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Even before the curtain call at Hyderabad, SouthKorea readies itself to host the CoP-12 in 2014. Director

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different one from the event this time.

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city eventsFRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2012

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AROUND THE CITY: YOUR GUIDE TO THE TWIN CITIES

Photo exhibitionAlliance Française of Hyderabadinvites you to The Upside DownWorld of Philippe Ramette, an exhi-bition of photos.Where:Alliance Francaise,

Banjara Hills,Rd No 3

When: October 22,7pm onwards

Contact: (040) 2355 4485

In tune with lifeJiva — In tune with life, an art exhibition of paintings and sculptures by 120 artists and art talksby experts on the concept of biodiversity is being held. Where: Iconart Gallery,


When: Ongoing,11.30am to 7pm

Contact: 98499 68797

Unspoken harmonyA painting exhibition by artist JayaBaheti titled Unspoken Harmony — ashow of art and antiquity is on.Where:Taj Deccan,


When: Ongoing11am onwards

Contact: (040) 66663 939

Tribute to MahatmaAn exhibition depicting the life ofMahatma Gandhi through the draw-ings of Late Venkateshwara Raju

Palala is being held at SalarjungMuseum. The exhibition is on tillOctober 31.Where: Salarjung Museum,

Afzal GunjWhen: Ongoing,

4.30pm onwardsContact: (040) 2457 6443

Recent and retrospectiveA painting exhibition by artist SudipRoy is being held.Where:Kalakrithi Art Gallery,


When: Ongoing,11am onwards

Contact: (040) 6656 4466

MultiversalMultiversal a painting exhibition featuring 26 artists from all aroundthe country is being held at Muse ArtGallery.Where: Muse Art Gallery,

Tank BundWhen: Ongoing,

11am onwardsContact: (040) 2752 2999

Folds of disguiseFolds of disguise, a show of recentworks by artist Hetal Chudasama isbeing held at Kalakrithi Art Gallery.. Where:Kalakrithi Art Gallery,


When: Ongoing,11am onwards

Contact: (040) 6656 4466

A throw of diceThe silent film A Throw of Dice isbeing shown at Shilpakala Vedika.Tuten and Blasen Orchestra will beplaying the live background musicfor the film.Where: Shilpakala Vedika,

MadhapurWhen:October 20,

7pm onwardsContact: (040) 2311 2704

Play timeGrim Pumpkin Theater presents theirproduction of Vijay Tendulkar's play,Silence! The Court Is In Session.Where: Lamakaan,


When: October 26, 7.30pm onwards

Contact: 98490 26029

Film workshopA filmmaking workshop and a filmappreciation workshop is being held.The workshop is being held onweekends only. When: October 27 onwards,

1.30pm onwardsContact: 94904 40986

Bengali food festivalHotel Green Park’s multi-cuisinerestaurant Once upon a time is host-ing a Bengali Food Fest. The foodfestival is on till October 21.Where:Hotel Greenpark,

Begumpet When: Ongoing

7.30pm onwardsContact: (040) 6651 5151

Rannaghor food festHotel Ista, Gachibowli is hosting aBengali Food Fest from October 19.The fest is open for lunch and dinner.Where:Hotel Ista,

Gachibowli When: October 19-28

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2012

3City YESTERDAY’S QUESTIONWILL $50MN SUFFICE TO ARREST THE DESTRUCTION OF BIODIVERSITY?

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A42-year-old man fromHyderabad working inOman was found brutally

murdered in September and hisbody was flown here yesterdayfor burial.

What shocked his relativesand friends was the brutality ofthe killing: his limbs and headwere severed and eyes cut out.And, more shocking is the factthat his parents are suspectingthe role of his wife.

Habeeb Abdul Raheem AlHussaini alias Sikander, a resi-dent of King Koti had gone toOman 15 years ago. His father,Dr Habeeb Ahmed is a pension-

er. Abdul Raheem, it is said,made good money and marriedAsra 10 years ago. The couplehave three children.

The last time he visited home

was a couple of years ago whenhis younger brother was gettingmarried.

Last week, one of Abdul’sfriends called up Dr Habeeb and

told him that his son was mur-dered and that his son’s wife wasunder suspicion.

It is alleged that Asra wantedmoney but Habeeb was unwill-ing to give her a big sum thoughhe earned well. The caller toldAbdul’s father that a conspiracyseemed to have been hatchedwhere the real culprits are beingprotected. However, the Omanpolice have prevented the wifeand children from leaving thecountry which is a sign of suspi-cion on the woman.

Parents of the deceased saidthat the Andul Habeeb’s employ-er in Oman was good enough totransport the body and alsoexpress his sympathy with the victim’s family.

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The promises being madeby TDP chief NChandrababu Naiduduring his ongoing

Padayatra is giving sleeplessnights to Congress leadersthese days.

These leaders are now plan-ning to counter the promises ofthe TDP supremo. The TDPpresident, who launched hispadayatra on October 2 thismonth, is trying to attract vari-ous sections of the State bypromising to address theirproblems through variousmeans like increase in allocationof budget, cash transfer scheme,complete loan waiver to farm-ers, free education to girls andunemployment wage to joblessyouth.

The Congress leadership isplanning to tell people thatmost of these promises areempty bubbles which the TDPhas neither the wherewithal northe will to do. “Naidu did noth-ing during his nine-year-longrule as CM of the state. Now heis making tall promises.Nobody in the state will believe

his promises. There is a famousadage in Telugu Languagewhich says Ammaku AnnamPettani vadu, ChinnammakuBangaru Gaajulu Pedatananteevaru nammutaru (If a person,who did not feed his own moth-er says he will buy gold banglesfor his aunty, nobody willbelieve him). This adage aptlysuits Chandrababu also,” says20-point programme chairmanand APCC spokesperson NTulsari Reddy .

Reddy said the promises

made by the TDP presidentwere impossible to imple-ment.” Let Naidu come for anopen debate on his promises.As a ruling party leader, I willprove that all the promises bythe TDP leader are impossibleto implement in the State,” hesaid while throwing a challengeto the main Opposition leaderin the State. The rulingCongress leaders are planningto attack the TDP by question-ing the credentials of promisesbeing made by the TeluguDesam Party without consider-ing the budgetary constraints ofany government.

Party general secretary andMLC G Rudra Raju also flayedthe promises showered by theTDP president during hisYatras. “The people of the Statewill never vote for the TDPeven if its president promisesthe moon for them. He has lostcredibility and confidence of thepeople. If he was really seriousabout his promises, then whydidn’t he implement it duringhis rule,” said Rudra Raju whileexpressing his anger. The lead-ers are expected to hold a meet-ing on the issue after launchingthe membership drive.

‘Will prove Naidu’spromises false’

Congress leaders hit out at the TDP supremo forpromises made by him during the padayatara

RAHUL [email protected]

Following the severe powercrisis that the State is reel-ing under, Chief Minister

Kiran Kumar Reddy wrote toUnion minister Veerappa Moilyasking for immediate gas sup-plies from KG D6 Basin to bediverted to Andhra Pradesh’sIndependent Power Producers(IPP). It has also requested theMinistry of Petroleum andNatural Gas to divert 2.5MMSCMD (million metric stan-dard cubic meter per day) toIPP’s to tide over the currentpower crisis.

The letter points out the situ-ation. “Demand had gone up to265 MU per day where as thesupply was recorded at 215 MUper day. This was recorded afterthe State government had pur-chased a daily 40 MU of powerfrom the private Discom’s in themarket,” it stated.

Also, the NTPC Simhadriplant is losing out on 10 MU (400MW/day) due to non import ofcoal and reduced power genera-

tion from the newly commis-sioned 500 MW unit 4 of theSimhadri Thermal PowerStation. He said that power con-sumption had increased consid-erably since the end ofSeptember because of the Khariffagricultural season being at itspeak despite imposing 40 percent power cuts on industriesand load shedding.

Taking into consideration allof the above factors, the CM hasrequested for increased alloca-tion of gas supplies to the State.It points out that AP was sup-posed to receive 75 per cent ofPLF (Plant Load Factor) from theRIL K6 Basin. Because of pro-gressive decline, the State suffer-ing a loss of 1,500 MW a day dueto idling of the plants.

Kiran has suggested that thepower plants in Maharashtra,Rajasthan and Gujarat which aredrawing gas from this basin willbe given a temporary allotmentthrough tenders and generatorsmanaged in the North, East andWest Grids with the help of theState government of AndhraPradesh.

AP sendsSOS toUnionminister

The 14-year-old Tom K.Jose, VU3TMO of the city,

an amateur radio operator(also known as ham radio),has become the world’syoungest to receive theAmerican Radio RelayLeague (ARRL) diamondDXCC challenge certificatefrom the USA.

National Institute ofAmateur Radio director SRam Mohan, stated that thiscertificate is given to hams,who have successfully contacted two-way usingamateur wireless station with100 different countries.

NSS

14-year-oldham operator

gets US honourWife suspected for husband’s murder

Asks for immediate gas supplies from KGD6 Basin to be diverted to AP’s IPPs.

AWARD

The column that teaches everyonesomething new about the way theCity functions.

1 CoP-11 still on, South Koreaprepares itself for CoP-12!

The Hyderabadi officials shouldtake a lesson from South Korea inpre-planning. While the CoP-11 isstill underway, South Korea hasalready begun preparations forCoP-12 which will be held in 2014.

2 No takers for Traffic police’snew routes?

While the traffic police tried toprovide an open platform for peo-ple to discuss issues online, theirlatest routes seem to receive public ire on these sites.

3 Man murdered in Oman,wife responsible?

A City woman in Oman is under suspicion for having brutally murdered her husband.

4 City reeling under gas shortage, anyone listening?

The CM wrote to Veerappa Moilyasking for immediate gas suppliesto be diverted to AP’s IPPs.

5Illuminated secretariat necessary in time of crisis?

Questions are being raisedwhether the secretariat needs tobe lighted all-night especially withthe power shortage.

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Strike proves profitableLast year we had reported how the

Sakala Janula Samme had resultedin many forms of public transportbeing cancelled. The convenient andpopular aero express was one. Takingadvantage of the absence of any othermode of transport to the airport, cabcompanies in the City have increasedtheir services to and from the airportto help meet the passenger demand.

OCTOBER 19, 2011

APJ Abdul Kalam toinaugurate celebrations Former President of India APJ

Abdul Kalam will inaugurate the150-year celebrations of MahbubCollege High School inSecunderabad during the first weekof December. One of the highlightsof the celebrations would be a get-together of all the former studentsalong with their families who arenow spread across the country.

Woman found murderedon railway tracksThe Secunderabad railway police

yesterday stumbled upon thebody of a woman near the tracks.The body was found near theMedchal railway tracks. It was lateridentified as G Shobha, 35, ofMedchal village. He body borestrangulation marks. Murderers hadapparently force-fed her alcoholbefore throttling her to death. .

Botsa asks Chiru fans tosupport Sonia GandhiPCC chief Botsa Satyanarayana

has warned Chiranjeevi’s loyalistsnot to shout slogans hailing theirleader in the meetings at GandhiBhavan. When some of the followersof Chiranjeevi yelled “ChiranjeeviZindabad” after his speech, Botsaasked them not to raise personalslogans and advised them to shout“Sonia Gandhi Zindabad”.

Depressed youthconsumes poison, diesA22-year-old, N Bharat commit-

ted suicide after consuming poi-son on Wednesday. The incidenttook place at his house in Tallepallyin Manchal Mandal of Rangareddydistrict. Kumar had taken huge loanfrom a local financier a year ago forhis sister’s marriage but could notpay back the entire sum, it is reported.

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The Hyderabad trafficpolice had gone hi-techfor a while with aplomb.Ever since a page was

created on the popular socialnetworking website, Facebookon August 3, 2011, the trafficpolice have donned an activerole in interacting with civilians.But the latest discussion to hitthe webpage — the traffic policedepartment’s proposal to initi-ate a one-way on Koti- DMHS-Chaderghat-Putlibowli-Kotiroad — has dealt a wallopacross its face.

The traffic police providedoptions for the public to vote onits proposal. Option one was toallow a one-way road from SBIto Esmania Bazaar and then cir-cle around the Sai Baba Templeand eventually back to theOsmania Medical College.Option two was to open a one-way from SBI on Bank Streetand divert it at Koti Women’sCollege, take a left at OsmaniaMedical College and finish thecircle by heading towardsEsmania Bazaar.

Some commuters were furi-ous. They raised an importantquestion about this idea. Whatabout bus numbers 127, 218 and115 which ply on these roadswith their bus stop at OsmaniaMedical College? they asked.What of the already encroachedpavements by vendors andhawkers? Some have even goneto the extent of suggesting amini ring road around this areato help ease out traffic flow. Hereare a few opinions that havesprung up in the discussion.

P Sravan Kumar: “Neitheroptions are required.Hyderabad traffic police shouldremove vendors and encroach-ers and then the roads will bewide enough for two-way traf-fic. Why do you want to punish

motorists for your inability tofree the roads from vendors andencroachers? Motorists pay taxfor using the roads, and the HTPand GHMC keep quiet whenthey are occupied by non tax-paying illegal squatters. This isnot fair.”

Jalasutram Anjaneyulu:“Make everything two way.Why one way at all? It needssome skill, expertise, authorityand finally action to remove oneways in the city. Do you havethe will?”

Asish Toomuluru:”Eitheroptions would work but none ofthem is a permanent solution.Ideal case would be to build amini-ring road circling thesebusy areas. People who want togo to Nampally orSecunderabad are forced to gothrough Koti/Abids/MJ marketor Badichowdi. With this mini-ring road traffic in these areaswill become a thing of the past.”

When Postnoon contactedthe traffic police, DCP MK Singhexplained what went into the

plan. “All old cities have oneways especially in Europe. ThatChaderghat to Koti is, duringpeak hours, one of the most con-gested roads is known. At thesame time, the road fromWomen’s College to DMHS andthen Rangmahal to Putlibowliruns empty. An entire one kmstretch runs empty. RTC busesbeing our only mass commutingservice enjoy utmost priority.But it is difficult to listen toeverybody’s opinion and pleasethem,” he said.

But most say that the con-cept of a one-way is an outmod-ed system everywhere. It alsoadversely affects business alongthe road. Where is the sense inwasting fuel when police shouldensure smooth traffic?

Additional commissioner CV Anand too defended the

options posted on the website.“APSRTC regional managerVenkateshwar Rao participatedin the meeting held on this issue20 days back. There are 3,800buses in the City making 12,000-14000 kms per day . More than45 per cent carriageway is freewhen buses do not ply on theroads. Another one way routeproposal was planned on theAmeerpet, Greenlands, VVStatue, KCP guest office andPanjagutta. But the number ofbus stops located on this stretchand the thousands of passen-gers who commute there proveda disadvantage. For us, busesare the biggest criteria.Venkateshwar Rao was consult-ed while drafting this route andsaid there was no problem. Busstops and parking places will beplanned accordingly.”

No takers for new routeNet-savvy Hyderabad traffic police had not bargained for the volley ofprotests when it put to vote a proposal to make Koti road a one-way.

The traffic police hadgone hi-tech. Ever sincethe page was createdthey have donned anactive role of interactingwith the public.

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In a surprise development,Union home ministerSushilkumar Shinde has met

President Pranab Mukherjeeand reportedly discussed theTelangana issue with him.

However, when the mediaaccosted Shinde after his meet-ing with the president, hedeclined to state what tran-spired at the meeting. When themedia asked him whether therewould be an all-party meetingon Telangana, he said no deci-sion has been taken on theissue. However, the nationalmedia states that there was aforward movement in theTelangana issue and has con-firmed that it was on this prob-lem that the Union home minis-ter had met the president.

There was an importantmeeting of the Congress on

Thursday in which Shinde par-ticipated. It is learnt that at themeeting, the Telangana issuewas discussed and the nationalmedia stated that the UPA gov-ernment was preparing to take adecision on the contentious issuesoon. Reports also said that theCongress high command was ofthe view that the party wouldface damage in the State if it tooka decision against Telangana.

Chief Minister N Kiran

Kumar Reddy, who was in thecapital, spoke to party presidentSonia Gandhi and her son RahulGandhi on Wednesday. It islearnt that both sought his opin-ion on Telangana. It is also learntthat Sonia Gandhi has alreadyspoken to the president on theTelangana issue. Despite thepolice taking all precautions,Prime Minister Dr ManmohanSingh faced the Telangana heatwhen he came to Hyderabad toparticipate in the internationalbiodiversity conference.

AICC official spokespersonRenuka Cho u d hary’s versionwas entirely different. She toldthe media that they should notconstrue that every meeting isabout Telan gana. She, however,said that she was also of the viewthat the government should takea decision on the issue. NSS

Shinde meets prez on T-issue

city FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2012 6REPORTERS’ DIARY

It is a proud moment for a hostof an international gathering topresent its ethnic best. But CoP-

11 organisers failed to imp ress thevisitors. Overseas gu ests wereeager to sample the lo cal food andget a glimpse of the culture; theymissed both. The ver dict of the 19-day jamboree was that if there is atrophy for mis management, itshould go to the Indian govern-ment and the GHMC.

Take, for example, the dinnerhosted by the mayor on Monday.Guests kept asking if they weresavouring the famousHyderabadi cuisine or some ord -i nary mishmash. The City, fam -ous for its biryani, failed toimpress visitors, as one of them(apparently an Andhraite) cried,‘It’s Guntur biryani’. Even thehigher officials from GHMCagreed that the opportunity topresent real Hyderabadi biryanito the delegates had misfired.

The delegates, who scrambledout to get a taste of realHyderabadi food, returned with aglum face, saying “the biryani isnot that good”. “But at a hotelnear Charminar, the fare was real-ly good,” quipped a delegate fromthe US, who had relished it whileon a sightseeing trip. (PC & MN)

BACK TO THE BOWLERWhile the traffic police has beenmaking a lot of noise about ban-ning tinted glasses on vehicles,its Facebook page has seen anenthusiastic response from thepublic. So much so that civilianshave taken this as a forum forventing their displeasure againstthe police services. A certainBhushan Agarwal commentedon the drive against tinted filmssaying “Itna dum hai tho netaon kobolo. [If you are so brave, ask thenetas (to remove their tintedglasses) first)]” To which the traf-fic police has no recorded reply.(RR)

A NAP FOR THE BUDGETBeing a minister who handles thepurse brings certain privileges.But it also brings some difficul-ties, as State finance ministerAnam Ramanarayana Reddywill tell you. He has been inmarathon meetings with officialsfor the half-yearly budget reviewfor the past several days. Thishas deprived him of his usualquota of sleep.

Anam has, however, found asolution. After lunch, he asks hispersonal staff to keep out thecrowd during visitors’ hours andtakes a nap on his sofa in his anteroom for an hour or so. Visitors

who had been wondering at thegoings-on finally realised theproblem. They have now begunto troop out in silence, not know-ing whether to blame the minis-ter or empathise with him. (IA)

‘HIGH VOLTAGE’ SECRETARIAT DRAWS FLAK The ongoing power crisis is not adeterrent for the power centre —the secretariat. With the excuse ofthe ongoing CoP-11, the entiresecretariat premises, especiallyblocks like D Block, H Block andother blocks, are illuminatedwith decorative lamps throughthe night. All electrical and elec-tronic equipment run throughthe day and night.

When Postnoon sought clarifi-cations from the Central PowerDistribution Company (CPDCL),officials said they were workingunder orders from ‘above’, whosaid they wanted uninterruptedpower supply till the CoP is over.This runs contrary to the govern-ment directive to save power asfar as possible and avoid illumi-nation till the power crisis is over.All this is while farmers aredeprived of power. “Why shouldthey light up the secretariat with

such high voltage lights unneces-sarily? It is a restricted place andno CoP-11 visitor is scheduled tovisit here. The State should havedone these decorations at somehistoric place as it would attractthe crowd,” said H HanmanthReddy, president, secretariatemployees’union. (IA)

WHERE IS THE PANTHER?Where’s the injured panther, askmany, referring to TRS supremoKCR. The man who had, not longago, shaken the governmentseems to be convalescing from theinjuries he received at the hands ofCongress leaders. His sojourn toDelhi to get a darshan of the UPAhigh priestess proved futile andher minions are adding to hiswoes. Adding insult to injury isWednesday’s statement of Unionhome minister Sushil kumarShinde that Telan gana is not at alldiscussed. “I don’t know anythingabout Telangana,” he said. Well,well... some statement, this! (PK)

Contributed by InkeshafAhmed, Padmini C, Md

Nizamuddin, RahulRamakrishna, Srinivas Setty

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Following several com-plaints regularly receivedby the GHMC about the

poor quality of roads constructedas part of the CoP works, GHMC

commissioner Krishna Babuwent out on a late night inspec-tion on Thursday.

The inspection, which startedat 11pm, continued for more thanan hour on five stretches.Strengthening and re-carpetingof BT road from Liberty Junctionto Osmania University Gate(near Fever Hospital), from NTRMarg to Indiragandhi Junction,from Liberty Junction to NizamCollege Road (milling only),from Charminar toChandrayangutta and BT roadwidening at Hi-Tec City railwaystation were the stretches thatwere examined. Five differentagencies had been allotted theworks as part of improving roadconditions in this part of the City.

The commissioner was nothappy with the work and he issaid to have noted several weakpoints. Engineers and contrac-tors will be in line of fire for thelapses, it is learnt.

‘Real’ biryani and other goof-ups The government and GHMC may have failed to impress delegates who were craving authentic Hyderabadi

cuisine, but the more enterprising ones got a taste of the real deal on City streets.

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Lack of coordinationbetween the GHMCand South CentralRailways has caused

several works, includingRoBs (railway overbridge)and (raliway underbridge)RuBs to be delayed by years.

One of the reasons citedby the GHMC engineers isthe red tape attached to theRailways whose decisionscome from New Delhi afteryears of deliberation and filemovement.

“Even if a small changehas to be made to the originalproject, it will make anotheryear to be cleared,” says asenior engineer in projects.

For instance, the KandikalRoB that should have beencompleted years ago got the

estimation only recently.Narsapur and Balanagarunder the R&B departmentare yet to get the nod fromRailways. For Tukaramgate inSecunderabad, the construc-tion of an RoB may take sev-eral more years.

Some of these, in recent

years, have drawn on longerthan expected. A few werecompleted in eight years andone took as long as 10 years.The alternative passage wayat ‘Oliphanta’ bridge at RailNilayam that has been underconstruction is yet to see thelight of the day.

The RoB towardsKukatpally from Hitec City isa classic example of this kindof delay, with the projectbeing delayed by severalyears. Even though the entire landscape has changedthe project has yet to be completed.

More recently, theLakdikapul bridge taken upby the GHMC in coordinationwith Railways proved a simi-lar problem, where theRailways constructed onlythe portion above the tracksand left the rest to be com-pleted by the GHMC. “Theproposals are made, then sentfor approval to higher author-ities. In the meantime, theagencies that had come for-ward to take up the projectturn their backs, owing to theever-increasing costs,” saysthe project’s engineer.

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Amajor welfare initiativefor the employees ofGHMC is in the offing.

Construction of a 100-bed superspeciality hospital which thenewly elected GreaterHyderabad MunicipalEmployees Union (GHMEU) haddemanded is being actively con-sidered, sources said.

According to U Gopal, presi-dent of the union, there were sev-eral instances of employees whodied prematurely due to badworking conditions and lack oftimely medical attention. This isone of the reasons that prompted him to take up the task.

“For the sake of keeping theCity clean, several of the staff areprone to deadly diseases likelung infections, and life-threat-ening dengue, viral fever,typhoid and other high-riskinfections. Many drivers and

those who are working for UrbanMalaria Scheme (UMS) died at avery early age,” said Gopal.

There are nearly 6,500employees on the GHMC’s rollswho work in the most hazardousconditions to keep the City clean.But the lack of proper medicalattention is leading to the deathsof employees. In some cases,these deaths occur at the youngage of 40 as well.

The long process that is usu-ally involved when it comes toemergency admission to either agovernment or a corporate hos-pital, forced the union to seek

land for the proposed super spe-ciality government hospital.

“We have been makingefforts in this direction and haveidentified land at Domalguda,close to the GHMC office,” saidthe union president. Accordingto him, 1,300 sq yards of govern-ment land would be utilised forthis purpose, if the GHMC commissioner gave his a nod forthe project.

The employees are expectedto push forward the proposal forthe super speciality hospital soonafter the CoP-11 comes to an end.“The stone laying ceremony willbe conducted soon at the site,”said the hopeful Gopal.

But what of the giving part?When employees ask for anadditional facility that costs theexchequer extra money, doesn’tit calls for a quid pro quo? Willthe employees work more sin-cerely or put in additional hours?The union is silent on the issue.The union leaders never thoughtof it, they say.

Railway drags feet on RoBsFor once, let us not blame the civic authorities for delays in RoB and RuB. It’sthe rail bhavan that sits over issues for years together.

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Civic employees to getsuper speciality hospitalA welcome move by the GHMC, a super speciality hospital for itsstaff, is being considered. But the employees’ union that askedfor it does not pledge better service to citizens.

The employees areexpected to push forward the proposalfor the super speciality hospitalsoon after the CoP-11concludes.

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So why does South Korea wantto host the conference?

We have already successfullyhosted the Ramsar Convention(The Convention on Wetlands ofInternational Importance) 2008,the United Nations Conventionto Combat Biodiversity(UNCCD) and the WWC meet-ing in the past few years. TheKorean government is keen oninternational commitment inthis. Everybody recognised therole of Korea in Ramsar becausewe invested so many years oftime and study. As far as the CoPgoes, the Nagoya meeting wasgood but we will have a Koreanstyle meeting by borrowing allthe wisdom from Hyderabadand Nagoya but keeping onlythe best practices from both.

What about resources? It’s beena sticky point in the negotiations here.

Money is not an issue forKorea. They believe in a strongcommitment. Enormousamounts are going to be spent onhardware such as infrastructureand now we are working also onestablishing the software of bio-diversity. The country is movingat a phenomenal pace, so we’llsoon catch up. India has villages

and cultures and it’s all mixedbut Korea, like Japan, is veryurbanised. So it will be a differ-ent approach. Urban biodiversitywill be emphasised while alsolooking at global issues.

You are looking to meet CBD of -ficials in a while. Is that to senda statement that Korea is ready?

We are now mentally prepar-ing for this. But the local govern-ments have already started onwhat to do, if we host. They areall competing for it. I’m not rep-resenting the government thistime, but as a local authority, Ihad a meeting with the centralgovernment and they also sup-port the decision to host. So weare going to refine our objectivesafter today and very quickly pre-pare for what is needed for ahigh-impact meeting. Our previ-ous conventions were successfulbecause they were so happy withKorea for its infrastructure butmainly for its outcomes in termsof resolutions.

In contrast to Hyderabad, you mean?

I’m sure Hyderabad did a ve -ry good job in many aspects. TheKorean delegation, which consi -sts of 30 members, is very happywith the hospitality here.

Local governments are compet-

ing to host the event? Wait, areyou saying the preparations arealready underway?

Yes, three provinces — Gyeu -ng yam, Gangwon and Jeju pro vi -nce — are giving it their best. Th -ey have already started a seriesof seminars and meetings onhow to hold a convention andwh at benefits can be had andhow to maximise output. We ha -ve people over from the CBD tocome to talk, where we identifythe strengths and weaknesses ofprevious CoPs, so we can impro-vise/incorporate them. It doesn’tmatter which city gets it but as acountry, we are trying to prepare.

What’s the benefit of hostingthe CoP?

Benefit, well, the direct bene-fit is that we usually upgrade ourpolicy. Because in conventions li -ke this, there are some countriesth at are learning and some thatare al ready experts. So copy allthe go od aspects and thereby im -pr ove our policy. Also, height-ened awareness is a by-product.After Ramsar, the way Korealooks at wetlands has beenchanging. Now it’s up to a veryinternational standard.

What have been the significantsteps taken by Korea in biodi-versity conversation in the lastfew years?

The expansion of ProtectedAr eas. Because urbanisation de -st royed a lot of habitat and alsocreated its fragmentation. So br -in ging back together the eco sy -stems was a big process, buildingbiological resources, taking inve -nt ory of new species and assisti -ng overseas, especially SouthEast Asia.

What about the NagoyaProtocol? Do you see Korea ratifying it?

Very frankly, I know there is aStrategic Plan but every conven-tion has the same problem —Only Talk, No Action. We wantto have a different model.

So do you not think the CoP-11very effective?

Not very effective, not justthis, but all CoPs. To me, peoplewho come to the meetings arecoming because this is their job.And, because it’s legally mandat-ed. So, meetings are getting big-ger and bigger but coherence ismore and more difficult to find.What we really have to be think-ing about is implementation.

Are you hoping to change thetemplate of the meeting?

Not really. The Secretariat isqu ite conservative. But as far aswe can, we will aim to improvethe implementation levels andal so enable reproduction of goodmodels.

What are the things you’ve seenin the Hyderabad summit thatyou think could have beenimproved upon?

People want to rememberHyderabad. But they have tohave a strong message. ‘Okayaah, Hyderabad... they have awonderful [biodiversity] indexwe can follow,’ No, I don’t thinkanyone will remember that. I’mnot really convinced... what arethe real, replicable deliverablesfrom here? But that said, all thepeople were very happy inHyderabad. That’s one positivelearning we’ll take away.

Even before the curtain call at Hyderabad, South Korea readies itself to host the CoP-12 in 2014. Director ofRamsar Regional Center East Asia, Professor Gae-Jae Joo of the Korean delegation speaks to Postnoon onwhy the next CoP will be a very different one from this year’s event.

‘CoP at S Korea will be different’

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Over the past two weeks,over 6,000 delegates from180 countries at CoP-11

were united in one matter andtherefore repeatedly said, biodi-versity was being lost across theworld at an alarming pace andthat they should act now to savePlanet Earth.

The sense of urgency, itseems however, did not apply totheir own actions. Set two yearsago at their last meeting inNagoya, Japan; their own targetof achieving the Aichi Targets forBiodiversity by 2020 also

remained forgotten. Instead, over 11 days, they sat

huddled in conference rooms,debating paragraph by para-graph, paper by paper, so thatdecisions on their agenda couldbe adopted today.

Except this is no Nagoya.There are no legally bindingProtocols for biodiversity conser-vation or biosafety emergingfrom this CoP in Hyderabad.

As this report is being writ-ten, consultations are on betweenregional groups and 27 parties toestablish baselines for resourcemobilisation. By the end of theday, the best that can be hopedfor is for countries to pledge the

resources necessary to imple-ment their previously set targets.

Minister for EnvironmentJayanthi Natarajan has alreadywarned that as Chair of CoP, sheis not expecting that the pledgefor the required resources toimplement the Strategic Plan (totune of hundreds of billions) be

realised, but instead is aiming foronly a “political commitment.”

To give credit where it’s due,the Parties seem to have foundconsensus on 23 other issues ontheir agenda including marineand coastal biodiversity, inlandecosystems, invasive alienspecies, ecosystem restoration,geo engineering, gender main-streaming and poverty allevia-tion that will be adopted today atthe Plenary. Their implementa-tion of these decisions however,is another story.

Continuing the saga of theCoP will be South Korea, who’llbe taking charge for hosting thenext conference in 2014.

And… it’s a wrap at CoPThe collective might of nations, it seems, is not enough to come up with away to save the planet. CoP-11 ends today with little to show for their talks.

There are no legallybinding Protocols forbiodiversity conserva-tion or biosafetyemerging from thisCoP in Hyderabad.

SIDELINESThe HyderabadPledge

Speaking on the openingof the High LevelSegment on Tuesday,

PM Manmohan Singh madea commitment of $50 milliondollars. Further more, hecalled for other Parties tocontribute. They can supportone or more AichiBiodiversity Targets. Highlyplaced CBD officials say thatthe UK is soon to join the listof Biodiversity Champions.It’s estimated to be around10 million pounds.

Elsewhere in the confer-ence, Germany has just reaf-firmed it’s commitment bypledging a total of €500 mil-lion to the cause of forestconservation.

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GOODBYE HYDERABAD ANDTHANKS FOR EVERYTHING

CoP-11 thatconcludestoday may nothave managed tocome up withany concretesteps to savethe planet.But hostHyderabaddefinitelymanaged toput a smile onthe delegates’faces, regardless ofthe mishapsthat left usred-faced.

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BRUSSELS: EU leadersagreed to bring banksunder bloc-wide supervi-sion, but failed to pindown an exact date —dashing hopes of a quickmove towards a full bank-ing union.

The 2013 timetablesettled during 11 hours oftalks at a Brussels summitshould pave the way forailing banks to receivecash directly fromEurope’s bailout funds.

The decision tookplace in a calmer marketenvironment, but also

against a backdrop offresh violence in Greece.

The 27 EU leaders setthemselves “the objectiveof agreeing on the legisla-tive framework byJanuary 1, 2013,” said astatement. Work on actu-ally setting up the bodywould take place “in thecourse of 2013”, it added.

German ChancellorAngela Merkel called thetimetable “ambitious,”even as French presidentFrancois Hollandepushed for quick imple-mentation. AFP

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Google shares suspended after earningsrelease blunder

NEW YORK: US computing giant Microsoft onThursday blamed a slowdown in personal computersales for a fall in earnings and revenues for its fiscalfirst quarter.

Microsoft reported after the markets closed thatnet profit fell 21 per cent from the year-ago quarter to$4.5 billion. The tech giant rebounded from postingits first-ever loss, of $492 million in the prior quarter.

The earnings in the quarter ended on September30 amounted to 65 cents a share, better than WallStreet forecasts of 56 cents. But revenues were belowexpectations, falling eight percent to $16 billion.

The earnings come with Microsoft preparing aseries of major product launches designed to reinvig-orate what was once the world’s biggest techfirm.Microsoft next week launches its Windows 8operating system designed for the PC market it dominates. AFP

Microsoft profit tops forecasts,but revenue weak

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NEWS BRIEFSCRIMEMob tries toset officialablazeBADAUN (UP): A mob of over150 people allegedly tried to setablaze the district supply officerin Dehgava village after hesealed a fair price shop sellingadulterated diesel.

An FIR has been lodgedagainst 154 people, including 150unidentified people, for theattack, police said.

The incident took place yes-terday when on a tip off DSONeeraj Singh raided fair priceshop owner Girish Chandra'shouse and found him mixingkerosene with diesel.

Finding this, the officersealed the shop of Girish. Whilereturning from there, he was sur-rounded by a mob includingwomen, which tried to set himafire. The officer managed toescape from the spot andinformed senior officers aboutthe incident.

On his complaint, two FIRs— one against Girish underEssential Commodities Act andother again Girish, Manoj,Sandeep and Mayank and 150others was lodged for allegedlyattacking him.

Police is trying to arrest theother accused, who are at large.

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UP to set up health posts in slumsLUCKNOW: With an aim of providinghealthcare at the doorstep, Uttar Pradeshgovernment is setting up urban health poststargeting slum areas in 35 districts, wherepeople can get treatment and medicine freeof cost. These health posts will be opened inslum areas on rented accommodation, wherean MBBS doctor, one ANM and a nursewould be posted to take care of commondiseases.

Coach derails, traffic disruptedMIRZAPUR (UP): A coach of the Delhi-bound Neelanchal Express derailed nearMirzapur Railway Station today, disruptingrail traffic on the Delhi-Howrah route. Acoach next to the engine of the train derailedat the outer signal of the railway station. Noinjury was reported in the derailment, policesaid. Movement of trains has resumed fromthe down line while efforts were being madeto clear the up line as well, railway officialssaid. PTI

IPS officer arrested for taking bribeCHANDIGARH: An IPS officer has beenarrested by the CBI after he was allegedlycaught accepting `one lakh in bribe from ajunior officer superintendent of police (City)Deshraj was caught last night while allegedlyaccepting Rs one lakh as an initial amount ofa `25 lakh bribe he had demanded fromSHO Anokh Singh, CBI deputy inspector general Mahesh Aggarwal said. According tosources, an inquiry was pending against thestation house officer in a case. As the inquirywas pending with Deshraj, he allegedlypromised the SHO to "hush up" the investigation.

CONGO PEACEKEEPING6 Indian peacekeeperswounded in ambushA UN Indian peacekeeper was killed in the sameprovince in July when he was caught in a cross-fire.UNITED NATIONS: Indianpeacekeepers and a local inter-preter, serving with the UnitedNations mission in strife-tornCongo, were wounded whentheir patrol was ambushed inwhat is being termed as a "tar-getted and deliberate" attack.

The six peacekeepers werepart of the Indian contingentserving with the UNOrganization StabilizationMission in Democratic Republicof Congo (MONUSCO).

They were ambushed alongwith their interpreter whilereturning from a patrol with 12other peacekeepers nearBuganza in North Kivu

province on October 17 afterfinding the bodies of four civil-ians, the mission said in a newsrelease.

A UN Indian peacekeeperwas killed in the same provincein July when he was caught in across-fire in clashes between

Congo's armed forces and arebel group known as theMarch 23 Movement (M23).

Congo's eastern provincesof North and South Kivu havewitnessed increased fightingbetween government troopsand the M23, which is com-posed of renegade soldiers whomutinied in April.

MONUSCO, with 19,000uniformed personnel, is the lat-est iteration of UN peacekeep-ing missions that have helped tobring stability and civilian elec-tions to the vast country after itwas torn apart by civil wars andrebel movements.

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LITERATUREFolded Earth, FreeMan win lit awards

MUMBAI: Anuradha Roy'snovel The Folded Earth and jour-nalist Aman Sethi's non-fictionbook A Free Man are among thewinners of the 11th Economist

Crossword Book Award.English translations of Anita

Agnihotri's book of short stories17 by Arunava Sinha andNarayan's novel The ArayaWoman by CatherineThankamma have jointly wonthe award for Indian LanguageTranslation.

Ravi Subramanian's TheIncredible Banker has bagged thePopular Award.

Writer Sudha Murthy gaveaway the prizes at a functionhere Friday night.

The Folded Earth won in theEnglish Indian Fiction categorywhile A Free Man won in theEnglish Indian Non-Fiction cate-gory for 2011.

There were 330 entries for theawards given to books publishedin 2011.

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Congo's North andSouth Kivu have witnessed increasedfighting between government troopsand the M23.

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Race to the white houseFRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2012 12

Barack Obama vs Mitt Romney

NEW YORK: Barack Obamamocked his damaging “nap” inthe first debate and Mitt Romneylampooned the president’s jobsrecord Thursday, as the WhiteHouse foes cloaked hostility withhumor at a fabled charity dinner.

Obama and his Republicanfoe mixed punchlines and selfmockery at the Al SmithMemorial Dinner in New Yorkwith a layer of collegiality barelydisguising their bitter rivalry just18 days before a razor’s edgeelection.

The tuxedo-wearing candi-dates sat at the top table of theglittering white-tie affair, sepa-rated only by the RomanCatholic Archbishop of NewYork Cardinal Timothy Dolan,just two days after their latestacrimonious debate.

Romney got the first turn tospeak and his debut zinger tooka shot at his own wealth, sayingit was nice for him and wife Ann,resplendent in a black and whitedress with a cape, to slip intoclothes they would wear aroundthe house.

His speech, perhaps withmore of a cutting edge than

Obama’s later remarks, joked hischallenger had come up with anew slogan after good employ-ment data this month: “You’rebetter off now than you werefour weeks ago.”

Romney said Obama’s presi-dency was in its final months,and said the Democrat, deridedby some conservatives as asocialist, was looking around atthe wealthy audience and think-

ing “so little time, so much

to redistribute.”In his stand-up routine,

Romney also took a shot at themedia, which many Republicansthink is biased towards Obama.

“My job is to lay out a posi-tive vision for the future of thecountry. Their job is to make surethat no one else finds out aboutit.” Obama and Romney had ear-lier greeted one other, before thewell-heeled crowd at the WaldorfAstoria hotel, with smiles andhandshakes, but the reality of aclosely contested race simmeredbelow the surface.

The president also started outin self deprecating tone, notinghe had shown more energy intheir second debate on Tuesday,than in his disastrous first efforttwo weeks ago.

“I was really well rested afterthe nice long nap I had in the firstdebate!” Obama joked, beforegoing on to poke fun at multi-millionaire Romney’s bulgingwallet after a career as a venturecapitalist. “I went shopping atsome stores in Midtown,Governor Romney went shop-ping for some stores inMidtown,” Obama joked.

Obama and his Republican foe mixed punchlines andself mockery at the Al Smith Memorial Dinner with a

layer of collegiality barely disguising their bitter rivalry.

Romney son jokes hewanted to ‘take aswing’ at ObamaMitt Romney’s eldest son Taggtold a radio station that the back-and-forth debate sniping betweenhis father and Barack Obamamade him want to “take a swing”at the president. Asked in an inter-view with North Carolina radiohost Bill LuMaye what it was liketo sit through Tuesday’s super-charged debate and hear Obama“call your dad a liar,” Tagg Romneysaid it made him want to “jumpout of your seat and you want torush down to the debate stageand take a swing at him.” He con-tinued with his description of howthe extraordinarily close race isweighing on those close to theprotagonists, less than threeweeks before Americans head tothe polls on November 6. He fol-lowed up his joke about clockingObama by saying: “But you knowyou can’t do that because, wellfirst because there’s a lot of SecretService between you and him, butalso because it’s just the nature ofthe process. “They’re going to tryto do everything they can do totry to make my dad into someonehe’s not,” Tagg, the eldest ofRomney’s five sons, said. “Wesigned up for it. We gotta kind ofsit there and take our punches,and then send them right back theother way.”

Bloomberg to spendmillions on candidatesMayor Michael Bloomberg isreaching into his very, very deeppockets to spend millions in theelection home stretch on candi-dates — Republican andDemocrat, alike — he feels will dothe US good. Bloomberg, whosepersonal wealth is estimated at$25 billion, said he will pony up atleast $10 million on candidates intight election races and to pro-mote his views in referendums onthree subjects he holds dear:stricter gun control laws, same-sexmarriage and improved education.Bloomberg, 70, now a politicalindependent, was a Democratbefore running for mayor as aRepublican in 2001. He left theRepublican party in 2007 and wasre-elected for his third term as anindependent.

Political standoff hasUS at ‘fiscal cliff’As the US candidates battle it outin the final weeks of the campaignanother showdown looms, withthe world’s largest economycoasting towards a potentially dis-astrous “fiscal cliff.” If PresidentBarack Obama’s Democrats andRepublicans in Congress cannotstrike a deal by December 31,then the already sluggish econo-my will be hit hard by sharp cutsin government spending and asurge in taxes. It’s a prospect thathas businesses holding backinvestments and hiring.

Obama deniesconfusion over Benghazi US President Barack Obamadenied on Thursday there hadbeen “confusion” in his adminis-tration over the attack on the USconsulate in Benghazi which killedfour Americans. Obama, appear-ing on Comedy Central TV’s theDaily Show, professed confidencethat he will win another four yearsin the White House on November6, despite a tight race with Repu -blican candidate Mitt Romney. “Iwasn’t confused about the factthat we needed to ramp up diplo-matic security around the worldright after it happened,” Obamasaid. “I wasn’t confused about thefact that we had to investigateexactly what happened so it getsfixed. And I wasn’t confused aboutthe fact that we’re going to huntdown whoever did it.”

Billy Graham backsBible-man RomneyEvangelical leader Billy Grahamurged Americans on Thursday to“vote for biblical values,” in animplicit endorsement ofRepublican Mitt Romney, aMormon. The message of supportcame after the Billy GrahamEvangelistic Association removedan article on its website that hadsaid Mormons, Jehovah’sWitnesses, Mormons, theUnification Church andScientologists belong to “cults.” Ina full-page ad in the Wall StreetJournal, Graham, who turns 94 theday after the November 6 elec-tion, said the upcoming votecould be his last. “I believe it isvitally important that we cast ourballots for candidates who basetheir decisions on biblical princi-ples and support the nation ofIsrael,” the founder of BillyGraham Crusades sermons said.

Ann says no more campaigns if Mitt losesMitt Romney’s wife said Thursdaythey would be “absolutely”through with politics if her hus-band does not win the November6 election. “Absolutely, he will notrun again,” Ann Romney told ABCtalkshow “The View” when askedby the hosts if a loss to PresidentBarack Obama would put an endto the Republican nominee’s polit-ical career. “Nor will I.” AnnRomney has often spoken of heragonizing decision to accept herhusband’s second run for presi-dent, after he came up short inthe 2008 race.”I have a hard timewith it,” she said of the pressuresof the campaign trail and theunceasing negativity of the adsthat attack her husband’s record.“I did not want to do this again.This was a very hard thing for meto decide to go forward again,”she added. But she stressed thatshe believed her husband hadcompelling ideas and a messagethat resonated with Americans.

My job is to layout a positive

vision for the futureof the country. Their[his political opponents] job is tomake sure that noone else finds outabout it.

Barack ObamaUS president

US President Barack Obama, Republican US presidential candidate Mitt Romney and others attend the 67th annualAl Smith dinner at the Waldorf Astoria hotelin New York City. AFP/BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI

Obama, Romney swapbile for biting humor

WorldFRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2012

13THREE WOMEN SHOT DEAD IN US HAIR SALONA gunman shot dead three women in a hair salon in the US state ofFlorida before killing himself, Xinhua reported. The attack took place inthe premises of Las Dominicanas M&M Hair Salon in Seminole county. Theattacker later shot himself dead in a house in Winter Park.

SPAIN NO TO EU RESCUESpain’s government said it is not inurgent need of a financial rescuefrom its European partners and thatit will wait until the European CentralBank has clearly worked out itsbond-buying scheme before mak-ing a decision. Spanish officialsdelivered that message Thursday inBrussels, where PM Mariano Rajoy istaking part in a meeting of theEuropean Council. The country'sdelegation at the summit, whichbegan on Thursday, said a hypothet-ical sovereign bailout request is noton the agenda and that insteadSpain wants to make progresstoward implementing agreementswith other euro-zone members,including plans for a European

banking union.

Japan’s justice minister, who wasappointed just 18 days ago, is setto resign, media said on Friday,after he admitted having hadlinks with organised crime. KeishuTanaka was brought into the cabi-net less than three weeks ago aspart of a reshuffle aimed atshoring up PM Yoshihiko Noda’sshaky administration. But he wasforced to admit a yakuza connec-tion after a tabloid magazinerevealed he had once acted asmatchmaker for a senior mobster.

JAPAN MINISTER TO QUIT?

NUMEROLOGY

$2.64 bnis the combined worth of bids from37 domestic and foreign companies

for 49 Colombian oil blocks.

If the war andinsecurities con-

tinue in Afghanistan,Afghan borders arenot protected, andthe immunity for for-eign forces comeson top of theseissues.

Hamid KarzaiAfghan President

Woman critical afterelephant attackSYDNEY: A female keeper wasrushed to hospital in a critical con-dition on Friday after being crushedagainst a bollard by an elephant atTaronga Zoo, authorities said. “Shehad critical injuries, multiple injuries.The patient was unconscious andhad stopped breathing,” thespokeswoman said. She was resusci-tated and taken to a hospital.

NRI couple donates $12 mn to US varsityWASHINGTON: An Indian-American doctor couple, Kiran Cand Pallavi Patel, have donated $12million to the University of SouthFlorida in a new endowment. Theendowment would expand onapplied research to advance sus-tainability around the globe andimprove the lives of the world’smost vulnerable people.

Court overturns AnnaNicole Smith rulings LOS ANGELES: A US court onThursday overturned rulings thatsquashed drugs-related convictionsagainst late Anna Nicole Smith’sboyfriend and most convictionsagainst her former psychiatrist.Howard K Stern and KhristineEroshevich were convicted in 2010of conspiring to provide drugs toAnna, who died of an overdose.

Jewish gravesdesecrated in NZWELLINGTON: Vandalsdefaced Jewish gravestones in cen-tral Auckland with graffiti includingNazi swastikas, New Zealand policesaid on Friday. About 20 graves,some dating back to the 1880s,were spray-painted in the Jewishsection of the Karangahape RoadCemetery, the New Zealand Heraldreported.

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SYRIAN CRISIS

49 die as jetsblast rebel townBombs destroyed buildings where many women and

children had been taking refuge.MAARET AL-NUMAN:Syrian fighter jets blasted therebel-held town of Maaret al-Numan on Thursday, killing atleast 49 people, including 23children, in a further escalationof violence in the war-torncountry, rescuers said.

Amid the bloodshed, UNpeace envoy Lakhdar Brahimipressed for a truce during akey Muslim holiday later thismonth, while the UN’s humanrights chief appealed to theSecurity Council for unity overthe crisis.

Rescuers said bombsdestroyed two residentialbuildings and a mosque,where many women and chil-dren had been taking refuge, inthe strategic northwesterntown. Among those killed wasa nine-month-old baby.

Rebels captured the townon October 9 in a push to cre-ate a buffer zone along theTurkish border.

“We have recovered 44corpses from under the rub-ble,” one worker told an AFPcorrespondent at the scene.

In a makeshift field hospi-tal, the correspondent saw atleast 32 bodies wrapped inwhite sheets, including sixchildren and many mutilatedcorpses, as well as plastic bagsmarked “body parts.”

One child was decapitated,the correspondent said. Thebody of a second was pulledfrom the rubble while still onhis bicycle.

“At the moment it seemsonly three people survived theattack, including a two-year-old child,” said medic JaffarSharhoub. “He survived in thearms of his dead father.”

Several fighter jets flewover Maaret al-Numan and thesurrounding area throughoutThursday morning.

They made short dives todrop at least 10 bombs on thetown and its eastern outskirts,near the besieged Wadi Deifarmy base, which came underheavy bombardment by therebels. Later Thursday, anotherfive people were killed duringfurther bombardment of thetown, said rebels.

In the early evening, the

rebels launched what they saidwas a “final assault” on thebase, a key depot for tanks andfuel supplies.

Hundreds of fightersattacked the base, a frontlineAFP correspondent reported.Three tanks were destroyedand at least six soldiers surren-dered, rebel officers said.

The base is situated twokilometres (a mile) from theDamascus-Aleppo highway, ofwhich the rebels control astretch of several kilometres.That has severely impaired thearmy’s ability to resupplyunits under fire in the northernmetropolis for the past threemonths.

AFP

BEIJING: China was set to dis-patch naval vessels and aircraftto the East China Sea on Friday,flexing its muscles in exerciseslikely to further stoke a bristlingterritorial dispute with Japan.

A fleet of 11 vessels, includ-ing some warships, along witheight aircraft were to be sent towaters off its east coast, Chinahas said, in Beijing’s most con-frontational act yet in a row thathas chilled ties between theregional heavyweights.

The one-day exercises wereannounced late Thursday in adispatch by official Xinhua newsagency that China’s defence min-istry also posted on its own web-site.

The drill is aimed at improv-ing China’s preparedness to“safeguard territorial sovereign-ty and maritime interests”,according to a statement fromthe East China Sea fleet, cited byXinhua. The defence ministryhas made no direct comment onthe war games yet, and it was notimmediately clear whether theyhad begun or exactly where theywould take place. AFP

ISLAND DISPUTE

A wounded Syrian boy is carried to the hospital following an airstrike bySyrian government forces in Maaret al-Numan. AFP/BULENT KILIC

China flexesmuscles withnaval drills

SEOUL: South Korea’s foreignminister voiced regret onFriday over the death of aChinese fisherman in a coast-guard operation, as China’sambassador met with top offi-cials in Seoul to discuss theincident. The fisherman wasfatally wounded Tuesday by arubber bullet after coastguardcommandos boarded twoChinese ships deemed to befishing illegally in SouthKorean waters. The coastguardsaid the crew threatened thecommandos with knives, axes,saws and other weapons.

S Korea ‘regrets’ death

ENVIRONMENT UNDER PRESSURE

CommentFRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2012

14HIGH-FLYING THOUGHTSA few days after the mighty Google released photographs of its hallowedinnards, an e-mail glitch cost it $22 billion. But we know that Google haspots of money and can easily handle the loss. All they have to do is stoppainting every damn conduit a different colour.

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Once the refuge ofpious Tibetanmonks and a fewhippie travellers,Dharamshala in

the Himalayan foothills is todaya crowded and chaotic townwhere long-term residents fearfor its future.

More correctly known asMcLeod Ganj, it suffers from thesame traffic jams, wail of carhorns, construction work andstinking piles of rubbish thatafflict India's largest cities.

Dharamshala's scantresources are being stretched tobursting point by a huge rise invisitors as domestic touristspour into the cramped streets tojoin pilgrimage groups andbackpackers.

For those who remember thesleepy hilltown where Indiaprovided a safe haven forBuddhist leader the Dalai Lamaand his followers fleeing Chinaafter 1959, the modern reality isoften ugly and depressing.

"Before, there were virtuallyno private vehicles, so everyonewould walk up and down thesteep mountain paths," saidTenzing Sonam, a well-knownfilm-maker who first lived inDharamshala 35 years ago. "Thetown was tiny and there was aclose-knit community of thegeneration who first fled Tibet

and their children. Everyoneknew everybody. The place feltvery cut-off from the rest ofIndia, and the only visitors werea small number of the hippiesand Buddhist seekers."

As hotels, restaurants andmulti-storey car parks sproutfrom sites excavated into thehillsides, Dharamshala's imageas a sanctuary from religiouspersecution and a place forquiet contemplation are fading.

"It is hard to be critical aspeople benefit from the econom-ic activity, but it is impossible toexpand like this on the side of amountain," said Sonam, 53,whose parents were close asso-ciates of the Dalai Lama's familyin Tibet.

Sandal-wearing monks insaffron robes and Tibetanwomen wearing long dressesremain a striking feature of thetown, but they are increasinglyswamped by four-wheel-drivevehicles squeezing past opendrains and bars selling beer andpizza.

At Chonor House, a bou-tique hotel where actor anddevout Buddhist Richard Gereis a regular, one sign ofDharamshala's creaking infras-tructure is bath tubs beingreplaced by showers to save onscarce water.

"We need a generatorbecause of power cuts, and theroads are rough because theyget washed away by the mon-

soon," says manager Karma.Rubbish disposal is also a

serious challenge, with muchrefuse simply dumped off theside of roads, spoiling the enjoy-ment of walkers who head upforest tracks towards soaringpeaks behind the town.

According to the HimachalPradesh tourism department,last year 1,800,000 Indians and99,000 foreigners visited the dis-trict of Kangra — whichincludes Dharamshala — asharp increase on 10 years ago.

"The new popularity is dueto people coming to enjoy thecool climate when the plains arehot, adventure sports such asmountaineering and religiousplaces of interest," Kangradeputy director for tourismAshwani Sood told AFP.

"People enjoy these things,

and we want more visitors tocome and experience them too."

The town's new role as apopular weekend get-away foryoung crowds from New Delhiand Chandigarh has beenunderlined by Indian PremierLeague games played each yearin the nearby stadium.

After the most recent match-es in May, drunken mobs fromneighbouring Punjab gatheredin the tiny main square ofDharamshala, clashing withpolice and throwing bottles atbars that refused them entry.

Such scenes appalled manyTibetan exiles, who fear thatlong-standing relations withlocal Indian communities maybeen threatened by increasingcommercialisation. AFP

The Anonymous Alien willreturn next week

Protests signalled our age of freedom

And so CoP-11 finally draws to a close. What does Hyderabad have to show for itshosting skills? A few posted plants, some freshly-laid roads and a couple of

hotels going “kaching”. But something else happened in the City that should make usproud. The T protests that were held on the eve of the CoP may have had the police in

a tizzy, but what it showed the world is that India is a true democratic nation thatallows non-violent protests no matter how embarrassing they may be for the people in

power. This would not have been allowed anywhere in the Middle East (which we arestrangely beginning to resemble thanks to our khaps and Neanderthal politicians). Hell,

they would not have been allowed in China. So whether you agree with the protestersor not, one thing’s clear, the ability to voice your opinions and not be trundled over byjackbooted-fascists is testament to our freedom. Next time, however, keep the public-

property-smashing louts at home.

Why we love... baseball

To cricket-lovers, Baseball may just be aglorified game of Rounders, but for the

discerning fan, it’s pure magic. Watchingthe Yankees get thrashed this morning bythe Tigers it’s easy to understand whymore good films on baseball have beenmade than any other sport. Forget if youwill its snail’s pace and consider the legendof the home run; the stoicism of the pitch-er; the patience of the outfielder; and thethrill of the run. Baseball’s a great gameindeed.

EDITORIALS

READERS’ VIEWSWe invite you to write to us comments, suggestions, viewpoint or just about anything to [email protected] or#1246, Level 3, Jubilee Casa, Road No 62, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad – 500 033 or even by way of a call on 4067 2222. Editor: Dean Williams

I have never listened to

anyone who criticisedmy taste in spacetravel, sideshows orgorillas. When thisoccurs, I pack upmy dinosaurs andleave the room.

Ray Bradburyauthor

BOOM TIME UPSETSCALM IN DHARAMSHALA

A conferenceof you

The Conference of Partiesproved once again that

if you put enoughbureaucrats in a room you can

effectively slow the Earth’s rota-tion to a standstill. The CoP was

all talk and no walk, but thenagain that was to be expected.

Like it or not, environmentalsustainability is not high on the

agenda of most countries, nomatter what their spokespeople

tell you, and events like CoPonly serve to cement that fact.

That the Earth is dying aslow, painful death at the handsof merciless and selfish humans

is not in doubt: Neither is cli-mate change, global warming

and the extinction of species. Butexpecting governments to be thedrivers of change is like hoping

the moon’s made of cheese... notgoing to happen. The only solu-tion to this catastrophic problem

is a change at the individuallevel. Only when we as a people

come together to make smallchanges in our lives to help theenvironment can real advances

in the fight against climatechange and the degradation of

biodiversity be made.Recycle, plant a tree, build a

nest for sparrow, put out waterfor the City’s birds and animals,

use less petrol, buy local pro-duce, and above all... give a

damn. These are just few of theways you can make a difference,

because once you jump on thebandwagon, we don’t need Fat

Cats telling us what to do tosave the planet. A hundred thou-sand politicians are no match for

seven billion lovers of the plan-et. Time to go to work.

The writer is the editor of Postnoon.

THE HUMAN CONDITIONDean Williams

WHILE YOU EAT

MusicFRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2012

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After years of subjectingpatrons to instrumentalversions of Candle in the

Wind and Tere Bina Zindagi Se onloop, restaurants have finallystarted hosting live musicians.From classical qawwali to a littlebit of jazz, interesting music isnow as common in restaurantsas the clink of cutlery.

But while live music is nowalmost a norm in Hyderabad,some patrons still treat musi-cians like background music.“Hyderabad has a long way togo,” says Vamshi Krish, whoplays at Coco's in Banjara Hills.“People still expect you to playstandards like Hotel Californiaand hit numbers. I like playing alot of blues and jazz, and peopleask me to stop playing depress-ing music and play 'peppy'numbers. If the crowd wantsChammak Challo, you better playChammak Challo.”

Krish adds, “Often, they askyou to lower the volume

because they're having a conver-sation. Sometimes, the crowd isreluctant and arrogant, and youwonder why you have to enter-tain them.”

However, Vemula RangaRao, a classical flautist who per-forms at Ohri's Tadka, says, “Itcertainly is a challenge to get thecrowd's attention. But if youplay good music that speaks tothe public, the patrons can bevery appreciative.” Rao adds,“The priority for the customersis food. But when they hearmusic they like, they stop andlisten. Often I get requests forsongs and sometimes, they evenask me to turn up the volume!”

When asked how different itis playing at a restaurant asopposed to a concert, Rao said,“In a concert, people are mental-ly prepared for the music. Atrestaurants, they don't expectgood music and are surprisedwhen they find it.” GirishAcharya, a musician at Novotel,adds, “At a concert, there are noconstraints. You don't have to

lower the volume and soundengineers are at hand to fix anytechnical problems. At a restau-rant, the musicians have to caterto the crowd, at least in India.”

Lokhi Pal, a guitarist whoplays at The Park, Somajiguda,has his own take on crowdpleasing. “The customers mightbe busy eating; I'm busy playingmy music!” he laughs. On a seri-ous note, he says, “As a profes-sional, I need to have a com-modity that I can sell. Anyrequests that we get, we try andplay them. In case we don'tknow the song, we're readywith it the next day. You have tokeep the client in mind.”

Restaurants, on the otherhand, have no problem givingthe musicians a free rein. “Therestaurant treats me very well...in fact, this is the longest job I'veever held!” says Krish, who hasbeen with Coco's for five years.Lokhi adds, “The hotel trusts usto do what we are good at. Theygive us a free hand when itcomes to the music.” However,Krish cautions that there are abreed of hotel managers whoreally need a workshop onmusic. “They use terms like'retro' and 'crowd-pullers' with-out actually knowing what theywant. They should be aware ofthe kind of music played at theirrestaurant,” he adds.

But in the end, it's all aboutthe music. Rao says the gig is away for him to keep in touchwith his music. Krish sums itup: “I love playing music, notpeople clapping for me. All youcan do is keep doing your thingand hope that at least three orfour people in the crowd appre-ciates the music.”

LISTEN TO THE MUSICRestaurants are no

concert halls andthe audience there,

no enthusiasts.There is the clatter

of cutlery, the constant chatter

and yet musiciansstill manage to

make their musicheard. We find out

what keeps themelodies coming

despite the adverseconditions

In a concert, peopleare mentally preparedfor music. At restau-rants, they don'texpect good musicand are surprisedwhen they find it.

Lokhi Pal performing at The Park.

TAYLOR’S SONGWRITING PROCESSTaylor Swift shares her 'quirky' songwriting process for Storytellers.Although a lot of Swift's emotions and experiences come through inher songwriting, she was excited to spill the beans about her songwrit-ing process.

DID YOU KNOW...

Mumford& Sons continued their hold at the

top of the Billboard 200 albumchart on Wednesday for a third

consecutive week, fending off sevendebuts in the top ten. Babel, the

second studio album from Mumford& Sons, sold 96,000 copies in its

third week and came ahead of inde-pendent hip hop duo Macklemore

and Ryan Lewis, who entered at No.2 with The Heist.

Bless This Mess Lisa Mitchell's second album pre-cisely pinpoints a magical placebetween the naivete of youth andthe blossoming of womanhood.The Present is fuelled by sitar, whichsits perfectly with Mitchell'sbewitching voice. Her mentor ClareBowditch and her special friendJordan Wilson joining her for thechanted mantra We just want to behappy, happy in the present. TheHidden track is a version of a chantshe heard in a yoga class.

Beyonce con-firmed that she

will headline theentertainment atnext year's Super

Bowl, posting aphoto of herselfwith the words

February 3, 2013inked on her

cheeks.Super Bowl

organisers alsoposted the photo

news on theirofficial Twitter

account, with thewords "Beyonce

will perform@pepsi #SB47

Halftime Show inNew Orleans.

February 3 2013 .”

When Lisa MariePresley said shewas done fightingher legacy as theonly child of rock'n roll king Elvis,she apparentlymeant it. Presley'snew video, I LoveYou Because, is anemotional duetwith her late father.Lisa Marie's album,Storm and Grace,released in May,saw her embracingher Americanaroots while herlyrics address herefforts to find herplace in the worldas the King's onlydaughter.

ALBUM OF THE WEEK

TRENDING...

1 STATE OF GRACETaylor Swift

2 I KNEW YOU WERETROUBLE

Taylor Swift

3 GANGNAM STYLEPsy

4 DIE YOUNGKe$ha

5 CATCH MY BREATHKelly Clarkson

6 ONE MORE NIGHTMaroon 5

7 SOME NIGHTSFun

8 DIAMONDSRihanna

9 SKYFALLADELE10 WE ARE NEVER GET-TING BACK TOGETHER Taylor Swift

1 BABELMumford & Sons

2 THE 2ND LAWMuse

3 KALEIDOSCOPE DREAMMiguel

4 THE TRUTH ABOUT LOVEP!nk

5 TRANSIT OF VENUSThree Days Grace

6 GLAD RAG DOLL HERE

Diana Krall

7 SONGS FROM THESILVER SCREENJackie Evancho

8 TORNADOLittle Big Town

9 STICKS & STONESCher Lloydn10 BORN TO SING : NOPLAN BVan Morrison

1. CHALLA

Jab Tak Hai Jaan

2. ISHQ WALA LOVEStudent Of The Year

3. THE DISCO SONGStudent Of The Year

4. VELEStudent Of The Year

5. SAIYAARA Ek Tha Tiger

6. SAANS Jab Tak Hai Jaan

7. RADHAStudent Of The Year

8. RANI TU MEIN RAJASon Of Sardaar

9.SON OF SARDAARSon Of Sardaar

10. TUAjab Gazabb Love

iTUNES Top 10 songs Top 10 albums Bollywood Top 10


18HIGH-SPIRITED DOHead to Hard Rock Cafe to take part in their third year anniversary cele-brations. Sway to the electrifying music belted out by DJ Nuclear.

THERE’S MAGIC IN THE HAIR

KISMET NIGHTS

spotlight

Ashton Peirra's hairstylist Ali poses for the shutterbugs with the Kalamandir Miss Hyderabadfinalists at make-up and styling session at Ashton Pierra, Banjara Hills on Thursday.

High on dancingThe weekend is just a day away but that didn’t

stop the city’s party peeps from heading toKismet and dancing to the thumping tracks.

FOR THE BEAUTIFUL YOUJawed Habib Hair and Beauty Salon launched a special

branch for Mens and kids in R.K.Puram.

Festive delightMembers of ITC Kakatiya Ladies

Club took part in the disco dandiyathat was organised at ITC.

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MULTIVITAMINS CAN LOWER CANCER RISK: STUDYTaking multivitamin a day can lower the risk of cancer, according to astudy. Regular use for more than 10 years cuts the chances of men devel-oping the disease by eight per cent. They cannot identify a single or com-bination that works, but say the benefit comes from a broad combination.health


19LASER SKIN TREATMENTS

Laser treatments might be available dime-a-dozen, but many are still sceptical about the safety aspect.However, if it is done by a qualified person and post-procedure care is taken, there is little need to worry.

Want perfect skin, free of blem-ishes? Come to us for freedomfrom unwanted hair — readadvertisements of the latest

laser treatments that claim to provide free-dom from various skin problems. But alongwith the available options, scepticismabout the possible side-effects and caseswherein patients have been left scarred forlife also exist.

WHAT IS LASER?According to Dr Radha Shah, consultantdermatologist, Apollo Hospital, JubileeHills, “Laser treatment basically impliesthe use of specific wavelengths of light.Different tissues absorb different rays oflight. Depending on the substance in theskin (such as melanin), different wave-lengths of light are used.”

Laser treatments are used in many situ-ations. “The most common form of laserskin treatments is hair removal. Apart fromthat removal of scars, wrinkles, rejuvena-tion of skin, pigmentation, growth on skinsuch as moles and warts, red colour marks(vascular malformation) and fat reductionmay also employ laser. Laser may notalways be the first option but in many casessuch as hair removal, it is the best option,”says Dr Radha.

BENEFITS OF LASERLaser skin treatment is believed to be oneof the best as it is done with the help of asimple beam of light thereby ensuring thatonly the affected area is touched. It is also aquick and a minimally invasive treatment.

Talking about the benefits, Dr Radhasays, “It is quick and safe. It is very goodfor laser hair removal where the only otheroption available is usually electrolytes

which is a painful procedure. Laser on theother hand is painless, can be used on largeareas of the body and the results are much better.”

POSSIBLE SIDE-EFFECTSTalking about the side-effects Dr Radhasays, “There are usually no problems withlaser skin treatments. One could say thatthe occurrence of any problems comes intobeing only when it comes to the experienceof the doctor.” Other side effects includeredness and blistering of the skin. Apartfrom the said side-effects, post-procedurecare is important to prevent any problems.

A person who has undergone any lasertreatment should follow sufficient protec-tion to the skin from the sun. If adequateprotection is not provided then pigmenta-tion (darkening of the skin) is a possibleside-effect.

Laser skin treatments may requirenumerous sittings also. Dr Radha says that it depends on the problem that is beingtreated and even if the person has somemedical condition then the number of sit-tings may vary.

DEMOGRAPHYA large number of people are opting forlaser treatments nowadays. Dr Radha says,“Patients are aware and they themselvesask for a laser option. Laser treatments canbe availed at any age although when itcomes to laser hair removal, only thosewho are aged 18 and above may be advisedthe procedure.”

ANISHAA [email protected]

Alcohol aware This app keeps a dailytrack of the amount ofalcoholic drinks you’reimbibing, as well as theeffects those glasses ofwine will have on your

waistline. The app allows the user toquickly calculate the precise number ofunits in a drink using simple slider con-trols for the volume and alcohol content.

HypothermiaHypothermia is a condition when a per-son is so cold that the body temperaturedrops below normal. Hypothermia is anybody temperature lower than 35.0 °C(95.0 °F). He or she starts shivering andcannot stop. The person then becomesconfused and acts strange. Their wordsdon't make sense. Soon he or shebecomes very tired. If someone getshypothermia, wrap the person in blan-kets and take him or her to the hospital.

Everyone’s smell is uniqueEveryone has a uniquesmell, except for identical twins.Newborns are able torecognise the smell oftheir mothers and many

of us can pinpoint the smell of those weare close to. Part of that is determinedby genetics, but it’s also largely to dowith environment, diet and hygieneproducts.

Thomas ChangThomas Ming Swi Chang is a Canadianphysician and scientist. In 1957, while anundergraduate at McGill University heinvented the world's first artificial cell.Working with improvised materials likeperfume atomisers inside his dormroom turned laboratory, Chang man-aged to create a permeable plastic sackthat would effectively carryhaemoglobin almost as effectively as anatural blood cell.

NEWS BRIEFSAPP-LY YOURSELF HOUSECALL DID YOU KNOW? PIONEERS

Now, zap your scars awayLaser facts

n The acronym LASER stands for LightAmplification by Stimulated Emission ofRadiation. A laser is a device that pro-duces a beam of monochromatic light.

n It is a quick and safe procedure.n Post treatment care is essential to prevent

any side effects.n Only a qualified practitioner should per-

form these procedures.

health FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2012 20

WASHINGTON: Lab tests haveshown that a new malaria drug istwice as effective as the bestmedication against the globalscourge and may fight it withjust a single dose instead of mul-tiple doses as at present.

Gary Posner, professor atJohns Hopkins and his teamexplain that malaria continues tokill almost one million peopleworldwide annually, most ofthem children. The best treat-ment is the so-called artemisinincombination therapy (ACT).

It requires patients to takepills every day for several days,and many patients fail to com-plete the regimen, the Journal ofMedicinal Chemistry reports.

Consequently, these patientsdon’t get better, and it opens thedoor for malaria parasites todevelop resistance to ACT. Tostop that from happening, theresearchers developed a newtype of ACT that could stopmalaria with a single dose.

They describe a series of newcompounds they developed that,given once, are more effectivethan traditional artemisinin-derived substances. One of thenew compounds, when com-bined with mefloquine, killed offall of the parasites in some micewith just a single oral dose andallowed those mice to live almosttwice as long as those treatedwith conventional ACT. IANS

New malariadrug twiceas effective

BREAKTHROUGH

Men, women reactdifferently to conflict

WASHINGTON: Men andwomen expecting their firstchild have different stress reac-tions to quarrels or disagree-ments, according to a research.

Besides, recovery from theinitial reaction to conflict alsocan be different for men andwomen, depending on factorssuch as anxiety, or relationshipdifficulties, such as chronicrelationship conflict.

Researchers from the PennState found that men’s height-ened stress levels — measuredby the amount of the stresshormone cortisol — during aconflict discussion dependedon the level of hostility thecouple expressed, the BritishJournal of Psychologyreports.

The team also foundthat recovery from theconflict discussion —measured by

assessing cortisol levels 20minutes later — did not differfor men and women with lowlevels of anxiety, according to aPenn statement.

However, men with a highlevel of anxiety recovered less,whereas women with highanxiety recovered more if thecouple had expressed a highlevel of hostility during thediscussion. The same patternwas found for men and womenwho reported low versus highlevels of chronic, unresolvedrelationship conflict.

“Hostility and negativity ina relationship has been shownto have a major impact onmental health and the futurewell being of the couple,” saidMark Feinberg, research pro-fessor at the PreventionResearch Centre for thePromotion of HumanDevelopment at Penn State.

Researchers recruited 138heterosexual couples expectingtheir first child (82 per centwere married) to participate inthe study. In their own homes,the expectant parents separate-

ly completed questionnairesregarding their relationshipexperiences and individualqualities, attitudes and well-being.

As expected, they foundthat greater hostility in a con-flict discussion led to increasedlevels of cortisol, indicatinggreater physiological stress, formen. The same pattern was notfound for women. However,the researchers noted this maybe due to the fact that women’scortisol levels are already highduring pregnancy. IANS

STUDY

RESEARCH

Researchers found that men with a high level of anxiety recovered less when compared to women if the couple had expressed a high level of hostility.

Less sleep can erase memoriesLONDON: While skipping a fewhours of slumber could be thenorm for many people, even twohours of missed sleep could affectour memory power, scientistshave warned.

Just two hours of missed slum-ber is enough to stop the brainfrom storing memories, research

suggests — and simply cuttingdown from eight hours of sleep tosix could make the difference.

What is more, any memorieslost due to not getting enoughshut-eye may be gone forever, theSociety for Neuroscience’s annualconference heard.

Researcher Ted Abel said: “I

think what it really means formodern life is that sleep is not aluxury.” It is critically importantfor the brain and for it to functionand for you to be able to reallyremember and consolidate what’shappened to you over the day.

Abel and his team from theUniversity of Pennsylvania looked

at how mice that were stoppedfrom sleeping fared on a memorytask.

The creatures were kept awakefor varying amounts of time, topinpoint just how little sleep hadto be lost for their recall to bedamaged.

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I didn’t know how to thankIlayaraja : Lakshmi ManchuLakshmi Manchu seems to be con-

fident about the success ofGundello Godarii. Couple of daysago, when the film’s audio waslaunched, she said, “I must thankIlayaraja for immediately agreeingto compose music for my film. I wasshocked when he came up tunes forall the six songs in just one day. Ididn’t know how to thank Ilayaraja.”

Damarukam postponedagain

Nagarjuna, Anushka starrerDamarukam has been

postponed once again. Thefilm was supposed to release

on October 20; however,Venkat, who produced the

film, decided to postpone thefilm to a later date. Srinivasa

Reddy had directed thissocio-fantasy film.

After the success ofGabbar Singh,

director Harish Shankar isgearing up to direct a

new film starring NTR inthe lead role. Dil Raju is

going to produce the filmand SS Thaman is the

music director. The filmwas officially launched

yesterday morning.

NTR, Harish Shankar’s film launched

CINE BYTES

Pawan dazzles in CMGR

There have beennumerousattempts in thepast to bring alivean actor’s off

screen persona to the roles heportrays on screen. Case inpoint being Rajinikanth’sBaba and Pawan Kalyan’sKomaram Puli; however,most of these films couldn’tcreate magic at Box Office.Now, Puri Jagannadh hastried to do something similarin Cameraman Ganga ThoRambabu starring Pawan

Kalyan in the lead role. It’s asincere and a honest film inwhich every frame reflectsthe off screen persona ofPawan Kalyan. Rambabu(Pawan Kalyan) is a commonman who reacts to issues andhe is discovered by Ganga(Tamannaah). Rambabu joinsthe media and becomes apopular figure. He condemnsthe killing of a fellow jour-nalist by Prakash Raj, who isson of Opposition PartyLeader Kota. Rambabu vowsto spoil Prakash Raj’s plansfrom becoming the nextChief Minister and how he

creates a revolution to dothat forms the rest of the

story. Though it soundslike a conventional

story, it’s differentfilm from Puri

Jagannadh, whoseems to bemoving awayfrom his trade-

mark punch dia-logues and racyscreenplays. He

has conveyed hisstory effectively in

the backdrop ofmedia. Comedy becomes

a part of screenplay and themovie is sans vulgarity. The

film has a lot of references tothe current politics in thestate and Puri cleverly makessure not to throw any politi-

cal agenda. Pawan Kalyan isin great form and he is at easein his role. He’s at his bestduring emotionally chargedup scenes which require himto deliver lengthy dialogues.His modulation for SriSriand Tilaks dialogues bringmore credibility to the scene.His stature and persona arean integral part of the charac-terisation and he should becommended for taking upsuch a role after GabbarSingh. Tamannah has ameatier role in first half but islimited in second half. Musicis average at best and Manidisappoints with BGM. Itdoesn’t elevate the mood ofcertain scenes. Editing isgood and production valuesare decent considering themovie was shot in recordtime. Every commercial filmhas a certain tradeoff when itdeals with a social messageand Cameraman Ganga ThoRambabu lacks the intellectu-al depth which is expectedfrom such films. The filmlacks the intensity whichfilms like Oke okkadu andLeader had, except for thepre-climax scene that hasPawan Kalyan delivering a 4minute tailor-made speech.All said and done,Cameraman Ganga ThoRambabu is a treat for PawanKalyan’s fans. There’s somuch to cheer about whenPawan Kalyan’s off screenpersona is brought alive onbig screen.

PAVAN [email protected]

Despite the pitfalls, Pawan Kalyan’s charisma holds the film together and Puri Jagannadh hasensured that there’s a lot to cheer about for Pawan Kalyan’s fans in Cameraman Ganga Tho Rambabu.

MOVIECameraman Ganga Tho

RambabuCAST

Pawan Kalyan, Tamannaah,Prakash Raj

DIRECTORPuri JagannadhRATING

The writer loves watch-ing and writing about films.

fashionFRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2012

CHANEL TO HOST NEXT SHOW IN SCOTLANDKARL LAGERFELD will bring his Chanel Metiers d’Art show to Scotland this year, to be held at a secret location

near Edinburgh. Characterised by its dark gothic architecture and dramatic surrounding rocky hills, the city willserve as the perfect backdrop for the designer’s typically grand event.

The writer: is a fashion blogger (www.lovestruckcow.blogspot.com) who attempts to bridge the gap between creator

THE As the festive season

approaches, we need not only

opt for traditional Indian wear

to match the occasion.

Glamorous trends from inter-

national fashion give us great

Metallic tones

Metallic trend is some-thing that adapts

very easily to western sil-houettes. Metallic reflection

automatically elevates thegarments wearability to for-

mal events. You will be thefocus of the room when you

decide to wear gold, silver,platinum or copper tone

garments. Wear this stylehead to toe or just as an

addition, to accessorise, likethe handbag.

Glitzy trousers

Trousers are borrowed frommen’s fashion but have

found a calling of their ownwhen done is various fabrics,colours and fits. Slouchytrousers in sequins worn withbreezy blouses are a comfort-able way to wear the dressedup style this winter. For amore tailored look, trousersin metallic leather or embel-lished surface will look glam-orous at an evening do.

Costume jewellery

You can have a lot offun with piling on

costume jewellery toyour existingwardrobe. These arejewellery pieces thatmake a statement anddon’t break the bank.At a Chanel pre-fallshow, designer KarlLagerfeld took inspi-ration from India anddressed models inmaang-tikkas andlayered necklaces.The look clearlyresonates withthe festive lookand you canwear it witha dress ortrousers aswell.

Jewelled tones

This one is a no brainer for winter season.Wine, burnt orange, emerald green,

turquoise blue, royal purple are tones thatsuit the festive spirit. Wear it in velvet, silk,

wool, or a jersey in a simple dress or as ajacket. This is just the colour of the season

and is not a passing trend.

Button details

It is the epitome of fashion luxury, whenminor details like the inside lining, or

the button are paid special attention to.And this season, luxury labels hinted us togo bold by wearing coats and dresses withbejewelled buttons. Add a sparkle to yourjacket or shirt for a statement makingpresence.

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BFI DONATES COSTUME ARCHIVE TO V&ATHE BRITISH Film Institute has donated over 500 costumes to the Victoria & Albert Museum. The BFI’s archive is one of thelargest collections of film costumes in the world.Highlights from the collection include a 1987 Superman costume worn on-screen by Christopher Reeve and the black tasselled dress worn by Marilyn Monroe in Some Like it Hot back in 1959.

and consumer. As a fashion writer, she hopes to promoteIndian fashion among Indians and on a global level too.

SURABHI [email protected]

new ideas to add a touch of glitz to

our wardrobes easily. Here is a look at

a few styles to sample.

Siren red

Red is a Hindubridal colour

that indicates thatthe belle of the ballshould opt for red aswell. Red is also acolour that com-mands authority andprosperity. Wear thiscolour of love as themain one in your look.Wool dresses, long jack-ets, suede bootieswould look great in thistone.

Brocade jackets

Brocade is the fabric used immensely inthe royal attire. It is a rich fabric that

makes a bold statement. Also a tricky fab-ric to wear as it distracts the eye with its

busy pattern. This season Brocade was seenon international runways of Paris and

Milan in manners that is easy to adapt to.Wear it as a tailored jacket, a shift dress or

even as ankle boots.

Long skirts

Reflecting the same aesthetics of a lehn-ga and sari, the long skirt is easier to

wear and a modern approach to dressingup. Depending on what flatters your bodyshape, long skirt can be in a mermaidstyle, straight cut or pleats. Try one in ametallic fabric for a dramatic look espe-cially when it moves when you walk ordance.

Baroque

Baroque style derives from the European art history hinting to aminimalistic, elaborate craft. On clothes, Indian wear and

western gowns have long applied this technique. It is rich and auto-matically makes a bold statement. Sicilian designers Dolce and

Gabbana gave a beautiful collection of jackets,dresses and accessories in gold baroque style

for winter this year.

Sparkle heels

One of the easiest ways to lookdressy is by wearing a pair of

shinny heels. There are a plenty ofsandals in gold, velvet, metallic

leather, stones, and diamanté sur-face. Don’t shy away from theseoptions and pair it with a basic

black dress or over the topgold lame dress. Theseoptions hint at the funloving nature and will

look great onthe

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ACROSS1 It’s suitable for grazing4 Lark lookalike9 Hidden supply14 Printing measures15 Draw forth, as something latent16 Fugard’s “A Lesson From _____”17 Play the part18 More prevalent19 Miss Muffet’s morsels20 Classic sports film with Kevin

Costner23 Along the way24 One-principle-for-everything the-

ory27 “Drat!”28 Void of any va-va-voom31 Field measure32 Equip for war35 Black and white cookie37 Be sick38 Score derived from an error41 Damage43 Frame of mind44 1/100 yen, once45 “30 Rock” co-star Baldwin47 Symbol to click on49 Roll an untimely seven (with

“out”)53 Fruit type high in vitamin C55 Horse handlers at an inn58 Going to bed for the night61 Intended63 Motherless calf, in the Old West64 “Dancing with the Stars” net-

work65 Chain of mountains66 Arab princes67 Govt. medical agency68 Ranch animal69 Have an inkling70 Laughing matter?

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1 Thumbed (through), as a book2 California oak3 Away from the bow4 Concealed5 Blithering fool6 Made like the big, bad wolf7 Clinched, as a victory8 Alaska or Okla., once9 Chocolate-yielding tree10 Barnard College grad, e.g.11 Napoleon, by birth12 “___ give you the shirt off his

back!”13 What’s extracted from soil to get

oil?21 Boston airport22 Fixes firmly25 ___ Lanka26 Blanc of voiceovers29 Musical piece30 You-here link33 Sleep study measurement34 “Little Red Book” follower36 Mispickel or cinnabar38 What inline-skate wheels are

made of39 Mythical bird40 What your dad’s brother is to

you41 Big ___ (McDonald’s sandwich)42 “Thrilla in Manila” boxer46 React with fright48 Human head, slangily50 Place a picture on another wall51 “Aladdin” setting52 ___ out (intimidates mentally)54 Put into words56 Uses a swizzle stick57 “We hold ___ truths to be self-

evident”59 ___ of March (ominous date)60 Alaskan city61 Post-wedding title62 Enjoy a good meal

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26THOUGHT OF THE DAYA lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.

Winston Churchill

SCRIBBLING PAD

PREVIOUS PUZZLE ANSWER

How to play kakuroKakuro is a popular game similar to sudoku insome ways. But is also suitably different. The keyquestion: ‘How do you play kakuro?’, well hereare the rules of kakuro. The answer: The kakurogrid, unlike in sudoku, can be of any size. It hasrows and columns, and dark cells like in a cross-word. And, just like in a crossword, some of thedark cells will contain numbers. Some cells willcontain two numbers.

However, in a crossword the numbersreference clues. In a kakuro, the numbers are allyou get! They denote the total of the digits in therow or column referenced by the number.

Within each collection of cells — calleda run — any of the numbers 1 to 9 may be usedbut, like sudoku, each number may only be usedonce.

Let’s have an example to explain this conceptmore clearly:

In the image above, which shows a section ofa kakuro puzzle, you will see the numbers ‘26’and ‘14’ in the top row. Look at the 14. Thismeans that the total of the three cells under-neath must sum to 14. Therefore 9, 4, 1 could bethe answer, or perhaps 7, 4, 3 and so on...

So, how do you work out the actual combi-nation? Well, this is done through eliminationand cross-referencing. For instance, as you workout the answers for other kakuro clues, this willnaturally limit the valid combinations, and hencethe answer for this particular run.

Note the second cell in row two — it con-tains two numbers, 30 and 11. The 30 refers tothe vertical run underneath the number 30 andthe 11 refers to the two cells to the right, hori-zontally, of the number 11.

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ARIESWherever you go and whateverwork you undertake, success isyours without any doubt. VIPfriends and well-wishers willextend their help at the time ofneed. Finances is just near sat-isfactory. Wanderings andexpenses will make you upset.

ARIES: Ten of Wands –You have an inclination towards acertain type of people. It makes youvery predictable. Maybe you need tochange the way you project yourself.

GEMINI: Four of Cups –Your words may be left hangingbecause people have stopped listen-ing to you. Is it because you’ve criedwolf far too often? Change tack now.

LEO: The Wheel of Fortune– You have the tendency to land introuble with your caustic tongue.Hold your comments till you feel it’ssafe to say what exactly you feel.

LIBRA: Eight of Cups – Donot add fuel to the fire by hyping upan issue more than it deserves. Thetruth may already be out. You’re onlyfanning the flames.

TAURUS: The Hermit – It’stime to file for your rights. If the softapproach has not worked, you cantake the tough decision to makepeople toe the line.

CANCER: The Fool – Keepan education course in your radar andgo with the right institute, even if it’sexpensive. Even working professionalsshould upgrade their skills.

VIRGO: Five of Wands –Get a broad picture of what’s hap-pening before you react. You maynot have the whole truth before youto be able to decide practically.

SCORPIO: Queen of Cups– You learn a tough lesson today – tonot interfere in someone else’s mat-ters. Your drawback is that you gowith your heart too much.

CAPRICORN: Ace ofSwords – Take a holiday. Do some-thing unusual. See places youhaven’t seen and go where you canmeet people and learn.

SAGITTARIUS: Eight ofPentacles – There are a ton of goodideas. The real deal is the execution.You will have the opportunity to workwith someone interesting.

AQUARIUS: The HighPriestess – You tend to be a toughboss and those working with you seeyou more as a dictator and less assomeone that can be approached.

PISCES: The Magician –Mob mentality may be striking you,causing you to behave like everyoneelse. Step away; think differently andmake your own path ahead.

TAURUSYou will face difficult situationscourageously and proceed toachieve your goals withoutgiving up. Sudden and unex-pected financial opportunitylikely. Government work mightget delayed. Your long-pend-ing wishes will get fulfilled.

GEMINIYou will not hesitate to ques-tion wrongdoings by anyone.All your expectations will befulfilled without any hurdles.House construction plans willget approved. Children willmake you happy and proudwith their activities.

CANCERComforts are set to increase.Couples who have been child-less for long will be favouredwith an offspring. Businessmenneed to act on their own ratherthan entrusting importantwork to anyone else. Financialposition will be strong.

LEOYou are bold enough to faceany problems or sabotage cre-ated by enemies. Self confi-dence and boldness levels areat a high. Real estate deals willbring decent gains. Those try-ing for a job will get favourablenews.

VIRGOYou will complete all the workundertaken but remain calm.Health will be fine. Minor hur-dles faced in government workwill be over. Employees mightfeel dull and will have toattempt twice or thrice to com-plete certain important works.

LIBRAMoney will come from expectedsources. You will be stubbornand complete work. Court caseregarding ancestral propertywill go in your favour. Purchaseof house or land likely, whichwill end without any delay andprove to be profitable also.

SCORPIOYou can take bold decisionswhich will yield expectedresults as the time isfavourable. You will help othersto achieve success. Some willpurchase a house by availing aloan. Marriage talks willprogress well.

SAGITTARIUSYou will demand respect wher-ever you go. Whatever prob-lems you face, you will seeklegal route and will be success-ful. Medical expenses for fatherwill be more. Also, there will bea problem in getting thefather’s assets.

CAPRICORNDon’t be hesitant to ask forhelp whenever there is a need.To achieve your goals, it is nec-essary to take others' help sothat you will be successful. Youwill attend celebrations at aVIP’s place. Businessmen willflourish, earn big profits.

AQUARIUSYou will understand yourstrengths and weaknesses andact accordingly. All your longpending wishes will get ful-filled. Hurdles will disappearand depression will reduce.Your sister’s marriage will befinalised and performed.

PISCESYou will be a troubleshooterfor people who seek your help.Unexpected financial fortunelikely. Some have brightchance to go abroad. Healthproblems will be over. Wastefulexpenditure will reduce, andyou will be able to save.

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Action against Colorsover Bigg Bosscommercial

The Delhi High CourtWednesday directed the

central government to takeaction within a week against TVchannel Colors for using thenational anthem to promotereality show Bigg Boss 6 in cin-ema halls across the country.The commercial of the showdemanded that all should"stand up for the nationalanthem" as Big Bigg Boss want-ed it. IANS

I am playing thecreative game: Abhay

The creative aspect of a scriptlures Abhay Deol more than its

moneymaking prospects. "I am notplaying a number game, I am play-ing a creative game where I can beas creative as I can be. I liked'Zindagi...' because I saw the poten-tial to cross the Rs.100 crore mark;at the same time it was a creative,well-written story, yet commercial.If I get a film like that, then I willdefinitely take it up," he says. IANS

Mumbai film fest begins

The eight-day fest organised bythe Mumbai Academy of Moving

Image (MAMI) began on Thursday.Critically-acclaimed Hollywood com-edy-drama Silver Linings Playbook,starring Anupam Kher, opened thefest, while Spanish black-and-whitesilent drama Blancanieves will bringthe curtain down on the festOctober 25. From award-winningfilm French drama Love to Japanesefilm Like Someone in Love to silentmovies, the festival has a mixed plat-ter of some of the best films fromacross the world.

CINE BYTESBEAUTY MEETS TALENT

‘TABU IS A LEGEND’

Filmmaker BejoyNambiar, who isgearing up for hissecond film David,is going gaga over

Tabu.The filmmaker, who isworking with the actressfor the first time, says:"Tabu is a legend in herown way. It was greatworking with her."He has finished shootingand said the film will comeout in January next year."I am almost done with mynext film David. The film isin its post-production stageand I am very much happywith the film. The film isslated for January 2013release," Nambiar says."The film was simultane-ously made in Tamil andHindi and it will bedubbed in Telugu," he says.The cast of the film hasnames like Neil NitinMukesh, Vinay Virmani,Monica Dogra, IshaSharvani and southern starVikram.

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sports 29CHAMPION STAKES AT ASCOT

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PIRATE IRWIN Agencie France-Presse

ASCOT: Frankel will seek torubberstamp his standing as theworld’s greatest ever racehorsein the appropriately namedChampion Stakes here onChampions Day on Saturday.

However, to win his 14thrace in 14 starts, in what is wide-ly expected to be his final bow,the four-year-old colt — namedafter the late Bobby Frankel aformer trainer of the horse’sowner Prince Khalid Abdullah— faces his greatest test.

While he has just four seri-ous rivals — his older brotherBullet Train will fulfil his usualrole as pacemaker — theyinclude last year’s winner Cirrusdes Aigles and Nathaniel, who todate has got the closest of allFrankel’s rivals beaten half alength on the champion’s debuttwo years ago.

Frankel, who will be biddingfor his 10th Group One success,will also be running over 1 1/4miles for only the second timeand also on his least favouredsoft ground, all combining to

give his rivals some reason to beoptimistic. However, his leg-endary trainer Henry Cecil, whosays he is the best horse he hasever seen, says soft should notbe a problem although if it dete-riorated to heavy then alarm

bells will start ringing.“I’m pretty confident he will

be fine in soft ground but if it’sheavy, we are in no man’s land,”said 69-year-old Cecil, who hasbeen sustained by Frankel’sexploits while undergoing treat-

ment for throat cancer.“He has never encountered

it and with his action and turnof foot, I cannot be sure hewould appreciate it.”

However, Cecil, who hasexperienced some of his greatestmoments at Ascot including arecord 70 winners at the Royalmeeting, said Frankel was inprime form for his task.

“I could not be happier withhim. He seems full of himself.”

Prince Khaled’s racing man-ager Teddy Grimthorpeacknowledges that withGerman Derby winner Pastoriusalso in the field Frankel — whoin 10 of his wins has won by aminimum of four lengths —faces his greatest challenge.

“Certainly this is his tough-est test,” said Grimthorpe.

“It’s building up to be a real-ly true test for him. I think it’sexciting.

“I’ve always come into thiswith the attitude that we have toenjoy him. The horse has doneeverything that we could possi-bly have dreamt about and Ihope he’ll run a huge race onSaturday.”

Frankel’s race record ahead of his 14thand final race the Group One Champion

Stakes at Ascot next Saturday:

FrankelAge: 4-year-old coltBreeding: by Galileo (IRL) out of Kind

(IRL)Owner and Breeder: Prince Khalid

AbdullahTrainer: Henry CecilJockey: Tom Queally13 starts - 13 winsPrizemoney: £2 million

Race winsn 13 Aug 2010 at Newmarket bt

Nathaniel by 1/2 lengthn 10 Sep 2010 at Doncaster bt

Rainbow Springs by 13 lengthsn 25 Sep 2010 at Ascot Royal Lodge

Stakes Gp II bt Klammer by 10lengths

n 16 Oct 2010 at NewmarketDewhurst Stakes Gp I bt RodericO’Connor by 2¼ Lengths

n 16 Apr 2011 at NewburyGreenham Stakes Gp III btExcelebration by 4 lengths

n 30 Apr 2011 at Newmarket 2000Guineas Gp I bt Dubawi Gold by 6lengths

n 14 Jun 2011 at Ascot St James’sPalace Stakes Gp I bt Zoffany by¾ length

n 27 Jul 2011 at Goodwood SussexStakes Gp I bt Canford Cliffs by 5lengths

n 15 Oct 2011 at Ascot QueenElizabeth II Stakes Gp I btExcelebration by 4 lengths

n 19 May 2012 at NewburyLockinge Stakes Gp I btExcelebration by 5 lengths

n 19 Jun 2012 at Royal Ascot QueenAnne Stakes Gp I bt Excelebrationby 11 lengths

n 01 Aug 2012 at Goodwood SussexStakes Gp 1 bt Farhh by 6 lengths

n 22 Aug 2012 at York JuddmonteInternatonal Stales Gp 1 bt Farhhby 7 lengths

‘Greatest racehorse’ setto cement legend

But to win his 14th race in 14 starts, in what is widely expected to be hisfinal bow, Frankel faces his greatest test.

Cauley, Dawson share leadDawson joined

Cauley atop theleaderboard despite

having to take dropsafter two

wayward tee shots.

SEA ISLAND, GEORGIA:Bud Cauley and MarcoDawson shared the first-round lead on eight-underpar 62 at the $4 millionMcGladrey Classic onThursday, two shots in frontof a chasing trio. Cauley hadeight birdies without a bogey.Dawson joined Cauley atopthe leaderboard despite hav-ing to take drops after twowayward tee shots.

He salvaged a par to limitthe damage at the par-fiveseventh, where his tee shothad found the water.

Boo Weekley, AustralianRod Pampling and England’sGreg Owen were two shotsback on 64. Ryder Cupcaptain Davis Lovewas in a group on 65that includedColombian CamiloVillegas, New Zealand’sDanny Lee, Zach Johnson

and David Toms.The tournament is the

penultimate PGA Tour eventthat counts toward the moneylist. The top 125 on the listearn full playing privilegesfor next season and Dawsonis at number 216. Dawsonsaid he can’t afford even tothink about that right now.

“I’m so far away from itthat the only thing I can do isjust try and play well,”Dawson said. “And when Iam playing well, just to keepit going instead of kind ofmessing it up like Ihave during

theyear.”

Weekley says hethinks his game is good

enough right now to keep hiscard in sight. “It’s been a longtime coming,” he said. “Ifinally started making someputts.”

A DIVISION 3-DAY LEAGUECHAMPIONSHIPEmcc 166 & 243 (RyanKaundinya 51 (65b,9x4,1x6),Srujan Kumar 33, Nikhildeep78 [89b,14x4], Prithvi Reddy 5for 70) lost to Hyd Bottling437 for 5 decl (Rohan Yadav162 [252b,22x4,2x6],Prithvi 89[65b,11x4,4x6] )

A2-A3 TWO-DAY LEAGUECHAMPIONSHIPOurs 310 bt HBCC 226(Karunkar 35, Husam 53,Sunny 38,Amir 3 for 56) GoudsXI 415 for 9 bt Zinda CC 169(Kaleem Khan 84, Nagaraju 3for 29) Raju CC 150(VenuMadhav 57, Melwin John6 for 29) lost to National CC154 for 4 (Virender Naik 57)

HCA COCA COLA INTERSCHOOL U-16TOURNAMENT St Joseph Grammar School 85(Luqman 4 for 2,Faraz 4 for 9)lost to Boston Model School88 for 4 (Arun 3 for 36) Don

Bosco 74 (Sreecharan 6 for 30)lost to Indus School 79 for noloss(M Saathyakhi 54) Bhegas HS45 (Lalith Reddy 4 for 19, Wajid4 for 3) lost to Nizamabad Dist48 for 1 Sri Gayathri HS 244for 5 (G Arjun 94, CH DeepakKumar 61, Aaditya 40, GBhagrav 3 for 38) bt TakshilaPS 105 (Akhil 36no, VamsiKrishna 3 for 25) St Peters HS427 for 9 (Vamsi VardhanReddy 105, Srikanth Reddy K94, Varun Sai 45, Mahender 48)bt Progress HS 101 (Amit Singh4 for 37, Shiva Datta 3 for 12)Medak 199 (M Praneeth 53,Md Faisal 65, K ChaitanyaKrishna 3 for 37) bt BhartiyaVidya Bhavans PS 154 (KPrashanth Reddy 58, TSSainath Reddy 40, Srinivas 3for 19) Bhavans SA “A” 397 for8 (R Christy Victor 108, ChRakesh Kumar 105,Mohammed Abdul Rahman108, M Varun Reddy 3 for 75)bt Gowtham Model School “B”186 (M Vikas 36, BK ShivangYadav 37, NV NitishKoundinya 3 for 23)

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KREMLIN CUPFRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2012FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2012

MOSCOW: Australian topseed Samantha Stosur (above)earned a quarter-final spot atthe Kremlin Cup with astraight-sets win over France’sAlize Cornet on Thursday.

In the men’s section, Frenchqualifier Edouard Roger-Vasselin produced a big upsetas he survived four matchpoints before seeing offUkraine’s top seed AlexanderDolgopolov in a tough third-settiebreak.

Stosur, who is ninth in theWTA rankings, prevailed 7-6(8/6), 7-5 in two hours 28 min-utes to draw her head-to-headrecord with the 22-year-oldCornet level at 2-2.

“We always play toughagainst each other,” Stosursaid. “But we haven’t met for along time and we have bothseriously improved our tennissince our last meeting.”

“Today I had plenty ofopportunities and chances tofinish the points off. And it wasimportant to believe I wasdoing everything right toreceive the win as a reward.”

The rivals traded breaks

twice in the opening set to forcea tiebreak which Stosur won togain a one-set lead in one hour21 minutes.

In the second set there waslittle between the pair but the28-year-old Stosur got thedeciding break in the 11thgame to take the set and thematch.

Stosur will now face CzechKlara Zakopalova for a place inthe semis.

Fourth seed Ana Ivanovicof Serbia cruised comfortablyinto the last eight with a 6-1, 6-4win over 19-year-old localqualifier Valeria Solovieva.

“It was a good match forme overall,” the 2008 FrenchOpen champion and formerworld number one Ivanovicsaid.

“Though the surface here israther slow and it took sometime to adjust to it.

“And it’s never easy to playsomeone you haven’t seenbefore as you don’t know howthey react in the different situa-tions but I’m happy I managedto finish the match in goodstyle.”

VIENNA: Second seed JankoTipsarevic reached the AustrianOpen quarter-finals Thursdaywhile Tommy Haas (right) madepersonal history by winning his

500th career match.Tipsarevic enjoyed a 6-3, 6-4

defeat of Ernests Gulbis andtried to put the race for the year-ending ATP World Tour Finals

out of his mind.The Serb, who has been a top

10 regular for a year, said thatstanding provisional ninth in thechase for the eight-man Londonshowpiece means that he mustfocus constantly on the court.

“I try not to think of anythingbefore me or behind me,” he saidof the race in which he has a 400-point cushion against a pack oftrailing rivals.

German third seed Haas, 34,joined an elite group of activeplayers comprising RogerFederer (871 wins), Rafael Nadal(583) and Lleyton Hewitt on 566who have won 500 matches.

Haas achieved the mark bybeating American Jesse Levine 6-4, 6-2. The all-time match-winleader is Jimmy Connors (1,243wins) followed by Ivan Lendl(1,071) and Guillermo Vilas (923).

Haas makes ‘history’German third seed Haas, 34, joined an elite group ofactive players who have won 500 matches.

Stosur fells Cornetto enter quartersStosur prevailed 7-6 (8/6), 7-5 to draw herhead-to-head record with Cornet level at 2-2.

WORLD SERIES BASEBALLMark Teixeira#25 of the NewYork Yankeesstretches forthe ball asOmar Infante#4 of theDetroit Tigersbeats the throwto reach firstsafely. TheTigers bookedtheir WorldSeries berth,downing theYankees 8-1 tocomplete afour-gamesweep of theirAmericanLeagueChampionshipSeries.

Garcia vs Morales bout to headlineGarcia, who holds the WBA and WBC belts, earned a unanimous decision over Mexican star Morales when they met in March.BROOKLYN: Danny Garcia’slight welterweight world titlerematch with Erik Morales (pic-tured right with Garcia) head-lines a card of four title fightsSaturday at Brooklyn’s newBarclays Center.

Garcia, a 24-year-old fromPhiladelphia, who holds theWorld Boxing Association andWorld Boxing Council belts,

earned a unanimous decisionover Mexican star Morales whenthey met in March.

He’s coming off a fourth-round stoppage of ex-champAmir Khan in July, which tookhis record to 24-0 with 15 knock-outs. Garcia said he knows heneeds another stand-out perfor-mance to justify his billing on thehigly anticipated card, which

will bring top-flight boxing backfor the first time in decades tothe New York borough ofBrooklyn — birthplace of formerheavyweight world champ MikeTyson.

“I always go for the knock-out,” Garcia said. “The fans loveit. That’s what I do, I bring theknockout power. I definitelyexpect to win. I’ve been training

so hard. I’m too smart and I can’tsee myself losing to anyone any-time soon.”

Morales, a four-divisionchampion with a record of 52-8with 36 knockouts, has otherideas. “We’re totally prepared,”he said. “We’re very hurt overwhat happened in March and wehave done everything possible tobe ready for this Saturday.”

sports 31ENGLAND IN INDIA

LANCE ARMSTRONG DOPING FALLOUT


LONDON: Kevin Pietersen (left)returned to the England team forthe upcoming tour of India onThursday, following his exile forsending provocative texts to oppo-sition players and admitted he wasoverjoyed to be back.

The decision came after the starbatsman met with England coachAndy Flower, Test captain AlastairCook and other senior players andmanagers this week to finalise hisreintegration into the side.

The Surrey batsman was castinto international exile in Augustafter sending text messages to tour-ing South Africa players that con-tained criticism of then-Englandcaptain Andrew Strauss during theTest series.

The 32-year-old was droppedfor the final Test and missed theOne-Day series against SouthAfrica and England’s faileddefence of their World Twenty20title in Sri Lanka, while Straussretired from all forms of cricket.

South Africa-born Pietersen hassince apologised for his behaviourand signed a new central contractwith the England and Wales

Cricket Board (ECB) after agreeingto enter a “re-integration” process.

“BOOOOOOOOM!! The happi-est days of my career have beenplaying cricket for ENG. Long maythat continue! Thanks everyone foryour kind words,” Pietersen tweet-ed on Thursday.

It was claimed that Flower andseveral of England’s senior playerswere initially against Pietersenreturning, but that hardline stancehas softened in recent weeks as therealisation grew that his absencewas seriously damaging the team’shopes of success.

Cook hinted as much when hesaid: “The process is well on itsway. We do need to draw a line inthe sand for the sake of Englishcricket, but it’s a very importantdecision that we’ve got to get right.

“We need to move forward as ateam. We’ve got an amazing 18months ahead of us and we need tomove together. We want all ourworld-class players playing forEngland." Pietersen referenced tohis trip to England when he tweet-ed on Wednesday: “Short andsweet London. Bye bye!”

KP seeks redemptionThe decision to reinstate Pietersen came after the batsman metwith Andy Flower, Alastair Cook and other senior players.

KARACHI: Former Sri Lankaskipper Sanath Jayasuriya saidThursday that Pakistan was safeto host foreign cricket teams, ashe arrived to lead an internation-al all-star XI in two Twenty20matches. Jayasuriya will captainthe International World XI, fea-turing former South African Testplayers Andre Nel and NantieHayward, against Pakistan AllStars, led by current allrounderShahid Afridi.

Overseas sides have shunnedPakistan over security fears sincemilitants attacked the Sri Lankanteam bus during a Test in Lahorein 2009, killing eight people.

But Jayasuriya, who was partof the Sri Lankan one-day squadtwo months before the tragic2009 incident, said he hoped thematches would help internation-als return to the country.

‘Pakistan safefor cricket’,says JayasuriyaJayasuriya will captainthe International WorldXI against PakistanAll Stars.

NEW DELHI: India has switched the venues fortwo one-day internationals against England earlynext year and also changed match timings due tothe expected cold weather.

The fourth match of the five-match series willnow be played in Mohali on January 23 and thefifth in Dharamshala on January 27, the Indiancricket board said in a statement.

Earlier, Dharamshala was due to host thefourth game and Mohali the fifth.

The Mohali match will start at 12 noon,instead of 2:30 pm, and the one in Dharamshalawill be a day game starting at 9:00 am, the state-ment said. “These revisions have been made tak-ing into account the cold evening temperaturesthat will prevail in Mohali and Dharamshala inlate January,” it said.

The rest of the schedule remains the same.The first leg of England tour’s from October

29 to December 22 comprises three practicematches, four Tests and two Twenty20 interna-tionals. The tourists will go home for Christmasand return on January 3 for the one-day seriesthat starts on January 11.

BCCI tweaks theODI schedule

REBECCA BRYAN Angencie France-Presse

LOS ANGELES: Lance Arm st -rong, increasingly isolated inthe face of a devastating dopingreport, is now hoping Live st ro -ng, the cancer charity he found-ed, will weather the scandal.

The US Anti-Doping Agencydossier painting Armstrong as a

central figure in a massive dop-ing scheme that helped him gar-ner seven Tour de France titlesfinally sent corporate sponsors— including key backers Nike,Anheuser-Busch and Trek —

scurrying and prompted Arm -strong himself to step down aschairman of Livestrong. Buteven as the shock waves rever-berated through the world ofcycling, Livestrong vice presi-dent of communications Kathe r -ine McLane said those at the fo u -n dation were trying to carry on.

“Lance’s direction was ‘Stayfocused on your work. Do notbe distracted.’ And that’s exact-ly what we’ve done,” McLanetold AFP on Thursday.

It’s perhaps not surprisingthen that Armstrong’s first pub-lic appearance since USADA’slatest report will be at aLivestrong event in his home-town of Austin on Friday — agala fundraiser marking the15th anniversary of the organi-zation.

Sean Penn, Ben Stiller andRobin Williams were among thecelebrities slated to attend.

Organizers will release avideo recording afterwards onYouTube, but he’ll face no toughquestions from the press.

David Carter, a sports busi-

ness professor at the Universityof Southern California and exec-utive director of USC’s SportsBusiness Institute, said anyArmstrong journey to reclaimpublic respectability mustinclude a confession.

“The only way they comeback is when they take personalresponsibility and accountabili-ty for what they’ve done,”Carter said. “He has not takenresponsibility.”

Still, the repercussions werebeing felt in the sport.

Hein Verbruggen, the Dutchveteran who was president ofthe International Cycling Unionwhen Armstrong won the Tourde France seven times between1999 and 2005, also moved todistance himself from theAmerican.

Verbruggen scoffed at alle-gations that he took a bribe tocover up a positive Armstrongtest result in 1999. But he said areport in Dutch newspaper DeTelegraaf “unjustly states thatdespite USADA’s dossier I stillinsist there is no proof.”

Lance hopes Livestrong weathers stormEven as the shock waves reverberated through the world of cycling, Livestrong’sKatherine McLane said those at the foundation were trying to carry on.

CRICKET

England’s revised one-day scheduleJan 3 : Arrival in DelhiJan 6 : Tour match, DelhiJan 8 : Tour match, Delhi

Jan 11 : First ODI, RajkotJan 15 : Second ODI, KochiJan 19 : Third ODI, RanchiJan 23 : Fourth ODI, MohaliJan 27 : Fifth ODI, Dharamshala

It’s perhaps not surprising thatArmstrong’s first public appearancesince USADA’s latestreport will be at aLivestrong eventin Austin.

sportsFRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2012

32CITY SKIPPER KOMPANY EYES WORLD CUP GOAL Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany admits he wants to follow uphis Premier League title triumph by helping Belgium qualify for the 2014World Cup. Kompany is set to return to the City defence for Saturday's tripto West Bromwich Albion.

LA LIGA

DERMOT LEDWITH Agencie France-Presse

MADRID: Real Madrid are bat-tling an injury crisis ahead oftheir home clash with Celta Vigoon Saturday as World Cup dutythreatens the team’s La Ligapursuit of bitter rivalsBarcelona.

Madrid coach JoseMourinho faces the loss of up toseven of the 19 players whowent off on international dutyafter the vital 2-2 draw withBarcelona in their last leaguegame.

It’s a problem which has left“los blancos” the main victimsof what the Spanish press havedubbed the “FIFA virus”.

Despite the draw againstBarcelona at Camp Nou twoweeks ago, Madrid still have aneight-point gap to make up ontheir Catalan rivals, a task madeeven more difficult by the loss ofso many key defenders.

Right-backs Alvaro Arbeloa(pictured) , injured in Spain’s 1-1draw with France, and FabioCoentrao are unavailable for anumber of weeks while left-back Marcelo is expected to beout for three months after break-ing his foot in a Brazil trainingsession.

Midfielder Sami Khediraand forwards Karim Benzema

and Gonzalo Higuain picked upknocks with their national sidesand all could be rested ahead ofan important Champions

League tie at BorussiaDortmund next Wednesday.

Mourinho will have to becreative to fill the full-back

berths. Michael Essien has expe-rience on the right while SergioRamos could also be used therewith Raphael Varane or RaulAlbiol coming into the centre ofdefence.

Even using Varane is indoubt after the youngsterpicked up a muscle injury whileplaying for the French Under-21side.

Youngster Nacho Fernandezcould make his first start of theseason at left-back.

Leaders Barcelona have fewworries as they go to DeportivoLa Coruna on the same evening,looking to make it four winsfrom four on the road.

One player unaffected by theinternational break was mid-fielder Andres Iniesta.

“I didn’t play the full 90minutes of the two matcheswith Spain so I’m in good shape,my [groin] injury is forgottenand we all hope to be fit for theDepor game which will be com-plicated especially after thebreak,” he said.

“There’s a long way to go, allsides go out to win games, par-ticularly Madrid who are thechampions and they will wantto win the title again so we can’ttake the points for granted,” hesaid. “Also we have to concedethat at the moment AtleticoMadrid are our closest rivals.”

ALEC KENNEDYAgencie France-Presse

NORWICH: Arsene Wengerknows Arsenal must not squan-der the chance to strengthentheir Premier League title chal-lenge when they face strugglingNorwich at Carrow Road onSaturday.

Wenger conceded his teamhad failed a major test when theyclaimed just one point from back

to back meetings withManchester City and Chelsea,and the Gunners boss was partic-ularly critical of the performancein the home defeat to Roberto DiMatteo’s team.

Wenger’s men respondedwith victory at West Ham aheadof the international break. Andwith Norwich, who lie secondbottom Arsenal have a goodchance to force their way closerto the leading group.

IAN WINROWAgencie France-Presse

LONDON: Tottenham managerAndre Villas-Boas insists hisplayers will be the only ones on arevenge mission when his formerclub Chelsea visit White HartLane in Saturday’s Londonderby.

With Chelsea captain JohnTerry suspended after decidingnot to appeal the four-match banimposed for racially abusingQPR defender Anton Ferdinand,the focus will be fixed firmly onVillas-Boas as he confronts theBlues for the first time since hisdismissal after just nine monthsin the job.

Villas-Boas was bitter abouthis exit in March and to makematters worse, his former assis-tant Roberto Di Matteo oversawa revival that delivered the FACup and the Champions League.

Chelsea’s European triumphensured their return to the com-petition despite finishing in sixthplace in the Premier League, andconsigned fourth-placed Spursto the Europa League. AndVillas-Boas claims that will provethe more significant motivation.

IAN WHITTELL Agencie France-Presse

MANCHESTER: ManchesterUnited winger Nani (right) isexpecting a physical confronta-tion with Stoke when Sir AlexFerguson’s team returns to OldTrafford for the first time sincetheir surprising loss toTottenham.

Beaten twice already in theiropening seven Premier Leaguegames of the season, Unitedknow there is little margin forerror against Tony Pulis’ sideafter their surprising 3-2 home

reverse to Spurs late last month.But Nani is also aware that

Stoke present a difficult fixtureon the return from the interna-tional break.

“It is always hard to playagainst Stoke because they playa different kind of football tomost teams in the PremierLeague,” Nani told the club’sin-house broadcaster MUTV.

“They are very physical andhave very strong players. It isalso difficult because most ofthe game is in the air. We needto be strong and try to play ourgame.”

ARSENAL vs NORWICH MANCHESTER UNITED vs STOKE CITY

Real hit by ‘Fifa Virus’Madrid coach Jose Mourinho faces the loss of up to seven of the 19 players whowent off on international duty after the draw with Barcelona in their last game.

Spurs on‘revenge’mission: AVBWith Terry suspended,the focus will be fixedfirmly on Villas-Boaswho was sacked asChelsea manager.

Arsenal will lay downmarker: WengerArsenal failed a major test claiming justone point from City and Chelsea.

Utd set for Stoke testBeaten twice already, Manchester United know there is littlemargin for error against Tony Pulis’s side.

SPURS VS CHELSEA

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