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Gulf Daily News Monday, 24th November 2014 11
Traffic lights please!
LTHOUGH, I am aware that works around
A
Alba roundabout will be taking place in
the near future, I shudder to think about the
serious injuries that could take place until
then.
Is it so difficult, in this modern day and
technology, to put some traffic lights at this
roundabout until works start? Try to cross the
roundabout and you will know what I am talking about. People put their lives at risk every
time to get through.
I sincerely hope the relevant authorities
hear this plea and install traffic lights as early
as possible.
Concerned and affected driver
Forgotten war
AM sad. I attended Bahrain’s Remembrance
ITributes
Day ceremony at the Christian cemetery.
were paid to the fallen in the two
Don’t waste food
are people who are dying for food
TtheHERE
and yet we are wasting food. Just think of
poor people on Earth who have to beg
even for a bottle of water, and then look at
you. One obvious difference is, you are living
in a nice and comfortable house while they
are suffering from hunger.
When you go to a fast food restaurant and
order something, most of the time you will
not be able to finish the whole portion, and
do you pack it all the time? Most of us would
rather throw the food away.
With these obvious reasons you will understand how people without food are living and
you will learn that food is precious and we
must not waste it.
Lilly Lou Lijia Touthang
Grade 6C, Sacred Heart School
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ACROSS
Mob apt to exult at the grand finale (5)
Annoyed by a shifty pest at the youth centre (5)
Given the gun? (5)
Dad’s not French! (3)
A place useless to abbreviate (5)
Not the Siegfried line of defence (7)
Dangerously animal-like? (5)
An engagement for Joe at Gateshead (3)
Fall for a doctor during a lute composition (6)
Possible new part of town (7)
She left a mug (4)
Look closely and you’ll see its equal (4)
Almost hoping for pain relief (7)
Like an egg from Islay? (6)
Pull the plug, but not quietly! (3)
One stimulant in a hundred, I see (5)
Creature the French figure to be Chinese (7)
Device encountered at the end of the pier (5)
Long time, albeit less than average (3)
One goes to it head down (5)
Unsuitable use of some turpentine (5)
This material’s tough, one may imagine (5)
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Horrify a very quiet little chap (5)
Gives up making a small entry in the rules (7)
Bottom of the kangaroo tail (4)
Do a dishy job (4,2)
Think fondly of a wee drink out East (5)
She’s got the right angle on fruit (5)
Show weariness as you turn the gas up (3)
How hags make pigswill (7)
World Wars, but there was not one single
word or tribute
to the dead,
wounded or
veterans of the
one war that
prevented the
third world war
– Korea.
The first UN
war against
North Korea
and China, with Russian involvement, a war
that lasted nearly three years and fought in
First World War conditions through stinking
hot summers and atrocious winters, cost
the lives of thousands of soldiers with many
wounded and taken prisoner. Some 100,000
British servicemen and women served in the
Japan-Korea theatre.
It is estimated that 46,000 South Korean
soldiers were killed and more than 100,000
wounded. The Chinese are estimated by the
Pentagon to have lost more than 400,000
(including Mao Tse-tung’s son) and 486,000
wounded, with more than 21,000 captured.
The North Koreans had about 215,000
killed, with 303,000 wounded and more than
101,000 captured or missing. Add to this the
thousands of dead and wounded suffered by
the other UN countries.
Name and address withheld
The Moon begins today in your sign, a kind of afterburner of the New Moon in Sagittarius which occurred late
last week. This is ongoing encouragement to demonstrate your individuality and flair. Whilst some may give
you bright feedback, another, perhaps closer person,
could prove to be something of a wet blanket.
Your great talent is for ideas and expressing them engagingly. And the need to be crisp and precise in the
way you get your views across is going to become even
more important now. This will be especially so where
you interact with influencers. An imaginative approach
may persuade someone, but only if it seems credible.
Your imagination can be exceptionally strong today. In
fact, it wouldn’t be a surprise if the last few nights has
coincided with some powerful dreams, with more in
prospect today. The trick however, will be to avoid reading too much into certain situations. Someone may be
up to mischief and waiting to see how you react.
Don’t try too hard Cancer, and especially not when it
comes to pleasing others. As much as you may want to
extend a kindly, helping hand, consider that someone
might need to learn from their own experiences too.
Yes, it is good to be protective, but also give people the
space to make their own choices, even mistakes.
Tune into the most practical side of your nature this
week Aquarius. Whilst as a rule, you see life’s big picture
exceptionally well, subtle but powerful energies are set
to affect you now, ones which can easily see you lose
sight of the financial realities, and especially where a
long held hope or dream are concerned.
You can be so creative at this time, be it how you entertain your kids, if you have them, to the Christmas gifts
that you make or buy. You may even find yourself wanting to spring a lovely surprise on someone you care for.
Yet around all matters of speculation, this is perhaps not
the best of times to take a punt.
Your co-ruler has consistently been to the fore and so
it is again now, as she angles sharply to both the Sun,
and over the weekend, the svelte Venus. This suggests
that your worldly aspirations will be highlighted. Yet, to
really prosper do ensure that no-one can doubt your intentions, as a misunderstanding could occur.
You may get some mixed messages today, or perhaps
this whole week will be one of some uncertainty, but
there are things you can learn from and gain from too.
Why? Well, perhaps the ways in which you react to people or process information is at the root of this. Events
can ask you to be more flexible in your responses.
The Sun sweeps into a right angle with Neptune. Now,
last month Neptune was a great influence as the Sun
transited through Scorpio, but this angle is more challenging, because just ever so slightly and perhaps not obviously, things you would normally take no notice of, can
get under your skin. A sense of perspective is essential.
The pace of life is set to skyrocket now, and if you like
things to be fast moving and varied, you will be in your
absolute element. However, as your attention jumps
from subject to subject it would be easy to let a little
detail miss your gaze, and one which is important. That
saying of less haste, more speed comes to mind.
You might like to think well of all the people in your social circle, or you may be aware that there are some who
get on better than others, and you are realistic about
the politics that go on. That’s fine. But if someone’s
sincerity or lack of it starts to impact on your peace of
mind, do take the steps to protect yourself.
Someone you really like, perhaps even love, may prove
to be quite needy this week. And you may find yourself
offering a considerable shoulder for them to lean upon.
However, within this it will be important to stay crystal
clear about just what help you will or will not extend to
them - especially financially, Scorpio.
14 Not a witty type! (3)
16 He wrote, using special nibs, about the
Norwegian centre (5)
17 Long yarn about England’s capital (5)
19 The following vehicle (7)
20 At Beachy Head, the most recent high wind (5)
21 Villa site (5)
23 Taking the beer round, Meg can be colourful (7)
24 You’ll admit it can mean “swallow” (6)
25 Odd ingredient of frumenty (3)
27 They cover the head milk producers out of cash
(5)
28 Square, on occasions? (5)
30 Breaks into pictures (5)
32 Can be green as a meadow at Flamborough
Head (4)
33 Strong feeling of tiredness? (3)
How many words of four letters
or more can you make from the
letters show here? In making a
word, each letter may be used
once only, Each must contain
the centre letter and there
must be at least one nine-letter
word. No plurals or verb forms
ending in “s” no words with
initial capitals and no words
with a hyphen or apostrophe
permitted.
The first word of a phrase is
allowed (e.g. inkjet in inkjet
printer)
TODAY’S TARGET
Good
13; very good 20;
excellent 26 (or more). Solution
tomorrow.
YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION
acid acing acting adit agin
aiding anti antic attic can’t
dating DICTATING gain gait
giant gnat intact nicad tacit
tact taint tang titan titanic
YESTERDAY’S CRYPTIC SOLUTION
ACROSS: 1, Coup-le 7, Yearling 8, Time 10, ShamU.S. 11, Pol-it-e 14, Leg 16, Pi-L-ed 17, De-ed 19,
Fi-Ned 21, Never 22, Cow-Ed 23, Mood 26, Pi-lot 28,
Nap 29, Un-us-ed 30, Hogt-i.e. 31, O-WNS 32, Cocka-too 33, Tim-Ely
DOWN: 1, C-eased 2, Pri-m-ed 3, E-yes 4, Tro-O-per
5, Ci-vil 6, O.g.-led 8, Tale 9, Mug 12, Lid 13, T-empo
15, Dives 18, Elfi-n 19, Few (phew) 20, NE-D 21, Notepad 22, C-OS 23, M-agn-um 24, Opts 25, D-rear-y
26, Punch 27, Lunch 28, No-W 30, H-O-ot
YESTERDAY’S QUICK SOLUTION
ACROSS: 1, Cancel 7, Abstruse 8, Cans 10,
Violet 11, Images 14, Wee 16, Asset 17, Salt
19, Beech 21, Sarah 22, Water 23, Bled 26,
Bacon 28, Foe 29, Allege 30, Forage 31, Arid
32, Hospital 33, Legacy,
DOWN: 1, Canvas 2, Chalet 3, Last 4,
Stomach 5, Bungs 6, Yeast 8, Cowl 9, Nee
12, Ash 13, Eerie 15, Beret 18, Appal 19, Bat
20, Ear 21, Sangria 22, Woe 23, Boring 24,
Lead 25, Dreamy 26, Bathe 27, Close 28,
For 30, Fall,
ACROSS
3 Iron clothes (5) , 8 Wooden peg (5), 10 Jewelled ornamental band (5), 11 Decompose (3),
12 Vital organ (5), 13 Inorganic matter (7), 15 Keen (5), 18 Groove (3), 19 Of the sea (6), 21 A
holy place (7), 22 Flat (4), 23 Plan or contrive secretly (4), 24 Scoffs at (7), 26 Final result (6), 29
Toothed wheel (3), 31 Lustre (5), 32 Principal bullfighter (7), 34 Tag (5) , 35 Total (3), 36 So far
(2,3), 37 Naked figures (5), 38 Requirements (5)
DOWN
1 Boy’s name (5), 2 Old soldier (7), 4 Spool (4), 5 Small river (6), 6 Indian stringed instrument
(5), 7 Clean feathers (5), 9 Was victorious (3), 12 Short axe (7) , 14 Manage (3), 16 Lasses (5),
17 Puts one’s feet up (5), 19 Melodious (7), 20 Planet (5), 21 Perceive (5), 23 Mythical winged
horse (7), 24 Give to charity (6), 25 Speck (3), 27 Stage (5), 28 Girl’s name (5), 30 Curved roofs
(5) , 32 Fix (4), 33 Squib (3)
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