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THIS SPRING TRIFECTA WILL LIFT WEARY COOKS

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For two years now, free fitness sessions are being provided by FFHQ near the Sheraton Park on the Corniche to hundreds of participants.

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FITNESS

Hundreds take part in free fitness classes on Corniche

BY RAYNALD C RIVERA

The summer sun is almost up at 5am on a Friday as scores of fitness enthusiasts in their best workout getups start assembling on the Corniche getting ready for a physical fitness

session which lasts for two hours.Volunteer instructors lead the participants to move

their bodies to the lively music in a variety of exercises from Zumba and Tae Bo to hip hop and pop dance. As time progresses more and more passers-by strolling along the stretch are drawn to join the group.

For two years now, free fitness sessions are being provided by the Filipino Fitness and Health in Qatar (FFHQ) near the Sheraton Park on the Corniche to hundreds of participants.

The group was established as a small group of like-minded individuals who had the same keen interest in exercise for better health. Since then the programme has snowballed to include those belonging to other expatriate communities.

“We started with only 25 members but now we have almost 1,800 Facebook members and counting. Every Friday around 250 to 300 come here for the early morning sessions,” Randy Frogosa, FFHQ founding adviser, told Doha Today.

With a strong support from the Philippine Embassy, the group is said to be the first of its kind organization to have been granted permit by Qatari authorities to conduct physical fitness sessions on the Corniche.

The group also actively takes part in various sport and fitness activities and events in the country such as the National Sport Day, in addition to conducting weekly fitness sessions at the Philippine Embassy.

The Filipino Fitness and Health in Qatar was established as a small group of like-minded individuals with keen interest in exercise. Since then the programme has snowballed to include those belonging to other expatriate communities. Every Friday around 250 to 300 people attend their free early morning sessions at Corniche.

Photos by Luke Ivan Cachola

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“Every one is welcome to join our group whose aim is in line with the country’s vision toward a fit and healthy nation and we are thankful for the support,” said Frogosa.

On why the activity is becoming popu-lar, Frogosa said it is because expatriates are looking for something fun to do dur-ing weekends to exercise and get fit in a friendly and happy environment in the company of others.

“What more, they just come, join for free and meet new friends. You don’t need to be adept in dancing because the steps delivered by volunteer instructors are so easy to follow,” he added.

The participants come from various age, jobs, backgrounds and nationalities.

“We have a 62-year-old member who never misses a single session. We have participants from different nationalities such as Americans, British, Mexicans, Indonesians, Malaysians and Koreans,” he noted.

The programme has proven very effec-tive in maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

“Personally I have lost weight and have now less visits to the hospital. The same holds true with the rest of the participants. More importantly is that for many of them, this has turned into a habit, which is a very important part of their routine to start

their Friday in a healthy way. They wake up early to attend the sessions with their newfound fitness friends.”

Due to their positive experience, par-ticipants encourage their friends and colleagues to also join. The activity has already generated interest from other communities. The group also receives numerous invites to conduct free sessions with individual communities in closed ven-ues in Doha and Wakrah, and even as remote as Al Khor and Dukhan.

“But we currently have only four volun-teer instructors who are able to respond to the invites whenever they have the time. We need more volunteers so we can also reach out to other locations, which is part of our plans for the future,” he added.

Come June 12, the group is set to lead the opening activity at the Philippine Independence Day celebrations to ensure the attendees are energetic for the day’s activities.

“For the coming Ramadan, we are planning to move to a closed venue which is the Philippine School Doha gymnasium.”

Asked if the activity can be replicated by other organisations and communities, he said, “Definitely, because fitness is for everyone.”

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We have a 62-year-old member who never misses a single session. We have participants from different nationalities such as Americans, British, Mexicans, Indonesians, Malaysians and Koreans.

I have lost weight and have now less visits to the hospital. The same holds true with the rest of the participants.

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CAMPUS

DMIS inducts student council members

The eleventh Student Council of Doha Modern School (DMIS) was inducted on Thursday in a Investiture Ceremony held at the campus. The Minister of Heath and Devaswom from

Kerala, India, V S Sivakumar, was the Chief Guest. Jayshankar Pillai, Director of Taleb Schools, Dwiethy Chandran, Academic Auditor of Taleb Schools, David Thrope, Principal, Cambridge School for Boys, DMISPrincipal Rakesh Singh Tomar, teachers and parents of the elected flag bearers were present at the func-tion .

The chief guest conferred the badges and sashes of honour to the Head Boy, Justin Mathew (Gr 11), Head Girl, Anugraha Arun (Gr 11), Assistant Head Boy, Joel Thomas (Gr10), Assistant Head Girl, Nehha Mariam (Gr 10), and Discipline in Charge, Simone Monteiro (Gr 9), as leaders of the school. Pillai and Chandran conferred the badges of honour to the other office bearers.

Mohammed Arif Farhan and Saffiyah Chinnur of Grade 5 were inducted as Head Boy and Head Girl of the Junior Section.

The newly inducted leaders were treated to a song of congratulations by the school choir and a group dance by the junior girls. Arun, in her address, expressed her

feeling of elation to be sworn in as the Head Girl and Mathew proposed the vote of thanks.

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The student council members with the chief guest and school officials.

Islamic scholars address MES pupilsMoulana Khaleelur Rahman Sajjad

Numani and Thouqneer addressed the students of MES Indian School recently. They talked about the importance of follow-ing the teachings of Prophet Muhammed (PBUH). The programme was organised by the Department of Islamic Studies. Principal A P Sasidharan welcomed the audience. Jassim bin Hussaihn of Class X recited the prayer. Siraj Ahmed, HOD of Arabic, Urdu and Islamic Studies introduced the guests andUsman Mayyeri coordinator of Arabic, Islamic Studies, proposed the vote of thanks.

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In a function organised at the school auditorium the eleventh Birla Fest was declared open by Lukose

Chacko, Chairman of Birla Public School, in the presence of guests, parents, students and staff.

Birla Fest is a talent search com-petition with about 7,000 students whetting and testing the skills in various cultural literary and artistic competitions.

Competitions are held in 37 disci-plines in sub junior, 43 in junior cat-egory and 61 intermediate and senior categories inclusive of both on stage and off stage items — comprising both individual and group items.

The contests will conclude in the last week of June with student

artistes showcasing their best.The best among the girls and boys

having amassed the highest points in a maximum of five competitions will be awarded “Kalathilakam” and “Kalaprathibhja” crowns with certifi-cates and trophies.

“Curricular activities and healthy competitions to compare the relative skills in the students are a part and parcel of schooling and students get opportunities to complement their academic achievement,” Lukose Chacko said. Chacko called on par-ents and students saying “Every school day is a rare opportunity for every child and focusing on academic subjects alone will be a lopsided way of getting educated. To balance the

growth of the mind and body, stu-dents have to balance the curricular and the co-curricular”.

Sindhu Manoj, HM (Activates), briefed the audience about the objec-tives of the talent search competi-tions. Gope Shahani, Vice Chairman,

C V Rappai, Board member, attended the function.

Swetha Grace Eapen and Naveen Parthasarathy, students of class XII and cultural secretaries, compered the programmme.

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Birla Fest kicks off

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COMMUNITY / MARKETPLACE

Nasser Al Hammadi, Mal Lawal bien-nial Chairman and Curator from Qatar Museums, yesterday congratulated and thanked volunteering organi-sation Sawaid Qatar for a range of support that helped contribute to the success of this year’s Mal Lawal biennal. Held under the patronage of the Emir of Qatar H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, this year’s event ran from December 6, 2014 to March 21, 2015. A unique showcase of pri-vate collections, the Mal Lawal bien-nial blends heritage and culture and celebrates historically and socially significant objects and antiques.

Your vehicle is speaking to you. Are you listening? The group at Ford Motor Company charged with ensuring vehicle harmony is working to

make sure the messages are getting through to you – even if you don’t realize it.

As recently as last summer, the group was a four-person division known as Interior Harmony, part of Ford’s Electrical Division. The group used a compo-nents-based approach to adding sound chimes to various parts of a vehicle.

Since then, the group has moved to Ford’s larger Vehicle Engineering Division, changed its name to Vehicle Harmony, and now considers a vehicle in its entirety when working on such aspects as illumina-tion, haptic feel and sound. With its changing role, the Dearborn-based team continues to grow, and works with global counterparts in facilities in Germany, Asia-Pacific and South America.

The group’s work on vehicle sounds is an ever-evolving world of pings and chimes, influenced by

the constant addition of new technologies, such as lane-keep assist and collision alerts, as well as by a surrounding world in which audio alerts are more and more common.

The science behind vehicle chimes creates an unspoken language between driver and vehicle. Jennifer Prescott (pictured), an engineer with the group, is on the team that creates the sounds that enable Ford vehicles to let the customer know when a door is ajar, lights are left on, or a safety belt isn’t fastened.

But in a world that bombards motorists with text message pings, email alerts and alarm clock buzzers, are the chimes drowning themselves out?

Prescott says they are, which is why it’s important that every sound a Ford vehicle makes is designed to break through the clutter and get noticed. This is a mandate for the group, even as it’s pressed to create more chimes to keep pace with an expanding portfolio of features that warrant an audio alert.

“Our inclination has been to add more sounds for more alerts, but people are getting chimed out,” Prescott said. “Because of that, our audio alerts must be intuitive – instantly recognized by drivers.”

The right balance of frequency, volume, cadence and tone helps differentiate between high-importance alerts, such as a collision warning, and gentle remind-ers, such as the tick-tock of a turn-signal indicator. Ford vehicle sounds – there are about 30 that make up the pallet of audible chimes – are designed to have their own characteristics, each created based on the urgency of the message being conveyed.

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Ford’s Vehicle Harmony Group creates chimes that communicate intuitively

Kahramaa takes part in ‘Your Safety’ fair

Qatar General Electricity & Water Corporation (Kahramaa) participated in the “Your Safety” fair organised by Al Khansaa independent preliminary school for girls recently. Kahramaa’s participation in the three-day fair was to disseminate and promote the culture of electricity and water con-servation. Conservation and Energy Efficiency Department at Kahramaa presented ways to increase aware-ness of safety procedures. The Department also held a conservation contest where relevant questions and topics were raised by Qatoura and Kahroub.

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TECHNOLOGY

With a brand name that few recognise and which many who do can’t pro-nounce, the Chinese

company has struggled outside devel-oping markets – but that may be about to change.

Its new flagship P8 Android smart-phone – thinner than an iPhone 6 – could be about to put Huawei on the map.

As one of the largest mobile infra-structure companies in the world, and known for devices that take advantage of new technologies, such as 4G, first, Huawei is now aiming to mirror the suc-cess of Google’s Nexus series and offer a top-end experience at a mid-range price.

Super thinThe P8 has a rather understated

design in aluminium and glass. It looks a little like an iPhone 5 from the back, but also resembles the Argos MyTablet with white inlaid glass at the top of the back plate.

Unfortunately, the resemblance doesn’t stop there. Despite being thin and well made, with smooth sides and a solid back, the finish to the aluminium looks slightly cheap.

The back also sounds hollow when tapped with a finger, which is surpris-ing given that at 6.4mm thick the P8 is one of the thinnest phones going – the iPhone 6 is 6.9mm and the Samsung Galaxy S6 6.8mm.

The 5.2in full HD screen fills most of the front, with thin bezels at the sides. It’s bright, crisp and good. It’s not quite up to par with the fantastic quad HD screen fitted to the LG G4 and Galaxy S6, but is easily as good as similar screens fitted to the HTC One M9, for example.

With a small body and a 5.2in screen, the P8 is one of the most manage-able top-end smartphones available at the moment, although people with smaller hands will still struggle to use

it one-handed.

SpecificationsScreen: 5.2in full HD LCD (424ppi)Processor: Octa-core Huawei Kirin 930RAM: 3GB of RAMStorage: 16GB + microSD cardOperating system: Android 5.0 “Lollipop” with Emotion UICamera: 13MP rear camera with OIS, 8MP front-facing cameraConnectivity: Dual-Sim LTE, Wi-Fi, NFC, Bluetooth 4.0 and GPSDimensions: 144.9 x 72.1 x 6.4mmWeight: 145g

Huawei’s own siliconLike Samsung, Huawei designs and

makes its own processors. Its Kirin 930 has similar specifications to Qualcomm and Samsung’s latest, but with slightly less powerful graphics processors.

The P8 feels snappy, if not quite as quick as the fastest-feeling Android smartphone, the Galaxy S6. Performance all round was solid, only stuttering slightly with some graphically heavy gaming.

I never noticed the phone getting overly hot, which is impressive given how thin it is. Equally impressive is how the battery life. Performing general duties, including hundreds of push noti-fications, email, Twitter, music stream-ing and an hour of browsing, I got a good two days out of the P8 between charges.

I also found it got and maintained a stronger 4G signal than any other smartphone I have tested.

The standard P8 only has 16GB of storage built in (most high-end smart-phones now come with 32GB in 2015). It has a microSD card slot for adding more storage for media, but it also doubles as a secondary Sim card slot, allowing users to have two phone num-bers and two services attached to one phone.

Dual-Sim support is extremely handy for those with personal and work

numbers, saving needing to carry two phones, as well as those travelling and using a local Sim card.

Android, but not as you’d know itThe P8 is an Android smartphone

running version 5.0 Lollipop. But Huawei modifies Android to look very different, calling it “Emotion UI”.

There is no app drawer, which means every app is forced on to the home-screen pages, much like an iPhone. The apps can be placed in folders and the homescreens behave like standard Android with moving wallpapers and widgets.

The notification tray looks and behaves differently. Some apps have multiple notifications – Gmail, for instance, clusters all messages together, but a secondary notification shows each one individually.

Various themes are available, which change icons as well as colours and backgrounds. Most app icons have a coloured background, which looks a mess; standard Android uses transpar-ent background instead. Other apps have custom icons, which look a bit warped, such as Instagram.

The P8 also has a few phone man-agement tools baked in for clearing apps from the Ram. With 3GB of Ram installed, they’re a bit of an overkill, but good for those obsessed with cleaning and tweaking.

Another interesting addition is a power monitor that warns you when an app is consuming battery power in the background. It rates apps in milliampere hours – a measure of battery capacity – recommending shutting down any app that uses more than 40mAh when not in use. Again this seems like overkill,

but could be useful for those trying to eke out every last hour of battery life and the notifications can be turned off if they become annoying.

CameraThe 13-megapixel camera is one of

the best currently available. It’s not quite as sharp as the Samsung Galaxy S6 or the LG G4’s camera, but has solid low-light performance and good detail.

The camera app, however, is very iPhone-like. A simple photo selector on the left, with options to enable HDR and a load of other features buried behind a menu.

The front-facing camera does a solid job for selfies, although its beauty mode can create some horrifyingly alien-look-ing images.

VerdictThe Huawei P8 is a high-end device

that costs the same as a mid-range smartphone. It is very thin, light and made of metal, with a solid camera and a decent processor.

It also has dual-Sim capability and good battery life, but it lacks a little polish and its alterations to Android aren’t the best.

With the P8, Huawei has proved that it is a smartphone manufacturer worth paying attention to, and the P8 is certainly worth considering, espe-cially given it costs significantly less than rivals.

Pros: Very thin, solid build, decent camera, good battery life and performance.

Cons: Lack of premium finish to the body, software modifications are a little unpolished and change Android signifi-cantly. The Guardian

Huawei P8: Thin and powerful

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FOOD

BY JOE YONAN

We seasonal-cooking evan-gelists have one pre-emi-nent guiding philosophy: Start with the ingredients

that beckon to you at your favourite farm-ers market or farm stand or even your own garden, and let them dictate (along with what you already have in your fridge and pantry) what you cook and eat.

That’s sometimes easier said than done. And by sometimes, I mean in early spring, when even the most dedi-cated farmers-market shoppers find it difficult to be inspired by yet another turnip or storage apple.

Now? Inspiration abounds, and if you’ve gotten out of the habit of this more intuitive, relaxed style of cooking, let me suggest that it’s a good time to jump back in. After a slow start, the mar-kets are bursting forth with ingredients that make you forget how dismal the situation was even a month or two ago.

One favourite trifecta of spring pro-duce will always send me into the kitchen: morel mushrooms, asparagus and ramps. Alone, each is worthy of celebration. Together, they layer earthy, grassy, sweet and funky flavours — and make for a combination of textures almost as irresistible as the taste. I’ve combined them in a frittata, in a pasta dish, in tacos, spooned over roasted potatoes, even on sandwiches.

In his new book, The Broad Fork(Clarkson Potter), Georgia chef-res-taurateur Hugh Acheson calls for them to be stewed with crème fraîche and served over grits in true Southern style. The tang from the crème fraîche (plus a dash of vinegar) might be my favourite touch, adding an accent that rounds out the dish beautifully.

Asparagus will be in local markets for weeks to come. Ramps and morels are a little iffier. That’s why, in keeping with my guiding philosophy, I urge you to substitute whatever stand-ins appeal to you: other types of mushrooms instead of morels, spring onions or scallions and garlic instead of the ramps. Soon enough, baby zucchini or green beans could take the place of the asparagus.

Even next winter, when inspiration seems in short supply, you’ll have a green-vegetable option that could work here: kale.

Stewed Morels, Asparagus, Ramps and Crème Fraîche Over Grits

Make Ahead: The cooked grits can be refrigerated for up to 5 days; warm over low heat, whisking in some water or vegetable broth to return them to creaminess before serving.

Adapted from The Broad Fork, by Hugh Acheson (Clarkson Potter, 2015).

Ingredients (4 servings)1 cup white or yellow corn grits4 cups water1/2 teaspoon kosher salt, plus more

as needed2 tablespoons unsalted butter1/4 cup minced shallots4 ounces (2 cups) fresh morel mush-

rooms, washed and cut into thick rounds (may substitute another mush-room of your choice)

2 large ramps with greens, chopped (may substitute 1 scallion plus 2 cloves garlic)

8 asparagus spears (woody ends

trimmed), cut into 1-inch pieces1 tablespoon vinegar1/4 cup homemade or no-salt-added

vegetable broth1/4 teaspoon finely chopped fresh

thyme leaves1 teaspoon finely chopped fresh flat-

leaf parsley leaves1/2 cup crème fraîche (may substi-

tute sour cream or Greek-style yogurt)Freshly ground black pepperFinely chopped flat-leaf parsley, for

garnish

Method:Whisk the grits into the water in a

medium saucepan over medium-high heat; bring to a boil, stirring occasion-ally. Add the 1/2 teaspoon of salt, reduce the heat to medium-low and cook for 30 minutes, stirring occasion-ally. You will be moving forward with the rest of the recipe, but what you are looking for in the grits is a velvety-soft polenta texture, a bit thinner than you would envision. (The grits will set up as soon as you put them on the plate.) If you think the grits are too thick, add

a touch of water to bring them to the desired consistency.

Meanwhile, melt the butter in a large saute pan over medium-high heat. Once it’s foamy, stir in the shallots. Cook until tender, 1 minute, then add the morels. Cook until the mushrooms smell won-derful, look a little limp and are browning slightly at the edges, 4 to 5 minutes.

Add the ramps and asparagus, then the vinegar; cook briefly, stirring and scraping up any bits from the bottom of the pan, then add the broth. Taste and season with salt as needed; cook until the asparagus is barely crisp-tender, 3 minutes.

Stir in the thyme, parsley and crème fraîche, and remove from the heat. Taste, and add salt and/or pepper as needed.

Divide the grits among individual plates. Spoon equal amounts of the morel mixture at the center of each portion. Sprinkle with parsley; serve right away.

Nutrition: Per serving: 340 calories, 6 g protein, 38 g carbohydrates, 18 g fat, 12 g saturated fat, 40 mg cholesterol, 150 mg sodium, 2 g dietary fiber, 2 g sugar

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This spring trifecta will lift weary cooks

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FASHION

Cannes’ 12-day film festival may be known for its parties and play, but there’s no playing around with the dress code set half a cen-tury ago for guests climbing its celebrated

red carpet.Tuxedos and evening gowns remain “de rigueur”

but stilettos are not a must, festival organisers insisted amid a row over women in flats being denied access to Cannes’ legendary red-carpeted stairs.

With some 4,500 journalists accredited to attend the festival, the 24 steps are recarpeted three times a day for the cameramen and photographers on hand to shoot the stars treading the carpet.

Access is by invitation only, but to get past the secu-rity guards guests need to stick to the dress code set in stone in 1946 — glamorous evening gowns for women, black-tie for men, at worst dark suits.

Even the cameramen and photographers are forced

to throw on evening gear and bow-ties before gaining access to the red-carpet steps.

There can be exceptions to the rule for some VIPs. This year US film-maker Joel Coen, who with his brother Ethan is heading the festival’s prize jury, turned up for the opening ceremony wearing a mere tie.

A measure of eccentricity can be allowed for women, as long as they are deemed glamorous.

Cannes is one of the world’s premier shop-windows for designers and the luxury industry, with dozens of the globe’s leading fashion houses and jewellery firms vying to dress the likes of Charlize Theron, Natalie Portman and Salma Hayek.

As for shoes, there are no rules, festival director Thierry Fremaux said as organisers scrambled to defuse claims of a ban on women in flats treading the red carpet. But Twitter and other social media sites reported several instances of trouble over shoes.

Film-maker Asif Kapadia, whose Amy Winehouse documentary screened in Cannes, said his wife had been stopped from ascending the red carpet for wear-ing flats before eventually being let through.

Producer Valeria Richter, who has had part of a foot amputated, told the BBC on Wednesday that she too was stopped for not wearing high heels, before then being allowed in. “You can’t get in like this,” she quoted an official as saying as he pointed at her shoes.

Fremaux admitted security officials may have been a little over-zealous. “We apologise,” he said.

And in a statement, the festival denied there was a diktat on female footwear.

“Regarding the dress code for the red carpet screen-ings, rules have not changed throughout the years,” the statement said. “And there is no specific mention about the height of the women’s heels as well as for men’s.”

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Tuxedos, evening gowns ‘de rigueur’ at Cannes, but not stilettos

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HEALTH & FITNESS

Spinning Spinning was first introduced to

gyms in the 1990s and is still one of the most popular classes. The classes use specialised static bicy-cles to provide a fast paced, fun session that gives a great workout for the legs.

Classes usually last around 45 minutes, during which participants are guided through the workout by the instructor. Motivated by care-fully chosen music, riders are taken through a gentle warm up, after which the session becomes a vir-tual ride, imitating hills, sprints and interval training.

The great thing about spinning classes is that the level of intensity can be controlled by the individual. The resistance control is available for you to adjust and no one else is able to tell exactly how much resistance you have at anytime. Therefore, if you are really struggling and need to take it a little bit easier for a few minutes, you can loosen the resist-ance and get your breath back.

Spinning is one of the best exer-cises for developing cardiovascular fitness and the classes can be fun and enjoyable, as well as hard work!

VerdictThe ultimate calorie burning

workout, and pedaling in time with the music makes the class fly by.

Zumba Zumba Fitness describes itself as

‘a global lifestyle brand that fuses fitness, entertainment and culture into an exhilarating dance-fitness sensation!’

Zumba combines Latin beats with easy-to-follow dance moves to give a high tempo calorie-burning

workout. Zumba was created by Columbian Alberto Perez, and incor-porates many Latin dance moves like salsa, cha cha and hip-hop.

Zumba’s appeal has spread glo-bally in the past few years, largely thanks to its fun and energetic nature. The dance moves are rela-tively simple and there are generally only three or four moves per song, so it’s easy to learn and requires little dance experience.

Zumba is typically done in large groups so if you enjoy exercising with other people then this is defi-nitely one for you to try.

VerdictIt’s a great workout for people

who enjoy dancing and Latin beats. 14,000,000 people in 185 countries are testament to its benefits.

Health statusIf you are embarking on a fitness

regime for the first time, or you are starting exercise again after a prolonged period of inactivity, it is important to have a doctor check your health status to ensure it is safe for you to begin.Contributed by Hamad Medical Corporation

Afternoon protein snacks may help prevent teenage obesity: Study

Are you wondering how to make your adolescent kid avoid eat-ing unhealthy in the evening?

Researchers have found that high-protein afternoon snacks, particularly soy foods, reduce unhealthy evening snacking in teenagers, thereby preventing obesity.

Soy-protein snacks in the afternoon promote feelings of fullness and delays subsequent eating, the findings showed.

“Standard meals tend to go to the wayside for kids this age — particularly from mid-afternoon to late evening — and many of the convenient ‘grab-and-go’ snacks are high in fat and sugar,” said lead researcher Heather Leidy, assistant professor of nutrition and exercise physiol-ogy at the University of Missouri.

“When kids eat high-protein snacks in the afternoon, they are less likely to eat unhealthy snacks later in the day, which is particularly important for kids who want to prevent unhealthy weight gain,” Leidy explained. Male and female adolescents between the ages of 13 and 19 who were classified as either normal weight or over-weight participated in the study.

The researchers assessed how snack-ing in the afternoon affected teenagers’ appetite, drive to eat and food choices later in the day and whether these were different when teens skipped eating snacks altogether.

“In addition to the appetite and satiety benefits, we found that when the teens ate the high-protein snacks, they incor-porated more protein throughout the day and consumed less dietary fat,” Leidy said.

“In addition, we also found that the high-protein snacks improved certain aspects of mood and cognitive function,” Leidy pointed out.

The afternoon protein snacks used in the study were soy-protein pudding. Leidy said similar high-quality protein sources should elicit similar benefits.

The findings appeared in the Journal of Nutrition. IANS

Guide to the best fitness classes

Each year it seems there’s a new fitness craze. One that is, of course, better than anything ever before and is guaranteed to get you amazing results, quickly. There are so many classes on offer that it can be hard to know which ones are best for you.

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ENTERTAINMENT

BY MICHAEL O’SULLIVAN

To call Poltergeist laughable is not the same thing as saying it’s bad (although it is that, too.) It’s just that it seems less

interested in scaring you than in making you chuckle.

At least on that score it succeeds.The spookiest thing about this point-

less and weirdly silly remake of the 1982 ghost story is ... a squirrel in the attic. And the most effective use of its 3-D is a shot of a squirrel trap, seemingly poking out into the audience from a hardware store counter. (This, in a movie where a tree comes to life and snatches a child out of his bed. What a waste of good FX.)

As Count Floyd used to say on the old SCTV skit “Monster Chiller Horror Theater”: “Oh boy, that’s scary stuff, isn’t it?”

I’m not even sure that “remake” is the right word here. Directed by Gil Kenan (known for the Oscar-nominated ani-mated comedy Monster House) from a script by David Lindsay-Abaire, this Poltergeist feels less like a reboot of the original film than a smirkily ironic, DJ-style remix of its best-loved tropes.

The famous line “They’re here”; the child communicating with the dead through a TV set, before getting sucked into the beyond, through the closet; the heroic family member going after her at the end of a sturdy rope, like some paranormal spelunker — all these ele-ments are stitched together, like music samples, into an unrecognisable yet insistently self-referential soup, along with the most hackneyed cliches from the contemporary horror canon.

Paranormal Activity-style video foot-age rubs up against that creepy kid

from the J-horror classic Ju-on: The Grudge. Animatronic skeletons out of Pirates of the Caribbean writhe in an Insidious-style underworld. And black ooze, apparently imported by the barrel from Amityville, New York, flows like water. It also doesn’t help that Sam Rockwell, as the father of the little girl who gets spirited away, delivers every line like he’s auditioning for the Ghostbusters reboot.

For no other reason than to pander to modern audiences, Lindsay-Abaire

has updated the story to incorporate enough high-tech gadgetry to fill a Best Buy. An iPhone is used like some kind of ectoplasmic Geiger counter. A cam-era-equipped drone appears, alongside GPS trackers and a heat sensor.

But the only beeping you’ll hear will be your own B S detector.

Playing the paranormal researcher Carrigan Burke, who arrives to save the day — and who, unsurprisingly, has a Ghost Hunters-style reality TV show — Jared Harris delivers what becomes,

unintentionally, the funniest line in the film. “Everything else makes sense?” he asks, sarcastically, after Rockwell’s dad has expressed skepticism about Carrigan’s hare-brained theory that a hole in the drywall is a portal between this world and the next, “but I’m full of crap?”

No, sir. The whole movie’s full of it.One star. Rated PG-13. Contains

scary images, brief sensuality and some crude language. 91 minutes. WP-Bloomberg

Poltergeist remake is not spooky enough

Being a father helped for role, says Schwarzenegger

Former California Governor and actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who plays a loving father in Maggie, says being one in real life

helped him relate to the character in a better way.The film features Schwarzenegger as a caring father whose

daughter Maggie suffers a serious infection that will turn her into a zombie. The story revolves around how Schwarzenegger wants her to spend her last days with his daughter and his wife.

“You really have to use your personal life experiences in every-thing. For me, being a father for the last 25 years and having two daughters, I could really relate to what this would be like.

“When you find out your daughter is infected with either ebola or AIDS or cancer or a zombie virus, it is a horrible thing for a parent to go through -- to watch their child die slowly. If you think about that, it makes it easy to get into the role and play it. It is also the most human kind of role I have ever done,” Schwarzenegger said in a statement.

The film, directed by Henry Hobson also stars Abigail Breslin and Joely Richardson in key roles.

The thriller premiered at the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival. IANS

McConaughey in talks for Spider-Man reboot?

Actor Matthew McConaughey is reportedly targeted by Marvel Comics to play the villain, Norman Osborn aka Green Goblin, in the upcoming rebooted

Spider-Man franchise. According to Point of Geeks website, the 45-year-old is in “basic talks” with the studio, reports aceshowbiz.com

McConaughey previously confirmed he had been eyed by both Marvel and Warner Bros to star in superhero movies.

“I’ve read some Marvel and DC scripts and I’ve talked about working with them on some scripts, none of which I’ll share with with you what they are - or were. Yeah, I’ve circled some of those. Nothing has been right for me yet. But I’m sure open to it,” he said.

According to the website, it’s not surprising for Marvel to target such an A-list actor as Norman Osborn character’s overall prominence in the comics has risen over the past decade. While it is unclear to what extent Sony and Marvel intend to include Norman Osborn in Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) in the future, in recent years the villain character has been crucial as an “anti-hero” in the comics.

Spider-Man reboot is scheduled for a 2017 release. Previously, Asa Butterfield, Nat Wolff, Tom Holland, Timothee Chalamet and Liam James were reportedly some of the candidates to take the role of Peter Parker. IANS

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| SUNDAY 24 MAY 2015 |

ENTERTAINMENT

BY TROY RIBEIRO

Film: Tanu Weds Manu ReturnsCast: Kangana Ranaut, R. Madhavan, Jimmy Sheirgill, Deepak Dobriyal, Eijaz Khan, Swara Bhaskar, Mohammad Zeeshan Ayyb, Rajendra Gupta, Navni Parihar, K K Raina and Dipti MishraDirector: Anand L RaiRating: ***

Very rarely do sequels create an impact as the original, but in the case of Tanu Weds Manu Returns, the intensity

is as forceful or more than the original. Once again packed with sharp and witty dialogues, fine performances and a feel-good factor, Tanu Weds Manu Returnsexcels as a scaled-up family entertainer.

This sequel takes off from where it left in the previous edition in 2011 and returns with the lead pair after four years of jaded bliss. Their marriage is now on the rocks. Tanuja Trivedi aka Tanu is as moody as she was and he, Manoj Sharma aka Manu is at the end of his tether.

Still in London, their divorce is inevi-table after Tanu manages to ensure that Manu is kept back in St Benedict Mental Hospital in Twickenham in Britain. She returns to Kanpur to her family. Manu too returns forlorn to India where he lands up meeting Kusum Sangwan, who is Tanu’s lookalike. Seemingly in love with Kusum, he decides to remarry.

With well-etched but flawed

characters, the performance of each actor is noteworthy. Kangana steals the show with the dual role she essays. In both her characters, she is distinct in her sartorial style, speech and man-nerisms. As Tanu, she is an extension of herself as portrayed in the earlier edition. But as Kusum Sangwan, a Haryanvi athlete, she brings out a sharp contrast, exhibiting her prowess as an actress. Kusum’s simplicity and sincer-ity get you emotionally attached to her.

R Madhavan complements her with his overall subtle and restrained per-formance. He plays the traumatised husband to the hilt. But he also hits the right high-pitched notes convinc-ingly as the harassed husband at the mental hospital.

Of the rest of the supporting cast, Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub as advo-cate Arun Kumar Singh is vibrant. With his casual, yet evocative performance, he displays sparks of brilliance. Deepak Dobriyal as Pappi, Manu’s confidante is over-the-top. He is repetitive and after a while, is jarring in the narration.

Jimmy Sheirgill as Raja Awasthi has a few scenes where he makes his pres-ence felt as the unlucky man-in-love. Swara Bhaskar as Payal along with Eijaz Khan as Jassi, make a fine pair and are fairly noticeable.

Director Anand LRai’s plot is punc-tuated with moments of family tension and spiced with great rustic colloquial one-liners that sparkle. The dialogues keep you in splits.

His screenplay is frothy and he takes a lazy approach in certain scenes. Though scene after scene you roll with laughter, they falter at times with forced humour. This is evident in the seminar scene, where Manu is invited to give a medical speech.

The graph of the narration too, is inconsistent. The first half though flighty, is engaging. The second half digresses with lengthy unwarranted scenes; espe-cially the scene which has Geeta Dutt’s song “Ja, ja, ja bewafa” as the back-ground score and Tanu wandering aim-lessly on the streets.

The rest of the songs merge well into the narration. The English jazz number,

“So What if I am an old school girl” takes you by surprise. It stands out as an odd piece, but one that settles well into the overlay. It is well-picturised too. The background score is loud and excessive, but suits the overall design of the film.

Conceived as a realistic film, the production quality is apt and cinema-tographer Chirantan Das’s frames are atmospheric. They capture the small town ambience perfectly.

Kangana’s performance unarguably ups the viewing quotient of the film. So watch this film for her and Himanshu Sharma’s razor-sharp dialogues.

IANS

Watch it for Kangana’s dual magic

Actor Aamir Khan, who keeps losing and gaining weight for his films according to the demand of the scripts, says it worries his mother and wife. The actor has now gained weight for Dangal, in which he plays a

wrestler, and weighs 95 kg at present.“I am 95 kg right now and that’s enough for the character. My breathing

has changed... when I tie my laces, my stomach comes in between. After 20 seconds, I have to (take a long) breath,” Aamir told reporters here.

“My mom and my wife are very worried about my health as they feel I am playing with my health. Even I feel the same,” he added. The actor says he will lose weight and will be back in shape once the project is over.

“By December (2015), we will finish the shooting, and in the next five months I will lose weight and then have one more schedule in the month of June, where my character is young. When the film will come to an end, I will be back to the PK look,” said the ‘Mr. Perfectionist’, who flaunted eight-pack abs in Ghajini.

My mom, wife worried about my health, says Aamir Khan

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COMICS & MORE

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| SUNDAY 24 MAY 2015 |

CROSSWORDS

HYPER SUDOKU

CROSSWORD

How to play Hyper Sudoku:A Hyper Sudoku Puzzle

is solved by filling the

numbers from 1 to 9

into the blank cells.

A Hyper Sudoku has

unlike Sudoku 13

regions (four regions

overlap with the nine

standard regions). In all

regions the numbers

from 1 to 9 can appear

only once. Otherwise, a

Hyper Sudoku is solved

like a normal Sudoku.

ACROSS

1 Actor Gerard of “Buck Rogers”

4 Bit

7 Target of trimming

10 12-Down from meditators

13 U.K. award

14 Catherine de’ Medici is said to have eaten it at every meal

16 Losing line in

tic-tac-toe

17 Words to a baby

20 One with a mister in Münster

21 Ballot marker

22 Another time, in “Li’l Abner”

23 Fjord explorers?

25 Robert of “The Sopranos”

27 Summon, with “for”

28 Emulated Pacino in a “Scent of a Woman” scene

30 Adages

32 & 33 Meeting with someone in person

34 Straighten out

37 Reading for a king’s herald

41 Body in a bed

42 Strong punch

46 Vote on Scottish independence

47 Amiss

49 Shakespearean title character

50 Copper

51 Urban blight

53 Ballot topic for decriminalization

54 Subj. with Riemann sums

55 Factors in wine competitions

57 Some carnival rides

59 007 film of 1981

63 Vegan-friendly protein source

64 “Impression, Sunrise” painter

65 Czolgosz who shot McKinley

66 Like some radios

67 Form of 10-Down

68 Uffizi display

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2 Largest airline of Spain

3 “I Hope You Dance” singer Womack

4 Org. with the Pre��program

5 “Dragnet” alert, briefly

6 Compound containing 10-Down

7 Like Snow White, per the magic mirror

8 Some LG appliances

9 United States Constitution’s first article

10 Element #8

11 Cattle yard 12-Down

12 See 11-Down

15 Coward who said “I love criticism just so long as it’s unqualified praise”

18 A master of this really knows his chops

19 Not so knotty

24 Shoots up

26 French for “grape”

29 Lots of sparkle

31 Facility often referred to by its first letter

34 Anytown, ___

35 Anchor’s place

36 “Carmina Burana” composer

38 “I wonder what the word for ‘dots’ looks like in Braille,” e.g.

39 Model of chivalry

40 Rent

43 Winter chill

44 Biotechnology output, for short

45 Poppycock

48 “The Mikado” maiden

50 ___ oil

52 Image in Tiananmen Square

54 G.M. and G.E.

55 Aqua Velva alternative

56 Bare-chested sport

57 Basketball legend Maravich

58 End of a Burns poem heard annually

60 Cartoonist Chast

61 Ambient music composer Brian

62 Urge

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13 14 15 16

17 18 19

20 21 22

23 24 25 26 27

28 29 30 31

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41 42 43 44 45 46

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| SUNDAY 24 MAY 2015 |

CINEMA

POLTERGEIST

VILLAGGIO & CITY CENTER

SCREEN 1 Spooks: The Greater Good (2D/Action)

11:20am, 1:20, 3:20, 5:20, 7:30, 9:55pm & 12:00midnight

SCREEN 2 Tomorrorland (2D/Adventure) 10:30am, 1:00, 3:30, 6:00, 8:30 & 11:30pm

SCREEN 3 Mad Max: Fury Road (2D/Action)

11:35am, 1:50, 4:20, 6:50, 9:20 & 11:50pm

SCREEN 4 Pitch Perfect 2 (2D/Comedy)

10:00am, 12:30, 2:45, 5:00, 7:15 9:30 & 11:45pm

SCREEN 5 Robosapien: Rebooted (2D/Adventure)

10:40am, 12:20, 2:10, 4:10 & 6:10pm

Captain Masr (2D/Arabic) 8:00, 10:00pm & 12:00midnight

SCREEN 6 Avengers: Age of Ultron (2D/Action) 10:50am, 3:30, 8:20 & 11:10pm

Offender (2D/Thriller) 1:30 & 6:20pm

SCREEN 7 Danny Collins (2D/Comedy) 11:10am, 3:10, 7:20 & 11:30pm

Captain Masr (2D/Arabic) 1:10, 5:20 & 9:30pm

SCREEN 8 Poltergeist (2D/Horror) 10:15am, 12:00noon, 2:00, 4:00, 6:00,

8:00, 10:00 & 11:50pm

SCREEN 9 Tomorrorland (IMAX 2D/Adventure)

11:30am, 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30 & 11:55pm

SCREEN 10 Tomorrorland (2D/Adventure) 11:00am, 4:00, 9:00 & 11:30pm

Mad Max: Fury Road (2D/Action) 1:30 & 6:30pm

NOVO

MALL

LANDMARK

ROYAL PLAZA

SCREEN 1 Robosapien: Rebooted (2D/Adventure) 2:30pm

Accidental Love (2D/Comedy) 4:00pm Tomorrorland (2D/Adventure)

6:00 & 8:30pm Tanu Weds Manu Returns (2D/Hindi) 11:00pm

SCREEN 2 Danny Collins (2D/Comedy) 2:30pm

Offender (2D/Thriller) 4:30pm Pitch Perfect 2 (2D/Comedy) 6:15pm

Bhaskar The Rascal (2D/Malayalam) 8:15pm

Spooks: The Greater Good (2D/Action) 11:00pm

SCREEN 3 36 Vayathinile (2D/Tamil) 2:15pm Avengers: Age of

Ultron (2D/Action) 4:15pm Mad Max: Fury Road (2D/Action) 6:45pm

Poltergeist (2D/Horror) 9:00pm Bhaskar The Rascal (2D/Mal) 10:45pm

SCREEN 1 Bhaskar The Rascal (2D/Malayalam) 2:15pm

36 Vayathinile (2D/Tamil) 5:00pm Avengers: Age of Ultron

(2D/Action) 7:00pm Spooks: The Greater Good (2D/Action) 9:30pm

Poltergeist (2D/Horror) 11:30pm

SCREEN 2 Pitch Perfect 2 (2D/Comedy) 2:30pm Offender

(2D/Thriller) 4:30pm Tomorrorland (2D/Adventure) 6:30 & 9:00pm

Mad Max: Fury Road (2D/Action) 11:15pm

SCREEN 3 Robosapien: Rebooted (2D/Adventure) 2:45pm

Danny Collins (2D/Comedy) 4:30pm Poltergeist (3D/Horror) 6:30pm Accidental Love (2D/Comedy) 8:30pm

Bhaskar The Rascal (2D/Malayalam) 10:30pm

SCREEN 1 Offender (2D/Thriller) 2:30pm Tomorrorland

(2D/Adventure) 4:15, 6:45 & 9:15pm Poltergeist (2D/Horror) 11:30pm

SCREEN 2 Mad Max: Fury Road (2D/Action) 2:00pm

Pitch Perfect 2 (2D/Comedy) 4:15pm

Avengers: Age of Ultron (2D/Action) 6:15pm Tanu Weds Manu

Returns (2D/Hindi) 8:45pm Danny Collins (2D/Comedy) 11:15pm

SCREEN 3 Robosapien: Rebooted (2D/Adventure) 2:30 & 4:00pm

Accidental Love (2D/Comedy) 5:30pm Poltergeist (2D/Horror) 7:30pm

Mad Max: Fury Road (2D/Action) 9:30pm Spooks: The Greater Good (2D/Action) 11:30pm

A family whose suburban home is haunted by evil forces must come together to rescue their youngest daughter after the apparitions take her captive.Directors: Gil Kenan

Writers: David Lindsay-Abaire, Steven Spielberg

Stars: Sam Rockwell, Rosemarie DeWitt,

Kennedi Clements

ASIAN TOWNSCREEN 1

Bhaskar The Rascal (2D/Malayalam) 4:15, 7:00 & 10:00pm

SCREEN 2

Tanu Weds Manu Returns (2D/Hindi) 5:00 & 7:30pm

Oruvadakan Selfie (2D/Malayalam) 10:00pm

SCREEN 4

36 Vayathinile (2D/Tamil) 4:30pm

Bhaskar The Rascal (2D/Malayalam) 6:30 & 9:15pm

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| SUNDAY 24 MAY 2015 |

DOHA EVENTS

IN FOCUS

A view of the Museum of Islamic Art.Send your photos to dohatoday@pen.com.qa. Please mention where the photo was taken.

by Carla Lugnasin

Until 30 MayVenue: 1 & 18 La Croisette, Porto Arabia – The Pearl-QatarAdmission: FreeTime: 10:00-20.00

Join with your children for a fun family activity “Rainbow Park” at The Pearl-Qatar, where children will consider art as the art of lifestyle and culture by playing and being creative with unharmful colored sand and enabling them to build and create different shapes.

8 APRIL - 11 JuneVenue: Museum of Islamic ArtAdmission: Free

This exhibition showcases Qajar artwork from the MIA collection that demonstrate the centrality of women in the artistic expression of 19th-century Iran and explores how these historic innovations continue to inspire contemporary artists.

11 JuneVenue: Museum of Islamic ArtAdmission: Free

The Museum of Islamic Art has partnered with Jazz at Lincoln Center Doha for a series of world class Jazz concerts in MIA Park. Presented by Jazz at Lincoln Center and The St. Regis Doha.

Till June 15Venue: Fire Station: Artists In ResidenceTime: 10:30 to 17:00 (Closed on Tuesdays)Admission: Free

The exhibition pays homage to “The Art Center”, the very first artist in residence initiative that took place in Doha in the early 1990’s and which ran for a decade. The name 555 is a play on the number 555 which residents used to dial to contact the Fire Station, paying tribute to the Civil Defense for their years of service to the people of Qatar.

Rainbow Park

QaJar Women: The Images of Women in 19th Century Iran

UNTIL 31 AUGUSTVENUE: Qatar Museums Gallery KataraADMISSION: Free

The exhibition will showcase Ismael Azzam’s distinctive portraits of painters and sculptors who have made a significant contribution to Arab Art, with the entire body of work created exclusively for this show. Ismail is of Iraqi origin, and moved to Doha in 1996.

Ismael Azzam: For Them - Exhibition

27-30 MAYVenue: Qatar National Convention CenterAdmission: QR150-QR2000 (available at Virgin stores and online)

The show includes the most exciting moments from Disney’s Frozen. Audiences of all ages will enjoy seeing their favorite characters from the animated film including Anna and Elsa, along with Olaf and Kristoff, live on ice and will love to sing-along with all of the popular songs.

Disney On Ice: Princesses And Heroes

28-29 May Venue: Museum of Islamic Art AuditoriumAdmission: QR35

Screenings are followed by a question-and-answer session with filmmaker Mahmoud Kaabour. Hailed by critics world-wide for its entertaining yet sympathetic look at the labour issue in the region, the film follows migrant workers who compete in a Bollywood singing and trivia competition that takes places across the labour camps of Dubai.

Screening of documentary Champ of the Camp

Jazz in the Park

Till 11 JulyVenue: Museum Of Islamic ArtAdmission: Free

This exhibition focuses on the real and mythical animals that feature in the legends, tales, and fables of the Islamic world. Divided into the natural quadrants of earth, air, fire, and water, these marvellous creatures serve as the introductions and bridges for the stories in which they feature.

Marvellous Creatures: Animal Fables In Islamic Art

555 Exhibition At The Fire Station

Until 16 AugustVenue: Mathaf: Arab Museum Of Modern Art, Ground Floor GalleriesAdmission: FreeTime: 11:00 - 18:00 (Monday closed)

Wael Shawky produces film series based on literature and historical narratives, using a visual language that mixes fictional storytelling and documentary styles. The exhibition presents two newly completed film trilogies, each inspired by stories and scripts of literature; Cabaret Crusades (2010-2014) and Al Araba Al Madfuna (2012-2015).

Wael Shawky Comes To Doha

Send your event details to dohatoday@pen.com.qa