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widespread human rights abuses, to the South Korean news agency Traffi c lights are in place, but rarely is a luxury. although many of their accounts Yonhap, he has described himself as used. North Korea has a long history of inside date back to the 1990s. an Internet expert. Pyongyang’s eight cinemas are tense relations with other regional According to a report from the He is thought to have fi nally said to be frequently closed due powers and the West — particularly UN High Commission for Human annointed the youngest of his three to lack of power; when open, they since it began its nuclear Rights this year: “The UN General sons Kim Jong-un as his heir and screen domestic propaganda movies programme. China is regarded Assembly has recognised and “Brilliant Comrade”, following with inspiring titles such as The Fate as almost its sole ally; even so, condemned severe Democratic his reported stroke last year. Even of a Self-Defence Corps Man. relations are fraught, based as much People’s Republic of Korea human less is known about this leader- The state news agency KCNA as anything on China’s fear that rights violations including the in-waiting. Educated in Bern, runs a curious combination of brief the collapse of the current regime use of torture, public executions, Switzerland, the 25-year-old is said news items such as its coverage of could lead to a fl ood of refugees and extrajudicial and arbitrary to be a basketball fan. His former Clinton’s visit, angry denunciations growing US infl uence on its border. detention, and forced labour; the classmates say he also spoke highly of the treachery of “puppet Although North Korea is thought absence of due process and the rule of Jean-Claude Van Damme. authorities” in South Korea and to have begun seeking nuclear of law; death sentences for political The Dear Leader’s eldest son, long tales of the leadership’s care for weapons as early as the 60s, because Motoring off ences; and a large number of Kim Jong-nam, is believed to have ordinary people. it feared attack, the issue fi rst began PAGE prison camps. fallen from favour after Japanese In the 60s, North Korea was making waves in 1993, when it said The pint-sized iQ from Toyota has a “The government operates a authorities caught him trying one of the most industrialised of that it planned to withdraw from head-turning design. But there are semi-hereditary system of social to enter their country on a fake East Asian nations. But there is no the Nuclear Non-Proliferation 4 several other factors that could be discrimination whereby all citizens passport in 2001, apparently clearer way to see its stagnation Treaty and refused to allow fine-tuned for a better drive. are classifi ed into 53 subgroups seeking to visit Tokyo Disneyland. than to compare it to its neighbour, inspectors access to its nuclear under overall security ratings — But most analysts suggest China — once a poor relation, now sites. As relations deteriorated, the ‘core’, ‘wavering’, and ‘hostile’ — that whoever takes over will be a capitalist powerhouse. Travel US braced itself for war — averted based on their family’s perceived essentially a fi gurehead or arbitrator down the river which marks the two when a visit by Jimmy Carter helped Heartfelt love loyalty to the regime. This rating rather than a sole ruler. They countries’ border and the disparity to pave the way for a breakthrough PAGE determines virtually every facet of a suggest the elite is composed of is striking. On one side, neon blazes deal. The emotion felt on the part of the person’s life, including employment three broad interest groups rather at night; on the other, there is Despite ups and downs in the car owner is very important and it is and educational opportunities, than factions — the Kim family, almost complete darkness. relationship, Madeleine Albright 5 emotion that automakers play on to place of residence, access to medical the military and other offi cials “The scarcity of cars, the early — then secretary of state — visited commit customers to a particular car facilities, and even access to stores.” — who know that their fates are nights, the almost total absence of Pyongyang in 2000 and an arms model. North Korea is the world’s only intertwined and who all wish to entertainment places, combined control treaty was agreed. With communist dynasty: Kim Jong-il maintain the status quo. with the electricity shortages, the arrival of George Bush — who inherited power on the death of The Democratic People’s Republic means that by midnight Pyongyang deemed the North the third his father Kim Il-sung in 1994, of Korea was formally established in is eff ectively a ghost city until six member of the “axis of evil”, although the latter remains eternal 1948. Korea had been divided at the the next morning,” writes Paul alongside Iraq and Iran — all bets president and his son is instead Dear 38th parallel following the defeat French in his book North Korea: The were off . In 2006 the North’s fi rst Leader. of its occupier Japan in World War Paranoid Peninsula. Only around nuclear test brought international Offi cial biographers say that the II; the Soviet Union administered half of households have bicycles, condemnation. But not long 67-year-old was born in a military the North and the US the South. leaving most to walk to work. afterwards, six-party aid for camp on Baekdu Mountain, his birth When they were unable to reach a From 2002, the country has disarmament talks began. foretold by a swallow and heralded deal, separate governments were experimented with economic Those hit a wall last year after by the appearance of a double established — both maintaining reforms, such as opening markets Washington and Pyongyang clashed rainbow over the mountain and a they were the legitimate rulers of — although stock is usually very over how to verify disagreement. new star in the heavens. According the whole peninsula. Kim Il-sung, limited. Although Chinese goods Tensions were also rising on the Riddles of Oz to Soviet records, however, he was an anti-Japanese resistance fi ghter, are now available, most products peninsula thanks to the South’s PAGE born in a Siberian village. took the reins in the North. are unique to North Korea — such election of Lee Myung-bak, who No Hollywood film has been more In addition to his celestial In 1950, following a series of as Vinalon, a widely used synthetic ended his predecessor’s “sunshine dogged by rumour, legend and myth endorsement, Kim is a three-time clashes along the border zone, textile made from limestone. policy” of free-fl owing aid. 6 as The Wizard of Oz. Seventy years on, Euna Lee (left) and Laura Ling, two American journalists who were arrested in March after allegedly crossing into elected member of the country’s the North invaded the South with But many analysts suggest that Since then, the North has how true are these claims? North* Korea from China, speak with reporters as former president Bill Clinton and former vice President Al Gore look hanks to his trademark rubber-stamp parliament. The the approval of the Soviet Union, the North has now virtually given ratcheted up its rhetoric, tested on after the two arrived at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California on Wednesday. Cover photograph: North Koreans Mao suit and Elvis- country goes to the poll once every but only limited military support. up on such reforms. And in May, as another nuclear device and walk by a statue of the late leader Kim Il-sung in the capital Pyongyang in this May 1, 2004 file photo. style sunglasses, and to fi ve years and there is one candidate Despite initial successes, UN forces tensions on the peninsula escalated, launched a Taepodong 2 long- North Korea’s nuclear per seat; turnout in 2003 was led by the US pushed the troops it announced that it was tearing up range rocket. Though the rocket Art & Culture Tprogramme, Kim 99.9%. back and captured Pyongyang. the contracts for the Kaesong joint fl ew rather further than on its PAGE Jong-il has become an instantly Kim is said to have a fear of fl ying; China’s entry into the war led to industrial complex it established fi rst test three years ago, when it With prized pieces on loan from New recognisable fi gure and his country his state visits to Russia and China a bloody stalemate; around 2.5mn with the South — a rare source disintegrated within seconds, it was York’s Museum of Modern Art, the a regular feature in news headlines. have been made by armoured train. people are believed to have died. A of much-needed income, which far from successful. 12 avant-garde movement’s biggest-ever Yet most people know little about Only once is his voice thought ceasefi re was eventually agreed in employed 30,000 North Koreans. On the plus side, most experts exhibition, Bauhaus — A Conceptual the “hermit kingdom”; a title to have been broadcast: in 1992, 1953, but a peace treaty has never In the countryside, the situation regarded its escalating actions this Model is drawing good crowds. World’s only fi rst applied to ancient Korea, but during a military parade, he told the been signed and the Demilitarised is more pressing than in the towns. year as a bid for attention from since judged perfectly suited to the crowd: “Glory to the heroic soldiers Zone is one of the most heavily A crippling famine in the mid- Barack Obama’s administration modern North. of the People’s Army!” militarised places in the world. 1990s killed hundreds of thousands — a bid that appears to have been It is successful not only at While many have portrayed him Relations with the Soviet Union of people and although the situation successful, given Bill Clinton’s visit. limiting its citizens’ access to as a clownish and eccentric fi gure — deteriorated rapidly in the 60s, has improved, the country remains While primarily concerned with information — only senior offi cials an image no doubt reinforced by his leaving the country more reliant highly dependent on food aid — the the fate of the two US reporters, can use the Internet, for example characterisation in Team America: on China, but Kim developed an World Food Programme estimates and billed by the White House as — but also foreigners’. Intelligence World Police — others say he is ideology known as juche or self- that 8.7mn of its 23mn inhabitants “solely private”, analysts believe it communist agencies around the world are smart and even witty. Shin Sang- reliance — as well as a personality need assistance. The range of food will in time lead to renewed talks. — reduced to poring over photos of ok — a South Korean fi lm director cult — which thrives to this day items is extremely limited and meat Guardian News & Media Kim to ascertain his state of health who was kidnapped with his actor under his son. and therefore the country’s stability. wife in 1978 so that he could build Football is extremely popular and Much of what we know about him a North Korean fi lm industry — has the national team has just qualifi ed Cover comes from the memoirs of his described a man naive in some ways for the World Cup, for the fi rst time Help from the public former sushi chef. but shrewd in others. He said Kim, since 1966. PAGE Story But over the years, more a huge fi lm buff , tended to regard They will be hoping to surpass With the help of the ‘Adopt-a-Statue’ dynasty information has emerged. The Rambo and James Bond fi lms as that notable event; to much programme, ¤2mn have been raised border with China has become records of reality. Yet at one party, surprise, that team beat Italy 1-0 at 13 so far, giving 86 statues and vases a porous, with people moving back when band members rapturously a match in Middlesbrough, gaining new lease on life at Versailles, one of and forth and some in the area using applauded their leader, Kim turned a spot in the quarter-fi nals where France’s most visited tourist sites. Chinese mobile phone networks to Shin and told him: “That’s all they lost to Portugal. North Koreans Bill Clinton’s successful negotiations for the return with smuggled handsets. fake.” also like volleyball and there’s a Until 1987 no visitors from “non- His former sushi chef described fl ying-saucer shaped baseball Regulars aligned” countries were allowed; by a man with a violent temper and a stadium in Pyongyang. of two US journalists have put North Korea in the 1993, around 50 Western tourists a love for large quantities of Hennessy Other landmarks include Comics, Puzzles, Info-guide Page 14-16 year were visiting. Now just under VSOP cognac. Banquets used to the 105-fl oor pyramid-shaped 2,000 a year go there, along with last up to four days; his Pleasure Ryugyong Hotel, which has been [email protected] news again, but what do we really know about Kim up to 30,000 Chinese tourists, Brigade, handpicked young women, under construction since 1987, accompanied by guides at all times. provided the entertainment, several revolving restaurants and Features Editor: Nahla Nainar Photographs are inspected — and sometimes ordered to dance naked. two huge boulevards — 110m Jong-il’s ‘hermit kingdom’? Tania Branigan off ers often deleted — before tourists And that’s about it. Although, wide — in the city. Crossroads are Sub-editor: G John leave. And it is still relatively rare for according to North Korean media, overseen by female traffi c police, Layout artist: Pushpa Raj Shrestha journalists to win access. Kim’s accomplishments are legion. reportedly hand-picked by Kim North Korea’s late leader Kim Il-sung (right) and current leader Kim Jong-il an introduction to the country And then there are the defectors, His offi cial biography says he has Jong-il for their beauty — although chat* in front of a new farming machine in Pyongyang in this August 1982 who paint an alarming picture of composed six operas and according men manage the roundabouts. photo. Page 4 • time out • Monday, August 10, 2009 motoring

* Toyota iQ: A head turner on the road. iQ squeezes in Toyota iQ is big in space and low on emission. What it lacks is either a more sensible set of gear ratios or a more muscular engine. By John Simister

ntriguing little car, the Toyota iQ. the way the fuel-economy and CO2 tests intriguing soundtrack but gain nearly 50% with its engine ring gear. This ring gear, Every drive in one is an event. Other are framed, tests which mandate not just a more power, up from 68bhp to 99bhp. instead of being permanently attached to drivers look on in envy as you squeeze set sequence of speeds and unrealistically Top speed goes up from 93mph to the engine’s flywheel, is coupled to it when its tiny length into a parking space, gentle accelerations but also what gear a car 106mph, acceleration from a standstill to needed via a clutch. helped by the tightest of turning must be in for each part of the test. 62mph takes a claimed 13.4 seconds instead Restart, by depressing the clutch pedal, circles. So each gear is made “long”, because the of 14.1, yet CO emissions don’t suffer much takes less than half a second, and the engine I 2 Frissons of annoyance on the open road, longer-legged the gearing, the lower the fuel as they are still rated at just 113g/km in the elects not to stop at a standstill if sensors as they spy what they assume to be an consumption provided the engine can still UK. detect the cabin hasn’t reached a selected economy car about to get in their way, only generate the meagre acceleration required. This bigger-engined iQ comes only in heat setting or is misted-up. to have the iQ thrum away into the distance. So when you want to accelerate at normal a high-specification iQ3 trim level which Aston Martin has announced plans to sell Sometimes they assume an iQ is narrow rates and not clog up the road, you have to includes larger, 16in wheels and a new an ultra-plush iQ, renamed Aston Martin as well as short, but it is not. Unexpectedly work the engine hard and hang on to the metallic grey paint colour. Cygnet and marketed as the must-have tight squeezes occur in country lanes. This lower gears for longer. There’s the option of an automatic with accessory for urban Aston owners. But, to is the iQ’s major failing: it’s too broad. It was This is not great for fuel economy, and a continuously-variable transmission, me, an iQ has its own strong personality designed to fit two adults between its rear it means that the test-measured average which lets the engine speed roam free to the which should not be made fun of with wheel arches, but if there is width enough of 67.3mpg and 99g/km CO2 will never be benefit of pace if not economy; its claimed ludicrous luxury-car grillework. for two there certainly isn’t the length. replicated in the real world. What the iQ 0-62mph time is slightly better. There are Just before I drove the 1.33, I saw a video If I had designed the iQ, I would have needs, then, is either a more sensible set of no “virtual ratios” to select manually, unlike showing how the iQ earnt its five-star made it narrower, with room for just one gear ratios or a more muscular engine. with some CVTs, but you can lock it in a EuroNCAP crash-test rating. It was smitten adult in the back, or two small children. And given that one of the existing iQ’s big more sporting mode which encourages the hard on the side by a big, cruel Lexus

Anything else I would change? The selling points is its official CO2 rating, for engine to rev more freely. and tossed uncaringly (but safely, for the gearing. Its tiny 1.0-litre, three-cylinder which it must retain those ratios, a bigger Part of the manual’s economy and CO2 occupants) aside. And still its little face engine makes a lovely, deep sound and tries engine is the obvious solution. And now, for advantage comes from its standard stop- beamed. I fully expected it to burst into tears willingly to do its job, but it is stifled by £11,495, you can have one. It uses the four- start system, one able to work very quickly but it smiled stoically on. The tear was in my ludicrously long-legged gear ratios. Blame cylinder, 1.33-litre engine, so you lose the because the starter always stays engaged eye instead. — The Independent time out • Monday, August 10, 2009 • Page 5 auto Q & A

Troubleshooting an oil-light issue

I have a 1989 Ford Ranger that’s driven less than 1,000 miles a year but comes in very handy at times. Last night I had driven it about 12 miles, and the “check oil” light came on. I checked the oil this morning, and the level looked good. When I drove the truck a slightly shorter distance, the light did not come on but I noticed that the oil-pressure gauge reading dropped slowly from the lower part of the normal range to just below the end of the normal range — but not yet to the red “danger” zone. (I’m not sure the oil gauge works right, because the fuel and temperature gauges don’t work right). What do you think is the cause? Is this an expensive repair or one I could do myself? Some Audi owners love the brand so dearly that they keep — and polish — a spare copy of the badge. I have done many basic maintenance jobs * but not anything like taking an engine The answers to those questions have been apart. Would changing from 5W30 to complicated by shorter attention spans and 10W40 oil or using some additive help? people’s readiness to try new things, adds The power of emotion Tumminelli. It sounds like the engine oil level sensor Our early impressions of cars during may be improperly indicating low oil level. childhood are also a factor when it comes The sensor, located in the engine’s oil pan, to brand attachment. That explains the is designed to illuminate the warning light huge importance automakers place on the should the oil become more than 1.5 quarts in the car you choose traditional brand values associated with low. their company, according to Frank Wilke, A concern I have, given the truck’s history of analyst at Classic Data, an independent infrequent usage, is the oil pan may have built By Felix Rehwald on the model. “A car expresses a type of firm that monitors the classic car market in up an alarming quantity of sludge, and the philosophy,” explains Hossiep. In Europe, Germany. sensor isn’t properly seeing the oil level. This the Citroen 2CV stood for leftwing An example of a new car that draws is dangerous for the engine, as the oil pump ome drivers are devoted to cars politics and was often driven by students successfully on its brand image is BMW’s pickup screen may become clogged, starving made by German automaker whereas today’s new Mini Cooper is an Mini Cooper which was re-launched the engine of vital oil circulation. BMW. Others think Toyota makes expression of a woman’s independent onto the market some years ago. The new Try this: With the oil level first adjusted to the best vehicles while here and lifestyle. With other models it’s about Mini captured the fundamental image exactly align with the dipstick’s full mark, there there are even Fiat fans. social prestige or just being plain fast on characteristics of its predecessor. drop the oil into a clean drain pan. Check SThe response to the question why a person the motorway. Volkswagen, on the other hand, have for sludge, stirring the oil with a stick, and feels drawn to a particular car brand is However, it has become more difficult to failed with the New Beetle because the car measure the quantity — it should be very complicated. transmit a car’s particular image, according is basically a Golf with another body. Beetle close to four quarts (either 4 or 6 cylinder There is no one clear explanation but to Professor Paolo Tumminelli from the fans missed the rear wheel drive and the engine). If you find the quantity to be emotion felt on the part of the car owner Goodbrand Institute for Automotive Culture characteristic air-cooled motor, both of noticeably less, there may be a huge blob of is very important and it is emotion that in Cologne. which helped make the original a cult car. sludge building up in the oil pan, displacing automakers play on to commit customers to That’s because the physical differences Daimler also had problems reintroducing vital liquid. Next, fashion a swab from a 10-12” a particular car model. that used to exist between models such as the luxury car, the Maybach, because, length of coat hanger by folding a tiny loop at “Image is everything when it comes to a the rear wheel drive VW Beetle with its air- according to Frank Wilke, the gap in the each end (use needle nose pliers) and placing car. But it has nothing to do with the object cooled motor and the front wheel drive Fiat brand’s production history was just too long. a 60 degree bend about 2” from the sampling itself,” says Ruediger Hossiep from the 128 hardly exist anymore. Maybach’s competitors at Bentley or end. psychology faculty of Ruhr University in In order to make motorists aware of the Rolls Royce are not faced with that problem Insert the tool and probe around inside Bochum. difference in image, design and marketing because they have an unbroken record when the oil pan — scraping the bottom, sides, User value and functionality usually play have become very important, according to it comes to making cars. and near the oil level sensor, withdrawing hardly any role at all. “The goal is to create Tumminelli. “In the high-end segment those and inspecting the tip numerous times. If a consistent picture of oneself,” says the Automakers use design and marketing companies sell cars only using emotion,” mild sludge buildup is evident, try adding a behavioural scientist. The car’s image should strategies to create brand value, which their says Wilke. That’s because when it comes quart of automatic transmission fluid to the in some way transfer to the person who customers interpret as a lifestyle choice to things like the chassis, there is almost no replacement oil, run the truck through a half drives it. or sense of belonging. The questions a car difference between a modern Rolls Royce and dozen full warm-up cycles (nice and hot), It is also important the driver manufacturer must ask are “How do I get a Mercedes S-Class. Another factor plays the change the oil again, and repeat the test. identifies with their car which should the message across? How will my customer deciding role: “You become a member in an If heavy sludge is noted, or the mild sludge evoke a particular emotion depending interpret it?” says Ruediger Hossiep. exclusive club.” — DPA doesn’t clean-up, oil pan removal and cleaning should be performed. Dropping the oil pan on either the 4 or 6 cylinder engine is possible, Exercise on long car trips • Stretch and relax your feet. Raising Cleaning tips but a bit tough to do at home. Be sure to the toes will activate the shin follow published instructions and safely It’s vacation time and after all the muscles. You can also stand on the Vinyl and tonneau roof covers of elevate the truck. packing and planning most drivers balls of your feet stretching your convertibles need special care Should the oil pan interior appear free of hit the road, yearning to reach legs as much as you can and then and should never be cleaned sludge, it’s possible the oil level sensor is their holiday destination as soon as relaxing. with pressure hoses that could malfunctioning. It’s designed to ground the possible, forgetting to take a break • Release tension in the shoulders, damage the sensitive material. bulb circuit when the oil becomes low. With and arriving exhausted with typical back and arms by stretching your Germany’s technical testing correct oil level, key on/engine off, and the backache problems and other pains. arms above your head for a few authority warns that using a low oil lamp illuminated, try unplugging the Although most health experts seconds and then bending over high-pressure hose from a close sensor. recommend a break after two hours toward the front and then to your distance could even irreparably If the light goes out, the sensor was the cause. motorists don’t mind spending four feet. Repeat. damage the vinyl. If the light remains on, the sensor side of the and more hours at the wheel, feeling • Start by rolling the right shoulder Use a wet or damp cloth in plenty bulb circuit is shorted to ground. Your oil all the after-effects of one-sided trip. A general rule of thumb is to upward and downward and then of soap and water to clean away pressure gauge is important to pay attention strain in the arms, legs and back. activate all those body muscles that repeat the same with the left the dirt. The cover should be to. If it alone reads low, a temporary (test) After four hours the body can show have been dormant during the trip. shoulder. wiped clean in gentle, circular hookup of a mechanical gauge should be clear signs of one-sided strain strokes and the car rinsed to wash performed to check for true oil pressure. that can lead to cramps and other Here is some advice: After doing this short routine you away all the soap. Never use hard Should all gauges read similarly low pains, the German Association for a • Begin your exercise routine by can gently walk about for a few brushes to remove such stains as or high, the fault is likely with the IVR Healthy Back (AGR) points out. gently slapping yours legs and arms more steps before continuing your bird droppings as they could also (instrument voltage regulator), a simple but Drivers should take more breaks, with the palm of your hands and trip feeling much fresher and in a cause bad scratch marks. Rather troublesome device attached to the back drink fluids, walk about and do some then rubbing and shaking out your better mood. — By Reino Gevers/ use chamois leather or microfibre side of the instrument cluster. — By Brad exercises before continuing their body. DPA towels. — DPA Bergholdt/MCT Page 6 • time out • Monday, August 10, 2009 showbiz The riddles of Oz eventy years ago this only one they could understand.” month, The Wizard of No Hollywood film has been more dogged by Oz opened and began Judy Garland was difficult: a career in which it The Munchkins insisted she was has been seen by more rumour, legend and myth as The Wizard of Oz considerate at all times. Jerry Speople than any other movie. But Maren said: “We met Judy Garland, it has one other great distinction: and she was an angel. She was a no Hollywood film has been more Andrew Johnson and David Randall inspect movie star and I’d figured she’d dogged by rumour, legend and be a pain in the neck. But she was myth. glad to meet us and we were glad to To mark the anniversary of the a few of the claims meet her.” world’s most famous movie, we set Margaret Pellegrini said the out to see what, if any, substance star was “so sweet and kind”. is in these claims. To do so, we “During our breaks, I would sit interviewed all but one of the on the Yellow Brick Road and talk surviving members of the cast, to Judy. She was so excited to be each of them actors who played with so many little people.” Other Munchkins. The result is 2009’s Munchkin actors agreed; none had version of what really happened on a bad word to say about her. At the the Yellow Brick Road. end of shooting, Garland, then 16, presented all 124 Munchkin actors The Munchkins were unruly with a signed photo and box of orgiasts and drunks: It has been chocolates. confidently asserted down the decades that the Munchkin actors The studio head wanted turned their Culver City hotel into to drop Somewhere Over the a 24-hour bacchanal. The legend Rainbow: True. Louis B Mayer seems to have begun with producer thought it too adult for the teenage Mervyn LeRoy’s statement, soon Judy Garland to sing. Wiser heads after the movie wrapped: “They prevailed. had sex orgies in the hotel, and we had to have police on just about The Munchkins found work every floor.” Many years later, after the film hard to come by: Judy Garland chipped in with: Well, there are a limited number “They were little drunks. They got of roles in Hollywood for actors smashed every night and the police under four feet. But many went had to pick them up in butterfly on to good careers, and most we nets.” spoke to led happy lives. Margaret And Hollywood raconteurs Pellegrini joined a couple of midget such as David Niven added their shows. “I worked with them until own embellishments. There were I got married in 1943 and then tales of one German so drunk he raised a family.” In 1985, her life of fell inside a toilet bowl (a physical The Wizard of Oz: stuff of legend going to Oz conventions started. impossibility, even for someone “Every year, The Wizard of Oz just 3ft tall); and stories of pie-eyed *to give the woods some life. But greatest fun I ever had in my life.” widow she was when Oz was made. gets bigger and bigger. I’ve had a midgets having to be rescued one Oz veteran did take her own wonderful life.” from the hotel roof by firefighters life. Many years after the film The Wicked Witch was not The studio originally wanted Jerry Maren said: “I was going to using the overworked butterfly was made, in April 1962, Clara very wicked in real life: Margaret Shirley Temple for the lead: leave, but they said, Mr Maren, we nets (unlikely, given that these are Blandick, who played Aunt Em, Hamilton, the actress behind the Indeed they did, but either her have another movie for you — Tiny designed to support the weight became depressed at her increasing green make-up, was a former singing wasn’t up to snuff, or there Troubles — and you’re the star of it. of little more than a couple of red blindness and infirmity. She kindergarten teacher whose lifelong were contract complications with They took a week to do that — they admirals). changed into a royal blue dressing interest in schooling led to her later her own studio (20th Century were pretty fast in those days, and But Margaret Pellegrini, now gown, arranged her press cuttings serving on the Beverly Hills Board Fox) — the stories vary. It doesn’t I was going to go home, and they 85, who as a girl of 15 was one around her, and took an overdose of of Education. But children found end there. Lancashire warbler said I was needed for the Marx of the Munchkins, says: “There sleeping pills. She was 81. her frightening in the witch role, Gracie Fields was considered for Brothers’ At the Circus.” He stayed were a lot of them who liked to and she was ever after at pains to Glinda, the good witch; and Gale in the business. go out and have a few drinks, but The Munchkins were paid point out it was only a film and not Sondergaard would have been the Ruth Duccini, now 91, was nothing got out of hand. There less than the dog: True. They how she really was. wicked witch but wanted to play in several other movies before was no rowdiness or anything like got $50 a week, and Terry, a four- the part as a vamp and refused to marrying. Meinhardt Raabe, one of that, and those stories are very year-old Cairn terrier who played Billie Burke, who played the wear the ugly make-up. the few graduate Munchkins, has upsetting.” Toto, got $125 a week, or rather her Good Witch, was no teenager: an MBA and worked in the meat trainer did. But Margaret Pellegrini True. These days, the part of The Munchkins were all trade until retirement. He was also One of the cast committed insisted Oz was a wonderful Glinda, the beautiful witch, would dubbed: Untrue. A lot of the a qualified pilot. And Karl Slover, suicide: A certain kind of film buff experience. be played by some fresh-faced singing and some voice parts were who had four parts in the film — will insist that, in the background “My father worked in a hotel and young actress. MGM instead dubbed by professionals, but not Munchkin, trumpeter, soldier and of the scene where Dorothy meets earned about $5 a week. I got paid went for Burke, who, at 54, was all. Meinhardt Raabe, now 92, one of the “sleepy heads” — is now the Tin Man, a Munchkin can $50 a week. It took eight weeks to strikingly attractive. Born in played the coroner. He told us from 90. He still attends Oz events: “My be seen hanging himself from a make the Munchkinland scenes, Washington DC, she had made her Florida: “They auditioned several friends and I never gave it a thought prop tree. Quite apart from the after which I stayed in Hollywood name on the English stage, and was of the Munchkins for the part of that the movie was going to last.” unlikelihood of the studio leaving for a month to sightsee.” married at one time to the manager the coroner, but most of them And the missing Munchkin? She is such a shot in the final print, there Jerry Maren adds: “I’d never met of Morecambe pier. mumbled. Olga Nardone, who, at 3ft 4in, was is no record of any such death. any little people. I was the only After moving to the States, “Because I had a background in the tiniest of all. She is said to be The figure, in fact, seems to small person in my family. she married the great Broadway public speaking, I could enunciate a recluse, living in Boston. — The be that of a large tame bird, used “Making the film was the impresario Flo Ziegfeld, whose clearly, so they picked me. I was the Independent tv listings 10/08/09 Monk moves to its last season in brief By Rick Bentley CSI sleuth gets more comfy clothes he final episodes for one of television’s most quirky detectives, It’s not exactly What Not to Wear, but Monk, start airing this week. Laurence Fishburne’s character on CBS’ Emmy-winning actor Tony CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is headed Shalhoub, who plays the character for “a little bit of a wardrobe makeover,” AdrianT Monk, says “this is the right time” for according to the network’s entertainment his USA Network show to end. The first of the president. final 16 episodes started airing from Friday. In talking with fans about the show, which “It’s a natural evolution of things,” says the actor joined last season as a doctor Shalhoub during an interview. He and co-star and college professor who decides to Traylor Howard slipped away from filming become a crime scene investigator, Nina to meet with journalists. “We will have done Tassler told members of the Television 124 episodes by the end of this season. We Critics Association last week, CBS learned have explored a lot of different areas and gone that “they really like Fishburne and respect down some really strange and funny paths.” him — they just want to see him a little The end means the departure of one of the more comfortable in his clothes.” quirkiest and most memorable detectives Pressed for details, Tassler said, “I think in TV history. Adrian Monk has managed to what you’re looking for is wardrobe that solve countless crimes on the streets of San reflected him being more comfortable in Francisco while dealing with laundry list of his environment. I mean, he came as an phobias. That gave the show a perfect balance outsider coming in, so his clothes — you of drama and comedy. know, he was in suits, he was a little stiff, he Shalhoub says the show is not ending wore his glasses.” because of a lack of good material; he thinks In the coming season, “you’ll see him in his, these final episodes are some of the strongest you know, CSI garb,” she said. “His glasses to date. The Friday show had Monk acting aren’t on. He’s much more relaxed, much as a bodyguard for an actress whose life is in more comfortable.” danger after writing a tell-all book. Losing the suits and glasses isn’t a Monk will end while being one of the character shift, Tassler insisted. Before he highest-rated original scripted series in basic was new, but “now he’s been there, so he’s cable history. Despite the strong ratings and more comfortable.” scripts, Shalhoub believes all things must come to an end. Julianna Marguiles plays Fans won’t be left hanging about the The Good Wife murder of Monk’s wife, Trudy. The writers have assured Shalhoub that the mystery will In a new CBS show co-creator Robert be resolved. Both actors would give away no King said he and his wife and co-creator other details of the final shows. Michelle King, began writing a year But the USA Network has revealed the guest ago, “when you could still go hiking on stars for season eight will include Elizabeth the Appalachian Trail and not snicker,” Perkins, Rena Sofer, Dylan Baker, Meat Loaf, (remember South Carolina Governor Mark Bernie Kopell, Jay Mohr, Daniel Stern, Alex Tony Shalhoub (left) with co-stars in Monk: the series has gone down some really strange and Sanford?) Julianna Margulies plays The Wolff, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Eric funny* paths. Good Wife, a woman who discovers that Balfour, Kelly Carlson and Reed Diamond. her marriage isn’t quite what she thought Although Monk has been the star, he says has such a lack of vanity as a person and the space between his digits. There’s method it was when her district attorney husband’s the series has worked for all these years actress. She has an instinctual sense when to to what appears to be just a touch of madness. caught in a very public sex scandal. because of the two actresses who worked come forward and make a stand or when to lay “I came up with that,” Shalhoub says. “One Chris Noth (Law & Order, Sex and the City) beside him through all of the mysteries and back. She does it is a seamless way.” aspect was because I was trying to figure out plays the not-so-good husband, who’s quirks. Shalhoub and Howard agree they’re leaving how Monk sees the world. Looking through on the receiving end of what looks like a Sharona Fleming (Bitty Schram) played a dream project. They say the flexibility of my fingers slices the physical world into pretty hard slap in the show’s pilot. Monk’s nurse for three years before Howard the writers with the tone of Monk resulted in smaller pieces that are easier to focus on. I call Asked “Did you really whop him?” took on the role of Monk’s assistant Natalie deeply emotional serious moments and wildly them Monk’s ‘slivers.’ The fingers moving is Margulies replied, “I did. There was no Teeger in 2005. Joining the already- insane comic scenes — all while still solving a also Monk counting the sequence of events. other way to do it.” established show meant Howard had to clever mystery. How things must have — or could have — Noth, she said, told her not to worry, “’Oh, quickly try to find the right acting rhythms to Fans who have followed the exploits occurred in this room. It became his way of please — I’ve been hit so many times.’ So fit in. She credits Shalhoub’s sense of humour of Monk all these years have watched his sequentially understanding a crime scene.” we did it three times. The first time I didn’t for making her feel comfortable in the role. trademark way of looking at a crime scene. After the serious explanation, Shalhoub hit him hard enough, OK? The second time Shalhoub offers plenty of praise for The detective has always extended his smiles and adds, “And, it is also schtick. What ... the camera was off. And the third time Howard. spread hands — palms forward — out in front do you do with your hands?” — The Fresno was perfect.” — By Ellen Grey, Philadelphia “Her instincts are so good,” he says. “She of his face. He then looks at the world through Bee/MCT Daily News/MCT Page 8 • time out • Monday, August 10, 2009 time out • Monday, August 10, 2009 • Page 9

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illa Jovovich’s hands have quickly back to his female companion. It is days and get some sleep.” You’ve been The well-rehearsed story of Jovovich’s inflicted a lot of damage. a humid day and we are in the conservatory using your promotional tour to catch up on career has it that she was rescued from the They have twisted the of the Bowery hotel in New York, which sleep? “It’s the only time I don’t get woken B-list by French director Luc Besson, who heads off zombies and looks out on to a dense green garden. up with ‘mama!’ all the time. I mean you cast her as an astral superwaif in his sci-fi broken the necks of mutant Jovovich lounges on one of the wicker can try ignoring it, but it’s just impossible.” spectacular The Fifth Element. “It was one Mdogs. She has impaled and gored the sofas, her legs bunched up beneath her, One of the best things about of the biggest turning points in my life,” invading hordes of Englishmen. She has wearing one of the shortest skirt I have Jovovich has always been her cheerful she says. “I met my first husband. I grew as wielded so many swords and machetes, ever seen. So short that, for fear of being unpretentiousness. Which other actress an actress. I was working non-stop to give pistols and shotguns in her movies, thought to ogle, I am forced to maintain can you name who has played both Joan him what he wanted.” The 39-year-old that now when she returns to the world non-stop eye contact, chin perpendicular of Arc and a genetically modified vampire director and 22-year-old actress were soon of L’Oreal cosmetics commercials, the to my chest, as if I’m waiting for a medal. and seemed to get more of a kick out of the married and went on to make Joan of Arc, directors have to use a hand model. Saving Jovovich is in town to promote her latest vampire? She has been the face of L’Oreal one of those husband-and-wife follies that the world is all very well, but it completely movie, A Perfect Getaway, in which she and for over a decade and also appeared on the come along every decade or so: a triumph buggers up your skincare regime. Steve Zahn play a couple honeymooning cover of High Times magazine, espousing of production design over direction, with “See?” she says, bunching a fist. “The in Hawaii who are terrorised by someone the cause of pot smoking. more care taken over Besson’s dizzying knuckles? They’re all cut up. They used to targeting newlyweds. She believes all models should be sets than the performers marooned within be really soft, but they can’t use them any It’s sort of a Scream for honeymooners, martial arts experts. She smokes. She them. more. They use someone else’s.” and nothing to write home about. Jovovich cusses. She once eloped with a boyfriend But these days one is tempted to say that On her right hand is a big diamond says all the right things about how great to Las Vegas. In short, if Milla Jovovich did she was rescued from the empty elegance engagement ring: a few weeks ago, she and it was to work with Zahn, how nice it not exist, the collective unconscious of the of the French arthouse by a movie based her long-term fiancee, Paul Anderson, was to be able to reveal a different side of world geek population would be forced to on a video game. “Resident Evil started out decided to get hitched. Her director on herself onscreen, etc but seems a little invent her although, as she points out, in as this fun project,” she says. “I went in for the highly lucrative Resident Evil films, bored. When I ask her about her daughter, Japan the Resident Evil series, in which she it as a joke. ‘Sure, I’ll go make an action Anderson is a Brit, from Newcastle “my however, she perks right up. repeatedly saves the world in a skimpy red movie,’ I thought, ‘This’ll be cool, because northern b******” she calls him and also “There’s no mystery to who I am any dress, are a big hit with the girls, not the my brother loves the video game so much.’ the father of her 21-month-old daughter, more,” she says. “You know, you go boys “It’s a big empowerment movie for It’s turned into a steady job.” Ever. through your whole life looking for an them.” The story of how she and Anderson “We’ve been together for a long time, identity and then you become a mother She’s fun company, but beneath the broke the ice has none of the creepy eight years,” she says in a sleepy LA drawl, and you’re like: ‘Oh I’m a mom.’ So LA-girl artlessness runs deep reserves of pygmalionism of her marriage to Besson. with just a hint of her native Ukraine. no matter what, that’s what I am. If immigrant moxie. Though just 33, she has She took the role, then read what he’d done “We’ve talked about marriage a few times, everything else fades, I’m, still a mom. what she calls “a 45-year-old’s career”. to the script. “It was horrifying,” she says. but we were pretty easy about the whole The acting, the modelling, the career I’d Her parents emigrated from the USSR “They’d brought in the Michelle Rodriguez thing.” give it all up tomorrow for her. Everything in 1981 when she was five, swapping the character and given her all the kick-ass So what decided it? “Having a baby,” she else is secondary, which makes it all the grey skies and concrete of downtown Kiev action scenes. I was already on a plane to says, matter of factly. “That pretty much more enjoyable, because it’s not like the for the sunshine and palm trees of Los Germany when I read it.” decided it. So we don’t have a little b****** be-all-and-end-all, its more like: oh, Angeles. “My father used to tell me: ‘You She got off the plane and marched running around.” She laughs; a low, dusky cool. A movie in Puerto Rico? That sounds and I are going to work really hard and have straight to his hotel room. “I’m leaving laugh. Across the room, a man looks up fun. Get me out of the house for a little everything we ever wanted; we’re going tomorrow,” she announced. “This script like a startled deer, sees Jovovich and looks bit. Maybe I can go to New York for a few to have a big house and a swimming pool.’ isn’t the script I read. If you think I’m It was a very kind of early 19th-century going to be in this, you’re crazy. I’m on a view you know, come to America and make plane in an hour.” They spent four hours enough money to bring the family over. We going over the script together, line by all worked.” line, giving her back the scene where she In fact the closest her mother got to a runs up a wall, scissor-kicks the mutant swimming pool was the one that belonged dog, and breaks the neck of the zombie to Brian De Palma, on Mulhullond Drive, by crushing his head between her thighs. where she got work as a cleaner. Her “And that was how we met,” she says, father, a doctor, was later incarcerated for smiling. a health-insurance scam. The only real “How did it work with the sequels? Did earner was Jovovich, who at 11 got her first he roll over in bed one morning and say: modelling work; by 13 she had finished her ‘Darling, I’m very sorry but in the second first feature film, and landed the lead in film you are going to catch the zombie Return to the Blue Lagoon. virus.’” She laughs. “We had to work on During the shooting of this latter film the science of that one. I had the virus but she had to part her long tresses, look down I also had to look hot. So we had to come at her breasts and smile — something no up with this explanation: the virus was actress in the history of cinema has ever mutating. I had bonded with it.” You can’t been able to pull off. ignore the internal logic. She shakes her “I was no Dakota Fanning,” she says, head. “No you can’t. I try to make it as laughing. “What are you going to do? cool as that genre can be, give the audience I was one of those annoying child what they want. We are the audience for actresses. I didn’t know who I was. So that movie, too. Because it’s such a part of I didn’t know how to be anything else. our lives.” Listen, there are some people that are This autumn she heads off to shoot a born with talent. I’m not one of those fourth film in the series, Resident Evil: people. I definitely had to work. Afterlife. She also has a film with De Niro “My mom, she was a natural talent, lined up. And then there’s her wedding, of at the top of the class at film school. course. It’ll be a cosy affair, at their house But she always used to tell me about a in LA, possibly conducted by a Russian lot of people with natural talent by the Orthodox priest. “We only decided about time they graduated? They were either two weeks ago to really do it,” she says. alcoholics or drug addicts. Disappeared “And now we have three weeks to get it all somewhere. Because they have no together. I’ve got to finish the press for this appreciation, no discipline; whereas the film, get married, then I’m off to Toronto to kids that weren’t the best actors in the kick some zombie butt.” beginning had to fight so hard to do it, Just be careful with those hands. — and manifest it through hard work.” Guardian News & Media Page 12 • time out • Monday, August 10, 2009 art & culture

the painter and the architect no longer to work for himself but within the wider artistic community,” Bestgen added. The exhibition with 1,000 objects charts the history of the movement from Gropius’ founding of the school in 1919 in Weimar, 250km southwest of Berlin, to the Nazi ban in 1933. Hitler persecuted the movement as “degenerate art” and closed the school which ironically only served to propagate Bauhaus as its practitioners fl ed Germany and spread around the globe, taking their ideas and designs with them. Prime examples of its architecture can be seen in the United States, Canada and Israel. Tel Aviv’s stunning collection of Bauhaus buildings was placed on the Unesco list of World Heritage Sites in 2004. On a smaller scale, the iconic Wassily chair designed by Marcel Breuer in 1926 is among the pieces on display in Berlin. The chair was seen as revolutionary at the time for its use of bent tubular steel and leather and is still a huge hit in the design world although it was not, as often thought, designed for Exhibits from the Bauhaus, a Conceptual Model exhibition in Berlin, including the Wassily Chair (below left) and Swiss artist Johannes Itten’s Tower of Fire Kandinsky, explained Bestgen. (below centre and right). “It was only in the 1980s, when * the chair was being re-edited by other designers, that they christened it the Wassily Chair for marketing reasons,” she said. Kandinsky’s infl uence is evident in another popular exhibit — Peter Bauhaus art is back Keler’s 1922 wooden crib — made from basic shapes such as triangles, discs and rectangles and painted in primary colours. But fans will be disappointed if they are hoping to view one of the movement’s most celebrated works with a bang in Berlin — Oskar Schlemmer’s Bauhaus Staircase painting of 1932 — which has not left the Museum of Modern Germany’s famed Bauhaus movement, known for revolutionising Art in New York (MoMA) as it is the object of an ownership dispute in Germany. design, art and architecture and con ined to obscurity by the Nazis, is Visitors will have to make do with a copy. The 90th anniversary of Bauhaus coincides with the 20th drawing huge crowds once again. By Francois Becker year after the fall of the Berlin Wall which was a key factor in being able to host the show, said Bestgen. inety years after it — A Conceptual Model, showcases to mass-market Ikea tables, with modernist ideology of Germany Before German unifi cation “it began revolutionising the famed school and its huge clean lines and the marriage of the between the wars, and aimed to would have been very di cult to design, art and impact on modern aesthetics. work of “artists and artisans” its remake not just the face of design. organise such an exhibition,” she architecture and six Since its opening last month, the signature characteristics. The movement’s founder, Walter said, as two of the key locations in decades after the anxiously-awaited show has drawn The design school, which counts Gropius, “did not want Bauhaus to Bauhaus’ history — Weimar and NNazis banned it, Germany’s famed more than 20,000 people — “a among its disciples Russian artist become a style — it simply aimed to Dessau — were on the communist- Bauhaus movement is luring huge little more than we expected”, one Wassily Kandinsky, regarded as the o er an artistic direction, to enable controlled side of the Iron Curtain. crowds to a new show in Berlin. of the exhibition’s organisers, Klaus creator of abstract art, and Swiss art to be available to all,” said Ulrike The exhibition will be hosted With prized pieces on loan from Boesl, said. surrealist Paul Klee, had at its core Bestgen of the Weimar Classics by Berlin’s Martin Gropius Bau New York’s Museum of Modern The Bauhaus legacy can be the idea of making art accessible to Foundation, one of the show’s museum, named for Walter’s great- Art, the avant-garde movement’s seen in everything from the UN all social classes. organisers. Faithful to the school’s uncle, another famed architect, biggest-ever exhibition, Bauhaus headquarters building in New York Its idealism was rooted in the socialist ideology, Gropius “wanted until October. — AFP time out • Monday, August 10, 2009 • Page 13

Ghostly gifts for the dead could be a dying art in Singapore

By Philip Lim

u Yuhua’s hands moved effortlessly as she cut thin slips of paper and plastered them onto a life-size bamboo frame molded into the shape Wof a woman. Around the 55-year-old artisan, intricate paper models of Mercedes Benz saloons, maids carrying beverage trays and three- storey mansions were neatly arranged against the walls, awaiting delivery to customers. Wu is one of the owners of Nam Cheong Limited, a family business that makes customised paper effigies burnt as Taoist offerings to the dead in wealth-obsessed Singapore. “These effigies are meant for those who have passed on, as gifts from the departed’s family to ensure the deceased can be comfortable in the afterlife,” explained Wu. According to a 2000 census, Buddhists and Taoists constitute 53.5% of the predominantly ethnic-Chinese city-state’s population. The practice originated in Taoism, whose followers believe the paper objects, when burnt, will transcend into the afterlife and provide the same material comfort to the deceased as they would in the real world. “This animism comes under the umbrella of Taoism,” said Ronni Pinsler, a researcher who has been studying Taoist beliefs and practices for almost 40 years. A fountain in front of the palace of Versailles, outside Paris. Various private donors are taking part in the palace’s ‘Adopt-a-Statue’ programme “It stems from the origin of the general to raise funds for restoration work at the 17th-century home of Louis XIV. human belief, the animistic belief of natural * forces,” he added. The practice is also evolving with the times, said Master Wei Yi, a priest in the Singapore Taoist Federation. Private donors help Versailles “Paper cars and mansions surfaced only in the past decade. The items may vary and advance along with technology. However, the fundamental idea has not changed,” he said. This has, however, posed a new challenge recover its lost splendour to effigy-maker Wu, who has been in the business since she was 15. Asclepios has lost his greyish complexion ($5,300) in exchange for a small plaque “The hardest things to make are new, By Pauline Froissart and was returned to his prime spot near the bearing their name at the foot of the bench. modern items like computers,” she said. Grand Trianon, the king’s garden retreat. With her contribution, Paris area lawyer Wu sells her wares in customisable “He looks magnificent,” beamed Herve. Catherine Posokhow allowed a statue of “packages” similar in concept to restaurant hilippe Herve cringed at the “He stands proud with an intelligent gaze Apollo languishing near the Mirror Pool to menus. sight of Asclepios, the Greek god ... I’m very pleased.” recover a finger and part of its cape. A standard “set” including a mansion, a of medicine, covered in grime A world heritage site on the western A small plaque in recognition of her maid and a car (choose your own make) goes in the magnificent gardens of fringe of Paris, the Chateau de Versailles generosity has been laid at Apollo’s feet. for S$1,500($1,041). the Chateau de Versailles and launched a vast, 20-year restoration “Of course it’s rewarding,” said Posokhow Customers who are willing to fork out more Pdecided he could help. programme in 2003 that draws heavily of her gesture. can also order specific items to complement A history buff and physician, Herve on high-profile sponsorship from private Part of the attraction of funding the packages, such as yachts and computers joined the legions of private donors taking companies and individuals. restoration work for her was the tax as well as more personalised items. part in the palace’s “Adopt-a-Statue” Major restoration works completed break as 66% of her donation was tax- “I made a bowling ball for a person who programme to raise funds for restoration so far include the Petit Trianon, Marie deductible. had passed on. He was really into bowling work at the 17th-century home of Louis Antoinette’s pastoral hideaway on the “I have to pay taxes and this way, I know when he was alive so the ball was to XIV, the Sun King. palace grounds, the royal gate torn down where my money is going,” she said. commemorate him through his hobby,” Wu “We just couldn’t let Asclepios stand during the French Revolution and the Hall Posokhow said the fund-raising said. there covered in moss,” said Herve jokingly of Mirrors. programmes were not drawing just wealthy Wu fears the funeral-effigy industry might about his decision. “He’s the god of Versailles’ directors had a successful first patrons and that many works are being be a dying art in Singapore. medicine and I figured I had to choose experience with public funding appeals restored through a collection of smaller “Now, no one wants to take up this job, it him.” in 1999 after a severe storm uprooted ¤150 donations given to the Friends of is slowly being phased out. Many people do For the past four years, Versailles’ thousands of trees, many of which were Versailles support group. not believe in the traditions any more,” she directors have been seeking out generous rare species. “It’s for all sizes of pocketbooks,” she said wistfully. patrons willing to part with ¤3,000 to With the “Adopt-a-Tree” scheme, said. Wu also said that a migration of Taoist ¤30,000 ($4,200 to $42,000) to help 10,000 new trees were planted through More than 3mn tourists visit Versailles believers to Buddhism was another factor restore one of the works on the majestic private donations of ¤150 each. each year, admiring room-after-room of affecting the labour-intensive industry. property. Last month, the “Adopt-a-Bench” fine chandeliers, priceless frescoes and gold However, researcher Pinsler believes the In private donations, ¤2mn have been scheme was announced to restore the leaf adornments. distinctions between Taoism and Buddhism raised so far, giving 86 statues and vases grounds’ 170 benches, some of which Louis XIII used Versailles as a hunting have been blurred amongst Chinese a new lease on life at Versailles, one of feature intricate works of carved stone and lodge long before his son expanded it in communities, and Taoist traditions have France’s most visited tourist sites. marble. the late 17th century, moving the court and become part of Buddhist popular culture. — After just a few months of work, Sponsors are asked to donate ¤3,800 government of France there in 1682. — AFP AFP Page 14 • time out • Monday, August 10, 2009

Globe Word - Fit Can you fit the words from the list of place names correctly into the grid? comics Adam

4 letters GHANA NAIROBI CHAD LAGOS NIGERIA CUBA NIGER SAN JUAN IRAQ SPAIN LAOS WALES 8 letters LIMA BRASILIA OSLO 6 letters Pooch Cafe PERU ANKARA 9 letters SUVA MADRID TASMAN SEA TOGO SERBIA UTAH SWEDEN 10 letters ADDIS ABABA 5 letters 7 letters ACCRA GRENADA 11 letters ARUBA INDIANA BUENOS AIRES Codeword Every letter of the alphabet is used at least once. Squares with the same number in have the same letter in. Work out which number represents which letter.

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Change Word By changing one letter at a time to form a new word, transform the beginning word to the ending word in the rated number of steps (or fewer). Bound & Gagged

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Solutions on Page 16 time out • Monday, August 10, 2009 • Page 15 puzzles Sudoku Colouring

Sudoku is a puzzle based on a 9x9 grid. The grid is also divided into nine (3x3) boxes. You are given a selection of values and to complete the puzzle, you must fill the grid so that every column, every row and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 to 9 and none is repeated. horoscopes

ARIES 21 Mar - 20 Apr CANCER 22 Jun - 22 Jul LIBRA 24 Sep - 23 Oct CAPRICORN 22 Dec - 20 Jan Think of the game you’re playing now with a It’s no coincidence that emotions have always You’ve decided to host a gathering at your place, If anyone is good at keeping a poker face, it’s certain someone in the same way, but be more been your sign’s specialty. You know how to but that isn’t much of a surprise. If anyone loves definitely you. Things at workplace are in a humane. Convey the message to your ‘toy’ that it express them, no matter where you are or who to assemble their closest, most beloved kindred downward spiral, however, recovery is expected. really is only a game — if for no other reason than happens to be watching, because it never occurs spirits right there in their own nest, it’s you. It Spend more time with the family and keep a close to assuage your conscience when it ends. to you to hold them back. makes you feel full, warm and complete. watch on your financial obligations.

TAURUS 21 Apr - 21 May LEO 23 Jul - 22 Aug SCORPIO 24 Oct - 22 Nov AQUARIUS 21 Jan - 19 Feb If anyone makes a terrific companion, it’s you — Things are going along so well right now that They might not be visions of sugarplums, but You’re a cerebral creature who often blasts you have the endurance and tenacity of a bull. you’re almost afraid to mention what’s going they’re definitely visions, and they’re definitely through the routine of your day with so many You’re game for anything, as long as you can on — the old ‘waiting for the other shoe to drop’ dancing through your head. Whether they’re palm thoughts, ideas and inventions simultaneously get back in time to shower and change for work. paranoia, that is. Oh, relax. Share the good word trees, swimming pools or stage shows, get busy doing battle for attention. Make the best choices Don’t cut it too close though. with everyone you know. making the arrangements. to avoid disappointments.

GEMINI 22 May - 21 Jun VIRGO 23 Aug - 23 Sep SAGITTARIUS 23 Nov - 21 Dec PISCES 20 Feb - 20 Mar You’re usually pretty good at gauging the mood You want to let absolutely everyone know At this particular moment in time, intimacy You’re set up to have one of those priceless days of the person you’re keeping company with, how happy you are and why. Start by getting is definitely what you’re after, but not in the today. Don’t take it for granted, but don’t get too especially if you’re interested in more than just permission from whoever is party to the other traditional sense; it’s not a physical connection carried away being grateful, either. You can enjoy a friendship. At the moment, though, you’re not half of your joyous news. Once you get the okay, you’re looking for. You want a meeting of the it without feeling indebted to whomever gets the quite sure which of your usual tactics to employ. tell your friends, family and co-workers. minds — and you won’t stop until you get it. show on the road for you.

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Quick Clues Cryptic Clues Yesterday’s Solutions QUICK Across: 1 Prodigal; 5 Shoe; 9 Opus; 10 Accurate; 11 Liken; 12 Maestro; 13 Magniloquence; 18 Linesman; 19 Earn; 20 Termini; 21 Steal; 22 Able; 23 Incident. Down: 2 Replica; 3 Discern; 4 Accommodation; 6 Hearten; 7 Eyesore; 8 Bureau; 13 Militia; 14 General; 15 Instil; 16 Ejected; 17 Certain.

CRYPTIC Across: 1 Boat-race; 5 Amid; 9 Stag; 10 Ink-wells; 11 Vista; 12 Coterie; 13 Change of heart; 18 Distrust; 19 Roll; 20 Concede; 21 Thief; 22 Lees; 23 Assented. Down: 2 Ostrich; 3 Tighten; 4 Consciousness; 6 Malaria; 7 Dessert; 8 Switch; 13 Codicil; 14 Absence; 15 Garden; 16 Earthen; 17 Relieve.

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Globe Word-Fit Across Down Across Down 1. Showiness (11) 2. Genial (5) 1. Happening to be photographing 2. What increases your bank 9. Perplex (7) 3. Extend (7) the site! (6,5) balance once more (5) 10. Extravagant (5) 4. Struggle (6) 9 & 16 Dn. What faces the houses of 3. Deeply emotional in past, 11. Stratum (5) 5. Prickle (5) the French capital? (7,2,5) present or future (7) 12. Lassitude (7) 6. Gatecrash (7) 10. A note needs transposing by the 4. Stone coming from the 13. Figure (6) 7. Leaning (11) right vocalist (5) north in great variety (6) 15. Magnificent (6) 8. Vengeful (11) 11. He’s a cleric as a rule (5) 5. More recent piece of rare 18. Prevail (7) 14. Dampen (7) 12. This is assumed to make a sound talent brought up (5) 20. Trickster (5) 16. Dirty (7) receiver look more attractive (3-4) 6. To do this, one may need to 22. External (5) 17. Follow and watch (6) 13. What the cat did, having run give a man time (7) 23. Kitchen sideboard (7) 19. Imbecile (5) round the track? (6) 7. So clue parts will reveal 24. In ignorance (11) 21. Artist’s stand (5) 15. Having been topped, it’s tapped those who take financial risks and then tipped! (6) (11) 18. Take pains to show calamity (7) 8. Emulating the pilgrim? (11) 20. They’re instrumental as water- 14. The result of taking a one- carriers (5) sided picture (7) 22. Tolled about one showing 16. See 9 Across Codeword remorse (5) 17. Firm amalgamation (6) 23. Adoring to break a kind of knot 19. Fanatic has to make (7) progress in the part (5) 24. Daring to take a risk with certain 21. Being precise about a people (11) Trojan king (5)

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