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Local Spotlight Kuwait’s my business Child marriage in the Arab world Leaders are committed to learning new skills

By Muna Al-Fuzai By John P Hayes

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always thought that child marriage many isolated villages where poverty is before they reach their teens. ast week I wrote that effective leaders have developed was something that took place only wide-spread and the poor families give The Egyptian series has caused a lot planning and goal setting skills; the week before I said in poor and ignorant communities. their young daughters away to rich of uproar on social networking sites. Lthey must be visionaries, like Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- I Sabah, Kuwait’s Amir between 1921 and 1950; and this week, But recently, an Egyptian TV serial men, hoping they have a better life While some feel that the whole idea is brought the topic out into the open. It while making some money in the bar- sick, others think that it’s good that the again based on research by various authorities, I’m adding shed light on the problem by showing gain. They don’t understand the magni- issue has come into the open and will that leaders value education and skills. Education and skills how an old rich man would marry tude of their actions and believe, on the go far in educating people of the nega- create economic development and growth - exactly what young girls by taking advantage of the contrary, that they are doing their tive consequences. everyone says we need in Kuwait. family’s poverty and ignorance. The daughters a favor by gifting them a bet- The girls tend to pay a really high Can you achieve results? series tells a gripping story which can- ter life. They tend to overlook the possi- price and lose their future when they It’s not unusual to hear leaders talk about their goals and not be ignored. bility of underage pregnancy and the are used as bargaining chips to feed the their plans, but unless they can demonstrate how they value This series has in fact, made child health complications that can arise from sick desires of old men. It’s important for education and skills, their goals and plans may be meaning- marriage the main topic of discussion it, including death. such topics to be addressed openly to less. How can leaders demonstrate their commitment to edu- on social media websites and many see Last week, the Iraqi Minister of create awareness. It’s not just the pro- cation and skills? By their actions, of course. At a minimum we it as a form of rape which is not recog- Planning and Cooperative development ducer’s responsibility but everyone’s, expect our leaders to be educated, which does not mean that nized by the legislature. While the vic- made a shocking statement when he including NGOs and the media, to take they must hold college degrees. The School of Hard Knocks is tim’s voice goes unheard, the rapists get admitted in Iraq, “11 percent of the action. Considering this serial provoked a great educator. We also expect our leaders to demonstrate away scot-free! women marry before they turn 18 years such a reaction in Egypt and other Arab their ability to achieve results, which requires skills. Some believe that this happens in old”. Unfortunately, in some countries, countries, I would say it’s a success and Many people confuse skills and education. We seem to places like Yemen or Egypt as they have some fatwas support marrying girls off did well. think that college educated people are skilled people. But let’s cut to the quick on that issue. Grandma has a brain tumor. You have to choose which doctor will operate on her. You have these choices: Doctor A graduated at the top of his class, and In my view he attended a top ten medical school, but he has never led a surgery team. Doctor B didn’t win any academic awards, but he has successfully completed 52 brain tumor operations. The world’s least-friendly cities Which doctor do you want cutting into Grandma’s skull? Educated people may know what the textbook says, but they may not be able to successfully implement a real-world plan of action. In fact, the textbook is often inadequate! Are educated people leaders? Therefore, we want our leaders to be committed to both By Labeed Abdal education and skills, and a psychology professor at Dominican University of California demonstrated the importance of that quality. Dr Gail Matthews’ examined goal-setting, making her study all the more pertinent for evaluating leaders. An educat- [email protected] ed person may understand the importance of goal setting, and might even develop goals (even though evidence says most do not), but without using the skills relative to goal set- here are many cities in the world which have been When I look at the map, I feel that their efforts must be ting, the educated person doesn’t quality as a leader. added to the list of least-friendly countries for many quadrupled before they can reap from tourism. Sometimes Matthews discovered that it’s one thing to set a goal, but Treasons like non-availability of alcohol, lack of safety, we see that the most intense disputes intensify more just accomplishing a goal requires other skills. People who record lack of hygiene, lawlessness, extensive practice of black before the summer holidays, so some countries just lose their goals in writing, then share the information with a friend, magic and voodoo and so on. These cities must work really more, especially when they have corrupt leaders. In Kuwait, and then send weekly updates to the friend concerning the hard to attract tourists by being more friendly and welcom- we must be on high alert considering we have a new parlia- pursuit of the goal, were on average 33% more likely to ing while steering clear of any form of racism. They should ment with younger and better-educated members. Our accomplish the goal. That extra commitment to the goal set- also promote a multi-cultural and multi-faith environment, only hope is that they will learn from our neighbors and ting process is likely to make a leader more effective. engage in some real work to beautify the place and most work on collaborating with major world players in areas of Matthews’ study included 149 participants from a wide importantly, be courteous. construction, building, education and oil and gas. variety of businesses, organizations and networking groups throughout the USA and abroad. The study focused on how goal achievement in the workplace is influenced by writing goals, committing to goal-directed actions, and accountability for those actions. Participants ranged in age from 23 to 72 and represented a wide variety of backgrounds. Important to learn new skills The participants’ goals varied from completing a project, to increasing income, to increasing productivity, improving organization, enhancing performance, enhancing life balance, reducing work anxiety, and learning a new skill. Those who commit to learning a new skill may, in fact, be the folks we want as leaders in our families, communities, faith groups, businesses and organizations. So now we know that when we talk about leaders, we’re looking for people of vision, who know how to set goals, and who make a commitment to education, and especially to learning new skills. Next week, I’ll add more to the list. Meanwhile, if you’re a leader, it’s fair to ask you what new skills you’ve learned in the last 12 months.

Dr. John P. Hayes heads the Business Administration department at GUST and he taught leadership skills to 60 youth at the Kuwait Leadership Mastery. Contact Dr. Hayes at questions@hayesworld- wide.com, or via Twitter @drjohnhayes. KUWAIT: Sunrise captured in this image near seaside Kuwait City. — Photo by Islam Al-Sharaa Local FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 2013

Kuwaiti pilot gallops into spotlight with invention

By Ben Garcia but I didn’t give it, because I want my country to be recog- nized,” he beamed. machine or an apparatus for testing “Now I think Kuwait is ready to produce and sell this prod- Aa horse’s tendons and ligaments uct to other countries. The good thing is that a Kuwaiti is asso- was discovered by a Kuwaiti air- ciated with this invention and I am glad that I am being recog- force pilot. The apparatus discovered in nized now,” he added. 2009 by Lt Col Ahmad A Abul includes a base plate and a rotatable plate with a guide member for receiving and position- ing the horse’s hooves. The invention is an METHOD apparatus for testing the soundness of a horse’s tendons and ligaments by flexing he method to test the soundness of a horse’s ten- its lower leg. This method is said to be Tdons and ligaments by flexing a horse’s lower leg, proved viable and can be mass-produced includes: to help horsemen around the world.

undetected tendons and ligament cramps It is a dream come true. Now, I want to do which usually leads to more serious trou- something and help this animal. I have bles. “Horses do not necessarily complain been reading up on horses and when I unless they are physically ill or badly found no inventions like this, I thought of injured. So, early detection of the liga- creating one,” said Abul pointing to his ments and tendons problem can lead to invention. Abul started his experiment in better results, especially when they are the US. He started the experiment with about to race,” he said. wood, but then started using metal. “But it With his experience, he was able to was too heavy so now, so now we have invent the much-needed machine to evolved to stainless steel,” he added. a.) Providing an apparatus with a base plate and a detect horse’s medical problems. The The invention is not available in the rotatable plate adapted to be rotated with respect to machine can analyze pressure in the body market but will be displayed very soon. “I the base plate through an angle of 55º; by measuring the reaction time. This got the certificate from the US Patent and b.) Positioning a horse’s hoof on the rotatable plate method was disclosed in Pratt’s US patent. Trademark Office in 2010. It is indeed a with the horse standing in a balanced position on four The system can be used to measure physi- very significant discovery and invention of legs; ological force associated with motion such our time, and I am proud that my country c.) Elevating the hoof by rotating the rotatable base; as the gait of humans or animals. The has been honored because of this inven- d.) Monitoring the angle between the base plate and machine enables relatively unskilled indi- tion. I am ecstatic and greatly humbled,” he the rotatable plate; During the olden days, horses were viduals to test the soundness of his horse said. e.) Determining that the horse’s tendons and liga- mainly used for public transportation. They without the assistance of a vet. The tester is A Kuwaiti air-force instructor and main- ments in its lower leg are were the buses, trains, helicopters and air- portable and convenient. The machine can tenance test pilot, Abul is also known to be sound when an angle of planes during that time. In this modern era quickly determine whether the tendons an equine instructor. “I love this work that I 55º is obtained without the however, horses are used in various com- and ligaments are sound enough to com- am doing. I love horses so, it is in my genes horse taking its weight off petitive sports like endurance-riding, show- pete, walk or run. The machine can detect to discover something for the greater ben- of the rotatable plate. jumping, tent-pegging, vaulting, polo, if the horse suffered any previous injuries efit of the sector I like most. I’m a pilot by horse-racing and rodeo. Horses need to be in the lower leg, a part badly needed by a profession but my passion is horses and in a nurturing environment to perform horse. their welfare,” he added. His invention will well. They should be fed nutritiously and The machine is durable and relatively soon be added to a list of his achieve- not just given some grass. They should also expensive but adaptable to different hors- ments. He studied in America to be an air- be kept in clean stables with enough space es. Abul said he created his invention in force pilot, and Abul admits that he strug- for them to move around freely. When they 2003 but he finally got patent approval gled for recognition. “Imagine the process. are treated well, horses can perform many only in 2010. “So had to wait almost a It was certified and patented by the US jobs really well. decade before I was able to get the patent. Patent and Trademark Office only in 2010. According to Lt Col Ahmad Abul, the Horses are very close to my heart. I always A company in Germany had already inventor, most of the horse’s problem was wanted to be a horseman when I was a kid. offered a big amount to buy my invention, 4 Local FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 2013 Kuwait pearl diving festival makes a splash

By Nawara Fattahova

KUWAIT: The annual traditional pearl div- ing event, organized by the Kuwait Sea Sports Club (KSSC) kicked off yesterday morning. The diving trip lasts from August 15-22 and there are 10 traditional dhows with 182 young men participating from Kuwait, Bahrain, and Oman. This tradition was started 25 years ago under the patron- age of HH the Amir to preserve and cele- brate Kuwait heritage. The diving trip commenced after the ‘dasha’ (entering day) ceremony which was held at the KSSC beach at 8:30 am. The participating men stood on the podium, and passed the diving flag to the represen- tative of HH the Amir, Minister of Information and State Minister for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Al-Homoud and then the Kuwaiti flag was raised as a signal to officially inaugurate the diving trip. The family members of the participants attend- ed the farewell ceremony and held ‘athan’ when the dhows were leaving as part of the tradition. The Minister of Information and State Minister for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Al-Homoud was pleased to represent HH the Amir at the inaugural ceremony of the pearl diving trip. “Late Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah first intro- duced this activity and fully supported it to preserve our marine heritage and its val- ues for the present and future generations. I also appreciate the systematic support of HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad and the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al- Ahmad,” he said during the ceremony. “This activity reminds me of our fathers’ hard work to protect the country. We call it an “activity” today, while it was the main source of living in the past. Celebrating this day is a way of expressing respect for past traditions. We wish all the success to the participating young men. I would also like to welcome the young men from Bahrain and Oman, and wish them good luck,” added Sheikh Salman Al-Homoud. Ahmad Al-Ghanim, the Deputy Chairman of KSSC reaffirmed the impor- tance of this trip. “The pearl diving trip is a remarkable event, both locally and region- ally. The focus of this trip is bigger and more important than only collecting shells. This activity aims to unify the citizens of this country and strengthen a sense of ‘one family’. Pearl diving will always be an important event as it was originally the late Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad’s idea, and is now sponsored and fully supported by HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah,” he said. “I would also like to thank the partici- pants from Bahrain. I hope this activity will be preserved and witness more participa- tion in the future,” Al-Ghanim elaborated. Sailor Khalifa Al-Rashid from the Heritage Committee of KSSC praised the enthusiastic interest shown by Kuwaiti men in the pearl diving trip. “Even though it’s a difficult activity, the young men were keen to partake in it and honor the memo- ries of their forefathers. It is also a great way to gain knowledge and experience in collecting shells and extracting pearls from it,” he said. 5 Local FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 2013 Local FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 2013 Kuwait govt sends condolences as UAE mourns Bin Shukr

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al- Jaber Al-Sabah yesterday sent a cable of condolences to the United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Bin Sultan Al-Nuhayyan, for the death of UAE Ambassador to Kuwait, Dr Ali Bin Ahmed Bin Shukr. The Deputy Amir and Crown Prince His Highness Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al- Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, both sent similar cables to the UAE. Also, the Acting Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Fire breaks out in Salwa Affairs Sheikh Sabah Khalid Al-Hamad Al-Sabah expressed his deepest condolences over the death of Bin Shukr. The minis- By Hanan Al-Saadoun building’s transformer. It was noticed that there were used tires around the transformer. Firemen evacuated the building to protect ter offered Kuwait’s condolences to the embassy, over the KUWAIT: A fire broke out in a building at 5 in the morning in Salwa. the people from smoke while another group took care of the fire demise of Bin Shukr, noting his prominent efforts to strength- The Mishref Fire Center and South Salmiya fire center responded to and brought it under control. A fireman from the Mishref Fire Center en the relations between Kuwait and UAE. — Agencies the call and discovered that the fire was caused by a spark in the received an electric shock and was taken to Mubarak hospital.

Drugs suspect nabbed By Hanan Al-Saadoun

KUWAIT: Narcotics officials arrested a Kuwaiti man for pos- sessing drugs. Acting on a tip-off, the officials raided his house and found about 150 grams of Ice drugs, 50 grams of marijua- na and 500 pills. The man was arrested and referred to con- cerned authorities. Kuwaiti funding Yemeni al-Qaeda? KUWAIT: Yemeni authorities are pursuing a Kuwaiti man who could be linked to Al-Qaeda by funding their terrorist activi- ties in Yemen, a local daily reported yesterday, quoting a sen- ior Yemeni officer. Speaking to Al-Rai on the condition of anonymity, the security official revealed that Yemeni authori- ties are investigating news about a Kuwaiti of Yemeni origin, who reportedly left Kuwait and settled in Ma’rib “where he has extensive activity”. The source expressed suspicion regarding the man’s potential links with Al-Qaeda “since he is rich”. According to the source, Ma’rib and Sana’a governorates have the largest Al-Qaeda presence in Yemen. He also men- tioned information about Al-Qaeda’s plans to bomb the ruins of ancient Ma’rib’s Biblical Kingdom of Sheba. — Agencies Kobbar Island campaign starts

KUWAIT: A cleaning campaign will kick-start today to clean Kobbar Island. The campaign was organized by coastguards in cooperation with government and private organizations and the Kuwait municipality. Coastguards said the opera- tion is part of the national campaign to clean up Kuwaiti Islands to protect the environment and serve the society. It is a message to the citizens and expats to keep the environ- ment clean. Coastguards urged those who wish to partici- pate in this campaign to be available before 8 am today morning at Sabah Al-Ahmad base or come to Kobbar Island. Local FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 2013 Indians celebrate Independence Day

KUWAIT: Indian Ambassador Satish C Mehta unfurling the national flag (right) at the Indian Embassy yesterday day. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat

By Sajeev K Peter delight of the gathering. This was followed by singing of patri- by mutual respect and understanding. He lauded the contri- otic songs by members of the Indian community. bution of the Indian community in Kuwait’s development and KUWAIT: Braving the hot weather, hundreds of Indians gath- A large number of Indian community members from differ- to India-Kuwait relations. He extended his warmest greetings ered at the Indian Embassy premises yesterday morning to ent walks of life including representatives of Indian associa- to all members of the Indian community in Kuwait and high- celebrate India’s 67th Independence Day. Indian Ambassador tions, businessmen, doctors, engineers, other professionals, lighted the efforts made by the Embassy to effectively address Satish C Mehta unfurled the national flag and officially inaugu- domestic workers and the embassy staff with their families the concerns of the community. rated the celebrations. participated with joy and enthusiasm in the open air celebra- The Ambassador also extended his best wishes on the Following the singing of the national anthem, the tions reflecting India’s rich ethnic, linguistic, religious and cul- occasion for the continued good health and prosperity of His Ambassador read out Indian President Pranab Mukherjee’s tural diversity. Highness the Amir, His Highness the Crown Prince, His address to the nation on the occasion. The bugle band of the In his message on the occasion, the Ambassador stated Highness the Prime Minister and the people of the friendly Bohra Community played a variety of marching tunes to the that India-Kuwait relations are historic, close and characterized State of Kuwait.

KUWAIT: The Ambassador interacts with the community members. KUWAIT: Bugle band by Bohra community

KUWAIT: Indians including women and children participate in the Independence Day celebrations. KUWAIT: Community members render patriotic song. Local8 FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 2013 Kuwait’s pioneering

KUWAIT: Kuwait lost one of its most known philanthropists, Dr Abdulrahman Humoud Al-Sumait, who died after a long march of good- will that crossed the borders of Kuwait to Africa’s horizons, where he left an impression that speaks of the struggle of this man in putting a smile on the faces of millions of the needy and poor there. Al-Sumait is considered a pioneer- ing Kuwaiti personality in the field of humanitarian and rescue work, as he spent most of his life in this field, cov- ering most parts of the world, espe- cially in Africa, and became one of its most recognizable figures in the Arab and Muslim world. Dr Abdulrahman Al-Sumait was born in Kuwait on October 15 in 1947 and graduated from the College of Medicine, Baghdad University, in 1972. He received his diploma from Liverpool University in 1974, and then specialized in internal medicine from McGill University, Canada. He also specialized in gastrology. The deceased has several research papers in liver cancer at Kings College and London University in 1979 and 1980. He worked as a specialist in Al- Sabah Hospital, Kuwait from 1980- 1982. Among the most notable charity and rescue works he carried out, is becoming Secretary General of African Muslims Committee, based in Kuwait in 1981. He chaired the Muslim Doctors Society Branch in America and Canada in 1976, and established branches for the Muslim Studentsí Society in Montreal, Sherbrook, Quebec, Canada from 1974-1976. He also founded the Committee of Malawi Muslims in Kuwait in 1980, as well as Africa Muslims committee which is the first specialized Muslim establishment in 1981. He established Kuwait Rescue Committee which con- tributed to rescuing more than 320,000 Muslims from hunger and death in Sudan, Mozambique, Kenya, Somalia and Djibouti during the 1984 famine. Dr Al-Sumait was the Secretary General of Africa Muslims Committee since it was established and it became the largest operating Arab and Muslim organization in Africa. Among Dr Al-Sumait’s scientific and medical achievements are researches about the opening between the pan- creas and colon, which were published in the Canadian Medical Journal in 1978, cancer of stomach remnants fol- lowing benign ulcer surgery, which was presented to the Royal College of Doctors in Canada in 1979, laparo- scopic test of Colon Adenoma, which was published in the GI Laparoscope in the US in 1985, and the Emergency Laparoscope in the GI bleeding. Al-Sumait authored several books including “Yes Africa”, “A Tear for Africa”, “A Goodwill Mission in Africa... A message to My Son, “Arabs and Local9 FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 2013 philanthropist dies

Muslims in Madagascar”, “Christian missionary among Muslims - A Scientific Study”, and “Managing Catastrophes for Workers in Islamic Organizations”. He also wrote hundreds of columns in the field of Islamic propagation in papers and other publications. Dr Al- Sumait left several Islamic research papers and other books, most notable of which is a research paper titled “Role of Media in Charity Work”, which was introduced in Malaysia in 1989. He also delivered a lecture on “Modern Management of Charity Work”, during the Arab Administration Conference in Cairo 1989. He also received several prizes and appreciation certificates including the medal of heads of GCC countries, during the conference which was held in Muscat about the charity work in 1986, King Faisal bin Abdulaziz Prize for serving Islam and Muslims in 1996, GCC medal for the service of scouts movement in 1999. Dr Al-Sumat was given the hon- orary doctorate in the field of propa- gation activity from Um Darman Islamic University, Sudan in 2003, and a Knights Medal from President of Benin in 2004. Dr Al-Sumait received Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al- Maktoom Prize for Medical and Human Studies, UAE in 2006, Medal of Charity work from Sharjah in 2010, and charity work prize from Qatar in 2010. He received a certificate of appreciation from voluntary organiza- tion council in Egypt, charity work prize from Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashid Al-Maktoom, Governor of Dubai and Sharjah Prize for Voluntary and Humanitarian work in 2009. Dr Al-Sumait participated in many Islamic seminars and conferences as a lecturer in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, UAE, France, Britain, South Africa, USA, Malaysia, Brazil, Egypt and others. Dr Al-Sumait carried out many char- ity projects including the construction of 1,200 mosques, payment of month- ly salaries to 3,288 propagandists and teachers, caring for 9,500 orphans, digging 2,750 underground water wells in dry areas where Muslims live around the world, constructing 124 hospitals and polyclinics, distributing 160,000 tons of food, medicine and clothes, distributing more than 51 mil- lion copies of the Holy Quran, printing and distributing 605 million Islamic booklets in various African languages. Dr Al-Sumait constructed and operated 102 Islamic centers, held 1,450 courses for teachers and Imams. He paid school fees for more than 95,000 poor Muslims students. He carried out several agricultural projects over an area of 10 million meters squared. He also built zoo centers to train women and built sev- eral dams in dry areas. He also under- took the construction of several med- ical eye camps for the needy for free to fight blindness. —KUNA Local10 FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 2013 dangers of leaving kids in cars ‘If it’s hot enough to bake, it’s hot enough to cause death’ DUBAI: AW Rostamani Group is leading a campaign to highlight the danger heat buildup represents for children left in parked cars. Called ‘Car Baked Cookies’, the campaign highlights the tempera- tures vehicles’ interiors can reach when parked in direct sunlight by cooking bis- cuits on the dashboard. With an astonish- ing 80 degrees Celsius achievable in this confined, glass-sided and unventilated environment, the campaign message is simple: ‘If it’s hot enough to bake, it’s hot enough to cause death’. Car Baked Cookie demonstrations and cookie giveaways are planned post Ramadan to act as an ongoing reminder of the campaign’s message. AW Rostamani Group is calling on everyone who have lost young ones in this way, should all be aware of as potentially life- be 30 degrees Celsius above the outside to pledge their support for the campaign but the answer is simple - never leave threatening to children. The brain and temperature via the dedicated www.carbaked.com your child unattended, especially in a major organs can be damaged within 10 3. With an outside temperature of 50 website and #CarBaked Twitter hash tag vehicle. We hope all will remember the minutes once a child’s core temperature degrees Celsius, a car’s interior could hit where they can also see a video demon- symbol of our car baked cookies and exceeds 40 degrees Celsius while death is 80 degrees Celsius strating cookies being baked in a car. ensure they always take their child with a real risk if it rises just a couple of degrees 4. A child’s major organs can be dam- Campaign partners are also invited to join them before they leave their car.” more. While this type of child mortality is aged if their temperature exceeds 40 AW Rostamani Group in spreading this Children are much more susceptible uncommon, one is too many. Please, degrees Celsius potentially life-saving message. to temperature changes than adults as ensure you do not leave children unat- 5. Damaging effects from excessive Michel Ayat, Director, AW Rostamani their smaller bodies’ heat and cool much tended, especially in parked cars. heat can occur in just 10 minutes - 15 said: “The loss of a child is a tragic event more quickly. In our region, heat is the 1. Unventilated vehicles heat up mins can kill for every family but all the more heart- most obvious danger and the environ- extremely quickly and so can a child’s 6. Over 30 children died in the USA breaking when it is avoidable. We at AW ment of an uncooled car, which rapidly temperature during 2011 and 2012 from heat buildup Rostamani share in the grief of parents increases in temperature is one which we 2. An unventilated vehicle interior can in cars US urged to speed up its visa process

KUWAIT: The Foreign Acting Undersecretary, Sheikh Ali Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah yesterday dis- cussed with the American ambassador to Kuwait, Matthew H Tueller the issue of US visas for Kuwaiti citizens. Inspection campaign in Ahmadi He relayed the keenness of the political leader- ship on addressing the visa issues, expressing hope KUWAIT: Mina Abdullah police station officials carried out that the US embassy would spare no effort in facili- an inspection campaign against outlaws and violators and tating the issuance of visas for Kuwaitis especially covered all Ahmadi areas, including the factories and scrap students and citizens seeking medical treatment. area, Sabah Al-Ahmadi City and Ali Sabah Al-Salem. A total Ambassador Tueller affirmed that the US diplomatic of 331 people were arrested for breaking the law and 150 mission devotes special attention to this issue. of them either had no ID cards or their residency had The US Administration, he further pointed out, expired. The arrested lot were referred to concerned has recently approved a new system aimed at facili- authorities and 30 traffic citations were handed out. tating visas’ issuance. —KUNA Ahmadi governorate security officials said that inspection campaigns will continue. Policeman ‘assaulted’; Maid commits suicide

By Hanan Al-Saadoun During investigation, police found out that it was a 38-year-old into the car while she was walking back home and took her to an iso- bedoon man and discovered assault marks which indicated that the lated spot to rape her. KUWAIT: A security officer accused an Egyptian expat of beating him death was not a natural one. The body was taken to the coroner to up. Sources said that the security officer claimed that he saw a brawl determine the cause of death. Bedoon files forgery case taking place between an Egyptian expat and a Kuwaiti man in A bedoon man said that he was robbed of KD 350 from his Ahmadi and when he intervened, the Egyptian assaulted him. The Filipina raped account, even though the bank card was with him throughout. A case expat who is in his thirties, was detained for interrogation. A Filipina working in a beauty salon accused two people of kidnap- of forgery was filed. ping her and raping her in a sand yard. She told police that they kid- Dead body found napped her after she finished her work at the salon in Fintas. She gave Maid commits suicide A security guard in Riggae reported to the local police station that police details of the kidnappers’ car and the license plate number. She A Nepalese maid committed suicide by hanging herself at her he found a dead body in the opposite building where he works. revealed that she had never seen them before and they forced her sponsor’s house in Bayan. FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 2013 Keita wins by US: Boko Haram India PM tells landslide in Mali hinders Nigeria’s Pakistan to stop presidential13 vote development14 ‘anti-India17 activity’

CAIRO: Members of the Egyptians Army walk among the smoldering remains of the largest protest camp of supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi, that was cleared by security forces, in the district of Nasr City, Cairo yesterday. AP Egypt death toll reaches 525

Protesters storm building in Cairo ● Clashes spread to Alexandria

CAIRO: Hundreds of supporters of Egypt’s “After the blows and arrests and killings another. In the aftermath of the bloodshed, become. “The Brotherhood would never Muslim Brotherhood stormed a government that we are facing, emotions are too high to and with the death toll expected to rise fur- agree to a political deal,” said Ismail Khaled, building in Cairo yesterday and set it ablaze, be guided by anyone,” he said. The ther, Morsi supporters were left dazed by a 31-year-old manager in a private company. as fury over a security crackdown on the Brotherhood has called on followers to march crackdown that was more swift and brutal “They are terrorists and violent, and what hap- Islamist movement that killed hundreds of in Cairo later yesterday, while funeral proces- than most expected. pened was the only logical way to end their people spilled on to the streets. sions for those who died provide further Army chief General Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi sit-ins, which did have weapons and ... violent In Alexandria, Egypt’s second largest city, potential flashpoints over the coming days. removed Morsi from power on July 3 in the people. Thank God the police ended them. I hundreds marched to protest against On Wednesday, protesters clashed with wake of huge protests by people frustrated at wish they had done so sooner.” Wednesday’s violent breakup of Brotherhood police and troops who used bulldozers, tear- the lack of progress on economic reform and Cairo and other areas were largely calm sit-ins in the capital, prompting nationwide gas and live ammunition to clear two Cairo wary of what they saw as a creeping Islamist overnight, after the army-installed govern- violence in which at least 525 people died sit-ins that had become a hub of resistance to power grab. But the subsequent crackdown ment declared a month-long state of emer- and thousands were wounded. “We will come the military. points to a bleak future for the Brotherhood, gency and imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew back again for the sake of our martyrs!” the The clashes spread quickly to Alexandria which was suppressed for decades under on the capital and 10 other provinces. protesters chanted. They demanded the rein- and numerous towns and cities around the autocrat Hosni Mubarak before he was top- A military source said that while sit-ins like statement of former President Mohammed mostly Muslim nation of 84 million. A Reuters pled in a 2011 uprising. the main one outside the Rabaa Al-Adawiya Morsi, who was deposed by the army six witness counted 228 bodies, most of them “It’s not about Morsi anymore. Are we mosque in Cairo would no longer be tolerat- weeks ago after mass demonstrations against wrapped in white shrouds, arranged in rows going to accept a new military tyranny in ed, marches may be in spite of the state of him, and whose ouster triggered a crisis that on the floor of the Al-Imam mosque in north- Egypt or not?” Haddad said. Despite shocking emergency. The decision to forcibly clear sit- has polarised the most populous Arab nation. east Cairo, close to the worst of the violence. scenes in Cairo and beyond, including televi- ins defied Western appeals for a negotiated Brotherhood spokesman Gehad El-Haddad Some men pulled back the shrouds to reveal sion footage of unarmed protesters dropping settlement to the crisis, amid concerns that told Reuters that anger within the movement, badly charred corpses with smashed skulls. to the ground as security forces opened fire, the country which has signed a peace treaty which has millions of supporters, was Women knelt and wept beside one body. Two many Egyptians support the crackdown, with Israel and straddles the strategic Suez “beyond control”. men embraced each other and shed tears by underlining how deeply divided society has Canal could spiral out of control. — Reuters International FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 2013 Obama scraps military exercises with Egypt World powers condemn bloodshed

CHILMARK, Massachusetts: President Barack Obama yesterday canceled joint US-Egypt mili- tary exercises, saying America’s traditional cooperation with Egypt “cannot continue as usual” while violence and instability deepen in the strategically important nation. It’s unclear whether scrapping the Bright Star exercise will have any impact in stopping the clashes between Egypt’s military-backed interim government and supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi. And Obama gave no indication that the US planned to cut off its $1.3 billion in annual military aid to Egypt. Speaking from his vacation home on Martha’s Vineyard, Obama said the US wants democracy in Egypt to succeed. But he said achieving that outcome is not the responsibili- President Barack Obama makes a state- ty of the United States. ment to the media regarding events in CAIRO: Egyptian policemen stand on vehicles carrying the coffins of their comrades dur- “America cannot determine the future of Egypt, from his rental vacation home in ing their funeral in Cairo yesterday. UN rights chief Navi Pillay demanded a wide-ranging Egypt,” Obama said. “That’s a task for the Chilmark Massachusetts on the island of probe into the bloody crackdown by Egyptian security forces on Muslim Brotherhood Egyptian people. We don’t take sides with any Martha’s Vineyard yesterday. —AP protesters. — AFP particular party or political figure.” More than 500 people have died in Egypt since over the bloody crackdown on Muslim Egypt. Only two Gulf states that have cracked Erdogan said “this is a very serious massacre... Wednesday in clashes between the interim Brotherhood protesters, with France warning down on Islamist groups within their own bor- against the Egyptian people who were only government and Morsi’s supporters. The gov- of the threat of “civil war” and Turkey demand- ders, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, ini- protesting peacefully”. He also criticised the ernment has declared a nationwide state of ing UN action. More than 500 people were tially voiced support for the Cairo military lead- “silence” of the global community in the face of emergency and a nighttime curfew. killed in Wednesday’s assaults on two Cairo ers. French President Francois Hollande said the bloodshed. The Bright Star exercises are a multi-nation- protest camps of supporters of ousted Islamist “everything must be done to avoid a civil war” The United States did not initially object to al effort designed to strengthen military-to- president Mohamed Morsi in the country’s in Egypt, while his government conveyed the overthrow of Morsi-Egypt’s first democrati- military relationships and improve readiness worst violence in decades. The United States France’s “great concern over the tragic events” cally elected and Islamist leader-and has avoid- between US, Egyptian and other coalition led global outcry against the “deplorable” vio- to Egypt’s envoy. “France is committed to find- ed using the term “coup,” which under US law forces. The air, ground and naval exercises lence, while Paris, London, Berlin and Rome ing a political solution and calls for elections to would have halted some $1.3 billion in annual were scheduled to start in mid-September and summoned Egypt’s ambassadors to voice their be held as soon as possible, in line with the military aid to Cairo. But US Secretary of State last about three weeks. strong concern. commitments made by Egypt’s transitional John Kerry’s comments, in which he called for For decades, Bright Star has been a center- Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip authorities,” said a statement. Britain also con- elections, appeared to fully recant his previous- piece of the military relationship between the Erdogan, a Morsi supporter, called for an demned the violence, expressed its “deep con- ly expressed support for Egypt’s military- US and Egypt. However, the maneuvers urgent UN Security Council meeting over cern” to Egypt’s envoy and urged “the greatest backed government. haven’t been held since 2009 as Egypt grap- Egypt’s “massacre” of the demonstrators. China restraint”. Germany, whose Foreign Minister Pope Francis said he was praying for the vic- pled with the fallout from the revolution that was characteristically muted, appealing for Guido Westerwelle has called for an end to tims of the violence and appealed for “peace, ousted its longtime autocratic leader Hosni “maximum restraint” from all parties, while fel- violence and resumed negotiations, told dialogue and reconciliation”, during a blessing Mubarak. Meanwhile, Egypt’s military rulers low Security Council permanent member Egypt’s envoy its position “in no uncertain at Castel Gandolfo, the summer papal resi- yesterday faced international condemnation Russia only urged tourists to avoid trips to terms,” said a ministry spokeswoman. Turkey’s dence near Rome. —AFP In carnage, struggle to lay out the dead

CAIRO: The further the black-clad Egyptian police- ing it in two was filled with corpses. They were men tightened the noose on the Rabaa Al-Adawiya stacked so close that one had to apologetically walk protest camp, the more desperate became the search on them, as if on stepping stones in a pond of blood, for a place to lay out the protesters felled by their to count them all. gunfire. More bodies kept arriving. On the third floor of Amid a swarm of hissing bullets, two protesters the Rabaa medical centre, 20 bodies were packed in a barged into the garden of the Rabaa Al-Adawiya corner, past stretchers bearing other wounded men. mosque compound in east Cairo, carrying a man Outside the mosque, which sits on the crossroads whose face was masked in blood. Others offered used by supporters of deposed Islamist president them directions to makeshift morgues. “Take a left.” Mohamed Morsi as a protest camp, the police bull- “No, take a right.” They stumbled with their macabre dozed through barricades and shot their way closer burden, leaving behind smears of blood on and closer. CAIRO: An Egyptian man walks between lines of bodies wrapped in shrouds bystanders. “Just leave him here,” one finally advised. Several protesters on the front lines traded fire at a makeshift morgue in Cairo yesterday following a crackdown on the The morgue of the makeshift field hospital, in one with the security forces. Most ran up to them with protest camps of supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi of the small buildings in the mosque compound, had stones and petrol bombs. Along the crossroads men the previous day. — AFP filled up with corpses soon after police and soldiers sat on pavements between tents, watching placidly began their operation to clear the protest camp, after as bullets whizzed overhead, a stray occasionally dawn on Wednesday. Then the corpses, some with finding a random target. their brains shot out, encroached on the living in the “Did you just see that?” one man said to an AFP nearby field clinic, in another building. correspondent when a bullet dropped a protester A bearded, elderly man was brought in breathing who had been standing, watching the clashes, sever- heavily, his brain partially revealed where a bullet al metres away. “You speak English?” the man asked had landed, and his eyes wide open as if in amaze- again, in response to an expletive in English. ment. “Say the shahada,” a man standing over him Nowhere was safe. In a room on the second floor said, referring to the Muslim profession of faith. “I’m of a mosque building above the field clinic, a bullet sure he already did,” another said, scrutinising the crashed through a window and grazed a man sitting dying man’s face, who appeared unaware of his sur- on a chair just outside the room. He shut the door, as roundings. if annoyed by a draft. Some protesters huddled More and more dead kept being brought in, some together to pray. Others milled around aimlessly. with fresh blood pouring from their heads. Soon the They had already become inured to random, sud- CAIRO: Egyptian soldiers clear debris spread out by the Rabaah Al-Adawiya field hospital became part morgue part clinic. A few den death. The health ministry said yesterday 202 mosque in Cairo’s Nasr City yesterday.—AP buildings away, a room with a wall almost partition- people were killed in Rabaa Al-Adawiya. — AFP 13 International FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 2013

Bomb blast kills 3 Keita wins by landslide in in Beirut suburbs BEIRUT: A powerful car bomb ripped through a southern Mali presidential vote Beirut neighborhood that is a stronghold of the militant group Hezbollah yesterday, killing at least three people and trapping others in burning buildings, the media said. A fresh start to conflict-torn nation seen It’s the second such blast in just over a month in south BAMAKO: Beirut. Groups opposed to Syria’s President Bashar Assad Mali announced Ibrahim have threatened to retaliate against Hezbollah for inter- Boubacar Keita as its new leader yesterday vening on behalf of his regime in the Syrian civil war. after confirming that the ex-prime minister Lebanese TV showed a raging fire and thick black had won a landslide victory in a presidential smoke from the blast, which set ablaze several cars. poll intended to give a fresh start to the con- Dozens of ambulances rushed to the scene of the explo- flict-scarred nation. Figures for Sunday’s sec- sion and fire fighters were seen trying to evacuate resi- ond-round ballot released on live television dents from burning buildings. The state-run National by the interior ministry showed Keita won News Agency said at least three died and 20 were wound- an overwhelming 77.6 percent of the vote, ed. The explosion occurred on a bustling commercial and with his rival Soumaila Cisse trailing on 22.4 residential street in the Rweiss district, a heavily Shiite area percent. and one of Hezbollah’s bastions of support. Mali’s first election since 2007 was seen as Last month, a car bomb exploded in the nearby Beir al- crucial for unlocking more than $4 billion Abed district, wounding more than 50 people. (three billion euros) pledged by international Hezbollah’s Al Manar TV said yesterday’s blast occurred on donors. Aid to the country had been halted the main road separating Rweiss from Beir Al-Abed. It said after a separatist uprising led to a 2012 coup several bodies were seen on the street following the and an Islamist insurgency that plunged one explosion. An Associated Press photographer saw at least of the region’s most stable democracies into two bodies and many wounded people at the scene. The turmoil. violence raises the specter of Lebanon being pulled into Former finance minister Cisse had already the increasingly sectarian civil war raging next door in conceded the run-off vote to Keita after it Syria. —AFP became apparent as early as Monday morn- BAMAKO: General Moussa Sinko Coulibaly announces the results of ing that victory was beyond his grasp. the Malian presidential poll in Bamako yesterday. —AFP Turnout was recorded at 45.8 percent, Interior Minister Moussa Sinko Coulibaly said, extremely serious abuses, including arbitrary work,” Keita has said. while just 93,000 ballots were spoiled, com- detention, enforced disappearances, attacks Cisse, 63, had complained of widespread pared with 400,000 in the first round. Keita, against journalists and torture. electoral fraud before conceding defeat but 68, has become known for his blunt speech, “Most of these crimes were committed told reporters this week he would not chal- his refusal to compromise and his reputation during 2012 in the months after the March lenge the result in court “in view of the fragili- for toughness. 2012 coup d’etat. Instead of being rewarded ty of the country”. But his regime begins already mired in with this promotion, Sanogo should have The European Union observer mission controversy after it emerged on Wednesday been investigated for his alleged involve- gave a positive assessment of the vote while that Captain Amadou Sanogo, who led a ment in these acts.” the United States has signalled that it is pre- group of fellow mid-level officers to over- During his campaign, Keita vowed to uni- pared to resume aid to Mali. throw then-president Amadou Toumani fy Mali after the humiliation of having to call A UN peacekeeping mission of 11,200 Toure on March 22 last year, had been pro- on former colonial power France in January troops and 1,400 police has been charged moted. to help repel the Islamist insurgency in the with ensuring security in the west African “My euphoria re ‘quality’ of Mali’s democ- north, where Al-Qaeda-linked movements nation as France withdraws most of the 4,500 racy is waning,” Robert Piper, the United seized key towns in the chaos following troops it deployed to repel the insurgency. BAGHDAD: Children inspect the aftermath of a car Nations’ regional humanitarian coordinator Sanogo’s coup. Keita’s workload will include tackling an bomb attack in Baghdad yesterday. A wave of car for the Sahel region, posted on Twitter. “For Mali’s honour, I will bring peace and economy battered by the crisis, as well as bombs in the Iraqi capital on Wednesday killed and Human Rights Watch described Sanogo’s security. I will revive dialogue between all the healing ethnic divisions in the north and wounded dozens of people, the latest attacks in a elevation from captain to the rank of lieu- sons of our nation and I will gather our peo- managing the return of 500,000 people who months-long surge in violence. —AP tenant-general as “outrageous”. “Sanogo and ple around the values that have built our his- were internally displaced or fled abroad dur- forces loyal to him have been implicated in tory: dignity, integrity, courage and hard ing the conflict. —AFP Car bomb kills 34 in Iraq New Saudi-supplied missiles BAGHDAD: Car bomb attacks killed at least 34 people in Baghdad yester- boost rebels in south Syria day but the Interior Ministry said it would not allow al Qaeda, which it blames for a surge in sectarian violence, to turn Iraq into another Syria. AMMAN: Rebels in southern The recent flow of Saudi- four km (2.5 miles), offers a officials privately say they are More than 100 people were wounded in at least eight blasts, one of Syria have fired newly acquired backed arms reflects concerns strategic edge over Assad’s bet- caught between appeasing the which was near the “Green Zone” diplomatic complex, part of a wave of anti-tank guided missiles sup- in Riyadh at the slow pace of ter equipped forces which rely Saudis and the danger of bloodshed that has taken the monthly death toll in Iraq to the highest plied by Saudi Arabia in a signifi- progress by rebels in the south on hundreds of Russian T-72 reprisals by Assad, who earlier levels in five years. “Iraq’s streets have become a battleground for sectari- cant boost to their battle against and concern that al Qaeda- tanks and older models to this year warned Amman it an people who are motivated by hatred and religious edicts and daring President Bashar Al-Assad, rebel, linked groups could exploit the launch ground attacks and con- “would be playing with fire” if it to kill innocent people,” the Interior Ministry said in an unusually frank intelligence and diplomatic stalemate to expand their pres- trol cities. Other experts say supported rebels. statement. “It is our destiny to win this battle which is aimed at destroying sources say. ence, said a Western diplomatic rebel fortunes could be tied to The recently arrived Saudi the country and turning it into another Syria,” the ministry said. However, Several Russian-designed source. Rebels have faced a how many more portable mis- financed anti-tank missiles, earlier yesterday it put the death toll far lower, at three dead and 44 Konkurs anti-tank weapons were series of setbacks in central sile systems the rebels can get while limited in number, have wounded. Mainly Sunni Muslim rebels have been fighting for more than used in a rebel attack this week Syria as Assad’s troops retook in the coming months, such as already given a psychological two years to topple Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, whose Alawite on an army position in Deraa city towns and city districts with the Konkurs, Kornet anti-tank boost to rebels operating in the minority support base is a branch of Shiite Islam. Sunni Muslim militant near the Jordanian border, said a support from Iran and guided missiles (ATGM) and south, according to several groups, including al Qaeda, have stepped up their insurgency against source in a rebel brigade linked Lebanese Hezbollah fighters. Red Arrow 8 missiles. “If the rebel and security sources Iraq’s Shiite-led government in the past four months, raising fears of a to the Western-backed Supreme The army has also consoli- weapons arrive in the right familiar with the shipments. return to full-blown sectarian conflict 18 months after US troops left. Military Council. Missiles were dated its presence in towns quantities they will affect the Rebels in Deraa, the cradle of Police sources said one bomb exploded 200-300 metres (yards) from also fired around Laja, a rebel across southern Syria - which situation on the ground,” said the 2011 uprising against Baghdad’s international zone, close to Iraq’s Foreign Ministry. Four peo- stronghold in the rugged region has always had strong military retired Jordanian general Fayez Assad, have long complained ple died and 12 others were wounded. stretching north to the outskirts presence because of its proxim- al Dwiri. The Saudi-financed that unlike their comrades in The central zone is a highly-fortified area housing Western embassies of Damascus, according to Faiq ity to the Israeli-occupied Golan missile shipments arrived in the the north, they have been including the US mission and the nearby Iraqi ministry has been a frequent al Aboud, a member of the Al- Heights - after rebels made sig- last few weeks through Jordan choked of significant arms, with target of attacks. Since the start of the year, attacks using multiple car Mutasem Bi’Allah brigade whose nificant gains in the region. after months of quiet Saudi both the West and Jordan wary bombs have become an almost daily occurrence. Religious holidays have account was corroborated by Rebels and military experts say pressure to prod Amman to of arming insurgents so close to failed to stem the slaughter, bombers at the weekend targeting families cel- other fighters. the Konkurs, with a range of open a supply route. Jordanian Israel. —Reuters ebrating the end of the Muslim fasting period of Ramadan. —Reuters International FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 2013 Central African Republic on brink of collapse: UN Officials suggest larger peacekeeping force needed UNITED NATIONS: The Central Babacar Gaye, said. total breakdown in law and order, and African Republic is on the brink of col- The African Union and United the absence of the rule of law,” the lapse and the crisis is threatening to Nations plan to send experts to the statement said. spread beyond its borders, senior UN Central African Republic shortly to “They stressed that the armed con- officials said as they urged the Security assess exactly what was needed and flict and crisis in CAR pose a serious Council to help fund and support an UN diplomats said that on the basis of threat to the stability of the CAR and African Union peacekeeping force. The those reports the Security Council the region,” it said. UN aid chief Valerie landlocked former French colony - one would respond with a resolution. Amos told the council the Central TUNIS: Tunisian Prime Minister Ali Larayedh (right) wel- of the poorest places on earth - has Gaye and UN Assistant Secretary- African Republic was at risk of becom- comes German Foreign Affairs minister Guido Westerwelle been plunged into chaos since the General for Human Rights Ivan ing a failed state. (left) before a meeting yesterday in Tunis. Westerwelle, Seleka rebels seized power from Simonovic both signaled to the She said every one of the country’s who is on a two-day-visit in Tunisia, urged on August 14, President Francois Bozize four months Security Council that the AU force 4.6 million people - half of whom are 2013 supporters of Egypt’s interim government and its ago, triggering a humanitarian crisis in would not be enough to combat the children - had been affected by the cri- ousted president Mohamed Morsi to renounce violence the heart of Africa. crisis in the Central African Republic, sis. About 1.6 million of them are in amid a deadly crackdown on protests. — AFP The African Union this month rolled which borders six other states. “A much dire need of assistance. More than an existing 1,100-strong regional larger and nationally more diversified 206,000 people have been internally peacekeeping mission, known as force is needed to provide security and displaced and nearly 60,000 have fled US: Boko Haram hinders MICOPAX, into a new, larger AU peace- protect the population,” Simonovic to neighboring countries. keeping force. The number of troops said. “Such a force would also prevent “It is critical for the continued safety Nigeria’s development will be more than tripled to 3,600 and foreign rebel groups, such as the Lord’s of humanitarian operations that the AU ABUJA: Boko Haram’s brutal Islamist insurgency has the force has an AU mandate to pro- Resistance Army or Islamist extremist mission has the funds and logistical stalled Nigeria’s development, inflamed ethnic tensions tect civilians, help stabilize the country groups, from finding a safe haven in support to operate effectively,” Amos and raised concern among its neighbors, a senior US diplo- and restore government. “The African the country.” told the 15-member Security Council. mat said yesterday at the start of bilateral security talks. Union has requested financial, logisti- The UN Security Council said in a “The failure to act now could not only Wendy Sherman, US under-secretary of state for political cal and technical support. We have statement after Wednesday’s meeting prolong and exacerbate the appalling affairs, said the United States was ready to help Nigeria recommended to the council to pro- that it was willing “to consider all conditions the people of the Central “develop a multi-faceted strategy” to contain the violence, vide this support. We have also recom- potential options to stabilize the African Republic have had to endure, but warned that a military crackdown alone would not mended to better adapt the UN (polit- Central African Republic (CAR).” “The but could also see the crisis spread work. ical) mission to the current situation,” members of the Security Council beyond its borders and throughout a The Boko Haram conflict has “increased tensions UN envoy to the Central African expressed deep concern at the security region already facing enormous chal- between various ethnic communities, interrupted devel- Republic, retired Lieutenant General situation in CAR, characterized by a lenges,” she said. — Reuters opment activities, frightened off investors and generated concerns among Nigeria’s northern neighbors,” Sherman said. The extremist group has said it is fighting to establish an Islamic state in northern Nigeria and has carried out Gang violence forces S waves of attacks across the region. Some of the violence has occurred along the northern borders with Cameroon, Chad and Niger amid fears that African kids to stay home Boko Haram fighters could spill into neighboring states. The Islamist group claimed the kidnapping of a French CAPE TOWN: The South African authorities temporarily family, including four children, in Cameroon in February. closed 16 schools in a Cape Town suburb yesterday fol- AU troops accused They were released in April. A state of emergency declared lowing a surge in gang violence, keeping some 12,000 in May remains in place across the northeast, Boko Haram’s children at home. of Somalia gang rape stronghold, as the Nigerian military pursues a campaign Spokeswoman Bronagh Casey said the Western Cape aimed at crushing the group. Stemming the bloodshed province’s education department “made a decision yes- NAIROBI: The African Union force fighting in Somalia is “may require a new social compact with Nigerian citizens,” terday to close the schools in Manenberg yesterday and investigating the alleged gang rape of a woman by its sol- said Sherman, who is leading the US diplomatic and mili- today” after teachers expressed fears for their safety. diers, a case that has sparked outrage in Mogadishu, the tary delegation for the talks. At least 50 people have been killed in gang-related AU said yesterday. A Somali woman has alleged she was She added that it was crucial to have “an economic violence in Cape Town’s low-income Manenberg sub- abducted, drugged and then repeatedly raped earlier this recovery strategy as a complement to the government’s urb-which includes the notorious Cape Flats-in recent month by soldiers from both the national army and from security strategy.” Nigeria is Africa’s largest oil producer, weeks. Many of those killed have reportedly been AMISOM, the 17,700-strong African Union force that sup- where American energy giants ExxonMobil and Chevron bystanders. “Their safety, and that of our learners, is our ports the internationally backed government. “AMISOM is have a strong presence. Despite the vast energy wealth, main concern,” Casey told AFP. One school in the area aware of the allegations levelled against its troops,” the most of the country’s roughly 160 million people live on was closed for a day two weeks ago following a shooting force said in a statement. less than $2 a day, with much of the oil revenue squan- incident. Somalia’s Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon said in a dered over decades through graft. —AFP The spike in violence has forced provincial premier statement that the government was “deeply troubled by and Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille to ask nation- the alleged rape ... involving a number of personnel from al government to deploy the military to help over- AMISOM.” A joint AMISOM and Somali army team has been whelmed police. “We cannot have a situation where set up “to investigate the matter and appropriate action gang violence is preventing our children and teachers will be taken once the facts of the case have been estab- from attending school,” Zille said in an open letter to lished,” the AU statement added. The AU mission “strongly Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa. condemns ... sexual abuse or exploitation”, it said. AU Only 200 out of 900 pupils attended classes at one troops, including soldiers from five nations-Burundi, school last week, she said. “We urgently need a peace- Djibouti, Kenya, Sierra Leone and Uganda-have been fight- keeping force,” she said, requesting the government to ing against Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab insurgents in Somalia “reconsider employing the army in Manenberg and oth- since 2007. The attack allegedly took place in an AMISOM er hotspots”. “If police were able to contain the situation, army base in the Maslah district of Mogadishu, Shirdon this crisis point would not have been reached,” she said. said, an area on the outskirts of the capital wrested from Meanwhile, Casey said the regional education depart- Shebab insurgents by Ugandan troops last year. If con- ment and police were meeting yesterday in the hope of firmed, the case-which has been widely reported in recent crafting a safety plan that would enable schools to re- days by media in Mogadishu-will badly dent the reputation open on Monday. Manenberg is home to scores of rival of the AU force, and play into the hands of the Shebab. ABUJA: Nigeria’s Permanent Secretary at the Ministry street gangs who have carved up the poverty-ridden Somalia’s army, an often rag-tag force incorporating militia of Foreign Affairs Matins Uhomoibhi (right) speaks neighborhoods into lucrative drug turfs. Local clergy fighters, has been in the past accused by rights groups of a with US Under Secretary for Political Affairs Wendy have suggested that pupils at some high schools in the string of abuses against women, including rape. —AFP Sherman during a meeting in Abuja yesterday. — AFP area have admitted to being part of the gangs. — AFP International FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 2013 British stuntman dies in wingsuit mishap Mark Sutton crashes into rocky ridge in Alps GENEVA: The British stuntman who parachuted into the London Olympics opening ceremony as James Bond has been killed in an accident in the Swiss Alps while flying a special wingsuit. Online extreme sports broadcaster Epic TV said yesterday that Mark Sutton was killed during a gathering it had organ- ized involving 20 wingsuit pilots who were filmed as they jumped from helicopters. The firm said Sutton’s death was “a tragic loss for the global wingsuit community.” Wingsuits - aerodynamic jumpsuits that make wearers look like winged superheroes - allow flyers to jump from planes or helicopters and soar long distances before opening para- BIRMINGHAM: Volunteers and actors perform during a chutes to land. mock terror exercise in central Birmingham, England, Swiss police confirmed that Sutton died Wednesday when which is being carried out to test the emergency services’ he crashed into a rocky ridge near Trient in the Valais region. response to a pretend chemical attack in a public place They gave his age as 42. yesterday. —AP The former army officer was an accomplished skydiver who had a starring role in one of the most memorable parts of the 2012 Summer Games opening ceremony. Snowden’s father ignores It began with a filmed sequence in which Daniel Craig’s James Bond escorted Queen Elizabeth II from Buckingham legal advice, contacts son Palace and into a helicopter. Stunt doubles of Bond and the queen then performed a live parachute jump into the Olympic MOSCOW: The Russian lawyer for Edward Snowden revealed Stadium. Sutton was the tuxedo-clad Bond, while his friend yesterday that the father of the US intelligence leaker had for Gary Connery wore a pink dress and wig to play the queen. the first time contacted his son via the Internet in defiance of Connery told The Sun newspaper that he had lost a close legal advice. The 30-year-old former US National Security friend who was “smart, articulate and funny.” Agency contractor received asylum in Russia on August 1, In any sport where you share a common bond you can after spending more than five weeks stranded in a Moscow make friends in a heartbeat that last a lifetime,” he was quoted airport avoiding extradition to the United States. Snowden is as saying. “My relationship with Mark was like that.” Valais wanted by Washington on espionage charges linked to his police said yesterday that Sutton jumped from a helicopter at LONDON: Stuntman Mark Sutton parachuting from a heli- media disclosures about the secret details of US surveillance 3,300 meters (10,800 feet) but fell to his death after crashing copter dressed as James Bond during the opening cere- programs. Attorney Anatoly Kucherena said yesterday that into a mountain ridge. Epic TV editor in chief Trey Cook said mony of the London 2012 Olympic Games in this file pho- Snowden and his father Lon had recently chatted via the Sutton jumped with another diver who was wearing a camera, to. The stuntman who amazed the world when he para- Internet. Lon Snowden has obtained a Russian visa and is though the moment of impact had not been captured on film. chuted into the London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony expected in Russia soon to visit his son. “This decision (to con- Sutton worked as a derivatives adviser to British bank RBS, dressed as James Bond has died while wing-diving in tact Edward Snowden) was taken by Lon Snowden independ- which offered condolences to his family yesterday. — AP Switzerland, police and media reports said. —AFP ently, contrary to the recommendation of his attorneys,” the RIA Novosti news agency quoted Kucherena as saying. “Fatherly feelings turned out to be stronger than security concerns,” said the lawyer. “But we still do not recommend Defendant in Politkovskaya that they communicate via the web, even using encrypted channels, although we understand that Edward is a technolo- gy expert.” The younger Snowden’s stay in Moscow has been murder trial shot in Moscow shrouded in secrecy and his current whereabouts are unknown. The dates and other circumstances of Lon MOSCOW: One of three Chechen shot wound to his thigh, lawyer Murad move around Moscow but subject to Snowden’s upcoming visit to Moscow have also been kept brothers currently on trial for the 2006 Musayev wrote on Facebook, adding travel restrictions as a jury trial is in tightly under wraps. The elder Snowden had earlier told US murder of Russian investigative jour- that doctors said he was lucky to be progress. The lawyer linked the shoot- media that while he wanted Edward to return home at some nalist Anna Politkovskaya has been alive after the bullet went clean ing to the trial in an interview with point he did not believe that his son could get a fair trial in the shot in the leg, his defense lawyer said through his leg, just missing an artery. Moscow Echo radio station, saying: “I United States. —AFP yesterday. Musayev complained that no police absolutely do not rule out that what Dzhabrail Makhmudov has been arrived at the scene overnight, despite happened yesterday could be linked hospitalized in Moscow with a gun- the firing of a shot. His client is free to to our active position in court. “The Russian, Chinese leaders people who followed Politkovskaya, who killed Politkovskaya, are at large.” to hold talks in September In a hospital bed interview, MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold talks Makhmudov told Life News website with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping next month, Interfax that the attackers hit him on the head said yesterday. The two leaders will meet on the sidelines of as well as shooting him, saying he the G20 summit in St Petersburg scheduled for September 5- believed they “definitely wanted to do 6, the agency quoted a senior state official as saying. me in”. US President Barack Obama earlier this month cancelled a The shooting of Politkovskaya, a journalist for liberal newspaper meeting with Putin due to be held ahead of the same summit, Novaya Gazeta who strongly criticized in retaliation for Moscow granting ex-spy agency contractor the Kremlin’s tactics in Chechnya, Edward Snowden asylum. Moscow and Beijing have progres- shocked the world, but so far no one sively strengthened political and commercial ties since the has been brought to justice. Russia Soviet era, when relations were often strained. Both countries ordered a retrial after a first trial ended now say they need a counterweight to US influence in the in acquittals in 2009. Politkovskaya’s world. son Ilya and daughter Vera had boy- As members of the United Nations Security Council, Russia cotted the new trial, which opened last and China have repeatedly ruled out sanctioning Syria and month, over a failure to consult them vetoed three Western and Gulf Arab-backed resolutions con- on the jury members. demning President Bashar Al-Assad for an increasingly brutal MOSCOW: Dzhabrail Makhmudov (right), one of the suspects in the murder But Ilya Politkovsky attended a trial war. In March, Xi paid his first foreign state visit as president to case of Russian investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya, sitting inside the hearing yesterday. “We realized that Moscow. Trade flows between Russia and China more than defendants’ cage at a Moscow court. One of three Chechen brothers currently the defense was actively making use of doubled to $87.5 billion in the five years to 2012 - still far on trial for the 2006 murder of investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya our absence,” he told the Interfax below the levels of Russia’s trade with the European Union has been shot in the leg, his defence lawyer said yesterday. —AFP news agency. —AFP and China’s with the United States. — Reuters International16 FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 2013 UPS plane crash rattles residents near airport Jet was on fire before it crashed BIRMINGHAM, Alabama: Residents in a the runway. But such offers, which of investigators to the scene. A prelimi- hilly neighborhood near Birmingham’s began in 1986, weren’t made on some nary investigation indicated the pilots airport worried about the possibility of a of the nearby houses, including that of did not make any distress calls, NTSB plane crashing into their homes for Cornelius and Barbara Benson, who live board member Robert L. Sumwalt said. years before a UPS cargo jet nearly did in a two-story, split-foyer home just a Investigators were waiting to retrieve just that. short walk from the crash site. the cockpit-voice and flight-data The A300 jet headed from Louisville, “Hopefully we can get out of here recorders because the tail of the aircraft Kentucky, to Birmingham, Alabama, now,” said Cornelius Benson. The jet was still smoldering, Sumwalt said. landed in a field near the Birmingham- clipped trees around the Bensons’ yard, UPS spokesman Jeff Wafford said the jet was carrying a variety of cargo. He did not elaborate. The pilots’ names were not immedi- ately released. But a man who identified REDDING: Jason Dunn, right, appears in Shasta County himself as a family member said one of Superior Court in Redding, California on Wednesday. the pilots was Shanda Fanning, a Dunn is accused of attacking his father and then sawing woman in her mid-30s from Lynchburg, off his own hands. His preliminary hearing was moved Tenn. to September. —AP Wes Fanning, who said he was the woman’s brother-in-law, said Shanda Fanning had been flying since she was a US court to sentence teenager. He said officials contacted her mother and that UPS representatives German who posed were with the family. Ryan Wimbleduff, who lives just across the street from the as fake Rockefeller airport property, said the crash shook his house violently. Standing in his LOS ANGELES: A German imposter who tried to pass as a Rockefeller driveway, he and his mother could see family heir and was found guilty of murdering his landlord faces sen- the burning wreckage. tencing yesterday. Christian Gerhartsreiter, 52, will hear his fate in a “I ran outside and it looked like the Los Angeles federal court after he lost a bid last month to delay the sun was coming up because of the fire process. on the hill,” he said. “Balls of fire were He could end up getting life behind bars. rolling toward us.” Cornelius Benson, 75, Gerhartsreiter was convicted in April of killing said planes routinely fly so low over his John Sohus, his California landlord, who went house that a few years ago, the airport missing in February 1985 together with his authority sent crews to trim treetops. wife Linda. His remains were found nine years BIRMINGHAM: A wooden cross by a church is shown near the wreckage of a The planes come close enough that later in the backyard of his home in an UPS Airbus A300 cargo plane that crashed on the north side of the Barbara Benson, 72, has sometimes upscale Los Angeles neighborhood. Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport in Birmingham, Alabama been able to “to wave at the captains as Prosecutors believe the German also killed on Wednesday. —AP they pass.” Ryan Wimbleduff, who lives Linda Sohus, but he was only charged with across the street from the airport prop- Christian one murder. When the couple vanished, Shuttlesworth Airport around daybreak leaving broken plastic and twisted metal erty and watched the UPS jet burn, said Gerhartsreiter Gerhartsreiter was living in a guest house Wednesday, killing the two pilots on on the ground, and took a piece of their it can be unsettling living so near low- owned by the victim’s mother. After the board and scattering wreckage over a deck before slamming into a hill. Other flying, big aircraft. alleged crime, Gerhartsreiter moved to the East Coast state of wide area. The aircraft rained pieces of neighbors living near the airfield report- “We’ll sometimes be outside and joke Connecticut and changed his name a number of times, eventually metal into front yards and sheared off a ed seeing flames coming from the air- about being able to throw rocks at becoming Clark Rockefeller and getting married, fooling even his piece of one family’s back deck. craft and hearing its engines struggle in them, they’re so close,” he said. Sharon wife for 12 years. Gerhartsreiter-who also pretended to be a The crash happened in a grassy field the final moments before impact. Wilson, who also lives near the airport, Hollywood producer and an English aristocrat during his years evad- where a neighborhood stood until sev- “It was on fire before it hit,” said said she was in bed before dawn when ing arrest after the killing-came to the United States more than three eral years ago, when airport officials Jerome Sanders, who lives directly she heard what sounded like engines decades ago. For more than 10 years, he lived without a driver’s began buying up and then razing the across from the runway. The National sputtering as the plane went over her license or bank account, never signed a lease and would not even houses to clear the area near the end of Transportation Safety Board sent a team house. —AP take a flight for fear he would be recognized. —AFP One in 10 Americans have taken drugs prescribed for others: Poll

NEW YORK: Kurt is a 32-year-old IT systems administra- between thirty and forty pills at a time. Usually he to save on healthcare costs. tor from Des Moines, Iowa. He has a colleague who had would take the Vicodin while alone, but he occasionally For the last two years Megan, 28, has had no health been prescribed “ridiculous amounts” of Vicodin for a shared the pills with friends during an evening out. insurance after losing a job working in a hotel in chronic back problem. After eighteen months he finally kicked the habit. “I Eugene, Oregon. When she began having muscle pain His colleague offered him some of the pills. Soon just felt like I was using too frequently,” he said. around her hip last year, she sought help from her Kurt was taking them three to four times a week to get Prescription drug misuse has reached epidemic levels mother, not her doctor. high and relax. “I had been prescribed Vicodin before so and it is now the second most abused category of drugs Her mother had recently been involved in a car acci- I knew the effects,” he said. “I would come home, take a in the United States, after marijuana, according to a sur- dent and had been prescribed Flexeril and Vicodin for couple and pour myself a drink, to help me unwind.” He vey conducted for the US government. Pharmacies in neck pain, some of which lay unused. Megan took one is not alone. One in 10 Americans admit taking a pre- the United States dispensed more than 4 billion pre- of each. “Had I had insurance, I would just have gone to scription drug they have not been prescribed, and a scriptions in 2012, according to IMS Health, a healthcare the doctor, but I didn’t and if you go into the emer- quarter of those people have used them just to get research firm. The poll indicated it is not difficult to get gency room they just look at you like you are a drug high, according to an ongoing Reuters/Ipsos poll. hold of such drugs even without a prescription. About addict looking for your next fix,” she said. Dr. Wilson (http://link.reuters.com/ban42v) two thirds of those who used other people’s prescribed Compton, a division director at the National Institute on While about six in ten Americans who used another drugs were given them by a family member, friend or Drug Abuse, says dosage levels of prescription drugs person’s prescriptions did so for pain relief, a fifth took acquaintance, the poll showed. Only about 14 percent are particular to an individual’s specific needs and them to sleep or to manage stress and anxiety, the poll were either taken without permission or purchased. For warns against taking a medicine that has not been pre- showed. Kurt said his colleague would give him some, using other people’s prescription drugs is a way scribed. —Reuters International FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 2013

Ex-NATO chief: 15,000 troops should stay in Afghanistan

WASHINGTON: The United States and its But, amid difficult negotiations on a long- Afghanistan, General John Allen, has called Stavridis said the allies “would break the allies should immediately announce how term security accord with Kabul, White for keeping 13,600 American troops in the Taliban narrative decisively, making a lie of many troops will stay on in Afghanistan after House officials have spoken of a possible country, as well as a number of NATO forces. their oft-repeated trope that ‘the foreigners 2014, former NATO supreme commander “zero option” with no US boots on the He too has urged President Barack Obama to are leaving,’” the admiral wrote. Admiral James Stavridis argued on ground after next year. The former top com- announce the troop decision as soon as pos- The move “would reassure the Afghans” Wednesday. mander of US and alliance forces in sible. By announcing troop plans now, and “demonstrate needed leadership to the Stavridis, who recently finished a four- large international coalition that is awaiting year stint as the alliance’s top military leader, US decisions,” he wrote. said it was vital to unveil the troop plans “It would also encourage the conclusion quickly to counter Taleban propaganda of the strategic agreement between the claiming foreign troops are abandoning the United States and Afghanistan, “ he added. country. In a commentary, Stavridis wrote The current head of the International that he supported keeping 15,000 US and Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in allied forces in the country after the bulk of Afghanistan, General Joe Dunford, has indi- coalition troops withdraw as planned in cated he would provide recommendations 2014. “I believe the correct number is about on troop numbers after this year’s “fighting 9,000 US and 6,000 allied troops, for a total of season” ends in October. about 15,000 allied trainers who would focus While acknowledging serious difficulties on mentoring, training, and advising the in the war effort, Stavridis defined “success” 350,000 strong Afghan National Security in Afghanistan as a “democratic (if somewhat Forces,” Stavridis wrote in Foreign Policy. corrupt) nation that has reasonable control “Instead of waiting for months, we over its borders” and dominance over an should move now to decide and publicly insurgency that does not pose a dire threat reveal the commitment,” the admiral said. to the state. If 15,000 allied troops stay in There are now roughly 100,000 troops in Afghanistan, there was cause to be “cau- Afghanistan in the NATO-led coalition, with tiously optimistic” the country would meet the Americans making up about two-thirds GHAZNI: Two Afghan women walk past as a policeman stands guard in Ghazni the criteria of success, he wrote. of the force. US officials have long suggested yesterday. Taleban militants have kidnapped a female Afghan member of parlia- But if no foreign troops remain after they expected to retain a smaller force of ment, officials said on August 14, in the latest example of prominent women 2014, that would mean “probable mission about 8,000 to 12,000 troops after 2014. being targeted in the country. — AFP failure,” according to Stavridis. — AFP India PM tells Pakistan to stop ‘anti-India activity’ Singh addresses Independence Day event

NEW DELHI: Premier Manmohan Singh warned Pakistan yesterday against using its soil for “anti-India activity”, following a fresh escalation of tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbors over a deadly attack on Indian soldiers. “India has always strived for friend- HYDERBAD: Indian school children perform during India’s ship with its neighboring countries,” Independence Day celebrations in Hyderabad yesterday. —AP Singh said during his annual address marking India’s Independence Day from the ramparts of the Red Fort in New Ban assures support for Delhi. “However, for relations with Pakistan to improve, it is essential that democracy in Pakistan they prevent the use of their territory and territory under their control for any ISLAMABAD: The United Nations (UN) General Secretary Ban anti-India activity,” Singh said. The Ki Moon said that UN supported all the efforts to stabilize the Congress prime minister was speaking democracy in Pakistan and would continue to cooperate with from a bullet-proof enclosure at the his- Islamabad in its efforts against terrorism. toric Red Fort which had been turned The UN Chief who was on a two-day official visit to into a virtual fortress with tens of thou- Pakistan attended the flag hoisting ceremony on the sands of security forces guarding against Independence Day of Pakistan at the Convention Centre in a possible militant strike. capital city of Islamabad on the special invitation of Prime Singh’s comments came against the NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh delivers a speech from a Minister, Nawaz Sharif. backdrop of the killing of five Indian sol- He held a meeting with the Prime Minister after wards to bulletproof glass enclosure on the ramparts of The Red Fort in New Delhi yes- diers in disputed Kashmir last week that terday on India’s 67th Independence Day. — AFP wrap up his visit and said that Pakistan had a vital role in New Delhi blames on the Pakistan army world peace and it was implementing UN charter. and which has stoked tensions between passed a resolution in parliament Sharif pledged Wednesday to respond to The UN Secretary General and the prime minister also held the neighbors. Wednesday condemning Pakistan’s the rising tensions in Kashmir with a joint press conference afterwards. The renewed tensions have cast a “unprovoked attack” on its soldiers in “restraint and responsibility”. Sharif on the occasion said that any decision regarding the shadow over hopes of a resumption of Kashmir last week. Pakistan has denied Rebel groups have been fighting fate of the region could not be taken without Pakistan’s partic- stalled peace talks between the nuclear- involvement of its soldiers in the Indian forces since 1989 for independ- ipation, as Pakistan was the hub of economy and politics in armed rivals. Since the killings, regular ambush, the deadliest such incident ence for Kashmir or its merger with the region and being a nuclear country it was a power in the skirmishes have been taking place involving Indian soldiers along the LoC Pakistan. The fighting has killed tens of region to reckon with, which was now being recognized inter- between the armies of the two countries since the two countries agreed to a thousands of people, mostly civilians. nationally also. The prime minister further added that that our along the heavily militarized Line of ceasefire in 2003. Singh’s comments came after India’s association with the world peace was no secret; Pakistan has Control (LoC) dividing the Kashmir The resolution followed a similar one mainly ceremonial president Pranab been devoutly observing the Charter of the United Nations. region. The Independence Day address passed in Pakistan’s parliament a day Mukherjee told Pakistan that “patience Ban, during his visit, inaugurated the Centre for marks the end of British colonial rule in earlier. “It is unfortunate that Pakistan has limits” and all “necessary steps” will International Peace and Stability (CIPS) at National University 1947 and partition of the subcontinent chose to indulge in such unprovoked be taken to ensure internal security and of Science and Technology (NUST) and lauds the efforts by into India and Pakistan, a split that has attacks at a time when efforts were protect Indian territory. “Our commit- Pakistan in peace keeping. He praised the services Pakistani caused endless tension and triggered being made to establish a long-lasting ment to peace is unfailing but even our troops for UN by saying that the history of UN’s peacekeeping three wars-two of them over Kashmir. framework of peaceful, friendly and patience has limits,” Mukherjee said in a efforts was incomplete without mentioning Pakistan’s The region is divided between the cooperative ties...” the Indian resolution separate speech on the eve of India’s immense contribution for peace and security. —KUNA two nations but both claim it in full. India said. Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz 67th independence day. — AFP International18 FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 2013 China summons Japan envoy over shrine visits Abe speech skips reference to WWII remorse

BEIJING: China summoned Japan’s of lawmakers to the Yasukuni Shrine to his own money. “Regardless of what ambassador yesterday to register a mark the 68th anniversary of Japan’s form or capacity the Japanese leader protest over Japanese Cabinet mem- surrender in World War II. worships at the Yasukuni Shrine, the bers’ visits to a controversial shrine to The shrine honors 2.5 million essence is to deny and prettify Japan’s war dead in Tokyo. Japanese war dead, including officers history of militarism,” the statement Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin executed for war crimes committed said. lodged “solemn representations” in his against nations including China and This year’s anniversary comes amid MANILA: Philippine chief government negotiator Carlos meeting yesterday with Ambassador Korea. Beijing regards such visits as an heightened tensions over disputed East Masato Kitera and expressed “strong affront to its past suffering and evidence China Sea islands controlled by Japan Sorreta (left) and Pio Lorenzo Batino, undersecretary but claimed by China. Tokyo’s purchase for Legal and Legislative Affairs and Strategic Concerns of the islands from their private owners of the Defense Department, prepare for a news confer- in September sparked violent anti- ence at the end of the first round of negotiations Japanese protests in a number of between the United States and the Philippines on the Chinese cities. proposed increased presence of US troops in the coun- Japan’s conservative prime minister try yesterday. —AP broke with two decades of tradition yes- terday by omitting any expression of remorse for Tokyo’s past aggression in Asia on the anniversary of its World War Typhoon leaves II surrender. Shinzo Abe’s speech avoided words 1 dead, 5 missing such as “profound remorse” and “sin- cere mourning” used by his predeces- sors to acknowledge the suffering in South China caused by the Imperial Japanese Army BEIJING: A typhoon left one person dead and five others missing as it as it stormed across East Asia-an omis- churned through southern China before weakening into a tropical sion sure to anger China and South storm yesterday, authorities said. After shutting down business in the Korea. The hawkish premier has previ- financial center of Hong Kong and sinking a cargo ship, Typhoon ously expressed unease over Japan’s Utor brought high winds and torrential rain to Guangdong province NANJING: People gather to pay tribute to war victims at the Nanjing Massacre apologies for wartime aggression. The after making landfall Wednesday afternoon. These triggered flooding Memorial Hall in Nanjing, in eastern China’s Jiangsu province yesterday to country’s neighbors have also bristled at and mountain torrents that led to the casualties, the provincial gov- mark the 68th anniversary of Japan’s surrender in World War II. —AFP Abe’s talk of overhauling the pacifist ernment said yesterday. constitution. The typhoon had forced the closure of schools, offices, shopping protest and severe condemnation,” the that Japan has yet to show true contri- Seoul and Beijing lashed out yester- centers and construction sites in cities along its path northwest ministry said in a statement posted to its tion over its actions. day when nearly 100 Japanese lawmak- across Guangdong. website. Past shrine visits by former Prime ers, including three cabinet ministers, Only minor damage was reported, a result, state media said, of “We call upon Japan to rigorously Minister Junichiro Koizumi incensed visited a controversial war shrine in strict adherence to orders to confine tens of thousands of fishing honor their expression and commitment China and sparked years of fractious Tokyo throughout the day. boats to port and evacuate vulnerable people to shelters. Thousands to deeply reflect on their history of inva- relations. While current Prime Minister The leafy site in the heart of the capi- of travelers were stranded by the suspension of flights and ferry serv- sion ... or there will be no future to Shinzo Abe did not visit yesterday, the tal is seen overseas as a glorification of ices. By Thursday morning, the force of the storm had weakened con- Japan’s relations with its Asian neigh- Chinese ministry’s statement still criti- Japan’s imperialist past, including a bru- siderably, with sustained winds at its center falling to speeds of 85 bors,” the statement said. The meeting cized him for having had an aide pres- tal 35-year occupation of the Korean kph (53 mph) as it headed northwest through Guangxi province, followed visits by ministers and dozens ent an ornamental offering bought with peninsula. —AP about 350 kilometers (215 miles) west of Hong Kong. Life returned to normal in Hong Kong yesterday, a day after offices, schools and courts were shut and the stock market halted trading, bringing an eerie calm to the normally busy southern S Korea proposes reunion Chinese commercial hub. Flights had been canceled and ferry servic- es curtailed while helicopter search and rescue teams from Hong Kong and Guangdong province rescued 21 crew members from a of war-separated families bulk carrier transporting nickel ore before it sank in waters southwest of Hong Kong. Utor was the world’s strongest typhoon of the year SEOUL: South Korea’s president proposed yesterday that the efforts could improve the North’s ties with other countries, and before it crossed the Philippines earlier this week, leaving at least two Koreas hold a reunion next month of families still separated also help revive stalled multilateral talks on its nuclear pro- eight people dead. —AP 60 years after the Korean War, another sign of easing tensions grams, he said. after a spring that saw the neighbors threatening war. The pro- Park has vowed to hit back hard against any new North Vietnam offers free posal came a day after the rivals moved toward reopening a Korean provocations, but has also advocated a trust-building jointly run factory park closed since April. Family reunions were policy. Her comments, combined with an agreement Marxism degrees one of the major inter-Korean cooperation projects between a Wednesday on pushing to restart the jointly run Kaesong indus- summit of the two Koreas’ leaders in 2000 and the return of ten- trial park, could signal a further thawing in ties between the to draw takers sions in 2010. About 22,000 Koreans were able to meet with rivals. But there’s also skepticism in South Korea about the HANOI: Market forces are working against college degrees in Marx, loved ones in that time. North’s intentions. North Korea threatened Seoul and Lenin and Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam, where the Communist govern- “First and foremost, we have to ease the pains of separated Washington with nuclear war this spring, and analysts say the ment has resorted to offering free tuition to attract students. Prime families,” President Park Geun hye said in a televised speech. North often follows provocations and threats with a charm Minister Nguyen Tan Dung signed a decree last month giving free Park made the proposal on the day the two Koreas mark offensive meant to win aid. tuition to students agreeing to take four-year courses on Marxism- their 1945 independence from Japanese colonization. A pro- In her speech, Park said the agreement to reopen the Leninism and the thoughts of Ho Chi Minh, the country’s revolution- ary hero, at state-run universities. posal made in July to discuss a resumption of the reunions fiz- Kaesong factory park would start a new inter-Korean relation- Students have been shunning such degrees because employers zled. Many families have been separated since the Korean War, ship marked by co-existence. The negotiators agreed that both are not interested in it, said Pham Tan Ha, head of admission and when there were huge movements of refugees between North countries would actively seek to restart operations at Kaesong, training at Ho Chi Minh City Social and Human Sciences University. and South Korea. though it was not conclusive and no timetable was given. Degrees in subjects like communications, tourism, international rela- Park’s comments signal that her administration, which took The industrial complex in Kaesong, North Korea’s third- tions and English are more popular because students believe “they office in February, is willing to play a bigger role in improving largest city, was the last symbol of cooperation from the previ- will have better chances of employment and better pay when they relations between the two Koreas, said Kim Yong-hyun, a pro- ous era of detente until the North halted operations during a graduate,” he said. Students who study certain medical specialties fessor of North Korea studies at Dongguk University in Seoul. torrent of threats earlier this year that included vows of nuclear such as tuberculosis and leprosy also will get a free ride under the Attempts to ease tensions through dialogue and humanitarian strikes on Washington and Seoul. —AP decree. Ordinarily they would have to pay the equivalent of about $200 a year for tuition. Business FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 2013

China could target oil Warnings of slower sales sends Dow down 200pts firms, telecoms, banks PAGE 22 PAGE 21

SHANGHAI: A vendor talks on his phone next to a screen showing stocks data at a stall in a market in Shanghai yesterday. China has soared almost to the top of the world’s economic league tables, but whether the official data underpinning its status can be trusted is a constant headache, analysts say. — AFP US jobs, inflation data promising Reports boost expectations of Fed tapering

WASHINGTON: The number of Americans fil- trading at Bank of Nova Scotia in New York. ment rate falling 0.2 percentage point to 7.4 month. That took the increase over the past ing new claims for jobless benefits fell to a Initial claims for state unemployment benefits percent. The U.S. central bank has said it plans 12 months to 1.7 percent after core CPI near six-year low last week and consumer dropped 15,000 to a seasonally adjusted to start trimming the $85 billion in bonds it is gained 1.6 percent in June. prices rose broadly in July, which could draw 320,000, the lowest level since October 2007, purchasing each month to keep borrowing The uptick in prices fits in with Fed the Federal Reserve closer to trimming its the Labor Department said. Economists had costs low later this year. Chairman Ben Bernanke’s views that the low massive bond buying program. The govern- expected first-time applications to come in at Most economists anticipate the Fed will inflation was temporary. In the manufacturing ment reports on Thursday painted a slightly 335,000 last week. make an announcement after its policy meet- sector, output slipped 0.1 percent last month, upbeat picture of the labor market and hinted The four-week moving average for new ing in September on the future of the bond held down by a 1.7 percent fall in the produc- at pockets of pricing power in the sluggish claims, which irons out week-to-week volatili- purchasing program. tion of motor vehicles and machinery, the Fed economy. ty, fell to its lowest level since November In another report, the Labor Department said. That, together with a drop in utilities Shares on Wall Street fell sharply and yields 2007, offering hope of an improvement in said its Consumer Price Index rose 0.2 per- production, left industrial output unchanged. on US Treasuries jumped to a two-year high labor market conditions after hiring slowed a cent, in line with economists’ expectations, as Separately, the New York Federal Reserve on the data, which was viewed as increasing bit in July. Carl Riccadonna, a senior econo- the cost of goods and services ranging from said its “Empire State” general business condi- the chances of the Fed tapering its purchases mist at Deutsche Bank Securities in New York, tobacco to apparel and food increased. The tions index fell to 8.24 in August from 9.46 in in September. said both new claims and the four-week aver- CPI had increased 0.5 percent in June. July. A reading above zero indicates expan- Other reports on Thursday showed some age at pre-recession levels were consistent In the 12 months through July, the CPI sion. However, details of the report were fair- cooling in manufacturing activity, but econo- with a pick-up in the pace of hiring, if not in advanced 2.0 percent, the largest increase ly encouraging, with strong gains in labor mists remained upbeat on the economy’s August, then some time in the next couple Of since February, after increasing 1.8 percent in market gauges. The inventory drawdown con- prospects in the second half of the year, with months. June. The push in inflation to the Fed’s 2 per- tinued, which bodes well for future produc- a strengthening housing market recovery “The critical component is going to be the cent target suggested the downward drift in tion. The Philadelphia Federal Reserve, mean- seen lending support. “The data continues to August jobs report. If that come in at least prices seen early in the year was over and while, said its business activity index fell to 9.3 improve and impress the marketplace and I where it was in July, then this is going to keep could comfort some central bank officials who in August from 19.8 in July, amid a slowdown think the data will continue in this direction. the Fed on track to initiate tapering at the have warned on the potential dangers of in new orders growth and factory jobs. Then the question becomes not whether they September (policy) meeting,” said inflation running too low. Economists generally do not put too much are tapering in September, but how much,” Riccadonna. Employers added 162,000 jobs to Stripping out energy and food, consumer weight on this survey when trying to get a said Charles Comiskey, head of Treasuries their payrolls last month, with the unemploy- prices rose 0.2 percent for a third straight read of national factory activity. — Reuters 20 Business FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 2013 Gulf mixed; Qatar falls after breaching 10,000 MIDEAST STOCK MARKETS

DUBAI: Most Gulf stock markets were Wednesday it broke major resistance on ting a near-six-month closing high on narrowly mixed yesterday as Qatar ran the June peak of 19 riyals; a bullish sym- Tuesday. into profit-taking pressure above 10,000 metrical triangle formed by the highs In Saudi Arabia, where the main points, pushing it down sharply. Buoyed and lows dating back to early June index rose 0.6 percent, some beaten- by healthy second-quarter earnings, points up to 20.20 riyals in coming down petrochemical shares continued Qatar’s bourse exceeded 10,000 points weeks. There was little corporate news rebounding on recent firmness in oil on Wednesday for the first time since to stimulate other Gulf markets and prices and data suggesting Chinese YANGON: A worker at a pot factory on the outskirts September 2008. But the index fell back many investors have not returned from demand was not as weak as feared. of Yangon. Myanmar’s quasi-civilian government 1.2 percent yesterday to 9,887 points. last week’s long Eid holiday. Saudi Kayan climbed 0.8 percent to has announced a series of political and economic A Qatari trader said he saw no major Dubai lost 0.6 percent to 2,632 12.35 riyals, bringing its gain over the reforms since coming to power in 2011 after the end fresh factors behind the pull-back. points, once again leaving it on top of last four trading days to 9.8 percent. It of nearly half a century of military rule. —AFP “There were just a couple of trades on support on an uptrend line from early broke on Wednesday above the June low volumes,” he said, adding that Qatar July; any break would signal an end to peak of 12.10 riyals, triggering a double National Bank’s rise of 10 percent over its bull run in the short term, implying a bottom formed by the June and July Overseas spree on the past month was a bullish signal for pull-back to at least the mid-July peak of lows and pointing up to the January the market. The market’s longer-term 2,576, the 23.6 percent retracement of peak of 13.20 riyals. luxury London technical outlook is strong after its clean the rise from early July. Heavyweight Saudi Basic Industries break last month above the January One piece of corporate news on Corp rose 0.8 percent to its highest close property chokes 2011 peak of 9,290 points, which coin- Thursday may help Dubai next week, since April 13, and PetroRabigh climbed cided with the 61.8 percent retracement however: major construction firm 1.6 percent. Both stocks have advanced of the drop from June 2008. That left no Arabtec swung to a second-quarter net in four of the last five sessions. local business major chart barrier before the June 2008 profit of 92.4 million dirhams ($25.2 mil- Egypt’s bourse was closed yesterday LONDON: Custom at David Zambra’s upmarket central London peak of 12,637 points. One Qatari blue lion), beating an average analyst fore- as the country continued to grapple shop, once a supplier of stationery to Queen Victoria’s family, has chip continued rising strongly yester- cast of 51.5 million dirhams by a large with political turmoil caused by the fallen 10 percent each year since 2009. The British economy is day: margin. The stock closed 2.8 percent clearing of protest camps supporting weak and internet shopping on the rise but he blames super-rich Qatar Gas Transport Co, which added lower before the earnings announce- deposed president Mohamed Mursi by foreign buyers who have snapped up homes in his Belgravia 2.3 percent to 19.73 riyals. On ment, its second day of decline since hit- security forces. —Reuters neighbourhood, one of the world’s most affluent, leaving them empty for much of the year. The wealthy including from the Middle East and Eastern Europe have poured money into luxury properties in places such Oil reaches 4-month as Mayfair and Knightsbridge, seen as safe investments during the financial crisis and footholds in a dynamic city. Many are rarely visited by their owners, leaving parts of important econom- high on Egypt fears ic areas deserted, squeezing local businesses already suffering in tough trading conditions. The investment has helped estate agents, house sellers and those providing services to the owners NEW YORK: Brent oil prices hit a four-month high yesterday on significantly weaken. Run cuts will reduce some demand for when they are in town. fears escalating violence in Egypt could affect the Suez Canal or crude oil but run cuts are not a long term solution to a supply dis- But others complain it has pushed up prices, making it harder spread across the Middle East, where supplies already face disrup- ruption,” said Olivier Jakob, analyst at Petromatrix in Zug. “We for locals buy homes, widening the gap between the richest and tion. now have to add for this weekend a weather risk as we are start- poorest in London and damaging the fabric of local communi- Hundreds of supporters of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood ing to get some candidates on the tropical front.” ties. stormed a government building in Cairo on Thursday and set it The US National Hurricane Center said that a weather distur- Several politicians say they are worried about the trend and ablaze, the day after the government declared a state of emer- bance in the Caribbean had a 50 percent chance of becoming a are looking into the economic fallout. gency following deadly clashes between riot police and support- tropical cyclone in the next 48 hours, potentially affecting oil “It (the local area) is in danger of becoming a ghost city ers of ousted President Mohammed Mrsi. Hundreds marched in installations in the Gulf of Mexico. because there aren’t enough people here all the time,” said Alexandria, Egypt’s second-largest city, as well. Egypt is not a Marathon oil said yesterday it was evacuating non-essential Zambra, who bought the H.R. Stokes shop in 1989. Overseas buy- major producer of crude oil, but is home to the strategically staff from its facility in the Gulf of Mexico though production had ers of high-end London homes accounted for 38 percent of deals important Suez Canal and the Sumed pipeline. Investors fear the not been affected so far. —Reuters last year compared with 23 percent in 2005, data from property unrest could choke supply routes or spill over into oil-exporting consultant Savills shows. Just over half were for use as a main neighbors. “Disruptions at the Suez Canal are unlikely, but mar- home. kets never move on what’s likely. They move on fear,” said Qatar CB sends The figure for non-British buyers rises to 65 percent for homes Michael Hewson, an analyst at CMC Markets. The Suez Canal and worth more than five million pounds ($7.7 million) and 85 per- Egyptian ports were operating normally, shipping sources said draft on Basel III cent for new-build properties in the same price bracket. yesterday. Exacerbating the problem for retailers is a surge in the num- Front-month September Brent, which expires on Thursday, ber of conversions of offices into more lucrative residential use, was trading 97 cents higher at $111.17 at 11:00 EDT (1500 GMT) rules to banks which further cuts passing custom. Figures from property con- after jumping over a dollar earlier to $111.53, its highest level DUBAI: sultant H2SO show a 168 percent rise in the amount of office Qatar’s central bank has sent a draft circular on new floor space lost to residential last year versus 2011. since April 2. The more actively-traded October contract rose 85 Basel III capital rules to conventional and Islamic banks that cents to $109.67. It has not dented steadily rising sales and footfall in top areas includes requirements for issuance of instruments such as like Oxford Street or Regent Street, which ensures overall vacancy US oil rose 53 cents to $107.38. The front-month US crude con- hybrid bonds, it said yesterday. rates in London’s wealthiest postcodes are below the wider aver- tract briefly slipped around 9:15, as US stock futures fell following “This is a consultative circular. The final version is slated to be ages for the city and rest of the country. But not far from the a weaker-than-expected earnings report by global retailer Wal- completed once a QIS (quantitative impact study) is undertaken bright lights and tourists of these world-famous shopping strips, Mart. US stocks fell most since late June on investor worry that the for national banks,” the central bank said in a written answer to the outlook is gloomier. Federal Reserve would soon start to scale back its stimulus after a Reuters questions. “The timeline for implementation etc. will be Reuters spoke to more than a dozen retailers in such areas raft of data on housing, inflation and jobless claims pointed to a finalised only after the results of the QIS,” it said, adding that the across Mayfair, Knightsbridge, Belgravia, Earl’s Court and recovering economy. circular, sent on July 28, covered treatment of Tier 1 core and Kensington and Chelsea who said custom was falling and most “When you put all that data together, it increases the odds of Tier 2 supplementary capital. expressed concern about the effects of empty homes. tapering,” said Phil Flynn, analyst at the Price Futures Group in Banks in Qatar, the world’s top liquefied natural gas exporter, Nainesh Shah, who has worked in Knightsbridge and Chicago, Illinois. Oil product exports from Libya’s 220,000 barrel- have been waiting for the central bank’s guidance on how debt Belgravia for 32 years began to feel the impact in 2010, when per-day refinery at Ras Lanuf are resuming after runs restarted, a instruments such as hybrid bonds will be treated under the new shipping source and a senior Libyan industry source said yester- Basel standards, which will be phased in around the world over footfall at his newsagent fell by a quarter and sales by over a fifth. day. On Wednesday, the deputy oil minister said output had fall- the next several years. Hybrid debt, which has equity-like charac- “They’re (overseas homeowners) not here with the interest en to 600,000 barrels per day (bpd) due to field problems. teristics alllowing it to count towards banks’ core capital ratios, of staying and building a relationship,” he said. Such comments In Iraq, officials said the government was undecided about can include perpetual debt and Islamic bonds. It can help to tally with views expressed to the local government in whether to carry out full maintenance on its Basra export terminal diversify banks’ stakeholder bases in a region where ownership Westminster, an area that includes many of London’s wealthiest in September, creating more uncertainty. As long as Libya does has traditionally been dominated by local parties. —Reuters streets and accounts for about 3 percent of national gross not return to exporting crude oil it will be difficult for markets to domestic product. —Reuters Business FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 2013 China could target oil firms, telecoms, banks About 20 pricing probes launched

BEIJING: China’s powerful price regu- lator could target the petroleum, telecommunications, banking and auto sectors next in its investigations into violations of the country’s anti- trust laws, state media quoted a sen- Vehicles are reflected in a sign advertising unleaded ior official as saying. The National gas for $2.99 at a QuikTrip station at the corner of Development and Reform Woodruff Rd. and Verdae Blvd in Greenville, South Commission (NDRC) would look at Carolina. The government reports on consumer prices industries that have an impact on the for July yesterday.—AP lives of ordinary Chinese, China Central Television (CCTV) quoted Xu Kunlin, head of the anti-monopoly China produces fewer bureau at the NDRC, as saying on one of its programs. The NDRC has millionaires as launched nearly 20 pricing-related economy slows: Survey probes into domestic and foreign firms in the last three years, according SHANGHAI: China’s millionaires, a symbol of the to official media reports and research country’s growing wealth, increased at their slowest published by law firms. rate in five years in 2012 as the economy and stock But the scope of its investigations market stumbled, a survey showed. in the world’s second-biggest econo- Laborers working in a coal chemical factory in Huaibei, east China’s Anhui The number of millionaires-defined as those with my have gathered pace in recent province. China has soared almost to the top of the world’s economic personal wealth of at least 10 million yuan ($1.6 mil- months and coincide with criticism in league tables, but whether the official data underpinning its status can be lion) — rose just three percent year-on-year to 1.05 official media about the price of trusted is a constant headache, analysts say. —AFP million, said the independent Hurun Research goods such as milk powder, medicine, alised its interest rate regime, such telecom firms - China Unicom Ltd , Institute and consultancy GroupM Knowledge. The luxury cars and jewellery. “When you behaviour could prompt an investiga- China Mobile Ltd and China Telecom number of “super-rich” Chinese-with personal wealth look at activities around the world, tion. CCTV gave no other details and Corp Ltd are state-owned. Similarly, of at least 100 million yuan-went up only two percent regulators tend to investigate sectors NDRC officials could not be reached the top four banks are controlled by to 64,500, also the slowest pace in five years, accord- where their investigations can have a for comment. the state. ing to the survey released on Wednesday. direct impact on consumers and that China has been taking incremental The China Automobile Dealers The slowdown came as growth in the world’s sec- will look good,” said Sebastien Evrard, steps towards liberalising interest Association told Reuters earlier this ond largest economy slipped to a 13-year low of 7.8 Beijing-based partner at law firm rates. Last month the central bank week that its officials were collecting percent in 2012. Only a quarter of Chinese millionaires Jones Day, which specialises in anti- removed controls on bank lending data on the price of all foreign cars were “very confident” about the domestic economy in trust law. rates, giving commercial banks the sold in the country for the NDRC. the coming two years, the survey showed, down from Last week the NDRC fined six milk freedom to compete for borrowers. The State Administration for 28 percent in 2011 and nearly half of those ques- powder firms for anti-competitive Evrard said that while telecoms com- Industry and Commerce (SAIC), a reg- tioned in 2010. China’s economic growth slipped fur- behaviour. It is also investigating 60 panies and fuel prices were often the ulator in charge of market supervision, ther to 7.7 percent in the January-March period this foreign and local pharmaceutical target of regulators around the world, kicked off a separate three-month year and slowed to 7.5 percent in the second quarter, companies over pricing and costs. they would not be obvious choices in investigation into bribery in the phar- raising alarm bells over possible deeper weakness. Companies in the petroleum, Beijing, the nation’s capital and political centre, had China because of the involvement of maceutical and medical services sec- telecommunications, banking and the highest number of millionaires with 184,000, or state-owned companies. State-owned tor yesterday. 17.5 percent of total, the survey said, ahead of the auto sectors were on the NDRC’s radar majors PetroChina , Sinopec Corp and Foreign executives and bankers in financial hub Shanghai on 147,000. —AFP for future investigations, CCTV’s offi- CNOOC Ltd dominate China’s oil and China say the various investigations cial blog quoted Xu as saying. gas industry, both upstream and are a hot topic of discussion but many Xu gave a hypothetical example, downstream. are still puzzled by the motivation saying that if banks fixed deposit or Domestic fuel prices are also set by behind the probes and whether they Top Philippine carriers lending rates if and when China liber- the NDRC. The country’s three biggest will impact their business. — Reuters suffer profit setbacks MANILA: The parent firm of Philippine Airlines said yester- day it plunged deeper in the red in the previous quarter, Europe online sales seen while Cebu Pacific’s profits dropped amid an expansion push by the country’s two top carriers. Listed PAL Holdings said falling passenger traffic in the three months to June doubling in five years led to net losses surging by 32.9 percent from a year earlier to 499.8 million pesos ($11.4 million). BERLIN: Online retail sales in Europe are seen doubling by from 9.2 percent in 2011, while Germany’s Otto, its next Passenger numbers dropped 21.5 percent in the quar- 2018 to 323 billion euros ($428.51 billion) with closest rival, saw its share slip to 3.3 percent from 3.9 per- ter, it told the Philippine Stock Exchange. Revenue for the Amazon.com Inc expected to grow even faster than that, cent. period fell 10.8 percent to 18.5 billion pesos. A spokes- market research firm Mintel said. Mintel predicted Amazon could double its Europe-wide woman for the airline, which is undertaking a major expan- In a survey of 19 markets in Europe made exclusively market share in the next three to four years despite nega- sion program, declined to comment on the results. available to Reuters, Mintel predicted that online sales tive publicity in Britain over its low tax bills and in Germany PAL ordered 54 Airbus aircraft in an $7 billion refleeting would grow to 188 billion euros in 2013 from 166 billion in prompted by strikes at its distribution centres. Mercer said program last year, and has been rolling out 12 new desti- 2012. Mintel said Germany, Britain and France would Amazon was performing strongly despite having only five nations in Australia, China, Malaysia and the Middle East remain by far the biggest markets for online retail by 2018, dedicated country websites in Europe - in Britain, Germany, this year. It is also planning direct flights to Paris, London, although the Netherlands, Spain and Poland should grow France, Spain and Italy. Rome and Amsterdam later this year after the European at a faster rate and Norway and Sweden have the highest “Italy is a tiny market. Perhaps it would be more worth- Union removed the carrier last month from an aviation online per-capita spend. while to have launched dedicated sites for the Nordics,” he safety blacklist. Cebu Air, operator of the country’s top “There is a big North-South divide in e-commerce in said. “In terms of spend per capita, the Nordics are much budget carrier Cebu Pacific, saw its net profit dive 66.7 Europe,” said Mintel European retail analyst John Mercer, higher.” percent from a year earlier to 257.3 million pesos in the noting French participation levels lag Britain and Germany Mintel said it would still be 2021 before Amazon over- three months to June. As the peso fell it had to find more by five years and Spain, Greece, Portugal and Italy are even took Germany’s Schwarz group, owner of Lidl discount money to repay US dollar debt that had financed aircraft further behind. Mintel said Amazon is extending its lead on stores, as Europe’s biggest retailer, assuming current purchases. —AFP the continent, growing market share to 9.8 percent in 2012 trends continue. —Reuters Business22 FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 2013 Asian markets fall after US losses HONG KONG: Asian markets fell yesterday percent or 1.99 points at 22,539.25. Shanghai growth of 0.3 percent in the second quarter The comment came as a response to a recent after disappointing numbers from the United ended down 0.87 percent, or 18.26 points, at led by Germany and France, the European media report that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe States offset upbeat sentiment following 2,081.88 while Seoul and Mumbai were shut Union said. Investors said there were currently had told government agencies to study the Europe’s exit from a long and damaging reces- for public holidays. US markets dipped few concrete signs to make firm bets on. possibility to encourage private sector invest- sion. Wednesday after anaemic inflation data and a “The market remains in a fairly narrow ment. Aso pointed out that much of Japan’s Tokyo shares slid 2.12 percent, or 297.22 disappointing earnings report from Macy’s range, dependent on currency markets for business establishment pays no corporate tax- points, to 13,752.94 as a stronger yen helped suggested economic weakness in the world’s guidance and futures for intraday movement,” es, and reducing the tax rate “would do little to pull down the market and questions swirled biggest economy. The Dow Jones Industrial Naoki Fujiwara, fund manager at Shinkin Asset help the Japanese economy”. A doubling of about whether Japan would usher in a corpo- Average was down 0.73 percent, or 113.35 Management, told Dow Jones Newswires. Japan’s consumption tax to 10 percent by rate tax cut. points, at 15,337.66 — its biggest point decline “There are almost no wholly new trading 2015 is seen as crucial to chopping the coun- Sydney also closed down 0.10 percent, or since late June. incentives right now, so the market simply try’s enormous debt, the worst among indus- 5.00 points, at 5152.4. Earlier gains in Hong But European markets closed mostly high- gyrates.” trialised nations at more than twice the size of Kong, which saw trade cancelled on er after official data showed the eurozone had Investors in Japan turned cautious after the economy. The dollar changed hands at Wednesday because of Typhoon Utor, were finally climbed out of a record 18-month reces- Finance Minister Taro Aso expressed doubts 97.75 yen, compared with 98.14 yen in New lost with the market ending flat, down 0.01 sion. The eurozone boasted surprisingly strong about possibility of a fresh corporate tax cut. York Wednesday afternoon. —AP Warnings of slower sales sends Dow down 200pts

NEW YORK: Warnings of weaker sales Wednesday that was weaker than Wall points, or 1.4 percent, to 15,121. The from big companies and a jump in long- Street expected. An hour after the open- Nasdaq composite index fell 62 points, or term interest rates drove the stock mar- ing bell, the Standard & Poor’s 500 index 1.7 percent, to 3,608. ket lower early yesterday. was down 24 points, or 1.4 percent, to Wal-Mart fell $1.81, or 2 percent, to Before the start of trading, Wal-Mart 1,661. $74.62, after the world’s largest retailer cut its estimates for annual sales and The selling swept across all 10 indus- cut its profit and revenue expectations profit, warning that cautious shoppers try groups in the index, and all but 16 of for 2013. It reported second-quarter A Wal-Mart store in Bristol. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. are spending less. The news followed a the index’s 500 stocks were down. The results that missed Wall Street’s esti- revenue forecast from Cisco Systems late Dow Jones industrial average lost 217 mates. reports quarterly financial results yesterday. —AP Cisco Systems announced plans to cut 5 percent of its workforce, roughly 4,000 Wal-Mart cuts outlook employees, as sales slow. CEO John Chambers called the global economy on shopper worries “challenging and inconsistent.” Cisco NEW YORK: Wal-Mart Stores Inc cut its annual profit and revenue outlook plunged $1.88, or 7 percent, to $24.50. yesterday as the world’s largest retailer expects a tough economy at home Major stock indexes have slumped more and abroad to continue to squeeze its low-income shoppers through the than 1 percent for the week. The Dow is rest of the year. Wal-Mart also reported second-quarter results that missed down 1.6 percent and the S&P 500 1.3 Wall Street estimates. The company’s stock fell nearly 2 percent in premarket percent. trading. The spring and early summer showed some improvement from the The indexes are still up sharply for the first quarter, but overall, it’s been a tough first half of the year for the dis- year and hit all time-highs on Aug. 2. The counter. Wal-Mart’s sober assessment of consumer spending adds to wor- Dow is up 16 percent in 2013; the S&P 17 ries in earnings from Macy’s Inc and Kohl’s Corp. Both lowered their expecta- percent. In the market for US govern- tions for the year after reporting disappointing results. Wal-Mart is consid- ment bonds, the yield on the 10-year ered an economic bellwether because the retailer accounts for nearly 10 note jumped to 2.79 percent, the highest percent of nonautomotive retail spending in the U.S. The latest performance level since July 2011. Higher long-term indicates that many American households continue to struggle in a yo-yo interest rates hit real-estate stocks, economic recovery. because the yield on the 10-year US gov- While jobs are easier to get and the turnaround in the housing market is ernment bond acts a benchmark for gaining momentum, the improvements have not been enough to sustain spending for most Americans, who are juggling tepid wage gains and high- interest rates on mortgage loans. A sharp er costs of living. On top of that, Wal-Mart said recent tax changes have fur- increase in mortgage rates could cool HONG KONG: A TV screen shows the Asian stocks index at the Hong ther put pressure on its shoppers. Americans are dealing with a 2 percent- Kong Stock Exchange. Treasury reports on foreign demand for US debt demand for new houses and squelch a age-point increase in payroll taxes that took effect Jan 1. That means that recovery in the housing market. —AP in yesterday. —AP take-home pay for a household earning $50,000 a year has been sliced by $1,000. “The retail environment remains challenging in the US and our international markets, as customers are cautious in their spending,” Wal- Mart Chief Financial Officer Charles Holley said in a statement. He noted a Indonesia holds key rate at 6.50% “reluctance” among its customers to spend on discretionary items like flat- screen TVs. During a call with the media, Holley said the top three concerns JAKARTA: Indonesia’s central bank reporters the bank was confident pulled their money out of Indonesia among its customers are jobs, food costs and gas and energy prices. The held its benchmark interest rate at inflation would return to its target amid fears the United States may Bentonville, Ark.-based retailer said its second-quarter profit rose 1.3 per- cent to $4.07 billion, or $1.24 per share, for the three months ended July 31. 6.50 percent yesterday after two suc- range of between 3.5 and 5.5 percent reduce its huge stimulus program. That compares with $4.02 billion, or $1.18 per share, a year earlier. Net sales cessive hikes, as it shifted focus from by 2014. “The central bank will con- Growth is also slowing however. In rose 2.4 percent to $116.2 billion. That figure excludes membership fees reining in high inflation to halting an tinue to monitor and try to keep infla- the second quarter it slipped to 5.8 from its Sam’s Club division. Analysts expected earnings of $1.25 per share economic slowdown. tion down, while stabilising both the percent, the slowest since the third on revenue of $118.09 billion. At its past two meetings, Bank rupiah’s value and our financial sys- quarter of 2010, on easing Chinese Revenue at stores open at least a year at Wal-Mart’s US namesake busi- Indonesia lifted interest rates by 75 tem,” he said. demand for commodities. London- ness fell 0.3 percent. That’s considered an important measure of a retailer’s basis points to tame inflation-which Prices soared in July by 8.61 per- based Capital Economics said in a performance. Analysts were expecting a 0.7 percent gain. The decline marks the second straight quarter of declines for the stores after six straight hit a four-year high after a huge fuel cent on-year following the fuel price note more hikes could be expected in quarters of increases. US Wal-Mart stores account for 59 percent of the hike and to support the rupiah, which hike and during the holy month of the near future as short-term inflation company’s total sales. Adding in Sam’s Club and international stores, rev- has plunged against the dollar. But Ramadan, when prices typically go remained a concern. enue at stores open at least a year was flat compared with a year ago. It rose the bank stood pat yesterday, insist- up as people buy expensive foods for However, it said future rises were 1.7 percent at Sam’s Club. The US decline was less steep than in the first ing that inflationary pressures had fast-breaking feasts. “likely to be gradual”, noting that “the quarter, when Wal-Mart’s US stores had a 1.4 percent decline in revenue at eased. The rupiah has fallen to a four-year central bank also has to consider that stores opened at least a year. Overall, total sales increased only modestly for Spokesman Peter Jacobs told low against the dollar after investors the economy is weakening”. —AFP Wal-Mart’s US business, Sam’s Club and its international division for the lat- est quarter. —AP Health FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 2013 Brain ‘folds’ may predict if drugs will help psychosis

LONDON: The extent of “folds” on the outer layer of the brain focus our efforts on developing new medication specifically adapt- looked at a feature of the brain called “cortical gyrification” - the could give doctors a clue as to how well people suffering problems ed to this group,” she added. Psychosis describes mental illness extent of folding or wrinkling of the cerebral cortex, the outermost such as hallucinations or delusions will respond to antipsychotic symptoms like delusions and hearing voices and can be a feature of sheet of brain tissue that plays a key role in memory, language and drugs. Researchers using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans schizophrenia, which the World Health Organization says affects consciousness. They found that people who did not respond to of people with psychosis identified patterns of folds in the brain about 24 million people globally, and bipolar disorder, which is esti- treatment had less gyrification in many brain regions - particularly that could act as markers of whether a patient’s symptoms will be mated to affect 4 percent of people. in areas considered important in psychosis such as the temporal eased by medication. Since around half of young patients get little Current treatment involves a combination of antipsychotic and frontal lobes. “All of us have complex and varying patterns of or no benefit from the first medicines prescribed after a psychotic drugs, psychological therapies and social support. But many folding in our brains. For the first time we are showing that the episode, the scientists said the finding could help identify those at patients do not respond to the initial medicines prescribed by their measurement of these variations could potentially guide us in greatest risk and may also help the search for better drugs. “There doctor, putting them at risk of further psychotic episodes and dete- treating psychosis,” said Lena Palaniyappan of Britain’s Nottingham have been few advances in developing novel anti-psychotic drugs riorating mental health. Dazzan’s team, whose work was published University, who worked with Dazzan. over the past 50 years and we still face the same problems with a on Wednesday in the journal JAMA Psychiatry, used MRI to scan The researchers said their findings would need to be validated sub-group of people who do not respond to the drugs we currently the brains of 126 people - 80 who had experienced a first episode by further studies before routine MRI scanning could be recom- use,” said Paola Dazzan from King’s College London’s Institute of of psychosis and 46 healthy controls. The scans were done shortly mended for all psychotic patients. But Dazzan said that in the Psychiatry, who led the research. after the psychotic episodes, and the participants were assessed longer term, “if we are able to identify poor responders at the out- “We could envisage using a marker like this one to identify peo- again 12 weeks later to see whether symptoms had improved after set, we may be able to formulate personalized treatment plans for ple who are least likely to respond to existing medications and initial treatment with antipsychotic medications. The researchers that individual patient.” — Reuters A force known as ... the 99! Ramzi brings these gem - bearers together to form a new force for good in the world. and with them a special type of human who can unlock the gem’s mystical power. life. Now, his luck is about to change - the first of stones have been rediscovered His name is Dr. Ramzi Razem and he has searched fruitlessly for the Noor Stones all his more than a legend. One man has made it his life’s mission to seek out what was lost. civilization of Baghdad. But the Noor Stones lie scattered across the globe - now little 99 Mystical Noor Stones carry all that is left of the wisdom and knowledge of the lost THEY ARE THE 99! one of their enemies? appearance of a mysterious, unexplained extra ball on the field. Is it an attack by The 99’s first-ever all-team charity cricket match is interrupted by the ominous THE FASCINATING STORY OF THE 99 www.the99.org H9Fnae@H9Cmc THE99Comics @THE99Comics THE99FanPage Visit the99kids.com for free games featuring THE 99!

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By Paul Taylor publicly, but I certainly would be saying in pri- treaty, or that the amount involved was severe repression and problems,” he said. vate ‘do you realize that all this support could insignificant compared with Gulf funding for However, Bildt opposed cold-shouldering aving failed to dissuade Egypt’s mili- be in jeopardy?’” Egypt. Cairo. “Even during that period we should try tary-dominated rulers from launching a The Obama administration has few other to keep channels of communication open to H CIVIL WAR? bloody crackdown on supporters of an levers it can pull, having upset conservative all sectors in order to be there once it’s possi- ousted Islamist president, Western govern- Gulf states by embracing Arab Spring pro- In Europe, French President Francois ble to do something,” he said. ments are venting condemnation and groping democracy uprisings, and given the Hollande found the strongest words to con- EU sanctions are often easier to start than for ways to influence the outcome. The United Democratic president’s known aversion to US demn Wednesday’s crackdown, in which at to lift, given the requirement for unanimity in States and the European Union tried jointly to intervention in the Middle East. Washington least 525 people were killed according to offi- decision making. Jonathan Eyal, director of facilitate a peaceful, political solution to the and European allies could stop the cial figures, although the Brotherhood says international studies at Britain’s RUSI think- stand-off between the army and toppled International Monetary Fund from lending to more than four times that died. Hollande per- tank, said the worst response would be for the President Mohamed Morsi’s Muslim Egypt, but talks on a $4.8 billion package sonally summoned the Egyptian ambassador - West to retreat into a mood of “self-righteous Brotherhood, appealing right to the end to broke down under Morsi and the new interim a rare diplomatic event - to condemn the use indignation”. Suspending aid should be a prel- avoid violence. “What could we have done otherwise?” asked Menzies Campbell, a senior lawmaker in Britain’s Liberal Democrats, junior partner in the government coalition. “It just emphasizes not so much a failure of Western diplomacy, but a powerlessness. “These divisions are absolutely fundamental, about the kind of society that each side of the argument wishes to have,” Campbell told Reuters in a telephone interview. The inability to sway military strongman General Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi and the security establishment leaves the West in quandary as to how to square its democratic principles with a vital interest in stability in the Arab world’s most populous nation, straddling the Suez Canal trade corridor. “The West needs to find a calibrated way of suspending aid and economic benefits that shows the non-mili- tary political class, including the business community, that they will pay a price in things that matter to them,” said Daniel Levy, Middle East director of the European Council on Foreign Relations, a policy think-tank. The United States, which has maintained a strategic alliance with Cairo since President Jimmy Carter engineered the first Arab-Israeli peace treaty between Egypt and the Jewish state in 1979, deplored the violence and urged restraint and a political solution. President Barack Obama strongly condemned the steps taken by Egypt’s government and announced on Thursday the cancellation of a major joint CAIRO: An Egyptian volunteer sleeps on the carpet of a mosque in Cairo where bodies wrapped in shrouds were laid out yester- military exercise with Egypt, in a symbolic day, following a bloody crackdown on the protest camps of supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi the previ- blow to the pride of the Egyptian armed ous day. — AFP forces. Facing growing pressure in Congress to government has said securing IMF funds is not of force and demand “an immediate halt to ude to trying to engage the Egyptian military curtail the $1.3 billion in annual military assis- its priority. repression”, saying everything must be done with the aim of persuading Sisi to avoid what tance to Egypt, the president said he was A visit by outspoken Republican senators “to avoid civil war”, an official statement said. Eyal called the “ultimate nightmare” of out- studying further steps that could be necessary John McCain and Lindsey Graham to Cairo last Paris also said it would raise the crackdown lawing the Muslim Brotherhood, driving it in the relationship with Cairo. That aid, mainly week, intended to help pull Egypt back from at the United Nations, although French offi- underground and holding “make-believe elec- in the form of arms sales, pales when com- the brink, seemed to backfire, enabling the cials acknowledged that Russia and China, tions” that would preclude any compromise in pared with the $12 billion that Gulf monar- military to rally public opinion against “foreign which have obstructed UN action against the future. The ECFR’s Levy said the EU should chies Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates interference”. Obama began his term trying to Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, would prob- set in motion a process that could lead to the and Kuwait promised Cairo as soon as the repair ties with the Arab and Muslim world, ably block any Security Council action on suspension of its association agreement with army ousted Morsi on July 3 in response to severely damaged by US-led invasions of Egypt, arguing that it is an internal matter. Egypt, potentially stripping Cairo of trade pref- mass protests. Obama added that Washington Afghanistan and Iraq. After initial hesitancy it Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt said the erences as well as financial aid, which is rela- wanted to be a long-term partner with Egypt embraced the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings that EU’s chances of influencing events in Egypt tively small and mostly on hold anyway. Italian and was guided by national interests in this toppled several autocrats including veteran were extremely limited as hardliners in com- Foreign Minister Emma Bonino said the 28- long-standing relationship. US ally Hosni Mubarak in Egypt. mand in Cairo seemed intent on pursuing a nation bloc was likely to hold an emergency But Washington appears to have ended up tough course. meeting of foreign ministers next Monday or BREATHE DOWN ARMY’S NECK with the worst of both worlds, blamed by The EU would need to look over its aid pro- Tuesday to consider action on Egypt after its “The correct reaction now is for America to many Egyptians for having supported Morsi grams to Egypt, he told Reuters, but economic mediation efforts failed. be breathing down the neck of the army, say- while being accused by the Muslim sanctions would probably have little political Levy said calibrated, rolling sanctions ing they’ll stop the money tomorrow,” said Brotherhood of being an accomplice to a mili- impact. He also saw no room for EU mediation could strengthen the hand of EU envoy Britain’s Campbell, a veteran member of the tary coup against the freely-elected leader. at the moment. “I think the possibilities that Bernardino Leon and US Deputy Secretary of House of Commons foreign affairs committee. Levy said General Sisi had either concluded might have been there a week or two ago State William Burns in pressing Egypt’s rulers “That won’t make the slightest difference to that the United States was bluffing and would have been blown off completely by what’s for a return to the path of democracy and the capability of the army ... I wouldn’t do it not dare suspend aid because of the Israel happened. I think there will be a period of civilian rule. —Reuters FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 2013 FRIDAY,

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Actress Julianne Hough arrives at the InStyle Summer Soiree at the Mondrian Hotel on Wednesday, August 14, 2013 in Los Angeles. — AP FOOD FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 2013 Peak season for garlic, ‘the perfect ingredient’

idsummer is the peak of the garlic three prizes, contest rules require you to sit Mseason all across the United States. out the next three years.) Her first place win- Last month, Gilroy, Calif., was the ner, a watermelon soup with Southeast Asia epicenter of all things garlic as that small flavors, was inspired by the cooking classes town 30 miles south of San Jose hosted the she takes when she and her husband make 35th annual Gilroy Garlic Festival. The festi- their annual visits to Thailand. val’s centerpiece attraction each year is the As much as she loves the competition, Great Garlic Cook-Off. Eight amateur chefs she also enjoys the festival for the communi- take to the stage to wow the judges with ty atmosphere. “Gilroy is a really laid-back their original creations. First place winner and fun competition. Everyone is friendly goes home with a crown of garlic and a and it’s such a big event for their communi- $5,000 cash prize. ty. There’s a fun party for the volunteers and Jamie Brown-Miller of Napa, Calif, says we get to hear what people do in the garlic Gilroy is the Holy Grail in the world of ama- business,” she said. teur competitive chefs. It doesn’t hurt that Why Gilroy and why garlic? Dennis garlic is a favorite flavor for so many people. Harrigan, veterinarian and president of the “Garlic is the perfect ingredient. It makes any- 2013 festival, explained that Gilroy is in thing that much more flavorful and the fla- Santa Clara County and back in 1979 when vors linger on your tongue. It can be a subtle the festival started, the county produced undercurrent or right in your face. I love, love, about 90 percent of the garlic grown in the love garlic,” she said. United States. Selected as a finalist but not a prize win- Rudy Melone, president of the local com- ner for a deconstructed Beef Wellington, munity college, approached Don Brown-Miller vowed to come back the next Christopher of Christopher Ranch, the year with something “ridiculously unique.” largest garlic shipper in the United States, She decided to make garlic paper. “I did a lot with the idea of celebrating the local garlic of test runs, using rice flour and I can’t harvest. Now Gilroy calls itself the “Garlic Capital of the World.” Each year, the town doubles in size as more than 100,000 visitors arrive for the three-day event. The festival is a huge undertaking that involves more than 4,000 volunteers from the community. In return to giving up their town for three days every year, local non-profits have received $9.7 million in grants from the festival pro- ceeds. This year’s festival will push that total to over $10 million. Festival goers do more than watch the cooking competition. There’s garlic for sale - pickled, braided, loose and minced - and garlic to sample from scampi and pepper steak to garlic ice cream and garlic margari- tas. A “Garlic Bowl” has local universities competing to win a scholarship for their institution and professional chefs compete in a garlic showdown, Iron Chef-style. And of course what festival would be complete without the crowning of a queen, in this case, Miss Gilroy Garlic? Pittman, last year’s first place winner, says she’s “addicted to competition” and blogs about her obsession at www.livelaugh- cookeat.com. “I’ve been in the Pillsbury Bake- Off twice, and a bunch of others, but Gilroy is the one everybody wants to win,” she said. She’d entered several times before she land- ed on her award-winning combination served with a sweet-and-sour sauce and polenta. Her inspiration was a restaurant dish and her challenge was to cook a complete dish in the two hours allotted for the contest. The light bulb moment was when she remem- bered her dad’s use of a pressure cooker and she found a way to quickly infuse garlic fla- vor into it and turn out her dish in the required time. Margee Berry of White Salmon, Wash., remember what else. I ended up with some- has won all the top prizes at Gilroy. Grilled thing resembling flatbread and I thought ‘this shrimp with lemon-anchovy-caper sauce is boring.’ It wasn’t until I decided to reverse won her third place in 2000 and poblano engineer meringue that I finally hit on the peppers with stuffed crab and goat cheese, right process,” she said. served with a garlic sauce, won her second Her Stacked Steak Napoleon layered with place in 2004. (Once you win one of the top garlic paper won first place in 2011. Laureen FOOD FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 2013

Harrigan offers these tips for storing and 1\2 cup finely chopped green onion hydrates, 1 gram fiber, 4 grams fat (1 gram satu- 36 shiitake mushrooms, stems removed using garlic: 3 tablespoons chopped cilantro rated), 35 milligrams cholesterol, 296 milligrams 1 tablespoon truffle oil Buy garlic heads with firm cloves and store 2 tablespoons chopped fresh mint sodium. 36 asparagus tips them in a spot with good air circulation. They 2 teaspoons fresh lime juice 2 tablespoons lemon juice should keep for up to four months. If purchasing In the jar of a blender, puree watermelon in STEAK NAPOLEON ON GARLIC PAPER 1 tablespoon vinegar fresh peeled garlic, refrigerate it in an air tight batches. Transfer puree to a large bowl and set Hands on: 40 minutes Total time: 1 hour, 20 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided container. If garlic is stored in oil, it must be aside. minutes Serves: 6 Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a large refrigerated. The more you mash and mince gar- Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium- This recipe is adapted from the 2011 winner baking sheet with aluminum foil or a silicone lic, the stronger the flavor. Be careful not to over- high heat and add the shallots, ginger, lemon- created by Jamie Brown-Miller of Napa, Calif. The baking sheet and spray with cooking spray. cook garlic. Once burned it will be bitter. Fresh grass and chili. Saute, stirring frequently, 5 min- original included radicchio as an additional veg- In a large bowl, whisk the egg whites and garlic is very pungent. To temper the flavor, roast utes, then add garlic and saute 1 minute more. etable and topped the napoleons with crumbles cream of tartar until the mixture forms stiff garlic at 350 degrees for 40 to 45 minutes, or sim- Transfer to blender jar along with orange juice, of Stilton. peaks. Fold in 8 crushed cloves of garlic and mer it in oil for 30 to 35 minutes. The result will vinegar, fish sauce and salt. Puree until smooth. spread the mixture evenly on the foil. Sprinkle be sweet, mild garlic and garlic-infused oil which Stir into watermelon mixture. Strain soup and 8 egg whites with salt and pepper, and bake 40 minutes or should be refrigerated for storage. discard solids. Chill soup at least for 1 hour. 1 teaspoon cream of tartar until light gold in color. Turn oven off, partially Try some of the top prize-winning recipes In a medium bowl, combine crab, green 12 cloves garlic, crushed, divided open door and let cool for 30 minutes. Remove from the 2010, 2011 and 2012 Gilroy Garlic onion, cilantro, mint and lime juice. Taste for sea- Salt and pepper from oven and break into 12 squares. Set aside. Festival Great Garlic Cook-Off. This year’s finalists soning. Refrigerate until ready to serve. When 1 tablespoon stone ground mustard While the garlic paper cooks, make marinade include recipes for a butternut squash tart and ready to serve, ladle soup into bowls and top 1 tablespoon honey for steak. In a medium bowl, combine mustard, garlic-basted leg of lamb. Check the festival web- with crabmeat mixture. Serve soup at room tem- 1 tablespoon hot sauce honey, hot sauce, remaining 4 crushed cloves of site to see which recipe wowed the judges this perature or chilled. 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce garlic and Worcestershire sauce. Toss the steak year: http://gilroygarlicfestival.com. Per serving: 151 calories (percent of calories 1 pound beef tenderloin, thinly sliced with the mixture and refrigerate until ready to from fat, 22), 10 grams protein, 20 grams carbo- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter cook. When garlic paper is done and resting, WARM WEATHER WATERMELON CRAB- cook vegetables. In a large skillet, melt butter MEAT KISSED SOUTH SEAS SOUP over medium-high heat and stir in shiitakes. Hands on: 30 minutes Total time: 30 minutes Reduce heat to medium-low and cover pan. Serves: 6 Cook for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Taste This soup, the creation of Margee Berry of for seasoning and stir in truffle oil. Keep warm. White Salmon, Wash., was the 2010 winner at the While mushrooms are cooking, in a medium Gilroy Garlic Festival. The original recipe calls for bowl, toss asparagus tips with lemon juice, vine- blood orange juice which lends a beautiful color gar and olive oil. Heat a large skillet over medium to the soup. If you can find blood oranges, by all heat and cook asparagus until just tender and means use them. lightly browned, about 10 minutes. Keep warm. 5 cups 1-inch cubes seedless watermelon When ready to serve, put one piece of garlic (about 4 pounds watermelon flesh) paper on each of six serving plates. Divide asparagus between serving plates. 1 tablespoon pure olive oil In a large skillet, heat remaining tablespoon 1\2 cup chopped shallots olive oil over high heat. Sear beef slices until 2 teaspoons minced peeled ginger browned on both sides, about 1 minute per side. 2 teaspoons minced trimmed fresh lemon- Layer half the beef slices over asparagus and grass top with a garlic paper square. Divide remaining 1 teaspoon minced Thai or Serrano chili beef slices between serving plates and top with 1 tablespoon minced garlic mushrooms. Serve immediately. 1 cup fresh squeezed orange juice Per serving: 556 calories (percent of calories 2 teaspoons rice vinegar from fat, 29), 38 grams protein, 68 grams carbo- 1 teaspoons fish sauce hydrates, 10 grams fiber, 19 grams fat (6 grams 1 teaspoon sea salt saturated), 70 milligrams cholesterol, 211 mil- 2 cups cooked lump crabmeat ligrams sodium. — MCT Travel FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 2013 The wonders of Yellowstone, off the road

At Signal Mountain Lodge, you can rent a boat for a day or book chartered fishing excursions.

By Amy Bertrand by needles and animals by scat, the hike took about 4 hours. s we walked along the trail, partly shaded The Yellowstone Association works with the by towering and ubiquitous lodgepole National Park Service to connect people to the Apines, I turned and looked around. We park through education. “The best way to really were alone, had been for a couple of miles. see Yellowstone is to explore it, and that’s what Backpack loaded with raincoats, sunscreen and we help you do,” said Harwood. The heart of cameras, and bear spray on my belt buckle, I Yellowstone is a caldera surrounded by the was on a tour of our country’s first national park, spires of the Rocky Mountains. It’s actually a Yellowstone, with my family and a guide from giant sleeping volcano. When my 6-year-old the Yellowstone Association Institute. When I heard this, he looked alarmed and asked, “Is it made the observation, guide Carolyn Harwood going to erupt?” Harwood paused and sat us gave us this fascinating tidbit: Of the park’s 33 down to explain. Yes, it could go off. In the past, million annual visitors, only about 1 percent it has created massive explosions. It is in fact, ever leave the developed areas (visitors centers, due to go off again. However, scientists will pullouts, boardwalks). have plenty of advanced warning, and we’re not Our hike, a 4.5-mile loop that started on the there yet. Clear Lake trail, took us through open pastures, That sleeping volcano isn’t really so sleepy where we saw elk, to wooded areas where we either. The hot springs, geysers, mudpots and were on the lookout for bears, to a spot that fumaroles (steam vents) are everyday reminders looked like the moon with boiling pots of mud of the dangers that lurk beneath the earth’s sur- and steamy hot springs. Our hike was like walk- face. But they make magnificent sites for ing through a “Star Wars” movie, from Naboo to Mammoth Hot Springs has been described as “geology in overdrive” because of the way tourists. Endor to Tatooine. the travertine steps change color and shapes so often. — MCT photos Yellowstone is big, as in 3,500 square miles After a couple of miles, we emerged at Artist big. A windy, two-lane road takes you through Point. It’s not hard to see how the lookout got black, the result of hydrothermal alterations to nearly triple the height of the Upper Falls, just the high points of Yellowstone National Park. It its name: A gorgeous view of the Grand Canyon the rocks. up the river, and twice as high as Niagara Falls. actually makes a figure eight, out of about 154 of the Yellowstone, a deep canyon, its walls It also affords a spectacular view of the Lower With several steep climbs and multiple educa- miles of roadway. If you only had one day, you painted with a palette of yellow, red, orange and Falls, a gushing waterfall that plunges 308 feet, tional breaks where we learned to identify trees could drive it and see the high points. But I’d

A fly fisher stands in a river along the West An evening Entrance storm passes road at at Grand Yellowstone. Teton Bison roam in National the back- Park. ground. Travel FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 2013

The Lower Falls of Yellowstone plunge 308 feet. The green stripe is from a notch at the lip A 1936-resorted “Yellowstone Bus,” now operated by Xanterra, takes tourists on a sunset of the falls, making the water deeper at that point where it’s not as turbulent. drive, up to Lake Butte, where you can catch a beautiful sunset over the mountain. recommend at least three. One day for the are quite different from the other thermal areas • Yellowstone Lake: North America’s largest Fishing Village; they are just as amazing as their upper loop; one day for the lower loop and a in the park. These step-like travertine formations high-altitude lake is simply breathtaking. We names sound. third day to get off those roads and really grow much more rapidly (as much as 2 feet per took a sunset tour ($35) on a 1936-restored • Hayden Valley: Aside from the geothermic explore the park on foot. While nothing beats year) and are constantly changing shapes and “Yellowstone Bus” through the area. We ended activity, most people come to Yellowstone for coming upon a majestic waterfall or a lily-pad- color. The book “Yellowstone: Expedition Guide” in Lake Butte at an elevation of 8,348 feet, for a the wildlife. covered pond on a hike, there is plenty to see calls the area “geology in hyperdrive.” gorgeous sunset over the mountains that frame Two areas are well-known for this in the park: from your car or a short walk on the boardwalk. • Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone: This 20- the lake. The area is also prime habitat for birds Lamar Valley and Hayden Valley. We didn’t have mile-long canyon, including the Upper and and mammals. We saw bears, a beaver (or time to make it to the first, but Hayden Valley 7 DON’T-MISS SITES IN YELLOWSTONE Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River, can be maybe it was a muskrat), pronghorn deer and provided not only bison and pronghorn but also seen from several overlooks throughout the waterfowl. In warmer months, catch a cruise or a good look at a coyote who had just caught a This is by no means an exhaustive list, rather park. Or take one of the other hikes, such as rent a boat. bird of prey for dinner and a possible wolf sight- things we did and loved. ours, around it. You can also take Uncle Tom’s • The geyser basins: Yellowstone is home to ing (it was awfully far away). Staring out over • Old Faithful: Perhaps the most famous site trail 328 steps down to the bottom (Warning: It’s the majority of the world’s geysers. Several Hayden Valley was like watching an episode on in all of Yellowstone is the erupting geyser of dangerous and strenuous). basins, notably the Thumb Geyser Basin in the the National Geographic Channel. I’ll also note Yellowstone Lake area, the Norris Geyser Basin that we came way too close to a grizzly who had and the Lower, Midway and Upper Geyser wandered near the Visitor Center at nearby Basins to the west, are great for exploring. See Fishing Village. geysers, mudpots, fumaroles and colorful hot • LeHardys Rapids: One of our first stops was springs. Don’t miss Steamboat Geyser in the at a short trail leading down to the LeHardys Norris Basin, the tallest • though unpredictable • Rapids, a gushing portion of the Yellowstone geyser in the park, which on our visit hissed and River. In June and July, the native cutthroat trout spit so much we were sure it was going to go off leap over the rocks on their way to spawning (it didn’t), and the aptly named Grand Prismatic grounds upstream. Watching the green and red in the Midway Geyser Basin. And don’t miss the spotted fish leaping in water was a highlight of Mud Volcano and Dragon’s Mouth Spring near the trip for my 6-year-old son. — MCT

A herd of bison takes their time crossing the road in Yellowstone. During peak months, a bison cross- ing can snarl traffic for miles.

The Thumb Geyser Basin features a board- walk that takes you past a number of steaming, colorful hot springs.

Old Faithful. And it’s certainly popular. In the Moon “Montana & Wyoming” guidebook, author Carter G. Walker says as many as 70 per- cent of American adults have seen the famous geyser. Old Faithful isn’t the tallest geyser, but it is more predictable than most, going off every 30 minutes to two hours. Television screens in the area give you an estimated time of the next eruption. Each eruption shoots nearly 4,000 to 8,000 gallons of water about 130 feet into the air. Unfortunately, on our trip, we got caught in a downpour that happened about one minute after Old Faithful erupted. I’ve heard the erup- tions last two to five minutes, but I didn’t stick around long enough to find out if that’s true. • Mammoth Hot Springs area: Visit Mammoth Hot Springs to walk the self-guided trail around Fort Yellowstone, which chronicles the US Army’s role in protecting the park. Then drive or walk over to the hot springs area. The terraces Health FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 2013 What’s tasty, easy, and has lots of health benefits? Yogurt!

ave you noticed that the yogurt section pressure improved the efficacy of four-drug therapy. artificial sweeteners (which are used in most of most grocery stores has practically A recent study, which followed more than H. pylori is a type of bacteria that can cause “light” yogurts) or whether you’re OK with Htaken over the dairy aisle? It’s getting 5,000 Spanish university graduates for about infection in the stomach and upper part of most of the calories coming from sugar. If you harder to find more traditional dairy foods, two years, found a link between dairy intake the small intestine. It can lead to ulcers and are sensitive to aftertastes, you may want to such as cottage cheese and sour cream, amid and risk of high blood pressure. “We observed can increase the risk of developing stomach avoid light yogurts. If you don’t mind the sea of yogurt options. But it only makes a 50 percent reduction in the risk of develop- cancer. NutraSweet, there are lots of light yogurts to sense that a food with as many health benefits ing high blood pressure among people eating choose from, and all taste pretty good. as yogurt be given prime real estate in the 2-3 servings of low-fat dairy a day (or more), Yogurt may help you feel fuller supermarket. And just what are the health compared with those without any intake,” A study from the University of Washington 3. Look for active cultures and probiotics benefits of yogurt? Alvaro Alonso, MD, PhD, a researcher in the in Seattle tested hunger, fullness, and calories To make sure your yogurt contains active First off, your body needs to have a healthy department of epidemiology at the Harvard eaten at the next meal on 16 men and 16 cultures, check the label. Most brands will amount of “good” bacteria in the digestive School of Public Health, said in an email inter- women who had a 200-calorie snack. The have a graphic that says “live and active cul- tract, and many yogurts are made using active, view. Although most of the low-fat dairy con- snack was either: tures.” If you want to know which specific good bacteria. One of the words you’ll be hear- sumed by the study subjects was as milk, Semisolid yogurt containing pieces of active cultures your yogurt contains, look to ing more of in relation to yogurt is “probiotics.” Alvaro believes low-fat yogurt would likely peach and eaten with a spoon the label again. Under the list of ingredients, Probiotic, which literally means “for life,” refers have the same effect. The same yogurt in drinkable form many brands list the specific active cultures. to living organisms that can result in a health benefit when eaten in adequate amounts. Miguel Freitas, PhD, medical marketing manager for Dannon Co., says the benefits associated with probiotics are specific to cer- tain strains of these “good” bacteria. Many pro- vide their benefits by adjusting the microflora (the natural balance of organisms) in the intes- tines, or by acting directly on body functions, such as digestion or immune function. (Keep in mind that the only yogurts that contain probi- otics are those that say “live and active cul- tures” on the label.) And let us not forget that yogurt comes from milk. So yogurt eaters will also get a dose of animal protein (about 9 grams per 6-ounce serving), plus several other nutrients found in dairy foods, like calcium, vitamin B-2, B-12, potassium, and magnesium. In fact, the health benefits of yogurt are so impressive that many health-conscious people make it a daily habit. Here are five possible health benefits of having a yogurt a day: Yogurt may help prevent osteoporosis “Adequate nutrition plays a major role in the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis, and the micronutrients of greatest importance are calcium and vitamin D,” says Jeri Nieves, PhD, MS, director of bone density testing at New York’s Helen Hayes Hospital. Calcium has been shown to have beneficial effects on bone mass in people of all ages, although the results are not always consistent, says Nieves, also an assistant professor of clini- cal epidemiology at Columbia University. “The Yogurt with active cultures helps the gut A peach-flavored dairy beverage For Activia by Dannon, for example, combination of calcium and vitamin D has a Yogurt with active cultures may help certain Peach juice L.Bulgaricus, S.Thermophilus, and bifidobac- clear skeletal benefit, provided the dose of vita- gastrointestinal conditions, including: Although those who had the yogurt snacks terium are listed. This particular yogurt con- min D is sufficiently high,” she adds. Lactose intolerance did not eat fewer calories at the next meal, tains the probiotic culture bifidus regularis, And what qualifies as “sufficiently high?” Constipation both types of yogurt resulted in lower hunger which works to regulate your digestive sys- Currently, 400 IU per day is considered an ade- Diarrhea ratings and higher fullness ratings than either tem. So if constipation is your challenge, this quate intake of vitamin D for people ages 51- Colon cancer of the other snacks. might be the probiotic for you. 70, Nieves says. (Look for the Daily Value Inflammatory bowel disease Here are some things to consider when amount listed on food labels.) But more may H. pylori infection buying and eating yogurt. 4. Team yogurt with flaxseed be better. That’s what researchers from the Jean Get in the habit of stirring in a tablespoon “This amount is likely to be sufficient for Mayer US Department of Agriculture Human 1. Decide between whole-milk, of ground flaxseed every time you reach for a most young adults for skeletal health, although Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts low-fat or nonfat yogurt yogurt. A tablespoon of ground flaxseed will many would argue that for overall health, more University concluded in a recent review article. When buying yogurt, your first decision is add almost 3 grams of fiber and approximate- than the 400 IU may be required, even at these The benefits are thought to be due to: whether you want regular-fat, low-fat, or fat- ly 2 grams of healthy plant omega-3s, accord- younger ages,” Nieves said in an email inter- Changes in the microflora of the gut free. You probably have a favorite brand, with ing to the product label on Premium Gold view. Nieves believes that older people specifi- The time food takes to go through the bow- just the right texture or tang for your taste brand ground golden flaxseed. cally can benefit from more vitamin D. Many el buds. If so, stick with it. But do check the label dairy products, including some yogurts, are Enhancement of the body’s immune system for sugar content. Some flavors and brands 5. Look for Vitamin D made with added vitamin D. Find out which A recent Taiwanese study looked at the have more than others. When enjoying calcium-rich yogurt, why brands have added vitamin D by checking out effects of yogurt containing lactobacillus and not choose one that also boosts your intake of the table below, and by reading labels when bifidobacterium on 138 people with persistent Here are a few examples: vitamin D? Some brands list 0 percent of the you shop. H. pylori infections. 2. Choose your sweetener Daily Value for vitamin D; others have 20 per- Yogurt may reduce risk of high blood The researchers found that the yogurt The other decision is whether you want cent. —www.webmd.com Lifestyle FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 2013 Los Angeles mural by graffiti artist Banksy up for auction mural by British graffiti artist Banksy that was paint- underground group of artists. He has become known for his Aed on a Los Angeles gas station wall will be auc- trademark spray-paint stencils that offer social commen- tioned off in December and is expected to fetch tary. He intentionally hides his identity and real name, but upwards of $150,000, Julien’s Auctions said on Monday. verifies his works by featuring them on his website The mural, entitled “Flower Girl,” was painted on the (www.banksy.co.uk). Banksy appeared in the 2010 Oscar- brick wall of a gas station in 2008. Measuring 9 feet by 8 nominated documentary “Exit Through the Gift Shop” with feet (2.7 meters by 2.4 meters), the mural shows the silhou- his face obscured and voice altered. ette of a girl looking up at a closed-circuit television camera Since the artwork was painted on private property, the sprouting from a vine. It is estimated to fetch between artist is not entitled to any profits from a subsequent sale, $150,000 and $300,000 as Banksy has become a coveted said Michael Doyle, the consignments director for Julien’s contemporary artist. Auctions. “Banksy is not only provocative, but quite entertaining. Doyle said the auction house was contacted by the sell- It makes it quite fun to offer his art along with so many oth- er, whose identity is being kept confidential. Doyle added er great artists of our time,” Martin Nolan, executive direc- that the sale had been cleared by the owner of the gas sta- tor of Julien’s Auctions, said in a statement. “Flower Girl” is tion, who had the section of the wall displaying the artwork the only mural on the block on Dec. 5 in Beverly Hills, removed. Earlier this year, two spray-painted murals by This handout photo released by Julien’s Auctions California, as part of Julien’s Auctions “Street Art” collection. Banksy were pulled from an auction in Miami, including one shows Banksy’s ‘Flower Girl,’ which formerly occu- Other works in the lot include canvases and paper pieces by entitled “Slave Labour.” Questions arose about the owner- pied a Los Angeles gas station wall will headline street artists such as Risk, Indie 184 and MearOne. ship of “Slave Labour” and how the auction house obtained Julien’s Auctions ‘Street Art’ auction to take place Banksy is a pseudonym for an elusive British graffiti it. “Slave Labour” eventually sold at a private auction in December 5, 2013 in Beverly Hills. — AFP artist who first emerged in Bristol, England, as part of an London for $1.1 million in June. —Reuters

No roughing it: Glamping on Idaho’s Salmon River

tuffed morel mushrooms and braised free-range chicken ing - and it attempts to recreate the type of experience Ernest The Middle Fork of the Salmon is one of the eight original Swith fennel puree and blackberry compote. Served on Hemingway might have had on a classic African safari. In other rivers protected by Congress in 1968 in the Wild and Scenic linen tablecloths.Pineapple upside-down cake for words: No roughing it. Rivers Act. It runs 100 miles (160 kilometers) through the dessert. This is wilderness camping? It was a delightful shock No wedging into a tiny backpacking tent for the night. wilderness of central Idaho, flowing between towering cliffs for my wife and me as we took our seats at the table stream- Each couple has a stand-up six-person tent with cot, mattress and forested mountains. Over that 100 miles (160 kilometers), side on the Middle Fork of Idaho’s Salmon River, known in folk- and pillow, a lantern on the night table and a rug on the floor. it drops more than 3,000 feet (915 meters), a steeper gradient lore as the River of No Return. Both of us are experienced No crawling bleary-eyed from than the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. It has wilderness campers, but we’ve sometimes defined camp luxu- your sleeping bag, hoping more than 300 rapids, mostly class III and IV (“difficult” to “very ry as dry socks. Not on this trip. someone has hot water for difficult”). Our host for the six-day rafting expedition was a family- instant coffee. Instead, a guide Shooting the rapids from top to bottom takes six days. owned company based in Sun Valley called Far and Away delivers fresh-brewed coffee Camping is on sandy beaches or in groves of ponderosa pine. Adventures. It has carved a unique niche in the crowded field to your door with your wake- Campsites are assigned by the US. Forest Service before of whitewater guides on the Middle Fork, one of America’s up call, along with a steaming departure, so rafters don’t have to worry about sharing a site great wilderness rivers. They call it “glamping”- glamour camp- hot wet washcloth to wipe or not finding a vacant one. They can concentrate on the water. And in the prow of a raft, the water is awesome. We plunged through long wave trains of 3- and 4-foot (1-meter) standing waves. We shot through rapids with 8-foot (2.4- meter) drops and standing waves of 6 feet (2 meters) or more that slap you in the face with icy water. We skirted giant whirlpools that stand ready to suck down the unlucky or unskilled boatman. In the short stretches between rapids, wild cutthroat trout This undated photo lurked in deep turquoise pools. I cast my fly rod from the rear released by Far and of the raft, and those in the rafts behind cheered as scrappy Away Adventures shows trout hit the fly. a gourmet shrimp salad I was on the raft of Steve Lentz, co-owner of Far and Away on a ‘glamping’ glamour with his wife Annie. He has been running this river for more camping expedition. than 30 years, and he knows by heart the most thrilling yet safest line to row through each of the Middle Fork rapids. Still, getting wet is half the fun; we whooped with joy with away the sleep. Need a good each icy splash - including the 82-year-old who shared my stretch to get going in the This undated photo perch in the front of Steve’s raft. Like most Middle Fork outfit- morning? Join the yoga ses- released by Far and Away ters, Far and Away offers a variety of trips to its clients. There sion held after breakfast. Adventures shows are oar rafts, where a guide sits in the middle and rows Shoulders sore after a campers drinking juice through the rapids while the client sits in front and enjoys the hard day of whitewater pad- on a ‘glamping’ glamour thrill. There are paddle rafts, where kneeling clients on each dling? The masseuse awaits camping expedition on side paddle as a guide in back shouts instructions and steers; you at her streamside mas- the Middle Fork of my wife, Joyce, quickly became a paddle raft addict. sage table. Idaho’s Salmon River, And there are “duckies,” solo inflatable kayaks that the Want a hot shower? Just also known as the River intrepid can take through some of the easier rapids on their ask; it will be arranged. And of No Return. own. Guides make certain that a ducky client does not get the food? Four-course gour- over his head-both figuratively and literally. met dinners every night, with organic ingredients and a chef’s The final 20 miles (32 kilometers) of the Middle Fork flow eye for presentation. Gourmet breakfasts as well. And a hot through the aptly named Impassable Canyon, between sheer lunch on the river, unique among rafting companies that usu- granite cliffs. Not even trails penetrate the canyon here, and ally offer cold cuts. All of this, of course, is only a complement the only way out is through the whitewater. Then it’s into the This undated photo released by Far and Away Adventures to the central purpose of the trip - running whitewater rapids main-stem Salmon River and short float to takeout, where a shows a rafting and ‘glamping’ glamour camping expedition on on one of the wildest, longest and most remote stretches of bus will carry us back to our starting point at Sun Valley. Dry the Middle Fork of Idaho’s Salmon River, also known as the river in the United States. socks will never seem like luxury again. —AP River of No Return. — AP photos Lifestyle FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 2013

‘The Butler’ Box Office: Weinstein says Oprah, wide release offset painful title fight he legal battle over the title of “Lee church groups. It will be in roughly 2,900 TDaniels’ The Butler” created “a mas- theaters, about 400 more than originally sive pain in the ass” but the planned. “After the New York premiere, Weinstein Company’s distribution chief there was so much enthusiasm among Erik Lomis is convinced the name change theater operators that we had to go up,” won’t hurt at the box office when it hits he said. The sprawling saga, with a screen- theaters Friday. During the three-week dis- play by Danny Strong, looks at decades of pute with Warners Bros. - which claimed America’s history through the character of that it had the right to “The Butler” title a White House butler Cecil Gaines (Forest and ultimately prevailed - the Motion Whitaker) who served under eight Picture Assn. of America forced the Presidents. The glossy cast includes Oprah Weinsteins to take down its website and Winfrey as his wife and David Oyelowo as Facebook page for the film, and nearly all his son. A slew of presidents are portrayed, of the promotional materials had to be including Eisenhower (Robin Williams), recalled and reworked with the new name. Nixon (John Cusack), Kennedy (James On Tuesday, “The Butler” had just over Marsden), Johnson (Liev Schreiber), and 70,000 “likes” on Facebook, compared Reagan (Alan Rickman). Lenny Kravitz, with the more than 200,000 that “The Jane Fonda and Terrence Howard also co- Help” had three days prior to its release. star. Clearly, the shutdown had an impact. “It Actors James Marsden, Oprah Winfrey, Minka Kelly and Forest Whitaker “They’ve really gotten out there for us,” didn’t help,” Lomis admitted to TheWrap attend the after party for the Premiere Of The Weinstein Company’s ‘Lee Lomis said, “and then there’s Oprah.” The Wednesday, “but at the end of the day, Daniels’ The Butler’ at Regal Cinemas LA Live. — AFP talk show host and entertainment mogul, when people talk about your movie, it’s a a force of nature when it comes to pop cul- good thing. We probably got a little more years. But it won’t get the typical platform that played to adults,” Lomis said. This ture, will be making her first big-screen national attention earlier than we might rollout in the fall that those films and most weekend’s other wide openers are the appearance in 15 years in “The Butler.” “If have because of the fight, and we think we awards hopefuls receive. “We think this young-skewing “Kick-Ass 2,” the Steve half the people in her book club turn out, came out of it with the film viewed in a movie will have very broad appeal, so a Jobs biopic “Jobs” and corporate espi- ‘The Butler’ is going to be a huge hit,” said positive light.” wide release made sense to us,” Lomis onage thriller “Paranoia.” The critical Exhibitor Relations vice-president and sen- With its epic scope, weighty subject said. The film originally was set to debut in response has been strong - it’s at 85 per- ior analyst Jeff Bock. He sees it opening matter and glossy cast, “The Butler” feels October, but was moved up when TWC cent positive on Rotten Tomatoes - and somewhere between $18 million and $20 very much like another awards contender saw an opportunity. word of mouth from TWC’s aggressive million for the three days. “We’d be happy for the Weinstein Company, which has “We looked at the release calendar and screening campaign that has ranged from with something in the mid-teens,” Lomis delivered Best Picture Oscar winners “The realized that even though it was very showings for Presidents George H. W. Bush said. “We’re in this for the long run and we Artist” and “The King’s Speech” in recent crowded, there wasn’t really another film and George W. Bush to African-American feel really confident.” — Reuters Michael Radford splits from ‘Castro’s Daughter’ scar-nominated director Michael Radford Lamy, who acquired the rights and have devel- Ois abandoning “Castro’s Daughter” in a oped the project. split that the film’s producers are label- Radford, who is best known for directing ing “amicable.” The film is a fact-based historical 1994’s “Il Postino: The Postman,” which drama about the illegitimate daughter of Cuban earned him an Academy Award nomination revolutionary leader Fidel Castro. The girl, Alina for Best Director. The producers said they are Fernandez, eventually became a dissident and searching for a replacement. “We are very fled her native country. The script is by Bobby respectful of Michael and his work; and hope Moresco (“Crash”) and the project is being pro- to possibly work with him again at some point Vin Diesel duced and co-financed by Mankind in the future,” the producers said in a state- Vin Diesel to star Entertainment’s John Torres Martinez and Joe ment. — Reuters in Sci-Fi action movie ‘Bachelor’ contestant Gia Allemand ‘Soldiers of the Sun’ dies in apparent suicide ia Allemand, who had appeared on the family and was well-known for her compassion in Diesel is attached to star in and produce “Soldiers of the ABC reality shows “The Bachelor: On the towards animals and mission to rescue homeless VSun,” a sci-fi action movie written by Arash Amel that has GWings of Love” and “Bachelor Pad,” has pets.” Funeral arrangements are forthcoming. been optioned by Universal Pictures, an individual familiar died following hospitalization earlier this week. “This is very sad news to hear about: When I was with the project has told TheWrap. Set in a post-apocalyptic She was 29. According to a spokeswoman for booking heron her appearances after the show future (naturally!), story follows a group of soldiers searching for a Allemand, the model was found in her home by she was always full of life and great to work with,” fabled city of gold as they fight aliens in Mexico. her boyfriend, NBA player Ryan Anderson, fol- Allemand’s agent, Mike Esterman, told TheWrap Diesel and Samantha Vincent will produce through their lowing an apparent suicide attempt. Anderson in a statement. Universal-based One Race Films banner, while Lorenzo Di called 911, she was transported to the hospital Allemand was taken to University Hospital in Bonaventura (“Transformers”) will produce through his Di and placed on life support. Allemand was taken New Orleans Monday night after suffering “a seri- Bonaventura Pictures. Diesel is hoping “Soldiers of the Sun” will off of life support on Wednesday due to “a critical ous emergency medical event” of an undisclosed become his third Universal franchise following “Fast & Furious” loss of brain and organ function,” the representa- nature, her representative told TheWrap in a state- and “Riddick.” He’s set to star in “The Last Witch Hunter” for tive said. ment, and was listed in critical condition. Summit and voice the role of Groot in Marvel’s “Guardians of the “Ms Allemand passed away peacefully with Allemand’s mother and her long-term boyfriend, Galaxy.” Amel, whose Grace Kelly script “Grace of Monaco” was her mother, boyfriend, and other life-long friends Ryan Anderson of the NBA’s New Orleans Pelicans, voted to the Black List, wrote “Soliders of the Sun” on spec. He by her side. As a practicing Christian, Gia did were at her side at the hospital. “On behalf of the also wrote the Aaron Eckhart action vehicle “Erased” and “I Am receive the sacrament of last rites,” the spokeso- family, we kindly ask for privacy at this time,” a rep- Legend 2” for Warner Bros. CAA reps Diesel, Di Bonaventura and man siad. “Loved ones and fans will remember resentative for Allemand said in a statement fol- Amel. — Reuters Gia Allemand as a caring woman who loved her lowing her hospitalization. —Reuters Lifestyle FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 2013

Michael Jackson’s ex-wife says doctors took advantage of singer

In this handout photograph released yesterday by the President’s Office shows Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse shaking hands with US musician Jermaine Jackson, a brother of late Michael Jackson, at his official residence in Colombo on August 14, 2013. —AFP ichael Jackson’s doctors competed for his business and over-prescribed medications to help overcome Mhis “incredible” fear of pain, the late pop singer’s ex- This undated publicity photo provided by PBS shows, from left, Elizabeth McGovern as Lady Grantham, wife testified on Wednesday in a wrongful death trial. “His Hugh Bonneville as Lord Grantham, Dan Stevens as Matthew Crawley, Penelope Wilton as Isobel fear of pain was incredible. I think the doctors took advan- Crawley, Allen Leech as Tom Branson, Jim Carter as Mr Carson, and Phyllis Logan as Mrs Hughes, from tage of him that way,” Debbie Rowe said in Los Angeles the TV series, ‘Downton Abbey.’ — AP Superior Court, which is hearing a lawsuit brought by the late singer’s family against concert promoter AEG Live. “Unfortunately, some of the doctors decided that when ‘Downton Abbey’ Michael was in pain they would try to see who could give Class act? him the best painkiller,” added Rowe, 54, who met Jackson while working as an assistant for a dermatologist who treat- ed the singer. Rowe, who has rarely spoken publicly about enters merchandise fray Jackson, said the King of Pop was treated for several ail- ments, including lupus and severe scarring from burns on his head, which he suffered while shooting a television commer- orget “Mad Men” modernism. This by Maggie Smith’s Dowager Countess of Mylands, the London-based paint com- cial for Pepsi in 1984. season’s style is all about Grantham in the first episode: “No one pany that supplies the show with histor- She cried during parts of her testimony and grew frustrat- F“Downton Abbey”“s Edwardian wants to kiss a girl in black.” ically accurate pigments, recently began ed under questioning about a timeline of Jackson’s medical opulence. Millions around the world “Downton” merchandising in the US marketing two of its “Downton” tones to history, at one point shouting at AEG Live attorneys. Rowe have been seduced by the straight- and Canada is handled by Knockout the public - Amber Gray, the color of the and Jackson were married from 1996 to 1999 and she is the laced but stylish world of the British his- Licensing, which has struck deals for a downstairs kitchen overseen by cook mother of his two eldest children, 16-year-old Michael torical drama. Soon they’ll be able to jewelry range from Danbury Mint and Mrs Patmore, and Empire Gray, which Joseph Jackson Jr., known as Prince, and Paris, 15. Rowe has take some of that style home, getting “Downton”-themed Christmas orna- adorns Mr Carson’s butler’s pantry. no custody over the children, who live with their grandmoth- lips as soft as Lady Mary’s, wine inspired ments from Kurt Adler - both going on These are not just any grays. They are er, Katherine Jackson. Rowe, who now raises horses at a by Lord Grantham’s favorite tipple - and sale later this year. It also has a licensing “Downton” grays. ranch near Los Angeles, will continue testimony under cross- even walls as gray as Mrs. Patmore’s agreement with figurine manufacturer “On the sets they look quite dark examination by Katherine Jackson’s attorneys yesterday. kitchen. Since it premiered in 2010, the Bradford Exchange, raising fans’ hopes because they use them below stairs,” Katherine Jackson and Jackson’s children are suing AEG Live series about the family and servants of a for a range of “Downton” dolls - said Mylands spokeswoman Simone over the singer’s 2009 death in Los Angeles from an over- grand English house in the 1910s and Scheming Thomas and Admirable Bates, Barker. But in real life, “they do look dose of the surgical anesthetic propofol, alleging that the 1920s has become a television jugger- perhaps. North American fans also can extremely chic.” Otnes hopes privately held company negligently hired Conrad Murray as naut, sold to 220 territories around the soon drink “Downton Abbey” wine, mar- “Downton”“s makers keep the products Jackson’s personal physician and ignored signs that the world. keted by Wines That Rock, the California tasteful rather than tacky. As a fan, she singer was in poor health prior to his death. Murray, who was The program’s makers have arguably company behind Rolling Stones’ 40 urges producers to “take a page from caring for Jackson as the singer rehearsed for his series of 50 been slow to exploit the commercial Licks Merlot and Pink Floyd’s Dark Side Lord and Lady Grantham’s pool of comeback “This Is It” concerts, was convicted of involuntary potential of that popularity through of the Moon Cabernet Sauvignon. The reserve” and limit the range of merchan- manslaughter in 2011 for administering the propofol that merchandising, selling little more than “Downton” red is a genteel departure dise, “I hope they don’t over-market the killed the star. DVD sets, wall calendars and desk for the firm, a French claret reminiscent show,” she said. Neame - who heads diaries. But that is about to change. of those favored by the early 20th-cen- ‘Downton’ production company ‘At the end of his rope’ Along with the fourth season starting on tury British aristocracy. Carnival Films, owned by NBC Universal Rowe said that she first time she saw Jackson use propo- British TV next month, and on PBS in Cele Otnes, a professor of marketing - isn’t worried. fol was to sleep in Munich during his HIStory tour in 1997. January, comes a range of merchandise at the University of Illinois at Urbana- “I don’t have a nervous attitude Rowe said she observed him being administered the surgical that includes a board game, homewares, Champaign, says the richly detailed about the idea of merchandising,” said anesthetic twice by doctors. “Michael was at the end of his clothes, beauty products, and even world of “Downton Abbey” is key to Neame, who personally approves every rope. He didn’t know what to do,” Rowe said, adding that the “Downton” wine. All in the best possible viewers’ intense bond with the show. item of merchandise. “When a show is singer’s hotel room looked like a surgical suite. taste, of course. She likens it to “Mad Men” - “It’s not just this global and this loved, I don’t see any “He was more worried about not sleeping than dying “We haven’t rushed into it,” executive a television program, it’s really an aes- problem with offering products to hard- because he couldn’t perform (without sleep),” she said. AEG producer Gareth Neame told The thetic” - and cites reported rises in sales ened fans who want to extend their rela- Live has argued that Jackson, who was 50 at the time of his Associated Press this week. “We don’t of cravats, waistcoats and sherry as evi- tionship with the show that they love. death, had prescription drug and addiction problems for want to carpet bomb the retail sector.” dence of a “Downton”-driven appetite “We are businesspeople. We are running years before entering into any agreement with the company. In keeping with the program’s posh- for Edwardian elegance. “It’s that whole a business, which is to create intellectual It also has said that it did not hire or supervise Murray and frothy image, the products being rolled thing about presenting a lifestyle,” she property and to monetize it. We sell as could not have foreseen that the physician would have out aim to be quirky rather than kitschy. said. “We get in the house, we get inside many DVDs as we can, and we sell the posed a danger to the singer. Rowe, who has recently rekin- This fall, British retail chain Marks & these characters’ lives. We see inside show in as many countries as we can, dled a relationship with daughter Paris, said that she first Spencer will be selling a “Downton their bedrooms, their bathrooms, their and you know what, by doing that we grew concerned about Jackson’s prescription drug use in the Abbey” beauty line, including soap, nail kitchens. We can absorb ourselves not get the money on the screen and it early 1990s after he underwent surgery on his scalp. “I don’t polish, lip gloss, lotion and scented can- only in the story, which is compelling, allows me to finance other shows that remember if it (Jackson’s drug use) was worse and worse, but dles. The items are whimsically pack- but in the details of their lives.” we want to make and employ people. it wasn’t better and not lessening,” she said. —Reuters aged and adorned with quotations from No detail is too small for emulation - So I’m not coy about the merchandising the series, including the advice offered down to the paint on the abbey walls. and its purpose.” — AP Lifestyle FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 2013

This Feb 8, 2013 file photo shows a model walking the runway at the presenta- This Feb 8, 2013 file photo shows designers Marcus Wainwright, left, and tion of the Rag & Bone Fall 2013 fashion collection during Fashion Week in David Neville greeting the crowd after the presentation of the Rag & Bone Fall New York. 2013 fashion collection during Fashion Week in New York. Rag & Bone inching the window on cool success ag & Bone co-founders Marcus dramatic style that few - if any - paying cus- Drew Barrymore, and the clothes are consid- Neville, 37, who was working as a banker, to be Wainwright and David Neville are no tomers can pull off, Neville says they take a real- ered a bellwether of trends. Even now, though, his partner. “I was young enough and dumb Rlonger the cool newbies to the American istic approach to the delicate marriage when life should be a little more relaxed and a enough to give it a go. It’s worked out pretty fashion scene. They’ve graduated to be the between art and commerce. Commerce is the lot more glamorous, there are doses of reality. good,” says Neville, laughing. even cooler tweens, with loyal followers and a breadwinner, and it can very much appreciate When needed, Wainwright says, “I’ve air- They keep duties fairly well divided now, path in front of them to expand their brand and art, he explains. Rag & Bone started in 2002, was brushed T-shirts, filled out UPS forms. ... We can with Wainwright designing and Neville hand- be industry leaders. Growing up might have its a finalist in the Council of Fashion Designers of relate to struggles.” Steven Kolb, CEO of the ing the business side. They say they get along challenges, but after 11 years, it’s time, and they America’s Vogue Fashion Fund contest in 2006 CFDA, has long been a fan, especially of the as well now as they did then. “We wouldn’t be still see the window of opportunity they saw and won the CFDA’s emerging talent award in duo’s commitment to mentoring new talent. sitting here if we didn’t get on the way we do,” when it started. They’ve even inched it open a 2007. “Marcus and David are the same people today says Neville, who is married to makeup artist bit more. “People wanted new fashion,” says Wainwright and Neville were named best that they were when they were just starting Gucci Westman. The Rag & Bone office is overall menswear designers in 2010. out. They are still wide eyed and humble,” says bustling, with many more people inside than Freestanding retail shops began opening in Kolb. “Success hasn’t gone to their heads.” one would think could fit in an unmarked 2008, with flagships here and in Washington, Kolb also is a personal fan of their youthful, Meatpacking District building. It’s important, Boston, London, Los Angeles, Tokyo and Seoul, tweaked take on gentlemanly style. “I wear a lot they say, that the workplace, with upward of South Korea. Their clothes are available in 39 of it.” So do Wainwright and Neville, of course, 300 employees, maintains an upbeat vibe. “The countries. Earlier this summer, they were but Wainwright makes allowances for his Nike general spirit of Rag & Bone is to be a good tapped by Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour sneakers and Neville wears the boxer shorts his place to work, to come in on a Monday morn- for a sort-of fashion ambassadorship to China. mother sends him from Marks & Spencer. Life ing and be inspired,” says Wainwright. “If it’s They traveled with the designers of Marchesa hasn’t turned out quite as originally planned, not fun, there’s really no point in doing it.” The and Proenza Schouler to stage an oversized cat- or, maybe more accurately, unplanned. Even old boarding-school friends share an office walk show that would help introduce the though they knew each other back in England, that’s decorated with photos, including one of American aesthetic to consumers on the other they didn’t map this out. Nope: Wainwright, 38, them on ad campaign shoot with Kate Moss side of the world. had followed a girlfriend he had met bumming and one of a real rag-and-bone man, which, When they show during New York Fashion around Mexico to New York. (That girlfriend, they explain, was a 19th century traveler who’d Week, it’s a star-studded front row that’s Glenna Neece, became his wife.) He decided to collect rags and anything he thought he could attracted Gisele Bundchen, Charlize Theron and start a fashion company and called upon sell along the way in the English countryside. He certainly was never rich or powerful, but, for the most part, he was considered honorable, Neville says. Neville and Wainwright have done pretty well for themselves - keeping a fridge in the office stocked with the Italian beer Peroni, mingling with models, and owning houses in the Hamptons, which is where, they say, they go with their families to enjoy any down time This Feb 8, 2013 file photo shows a model walking they might have. It’s just a day here and a day the runway at the presentation of the Rag & Bone there in this run up to the preview of the Fall 2013 fashion collection during Fashion Week newest collection in September. Their broods in New York. are close, and often spend weekends togeth- er. Yes, one big happy family. “It’s pretty amus- Wainwright. “They wanted the new clothes ing. We had our first children a week apart in they could wear and were coming out of New April 2007. Those two boys were born when York. It was there for the taking and it is there we employed about 20 people. Obviously it for taking.” was a huge coincidence, and a pretty interest- Their look, offered for both men and ing and amazing life experience to go through women, is decidedly modern and downtown together,” Neville says. “My son was born and I but built on classic menswear tailoring - not the took one week off work, and Marcus’ son was kind of kooky styles that sometimes brand born, and he took one week off work, and themselves “downtown.” Unlike some young In this Feb 1, 2008 file photo, actress Julianne Moore, left, and model Giselle Bundchen then we got back to it. The business was basi- guns who make a name for themselves with a attend the Rag & Bone 2008 Fall Collection during Fashion Week in New York. cally us, and it still is.” —AP Lifestyle FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 2013 Pay attention when playing peek-a-boo with sheers

real intent is for a swimsuit to be underneath.” elongated pencil skirt He adds, “I don’t want to go into a restaurant and that hits below the knee see someone in a completely sheer top.” At least with a sheer blouse that there, you can look down at your plate. What about has a matching the office when sheer fabrics do what they are sup- camisole. Navy would posed to do and draw the eye to a particular place? be a lovely color. For an Remember what your mom said: “Eye contact,” evening work-related advises Audrey Slater, fashion director at Redbook event, she likes a black magazine. lace blouse with a full- “This trend is definitely peaking this year, she coverage black bra says, “but it’s not a trend for everyone, anytime and under it and black everywhere.” For the past few seasons, designers trousers. have been crafting strategic sheer panels into their There always has to The Fall 2013 Vera Wang collection collections, with Vera Wang carving out bodices and be balance to the outfit, dress to the Golden Globes in 2010. He thinks the Marchesa putting sheer blouses under corsets. J. and that’s never more resurgence of that style is largely due to a Dolce & Crew has made regular offerings of chiffon and cot- clear than with some- Gabbana collection for spring 2012, which was ton voile, and Ann Taylor reinterprets the thing sheer, Axelson indeed inspired by La Dolce Vita. Still, Benton menswear-inspired button-shirt using lace and says. If there’s sheerness observes, it’s sexy without going too far. “Sexy can georgette. to the top, the bottom have an aggressiveness, but there still needs to be a It’s not just a warm-weather look, either, with should be modest, while little bit of pretty. This isn’t really a place for a sports retailers planning peek-a-boo styles for fall, too. The a sheer hemline is best bra.” collective eye has adjusted and embraced these complemented by a Choice of undergarments is, of course, important looks as more delicate alternatives to bare skin, and demure top. Mora sug- when everyone else can see them. There is the sub- as a feminine touch to more structured silhouettes. gests having a tle, almost shadowy look of wearing the same color But maybe some women have gotten a little too boyfriend blazer or The Fall 2013 collec- The Marchesa Fall 2013 fashion show slip or tank to match the sheer garment, or you go comfortable, which could make the people around slouchy cardigan tion of Donna Karan bold with a contrast color. Perhaps the most inter- n unexpected flash of skin under a sheer fab- them uncomfortable. Slater says she’d much rather handy, also for contrast New York. esting illusion is created with an undergarment that ric can be sexy and sophisticated on a date, at see a sheer panel or inset than a whole sheer gar- - or the unexpected matches your skin tone, she says. (It’s a trick done on A ment. She definitely doesn’t want to see the bra of meeting you might be a party, even in the office. But with anything the red carpet all the time.) much more than a sliver, it’s easy to cross the too- any of her peers and colleagues across a desk, but a called into. Charles Benton, senior director of design Either way, make sure the underpinnings are much-of-a-good-thing line. And there’s no taking it sheer panel at the yoke from the bustline to neckline of contemporary brand Bebe, would like to see more pretty, says Norah Alberto, fashion director at back. Just ask Tom Mora, women’s design director at that shows bra straps “is an acceptable strategy.” women imitate the sultry style of Sophia Loren, who Maidenform. “Take an extra step in the morning and J. Crew, who’s created sheer beach cover-ups stylish Lisa Axelson, creative director at Ann Taylor, says has been playing with sheer illusion fabrics, especial- take a long look in the mirror - a 360-degree look, and elegant enough to be worn as tops and dresses. she loves the look of a gown with a fully sheer or ly black-on-black combinations, on her bombshell please - because when you are walking down the But, he says, wearer beware: “You should wear a slip, lace back, but it’s a special occasion look, a really figure since the 1950s. She wore illusion sleeves with street we are seeing all of you if you’re in something or a cami and brief. They are great pieces but their special occasion. For daily life, she’d recommend an what was otherwise a sweetheart black cocktail sheer,” she says. — AP Makeup for menswear: Be a girlie girl or a tomboy f you’re slipping into a tweed blazer, an oversized cardigan or a sleek Iwomen’s tux this fall, the right beauty look is the perfect accessory to complete your menswear-inspired outfit. The choice is yours to do a 180-degree turn and go with hyper-girlie, or stay strictly tomboy: Either can complement the more masculine clothing silhouettes. Makeup with menswear is a little more important than other styles because with a neutral, muted palette of grays, blacks and browns, “you want to have a little life to your face, a little health and vigor,” says Linda Wells, Allure magazine’s editor-in-chief. When suiting up in this fall trend, women have choices for their beauty look, she says. “Are you going to exaggerate the menswear look File photo shows models walk the runway during the Victoria and play it up fully, or are you going to offset it with something femi- Beckham Fall 2013 fashion show in New York. — AP photos nine?” Wells says. To soften menswear staples like gray flannel and houndstooth, which are so often fashioned into tailored items, add For the eyes, try a bold blue liner along with a neutral brown or peach femininity by playing up the eyes or lips, experts advise, but not both at This product image This product image released by eye shadow. After mastering blue, Sewell says move on to experiment- the same time so your features don’t compete. released by Sephora Sephora shows In the Deep ing with emerald or eggplant liner. “One of the easiest looks and colors “You want to add feminine flair throughout the face if you can’t shows the Bite End, a waterproof smoky cream to wear with a neutral eye is navy blue or a cobalt eye liner,” Sewell have it on the body through the clothing,” says Myiesha Sewell, a Beauty Lush Lip Tint says. “It really pops the whites of your eyes.” On the runway, man-tai- liner. Sephora Pro makeup artist. For a ladylike touch, Wells envisions soft in Blackcurrant. lored suits often are paired with classic red lipstick, but Sewell likes pur- hair with a little wave to it falling over the forehead along with a rich ples and magentas and berry shades, largely because she thinks they’re burgundy lipstick, or dark, smoky eyes featuring gray eye shadow, eye- looking, with clear or pale lip gloss, taupe eye shadow, mascara and a an easier color range to pull off. “It’s very feminine and it’s going to liner and lots of mascara. “Who doesn’t want to be a femme fatale?” she darkened brow to give strength and definition to the face. make the lips look shapely and the eyes will gravitate toward them. It’s says of the “sexy androgyny” combination of feminine makeup and However, Wells prefers the feminine face: “It’s taking men’s style a modern Technicolor, Marilyn Monroe.” With so much power to the menswear. If you want to keep the menswear feeling consistent from and making it feminine. It’s the masculine-feminine - that conflict is menswear-inspired clothing, why not bring that strength up to the face head to toe, Wells recommends a simpler style that doesn’t draw atten- always interesting. That tension is what makes it exciting.” Sewell likes as well? Says MAC senior artist John Stapleton, who helped bring to life tion to the face: Hair is slick to the head and parted on the side “so it to add a shot of bold color while keeping the rest of it neutral to help the Victoria Beckham fall catwalk that turned tuxedos and trenchcoats looks boyish,” and styled in a low ponytail or bun. Keep makeup natural soften the straight lines and sometimes boxy shapes of the clothing. into seductive silhouettes. —AP FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 2013

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Look for love IWoolard saw Molly the beagle, but they had promised For example, a mastiff just needs light exercise, while the When it comes to picking out the exact animal that will themselves that they wouldn’t be swayed by a cute face. much smaller border collie needs a great deal of regular be your companion for the next several years, you want They met Molly on a Friday. They went home and spent the exercise.” She added a warning that if dogs don’t get the one that wants to be with you. “When you visit with the weekend talking about her, including making sure that she “stimulation that they need, they’ll find their own ways to dog, the dog should be interested in you, should be complied with their condo’s pet policy, even hashing out entertain themselves - like chewing on your shoes.” watching you,” Zukoff said. “It should have a slow wag- which one of them would be responsible for her morning ging tail and just look kind of loose and friendly. It’s when walks. Then they went back to the Animal Humane Cleanliness the dog is more stiff or still and not paying attention to Society’s adoption center in Golden Valley, Minn, on The dog’s coat - type, length and thickness - determines you, that dog doesn’t seem as friendly and is going to be Monday to visit her again. how much time and expense you’ll need to put into groom- harder to train, it might be harder for me to bond with. I By the time they returned Tuesday to pick up Molly and ing. “Different breeds have different grooming needs,” always like to say you want to look for a loose, wiggly dog take her home, they were ready to lavish their love on her, Peterson said. “Breeds with a long, heavy coat, such as the as if it’s saying, ‘I’m all wiggly because I’m excited and I confident they had made the right decision. “When we Shetland sheepdog, need regular grooming to prevent love people.’” decided to pick out a dog, we agreed that we wouldn’t do it mats and tangles. Double-coated breeds such as the Akita Check the animal’s physical appearance, too. “Dogs and based just on emotion,” Wergeland said. “That’s why we require weekly brushing. Dogs with hair, like a poodle, need puppies should be clean, well fed, lively and friendly,” came back to visit her again. We wanted to make sure we regular haircuts at the groomer.” You also should factor in Peterson said. “Look for signs of malnutrition such as pro- had the same reaction.” In doing so, they avoided one of the major pitfalls in picking out a dog - the impulse decision that backfires. “Before people think about going out and getting a dog, they want to think about what kind of dog they want,” said Paula Zukoff, behavior and training manager at the Humane Society. “What do they want the dog to do? And how much time do they have for a dog? Then go out and find that dog rather than going out and finding a dog on looks and then finding out that you can’t mold that dog into the kind of dog that you want for yourself or your fami- ly.” Once you’ve done your homework, then you can go with your heart. “You see a dog and it has the qualities you want and there’s just something there, something about that dog that just captures your heart, and that’s the dog for you,” she said. The best way to ensure that emotion doesn’t turn your decision-making into a case of the tail wagging the dog is to assess the characteristics - both yours and the dog’s - that go into a perfect match. Things to consider include:

Size As with many aspects of picking a dog, this involves both personal preference and more pragmatic matters, starting with the size of your home. “Certain giant breeds, while they may not need an immense amount of exercise, do need a great deal of space to move freely about the home,” said Lisa Peterson, spokeswoman for the American Kennel Club. “Someone who lives in a small condo or apart- ment should think twice about getting a dog like a Great Dane or mastiff, both of which need a lot of room to move.” The amount of space you have outside also can be a factor. If you get a dog that likes to run, you either need a yard where that can take place or you must be willing to make regular visits to the local dog park.

Age The question of whether to get a puppy or an adult dog hinges in large part on how much work you want to do, Zukoff said. “Puppies are great, but they are a lot of work,” Bryce Wergeland takes home Molly, a beagle mix, from the Animal Humane Society in Golden Valley, she said. “It’s almost like having a new baby in the house. Minnesota. —MCT And if you want them to turn out as a well-rounded, confi- dent dog, they’re even more work.” But there are advan- tages to going the puppy route, among them being able to extra cleaning time for your home, Zukoff said. “I think truding ribcages or illness such as runny nose or eyes, train the dog to your standards from the outset. If you have something a lot of people don’t think about is just how coughing, lethargy and skin sores.” young children, the puppy can grow up being acclimated messy dogs can be,” she said. “If you get a big, slobbery to them. Speaking of children, the ages of the dog owners dog like a Newfoundland or St. Bernard that’s going to be All for one also should be factored in, Zukoff said. “I always say that if shaking its head and slobber is going to be going every- The addition of a dog to the family goes better for the you have kids, probably a medium-sized dog would be a where and there’s going to be hair everywhere, you’re dog and the family if everyone is in agreement, Zukoff good idea,” she recommended. “If they’re really small, then going to spend a lot more time vacuuming and wiping up said. “I think it’s really important that every person visits they’re breakable. And if they’re really large, then they can the walls than if you got a little poodle.” the dog before you decide,” she said. “And I think it’s unintentionally knock the kids over and hurt them. important for everyone to know what the dog knows and Medium-sized dogs don’t get broken or break the kids.” See it for yourself what kind of cues you’re going to use to tell the dog to sit If you’re getting a puppy from a breeder, insist on visit- or wait for food or whatever. That way, everybody’s happy, Exercise ing the kennel. “Ask to see at least one of the puppy’s par- And everyone can decide on one dog.” As a general rule, things work out best when you match ents,” Peterson urged. “Get an idea of what the future holds For Wergeland and Woolard, picking Molly was a mutual your activity level to the dog’s. Are you looking for a dog for your dog in terms of temperament and appearance. decision. Woolard grew up with beagles, so she was glad that will go out jogging with you or one that’s satisfied with Observe the premises. Is the kennel clean? Odor-free? Pay to have another one. Wergeland grew up around hunting a leisurely stroll around the block? An important thing to attention to how the dogs and puppies interact with their dogs, but he found something in Molly to which he could keep in mind: “The size of the dog doesn’t dictate the breeder. Does the breeder appear to genuinely care for the relate. “She has bad knees, and I have bad knees,” he said. amount of exercise it needs,” Peterson said. “Exercise needs puppies and their adult dogs?” “We’ll fit together when we go for walks.” —MCT Stars FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 2013

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Daily SuDoku Yesterday’s Solution Sports FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 2013 Dodgers, Nationals roll

LOS ANGELES: Yasiel Puig turned a slow second with two outs. Hunter Pence hit a three-game series sweep. Arroyo (11-9) PIRATES 5, CARDINALS 1 bouncer past the Mets’ diving shortstop into drive to left-center, and Span ran it down allowed two hits, struck out seven and In St. Louis, Francisco Liriano was domi- a one-out double in the 12th inning then near the warning track to preserve the win. walked none in his second straight win. nant coming off the worst outing of his scored on Adrian Gonzalez’s two-base hit, Ian Desmond homered and Anthony Rendon The crafty right-hander retired his first nine career and the Pirates got home runs from lifting the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 5-4 vic- had two RBIs in a five-run fourth inning that batters and faced the minimum through six Pedro Alvarez and Garrett Jones in a victory tory over New York on Wednesday night that put Washington up 6-1. innings. over the Cardinals. The win snapped a sea- extended their winning streak to eight The Cubs wasted a solid start by Chris son-worst four-game losing streak and games. Andre Ethier tied the game with a REDS 5, CUBS 0 Rusin (2-2) in their fourth straight loss. The gave Pittsburgh a three-game lead in the two-run homer of LaTroy Hawkins in the In Chicago, Bronson Arroyo pitched sev- left-hander allowed two runs and three hits NL Central. Liriano (13-5) allowed four hits ninth inning. Puig legged out a double that en crisp innings, Todd Frazier homered and while throwing just 76 pitches over six with six strikeouts and needed just 94 glanced off the glove of shortstop Omar the Reds beat the Cubs to complete a innings. pitches to beat the Cardinals for the second Quintanilla and into center field after going time this year. Matt Carpenter doubled and hitless in his first five at-bats. Gonzalez hit the scored on a groundout by Carlos Beltran in next pitch off Pedro Feliciano (0-1) down the the ninth to snap Liriano’s shutout bid. He left field line, maintaining the Dodgers’ 7 1/2- settled for his second complete game of game lead over the Arizona Diamondbacks. the year. Alvarez hit his 29th homer an esti- Paco Rodriguez (3-2) pitched 1 1-3 scoreless mated 440 feet to straightaway center innings for the victory. The Dodgers complet- leading off the second against Miller (11-8), ed a three-game sweep of the Mets with their and with one out Jones lined his 11th over sixth walk-off win of the season. the right field wall estimated at 392 feet.

NATIONALS 6, GIANTS 5 ROCKIES 4, PADRES 2 In Washington, Denard Span made a div- In Denver, Jorge De La Rose pitched seven ing catch in deep center field with two run- solid innings, catcher Yorvit Torrealba com- ners on base for the final out, and Washington held off San Francisco to earn its pleted a remarkable double play by tagging fifth straight victory. out two runners and the Rockies hung on to Jordan Zimmermann (14-6) increased his beat the Padres. Corey Dickerson doubled NL-leading win total, allowing one run in twice, tripled and drove in two runs. Troy seven innings and outpitching Tim Lincecum Tulowitzki had two hits and a pair of RBIs as (6-12). Washington matched its longest win- Colorado completed a 5-1 homestand. De La ning streak of the season and moved within Rosa (12-6) allowed two runs on eight hits in one victory of .500 for the first time since July WASHINGTON: Hunter Pence No. 8 of the San Francisco Giants steals second base in running his record in eight day-game starts 20. The Giants scored once in the ninth off the second inning on a high throw to Ian Desmond No. 20 of the Washington this season to 6-0 with a 1.57 ERA. He struck Rafael Soriano, and put runners on first and Nationals at Nationals Park. —AFP out six and walked one. —AP Yankees thrash Angels in AL

NEW YORK: Alfonso Soriano homered third on Jose Bautista’s grounder. 4-3 when Ben Zobrist opened the ninth reliever Sean Doolittle (3-4) and was twice for the second straight night and Edwin Encarnacion was intentionally with a triple off the top of the right- headed for third on Corporan’s double drove in a career-high seven runs, giv- walked to bring up Lawrie, who lined a field wall against rookie Danny when Oakland center fielder Chris ing him a staggering 13 RBIs in two two-strike pitch off the glove of short- Farquhar (0-1). Matt Joyce singled to tie Young bobbled the ball. Altuve alertly games while powering the suddenly stop Stephen Drew, bringing Davis it, Evan Longoria doubled and Will rounded third and scored the tiebreak- potent New York Yankees to an 11-3 home with the winning run. Brad Myers was intentionally walked to load ing run while Corporan was caught in a victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Lincoln (1-1) worked 1 1-3 innings as the bases. Bourgeois singled to right rundown between second and third. Wednesday. the Blue Jays recovered to win after over the Mariners’ drawn-in outfield. Yoenis Cespedes singled and scored Soriano hit an early grand slam and Boston’s Mike Napoli hit a tying, two- Joel Peralta (2-5) pitched one inning. Oakland’s run. The A’s have dropped became the third player to knock in at run homer with two outs in the ninth. Farquhar didn’t retire any of the five nine of 13 and fell two games behind least six runs in back-to-back games David Ortiz also added a solo blast in batters he faced. Myers’ two-run homer first-place Texas in the West. Lucas since RBIs became an official statistic in the sixth, his 23rd. cut the margin to 4-3 in the sixth after a Harrell (6-13) pitched one inning for the 1920, according to STATS. The others leadoff double by Longoria. win while Josh Fields earned his second were Texas’ Rusty Greer in August 1997 TIGERS 6, WHITE SOX 4 save. and Milwaukee’s Geoff Jenkins in April In Chicago, Miguel Cabrera hit a INDIANS 9, TWINS 8 2001. Robinson Cano went 4 for 4 to towering three-run homer and Detroit In Minneapolis, Michael Brantley hit INTERLEAGUE pass Hall of Famer Phil Rizzuto for 15th ended a three-game skid with a win a sacrifice fly in the 12th inning and RANGERS 5, BREWERS 4 place on the franchise hits list, and the over Chicago. A year after winning the Cleveland rallied past Minnesota for In Arlington, Elvis Andrus broke out Yankees hammered Angels ace Jered Triple Crown, Cabrera has 38 homers, just its third win in the last 10 games. of a slump with two hits and two RBIs, Weaver (7-6) in opening an 8-0 cushion 114 RBIs and is hitting .360 for the AL Nick Swisher and Jason Kipnis sin- and Texas rallied for three runs in the by the second inning for Ivan Nova (6- Central-leading Tigers, who had lost gled off Ryan Pressly (3-3) to open the seventh inning to beat Milwaukee. 4). Nova, who has been outstanding four of five following a 12-game win- 12th. Swisher moved to third on a fly The AL West-leading Rangers were since rejoining the rotation on July 5, ning streak. Despite surrendering a sea- out and scored easily on Brantley’s sac 7-40 when trailing after six innings worked around 10 hits in 7 1-3 innings. son-high 11 hits, Tigers starter Rick fly to center field. Carlos Santana and before Andrus had an RBI single to He’s been hurt by a lack of run support Porcello (9-6) allowed just three runs in Jason Giambi homered for the Indians. snap an 0-for-13 skid and Ian Kinsler hit recently, but that was no problem this six innings to get the victory. The White Chris Perez (5-2) blew a save but got time. Weaver came in 6-1 with a 1.72 Sox closed to 6-4 in the eighth on an the win, and Joe Smith earned his sec- a two-run single to give the Rangers ERA in his last nine starts and had won RBI single by Alexei Ramirez to make it ond save. Santana homered off Glen the lead. Texas won for the 14th time in four straight decisions. 6-4. John Danks (2-10) pitched into the Perkins in the 10th to give Cleveland an 16 games after snapping an eight- eighth, allowing six runs - four earned - 8-7 lead. Joe Mauer, who had five hits, game win streak Tuesday. Matt Garza BLUE JAYS 4, RED SOX 3 on nine hits for Chicago. responded in the bottom half with a gave up eight hits and four runs in 5 2-3 In Toronto, Brett Lawrie singled shot off Perez. innings. home the winning run in the 10th RAYS 5, MARINERS 4 But Neal Cotts, Jason Frasor (4-2), inning and Toronto beat Boston to In St. Petersburg, Jason Bourgeois ASTROS 2, ATHLETICS 1 Tanner Scheppers and Joe Nathan handing the AL East-leading Red Sox hit an RBI single to cap Tampa Bay’s In Oakland, Carlos Corporan hit an combined to shut down the Brewers. their fourth loss in six games. Rajai two-run rally in the ninth inning and RBI double in the 11th inning, lifting Nathan notched his 36th save. Burke Davis doubled off Brandon Workman the Rays ended a six-game losing streak the Astros to a win over the Athletics. Badenhop (5-6) gave up Kinsler’s two- (3-2) to begin the 10th and went to with a win over Seattle. The Rays trailed Jose Altuve singled with one out off A’s run single to take the loss. —AP Sports FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 2013

Wimbledon champion Bartoli quits tennis at 28

CINCINNATI: Wimbledon champion Wimbledon final to claim her one and was seeing her first action in it will stay forever with me, but now Marion Bartoli shocked the tennis and only grand slam title. Cincinnati having received a first my body just can’t cope with every- world on Wednesday by announcing “Well, it’s never easy and obvious- round bye. But a 3-6 6-4 6-1 loss to thing.” WTA chairman and CEO her retirement from the sport at the ly there is never a time to say it or Halep looks to have been the last Stacey Allaster paid tribute to age of 28. whatever, but that was actually the straw. Bartoli’s “long, successful career”. After a second round loss to last match of my career,” said Bartoli, “It’s been a tough decision to “She is an inspirational champion Romanian Simona Halep at the wiping the tears from her eyes. “It’s take,” said Bartoli, an eight-time win- and a great ambassador for Western and Southern Open, the time for me to retire and to call it a ner on the WTA tour. “I’ve been a women’s tennis that has dedicated Frenchwoman, ranked seventh in career. “I feel it’s time for me to walk tennis player for a long time and I her life to the sport and given so the world, walked into the media away.” Bartoli had given no hint that had the chance to make my biggest much back to the game,” she said in room and told stunned reporters: “I she was considering retirement and dream a reality. a statement issued in the early hours just can’t do it anymore”. in fact seemed focused on preparing “You know, everyone will remem- yesterday. “I am so proud of her for Her surprise announcement for the North American hardcourt ber my Wimbledon title. No one will who she is, her values and for fight- comes just six weeks after she beat season and the upcoming US Open. remember the last match I played ing to realise her dream of winning Germany’s Sabine Lisicki in the She played last week in Toronto here. I made my dream a reality and Wimbledon.” —Reuters Serena labors to victory

CINCINNATI: Serena Williams will try to fill one of the few holes in her resume this week but will need to up her game after laboring to a 4-6 6-2 6-2 win over Eugenie Bouchard at the Western and Southern Open on Wednesday. In a career that has generated 54 singles titles, including 16 grand slams, Williams has won just about everything there is to win in her sport but Cincinnati, one of the WTA Tour’s most prestigious tournaments, is not on that very long list. If the world number one is to add a 55th title to her haul here she will have to perform at a much higher level than she did against the plucky but over- matched 19-year-old Canadian. “Every ball I hit seemed to be going out and I even had the easiest approach shot and it went not slightly wide, it was like 50 feet out,” said Williams, who was playing in her first match since Sunday’s crushing win over Sorana Cirstea in the Toronto final. “That was actually embarrassing. “I thought I’d never hit a shot like that professionally. I have maybe in practice with my eyes closed but never con- scious have I hit a shot like that. “So it was just some crazy tennis out there.” Staring across the net at a number one ranked opponent for the first time, Bouchard registered an early shock when she broke Williams to open the match and held serve to go up OHIO: Novak Djokovic, from Serbia, eyes a forehand against Juan Monaco, from Argentina, at the Western & 2-0. Williams, who has already matched a career high this Southern Open tennis tournament. —AP season winning eight titles, won the next two games but Bouchard would not back down breaking her opponent a second time on way to taking the first set. In the second Good day for Grand Slam champs set, the powerful Williams would begin to show her class registering the early break to take the set and level the match then doing just enough in the third to finish off the Djokovic, Murray and Nadal advance 62nd ranked Bouchard. Despite piling up 49 unforced CINCINNATI: The winners of the sea- the US Open later this month and ‘Career Golden Masters’. errors, more than double the 23 from Bouchard, Williams son’s first three grand slams Novak extended his hardcourt winning streak Murray and Djokovic have been still had enough weapons, including seven aces, to get the Djokovic, Andy Murray and Rafa Nadal to 11 matches. “I played well tonight, I making a habit of meeting when some- job done and run her match record this season to a stellar put on a masterclass at the Western should be very happy the way that I thing big is on the line. They clashed in 57-3. Italian sixth seed Sara Errani and her 12th seeded and Southern Open on Wednesday, played since the beginning,” Nadal told the finals of three of the last four grand compatriot Roberta Vinci both advanced to the third strolling into the third round with reporters. “Just for a few games the slams with Djokovic coming out on top round with testing three set wins. —Reuters straight sets wins. serve was down a little bit. For the rest, in Australia and Murray the winner at Center court at the sprawling I think I played a great match. “When the US Open and Wimbledon. Lindner Family Tennis Center turned you change cities, change a little bit of Murray, who had a slow start to the into a parade of champions as fans weather, the feelings on the ball is dif- hard court season with a third round savored an action-packed day that ferent and when you have these kind loss in Montreal last week, arrived in began under a bright morning sun of tournaments back to back it’s not Cincinnati eager to get in matches with Wimbledon winner Murray breez- easy, but I’m very happy with the way I ahead of the Aug. 26 to Sept. 9 US ing past Russian Mikhail Youzhny 6-2 6- played this afternoon and the way that Open, where he will arrive as a defend- 3. Australian Open champ Djokovic I adapted the game.” ing grand slam champion for the first beat Argentine Juan Monaco 7-5 6-2 to Djokovic and Murray have met in time. The Cincinnati hardcourts proved move a step closer to becoming the the Cincinnati final twice before, in a perfect spot to build some momen- first player to win all nine World Tour 2008 and 2011, and the world’s top tum, and Youzhny the perfect oppo- Masters titles, before French Open win- two players appear on collision course nent, as the Wimbledon champion ner Nadal dispatched German once again. Murray won both previous needed just 70 minutes to run his Benjamin Becker in equally impressive meetings but the big Serb, who has record to 4-0 against the overmatched fashion, 6-2 6-2, under the floodlights. four runner-up finishes on the Ohio Russian. “I thought he made more mis- Nadal, who has been in superb form hardcourts, will be determined to be takes than I’d expected,” said Murray. OHIO: Serena Williams hits a backhand against Eugenie opening up his hardcourt campaign the last man standing this year and “But he played yesterday and very dif- Bouchard, from Canada, during a match at the Western with a win in Montreal on Sunday, con- become the first player to complete ferent conditions today because it was & Southern Open tennis tournament. —AP tinued to build momentum towards what the ATP Tour has dubbed the cool on the court. —Reuters Sports FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 2013

Moscow missing battered, bruised, broken athletes

MOSCOW: Injury is a risk for athletes who “It is mentally and physically bruising,” pion Ashton Eaton told a news conference just that, though he was not quite as sharp as regularly push their bodies to the extremes added Coe, who struggled with injury the before winning the world title. four years ago in Berlin where he set world in the never-ending search for faster, higher, year after retaining his Olympic 1,500 title in “You see a lot of Olympic champions not records in the 100 and 200 metres after win- stronger performances and post-Olympic Los Angeles. “You do more things and you at this meet. I think it does take a toll on your ning both titles at the 2008 Olympics. 2013 seems to have been a particularly bad do them with greater intensity in an Olympic mind and your body.” For an athlete, com- “After Olympics people are tired, they year for casualties. year.” The Moscow casualty list includes peting at the Olympic Games is the pinnacle put their bodies through a very strenuous The exertions of competing in last year’s Kenya’s Olympic and world 800 metres of their career and the thing that makes the period last year,” said U.S. 110 hurdles world Games have left many battered and bruised, champion David Rudisha and twice world years of training and sacrifice worth it. record holder Aries Merritt. so the world championships in Moscow have marathon winner Abel Kirui, Jamaican Yohan Consequently, many struggle to main- “When it (the world championships) falls been hit by a string of absentees and the Blake - the 2011 100 metres gold medallist - tain that level of performance and some may after Olympic year I think people suffer - event has been at risk of becoming more and Olympic 1,500 champion Taoufik never attain it again. Of those athletes in though that wasn’t the case in Berlin when about who is not competing than who is. Makhloufi of Algeria. Moscow, few will expect to emulate the Usain Bolt was able to do amazing things a For twice-Olympic 1,500 metres champi- The heptathlon was particularly hard hit heights that were so joyously witnessed by year after Beijing.” on and London 2012 organiser Sebastian with the three London medallists, Britain’s thousands over 10 glorious days in London’s However, even the world’s greatest Coe it was only to be expected. “Athletes that Jessica Ennis-Hill, Lilli Schwarzkopf of Olympic stadium. “This year the results were sprinter was more workmanlike than ‘wow’ have emerged from a big Olympic year tend Germany and Russian Tatyana Chernova all relatively slower than we had in previous when winning the 100 metres final in 9.77 to be injury prone. We’ve lost people along missing due to various ailments, leaving years. It’s just because of the Olympics. Many seconds on a stormy night on Sunday. the way this year and the doesn’t surprise unheralded Ukrainian Ganna Melnichenko to of the athletes still feel tired and drained Sadly for those who do win gold in me,” he told a news conference in Moscow win her first major title at the age of 30. after the tough preparation and high-grade Moscow, their moment of glory will be taint- last week. “When I came out of my 1984 Plenty of athletes have arrived in the competition at the Olympic Games,” U.S ed by those asking what might have been. Olympic campaign, my father, who was my Russian capital seemingly held together with men’s coach Mike Holloway said. Heptathlon champion Melnichenko’s total of coach, described training me the following sticking plaster. “Am I the same as I was last However, there is always an exception to 6,586 points was a personal best but it was year like training an eggshell because an year? I think physically I actually feel a little the rule and unsurprisingly, the sport’s also the lowest winning score in the history Olympic year is hard. more worn down,” Olympic decathlon cham- biggest superstar Usain Bolt proved to be of the world championships.

Preview Farah bids to emulate Felix begins quest Bekele, Bolt returns for titles record MOSCOW: Britain’s Mo Farah will bid to become the second man to achieve the double of the world and Olympics 5000 and 10000 MOSCOW: United States sprint great metres titles while Usain Bolt begins his defence of the 200m today at the World Athletics Championships. Alysson Felix had a gentle run out in her Farah, who won an emotional double gold at the Olympics first round heat at the World Athletics last year in the Somalia-born athlete’s adopted home city of Championships yesterday as she got her London, produced a courageous display to win the 10000m last campaign for a fourth 200 metres title Saturday and starts firm favourite to defend his 5000m title. If under way. The 27-year-old Olympic successful he will emulate Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele’s double in champion - who took silver in the event in 2009 which followed his victories in the 2008 Olympic Games. Daegu in 2011 - can become the most suc- Farah, whose American training partner Galen Rupp was a cessful athlete in the championships’ his- huge help to him in the 10000m and will again be in the field, tory if she wins the title on Friday for her admitted Sunday’s race had taken more out of him than he had ninth gold. At present Felix shares the expected and just did the bare minimum to qualify for the final at record with legendary compatriots Carl the shorter distance. Lewis and Michael Johnson while “It’s going to be a demanding Jamaican Usain Bolt can equal the eight race and I need as much energy as gold mark if he wins the 200m and possible to have the reserves when Jamaica take the 4x100m relay. the final kick comes,” said the 30- year-old. Felix - who has five relay golds - will Farah, whose post 10000m race face a tough fight for her crown from rubdown had to be improvised Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who is under a tree outside the stadium as bidding for a sprint double after regaining security men would not allow him her 100m title. MOSCOW: (From left) Britain’s Jodie Williams, Iraq’s Dana Abdul Razak, United into the official area, said people Fraser-Pryce, who won the women’s States’ Allyson Felix and France’s Myriam Soumare compete in a women’s 200- shouldn’t regard victory was his for 100m world title by the largest margin in meter heat at the World Athletics Championships. — AP the taking. “I was getting texts from the history of the world championships, people just saying go and do it,” blazed a lone trail through her heat, com- “My legs aren’t feeling as fresh obvious- ed a bright red flower in her hair, a habit Mo Farah said Farah. “I’m like: it’s not as easy ing off the bend well clear and then eased ly as they were the first day of competi- she adopted when as a youngster she as that. If it was, it would be boring. up 60m from the finish. tion,” said Okagabare. “As regards what I trained with boys and wanted to retain her Seriously. If it was, everyone would However, both Fraser-Pryce and Felix can do in this event? Well, I take each femininity - is seeking to secure a medal be winning.” His chief opponents should be Kenyan duo Edwin will do well to keep an eye out for Ivory Soi, the only athlete to beat Farah at the distance this year, and round as it comes, otherwise it is too much here after finishing fourth and fifth in the Coast’s Murielle Ahoure, whose silver for my brain.” 2011 world final and Olympics, respective- Olympic bronze medalist Thomas Longosiwa. With both the medal in the 100m on Monday was the Kenyans and Ethiopians likely to try and gang up on Farah, the That quartet will have more testing ly. Russian Marina Pospelova took second first time that an African sprinter had won Briton will once again be looking for the faithful Rupp to sacrifice runs later on Thursday in the semi-finals. and her two compatriots Ekaterina himself in paving the way for him to take gold. a medal in the women’s event. Russia look to have a strong hand in the Poistogova and Elena Kotulskaya also Bolt has kept a low profile since he powered to victory in The 25-year-old - known in her country women’s 800m as all four of their powerful went on to finish second in their heats and Sunday’s 100m final, regaining the title he lost when he was dis- as ‘the female Drogba’ - won her heat in a team qualified for Friday’s semi-finals. keep alive the hopes of the home crowd of qualified for a false start in Daegu two years ago. gentle canter and looks capable of also Their leading hope defending champi- a medals clean sweep. The 26-year-old, world record holder in both the 100 and becoming the first African to win a 200m on Mariya Savinova, bidding for a sixth The hosts will also be looking to the 200m, made up for that blip by retaining his 200m crown and medal. successive major title, finished third in her women’s high jump as a gold medal tar- there appears to be little in the way of opposition in barring his Nigeria’s Blessing Okagabare could heat which was the fastest of the lot, and get. All three of their contenders qualified way to a third title in Moscow. “I’m looking forward to running also achieve that. Bidding to reach her was won by American Brenda Martinez. for the final including poster girl and the 200m, I can’t promise anything (regarding a new world third final of the championships — having Savinova, who won Olympic gold last defending champion Anna Chicherova. record). Hopefully everything will come together,” said Bolt. taken silver year, had to push herself a bit to ensure However, Chicherova’s predecessor as Jamaica could well sweep the medals with Warren Weir look- in the long jump and was out of the she finished in the first three - the auto- Russia’s number one the 2004 Olympic ing to improve on his Olympic bronze from last year and Nickel medals in the 100m - the 24-year-old matic qualifying spots for the semi-finals - champion Yelena Slesarenko found the Ashmeade hoping he can move up a notch after placing fifth in moved into the semi-finals winning her the 200m world final two years ago and the 100m final last in the sprint finish and she edged out return to top level competition - after hav- heat beating American Charonda Williams. Kenyan Winny Chebet. ing a baby last year - beyond her. Sunday. While Bolt cannot break the record for world titles this The Nigerian - who trains in the United week-he can equal the present mark of eight of Carl Lewis and Chebet was to go through as one of The 31-year-old - who took the event States with 2011 100m world champion Michael Johnson-that could fall on Friday to American great the fastest losers. Another American Alysia up after failing as a ballet dancer - could Allyson Felix. —AFP Carmelita Jeter — admitted wear and tear Johnson Montano won her heat as well only jump a best of 1.83 metres, way short was setting in on her body. impressively. The 27-year-old - who sport- of the qualifying mark of 1.92m. — AFP Sports FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 2013

Moscow missing battered, bruised, broken athletes

MOSCOW: Injury is a risk for athletes who “It is mentally and physically bruising,” pion Ashton Eaton told a news conference just that, though he was not quite as sharp as regularly push their bodies to the extremes added Coe, who struggled with injury the before winning the world title. four years ago in Berlin where he set world in the never-ending search for faster, higher, year after retaining his Olympic 1,500 title in “You see a lot of Olympic champions not records in the 100 and 200 metres after win- stronger performances and post-Olympic Los Angeles. “You do more things and you at this meet. I think it does take a toll on your ning both titles at the 2008 Olympics. 2013 seems to have been a particularly bad do them with greater intensity in an Olympic mind and your body.” For an athlete, com- “After Olympics people are tired, they year for casualties. year.” The Moscow casualty list includes peting at the Olympic Games is the pinnacle put their bodies through a very strenuous The exertions of competing in last year’s Kenya’s Olympic and world 800 metres of their career and the thing that makes the period last year,” said U.S. 110 hurdles world Games have left many battered and bruised, champion David Rudisha and twice world years of training and sacrifice worth it. record holder Aries Merritt. so the world championships in Moscow have marathon winner Abel Kirui, Jamaican Yohan Consequently, many struggle to main- “When it (the world championships) falls been hit by a string of absentees and the Blake - the 2011 100 metres gold medallist - tain that level of performance and some may after Olympic year I think people suffer - event has been at risk of becoming more and Olympic 1,500 champion Taoufik never attain it again. Of those athletes in though that wasn’t the case in Berlin when about who is not competing than who is. Makhloufi of Algeria. Moscow, few will expect to emulate the Usain Bolt was able to do amazing things a For twice-Olympic 1,500 metres champi- The heptathlon was particularly hard hit heights that were so joyously witnessed by year after Beijing.” on and London 2012 organiser Sebastian with the three London medallists, Britain’s thousands over 10 glorious days in London’s However, even the world’s greatest Coe it was only to be expected. “Athletes that Jessica Ennis-Hill, Lilli Schwarzkopf of Olympic stadium. “This year the results were sprinter was more workmanlike than ‘wow’ have emerged from a big Olympic year tend Germany and Russian Tatyana Chernova all relatively slower than we had in previous when winning the 100 metres final in 9.77 to be injury prone. We’ve lost people along missing due to various ailments, leaving years. It’s just because of the Olympics. Many seconds on a stormy night on Sunday. the way this year and the doesn’t surprise unheralded Ukrainian Ganna Melnichenko to of the athletes still feel tired and drained Sadly for those who do win gold in me,” he told a news conference in Moscow win her first major title at the age of 30. after the tough preparation and high-grade Moscow, their moment of glory will be taint- last week. “When I came out of my 1984 Plenty of athletes have arrived in the competition at the Olympic Games,” U.S ed by those asking what might have been. Olympic campaign, my father, who was my Russian capital seemingly held together with men’s coach Mike Holloway said. Heptathlon champion Melnichenko’s total of coach, described training me the following sticking plaster. “Am I the same as I was last However, there is always an exception to 6,586 points was a personal best but it was year like training an eggshell because an year? I think physically I actually feel a little the rule and unsurprisingly, the sport’s also the lowest winning score in the history Olympic year is hard. more worn down,” Olympic decathlon cham- biggest superstar Usain Bolt proved to be of the world championships.

Preview Farah bids to emulate Felix begins quest Bekele, Bolt returns for titles record MOSCOW: Britain’s Mo Farah will bid to become the second man to achieve the double of the world and Olympics 5000 and 10000 MOSCOW: United States sprint great metres titles while Usain Bolt begins his defence of the 200m today at the World Athletics Championships. Alysson Felix had a gentle run out in her Farah, who won an emotional double gold at the Olympics first round heat at the World Athletics last year in the Somalia-born athlete’s adopted home city of Championships yesterday as she got her London, produced a courageous display to win the 10000m last campaign for a fourth 200 metres title Saturday and starts firm favourite to defend his 5000m title. If under way. The 27-year-old Olympic successful he will emulate Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele’s double in champion - who took silver in the event in 2009 which followed his victories in the 2008 Olympic Games. Daegu in 2011 - can become the most suc- Farah, whose American training partner Galen Rupp was a cessful athlete in the championships’ his- huge help to him in the 10000m and will again be in the field, tory if she wins the title on Friday for her admitted Sunday’s race had taken more out of him than he had ninth gold. At present Felix shares the expected and just did the bare minimum to qualify for the final at record with legendary compatriots Carl the shorter distance. Lewis and Michael Johnson while “It’s going to be a demanding Jamaican Usain Bolt can equal the eight race and I need as much energy as gold mark if he wins the 200m and possible to have the reserves when Jamaica take the 4x100m relay. the final kick comes,” said the 30- year-old. Felix - who has five relay golds - will Farah, whose post 10000m race face a tough fight for her crown from rubdown had to be improvised Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who is under a tree outside the stadium as bidding for a sprint double after regaining security men would not allow him her 100m title. MOSCOW: (From left) Britain’s Jodie Williams, Iraq’s Dana Abdul Razak, United into the official area, said people Fraser-Pryce, who won the women’s States’ Allyson Felix and France’s Myriam Soumare compete in a women’s 200- shouldn’t regard victory was his for 100m world title by the largest margin in meter heat at the World Athletics Championships. — AP the taking. “I was getting texts from the history of the world championships, people just saying go and do it,” blazed a lone trail through her heat, com- “My legs aren’t feeling as fresh obvious- ed a bright red flower in her hair, a habit Mo Farah said Farah. “I’m like: it’s not as easy ing off the bend well clear and then eased ly as they were the first day of competi- she adopted when as a youngster she as that. If it was, it would be boring. up 60m from the finish. tion,” said Okagabare. “As regards what I trained with boys and wanted to retain her Seriously. If it was, everyone would However, both Fraser-Pryce and Felix can do in this event? Well, I take each femininity - is seeking to secure a medal be winning.” His chief opponents should be Kenyan duo Edwin will do well to keep an eye out for Ivory Soi, the only athlete to beat Farah at the distance this year, and round as it comes, otherwise it is too much here after finishing fourth and fifth in the Coast’s Murielle Ahoure, whose silver for my brain.” 2011 world final and Olympics, respective- Olympic bronze medalist Thomas Longosiwa. With both the medal in the 100m on Monday was the Kenyans and Ethiopians likely to try and gang up on Farah, the That quartet will have more testing ly. Russian Marina Pospelova took second first time that an African sprinter had won Briton will once again be looking for the faithful Rupp to sacrifice runs later on Thursday in the semi-finals. and her two compatriots Ekaterina himself in paving the way for him to take gold. a medal in the women’s event. Russia look to have a strong hand in the Poistogova and Elena Kotulskaya also Bolt has kept a low profile since he powered to victory in The 25-year-old - known in her country women’s 800m as all four of their powerful went on to finish second in their heats and Sunday’s 100m final, regaining the title he lost when he was dis- as ‘the female Drogba’ - won her heat in a team qualified for Friday’s semi-finals. keep alive the hopes of the home crowd of qualified for a false start in Daegu two years ago. gentle canter and looks capable of also Their leading hope defending champi- a medals clean sweep. The 26-year-old, world record holder in both the 100 and becoming the first African to win a 200m on Mariya Savinova, bidding for a sixth The hosts will also be looking to the 200m, made up for that blip by retaining his 200m crown and medal. successive major title, finished third in her women’s high jump as a gold medal tar- there appears to be little in the way of opposition in barring his Nigeria’s Blessing Okagabare could heat which was the fastest of the lot, and get. All three of their contenders qualified way to a third title in Moscow. “I’m looking forward to running also achieve that. Bidding to reach her was won by American Brenda Martinez. for the final including poster girl and the 200m, I can’t promise anything (regarding a new world third final of the championships — having Savinova, who won Olympic gold last defending champion Anna Chicherova. record). Hopefully everything will come together,” said Bolt. taken silver year, had to push herself a bit to ensure However, Chicherova’s predecessor as Jamaica could well sweep the medals with Warren Weir look- in the long jump and was out of the she finished in the first three - the auto- Russia’s number one the 2004 Olympic ing to improve on his Olympic bronze from last year and Nickel medals in the 100m - the 24-year-old matic qualifying spots for the semi-finals - champion Yelena Slesarenko found the Ashmeade hoping he can move up a notch after placing fifth in moved into the semi-finals winning her the 200m world final two years ago and the 100m final last in the sprint finish and she edged out return to top level competition - after hav- heat beating American Charonda Williams. Kenyan Winny Chebet. ing a baby last year - beyond her. Sunday. While Bolt cannot break the record for world titles this The Nigerian - who trains in the United week-he can equal the present mark of eight of Carl Lewis and Chebet was to go through as one of The 31-year-old - who took the event States with 2011 100m world champion Michael Johnson-that could fall on Friday to American great the fastest losers. Another American Alysia up after failing as a ballet dancer - could Allyson Felix. —AFP Carmelita Jeter — admitted wear and tear Johnson Montano won her heat as well only jump a best of 1.83 metres, way short was setting in on her body. impressively. The 27-year-old - who sport- of the qualifying mark of 1.92m. — AFP Sports FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 2013 Pressure on Moyes as City and Chelsea up the ante

LONDON: The last time Manchester United began a season with- out Alex Ferguson in charge Ron Atkinson was shown the Old Trafford exit door before Christmas and the rest, as they say, is his- tory. It is almost unthinkable that United’s new manager David Moyes will suffer the fate that befell Atkinson in 1986 because he has inherited a team that romped to the Premier League title in May to sign off Ferguson’s trophy-laden 27-year reign. The gritty Scot will be under immense scrutiny, however, as he tries to keep the United juggernaut in front of neighbors Manchester City and Chelsea, both of whom boast new managers well-equipped to plot the Old Trafford side’s downfall. New Barcelona coach Gerardo Martino. Moyes, the man charged with replacing the most successful manager ever in English football, forged a solid reputation at Player exodus accentuates Everton despite never winning a trophy but finally has the financial exclusive Real, Barca battle backing to satisfy his hunger for silverware. A 2-0 win over FA Cup winners Wigan Athletic at Wembley in MADRID: the season-opening Community Shield last weekend would have A mass exodus of talent from La Liga means the 2013- whet his appetite but Moyes knows outwitting City’s Manuel 2014 campaign looks more than ever to be an exclusive battle for Pellegrini and Chelsea’s Jose Mourinho will be a far tougher propo- the title between wealthy Real Madrid and Barcelona. sition. Keeping striker Wayne Rooney on board and out of the For years, the Spanish league has drawn players from all over clutches of title rivals Chelsea before the transfer window closes the world but while Real and Barca, the world’s richest clubs by will be vital for Moyes whose only signing so far has been revenue, continue to attract the biggest names, the trend seems Uruguayan right back Guillermo Varela. to be swinging the other way for financial reasons. The Rooney saga has been a regular fixture on the back pages There are 14 Spanish players alone who have moved to the throughout the close season, along with Tottenham Hotspur’s English Premier League for the new season, including interna- Gareth Bale, chased by Real Madrid, and Liverpool’s Luis Suarez tionals Alvaro Negredo, Roberto Soldado and Jesus Navas. whose relationship with Liverpool has reached an all-time low. Spain’s Thiago Alcantara has gone to Bayern Munich, Arsenal have been trailing Suarez and offered 40 million pounds Argentina striker Gonzalo Higuain to Napoli, and Colombia striker ($61.85 million) for the Uruguay striker as Arsene Wenger tries to Radamel Falcao to Monaco. placate the club’s fans for whom the annual consolation prize of Champions Barca, under new coach Gerardo Martino, can per- Champions League qualification is wearing thin. haps shake off the loss of Thiago with the depth of talent in their While Arsenal, local rivals Tottenham Hostpur - who have invest- Man United’s Scottish manager David Moyes. midfield, but have strengthened anyway by splurging 57 million ed 50 million pounds in Brazil midfielder Paulinho, Belgium winger Manchester City’s 2012-13 campaign was instantly forgettable euros ($75.62 million) on Brazil striker Neymar. Nacer Chadli and Spain striker Roberto Soldado - and Liverpool are as they surrendered their title meekly, suffered Champions League Real also have a new coach in Carlo Ancelotti and should be all eyeing a top-four finish, United, City and Chelsea look the most humiliation and flopped in the FA Cup final. able to cover for the missing Higuain. They have lavished over 75 likely title protagonists. Mourinho, once tipped as Ferguson’s suc- Roberto Mancini was promptly jettisoned and replaced with million euros on players such as Spain Under-21 internationals cessor, is reunited with Chelsea nine years after first walking into Chilean Pellegrini and the man known as “The Engineer” has been Isco and Asier Illarramendi. Stamford Bridge, declaring himself the “Special One” and going on busy adding quality to City’s squad, particularly in attack. They start their campaign at home to Real Betis on Sunday to win every domestic honour for the club, including two league City have flexed their considerable financial muscles by signing (1900 GMT), while Barca are at home to Levante earlier in the day titles. Since leaving Chelsea after falling out with the club’s Russian Brazilian midfielder Fernandinho from Shakhtar Donetsk, Sevilla’s (1700). billionaire owner Roman Abramovic in 2007, Mourinho has gar- Spain duo Jesus Navas and Alvaro Negredo and Fiorentina’s Real and Barca benefit from individual television deals which nished his CV by winning the Champions League at Inter Milan and Montenegro striker Stevan Jovetic. give them around half of the total revenue generated by La Liga briefly knocking Barcelona off their perch with Real Madrid. “Fans of Manchester City will see a different way how they play and help them to maintain squads whose second XIs could prob- Chelsea have not featured in the last two title races as managers (compared to) other years,” Pellegrini, who will be expected to ably finish in the top half of the table. have come and gone like London buses at Stamford Bridge but make significant inroads in the Champions League, said. “I’m sure Their closest rivals, such as Atletico Madrid, Valencia, Real with Mourinho back at the controls again, the Blues are already we are going to play an attractive game.” Sociedad, Sevilla and Malaga, have all lost their leading lights. being tipped as the team to beat this season. While the usual suspects are likely to occupy the top six places The money they have taken in from sales has had to be used Unlike when he first showed up in west London, the 50-year-old come next May, there is plenty of intrigue elsewhere as the Premier in belt-tightening exercises as they strive to meet the new Portuguese has been understated and less active in the transfer League and its galaxy of overseas stars reopens for business this Financial Fair Play rules being imposed by European soccer’s gov- market, although Germany forward Andre Schuerrle, an 18 million weekend with some eye-catching fixtures. erning body UEFA, rather than invested in new players. pounds signing from Bayer Leverkusen, will add to the attacking None more so than Michael Laudrup’s League Cup winners Atletico, who start out at Sevilla on Sunday (2100), finished options provided by Juan Mata and Eden Hazard. Swansea City, fast becoming a Spanish stronghold in south Wales, third last season to qualify for the Champions League and gave Mourinho can also count on his trusty lieutenants Frank at home to a Manchester United side who face difficult games the top two a run for their money before faltering near the end of Lampard, John Terry and Ashley Cole for another season at least. against Chelsea and Liverpool in their next two matches. the season. They sold top scorer Falcao for some 50 million euros The biggest test of his man-management skills will be solving “It’s the toughest start we have had since I have been here,” said but hope to have landed one of the bargains of the close season - the riddle of Spain striker Fernando Torres, whose inconsistent United skipper Nemanja Vidic. “But we have trained well. Everyone Spain striker David Villa for a fee that could rise to only 5 million form has flummoxed a series of coaches, although snatching wants to put themselves back into contention to win a trophy. I see euros. —Reuters Rooney from United might spare him the trouble. the hunger.” Schalke seek Draxler boost

BERLIN: Schalke 04 are hoping gifted midfielder Their campaign floundered early a year ago and their squad and are hoping to wrap up a deal for Julian Draxler will be available for tomorrow’s trip to they needed a late-season surge to finish fourth in the Bayern Munich midfielder Luiz Gustavo. VfL Wolfsburg as the Champions League competitors league and salvage a Champions League playoff According to several German media sources, the look to stay in touch with the leaders by recording a berth. “We obviously all know what we have with deal with the Brazilian, who is desperate to play regu- first league win of the season. Julian,” team mate Christian Clemens told reporters. larly ahead of next year’s World Cup on home soil, was The 19-year-old prospect, who in just two years “You can easily see that when he is not there, we lack all but sealed. Treble winners Bayern travel to has become indispensable for both Schalke and a bit of creativity. We hope he will be fit in time for the Eintracht Frankfurt, who are still reeling from their 6-1 Germany, picked up a heel injury and nasty cut to his game.” In last week’s season opener, Schalke rallied opening defeat to Hertha Berlin. Bayern looked to calf in last week’s 3-3 draw against Hamburg, and only twice to level against Hamburg and Clemens, who have lost none of their sharpness when they eased returned to light training on Wednesday. joined in the close season, said the two dropped past Borussia Moenchengladbach 3-1 last week. “Whether he will be fit in time for the Wolfsburg points from that game needed to be recouped in Last season’s Bundesliga and Champions League game remains unclear,” the club said in a statement. Wolfsburg. “It did not work out with a win against runners-up Borussia Dortmund host promoted Schalke, who next week face Greece’s PAOK for a spot Hamburg, so we are even more motivated to win at Eintracht Braunschweig on Sunday. in the Champions League group stage after Ukraine’s Wolfsburg.” The 2009 Bundesliga champions, on the Dortmund playmaker Ilkay Guendogan is a doubt Metalist Kharkiv were disqualified for match-fixing on other hand, will be looking for their first points of the after he came off with a back injury in Germany’s 3-3 Wednesday, will be hoping to avoid dropping too season after suffering a 2-0 defeat at regional rivals draw with Paraguay on Wednesday, a game in which many points early this season. Hanover 96 last week. They also want to strengthen he scored the home side’s first goal. — Reuters Sports FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 2013 46 Germany rescue draw with Paraguay KAISERSLAUTERN: Germany had to fight Sweden and Ireland also have 11 points. trol. But another defensive misunderstand- effort from substitute Bender to break back twice to draw 3-3 against Paraguay in a “This performance came at the right time ing left Samudio alone and unmarked at the Paraguay’s resistance in the 75th after a one- friendly in Kaiserslautern on Wednesday with because there is no way we can play like that far post to score again in first-half stoppage sided second half with the South Americans their defence looking more like a work in against Austria,” Germany keeper Manuel time with only Paraguay’s fourth shot on boxed in. progress than that befitting 2014 World Cup Neuer told reporters. goal. “We had concentration lapses and It was a successful debut for Paraguay contenders. The German defence was caught nap- made big mistakes in the first 15 minutes,” coach Victor Genes, previously in charge of Germany’s eye-popping abundance of ping at the start with Jose Ariel Nunez latch- Germany coach Joachim Loew told the under-20 team, who replaced Gerardo talent in midfield was clearly obvious as the ing on to a deep cross and easing past cen- reporters. “We were badly organised in the Pelusso after he quit following a home loss to hosts carved out a dozen clear scoring tral defender Mats Hummels to beat keeper first half, we gave away far too much space Chile in June in a World Cup qualifier. Genes chances but their backline was leaking badly Manuel Neuer in the eighth minute. The visi- and made huge errors.” is Paraguay’s third coach since Gerardo in the first half, letting in three goals. Goals tors silenced the crowd five minutes later “It is clear some players are lacking fresh- Martino, now at Barcelona, left after leading from Ilkay Guendogan and Thomas Mueller when Wilson Pittoni drilled home a well- ness and match practice. It is the start of the them to the final of the 2011 Copa America. cancelled out Paraguay’s surprise 2-0 lead timed shot after Germany midfielder Sami season. We will not play like that. We will “This is a young team, starting now and and Lars Bender levelled late in the game Khedira’s miscued clearance outside the box. improve as we always do in September and gaining experience. So it is great to get a after Miguel Samudio had again put the visi- Ilkay Guendogan, partnering Khedira as October.” German central defender Jerome result like that,” said Paraguay captain Roque tors ahead on the stroke of halftime. holding midfielder in the absence of Bastian Boateng was brought in for Per Mertesacker Santa Cruz. Germany, top of World Cup qualifying Schweinsteiger, curled in a left-foot shot five in the second half and the Bayern Munich “Germany are one of the world’s best Group C with 16 points from six games, host minutes later to cut the deficit. Mueller con- players combined well with Hummels to teams, one of the favorites for the World Cup Austria, five points behind, on Sept. 6 before trolled a deep pin-point cross to level in the help settle nerves at the back. and obviously such a result is a big one for travelling to the Faroe Islands four days later. 31st as Germany looked to finally take con- The hosts, however, needed a long-range us.” —Reuters Alves’ own goal sinks Brazil

BASEL: Brazil fullback Dani Alves scored an Neymar and the impish Shaqiri repeatedly Tempers frayed midway through the first embarrassing own goal to send them tumbling jinked around Brazilian defenders, who clearly half when a rash challenge by Neymar led to a to a 1-0 defeat against Switzerland in a friendly did not enjoy being on the receiving end of scuffle on the touchline and yellow cards for on Wednesday, ending their run of six straight some trickery. the Brazilian and Valon Behrami. wins. Alves put through his own net at the start “The result was not a surprise because we Marcelo was then lucky to escape a book- of the second half to give the feisty Swiss just weren’t match fit and we were facing a team ing for a rough tackle on Shaqiri. Having threat- reward for taking the match to the irritable whose players have completed their pre-sea- ened several times in the first half, Switzerland 2014 World Cup hosts. son and are in much better shape than ours,” went ahead in the 47th minute when Hans Far from being overawed by facing a Brazil ‘Big Phil’ told reporters. “This (August date) is Seferovic crossed from the right and Alves, side who demolished Spain 3-0 in the an impossible date to play and it appears to me under no real pressure, headed into his own Confederations Cup final in June, unsung that from next year, FIFA will remove it. goal at the far post. Brazil nearly gave another Switzerland’s hard tackling and cheeky skills “We wanted more, we wanted to win, we goal away when goalkeeper Jefferson slipped clearly unnerved the South Americans. had chances, we had more chances to score. as he attempted to clear an awkward Dante Xherdan Shaqiri produced an inspired per- But it’s within our expectations and what I told back pass, but he recovered just in time to formance as he upstaged Brazil forward you before the game and, as I told you, we scramble the ball away from the lurking Neymar, who was jeered several times by the have a long way to go before the World Cup.” Seferovic. Shaqiri was a show apart as he twice crowd after falling over and failing to win a free His opposite number Ottmar Hitzfeld tested Jefferson with lone-range shots in the kick. Brazil won all five matches at the refused to get carried away and said next first-half and nearly scored a second with a LONDON: England striker Wayne Rooney chases down Confederations Cup and beat France 3-0 in a month’s World Cup qualifier at home to rasping drive midway through the second. the ball during the international friendly football match friendly before that tournament. However, Iceland would be a stiffer test. There were some flashes from Neymar ear- between England and Scotland. —AFP Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari was unruffled “Every win is good for the self-confidence ly on while Paulinho headed against the by the shock defeat. but the most important now are three points crossbar and Oscar should have opened the Lambert marks dream Switzerland quickly got under the visitors’ against Iceland when there will be more pres- scoring when he went clear just before the skin as Stephan Lichtensteiner tangled with sure,” said the German. break. —Reuters debut against Scotland LONDON: Journeyman striker Rickie Lambert scored with his first touch in international football as England fought off a tenacious Scottish uprising to earn a 3-2 friendly victory on Wednesday. The 31-year-old former beetroot factory worker, who has toiled his way through the minor leagues, thundered home a 70th-minute header just after coming off the bench to complete a fairytale journey from the footballing wilderness. Lambert’s winner was a fitting way to decide a feisty encounter between the two oldest rivals in international football and the first for 14 years. Scotland took a shock early lead through James Morrison and after Theo Walcott levelled the blue-shirted visitors sent the 25,000-strong Tartan Army wild again just after the break when veteran Kenny Miller fired home a low shot. Danny Welbeck soothed English nerves with a second equalis- er before Lambert, who arrived at Southampton via outposts like Macclesfield, Stockport County and Rochdale, sealed a dream debut with the winning goal. He could have scored again in stoppage-time but shot against the post with the goal at his mercy. “I’ve been dreaming of that all my life, it means so much,” Lambert said. “It was my first chance from a corner and I fancy myself in the air, it was a great ball from Leighton Baines and I got a firm header on it. “I was trying to play it cool this week but deep down I wanted to scream. It was bril- liant. It shows how far I’ve come.” With much work still to be done if England are to qualify for the World Cup finals, there was plenty for manager Roy Hodgson to ponder, particularly in defence, but he preferred to concentrate on the positives. “We made life difficult for ourselves by going behind twice,” Hodgson told reporters. “But it was very satisfying to win a game like that and even SWITZERLAND: Brazilian forward Neymar (right) challenges Switzerland’s midfielder Valon Behrami during a friendly more so when you get a fairytale story like Rickie Lambert who did football match. —AFP very well when he came on. —Reuters Sports47 FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 2013

Argentina defeat Italy Photo of the day in entertaining friendly

ROME: Argentina made light of substitute Ever Banega fired to this Argentina, we were playing the absence of injured striker home a fierce low shot from the a team of great quality, one of the Lionel Messi to beat Italy 2-1 in an edge of the area just three min- strongest,” Italy coach Cesare entertaining friendly in Rome on utes after coming on at the start Prandelli told reporters. Wednesday. of the second half. “We made some mistakes at The South Americans dominat- Lorenzo Insigne pulled one the back and lacked a bit of fight ed the early stages at a half-full back for Italy against the run of but we still did good things.” Italy Olympic Stadium and Gonzalo play with a sweetly-struck curling and Argentina have won six Higuain put them ahead after 20 shot from outside the area on 76 World Cups between them and minutes with a curling shot after a minutes, setting up a spirited are both on course to qualify sloppy error by Daniele De Rossi. finale by the hosts who finally comfortably for next year’s tour- Argentina went 2-0 up when exerted some pressure. “All credit nament in Brazil. Italy, who have not beaten Argentina since 1987 and who were without injured striker Mario Balotelli, were often made to look sluggish but also had their chances. Rodrigo Palacio went close for Argentina just before the break after a textbook counter-attack and substitute goalkeeper Federico Marchetti prevented Italy going three down in the sec- ond half when he scrambled away Javier Villegas of Chile of performs during the final at the Red Bull X- a close-range effort from Higuain. Fighters World Tour in Madrid, Spain—www.redbullcontentpool.com Alessandro Diamanti hit the bar for Italy with a second-half free kick and one of the pluses for Poland beat sluggish Denmark the home side was 22 year-old Insigne, who always looked lively WARSAW: Poland scored two early second- keeper Stephan Andersen. after coming on as substitute and half goals to beat Denmark 3-2 in a friendly on Two minutes later, Piotr Zielinski scored was delighted with his sweetly- Wednesday, giving the Poles a rare victory after from just inside the penalty box. Denmark were struck goal. a poor World Cup qualifying campaign. sluggish in the second half after outplaying “I always try to do this kind of Poland, who trailed 1-2 at halftime, Poland for most of the first period when ITALY: Italy’s Alessio Cerci (left) jumps for the ball in front of shot in training and today it equalised when Kuba Blaszczykowski threaded Christian Eriksen scored from a free kick in the Argentina’s Jose Maria Basanta during a friendly football went well for me,” said the a precise pass through a wall of Danish defend- 18th minute and Martin Braithwaite added a match. —AFP Napoli striker. —Reuters ers to Waldemar Sobota who shot past goal- second just before the interval. —Reuters

Portugal salvage draw Spain win Ecuador friendly

ALGARVE: A late Cristiano Ronaldo tap-in salvaged a 1- GUAYAQUIL: Alvaro Negredo 1 home draw for an injury-ravaged Portugal side and Santi Cazorla made the against the Netherlands in a lukewarm friendly in the most of rare starts for Spain with Algarve stadium on Wednesday. the goals that earned the world The Dutch, boasting a perfect record of six wins out and European champions a 2-0 six in World Cup qualifying Group D, drew first blood friendly win over Ecuador in through midfielder Kevin Strootman who fired in a Guayaquil on Wednesday. New clean left-foot shot from just outside the box after 17 Manchester City striker Negredo minutes. broke the deadlock in the 24th Portugal lacked inspiration in the first half as coach minute with a clever back- Paulo Bento was forced to line up a makeshift midfield heeled finish from a Cazorla due to injuries to several players including Joao cross, and the midfielder drilled Moutinho, Nani and Silvestre Varela. the second low into the corner But the hosts reacted to the goal and pressed on in in the 62nd. Spain coach Vicente the second half, getting their reward five minutes del Bosque had left a number of before the final whistle when captain Ronaldo pounced regulars at home and used the on a corner and levelled with an easy tap-in. game to give squad players a The packed 30,000-strong Algarve stadium, located run out with three under-21 in the popular tourist region in southern Portugal, had internationals making their sen- many holiday travellers in the stands but those rooting ior debuts. for the home were made to wait. Barcelona winger Cristian Although Portugal reacted after conceding the goal Tello, Real Sociedad defender and Ronaldo had a lobbed goal disallowed for offside, Inigo Martinez and Atletico the hosts lacked efficiency up front for most of the Madrid midfielder Koke all fea- match. tured in a game dominated by Midfielder Ruben Micael should have levelled just the visitors, although Ecuador before the half hour but missed a sitter and Miguel did hit the post. Veloso had a venomous shot saved by keeper Michel The match was halted briefly Vorm in the second half. in the 11th minute as fans at the Dutch substitute Klaas-Jan Huntelaar also lost a one- Monumental stadium rose to on-one battle against Portuguese keeper Beto in the pay tribute to Ecuador forward second-half which would have made it 2-0 but, in the Christian Benitez who died last end, it was the hosts who kept pumping forward until month of a heart failure aged 27. Ronaldo eventually equalised. Benitez, who wore the The Portuguese still top World Cup qualifying Group number 11, had scored four F after Northern Ireland defeated second-placed Russia goals in their World Cup 1-0 on Wednesday. Portugal are on 14 points and the qualifiers, making him Russians two behind with one game in hand. —Reuters Ecuador’s second top scorer ECUADOR: Spain’s Andres Iniesta (left) vies for the ball with Ecuador’s Pedro in the campaign. —Reuters Quinonez, during a friendly football match.—AFP Good day for

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SWITZERLAND: Brazilian forward Neymar (right) vies for the ball with Switzerland’s defender Philippe Senderos during a friendly football match. —AFP

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