The New Paper, 18 August 2013

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    20 1 the new paper on sunday August 18 2013 j A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS I PUBLICATION 80 CENTS MICA (P) 085/01/2013
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  • UPFRONT
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Thinly veiled attempts to define success
      483 2  -  NATALIE SOH natalie@sph.com.sg How do you judge if someone is successful or not? I know it’s tempting to spout some homily about how success lies in the eye of the beholder, but the brutal reality is we do define success fairly narrowly in the
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      132 2 FEATURES 4 My father hates me because I am fat Once 50kg, this woman ate her way to 300kg after a heartbreak 12 Hard-selling tactics at all costs Find out which industries have the most number of complaints 16 Croc alert! Should we be alarmed by the recent crocodile sightings?
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      53 2 SPORTS 49 Cincinnati Masters World’s top two Djokovic and Murray crash out, but Nadal survives after beating Federer 50 Neil Humphreys Sunderland manager Paolo Di Canio will be the first managerial casualty 56 Liverpool 1 Stoke 0 Gary Lim says terrific trio of Aspas, Sturridge and Coutinho is key to
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  • PEOPLE
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      Lock icon I eat to dull the pain in my heart
      2246 4 / 5  -  REPORT: MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg She pulls out from her wallet a laminated photo of a young girl with long hair in a bright sundress, smiling sweetly at the camera. In the same photo is her beaming father, who has his right
      TNP PICTURE ILLUSTRATION: CHOO CHWEE HUA  -  2,246 words
    • Article
      Lock icon When diet and exercise don’t work
      257 4 / 5  -  REPORT: JENNIFER DHANARAJ djenn@sph.com.sg For people whose body mass index is above 40, losing weight the “normal way” does not work. Dr Baladas Ganesan, a specialist general surgeon and consultant at Raffles Surgery Centre, says that for some of these patients, even something simple
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    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Too fat to play with my kids
      594 6  -  REPORT: JENNIFER DHANARAJ djenn@sph.com.sg “The tailor was my best friend for most of my life,” he says without missing a beat. Wearing a white store-bought shirt, Mr Bernard Tan, 36, recalls his traumatic experiences as an overweight child and adult. He tells The
      PICTURE COURTESY OF BERNARD TAN; TNP PICTURE: ARIFFIN JAMAR  -  594 words
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      Lock icon I’m fat and I deserve some kindness
      576 6  -  MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg ureenk@sph.com.sg I found myself on a weighing scale in a doctor’s room two days ago. Minutes later, she declared (in what I am certain, was a disapproving tone): “Your BMI (body mass index) puts you in the obese range.” I
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      Lock icon He was calm, steady and brave
      472 7  -  S’pore silat chief remembers Abdul Kadir Ibrahim REPORT: JENNIFER DHANARAJ djenn@sph.com.sg Singapore’s first silat world champion, Abdul Kadir Ibrahim, died suddenly on Friday night. It is understood that the 40-year-old collapsed after complaining of chest pains following a jog. He leaves behind a wife
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      Lock icon Car catches fire in Jem carpark, shoppers evacuated
      248 7  -  REPORT: MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg It’s a hot shopping mall, and we’re not talking about whether it’s popular or not. For the second time in four days, another fire broke out at the Jem mall in Jurong East. On Wednesday, three FairPrice employees
      TNP PICTURES: GARY GOH  -  248 words
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      Lock icon HARD-SELL horrors
      484 12 / 13  -  HARD-SELLhorrors Complaints against pushy salesmen, terror tactics at all-time high REPORTS: BENSON ANG bang@sph.com.sg They pester. They offer. They don’t take “no” for an answer. Complaints against hard-selling retailers are at an all-time high. The biggest culprits are the beauty and slimming industries, followed by the timeshare industry,
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    • Article
      Lock icon ‘Consultant made me feel so fat’
      293 12 / 13 SLIMMING CENTRES One consumer, Miss Y. Teoh, 25, visited a slimming centre in March for a trial treatment, but ended up buying $6,000 worth of packages. She claims: “The consultant prodded the fats on my thigh and made comments like ‘such a waste’ and
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    • Article
      Lock icon ‘Vacuum delivered in 10 minutes... unasked for’
      360 12 / 13 ELECTRICAL PRODUCTS You don’t need to step out of your home to experience a hard-sell. Some salesmen will come to you. Consumers say it starts with the promise of a free demonstration at their homes. After this, the salesman will refuse to leave
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      Lock icon TIMESHARE MEMBERSHIP ‘Buy it if you love your family’
      373 12 / 13 Consumers claim sales con- sultants have forced them to sit through hours of presentations and bar them from leaving until they had bought memberships. It typically starts with them receiving a call offering a free gift in exchange for sitting through
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      Lock icon ‘Salesmen have families too’
      468 14 Consumers should take responsibility for their own actions, says the head of a timeshare company. Mr Joseph Hickman, executive director of Interval International Singapore, says: “Nobody held a gun to their heads. Nobody chained them to a chair. “The doors were not locked. Nobody forced them
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    • Article
      Lock icon How to beat pressure tactics
      243 14 Say ‘no’ to pressure selling Consumers can leave if they are uncomfortable with the sales tactics. Should the vendor try to keep you against your will, you can call the police. Decline any offer by the salesman to visit your home. Think it over. Even
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    • Article
      Lock icon ‘Protect customers to protect reputation’
      399 14 To protect their reputations, some spas and wellness businesses have taken steps to eradicate hard-selling tactics on their premises. One will even penalise staff members who are found to have used such tactics. At Citibella Spa, such employees can be warned, suspended or have their
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      Lock icon CROC ALERT!
      1022 16 / 17 Up to 10 crocs spotted at Sungei Buloh have alarmed some wildlife enthusiasts and amused some visitors, but experts say there is no cause for alarm. Benita Aw Yeong reports Spotted! These beady-eyed creatures have increasingly been spotted in Singapore’s northern wetlands. Back in 2008, the National Parks
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      Lock icon Get a grip on these gadgets
      610 18 / 19  -  Retailers see rising demand for devices that help make life easier for the aged REPORT: BENITA AW YEONG benitaay@sph.com.sg Fancy an apparatus to help extend your arm, or a nifty device which helps you open a stubborn jar cover? Gadgets like these which make
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      Lock icon I want to grow old like my grandma
      502 18 / 19  -  COMMENT: BENITA AW YEONG benitaay@sph.com.sg At 24 going on 25, I’m hardly in my twilight years. Which is why when my editors asked me to try out the products, I initially baulked. I found it almost impossible to imagine why anyone would
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      Lock icon Deaf, but they want to be heard
      559 20  -  Hearing-impaired student choir gives its first performance at charity gala REPORT: BENSON ANG bang@sph.com.sg They are deaf. Which makes talking a challenge in itself. But earlier this month, these eight students from the Singapore School for the Deaf (SSD) gave a vocal performance
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      364 21 PHILIPPINES FERRY CRASH Wire services Stormy weather forced rescuers to suspend a search yesterday for 170 people missing after a ferry collided with a cargo ship and sank. The number of confirmed dead has reached 32, and just 17 of the victims have been identified. The St
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    • Article
      Lock icon Man slits son’s throat and drinks his blood
      206 21 A man in the eastern Malaysian town of Lahad Datu slit his son’s throat before drinking the boy’s blood. Lahad Datu police chief Superintendent Shamsuddin Mat said seven-year-old Haikal Salimar was sleeping in the living room at about 9.45pm on Thursday when
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      Lock icon Area 51 does exist, but....
      431 22 CIA declassifies alleged UFO site AFP A declassified Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) document confirms the existence of Area 51. But conspiracy theorists will be disappointed that it offers no proof of alien landings in the desert. Area 51 has long been fodder for sci-ence-fiction films
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      Lock icon Kimye drop $2 million for kidnap-proof cars for baby
      275 22 Kanye West and Kim Kardashian are pulling out all the stops to ensure that baby North travels safely. The celebrity couple, known as Kimye, have reportedly ordered two customised armoured cars for a total of US$1.5 million (S$2 million), HuffingtonPost reported.
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      Lock icon Animal lovers run naked in zoo to raise funds for Sumatran tigers
      301 22 It certainly was a run on the “wild” side. On Thursday, animal lovers ran naked around London Zoo, watched by their supporters and some bemused animals, in an after-hours event in support of the Zoological Society of London’s
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      Lock icon MR CLEAN Atsushi Shimono
      518 23  -  Continuing with our ongoing series on S-League players to watch, this midfielder from Woodlands Wellington reveals his penchant for staying clean TEXT: HEDY KHOO 1 I knew I wanted to be a footballer when... I learnt to kick a football at five years old. I played
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      Lock icon Colours hit the little red dot
      447 30 / 31  -  The Color Run in S’pore for first time REPORT: BENITA AW YEONG benitaay@sph.com.sg Runner Erli Elfira, in a white T-shirt, was all smiles as she took her first steps at the flag-off of what could be the planet’s happiest 5km run. The 24-year-old student,
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  • SNAPSHOT
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      Lock icon Govt looking into key changes to Medisave, MediShield & Medifund
      81 8 / 9 Govt looking into key changes to Medisave, MediShield Medifund The Government is looking into key changes to the 3M system of Medisave, MediShield and Medifund to keep it relevant and effective. Speaking at the Chua Chu Kang GRC National Day Dinner, Health Minister Gan Kim Yong said the ministry has
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      Lock icon Our Singapore Conversation commemorated in exhibition
      84 8 / 9 An exhibition to commemorate Our Singapore Conversation begins today. The exhibition on the year-long national project, which aims to get Singaporeans thinking and discussing the country’s future, starts at ITE College Central. It features the process and views shared by the 47,000 participants, reported
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      Lock icon Man wanted by police to help with shop theft investigations
      104 8 / 9 Police are looking for a man (left) to assist with investigations into a case of shop theft which occurred at a shopping centre along East Coast Road at about 2.35pm on June 28. The man is in his 20s or
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      Lock icon BIG PICTURE
      51 8 / 9 CROWD PLEASER: The South Korean comic martial arts comedy, JUMP, performing at the I12 Katong mall yesterday to promote its shows here from Aug 30 to Sept 13, to mark its 10th anniversary. With 9,000 performances, the show has attracted 3.5 millions spectators worldwide. TNP PICTURE: CHOO CHWEE
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    • Article
      Lock icon Skilled officers needed to counter evolving threats
      204 8 / 9 DPM Teo on security challenges The security threats faced by Singapore are constantly evolving, and good Home Team officers with the right skills and capabilities will be needed to deal with them. Deputy Prime Minister, Coordinating Minister for National Security and Minister for
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    • Article
      Lock icon Indian police nab alleged top terrorist
      229 8 / 9 AFP Indian police said yesterday they had arrested a top member of a militant outfit accused of helping mastermind more than 40 deadly bomb attacks across the country. Abdul Karim Tunda, 70, an alleged member of the banned Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) group, was arrested
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      Lock icon China’s floods in north-east region kill 25, displace 140,000
      87 8 / 9 AFP Twenty-five people have been killed by floods that hit north-eastern China over the past week, state media said yesterday. The biggest floods recorded in decades in China’s north-east region began last week, submerging buildings and forcing people from their homes,
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      Lock icon Egypt detains Al Qaeda chief Ayman Al-Zawahri’s brother
      100 8 / 9 AP The Egyptian authorities have arrested the brother of Al Qaeda chief Ayman Al-Zawahri, a security official said yesterday. He said Mr Mohammed AlZawahri, leader of the Jihadi Salafist group, was detained at a checkpoint in Giza, the city across the Nile
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    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon HAPPINESS INDEX
      203 8 / 9 We rate the past week’s news good and bad Two fires broke out at Jem mall this week. Yesterday, a car caught fire in the basement carpark, forcing the evacuation of the shoppers there. On Wednesday, three were hurt after a deep fryer unit burst into flames. A
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      Lock icon INSTALIFE
      40 8 / 9 Capturing life through an app With the rising cost of petrol and Electronic Road Pricing, it’s certainly more cost-effective to deliver parcels and documents around the Central Business District area via despatch riders on bicycles. TNP photojournalist Ariffin Jamar
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      187 8 / 9 BONUS FACTS thenewpaper As part of our 25th anniversary, here are some fun facts about The New Paper to help you win great prizes and cash in The TNP Bonus Challenge. 1. What award recognises excellence on and off the sporting field for school-going athletes? TNP School Sports Star Award
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  • Page 8 / 9 Miscellaneous
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  • GROUND ZERO A BOTTOM-UP PERSPECTIVE ON ISSUES
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      Lock icon Bring sexy back to getai
      1093 10 / 11  -  With tame acts due to strict rules, getai risks losing its appeal MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg ureenk@sph.com.sg Let’s loosen up and party. If the rules for getai get any stricter, it may well take away the fun. Flamboyant Taiwanese performer, Hao Hao, admits with a wary
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  • CONFESSIONS OF A PRO GAMER
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      Lock icon Women queue up to meet him
      934 15  -  BENITA AW YEONG benitaay@sph.com.sg He’s got a job many teenage boys can only dream of: Mr Romulus Tham, 26, is a professional computer game player. He is part of a team of six who train with the discipline of an army unit, burning their
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      119 18 / 19 Win We’re The Millers movie tickets the Millers, who are headed south of the border for a Fourth of July weekend celebration. We’re The Millers opens here on Sept 5 and is rated M18. We’re giving away 100 pairs of tickets to a preview screening of the movie on Aug
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      153 20 IgjL Changi General Hospital We are looking for.... RESEARCH PARTICIPANTS The purpose of this study is to assess the safety and tolerability of a new drug for the treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis. w a.*. GENERAL CRITERIA: Allowance will be. given for transport and time spent in Healthy Male the study.
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  • EATS
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      Lock icon Steamed stuffed shrooms
      489 24 / 25  -  HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg HED CHEF Economical and easy to work with. These are the two benefits of using fresh shitake mushrooms as compared to the dried ones. For this week’s dish of steamed stuffed mushrooms, I used fresh shitake mushrooms. They require a relatively short cooking time,
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      Lock icon She gets to meet ‘shifu’ in the flesh
      624 26  -  Readers get tips from TNPS’ Hed Chef in first of Six free cooking demos REPORT: CATHERINE ROBERT crobert@sph.com.sg For two years, she followed the cooking recipes of her “shifu” (“master” in Mandarin) from her newspaper columns. So when she finally got a
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      Lock icon Pride at recognition
      359 27  -  K F SEETOH tnp@sph.com.sg At the inaugural World Street Food Congress here in June, we announced the winner of the first-ever best World Street Food Master. The award went to a humble but successful soto seller in Indonesia, who also took a few other awards (Best Food
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      Lock icon World’s most modest street food master
      670 27 Up on the wall behind the counter in this bustling food shop in Jakarta, Indonesia, is a proud portrait. It’s not of the country’s President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, as one might have guessed, but of the owner of the cafe, Pak Sadi. The place
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  • NIGHTLIFE
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      Lock icon The Horse’s Mouth
      604 29  -  Cocktail couture from ZUL ANDRA tnp@sph.com.sg AFTER 7 I have been to a plethora of cocktail bars. Trust me. The journey thus far hasn’t been all pretty. So I say with some authority that only a few of them have the friendliness of a neighbourhood coffee shop.
      TNP PICTURES: ARIFFIN JAMAR  -  604 words
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      55 29 WATS CLASSIFIED BUY IT-SELL IT-FIND IT These full spectrum infrared saunas can be easily installed in your home. rCLASS 114 Terrace house at Kembangan with a private lift and pool. CLASS 405 Three-day free and easy tour to Kuching. CLASS 581 Find these and other products and services in CATS
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  • SECRET SHOPPER
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Going old school
      691 32 SECRET SHOPPER tnp@sph.com.sg Everton Park has been known for its chic cafe joints popping up in the past year. So I was intrigued when a friend told me about a new shop at the area that reflected the cool, hipster vibe of the surrounding cafes. And this
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  • ASPIRE/AFFORD
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      Lock icon Goodbye, my bumps
      353 33  -  Unmask your beauty with these face masks JENNIFER DHANARAJ djenn@sph.com.sg We Love This! Blue Corn 3-in-1 Deep Cleansing Mask $30.90 (100ml) WHEN I applied this mask, it stung and tingled a little, but it was something I’m used to, especially as it reminded me of having facials.
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      Lock icon THE YOUTUBE TEST
      239 33 Putting online advice to the test Homemade Beauty Secrets Surprising Ingredients Username: Izabella Miko Search terms: homemade, cosmetics, masks http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5BzGv6m 6Bs SUPER cute Polish actress Izabella Miko surprised me with the ingredients that can be used to improve skin. Need a mask for oily skin? Just blend
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  • WHEELS
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      600 34 / 35  - U P ON MOVIN' OVIN’ONUPpensate BIKER BOY We show you the best way to tackle steep slopes ZAIHAN MOHD YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg @sph.com.sg Imagine gunning your motorbike on an unknown dirt trail. All of a sudden, you spot a steep slope ahead. You stop and soon realise that to get to
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      144 34 / 35 Yes, it’s another chance for you to ride an icon. Be one of 10 readers to ride a Harley-Davidson of your choice AND enjoy breakfast at Bollywood Veggies in Kranji with Biker Boy himself, Zaihan Mohd Yusof. The ride happens August 25 OVIN’ONUPpensate LAST DAY TO ENTER Each winner will
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  • HUMOUR
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      Lock icon Saving Battlestar Galactica
      810 36  -  NEIL HUMPHREYS tnp@sph.com. sg NOTES The distressing news that no one in Singapore wanted to hear came through earlier this week. Battlestar Galactica is down. Repeat. Battlestar Galactica is down. The story shocked a nation. There were so many unanswered questions. How did Battlestar Galactica go down?
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      Lock icon Who are you calling narcissistic?
      781 37  -  S M ONG smong@sph.com.sg ong@sph.co.sg ACT BLUR Narcissus is not just a brand of canned food products. Okay, I admit it. I once took a picture of myself in a public washroom mirror. I was at Changi Airport and for some reason maybe it was
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    • REALLY? Odd news that’s for real
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        Lock icon Woman’s suspicious mail turns out to be sex toy
        125 37 Wire services A WOMAN in Florida, US, was so suspicious of a package that had arrived at her home in a US Postal Service Priority Mail envelope that she called deputies at the Martin County Sheriff’s Office. According to the spokesman
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        Lock icon Thieves attempting a holdup told to return later
        151 37 Wire services A QUICK-THINKING restaurant owner in Chicago in the US foiled a robbery by telling the thieves to come back later and the dim-witted law breakers actually did. Police and prosecutors said Mario Garcia, 39, and Domingo Garcia-Hernandez, 28, who live
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        Lock icon Gun safety teacher accidentally shoots student
        127 37 Wire services A GUN safety teacher in the US state of Ohio accidentally shot a student in the arm, not realising that the gun he was handling was loaded, police said. Teacher Terry J. Dunlap Sr ,73, was teaching a group of 25 people
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  • Page 36 Miscellaneous
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      77 36 o« VOL Pearls Before Swine by Stephan I’astis eetsw. WHAT is yoor FOOD. SIR. THAT n ALRIGHT, ALRI6HT. cm mu MS AND Sim A SCCOND. THANKS SIR. WERE A TH REE-STAR RATEDRESTAmNT.mrs NOURISH IS SERVED NO, MO .PLEASE....JUST me it look like food. SOOD OLD MAGICAL FOOD that cones from
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  • TV
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      Lock icon Doing justice
      561 38  -  MARIE LIM marielim@sph.com.sg lim@sph.com.sg It’s rare to find a series that really makes me think. I’m not talking about whimsical daydreaming or f lights of fancy none of the f luffy stuff. Instead, Major Crimes involves deep soulsearching and raises questions about society’s practices, to which I have
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  • RACING
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      1809 39 GOING FORECAST: SOFT TNP’S PENANG TIPS RACE 1: 1 Good Code 3 Goldhill Winner 4 Heard The Latest 5 Jai Ho Race 2: 1 Colourland Kid 2 Sunny Star 3 Mr Magic 7 Affirmative Action Race 3: 2 Grand Show 4 Triple One D’Best 6 Grand
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      Lock icon Moreira will get Strubeli home first in Race 2
      1754 40 / 41 LARRY FOLEY’S COMMENTS ON TODAY’S KRANJI POLYTRACK MEETING RACE 1 (1,200m) 1 ArapuniHHH Tough old 9YO who will find this easier than recent Class 4 outings and will be running on late. 2 Dazzling DameH Resuming after surprise win over 1,400m
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY’S NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA RESULTS
      854 40 / 41 RACE 1 Te Rapa (NZ) 1st 1 Bachelor Zeel ($14-$7) 2nd 6 Keepit ($8) 3rd 8 Dancing On Tables ($13) 4th 7 Anaheim Forecast $15 Place Forecast (1-6) $6, (1-8) $11, (6-8) $16 Tierce $79 Trio $29 Quartet $700 Quadro $48 RACE 2 Rosehill
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY’S PENANG RESULTS
      531 40 / 41 Race 1 C5 1700m 2 KIM PROTECTOR 56.5 c 54.5 (102-23)......................KY Yap (8) 7 7 1 (469) 4 GLORY BETTING 55.5 (24-10) Jose De Souza (3) 12 9 3 (465) 1.5 *****0m •Winning stable: Kimmui’s. Trainer: MH Wee. Time: 1min 45.40sec (Going: soft). Forecast: $70. Tierce: $984.
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      Lock icon FRIDAY’S SINGAPORE STIPES’ REPORT HIGHLIGHTS
      693 42 / 43 RACE 1 SAHORO Slow into stride. MR BEAN: Stumbled after jumping awkwardly; inclined to lay outwards and made contact with BALLY BOY on a few occasions. LUCKY BANKER: Bumped on jumping; shifted in. ALWAYS A WINNER: Bumped on jumping; apprentice Zuriman reported that the gelding
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      Lock icon TODAY’S SINGAPORE (POLYTRACK) RACE CARD
      1801 42 / 43 GOING FORECAST: GOOD KS-D D1 12.50 —1200m Stakes: $35,000 No. Last 6 runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/Origin/Sex, trainer-owner) 1 *****9 Arapuni 58 (54) J Moreira 8 (9nzg L Laxon-S Fern R/Linda Keng) 2 -01--- Dazzling Dame 58 (53) Z Zuriman* c3 5 (4am
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      Lock icon WEOWNA FLYER (Race 8 No. 6)
      178 42 / 43  - WEOWNA FLYER (Race 8 No 6) BEST BET BRIAN MILLER TIPSTERS will usually think twice when planning to make a Class 5 runner their best bet and I did that when assessing the chances of WEOWNA FLYER. There were a few negatives, like the fact that he hadn’t won in
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      Lock icon SUNDAY TIPS
      521 42 / 43 Larry Foley 1 RACE Mr X Brian Miller Tan Thean Loon Arapuni Leave Me Alone Leave Me Alone 1 Arapuni 8 8 1 Leave Me Alone Dawn Prospect Arapuni Dawn Prospect 7 7 Dazzling Dame 8 1 7 2 7 Dawn Prospect Arapuni Dawn Prospect 1 3 6
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      Lock icon Get an early winner with Trouble In Vegas
      842 44 COMMENTS COURTESY OF THE AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS RACE 1 Pakenham (1,300m) 11 TROUBLE IN VEGAS: (Runs:3 Wins:0 Places:1) 2nd with 58kg to Colors Of The Wind in 1,100m Geesyn Mdn Aug 02.4th settling, 4th at 800m, 4th at 400m. Blocked for run
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      Lock icon TODAY’S AUSTRALIA (PAKENHAM/KALGOORLIE) RACE CARD
      238 44 12:55 Race 1 PAKENHAM—1300M PAKENHAM--1300M 1 BELDAN B HIGGINS (6) 58.5 (1) 58.5 (9) 58.5 (10) 58.5 (5) 58.5 (4) 58.5 (2) 58.5 1:30 Race 2 PAKENHAM—1400M (11) 56.5 (8) 56.5 (7) 56 -1400M 2 BOULEDOGUE N CALLOW 3 DONTGIVEMELIP NATHAN ROSE 4 ROTO UNFIXED
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  • Page 39 Miscellaneous
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      32 39 Saturday Aug 17 2013 First Second Third 0640 0094 9974 Starters 1189 1813 2158 3768 4347 5770 6076 7693 9250 9308 Consolations 4264 4521 4695 4845 5007 5220 5879 6361 9294 9974
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  • SOLHEIM CUP
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      Lock icon Great comeback
      717 45 Two down at the turn Pettersen, Ciganda win to help Europe take 5-3 lead AP Europe took an important step towards winning the Solheim Cup on American soil for the first time, taking a 5-3 lead after Friday’s opening day in Parker, Colorado. This is the largest lead
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      Lock icon Tip of the week: The Downswing
      224 45 THE downswing is undoubtedly the most critical and misunderstood phase of the swing. A correct downswing movement must result in a powerful swing into and along the intended line of flight, through impact. So, what initiates the downswing? The downswing is initiated with the
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  • ATHLETICS
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      Lock icon Lightning Bolt completes sprint double
      712 46 Wire Services Usain Bolt underlined his amazing sprinting prowess yesterday by powering to a third successive world 200m title at the World Championships for his seventh world gold medal. The 26-year-old Jamaican destroyed the field to finish in 19.66 seconds, teammate Warren Weir claiming silver
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      Lock icon From pauper to sprint queen
      684 47 AFP Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce may not be a crowd pleaser or have the records of fellow sprint champion Usain Bolt, but her battle to rise out of poverty to become queen of women’s sprinting says a lot about a champion’s drive and mental strength. The 26-year-old
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    Lock icon Republic’s paddlers crash out in Suzhou
    282 46  -  TABLE TENNIS GREGORY LOO SINGAPORE paddlers competing at the Harmony Open had a day to forget in Suzhou, China yesterday after they were all eliminated at the quarter-final stage for all events. Despite winning her Round-of-16 match against North Korea’s Ri Mi Gyong by
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    Lock icon Reed continues sizzling run
    378 47 GOLF Reuters US PGA Tour rookie Patrick Reed has not yet established himself on the US circuit but that could change soon if he continues his current form. Hot on the heels of two high finishes in his last two starts, Reed (right) maintained his sizzling
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  • Page 47 Miscellaneous
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      81 47 For the latest live’ telecast listing, visit www.singaporepools.com.sg I w TanSiinc] Livewire (MBS) Livewire (RWS) (21 yrs and above) LW Livewire (Singapore Pools) (21 yrs and above during live SB SportsBuzz@Kranji (18 yrs and above) Ip Y(i> Always play with care. Do not bet illegally, Singapore Pools Account Service. Call
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  • RUGBY
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      Lock icon Unity is strength for S’pore Reds
      625 48  -  GREGORY LOO gregloo@sph.com.sg There’s no bad blood in this team. Even though Singapore’s 26-man squad for the Asian Tri-Nations rugby tournament contain a sizeable contingent of expatriates, captain Daniel Marc Chow says his team are united and are willing to fight for one another
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      Lock icon All Blacks winger Smith stars in Wallabies rout
      429 48 Reuters RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP AUSTRALIA 29 NEW ZEALAND 47 WINGER Ben Smith scored a hat-trick as New Zealand opened their Rugby Championship title defence with a sixtry 47-29 victory over Australia in Sydney yesterday to ruin Ewen McKenzie’s first match as Wallabies coach.
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  • TENNIS
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      Lock icon Djokovic and Murray suffer shock exits
      484 49 Nadal is the last man standing among the Big Four after he pips Federer AFP The world’s top two tennis players Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray both suffered shock defeats yesterday morning (Singapore time), while Rafael Nadal stormed back to beat long-time rival Roger
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  • Article
    Lock icon Bangladesh spinner Noor torments Singapore
    384 49  -  CRICKET GODFREY ROBERT godfrey@sph.com.sg LEG-SPINNER Noor Hossain reduced Singapore from mediocrity to a muddle in the opening Group B match of the Asian Cricket Council Emerging Teams Cup at Kallang yesterday. And in the end, Bangladesh Under23s walked all over the hosts with an eight-wicket
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  • EPL
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      Lock icon Di Canio leads sack race
      1242 50 / 51 It’s a cynical business but the opening odds for the managerial sack race have already been released. Their holiday tans have yet to fade, but Premier League coaches are being sorted and sequenced by bookmakers tipping those favoured to get the boot first. So NEIL
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      Lock icon Mourinho ready for war
      832 52 / 53  -  Blues boss takes dig at Manchester teams and warns he’s ‘better than ever’ IAIN MACINTOSH npsports@sph.com.sg This was never going to be a low key return, was it? Jose Mourinho’s first Premier League pre-match press conference since 2007 brought the time-hon-oured mixture of arrogance, mischief and
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      Lock icon AVB rejected two offers
      919 52 / 53 PA Sport Andre Villas-Boas has confirmed he turned down approaches from two clubs this summer, one of them thought to be Paris St Germain. The reason? He believes Tottenham are on the verge of achieving something big. Tottenham do not start their season until today at
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      Lock icon Van Wolfswinkel makes big impact on Canaries debut
      715 54 NORWICH CITY 2 (Whittaker 51, Van Wolfswinkel 71) EVERTON 2 (Barkley 61, Coleman 65) DEBUTANT Ricky van Wolfswinkel rescued a point for Norwich as four second-half goals saw them share the spoils with Everton. After commanding much of the game, Everton found
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      Lock icon Lambert spot on for the Saints
      236 54 WEST BROM 0 SOUTHAMPTON 1 (Lambert 90 pen) A LATE penalty from man-of-the-moment Rickie Lambert ensured Southampton’s Premier League season got off to a winning start at West Brom. Lambert, who headed the winning goal in midweek against Scotland with the first touch of
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      Lock icon Hot Cole pounces to give Hammers a flying start
      585 55 WEST HAM UTD 2 (Cole 13, Nolan 76) CARDIFF CITY 0 WEST HAM made a comfortable start to the new season with goals from Joe Cole and Kevin Nolan ensuring Cardiff’s Premier League debut ended in defeat. Only Cole’s fine early
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      Lock icon Kasami a cracker for Cottagers
      208 55 SUNDERLAND 0 FULHAM 1 (Kasami 52) PAOLO Di CANIO’S summer revolution fell flat at the Stadium of Light as Pajtim Kasami headed a second-half winner to snatch three unlikely points for Fulham. Swiss youth international Kasami converted the simplest of chances to score his first
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      Lock icon TERRIFIC TRIO
      1130 56 / 57  -  Sturridge, Coutinho and Aspas give hope in the absence of Suarez GARY LIM garylim@sph.com.sg LIVERPOOL 1 (Daniel Sturridge 37) STOKE 0 The rain lowered the mercury level but couldn’t douse the palpable sense of anticipation wafting through Anfield. Liverpool yesterday began yet another English Premier League season attempting
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      Lock icon Rodgers: Suarez saga resolved
      422 56 / 57 PA Sport LIVERPOOL manager Brendan Rodgers insists he is satisfied with how the situation with Luis Suarez has been resolved. The Uruguay international (far left) returned to training with the first team on Friday, having been exiled for more than a week after criticising the Reds
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      Lock icon Time to go shopping, Wenger
      857 58 / 59  -  IAIN MACINTOSH npsports@sph.com.sg YOUR ENGLISH KAKI REPORTING FROM THE EMIRATES STADIUM ARSENAL 1 (Olivier Giroud 6) ASTON VILLA 3 (Christian Benteke 22, 61-pen, Antonio Luna 86) After a summer of frustration in the transfer market, the worst fears of the Arsenal supporters were confirmed with
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    • ON TV
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        219 58 / 59 LIVE TELECASTS EPL Tonight: CRYSTAL PALACE v TOTTENHAM SingTel mio TV Ch 102; StarHub TV Ch 227 (mio Stadium), 8pm CHELSEA v HULL CITY SingTel mio TV Ch 102; StarHub TV Ch 227 (mio Stadium), 10.30pm Tuesday: MANCHESTER CITY v NEWCASTLE SingTel mio TV Ch 102; StarHub TV Ch
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        12 58 / 59 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Today: DAY 9 StarHub TV Ch 202 (SuperSports), 7.30pm
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        17 58 / 59 WESTERN SOUTHERN OPEN Tomorrow: FINAL StarHub TV Ch 211 (Racquet Channel) Ch 255 (Sports HD), 12.30am
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        20 58 / 59 HARMONY OPEN Today: SEMI-FINALS StarHub TV Ch 211 (Racquet Channel), 10am FINALS StarHub TV Ch 211 (Racquet Channel),2.30pm
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        16 58 / 59 WYNDHAM CHAMPIONSHIP Tomorrow: DAY 4 StarHub TV Ch 213 (Golf Channel) Ch 255 (Sports HD),3am
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