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Art SpringArt SpringKatara Cultural Village organised the first Spring Outdoor Art Fair at the amphitheatre, allowing 44 amateur and professional artists to showcase and sell their works.

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By Isabel Ovalle

Artists from different dis-ciplines took part in the first Spring Outdoor Art Fair at Katara Cultural

Village this weekend. The event took place in the amphitheatre, allowing 44 amateur and profes-sional artists to showcase and sell their work. For some of them, it was the first time they had got this kind of opportunity, and they were able to participate free of charge.

Yolanda Caballero, from Mexico, was among the artists who took part in the exhibition. She has been taking classes at the Visual Arts Center for a few months now. “I’m just a beginner; I like to do new things; that is why I started paint-ing. Now I like it so much that I paint for hours without even notic-ing I’m hungry,” she said.

At the fair, she showed six paint-ings. One of them was of a horse, which depicts how she first felt upon moving to Qatar: “Fear and even

rage, which, with time, have been replaced by courage and strength.” Other works represent her heart-beat and a fertilised uterus.

On her part, Fatma Al Mannai, an art student at Qatar University, felt the fair was a great opportunity, even though she already shows her work in many galleries.

“The local art scene is getting interesting now, but you could say there are too many artists,” she said.

Al Mannai brought 13 pieces to the fair, including landscapes, portraits and images of tradi-tional houses. The Qatari student also teaches visual arts to children between eight and 16 years of age at the Visual Arts Center.

Latife Cedeño, from Venezuela, discovered her ability to paint after attending classes at the Visual Arts Center. “I had never done it before, but I realised I’m good at it thanks to my teacher, who chose the only piece I brought to the show,” she said.

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Another artist, Maha Nagy, from Egypt, stated that “after two years of painting, this is an excellent oppor-tunity for me to gain the admiration of other people. That’s more valuable than being able to sell my work.”

The Visual Arts Center works on the development of artistic and cul-tural events, which promote cultural exchange. The centre also offers training in a variety of creative fields, including photography, digital graphics, oil paintings and screen painting.

Mustafa Issa is a professor at the Center, which is supported by the Ministry of Culture. “It’s a great opportunity for the students and for the people who want to buy art,” he said. “At the Center, we use all types of materials, but here at the fair, we have mostly oil paintings,” he added.

One of the main objectives of the Spring Outdoor Art Fair is to stimulate the art market in Doha and to sup-port Qatar-based artists by maximising opportunities for them to both exhibit and sell works affordable to a general audience interested in art.

Irina McGowan, an Irish national

of Russian origin, uses the premises at the Visual Arts Center to paint. In the past few years, she has lived in numerous places in the Middle East, getting the opportunity to learn from professionals.

Her tryst with art began through self-teaching. “First, I watched tutori-als online, and later, in 2003, I joined a watercolors course in Jordan,” she explained, adding that she had also taken art courses in Istanbul and other places.

“I don’t have a specific word to describe the art scene in Qatar, but I can say it’s very new, it’s like a child learning to walk,” said the artist, add-ing that “there are more Qatari art-ists every day, something I’m pleased to see. They have a spark that’s spread-ing, giving people here another way to express themselves. If they keep going in that direction, they can give an input in the international art process.”

McGowan has been accepted for a summer course at the state academy of Saint Petersburg. “I’m hoping to come back in September and see a big change,” she said.

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Most of her works at the fair were portraits. “I like portraits because they have a point of ambiguity and they tell a lot about the person. I also like traditional Islamic geometric designs because I have lived in this part of the world for over a decade,” stated McGowan.

The Art Fair team counted on the support of artists and the artistic com-munity in its effort to develop more

organised opportunities for artists to be able to exhibit and sell their works in Katara.

All works showcased at the fair had to be original, produced by the artists, and signed. Limited editions had to be appropriately numbered or identified. Reproductions had to be clearly identi-fied, while wearable art and fine crafts had to be of original design and indi-vidually made. The Peninsula

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Qatar Academy students get a feel of nature

Qatar Academy Instructional Assistant Gertuida Weir grew up in a farm in South Africa and learned first-hand the importance of nature and environment.

Affectionately called Gerty by her first grade pupils, Weir has similar aspirations for her students. “I learned to love nature from a very young age. I wanted our students to learn about the beauty of nature and the responsibility we have towards the environment and the animals that live in it”.

Seizing this opportunity, Weir, together with teacher Josef Kaufhold, integrated the class unit and expanded the birdbath and feeder first installed by Weir’s students the previous school year.

“The garden came about from Grade 1’s Sharing the Planet unit centred around the purpose of plants in our lives,” Kaufhold said. “We study the plant parts and how to use our senses to make observations. We measure stems and count leaves to monitor growth. We experiment with the basic needs of plants and the effects when these are not met. We think about the uses of different plants as medicine and food”.

From this lesson, the project turned into a full-blown community effort. Taking inspiration from the original birdbath and feeder located in the play area, students were challenged to become more resourceful in growing and developing the garden.

Shares Weir: “Each student found and brought a brick to lay the foundation of the rockery; white stones of all shapes and sizes were collected around campus. A variety of plants were donated by the students from their Unit of Inquiry about growing things. The garden has now expanded to four flower beds and the students of Grade 1B are proud to water

and maintain their work every day. We also have helpers from other classes”.

According to Kaufhold, the students’ responsibili-ties are varied but all necessary for the garden to thrive. “Students dig out sand and replace it with soil. They are also responsible for planting seeds, pulling weeds, watering, pruning and creating signage to alert others to the garden areas. Each day the class gives food scraps to feed the birds that live in the

gardens. Gerty always has her hands full with excited and eager students ready to get their hands dirty”.

Weir sees the value of these authentic life lessons, too. “I am using nature as a way to teach in a very practical way how to preserve and nurture all living things. The students have gained understanding of nature, which they will respect and use for the rest of their lives”.

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Students and Gerty at the garden.

Press Club inaugurated at BhPS

A students press club has opened at Bhavan’s Public School with the objective of identifying and encouraging budding journalists. Priyadarshin J of Std VIII and Ayesha Sajid of Std IX were selected as president and secretary, respectively, of the Press Club. A mock

press meet competition was organised under the auspices of the Press Club. The programme was inaugurated by Baburaj, General Secretary, Bhavan’s Public School. Dr G Manulal, Principal, Bhavan’s Public School, informed those present that on the second Thursday of every month a press confer-ence will be organised on a mock theme to give more exposure to the student reporters. Rohan T Joseph of Std VIII and Surabhi of Std VIII won the prizes for the month of April. The Peninsula

DPS-MIS wins second place in debate competition

DPS-MIS was adjudged runner-up at the Qatar National Debate Championship 2013 held recently at Resala Independent Secondary School for Girls.

Haritha, Apoorva Dindukurthi, Faid Khopekar, Shenaz Baji, Maria Joby and Sonali Tiwari displayed great debating skills and brought laurels to the school. Among the five Best Team awards, two were bagged by DPS-MIS. The team of Haritha, Apoorva Dindukurthi and Faid Khopekar secured the runner-up position after an even contest with Doha College in front of a huge audience in the final. The team of Shenaz Baji, Maria Joby and Sonali Tiwari was no less and bagged the fourth best team award.

Along with team performances, individual performances were also recognised. Among the fifteen ‘Best Speaker’ awards, Apoorva Dindukurthi was awarded the Best Speaker of the day award. Faid Khopekar and Haritha were adjudged the third and sixth best speakers, while Maria Joby and Shenaz Baji were picked for the 10th and 12th positions. The Peninsula

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School officials inaugurating the School officials inaugurating the press club. Below: Students at the press club. Below: Students at the mock press conference.mock press conference.

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A large number of expatriate Sri Lankans gathered at the Al Arabi Sports Club to celebrate the dawn of

the Sinhala and Tamil new year, ‘Bak Maha Ulela 2013’, on Friday.

The event was attended by Sri Lankan Minister Wimal Weerawansa and Provincial Council Minister Nimal Piyatissa.

Children from the Sinhalese and Tamil communities dressed in tra-ditional attire welcomed the chief guest, Jayantha Palipane, Sri Lankan Ambassador to Qatar, S Khan, Minister and Deputy Chief of Mission, W M V Wansekara, Counselor Labour, and Wije Dambawinne, Deputy General Manager, Treasury, Sampath Bank PLC.

Sponsors of the event and invitees were followed by drummers dressed in traditional attire. The national flags of Qatar and Sri Lanka were hoisted and a traditional oil lamp was lit.

Ambassador Palipane greeted the community on the new year and declared the event open. The day-long event was organised by the Embassy of Sri Lanka in collaboration with the Sri Lankan Coordinating Committee (SLCC) Qatar.

Participation in this year’s celebra-tions was overwhelming with a large number of community members, both men and women as well as children, participating in the many events held throughout the day and enjoying music and entertainment, said SLCC President Lenny Cramer.

Sri Lankan artistes like Damayantha Kusum Perera Jayathungage, Biyanka Fonseka, Tissa Abeykoon and Hathdinnath Tharu Dinusha Lakmali Rajapathirana performed at the celebrations.

Winners of sports and traditional events received prizes and a raffle was held at the end of the programme.

The programme, which was coor-dinated by Lokitha Karavita, was compered in the Sinhala and Tamil languages by Dinusha Rajapathirana,

Biyanka Fonseka, Tennison De Silva, Ranjith Gurusinghe, Mahesh Abhayapala and S Niranjan.

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Big turnout for Sri Lankan new year celebrations

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The International Ladies’ Potluck Group (ILPG) cel-ebrated its ninth anniver-sary last week at the Al Jazi

Gardens Club House. The event was hosted by Sri Lankan members this year and guests arriving at the event were met with complimentary short eats from White Oceanic Sri Lankan Restaurant.

The Deputy Chief of Mission of the Sri Lankan Embassy, S Khan, was the guest of honour. The event was also attended by Sheikha Al Ansari, her sis-ter Sheikha Fatma, wives of the ambassadors of Belgium, China, Gambia, Kazakhstan, Peru, South Africa, South Korea and Poland, the founder of the group, Hasnah Jumat McCauley, its president, Ruth Serene Sabry, chief organiser Shriani Burley, and Sri

Lankan Airlines Country Manager Fawzan Fareid. Tamara Simmons talked about the significance

of the Sri Lankan new year, which is celebrated on April 13 and 14 each year.

Members and guests were given a presenta-tion about Sri Lanka. Dancers from Dinu Ranga

Kalayathanaya Dance School entertained the guests and a brunch consisting of traditional Sri Lankan dishes was served by the Grand Mercure Hotel.

A member of the ILPG, Anu Vye, won a return air ticket to Colombo in a lucky draw.

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Lulu Hypermarket Group launched Food Fiesta 2013 at all Lulu outlets on April 17. The festival was offi-

cially inaugurated on Wednesday at 7pm at Lulu Hypermarket, Al Khor branch, with Yousaf Aysa Al Fasali and Mohamed Althaf, Regional Director, jointly cutting a cake in the presence of other officials from Lulu Hypermarket Group and senior executives from leading business groups in the retail industry.

Cooking lessons and demonstrations by leading chefs, offering insights into various cooking styles and ingredi-ents of different cuisines, are among the activities planned as part of the food fiesta. Live demonstration of salad making organised by Delicio would be another attraction of the festival.

With a view to ensuring participa-tion of customers, including ladies and children, and making them happy, com-petitions for eating bananas, ice cream, sandwiches, burgers, nuggets, apples and biriyani, and for drinking juice,

flavoured milk, activia laban, besides painting, drawing and henna drawing competitions, have been organised by the management.

All the competitions will take place at Lulu Hypermarket, Al Khor branch. Special counters and kiosks promoting exciting offers on food items, free sam-pling and tasting, and raffles by Lulu and major suppliers will also be held for the benefit of customers.

Suppliers like Nestle, Majdi, Al Areesh, Halwani and Rio Marie have organised scratch and win and lucky draw promotions as a part of their sales promotion activities.

Special promotions on meat, poultry, seafood, salads, rice and ethnic foods from Thailand, Philippines, Japan and Korea would be a major feature of the promotions.

A Mexican Food Fest, Oriental and Mediterranean Food Fest, Biriyani Bash and Cookery Contest will be held as part of the Food Fiesta.

The two-day Mexican Food Fest is scheduled to start on April 21. The

Oriental and Mediterranean food fes-tivals will take place on April 24.

The Biriyani Bash and Cookery Contest are planned for April 28. Selected contestants would be required to prepare the dishes opted

for by them at home and bring them to Lulu Hypermarket for assessment by the judges. The contest will be held mainly under categories like meat, chicken, seafood, milk products and fruit carving. The Peninsula

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Souq Waqif Boutique Hotels opens seafood restaurant

Souq Waqif Boutique Hotels opened Al Sanbouk Fish Market, a seafood restaurant

in the Al Jasra Boutique Hotel, last week. The restaurant was officially inaugurated by the ambassador of United Arab Emirates, Juma Rashed Al Dhaheri.

The name of the restaurant is derived from the Arabic term for dhow — a fact that is reflected in its interiors. The restaurant offers a wide selection of fresh fish, lobster, shrimps, crabs and other seafood, cooked in a variety of international cooking styles like Italian and Thai.

Christophe Dumeige, Hotel Manager, Al Jasra Boutique Hotel, commented: “Offering a wide variety of fresh seafood that can be grilled, baked, steamed or fried, depending on the guest’s personal preference and taste, Al Sanbouk has been conceptualised to add a new dimen-sion to our commitment to offer the highest quality of food, service

and product offering at Souq Waqif Boutique Hotels.”

“Al Sanbouk’s seafood offering will add to the diverse culinary experi-ences currently on offer at Souq Waqif Boutique Hotels’ various food and beverage outlets, with both buf-fet and à la carte options on offer,” said Abdo Kayali, Group Director of Sales and Marketing. Some of the

delicacies served at the restaurant include fresh mussels cooked in mari-nara sauce, clams in beurre blanc, soft shell crab in green Asian curry and deep fried calamari in herb but-ter. Al Sanbouk Fish Market is open seven days a week, serving break-fast from 7am to 11am and dinner between 7pm and 11pm.

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Lulu Food Fiesta begins

Officials cutting a cake to mark the opening of the fiesta.

The Ritz-Carlton will deliver pastries and bread to clients’ doorsteps as part of a programme called ‘Pastry to Go’. This new offer will be available on Fridays and

Saturdays starting at 7am, to deliver freshly baked loaves, rolls, fruit Danish, muffins and doughnuts.

“The Ritz-Carlton Doha freshly bakes bread using the best ingredients to ensure the highest quality breads. The culinary team understands that great bread makes great meals, a nice kick-off to start a great weekend,” said Executive Chef Richard Green.

The available selection comprises bread loaves (foc-cacia rye, country farmer, white bread and sliced bread); bread rolls, soft rolls, kraft corn, gold corn and hard rolls; croissants (plain, almond and cheese); cinnamon and raisin rolls; fruit Danish with strawberry, apple, peach, blueberry and pineapple; assorted muffins (plain,

chocolate, blueberry, apple); and assorted doughnuts (sugar-coated, cinnamon, chocolate, and strawberry).

Prices range from QR3 to QR8 per piece while packs of six are available at QR10 (for bread rolls), QR12 (for assorted muffins) and QR12 (for assorted doughnuts). The minimum order should be for QR50. Orders can be placed by sending an email to rc.dohrz.ritz.to.go@ritzcarlton.

“Getting the right senses in the morning is very important to start the day and staying at home doesn’t mean that consumers can’t get great bread. We have run a one-month trial to several compounds with an intense feedback,” stated Chef Green. “Consumers will get the same five-star quality product as they will find at the hotel. Consistency is the key,” he added.

The team at Ritz-Carlton plans on offering other products, like Arabic bread, if the client requests it.

However, they contemplate delivering only to locations that are not too far from the hotel and are residential areas. “We’ll go as far as Villaggio or Sharq Village, for example,” he clarified. The Peninsula

Ritz-Carlton delivers pastries, bread to homes

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Health Tipsfrom DOCTOR

Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer among women in Qatar. (As published in the Asian Pacific Journal Of Cancer Prevention. 2008 Jan-Mar; 9(1):19-24)

In our series of articles dedicated to ultrasound in women, this week our focus will be on breast ultrasound.

Ultrasound instructions:1. Visit your radiologist, 15 minutes earlier than

your appointed time.2. Bring your previous ultrasound reports with you.3. A physician/doctor should examine the breast(s),

before performing an ultrasound (scan).

When should a breast ultrasound be performed?As opposed to a mam-

mography, sonomammog-raphy can be performed anytime during the men-strual cycle with no spe-cial preparation.

How is a breast ultra-sound performed?

A special probe (linear, high frequency probe) is used to scan the entire breast(s) and the sur-rounding area which includes the armpit(s) (axillary region).

Why should a breast ultrasound be performed?The American College of Radiology recommends

breast ultrasounds for women:a. A breast lump (mass) can be felt or a general

lumpiness in the breastb. In high risk patients (eg: family history for

breast cancer, past history of breast cancer) <30 years of age.

c. Any problems in ladies’ with breast implant’sd. Additional method to evaluate the breast, when

mammography (special x-ray/radiograph of the breast), is unclear.

e. Taking a tissue sample from the mass in the breast or armpit (axillary region), using a needle (biopsy).

Who performs a breast ultrasound?A trained doctor or technician, in the field of

radiology or ultrasound. If a technician preforms the ultrasound the doctor/radiologist will review the pictures (images) and generate a report.

Can breast ultrasound be performed in men?Yes. Breast ultrasound is usually performed, along-

side mammography.

Dr Sneha Dinesh PatelSpecialist - Radiology

Healthspring World Clinic

Breast Ultrasound(Sonomammography)

By Kerry Grens

In a review of data covering 13 years and millions of patients, researchers found no evidence of a link between being vaccinated against tetanus, hepatitis, pneumonia or flu,

and developing the nerve-degenerating disorder Guillain-Barré.

“The take home message is vaccines are not causing Guillain-Barré Syndrome at a rate, if at all, that would possibly make the benefits of vaccination not worthwhile,” wrote Dr Daniel Salmon, of the Institute for Vaccine Safety at Johns Hopkins University, who was not part of the study, in an email.

Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is a rare condition that affects one person out of every 100,000 and can lead to paralysis, which is usu-ally temporary.

GBS is considered an autoimmune response, in which a person’s own immune cells attack the protective coating on nerve fibers. Most cases fol-low a bacterial or viral infection, and develop over the course of days or weeks.

In 1976, a vaccine created to protect against an epidemic of swine flu that never materialized was linked to an increased risk of GBS in people who got the shot. Ever since, researchers have been looking at whether flu vaccines or any other vac-cines might be associated with heightened risk.

“There’s definitely a connection in people’s minds that vaccines cause this syndrome. But if you look at the (medical) literature, that doesn’t bear out,” said Dr Roger Baxter, the new study’s lead author and co-director of the Vaccine Study Center at Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, California.

Most studies have found no link between Guillain-Barré and vaccines, while a handful have shown a very small increase in risk among people who received specific flu vaccines. That includes a one in one million chance of GBS among older people who got the 2009 shot against the new H1N1 flu strain.

Because the disorder is so rare, it’s extremely difficult to determine whether a particular vaccine could have caused increases in cases, Baxter said.

So he and his colleagues looked to the large dataset of hospitalization records at Kaiser Permanente Northern California to see if they could spot a connection.

From 1995 to 2006, there were 415 cases of Guillain-Barré.

This was out of nearly 33 million person-years, a number that reflects both the number of peo-ple tracked and how long they were followed. For instance, 3.3 million people tracked for 10 years would represent 33 million person-years.

Among the 415 GBS cases, Baxter’s team found, two-thirds had a documented gastrointestinal or respiratory infection in the weeks before develop-ing GBS.

Just 25 people had received a vaccine of any kind within six weeks of the onset of GBS. Eighteen had flu shots, two got pneumonia vaccines, three had tetanus shots and three got hepatitis vaccines.

Baxter, who has received research grants from numerous vaccine manufacturers, said these num-bers were no higher than expected.

“The bottom line is we think vaccines are very safe for this outcome, that they do not result in GBS, and if they do, it’s so rare it’s nothing to be worried about,” he said.

The researchers also noted a seasonal pattern in the records, with GBS cases about 50 percent more common in winter. That result also agrees with prior research.

It’s thought that seasonality in the appearance of Guillain-Barré cases may mirror seasonal rates of infections, especially with flu and other respira-tory illnesses.

One recent French study found, for instance, that people who developed GBS were twice as likely to have had the flu or to have taken flu medication in the two months before the disorder set in.

Dr Edward Belongia, director of the Epidemiology Research Center at Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation in Marshfield, Wisconsin, said it’s important that studies like the current one monitor vaccines once they are on the market to spot possible safety concerns.

“It did happen in 1976, so we know it can hap-pen,” Belongia said.

Since then, however, “I think the evidence is clear, and this study just provides additional reas-surance that vaccines are very safe with regard to GBS,” he added.

SOURCE: bit.ly/11ayo8T Clinical Infectious

Diseases, online April 11, 2013.

Reuters

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New method devised to detect autism in children

Scientists have come up with a new tech-nique to detect autism in children based on their brain activity, says a study.

Neuroscientists from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and the University of Toronto have developed an efficient and reli-able method of analysing brain activity to detect autism in children. Their findings have appeared Thursday in the online journal PLOS ONE.

The researchers recorded and analysed dynamic patterns of brain activity with mag-netoencephalography (MEG) to determine the brain’s functional connectivity that is, its com-munication from one region to another.

The MEG measures magnetic fields generated

by electrical currents in neurons of the brain, reports Science Daily.

Roberto Fernandez Galan, PhD, an assist-ant professor of neurosciences at Case Western Reserve and an electrophysiologist seasoned in theoretical physics, led the research team that detected autism spectrum disorder (ASD) with 94 percent accuracy.

The new analytic method offers an efficient, quantitative way of confirming a clinical diag-nosis of autism.

“We asked the question, ‘Can you distinguish an autistic brain from a non-autistic brain simply by looking at the patterns of neural activity?’ and indeed, you can,” Galan said.

“This discovery opens the door to quantitative tools that complement the existing diagnostic tools for autism based on behavioural tests.”

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a s

creenin

g o

f his

late

st fi

lm, M

ax R

ose

, in

whic

h h

e p

lays

the r

ole

of an e

lderl

y

jazz

pia

nis

t fa

cin

g t

he loss

of

his

wif

e.

Tw

elv

e y

ears

aft

er B

az

Luhrm

ann’s

M

ou

lin

Rou

ge! opened t

he 2

001

fest

ival,

the A

ust

ralian’s

late

st fi

lm,

Th

e G

rea

t

Ga

tsb

y,

will

do t

he o

pen

ing h

on

ours

wit

h L

eonardo D

iCaprio

and M

ullig

an

in a

rem

ake o

f th

e F

Scott

Fit

zgerald

novel.

Jerom

e S

alle’s

film

Z

ulu

, sta

rrin

g

Oscar w

inn

er F

orest

Whit

aker a

nd

Orl

ando B

loom

, w

ill brin

g p

roceedin

gs

to a

clo

se o

n M

ay 2

6.

Ga

tsb

y

wil

l be

screen

ed

out

of

com

peti

tion

on

the s

am

e d

ay a

s it

is

rele

ase

d in F

rance, but

five d

ays

aft

er

it g

oes

to m

ark

et

in N

orth

Am

eric

a.

In t

he fi

lm, se

t on t

he U

S E

ast

Coast

of

the R

oarin

g T

wen

ties,

DiC

aprio

st

ars

as

Fit

zgerald

’s m

yst

erio

us

mil-

lionair

e J

ay G

ats

by,

batt

ling t

o w

in t

he

heart

of

Dais

y, a

gir

l he c

ourte

d in h

is

youth

, pla

yed b

y M

ullig

an.

Zu

lu, m

eanw

hile, is

set

in C

ape T

ow

n

again

st

the back

groun

d of

a S

outh

A

fric

a s

till o

vers

hadow

ed b

y a

parth

eid

, w

here a

ffluent

suburbs

rub s

hould

ers

wit

h d

irt-

poor t

ow

nsh

ips.

On t

he s

idelines

of th

e m

ovie

screen-

ings,

Can

nes

is a

lso a

huge m

arket-

pla

ce.

Every y

ear t

he f

est

ival

gath

ers

thousa

nds

of

people

, fr

om

producers

and d

istr

ibuto

rs

haggling o

ver u

pcom

-in

g m

ovie

s, t

o s

creenw

rit

ers

haw

kin

g

their

scrip

ts a

nd fi

rm

s off

erin

g innova-

tions

in c

om

pute

r-g

enerate

d im

agery.

AFP

Movie

s

by

US

dir

ecto

rs

Ste

ven

S

oderbergh

an

d

th

e

Coen

B

roth

ers,

Nic

ola

s W

indin

g R

efn

of

Denm

ark

and F

rance’s R

om

an P

ola

nsk

i are a

mong c

onte

nders

for t

he c

ovete

d

Palm

e d

’Or a

t n

ext

mon

th’s

Can

nes

film

fest

ival, o

rganis

ers

said

.T

he

soon

-to

-reti

re

Soderbergh

’s

eagerly

-aw

ait

ed

film

B

eh

ind

th

e

Ca

nd

ela

bra

, w

ith M

ichael D

ougla

s and

Matt

Dam

on, recounts

the lif

e o

f flam

-boyan

t pia

nis

t-en

terta

iner L

iberace,

who m

ask

ed h

is h

om

ose

xuality

from

public v

iew

.A

noth

er m

uch-a

nti

cip

ate

d film

is

R

efn

’s O

nly

God

Forg

ives,

sta

rrin

g R

yan

Gosl

ing i

n a

gan

gla

nd t

hrille

r s

et

in

Bangkok.

Als

o m

akin

g t

he C

annes

cut

is I

nsi

de

Lle

wyn

Da

vis

by J

oel and E

than C

oen

starrin

g O

scar I

saac, C

arey M

ullig

an

and J

ust

in T

imberl

ake in a

tale

about

a s

inger-s

ongw

rit

er in t

he 1

960s

folk

sc

ene in N

ew

York

.P

ola

nsk

i,

79,

first

com

pete

d

in

Cannes

back in 1

976.

Ven

us

in

Fu

r

featu

res

his

w

ife

Em

man

uell

e

Seig

ner

alo

ngsid

e

Math

ieu A

malr

ic in a

n a

dapta

tion o

f a B

roadw

ay p

lay d

raw

n from

an n

ovel

by L

eopold

Sacher-M

aso

ch.

He w

ill

als

o h

ave a

second fi

lm a

t C

annes,

Week

en

d o

f a

Ch

am

pio

n, w

hic

h

will be s

creened o

ut

of

com

peti

tion.

The R

ivie

ra m

ovie

extr

avagan

za,

seen a

s th

e m

ost

prest

igio

us

fest

ival

in c

inem

a, runs

from

May 1

5 t

o 2

6.

Nin

ete

en m

ovie

s are in t

he r

unnin

g

for t

he G

old

en P

alm

, but

oth

ers

may

be a

dded i

n t

he c

om

ing w

eeks,

the

organis

ers

said

. O

nly

on

e dir

ecto

r, th

ough

, is

a

wom

an -

- V

ale

ria

Bruni-

Tedesc

hi, s

is-

ter o

f fo

rm

er F

rench fi

rst

lady C

arla

B

runi, w

ith U

n C

ha

tea

u e

n I

tali

e.

Last

year’s

line-u

p d

id n

ot

inclu

de

any w

om

en d

irecto

rs.

Bu

t fe

sti

val

arti

sti

c

dir

ecto

r

Thie

rry F

rem

aux s

aid

the fi

lms

had

been s

ele

cte

d s

tric

tly o

n m

erit

.“V

ale

ria

’s fi

lm is

not

in c

om

peti

tion

because

she i

s a w

om

an b

ut

because

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LLY

WO

OD

NE

WS

MO

VIE

89

BO

LLY

WO

OD

NE

WS

Why

won

’t Co

le d

o a

fitne

ss D

VD?

Sin

ger-s

ongw

rit

er C

heryl C

ole

says

she h

as

no inte

nti

ons

of m

akin

g

a fi

tness

DV

D b

ecause

she feels

she looks

aw

ful w

hen s

he w

ork

s out.

Ask

ed if

she w

ould

ever c

om

e o

ut

wit

h a

fitn

ess

DV

D, sh

e s

aid

: “N

o, I

look a

wfu

l w

hen I

’m w

ork

ing o

ut.

The f

riz

zy h

air

, th

e r

ed f

ace, it

’s

not

a p

rett

y s

ight.”

“It’s

not

som

eth

ing y

ou’d

want

on a

big

TV

screen, tr

ust

me,” s

he a

dded,

reports

thesu

n.c

o.u

k q

uote

d.

The form

er G

irls

Alo

ud s

inger a

dded t

hat

she h

as

no c

areer p

lans

at

all

at

the m

om

ent.

But

she r

eass

ured f

ans

that

she w

ill not

abandon m

usi

c.

“It’s

excit

ing t

hat

I actu

ally d

on’t

have a

ny p

lans

for o

nce, because

I

got

a l

ittl

e w

ay i

n w

ith t

he t

hir

d a

lbum

and t

hen d

ecid

ed t

o p

ut

it t

o

one s

ide s

o I

could

focus

on t

he G

irls

Alo

ud t

our.

Musi

c i

s m

y l

ife, m

y

pass

ion, m

y fi

rst

love, so

that

will alw

ays

be p

art

of

what

I’m

doin

g. B

ut

I actu

ally d

on’t

have a

ny p

lans

rig

ht

now

,” s

he s

aid

.

Com

fort

impo

rtan

t ove

r st

yle:

Hud

son

Actr

ess

Kate

Hudso

n r

efu

ses

to c

hoose

sty

le o

ver c

om

fort.

(16

:22)

The a

ctr

ess

, know

n for h

er fash

ionable

choic

es,

insi

sts

she w

on’t

dress

in a

n o

utfi

t th

at

she d

oesn

’t f

eel at

ease

in.

“I’v

e h

ad p

eople

push

dress

es

on m

e t

hat

are h

igh-f

ash

ion, but

if I

can’t

w

alk

or I

’m u

ncom

forta

ble

, fo

rget

it. W

om

en n

eed t

o w

ear t

hin

gs

they

are c

om

forta

ble

and c

onfident

in,” c

onta

ctm

usi

c.c

om

quote

d H

udso

n a

s sa

yin

g.

Hudso

n, 34, als

o r

eveale

d h

er love f

or b

allroom

dancin

g.

She s

aid

: “O

h m

y G

od, I

love it.

I’v

e learnt

the c

ha-c

ha a

nd t

he t

ango,”

she s

aid

, addin

g h

ow

she e

njo

ys

gett

ing n

ew

dress

es

made for t

he d

ances.

“I’m

havin

g d

ress

es

made. T

hose

flounces

are t

ota

lly m

y g

uilty

ple

as-

ure,” s

he s

aid

.

Ek T

hi D

aaya

n: A

slic

k, s

pook

y of

feri

ngB

y S

ub

has

h K

Jh

a

Fil

m:

Ek T

hi D

aayan

Sta

rrin

g:

Em

raam

Hash

mi, K

on

kon

a S

en

Sharm

a,

Hum

a Q

uresh

i,

Kalk

i K

oechlin

Dir

ecte

d b

y K

annan I

yer

Do y

ou b

elieve in t

he s

upernatu

ral?

Even if

you d

on’t

this

fabulo

usl

y

eff

ecti

ve t

ake o

n t

he w

ages

of

renew

able

evil w

ould

prom

pt

you t

o

look n

ervousl

y o

ver y

our s

hould

ers

the n

ext

tim

e y

ou p

ass

through

a d

ark

, sh

adow

y c

orrid

or.

So r

ight

aw

ay,

a r

oun

d o

f appla

use

to p

roducer V

ishal

Bhardw

aj

an

d

first

-tim

e d

irecto

r K

annan I

yer f

or a

scare f

are t

hat

goes

way b

eyond t

he

mundane t

error g

imm

icks

of

India

n c

inem

a’s

much-a

buse

d h

orror g

enre

to s

earch o

ut

the v

ery c

ore o

f th

e h

um

an n

atu

re.

Ek

Th

i D

aa

yan e

nte

rs

the w

orld

of

the s

upernatu

ral

wit

h a

finess

e a

nd

delicacy r

are t

o t

he h

orror g

enre.

The fi

rst

hour o

f th

e s

toryte

llin

g w

hen w

e a

re t

aken b

ack t

o t

he m

agic

ian-

hero B

obo (

Hash

mi)

’s s

eem

ingly

well-o

rdered c

hildhood, is

sple

ndid

, w

arm

, fu

nny a

nd, yes,

om

inous.

The c

hild a

cto

r V

ishesh

Tiw

ari

who p

lays

the y

oung H

ash

mi

and t

he

litt

le g

irl w

ho p

lays

his

baby-s

iste

r a

re d

elightf

ully u

naff

ecte

d. T

he b

ubble

-w

ait

ing-t

o-b

e-b

urst

world

of

the t

wo c

hildren i

s st

eeped i

n a

dis

tant

sor-

row

and a

vague t

error,

as

though t

o s

ay,

we w

ho b

elieve G

ood t

riu

mphs

would

have t

o s

uff

er a

whole

lot

of

evil b

efo

re w

e a

rriv

e a

t th

at

state

of

moral liberati

on.

More t

han t

he s

om

ew

hat

scatt

ered s

econd-h

alf

, it

’s in t

he e

arl

y s

ecti

ons

of th

e s

toryte

llin

g w

here d

irecto

r K

annan c

reate

s a feeling o

f fa

bulo

us

fore-

bodin

g t

hrough h

ints

and w

his

pers

rath

er t

han r

ed-h

errin

gs

and s

hrie

ks.

The c

reaky lif

t desc

endin

g into

“hell”

wit

h t

he t

wo c

hildren c

lingin

g o

n

for d

ear lif

e, th

e c

reepy liz

ard o

n t

he w

all w

hic

h m

ight

be m

uch m

ore t

han

what

it s

eem

s, t

he h

ints

and s

igns

of dia

bolism

are s

trew

n a

cross

the length

and b

readth

of

the b

reath

takin

g f

ram

es.

The n

imbly

-knit

ted s

crip

t builds

evil into

the w

orl

d o

f norm

alc

y a

nd inno-

cence. T

he n

arrati

ve’s

gaze

never falt

ers

as

it s

weeps

across

the c

haracte

rs’

lives

makin

g i

nroads

into

the a

nato

my o

f evil w

ithout

charti

ng a

course

th

at

has

been g

reen lig

hte

d b

y t

he

cin

em

ati

c h

orror c

onventi

ons.

Ek

T

hi

Da

aya

n

is

far

more

delicate

ly d

elin

eate

d,

much m

ore

“cast

e”-

eff

ecti

ve t

han o

ther fi

lms

of th

e h

orror g

enre. T

he a

cto

rs

act

terrifi

ed b

ut

they d

on’t

run a

round

scream

ing b

lue m

urder.

They a

re

too s

haken t

o a

ct

suit

ably

scared.

Em

raan H

ash

mi as

the m

agic

ian

who fi

nds

his

world

torn a

part

by

events

his

wand c

annot

prete

nd t

o

contr

ol, b

rin

gs

an a

nguis

hed t

en-

sion

in

to t

he p

lot

wit

hout

stum

-blin

g o

ver t

he d

ark e

dges

of

the

plo

t. But

the fi

lm c

learly

belo

ngs

to

the t

hree l

uscio

us l

adie

s.

While

Hum

a

Quresh

i an

d

Kalk

i are

seducti

ve a

nd im

pis

h, it

’s K

onkona

who c

learl

y t

akes

poss

ess

ion o

f her

part

and o

f th

e fi

lm w

ith a

uth

orit

y.T

he f

act

that

her f

ath

er M

ukul

Sharm

a h

as

writ

ten t

he o

rig

inal st

ory c

ould

have p

layed a

part

in e

stablish

-in

g K

onkona’s

com

fort

level

wit

h t

he e

erie

envir

onm

ent.

But

you s

usp

ect

it’s

more inherent.

Tale

nt

finds

its

level.

Saurabh G

osw

am

i’s

cin

em

ato

graphy t

akes

care o

f th

e r

est

. T

his

is

one

good-l

ookin

g fi

lm t

hat

lights

up n

ot

just

the c

haracte

rs

and t

heir

surround-

ings

but

als

o s

heds

lum

inous

light

on t

he d

ark

ness

wit

hin

the c

haracte

rs

that

reveals

its

elf

fits

and s

tarts

, to

cast

a s

ple

ndid

spell o

ver t

he a

udie

nce.

Ek

Th

i D

aa

yan r

e-d

efines

the s

pook g

enre. It

’s a

t once e

erie

and e

nchant-

ing, so

ft, su

btl

e, dark

and y

et

pow

erfu

l and p

ersu

asi

ve.

Tonally r

ich,

vib

rant

and s

ensu

ous,

the p

erfo

rm

ances

inclu

din

g P

avan

Malh

otr

a a

s H

ash

mi’s

bew

itched d

ad a

nd R

ajt

ava D

utt

a a

s his

bew

ildered

shrin

k, boost

the b

eauty

of

the w

itches’

tale

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Google Glass, a wearable computer with a head-mounted display, hasgone on sale to early adopters at a cost of $1,500

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By Dorothee Tschampa

Daimler Chief Executive Officer Dieter Zetsche’s effort to reclaim the crown of world’s largest luxury-car

maker is looking a lot like the 1980s.Mercedes-Benz next week will start

deliveries of the CLA, a four-door compact coupe that harkens back to the 190 — a sedan introduced in 1982 that earned the nickname Baby Benz because it marked a shift away from catering to the wealthiest buyers.

The new model, with more horse-power at a lower price in the United States than competing models from Bayerische Motoren Werke, is designed to broaden the brand’s appeal, espe-cially outside the slumping European market.

The CLA and a planned small sport-utility vehicle use the same compact-car underpinnings as the A- and B-Class hatchbacks, cars that have thus far failed to help Mercedes close the sales and profit gap to BMW and Volkswagen’s Audi.

“We want to beat the competition on a permanent basis,” Zetsche said this week at the company’s annual share-holders meeting in Berlin. “The course we have set is the right one. We will follow it, undeterred by the ups and downs of the markets.”

Daimler plans to update its 2013 forecasts later this month after many car and truck markets started the year weaker than expected and Europe showed no signs of recovery, the com-pany said. The automaker didn’t reit-erate an earlier target to match 2012’s operating profit this year.

Zetsche is under pressure from investors to show progress in his effort to regain the lead in luxury cars. Mercedes has fallen further behind BMW and Audi since the CEO vowed in 2011 to overtake his rivals by the end of the decade.

“They’ve been resting on their lau-rels in Stuttgart and until recently didn’t take the necessary strategic steps,” Ingo Speich, senior portfolio manager at Frankfurt-based Union Investment said. “There’s a large gap between what Daimler claims and what they actually achieve.”

Mercedes lost the No. 1 position in luxury-car sales to BMW in 2005 and sank to third behind Audi in 2011. The company also posted the weakest prof-itability of the three last year, with car earnings at 7.1 percent of sales com-pared with BMW’s 10.9 percent margin and Audi’s 11 percent.

The gap to the competition has wid-ened this year as the A- Class, which was rolled out in 2012 under the motto that “A stands for attack,” failed to off-set declines in China. Zetsche merged two sales organizations in the coun-try and appointed Hubertus Troska to Daimler’s management board to boost growth in the world’s largest car market.

Mercedes global sales gained 3.5 percent to 324,898 vehicles in the first quarter, while Audi’s deliveries climbed 6.8 percent and BMW’s 7 percent.

The struggle to keep pace is reflected in Daimler’s share performance. The market value of Daimler, based in Stuttgart, Germany, has dropped 33 percent to €45bn ($59bn) since 2007,

compared with BMW’s 54 percent surge and VW’s 23 percent gain.

Still, the catch-up gained some trac-tion in March, when Mercedes grew by 6.5 percent versus 3 percent for Audi and 4.4 percent for BMW. Daimler said today that earnings should pick up in the second half helped by the CLA and an updated E-Class.

To create buzz when the CLA hits German showrooms next week, Mercedes’s dealership in Leipzig will host an art exhibition, while the Berlin store will install a go-cart track and stage a concert with German hip-hop singer Chima. In the US, where the car will go on sale in September, Mercedes ran a Super Bowl ad featuring swim-suit model Kate Upton.

“From a volume point of view, the extended compact car family will become our biggest model line,” said Joachim Schmidt, sales and marketing chief for Mercedes. “And the family will expand further in the next generation.”

The small-car push is based on a new front-wheel drive design that will serve as the basis for at least five models, including the CLA and the new SUV. The CLA is the first of those to have a trunk instead of a hatchback, key in attracting drivers in the US and China, where sedans are more popular. The styling highlights design chief Gorden Wagener’s effort to give the brand an edgier look.

The shift to smaller cars is remi-niscent of the Baby Benz in the 1980s. The C-Class, the successor to the 190, is now the brand’s best-selling line worldwide.

“Mercedes is thoroughly changing,” said Thomas Schiller, an automotive

partner at consulting firm Deloitte in Munich. “Mercedes used to be the pinnacle of comfort and elegance, and it’s more and more moving toward sportiness and a youthful and modern design.”

Mercedes is undercutting BMW and Audi with the CLA in the US, where the Daimler unit is leading in luxury-car sales this year. The car will start at $29,900 for a 211-horsepower model. That compares with $32,550 for a 180-horsepower BMW 3-Series and $32,500 for Audi’s 211-horsepower A4.

Audi will counter Mercedes with a 25,000-euro sedan version of its A3 compact, which will debut at the Shanghai Auto Show next week. The new Audi will be equipped with a 140-horsepower gasoline engine that can accelerate the car to 100 kilom-eters (62 miles) per hour in 8.4 seconds.

Boosted by growth in compacts as well as an updated E-Class and a new generation of its S-Class flagship, Mercedes sales could rise by 7 per-cent to 1.45 million vehicles this year, researcher IHS Automotive estimates. The gain of 92,700 deliveries would outpace BMW’s 56,500-car increase as Audi’s sales sink slightly. The CLA will add almost 36,000 vehicles to sales, IHS predicts.

AMG, Mercedes’s high-performance unit, will offer a version of the CLA boasting a 360-horsepower turbo-charged engine that speeds it to 100 kph in as little as 4.6 seconds. Yet Mercedes hasn’t abandoned its tra-ditional emphasis on safety, offering options like a radar-based collision prevention system.

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TECHNOLOGYPLUS | SUNDAY 21 APRIL 201312

FINANCEToshl Finance Expense TrackerToshl is a free app that gives you a

convenient and quick means of keeping track of all your expenses and income. It automatically divides those entries into months or you can setup your own customised fiscal divisions. Toshl also allows you to use foreign cur-rencies with daily updated exchange rates, visualise your spending and help your family or group track common expenses and bills under the same account.

GAMINGXbox Smart Glass With the Xbox SmartGlass app

users can now use their Nokia Lumia phone to control their living room Xbox experience. Navigate the Xbox dashboard, pause and rewind favourite movies, swipe, pinch, and tap to surf the Web on their TV, and use their device’s keyboard for easy text input and search on the console.

Xbox SmartGlass is free to download from the Windows Phone Store.

SOCIAL MEDIARowiRowi is an easy to use Twitter app

for Windows Phone 8 with a simple

interface. If you are a serious Twitter user, this is the app for you! The appli-cation is fluid, neat, smart and intuitive in use. Instead of focusing on a big list of features, Rowi is built with the over-all experience in mind. The stream-lined, easy to use Metro interface that feels like it’s part of Windows on your Nokia Lumia device.

PHOTOGRAPHY:PhotoSynthWhenever you take a photo, you

do it because you want to capture a memory. Rather than taking just a static, flat photo, why not capture everything – all 360° of it. With the Photosynth lens from Microsoft on Nokia Lumia one can now create complete panoramics, in all direc-tions, in a matter of seconds. This is a must-have. The basic functionality of Photosynth remains as alluring and magical as ever. It sounds like it might be a tricky process that will be diffi-cult to master but the true beauty of Photosynth is just how easy it is. With minimal effort, users soon become highly proficient at creating incred-ibly immersive, 360°panoramic images of the world around them.

LomogramLomogram is a free photo edit-

ing app on Windows 8 phones which offers a selection of special effects and frames. But, unlike most photo editing apps, this one has a vast number of lighting effects that really change the mood of a photo. In total, Lomogram offers 121 different effects including 33 filters, 57 lighting effects and 31 borders to play with. With

the endless number of combinations that brings, photos needn’t look plain again.

Photo BeamerPhoto sharing couldn’t get easier.

Nokia’s Photo Beamer app allows users to show their pictures as easy and fast as possible to anyone on a larger screen. All one needs to do is go to the web-site www.photobeamer.com and point the phone camera at the QR code that appears on the smart TV or computer screen, tap it when it’s visible on the

camera, and then the magic happens. Photos are automatically transmitted to the website and shown on the screen without another click. It’s the fastest and most adaptable way to show off pictures we’ve seen.

NAVIGATION:HERE City LensHere City Lens takes navigation

capabilities to the next level. By point-ing the camera at a city street, HERE City Lens overlays information about restaurants, shops, hotels and more on the surfaces of buildings, for the most intuitive way to explore surroundings. HERE Lens is the start of a new aug-mented reality experience that also enhances Nokia Maps, making it pos-sible to move between maps view and augmented reality view to help people check their direction and surround-ings. Along with enhancements to HERE Drive, the Nokia location suite of services represents the most com-prehensive, integrated mapping experi-ence of any smartphone.

HERE TransitThis app is for Dubai, so this might

be of interest next time you are in the city. Nokia HERE Transit’ is the first smartphone app to provide the Dubai’s

residents with full details of all modes of transport including the metro, bus, taxi and boat for any given destination. The application also features exact departure and arrival schedules along

with details of trans-fers; and guides pedes-trians to the nearest stop or station; making it simple and easier for residents to travel via public transport. With live updates from RTA, the HERE Transit app is perfect for Dubai’s public transport com-muters who want to know the best time to leave the office or for partygoers who want a

one-tap access to information on the next available public transport home.

JobLensJobLens connects the physical world

with social networks to change the way job-seekers find employment. The app integrates camera functionality with augmented reality and HERE Maps to offer a ‘Job’s Near Me’ function, which shows job openings inside office build-ings and establishments based on the consumer’s location. Featuring patent pending technology, JobLens personal-ises the job search using social connec-tions from sources such as LinkedIn and uses proprietary algorithms to drive recommendations and geo-tag job listings. The app will actively push rec-ommended jobs based on a consumer’s profile and search history, allow people to pin jobs-based Live Tiles to their Start screen, share jobs with friends, and store resumes in SkyDrive. Dont see much use in Doha for now, but nev-ertheless an interesting app.

The Peninsula

Recommendations from smartphone pundits in the region of best apps, Nokia Lumia Windows Phone 8 users must experience.

Apps for Windows Phone 8

COMICS & MORE 13

ALL IN THE MIND Can you find the hidden words? They may be horizontal,vertical, diagonal, forwards or backwards.

ABOUT, ABOVE, ABUTTING, ACROSS, ADJACENT, ADJOINING,ADVANCE, AROUND, ASCENDING, BACKWARDS, BELOW,BENEATH, CIRCLE, CONTIGUOUS, DECLINE, DECREASE,DESCENDING, DIAGONAL, DOWN, EAST, EBBING, FALLING,FLOWING, FORWARDS, HIGHER, HORIZONTAL, INCLINE,INCREASE, INSIDE, LEFT, LOWER, NEXT TO, NORTH, OUTSIDE,OVER, RETREAT, REVERSE, RIGHT, RISING, SOUTH, THROUGH,UNDER, UP, VERTICAL, VIA, WANING, WAXING, WEST.

Baby Blues Jerry Scott and Rick Kirkman

Zits by Dennis Young and Denis Lebrun

Hagar The Horrible Chris Browne

LEARNARABIC

How to ask in the present:

Examples:

Hal (Ana) Aktubu? Do I write?

Hal (anti)Taktubeena?

Do you write? (f)

Hal (anta) Tak’tubu? Do you write? (m)

Hal (howa) Yadrusu Does he study?

Hal (hiy’ya) Tadrusu Does she study?

PLUS | SUNDAY 21 APRIL 2013

PLUS | SUNDAY 21 APRIL 2013

HYPER SUDOKU

CROSSWORD

CROSSWORDS

YESTERDAY’S ANSWER

How to play Hyper Sudoku:A Hyper Sudoku

Puzzle is solved

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only once. Otherwise, a Hyper Sudoku is

solved like a normal Sudoku.

ACROSS 1 Accompanier of a

thrown tomato 8 Reddish-orange gem15 Settled16 Like the sky17 High-carb party snack18 Midwest birthplace of

Orson Welles and Don Ameche

19 Berry of “Mayberry R.F.D.”

20 “Ha, see?!”22 Heart, to Hadrian23 Norway’s Order of St.

___25 Local protest acronym26 Avoid work, in Britain27 Try, informally29 Jack-a-___ (hybrid

dog)30 Perfect Day maker31 Green acres?33 Basic bit of algebra35 News newbie36 Sartre’s soul

37 Musée Rodin masterpiece

41 Home of the U.S. Army Airborne Forces

45 One of about a million on a jetliner

46 Fictional title sch. of a 1994 comedy film

48 Choice at some check-ins

49 “___ it!”50 No-no for objectivity52 Allowing no play53 Adapted intro?54 Make stylish56 Bush much seen

around Florida57 Approach from out of

nowhere59 Stylish61 Edible floppy disk?62 Select from a menu63 World’s largest

nocturnal primates64 ___ Beer Night (1974

baseball promotion that ended in a riot)

DOWN 1 “I don’t want to fight,

man” 2 His opening line is

“’Tis better as it is” 3 Like some markets

and headphones 4 Bit of witchery 5 Brand with a paw print

in its logo 6 Progeny 7 Advice from Dr. Ruth 8 Target of Fonzie’s fist

bumps 9 Impressionism?10 One to walk with11 Nigerian people12 Pointless situation13 Program guides14 Talk of the town21 Subj. in the 2007

documentary “Sicko”24 Like some pullovers26 Point out?28 It might prevent a

blackout

30 Friend of Pumbaa32 “Are We There Yet?”

airer34 Skin pic?37 Big name in weight-

loss pills38 Stowed39 Prince of Darkness40 Thin construction

strips41 Cool bit of trivia42 For laughs

43 Like some fingernails and eyelashes

44 Bart Simpson catchphrase

47 Half-___50 Rail nail51 Tutu material54 Make unbearable?55 It may be unbearable58 Andean tuber60 Turn-of-the-century

year

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19 20 21 22

23 24 25 26

27 28 29 30

31 32 33 34

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37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44

45 46 47 48

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57 58 59 60

61 62

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Y A N G T Z E D O O D L E D A N D YI D S R E L O A D A E N L A IT O M O R R O W N E V A D I E S T R A PA R A P O B L A D I Y O W I E B E EL I L I M I S S N E R T SY A L U J A C K E T O D E R E A T E R S

M A C H I S I T A E X E CS A M R E O R G N O S H O W I P S EC R E W Y U K O N G O H O M E A G A I NA C T E D L O O G O A D T N TT H A M E S F I G H T I N W O R D S

A N T O N I O R E A S K O S HS T U D I O U S G I O R N O A C H EW E R E A L L I N D U S T O G E T H E RI R A I L E D E R L E S O L D E R E DM A L T S D E V I L S K E Y D E T S

How to play Kakuro:The kakuro grid, unlike in sudoku, can be of any size. It has rows and columns, and dark cells like in a crossword. And, just like in a crossword, some of the dark cells will contain numbers. Some cells will contain two numbers.However, in a crossword the numbers reference clues. In a kakuro, the numbers are all you get! They denote the total of the digits in the row or column referenced by the number.Within each collection of cells - called a run

- any of the numbers 1 to 9 may be used but, like sudoku, each number may only be used once.

YESTERDAY’S ANSWER

14

EASY SUDOKUEasy Sudoku PuzzlesPlace a digit from 1 to 9 in each empty cell so everyrow, every column and every 3x3 box contains allthe digits 1 to 9.

Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate

CINEMA / TV LISTINGS 15

11:45 Spanish League

Valencia V

Malaga

13:30 Uefa Champions

League

Magazine

14:00 Omni Sport

14:30 Real Nba

Magazine

15:00 Tennis Atp 1000

Monte Carlo

The Final

18:00 Spanish League

Deportivo V

Athletic Bilbao

20:00 Stars: Rio

Ferdinand

21:00 Italian League

Juventus V Milan

24:00 Rugby Aviva

Premiership

Wasps V Exeter

01:45 Spanish League

Sevilla V

Atletico Madrid

08:00 News

09:00 Witness

10:30 Inside Story

11:00 News

11:30 Listening Post

12:30 Counting the

Cost

13:00 NEWSHOUR

14:00 News

14:30 Inside Story

15:00 The Frost

Interview

16:00 NEWSHOUR

17:00 News

17:30 South2North

18:00 NEWSHOUR

19:00 News

19:30 People &

Power

20:00 News

20:30 Inside Syria

21:00 NEWSHOUR

22:00 News

22:30 Listening Post

23:00 Al Jazeera

World

12:20 How Do They

Do It?

14:35 Baggage

Battles

16:55 Border Security

19:10 Soul Food

Family

20:35 Magic Of Science

21:00 You Have Been

Warned

21:55 Strip The City

22:50 Countdown To

Collision

23:45 Superhuman

Showdown

13:00 Monster Fish

14:00 Python

Hunters

16:00 Man-Eater of

The Congo

18:00 Hunter Hunted

19:00 Monster Fish

21:00 World’s Deadliest

Snakes

22:00 Man-Eater of

The Congo

23:00 Man v.

Monster

16:00 Hunter Hunted

18:00 World’s

Weirdest

19:00 Hooked

20:00 Dangerous

Encounters

With Brady Barr

21:00 Man-Eater of

The Congo

22:00 World’s

Deadliest

Snakes

14:00 Bushwhacked

16:00 Mrs. Miracle

20:00 Vampire In

Brooklyn

22:00 The Guru

00:00 Slums Of

Beverly Hills

02:00 Vampire In

Brooklyn

13:45 Queens Of The

Savannah

14:40 Shamwari: A

Wild Life

15:35 Bondi Vet

16:30 Bad Dog

18:20 Gator Boys

19:15 Wild Things

With Dominic

Monaghan

20:10 Killer Jellyfish

22:00 Wild

Appalachia

23:50 Untamed &

Uncut

11:30 The Alamo

14:10 The Private Life

Of Sherlock

Holmes

16:10 Mgm’s Big

Screen

16:25 De-Lovely

18:30 Saved

20:00 Viva Maria!

22:00 Born To Win

23:30 Equus

12:50 Red Dust

14:15 The Belle Of

New York

15:35 Captain

Sindbad

17:00 Day Of The Evil

Gun

18:45 Northern Pursuit

20:20 Courage Of

Lassie

22:00 Eye Of The

Devil

13:00 Everyone’s Hero

14:30 Vickery’s Wild

Ride

16:15 Barnyard

18:00 Battle For Terra

20:00 Crab Island

22:00 Everyone’s

Hero

23:30 Barnyard

TEL: 444933989 444517001

MALL CINEMA

1

Snow White & The Huntsman (Action) – 3.00, 7.15 & 11.15pm

Beat The World (Drama) – 5.15pm

Love Wedding Marriage (2D/Comedy) – 9.30pm

2

Croods (3D/Animation) – 2.30pm

Foodfight (2D/Animation) – 4.30 & 6.30pm

The Host (2D/Action) – 8.30pm

Ek Thi Daayan (2D/Hindi) – 11.00pm

3

Kontiki (2D/Adventure) – 2.30pm

The Haunting In Connecticut 2 (2D/Horror) – 5.00pm

Udhayam (2D/Tamil) – 7.00pm

Fire With Fire (2D/Action) – 9.30 & 11.30pm

LANDMARK

1

Kontiki (2D/Adventure) – 2.30pm

Foodfight (2D/Animation) – 5.00 & 7.00pm

Fire With Fire (2D/Action) – 9.00pm

Udhayam (2D/Tamil) – 11.00pm

2

Croods (3D/Animation) – 2.30pm

The Haunting In Connecticut 2 (2D/Horror) – 7.00pmThe Host (2D/Action)

– 4.30 & 9.00pmDetective Dee (2D/Action) –

11.15pm

3

The Haunting In Connecticut 2 (2D/Horror) – 2.30pm

Udhayam (2D/Tamil) – 4.30pm

Defective Dee (2D/Action) – 6.45pm

Ek Thi Daayan (2D/Hindi) – 9.00pm

Fire With Fire (2D/Action) – 11.30pm

ROYAL PLAZA

1

Croods (3D/Animation) – 2.30pm

Foodfight (2D/Animation) – 4.30pm

The Host (2D/Action) – 6.30pm

Fire With Fire (2D/Action) – 9.00pm

The Haunting In Connecticut 2 (2D/Horror) – 11.00pm

2

Rise Of The Guardians (Animation) – 3.00pm

Brave (Animation) – 5.00pm

Love Wedding Marriage (2D/Comedy) – 7.00pmDevil’s Double (Action)

– 9.00 & 11.00pm

3

Jack Reacher (Action) – 3.00 & 5.30pm

The Bourne Legacy (Adventure) – 8.00 & 11.00pm

QF RADIO 91.7 FM ENGLISH PROGRAMME BRIEF LIVE SHOWS Airing Time Programme Briefs

SPIRITUAL HOUR

6:00 – 7:00 AM A time of reflection, a deeper understanding of the teachings of Islam.

MORNING SHOW “RISE”

7:00 – 9:00 AM Rise, a LIVE 2-hour morning show hosted and produced by Scott Boyes. On the program today, Scott speaks with Shabina Khatri, co-founder of Doha News. Shabina will fill us in on all the latest news about everything that’s happening locally here in Qatar.

INTERNATIO-NAL NEWS

1:00 PM The latest news and events from around the world.

STRAIGHT TALK

7:00 – 8:00 PM A LIVE weekly 1-hour Political show produced and hosted by Nabil Al Nashar. Nabil Al Nashar continues with 2nd part of last week’s episode, to zero in on the facts of the Palestinian/Israeli conflict. Question is… Is the road to peace paved with Israeli Settlements?

REPEAT SHOWS

LEGENDARY ARTISTS

8:00 – 9:00 PM The show tells the story of a celebrity artist that has reached unprecedented fame. Throughout the episode the artists’ memorable performances/songs will be played to put listeners in the mood.

MUSIC & INFORMATION

Listen in the whole day as we offer a wide array of music and loads of information through QF Radio’s Factoid Series aside from our daily program offerings.

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If you want your events featured here, mail details to plus@pen.com.qa

Hey’Ya: Arab Women in Sport When: March 7-Jun 16 Monday–Thursday, Saturday: 9am-8pmFriday; 3pm-9pm (Sunday closed)Where: QMA Gallery, Bldg 10 What: The Qatar Museums Authority will exhibit ‘Hey’Ya: Arab Women in Sport’ at QMA Gallery in Katara Cultural Village. The exhibition was first held in London during the 2012 Olympic Games. The exhibit originated in Qatar, beginning at the Arab Games’ Athletes Village in December 2011, where photographer Brigitte and documentary maker Marian Lacombe set up an outdoor studio, working with female athletes. They then travelled to 20 Arab countries from the Gulf to North Africa, documenting images and videos of 70 Arab sportswomen. Free entry

Fire of AnatoliaWhen: April 25; 8pm-11pmWhere: Katara Amphitheater

What: Fire of Anatolia is derived from the thousands of years of mythological and cultural history of Anatolia, and features 3000 dancers interpreting the music of every corner of Turkey.Discover the history of the region through song and dance as director Mustafa Erdogan combines the concept of ‘fire’ and ‘peace’ in one exciting show.The journey lasts for one night only at the Katara Amphitheater on the April25. Tickets: QR100-QR500, available online.

Designed To WinWhen: Until June 23; 10am-10pm Where: Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art What: Katara Exhibition in Collaboration with the Design Museum in London.Designed to Win celebrates ways in which design and sport are combined, pushing the limits of human endeavour to achieve records and victories of increasing significance and wonder. There will be an extensive educational programme and visiting artists’ talks complementing the expo.Free entry

A Bridge to the MoonWhen: Until April 27; 10am-10pmWhere: Katara Gallery 2 — Bldg 18 What: Amal Al Aathem is one of the most prominent and proactive Qatari artists today, her reputation as a Qatari artist with a real voice and message has won her respect internationally. Her work has been widely exhibited in the region and in different parts of the world. Al Aathem believes that old philosophies have linked the moon, nature and the woman in a symbolic way, believing that the moon is the centre of the universe and the woman is thecentre of society.Free entry

Events in Qatar MEDIA SCAN

• Some people are demanding that the

authorities concerned provide alternative

places for labour camps after labourers

were evicted from farmhouses serving

as accommodation for single workers,

and from residential areas where families

live, following a ban on camps in these

places.

• There are demands for strict monitoring

of those trading in birds, and for making it

mandatory for buyers to get a sales receipt

to prevent fraudulent practices, including

sale of stolen birds.

• There is talk about a plan of the Permanent

Committee for Emergency to set up a

centre to monitor earthquakes and natural

calamities.

• There is talk about the findings of a study

conducted by the Supreme Council of

Health, according to which 70 percent of

Qatari citizens suffer from obesity.

• Social media sites are abuzz with comments

about amendments to the human resources

law, which have brought back the end of

service gratuity and marriage allowance for

citizens.

• There is talk about telecast of live CCTV

footage from the towers area along

the Corniche started by the Ministry of

Municipality and Urban Planning.

• There is discussion on social media sites

among parents and guardians about

competitions in some schools to select the

most beautiful pyjamas.

• There is talk about the implementation of an

online system to allow Egyptian companies

to operate in Qatar without sponsors.

• Citizens have expressed appreciation for

the decision of the State Cabinet to exempt

people with special needs from all taxes.

• It has been proposed to the authorities

concerned that they issue a seismic building

code to minimise the impact of earthquakes

on buildings.

A summary ofissues of the daydiscussed by the Qatari communityin the media.

IN FOCUS

A picture of sunset at the old village of Umm Salal.

by Rayees Rahman

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Juror jailed for texting during trial

A judge in Oregon noticed an unexpected glow on a juror’s chest while the courtroom

lights were dimmed during video evidence in an armed-robbery trial.

The juror, it seemed, was texting.Marion County Circuit Judge

Dennis Graves cleared the court-room and excused all jurors except 26-year-old Benjamin Kohler.

According to a news release from the Marion County Sheriff ’s Office, Kohler had no explanation for his actions.

Jurors in Oregon are given explicit instructions at the outset of each trial not to use cellphones in court.

Graves held Kohler in contempt, and Kohler spent most of Tuesday and Wednesday in the county jail. He was released Wednesday night.

Neither the nature of the text message nor its recipient was disclosed.

Kohler did not immediately return a phone call seeking com-ment Thursday.

An alternate juror took his place. Sheriff ’s spokesman Don Thomson said the trial ended Thursday with the defendant found guilty.

AP