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Smartphone makers are fighting for space on your wrist and your head; lucrative real estate for a new wave of high-tech devices if only they can persuade you to wear them.

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By Katell Abiven

Smartphone makers are fighting for space on your wrist and your head; lucra-tive real estate for a new

wave of high-tech devices if only they can persuade you to wear them.

Manufacturers unleashed a battery of new wearable devices at the world’s biggest mobile fair in Barcelona, Spain, trying to carve out new rev-enue sources in developed markets where smartphone sales are slowing.

From smart bracelets that track your fitness to watches and glasses that let you take a call or check text messages and email, these gadgets are the new stars of the February 24-27 Mobile World Congress.

Wearable devices first became commercially viable in 2013, said David Sovie, head of electronics and technology at Dublin-based consul-tancy group Accenture.

“I think 2014 is when you will start to see more mass market, or at least wider adoption of these tech-nologies,” he said.

According to an Accenture study of 23,000 consumers in 23 coun-tries, there is a large appetite for such products, with 46 percent say-ing they were interested in smart watches and 42 percent in smart glasses.

The first target is fitness fanat-ics, wooed with bracelets that record the number of steps they take, the distance travelled, calories used, or even their heartbeat.

US firm Fitbit, leader with more than 60 percent of the market for wearable fitness devices, has invited congress visitors to join a contest by strapping on a bracelet during their stay in Barcelona. The winner is the competitor who has moved most.

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“We will have 1,000 participants by the end of the week,” said Benoit Raimbault, head of marketing for Europe, stressing that the bracelet prods you to “move more, eat better and sleep better”.

“Today the market for fitness bands is growing well and this segment will be exploited over the next years,” said Annette Zimermann, analyst at tech-nology consultants Gartner Inc.

Sony Mobile revealed on the opening day of the fair its SmartBand SWR10, a bracelet that comes with an applica-tion allowing users to log events and photographs taken during the day as well as tracking how far they walk and checking their sleep cycle.

Smart watches, connected by wire-less Bluetooth technology to the smart-phone, are still trying to find a mass market, however, said Zimermann. “Smart watches still lack good design and functionality so uptake of those devices have been very slow,” she explained.

Research house Canalys neverthe-less predicts a boom in connected

bracelets and watches, with sales sur-passing 17 million units this year and approaching 45 million in 2017.

“It’s about having an independent product that works as a standalone and does not need to be connected to your smartphone,” said Archana Vidyasekar, specialist at analysts Frost & Sullivan.

“I think that is going to define the success of the market in the consumer industry.”

‘The first elegant smartwatch’Samsung was one of the first heavy-

weights to enter the market, releasing last September its Galaxy Gear smart-watch, which lets a user read text mes-sages and emails, check online services such as the weather and make calls.

But with a lukewarm reception from critics and, according to analysts, dis-appointing sales, Samsung launched a new version Sunday, the Gear 2, which includes a camera, TV remote control and a heart rate sensor.

Chinese smartphone maker Huawei revealed a connected watch of its own on the same day, a TalkBand, to be sold

for 99 euros ($136). Hours later, South Korean manufacturer LG said it would launch its first smartwatch in 2014.

Small Finnish firm Creoir says its model, Ibis, is “the first elegant smartwatch”.

“All the connected watches are with sports designs or geeks designs; my wife wouldn’t wear that,” said Creoir marketing chief Ismo Karali.

Already famous though not yet on sale, Google Glass is the showpiece of the third category of wearable device: connected glasses that let you check your emails, for example, with no more than a glance.

“I have been using it for about a month, but they are very intuitive, I gave it to my six-year-old daughter and she was able to figure it out within minutes,” said Cameron Green head of mobile business at technical standards group GS1, who has been testing the Google Glass.

GS1, which creates bar-codes, wants to use the glasses to let customers peer through them and see the all relevant information about a product.

For now, smart glasses seem to be attracting technophiles and certain professional groups, industry experts say.

“For many vendors though, weara-bles are just the thing they have got to do as the smartphone penetration caps and margins are under pressure,” said Carolina Milanesi, analyst at consumer behaviour group Kantar WorldPanel.

“Approached that way, it is unlikely that the vendors will focus on deliv-ering the best experience at the best price. I still feel that 2014 will be a year of trial and error in trying to convince consumers that wearables are a ‘must have’, not a ‘nice to have’.” AFP

Samsung was one of the first heavyweights to enter the market, releasing last September its Galaxy Gear smartwatch, which lets a user read text messages and emails, check online services such as the weather and make calls.

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Doha College and Al Sadd Football Club have entered into an official community partner-

ship agreement that will create more sporting and football opportunities for the students and families of Doha College.

Al Sadd delegates Jassim Al Rumaihi General Secretary, Ahmed Al Ansari Marketing Manager and Corporate Social Responsibility Officer Salah Ahmedeen visited Doha College where they met a group of year 11 pupils and the Principal Mark Leppard.

As part of this landmark agreement Al Sadd’s new signing Rodrigo Tabata was also present to meet the pupils and hand over a fully signed First team Al Sadd shirt to the College.

Mark Leppard commented on the signing, “Sport is so important for all students, it develops teamwork and

competitive spirit as well as the obvi-ous health benefits. We are delighted that Al Saad Football Club have cho-sen Doha College for this partner-ship. We can all expect some exciting football matches and a chance to meet some amazing football players - great inspiration for our students.”

Salah Ahmedeen, CSR officer for Al Sadd Football Club added, “this agree-ment is part of Al Sadd and the Qatar Stars League strategy to develop links with local Schools, to encourage stu-dents to take part in football by build-ing strong relationships and working on joint initiatives. I am looking for-ward to working with Doha College and their students”

This latest partnership will be delivered by the Qatar Stars League GOALZ Schools programme which is managed and run by Evolution Sports.

Doha College students and community will benefit from a range of sporting activities including: Exhibition matches between Doha College School and Al Sadd academy teams, Doha College being provided with joint branded

School and Al Sadd football kits, Al Sadd players making scheduled appear-ances at the School to meet pupils and Doha College students having access to club facilities throughout the season.

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Doha College signs deal with Al Sadd Football Club

The Senior School Islamic Studies Department of Qatar Academy recently launched a prayer campaign spearheaded and actively

promoted by the students. Prayer in Islam is con-sidered to be the greatest act of worship; one of the central elements of Islamic practice and observance of prayer forms the framework of each Muslim’s day.

The campaign’s main message is to remind the Islamic Studies students that “prayer should take precedence over all other activities in life,” accord-ing to Academic Coordinator Yasser Ibrahim. Moreover, the campaign highlights prayer as a component of faith and also an important fibre of one’s spiritual journey. In Qatar Academy’s diverse student population, that also translates to cultural understanding and community building.

“Prayer in Arabic means ‘Salah’,” Ibrahim shares. “It is derived from the word ‘connection’ meaning that the prayer connects the worshipper with his Creator”.

Students involved in the initiative displayed verses from the Quran and sayings of the prophet Mohammed (PBUH) on prayer, distributed flyers and placed prayer posters within the Senior School building. The displays capitalize on the spiritual benefits of prayer and its contribution to creat-ing a balanced individual. Islamic Studies students likewise attended lectures delivered by experts on how prayer can increase productivity even in the midst of studies or work and, more significantly, how it contributes to making the students better members of the school community and the wider community. The Peninsula

Prayer campaign launched at Qatar Academy

Cancer awareness talk at Bhavan’s Public School

An awareness program on prevention and early detection of Cancer was organised for the students of Bhavan’s Public School

recently. The resource person was Dr Thomas Varughese (inset) from India, a specialist with 25 years of experience as a cancer specialist, surgical and cosmetic oncologist. He is also the inventor of Drain less approach in conservative mastectomy (Thomas technique) and also received several awards for the same.

The Principal welcomed the doctor and the gathering. A P Manikantan, Vice-President delivered the presidential address. Dr Thomas talked about how to prevent cancer with better life style including food, good habits and work out . He also stressed that onset of cancer is not the end of life and current advanced technology gives lot of room for treatment which have lesser side effects and one can lead a normal life with the early detection and treatment of cancer. The entire session was very interactive and informa-tive for the children and the teachers.

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Over 7,000 children partici-pated in 2nd painting con-test organised by Indian Children’s expatriate

forum — Malarvadi Qatar chapter — in association with Malabar Gold & Diamonds in Doha recently. This is one of the biggest event in the region in this category, claimed organisers.

The contest held to celebrate the Indian Republic Day gave the expatri-ate students a platform to showcase their colouring talent. Students from 14 Indian educational institutions par-ticipated the event and Al Arabi Sports club was the chief patron.

From 7am until 6.30pm, there were four shifts and each shift saw around 1,800 students participating. There were four categories — kids, sub-junior, junior and senior.

Al Arabi Sports Club and Al Misnad School Al Khor were the venues of the contest.

“It is not just a painting contest, but an ideal platform for children to know about the world around them,” said programme convenor Abdul Jaleel M M. Malarvadi officials Abdul Latheef V P, E Ismail, K Shamsudeen, Abdul Kader M B, Siddique P and Ashraf NP coordinated the event with the help of

more than 200 volunteers.The winners, whose names are to

be announced soon, will be awarded appreciation certificates and gold

medals at a function to be held in Doha. The Peninsula

The Torch Doha has opened the Torch Tea Garden, a high-end tea lounge, located on the 21st floor overlooking the city and Aspire Park.

The Thai inspired lounge offers a panoramic view of Aspire zone, Aspire Park and the surrounding area. The Garden’s menu boasts a variety of choices including a selection of 20 different teas, starting with Japanese Tea Ceremony, Chinese Tea Ceremony, Oolong, White and Sencha teas, homemade snacks, sandwiches, salads and crepes and a selection of mocktails.

During March Torch Tea Garden is open daily from 4pm to 12 midnight. However, they are open for business events, ladies luncheons and fashion shows, an hotel official said.

Hotel Manager, Sherif Sabry said: “It is great to witness the opening of an exclusive tea lounge here at The Torch Doha where guests can relax and unwind with great food options and splendid views from a height of 100m. We have kept the menu healthy, simple, light and bite-sized, so that everyone can share and enjoy. The tea mocktails are a great healthy and refreshing alternative.” The Peninsula

Chanss-Qatar to host Sreekumaran Thampi Musical Evening

The Changanacherry NSS College Alumni Association (Chanss-

Qatar) offers Doha residents an interactive musical experience with P Sreekumaran Thampi, on Friday, March 21. Thampi Sir, as he is popu-larly known in the Malayalam film and literary circles, is a versatile lyricist, director, screenplay writer and producer. He is a qualified civil engineer as well. He has directed 30 films, written scripts for 78 movies, penned more than 3,000 songs and has also produced 22 movies.

Sreekumaran Thampi’s 30 selected songs will be rendered by singers, including playback singer Kallara Gopan, during the three-hour show, to be held at the Ashoka Hall of the Indian Cultural Centre (ICC), Abu Hamour.

Thampi Sir will have many amus-ing anecdotes about how each of these songs was created and he him-self has agreed to narrate the story behind each of them to the audience.

Admission is free, but open only to invitees. Chanss-Qatar expect to restrict the audience to 500, includ-ing VIPs, representatives of vari-ous professional and socio-cultural associations affiliated to the ICC, music lovers, Chanss members and their families. For more details call 55504427. The Peninsula

Brazilian Carnival and Bahia Food Festival at Ipanema

The fun of Rio ‘Carnaval’ will be taking over Ipanema res-taurant at Renaissance Doha

City Center Hotel from February 28 till March 4, complete with mocktails, live music and party packs. Rio ‘Carnaval’ (the tradi-tional Portuguese spelling) is a world famous festival held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and is considered to be the biggest carnival in the world. Ipanema, the Brazilian churrascaria in Doha, is known for its wide selec-tion of sizzling meats on skewers, carved at your table by Passadores. Ipanema’s new live band, Brazuqa, will be showcasing their own samba flair, bringing a swinging pace to their authentic Brazilian outfits and playing live each night.

Chef Alexandre Kachan along with his team will be serving sizzling prime meats like spicy Linguica, juicy Picanha, char-grilled chicken and lamb cooked live on an open pit. Ipanema also offers a selection of salads, sides and delicious desserts, including the legendary Creme de Papaya.

They also have Bahia Food Festival every Monday of March as North Eastern Brazilian food takes centre stage. Ipanema is open from Monday-Sunday, 7 days a week from 6.30pm to 11.30pm. The Peninsula

Torch Tea Garden opens doors

Over 7,000 kids take part in Malarvadi painting contest

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‘Welfare’ cars continue to evolve in JapanBy Masanao Umezaki

Automakers are marketing lower-priced mini-cars that provide greater accessibility to accommodate people with limited mobility, including the elderly and people with physical handicaps. Such vehi-

cles are designated as “welfare vehicles” by the Japanese government.

The highlight feature of Daihatsu Motor Co’s new Tanto is the door to the front passenger seat, which is much wider than a typical car door when both the front and rear doors are fully opened. This is because the model does not have a partition separating its front and rear doors.

The front passenger seat is also equipped with an electric-powered swivel that can position the seat outside of the car’s cabin, allowing passengers to enter and exit the vehicle via a wide and unobstructed entrance.

A wheelchair can be moved close to the door, allowing the user to move more easily into the car’s passenger seat. The additional width of the doorway works to secure enough space for a helper to assist more easily, with greater freedom to move around.

A 72-year-old man visited a car dealership in Tokyo to look at the new model, released late last year, and its convenience and accessibility features. He said, “Accessible vehicles have been evolving and becoming more and more convenient for people who need assistance and for the people who provide assistance.”

There are two versions of the new Tanto model. One fea-tures a swivel passenger seat. The other has a ramp that allows a person in a wheelchair to board the car without leaving the wheelchair.

The prices of both versions are more than 100,000 yen (about $979) lower than those of earlier models equipped with similar accessibilty features. Prices for the swivel-seat version start at 1.56 million yen (about $14,719), excluding consumption tax.

The same man said, “Because the vehicle is [legally defined as] a mini-car, it is more affordable, even for families with large expenses for nursing or medical care.”

Accessible vehicles for elderly or handicapped passengers are usually thought of as large and expensive. But in recent years, automakers have added lower-priced mini-cars to their accessible vehicle lineups.

Models equipped with movable front passenger seats are especially popular among families, thanks to the more com-fortable ride they offer.

Mitsubishi Motors Corp’s eK Wagon model also comes in two accessible varieties, equipped with either manual or electric movable passengers seats.

The headline feature of Honda Motor Co’s N-WGN is its spacious interior.

Nissan Motor Co markets a lower-priced model of Dayz, available for 1.1 million yen, not including consumption tax.

Suzuki Motor Corp points to fuel efficiency technologies used in its Wagon R models.

The Subaru brand’s Stella model is available in 10 differ-ent colors.

Toyota Motor Corp. is also planning to release a low-priced accessible model of its Ractis, though it does not qualify as a mini-car, with movable passenger seats, selling for between 1.65 million yen and 2.12 million yen, excluding consumption tax.

Accessible vehicles receive preferential taxation.Vehicle models that can store or fix wheelchairs can be

exempted from the consumption tax, which is usually imposed on cars at the time of purchase.

As a result, purchases of such accessible vehicles will be unaffected by the planned consumption tax rate hike.

Although accessible vehicles have been becoming more affordable, they still remain a costly purchase for many people. For those who cannot afford such cars, car rental com-panies have begun offering rental services. Car rental firm Toyota Rental and Lease Co. has about 1,200 branches nationwide and offers accessible car rental services at almost all of its outlets. Customers reserve the vehi-cles by telephone or online. Rental fees for these cars are generally the same as regu-lar vehicles within the same class. However, customers who show certification of physical

disabilities or rehabilitation receive a 10 per-cent discount.

Meanwhile, accessible taxi services offer cus-tomers welfare vehicles together with drivers. About 1,000 taxi operators in the All Japan Welfare Taxi Association Corp. drive vans that can accommodate customers with wheelchairs. A reservation is required for these services, and fares differ by region. In cases where customers need assistance from the driver, an additional fee is charged. As a result, the total fare for such taxis is usually around 20 percent higher than a normal taxi fare. WP-Bloomberg

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By L V Anderson

As a rule, deep-frying things is a good idea. Frying transforms croissant dough into a treat that otherwise

reasonable people are willing to wait hours for. It transforms dry, bland Thanksgiving turkey into a moist, juicy marvel. It transforms broccoli into the kind of upscale restaurant appetizer that gets chefs book deals. You will be hard-pressed to find an ingredient that doesn’t benefit from a plunge in the deep-fryer, is what I’m saying.

And yet one fried food continues to dominate Americans’ fried food consumption: French fries. They play a part in about 13 percent of restaurant meals ordered in this country. They are our No. 1 national potato-product export. They are one of the very few fried foods that do not even mention their primary ingredi-ent in their names. They are on a Madonna-like single-name basis with the world — we mostly just call them fries, not French fried potatoes.

I’ll eat however many French fries you put in front of me. French fries are indisputably a wonderful food. But their reputation as the zenith of deep-fried foods seems unexamined

at best. They’re not the most inter-esting deep-fried potato dish: latkes, tater tots, and hash browns all have more pleasurable textures. They’re not even the tastiest deep-fried fry-shaped thing.

That title belongs to chickpea fries: crispy-on-the-outside, moist-on-the-inside little batons made from garbanzo bean flour and whatever other flavourings you care to add to them. They’re an American varia-tion on panelle de ceci, garbanzo flour

fritters that are often served on rolls or as bite-sized rounds or squares in southern Italy (France, too).

With a smooth, dense, and cus-tard-like interior, chickpea fries are far more satisfying than the starchy potato version. (They’re also higher in protein and fibre, if you’re con-cerned about such things when you eat fried foods.)

Chickpea fries are arguably easier to make than French fries, as well. They take a little extra time, but the

technique itself is child’s play com-pared to the endless, fiddly peeling and julienning required for French fries. You make a quick stiff batter on the stovetop, let it cool and harden in a pan, cut it into sticks (which takes about a minute), and fry away. If you’re planning on serving them at a dinner party (obviously, they pair great with everything), you can do everything except for the frying a day or two in advance.

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Rosemary Chickpea Fries

Yield: 4 to 6 servingsTime: About 1 1/2 hours, largely unattended

IngredientsOil for greasing the pan1 cup chickpea flour2 cups vegetable or chicken stock1/2 teaspoon dried rosemarySalt and black pepperCanola or light olive oil for deep-frying

Method:Grease an 8- or 9-inch square pan.

Put the chickpea flour, stock, and rosemary in a medium saucepan; season with salt and pepper and whisk to combine.

Cook over medium heat, whisking constantly, until the mixture is very thick, 7 to 10 minutes.

Spread the chickpea flour mixture as evenly as pos-sible into the greased pan, cover with foil or plastic wrap, and refrigerate until firm, at least 1 hour.

Put at least 2 inches of the canola or light olive oil in a large, deep pot over medium-high heat.

Cut the chickpea flour cake into 1/2-by-3-inch strips. Add one of the strips to the oil to test whether it’s hot enough; the oil should immediately bubble vigorously.

Working in batches, cook the remaining strips until deep golden brown, 3 to 5 minutes. Transfer the strips to paper towels to drain, season with salt, and serve hot.

How to make better fries

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Yami relates to Total Siyapaa character

Actress Yami Gautam says she can relate to

her character in her forth-coming film Total Siyapaa because she has experienced the same situations in real life.

A cross-border love story, Yami is seen as Punjabi girl Asha who falls in love with a Pakistani, Aman, played by Pakistani singer-actor Ali Zafar.

“I think in terms of situ-ations and gravity of the problems, I am little closer to Asha,” Yami said while promoting her film.

She says there are days when you think “today eve-rything will be perfect” as “I have planned everything. I will get the guy to meet my mom, will do this and that... will have everything under my control, but eventually everything happens just opposite.”

“So, I have had these situations and I know how it feels at that time,” added the actress who bowed in Bollywood with Vicky Donor.

However, she feels unlike her, Asha is over-confident.“Asha is a bit over-confident. You would have seen in the teaser that

how cleverly she tells only half-truth to her mom that he is a Muslim. But she keeps the other part of the story hidden,” Yami said.

Directed by E Niwas and written by Neeraj Pandey, Total Siyapaa also features Kirron Kher and Anupam Kher. It is slated to release on March 7.

JLo to play cop in TV drama

Actress-singer Jennifer Lopez is expanding her presence on the small

screen. She has landed a new role as an undercover cop in an upcoming drama.

The 44-year-old will play the lead role in Shades of Blue, a new crime show focus-ing on a single-mother detective who is recruited to work for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, reports contactmusic.com.

“Jennifer is an extraordinary talent and life force, and we’re delighted to be in business with her,” said Jennifer Salke, of America’s NBC TV network.

“We’re especially excited that Jennifer is returning to her acting roots and we know that she will create this complicated character in a vivid way that will breathe

new life into the cop show genre,” Salke added.The production of the show is expected to begin next year.Lopez began her career on TV as a dancer for sketch show In Living

Color, but she has most recently been seen on the small screen as part of TV talent competitions such as American Idol and her own Latin show Q’Viva! The Chosen.

Ben Kingsley joins cast of James Dean

Oscar winning British actor Ben Kingsley joins Robert Pattinson and

Dane DeHaan in photographer-turned-filmmaker Anton Corbijn’s much-antic-ipated movie James Dean.

Italian actress Alessandra Mastronardi will also be part of the project, in which DeHaan will play tragic movie icon James Dean, reports contactmusic.com.

The film revolves around a 1955 road trip that actor James Dean took with Life Magazine photographer Dennis Stock, months before his death. Stock is credited

with taking some of the most iconic images of Dean.It’s not clear what roles Kingsley and Mastronardi will play in the movie.

Alec Baldwin bids goodbye to public life

Actor Alec Baldwin, who has been in the spotlight for 30 years, has said

goodbye to his public life.The 55 year-old actor has penned an

essay, published in New York Magazine’s Vulture, where he talks about life in the public eye, reports contactmusic.com.

“I just can’t live in New York anymore. Everything I hated about Los Angeles, I’m beginning to crave. LA is a place where you live behind a gate, you get in a car, your interaction with the public is mini-mal. I used to hate that. But New York has changed,” Baldwin wrote.

“It’s goodbye to public life. I’ve lived this for 30 years, I’m done with it,” he added.

By Ann Hornaday

It seems like just yesterday that Hayao Miyazaki, the master of Japanese anime, was making his US theatrical debut with The Princess Mononoke” a lush,

deeply imagined environmental alle-gory. That 1997 movie was the first time many American filmgoers entered Miyazaki’s world of myth, magic and lyrical, finely detailed imagery; hap-pily, there are now generations of chil-dren who have grown up cherishing such Miyazaki classics as My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki’s Delivery Service, Spirited Away and Howl’s Moving Castle the way their parents played and re-played Snow White, 101 Dalmatians and The Aristocats.

With The Wind Rises, which has earned an Academy Award nomination for best animated feature, Miyazaki has made something of a departure from the themes and visual language that has constituted the house style of his Studio Ghibli. The digression feels all the more startling in that the 73-year-old filmmaker has announced that this will be his last film.

The story of World War II fighter plane designer Jiro Horikoshi may be highly fictionalised and suffused with Miyazaki’s characteristic sensitivity and breathtaking vistas, but it none-theless feels more earthily literal than the director’s standard family-friendly fare. This isn’t your kids’ Miyazaki.

With that caveat in mind, it’s pos-sible to admire and even enjoy the world that Miyazaki invites viewers

to enter, in this case Japan during the 1920s and ‘30s, when the nearsighted, airplane-obsessed Horikoshi, unable to become a pilot, instead turns to engineering the flying machines that course through his dreams like giant, enchanted birds.

As often as not, he also dreams of an Italian aeronautical designer named Caproni, who appears throughout The Wind Rises like a benevolent muse. Miyazaki uses Horikoshi’s life to illu-minate some of the most distressing chapters of Japanese history, includ-ing the country’s crippling economic depression, the devastating Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 and a tuber-culosis epidemic that, in the film, winds up playing a role in Horikoshi’s court-ship of his wife, Nahoko.

There are no fanciful creatures in The Wind Rises and, with the exception of a few nods toward Japan’s animist tradition, few instances of Miyazaki’s taste for the supernatural. But the movie still possesses the filmmaker’s characteristic sense of wonderment, as Horikoshi embraces his vocation with studious devotion: He can find as much inspiration in a mackerel bone or wak-ing dream as he can in a blueprint or slide rule.

Younger viewers may not be so transported as the protagonist by talk of flush rivets, aluminum flanges and retracting undercarriages, but Miyazaki manages to cast a mesmer-izing spell over even those quotid-ian objects, capturing and conveying Horikoshi’s own passion for industrial design, as well as his dawning dread

as to their end use — in his case, as the notorious “Zero” planes flown by kamikaze pilots during the war. (The fact that Horikoshi’s inventions played such a deadly role in Japan’s military effort has led some observers to accuse the filmmaker of glorifying, or at least glossing over, Japan’s war machine.)

Although the thoughtful, pacifistic designer clearly harbours misgivings that what he regards as morally neu-tral work will end in destruction and slaughter, the most eloquent voice of doom in The Wind Rises belongs to Werner Herzog, who voices a myste-rious German man Horikoshi encoun-ters during an extended stay at a rustic hotel.

Somehow Herzog’s eerie cadences fit perfectly with his Cassandra-like character, just as it’s fitting that the rest of the characters aren’t nearly

as recognizable. (Horikoshi is voiced by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Nahoko by Emily Blunt and Caproni by Stanley Tucci.)

Visually, The Wind Rises is a thing of sensual, contemplative poetry, from the pearlescent cloudscapes and ver-dant countryside of Horikoshi’s youth to the hulking gray factories he visits in prewar Germany as a young man.

Of Miyazaki’s many gifts as a film-maker, perhaps the most subtle is the way he honours time and silence and stillness, values that are in lamenta-bly short supply in most modern-day productions.

The Wind Rises possesses an almost courtly sense of innocence, even as Horikoshi’s purity of purpose gives way to historical forces outside his con-trol, and beautiful dreams give way to nightmares. WP-Bloomberg

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Didn’t know Alia could sing: Mahesh Bhatt

Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt, whose daughter Alia Bhatt has crooned a song in her second film Highway, says he had no idea she could sing as well.

“It was a surprise for me! I had no idea that she also sings so well. When she become versatile, we have no idea,” the 65-year-old said.

Alia has crooned “Sooha saha” for the movie. The 20-year-old is getting a good response for her performance in Highway, a road film directed by Imtiaz Ali.

Alia recently said that she would love to be in a film made by her father, but Mahesh Bhatt says there are no plans for this as yet.

“No, we don’t think that way. We make films and it’s not like we have decided not to work together. She has her own journey, if there is some-thing, then we will do it otherwise it’s not necessary,” he said.

Not portraying Rahul Gandhi: Jackky

Actor Jackky Bhagnani is playing a politician in Youngistaan, but his role is not modeled on Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi.

“I am interested in politics and I have always kept a tab on it. You may find the similarity in the looks, but I am not portraying Rahul Gandhi in the film,” Jackky said.

Directed by Syed Ahmad Afzal, the film also featuring late actor Farooque Sheikh and Neha Sharma will hit the screens March 28.

Recalling his shooting experience with Farooque, who will be seen in a prominent role in Youngistaan, Jackky said: “Farooque Sheikhji is play-ing my kind of father. It is a triangle love story between me, Neha and Farooque sir’s character.”

Farooque Sheikh died of a sudden cardiac arrest in Dubai in December last year. He was 65.

“For Farooque sir’s character, he was our first choice because looking at him you realise, he is the most clean person...he’s so experienced, but he would hardly talk about himself.”

ENVIRONMENTPLUS | WEDNESDAY 26 FEBRUARY 201410

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Chinese authorities are shutting factories and limiting the number ofvehicles on roads in an effort to curb persistent dense smog hovering

over Beijing and other northern cities

0-50Air quality

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AIR POLLUTION IN MAJOR CHINESE CITIESData as of February 2520:00 local time(GMT +8)

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Shenyang

Tangshan

Changchun

Taiyuan

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Harbin

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HEALTH / FITNESS 11

Pine bark helps in fitness, recovery: Study

Struggling to stick with your fitness routine? Research shows that the bark from pine

trees could help in keeping you fit.A scientific study, published in a recent issue

of The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness, shows that the extract is effective in reducing muscle soreness and cramping and also in improving performance and endurance, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

The study was conducted on 147 recreational athletes. They were divided into two groups - one group supplemented their diet with the pine bark extract, known as Pycnogenol and the other did not. Results of the eight week trial showed that those who took the supplement, finished a two mile-run two minutes faster than at the start of the trial.

“This study provides evidence that daily sup-plementation of Pycnogenol offers a natural approach to help reduce post-workout muscu-lar pain, increase levels of physical performance and get you training again sooner,” said Gianni Belcaro, lead researcher of the study.

“Pycnogenol, along with good training and proper nutrition, may help to significantly improve physi-cal fitness and reduce oxidative stress and muscular pain in both those who exercise recreationally and triathletes,” added Belcaro.

Men healthier, happier than women: Survey

Men are healthier and happier about their appearance than women in general,

according to a new survey.Health and Happiness, a nationwide study of

2,000 men and women found that men reported a higher rate of happiness when it came to their weight, shape, appearance, and the way they are perceived by others.

Women, on the other hand, were found to be more self-conscious and slightly less satisfied with their happiness levels at around 49 percent. Women are also much more likely to try diet-ing compared to men, reports femalefirst.co.uk. Men don’t feel stressed as often either. Almost 60 percent of male respondents said they only felt stressed once a month, whereas 60 percent of women said they felt anxious once a week or more.

Over 70 percent of men also claim they rarely felt depressed or had mood swings, compared to half of women who admitted to feeling low or unhappy at least once a month, if not more.

Headaches, bloating or poor digestion were less of a problem among men. Almost half of them said they rarely got headaches, compared to 64 percent women who said they experienced them at least once a month or more.

“The general perception is that women are more health conscious, but what this survey shows is that women do actually have more health issues to deal with, especially relating to digestion, mood, anxiety and sleep,” said leading nutrition expert, Patrick Holford, who conducted the research.

“The results also show that respondents, regardless of their gender, considered the absence of disease to be an indicator of good health. But being healthy means more than that - it’s abundance of well-being indicated by good energy levels, a stable mood and a sharp mind, all of which achieve optimum health,” added Holford.

Agencies

By C E Huggins

Overweight and obese women who gain too few pounds, or even lose weight, during pregnancy may be

putting their unborn child at risk, a new study suggests.

“While many people recom-mend that weight loss in preg-nancy, particularly for very obese women is ok . . . (there) may be adverse effects,” said Dr Patrick Catalano, director of the Center for Reproductive Health at MetroHealth in Cleveland, Ohio.

“We don’t have much data, in particular on body composition changes in overweight (or) obese women who lose weight,” said Catalano, who led the new study. “Maybe we need to be a little bit more careful before we are just glib about saying it’s ok.”

Research has offered evidence of many risks posed by obesity to mother and fetus during preg-nancy, up to and beyond the point of delivery.

Obese mothers are at raised risk of early spontaneous abortion and fetal birth defects. Later on, there is a higher chance of gesta-tional diabetes and preeclampsia. At delivery, obese mothers are more likely to need a cesarean-section and to have postpartum wound infections.

The newborns of obese moth-ers are at risk of being overly large for their gestational age and that has been tied to childhood obesity.

The US Institute of Medicine (IOM) issued guidelines in 2009 recommending that obese women gain between 5 and 9 kilograms (11

to 20 pounds) during pregnancy, which is somewhat less than the gain recommended for women who start pregnancy at a normal weight.

However, some researchers have suggested that for obese women, little to no weight gain, and even weight loss, is preferable during pregnancy to minimise the risks associated with obesity.

The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommends that individualized care be given to overweight or obese women who wish to gain less weight than recommended by the IOM.

Yet, little is known about the fetal health risks associated with weight loss or limited weight gain by overweight or obese women during pregnancy.

To investigate, Catalano, who was involved in developing the 2009 IOM guidelines, and his co-authors examined the effects of any weight loss or a weight gain of less than IOM’s minimum 5 kg (11lbs).

They looked at 1,241 full-term singleton pregnancies among overweight and obese women.

Most (85 percent) of the women gained more than the IOM’s mini-mum 5 kg during pregnancy, aver-aging a gain of 14.4 kg (32 lbs).

In contrast, 15 percent of the study participants had weight gains below IOM’s minimum, averaging a gain of just 1.1 kg (2.4 pounds) while pregnant.

Infants born to women who gained little or no weight during pregnancy tended to be small for their gestational age, and had less lean body mass and less fat mass than infants born to women who gained more than 5 kg, Catalano

and his team report in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

These infants also had a lower percentage of body fat, a smaller head circumference, lower birth weight and were smaller in length than infants born to women who gained more than 5 kg during pregnancy.

The results held when the authors took into account the mothers’ pre-pregnancy weight, smoking status, glucose tolerance (a measure of pre-diabetes or diabetes) and other factors that may have influenced the infants’ development.

Infants born to 46 women who lost weight during pregnancy were also small for their gestational age and had decreased lean and fat mass, lower birth weight and a lower percentage of body fat.

In contrast, infants born to women who gained more than the IOM minimum were more likely to be large for their gesta-tional age. Among infants born to women who gained more than 5 kg, 13 percent were large for their gestational age. In comparison, 7.5 percent of infants born to women who gained 5 kg or less were large.

“Everyone agrees having a very big baby is not good,” Catalano said. However, “the loss of lean mass may have long-term conse-quences” as well, he said.

What’s the bottom line for obese and overweight women? “Lose weight between pregnan-cies,” Catalano recommends. “We just don’t know if it’s safe to do during pregnancy.”

SOURCE: bit . ly/1d6I6zG American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, online February 11, 2014.

Reuters


Pregnancy not the best time to lose weight: Study

TECHNOLOGYPLUS | WEDNESDAY 26 FEBRUARY 201412

By Paul Sandle

Samsung Electronics unveiled a new smartwatch and fitness band along with the latest ver-sion of its Galaxy smartphone,

demonstrating how the battleground for innovation is shifting from the hand to the wrist.

The world’s biggest smartphone maker set a trend less than six months ago for wearable devices that link to mobile handsets with its Galaxy Gear watch, which has seen rivals like Sony and Huawei follow in its wake.

The switch in focus also underlines the challenges the South Korean firm is facing. Low-price Chinese rivals are churning out products that look increasingly similar at a time when smartphone sales have started to ease, taking a toll on Samsung’s earnings.

To fight back, Samsung is taking a less glitzy marketing approach to control costs. It has also performed a U-turn, abandoning its previous heavy focus on sweeping hardware improve-ments to highlight more subtle features in its devices and accessories in a bid to appeal to a wider audience.

“With the Galaxy S5, Samsung is going back to basics,” JK Shin, co-chief executive and president of Samsung’s mobile business, told an audience of Samsung employees, partners and media at the annual Mobile World Congress technology trade show in Barcelona. Samsung will roll out the

S5 globally on April 11, with pricing details yet to be disclosed.

“Our consumers do not want eye-popping technology or the most com-plex technology,” he said. Instead, they want beautiful design, a better camera, faster connectivity and technology that would help them keep fit, Shin said.

Market expectations for the new S5, one of Samsung’s marquee prod-uct launches this year, remain sub-dued given its comparative lack of innovation.

“The Galaxy S5 has great features and will probably sell well due to mas-sive marketing support,” Forrester Research analyst Thomas Husson said. “But is the total product experi-ence it offers differentiated enough to continue the sales success story? Is it enough to bet on fitness and finger-print sensors to beat Apple - rooting the experience in people’s daily lives? I don’t think so.”

The Galaxy S5, which will be availa-ble in April, has a slightly bigger screen than its predecessor, at 5.1 inches com-pared with 5 inches, improved cam-era technology and better protection against water and dust, Samsung said.

It also has a fingerprint scanner on the home button, which rival Apple introduced in the iPhone 5S last year. The function can be used to protect data and provide security credentials in a swipe.

“It’s very unlikely for the S5 sales to top its predecessor S4’s performance

during the key initial sales period,” said Lee Seung-woo, an analyst at IBK Securities in Seoul. “I think sales would come in fewer than 20 million units in the first three months of the launch.”

At a relatively low-key launch event in Barcelona, Samsung also unveiled the Gear 2 smartwatch, which runs on the Tizen operating system rather than Google’s Android software, and a stripped-down version called Gear 2 Neo, which doesn’t have a camera.

The devices can monitor the wear-er’s heart rate, a function used in

increasingly popular health and fitness apps, or individual programs.

The Samsung Gear Fit, also target-ing the fitness sector, has a heart rate monitor, too, as does the Samsung Galaxy S5 itself, a first for a smart-phone, Samsung said.

The Gear Fit has a curved touch-sensitive screen and its features include a pedometer, Samsung said.

Shares in Samsung, Asia’s most valuable technology company with a market value of $204 billion, rose 0.6 percent, versus a 0.7 percent gain in the wider market. Reuters

By Samuel Gibbs

Sony’s new Xperia Z2 Tablet is a thin, light and waterproof pre-mium Android tablet aimed squarely at Apple’s iPad Air.

Sony is bucking the trend of budget-focused 7in-Android tablets, like the Tesco Hudl and the Google Nexus 7, with a new full-size 10in tablet made with thin and light premium materials.

“This is the world’s slimmest and light-est waterproof tablet and features the best of Sony’s technologies across screens, cameras, audio and PlayStation,” Calum MacDougall, head of mobile marketing at Sony, said.

The Xperia Z2 tablet feels almost as light as some smaller 7in tablets in the hand, yet has all the features and power expected of a premium tablet, with Qualcomm’s newest top-of-the-line proc-essor, 4G LTE and a vibrant full HD screen.

It is both thinner and lighter than the iPad Air, at just 6.4mm thick and weighing only 426g compared to the iPad’s 7.5mm and 469g frame, while being 0.5mm and 69g lighter than last year’s Sony Xperia Tablet Z. For comparison, Google’s 7in Nexus 7 weighs 340g and is 10.45mm thick.

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 2.3GHz quad-core processor at its heart, new for this year, makes the Z2 tablet one of the most powerful available. Fitted with 3GB of RAM for multitasking, two storage options are available - 16 or 32GB - while

the tablet has a microSD card slot for adding up to 64GB extra space.

The tablet runs the latest version of Google’s Android software 4.4.2 KitKat too, which Sony has lightly customised bundling its own apps and services such as the Music and Movies Unlimited subscription services.

Sony has thought about how people hold and use their tablets, placing the speakers on the front edge either side of the screen where they are unlikely to be blocked by hands. They sound loud and clear, if a little tiny owing to their size, but placed either side

of the screen produce audible stereo sound separation, something that is rare on port-able devices.

A first for a tablet, Sony has also built dig-ital noise-cancelling technology directly into the tablet. All the processing and powering of the active noise cancelling (ANC) system is integrated into the tablet using a special set of Sony earphones. In doing so, the weight of the separate battery and circuitry is removed making using the ANC earphones a lot less cumbersome.

The earphones are an optional extra for the Z2 Tablet, but sound rich, full-range and balanced.

The Z2 Tablet, which feels great to hold, is made of premium materials with metal edges and a light but sturdy aluminium frame. The back of the tablet is clad in a ceramic-like plastic, available in black and white, which provides plenty of grip.

Sony’s new tablet is thinner and lighter than any other full-size tablet, including Apple’s iPad Air.

Sony has built on the solid start it made with the original Xperia Tablet Z with the new Z2 Tablet, and has shown that iPad-rivalling premium Android tablets do exist. Whether people will buy them, given the advantage Apple has with its comprehen-sive tablet-focused app range, remains to be seen.

The Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet will be available by the end of March with 16 or 32GB storage and Wi-Fi or 16GB and 4G.

The Guardian

Samsung debuts wearables and Galaxy S5

Sony’s Xperia Z2 tablet aims to compete with iPad Air

COMICS & MORE 13

Hoy en la HistoriaFebruary 26, 1919

1815: Napoleon escaped from the island of Elba in an attempt to regain the throne of France1839: Britain’s Grand National horse race was run for the first time1901: The leaders of China’s Boxer Rebellion, Chi-hsui and Hsu Cheng-yu, were beheaded in public2003: A collection of paintings by Henri Matisse, containing over 100 works, was donated to New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Grand Canyon National Park was established in Arizona. The horizontal strata, carved out by the Colorado River, retrace two billion years of geological history

Picture: Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS

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

ALTO, ANTHEM, ARIA, BALLAD, BAND, BARITONE, BASS, BLUES,CHOIR, CHORISTER, CLASSICAL, COMBO, CONTRALTO,COUNTRY MUSIC, DUET, ETUDE, FOLK SONG, GOSPEL MUSIC,GROUP, OPERA, HIP HOP, HYMN, JAZZ, KARAOKE, LULLABY,MADRIGAL, MUSICAL, NEW WAVE, POP SONG, PSALM, RAPPER,REFRAIN, RHAPSODY, ROCK, SERENADE, SONATA, SOPRANO,SWING, SYMPHONY, TENOR.

LEARN ARABIC

Baby Blues by Jerry Scott and Rick Kirkman

Zits by Dennis Young and Denis Lebrun

Hagar The Horrible by Chris Browne


Adjectives

Broad Wasiç

Narrow �ayyiq

Beautiful �ameel

Ugly Qabee�

Big Kabeer

Small �a�eer

New �adeed

Old Qadeem

Long �aweel

Short Qa�eer

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HYPER SUDOKU

CROSSWORD

CROSSWORDS

YESTERDAY’S ANSWER

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 Judge’s garment 5 Plant with fronds 9 Book after Jonah14 Zenith15 Et ___ (and others)16 Machine at a

construction site17 Lofty18 Last ones in the pool,

say20 Chicago Cubs spring

training site22 Hosp. areas for accident

victims23 Actress Thurman24 Pattern for many 1960s

T-shirts26 “Rag Mop” hitmakers,

195032 Prefix with task33 Unmannered sort34 Lawbreaker, in police

lingo38 E.P.A.-proscribed

compound, for short39 New Jersey’s capital42 Menagerie

43 Hoax45 Bone: Prefix46 Chinese or Japanese48 You’ve heard it many

times before51 1986 Tom Cruise/Val

Kilmer action film54 ___ de cologne55 “You ___ what you eat”56 Metal-joining technique63 Salon65 Clothes presser66 Philosopher John who

posited a theory of social contract

67 Unabridged dictionary, e.g.

68 Mrs. Charlie Chaplin69 White from fright, say70 Library ID71 Flat-bottomed boat

DOWN 1 Chicago mayor Emanuel 2 “The Andy Griffith

Show” boy 3 Panhandles 4 Deplete

5 ___, Straus and Giroux (book publisher)

6 “The Time Machine” people

7 “Puttin’ on the ___” 8 Western mil. alliance 9 QB Steve who won a

Payton Award10 Fury11 Like animals in a

42-Across12 Furious13 Hermann who wrote

“Steppenwolf”19 Intestinal prefix21 Circumference25 Mind reader’s ability,

briefly26 Concert blasters27 “Thank you very ___”28 Exile isle for Napoleon29 Seriously overweight30 Kemo Sabe’s sidekick31 Equivalent of five

houses in Monopoly35 Basso Pinza36 Lion’s sound37 Smallish equine

40 McCain : 2008 :: ___ : 2012

41 ___ decongestant44 Where the Knicks play

in N.Y.C.47 Small apartments49 Jane who wrote “Pride

and Prejudice”50 Become more intense51 Small Indian drum52 Nabisco cookies

53 Fruit with a pit57 Italian wine area58 Conductance units59 Where a baby develops60 Camaro ___-Z61 Something you might

get your hand slapped for doing

62 Chew like a beaver64 Luau instrument,

informally

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

14 15 16

17 18 19

20 21 22

23 24 25

26 27 28 29 30 31

32 33 34 35 36 37

38 39 40 41 42

43 44 45 46 47

48 49 50

51 52 53 54

55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62

63 64 65

66 67 68

69 70 71

D R A W E R B A S I L I C AR E M O R A A R C H I V A LE L I J A H H A R A K I R IW O R T M A I M V E E P SA S S Y R S A I L E D

L O T T S A N T A N AP A R A G U A Y M O O C O WO R E U R B A N I I I V AR I E S E N W I N D Y D A YT A K E S T O G A E A

A T O N C E A N D E SS A S H A F O R T G R A ML O C A T I O N R A T I T EE N I W E T O K E C Z E M AD E S K S E T S F E E D E R

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

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

YESTERDAY’S ANSWER

14

EASY SUDOKUCartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate

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


CINEMA / TV LISTINGS 15

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Editor-In-Chief Khalid Al Sayed Acting Managing Editor Hussain Ahmad Editorial Office The Peninsula Tel: 4455 7741, E-mail: [email protected] / [email protected]

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

• Many citizens have called on people

not to buy special numbers for cars and

mobile phones, as traders are competing

to buy them and resell them at much

higher prices, which is pushing up the

prices to illogical levels.

• There are complaints from some people

about the shortage of fuel stations in

Doha and the lack of signs indicating

their location, which is helpful for people

who do not know the country very well.

• It has been suggested that the authorities

set up a hospital for combating obesity,

treating stomach problems related to

it, and for related surgery, instead of

keeping people waiting for a long time

or forcing them to travel abroad for

treatment.

• A number of citizens and trainees have

urged the authorities to review the

training programme in driving schools,

recruit qualified trainers and bring the

training under the supervision of the

Traffic Department. Many people believe

this will reduce traffic accidents.

• Many parents say there should be more

parking space in front of schools as

narrow roads put schoolchildren’s lives

in danger during the rush at the school

opening and closing hours.

• Some people have demanded that

the authorities develop green areas,

public parks, entrainment facilities and

shopping centres in the open spaces in

different parts of Doha.

• People have demanded that the

authorities fill the swamps created by

extraction of groundwater, and said safety

measures should be taken to ensure that

no one gets stuck in the swamps.

IN FOCUS

A jet ski at Doha port.

by Shivani Thakur

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Mohamed Jassim Al Othman, Board Member, Qatar Project Management (QPM)

He holds the role of Director

Group Real Estate Assets

Management at Barwa

Real Estate and is a board member

in Barwa’s ‘Masaken’ residential

development, Barwa Village, Barwa

Commercial Avenue and Barwa City

developments. He was earlier the

Director of the Technical Affairs for

Amiri Diwan, and Head of Technical

Services Section for the Ministry of

Municipal Affairs & Agriculture. He

got a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical

Engineering from the University of

Colorado in Denver, US.

Who’s who

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Upcoming ConcertsAround the World with the Vienna Boys Choir When: March 1-2; 7:30pmWhere: Opera House, Katara Cultural

Village Building 16

What: Han-Na Chang, music directorSiwar (JCC Children’s Choir)Nabih El Khatib, choirmasterThe Vienna Boys ChoirBomi Kim, choirmaster Tickets: QR75-300

Fathi Hassan: The Depth of Hope When: Until Feb 27 Where: VCUQatar Gallery

What: With invented, Kufic-inspired scripts, Egyptian-Sudanese artist Fathi Hassan plays with the symbols, textures and calligraphy of his Nubian heritage to explore the space between graphic symbolism and literal meaning in vibrant colours and collage. Free Entry

Radiant When: Until Mar 29Where: Museum of Islamic Arts What: The Museum of Islamic Arts in partnership with East Wing, presents a photographic exhibition featuring artwork by German artist Antje Hanebeck. Free Entry

Behind the Veil When: March 9 - April 12; 10am-10pmWhere: Katara Building Number 12 What: A tribute to the grande dame of photography, Eve Arnold, and celebrates her legendary career that spanned nearly half a century as a photojournalist social commentator and documentor. She is known for her portraits of Hollywood heavy weights such as Joan Crawford and Marilyn Monroe.Free Entry

Massimo Banzi: Crossing Boundaries When: Mar 26Where: VCUQatar AtriumWhat: Massimo Banzi is the co-founder of the Arduino project. He is an interaction designer, educator and open source hardware advocate. He has worked as a consultant for clients such as: Prada, Artemide, Persol, Whirlpool, V&A Museum and Adidas.Free Entry

Kings and Pawns When: March 19 - June 21Where: Museum of Islamic Arts What: This exhibition uncovers the history of board games in the Islamic world, from India to Spain between 7th and 20th century. King and Pawns features game-boards, Persian and Arabic chess manuals, paintings and illustrated manuscripts.Free Entry

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