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Some of the exhibits at Belgium’s Museum for Central Africa anger many visitors for the way they portray African people and Belgium’s brutal colonial past. Now Belgium wants to change that, at least a little. It is spending €66m to modernise the museum and put a new face on the colonial experience.

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By John O’Donnell

At the entrance to Belgium’s Museum for Central Africa stands a giant golden statue of a European missionary with an African boy clutch-

ing his robes, along with a plaque that reads: “Belgium brings civilisation to Congo”.

The statue and some of the exhibits inside anger many visitors for the way they portray African people and Belgium’s brutal colonial past.

Now Belgium wants to change that, at least a little. It is spending €66m ($90m) to modernise the museum, set in rolling gardens outside Brussels, and put a new face on the colonial experience.

But the golden missionary will stay, as will many other symbols of local ‘savages’, including a statue of the ‘leopard man’, a native wearing a mask poised to attack his sleeping victim. The decisions about what to keep raise questions about the extent to which Belgium is facing up to its past even now, more than five decades since Congo won its independence.

Guido Gryseels, the museum’s director, says it’s a delicate balancing act.

“We will be very critical, but what we want to do is provide the elements to the visitor so that he can make up his own mind. There are a lot of good things that happened too.

“What was realised in terms of infra-structure, roads, airports, ports, educa-tion, health facilities, research, is really quite incredible,” he said.

Some people reject that position out-right. Belgium left just a few dozen Congolese university graduates and an economy built chiefly to supply Belgium with raw materials. Even today, there is just 2,000 km (1,250 miles) of paved road in a nation the size of Western Europe.

Millions of Congolese are estimated to have died and the country was decimated between 1885 and 1908 after King Leopold II declared Congo his personal property.

The king’s troops were ordered to col-lect the hands of victims, often shot for resisting slave labour, to prove they had not wasted bullets. Leopold even imported Congolese for a human zoo to show life in the country he never visited. Some died of influenza and are buried near the museum.

Adam Hochschild, author of King Leopold’s Ghost, an acclaimed 1998 book that describes Leopold’s unrestrained plunder of Congo, said he has been sur-prised at many Belgians’ ignorance of what happened in colonial times.

“When I was researching King Leopold’s Ghost ... I did find many Belgians who were extremely aware of the brutal side of colonial rule,” he said. “But there was a much larger number of people who found the story something totally unknown.”

Colonial ghosts Colonial ghosts haunt Belgiumhaunt Belgium

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Corpses, Elephants and UraniumBelgium may not be the power it once

was, but its people are among the rich-est Europeans. Much of that prosperity can be traced to the colonial past, when the country stood among the globe’s most successful trading economies.

Over the first six decades of the 20th century, ivory, rubber, copper and diamonds all flowed from Africa to Belgium. The royal family’s wealth is reflected in its sprawling palace, extended by Leopold and modelled on Versailles.

Unsurprisingly, the museum’s col-lection — from human corpses to stuffed elephants to the uranium used for the Hiroshima nuclear bomb — tells the story of Belgium as much as Congo, now Democratic Republic of Congo.

“Until 1960, thanks to Congo, Belgium was one of the most power-ful states in the world,” said Gryseels.

“The colonial period is when Belgium was one of the superpowers. A lot of people feel nostalgic about the good old days.”

That is true for a few people even in Congo today.

“The colonial period brought a kind of logic, brought organisation, to our lives,” Robert Angumba, 77, said from a rickety stand selling paper and sugar in Kinshasa.

Joseph Ibongo, director of the Congolese National Museum in Kinshasa, said the poor state of his own museum, with an inventory roughly one tenth the size of that in Brussels, shows that the crimes of the period remain unresolved, however.

“We are still able to see what really happened here, the brutality of the colonial administration,” he said.

“People had their hands cut off — can we honestly say these were the ‘good old days’? I don’t think so.”

In the more than half-century that Belgium ran Congo from 1908 to 1960, hundreds of thousands of Belgians worked there in everything from busi-ness to colonial administration.

Although links with Africa as a whole remain strong, with more than 700,000 air passengers travelling between Brussels and the continent last year, exports from Congo were little more than €280m.

“Congo is a very emotional topic here in Belgium. There is not a sin-gle Belgian family that did not have a family member that worked in Congo,” Gryseels said.

Walking a TightropeMany Belgians resent the criticism

of their colonial past although few are prepared to say so in public.

One senior Belgian diplomat reflected the views of many of his compatriots when he said he believed the controversy was being stirred up by the old colonial powers — notably Britain — to taint their smaller neigh-bour’s colonial success.

“There is a lot of jealousy in England about Belgium’s success in Congo,” he said, asking not to be named.

Belgian Ludo De Witte, the author of a book that exposed Belgian complicity in the murder of Patrice Lumumba, who helped win Congo’s independence, said it is

an issue that Belgium’s political and business elite would rather sweep under the rug.

“If the Belgian elite represent something, it’s because of the role of Belgium in central Africa,” he said.

“They want to keep it that way. They are still hoping for (global) influ-ence, also economic, when conditions are ok. That’s why they prefer not to touch these difficult issues.”

Museum director Gryseels said the revamped museum will place the exhibits in a fresh “context”.

“It’s walking a tightrope and you’ve got to go step by step,” he said. “Don’t offend them too quickly with too much criticism that everything was bad.”

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Belgium may not be the power it once was, but its people are among the richest Europeans. Much of that prosperity can be traced to the colonial past, when the country stood among the globe’s most successful trading economies.

PLUS | TUESDAY 25 FEBRUARY 20144 CAMPUS

IIS Kindergarten holds dance contestThe kindergarten section of Ideal Indian School organised its annual solo dance competition recently. Around 30 students took part. Dressed in colourful costumes, the tiny tots swayed to the tunes of Hindi, English, Tamil, Malayalam and Arabic songs. Based on their performance, the best dancers in each class were selected and awarded certificates during the KG graduation ceremony.

Thirty Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar (WCMC-Q) students are celebrating being named on the Dean’s Honor

List at a ceremony held at Hamad Bin Khalifa University’s Student Center.

First- and second-year pre-medical students who posted GPA scores of 3.75 or higher in the Fall 2013 term qualified for inclusion on the list, which is announced annually to formally acknowledge achievements of academic excellence.

Students who made the grade for the 2014 Dean’s Honor List are Aya Youssef, Ramez Rawhani, Said Alnajjar, Farah Bshesh, Suresh Menik Arachchige,

George Sadek, Tarek Taha, Yahya Othman, Irfan Helmy, Nada Darwish, Tina Bharani, Merna Hussien, Syeda Razia Haider, Aulia Ahmad, Sahar Abida Mahadik, Mohammed Salama Chaker, Mountasir El Tohami, Ahmad Salah Sami, Farah Al Sayyed, Safa Mahgoub, Nahel Tunio, Youmna Abdelghany, Fatima Al Maadid, Faryal Malick, Nora AlFakhri, Basem Oraby, Imen Becetti, Adham Musthak, Mu Ji Hwang and Hawra Al Lawati.

Dr Javaid Sheikh, Dean of WCMC-Q, presented each of the high-achieving students with an award at the cer-emony as Dr Dietrich Busselberg, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs and

Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, called them to the stage.

Congratulating the students on their achievements, Dr Sheikh said: “Every one of you named on this list has the right to feel very proud of what you have achieved.

“In a very short time, our medical school has reached a standard that allows us to compete with the very best medi-cal schools in the US in terms of quality of teaching, academic achievement and the residency programmes for which our graduates are selected. This success is the result of the hard work of students like yourselves and your predecessors and the wonderful faculty that we have.”

The event also featured a speech by Dr Jehan Al Rayahi, a graduate of WCMC-Q’s inaugural class of 2008.

Dr Al Rayahi, who completed her residency training in radiology at Hamad Medical Corporation in 2012, told the students: “It gives me great pleasure to extend my sincere con-gratulations to all of you for this won-derful achievement. I also congratulate your parents for supporting you, and I urge you to keep working hard towards your goals. There is a lot of hard work ahead, but you have shown that with dedication and perseverance you can achieve great things.”

The Peninsula

Top WCMC-Q students selected for Dean’s Honor ListTop WCMC-Q students selected for Dean’s Honor List

DPS-MIS conducts workshop for teachers

A professional development workshop was organised by DPS-MIS for teachers of the primary section in the school activity room recently. The one-day workshop

conducted by Keith B Heath focused on differentiated instruc-tion and individualised education and assessment of students’ learning.

During the first session, through a series of group activities and a presentation, Keith guided the teachers on the process, purpose and strategies of differentiated instruction. Led by subject experts Charles A G Gron, Hanam Hindi and Chitra, the following break-up session saw the demonstration of these strategies in math, social studies and language lessons.

At the end of the day the teachers left inspired to make use of the instructions received, to make a difference in the lives of their students.

The workshop was coordinated by Vice Principal (Junior Wing) G Mala under the guidance of Principal Asna Nafees.

The Peninsula

Majlis Frogh-e-Urdu Adab, a literary organisation based in Qatar, released the DVD of 17th Aalmi Frogh-e-Urdu Adab Award and Aalmi Mushaira at a function held in Swiss BelHotel recently. Pakistan Embassy Community Welfare Attache Rashid Nizam was the chief guest. Mohammad Atiq, Chairman of the Majlis, presided over the function. The Majlis’ Awards were presented to Nisar Aziz Butt and Nand Kishore Vikram last year. The international Urdu mushaira was presided over by Gulzar Dehlvi from India. Prof Fartash Syed, a local poet, compered the function, while Shaukat Ali Naz, Syed Fahimuddin, Javed Humayun, Ijaz Haider, Furqan Paracha and Amin Motiwala co-ordinated. M S Bukhari gave the vote of thanks.

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For the 12th consecutive year, Sri Lankan Majlis Qatar (SLMQ) organised annual competitions to mark the independence day of Sri Lanka

with the patronage of the Sri Lankan Embassy.The competitions were open to all Sri Lankan chil-

dren living in Qatar and were held at the Embassy’s premises.

Competitions were held in the following activities in four age groups: Colouring, drawing, prepared speech, essay writing.

All winners were awarded with medals, certificates and gifts.

Sri Lankan Ambassador Jayantha Palipane was the chief guest. Sithara Khan, deputy chief of mis-sion at the Embassy, and Lt. Al Ghanem from the Ministry of Interior were the guests of honour.

The Peninsula

SLMQ celebrates Sri Lankan Independence Day

DVD release function

The Waste-Free Environment Day (WFE) is an initiative of the Plastics Committee of

Gulf Petrochemical and Chemicals Association (GPCA).

For the second year in a row, GPCA rolled out the Clean Up, Recycle, Make a Difference – Be Part of the Change initiative all across the GCC by mobilising downstream industries as well as the general public to take part in the Waste-Free Environment Day (WFE).

Discussing the aim of the cam-paign, the Secretary General of the

GPCA, Dr Abdulwahab Al Sadoun, said: “The GPCA is firmly committed to the principle that plastics should not be disposed of irresponsibly; they should be reduced, reused, recycled and finally recovered for their energy value.”

Dr Mohammed Yousef Al Mulla, VC and CEO of Qapco, commented: “We believe that raising awareness about the consequences of irresponsible waste disposal on the environment is one of the first steps towards shaping a sustainable future for our commu-nity and for our country. Hence, we

were delighted that the WFE cam-paign was launched in Qatar as well”.

Commenting on the Waste-Free Environment initiative, Dr Saif bin Ali Al Hajjari, Chairman of Friends of the Environment Center, said: “Our responsibility towards our mother, the earth, is getting greater, especially as our negative practices affect the envi-ronment. But with sincere efforts and initiatives looking at raising the envi-ronmental awareness of corporates and the community, especially school students, this is a great occasion to help our Gulf.”

Twelve schools and one college engaged in beach cleaning activities at Al Wakra beach.

The students were given rubbish bags and gloves in four colours to sort the waste collected according to its category. The clean-up was organ-ised on a 3km stretch of beach. In two hours, the students cleared the shore of plastic waste, glass bottles and other waste material.

Many volunteers from the commu-nity and from downstream producers assisted the students in the work.

The Peninsula

Al Wakra beach clean-up campaign

PLUS | TUESDAY 25 FEBRUARY 20146 MARKETPLACE

Officine Panerai, the Italian watchmaker founded in Florence in 1860, is showcasing a selection

of novelties at the Doha Jewellery & Watches Exhibition (DJWE) 2014 for the seventh year in a row.

The exhibition is being held at Qatar National Convention Center until March 2. Panerai and its partner Ali Bin Ali are presenting a selection of submersible watches.

The Luminor Submersible 1950 3 Days Power Reserve Automatic Bronzo–47mm (PAM00507) evokes images asso-ciated with the sea through its unique bronze case that reacts to the passage of time and effects of the atmosphere by acquiring a patina, which makes every single item unique.

The Luminor Submersible 1950 3 Days Automatic Ceramica-47mm

(PAM00508) is characterised by the absolute darkness which rules in the depths of the sea. With its matt ceramic case, P.9000 manufacture movement, and details inspired by the historic heritage of the brand, it rep-resents a perfect synthesis of history, technology and watchmaking design.

The Luminor Submersible 1950 2500M 3 Days Automatic Titanio - 47mm (PAM00364) offers underwa-ter watch enthusiasts a professional instrument performance up to a guar-anteed depth of 2,500m. The Luminor 1950 case is made of brushed titanium, a material which combines non-aller-genic properties and lightness with the structural robustness required to resist high pressures, external stresses and corrosion. The Peninsula

Panerai showcasing submersible watches at jewellery exhibition

Babyshop has launched its Spring Collection 2014 for children aged zero to 16 years, now available

across all Babyshop stores in Qatar.Sporty, tropical and festive looks

dominate the line in appealing colours that include pastels such as lemon, Peach Melba and vanilla for girls and sporty classics such as astro turf green, solar yellow and cobalt blue for boys. Neon highlights remain a popular choice for details and accent colours.

For girls, the collection has a tropical and festive flair, with a few tribal boho and tie-and-dye influences adding to the mix. Key items for these looks include the all-in-one jumpsuit and overdyed

denim shorts that team up with tropi-cal print tees. The boys’ range offers the well-established varsity look or sporty items like the zip-through track top teamed with jersey sports shorts.

Elizabeth McHale, Head Buyer, Babyshop, shares some tips:

- Spring is the season of outdoor fun and adventure; shop for comfortable ensembles — bright colours and conver-sational prints like birds, clouds and cars.

- Sports fashion is a big trend this season, so make sure you’re on the lookout for sporty denims and shorts with striped or checked tees.

- It’s the best time of the year to stock up on items with graphics

including beads and embroidery and prints with studs and sequins.

- If you are not as adventurous and prefer a slightly more subtle look for your kids, opt for travel-inspired col-ours such as military green and khaki. Buttons, badges and graphics make a great addition to the look.

- Don’t be afraid to mix bright neons with cool pastels.

- Accessories are the perfect comple-ment to a tribal look. Watch out for brightly coloured bracelets and neck-laces. For the perfect finish, pair your kids’ outfits with cool sandals with buckles or animal prints.

The Peninsula

Mövenpick Tower & Suites Doha chief concierge honoured

Mövenpick Tower & Suites Doha has announced that

Chief Concierge Zemri Dauti (pic-tured) has been recognised by Les Clefs d’Or Qatar for his efforts to provide guests outstanding service. Les Clefs d’Or Qatar is an inter-national association of professional hotel concierges in Qatar.

Zemri is part of the first batch of concierges recognised for their skills, efforts and professionalism. Les Clefs d’Or translates to “keys of gold,” and members wear the crossed gold keys on the lapels of their uniforms as a symbol of guar-anteed quality service.

Hailing from Macedonia, Zemri, who speaks ten languages, joined the hotel in 2011 and brings with him ten years of experience in worldwide and international hotel chains and companies.

“To see Zemri recognised for his hard work and excellence by Les Clefs d’Or is real testimony of the passion he has for his career,” commented General Manager Ghada Sadek. “His talent, natu-ral knack for customer service, as well as his positive attitude, are all praised by our guests, which is why he is a true champion in our eyes.”

The Peninsula

Babyshop brings sporty, festive looks to Spring Collection

FOOD 7

Baked Oat Cookies

Ingredients:• 100 grams all-purpose flour (about 3/4 cup)• 1 cup old-fashioned rolled oats• 1/2 tsp baking soda• 1/4 tsp salt• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar• 1/4 cup butter, softened • 1 tsp vanilla extract• 1 large egg • 1/3 cup almond toffee bits• Cooking spray Method:Preheat oven to 350°. Weigh or lightly spoon flour into dry meas-

uring cups; level with a knife.Combine flour, oats, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl;

stir with a whisk. Place sugar and butter in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended (about 5 minutes).

Add vanilla and egg; beat well. Add flour mixture; beat just until combined. Stir in toffee bits.

Drop dough by tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart on 2 baking sheets coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 11 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool on pans 1 minute. Remove cookies from pans; cool completely on wire racks.

Ainuddin Abd Hadi

Healthy Diabetic Fruit Cake

Ingredients:• 2½ cup mixed fruits

• 1 cup orange juice• ¼ cup apple juice• ¾ cup grated raw pumpkin• ¼ cup grated carrots• ¾ cup grated apple• 1 tbs cocoa powder• 1 tsp mixed spice (cardamom & cinnamon)• 2 egg whites lightly beaten• 1¼ cup wholemeal self raising flour • 1 tsp baking powder• ¼ cup skimmed milk powder Method:Combine fruits with orange juice and apple juice. Cook for 10

minutes and let it cool.Stir in the remaining ingredients. Mix well.Spoon into a greased 20cm cake tin.Bake for 22 – 26 minutes in a pre-heated oven at 1600 C. Sheela Abdulrahiman

Apple Sponge Desert

Ingredients:• 3 large Apples• 4 tbsp Sugar• 1/4 cup Water• Sponge topping• 2 ounces Butter• 2 ounces Caster sugar• 1 Egg• 3/4 tsp Vanilla essence• 1 cup Flour• 1/3 cup Milk• 1/2 tsp heaped Baking powder

Method:Peel, core and sliced apple, place in a sauce pan with sugar

and water, cover and cook over medium heat until apples are tender, pour into oven proof dish.

Method for sponge topping:Beat butter and sugar, add vanilla and egg beat well, fold in

sieved flour and baking powder, alternating with milk, put mixture over apples, bake in a preheated oven for 25 minutes on 180 degrees till light golden, and serve with a thin custard or fresh whipped cream.

Zuhaib Ahmed

Cranberry Oat Muffins

Ingredients:• 1 cup of flour (wheat or white)• 2/3 cup quick oats• 2 tsp baking powder• 1/2 tsp baking soda• 1/2 tsp salt• 1 egg• 1/3 cup honey• 1/2 cup milk• 1/2 cup mashed ripe banana• 2 tablespoons coconut oil• 1/2 cup dried cranberries• 1/4 cup chopped pecans

Method:Preheat oven to 400°In a medium bowl, combine flour, oats, baking powder, baking

soda, and salt. Mix and set aside.In a medium mixing bowl, combine egg, honey, milk, banana,

and coconut oil. Beat until smooth. combine both mixtures together.Stir in dried cranberries and pecans.

Grease your muffin pan then fill each place 2/3 of the way full. Bake at 400° for 14-16 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 5 minutes and then let them cool on the cooling rack. Serve warm.

Rafeeq

Baked Chicken with Sweet Potato

Ingredients:• 6 boneless chicken breasts, rinsed and patted dry

WINNER

Mediterranean Roasted Fish and Vegetables

Ingredients:• 3 cloves garlic, divided• 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided• 1 teaspoon anchovy paste (optional)• 2 small fennel bulbs, trimmed, cored and thinly sliced• 1 large onion, sliced• 6 small all-purpose potatoes, such as Yukon Gold,

peeled, halved and thinly sliced• 1 14-ounce can plum tomatoes, drained and chopped,

juice reserved• 1/4 cup water• 1 teaspoon salt, divided• 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper• 3 tablespoons fine dry breadcrumbs• 2 teaspoons fennel seeds, crushed• 1 teaspoon freshly grated lemon zest• 1 1/2 pounds striped bass, halibut or cod, skinned

and cut into 6 portions

Method:Preheat oven to 450°F.Mince 2 garlic cloves and place in a small bowl. Whisk in

1 1/2 tablespoons oil and anchovy paste, if using. Combine fennel and onion in a 9-by-13-inch (or similar-size 3-quart) baking dish; add the garlic mixture and toss to coat.

Roast the fennel mixture, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until softened, 20 to 25 minutes.

Add potatoes, tomatoes and their juice, water, 3/4 tea-spoon salt and pepper. Cover tightly with foil and bake until the potatoes are tender, 35 to 40 minutes more.

Meanwhile, mince the remaining garlic clove and place in a small bowl. Add breadcrumbs, fennel seeds, lemon zest, the remaining 1/2 tablespoon oil and 1/4 teaspoon salt; season with pepper. Mix with your fingers until blended.

When the potatoes are tender, place fish on top of the vegetables and sprinkle the breadcrumb mixture over all.

Roast, uncovered, until the fish is opaque in the center and the breadcrumbs are browned, 10 to 15 minutes. Serve immediately.

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• 4 sweet potatoes, peeled and cut it into one inch pieces• 2 ½ tsp olive oil• 4 tsp red chilli powder• 2 tsp garlic paste• 2 tsp ginger paste• 3 tsp lemon juice• 2 tsp honey• 1 tsp mustard powder• 1 tsp cumin powder• ½ tsp cinnamon powder• 1 ¼ tsp salt, plus additional to taste• Chopped coriander leaves for garnish

Method:Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. In a medium bowl, toss the sweet potatoes in the olive

oil and scatter on the bottom of a roasting pan. Bake for 15 minutes. In a small bowl, mix together the chilli powder, salt, garlic, ginger, lemon juice, mustard,

cumin, cinnamon and honey to make a paste. Rub the paste evenly over each chicken breast . Place the chicken on top of the sweet potatoes and bake until the chicken is just cooked

through, about 25 to 30 minutes. Serve garnish with chopped coriander leaves. Sabira Mohamed

Low-Calorie Chicken Roast

Ingredients:• 1kg de-skinned chicken breast• 4 cloves garlic• 1 tsp freshly grated ginger• 2 tbsp light soy sauce• 3 tsp curry powder• 1 tsp tandoori masala• 2 tbsp honey• 2 tsp sesame seeds (white)• 1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil• Juice of 1 lime• Salt to taste

Method:Take a mixing bowl. Put ginger, garlic, curry powder, tandoori powder, soy sauce and

lemon juice. Blend well.Cut chicken into cubes. Marinade chicken with blended spices.Grease a baking dish with olive oil. Put remaining oil in marinated chicken.Mix well.Arrange chicken in the baking dish. Bake at 180 degree C or Gas Mark 4 for 45 minutes.Warm honey and brush over chicken pieces. Cook for 10 minutes further.Sprinkle sesame seeds and keep in the oven for 2-3 minutes.Serve hot chicken roast with multi-grain bread and salads of one’s choice. Riniki Ghosh

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Kapil Sharma to cut down his comedy show for movie career

Stand-up comedian Kapil Sharma, who is ready to make a film debut with Yash Raj Films’ (YRF) Bank-Chor, says his role in the movie defies

the stereotypical portrayal of a comedian.Kapil Sharma, the host and producer of popular TV show Comedy Nights

with Kapil, is set to embark on a movie career and he says the show would have to revert to its one-episode-per-week format due to time constraint.

Kapil will make his film debut with Yash Raj Films’ (YRF) Bank-Chor, which will go on floors in April. “By now, somehow managing my schedules has become a habit for me. I am talking to you early in the morning after having worked on my show for 36 hours. Doing two episodes every week means I’ve to provide at least 70 minutes of content every week.

“It’s not easy to think up funny gags every 10 seconds. We can’t afford to let our audience get bored for even a few moments,” said Kapil.

Given the time constraints, he says he has to cut down his television show by half. “I’ve no choice but to do this. The channel Colors doesn’t want me to do the show only once a week. But for the sake of the film, I’ve no choice but to cut down my television show by half,” said the comedian, who has waited a very long time to do a movie.

“I didn’t want to just carry over my ‘Comedy Nights’ image into my movie career. When I heard the script of Bank Chor, I was completely taken up. It allows me room not only for comic scenes, but there is also an element of seriousness in the story,” he said.

Directed by Bumpy, the film unfolds the story of three people who pick a wrong day to rob a bank. What happens when the trio is caught in a crossfire of cops, industrialists and corrupt politicians, forms the rest of the story.

“It’s basically the story of the guys. So, the male casting is being done first. I am happy that I’d be making my film debut with Yashraj Films. I grew up watching their films. I never dreamt I’d be part of a Yashraj film one day,” he said.

Wherefore film associations: Pooja Bhatt

Filmmaker Pooja Bhatt, who is caught in a title tussle with Vipul Shah over his Holiday - A Soldier Is Never Off Duty, says she is in a situation

where “it’s like paying hafta (protection money) and still being beaten up” by film associations.

Earlier this month, the actress-turned-filmmaker had shared how she was not happy with the title of the Akshay Kumar-starrer as she too had released a film titled Holiday in 2006.

Now, Pooja may initiate legal action against Shah and his co-producers UTV for the alleged infringement of copyright.

Pooja claims the title belongs to her, but Shah protests that he not only revised the original title, but he also got it approved by the Indian Motion Pictures’ Producers Association (IMPPA).

Explaining the matter, Pooja said: “Vipul Shah wrote to me asking for the title Holiday. I said no. He approached the (Film and Television Producers Guild Of India. The Guild rejected his application. He then went to IMPPA and registered the same title with a tagline attached.”

“I want to know, why should I bother to become a member of any of the film associations, pay them for the privilege, register and re-register my titles for a fee and still get copyright-challenged by any producer who wants to take my title? It’s like paying hafta and still being beaten up,” said the miffed filmmaker.

She wants the film associations to get their act together and their proce-dures in place. “A producer like Vipul Shah exploits a loophole in a rotten, outdated system where the film associations violate one another’s rules and interests and then pass on the buck,” she said.

Meanwhile, she says her title Holiday remains registered till 2016.“Yet if someone else can use it what is the point of film associations,”

she questioned.Giving his side of the story, Shah said: “Pooja thinks I’ve used the title

when I don’t have it. This isn’t true. I had requested her to give me title Holiday. She did not and I had to go for the title Holiday - A Soldier Is Never Off Duty.

“I’ve gone through the legal process and got it registered. Only then have I used it. Pooja should be taking on IMPPA who gave me the title.”

PLUS | TUESDAY 25 FEBRUARY 2014

By Ronald Grover and Chris Michaud

The Lego Movie, an animated film that depicts a world based on the colourful toy blocks, collected $31.5m to lead US

and Canadian box office charts for a third consecutive weekend.

The new Kevin Costner spy thriller 3 Days to Kill was a distant second after pulling in $12.3m for the period from Friday to Sunday, according to studio estimates.

The big-budget Roman-era disaster movie Pompeii generated ticket sales of $10m in its first week in theatres to claim the No. 3 spot.

RoboCop, a remake of the 1987 sci-ence fiction film about a part-man, part-cyborg crime fighter, was fourth with sales of $9.4m , according to stu-dio estimates provided by box office tracking firm Rentrak.

Since opening on February 7, Lego has been leading the box office and has taken in a total of $183.2m domesti-cally, according to Rentrak.

The movie features the voices of Will Arnett and Elizabeth Banks and por-trays a world under attack by the evil Lord Business bent on destroying the LEGO universe by gluing it together. The heroes include Batman, a pirate and an astronaut, all made out of the classic children’s interlocking blocks.

“Lego is significantly overperform-ing our wildest expectations,” said Jeff Goldstein, executive vice president for theatrical distribution at Warner Brothers, which distributed the movie.

“It’s moved way beyond a family-based film to include tweens, young adults and older adults as well. It’s just funny,” he added, explaining its wild success.

The film has also benefited from lit-tle direct competition, though Disney’s Frozen, which opened back in late November, continued to place among the top 10 films at the box office.

The studio has already announced a Lego sequel, which it plans to release for the Memorial Day weekend in 2017.

Pompeii, which was made for $100m , is set in 79 AD and stars Kit Harington from the HBO hit show Game of Thrones. The movie tells the story of a slave turned gladiator who attempts to rescue the woman he loves when Mount Vesuvius erupts. The opening fell short of the forecast by its US dis-tributor Sony of sales between $12m and $15m.

3 Days to Kill, written by French action film director Luc Besson, and starring Costner as an over-the-hill spy trying to connect with his estranged daughter, cost only $28m to make.

“We are pleased with 3 Days to Kill’s solid opening, which was right in line with our expectations for this lower budget action-thriller,” the studio said in a statement.

Both films received lackluster reviews, with fewer than 30 percent of the notices collected by the site Rotten Tomatoes being favourable. Both also received B ratings from audiences, according to CinemaScore, which gauges audience reaction.

Rounding out the top five, Monuments Men, directed by and starring George Clooney and based on the true story of US soldiers who rescued art master-pieces from Nazi thieves, took in $8.1m.

About Last Night, a romantic comedy starring Kevin Hart, was a close sixth, with $7.4m in box office sales.

Lagging behind in seventh, with a $4.7m take, was a police action-com-edy starring Kevin Hart -- his second appearance this weekend in the top 10 movies -- and Ice Cube.

Disney smash and animated Oscar nominee front-runner Frozen,

loosely-based on a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, held onto the eighth spot in its 13th week in thea-tres, with $4.4m.

And rounding out the 10 most popu-lar movies in the United States and Canada were Endless Love, with $4.3m, and Winter’s Tale, with $2.1m.

The Lego Movie was distributed by Warner Brothers, a unit of Time Warner. Sony distributed Pompeii and The Monuments Men. Relativity Media distributed 3 Days to Kill.

Agencies

HOLLYWOOD NEWS

Cheryl Cole set for The X Factor return?

Singer Cheryl Cole reportedly had a meet-ing with music mogul Simon Cowell here

to finalise her return to the reality show The X Factor as a judge. The 30-year-old is said to have flown to London from Los Angeles for a lunch meeting with Cowell and the show makers.

“Her return is now 99 percent concluded. The meeting was a case of tying up some loose ends and things went really well,” mirror.co.uk quoted a source as saying.

“Now, Simon and show producers are just waiting on Cheryl’s confirmation. Everyone is really excited about the idea of having her back on the show,” added the source.

The Fight for This Love hitmaker had snubbed an offer to return to the show three years ago.

The deal could bag her a £1.5m a year and an announcement is expected to be made in May.

“Cheryl is serious about rebuilding a relationship with the show - she wouldn’t travel across the Atlantic for the hell of it. She was very keen to hear what Simon’s vision is for the new series,” said the source.

Katie Price’s handbag stolen

Model Katie Price’s designer handbag was stolen from her car recently. The glam-

our model was furious when she discovered that the window of her car had been smashed in after a night out in Horsham in Sussex. However, she says she felt “stupid” for leaving her valuables under her seat, reports female-first.co.uk.

The 35-year-old tweeted: “In Horsham someone smashed my window stole my bag with all valuables in!.”

Price also issued an appeal for the safe return of her cream-coloured Louis Vuitton bag and reported the theft to the police.

“Anyone who is given a cream round barrel louis v bag and black louis v card holder in Horsham, it’s mine! Also my valuables inside. Witnesses in denne car park not fennel. Police reported too! (sic).”

Bieber records song with mother

Singer Justin Bieber made sure his mother, Pattie Mallette, had a great time when she

visited him at his recording studio recently. Mallette tried her hand at singing alongside her son and later shared her excitement on Twitter.

“That was the BEST night of my life @justin-bieber you were SO sweet to me and I had so much fun #ILoveYou. Amazing night recording my first song. Thank you so much for writing it love,” she tweeted.

Bieber shared an Instagram video capturing his mother as she sang in the studio. “Got my mom’s courage enough to get in the booth for the first time...she sounds so good,” he posted with the video.

The two worked on the upcoming track in Atlanta, where the teenage superstar currently resides in rented accommodation.

Imtiaz finds response to Highway positive

Director Imtiaz Ali is not affected by the mixed response that his latest film Highway is fetching in

theatres. In fact, he believes it just shows that his film is making people think.

“I had to make this film and I made it, and put in my best. Mixed reactions mean that people are thinking,” the 42-year-old said here Saturday at a PVR Cinemas hall.

Sounding nonchalant, the director said: “I have no problem with it. It’s good that there are mixed reactions. At least there are opinions. It is actually danger-ous when people just say, ‘It’s good’,” he added.

Imtiaz has co-produced Highway with Sajid Nadiadwala. The road movie stars Alia Bhatt and Randeep Hooda in lead roles. IANS

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Mar 28, Riyadh: President Barack Obamatravels to Saudi Arabia to meet King Abdullahamid tensions over U.S. policy in the Middle East.Washington’s overtures to Iranand reluctance to launchairstrikes in Syria havestrained relations withits main Arab ally

Mar 3-20, Pretoria:Oscar Pistorius standstrial for the 2013 Valentine’sDay murder of his 29-year-old girlfriend, model ReevaSteenkamp. The SouthAfrican Paralympic championclaims he shot her by accidentafter mistaking her for an intruder

Mar 3-28, Geneva:The U.S. tables a war crimesresolution against Sri Lankaat the UN Human RightsCouncil. Government forcesare believed to be behind40,000 Tamil civilian deathsin the ferocious final months ofthe country’s 26-year civil war

Mar 27,Vatican: Thegrowing gapbetween richand poor is the focusof Pope Francis andPresident Obama’s firstmeeting. Oxfam has revealedthe world’s richest 85 peoplecontrol equal wealth to thepoorest 3.5bn, with the super-rich mostly from the U.S.

Mar 5, Beijing: China’sMinistry of Environmental

Protection is set to gainradical new powers in agovernment shake-up.The new leadership is

promising to halt thegrowth-at-all-cost

economic model thathas led to heavily

polluted air triggeringmounting public anger

Mar 2, Los Angeles: The hottip for best actress at the Oscars isCate Blanchett for her role in BlueJasmine, but controversy surroundsthe film’s writer-director Woody Allen.

Mar 16,Belgrade:AleksandarVu�i� is in poleposition to become prime minster inSerbia’s snap parliamentary election.The former ultra-nationalist turnedpro-Western moderniser has been atthe forefront of an anti-graft campaign

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HEALTH / FITNESS 11

Watch out for harmful chemicals in cosmeticsWonder what makes your skin

itchy or turn red after you apply your favourite personal care product like cream and sunscreen? An expert says chemicals like paraben and phthalates present in the products are capable of damag-ing skin.

Sumesh Sood, chief operat-ing officer of personal care brand Organic Harvest Company, warns against a list of chemicals commonly found in cosmetics:

Phthalates: Phthalates are a group of hormone disrupting chemi-cals that are found in personal care products like moisturisers and sham-poos. They may lead to early puberty in girls and there is also a risk factor for later-life breast cancer.

Parabens: Parabens are a group of compounds used to prevent fungus, bacteria and other cultures from form-ing in cosmetics and skincare products. They are absorbed through the skin and may cause breast cancer. They are likely to irritate skin, eyes and lungs.

Para-aminobenzoic acid (PABA): It is a common ingredient in sunscreens. It has been linked with cancer, skin irritation and rashes. The chemical also damages the liver and deepens the skin pigmentation.

Believe it or not food facts It’s easy to be a foodie, but it

is vital to know certain facts attached to food items. Here are some of the food facts, reports huff-ingtonpost.com:

Almonds belong to the peach family: Almonds are hard-shelled fruits from the almond tree. They’re part of the prunus family, which includes other trees that bear fruits like plums, cherries and peaches.

Watermelon and avocados are berries, but strawberries are not: A berry is a fleshy fruit produced from a single ovary. This makes watermelon and avocados part of the berry family, but not strawberries. Strawberries are called accessory fruits, which means the seeds come not from the ovaries but from the receptacle in which the ovaries are found.

Honey will always stay good: Honey never expires. It may crystal-ise or change in colour over the years, but it will always be safe to consume.

Peanut butter may contain rodent hair and insect parts:According to US Food and Drug Administration, there may be up to an average of 30 or more insect frag-ments per 100 grams and an average of one or more rodent hair per 100 grams.

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By Shereen Jegtvig

A fairly rare eating disorder whose signature is exces-sive eating — though not necessarily binging — at

night needs further study since it may signal other mental health issues, researchers say.

They analysed eating disorders and mental health history in more than 1,600 university students and found about four percent met night eating disorder criteria, with about a third of those also engaging in binge eating.

“Night eating syndrome is charac-terized not only by eating at night — certainly many college students might have a late night study fest with eat-ing — but it’s also characterized by other things, like feeling that you can’t eat in the morning, and feeling like you have to eat in order to go back to sleep,” Dr Rebecka Peebles said.

Peebles, the study’s senior author, is an attending physician at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and a researcher in the department of Pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

“Our study helped extend findings of previous studies that have not been controlling for binge eating,” Peebles said. “We know that binge eating and night eating have a pretty moderate overlap so a lot of people who come into the clinic for night eating often have binge eating.”

“We think night eating is some-thing to be aware of even though it only occurs in just under 3 percent of the students after controlling for binge eating, so it’s still a pretty important entity,” Peebles said.

Distinguishing night eating from binge eating is important, Peebles and her colleagues write in the Journal of Adolescent Health, for several rea-sons. Night eating may require a dif-ferent treatment approach than other eating disorders, which could also be present.

Night eating was also more

common in students with a history of anorexia nervosa and in students taking ADHD medications, they report, so those other disorders may play a role in the nighttime eating syndrome.

Night eating disorder is a distinct diagnosis in the newest psychiatric Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-5), the researchers note.

The syndrome is often charac-terized by increased appetite at night, but usually takes the form of “grazing” on food all evening, rather than intensive binging, and also may include waking up in the night to eat.

Often the urge to eat is tied to the feeling it that it will improve sleep or allow the person to get back to sleep.

The authors said that young adults tend to eat more at night and college students who are stressed and have inconsistent sleep patterns may be at risk for night eating.

But most previous research on the subject has been limited to small groups and has failed to adjust for the overlap of binge eating disorder among night eaters.

To get a sense of how common night eating disorder is and what other traits or risk factors go along with it, the researchers analysed data from a large 2008 survey of students in 10 US universities.

A total of 1,636 students were included in the new analysis. About 60 percent were young women and 74 percent were white. About 60 percent of the students were also competitive athletes.

The online survey included infor-mation on height and weight, plus four questionnaires focused on night eating, eating disorders in general and health-related quality of life. Scores on the Night Eating Questionnaire (NEQ) were used to diagnose night eating disorder.

Binge eating was also measured by students’ reports of details such as a feeling of loss of control over eating. Recurrent binge eating was defined as binge eating large amounts of food

at least four times during the previ-ous month.

A total of 67 respondents (4.2 per-cent) met the criteria for night eat-ing syndrome. They were also more likely than other students to have other eating-disorder behaviours such as excessive laxative use, com-pulsive exercise and purging, as well as lower quality of life. Another 222 students (14 percent) appeared to be binge eaters.

Of the 67 students with night eat-ing syndrome, 22 were also binge eat-ers. Excluding the binge eaters from the group of students with night eat-ing syndrome reduced the prevalence of night eating to 2.9 percent.

A history of depression and self-injuring was more common among those with night eating disorder.

“I think it’s important to know that it affects both men and women and also all races and ethnicities,” Cristin Runfola said.

Runfola, a researcher with the University of North Carolina Center for Excellence for Eating Disorders, led the study.

The study showed that night eating syndrome was also associated with other eating disorder behaviors that could lead to serious physical and psychological consequences, she said.

It’s important that people with night eating syndrome get help, Runfola said, adding that parents and friends can spot signs of night eating in young adults.

“You might see fluctuations in weight or you might notice food miss-ing in the house,” she said.

“Often times these people are eat-ing throughout the night,” she added. “They might even be waking up and feeding multiple times throughout the night, so if you’re frequently hear-ing that someone’s getting out of bed throughout the night and you’re noticing that food is missing there might be something going on.”

SOURCE: bit.ly/1e7kPgB Journal of Adolescent Health, online February 3, 2014.

Reuters

Night eating disorder Night eating disorder needs more studyneeds more study

TECHNOLOGYPLUS | TUESDAY 25 FEBRUARY 201412

Nokia succumbs to Android appeal in low-cost phone battle

Nokia, soon to be acquired by Microsoft Corp, is turning to software created by arch-rival Google for a new line of phones it hopes will make it a late contender in

the dynamic low-cost smartphone market.Its first model, the Nokia X, will rely upon an

open version of the Android mobile software system created by Google that has become the world’s most popular software used in smartphones.

The release of the phone just days before Nokia sells its handset business to Microsoft in a $7.2bn deal, is an attempt to stay relevant in emerging markets, where low-cost Android phones are being snapped up by hundreds of millions of buyers.

But the strategy shift underlines the many mis-steps made by the Finnish company since Apple launched its ground-breaking iPhone in 2007.

Nokia was caught between a rock and a hard place – committed to using Microsoft’s Windows Phone software but needing Android software to reach more cost-sensitive customers, CCS Insight’s head of research Ben Wood said.

“That a soon-to-be Microsoft-owned company, which is the owner of the original operating system, is moving to Android is almost an admission of fail-ure,” he said.

Nokia’s main strategy remains to rely on Microsoft Windows Phone software for its premium models while adapting Android to participate in the low end of the smartphone market.

Windows Shut OutThe Microsoft technology does not work on the

chip sets found in cheaper smartphones, the fast-growing market crowding out Nokia’s Asha feature phones, which lack the full Internet capabilities of smartphones.

The company rejected Android three years ago, when it tied its fortunes to Microsoft’s Windows Phone. But yesterday’s announcement shows it has quietly been working on an open Android device for months.

Product Marketing Vice President Jussi

Nevanlinna said the number one requirement from customers was access to Android apps.

“Our fans often times tell us ‘We love your hard-ware, we love your products, but we also love our Android apps’,” he said. “Can you make something happen so the Android apps magically run here?’”

“Asha has failed to deliver the volumes they needed to be competitive in the low-cost smartphone space, while Android remains completely rampant,” CCS Insight’s Wood said.

The Nokia X uses the open source version of Android, which runs most apps without the right to customise Google’s basic software.

For Nokia, it was a question of making this

humiliating reversal in its strategy or facing irrel-evance in this category of phones, Wood said.

Rather than a complete about-face, however, Nokia’s adoption of Android for the Nokia X appears to be a tactical reversal, albeit one that amounts to throwing the cat among the pigeons.

Nokia ServicesThe open version of Android software means that

the new Nokia phone does not have rely on Google’s services and access to the Google Play app store. Instead, Nokia is bundling it with its own music and map offers, and Microsoft’s email, cloud, messaging and search services.

Apps will be available in Nokia’s own apps store, as well as a host of other app stores, Nevanlinna said.

The look of the device is starkly different from the usual Android phone, with nods to the interface to Lumia and Asha devices.

Nevanlinna said rather than confusing customers, Nokia X, where X indicates a cross between Nokia hardware, Android apps and Microsoft services, will be a stepping stone to Lumia, and will share the same cloud services.

Nonetheless, devices running an open Android operating system will not sit easily within Microsoft, whose fortune is founded on the core belief that soft-ware should be paid for.

It has long campaigned against Android, and Google in general, for offering a free operating system to handset makers, which it claims uses elements of its own technology.

Through a series of patent agreements, Microsoft now receives payments from every major Android handset maker except Motorola. Due to Android phones’ explosive growth, Microsoft now earns more money from Android royalties than it does from licensing Windows Phone.

The Nokia X will be available in all markets apart from Japan and Korea, where Nokia is not present, and North America, with shipping starting within a week, Nevanlinna said. It will be priced at €89 excluding operator subsidies. Reuters

Samsung launched on Sunday a new smart watch, the Gear 2, after a first version won over few

critics, adding new features and ditch-ing Google’s Android in favour of its own operating system.

The South Korean electronics giant revealed the new watch in an unex-pected announcement on the eve of the February 24-27 Mobile World Conference in Barcelona, Spain.

Besides an array of features including sports tracking software and a heart rate monitor, the Gear 2 marks an important and widely rumoured step towards independence from Android.

The watch, available in two models — the Gear 2 and the Gear 2 Neo, which has no camera — will be powered by the Tizen operating system developed by Samsung with various partners to break free of the Android dominance.

Android powered 78.4 percent of smartphones worldwide last year, according to technology consultants

Gartner Inc, making it easier for users to switch phones and harder for manufacturers to build customer loy-alty. Apple’s iOS system accounted for another 15.6 percent of smartphones.

The Gear 2, available worldwide from April, has a 1.63-inch screen, a 2.0 meg-apixel camera that can take high defi-nition video, a heart rate sensor and pedometer, audio that can work with a Bluetooth headphone, remote control for devices such as televisions, and an alert system for incoming text messages and emails. The wrist strap comes in black, orange and brown.

The first Gear, launched last September, was criticised by many for being unfashionable and unwieldy.

Samsung, like other device makers, is banking on smart devices to boost reve-nue as sales of smartphones slow in the mature, and most profitable markets.

Though smartphone sales surged 42.4 percent to 968 million units last year, according to Gartner, the growth came

from developing markets like Latin America, India and China while mature markets such as western Europe and the United States hit the brakes.

“We will see all of the handset com-panies responding to slowing growth in the smartphone market and the dif-ficulty of making money,” said Ian Fogg, senior principal analyst of electronics and media at research house IHS.

“They are going to launch a number of smart accessory devices including wearable devices that will give them

opportunities in new markets to gener-ate revenues and growth.”

Despite perceived difficulties in sell-ing the first watch to a broad audience, Samsung appeared confident in its lat-est version.

“With the Samsung Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo, we have enhanced everything consumers love about the Gear to offer unparalleled smart freedom in their everyday life,” JK Shin, head of the mobile division at Samsung Electronics, said in a statement. AFP

Samsung launches Gear 2

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Hoy en la HistoriaFebruary 25, 1964

1875: The Guangxu Emperor of China, aged 3, began his reign under the regency of Empress Dowager Cixi1954: Gamal Abdel Nasser became prime minister of Egypt. He became head of state later the same year2005: Shostakovich’s The Bolt, not performed since it was booed off stage at its premiere in 1931, was revived by Moscow’s Bolshoi Ballet2006: The world’s population hit 6.5 billion. It has since passed 7 billion

Muhammad Ali, then known as Cassius Clay, won the world heavyweight boxing title for the first time after he knocked out Sonny Liston in Miami

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

AARDVARK, ALBATROSS, ALLIGATOR, ANACONDA, ANTELOPE,BABOON, BADGER, BANDICOOT, BEAR, BUFFALO, BUZZARD,CENTIPEDE, CHEETAH, COUGAR, CROCODILE, DINGO, EAGLE,ELEPHANT, FALCON, GIRAFFE, GORILLA, HAWK, HIPPOPOTAMUS, HYENA, IGUANA, JAGUAR, KANGAROO, LEOPARD, MONKEY, RATTLESNAKE, RHINOCEROS, SEALION, TAPIR, TARANTULA, VULTURE, WALRUS, WOLF, ZEBRA.

LEARN ARABIC

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Hagar The Horrible by Chris Browne

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17:45 Doctors

18:15 Being Erica

19:30 Vicar Of Dibley

20:00 Call The Midwife

20:50 Life On Mars

22:10 Stella

22:55 Weakest Link

23:40 Eastenders

13:15 Beverly Hills

Chihuahua 3:

Viva LA Fiesta!

15:00 Remember

Sunday

19:00 The Guilt Trip

21:00 Les Miserables

23:45 Flight

MALL

1

Robo Cop (2D/Action) – 2.45 & 9.00pm

Oggy & The Cockroaches (2D/Animation) – 5.00 & 7.00pm

Legendary: Tomb of The Dragon (2D/Action) – 11.15pm

2

The Lego Movie (3D/Animation) – 2.30pm

3 Days To Kill (2D/Action) – 4.30, 7.00 & 11.15pm

Legendary: Tomb of The Dragon (2D/Action) – 9.15pm

3

Gladiators Of Rome (2D/Animation) – 2.30pm

The Monuments Men (2D/Action) – 4.30 & 11.00pm

Frozen (3D/Animation) – 6.30pm

Punyalan Agabathis (2D/Malayalam) – 8.30pm

LANDMARK

1

The Lego Movie (3D/Animation) – 2.30pm

Aaha Kalyanam (2D/Tamil) – 4.30pm

Brahman (2D/Tamil) – 7.30pm

Legendary: Tomb of The Dragon (2D/Action) – 10.30pm

2

Oggy & The Cockroaches (2D/Animation) – 3.00 & 5.00pm

The Lego Movie (3D/Animation) – 7.00pm

The Monuments Men (2D/Action) – 9.00 & 11.15pm

3

Legendary: Tomb of The Dragon (2D/Action) – 2.30pm

Frozen (3D/Animation) – 4.15pm

3 Days To Kill (2D/Action) – 6.15 & 11.00pm

Robo Cop (2D/Action) – 8.30pm

ROYAL

PLAZA

1

Oggy & The Cockroaches (2D/Animation) – 2.30pm

Highway (2D/Hindi) – 4.30pm

Aaha Kalyanam (2D/Tamil) – 7.00pm

Legendary: Tomb of The Dragon (2D/Action) – 9.45 & 11.30pm

2

Highway (2D/Hindi) – 2.30pm

Oggy & The Cockroaches (2D/Animation)– 5.00pm

3 Days To Kill (2D/Action) – 7.00pm

The Monuments Men (2D/Action) – 9.15 & 11.15pm

3

Robo Cop (2D/Action) – 3.00 & 9.00pm

Frozen (3D/Animation) – 5.00pm

The Lego Movie (3D/Animation) – 7.00pm

3 Days To Kill (2D/Action) – 11.15pm

13:00 Do Dil Bandhe Ek

Dori Se

13:30 Ek Mutthi Aasmaan

14:00 Doli Armaano Ki

14:30 Jodha Akbar

15:00 Snack Attack

15:30 Sapne Suhane

Ladakpan Ke

16:00 Aur Pyaar Hogaya

16:30 Qubool Hai

17:00 Doli Armaano Ki

18:00 Bollywood Business

18:30 Ek Mutthi Aasmaan

19:00 Do Dil Bandhe Ek

Dori Se

19:30 Jodha Akbar

20:00 Pavitra Rishta

20:30 Sapne Suhane

Ladakpan Ke

21:00 Qubool Hai

21:30 Aur Pyaar Hogaya

22:00 Doli Armaano Ki

22:30 Do Dil Bandhe Ek

Dori Se

13:00 Good Luck

Charlie

13:25 Austin & Ally

14:35 Dog With A Blog

15:00 Wolfblood

15:25 Gravity Falls

15:50 Good Luck

Charlie

17:00 A.N.T. Farm

17:20 Austin And Ally

17:45 Gravity Falls

18:10 Jessie

18:30 Good Luck

Charlie

19:20 Violetta

20:05 Jessie

20:30 Wolfblood

20:50 Dog With A Blog

21:15 Gravity Falls

22:00 Austin And Ally

22:50 Good Luck

Charlie

23:10 Wizards Of

Waverly Place

13:00 Seinfeld

13:30 Friends

14:00 New Girl

14:30 2 Broke Girls

15:00 Trophy Wife

15:30 The Daily Show

Global Edition

16:00 Colbert Report

Global Edition

16:30 Two And A Half

Men

17:00 Late Night With

Jimmy Fallon

18:00 The Simpsons

18:30 New Girl

19:00 The Crazy Ones

19:30 Trophy Wife

20:00 The Tonight Show

Starring Jimmy

Fallon

21:00 The Daily Show

With Jon Stewart

22:30 Modern Family

23:00 The Big C

PLUS | TUESDAY 25 FEBRUARY 2014

PLUS | TUESDAY 25 FEBRUARY 2014 POTPOURRI16

Editor-In-Chief Khalid Al Sayed Acting Managing Editor Hussain Ahmad Editorial Office The Peninsula Tel: 4455 7741, E-mail: plus@pen.com.qa / editor@pen.com.qa

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

• The Kuwaiti Court of Cassation has set a bail of 2,000 Kuwaiti Dinars for Qatari national Ali Al Marri, who is accused of trying to run over Kuwaiti citizens and has been in prison for two years. The court ordered him to remain under monitoring for two years.

• There is talk in the social media about the announcement of undersecretaries for different ministries in accordance with their restructuring.

• There is discussion about the statement of the Minister of Labour and Social Affairs about his ministry’s plan to implement a labour wage protection system in cooperation with the Ministry of Finance and Qatar Central Bank. Employers will be obliged to deposit workers’ salaries in their bank accounts or transfer them to their home country under monitoring by the ministry and QCB.

• It has been suggested that trees be planted along internal roads in areas where

infrastructure projects have finished. Some people say it is time the Ministry of Municipality paid attention to residential areas in setting up public parks.

• Many people have demanded that the authorities monitor food outlets near schools, as many of them are have poor hygiene and do not care for the health of students.

• Some parents have urged the traffic police to cooperate with them, pleading that they need to stop for a few minutes in front of schools while dropping or picking up their children. They have to drive long distances to return to the school gates when they are forced by police to move from there.

• Complaints about dental clinics charging patients huge sums are increasing. The charges are high compared to those in neighbouring countries, and people say they should be made uniform to prevent fleecing of patients.

IN FOCUS

A scene from Aspire Park.

by Dr Kader K

Send your photos to plus@pen.com.qa. Mention where the photo was taken.

Fahad Al Asmakh, QPM board member

He currently holds the posi-tion of Chief Contracts Officer with Qatari Diar. His

role at Qatari Diar runs concur-rent to his Board member duties for QPM. Having also worked for Qatar Petroleum, he brings a wealth of industry experience, transferable skills, competencies and work environment expertise to QPM. Al Asmakh graduated from the University of Southern California, US, with a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering.

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

Events in Qatar