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Wood wins Qatar Masters with eagle at 18th Chris Wood eagled the 18th hole to win the Qatar Masters for his first European Tour victory on Saturday, overtaking Sergio Garcia and George Coetzee who complete a shot back. The 142nd-ranked Englishman had an reached shot that rolled within 12 feet of the 18th.

In this issue of Mute there is a generalised refusal to have our selves, in the widest sense of the word, put to work. As we start to see the real repercussions of the financial crisis bite, the Bretton Woods ideological state apparatus is looking rather threadbare. The strategy to placate social desires through cheap credit, property acquisition and the decoration of domestic surfaces continues against a muted backdrop of factory occupations, boss-nappings, foreclosures, and the dregs of what looks to be Big Brother's last season. It is tempting to imagine that the mass tutelage in narcissism which has helped pacify the social body for so long might collapse under the weight of its own vacuity and unsustainable cruelty. As capitalism falters in its corralling of desires, writers in this issue think about how such energies might escape from their official channels.

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January of 2013 has passed by and the fashion conscious are yet taking down notes and working on refurbishing their wardrobes. Designers are already working for upcoming fashion weeks and here's a ready reckoner telling you what's in, what's out, what's hot and what's not this year.
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