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A QUESTION OF
MULTIPLE ANSWERS
As a student in high school,
I liked Multiple Choice
Questions the most.
I was lazy and fairly bright, so it took me
hardly any time to tick the boxes, Id never
bother rechecking, and plan my escape. That
POA worked well until I started studying
humanities and attempting papers that
elicited soft answers; nothing here was black
and white, what was right for one could be
wrong for another.
The tick and the cross in the multiple
choice: why do we tick, while several others
cross? Why are citizens of the USA the only
ones in the world who month their date
before the daynot even their Canadian
cousins follow suit. And why do admirers rave
about the Monalisa smile, while critics stare at
the same face and call the shaved eyebrowsa
fashion trend at that timeugly?
The fact is that questions with no clear
answers are the most intriguing ones of them
all. Yarns are spun and myths are invented
to explain the inexplicable, and logic is often
given a break. And while each tale has its share
of magic and entertainment, in the end, it is
the story that throws up even more intriguing
questions that wins the day.
The magazine you hold in your hands is a
treasure trove of such trivia that will capture
your imagination. Take, for instance, our
travel feature through Europe. While every
other magazine continues to rewrite tomes on
where to go in Switzerland and Spain, we bring
to you five of Europes smallest countries:
Have you thought of exploring the ski slopes
of Andorra wedged in the Pyrenees between
France and Spain? Or, have you visited San
Marino (population: 32,448!) land-locked by
Italy, which is one of the few sovereign states
in the world with no national debt? Wouldnt
Jamal Shaikh
Editorial Director
ISSUE 03/14
CONTENTS
DEPARTMENTS
FRONTIERS
10-TONNE TRASH
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27
22
SO YOU WANT TO BE A
HACKER
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AFGHAN SKATER
15
22
EGG ASTRONOMY
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25
DANCING
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IN A TWIST 24 STEFANIE
SHATTUCK-HUFNAGEL'S
SNEAKY PLOT TO MAKE YOUR
TONGUE EXPLODE
TIMEFRAME 25 IT IS 8.13PM,
AND THE MOST SUCCESSFUL
SKYJACKER IN HISTORY IS
MAKING HIS AWESOME GETAWAY
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100
FEATURES
ISSUE 03/14
PHOTO FEATURE
WORLDWIDE JAM
50
A DATE WITH
BEAR GRYLLS
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SIZE ISN'T
EVERYTHING
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SLEEPING WITH
THE ENEMY
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SO YOU WANT TO BE AN
INTERNATIONAL SPY?
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FEBRUARY
MARCH 2014
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WOW
THERE IS
NO ESCAPE
Spiders are famous for
spinning webs to catch their
prey, but many spider species
have abandoned this strategy
and instead seize their prey
directly. So how do they do
it? A team of biologists from
the University of Kiel, in
Germany, suggested that
perhaps the secret lies in the
hairy adhesive pads known as
scopulae, which are found at
the end of a spider's legs.
As blogger Jyoti
Madhusoodanan wrote on
the PLOS ONE community
blog: "The researchers used
a phylogenetic analysis
of spider family trees to
correlate different species
prey capture strategies with
the presence or absence of
adhesive pads on their legs."
The study was published in
the May 2013 issue of PLOS
ONE scientific journal.
She notes they found
that most spiders known to
science "either built webs or
were free-ranging hunters
and that the latter were most
often found to have adhesive
hairs on their legs". In other
words, scopulae (pictured)
have helped many species
switch from using webs to
active hunting, by enabling
them to grab and hold
onto prey that are literally
struggling for their lives.
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FRONTIERS
BEACHED WHALES
BEG AFTER-LIFE PROTOCOL
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NEWS
THE GRID
A S I A- PAC I F I C
POLICE
A CASE OF DRUGGING:
MIDDLE EAST/AFRICA
MECHANICS WITH A
BANG Yemen is the second
SUPERSTITION
SOUND
AMERICAS
CHARMS OR RITUALS MAY BOOST CONFIDENCE, BUT AN UNLUCKY NUMBER CAN NIX IT. IN 1993, RESEARCHERS NEAR
LONDON REPORTED THAT, OVER A THREE-YEAR PERIOD, HIGHWAY TRAFFIC WAS LIGHTER ON FRIDAY THE 13TH THAN ON
FRIDAY THE 6TH. YET, INEXPLICABLY, ON THE 13TH, ROAD ACCIDENTS SENT 52 PERCENT MORE PEOPLE TO HOSPITALS.
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NEWS
NEWS
BRIGHT SIDE OF SMOG?
NEWS OUTLETS IN CHINA
RECENTLY DREW FLAK
FOR SUGGESTING THAT
COUNTRYS SMOG PROBLEM HAD RESULTED IN
FIVE BENEFITS
1 2 3 4 5
THE SMOG
HAS UNITED
THE CHINESE
LIKE NEVER
BEFORE
IN THE
FACE OF
SMOG,
EVERYONE
IS EQUAL
IT HAS MADE
THE CHINESE
PEOPLE
MORE CLEARHEADED
THE SMOG
HAS INDUCED
A SENSE OF
HUMOUR
AMONG THE
CHINESE
IT HAS ALSO
MADE THEM
MORE
KNOWLEDGEABLE
ROBOTIC POST
BEST REACTIONS
TO PRIME AIR
Owls
MISSED DELIVERY
Note
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Museum
of Science
Fiction
Quote
Unquote
"ALTHOUGH WE
APPRECIATE
THE SOCIETAL
PRESSURES
TO CONSUME
ALCOHOL WHEN
WORKING WITH
INTERNATIONAL
TERRORISTS
AND HIGH STAKE
GAMBLERS,
WE WOULD
ADVISE BOND
TO BE REFERRED
FOR FURTHER
ASSESSMENT OF
HIS ALCOHOL
INTAKE"
DR PATRICK DAVIES
AND COLLEAGUES
OCCUPATIONS
TECHNOLOGY
HACKER
2,600 hertz
jargon
Doxing: publishing
documents (dox) of a
hacked victim, such as
emails, to reveal details of
their personal life
Hog: a program that eats up
a systems resources,
slowing it down
Social engineering: using
non-technological ways to
gain access to a system,
such as pretending to be
the IT guy, or simply reading
the password off a victims
notebook
TIME NEEDED
TO HACK
PASSWORDS
10 MINUTES
SIX
LOWERCASE
LETTERS
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23 DAYS
SEVEN
LOWERCASE
AND
UPPERCASE
LETTERS
463 YEARS
CONTAINS EIGHT
UPPERCASE AND
LOWERCASE LETTERS,
IN ADDITION TO NUMBERS
AND SYMBOLS
PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES ICON: THE NOUN PROJECT, RYZHKOV ANTON (BOX)
TECHNOLOGY
THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX
INMATE
INNOVATIONS
Prisoners engineer more than
just escapes
Necessity, they say, is
the mother of invention.
So, if you give prisoners
a lot of free time and
incentive, they can come
up with jaw dropping
solutions
Shiv + Scoring
Some prisoners cleverly
score a glass or plastic
blade so that it breaks off
when they stab an enemy,
allowing the perpetrator
to escape without leaving
fingerprints.
Chocolate = Pain
By melting caramel
chocolate bars, inmates
have created a boiling
weapon to throw into
someones face. The sticky
caramel makes it hard to
wash off, and increases
the risk of a deep burn.
Batteries + Needle
Adding a bunch of needles
to a small motor stolen
from a vibrating console
controller in the rec room
resulting in a tattoo gun
for some fashionable
prison ink.
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Powered by Gravity
INFINITY AND LIGHT BULBS ARENT TWO WORDS YOU USUALLY HEAR IN
THE SAME SENTENCE. UNLESS YOURE TALKING ABOUT GRAVITYLIGHT, A
REVOLUTIONARY DEVICE THAT GENERATES LIGHT USING THE POWER OF GRAVITY.
IT COSTS NOTHING TO POWER, AND WILL ESSENTIALLY RUN FOREVER. A BAG
UNDER THE LIGHT IS FILLED WITH 10 KILOGRAMS OF ANY FOUND MATERIAL. THE
WEIGHT THEN DRAGS THE BAG DOWN SLOWLY, TURNING GEARS THIS POWERS
THE LIGHT FOR AROUND 30 MINUTES. SELLING FOR AROUND US$10, GRAVITYLIGHT
PAYS FOR ITSELF IN JUST A FEW MONTHS, AS USERS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
NO LONGER NEED TO BUY ENVIRONMENTALLY UNFRIENDLY, AND POTENTIALLY
LUNG-DAMAGING KEROSENE FUEL. DCM QUITE LIKES THE IDEA OF USING SEETHROUGH BAGS AND FILLING THEM WITH WATER AND PYROSOMES, JELLYFISHLIKE BIOLUMINESCENT CREATURES THAT ARE CONSIDERED AMONG THE
BRIGHTEST ORGANISMS IN THE OCEAN. HENCE THE NAME PYRO FROM FIRE.
HEY PRESTO YOUVE GOT A GRAVITY-POWERED LAVA LAMP.
CROWDSOURCING
LOVE Facebooks
Force Remember
where you were on
New Years Eve, 2012?
Reese McKee certainly
does. He was partying
in Hong Kong when
he came across a
crying American lass.
Being a gentleman,
he consoled her, they
chatted, sparks flew
then she left. But not
before whispering two
words: Find me.
All he had was a
photo and her name:
Katie. So he turned to
social media, starting
a Facebook campaign,
sharing her photo in
Labels + Surface
Message notes can be
conduited by sticking
them to the back of
sticky labels (from a
deodorant can) and
taped to the bottom
of a table.
ADVENTURE
NEWS
LOOKS CAN BE DECEIVING
This
Scorpion
is Not
Dangerous
"AWW"
"ICK"
"OOO"
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SKATEBOARDING
FOR
PEACE
Encouraged and motivated Afghan girls begin to prove their mettle
In 2007, Australian skateboarder Oliver Percovich
arrived in Afghanistan
with his boards, and soon
attracted dozens of street
children who would shriek
with excitement and beg
for rides. So was born
Skateistan, a charity in
Afghanistan and Cambodia
aiming to empower youth
and street kids. Afghan
girls arent allowed to ride
bikes but they can ride
skateboards. Nearly half
of Skateistan students are
girls, giving Afghanistan
the highest rate of
female participation in
skateboarding.
So, why skateboarding?
Their site explains, its a
way to engage youngsters
and direct them towards
the charitys education,
community and leadership
efforts. Most importantly,
All children deserve the
right to play. DCM spoke
to Rhianon Bader, an
instructor at Skateistan,
about the power of high
socks and skateboarding.
OBSESSIONS
NEWS
ICON: RAMEN
TONGUE
TWISTERS
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Noodle Boon
LANGUAGE
HISTORY
RUSSIAN ROULETTE
TIMEFRAME
8:13pm
November 24, 1971
The Case of the
Elusive Skyjacker
The quiet, middle-aged
hijacker who called
himself Dan Cooper
wore a snazzy suit
and a skinny tie with a
mother-of-pearl clip.
A few minutes into the
US domestic flight from
Portland, Oregon, to
Seattle, he handed one
of the stewardesses a
note, which said he was
hijacking the plane.
Unfortunately, she
thought it was a pickup
attempt, and tucked it
into her pocket unread.
Youd better read that,
miss. I have a bomb, he
murmured. He gestured
to his briefcase, filled
with wires and what
looked like sticks of
dynamite.
1815
IN 1815, ONE OF
NAPOLEON BONAPARTES
CONDEMNED MARSHALS
GAVE THE ORDER TO FIRE
ON HIMSELF
Are you the kind of person who wakes up at 2am and cant get back to
sleep? Youre experiencing a bimodal sleep pattern, or segmented sleep.
Many animals practise it, and we used to, as well, until the Industrial
Revolution, after which light bulbs burnt all night, and our sleep rhythms
went bananas. Prior to this, the terms first sleep and second sleep
were used around the world. During the short periods of wakefulness,
it was common to eat, pray, or even socialise. So, if you pop a pill to
sleep (some of which have been linked to a 300 per cent to 500 per cent
increased risk of early death), take note. You might not actually need one.
1960
DONT DO IT!
4 seconds
Time it takes to drop into the water
off the Golden Gate Bridge in the
United States, one of the worlds
most popular suicide destinations
1 regret
Those who jump and survive often
report an instant regret
93%
Of those people who have attempted
suicide, an estimated 93 per cent do
not make a second attempt
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IMAGES: DISCOVERY CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, LLC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED (BUSTED!); BEN MOUNSEY (SKYJACKER ILLUSTRATIONS)
ICON: THE NOUN PROJECT, VIKTOR HERTZ (GUN BARREL)
TRADITIONALLY, WHEN A
CONDEMNED MAN WAS
TO DIE BY FIRING SQUAD,
ONE BULLET WOULD BE
MADE OF A HARMLESS
MATERIAL, SO NO
EXECUTOR WOULD KNOW
WHO KILLED HIM
OPINION
A 3-MINUTE PITCH BY IAN JARRETT
SO WHY SHOULD
I CARE ABOUT... JOURNALISTS
48
HOURS
Life or Death
Students at Northwestern
University, United States, have
an intriguing investigative
journalism course. They split
into teams, and see if they can
unearth wrongful convictions
in capital punishment cases.
They have saved the lives of
many innocent prisoners, even
succeeding in helping secure a
stay of execution for a man 48
hours away from death. Their
further investigations later
proved his innocence, and freed
him from 17 years in jail.
HISTORY
KICK HITLER!
SAFETY IN
NUMBERS?
Limitations of laws that
presumably protect us
acceptable level
of contamination.
Same with insect
filth, where anything
under an average of
30 or more insect
fragments per 100
grams is fine.
Once you start
thinking in terms of
the sorites paradox,
the world seems
strange. In some
places, if a male
commits a murder
aged 17 and 360 days
and is caught, he
cannot be executed
as he is a minor.
If he had murdered
someone a week
later, his execution by
a court of law would
be deemed legal.
Small changes, yet big
differences.
Is when is a heap not
a heap too deep for
you? There are sillier
philosophical questions
out there, courtesy of
the internet and its
most thoughtful meme,
Philosoraptor
If a mime commits
suicide, does he use
a silencer?
If a picture is worth a
thousand words, what is
a picture of a thousand
words worth?
If revenge is a dish
best served cold, and
revenge is sweet, is
revenge ice cream?
We live in a crazy
world, where the most
toxic substance is
also the most popular
cosmetic enhancer.
Just one kilo of the
botulinum toxin is said
to be enough to kill
every single human
being on Earth. With
two teaspoons, you
could eradicate the
population of the
United Kingdom. Yet,
as Botox, it is injected
into millions of faces
each year, as it is
fantastic at smoothing
out wrinkles, when
delivered in doses
of a few billionths of
a gram dissolved in
saline. But with a flat,
expressionless face
comes two potential
problems. Botox users
report a curtailed
ability to express
emotions facially
frowning, smiling,
and so on. The other
is that this blandness
seems to transfer
itself emotionally, too.
By being unable to
BOTOX CAPITAL
T E S T Y O U R E M PAT H Y !
D O Y O U F E E L W H AT T H E S E E M O T I C O N S A R E E X P R E S S I N G ?
(#^.^#)
(; _ ;)
( 8(|)
Preoccupied Homer
Simpson (look at it
sideways)
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THE TWO
SIDES OF
DANCING
As one Japanese
proverb puts it,
Were fools whether
we dance or not. So
we might as well
dance
The moonwalk: a
move so cool that
even a type of bird
(the red-capped
manakin, Pipra
mentalis) uses it to
impress the ladies
Watch Evolution of
Dance, a YouTube video
where a comedian
discos through some of
the most iconic moves
of the past five decades.
History has never been
so funky
A Hollywood producers
evaluation of Fred
Astaires first screen
test: Cant act. Cant
sing. Balding. Can
dance a little.
We're not so certain
we disagree
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In 1518, a dancing
plague in the European
city of Strasbourg saw 400
people dancing for weeks
in what was thought to
be an outbreak of mass
hysteria. Many died from
exhaustion. Historians
still arent sure how it
came about
FEATURES
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100
72
88
50
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SO
SO YOU
YOU WAN
WAN
TO
TO BE
BE AN
AN
INTERNATION
INTERNATIO
SUPER
SUPER SPY?
SPY?
SPY GAMES
NT
NT
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NAL
ONAL
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SPY GAMES
I DONT
PROVIDE
INFORMATION
IF I SUSPECT
SOMEONE
MIGHT BE
DIRECTLY HURT
BY IT. THAT IS
MY NUMBER
ONE RULE
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CASE OFFICERS
NEED TO HAVE
EXTREMELY
ANALYTICAL
MINDS, A
GENEROUS
SUPPLY OF
STREET SMARTS,
BE ABLE TO
ASSIMILATE
CONTACTS,
AND ACUTE
OBSERVATION
SKILLS. MOST
IMPORTANTLY,
BE A MASTER
MANIPULATOR
In the United States for
example, CIA operatives
undergo intense training
at a specially built facility
called the Farm. Most
of the training focuses on
gathering intelligence, though
paramilitary classes such
as hand-to-hand combat,
weapons training, defensive
driving, amphibious landings,
parachuting and extraction
techniques also make up
part of the curriculum. Sadly,
the fun stuff is the exception
rather than the norm.
Lindsay Moran, a former
CIA case officer and author
of the book Blowing My
Cover: My Life as a CIA Spy,
always wanted to be a spy. She
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MESOPOTAMIAN SPOOKS
SPY GAMES
SHADOWS OF HISTORY
FOUR FAMOUS SPY FIGURES, FROM THE
FAMOUS TO THE FICTIONAL
UNKILLABLE
HERO?
The Anti-007
Hailed as a far more
realistic iteration of a
spy than James Bond,
George Smiley is the
brainchild of author
John le Carr. Small and
owlish, Smiley might not
have had much luck with
the ladies, but his razorsharp memory and
ability to blend into a
crowd made him a force
to be reckoned with.
The MI6 intelligence
officer first appeared
in le Carrs 1961 novel
Call for the Dead, and
has been portrayed in
dozens of books, TV
and movies.
AGENTS
BECAME KEY
PLAYERS IN
THE COLD WAR,
WITH COVERT
OPERATIONS
BECOMING
THE ORDER OF
THE DAY
INTELLIGENCE HEYDAY
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CAMERA CONCEALED
IN BRIEFCASE
STASI
1970S1980S
SPY GAMES
SPECTACLES WITH
CONCEALED CYANIDE PILLS
CIA
CIRCA 19751977
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BECOMING A
SPY IN TODAYS
WORLD COMES
DOWN TO
DRIVE AND
INTELLECT.
YOUR HEAD
IS YOUR MOST
VALUABLE
GADGET
Driven by Cold War angst
and the financial fuel of
the 1980s economic boom,
the order of the day back
then was double and even
triple agents, with spies
involved in everything
from assassinations and
propaganda, to bribery and
the propping up or tearing
down of political figures, who
were often replaced by equally
shady individuals.
Jeffreys-Jones, who wrote
the recently published In
Spies We Trust: The Story
of Western Intelligence,
says the atmosphere was
by now quite distinct from
intelligence in the 1950s.
They were aggressive in
SPIES LIKE US
Archaeology, in Scotland.
It was seen as a golden
age by the fans of covert
operations, adds JeffreysJones. People often say:
things were great then. We
were able to overthrow
regimes and run things the
way we wanted to, he says.
And its all got very
messy since.
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GLOVE PISTOL
UNITED STATES NAVY
CIRCA 19421945
SPY GAMES
SECRET CIPHER
ASHTRAY
UNKNOWN ISSUER
CIRCA 19301940
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semiconductor technology,
face-recognition technology
and the development of the
first optical transistor. And
you should probably bear in
mind that those are just some
of the inventions that we
actually know about.
FUTURE SPOOK
FEMME FATALE
When 28-year-old
Anna Chapman was arrested
as a spy in 2010 in the US, she
understandably nabbed headlines.
Press dubbed the beautiful Russian
national the Red Head, and made
much of the fact that her beauty didn't
preclude having brains a fact she made
abundantly clear, with an IQ of 162. She
was soon deported back to Russia, where
she is something of a celebrity. Last July,
she made headlines again when she
tweeted Snowden, will you marry
me?! to the NSA's secret-leaker.
She later tweeted @nsa
will you look after our
children?
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SPY GAMES
BOTH HIGHDEFINITION
PHOTOGRAPHY
AND HIGHALTITUDE AIR
TRAVEL CAME
ABOUT AS A
RESULT OF
ESPIONAGE
RESEARCH, AS
INDEED DID
THE SATELLITE
AND THE
COMPUTERS.
Moran too agrees that
technology, however
advanced, will never
completely replace
humans in intelligence
roles, simply because we
are so unpredictable. To
create algorithms that can
completely predict human
emotions and vulnerabilities,
which are constantly
changing and affected by a
myriad of factors? I dont
think thats possible.
People such as manmountain Vincent had better
hope shes correct. Otherwise
he, like many of his ilk, might
find themselves looking for
a new job. Not to mention a
smarter shirt.
LIPSTICK PISTOL
KGB
CIRCA 1965
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FROM ZERO
TO HERO: HOW
TO BECOME A
SUPER SPY
YOU DO KNOW, THEY DONT JUST HIRE ANYBODY
TO JOIN THE US NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY OR
MOSSAD. LIVING THE LIFE OF A SUPER SPY TAKES
A WELL-HONED SET OF SKILLS, AND POSITIVELY
A SHARP SET OF STEEL NERVES
THE POTATO
SALAD IS SOUR
THE MANUAL
AYE T
RANS
LATE
Serbia
Ja samn
bwaha dvostruki
agent,
haha!
I am a
doubleEnglish
bwahaagent,
haha!
Play a
udio
5 BE A SECRET-MAGNET
4 LEARN LANGUAGES
JEAN
CLAUDE
VAN
DAMME
8.30 A.M.
PHOTOS: REUTERS
MUMBAI
COMMUTERS DISEMBARK FROM
CROWDED TRAINS DURING
THE MORNING RUSH HOUR AT
CHURCHGATE RAILWAY STATION
IN MUMBAI.
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CRUSH HOUR
CRUSH
HOUR
PHOTOS: REUTERS
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PHOTOS: REUTERS
EVERY MINUTE
OF YOUR
COMMUTE
INCREASES THE
CHANCE THAT
YOULL DITCH A
WELL-COOKED
BREAKFAST
OR DINNER IN
FAVOUR OF
FAST FOOD
WITH ALL
THE HEALTH
DISADVANTAGES
This is par for the course
for a city that, in December
2012, experienced a traffic
jam that stretched 200
kilometres. It lasted for
three days but thats small
potatoes compared with other
incidents, such as the 2010
jam outside Beijing, China
that took 10 days to clear, or
So Paulo snarls, which are
regularly so lingering they
stretch two-thirds the length
of the Grand Canyon, in the
United States.
Its rather ironic, really.
As cars began to take off last
century, they were envisioned
as almost-magical timesavers, tools that would allow
us to zip across cities with
ease. Yet little has changed
in practice. In the streets
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of 18th-century London,
England, the average horsedrawn carriage moved along
at a stately 13 kilometres per
hour. Thats the average speed
of a London car today.
Abandoning your car
for public transport is
another option, but not
always a solution, as we can
see from the sardines in a
can conditions of many a
megacitys subway system.
Why do they call it rush
hour when nothing moves?
comedian Robin Williams
once quipped. But nobodys
laughing, and not just
because rush hour is a daily
annoyance. Its detrimental
effects are as far-reaching as
they are unexpected.
Does a one-way commute
take you longer than 45
minutes? If it does, be
warned: a 2011 study
published in 2011 notes
that youre 40 percent more
likely to divorce your spouse,
some say because more time
in traffic jams means more
stress and less time with your
loved ones.
Worse, every minute of
your commute increases the
chance that youll ditch a wellcooked breakfast or dinner in
favour of fast food with all
the health disadvantages
that entails.
And, of course we know
that driving to work is
stressful, but an Australian
survey of drivers found,
depressingly, that a whopping
83 percent said the journey
was more stressful than their
job itself. Although this is
perhaps not that surprising,
considering the average
driver around the world loses
approximately eight days
a year to congestion. On a
larger scale, all those wasted
man-hours add up too, with
congestion estimated to eat
up US$100 billion a year in
the US alone.
So whats to be done?
There are all sorts of
8.45 A.M.
TAIPEI
8.00 A.M.
SAO PAULO
CRUSH HOUR
WORLD'S 10
MOST CONGESTED
CITIES
INCREASE IN JOURNEY
TIME DURING PEAK HOURS
(AS COMPARED TO NONCONGESTED HOURS) IN THE
SECOND QUARTER OF 2013,
ACCORDING TO A REPORT
BY GPS MANUFACTURER
TOMTOM, WHICH EXAMINED
169 CITIES ACROSS SIX
CONTINENTS
MOSCOW, RUSSIA
JOURNEY TIME INCREASES BY
65 PERCENT
ISTANBUL, TURKEY
JOURNEY TIME IS 57 PERCENT
LONGER
WARSAW, POLAND
JOURNEY TIME IS 44 PERCENT
LONGER
PALERMO, ITALY
JOURNEY TIME IS 40 PERCENT
LONGER
MARSEILLE, FRANCE
JOURNEY TIME IS 40 PERCENT
LONGER
ABOVE: MOTORISTS STOPPED AT
A JUNCTION DURING RUSH HOUR
IN TAIPEI, TAIWAN. THE MAJORITY
OF TAIWAN'S VEHICLES AND
RESIDENTS ARE CRAMMED INTO A
SMALL PORTION OF THE ISLAND'S
FULL AREA, CONTRIBUTING
TO HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF
POLLUTANTS NEAR WHERE
PEOPLE LIVE AND WORK
LEFT: COMMUTERS WAIT FOR THE
TRAIN AT A SUBWAY STATION IN
DOWNTOWN SO PAULO, BRAZIL.
THE CITY HAS SOME OF THE
WORLD'S WORST TRAFFIC JAMS,
WITH TRAVELLERS SOMETIMES
NEEDING THREE HOURS TO
TRAVERSE 14 KILOMETRES ACROSS
THE CITY
RIGHT: STATION WORKERS HELP
A PASSENGER SQUEEZE INTO A
CROWDED SUBWAY TRAIN CAR AT
THE IKEBUKURO STATION DURING
RUSH HOUR IN TOKYO, JAPAN
SO PAULO, BRAZIL
JOURNEY TIME IS 39 PERCENT
LONGER
ROME, ITALY
JOURNEY TIME IS 36 PERCENT
LONGER
PARIS, FRANCE
JOURNEY TIME IS 36 PERCENT
LONGER
8.15 A.M.
TOKYO
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN
JOURNEY TIME IS 36 PERCENT
LONGER
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SHANGHAI
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CRUSH HOUR
7.30 P.M.
BEIJING
PERSONAL SPACE
UNITED STATES
A 1966 STUDY OF AMERICANS
NOTED AVERAGE PROXEMICS
ZONES PEOPLE FOUND
COMFORTABLE
1445 CM
INTIMATE DISTANCE
45120 CM
PERSONAL DISTANCE
1.23.5 M
SOCIAL DISTANCE
LONDON
2040 CM
AVERAGE PERSONAL
SPACE BOUNDARY AROUND
SUBJECTS TESTED IN THE
CITY OF LONDON, ENGLAND.
NOTE THAT THIS IS LIKELY TO
VARY GREATLY DEPENDING
ON THE COUNTRY OF STUDY
BEIJING
10
ARTHUR BALFOUR,
Discouraging car
purchases, incentivising the
use of bicycles and public
transport, structuring
commute times and spaceage cars these are all
large-scale solutions that
might work, given time and
proper planning, though
Russia is already trying out
a few schemes. Last year,
a few select machines in
the Moscow metro would
dispense free tickets once
users had completed 30
squats in under two minutes.
Word is that Russian
authorities also intend to
introduce bicycles that
charge your mobile phone
while you ride.
DRIVERLESS
CARS, WHICH
ARE VERY
LIKELY TO START
HITTING ROADS
IN GREATER
NUMBERS BY
THE END OF THE
DECADE, WILL
BE A BOON
While these efforts were
primarily a public relations
move for the 2014 Winter
Olympics, they display an
innovative understanding
of the incentives people
might need to give up their
cars for alternative modes
of transport. And with auto
ownership increasing around
the world, the clock is ticking.
In Beijing alone, more
than 1,200 new sets of wheels
hit the road every day and
this number is on the rise.
Yet relatively recent figures
show how far China would
still have to go to match car
ownership in the United
States: there was one car for
every 17.2 people in Beijing in
2011, compared to one car for
every 1.3 people in the US at
the time.
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7.15 A.M.
2009
JAKARTA
ZERO
NUMBER OF TRAFFIC LIGHTS
IN THIMPU, BHUTAN'S CAPITAL
10%70%
UP TO 70 PERCENT OF
PEOPLE DRIVING IN
AMERICAN URBAN TRAFFIC
ARE SIMPLY LOOKING FOR
PARKING
1 IN 5
URBAN CRASHES ARE
RELATED TO THE SEARCH
FOR PARKING
80/10
MORE THAN 80 PERCENT OF
TRAFFIC IN A TYPICAL CITY
RUNS ON 10 PERCENT OF THE
ROADS
CRUSH HOUR
7.15 A.M.
JAKARTA
8.00 A.M.
MOSCOW
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ROAD TRIP
TRAVELS
THROUGH
PHOTO: CORBIS
UNEXPLORED
EUROPE
A LANDSCAPE SHOT OF
THE TOWN OF VADUZ,
LIECHTENSTEIN
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VATICAN CITY
SKODA MADNESS
ROAD TRIP
FAST FACT
VATICAN CITY
AS THE LEADER OF THE
CATHOLIC CHURCH, THE
POPE IS ONE OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT FIGURES IN
THE WORLD, PRESIDING
OVER SOME 1.2 BILLION
FOLLOWERS WORLDWIDE.
THE TRADITIONAL TITLE
OF THIS VATICAN CITY
FIGURE BEFITS HIS
STATURE: BISHOP OF ROME,
VICAR OF JESUS CHRIST,
SUCCESSOR OF THE PRINCE
OF APOSTLES, SUPREME
PONTIFF OF THE UNIVERSAL
CHURCH, PRIMATE OF
ITALY, ARCHBISHOP
AND METROPOLITAN OF
THE ROMAN PROVINCE,
SOVEREIGN OF THE STATE
OF VATICAN CITY AND
SERVANT OF THE SERVANTS
OF GOD.
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to a monastic community
founded in 300 AD. Another
commonality of many
small principalities is they
attract people for duty-free
shopping. San Marino, like
Andorra, is jammed to the
gills with things to buy. But
once you pass these stalls, you
reach the true centrepiece
of the state: two castles, the
11th-century Guaita and the
13th-century Cesta. There is a
third too, but its not open to
the public.
From up here, its easier
to realise that one is in a
country governed by 16thcentury Latin textbooks,
though a parliamentary
democracy exists too. The
views are extraordinary, with
precipitous drops on one
side down almost to sea level.
It would be no surprise to find
Shrek living in one of
the precipitous drops
hanging over the sea, berating
pesky tourists.
GLAMOUR CENTRAL
ROAD TRIP
FAST FACT
FAST FACT
SAN MARINO
DESPITE, OR PERHAPS
BECAUSE OF ITS
DIMINUTIVE SIZE, THIS
LANDLOCKED COUNTRY
DOES PRETTY WELL FOR
ITSELF. IT IS COMMONLY
THOUGHT TO BE THE
OLDEST SURVIVING
SOVERIGN STATE IN
THE WORLD. IT HAS NO
NATIONAL DEBT THE
FIFTH HIGHEST LIFE
EXPECTANCY IN THE
WORLD, AND IT HAS NO
MILITARY. CHARMINGLY,
A MAJOR SOURCE OF THE
COUNTRYS REVENUE IS
FROM SALES OF POSTAGE
STAMPS AND COINS, WHICH
ARE HIGHLY SOUGHT
AFTER BY COLLECTORS
FOR THEIR RARITY.
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MONACO
PHOTOS: GETTY IMAGES (TOP & BOTTOM LEFT), DREAMSTIME (BOTTOM RIGHT)
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SKI CENTRAL
ROAD TRIP
FAST FACT
MONACO
IF YOURE THINKING OF
MOVING, MONACO MIGHT BE
AN OPTION TO CONSIDER.
THE CLIMATES GREAT,
THERE ARE MORE YACHTS
THAN YOU CAN SHAKE A
STICK AT, AND THANKS
TO MASSIVE TOURISM
AND CASINO PROFITS,
RESIDENTS DONT PAY
TAXES. JUST DONT MOVE TO
INDONESIA BY MISTAKE
THE COUNTRIES SHARE THE
SAME FLAG DESIGN.
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ANDORRA
FAST FACT
ANDORRA
FOR MUCH OF THE 1960S
AND 70S, ANDORRAS
ENTIRE MILITARY BUDGET
PER YEAR WAS US$4.50,
A SUM JUST ENOUGH
TO PURCHASE BLANK
ROUNDS, FOR FIRING
INTO THE AIR DURING
NATIONAL CELEBRATIONS.
IN 2003, THE PRESIDENT OF
ANDORRA ADDRESSED THE
UNITED NATIONS, NOTING
THAT THOSE TIMES HAD
CHANGED. MANY THINGS
HAVE HAPPENED SINCE
THOSE DAYS AND ANDORRA
DOESNT EVEN PUT FOUR
DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS
TOWARDS ITS DEFENCE
BUDGET. WE DONT SPEND
A CENT.
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Unusually, Andorra is
something of a job-share. It
is a monarchy headed by two
co-princes, one Spanish and
one French. Moreover, the
French one is the President
of France, currently Franois
Hollande making him a
reigning monarch whose dayjob is to rule a country that
executed its own monarchy
in the French Revolution.
LIECHTENSTEIN
FAST FACT
LIECHTENSTEIN
FOR A SHORT TIME IN 2011,
IT WAS POSSIBLE TO RENT
THE ENTIRE COUNTRY,
MUCH AS YOU WOULD RENT
A HOTEL ROOM FOR A FEW
DAYS. AIR BNB, A RENTAL
PLATFORM, PRICED THE
THE DEAL AT US$70,000
PER NIGHT. THE ONLINE
PROFILE, WHICH HAS NOW
SADLY BEEN TAKEN DOWN,
NOTED THAT THE COUNTRY
HAS 500+ BATHROOMS.
THE YEAR BEFORE, RAPPER
SNOOP DOGG HAD DECIDED
HE WANTED TO SHOOT
A MUSIC VIDEO AND
ALSO RENT THE ENTIRE
COUNTRY THOUGH THIS
FELL THROUGH.
so I backtrack across
the width of France, pausing
to admire bridges both new
(Norman Fosters seven-pier
Millau Viaduct) and old (the
Roman Pont du Gard), before
stopping at Annecy, near the
Swiss border, for the night.
Entering Switzerland the
next morning, I refuse to miss
the chance to drive across
a Swiss mountain pass, and
divert to the stunning Furka
pass between the towns of
Gletsch and Andermatt. It is
dizzying stuff, and as the Skoda
grapples with the 180-degree
bends, its hard not to look
away from the road at the
extraordinary rugged purity of
the Swiss scenery. Im aware
from bitter experience though,
that Swiss speed cameras are
more belligerent than their
counterparts elsewhere and
indeed, that ticket will find you
when you go home. Besides,
look at this scenery. Why rush?
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I am 10 minutes from
Liechtenstein before I see
the first road sign for it, and
its capital, Vaduz, whose
focal point is a Gothic castle
on the hill behind the town,
where the ruling family still
lives. The family has been
here since buying the place
and, indeed, the whole of
Vaduz in 1712. It is believed
to be the only sovereign state
whose rulers came to power
by buying their own capital
city. The residence is private
except for one day a year,
but worth visiting for the
view down into the valley.
As in Andorra, the hiking is
sublime, though most visitors
to the country come here on
a day trip for the passport
stamp. Dont count on this
though: I didnt even see a
passport control booth.
Dinner is a hearty Swiss
rosti, a traditional dish
made of potatoes, and a
u day,
A MISTY MORNING IN
LIECHTENSTEIN
VATICAN CITY
893
SAN MARINO
32,448
MONACO
30,500
ANDORRA
85,293
LIECHTENSTEIN
37,009
1.5 CRIME
PER PERSON
MARCH 2
2007
MONGASQUE
A NATIVE OF MONACO
German dark
beer. It being largely Swiss
Liechtenstein uses the
Swiss franc there is the
linguistic multiplicity of that
country here, which is just as
well. Having floundered with
bad Italian in the Vatican
City and San Marino, and
bad French in Monaco and
Andorra, I think my German
is even worse. Im spared
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MONACOIAN
THREE FILMS
u fabulous
SLEEPING
WITH THE
ENEMY
AN ARMY OF RESOURCES AND DECADES
OF RESEARCH HAVE BEEN PUT INTO
ACTION TO BATTLE CANCER. YET,
ITS CURE REMAINS A DISTANT HOPE.
AWARD-WINNING WRITER MAX GLASKIN
REPORTS THE GOOD NEWS: NOW THAT
WE KNOW MORE THAN EVER ABOUT THE
DISEASE THERE ARE MORE OF US LIVING
WITH IT THAN DYING FROM IT
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CANCER
PHOTO: CORBIS
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CANCER
IT USED TO
BE SAID THAT
CANCER WAS
200 DIFFERENT
DISEASES.
NOW, THROUGH
GENOMICS, WE
ARE WELL ON
OUR WAY TO
IDENTIFYING
400 DIFFERENT
CANCERS.
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NOW A DRUG
CAN BE
DESIGNED
TO STARVE
OR DISRUPT
CHEMICAL
SIGNALS TO
MUTATED
CELLS TO
PREVENT THEM
FROM DIVIDING
FURTHER
PROFILING CANCER
CANCER MILESTONES
The Ongoing Fight
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CANCER
CHEMOTHERAPY
The term
chemotherapy refers to the
use of medication (chemicals)
to treat disease, but it has most
often been associated with cancer.
Chemo can be in the form of tablets
or administered intravenously.
Some common side effects of this
are nausea and vomiting, which
half of all patients suffer; and
hair loss which may not affect
ones physical health but can
be bad for a patients
psychological
state.
Chemotherapy involves
pumping cell-killing
drugs into the body. So
it's no wonder healthy
cells can suffer as
much as cancerous
ones. And though you
might know about the
nausea, fatigue, and hair
loss, other side effects
of long-term chemo
might surprise you.
Alternating constipation
and diarrhoea. Anaemia,
a lack of red blood
cells that can lead to
shortness of breath.
Mouth ulcers. Bleeding
gums. Bruised skin.
Short-term memory
loss. Brittle nails. The
list goes on.
As such, chemotherapy
can be the most painful
time in a cancer patients
ordeal. While doctors
can and do prescribe
medication to relieve
these side effects, many
patients now turn to
more natural solutions,
in an effort to minimise
their drug intake.
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DESIGNING
MOLECULES
THAT INHIBIT
OR ERADICATE
CANCEROUS
CELLS IS
ONE OF THE
AMAZING
CONSEQUENCES
OF SEQUENCING
THE HUMAN
GENOME
INDIVIDUAL TREATMENTS
DOCTORS DEMONSTRATE
THE USE OF A ROBOTIC
SURGERY MACHINE AT KING
CHULALONGKORN MEMORIAL
HOSPITAL IN BANGKOK. ROBOTIC
SURGERY ALLOWS SURGEONS
TO PENETRATE THE MALE
REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS AND
URINARY TRACT AND CAN BE
USED TO TREAT CONDITIONS
SUCH AS PROSTATE, BLADDER
AND KIDNEY CANCERS
CANCER MILESTONES
1918 PAUL SHEDS THE LIGHT
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CANCER
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IN FIVE OR
TEN YEARS
WELL BE
CONTROLLING
ADVANCED
MELANOMA
BUT I HAVE TO
SAY I DONT
KNOW WHEN
WELL BE
ABLE TO HAVE
LUNG CANCER
UNDER
LONG-TERM
CONTROL
FOR MOST
PATIENTS
Physical surgery to remove
cancers is also advancing.
Instead of a human wielding
the scalpel, the job can be
done by instruments attached
to mechanised arms that are
actuated by electric motors.
CURE OR CONTROL?
CANCER MILESTONES
1970S PLANTING PROSTATE SEEDS
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CANCER
NEWER, BETTER
TECHNOLOGY SUCH AS
MAGNETIC RESONANCE
IMAGING (RIGHT) HAS
ALLOWED FOR MORE
SOPHISTICATED MEDICAL
SCANS
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CANCER MILESTONES
2010 THE BOOK THAT MULTIPLIED
WHEN ONCOLOGIST SIDDHARTHA MUKHERJEE PUBLISHED THE
EMPEROR OF ALL MALADIES IN 2010, HE PROBABLY DIDNT KNOW
WHAT A WORLDWIDE SENSATION IT WOULD BECOME. BROAD IN
SCOPE YET MANAGING TO PUT A HANDLE ON MANKINDS 4,600-YEAROLD RELATIONSHIP WITH THE DISEASE, THE BOOK WON A SLEW OF
ACCOLADES, FROM THE PULITZER TO TIME MAGAZINES COMMENDATION
AS ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL 100 BOOKS IN THE PAST 100 YEARS
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A SMOKING QUOTE
CANCER
RESEARCH
OVER 40
YEARS HAS
SHOWN THAT
THERE IS NO
MAGIC BULLET,
AND THERES
NEVER LIKELY
TO BE.
TEMPERED OPTIMISM
MONSTROUS
CHIMERA
1971
2012
2001
2022 PROJECTION
30,00,000 1,20,00,000
96,00,000 1,8,000,000
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FIGHTING
BACK
CANCER
THE C WORD
THIS DREADED DISEASE IS ONE OF THE GREATEST FEARS
OF OUR TIMES. BUT KNOWLEDGE, THEY SAY, IS POWER
SO READ ON FOR A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE
MALADY AND HOW IT AFFECTS THE HUMAN BODY
326.1
326.1
1. Denmark
1. Denmark
9. Canada
9. Canada
12.7%
12.7%
Breast
Breast
(F)(F)
Lung
Lung
7.8%
7.8%
Stomach
Stomach
306.8
306.8
5. Belgium
5. Belgium
300.2
300.2
7. United
7. United
States
States
HUMOURS
10.9%
10.9%
8. Norway
8. Norway
2. Ireland
2. Ireland
#1
CAUSE OF DEATH
299.1
299.1
317
317
296.6
296.6
Hippocrates,
known
as
the Father of Medicine,
espoused the belief that humans are composed of four
humours of bodily fluids:
blood, phlegm, yellow bile
and black bile. His conviction
that cancer is caused by an
excess of black bile remained
7.1%
7.1%
Prostate
Prostate
(M)
(M)
300.4
300.4
6. France
6. France
295
295
200
10. 10.
Czech
Czech
Republic
Republic
TYPES
United
United
Kingdom
Kingdom
9.8%
9.8%
Colorectal
Colorectal
Liver
Liver
Canada
Canada
Stomach
Stomach
FIVE
MOST COMMON
CANCERS
GallGall
bladder
bladder
Duodenum
Duodenum
100
THOUSAND
Pancreas
Pancreas
MONTHS
Pancreatic cancer is one of
the fastest-killing forms of
the disease, with some studies noting a median survival
rate of just three months after diagnosis
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DAYS
BIG PICTURE
HIGHEST CANCER
RATES PER
COUNTRY
IN 2010
(CASES PER
100,000 PEOPLE)
Experts think that the high
figures for these high-income
countries may merely be due
to more effective diagnosis,
or may be partly because
high-income countries have
greater incidences of obesity
and alcohol consumption,
and lower levels of physical
activity factors that can
contribute to cancer
SIX
WAYS CANCER
SPREADS
Locally: Cancer cells grow
into nearby body tissues
TIMES LONGER
20
314.1
314.1
CANCERPROOF YEARS
3. Australia
3. Australia
309.2
309.2
4. New
4. New
Zealand
Zealand
1,601
YEARS
ARMED
ROBBERIES
A British man was recently
convicted of three violent
robberies, but was given a
reduced sentence because he
was found to have a brain tumour, which, the judge said,
meant he suffered from an
abnormality of mind
2 3
OF CANCERS
AS LIKELY
A 2005 study found that
left-handed women are twice
as likely to develop breast
cancer than right-handed
women
10%
LEFT BREAST
120
THOUSANDYEAR-OLD BONE
The oldest evidence of cancer
thus far was discovered in
June 2013, in the bone of a
Neanderthal from 120,000
years ago. It predates previous evidence of tumours by
over 100,000 years
10%
LEFT SIDE
PHOTO: CORBIS
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THE JEEP
Why
has the iconic
Jeep remained the
chariot of choice for
the die-hard adventure
lover? How does its square
design fit into modern
aerodynamic and aesthetic?
Gearhead Jeremy Torr
takes a look under the
bonnet and rediscovers
this masculine
romance
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TOUGH TENDER
The requirements were a
four-wheel drive with a frontdriven axle, a working speed of
between five and 80 kilometres
per hour, a 190- to 200-centimetre
wheelbase, at least 16 centimetres
of ground clearance, a minimum
capacity of three passengers plus
driver, a 300-kilogram payload, and
an all-up weight of 590 kilograms
(later changed to 980 kilograms).
Plus, the vehicle had to allow
for a .30-calibre machine
gun to be mounted
on it.
THE JEEP
RIDE DOWN
MEMORY LANE
THE QUIRKS THAT GAVE THE JEEP ITS
ICONIC STATUS HAVE LIVED THROUGH
ITS MANY AVATARS OVER THE YEARS
19411945
WILLYS MB
19491953
CJ-3A
19521971
M-38A1
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AMERICAN INTEREST
I HAVE DRIVEN
EVERY UNIT
PURCHASED IN
THE LAST 20
YEARS. I CAN
JUDGE THEM
IN 15 MINUTES.
THIS VEHICLE
IS GOING TO BE
ABSOLUTELY
OUTSTANDING
Commendably, Probst
agreed to work for no pay,
some think just to keep the
United States ahead of the
looming Nazi menace. He set
to work with a clean sheet
and within a couple of days
had come up with an utterly
unique design he called the
BRC, which stood for Bantam
Reconnaissance Car.
The US Army approved the
Bantam design, and awarded
the company the prototype
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THE JEEP
RIDE DOWN
MEMORY LANE
1955
CJ-5
19671969
M715
19761987
ABOVE: TWO JEEPS WERE USED
IN THE FILMING OF THE 1980
CLASSIC HORROR FILM FRIDAY
THE 13TH, BOTH 1966 CJ-5S
LEFT: WHETHER CARRYING RICE
FARMERS IN ASIA OR TRAVELLERS
ON THE KARAKORUM HIGHWAY,
IN PAKISTAN (RIGHT), THE JEEP
HAS BEEN AROUND THE WORLD
AND BACK AGAIN
CJ-7
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THE JEEP
Go Devil, was
much stronger than the
Bantam power plant, and no
doubt contributed much to
the Jeeps eventual
overall success.
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IT DOES
EVERYTHING.
IT GOES
EVERYWHERE.
ITS AS
FAITHFUL AS
A DOG, AS
STRONG AS
A MULE, AND
AS AGILE AS
A GOAT. IT
CARRIES TWICE
WHAT IT WAS
DESIGNED FOR,
AND KEEPS
ON GOING
The engines name was
pretty appropriate. The Go
Devil used a much higher
compression ratio than
normal, at 6.48:1. Instead of
the usual cast iron, it utilised
plated aluminum pistons
to keep weight down and
make them less prone to
heat, scoring and distortion
problems. Precision bearings
replaced scraper-fitted main
bearings, and the crankshaft
used counterweights to
minimise wear-inducing
vibration. Newly designed
valve springs were made of
stronger, lighter special-alloy
steel, and the engine's cooling
system was boosted to allow
it to run at high revs and low
speed when climbing hills. It
produced around 105 footpounds of torque, and almost
60 horsepower; more than
enough to power the vehicle's
lightweight 2,000-pound
(907-kilogram) body.
Ford and Willys happily
cloned the Bantam chassis
and body design, retaining the
RIDE DOWN
MEMORY LANE
19811985
SCRAMBLER CJ-8
19821986
CJ-7 LAREDO
19972006
WRANGLER TJ
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THE JEEP
JEEP
FOREBEARS
THE JEEP
Surfing is a physical
representation of Jeep's
values, and embodies the
spirit of freedom which
characterises each single
model produced by the
American brand. Experiencing
a total sense of communion
with nature and its forces,
challenging the waves and
the wind, with a desire to
push your own limits: its
the fascination of surfing
that is also more than a
dynamic sport, as it becomes
a lifestyle. Jeep also shares
with surf enthusiasts the
attitude to live out emotions
fully and in the most authentic
and independent way.
extract from new Jeep and
Quicksilver Roxy Pro Series
promotion
Legal Tender
B-52'S
Sugar Magnolia
GRATEFUL DEAD
Back Seat
LL COOL J
I never knew a
four-wheel drive
could be so live,
I'll put your
numbers in the archives.
So take 'em off and put them
things on the mirror, girl,
It's my Jeep and your world
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ON THE CIVVY
STREET IT HAD
THE RIGHT
JAMES DEAN
ON FOUR
WHEELS KIND
OF IMAGE. YOU
CAN IMAGINE
THE DRIVER
THINKING, IM
NOT KEEPING
TO THE OLD
WAYS. I GO MY
OWN FOURWHEEL-DRIVE
WAY AND
BRING FRESH
THINKING TO
MY LIFE
and headlight arrangement
and as the show makes
pretty clear, still goes almost
anywhere. The Wrangler
continues the tradition. After
all, its a Jeep.
THE JEEP WRANGLER
UNLIMITED, PICTURED ON
RACKS, READY FOR FINAL
ASSEMBLY AT TOLEDO
SOUTH ASSEMBLY PLANT
BACK FROM
BEAR GRYLLS
M THE BRINK
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ADVENTURE
FELT THE MOST
NATURAL THING
IN THE WORLD.
IT WAS WHERE
I CAME ALIVE.
IT IS WHAT
MADE ME FEEL,
FOR THE FIRST
TIME, REALLY
MYSELF
Dave Pearce has been
Grylls right-hand safety man
for the past 15 years, and a
regular on Man vs. Wild. An
SAS veteran of 25 years in
his own right, Pearce is as
well positioned as anyone to
know whether Grylls has lost
any of his love for the wild. I
think adventure runs through
his blood and always will,
he tells Discovery Channel
Magazine, on a phone line
from London, England.
Hes not someone to sit
around and wait for things
to happen. He takes the bull
by the horns, and gets very
excited by the adventures
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BEAR GRYLLS
SHOW BY SHOW
SEEK
WATER FIRST
A common myth is
that if youre lost for any
length of time youve got to
find food. That really isnt true
and you can actually survive for
weeks and weeks without it. Your
priorities should be finding shelter
and water especially since in most
places youll be dead in three days
without water. Eating food will
also dehydrate you faster
so focus on getting water
before food advises
Bears.
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I KNEW THAT
I HAD BLOWN
IT. WE GET ONE
SHOT AT LIFE,
AND IN THOSE
AGONISING
MOMENTS I
REALISED I HAD
MESSED THIS UP
BIG-TIME. I HAD
THIS PIT-OFMY-STOMACH
FEAR THAT LIFE
WOULD NEVER
BE THE SAME
As Grylls writes in his
book, the adventure had
started out idyllically, as some
downtime from soldier work,
and a skydiving adventure
with friends over Zimbabwe
on a clear African evening.
Soon, the time came to jump.
I looked down, took that
familiar deep breath, then
slid off the step. As the wind
moulded my body into an
arch I could feel it respond to
my movements, he notes.
As I dropped a shoulder,
the wind began to spin me,
and the horizon moved before
my eyes. The feeling is known
simply as the freedom of the
ACTION MAN
OUTDOOR CHILDHOOD
NORTHERN IRELAND
19741978
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ISLE OF WIGHT
19781988
BEAR GRYLLS
BEAR ESSENTIALS
FROM HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY MUD, SWEAT, AND
TEARS, GRYLLS REMEMBERS HIS EARLY YEARS
AS A SURVIVOR
SCHOOL BULLIES "I was learning very young that if
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SPECIAL FORCES
PARACHUTE ACCIDENT
ZIMBABWE
19931996
SUMMER 1996
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AS A YOUNG
MAN I WAS
LIVING MY
DREAM. FIND
ME A YOUNG
MAN WHO
ISNT GOING
TO LOVE BEING
TRAINED IN
HOW TO BLOW
STUFF UP,
CLIMB CLIFFS,
SKYDIVE AND
HIGH SPEED
DRIVING
have done a river crossing a
hundred times, but Im often
the first to say, Lets just
stop for a second, lets just
check everything and make
sure everythings sorted. Is
everyone completely clear
whats going on? This is the
way were going to do it. You
know, we all totally respect
each other for what we do,
and we all communicate
exceedingly well, even in
tough environments. And I
think thats really important.
MOUNT EVEREST
A SURE BET
SUTHERLAND, SCOTLAND
NEPAL
GREAT BRITAIN
2001
BEAR GRYLLS
ACTION
GENERATION
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DISCOVERY CHANNEL
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WORLDWIDE
2009
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BLIZZARD "CONCENTRATE ON
MAKING YOURSELF SAFE AND
GETTING OUT OF THE WIND; FIND
SHELTER HOWEVER YOU CAN. ITS
THE SAME IN A DESERT SANDSTORM.
PEOPLE PUSH ON IN SANDSTORMS
THINKING THEY CAN FIND A WAY OUT
WHEN IN REALITY THEYRE NEVER
GOING TO BEAT IT"
BEAR GRYLLS
ALL MY
BOTTOMLESS,
CONFIDENCE
WAS GONE. I
HAD NO IDEA
HOW MUCH I
WAS GOING TO
BE ABLE TO DO
PHYSICALLY
AND SO MUCH
OF MY IDENTITY
WAS IN THE
PHYSICAL
LOOKING UPWARDS
he recalls poignantly.
The team at Headley
Court, his rehabilitation
centre, were tireless,
providing him with goals,
with intense workouts of
up to 10 hours a day that
included stretching, hydrapool sessions, counselling,
physio (with the pretty
nurses! he writes), and
movement classes.
Some eight months after
the accident, he was cleared
to leave but not before he
sneaked out one night, setting
off for a ride on his motorbike,
wearing the cumbersome
back brace, and jumping on
a train homewards. Grylls, it
seemed, was coming back.
But taking on Mount
Everest? For Grylls, this do
or die mission was partly his
typical spirit of adventure
rearing its head again. And
curiously, it was also partly
a business decision. In his
determination to be placed
back among the realms of
extraordinary outdoorsmen
again, he figured that if
successful, the exposure of
being the youngest British
climber to summit the
mountain might give him
a springboard from which
to reconstruct his career. It
was a hunch that ultimately
proved correct. Even so,
having cheated death once,
was it not asking for trouble
to roll the dice again so soon,
on a mountain which at that
time was claiming the lives
of one in six climbers that
reached the summit?
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REAL
LOCATIONS
BEAR UP CLOSE
BEAR GRYLLS
SOUVENIR BUMPS
HAVING
CHEATED DEATH
ONCE, WAS IT
NOT ASKING FOR
TROUBLE TO
ROLL THE DICE
AGAIN SO SOON,
ON A MOUNTAIN
WHICH WAS
CLAIMING THE
LIVES OF ONE
IN SIX CLIMBERS
THAT REACHED
THE SUMMIT?
For survivalist veterans like
Grylls and Pearce though, a
few breaks and knocks are just
a part of the game. A few new
scars are always a good thing,
you know. I think I wouldnt
want to get to the end of my
days without some knocks
and twists, and a few scars.
Theyre all fond memories,
theyre like pictures for us,
that we can get together and
talk about. Which I suppose
might be more of a blokey
thing, Pearce admits.
Ultimately, for Pearce,
testing their limits is well
worth the knocks. Its like,
yeah great, you know lets
get amongst it and tear it up.
Make sure were all safe and
fine. But we know its probably
going to hurt a little as well.
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Premieres Every Monday
Sunday 9 PM, starting 7 Mar.
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