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Tiger Shroff pays tribute to MJ in ‘Munna Michael’
MARKETPLACE | 3 LAW | 7 ENTERTAINMENT | 11
Q-Tickets wins ‘Fastest Growing Company of
the Year’ award
New rules for Residence Permit
transfers
www.thepeninsulaqatar.com
TUESDAY 4 OCTOBER 2016 @peninsulaqatar @peninsula_qatarEmail: [email protected] thepeninsulaqatar
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A discovery about sustainability
P | 4-5
The Greater World Community’s off-the-grid properties are the only Earthship Biotecture homes available for sleepovers. The welcome at Earthship is much more elaborate - and academic - than at traditional lodgings. And Earthships appear in all 50 states in the US and more than 20 countries.
| 03TUESDAY 4 OCTOBER 2016
CAMPUS / MARKETPLACE
Q-Tickets wins ‘Fastest Grow-
ing Company of the Year’
award At Arabian Business
Awards 2016, The judging
panel praised the success of Q-Tick-
ets as Qatar’s local ticketing solution
provider.
Q-Tickets, a world class ticketing
solution company based in Doha, and
www.Q-tickets.com, a web based tick-
eting platform, is fully owned and op-
erated by Q-Tickets W.L.L under the
leadership of Founder & Manging Di-
rector Dr. Tejinder Singh, who is also
recognised as “Entrepreneur of the
Year 2016” by Arabian Business for
the glittering successes of his busi-
nesses in Qatar.
“We are now pleased to announce
that Arabian Business has named Q
Tickets (www.Q-tickets.com) as the
“Fastest Growing Company of the Year”
at the Arabian Business Qatar Awards
2016,” said Dr Tejinder Singh, Found-
er & Manging Director, of Q Tickets
(www.Q-Tickets.com).
The Arabian Business Qatar
Awards reward the most success-
ful and innovative companies and in-
dividuals in Qatar and represent the
hallmark of success for individuals
and companies. Q Tickets (www.Q-
tickets.com ) captured the “Fastest
Growing Company of the Year” prize
after a highly competitive selection
process, which included submissions
from the top companies in Qatar. Q-
tickets visionary leadership, innova-
tive organizational strategies and a
creative team has set the brand apart
from the other candidates and posi-
tioned them as the best in class tick-
eting solutions in the nation.
In bestowing the organization
with this extraordinary honour, the
judging panel praised Q-Tickets agility
adaptability and the level of engage-
ment within the local market, which
played a pivotal role in expansions
within Qatar.
“We are both humbled and proud
to have been presented with the
‘Fastest Growing company of the Year’
distinction at the Arabian Business
Qatar Awards 2016. This esteemed
recognition showcases our vision of
becoming the single largest platform
for movies, events, sports and tour-
ism in Qatar.Over the years, we have
worked with various partners local
and international for making various
partnership success stories. We have
engaged within the scope of provid-
ing world class ticketing solutions and
flared best in class as a partner.” said
Dr. Singh.
Q-Tickets wins ‘Fastest Growing Company of the Year’ award
Siemens and QF team up to develop national talentS
eeking to inspire and devel-
op promising Qatari talent, the
second edition of a training
and knowledge transfer pro-
gramme has commenced at Siemens
in Qatar.
The ‘Qatar Foundation and Siemens
Talent Training Program’, a collabora-
tive effort between Siemens and Qa-
tar Foundation for Education, Science
and Community Development (QF), will
see anumber ofpromising QF employ-
ees participate in the comprehensive
internship programme.
Building on the success of the first
edition, the six-month internship offers
participants unparalleled exposure to
some of the key projects beingexecut-
ed by Siemens in Qatar, focusing on
electrification, automation and digitali-
sation. The participants, including Ab-
dulla Al Fadala, Shaikha Khalifa Al Sow-
idi, Abdulwahab Al Yousef and Mooza
Al Sowaidi, will receive comprehensive
training from mentors and will shad-
ow senior managers throughout their
internships. This will give them the
unique opportunity to learn first-hand
about the latest technologies from Sie-
mens and the inner workings of a mul-
tinational corporation, while also con-
tributing to significant projects that
directly support the Qatar National Vi-
sion 2030.
“It’s impressive to witness the com-
mitment and dedication of the interns.
They bring to the table valuable contri-
butions to some of our major projects
and deliver strong results,” said Diet-
mar Siersdorfer, CEO of Siemens in the
Middle East and UAE. “This collabora-
tion between QF and Siemens epit-
omises how a company like ours can
contribute to skills transfer, while also
learning from the interns’ local knowl-
edge and unique insights.”
Mohammed Abdulaziz Al Naimi,
Chief Operations Officer, QF, added:
“The ‘Qatar Foundation and Siemens
Talent Training Program’ reflects our
wider vision to empower our nation’s
greatest asset; its people. We, along-
side Siemens, are delighted to provide
this six-month internship for our em-
ployees, as training within the work-
place offers an excellent opportuni-
ty for developing the skills and knowl-
edge necessary to build a sustainable
economy.”
Participant Shaikha Khalifa Al Sow-
idiis involved in multiple projects and
plays an important role within the Hu-
man Resources team. Al Sowidi is re-
sponsible for helping introduce Siemens
to the youth in Qatarby driving the com-
pany’s collaboration with non-profit or-
ganisations dedicated to educating local
youth. Her favourite aspect of working
at Siemens is “the innovation-driven en-
ergy and friendly working environment”.
COVER STORY
04 | TUESDAY 4 OCTOBER 2016
A discovery about sustainability in the New Mexico desert
By Andrea Sachs
The Washington Post
I have never felt so righteous about
flushing. At most eco-lodgings, I
experience a pinch of guilt over
pressing the handle, worried that
I am loosening the stopper on
our finite water reserves. That’s not
the case at the Greater World Commu-
nity near Taos, N.M. The world’s larg-
est off-the-grid subdivision considers
the toilet a friend of Mother Earth. The
blackwater from the bowl hydrates the
yards of its 70 residences, including
several rental properties available to
overnight visitors. If you see a tropical
bloom in the New Mexico desert, you
can lay your thank-you flowers before
the porcelain throne.
“It’s just simple homesteading stuff,”
said Ryan Halpin, who works in Earth-
ship Biotecture’s rental division and
is building a Bachelorship for himself.
“It’s a conscientious lifestyle.”
Earthship Biotecture is a supermod-
el of sustainable living. The construc-
tion firm’s houses are based on the en-
vironmental innovations and Seussian
designs of American architect Michael
Reynolds. The oft-called Garbage War-
rior, who built his first Earthship home
in 1988, discovered his calling on the
side of the road. A glint of trash led to
an of-this-world experience.
“Using the empty cans as building
materials was a flash of inspiration for
everything that later followed,” said
Kirsten Jacobsen, Earthship’s educa-
tion director.
Earthships appear in all 50 states
and more than 20 countries. The
homes are built for a wide spectrum
of individuals and environments, such
as a family residence in Guatemala, an
emergency shelter in post-earthquake
Haiti and a planned resort on an envi-
ronmentally fragile island in Indonesia.
The Taos-area community is the only
site in the world that is open for tours
and available for sleepovers. In July, I
booked an eco-pad for the night out of
curiosity - and to be prepared in case
Cormac McCarthy’s “The Road” turns
out to be a work of nonfiction.
“These are the ways people are go-
ing to have to live in the future,” said
Kirsten, who owns an Earthship styled
after a Manhattan loft.
The structures embody a string of
self-hyphenates: -sufficient, -reliant,
-sustaining, -empowering. (The “ship”
in the company’s name represents
the concept of autonomy.) Reynolds’s
blueprints rely heavily on nature’s re-
sources and humankind’s drinking and
driving habits. He uses discarded tyres
packed with dirt for the exterior walls
and recycled bottles and cans for the
interior structures.
Buried cisterns collect melted
snow and rain; the filtered water flows
through sinks in the bathroom and
kitchen. Instead of air conditioning,
the walls absorb the heat, and knee-
high vents expel cool air from subter-
ranean depths. In the winter, the struc-
ture emits the stored toastiness like a
space heater. No doubt, a weatherman
reporting from inside the Taos commu-
nity would grow bored: Today, like yes-
terday, and tomorrow, will be a pleas-
ant 72 degrees.
“It has the stability of a cave,” Kirst-
en said. “You are never going to freeze
or die from heat.”
From what had I read and heard,
I could survive an apocalypse inside
my one-bedroom fortress, which was
named Lemuria. (The inventory chang-
es as the homes are sold and built; five
houses are available for rent.) In ad-
dition to the cord-cutting power and
self-sustaining water supply, each
abode contains its own greenhouse. I
could forage for figs, bananas, pine-
apple, broccoli, rosemary and chives
in my fluffy socks. Or if the zombies
weren’t looking, I could dash over to
my neighbour’s place for supper. The
Phoenix, a three-bedroom that sleeps
six, dedicates one-third of its space
to food production. Its tropical jungle
supports parakeets and cockatiels (not
for consumption) and a garden burst-
ing with fruits and vegetables, includ-
ing grapes, artichokes, lemons, melons,
kale, squash, hot peppers and mush-
rooms that cling to a log. Chickens cluck
around the back yard, which features a
sunken den with a grill for coop-to-ke-
bob meals. An indoor fishpond once
contained a robust stock of tilapia be-
fore a group of guests threw a fish fry.
Now, the littlest survivors swim laps
with koi. For the dairy course, the staff
is considering resident goats.
Earthship Biotecture is a supermodel of sustainable living. The construction firm’s houses are based on the environmental innovations and Seussian designs of American architect Michael Reynolds. The oft-called Garbage Warrior, who built his first Earthship home in 1988, discovered his calling on the side of the road. A glint of trash led to an of-this-world experience.
COVER STORY
| 05TUESDAY 4 OCTOBER 2016
“You are the power company, the
water company, the sewage-treat-
ment plant and the food production,”
Ryan said. “You control a lot of your
life, instead of relying on others.”
From the road, Earthship Biotec-
ture resembles Tatooine, with a few
alterations: lizards instead of krayt
dragons, for instance, and Priuses in
place of Jawa sandcrawlers. Most of
the adobe houses are built low and
are camouflaged by the 630 acres of
khaki-coloured terrain.
Check-in is between 2:30 pm and
4 pm. I was punctual partly out of fru-
gality: The confirmation letter warns
late arrivals of a possible $20 hourly
charge. When I drove up, several peo-
ple were standing on the roof of the
visitors’ centre, inspecting the solar
panels. I parked by a sign informing
guests that the community is drone-
free. On my way into the visitors’ cent-
er, I passed tomato and melon plants
suspended from buckets. Netting cov-
ered several pieces of heavy fruit, pro-
tecting guests’ toes. Inside, a gallery
with a film, slide show and informa-
tional panels explained Earthship’s
practices and principles. The lessons
don’t stop at the bathroom door; a
sign informs loo-goers that the water
is reused four times.
The visitors’ centre is part of a
complex of buildings that includes an
academy for students and the Earth-
ship Village Ecologies project, a sus-
tainable testing site where worker-
bee interns live and learn.
Drop-in visitors pay $7 for a self-
guided tour of the public areas; as a
renter, I could come and go for free. I
met the bearded and blue-eyed Ry-
an inside the center and followed the
Wisconsin native in his car. We passed
two entrances to the community be-
fore turning onto a bumpy unmarked
road. I would need glow-in-the-dark
bread crumbs to find my way home
again.
The welcome at Earthship is much
more elaborate — and academ-
ic — than at traditional lodgings. Ryan
started his overview by charging up a
dirt incline to the roof, where he point-
ed out the solar panels and water-cap-
turing system. Back on crusty ground,
we entered the 1,400-square-foot
house through a side door surround-
ed by the bottoms of beer and wine
bottles. The colourful circles shim-
mered like a sea glass. I stepped into a
lush garden lining the windowed hall-
way and started to sweat in the hu-
midity. Ryan yanked on a rope, open-
ing a skylight and ushering in fresh air.
I trailed Ryan from kitchen to liv-
ing room to laundry room (off-limits
to guests) to bedroom to bathroom.
Along the way, he knelt by various
mystery boxes and strange cabinets,
explaining the operating systems. I
tried to grasp the sustainable jargon
— greywater planter cell, power-organ-
ising module, thermal mass — but I
eventually gave my mind a hall pass
to wander. After Ryan left, however,
I realised how much I had retained.
I remembered which faucets were
for drinking and which ones were for
washing, and how to turn on the Ap-
ple TV. I knew better than to search for
the coffeepot, iron and blow dryer, be-
cause they didn’t exist: traditional ho-
tel amenities are power hogs. When
I turned on the faucet, I recognised
the groaning noise as the greywater
pump, not the angry remonstrations
of the God of Wastefulness. “We’re
trying to show people that they don’t
have to majorly change their lifestyle
to live like this,” Kirsten said. “It’s like a
high-end Taos hotel.”
Before settling in for the night, I
made a food run to Taos. (With no
walking dead on the horizon, I didn’t
want to poach the emergency food
supply.) After storing my groceries in
the Sun Frost fridge, I set out for a
neighbourhood stroll. The residents
are a slice of regular life: teachers, ar-
chitects, IT professionals, business-
folk. Their homes are private and well-
spaced, but by craning my neck just
so, I could be a bit nosy. I noticed whir-
ring wind generators that resembled
outsider-art sculptures and admired
entryway mosaics. One house had a
trampoline, a zero-carbon approach
to exhausting children. A house in its
infancy looked like a landfill, with piles
of bottles and tyres.
As the sky darkened, my imagina-
tion started to light up with the eyes
of snakes and coyotes. I hustled back
to Lemuria and climbed a small hill
overlooking the desert. I watched the
split screen of lightning bolts to my
right and triple rainbows on my left.
A jack rabbit hopped down my drive-
way and disappeared into the yard.
He was still there when I returned to
the house, nibbling away at the curi-
ous patch of greenery.
The night passed peacefully. I
cooked dinner on the propane stove-
top, watched Netflix and contemplat-
ed a serious life change. According to
a notebook on the coffee table, the
utility-bill-free life of Lemuria could
be mine — for $275,000. (Update: The
house sold a few weeks after my vis-
it.) I went to bed and gazed at the sil-
very stars through the southern-fac-
ing wall of slanted windows. I awak-
ened at dawn to watch the sun rise
and recharge my ship.
I had to check out by 11 am, and
the possibility of a dawdler fee pushed
me out of bed. However, before leav-
ing, I made sure to water the plants
with a flush and a rinse.
The homes are built for a wide spectrum of individuals and environments, such as a family residence in Guatemala, an emergency shelter in post-earthquake Haiti and a planned resort on an environmentally fragile island in Indonesia.
06 | TUESDAY 4 OCTOBER 2016
COMMUNITY / MARKETPLACE
McDonald’s wears pink for National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
In support to
the world-
wide cam-
paign for the
National Breast
Cancer Aware-
ness Month,
McDonald’s Qa-
tar will dedi-
cate the entire
month of Oc-
tober to partici-
pate in the glo-
bal campaign in
fighting breast
cancer.
E m p l o y -
ees will wear “I
support breast
cancer awareness” pink pin badg-
es to signify the message of hope,
strength and unity in the fight
against breast cancer. Restaurants
will be decorated with pink balloons
and ribbons. During the month-long
breast cancer awareness campaign,
McDonald’s social media sites Face-
book and Instagram will also be uti-
lised to support the campaign by
synchronising the facebook cover
page showing “31 Days of Pink” and
post information on how to prevent
and fight the malady.
Staff will organise a series of in-
store activities. Customers will be
encouraged to pin pink ribbons on
a bristol board to demonstrate their
support for the battle against breast
cancer. Each week, a poster will dis-
play information developed to pro-
vide awareness on the disease. Last-
ly, several McDonald’s stores across
Qatar will harmonise their décor to
match the theme of Breast Cancer
Awareness Month.
Kamal Saleh Al Mana, Manag-
ing Director of Al Mana Restaurants
& Food Co, the owner and operator
of McDonald’s restaurants in Qatar,
said: “We will continue our commit-
ment to help spread the awareness
movement in the community. Our
goal is to inspire more people in Qa-
tar to join and support the fight of
those living with the disease.”
This is part of McDonald’s Qa-
tar Corporate Social Responsibility
initiatives that aim to boost interac-
tion with and to give back to the Qa-
tari community and to buoy aware-
ness through activities linked to
health, education, environment and
sports.
Ooredoo delivers progress through global projects
A year after pledging its com-
mitment to the United Na-
tions Sustainable Development
Goals, the “Global Goals”, Oore-
doo continues to build on the power of
mobile broadband to enrich people’s
lives and make a difference in the com-
munities in which it operates.
Responding to the one-year an-
niversary of the launch of the Global
Goals in 2015, Ooredoo provided an
update on its on-going initiatives un-
derway across its international foot-
print. It also pledged to build on these
programmes, further their reach and
continue to innovate as they work to
transform the UN’s mission statements
into reality.
Ooredoo’s initiatives align to three
of the seventeen ‘Global Goals’ — Goal
3: Good Health; Goal 5: Gender Equality,
and Goal 9: Innovation & Infrastructure.
One of Ooredoo’s flagship projects,
‘MayMay’, is an excellent example of
the direct contribution mobile technol-
ogy can make to improve the lives of
people and create an all-round health-
ier world for tomorrow. MayMay is My-
anmar’s first mobile app for maternal
and child health, which is bridging the
mobile and health sectors to help en-
sure that a wealth of useful maternal,
child health and wellness information is
readily available to women across the
country both during and after pregnan-
cy. There is a fast-growing demand for
the service, which is a great example of
the benefits of having a mobile phone
in today’s digital world.
Achieving gender equality through
the empowerment of women is another
key area for Ooredoo, and one that sits
at the heart of its own corporate cul-
ture. Ooredoo’s companies are proud
to take the lead in providing award-
winning services for women in markets
ranging from Iraq to Indonesia, bring-
ing more women online, boosting na-
tional GDP and helping create fair and
equal access. IndosatOoredoo’s Wobe
(short for ‘Women Benefit’), a micro-
business app with e-wallet, was devel-
oped precisely with that vision. Wobe’s
ultimate goal is to empower women in
Southeast Asia and provide them with
new opportunities.
Sheikh Saud bin Nasser Al Thani,
Group CEO, Ooredoo, said: “The mo-
bile sector has an important role to
play in helping the UN achieve the Glo-
bal Goals. Across our footprint, we are
witnessing how we can make a real dif-
ference around some of the funda-
mental issues that the Goals address.
The social impact of mobile technolo-
gy in general is unprecedented, and is
driving extraordinary economic growth
and new ways of delivering education,
health and rural development. Over the
past year, we have worked hard to con-
tribute to the sustainable development
of the communities in which we oper-
ate. Today, we look back with great sat-
isfaction at our achievements, but also
aware there is still a long way ahead
of us. At Ooredoo we are determined
to continue playing our part to achieve
the Global Goals.”
Aster celebrates World Heart DayA
ster Medical Centre a division
of Aster DM Healthcare, the
largest private healthcare
network in Middle East and
India, has marked World Heart Day,
2016 with an Interactive session, Con-
tinuing Medical Education (CME) for
Doctors and a series of events across
Qatar. Aster started World Heart Day
celebrations from 2012 onwards and
this year was the 5th anniversary.
The interactive session on cardio
vascular problems for Aster Cardiolo-
gy Club Members and public was held
at Hotel Millennium on September 29
led by Prof. Dr. Raveendran P, Inter-
ventional Cardiologist, Aster Medical
Centre, Al Hilal. More than 80 people
attended the event.
Continuing Medical Education
(CME) for Doctors on latest cardi-
ac treatments was held at La Cigale
Hotel and participated by more than
50 doctors across Qatar. A series of
events including awareness class-
es followed by a medical quiz to stu-
dents, awareness class on hyper-
tension and heart related diseases
for the corporates were conducted
across Qatar.
Commenting on the interactive
session, Prof. Dr. Raveendran said:
“Statistics of recent studies shows that
high rate of lifestyle diseases like cho-
lesterol, obesity, hypertension and di-
abetes increased the chances of heart
related diseases like heart attack.”
Commenting on World Heart Day
activities, Dr. Sameer Moopan said,
“We are very pleased with the re-
sponse we have got on our endeav-
our to educate people on heart dis-
eases. It’s a proud moment for all of
us in the Aster family. It is important
to conduct awareness and encourage
individuals, families, and communi-
ties to take action to reduce the bur-
den of heart disease and stroke. We
do everything in our capacity to en-
sure that ‘We’ll Treat You Well’, as our
motto suggests.”
The World Heart Day celebrations
were part of the Aster Community
Good Health Programme (CGHP), un-
der Aster DM Healthcare with the aim
to promote good health and wellbe-
ing among the people.
LAW
| 07TUESDAY 4 OCTOBER 2016
New rules for Residence Permit transfers
By Abdelaal A Khalil
Legal Adviser, Dar Al Sharq
No doubt that the labour mar-
ket is anxiously waiting for the
new law of entry, exit and res-
idency to be enforced in De-
cember 2016. All are waiting with dif-
ferent feelings, anxiety and concepts.
Employers have a careful feelings,
while the workers have optimistic
hopes.
The society is waiting for the im-
plementation of the law to be passage
towards labour market stability. Con-
sequently, the ambiguity that shaped
this issue will be cleared, especially
for some articles along clarification to
the role of the Ministry of Labour to
release new work forms that enable
them control the labour market and
organise the mutual relationships be-
tween employers and employees. This
absolutely will create an environment
that allows the smooth flow of work
and on the other hand, it will prevent
the existence of fake companies and
puts an end to visas merchants. The
goal of passing such law is to prevent
the violations and abuse of law which
badly affect the market and denigrate
the labour market reputation in Qatar.
No question about the real inten-
tion of the state and all its organisa-
tions to avoid the gaps, amend and up-
date the rules and conditions of work
relationships. This is clearly noticed in
applying the regulations in reality and
watching the results. Additionally, the
way it follows to rectify the defects
and support the success that is gradu-
ally achieved, is remarkable. In order to
prove the aforementioned steps, the
concerned authorities updated wages
control system that enables all related
organisations to be involved in a way
that leads to the best improvement
in labour market. Also, the new wage
system facilitates supervision of com-
panies’ compliance to the law and as-
sures their committed to their obliga-
tions towards their employees.
It’s worth mentioning that the new
amended forthcoming law does not
include substantial differences with
current law, but included amendment
of some important articles that mis-
used by employers.
One of these articles is about the
transfer of sponsorship carries the bet-
ter way to organise the transfer of
sponsorship which used to include
some conditions in favour of the em-
ployer. Transfer was not possible with-
out approval of employer. The amend-
ed article has made it clear and simple
to the workers to change work even
without approval of their employers, if
they meet some requirement like du-
ration of contract. Thus hereby I am
going to give general overview on the
new law and try to explain the most
important regulations within the con-
texts and articles of law that published
in the official newspaper of the state.
The new residency law is an obvi-
ously reflection of the awareness of
the Qatari legislator for the defects
and the negative aspects found in the
current law, which represents a source
of conflict and argument between the
related parties. It is important to men-
tion that the new law reveals a real
willingness and honest desire in reor-
ganising the labour market and put it
in the right track which will assist in
the development of the society. In ad-
dition, it helps in separating the re-
lationship between sponsorship and
work, and also in preventing the dom-
inations of one law over another, and
insuring the parallel executions of the
laws of the same degree.
Comparing the new law with the
current one, of course the most im-
portant article comes to the surface
is that organises the transfer of the
sponsorship. The article states that
the concerned authority in the Minis-
try of Interior has the right to execute
the transfer of sponsorship for the la-
bour up on a written agreement be-
tween the new employer and the cur-
rent employers in addition to approv-
al from the Ministry of Administrative
Development, Labour and Social Af-
fairs. This is applicable to workers un-
der the labour law. Implementing of
the law in such way results in transfer
of the sponsorship to a new employ-
er and clearing all commitments of the
previous employer. The current imple-
mentation under “No Objection Letter”
which acts as a written agreement be-
tween current and new employers.
Another significance suggests it-
self on the new law: which makes a
new scenario for changing the em-
ployer. The article states the right for
the employee to change his employ-
er before reaching the end of his con-
tract provided that he obtains an ap-
proval from his current employer and
the authorisations from the Ministry
of Labour and Ministry of Social Serv-
ice Affairs. It seems that there is no dif-
ference while comparing to the cur-
rent article, and, however, to contin-
ue reviewing this article, we found that
the employee has the right to change
the employer in two ways; either up-
on completion of his contract term or
after five years of service for the un-
limited contracts. The aforementioned
context should catch our interests be-
cause it breaks up the autocracy of the
law of sponsorship, and also we can
assume that the article gives a resur-
rection to employment contract which
is regarded one of the basics for the
new law. To have more illustrations,
we can read the following context;
“the expatriate has the right to change
his employer upon reaching the end of
his contract term”.
It worth mentioning that “spon-
sor terminology” is no longer existing
in the new law and replaced by “re-
cruiter”. Accordingly, the issue of trans-
fer of the sponsorship term is replaced
by the issue of changing the employer,
and consequently, all is requested to
be aware of this new term and amend
the concept, especially in categorising
the priorities of work’s parties. Now
and according to the new law, the em-
ployer is responsible for the residen-
cy for his employees and the relations
between the employers and employ-
ees are controlled by terms of the em-
ployment contract; when the employ-
ment begins and ends. This contract
has a specific period and the employ-
ment will be effective from the recruit-
ment date, and as per the following
wording of the article “The employee
has the right to change the employer
at the end of his contract term or after
five years for unlimited contracts.”
It is important to mention that this
article set up the regulations and rules
for the labour to change the employer
in identical way that matches the va-
riety of the employment contract in
the Qatari Labour Law. It is emphasis-
ing once again on the recruitment of
expatriate, work and termination will
be ruled by the employment contract.
The contract as per the labour law is
classified into two categories; the lim-
ited one which begins and end in cer-
tain dates and it can be renewed ac-
cording to the mutual agreement be-
tween both parties.
As a result, the employer can not
dominate the employee and prevents
him to work for another employer as
well. The job will play the major role in
the market and it will act as a product
or service, and hence the market in this
case will be subject to (supply and de-
mand) policy where the job represents
the supply and the man power repre-
sent the demand, and the wages will
be categorised according to this policy.
Referring to unlimited contracts,
the new labour law and residency law
have put a term of five years as a max-
imum period and as per the articles of
the law that specify the term starts at
the beginning of the employment for
the employer and ends upon comple-
tion of five years and hence the em-
ployee is considered passed the le-
gal period of the contract and conse-
quently, he will be eligible to move to
work for another employer.
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FOOD
08 | TUESDAY 4 OCTOBER 2016
By Bonnie S Benwick
The Washington Post
“Smothered” seems an in-
hospitable way to de-
scribe the charms of an
etouffee, the Louisiana
dish that begins with the aromatic trin-
ity of onion, celery and green bell pep-
per, builds on a rich roux and serves up
a seafood-studded blanket over rice.
This dish riffs on that tradition but
keeps things simple. It calls for less fat
than usual and adds a bit of texture
on top in the form of toasted bread
crumbs. You can file this under “twof-
er”: If you chop shrimp, the recipe
could serve as a hot-dip appetiser as
well as a quick main course. Using bot-
tled clam juice for the roux rather than
fish stock will increase the amount of
sodium significantly, so if you have
15 extra minutes, think about buying
shell-on shrimp so you can first make
a seafood stock of your own by boiling
the shells with a little onion and whole
black peppercorns.
4 servings
Here, you can approximate a Ca-
jun/Creole etouffee-style seafood dish
with a rich-tasting sauce - all in a sin-
gle pan. Don’t be worried about submit-
ting the shrimp to a blast of oven heat;
blanketed by the sauce and moist veg-
etables, they’ll remain tender.
Serve over rice or with corn bread.
If you chop up the shrimp, this could al-
so make a nice hot dip.
Adapted from “Cast-Iron Cooking: Recipes and Tips for Getting the Most Out of Your Cast-Iron Cookware,” by Rachael Narins (Storey, 2016).
Ingredients
2 ribs celery
1 medium onion
1 medium green bell pepper
2 large cloves garlic
3 tablespoons unsalted butter
Large pinch ground cayenne
pepper
Large pinch chili powder
2 teaspoons flour
1 cup fish or shrimp stock (may sub-
stitute clam juice)
8 ounces (1 cup) lump crabmeat
12 ounces peeled, deveined large
raw shrimp (21-25 count)
2 to 3 tablespoons heavy cream
1 bunch scallions
1/2 cup plain fresh bread crumbs
(may substitute plain panko)
1/2 lemon or lime
Method:
Cut the celery and onion into small
dice. Stem and seed the green bell
pepper, then cut the rest of it into
small dice. Mince the garlic; gathering
them all together on the cutting board
is okay.
Melt the butter in a medium
(10-inch) cast-iron skillet over medium
heat. Stir in the celery, onion, garlic and
green bell pepper; cook for 5 minutes,
stirring often, until the mixture has sof-
tened but not browned. (Adjust the
heat as needed.) Sprinkle the pinch-
es of cayenne pepper and chili powder
over the mixture, and then the flour;
cook for about 1 minute (so the flour
loses its raw taste), stirring, until the
vegetables are evenly coated.
Gradually pour in the fish or shrimp
stock as you continue to stir; increase
the heat to medium-high to bring to
a boil, stirring all the while. Cook for
about 5 minutes or until the mixture
has thickened into a sauce that pulls
cleanly away from the bottom of the
skillet when you pull a spatula through.
Pick over the crab, discarding any
bits of cartilage. Reduce the heat to
medium-low; add the crabmeat and
shrimp to the skillet, along with the
heavy cream (to taste). Stir as you cook
for about 2 minutes or until the shrimp
becomes just opaque and the crab is
warmed through.
Meanwhile, position an oven rack
4 to 6 inches from the broiler ele-
ment; preheat the broiler. Finely chop
the white and light-green parts of the
scallions, then combine them with the
bread crumbs. Scatter this mixture
over the contents of the skillet, then
transfer the pan to the oven; broil for
less than 1 minute, watching close-
ly, just until the crumbs have lightly
browned.
Squeeze the lemon or lime juice
over the top. Serve right away.
Nutrition | Per serving (with 2 ta-blespoons cream): 310 calories, 32 g protein, 18 g carbohydrates, 13 g fat, 8 g saturated fat, 215 mg cholester-ol, 500 mg sodium, 2 g dietary fiber, 4 g sugar
Dinner in 30 minutes: Baked Crab and Shrimp
FASHION
| 09TUESDAY 4 OCTOBER 2016
By Robin Givhan
The Washington Post
People live much of their life in black and
white. Everything is polemics. Shades of
gray are harder to discern these days. Even
in matters of aesthetics, they wrap them-
selves in black, often as a kind of camouflage. They
take their stylistic risks in ebony, midnight and jet be-
cause those colours feel safe. People won’t notice a
flight of fancy or a hint of eccentricity. So much goes
unseen in the shadows. Shoppers are drawn to the
energy and fun of a bright pink dress -- then ask to
buy the same design in black. Don’t deny it; you know
you do.
And white? In all but the most quotidian basics --
T-shirt or jeans -- it’s an indulgence. A declaration of
immunity from dirt or a shrug of dismissal. A white
summer dress reads like freedom -- a gust of wind.
Relaxation. Vacation.
Colour is complicated. It evokes an emotional re-
sponse, psychology tells us. When you are angry,
you see red. Feeling sad? You’ve got the blues. Feel-
ing dandy? You’re in the pink. Jealous? Oh, that little
green monster!
Colour forces us to engage, to be self-aware. To
simply be present. And at the moment, we seem to
be of two minds: talk-to-the-hand or duck-and-cover.
Colour -- fuchsia, violet, orange, yellow, purple --
exists as a range of emotions that go untapped, un-
appreciated.
Haider Ackermann is, perhaps, fashion’s most
skilled colorist, a designer who paints in vivid hues
and who leans towards poetic reverie. And for spring
2017, he was at his best.
His collection was alive, buoyant and thoughtful.
Slim trousers in metallic bronze exude confidence; a
long skirt in bubble gum pink is pure joy. He offered
a wrap coat adorned with abstract swirls of red, an
ivory blazer splattered in red, a bing cherry-red jack-
et and trouser topped with a fire engine-red trench
coat. The colors delight and soothe, unsettle and sur-
prise.
They help make spectacular fashion. And they
hint at the complicated, idiosyncratic and fascinating
people that we all are.
By Robin Givhan
The Washington Post
The model came storming down the runway, which
was really just a dull stone floor in a dank grotto
beneath a modern art museum. She was among
the final models in a parade of women who were
poetically and gracefully wrapped in swirling yards of
fabric that was as delicate and wild as a butterfly’s wing.
The collection was far more colorful than is typical of
designer Rick Owens, who is partial to a palette of black,
gray, mud, stone and moss. He excels at shocking and
confounding his audience. He pushes the culture to ex-
pand its definition of beauty, often through unorthodox
casting. His mood - on the runway - can be dark.
But for his spring 2017 collection, he leapt headlong
into waves of saffron, fuchsia, rose and cantaloupe.
His abstract loops and folds called to mind flowers
and clouds. Sometimes they didn’t make one think of an
object as much as an emotion. They evoked joy and mel-
ancholy - nostalgia for a distant but sweet past or opti-
mism for fresh dreams.
His final models, draped in a robe of trailing feath-
ers, seemed to have been blown in on a wind - crea-
tures from some other place. Vaguely prehistoric. Exotic.
Weird. Mesmerizing.
They were beautiful without judgment.
At Haider Ackermann, colour is bold and complex
These swirling clothes from Rick Owens are a blast of pure emotion
HEALTH & FITNESS
10 | TUESDAY 4 OCTOBER 2016
IANS
For people with Type 2 diabetes, heart
failure is a common condition. Accord-
ing to a new study, individuals with Type
2 diabetes who had undergone coro-
nary artery surgery prior to their heart
failure diagnosis have better chances of
survival in the long term.
Over 90 per cent of the patients
with Type 2 diabetes have one or more
other precursors of heart failure, such
as high blood pressure, COPD or atrial
fibrillation, diseases to which effective
treatments are available that improve
the chances of long-term survival, the
study said.
Heart failure in people with Type 2
diabetes is often attributable to athero-
sclerotic coronary artery disease (CAD)
-- damage or disease in the heart’s ma-
jor blood vessels, and such people are
given either a bypass operation or cath-
eter balloon dilation.
“Our study indicates that revascu-
lising coronary artery surgery can do
much to improve the prognosis,” said
Isabelle Johansson, doctoral student at
Karolinska Institutet in Sweden.
The risk of death within eight years
of heart-failure onset was much higher
if the patient also had Type 2 diabetes,
with those who also had CAD showing
the worst prognosis.
However, the prognosis for long-
term survival was better for the pa-
tients who had undergone coronary ar-
tery surgery before developing heart
failure, an observation that held even
when controlling for factors such as
old age or other diseases, which might
have affected the decision to perform
revasculising surgery, the researchers
explained.
“A decision must be taken as to
whether this is possible should be made
without delay for all patients with com-
bined Type 2 diabetes and heart failure,”
Johansson added.
For the study, published in the Jour-
nal of American College of Cardiology,
the team studied data of over 35,000
heart failure patients, over a quarter of
whom had Type 2 diabetes.
How to prevent heart failure in patients with diabetes
IANS
Holidays are not just for relaxing but can also help to improve your
health and should be prescribed for sick people, says a study.
According to the study, being in an environment that stimu-
lates curiosity could turbo-charge the immune system, quoted the
Daily Mail.
For the study, the researchers took mice which were given a
two-week stay in a large cage packed with toys and the excit-
ing environment appeared to boost their white blood cells, which
fight off infections.
“This effect is remarkable because we haven’t given them any
drugs, all we’ve done is change their housing conditions,” said Ful-
vio D’Acquisto, Professor at Queen Mary University, London.
“You could say that we’ve just put them in their equivalent of
a holiday resort for two weeks and let them enjoy their new sur-
roundings,” D’Acquisto added.
White blood cells are key to auto-immune diseases such as
rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis.
The researcher suggested that prescribing a holiday could help
the sick recover more quickly -- and even give worn-out office
workers a new lease of life.
“We could boost the effects of standard drug treatments that
deal with the mechanics of infection, by also offering something
environmental that improves a patient’s more general well-being.
That might be a promising approach for treating chronic diseas-
es,” D’Acquisto said.
The study is published in the journal Frontiers in Immunology.
Holidays can help to improve health: Study
ENTERTAINMENT
| 11TUESDAY 4 OCTOBER 2016
IANS
“M.S. Dhoni: The Un-
told Story” -- a biopic
on India’s star skipper
Mahendra Singh Dho-
ni -- has netted Rs660m on its open-
ing weekend at the Indian box office
besides receiving an overwhelming re-
sponse overseas also, the makers have
said.
Directed by Neeraj Pandey, the film
features Sushant Singh Rajput in the
title role. He has been lauded for his
form and performance as a cricketer,
and fans of Dhoni as well as the ac-
tor have been increasing the footfalls
at the theatres for it.
According to a statement issued on
behalf of the film’s makers, it “scored
a massive number over the weekend,
showing a huge jump and collecting Rs
241m on Sunday (Oct 2)”.
On its opening day on Friday (Sep-
tember 30), the movie collected Rs
213m, and on the following day, it
made Rs 206m. Its Sunday collections
have taken the total to Rs 660m.
“Owing to an overwhelming word of
mouth from across the city, the week-
end total is Rs 660 nett,” read the
statement.
The makers claim “M.S. Dhoni: The
Untold Story” has managed the second
highest weekend collections of 2016 in
India after Salman Khan starrer “Sul-
tan”. “The film has opened exception-
ally well. It has lived upto the expecta-
tions of all pre-release hype. The film
is getting an overwhelming response
from the audiences. Weekend occu-
pancy of the film was over 75 percent
at INOX,” said Rajender Singh, Vice
President - Programming and Distribu-
tion, Inox Leisure Ltd.
Film trade analyst Taran Adarsh
tweeted: “M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Sto-
ry” is sensational... Packs a solid total.”
The producers are happy with the
film’s performance in the internation-
al market too. It made $1.1 million in
the US, $24,000 in Britain, $1.2 million
from the Middle East and $193,000 in
Australia, the makers said.
With this, it earned an estimat-
ed opening weekend collection of $
3.3 million abroad, thus making it the
fourth highest opening weekend of
2016 after “Sultan” ($ 13.4 million), “Fan”
($ 6 million) and “Houseful 3” ($ 4 mil-
lion), the makers said.
To celebrate the success, the film’s
makers released a video in which Dho-
ni himself talks about his journey.
“I believe that only cities are small
and not the people living in it or their
dreams. I believe that a man’s height is
measured through his intentions. I be-
lieve that only those people talk about
destiny, who have never stepped out
into the field,” Dhoni says in the little
over 30-second promotional video.
“I believe that exhaustion and pres-
sure are only myths. I believe that the
distance between winning and loos-
ing is big, but it is not impossible,” he
added.
Dhoni biopic scores Rs600m-plus on opening weekend
IANS
Tiger Shroff, who is current-
ly shooting for director Sabbir
Khan’s “Munna Michael”, has
paid tribute to the late King of
Pop Michael Jackson by replicating his
moves in the film. And the first look of
the movie shows the actor is trying to
give his best shot to emulate MJ.
Tiger is seen wearing a hat and
striking a pose similar to the signature
Michael Jackson pose.
Three massive sets reflecting Mum-
bai’s nightlife were created at a studio
here for a special song, which will fea-
ture over 400 dancers and will be cho-
reographed by Ganesh Acharya, read a
statement. The special song, which will
be incorporating moves from some of
Hollywood’s finest background artistes,
will open the film.
“Michael Jackson is the greatest and
this entire film is dedicated to him. It’s
a new journey and I hope he’s watch-
ing,” Tiger said in a statement.
Director Sabbir said: “The song was
recorded in Mumbai and sent to Los
Angeles, where a team of American
choreographers created dance videos,
which our Bollywood team and Tiger
have recreated here.”
“We’re keeping all the quintessential
elements of Hindi cinema -- heroism,
music, dance and action -- intact while
trying to raise the bar”.
Tiger will be imitating some of MJ’s
most iconic dance moves, including
the `toe-stand’, `crotch grab’, `moon-
walk’, `feet shuffle’, `MJ spin’, `anti-
gravity lean’, `sideslide’, ‘robot’ and
`jacket throwback’.
Producer Viki Rajani said: “As we all
know, Tiger is one of the best dancers
in Bollywood and this movie will dis-
tance him for the others. He moves like
magic and in ‘Munna Michael’, people
are going to see some unbelievable
moves from him. With this movie we
are looking to leave a benchmark for
dancing in Bollywood.”
Backed by Eros International and
NextGen Films, “Munna Michael”, which
also stars Nawazuddin Siddiqui and
newcomer Nidhhi Agerwal, will release
on July 7, 2017.
Tiger Shroff pays tribute to MJ in ‘Munna Michael’
12 | TUESDAY 4 OCTOBER 2016
ENTERTAINMENT
By Jake Coyle
AP
In a box-office rarity, three ac-
claimed, original films from studios
opened in theaters over the week-
end.
Only one caught on.
Tim Burton’s latest fantastical odd-
ity, “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar
Children,” debuted with $28.5 million,
leading North America ticket sales, ac-
cording to studio estimates.
Peter Berg’s well-reviewed disas-
ter movie “Deepwater Horizon,” about
the 2010 oil rig explosion, however,
failed to tap North American moviego-
ers, opening with an estimated $20.6
million. And Disney’s uplifting chess
prodigy tale “Queen of Katwe,” starring
David Oyelowo and Lupita Nyong’o,
brought in a dismal $2.6 million in its
national expansion.
Originality, that often lamented
missing ingredient in studio products,
can lead to box office success, just as
it can disappointment. For 20th Cen-
tury Fox, the draw of “Miss Peregrine’s
Home for Peculiar Children” was pred-
icated on the idiosyncrasy of Burton
funneled into an accessible tale, adapt-
ed from Ransom Rigg’s popular young-
adult novel.
“It validates the whole notion of
why we made this film, which is some-
thing that’s very original and crea-
tive,” said Chris Aronson, president of
domestic distribution at Fox. “At least
I feel that that’s what audiences are
looking for. There’s some fatigue with
the same old, same old. And if there’s
anything this movie isn’t, it’s that.”
The film cost $110 million to make,
meaning it will need a strong perform-
ance overseas to be profitable. It start-
ed out with $36.5 million in 59 mar-
kets. Regardless, it’s a comeback of
sorts for Burton at the box office. It’s
his best opening since 2012’s lacklus-
ter “Dark Shadows.”
Lionsgate’s “Deepwater Horizon,”
starring Mark Wahlberg, also cost at
least $110 million to make, yet it on-
ly managed $20.6 million in its de-
but. The film, which first premiered
at the Toronto International Film Fes-
tival, brought all the big-budget flare
of an action movie (including a nearly
life-size replica of the Deepwater Ho-
rizon oil rig) to the April 2010 explo-
sion, which killed 11 men and for weeks
spilled millions of barrels of oil into the
Gulf of Mexico.
The film’s performance is anoth-
er blow for the struggling Lionsgate,
which has had difficulty finding hits
since “The Hunger Games” saga fin-
ished. Its stock price has fallen and
the departure of its movie chief Rob
Friedman was announced last month.
It does, however, have a film, Damien
Chazelle’s “La La Land,” due later this
year, that’s expected to be an Oscar fa-
vorite.
Audiences have had a surprising
amount of adult-driven options at the
multiplex of late, including another
true tale, Clint Eastwood’s “Sully” (up to
$105.4 million in four weeks), and the
Denzel Washington-led Western re-
make, “The Magnificent Seven,” which
slid to third place with $15.7 million in
its second week.
“Queen of Katwe,” directed by Mi-
ra Nair, tried to lure family audiences to
the inspiring true story of a chess play-
er from the Ugandan slums. But the
Disney release took in just $2.6 million
on 1,242 screens after first debuting it
on 52 screens last week.
Paul Dergarabedian, senior media
analyst for comScore, pointed to budg-
et as the significant factor among the
trio of originals, particularly in the case
of the pricey “Deepwater Horizon.”
“All three of those original mov-
ies were expected to do better,” Der-
garabedian. “I give the studios credit
because they were good movies. They
were not sequels or reboots, and yet
you’re coming across audiences who
are disinterested or distracted.”
Originally slated for release in sum-
mer 2015, the Zach Galifianakis, Kris-
ten Wiig heist comedy “Masterminds”
sat on the shelf for a year while its dis-
tributor, Relativity Media, went through
chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. It
opened with a mediocre $6.6 million.
Two other notable films opened in
limited release, with plans for later ex-
pansion. Andrea Arnold’s road trip od-
yssey “American Honey,” with Shia La-
Beouf and newcomer Sasha Lane, de-
buted with $75,370 on four screens,
while “Denial,” starring Rachel Weisz,
opened with $102,101 on five screens.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday
through Sunday at U.S. and Canadi-
an theatres, according to comScore.
Where available, the latest internation-
al numbers for Friday through Sunday
are also included.
1. “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Pecu-
liar Children,” $28.5 million ($36.5 mil-
lion international).
2. “Deepwater Horizon,” $20.6 mil-
lion ($12.4 million international).
3. “The Magnificent Seven,” $15.7
million ($14.8 million international).
4. “Storks,” $13.8 million ($14.6 mil-
lion international).
5. “Sully,” $8.4 million ($6.6 million
international).
6. “Masterminds,” $6.6 million ($1.7
million international).
7. “Queen of Katwe,” $2.6 million.
8. “Don’t Breathe,” $2.4 million
($3.8 million international).
9. “Bridget Jones’s Baby,” $2.3 mil-
lion ($19 million international).
10. “Snowden,” $2 million ($1.2 mil-
lion international).
Estimated ticket sales for Friday
through Sunday at international theat-
ers (excluding the U.S. and Canada),
according to comScore:
1. “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Pecu-
liar Children,” $36.5 million.
2. “I Belonged to You,” $33.6 million.
3. “L.O.R.D: Legend Of Ravaging Dy-
nasties,” $29.2 million.
3. “Operation Mekong,” $23.6
million.
4. “Bridget Jones’s Baby,” $19
million.
5. “Mission Milano,” $15.1 million.
6. “The Magnificent Seven,” $14.8
million.
7. “Storks,” $14.6 million.
8. “M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story,”
$14.5 million.
9. “Finding Dory,” $13.6 million.
10. “Deepwater Horizon,” $12.4
million.
‘Miss Peregrine’ bests ‘Deepwater Horizon’ at box office
The film’s performance is another blow for the struggling Lionsgate, which has had difficulty finding hits since “The Hunger Games” saga finished.
| 13TUESDAY 4 OCTOBER 2016
TECHNOLOGY
By Barbara Ortutay
AP
Facebook is launching a “lite” ver-
sion of it Messenger chat app. It
is aimed at emerging markets,
where many people use older
phones that don’t have enough room
to store or ability to run the full-fea-
tured application due to slower inter-
net speeds or other issues.
“Messenger Lite” will be available on
Android devices in Kenya, Tunisia, Ma-
laysia, Sri Lanka and Venezuela begin-
ning on Monday. The company did not
say when it would be available in other
countries or whether it is also coming
to Apple devices (although Android is
far more popular in emerging markets
than even older iPhones).
There is already a “Facebook Lite”
available for people whose phones are
too old or simple to run the full-fledged
Facebook. Messenger Lite is a similar-
ly slimmed-down version of Messenger.
It will let people send text, photos and
links but won’t do video calls, for ex-
ample.
The move comes as the social me-
dia giant moves to force users to adopt
Messenger if they want to send each
other direct messages, instead of the
main Facebook site or app. It is work-
ing: more than 1 billion people use
Messenger each month.
For a while, there was a loophole —
you could log in to Facebook’s mobile
website to access messages. But Face-
book is ending this option, too, so Mes-
senger will be people’s only option.
David Marcus, head of messag-
ing products at Facebook Inc., said in
an interview that Messenger’s goal is
to be a “product for everyone, not on-
ly people who can afford a higher-end
device and more expensive data plan.”
He called the web-based messag-
ing experience on Facebook a “rem-
nant of the past” and added that he
“can’t think of any other mobile mes-
saging service that has a web version.”
Facebook, he said, decided on the
five initial countries to launch Messen-
ger Lite in because there are a lot of
Messenger users in these countries on
older devices.
WhatsApp, the messaging app
owned by Facebook but operated as
a separate entity, is also popular in
emerging markets. Marcus said peo-
ple use the apps for different reasons
and they are not in direct competition.
WhatsApp also has more than 1 billion
users, and many people use both serv-
ices.
By Craig Trudell and Yuki Hagiwara
Bloomberg
Toyota Motor Corp took one giant
leap for robot-kind by launching
the first humanoid into space to
converse with astronauts. Now,
it’s taking one small step toward com-
mercializing robots for the masses.
Japan’s largest automaker will
begin selling a 10-centimetre-tall (4
inch) talking robot called Kirobo Mini
across Japan in early 2017. Priced at
39,800 yen ($390) and small enough
to fit into a car cupholder, Toyota is
billing Kirobo as capable of respond-
ing to human emotions while engag-
ing in conversation and moving its
head and hands.
Toyota will position Kirobo as a
communication partner developed
for companionship just as surveys
of Japanese consumers show a de-
clining affinity for automobiles. One
poll by Japan’s automakers associa-
tion released in April found about 30
percent of respondents under age 30
had no interest in cars at all.
The Toyota City, Japan-based au-
tomaker will try to leverage Kirobo’s
capabilities to help make driving saf-
er. The robot may shout “Oops!” when
its owner slams on the brakes, start
speaking to perk up a sleepy driv-
er, and offer praise once it’s arrived
home after a long drive. Kirobo con-
nects via Bluetooth to a smartphone
app costing users 300 yen per month.
$1 Billion Bet
Toyota has pledged $1 billion in in-
vestment over five years toward an
artificial intelligence and robotics in-
stitute that’s leading research efforts
on areas including autonomous driv-
ing. The funding going to the Toyo-
ta Research Institute is equal to what
the company spent developing the
first Prius hybrid, President Akio Toy-
oda said during a speech at the Paris
Motor Show last week.
Kirobo will start selling in Japan
roughly a year and a half after Soft-
Bank Corp.’s Pepper robot, which in-
itially cost 198,000 yen along with a
14,800-yen-per-month service plan
that gave users access to cloud-
based voice-recognition and an app
store.
A larger version of Kirobo spent
18 months on board the International
Space Station on a journey that end-
ed in February 2015. Before returning
to Earth, Kirobo became the first ro-
bot to speak in space, including with
Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata.
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ASIAN TOWN
NOVO
MALL
ROYAL PLAZAVILLAGGIO & CITY CENTER
BABY BLUES
HAGAR THE HORRIBLE
A young explosion expert Surya Krishnamoorthy’s dramatical revenge against the owners of a pharmaceutical company.
14 TUESDAY 4 OCTOBER 2016
CINEMA PLUS
Note: Programme is subject to change without prior notice.
Sheep & Wolves(2D/Animation) 10:00am & 12:00pmDeepwater Horizon (2D) 11:00am,11:20am,1:40, 3:10, 4:00, 6:20, 8:40, 11:00, 4:30, 7:00, 7:20, 9:30, 11:00, 11:30pm & 12:00amMasterminds (2D/Action) 10:00am, 12:00, 2:00, 4:00, 6:00, 8:00, 10:00, 1:20, 5:30, 9:30 & 12:00amMiss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children (2D/Family) 10:00am, 2:40, 12:20, 5:00, 9:20, 9:40pm & 12:00amKilling Salazar (2D/Action) 10:00am, 2:20, 7:00 & 11:20pmKill Zone (2D/Action) 12:00, 4:40 & 9:00pmStorks (2D/Comedy) 11:00am, 1:00pm, 3:00, 5:00, 7:00 & 9:00pmLaaf Wa Dawaraan (2D/Arabic) 12:20, 5:00, 7:20, 9:40, 11:00pm & 12:00amThe Magnificent Seven (2D/Action) 10:30am, 1:10, 3:50, 6:30, 9:10 & 11:50pmBilal (2D/Arabic) 10:00am, 12:10, 2:20 & 4:30pmHajwala (2D/Arabic) 6:45, 9:00pm & 11:00pmTaht El Tarabiza (2D/Arabic) 10:00am & 2:40pm
Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children (2D/Family) 2:00 & 5:15pm Masterminds (2D/Action) 6:15pm Hajwala (2D/Arabic) 9:00pm Deep Water Horizon (2D/Action) 7:00 & 9:00pmM.S. Dhoni:the Untold Story (2D/Hindi) 3:00 & 8:00pmStorks (2D/Comedy) 2:30pm Bilal (2D/Arabic) 4:15pmLaaf Wa Dawaraan (2D/Arabic) 5:00 & 6:30pmAandavan Kattalai (2D/Tamil) 11:15pm Killing Salazar (2D/Action) 11:00pm Kill Zone (2D/Action) 11:00pm
Oozham (3D/Malayalam) 2:00, 5:00, 7:00, 10:00pm & 1:00amHyper (Telugu) 12:30 & 3:30pm Aandavan Kattalai (2D/Tamil) 12:30, 3:15, 6:00, 8:45, 11:30pm & 1:15am. M.S. Dhoni:the Untold Story (2D/Hindi) 4:00, 6:45 & 9:00pm
Pete’s Dragon (2D/Adventure) 9:00am Killing Salazar (2D/Action) 2:30pm
M.S. Dhoni:the Untold Story (2D/Hindi) 2:00pm & 10:30pmDeep Water Horizon (2D/Action) 7:30 & 9:30pmStorks (2D/Comedy) 2:30 & 4:15pmMiss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children (2D/Family) 6:00 & 8:15pm Masterminds (2D/Action) 7:00pm Hajwala (2D/Arabic) 5:00pmLaaf Wa Dawaraan (2D/Arabic) 5:30 & 9:00pm Aandavan Kattalai (2D/Tamil) 11:00pm Kill Zone (2D/Action) 11:30pm
OZHAM
AL KHORHyper (Telugu) 11:15am, 2:15, 5:15, 8:15 & 11:15pmStorks (2D/Comedy) 10:45am, 12:45, 2:45, 6:45, 9:45 & 11:45pm
M.S. Dhoni:the Untold Story (2D/Hindi) 12:00, 3:30, 7:00 & 10:30pm
LANDMARKM.S. Dhoni:the Untold Story (2D/Hindi) 2:00 & 10:30pmStorks (2D/Comedy) 2:30 & 4:15pm Killing Salazar (2D/Action) 2:30pm
Deep Water Horizon (2D/Action) 7:30 & 9:30pmMiss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children (2D/Family) 6:00 & 8:15pm Masterminds (2D/Action) 7:00pm Hajwala (2D/Arabic) 5:00pmLaaf Wa Dawaraan (2D/Arabic) 5:30 & 9:00pm Aandavan Kattalai(2D/Tamil) 11:00pm Kill Zone (2D/Action) 11:30pm
15TUESDAY 4 OCTOBER 2016
Yesterday’s answer
Conceptis Sudoku: Conceptis Sudoku is
a number-placing puzzle based on a 9×9
grid. The object is to place the numbers
1 to 9 in the empty squares so that each
row, each column and each 3×3 box
contains the same number only once.
Yesterday’s answer
MEDIUM SUDOKU
ALL IN THE MIND
CROSSWORD
BRAIN TEASERS
Can you find the hidden words? They may be horizontal,vertical, diagonal, forwards or backwards.
APRIL, AQUARIUS, ARIES,
AUGUST, CANCER,
CAPRICORN,
DECEMBER, FEBRUARY,
GEMINI, JANUARY,
JULY, JUNE, LEO,
LIBRA, MARCH, MAY,
NOVEMBER, OCTOBER,
PISCES, SAGITTARIUS,
SCORPIO, SEPTEMBER,
TAURUS, VIRGO.
07:00 News
07:30 The Stream
08:00 News
08:30 Counting the
Cost
09:00 Al Jazeera
World
10:00 News
10:30 Inside Story
11:00 News
11:30 The Stream
12:00 News
12:30 Rewind
13:00 NEWSHOUR
14:00 News
14:30 Inside Story
15:00 Scent From
Heaven
16:00 NEWSHOUR
17:00 News
17:30 The Stream
18:00 NEWSHOUR
19:00 News
19:30 TechKnow
20:00 News
20:30 Inside Story
21:00 NEWSHOUR
22:00 News
22:30 The Stream
23:00 Al Jazeera
World
11:25 Gold
Hunters:
Legend
Of The
Superstition...
12:15 American
Pickers
13:05 Storage Wars
14:45 Aussie
Pickers
15:35 Shipping
Wars
16:00 Ax Men
16:50 Storage
Wars Miami
17:15 Storage
Wars Texas
17:40 Swamp
People
18:30 Gold
Hunters:
Legend
Of The
Superstition...
19:20 American
Pickers
20:10 Pawn Stars
20:35 Pawn Stars
21:00 Ax Men
21:50 Down East
Dickering
22:40 Barbarians
Rising
23:35 Alone
01:15 Alaska
Off-Road
Warriors
TV LISTINGS
12:50 Rugged Justice
13:45 Gator Boys
14:40 Biggest And
Baddest
15:35 Tanked
16:30 Into The Pride
17:25 Big Fish Man
18:20 My Cat From
Hell
19:15 Tanked
20:10 Wildest Africa
21:05 My Cat From
Hell
22:00 Rabid
22:55 Gator Boys
23:50 Big Fish Man
01:40 My Cat From
Hell
13:05 How It’s Made:
Dream Cars
13:30 Storage
Hunters
13:55 Garage Gold
14:20 Gold Divers
16:00 Deadliest Catch
16:50 Fast N’ Loud
19:20 Gold Divers
20:10 Storage
Hunters
20:35 Garage Gold
21:00 Boy To Man
21:50 The Island With
Bear Grylls:
USA
22:40 Driving Wild
23:30 Fast N’ Loud
A. Sharp (5)
A. Remedied (7)
A. Protective
garment (5)
C. Hoard (5)
C. Tapers (7)
C. Group of
bovines (6)
C. Fake (11)
E. Epoch (3)
E. No longer in
existence (7)
G. Chivalrous (7)
I. Lit up (11)
L. Terse (7)
L. Lackadaisical (7)
L. Prevarication (3)
M. Award (5)
N. Pleasant (4)
N. Observed (5)
O. Sumptuous (7)
R. Send payment (5)
S. Short tail (4)
S. Begin (5)
S. Powerful (6)
S. Proposed (9)
T. Rising current of
warm air (7)
W. Bet (5)
W. Capricious (9)
Yesterday's answer