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14 News & Topics September 1 2022 | World and Press ‘Insane obstacle course risks safety of athletes and credibility’ SPORT Plan to replace showjumping with monkey bars and a ‘tsunami’ wall was met with derision before trial. By Martyn Ziegler 1 IT WILLbe the Olympics meets ‘Ninja Warrior’ and ‘Gladiators’: athletes in the modern pentathlon will have to negotiate an obstacle course complete with monkey bars, a rope swing, and a “tsunami” curved wall as the new fifth event of the competition. The announcement of the discipline, which has been lined up to replace the equestrian event, has caused fury among many in the sport, including Kate Allenby, Britain’s bronze medallist from the 2000 Sydney Olympics, who called it “insane”. 2 The obstacle course will make its debut at the Pentathlon World Cup Final in Turkey later this month. If approved at the congress of the sport’s international federation, the UIPM, in Novem- Athletes compete in the modern pentathlon’s new obstacle course during a test race in Ankara, Turkey, on June 28, 2022. | Photo: Picture Alliance/AA ber, it will replace showjumping from the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics onwards, subject to the sport keeping its place in the Games. 3 UIPM described the addition of the discipline as “the biggest shake-up of the Olympic sport in its 110-year history” and added: “Athletes have been invited to run, walk, climb, crawl, slither, scramble, or otherwise propel themselves to the finish line of a bespoke course in Ankara next month.” 4 Allenby told ‘The Times’: “These are professional athletes and there is a real risk to their credibility. It is insane. There are also questions over whether they will be safe and even if they will be insured to do it.” 5 Equestrianism was dropped after Kim Raisner, the German coach, struck a horse at last year’s Tokyo Games when it refused to jump a fence, which led to widespread criticism. Modern pentathlon has been left off the initial programme for the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028 and Thomas Bach, the IOC president, has warned that the proposal for showjumping’s replacement, and the overall competition format, must be finalised before it can be included. 6 Two to four athletes will race at one time over the course, which will be up to 100m long. The UIPM has also claimed obstacle-tackling athletes would have a route to the Olympics if they are able to add swimming, fencing, and running skills to their repertoire. 7 Pentathlon United, a group formed to block the removal of equestrianism, wrote to the IOC seeking an intervention, saying that the UIPM’s consultation process was “illusory at best”. The letter claims a survey of 310 past and present athletes revealed 95 per cent are unhappy with the change, while 90 per cent feel the UIPM is not able to “build a strong future for the sport”. © The Times, London/News Licensing This article originally appeared in The Times, London. 0 INSANE (coll) verrückt — obstacle course “"Åbst´k´l‘ Hindernisparcours — credibility “Ækred´"bIl´ti‘ Glaubwürdigkeit — showjumping Springreiten — monkey bars Hangelgerüst — tsunami wall gebogene Wand — to be met with stoßen auf — derision “dI"rIZ´n‘ Spott — trial Testlauf 1 pentathlon “pen"tœTlÅn‘ Fünfkampf — to negotiate “nI"g´USieIt‘ bewältigen — rope swing Seil zum Schwingen — curved gebogen — event Disziplin — to line up vorbereiten — equestrian event “I"kwestri´n‘ Reiten; s.w.u. equestrianism Reitsport — fury “"fjU´ri‘ Empörung — medallist “"med´lIst‘ Medaillengewinner(in) 2 – 4 federation Verband — from … onwards ab … — subject to … vorausgesetzt … — shake-up (coll) Veränderung — to slither “"slID´‘ schlittern — to scramble klettern — to propel o.s. to ... “pr´"pel‘ zur/zum ... stürzen — bespoke “bI"sp´Uk‘ eigens angelegt — to insure versichern 5 – 7 widespread criticism breite Kritik — obstacle-tackling athlete Hindernisläufer(in) (to tackle bewältigen) — route Weg — fencing Fechten — consultation process Beratungsprozess — illusory “I"lu…s´ri‘ zum Schein — at best bestenfalls Got burping livestock? In New Zealand, you might be taxed. ENVIRONMENT New Zealand’s draft plan to make farmers pay for emissions produced by their livestock would be the first of its kind, the government said. | Photo: Jurgen Dekker/Unsplash By Sammy Westfall 1 NEW ZEALANDhas more sheep than people, by a factor of about five. Now those sheep and other livestock could be taxed for incessant belching – a major source of greenhouse gases for the Pacific island nation. 2 The government announced 0 – 2 TO BURP(coll); s.w.u. to belch “beltS‘ aufstoßen — livestock Vieh — to tax besteuern — by a factor of about five etwa fünfmal so viel — incessant “In"ses´nt‘ ununterbrochen — greenhouse gases Treibhausgase — transportation Verkehr 3 – 4 cattle Rinder — gross emissions Brutto-Emissionen — to seek to do versuchen zu Wednesday a draft plan to charge farmers for their livestock emissions, in what would be the first effort of its kind. The plan is part of a larger emissions reduction initiative proposed by the Ministry of Environment, which includes plans for its energy, transportation, waste, and job sectors beginning in 2025. tun — net-zero target Netto-Null-Ziel — revenue “"rev´nju…‘ Einnahmen — advisory service “´d"vaIz´ri‘ Beratung — incentive “In"sentIv‘ Anreiz — feed additives “"œd´tIvz‘ Futtermittelzusätze 5 – 6 ruminant “"ru…mIn´nt‘ Wiederkäuer — digestive system “daI"dZestIv‘ Verdauungssystem; s.w.u. to digest verdauen — multi-chambered stomach 3 New Zealand, with about ten million cattle and 26 million sheep, is a major agricultural exporter. Agriculture makes up half of New Zealand’s gross emissions, and putting a price on those emissions is one of the ways the country seeks to reach its 2050 net-zero target. 4 Revenue from the plan will be invested in research, development, and advisory services for farmers, who will also receive incentives for reducing emissions through feed additives, Reuters reported. 5 Cows and sheep are ruminants, meaning they have special, complex digestive systems with multi-chambered stomachs to digest their food. But as their feed ferments within their bodies, they produce methane as a byproduct – that needs to be belched out. The process has them releasing up to 500 liters of methane daily. The greenhouse gas is extremely effective at trapping heat in the atmosphere, more than 25 times more potent as carbon dioxide. 6 High-resolution satellites even detected methane emissions from a cattle lot in California – meaning cow burps were observed from space, according to the environmental data company GHGSat. © 2022 The Washington Post “"tSeImb´d‘ Magen mit mehreren Kammern — to ferment “f´"ment‘ gären — methane “"mi…TeIn‘ — byproduct Nebenprodukt — to trap h.: speichern — potent “"p´Ut´nt‘ wirksam — carbon dioxide “ÆkA… b´n daI"ÅksaId‘ Kohlendioxid — high-resolution hochauflösend — to detect entdecken — lot Stück Land

World and Press | September 1 2022 Cinema 15 film world ‘Brian and Charles’ directed by Jim Archer By Michael O’Sullivan 1 BY PREMISEalone, the man/robot buddy dramedy ‘Brian and Charles’ may remind some viewers of ‘Finch,’ Apple TV Plus’s similarly themed 2021 movie about the relationship between a lonely engineer and the high-tech android companion who helps him resolve his daddy issues. 2 But this appealing if slight fable from director Jim Archer and writers David Earl and Chris Hayward (expanding on their 2017 short by the same name) tugs on a different set of heartstrings. Subbing in rural Wales for ‘Finch’s’ post-apocalyptic America, ‘Brian and Charles’ centers on Brian (Earl), a lonely tinkerer who builds things like a flying cuckoo clock, for reasons that make sense to no one but himself. 3 When the protagonist mutters, early in the film, that it might “be nice to have an extra pair of hands around,” he has hit on an invention that might actually be of use: a friend. (‘Brian and Charles’ is framed as a documentary, with an unseen film crew that records Brian’s every waking move, à la ‘The Office,’ and to whom the film’s twee running commentary is directed.) 4 Soon enough – 72 hours later for Brian, barely ten minutes for us viewers – on a night of thunder and flashing lightning, Brian has his Frankenstein moment: His low-tech trash-bot Charles (Hayward) rises from the slab, so to speak, resembling a guy in a Halloween costume fashioned from David Earl (left) and Chris Hayward in ‘Brian and Charles.’ | Photo: Focus Features junk, with the shell of a washing machine for a chest and a balding, gray-haired, and bespectacled mannequin head on top that makes him look like Larry David. To make Charles more lifelike, presumably, Brian has dressed him up in a bow tie, beige cardigan, and giant white dress shirt that looks like it was stitched together from old bedsheets. In other words, “Ex Machina” this is not. 5 ‘Brian and Charles’ is more of a fractured fantasia than a scifi adventure, and its appeal is in direct proportion to your appreciation for the humorous irony of such things as Brian’s remark, to the camera, that “I was looking for metal in one of these piles of things, and I found a metal detector.” (I groaned slightly. Your mileage may vary.) 6 The dynamic between this odd couple starts off simple: It’s that of a pet owner and his overeager Labrador retriever – albeit one who speaks English. Gradually, the relationship evolves to become more familial. Eventually, Charles begins acting like a bratty teenager mouthing off to his “father,” demanding a trip to Honolulu after seeing a show about Hawaii on the television. Brian says no; he won’t even allow Charles to ride into town with him, fearing that the village thug Eddie (Jamie Michie), who once stole Brian’s garden gnome, will make trouble. Only Hazel (Louise Brealey), the pretty object of Brian’s schoolboy crush, is allowed to meet Charles. 7 Brian’s fears aren’t misplaced. And as the film progresses into its sweet, almost saccharine, love story, the filmmakers fold in other familiar themes: learning to stand up to bullies and letting go of the person – er, thing – you love. 8 Though told with a childlike directness, ‘Brian and Charles’ is not exactly a kid’s movie, and its climax is a bit dark, involving the threat of Charles being consigned to Eddie’s bonfire, out of spite. Like Charles himself (and maybe Brian, too), it’s an odd hodgepodge of a story: a sweet, eccentric misfit, just waiting for someone to find it, and love it, despite its flaws. © 2022 The Washington Post 0 – 1 PREMISE “"premIs‘ Ausgangssituation — buddy (AE, coll) Kumpel — dramedy = drama + comedy — to resolve lösen — daddy issues (coll) Vaterkomplex 2 if wenn auch — slight seicht — fable h.: Geschichte — short Kurzfilm — to tug on a different set of heartstrings (fig) andere Gefühle ansprechen (to tug on heartstrings [fig] zu Herzen gehen) — to sub s.th. in for s.th. (coll) e-e S. durch etw. ersetzen — tinkerer Tüftler(in) 3 to hit on s.th. auf etw. kommen — to frame anlegen — every waking move jeder Augenblick — twee putzig — running commentary laufender Kommentar — to be directed at s. richten an 4 trash-bot aus Abfällen zus.gesetzter Roboter — slab Leichentisch — to resemble “rI"zemb´l‘ aussehen wie — to fashion fertigen — junk Schrott — shell Gehäuse — balding “"bO…ldIN‘ mit schütter werdendem Haar — bespectacled “bI"spekt´k´ld‘ mit Brille — mannequin “"mœnIkIn‘ Schaufensterpuppe — lifelike lebensecht — bow tie Fliege — to stitch together zus.nähen 5 fractured “"frœkS´d‘ bruchstückhaft — fantasia “fœn"teIzi´‘ Fantasie — to be in direct proportion to in direktem Verhältnis stehen zu — to groan stöhnen — your mileage may vary “"maIlIdZ‘ (fig, coll) das ist Geschmackssache 6 overeager übereifrig — albeit “O…l"bi…It‘ wenn auch — to evolve s. entwickeln — familial “f´"mIli´l‘ familiär — eventually “I"ventSu´li‘ schließlich — bratty verzogen — to mouth off at s.o. (coll) jdm. frech kommen — thug “Tøg‘ Schläger — garden gnome “n´Um‘ Gartenzwerg — crush Schwärmerei 7 to not be misplaced nicht unbegründet sein — to progress into “-"-‘ übergehen in — saccharine “"sœk´rIn‘ süßlich — to fold in einstreuen — to stand up to s.o. (fig) jdm. die Stirn bieten — bully Person, die andere mobbt — to let go of loslassen 8 climax “"klaImœks‘ Höhepunkt — to consign to “k´n"saIn‘ hineinwerfen in — spite Bosheit — hodgepodge “"hÅdZpÅdZ‘ (AE, coll) Mischmasch — misfit Außenseiter(in) — flaw Fehler 09./10.09.2022 Messe Kassel, Halle 3 Freitag, 9 bis 14 Uhr Samstag, 10 bis 15 Uhr www.azubitage.de EINTRITT FREI crossword puzzle | By Katrin Günther All the words are in the articles on pages 14 and 15. Solution on page 16. Across Down 1 2 3 To discover (New Zealand) 1 To climb (Obstacle course) 3 4 4 Mockery (Obstacle course) 6 The most important or exciting point in a story or situation (Film world) 2 The quality of being trusted and believed in (Obstacle course) 5 A mixture (Film world) 6 7 8 5 7 To slide (Obstacle course) 10 Realistic; authentic (Film world) 15 A type of animal that brings up food from its stomach and chews it again (New Zealand) 16 A close friend (Film world) 17 Income; earnings (New Zealand) 8 To look like or be like s.o. or s.th. (Film world) 9 S.th. that is produced as a result of making s.th. else, or s.th. unexpected that happens as a result of s.th. else (New Zealand) 11 A dummy used to display clothes in a shop window (Film world) 11 9 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 A test (Obstacle course) 19 Farm animals (New Zealand) 12 Made for a particular customer or user (Obstacle course) 13 Crazy; mad (Obstacle course) 19 18 14 Powerful; effective (New Zealand)

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