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SKY-HIGH SKY-HIGH OVER OVER TELLURIDETELLURIDE
With more than 40 festivals each year - including the Telluride Bluegrass Festival, the Literary Arts Festival and, most prominently, the Telluride Film Festival — there is an event nearly every weekend that draws outsider crowds of as many as 12,000 people.
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CMU-Q celebrates Health and Wellness Fair
Carnegie Mellon University in
Qatar (CMU-Q), in collabora-
tion with Qatar Foundation
and other Education City uni-
versities, hosted the Health and Well-
ness Fair to introduce the community
to the many health resources available
in Qatar.
The fair emphasised a holistic ap-
proach to health and well-being, fea-
turing 19 organisations from a wide
variety of health and wellness servic-
es in Qatar. Visitors could test health
metrics like blood sugar and blood
pressure, as well as body composition
analytics.
“I believe it’s important to connect
students with the health resources
that are available within Qatar Foun-
dation and the wider Qatar commu-
nity so they know where they can go
to start adopting a more proactive ap-
proach to their health,” said Amie Rol-
lins, director of health and wellness at
CMU-Q. The event drew visitors from
across Education City. Al Dana Al Mo-
hannadi, an information systems so-
phomore at CMU-Q, said: “As a uni-
versity student, I try to be healthy and
manage my stress effectively, but it’s
not always easy. The fair has remind-
ed me of why it’s important to invest
in my physical and mental well-being;
it will have a positive impact on my ac-
ademic performance and benefit me
in the long run.”
The Health and Wellness Fair was
a collaboration that included Qa-
tar Foundation, Hamad Bin Khalifa
University, Georgetown University in
Qatar, Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar,
Northwestern University in Qatar, Tex-
as A&M University at Qatar and Virgin-
ia Commonwealth University in Qatar.
NIS honours teachers
Noble International School (NIS) organised
celebrations to honour teachers with various
games and programmes. A large number of
teachers of the NIS family participated in dif-
ferent activities like group dance, solo dance, so-
lo song, poem recitation, piano playing and many
more, thus, making the event, a grand success. The
teachers were also awarded with prizes for their ef-
fort and involvement in the programme.
Principal Shibu Abdul Rasheed gave a thought
provoking speech on the importance of teachers at
the event.
COVER STORY
04 | SUNDAY 9 OCTOBER 2016
By Rachel Walker The Washington Post
Telluride’s town park trans-
formed into a mosaic of or-
ange and pink, turquoise
and yellow as the enormous
canvases were unfurled on-
to the dewy grass. In early June’s
pale morning light, teams of four to
five people, most of them gray-haired
and denim-clad, spread out huge
balloons attached to wicker baskets.
There was a chill in the air, and the
encroaching canyon walls looked al-
most black as they towered above us
in the predawn.
The roar of a propane torch broke
the stillness. At first just one, and then
many fiery starts and stops caused
“envelopes” — the inflatable bags that
make up the balloon component of a
hot-air balloon — to rise. Within min-
utes, the park was a garden of col-
our. The sun peeked over the ridge,
its golden light spreading tangible
warmth as it crept higher into the sky.
It was Day 1 of the 2016 Telluride
Balloon Festival, and my husband and
I had come early to wrangle a ride in
one of the rigs. Jeff and I are normal-
ly sporty types — cyclists and skiers
who measure a vacation’s success by
how tired our muscles are at the trip’s
end. But for this getaway, we sought
a more tranquil mode of transport.
Since getting hitched eight years ear-
lier, we’d moved, changed jobs and
had kids, and we wanted to celebrate
our anniversary by sequestering our-
selves in a place of natural beauty far
from the demands of home.
Telluride, a seven-hour drive from
our home in Boulder, fit the bill. I’d
been once before in winter and was
eager to see the town in full summer
bloom. We were also curious about
the festival, which is tiny by the usu-
al standards — 19 people registered
for the event this year, compared with
the nearly 600 balloonists who con-
gregate each fall for the Albuquerque
International Balloon Fiesta.
But before we took flight, Jeff and
I set out to ground ourselves, arriv-
ing several days early and checking
in at the Lumière, a boutique hotel in
Mountain Village. The community sits
at the base of the ski resort, and is
connected to town by a free gondola
that operates year-round. People of-
ten ask if it’s better to stay in town or
on the mountain. Either is fine — sce-
nic views abound no matter where
you are — and if you’re not staying in
Telluride proper, it’s easy to park your
car in town and walk everywhere.
Unlike other posh destinations —
and it is expensive, a result of its ca-
chet among movie stars and retired
tech billionaires — I found Telluride
exceedingly friendly, even quirky.
Until direct flights to nearby Mon-
trose (in 1988) — and, this year, to
Telluride — were established, it was
a five- to seven-hour drive from any
metropolitan area. Mainly skiing die-
hards made the trip, which wound
over at least one steep and winding
mountain pass, depending on where
you came from. The town features
more than 50 restaurants as well as
dozens of art galleries and boutiques.
With more than 40 festivals each year
— including the Telluride Bluegrass
Festival, the Literary Arts Festival
and, most prominently, the Telluride
Film Festival — there is an event near-
ly every weekend that draws outsider
crowds of as many as 12,000 people.
One afternoon, Jeff and I strolled
up to Bear Creek Falls, a popular five-
mile hike that wanders from the base
of the town up a mild grade through
aspen groves and along Bear Creek
before arriving at the massive falls. It
was an easy walk, and one of Tellu-
ride’s many hiking options. The town
rests deep in southwestern Colora-
do’s San Juan Mountains, an isolated
pocket of the state where most peaks
top out between 13,000 and 14,000
feet above sea level. As the area’s to-
pography suggests, there is no end of
outdoor activity in Telluride, wheth-
er it be the town’s infamously steep
slopes or offseason options such as
scenic float tours or rough-and-tum-
ble 4x4 mountain safaris.
We returned to town famished
and headed straight to the Butcher
& Baker, where my turkey sandwich
arrived between thick slices of home-
made bread and topped with roasted
red peppers and a life-affirming aioli.
Afterward, we took a historic walking
tour — the kind of activity
I normally eschew on vacation, pre-
ferring to poke around on my own in-
stead of joining a crowd. I am so grate-
ful I ignored my instincts and followed
tour guide Ashley Boling up and down
Main Street and in and out of some of
Telluride’s historic buildings.
As the area’s topography suggests, there is no end of outdoor activity in Telluride, whether it be the town’s infamously steep slopes or offseason options such as scenic float tours or rough-and-tumble 4x4 mountain safaris.
Exploring Colorado’s golden town
COVER STORY
| 05SUNDAY 9 OCTOBER 2016
I learned about the valley’s origi-
nal inhabitants, the Ute Indians, who
dubbed the area the “Valley of the
Hanging Waterfalls,” the most prom-
inent being Bridal Veil, about three
miles east of town. Next came hardy
miners seeking their fortunes; silver
and gold were first discovered in Tellu-
ride around 1872, and the subsequent
mining boom inflated the town’s pop-
ulation to nearly 5,000. What followed
was almost a century of booms and
busts, the fates of miners and their
families ever in the balance.
Not surprisingly, Telluride was
home to San Miguel County’s first bank
robbery, which took place on June
24, 1889, when Butch Cassidy stole
$22,000 from the vault of the San
Miguel Valley Bank. The money was
slated for the miners’ monthly payday,
traditionally the 25th of the month.
By the 1960s, mining had crashed,
and entire blocks of downtown were
deserted and boarded up. But the
economy began to revive when the ski
resort opened in 1972. Back then, real
estate was relatively affordable, Boling
said, with the average house costing
about $35,000. These days, the prices
of houses in Telluride start around $2m
and the town, which has little room to
expand, is grappling with severe hous-
ing shortages even as it experiences
unprecedented tourism.
After a few days luxuriating in the
high mountain air, Jeff and I were al-
ready fantasising about relocating. The
beauty. The recreation. The people.
Who wouldn’t want to live here?
We’d heard that one way to ingra-
tiate yourself with the balloon pilots,
most of whom were willing to give by-
standers a ride, was to make yourself
useful, which is how we found our-
selves on the rope side of a hot-air bal-
loon, helping keep it tethered as its en-
velope filled with air.
The balloon, dubbed Snaggletooth
for the jagged line that overlaid its col-
ourful stripes, was owned and pilot-
ed by Richard Schmidt, a quiet, affa-
ble man with gray hair and a mustache.
The good news is, I didn’t need any
specialised knowledge. All that was re-
quired was a firm grip when handed a
rope to hang onto and a willingness to
lean my weight against the pull of the
inflating balloon.
Better yet, as I pulled, I also watched,
and the combination of cool morning
air, coffee and doughnuts, bright col-
ours, and the promise of what await-
ed — a peaceful flight void of jet fuel or
propellers — filled me with an expan-
sive sense of belonging. There in the
town park, Jeff and I joined a move-
ment, and as each balloon lifted from
the mist-covered grass and painted
the blue sky pink and red and yellow, I
was grateful to have momentarily wo-
ven myself into the fabric of this com-
munity.
I was so entranced that I almost
missed my chance to hop into the bal-
loon. “Hurry up!” Schmidt said, inter-
rupting my reverie. “Or we’ll go with-
out ya.”
As the crew ferried us by hand to
the launch point, the balloon hovered
several feet off the ground. The sen-
sation was similar to that of being in
a canoe bobbing in the water. When
Schmidt got the signal, he fired up the
burners and we began to rise, first 500
feet and then 1,000 feet above the
ground.
Another water analogy came to me
as we floated over the town’s Victorian
facades and brick storefronts. Steering
is not possible in ballooning — the air
sent us in the direction of the currents
like a stick that had fallen into a riv-
er midstream. “You go where the wind
blows,” Schmidt said. “And you get
what you get.”
As our balloon bobbed its way
down-valley, the town’s landmarks —
the gondola, Bridal Veil Falls, the mesa
where the airport is located — shrank
until the landscape looked like a Mo-
nopoly board. From on high, I saw how
physically constrained Telluride is. They
call it a “box canyon” because the
mountain walls are steep and the val-
ley is narrow — there’s only one way in
and out of town. Literally rising above
the fray shifted my focus. I now had
a greater appreciation of all the things
that combine to make Telluride what it
is.
Weightless and feeling as expan-
sive as the air inside Snaggletooth’s
envelope, I tried to memorise my sur-
roundings. This is unlike any part of
Colorado I’ve visited before, and I grew
up in the state. I know it well. But in
Telluride, in going slow, I saw so much.
COMMUNITY
06 | SUNDAY 9 OCTOBER 2016
Katara celebrates Sri Lankan culture and music
In the presence of high-profile dip-
lomats and large audience, the
Drama Theatre of the Cultural Vil-
lage Foundation - Katara hosted on
Friday evening, a show performed by
the renowned Sri Lankan Cultural Ar-
my Troupe representing popular na-
tional dances from across the Repub-
lic of Sri Lanka.
The show started with a speech by
W M Karunadasa, Sri Lankan Ambas-
sador to Qatar, who praised the cur-
rent high-level bilateral ties between
the two friendly countries, especial-
ly the cultural field where both par-
ties have shown keenness to adopt
the cultural approach as a means to
achieve more cultural cooperation
and interaction between the two cul-
tures in both countries.
On the occasion, the ambassador
also gifted a memorial shield to the
General Manager of the Cultural Vil-
lage Foundation- Katara, Dr Khalid bin
Ibrahim Al Sulaiti, and expressed grat-
itude to their excellences Ambassa-
dor Ibrahim Yousif Fakhroo, Director
of the Department of Protocol, and
the Head of the Cultural Research and
Studies Department of the Ministry of
Culture and Sports Faleh Al Hajri.
With their elaborate and colourful
costumes, 20 male and female per-
formers took the centrestage for two
hours presenting a stunning musical
display and reflecting the rich cultural
diversity of Sri Lanka.
The multicultural performance by
the Sri Lankan Cultural Army Troupe
also included the highly-sophisticat-
ed and refined “Tea Dance”, which is
usually performed during the tea har-
vesting season and festivals in a coun-
try that produces some of the world’s
best global quality tea brands in the
markets.
The multicultural show also thrilled
audiences with several other perform-
ances inspired by some rich cultures
such as Egypt and Spain, demonstrat-
ing the authenticity of the golden old
say: Music is a universal language that
recognises no borders or limitations.
The Sri Lankan army Cultural
Troupe was first founded 25 years ago
and has performed in many countries
across the world such as Australia, the
US, France, Italy, the UK, China, Malay-
sia, and Thailand.
The Katara hosting of the Sri
Lankan show comes in line with its
message, vision and efforts seeking
to turn the Cultural Village Founda-
tion into a vibrant platform and pow-
erhouse that unite the cultures of the
world and embrace the diversity of
human development, through bring-
ing people together to share their
cultural and artistic experiences, and
gain a better understanding about
each other in a peaceful and civilised
atmosphere.
Josoor Institute completes first round of training programme
Josoor Institute successfully com-
pleted the first set of its newly in-
troduced Training and Develop-
ment Programmes and is gear-
ing up towards its new programmes.
The new set of programmes were de-
livered in partnership with Leaders, a
global event, publishing and consul-
tancy business in sport. The upcom-
ing programmes are set to take place
between October 17 and 20.
Josoor Institute is a centre of ex-
cellence for the sports and events in-
dustries, inspired and developed by
the Supreme Committee for Delivery &
Legacy. Driven by its ambition to de-
velop the human capital in the sports
and events industries, Josoor institute
is tailoring its offerings to fill the knowl-
edge gaps faced in the region. The
programmes to be offered include ‘Ad-
vance Leadership Programme’, ‘Profes-
sional Development Workshops’, ‘Mas-
terclass’, ‘‘Executive Networking’ ses-
sions, ‘Outreach’ sessions. The sessions
delivered in September focused on
strategic management and advanced
leadership and had over 170 delegates
who joined from Qatar and the region.
Delegates were engaged in the discus-
sions that took place throughout the
programmes, carrying talks and de-
bates with the speakers and among
one another.
Speaking about Josoor Insti-
tute’s Training and Development Pro-
grammes, Mushtaq Al Waeli, Execu-
tive Director (acting) of Josoor Insti-
tute, said: “With this week’s delivery,
we hope the delegates have been
able to develop their management
and high performance leadership
skills, get an understanding of how
to analyse markets, develop strate-
gies and implement plans. These del-
egates will go on to build a sustain-
able sports and events industry in
the region and at Josoor Institute, we
want to ensure that our programmes
are tailored to delegates’ needs and
address the needs that are unique to
the region. With each delivery block,
we want delegates to gather the
knowledge and skillset they need to
advance in their career, and to sup-
port this we have an interesting line-
up of programmes in the coming
months.”
The training and development pro-
grammes include five sets of offerings
that started in September and will
carry on through to December. The
programmes will be delivered in part-
nership with Leaders who with their
extensive knowledge and experience
in the sports and mega events indus-
try add considerable value. The range
of programmes offered are targeted
at a range of audience varying from
students to senior executives.
Sharing his experience from Sep-
tember’s training and development
programmes, Jonathan Ford, the
Chief Executive of the Welsh Football
Association, said: “It’s a fantastic lega-
cy programme set up under the um-
brella of the SC in order to really equip
the people of this region with some of
the skills and expertise that they will
need to make a great success of the
2022 FIFA World Cup when it comes
here. Josoor Institute is a great organ-
isation and a great initiative to ensure
that you go about doing the things
the right way and ultimately host a
successful tournament,and allowing
the region to go on and bid to stage
other events.”
COMMUNITY / MARKETPLACE
| 07SUNDAY 9 OCTOBER 2016
QNB is platinum sponsor of breast cancer conference
Qatar Cancer Society an-
nounced that Qatar Na-
tional Bank Platinum
Sponsor of the breast can-
cer conference, which will be host-
ed by Doha on October 28 and 29
under the slogan “Present Stand-
ards and New Perspectives” Shera-
ton Hotel,With the participation of
more than 2,000 scientists and re-
searchers from different countries
to discuss various topics related
to breast cancer , the latest treat-
ments currently used, methods of
prevention, and future prospects
for the face of this type of cancer.
Dr. Sheikh Khalid bin Jabor Al Thani (pictured),
Chairman of Qatar Cancer Society, said, “The achieve-
ment of community partnerships among all state
institutions will contribute directly to raising health
awareness among members of the community in Qa-
tar, especially in the fight against cancer, which is the
act of charity and a human in the first place which re-
quires concerted efforts toFight the disease, which is
exacerbated for several reasons, most notably mod-
ern lifestyles.”
He thanked Qatar National Bank
officials on a platinum sponsor of
the breast cancer conference and
their faith strong social responsi-
bility towards the society, especial-
ly in the field of health awareness
of cancer by contributing to the
achievement of our vision towards
the creation of a conscious socie-
ty does not hold the fear of cancer.
He praised the high turnout of
national companies to take care of
various health conferences in Qatar,
where this support contributes to
the continuation of awareness and
educational charity march toward
different forms of cancer in addition to spreading
health culture, the importance of sport and healthy
food and their role in cancer prevention.
He explained that the launch of breast cancer
conference came in conjunction with the October
a month of global awareness of breast cancer and
that Charity was keen to launch events and major
campaigns to encourage early detection being the
cornerstone in the prevention, treatment and raise
awareness of the disease and spread the culture of
the adoption of healthy lifestyles to prevent it, to Be-
sides highlighting the health-related services availa-
ble in Qatar, especially in light of the growing number
of people infected with the disease locally.
IAP joins hands with Atlas Polyclinic to hold medical camp
Ibn Ajayan Projects (IAP) in associ-
ation with Atlas Polyclinic in Asian
Town, organised medical check-up
camp for the third time in Plaza
Mall, Asian Town on October 6. The
free medical check-up from 4pm up
to 9pm on that day was offered to the
general public. Hundreds of Labour
city residents and general public ben-
efited from this initiative.
“I came to Qatar 6 months back
and works in a shop in industrial ar-
ea, I have some health issues. This
free medical checkup really benefits
to understand my current health sta-
tus,” says Abdul Majid, an expatriate.
Many people like Abdul Majid is
benefitting from the monthly free
medical check-up in Plaza Mall. The
team is also giving medical lessons
if they find anything abnormal in the
medical results.
This is the third time Atlas Polyclin-
ic is organising free medical checkup
in Plaza Mall and the organisers have
decided to continue this initiative reg-
ularly for the next one year in Asian
Town. The next camp is scheduled for
November 3.
The visitors are mostly within the
age group of 30-50 and most of
them are workers from the industri-
al area. Subramanian, a worker from
India, says “I am a regular visitor in
this medical checkup camp in Plaza
Mall. I am 42-year old and I feel it is
good to have these kind of regular
medical check-up at this age”, echo-
ing the opinion of many who attend-
ed the camp.
FOOD
08 | SUNDAY 9 OCTOBER 2016
By Ellie Krieger The Washington Post
This cake’s name refers to some
key ingredients the recipe
doesn’t call for, which were ra-
tioned in America during World
Wars I and II: butter, milk and eggs.
But I like it for what it has aplenty:
big chocolate flavour, a moist, fudgy
crumb and one-pan ease.
Healthful oil replaces the butter,
making this version better for you
than a typical chocolate cake. I take
that goodness a step further by us-
ing mostly whole-grain pastry flour,
and just enough sugar so the cake def-
initely tastes like dessert but it is not
overly sweet.
The way to make it is so different,
it almost feels as if you are perform-
ing magic, but the steps make per-
fect sense when you understand the
reasoning behind them. Most meth-
ods for making cake revolve around
minimising the development of glu-
ten, the mixture of proteins that typi-
cally makes the crumb less tender. Be-
cause gluten forms when the flour is
hydrated, most cake recipes have you
either add the dry ingredients directly
to the fat before adding the liquid or
combine the fat and liquid and then
add the flour. That way, the flour be-
comes coated with fat, creating a bar-
rier against the liquid and minimises
gluten.
In this recipe, you want the op-
posite effect. It is essential to devel-
op the gluten because that structure
holds the crumb together: There are
no eggs or milk to do it.
That’s why, after combining the dry
ingredients right in the baking dish,
you make a well in the center and pour
in the oil and vanilla extract. Then you
sprinkle a mixture of water and cider
vinegar directly over the top of the dry
ingredients to hydrate the flour be-
fore mixing the whole thing together.
(Why vinegar? It provides the acid that
activates the gluten further, and it al-
so balances the pH of the baking so-
da.) Once the batter is mixed, I double
down on the star ingredient by stirring
in mini chocolate chips that melt into
the tender, rich cake as it bakes.
You won’t miss what’s not there,
and peace will reign in your dessert
kingdom.
Double Chocolate ‘War’ Cake
9 to 12 servings
To make this cake vegan, omit the
mini chocolate chips, or use carob or
vegan chocolate mini chips.
You’ll need an 8-inch square bak-
ing pan.
Ingredients
1 cup whole-grain pastry flour
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup unsweetened natural co-
coa powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup cold water
1 tablespoon apple vinegar
1/3 cup canola oil or other neutral-
flavored oil
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/2 cup bittersweet mini chocolate
chips
Confectioners’ sugar, for dusting
Method
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Whisk together the whole-grain pas-
try flour, all-purpose flour, granulated
sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda and
salt in the baking pan.
Combine the water and vinegar in
a small bowl.
Make a well in the center of the
flour mixture; pour the oil and the va-
nilla extract there. Sprinkle the wa-
ter-vinegar mixture over the dry in-
gredients; stir to form a smooth bat-
ter. Scatter the chocolate chips over
the surface, then stir them in so they
are evenly distributed.
Bake (middle rack) for 35 to 40
minutes, until the cake is set and a
toothpick inserted in the center comes
out clean. Transfer the pan to a wire
rack for the cake to cool.
Before serving, dust the top of the
cooled cake lightly with confectioners’
sugar.
Nutrition | Per serving (based on 12): 210 calories, 3 g protein, 31 g car-bohydrates, 9 g fat, 2 g saturated fat, 0 mg cholesterol, 170 mg sodium, 2 g dietary fiber, 18 g sugar
You won’t miss what’s missing here
FASHION
| 09SUNDAY 9 OCTOBER 2016
AFP
A vintage carnival in Australia provided the in-
spiration for Emirati designer Lamya Abed-
in’s show at Arab Fashion Week in Dubai that
combined frills and sequins with modesty.
Abedin said she followed every detail of the cen-
tury-old fair, which she visited while travelling with her
husband and children, for her collection “Voyage of the
Carnival” -- right down to the music and make-up.
“I loved the vibes,” the designer told AFP in an inter-
view following her Thursday night show.
“There were the crazy mirrors, the music, the whole
ambience attracted me. I felt that this is my inspira-
tion,” added the mother of three, who was accompa-
nied during the show by her husband, uncle, and chil-
dren. “I wanted to show how in vintage fairs in the past
people used to dress up” unlike today when they just
wear jeans and T-shirts, she said.
To achieve this look, “I mixed modernity with the
vintage feel,” explained Abedin, dressed in a long silver
sequin-studded coat and a traditional black scarf cov-
ering most of her hair.
Her show was preceded by men in tailcoats and
black hats on unicycles and stilts entertaining an au-
dience of mostly women -- some in mini-dresses and
others in traditional black Abayas and even a niqab
face veil -- before her assistant came in singing an
American dance-pop song.
Carnival music accompanied a background video
of acrobats and a circus tent as models in strawberry
blond wigs with hats and flower headbands strutted
down the catwalk, some in chequered circus stockings.
“I follow a theme,” said Abedin.
“The look should be complete with the theme so I
could let the people live the story,” she added.
“This time the story is happiness.”
Dressed in a long purple dress and a flower head-
band, Brazilian model Karine Graf said she found the
concept “very funny” and “unique”. “I think it’s a very
cool collection and very new,” she told AFP backstage.
Abedin’s collection is mainly made up of flowing
layered dresses and skirts mixing tulle, dentelle, se-
quins, embroidery, jacquard, and brocade -- all in vi-
brant colours. “We did lots of patchwork and panel
work. There was art and craft in the outfits,” accom-
panied by belts, hats, and even handbags.“We wanted
to show how you could change your clothes using ac-
cessories... It was more of a styling show than anything
else,” she said.
‘Long dresses, sleeves’While she steered away from traditional Gulf Arab
clothing, Abedin still made sure her models do not re-
veal much skin in accordance with her society’s culture
codes. Abedin’s local touch is evident from the “very
conservative” look of her models, said Noura Khaled,
a 23-year-old Emirati attending the show. “The long
dresses (and) long sleeves reflect the culture.”
Abedin acknowledged that she made sure mod-
els in short dresses wore stockings to cover their legs
“because I would wear it like that... But it’s a person-
al choice.” In a wedding dress, Czech model Kaya not-
ed the difference between the five-day Arab Fash-
ion Week that opened Thursday in Dubai and simi-
lar events in Milan which she said were actually “more
conservative” in their presentation.
“Nude make up, sleek hair and us going straight and
back without thinking of the concept so much,” she
said of the Milan catwalks. “I like that this show has
an idea: circus.” Abedin’s show featured three bridal
gowns -- one was light and short suitable for beach
weddings, the second a little more formal. But it was
the third dentelle gown that was more formal with
a vintage touch that she said was similar to her own
wedding dress. She made a similar peach-coloured
one for her own little daughter who made an appear-
ance hand-in-hand with the model wearing the fi-
nal bridal gown, drawing applause from the audience.
Even the wedding dresses were inspired by the
Australia carnival where she saw three brides coming
for a photo shoot at the fair, Abedin said.
“I loved the idea!” One of the brides was even
wearing a blue bridal gown. “It was very cute,” said
Abedin. “I felt they’re happy.” The Emirati design-
er, who has her own brand titled “Queen of Spades”,
said the aim of her show is to spread joy among her
audience. “We are living in a country where we’re al-
ways busy and have lots of work, so it’s nice to switch
off and live in a different bubble” even briefly through
an array of light, colourful fabrics.
Emirati designer brings vintage vibe to Dubai catwalk
IANS
Frequent use of online social
media does not lead to long-
term problems with your abil-
ity to concentrate, says a new
study.
These modern communication
tools do not, it seems, interfere with
our primal instincts, such as long-term
attitudes, time appreciation, and con-
centration, in the way that many crit-
ics have suggested in recent years,
said the study published in the Inter-
national Journal Social Media and In-
teractive Learning Environments.
“With the abundance of technolog-
ical devices, an increasing number of
users of all ages rely on technology
and specifically social media,” said one
of the researchers Deborah Carstens
of the Florida Institute of Technology.
There are, however, worries about
the impact such tools have on our
psyche and our ability to concentrate,
for instance.
The new research from Carstens’
team and their colleagues at Barry
University also in Florida, showed that
despite the often skittish and tran-
sient nature of online social interac-
tions there is no difference to be seen
in the attention span or “offline” socia-
bility of occasional users and frequent
users of online social media.
In the study, a total of 209 re-
spondents from a private university
participated. Self-administered ques-
tionnaires were implemented with the
survey instrument developed by the
researchers.
Five hypotheses were tested on
the relationships of social media tech-
nologies with attention span, time
pressure, long-term orientation, poly-
chromic attitude index, and sociability.
There is no difference in attention
spans or sociability in frequent or in-
frequent users of social media, the re-
searchers found.
“Social media is not a fad as it con-
tinues to play an increasing role in the
individuals’ lives.
Understanding how to utilise this
social media epidemic to enhance
learning, relationships and business
knowledge is essential as individuals
are spending an increasing amount
of time on these networks,” the re-
searchers noted.
“These networks have become an
imprint of our everyday life and part
of pop culture, revolutionising the way
people communicate and in the way
organisations act,” Carstens said.
HEALTH
10 | SUNDAY 9 OCTOBER 2016
Can drinking too much water harm you?IANS
Challenging the popular notion that we should
drink eight glasses of water a day for good
health, researchers have found that drinking
too much water can put people in danger of water
intoxication.
Researchers from Monash University in Victoria,
Australia have found a mechanism that regulates flu-
id intake in the human body and stops us from over-
drinking.
The findings showed that excess of water in the
body can cause water intoxication or hyponatremia --
a condition that occurs when vital levels of sodium in
the blood become abnormally low.
The condition can potentially give rise to symp-
toms ranging from lethargy and nausea to convul-
sions and coma.
The study revealed that a ‘swallowing inhibition’
is activated by the brain after excess liquid is con-
sumed, helping maintain tightly calibrated volumes
of water in the body.
“If we just do what our body demands us to we’ll
probably get it right - just drink according to thirst
rather than an elaborate schedule,” said Michael Far-
rell, Associate Professor at Monash University.
For the study, the team asked participants to rate
the amount of effort required to swallow water under
two conditions: following exercise when they were
thirsty and later after they were persuaded to drink
an excess amount of water.
The results showed a three-fold increase in effort
after over-drinking.
Further, the team used functional magnetic res-
onance imaging (fMRI) and found that the right pre-
frontal areas of the brain were much more active
when participants were trying to swallow with much
effort.
“We found effort-full swallowing after drinking ex-
cess water which meant they were having to over-
come some sort of resistance, as the swallowing re-
flex becomes inhibited once enough water has been
drunk,” Farrell said.
The study was published online in the Proceed-
ings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Social media won’t
affect your ability to
concentrate: Study
ENTERTAINMENT
| 11SUNDAY 9 OCTOBER 2016
Film: “Mirzya”
Director: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
Cast: Harshvardhan Kapoor, Saiyami Kher, Art Malik,
Anuj Choudhary, Anjali Patil, Om Puri
Rating: **
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s “Mirzya”, loose-
ly inspired by the eternal love story of Mir-
za-Sahiban of Punjab, is about childhood
lovers Monish (Harshvardhan Kapoor) and
Suchitra (Saiyami Kher). It is lyrically told and em-
bellished with the rich folklore of Rajasthan, replete
with picturesque locales.
On the face of it, this sounds perfect. But alas,
it is not. The weak story line with a convoluted
screenplay and the languid pace of the film, taking
the narrative nowhere, is its undoing.
The first half of the film establishes their love
story which begins from school, albeit with the
help of a screenplay that goes back and forth in
time simultaneously straddling two worlds, in both
of which the lovers are jinxed. The second half, in-
stead of picking up momentum, is painfully slow,
with nothing new being offered to the audience by
way of narrative. The fait accompli of the lovers and
the film is by then already evident.
The screenplay, hinged on a cliched story, is not
taut and meanders aimlessly, offering nothing nov-
el even by way of treatment. In scenes when the
lovers are escaping and ought to be tension-rid-
den, the dialogues in a light vein seem out of con-
text and amateurish, diluting the intended intensity
of the film further. The characters too are not con-
vincingly etched, thus, failing to engage the viewers.
Harshvardhan Kapoor as Monish aka Adil Mirza,
is sincere, but lacks the persona and charisma of a
star. Sadly, for a debut film, he does not have much
to display by way of histrionics, except his horse rid-
ing and archery skills. He does not appear convinc-
ing in the emotional scenes.
Saiyami Kher as Suchitra, his love interest, grows
on you as the film progresses and from a gawky
presence in the first few scenes, she gets a hold
over herself and commands attention, especially in
the second half when the childhood lovers meet.
She appears confident and emotes naturally too.
Art Malik, a brilliant international actor, as Suchi-
tra’s father, lights up the screen with his strong per-
sonality, but seems a tad out of place in the setting.
Anuj Choudhary as Prince Karan, leaves an in-
delible impact and portrays a jealous lover with
a bruised ego, effectively. Anjali Patil as Zeenat,
Mirzya’s silent and selfless lover, is equally power-
ful, albeit in a small role. She evokes your sympathy
more than the actual lovers in the film.
The music by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy is undoubt-
edly the raison d’ etre of this film and the audience
is willingly distracted by the innumerable songs --
“Mirzya”, “Teen Gawah Ishq ke”, “Aave re hichki”, as
these provide the necessary relief here, rather than
being an aberration.
Daler Mehndi renders the title song with the req-
uisite gusto and passion, making it pierce through
your heart. Perhaps it is the music, including the
background score, which evokes the pathos in the
audience rather than performances on screen.
Director of Photography, Pawel Dyllus, deserves
kudos as the cinematography is yet another high-
light of the film, as the frames are picture-per-
fect and leave you mesmerised. Whether it is the
colourful dances of Rajasthan or pristine Ladakh,
these are beautifully captured by his lens.
Overall, “Mirzya” even though two hours and 10
minutes, seems like a lifetime in the theatre as Rakeysh
Omprakash Mehra does not succeed in involving you
in the love story of the duo. Neither does your heart
beat for them nor do you get teary eyed when they
are separated. Aesthetically, it is a treat though.
‘Mirzya’: Pretentious and uninspiring, but aesthetically a treat
The first half of the film establishes love story which begins from school, albeit with the help of a screenplay that goes back and forth in time simultaneously straddling two worlds, in both of which the lovers are jinxed.
ENTERTAINMENT
12 | SUNDAY 9 OCTOBER 2016
By Bethonie Butler The Washington Post
Years before he sold the
screenplay for the beloved ro-
mantic comedy “Brown Sug-
ar,” Michael Elliot used to sit in
movie theaters and count the number
of trailers without any black people.
In May 1998, he sold his screen-
play for “Brown Sugar” to Fox Search-
light Pictures. The film, directed by Rick
Famuyiwa, hit theaters in 2002 and
starred Sanaa Lathan and Taye Diggs
as two longtime friends who share a
love of hip-hop - and a mutual attrac-
tion that becomes impossible to ignore.
Elliot’s story was inspired by “Sev-
en Days,” Mary J. Blige’s song about a
platonic friendship that evolves into ro-
mance. But in an interview with The
Washington Post, Elliot said he also
sought to create a different type of ro-
mantic comedy - one that had success-
ful black people at the center and was
as much about love as it was funny.
For all of our ongoing discussions
about the lack of diversity in Ameri-
can films, romantic comedies consti-
tute a particularly fraught genre. Early
rom-coms tended to overlook diversi-
ty completely (1984’s “Sixteen Candles”
made a mockery of it), while later films
became notorious for casting actors of
color to play token best friends - if they
included them at all.
In 2014, when Vulture named the
“25 Best Romantic Comedies Since
‘When Harry Met Sally,’ “ the list omitted
“Brown Sugar” and other classics such
as “Love & Basketball,””The Wood” and
“The Best Man.” (Those films are also
conspicuously absent from Wikipedia’s
list of rom-coms.) Of the four, “Brown
Sugar” most closely fits the romantic-
comedy mold - the others skew slight-
ly more dramatic - but they all helped
usher in an era of films that told stories
about black love.
Vulture’s list also neglected to in-
clude one of the biggest precursors to
the wave of black rom-coms: Theodore
Witcher’s 1997 film “Love Jones.” The
film starred Larenz Tate and Nia Long
as two young, black professionals who
fall in love after meeting at a poetry
night in Chicago. It achieved a modest
box-office showing - just north of $12
million - but it remains an undeniable
cult classic. A musical adaptation comes
to Washington’s National Theatre next
month.
“I love ‘Love Jones,’ and I felt we
needed more movies like that,” Elliot
said. After co-writing the screenplay for
the 2002 comedy “Like Mike,” Elliot re-
turned to the rom-com genre in 2010
with “Just Wright,” a film he had begun
to write years earlier. The story cast rap-
per-turned-actress Queen Latifah as a
physical therapist who falls for one of
her NBA clients, played by rapper Com-
mon. Although the film was not consid-
ered a commercial success, Elliot said
he is proud that the film gave audiences
images they were not used to seeing: a
beautiful and professionally successful
leading lady whose plus-size frame re-
sembled most American women more
than Latifah’s size-2 counterparts.
But Elliot notes that “Brown Sugar”
and “Just Wright” account only for the
romantic-comedy screenplays that he
actually sold. Even after the success of
“Brown Sugar” (which made more than
$27 million domestically on an $8 mil-
lion budget), he says it was hard to sell
rom-coms led by black actors. He re-
calls one studio executive dismissing
a pitch with something to the effect
of “Love does not really resonate with
black people. Comedy does.”
That dictumcontains two assump-
tions that have been proved false many
times over. Tate told Essence in 2012
that Witcher’s film had “gotten so big
that people do poetry ‘Love Jones’ cel-
ebrations every single year, like Trekkies
celebrate ‘Star Trek.’ “ The other miscon-
ception is that so-called mainstream
audiences do not turn up for films fea-
turing predominantly black casts.
“Jumping the Broom,” a 2011 ro-
mantic comedy starring Paula Patton,
Loretta Devine and Angela Bassett,
“overperformed” at the box office when
it landed two spots behind Marvel jug-
gernaut “Thor.” Despite an ensemble
cast and a host of celebrity cameos,
“Think Like A Man” shocked Hollywood
when it opened to the tune of $33 mil-
lion the following year. (A sequel was
wisely made, and it dominated the box
office in its 2014 debut.)
The surprise around “The Best
Man Holiday” was even more inexpli-
cable. The star-studded 2013 sequel
earned more than $30 million in its
opening weekend and numerous out-
lets referred to it as an “African Amer-
ican comedy” (or variations thereof)
in breathless reports about how it ex-
ceeded projections. Director Malcolm D.
Lee, who also wrote and directed the
movie’s 1999 predecessor, hit back at
critics who used the most simplistic de-
scriptions of his film. “There is nothing
urban about my movie,” he told the Los
Angeles Times. “Seventy-five percent of
it takes place in a mansion in the sub-
urbs.”
It’s a given that studios will market
movies to specific groups. “If you have a
black romantic comedy, your target au-
dience is going to be black folks,” vet-
eran producer Stephanie Allain said
in an interview. Ultimately, the hope is
that films will appeal to multiple de-
mographics, and the date-night crowd
tends to lend crossover appeal to ro-
mantic comedies, Allain said.
Among her own rom-com credits,
Allain produced the 2006 film “Some-
thing New,” which explored interracial
dating from the perspective of a black
woman, with Lathan opposite Simon
Baker.
Allain, who called the movie “a little
ahead of its time,” said writer Kriss Turn-
er was shocked by an article that report-
ed a large percentage of black women
never marry. The film’s interracial ro-
mance resonated with Allain, whose ex-
husband is white, but she also related
to the struggles that Lathan’s character
confronted as a successful black wom-
an. Allain is currently working on Netf-
lix’s forthcoming adaptation of “Dear
White People” (she also produced the
2014 critically acclaimed film).
Meanwhile, Elliot has been focused
on expanding Hammer & Nails, the
men’s grooming salon he opened last
year in Los Angeles. He calls himself
“semiretired” from screenwriting, but he
still considers himself a film buff and la-
ments the dearth of great black roman-
tic comedies in recent years. He thinks
more strides have been made in the ro-
mantic-drama films, citing 2014’s “Be-
yond the Lights” (from “Love & Basket-
ball” director Gina Prince-Bythewood)
as one of his favorites.
But Elliot thinks the time is right for
someone to make another great black
romantic comedy. He points to televi-
sion’s increasing diversity as an exam-
ple. Incidentally, he said he’s currently in
talks with BET to develop a series.
Is love lost on the black romantic comedy?
TECHNOLOGY
| 13SUNDAY 9 OCTOBER 2016
By Hayley Tsukayama The Washington Post
Sony’s PlayStation VR sets a new bar for the
mass-market appeal of virtual reality. Sure,
the headset isn’t exactly cool looking, but it’s
lighter and more attractive than competitors
such as the Oculus Rift and the HTC Vive.
At $400, the PlayStation VR is not cheap. But it’s
still less expensive than its competitors and doesn’t
require a high-end computer to work if you already
have a PlayStation 4.
For this review, Sony provided a $500 kit that in-
cludes the headset and a charging stand. It also in-
cludes a PlayStation camera and two PlayStation
Move controllers, which act as your hands in the dig-
ital world.
Set-up is a breeze. The Oculus and the Vive re-
quired lots of setup time - clearing space for play,
making sure that the sensors in the room were at
just the right spots. It took maybe 15 minutes at most
from opening the box to using the headset. I just had
to plug the right cables into my PlayStation 4, find a
couple of wall outlets to power it all, and set the cam-
era on top of my TV. Users will have to make sure that
the camera isn’t facing a window full-on, as that can
confuse the sensors with too much light.
Little design features on the headset go a long
way. It’s easy to play while wearing glasses, and to
adjust for focus, because the front of the headset
pulls away from your face independently of the
harness that keeps the headset on your
head; this makes it easy to make
adjustments to your face
without having to pull the
whole thing off. A sin-
gle cord hangs down a
player’s back, which is
just the right size to
give you space with-
out getting tripped
up.
Of all the
headsets I’ve
tried, it was
the easiest
to wear for
the long-
est peri-
od of
time. It sits lightly; I didn’t have the telltale VR rac-
coon goggle markings on my face after playing.
But hardware is only part of the equation. Games
are really what matters. Luckily for gamers, PlaySta-
tion has an obvious natural advantage here. Sony
sent several digital download codes for games along
with the PlayStation VR from third-party developers,
including Rocksteady’s Batman title Arkham VR, as
well as Thumper, a rhythm game by developer Drool.
The games ran the gamut from complex and
mind-bending to simple, ar-
cade-style fun, but
all showed off
the advan-
tage of
immer-
s i o n .
Whether you’re reaching for your utility belt as Bat-
man, or sitting in the cockpit of a Battlezone hover-
tank, the ability to look around you and interact with
the world by reaching out your hand adds immeasur-
ably to the fun of these games. (Or the fear factor, if
horror games are your thing.)
Sony also offers games that you can play sitting
down, with the traditional controller in hand. Even
games that aren’t in VR look pretty darn cool within
the headset, because it’s like playing on an enormous
screen that takes up your whole field of vision.
I did not have motion sickness problems with the
PlayStation VR, though at times the PlayStation
Move controllers did have a little bit of a track-
ing delay that took me out of the game. Ad-
justing the camera helped with this.
Sony’s also done a great job of making
what could be a very isolating technology
more social. The sound and picture come
through your television and the headset
automatically, so your friends can easily
see what you’re up to in the virtual world
with no additional setup. That makes it
ideal for dorm rooms and group houses,
particularly. Gamers can also happily play
in their own world while the TV is doing some-
thing else - another perk for those that share their
living rooms.
How does it stack up to other virtual reality head-
sets?
In my mind, the best headset is still the HTC Vive.
The PlayStation VR comes very close, but I didn’t find
using the PlayStation Move controllers as convincing
as the Vive’s controllers.
That said, the Vive is not a mainstream product.
It and the Oculus require a high-end gaming
computer to work. The Vive, in particular, al-
so requires a lot of space in which to play
- preferably a large and empty room,
which not everyone can spare.
The PlayStation VR, on the oth-
er hand, is living room ready. And,
if there are players who already
bought a Move controller
and PlayStation camera
in the past, the head-
set is all they’ll have
to buy.
Taking all of
that into ac-
count, I’d say
PlayStation VR
is the one that’s
right for most
people’s needs.
It’s easy to set-
up and easy to
use. It hooks into
something potential customers
likely already have in their homes. And, with
Sony’s connections, it stands an excellent
chance of getting more exciting and worth-
while games in the future.
still less expensive than its competitors and doesn’t
require a high-end computer to work if you already
have a PlayStation 4.
For this review, Sony provided a $500 kit that in-
cludes the headset and a charging stand. It also in-
cludes a PlayStation camera and two PlayStation
Move controllers, which act as your hands in the dig-
ital world.
Set-up is a breeze. The Oculus and the Vive re-
quired lots of setup time - clearing space for play,
making sure that the sensors in the room were at
just the right spots. It took maybe 15 minutes at most
from opening the box to using the headset. I just had
to plug the right cables into my PlayStation 4, find a
couple of wall outlets to power it all, and set the cam-
era on top of my TV. Users will have to make sure that
the camera isn’t facing a window full-on, as that can
confuse the sensors with too much light.
Little design features on the headset go a long
way. It’s easy to play while wearing glasses, and to
adjust for focus, because the front of the headset
pulls away from your face independently of the
harness that keeps the headset on your
head; this makes it easy to make
adjustments to your face
without having to pull the
whole thing off. A sin-
gle cord hangs down a
player’s back, which is
just the right size to
give you space with-
out getting tripped
up.
Of all the
headsets I’ve
tried, it was
the easiest
to wear for
the long-
est peri-
od of
cade-style fun, but
all showed off
the advan-
tage of
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BABY BLUES
HAGAR THE HORRIBLE
Jayaraman is blessed with great sense though blind. Once accidentally, he witnessed a murder but he was charged guilty. The plot shows how a blind could reveal the real killer with his great sense.
14 SUNDAY 9 OCTOBER 2016
CINEMA PLUS
Note: Programme is subject to change without prior notice.
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage (2D) 11:00am, 1:30, 4:00, 4:20, 6:30, 9:00, 11:30 & 11:45pmThe Disappointments Room (2D) 10:00am, 12:00noon, 2:00, 4:00, 6:00, 7:00, 8:00, 10:00pm & 12:00midnightThe Girl On The Train (2D) 10:00am, 12:20, 2:00, 2:40, 5:00, 7:20, 9:00, 9:40pm & 12:00midnightMiss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children (2D/Family) 11:00am, 1:30, 4:00, 6:30, 9:00 & 11:30pmStorks (2D/Comedy) 10:00, 11:50am, 1:40pm, 3:30 & 5:20pmLaaf Wa Dawaraan (2D/Arabic) 7:10, 9:30 & 11:45pmDeep Water Horizon (2D) 10:00am, 2:40, 7:20pm & 12:00midnightThe Magnificent Seven (2D/Action) 12:10, 4:50 & 9:30pmMasterminds (2D) 11:30am, 1:30, 3:30, 5:30, 7:30, 9:30 & 11:30pmHajwala (2D/Arabic) 10:00am, 12:00noon, 2:00, 4:00, 6:00, 8:00, 10:00pm & 12:00midnightDeep Water Horizon (IMAX/2D) 11:00am, 1:30, 4:00, 6:30, 9:00 & 11:30pm
Mirzya (2D/Hindi) 1:00 & 11:15pmTutak Tutak Tutiya (2D/Hindi) 1:30pm Storks (2D/Comedy) 3:30pmOppam (2D/Malayalam) 4:00 & 8:45pm Riot (2D/Action) 7:00pmMiss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children (2D/Family) 4:45pmThe Disappointments Room (2D/Family) 5:15pmDevi (2D/Tamil) 7:00 & 11:30pmLaaf Wa Dawaraan (2D/Arabic) 7:00pmThe Magnificent Seven (2D/Action) 9:15pm
Oppam (Malayalam) 5:00, 7:00, 8:00, 10:00 & 11:00pm Remo (Tamil) 7:00 & 10:00pm Devi (Tamil) 8:30 & 11:00pm Mirzya (Hindi) 6:00pm
Mirzya (2D/Hindi) 1:00pm Riot (2D/Action) 5:15pm Remo (2D/Tamil) 4:15 & 11:15pm Tutak Tutak Tutiya (2D/Hindi) 4:30pm
Devi (2D/Tamil) 1:30 & 11:300pmStorks (2D/Comedy) 3:30pm Oppam (2D/Malayalam) 1:30 & 8:45pmLaaf Wa Dawaraan (2D/Arabic) 7:00pm The Disappointments Room (2D/Family) 7:00pm Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children (2D/Family) 7:00pmPremam (2D/Telugu) 9:00pm USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage (2D/Action) 9:15 & 11:30pm
OPPAM
AL KHOROppam (3D/Malayalam) 11:30am, 2:30, 5:30, 8:30 & 11:30pmRemo (3D/Tamil) 12:00noon, 3:00, 6:00, 9:00pm & 12:00midnight
Storks (2D/Comedy) 11:30am, 1:30, 3:30 & 5:30pm
Girl On Train (3D/Drama) 7:30, 9:45pm & 12:00midnight
LANDMARKOppam (2D/Malayalam) 1:00 & 8:45pmRiot (2D/Action) 6:30pm Remo (2D/Tamil) 4:30 & 11:15pmMirzya(2D/Hindi) 2:30 & 11:30pm Storks (2D/Comedy) 1:30, 3:45 & 5:30pmUSS Indianapolis: Men of Courage (2D/Action) 5:00 & 11:30pmThe Disappointments Room (2D/Family) 7:00pm Laaf Wa Dawaraan (2D/Arabic) 7:15pm Premam (2D/Telugu) 9:00pm The Magnificent Seven (2D/Action) 9:15pm
15SUNDAY 9 OCTOBER 2016
Yesterday’s answer
Conceptis Sudoku: Conceptis Sudoku is
a number-placing puzzle based on a 9×9
grid. The object is to place the numbers
1 to 9 in the empty squares so that each
row, each column and each 3×3 box
contains the same number only once.
Yesterday’s answer
MEDIUM SUDOKU
ALL IN THE MIND
CROSSWORD
BRAIN TEASERS
Can you find the hidden words? They may be horizontal,vertical, diagonal, forwards or backwards.
ACCELERATOR,
AUTOMOBILE, AXLE,
BATTERY, BRAKE,
CARBURETOR,
CLUTCH, CRANKSHAFT,
CRUISE CONTROL,
CYLINDER, DASHBOARD,
DIFFERENTIAL,
DISTRIBUTOR, ENGINE,
EXHAUST, FUEL LINE,
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