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 3 8 10 11 12 13 15 18 19 21 22 23 24 26 29 31 32 34 35 36 37 38 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) 1 2 4 5 6 7 9 12 DOWN 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) S MO S U P I T A