies back to Earth.

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen calls his newest venture Stratolaunch, a sys-tem designed to lift 13,500-pound pay-loads — satellites, science experiments, cargo and, eventually, humans — into low-Earth orbit, where the space shuttle used to fly and where the international space station still dwells. Construction of the aircraft is underway in California, with test flights planned for the end of 2016 and the first mission to occur in late 2017 or early 2018.

“You have a certain number of dreams in your life that you want to fulfill, and this is a dream I am very excited about seeing come to frui-tion,” Allen said at a news conference in late 2011 to announce Stratolaunch. He said he sought to take advantage of “a much-expanded opportunity” for private enterprise now that Nasa is focusing on deep space missions. This could lead to “a radical change in the space launch industry”.

Paul Ghaffari, chief investment officer for Vulcan Capital, an arm of Allen’s Seattle-based firm, said Stratolaunch is a medium-size system that has no real competitors now but even in the future should have “unique advantages” over ground-based rivals, including the abil-ity to launch in inclement weather, to fly without worrying about the avail-ability of launch pads and to operate from different locations. Ghaffari said Stratolaunch hopes ultimately to host six to 10 missions per year.

Allen, like PayPal founder Elon Musk, whose Dragon spacecraft has

already docked with the international space station, and real estate developer Robert Bigelow, whose two inflatable Genesis spacecraft have been orbit-ing the Earth for six and seven years respectively, is hoping to turn low-Earth orbit into a commercial mon-eymaker, now that Nasa is focusing on longer-distance exploration missions.

But will Stratolaunch really take off? Space is expensive, and all aspiring entrepreneurs must eventually decide whether there will be enough demand for launches to enable them to recoup their investment. Allen, Stratolaunch’s sole funder, has not discussed his expenditures. The design and engineer-ing of Stratolaunch relies heavily on two firms — Dulles, Virginia-based Orbital Sciences and Scaled Composites of Mojave, California — that have outstand-ing credentials as aerospace innovators.

Ghaffari said Allen nursed the idea for Stratolaunch for nearly two decades and began studying it in earnest in conversations with Scaled Composites founder Burt Rutan around 2000. With Allen as financial backer, Rutan’s SpaceShipOne was launched from an aircraft in 2004 to become the first piloted civilian spaceship to make a suborbital flight above Earth’s atmosphere.

SpaceShipOne was regarded then primarily as proof-of-concept for the viability of space tourism at relatively affordable prices, and Scaled Composites is building a passenger spacecraft with funding from Virgin Group founder Richard Branson. Ghaffari, however, said Stratolaunch was always foremost in Allen’s thoughts: “SpaceShipOne was definitely a predecessor,” he said.

Orbital Sciences had been consulting for Stratolaunch since last year and for-mally joined the project in May. Orbital is the developer of Pegasus, the first air-launched civilian spacecraft able to put small payloads into low-Earth orbit. Orbital Sciences spokesman Barron Beneski said proven expertise in air launch was one of the “connect-ing fibres” that linked the company to

Stratolaunch.Stratolaunch has only two employees

— Chief Executive Officer Gary L Wentz Jr and Chief Operating Officer Susan G. Turner — but Wentz estimated that close to 200 contractors are working on design and construction.

Wentz said project engineers are “looking at a multitude of potential challenges”. The host aircraft, with a 385-foot wingspan, will be made of composite materials, and the spacecraft

will have three stages. The plane will drop the spacecraft at 30,000 feet and initiate a banked turn. Rocket ignition will come four to seven seconds later to give the aircraft enough time to get out of the way of the back blast. As for the rocket, the first stage, which is to be reusable, drops into the ocean; the second burns up in the atmosphere; the third puts the satellite into orbit, and eventually that third stage, too, burns up in the atmosphere.

Wentz, speaking from Stratolaunch’s headquarters in Huntsville, Alabama, said the team has not yet decided whether the spacecraft will use liquid or solid fuel, and planners are still scouting airports for a likely base. Stratolaunch needs about two miles of runway to take off — about 50 percent more than any other commercial aircraft.

Wentz said the Kennedy Space Centre’s Shuttle Landing Facility is the leading candidate, in part because infrastructure for both solid and liquid fuel is already in place. Planners are

also looking at the Vandenberg and Edwards air force bases in California and at Nasa’s Wallops Island Flight Facility in Virginia.

Stratolaunch’s logistics are fairly simple and should offer considerable advantages over ground-launched com-petitors. Missions need not be auto-matically scrubbed because of bad weather, and the aircraft would be able to launch its rocket above the clouds from almost any location.

The physics of airborne space launches, by contrast, are elabo-rate, with many variables that affect the cost, frequency and reliability of flights. Wentz said the Stratolaunch team has not made all the calculations but expects the company will realize significant savings by “tweaking” the variables. Ground-based launches are just as complicated as air launches, but the science is much better understood.

One of Cape Canaveral’s attractions is that it is on the East Coast, next to the Atlantic Ocean. It is always desira-ble to launch to the east to capitalize on the direction of the Earth’s spin. The Earth travels about 1,000 mph west to east at the equator; you need to reach a speed of 17,000 mph to get to low-Earth orbit, so there’s no point in penalizing yourself 1,000 mph by heading in the wrong direction. Wentz said the team has also considered alternative sites closer to the equator, where this effect is more pronounced.

Also, a Stratolaunch flight would climb out of the first 30,000 feet of the Earth’s gravity well on jet fuel instead of much more expensive rocket fuel, and the spacecraft would be released in rare-fied atmosphere with high tail winds to kick it forward. Finally, Wentz said, the aircraft would be traveling nearly 300 mph when it launches the spacecraft, and “the goal is to maintain as much of the forward velocity as possible.”

(Gugliotta is a freelance science writer and author of Freedom’s Cap: The United States Capitol and the Coming of the Civil

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A rendering shows a Stratolaunch rocket slung beneath a plane that carries it to 30,000 feet before the two craft separate, allowing the rocket to be shot into space.

But will Stratolaunch really take off? Space is expensive, and all aspiring entrepreneurs must eventually decide whether there will be enough demand for launches to enable them to recoup their investment.

With skies cleared, is it time for a new rocket?

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BY HOWARD J BENNETT

NO one likes to have his blood drawn, and that is especially true for kids. As soon as I greet one of my patients

for a checkup, I am asked two questions. First, “Do I need any shots?” Second, “Do I need any blood tests?” I am always honest with my patients, but it’s not a good idea to talk about needle pokes at the beginning of a visit. I deal with that by telling kids that a doctor’s visit has three parts: The talking part, the examination part and (sometimes) the getting-poked part. I remind them that I won’t know the answer to their questions until we get to Part 3.

The most common blood test doctors do is a CBC, which stands for complete blood count. The test provides informa-tion about red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets. We do CBCs for dif-ferent reasons, but the two most com-mon are to check for anemia (by looking at red blood cells) and infection (by look-ing at white blood cells). Platelets are the element in blood that helps it clot if you become injured.

Lots of kids ask me what their blood type is. The basic blood groups every-one knows about are A, B, AB and O. In addition, blood can be “positive” or “negative.” O positive is the most com-mon blood type. AB negative is the least common. The type of blood you have refers to markers on red blood cells that allow your body to recognise itself. Except for people with AB positive blood, everyone has proteins in their blood called antibodies, which alert the body to blood types that don’t match. Getting transfused with mismatched blood can cause serious reactions. (A transfusion is a procedure in which a sick or injured patient receives blood into his veins that has been donated from another person.)

What most people (even parents) don’t know is that we also have minor blood groups in our system. That basically means that not all A positive blood is the same. Minor blood group mismatches don’t usually cause serious problems, but they can cause mild transfusion reactions, which should be avoided. If a person needs a transfusion on an emergency basis, he will always get O negative blood even if his blood type is A positive. That’s because O neg-ative blood has no markers that warn the body that the blood doesn’t match.

You may have heard doctors on TV shows shout the following order to the nurse: “Type and cross the patient, and get me six units of O negative blood, STAT!” (“STAT” is doctor talk for “immediately”.) “Typing the patient” means finding out what type of blood he has. “Crossing the patient” means comparing his blood with similar blood types available in the blood bank. That way, the patient will get the most appropriate blood on hand, including the minor groups.

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BY SHARON BEGLEY

PATIENTS going to a hos-pital for surgery care about many things, from how kind the nurses are to how good the food is, but Consumers

Union (CU) figures what they care about most is whether they stay in the hospital longer than they should and whether they come out alive.

In the first effort of its kind, the nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports magazine released ratings of 2,463 US hospitals in all 50 states yes-terday, based on the quality of surgical care. The group used two measures: The percentage of Medicare patients who died in the hospital during or after their surgery, and the percentage who stayed in the hospital longer than expected based on standards of care for their condition. Both are indica-tors of complications and overall qual-ity of care, said Dr John Santa, medical director of Consumer Reports Health.

The ratings will surely ignite debate, especially since many nationally renowned hospitals earned only medio-cre ratings. The Cleveland Clinic, some Mayo Clinic hospitals in Minnesota, and Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, for instance, rated no bet-ter than midway between “better” and “worse” on the CU scale, worse than many small hospitals. Because CU had only limited access to data, the ratings also underline the difficulty patients have finding objective information on the quality of care at a given facility.

Nevertheless, “this is a step in the right direction,” said Paul Levy, former president of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre in Boston, who was not involved in the project.

CU’s ratings are based on Medicare claims and clinical records data from 2009 to 2011 for 86 kinds of surgery,

including back operations, knee and hip replacements, and angioplasty. The rates are adjusted to account for the fact that some hospitals treat older or sicker patients, and exclude data on patients who were transferred from other hospitals. These are often dif-ficult cases that, CU felt, should not be counted against the receiving hospital.

Although the ratings do not explic-itly incorporate complications such as infections, heart attacks, strokes, or other problems after surgery, the length-of-stay data captures those problems, said Santa.

Some of the findings are counterin-tuitive. Many teaching hospitals, widely regarded as pinnacles of excellence and usually found at the top of rankings like those of US News & World Report, fell in the middle of the pack.

“This isn’t the first time we’ve seen this sort of surprise,” said Dr Marty Makary, a surgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital and author of the 2012 book, “Unaccountable: What Hospitals Won’t Tell You and How Transparency Can Revolutionize Health Care.”

“For a complex procedure you’re probably better off at a well-known academic hospital, but for many com-mon operations less-known, smaller hospitals have mastered the proce-dures and may do even better” with post-surgical care.

The Cleveland Clinic’s chief qual-ity officer, Dr Michael Henderson, said CU’s methodology, which gave his hospital a middle-of-the-scale rat-ing below that of such Ohio hospitals as the Fulton County Health Centre in Wauseon and the Institute for Orthopaedic Surgery in Lima, “doesn’t give you a true picture” of the qual-ity of surgical care. Much better, he said, is actual outcome data — how well patients undergoing any given

procedure fare — which Cleveland is a pioneer in making public via its website.

Experts at other big-name hospi-tals whose CU ratings fell short of their reputations also questioned the methodology. “The accuracy of claims data,” like that CU used, “is very low or unknown,” said Dr Peter Provonost of Hopkins.

CU also found that several urban hospitals did well despite serving many poorer, sicker patients, includ-ing Mount Sinai Hospital in New York and University Hospitals Case Medical Centre in Cleveland. Rural hospitals did better, on average, than other hospitals, and many hospitals practically unknown beyond their zip code outranked famous ones, includ-ing Kenmore Mercy near Buffalo, New York; Arrowhead in Glendale, Arizona; Sacramento Medical Center in California; and Arkansas Heart in Little Rock.

Hospital choice matters more for some procedures than others. Length of stay for hip and knee replacements and back surgery varied widely, for instance, while hospitals’ scores for colon surgery and hysterectomy were more similar to one another.

Like other experts pushing for greater “medical transparency” — that is, reporting data on how patients fare after treatments — CU’s Santa said available data, including that used by CU, is far from perfect.

On average, said Leapfrog president and chief executive Leah Binder calcu-lates, a patient treated at a hospital with a grade of “C” or lower on an A-to-E scale of safety incurs $7,780 in costs due to medical errors. The CU report is available at www.ConsumerReports.org/cro/hospitalratings0913.

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Ever wondered about your blood type?

For surgery, some big and famous hospitals aren’t always the best

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ixon,

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to s

ort

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s D

ixon

puts

it.

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FI’s

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icon is

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ur m

ost

fam

ous

film

maker. A

nd

the o

ne b

lock o

f his

film

s th

at

had n

ever

really b

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est

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ere t

he s

ilents

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hole

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three

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on.”

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aril

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the B

FI

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ke

on s

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any fi

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ixon s

ays.

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and m

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lms,

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ter,

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crip

ted b

y A

lma

Reville

, H

itchcock’s

wif

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teady

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oft

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un

credit

ed)

coll

aborato

r.

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was

als

o u

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n

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e C

on

sta

nt

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ph.)

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st

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nin

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ists

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d n

asty

fa

tes,

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ovie

to

day seem

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ore

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an

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asy

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unknow

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film

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as you can

see,”

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ixon

says.

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ne a

bout

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do a

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nly

part

of

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be r

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structe

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all

fr

om

16

mm

versio

ns.

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bout

a t

hir

d o

f th

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lm,

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he

quality

is

dreadfu

l,”

she s

ays.

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om

e

of

the H

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ouches,

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hin

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probably

mis

sing.”

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ilent

era, m

ult

iple

vers

ions

of

film

s w

ere m

ade for d

iffe

rent

mark

ets

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d d

istr

ibuto

rs

oft

en

did

their

ow

n

edit

s. I

n a

ddit

ion, because

reproducti

on

technolo

gy w

as

so lim

ited, film

makers

use

d a

ltern

ate

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ge t

o c

reate

sec-

ond n

egati

ves

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lose

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cal

to t

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inal. T

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ructi

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rue “

dir

ecto

r’s

cut”

nearly

im

poss

ible

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the a

rt

of

the t

hin

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ixon

says.

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mpa

gn

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a g

ood e

xam

ple

. It

’s

edit

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ogeth

er i

n s

equence, but

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om

e s

hots

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ot

matc

hed a

s beauti

fully a

s H

itchcock u

sually d

oes

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couple

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ith f

unky a

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hic

h c

ould

be b

ett

er. A

fter y

ou’v

e

rest

ored n

ine fi

lms,

you g

et

a feeling for

how

he w

ork

s, a

nd h

ow

he e

dit

s. A

nd it

just

never

felt

rig

ht. T

hen w

e d

isco

vere

d

that

it w

as

the s

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egati

ve, because

it

says

so. It

’s s

cratc

hed into

the leader

on t

he f

ront

of

the fi

lm.”

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eric

an d

istr

ibuto

rs

oft

en “

tight-

en

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film

s s

o t

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ould

turn

over

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nces

more f

requentl

y, b

ut

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on

says

that

in r

est

orin

g H

itchcock’s

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e

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asu

re G

ard

en t

he B

FI

foun

d t

hat

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eric

an p

rin

ts p

rovid

ed m

ore f

oot-

age.

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oth

er 2

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ate

ria

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ust

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tin

y, t

iny l

ittl

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its

that

had b

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rim

med o

r c

ut

out

of

oth

er v

ersi

ons.

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hat’s

why y

ou s

hould

never t

hrow

anyth

ing a

way,

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on, so

undin

g a

bit

lik

e a

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chcock c

haracte

r. “

There

are a

lways

clu

es,

lit

tle f

orensi

c c

lues.

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est

orati

ons

such a

s T

he H

itch

cock

9 u

se d

igit

al

technolo

gy,

whic

h D

ixon

says

has

changed t

he p

rocess

“utt

erl

y.”

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uality

can b

e i

mproved,

titl

es

rest

ore

d a

nd t

ints

and t

ones

repro

duce

d.

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the B

FI

still

makes

film

prin

ts f

or

inst

ituti

ons

such a

s th

e A

FI

and t

he

Nati

onal G

allery

, whic

h a

re s

how

ing t

he

Hit

chcock s

ilents

in 3

5m

m.

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will becom

e m

ore im

porta

nt,”

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on

says.

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will

becom

e m

ore o

f an o

ccasi

on t

o s

ee fi

lm o

n fi

lm. T

here

will

be s

pecia

list

inst

ituti

ons

that

will

probably

be t

he o

nly

pla

ces

to s

creen

film

on fi

lm.”

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as

finis

hed h

is W

ash

ingto

n

run

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the lo

cal

screen

ings of

all

the H

itchcock s

ilents

will

featu

re l

ive

musi

cal

accom

pan

imen

t. I

n L

on

don

, n

ew

scores w

ere com

mis

sio

ned fo

r

the fi

lms,

com

pose

d b

y s

uch c

onte

m-

porary B

rit

ish m

usi

cia

ns

such a

s N

itin

S

aw

hney a

nd S

ow

eto

Kin

ch. B

ut

only

fo

ur o

f th

e n

ine B

FI

rest

orati

ons

will

be r

ele

ase

d w

ith s

ynchroniz

ed s

cores.

“We spen

t all

th

e m

on

ey on

th

e

film

s,”

Dix

on s

ays.

For t

he B

FI,

there’s

one m

ore p

iece o

f unfinis

hed H

itchcock

busi

ness

: th

e d

irecto

r’s

one o

ther s

ilent

film

, sh

ot

in G

erm

any a

nd A

ust

ria

in

1926. “I

t’s

gone,” t

he fi

lm r

est

orer s

ays.

“W

e’v

e s

earched h

igh a

nd low

, fo

r d

ec-

ades

and d

ecades.

Sti

ll n

o s

ign o

f T

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nta

in E

agle

. W

e k

eep lookin

g.”

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chcock d

esc

rib

ed t

he m

ovie

in

the le

ngth

y in

tervie

ws h

e did

w

ith

fellow

dir

ecto

rs a

nd f

erven

t adm

ir-

ers

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cois

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ruff

aut

an

d

Pete

r

Bogdan

ovic

h.

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idn

’t l

ike i

t very

much,”

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on

says.

“It

was a

stu

dio

pic

ture. A

nd a

daft

sto

ry.”

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lmost

wis

h t

hat

we d

on’t

find it,

in

a funny k

ind o

f w

ay,

” sh

e m

use

s. “

It’s

m

ore inte

rest

ing a

s a m

yst

ery t

han a

s dis

covery.”

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broadcast

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as

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ily r

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hart

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n t

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want

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n a

noth

er

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show

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fine r

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g t

o K

elly,

sh

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in D

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ess

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ter t

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for s

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reports

da

ilys

tar.

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f herse

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nd M

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ith t

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on:

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love

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rever b

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as

found d

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his

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and h

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ela

tionsh

ip w

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for a

lmost

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o y

ears.

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pin

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choi

ce:

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er A

nis

ton

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ess

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er A

nis

ton s

ays

bein

g h

appy i

s one’s p

erso

nal

choic

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and p

eople

can r

ise a

bove t

heir

sta

te o

f m

isery a

nyti

me. “I

f you’r

e

not

happy,

you c

an b

ecom

e h

appy.

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ess

is

a c

hoic

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hat’s

the

thin

g I

really feel. L

ike w

ith f

rie

nds

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efu

se t

o g

et

happy,

who r

efu

se t

o

ris

e a

bove t

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lace w

here t

hey’r

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t,”

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mou

r m

agazi

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uote

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nis

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er s

hare o

f pain

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as

earl

ier m

arrie

d t

o

acto

r B

rad P

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arte

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ays

in 2

005 a

fter fi

ve-y

ear-l

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arria

ge.

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ton is

now

engaged t

o m

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cto

r J

ust

in T

heroux.

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id K

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h o

n a

ctio

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excit

ed a

bout

acti

on a

nd s

tunts

in P

ha

ta P

ost

er

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hla

H

ero

and R

am

bo R

ajk

um

ar,

but

urges

not

to t

ag it

as

“south

ern a

cti

on”.

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here is

no s

outh

ern c

onnecti

on a

s su

ch. I

thin

k w

e s

hould

sto

p s

ay-

ing t

his

south

ern t

hin

g b

ecause

today a

lmost

every s

econd fi

lm h

as

that

kin

d o

f acti

on a

nd p

eople

seem

to b

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eally l

ikin

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t. T

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nti

re c

ountr

y

resp

onds

to t

hat,”

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1-year-o

ld s

aid

at

the w

rap-u

p p

arty

of

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ata

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er

Nik

hla

Hero

. “I

f people

enjo

y it

in t

he fi

lm, I

will be h

appy b

ecause

it

is f

or

the fi

rst

tim

e I

am

doin

g t

his

kin

d o

f acti

on. T

here is

more c

om

ing in R

am

bo

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jku

ma

r. S

o b

oth

the fi

lms

will have a

lot

of

acti

on a

nd I

am

excit

ed,” h

e

added.

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ata

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er

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hla

Hero

will

als

o s

ee l

ead a

ctr

ess

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an

a D

’Cruz

doin

g a

few

stu

nts

and S

hahid

reveals

that

his

co-s

tar w

as

nervous

doin

g

acti

on s

cenes.

“S

he w

as

very n

ervous

when w

e w

ere d

oin

g s

tunts

because

she

says

her s

kin

is

sensi

tive a

nd it

gets

bruis

ed e

asi

ly. S

he w

as

very p

aranoid

about

that,”

Shahid

said

. “

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we d

id a

few

rehearsa

ls. Il

eana w

as

a l

ittl

e

uncom

forta

ble

and w

e t

rie

d o

ur b

est

to m

ake h

er c

om

forta

ble

,” h

e a

dded.

Dir

ecte

d b

y R

ajk

um

ar S

anto

shi, P

ha

ta P

ost

er

Nik

hla

Hero

sta

rs

Shahid

as

Vis

hw

as

Rao, an a

spir

ing a

cto

r. T

he fi

lm h

its

theatr

es

on A

ugust

23.

MN

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hre

aten

s to

der

ail C

henn

ai E

xpre

ss

The M

aharashtr

a N

avn

irm

an

Sen

a (

MN

S)

yeste

rday t

hreate

ned

to d

isrupt

the r

ele

ase

of

the S

hah R

ukh K

han-D

eepik

a P

adukone

starrer C

hen

na

i E

xp

ress

. T

he p

arty

’s fi

lm u

nit

is

upse

t over r

eports

th

at

the R

ohit

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y-d

irecte

d m

ovie

has

dem

anded p

rim

e s

lots

in s

ingle

cin

em

as

across

the s

tate

at

the e

xpense

of

som

e M

arath

i m

ovie

s th

at

are

bein

g s

creened.

“If

the p

roducers

of

Ch

en

na

i E

xp

ress

att

em

pt

to d

islo

dge

any o

f th

e o

ngoin

g o

r forth

com

ing M

arath

i m

ovie

s, w

e s

hall n

ot

tole

rate

it

and d

eal w

ith it

in M

NS

sty

le,” w

arned M

aharash

tra N

avnir

man C

hit

rapat

Karm

achari S

ena (

film

win

g)

chie

f A

mey K

hopkar.

He s

pecifi

cally r

efe

rred

to t

he h

it M

arath

i m

ovie

Du

niy

ad

ari

, runnin

g t

o full h

ouse

s si

nce J

uly

19 in

single

screen c

inem

as

in n

on-m

etr

o c

itie

s and s

mall t

ow

ns.

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aid

his

party

had w

rit

ten t

o o

wners

of all s

ingle

cin

em

a h

alls

and

oth

er c

inem

as

seekin

g a

com

mit

ment

they w

ould

not

take o

ut

Du

niy

ad

ari

fr

om

their

screens

to a

ccom

modate

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en

na

i E

xp

ress

. “I

f th

e C

hen

na

i E

xp

ress

producers

att

em

pt

to d

o t

his

, w

e s

hall n

ot

let

the m

ovie

be e

xhib

ited in c

in-

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as

of th

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tate

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e s

hall a

lso r

em

ove t

heir

publicit

y p

ost

ers

from

today,

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hopkar d

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red. B

ase

d o

n t

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est

-sellin

g n

ovel of

the s

am

e t

itle

by t

he

late

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valk

ar,

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niy

ad

ari

has

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majo

r c

om

mercia

l su

ccess

w

ith c

rit

ical accla

im. W

ith S

wapnil J

osh

i and U

rm

ila K

anit

kar in t

he lead

role

s, it

show

s th

e journey o

f a m

odern a

ffluent

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er’s

life

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ate

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ne

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indust

ry:

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g

an

d

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ticall

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h

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dir

ecto

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it M

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n t

he p

ast

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ys

she w

ill

not

date

anyone f

rom

the

film

indust

ry a

s sh

e b

elieves

all t

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good o

nes

here a

re a

lready t

aken.

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won

’t date

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om

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industr

y, h

on

estl

y.

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uys

are a

mazi

ng, but

the g

ood o

nes

are

taken,”

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said

here.

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ave le

arn

t th

at

work

an

d

ple

asu

re s

hould

be s

eparate

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dded

the a

ctr

ess

, w

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as

prese

nt

at

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cover launch o

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tardust

magazi

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featu

rin

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er a

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er I

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te L

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rys

co-s

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mran K

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was

all p

rais

es

for I

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ing t

o h

er,

is

“the b

est

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ry”.

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n i

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ent

when s

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elt

oversh

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r’s

good

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low

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11WHEELS PLUS | THURSDAY 1 AUGUST 2013

BY ALAN OHNSMAN and ANDY FIXMER

WHILE Steve Jobs regretted not making an iCar, Apple for years was ambivalent about

the auto industry. Now it’s vying for dashboard space held by Microsoft, BlackBerry and Pandora Media.

By year end carbuyers will be able to choose from several vehicles that incorporate Apple’s iPhone functions, using Siri voice controls for navigation, texting, e-mails and music. Displacing competitors in the car may be more difficult than in desktop computing or mobile phones, as the technology giant grapples with challenges including extreme temperatures, noisy cabins and long product cycles.

“It’s impossible to overestimate the difficulty of integrating an outside soft-ware system well into a vehicle,” said Eric Noble, president of industry con-sultant Car Lab. “Silicon Valley routi-nely fails to recognise this.”

Apple, the world’s largest technology company by market value, wants to gain traction as carmakers struggle to balance customer demands with safety concerns. BlackBerry’s QNX Software Systems and Microsoft are the main suppliers of automotive operating sys-tem software according to researcher IHS iSuppli, while Pandora is the top in-car music-streaming service.

Knowing many consumers already use iPhones as cheap substitutes for built-in navigation systems, auto-makers are working to incorporate Apple’s technology to minimize dri-ver distraction and increase customer satisfaction. Apple’s Siri is already built into General Motors Co.’s Chevrolet Spark and Sonic small cars, where it has garnered less-than-rave reviews.

Those models use Cupertino, California-based Apple’s iOS 6 ope-rating system in the dashboard head unit—the core of the car’s stereo—eli-minating the need for separate navi-gation devices.

It isn’t completely satisfying, said Ron Montoya, the consumer-advice editor for Edmunds.com, an automo-tive data service in Santa Monica, California, who’s tested the Siri- enabled system in the Chevrolet Spark.

“It works well enough for some things, but I personally think Siri doesn’t work that well,” Montoya said in a phone interview. “It frequently doesn’t recognize my voice.” The Apple-enabled system in GM’s subcompact cars wasn’t as useful for navigation and other functions as systems automakers already offer, Montoya said.

“Siri has not been designed for the car, where the cabin is often noisy,” said Chris Schreiner, a research director for consultant Strategy Analytics Inc. and a former engineer for GM’s OnStar

telematics service. “Carmakers tune voice systems for each car. Expecting Siri to work at the same level in every vehicle isn’t practical.”

Next, Apple’s iOS 7 software will be fully integrated into models made by GM, Honda Motor Co, Nissan Motor Co and Hyundai Motor Co, Apple said last month. Icons familiar on iPhones and iPads will migrate to the centre con-sole screen in cars. “It’s something that people want, and I think that Apple can do this in a unique way and better than anyone else,” Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook said in a July 23 conference call. “It’s a key focus for us.”

Apple announced plans for Siri Eyes Free capability two years ago, and cars with that option are arriving now. That suggests to Montoya that the more ela-borate integration steps Apple discus-sed in June won’t appear until 2015, he said.

Honda, Hyundai, Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, Daimler AG’s Mercedes-Benz, Land Rover, Jaguar, Volkswagen AG’s Audi, Toyota Motor Corp. and the Chrysler Group LLC are also adding Siri Eyes Free capability in models that arrive this year.

“In-car infotainment, connecti-vity, all these things, all the techno-logy that’s in the cabin of the car is

iCar dream downsizes to dashboards

Apple, the world’s largest technology company by market value, wants to gain traction as carmakers struggle to balance customer demands with safety concerns.

becoming increasingly critical,” said Karl Brauer, an industry analyst for Kelley Blue Book in Irvine, California. “Apple has also got some real skin in the game. They know people want things to be seamless.” In the early 2000s, Apple showed little interest in working directly with carmakers.

“They provided technical informa-tion to connect iPods and iPhones so people could play music, but weren’t interested in going beyond that,” said Larry Dominique, executive vice pre-sident of auto researcher TrueCar Inc. and Nissan North America’s former head of product planning. “There was no interest in doing much with us.”

While Jobs, who died in 2011, was cool to the industry, he was passionate about cars. Mickey Drexler, an Apple board member and chief executive offi-cer of apparel company J Crew Group Inc., last year said Jobs had wanted to try his hand at designing a car and regretted not doing so.

“Look at the car industry: It’s a tra-gedy in America. Who is designing the cars?” Drexler said in May 2012 at a Fast Company conference in New York. “Steve’s dream before he died was to design an iCar.” Apple’s approach has changed, said Cook, who described auto applications as another part of the company’s “ecosystem.”

“Just like the App Store is a key part of the ecosystem and iTunes and all of our content are key, and the servi-ces we provide from messaging to Siri and so forth, having something in the automobile is very, very important,” Cook said.

Apple’s rivals have worked hard to establish a foothold inside the car that they will be reluctant to give up. Blackberry’s QNX, with 50 percent of the 2012 market for proprietary OS in

autos, and Microsoft, with 25 percent for Chairman Bill Gates, are the big-gest, said Anna Buettner, IHS iSuppli’s automotive infotainment and telema-tics analyst.

“Apple wants a slice of that pie and Android has made a lot of noise in this space as well,” she said. Where Apple will have the biggest impact is in music and entertainment, rather than in providing navigation and other core functions, Buettner said.

Apple’s new software includes the iTunes Radio streaming service, a cha-llenger to Pandora. Pandora last month said it had more than 2.5 million U.S. listeners in cars, a milestone in efforts to lure customers from traditional broadcast stations.

About half of all music listening takes place in autos, a crucial battle-ground in the $15bn local radio adver-tising market. Pandora, with more than 70 million monthly users, will come installed in one-third of all new vehicles sold in the U.S. this year, the company said. As safety regulators and customers hold carmakers — not their suppliers or technology partners — accountable for malfunctions and other frustrations, carmakers are pro-gressing cautiously.

While Toyota, for example, will offer Siri Eyes Free in vehicles this year, the world’s largest carmaker isn’t ready to cede console space to Apple or other companies, said Sandy Lobenstein, US vice president for connected techno-logy. “Our environment to deliver apps is a controlled environment,” Lobenstein said in an interview. “We place a big priority on quality. We place a big prio-rity on safety. We really want to curate that environment, and we don’t want to open it up to just anybody.” Even Apple.

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Apple’s iOS 7 software will be fully integrated into models made by General Motors, Honda, Nissan and Hyundai,.

TECHNOLOGYPLUS | THURSDAY 1 AUGUST 201312

BY BRIAN PALMER

MY TiVo died last week, but I won’t burden you with my sob story. The more important issue is what to

do with the body. My TiVo is a classic piece of electronic waste. It has a hard drive, a motherboard, a power sup-ply and lots of metal and plastic bits. How to deal with outdated or defec-tive computers, smartphones, tablets and similar e-waste is an increasingly urgent topic. Twenty states have made it illegal to dump e-waste into landfills.

There are two justifications for these bans. The first is somewhat controver-sial. “[E-waste] contains toxic heavy metals such as lead, mercury, cadmium, arsenic and beryllium,” notes Jim Puckett of the Basel Action Network, an NGO focused on toxic waste. The concern is that these substances could leach into the groundwater. “Lead can cause nervous system disorders, men-tal retardation, brain dysfunction, especially in children,” he adds.

A growing number of environmen-tal engineers, however, argue that the danger of contamination from elec-tronic waste is small. The initial tests showing that a motherboard is prone to release its lead in a landfill were done in a laboratory using ground-up equipment submerged in acetic acid. Landfills, however, bear exceedingly little resemblance to a laboratory.

A 2008 study in Florida found that the increase in lead content of leachate — that nasty liquid at the bottom of the landfill pile — after adding electronic waste was statistically insignificant. In addition, modern landfills are reason-ably efficient at removing lead from leachate.

Still, Puckett argues, “[engineered landfills] cannot guarantee that over long periods of time. We need to keep our groundwater safe for hundreds and thousands of years.”

The less controversial argument for keeping e-waste out of landfills is the same argument made for other waste: It could be put to better use. If we landfill such valuable materials as gold, silver and palladium (not to men-tion aluminium, steel and plastic), we

have to continually mine more virgin materials. In addition, manufacturing electronics from scratch requires a massive amount of energy.

“Think about an aluminium can,” says Eric Williams, who studies sus-tainable electronics at the University of Florida. “Most of the embedded energy goes into mining the aluminium, and just a tiny amount into manufacturing the can. A computer is the opposite.”

According to a 2004 study by Williams, the fossil fuels required to manufacture a computer weigh 11 times as much as the computer itself. Manufacturing an automobile, by con-trast, requires only twice the product’s weight in fossil fuels. Placing your old

computer in a landfill — legally or not — eliminates the possibility that all or part of the machine could be repur-posed, which could save a considera-ble amount of energy. I would love to give good old TiVo a new lease on life through recycling, perhaps reusing the hard drive to serve a child in the developing world. But is it possible? If I dropped the machine off with a reputable recycler, the answer is yes.

When a conscientious recycler receives a load of used electronics, the first pass is an inspection for keepers. A 2008 computer might be junk to you, but there are plenty of people around the world who would be happy to pay more than its scrap value to have it. Even if the device is worth little in its entirety, there may be RAM chips, hard drives or other components that

A 2008 computer might be junk to you, but there are plenty of people around the world who would be happy to pay more than its scrap value to have it.

SAN FRANCISCO: Smart homes that let residents con-trol alarms, locks and more over the internet are opening doors for crooks with hacker skills, according to computer security specialists. “The smart home trend is growing, and it evolves quickly into a story of security,” Trustwave managing consultant Daniel Crowley said.

“Connecting things to a network opens up a whole range of vectors of attack, and when you are talking door locks, garage doors, and alarm controls it gets scary.”

Crowley and Trustwave colleague David Bryan found security “pretty poor” on the home networking devices they studied.

“If someone can access your home network, but doesn’t have a key to your home, they can still unlock your door and get in,” Crowley said of what he found in gear on the market.

Trustwave researchers will share their findings with peers at a pre-mier Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas and at the infamous Def Con hacker gathering tak-ing place in that city through the weekend.

A vulnerability of particular con-cern to the researchers was that once hackers joined local home networks, perhaps through poorly protected wireless routers or using malware slipped onto computers, they could control devices with no password or other authentica-tion required. “The fact that you need to be on someone’s local net-work to exploit these things is not as big a hurdle as you’d imagine,” Crowley said. And the trend of providing people with smartphone applications for controlling smart home devices while away means that crooks who hack into hand-sets could potentially grab the reins, according to the researchers.

There are also ways to use com-puter “IP” numbers to figure out real-world addresses, and some smart home applications, them-selves, reveal location information, according to Trustwave.

Combing that capability with hacking tools could put an Internet age twist on home burglaries, the researchers said.

“I don’t think this will be some-thing that enables the ordinary criminal to do something they weren’t doing before,” Crowley said.

“The big risk is that a com-promise could give you access to hundreds of thousands of homes all at once; I could see that as an attack someone could actually use to launch a crime spree.” AFP

‘Smart’ homes open doorsto hackersRecycling

your old electronics

still have value. There’s no sense in reducing these things to dust.

But even the dust is worth some-thing. After hazardous materials such as nickel-cadmium batteries are removed, the rest of the device is sent whole through shredders that can turn a computer into tiny, tiny bits. Then, the recycler separates those bits into single-material buckets of aluminum, copper, steel, plastic, etc. Those can be sold.

Electronics recycling has a darker side, though. So-called backyard recycling is common in India, China, Indonesia and other developing coun-tries. The workers are often children, and the methods of their employers are damaging to the environment and human health. Many facilities simply dip parts into cyanide to extract valu-able materials, then dump the cyanide onto the ground or into the water sup-ply. Rather than strip the insulation from copper wires, they burn the wires in large piles, releasing dioxins and furans into the air. Studies in China have shown that recycling workers have elevated levels of lead in their blood, and the air beyond the recycling facility itself is polluted with dioxins.

As with too many environmental issues, you may have to spend a lit-tle time to do the right thing here. Few localities offer curbside electron-ics recycling; this puts the burden on you to take unwanted equipment to a recycler or a retailer that accepts old devices. Before you do, though, find out where they send the equipment. Look for the Basel Action Network’s e-Stew-ards certification or the R2 Solutions certification, which both ensure proper treatment.

Hopefully our children won’t have to worry about this. The National Science Foundation is funding research into sustainable electronics production. “We’re thinking about circuit boards and casings made of biopolymers,” says Carol Handwerker of Purdue University, who is leading the project. “Instead of glass, how about nanocel-lulose, a byproduct of the process to make paper?” The biodegradable com-puter: coming soon.

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Hoy en la HistoriaAugust 1, 2008

1785: Caroline Herschel became the first woman to discover a comet1793: France became the first country to use the metric system of weights and measures2007: New Zealand launched its first commercially available biofuel consisting of 90% petrol and 10% bioethanol made from cows’ milk2009: Rare Buddhist treasures, not seen for more than 70 years, were unearthed in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert

Eleven climbers perished on K2, the world’s second-highest mountain, after an ice fall knocked out a fixed rope climbers were using to descend from the summit

Picture: Associated Press © GRAPHIC NEWS

ALL IN THE MIND Can you find the hidden words? They may be horizontal,vertical, diagonal, forwards or backwards.

ALAN LADD, CARY GRANT, CHARLES BOYER, DAVID NIVEN,ERROL FLYNN, FRED ASTAIRE, GARY COOPER, HENRY FONDA,HUMPHREY BOGART, JAMES MASON, JOHN WAYNE,LAURENCE HARVEY, LAURENCE OLIVIER, LESLIE HOWARD,RAY MILLAND, ROBERT DONAT, ROBERT MITCHUM,ROBERT TAYLOR, RONALD COLEMAN, TYRONE POWER,WILLIAM POWELL.

Baby Blues by Jerry Scott and Rick Kirkman

Zits by Dennis Young and Denis Lebrun

Hagar The Horrible by Chris Browne

Learn Arabic lessons will resume from

September 1, 2013

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HYPER SUDOKU

CROSSWORD

CROSSWORDS

YESTERDAY’S ANSWER

How to play Hyper Sudoku:A Hyper Sudoku

Puzzle is solved

by filling the

numbers from 1

to 9 into the blank

cells. A Hyper

Sudoku has

unlike Sudoku

13 regions

(four regions

overlap with the

nine standard

regions). In all

regions the numbers from 1 to 9 can appear

only once. Otherwise, a Hyper Sudoku is

solved like a normal Sudoku.

ACROSS 1 When repeated, a hit

1997 movie 5 Secret supply10 Ballet leap14 “I’ve got this one”15 Justice who took

O’Connor’s seat on the Supreme Court

16 Assert as a fact17 Index, middle, ring and

pinkie fingers?19 City founded by Pizarro

in 153520 Hodgepodges21 Loudness units23 Some platters24 Because of25 Strike26 Location of the

Labyrinth of Minos28 Guess: Abbr.29 “Lord, make me

impervious to Raid”?31 WKRP’s Les34 Spot alternative35 Puff

36 Edson Arantes do Nascimento, to fans

37 Victor at Gettysburg39 Compromised one’s

values43 Reason everyone

whispered during the afternoon on Gilligan’s island?

46 MapQuest abbr.47 It may follow East or

West in London48 Thames island49 ___ Hawkins Day51 Prefix with natal52 Dark time, in ads54 Steve Martin’s “___

Shoes”55 Slips up57 Excursion for Jerry

Seinfeld or Chris Rock?60 China piece61 Norelco competitor62 Anise-flavored liqueur63 ___ Cross, James

Patterson detective64 Mork’s pal65 Hied

DOWN 1 Tract 2 Not contracted out, say 3 Charms 4 Pay 5 Lip 6 It’s owned by Discovery

Communications 7 It might suddenly blow up 8 Gets into hot water? 9 Wind sound10 Tokyo-based carrier11 Whammy12 The Great ___ (Satan)13 Knockout punch, in

boxing slang18 It might make you start22 Navigate a Web page,

in a way24 TV spot, typically25 Letter to Odin?27 Expressed enthusiasm29 Tub trio member30 Hospital area, briefly32 All the world, it’s said33 Like Cubism and Pop Art36 Juniors’ hurdle: Abbr.37 Feldspar, e.g.

38 Sign, in a way40 “Waitress, your dish is

ready!”41 Put into service42 Ball supporter43 Palace of Nations locale44 Buddhist state45 Harvard’s ___

Foundation for Journalism

49 Official name for a 7-Down: Abbr.

50 Holders of 7-Downs53 Nuclear weapon delivery

device, for short54 Sch. Woody Allen

flunked out of56 Application datum58 Alternative to the pill,

briefly59 Group of seals

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

14 15 16

17 18 19

20 21 22 23

24 25 26 27

28 29 30

31 32 33 34

35 36

37 38 39 40 41 42

43 44 45 46

47 48 49 50

51 52 53 54

55 56 57 58 59

60 61 62

63 64 65

A S S T S C A R E M A G IL O C O C O D E S I D E SE D A M H U L A S C I T EC A P E S R I T A R E A R

B E I R U T B A Y R O U T EZ A G O N E S U DE T O D O E S H O S E AK H A R T O U M C A R T O M BE S T E R S U L U N I B

S I S E D S N N ET R I P O L I T R I P L E EB O N O A R O O A E T N AO V E N V E R S E V I C SN E R D I N U I T E Z E KE S T S C E N S E L E S S

How to play Kakuro:The kakuro grid, unlike in sudoku, can be of any size. It has rows and columns, and dark cells like in a crossword. And, just like in a crossword, some of the dark cells will contain numbers. Some cells will contain two numbers.However, in a crossword the numbers reference clues. In a kakuro, the numbers are all you get! They denote the total of the digits in the row or column referenced by the number.Within each collection of cells - called a run

- any of the numbers 1 to 9 may be used but, like sudoku, each number may only be used once.

YESTERDAY’S ANSWER

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EASY SUDOKUCartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate

Easy Sudoku PuzzlesPlace a digit from 1 to 9 in each empty cell so everyrow, every column and every 3x3 box contains allthe digits 1 to 9.

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1

Sonna Puriyathu (2D/

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Romantic)

– 11.45pm

2

No One Lives (2D/

Comedy) – 9.30pm

Guns, Girls And

Gambling

(2D/Crime) – 11.30pm

3

Monster University

(3D/Animation) – 9.15pm

1968 Tunnel Rats

(Action) – 11.30pm

ROYAL

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1

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Comedy)

– 9.00 & 11.00pm

2

Guns, Girls And

Gambling

(2D/Crime) – 9.15 &

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3

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Romantic)

– 9.30 & 11.30pm

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6:00 AM A time of reflection, a deeper understanding of the teachings of Islam.

CHILDREN OF ADAM & EVE

8:00 AM 2.30 PM

The program will provide spiritual sustenance during the month of Ramadan.In this episode, we will discuss ‘human rights and rights of creation with Dr. Zachary Wright from Northwestern University Qatar.

YOUR HEALTH FIRST

9:00 AM A series of health tips to benefit the community throughout the observance of the month of Ramadan.

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If you want your events featured here, mail details to plus@pen.com.qa

From Qurtuba To CordobaWhen: Until August 31, 1oam-10pm Where: Katara Gallery 1 - Bldg 13

What: This exhibition displays a variety of ornamental details -testimony of past splendour- which is often taken for granted by Cordoba’s dweller (s and visitors. The collection highlights emblematic monuments, walls, doors, towers, minarets and baths, including some examples of Mudéjar art, a more recent architectural style inspired by the influences of Al Andalus in the Iberian Peninsula. Free entry

Omar Khalifa – “Infinite”When: Until Dec 15; 10am—10pmWhere: Katara Cultural Village What: This outdoor photography installation examines ‘the nature of being’. Using digital multiple exposure techniques, an image is crafted that gives us a sense of other-worldliness and depth of perspective through the human form. Free Entry

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection When: Public tours twice every Sunday and Tuesday at 10am and 11:30am. Where: Qatar National Library What: Qatar National Library’s remarkable Heritage Collection is a rare trove of manuscripts, books, and artefacts documenting a wealth of Arab-Islamic civilisation and human thought. Among its more than 100,000 works, the collection contains an edition of Ptolemy’s Geographia, which was printed in Rome in 1478 and is the oldest printed map showing the name of Qatar or referred to in Latin as ‘Catara’. Free Entry

Events in Qatar

IN FOCUS

A view of a dhow from MIA park.

by Mohd Waseem

Send your photos to plus@pen.com.qa. Please mention where the photo was taken.

MEDIA SCAN

• There is talk about the Emir pardoning

prisoners ahead of Eid Al Fitr.

• There is discussion about Ashghal and its

new logo, which has been criticised by

several citizens, while others have poked

fun at the corporate logo launched recently.

• Many people have demanded that the

authorities strictly monitor villas and old

houses that are partitioned to make smaller

residential units and house many families,

which increases the load on electricity,

water, sewage and other services.

• There are demands that the authorities

ensure that real estate advertisements

mention the size, location, price and kind

of property, viz. residential, commercial

or administrative, as advertisements

published now are sketchy.

• There is talk about the results of second

term examinations in middle and secondary

schools. Many parents are demanding that

the Supreme Education Council reconsider

the evaluation of examination papers,

particularly in mathematics, and form a

committee to look into people’s complaints.

• Some people have demanded that the

authorities remove differences in prices

of food items between various malls.

Such differences show the need to have

a special body for monitoring prices and

removing price variations.

• People are complaining about random

parking and disorderly traffic on many

roads after iftar every day, and demanding

that the authorities intervene to stop this.

• People are demanding that the Tourism

Authority conduct a promotion campaign

for Eid Al Fitr.

• It has been suggested that cultural and

educational councils for youth and civil

society organisations be formed in each

neighbourhood, to be run under the

supervision of intellectuals and educational

and service institutions.

A summary ofissues of the daydiscussed by the Qatari communityin the media.

BY KATHLEEN CHAYKOWSKI

MERCEDES-BENZ vehicles were the most sought-after luxury brand among car

thieves from 2009 through 2012, with the New York City region having the most thefts, an insurance-industry group said.

More Mercedes C-Class cars, a total of 485, were stolen during the period than any other luxury model, according to a report by the National Insurance Crime Bureau. Two other Mercedes models, the E-Class and S-Class, ranked in the top 10.

“Mercedes has been around forever,” Frank Scafidi, a spokesman for the Des Plaines, Illinois-based NICB, said. “It’s really ‘the car.’ They sell a lot of them.”

The New York City area, including Long Island and northern New Jersey, reported 806 thefts in the period out

of a nationwide total of 4,384, the NICB said, citing FBI data. The Los Angeles region was No. 2, followed by Miami. The C-Class, including 2-door coupes and 4-door sedans, is the best-selling Mercedes-Benz in the US and worldwide. The starting price of a C-Class sedan is about $35,350, compared with about $92,350 for an S-Class, according to the company’s website.

“The more desirable the vehicle, the more attractive the vehicle is to thieves,” Donna Boland, a Mercedes spokeswoman, said. “A significant number of Mercedes-Benz models that are reported stolen are recov-ered, some very swiftly, thanks to our mbrace system, which includes a sto-len vehicle tracking feature.” Mbrace is an in-car communications system that connects to the Internet.

The second-most-stolen luxury car was Bayerische Motoren Werke’s BMW 3 Series, followed by Nissan’s Infiniti G Series, the NICB said.

California had the highest number of luxury thefts of any state at 1,063, followed by Florida with 674. The Los Angeles area had 491 thefts.

“We have such a car culture here in LA,” Commander Andrew Smith, spokesman at the Los Angeles Police Department, said.

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Mercedes leads in luxury-car theft