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• Quran contest draws hundreds of children

• Rethinking a healthy breakfast: A meal in a muffin

• Guillermo del Toro on going full gore for TV

• Researchers see third protein possibly triggering Alzheimer’s

• Shunned by adults, smartwatch companies take aim at children

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Archie’s death to inject reality

Better known for its inhospitable desert plains than beach breaks,

isolated ex-Soviet Turkmenistan this month welcomed an unlikely group

of visitors: a sun-tanned crop of the world’s top windsurfers.

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Better known for its inhospita-ble desert plains than beach breaks, isolated ex-Soviet Turkmenistan this month

welcomed an unlikely group of visitors: a sun-tanned crop of the world’s top windsurfers.

Bordering Iran and Afghanistan, the energy-rich Central Asian country played host to a leg of the windsurfing World Cup at a sparkling new Caspian Sea resort that authorities hope can turn the once hermit state into a water sports hub.

International competitors bobbed and weaved through the foaming surf as their sails glistened in the swelter-ing heat — an unfamiliar sight in a nation that until 2006 was cut off from the rest of the world by the eccentric two-decade rule of former dictator Saparmurat Niyazov.

“This is such a chance for me!” said a joyous Orazmyrat Arnamammedov, one of only a handful of windsurfers in Turkmenistan.

“It’s happiness for me to take part in a competition with sportsmen who are

known around the world,” the 32-year-old sports instructor said.

Turkmenistan is on a drive to pro-mote itself as a destination for sports, adventure travel and even beach holi-days in a bid to boost tourist numbers from the current 15,000 visitors per year.

“Holding world-class windsurf-ing competitions will be a signifi-cant step, taking Turkmenistan to a new level,” President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov said at the open-ing of the Turkmenistan PWA World Cup windsurfing event.

Turkmen officials said holding sport-ing championships is part of the gov-ernment’s plan to develop tourism.

Next year the country will host the world championship in belt wrestling — a traditional form of the sport — in November and the 2017 5th Asian Indoor-Martial Arts Games.

“Sports and travel are the new trend for international tourism in Turkmenistan,” said an official in the state tourism committee who asked not to be named.

Windsurfing makes waves in

Turkmenistan

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Resort rising from desertThe sprawling Caspian Sea town of

Avaza, which hosted the windsurfing competition from its 16 kilometres of beach, is a key part of that plan.

By 2020 Ashgabat hopes to trans-form the desert resort, whose name means “singing wave” in Turkmen, into a vast complex that can compete with Turkey’s huge southwestern sea resort of Antalya.

“Avaza has every chance of becoming a major attraction for tourists, both from neighbouring countries and also from overseas,” Berdymukhamedov said recently.

“In this part of the Caspian, the water is exceptionally clean and there are good beaches and a mild climate.”

Since work started in 2007, six hotels and other accommodation for some 7,000 visitors has been built by mainly Turkish firms at a cost of around $2bn (€1.5bn).

But the resort — where US pop star Jennifer Lopez was jetted in to perform last summer — is set to grow into a vast complex with at least 60 hotels, as

well as sanatoriums, rest homes, cot-tages and camp sites, that the state tourism committee boasts will be “up to world standards”.

An artificial river runs through the town and a new airport has been opened in the nearby city of Turkmenbashi.

A winter sports stadium with an ice rink and a 2,000 seat Palace of Congress are also in the pipeline, with the total price tag for the development expected to hit $7bn.

‘Why go to Avaza?’But some locals are not convinced

that the Turkmen resort can bring in the crowds.

A week’s package holiday for

international visitors costs around $1,500, said Mukhamet Begliyev, who works at a private travel agency.

“Even if someone rich enough turns up, what do we have to offer except the sea and the hotels? The entertainment sphere isn’t developed at Avaza at the moment,” Begliyev said.

The “international” airport in Turkmenbashi so far only accepts domestic flights and getting a visa to the country is still a major hurdle.

For the moment that means the resort is largely attracting domestic holidaymakers, although Turkmenistan’s low wages mean it is beyond the means of many.

For 28-year-old Gozel Akhundova

from Dashoguz, a city in the country’s north, even a brief stay in an Avaza hotel at $70 a night was an expensive treat.

“We’ll only spend three days here. If it was cheaper, we’d stay longer,” she said.

And the fledgling resort still has a long way to go to compete with more established holiday spots.

“Why should I go to Avaza, when there is Antalya?” asked Akhmet, a 22-year-old student in Ashgabat who said he planned to holiday in Turkey this summer.

“The service is good, there’s plenty of fun activities and it’s cheap,” he said.

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By 2020 Ashgabat hopes to transform the desert resort, whose name means “singing

wave” in Turkmen, into a vast complex that can compete with Turkey’s huge southwestern sea resort of Antalya.

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Quran contest draws hundreds of childrenMalarvadi – Children’s Organisation in coordina-

tion with Mohamed Hamad Al Mana Group of Companies, conducted the final round of 4th Holy Quran Quiz and Quran Recitation Competitions at Quality Hypermarket Auditorium for 8 to 13-year -old children.

Earlier Hundreds of children participated in the selection round of the competition, which were held at 12 different places in Qatar. The first and second place winners were selected from the preliminary competitions for final round. There were 72 com-petitors in the finals in junior and senior categories.

Quran recitation winners in junior category are: Jaefar Shameem, Muhammed Aadil, Aish Manaal and Fathima Umer. In senior category winners are: Mohammed Hashim, Fathima Abdul Azeez and Najah Abdul Latheef.

Quran quiz winning teams are: Aslah Tameem and Nabeel Abdul Salam, Fathima Abdul Azees and Aysha Riya and Mohammed Hashil and Mohammed Abdul Gafoor.

Prizes were distributed by Indian Islamic

Association President K C Abdul Latheef, General Secretary V T Faizal, Quality Group of Companies M D Shamsudheen Olakara and Rafeeq Thangal. Programme convenor Ziyad welcomed the gathering

while V P Abdul Latheef proposed vote of thanks.Function ended with an Ifthar party attended by

around 350 people including participants and their parents. The Peninsula

Northern Communities and Ras Laffan Industrial City Community Outreach Program

organised Garangao celebrations for the women and children and Northern Communities, which saw a high turn-out of 900 attendees.

The celebrations took place at the Al Thakhira Youth Centre in a specially

built tent where a series of activities were hosted, arranged by the Al Thakhira Youth Center and the North Social Police.

Activities included traditional work-shops, on stage entertainment, theatre plays and various games and competi-tions with prizes distributed to all chil-dren who participated in the festivities. Participants received traditional bags

of sweets and gifts in addition to the best Garangao outfit award.

Other youth centres and commu-nity establishments from the Northern Communities participated in Garangao; including AL Shamal Sports Club, Al Kabaan Youth Center, Al Noor Center, Qudorat Center and Semaisma Youth Center.

Ras Laffan Community out Reach Program (RLIC-COP) representative Moza Al Mohannadi said: “We consider Garangao to be a special night to share Qatar’s heritage as well as further enhance the important relationship between us and the community. This is fundamental in achieving our vision”

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Northern Communities and RLIC-COP celebrate Garangao

Qatar Petroleum International hosted a Suhoor in apprecia-tion of the Media at the St Regis Hotel recently. Around 40 representatives from the Media attended the event. QPI’s top management including the CEO Nasser Al Jaidah, Executive Director of Gas and Power Sheikh Saoud Al Thani, Chief Financial Officer Abdulaziz Al Kuwari, Group Manager of Corporate Services Hamad Al Hamadi and General Secretary of the Board of Directors & Legal Counsel Hassen Al Hajri were present. Al Jaidah addressed the event and said: “We aim to be known as a company that is reliable, trustworthy, and credible at every link in the energy chain. Similarly, we hold the media accountable by such high standards of integrity. We hope that tonight’s gathering will symbolize a commitment from both sides to build a direct communication relationship, based on best practices, for the greater public’s benefit.”

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Oryx Rotana Doha held an Iftar for the elderly at the Qatar Foundation for Elderly People

Care (Ihsan) recently. The event was part of the hotel’s initiatives to raise awareness on the importance of shar-ing and giving back to society during and after Ramadan.

Oryx Rotana colleagues spent a memorable time with seniors from the foundation sharing stories about their life experiences in Qatar. Giveaways such as garangao pouches were also given at the centre.

“In keeping with the spirit of the holy month, Oryx Rotana Doha is proud to support Ihsan. This Iftar for

Ihsan residents is organised within Rotana’s corporate social responsi-bility towards the community. We are thankful to them all for joining us and for sharing their experiences. These senior residences have greatly contributed to the development and well-being of our community and our future. Now, it is our duty to sup-port and honour them, we feel really privileged for hosting this Iftar.” said Kevork Deldelian, General Manager of Oryx Rotana.

Khalid Abdulla Hussein, director of Public Relations and Media at Ihsan, stressed that Ihsan is always keen and interested to host such events that

spread joy among Ihsan residents.The hotel will also be taking

part in Qatar Charity’s TAYF pro-gramme which is tailored for in-kind

contributions used to help the needy. Two hundred bags will be collected by Qatar Charity from the hotel.

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Oryx Rotana holds Iftar for the elderly

Marriott Rewards to launch FlashPerks

Marriott Rewards – Marriottt International’s loyalty programme – recently

announced FlashPerks, a new way for next generation travellers to enjoy immediate awards and instant grati-fication. Marriott Rewards members can take advantage of time sensitive offers from Marriott’s global portfolio of brands and its partners. Members will be able to choose from a variety of experiences during stays, or when-ever they travel via “push” messaging to their mobile devices or through the FlashPerks site.

“With the best loyalty programme in the business, we are constantly innovating to provide our members new and compelling ways to engage with Marriott Rewards,” said Karin Timpone, global marketing officer. “With our global portfolio of brands and our ability to scale our mobile activations quickly, we are excited by these and other opportunities that marry new technologies and consumer benefits.”

FlashPerks, an additional member benefit, gives members the option to redeem points or use cash for limited-time, exclusive deals and experiences by visiting http://www.marriottrewards-flashperks.com/. Upcoming FlashPerks, which launches today, include mem-ber-only special offers for a pampered stay at the world’s tallest hotel, JW Marriott Marquis Dubai, or the chance for a two day test drive of an exotic car, such as an Aston Martin, Lamborghini or Porsche from Hertz Dream Cars.

FlashPerks follows the launch of PlusPoints in May 2014 that enables members to earn Rewards points through everyday social behaviours, such as tweets, retweets, check in on Facebook and Instagram posts. Marriott Rewards members enrolled in PlusPoints receive 25 points each time they share content about Marriott Rewards or participating hotels using the hashtag #MRPoints. Members can earn points daily and see them accu-mulate in real time. The Peninsula

Starwood Hotels & Resorts celebrates Iftar with taxi drivers

Starwood Hotels & Resorts cel-ebrated its fifth annual ‘Iftar

for Cabs’ initiative at over 40 par-ticipating Starwood hotels in the Middle East. During the hour of Iftar yesterday, all cab drivers who drove through the main entrance of any of the participating Starwood hotels will receive Iftar packs to break their fast.

“‘Iftar for Cabs’ represents the spirit of Ramadan and we are extremely proud of our hotels’ teams who come together for this initiative every year and go that extra step to give back to the community,” said Guido de Wilde, Senior Vice President & Regional Director, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Middle East.

“This initiative is our way of appre-ciating the cab drivers who support our hotels throughout the year by

providing transportation services to our guests.”

The ‘Iftar for Cabs’ initiative – ide-ated by Starwood Hotels & Resorts – has been running since 2010 and

has since become an annual tradition for many cab drivers throughout the region. Last year, Starwood delivered over 3,000 Iftar packs to cab drivers across the region. The Peninsula

Kauser Ali, winner of “Sparkling Summer” campaign raffle draw by Malabar Gold & Diamonds, receiving the prize QR10,000 gift voucher from Raju, branch manager, in the presence of other officials of Malabar Gold & Diamonds. The winner made the purchase from Barwa Village outlet.

Sparkling Summer campaign raffle draw by Malabar Gold & Diamonds

PLUS | THURSDAY 17 JULY 20146 FOOD

By Sara Moulton

When fall rolls around and it’s back to school and work, wouldn’t you love to start your day with something tastier and more substantial than that all-too-

typical bowl of cold cereal? It’s just so boring day after day. And that’s apart from the fact that most cereals will fail to tide you over until lunchtime.

Here, then, is a meal in a muffin, a delicious and sub-stantial alternative to the usual breakfast fare.

The base is a mix of white whole-wheat and all-purpose flours. Don’t fret over the whole wheat. White whole-wheat flour — which is available at most supermarkets — is made from a variety of wheat that is lighter in colour and flavour than a traditional whole wheat, but just as healthy.

The flour mix is moistened with eggs (a terrific source of protein), a combo of olive oil and just a little butter, as well as a bit of buttermilk and some Greek yogurt. The latter is a wonderful ingredient. Somehow the version with zero fat delivers all of the creamy mouth feel and tangy depth of flavour that anyone could wish for. And it boasts double the protein of regular yogurt.

Next come the veggies. I’ve chosen broccoli and roasted red peppers, but you’re welcome to replace them with carrots or chopped green beans. Your choice, as long as they add up to 1 3/4 cups. And by the way, you don’t need to pre-cook the vegetables before adding them to the batter.

I’ve amped up the flavour with modest amounts of beef bacon and full-fat cheddar cheese. The finished muffins are good to go: tasty and filling without a tonne of sugar and fat. Breakfast may never be the same. For that mat-ter, these muffins would be great for lunch, too.

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Rethinking a healthy breakfast:

A meal in a muffinBroccoli Cheddar Breakfast MuffinsStart to finish: 1 hour (35 minutes active)Makes 12 muffinsIngredients2 cups white whole-wheat flour1 cup all-purpose flour1 tablespoon baking powder1/2 teaspoon baking soda1/2 teaspoon kosher salt1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper2 large eggs1 cup fat-free plain Greek yogurt3/4 cup buttermilk3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted3/4 cup finely chopped roasted red peppers, plus 1/4 cup of the pepper liquid from the jar1 cup small raw broccoli florets or chopped thawed frozen broccoli florets1/2 cup diced beef bacon (about 3 ounces)3/4 cup coarsely grated sharp cheddar cheese (about 3 ounces), divided

Method:Heat the oven to 425 F. Mist a 12-cup muffin

pan with cooking spray, or line with cupcake liners.

In a large bowl, stir together both flours, the baking powder, baking soda, salt and pepper.

In a medium bowl, whisk together the eggs, yogurt, buttermilk, olive oil, butter and pepper juice (if the jar did not have 1/4 cup of juice in it,

supplement with water). Add the egg mixture to the flour mixture and stir just until combined. Add the peppers, broccoli, beef bacon and 1/2 cup of the cheese, stirring well.

Scoop the batter (it will be quite thick) into the muffin cups, filling them completely. Sprinkle the remaining cheese over the tops of the muffins. Bake on the oven’s middle shelf until the tops are golden, about 25 minutes. Remove the muffins from the pan and cool on a rack.

Nutrition information per serving: 240 calories; 90 calories from fat (38 percent of total calories); 10 g fat (3.5 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 45 mg cho-lesterol; 28 g carbohydrate; 3 g fiber; 2 g sugar; 10 g protein; 520 mg sodium.

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By Derrik J Lang

For most of Archie Andrews’ life, the red-headed comic book icon’s biggest quan-dary was whether he liked

Veronica or Betty.The character’s impending death

comes in the latest installment of Life with Archie, a spin-off series that cent-ers on grown-up renditions of Archie and his Riverdale pals. It brings a bold conclusion to Archie Comics’ four-year-old modern makeover of the squeaky-clean, all-American character.

Freckle-faced Archie will meet his demise when he intervenes in an assas-sination attempt on senator Kevin Keller, who’s pushing for more gun control in Riverdale. Archie’s death, which was first announced in April, will mark the conclusion of the Life with Archie series.

“I think Archie Comics has taken a lot of risks in recent years, and this is the biggest risk they’ve taken yet,” said Jonathan Merrifield, a longtime Archie fan who hosts the Riverdale Podcast about all things Archie. “If it shakes things up a little bit, and people end up checking it out and seeing what’s going on in Archie Comics, it will be a risk that was smartly taken.”

While casual fans likely still associ-ate Archie with soda shops and sock hops — and that’s still holds true for the very much alive teenage character in the original “Archie” series — Archie was thrust into adulthood with the launch of Life with Archie in 2010. The series kicked off after alternate futures were envisioned where the love-struck do-gooder married both Veronica and Betty.

Over the past four years, storylines in the more socially relevant series aimed at adult Archie fans have included the death of longtime teacher Ms Grundy, Archie love interest Cheryl Blossom tackling breast cancer and Jughead and friends dealing with financial struggles.

It’s been a shift not unlike other changes in the modern comic book landscape, where Spider-Man’s alter-ego is a multi-racial teenager and Wonder Woman wears pants.

“Every few years, we see a comic book tackling an issue that could be considered provocative,” said Dave Luebke, owner of Dave’s Comics in Richmond, Virginia.

“It’s interesting that the ending of Life with Archie involves multiple social issues, but it’s not surprising.” (Luebke sold his rare 1942 Archie No. 1 comic book in 2009 for $38,837 at a Dallas auction.)

Several Archie fans praised Archie Comics’ decision to have the character sacrifice himself to save Kevin, who is

depicted in Life with Archie as a mar-ried military veteran turned senator.

“In recent years, Life with Archie has become one of the most unique books on the shelves by using its characters to address real world issues — from marriage equality to gun control — in a smart but accessible way,” said Matt Kane, GLAAD’s director of entertain-ment media. “Though the story is com-ing to a close, we look forward to seeing Kevin and Archie’s stories continue in their remaining titles.”

Others have voiced their concern on Archie Comics’ Facebook page and other online forums that the char-acter’s death was unnecessary or too politicized.

Jon Goldwater, Archie Comics pub-lisher and co-CEO, defended Archie’s demise being a lesson about gun vio-lence and diversity.

“Everyone is entitled to their opin-ion, but I don’t agree,” said Goldwater. “I think Riverdale is a place where everyone should feel welcome and safe. From my point of view, I’m proud of the stance we’ve taken here, and I don’t think it’s overtly political on any level.”

Depending on the success of the final installments of Life with Archie, Riverdale Podcast host Merrifield won’t be surprised if Archie Comics takes on other topical issues in the near future.

“I’m sure there will be a tearful moment for me,” he said of the char-acter’s death. “But this isn’t goodbye. He’ll be back in a couple of weeks in a book of reprints and the teenage ‘Archie’ will continue. Archie will still be around. He’s always around.” AP

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By Mary Milliken

Mexican film director Guillermo del Toro doesn’t seem to be holding much back in his often terrify-

ing and visually arresting movies, and yet, he says television today allows him even more freedom to create.

The director behind blockbuster Pacific Rim and dark fantasy Pan’s Labyrinth premiered his new TV thriller series The Strain, based on a trilogy of books he co-wrote, on the FX cable channel this week.

The Strain chronicles the vampiri-zation of society through a viral out-break and the battle by Dr Ephraim Goodweather (played by Corey Stoll of House of Cards) as the New York City public health official trying to stop its spread.

Del Toro, 49, talked about his fond-ness for television, anatomically correct gore and infusing love in tales of horror.

Why did you make the move to TV?

I became very enamoured of the long-form narrative of TV and really loved the fact that you can develop notions and characters over a long period of time. In the case of something literary like Deadwood or The Wire, it feels like you are reading a piece of literature.

You have the chance to explore ideas that ... don’t open and close in the space of two or three hours, like they do in a movie. And that is a unique luxury.

The content also came from the fact that we have changed the way we con-sume stories on TV. So now an audience has a relationship with a drama that can last several years.

Did FX put any restrictions on you?

Noooo (laughs). I wish I had a great story to tell, but the reality was the opposite. The week before I started shooting I got a unique phone call in my career from John Landgraf (president of FX Networks) and he said ... “You can be as off-kilter as you want.” I cer-tainly tried some things in the pilot that were edgy and it all went beautifully.

I wanted the idea that you can use these vampires and creatures and that you can use love; love as a guiding force that they remember and that guides them back to destroy the family. That is a concept I was very fond of in the book and that I really was afraid of los-ing. I wanted to make very clear these were not young, sparkling, beautiful vampires, but parasitic entities that are no-nonsense about the way they absorb and transform their victims.

How far did you feel you could go in the gore department?

I tried to do a very forensic approach. I didn’t want to make it cinematically cool. I wanted to make it very visceral and almost down to earth. I wanted to make it anatomically correct.

(In the killing of the first victim) what you see is a very systematic destruction of the human head, and I really wanted to make that element very medically real, but not gory in the sense of pictorial splashes of blood. I didn’t want to make it cool violence, I wanted to make it effecting.

We know about your childhood love of vampires, but were you also fascinated by medicine?

My parents had two encyclopedias

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in the library, one was an encyclope-dia of art and the other was medical, volumes of family medicine with ana-tomical charts, and I remain to this day incredibly anatomically curious.

What does the lead character Ephraim represent to you?

I wanted the hero to be a very flawed hero, heroic in ways that are not just testosterone-fuelled, gun-toting ways you expect from a hero in a genre movie. He (Stoll) is really good at play-ing flawed characters that for some

reason you find irresistible.

Is the second season a done deal?Not yet. But we have a very spotless

record in the way we have managed the series. FX is very pleased that I remained involved throughout.

If we succeed, we start as a proce-dural genre piece that is going to get progressively idiosyncratic and with every passing season we can go to places a normal vampire tale never goes.

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Radcliffe enjoys ‘anti-hero’ role in ‘Horns’

Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe says he enjoys playing an “anti-hero”, who is disliked in his upcoming fantasy-horror Horns. The 24-year-old

star has confessed he enjoyed taking on a completely different role in the upcoming fantasy-horror, which is based on the novel of the same name by cult Canadian author Joe Hill.

“It’s a very, very different type of part than anything I’ve done before. He’s a great character. It’s nice to play a real sort of anti-hero who does a few genuinely nasty things to people,” contactmusic.com quoted Radcliffe as saying.

Caribbean coral named after JLo

A new species of Caribbean coral has been named after singer Jennifer Lopez. Researchers found the new species in Mona Passage off the

coast of Puerto Rico.The newly found Pontarachnid mite represents a common but still

unstudied group of marine animals. Nothing is known about the life cycle of these animals.

The new species was collected from a depth of 70 metres, the deepest place from which Pontarachnid mites have been found until now.

“The reason behind the unusual choice of name for the new species is that JLo’s songs and videos kept the team in a continuous good mood when writing the manuscript and watching World Cup football 2014,” explained Vladimir Pesic from University of Montenegro.

The study was published in the journal ZooKeys.

Whitney won’t be heard in her biopic

In an upcoming movie about her life, late singer Whitney Houston’s voice will not be heard. However, it will reportedly feature the singing

legend’s music.The movie will also not feature songs by Yaya DaCosta, the former hope-

ful for “America’s Next Top Model”, who is playing Houston in the film.“I can exclusively reveal that Houston’s songs will be sung by ... R&B

singer Deborah Cox! Music rights and clearances are still being worked out, but Cox will be providing the vocal tracks,” eonline.com quoted a source as saying.

It was announced in May that Angela Bassett would make her directorial debut with the Lifetime original movie about the late singer. The movie is said to be focusing on Houston’s relationship with Bobby Brown.

Raja Natwarlal a ‘treat’ for Emraan fans

Raja Natwarlal is a “typical Emraan Hashmi film”, says Siddharth Roy Kapur, managing director of Studios, Disney UTV, who has “great”

expectations from the movie, which stars Bollywood’s serial kisser.Emraan plays a small-time con artist in the film.“It’s a quintessential Emraan Hashmi film and you would enjoy it tre-

mendously if you are an Emraan Hashmi fan,” Kapur told reports here at the film’s wrap-up party. “I’m expecting great things from this movie. From the time we heard the script we fell in love with it. It’s very exciting, has lots of suspense and great thrills.

“(With this film) Emraan, as I said is in the space he is most familiar with and is known best for. He is playing the most interesting character — a small time con artist who then grows in the film to become something he never thought he would,” Kapur added.

Directed by Kunal Deshmukh, the thriller also stars Pakistani actress Humaima Malick and is set to release on August 29.

I’m not sidelined in Kick: Jacqueline

Actress Jacqueline Fernandez agrees that Kick is a Salman Khan-starrer all the way, but she is also confident that she’s not sidelined in the

movie due to his presence.“I don’t even know why

people are even asking me this question,” Jacqueline said here to a question about whether she fears being sidelined in the film.

“Salman is a superstar. People come to watch him in the movies and just for me to be part of a movie like this and to be with Salman Khan gives me such an advantage. So, no, I am not sidelined at all in this film,” added the Sri Lankan beauty.

Jacqueline considers Kick, directed by Sajid Nadiadwala, as a “huge break” in her career.

“It goes without saying that obviously it’s a big break...even for an established actress, it’s a very big deal (to work with Salman) and the same is for me. I am no different,” she said.

Salman to star in Shhuddhi

After Dabangg star Salman Khan has let the cat out of the bag that he has given the nod to Shhuddhi. Filmmaker Karan Johar too has

announced their collaboration for the project, which will release during Diwali 2016. Salman was speaking to reporters about his future projects when the news slipped out.

He said: “I am doing the No Entry sequel. I am doing a film with Mahesh Manjrekar, I am doing a film with Karan Johar, I am doing a film with Aditya Chopra. I am doing Shuddhi. I am doing a film with Karan and that I guess is Shuddhi only.”

Meanwhile Karan took to Twitter to confirm the news officially.“SHHUDDHI will star SALMAN KHAN and will release Diwali

2016.....@shhuddhimovie,” Karan tweeted.Intially, Hrithik Roshan and Kareena Kapoor were finalised as the

lead pair of the film, to be directed by Karan Malhotra. But later Hrithik announced that he had pulled out of the project.

The rest of the cast of the film is yet to be finalised.Guillermo del Toro on going full gore for TV

Indian-American boy to play Mowgli in Disney film

An Indian-American boy will play Mowgli's character in Disney pro-duction's The Jungle Book adaptation.

Neel Sethi, 10, a New York boy, will star in the film as the young boy who is raised by jungle animals, according to the The Hollywood Reporter.

Sethi will be the only actor to appear onscreen in the project, which is a combination of live action and animation. Disney has slated it for release in 3D on October 9, 2015.

Jon Favreau is the director of the film and the script was written by Justin Marks.

According to the report, Idris Elba already has been cast as the voice of the tiger Sher Khan, and Ben Kingsley will voice the black panther Bagheera. Scarlett Johansson and Lupita Nyong'o were also in talks for Disney's take on Rudyard Kipling's classic tale.

“Casting is the most important element of any film, and finding the right kid to play Mowgli was imperative,” Favreau was quoted as saying.

“Neel has tremendous talent and charisma. There is a lot riding on his little shoulders and I'm confident he can handle it,” Favreau added.

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© GRAPHIC NEWSSources: European Space Agency, The Planetary Society Pictures: NASA, ESA / Rosetta / MPS for OSIRIS Team

Legs: Absorb kinetic energy toreduce risk of bouncing. Can rotate ortilt to return lander to upright position

Sampling system: Can drill 20cm intosurface. Samples deposited in ovens ordelivered for microscope inspection

Harpoon: Fired to anchor probe toground. Sensors measure density,and thermal properties of surface

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Jan 20, 2014:Rosettawoken fromhibernation

Nov 11,Landing:Philae probereleased

Aug 6, Rendezvous:Rosetta maps cometto find suitable siteto dispatch lander

Mar 2004:Rosettalaunched

After a decade-long journey, the Rosetta spacecraft is to enter theorbit of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko and begin manoeuvres

around it in preparation for the first-everlanding by a spacecraft on a comet

Cometnamed after

Klim Churyumovand Svetlana

Gerasimenko,who discoverered

it in 1969

Icy, bean-shapedcore is around4km wide

Recent imagestaken by Rosettashow comethas “contactbinary” nucleus– two objectsjoined together

5km

(3

mile

s)ROSETTA ORBITER: Instruments tomeasure structure of nucleus,dust and plasma tails.Others for visible,ultraviolet andinfra-redimaging

COMETSTRUCTURE

Lander

Antenna linkto Earth

PHILAE LANDER: Must attach to nucleusof comet – travelling through spaceat 20 kilometres per second

Plasma tail: Molecules– ionised by ultravioletsolar radiation – blownaway by solar windExperiments: X-ray spectrometer measures

�� six micro-cameras takepanoramic pictures

Gas analysers identifycomplex organicmolecules andisotopic ratios oflight elements

Weight: 100kg

Nucleus

Coma

Dust tail

C o m e t 6 7 P / C - G o r b i t

June 2011After four flybys of Earthand Mars, Rosetta isput into hibernationto save energy

Aug 2015:Closestapproachto Sun

Dec 2015:Nominalend ofmission







Cometnamed after

Klim Churyumovand Svetlana

Gerasimenko,who discoverered

it in 1969




Recent imagestaken by Rosettashow comethas “contactbinary” nucleus– two objectsjoined together

5km

(3

mile

s)ROSETTA ORBITER: Instruments tomeasure structure of nucleus,dust and plasma tails.Others for visible,ultraviolet andinfra-redimaging

COMETSTRUCTURE

Lander

Antenna linkto Earth

PHILAE LANDER: Must attach to nucleusof comet – travelling through spaceat 20 kilometres per second

Plasma tail: Molecules– ionised by ultravioletsolar radiation – blownaway by solar windExperiments: X-ray spectrometer measures

�� six micro-cameras takepanoramic pictures

Gas analysers identifycomplex organicmolecules andisotopic ratios oflight elements

Weight: 100kg

NucleusNucleusNucleus

ComaComaComa

Dust tail

C o m e t 6 7 P / C - G o r b i t




Aug 2015:Closestapproachto Sun

Dec 2015:Nominalend ofmission

HEALTH / FITNESS 11PLUS | THURSDAY 17 JULY 2014

Omega 3-rich diet may keep joints healthy

Including cold water oily fish, such as salmon, herring, mackerel, anchovies, sardines and

other foods that are rich in omega 3 fatty acids may keep your joints healthy even if you are overweight, a study suggests.

“Our results suggest that dietary factors play a more significant role than mechanical factors in the link between obesity and osteoarthritis,” said Farshid Guilak, a professor at the Duke University in the US.

Mice consuming a supplement of omega 3 fatty acids had healthier joints than those fed diets high in saturated fats and omega 6 fatty acids, the findings showed, indicating unhealthy dietary fats — not just obesity — may contribute to worsening osteoarthritis.

In this study, the researchers focused on mice with osteoarthritis of the knee caused by injury to the joint. The mice were fed one of three high-fat diets: one rich in saturated fat, one rich in omega 6 fatty acids, and one rich in omega 6 fatty acids but supplemented with a small amount of omega 3 fatty acids.

The researchers found arthritis was signifi-cantly associated with the mice’s diets, but not with body weight. The mice that ate diets high in saturated fat or omega 6 fatty acids experienced significant worsening of their arthritis, while mice consuming a small supplement of omega 3 fatty acids had healthier joints.

“While omega 3 fatty acids are not reversing the injury, they appear to slow the progression of arthritis in this group of mice,” Guilak said.

“In fact, omega 3 fatty acids eliminated the detrimental effects of obesity in obese mice,” he noted. The study appeared in the journal Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.

How good gut bacteria respond to infection

In what could help better treat and prevent gas-trointestinal infection, researchers have used

unique computational models to show how infection can affect bacteria that naturally live in our intes-tines. “Our gut contains ten times more bacterial cells than there are human cells in our body,” said Lynn Bry from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in the US. “The behaviour of these complex bacterial ecosystems when under attack by infection can have a big impact on our health,” Bry added.

Researchers developed novel computer algo-rithms to analyse the different stages of infection when a pathogen known as Citrobacter rodentium, which causes disease in mice similar to food-poison-ing in humans, was introduced into the guts of mice.

They generated a two-month time-series of the population levels of bacteria throughout mul-tiple sites in the intestine.

The computational framework, known as Microbial Counts Trajectories Infinite Mixture Model Engine, was used to identify dynamic changes within the complex communities of bacteria in the gut associated with infection and inflammation.

The researchers observed many disruptions in the normal bacteria at different locations in the gut during the infection.

For instance, they discovered a microbial sig-nature in the colon involving species belonging to the genus Mucispirillum that showed decreases early in infection before the onset of symptoms.

The study was published in the journal in PLOS ONE.

Agencies

By Fredrick Kunkle

Scientists at the Mayo Clinic have discovered a possible new link between an abnormal protein in the brain and the onset of Alzheimer’s disease,

a breakthrough that could open new avenues to under-standing the disease and finding effective treatments.

Abnormal forms of the protein, which assists DNA in coding and building new proteins inside the cell, appear to increase the atrophy of regions of the brain important to memory. And it could be a trigger of some kind, perhaps independently initiating the onset of Alzheimer’s-related dementia when combined with two other proteins whose abnormalities have long been implicated in the disease.

The findings were presented during the six-day Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Copenhagen.

Alzheimer’s is an incurable, progressive, brain-killing disease and the leading cause of dementia. It affects 1 in 9 Americans 65 or older and 1 in 3 among those 85 or older. The conference is unfolding as the United States and other nations step up efforts to fight a disease that is on pace to spread as populations age.

Until now, scientists have focused almost entirely on beta-amyloid, whose fragments create sticky plaques found inside the brains of people with Alzheimer’s, and tau, which forms tangles. Both proteins are believed to damage and kill brain cells in ways that are not fully understood.

The discovery that a third protein may contribute to Alzheimer’s came about through the Mayo Clinic team’s investigation of a biological agent that had been identified several years ago as having a role in two other neurodegenerative diseases. The abnormal pro-tein was first linked to the development of prefrontal lobe dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), which is commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. Both diseases involve progressive nerve damage in the brain.

Keith Josephs, a physician who led the research, said his team examined the brains of 342 cadavers of people who were determined to have Alzheimer’s based on the extent of tau tangles and beta-amyloid plaques in their brains. They searched for the presence, amount and distribution of the TAR DNA binding protein of 43kD, or TDP-43, in the brain tissue. In healthy brain tissue, the binding protein helps to unlock chemical messages from a cell’s DNA and transmit them to the cell’s RNA, which creates new proteins from the code.

The researchers found that 195 of the test subjects, or 57 percent, had the abnormal form of binding pro-tein in their brains. After controlling for other vari-ables, such as beta-amyloid and tau deposits, age, and genetic risk, the researchers determined that people with the TDP-43 protein were 10 times as likely to be cognitively impaired at death than those without the TDP-43 deposits. Those with TDP-43 also had faster rates of brain tissue loss over time than those without TDP-43.

Josephs said in an interview that the presence of the abnormal protein may act as some sort of trigger or catalyst, or compound the effects of tau, in the onset of dementia. That is because in some cases, people can remain cognitively normal despite elevated levels of beta-amyloid or tau in the brain tissue or other Alzheimer’s-related changes, a condition known as “resilient cognition.” But when TDP-43 is added to the mix, these people’s brain tissue appears to deteriorate more and their cognitive functions weaken.

“Once you throw TDP-43 on top of everything else, you don’t see that resilience anymore,” Josephs said.

Josephs said the four-year study built on his previ-ous work on prefrontal-lobe dementia. The condition, also known as frontotemporal dementia, involves areas of the brain near the forehead that are operative in emotions, language and behaviour.

People who suffer from degeneration in the fron-tal temporal lobes can undergo profound personality changes and encounter difficulties with language.

The condition, which can strike people in their in their 60s, is less well known than Alzheimer’s. Josephs said the significance of the TDP-43 protein might have been overlooked until now because researchers into prefrontal-lobe dementia have tended to work in isolation from those investigating Alzheimer’s.

“It’s like you’re blindfolded holding the trunk and I’m blindfolded holding the tale and we don’t know it’s an elephant,” he said.

A team of researchers from the Karolinska Institutet

in Sweden and the National Institute for Health and

Welfare in Finland studied 1,260 people, ages 60 to 77,

at risk for Alzheimer’s to see whether modifications in

diet, physical exercise and mental stimulation and close

management of their cardiac health could influence their

cognitive health. The two-year study found that members

of the group who received intervention performed signifi-

cantly better on cognitive and memory tests.

A team from Massachusetts General Hospital investi-

gated whether advanced brain scans could be used in the

search for the tau protein on living patients as a reliable

way to identify and diagnose Alzheimer’s in people before

cognitive impairment sets in.

The researchers, taking advantage of recent advances

in positron emission tomography (PET) imaging, used a

radioactive imaging agent that binds with tau to scan the

brains of 56 participants. The subjects were cognitively

normal people with a median age of 72 who had under-

gone annual memory testing for three years. The study

found that participants who had higher tau levels in areas

of the brain that are critical to memory were linked to

worsening performance on memory tests.

“These preliminary data suggest that tau in these

brain areas is related to memory decline in normal older

individuals,” Keith Johnson, a physician who took part in

the study, said in a statement. “This study demonstrates

the potential for PET technology to be used for early

detection and to help pick participants for prevention

trials and treatment trials that target tau.”

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Researchers see Researchers see third protein possibly third protein possibly triggering Alzheimer’striggering Alzheimer’s

TECHNOLOGYPLUS | THURSDAY 17 JULY 201412

By Selina Wang

With smartwatches drawing lukewarm interest from most consumers, some technology companies are trying a fresh approach: market them to kids.

LG Electronics, VTech Holdings and Filip Technologies have all developed high-tech watches for children, undaunted by the slow progress the industry has made in pitching the devices to adults. They’re bet-ting that kids may be the ideal market for the gadgets, which can either keep tykes entertained or track their whereabouts. The watches can even teach a more old-fashioned skill: how to tell time.

While only about one in five grown-ups has interest in buying a smartwatch, kids’ models might be an easier sell, said Benjamin Arnold, an analyst at NPD Group Inc. They’re typically cheaper, for one. And versions that can track children have obvious appeal to parents, who live in fear of losing small kids at a park or shop-ping mall. At the same time, the technology has drawn criticism for adding yet another electronic distraction.

“It’s on their body — it’s like they can’t get away from it,” said Tovah Klein, director of the Barnard College Center for Toddler Development. “It’s going to be much harder for parents to set boundaries and limits.”

VTech’s Kidizoom smartwatch, which goes on sale in the US this month, is designed to entertain kids without being overwhelming. The $60 device doesn’t connect to Wi-Fi or cellular networks, and there’s only a limited number of applications. That puts it in a dif-ferent category than devices from Samsung Electronics or Apple, which is said to be working on a smartwatch.

The idea was to make something that’s easy for a child to use, especially for taking photos or videos, said William To, president of North America for Hong Kong-based VTech.

“This is purely designed for the child’s fun,” he said. “It’s educational, wholesome play.”

Other companies are focused more on the communi-cation and location-tracking features than entertain-ment. LG is debuting a watch called the KizOn in its home country of South Korea this month. The device, aimed at preschool and grade-school kids, uses the global positioning system and Wi-Fi to pinpoint the wearer’s whereabouts. It’s slated to be unveiled in the US and Europe later this year at an undetermined price.

“Children as well as the elderly are ideal customers for wearable technologies,” Jong-seok Park, head of LG’s Mobile Communications Co, said in a statement.

“Wearables allow us to stay connected without the worry of losing a device or the inconvenience of having to carry a large item in a pocket.”

LG is targeting a market pioneered by Filip, a com-pany that was founded in 2010 by Sten Kirkbak after he lost track of his son at the mall. Parents can program five contacts into the Filip watch, and an accompanying iOS or Android app on the parent’s phone can locate the child. Like the KizOn, which also can call precon-figured numbers, the device doesn’t give kids the full capabilities of a regular phone.

“If you look at the entire population — the one group that is not connected today is kids,” said Jonathan Peachey, chief executive officer of New York-based Filip. “That’s crazy. Kids want to go out and explore, be with friends, and travel to and from school on their own without having to worry about how to reach their parents.”

Parents see a clear need for the Filip, while consum-ers are confused about the purpose of an adult smart-watch, Peachey said. “There are probably no parents who haven’t experienced losing track of their child,” he said.

The capabilities of the Filip come at a price, though. It costs $200, plus $10 per month for the service. That puts it in the same ballpark as a Samsung smartwatch, which can retail for $200 to $300. The Kidizoom, since it lacks a mobile connection, doesn’t have a recurring fee. Future generations of the VTech watch could add more features depending on demand, the company said.

Amy Stellitano, a 37-year-old nurse from New York, is one mom who doesn’t plan to buy an entertainment-based smartwatch. Her 16-year-old son has enough electronics as it is, she said.

“It’s just one more thing,” Stellitano said while shop-ping at a Best Buy store. “When I grew up, we didn’t have all this stuff.”

A device focused on location tracking may have been appealing when her son was younger, though, she said. “Because you never know, especially in New York.”

As of last month, revenue from smartwatches has totaled less than $100m since October 2013, though the market is expected to get larger this year, according to Port Washington, New York-based NPD.

The Pebble watch is one of the nascent industry’s highest- profile products, born out of the most suc-cessful project started out of the Kickstarter fund-raising site. Still, it remains a niche product: a $150 to $249 device that people mostly use to see messages on their phones. Services and applications for adult smartwatches need to improve before the industry can gain momentum, Arnold said. Most people aren’t clear on why they would even need one.

“It’s a product that we don’t yet have a problem for,” Arnold said. “It’s hard for me as a consumer to justify spending $300 to $350 on a device that tells me what’s going on with my phone.”

New product developments may help make the tech-nology more popular, he said. In that vein, Google Inc. unveiled new smartwatches at an event last month, working with device manufacturers such as Samsung and LG. Apple, the maker of the iPhone, also is explor-ing a smartwatch, people familiar with the plans have said. Trudy Muller, a spokeswoman for Apple, didn’t respond to a request for comment.

While a minority of total consumers is interested in a smartwatch, more enthusiasm is coming from younger people, according to an NPD study on wearable technology. Among 16- to 24-year-olds, 30 percent say they are interested in buying such a product, while 25 percent of 25- to 34-year-olds were.

That suggests there may be less resistance to smart-watches in the future, which will filter down to the kids’ market, Peachey said.

“The more smartwatches that exist, the more that kids will see their parents come home with them on their wrist,” he said. “And the more that kids will want them as well.”

The typical 8- to 18-year-old in the US already spends more than seven hours a day using electronic devices, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation report.

For parents, the challenge is striking a balance between that insatiable appetite for technology and the need for kids to think on their own, said Deborah Linebarger, associate professor of education at the University of Iowa. A smartwatch that functions purely as a tracking device could be beneficial by giving par-ents peace of mind and encouraging kids to play out-side, she said.

“I don’t feel like we have to constantly entertain children,” Linebarger said. “There’s a real benefit to kids spending time being bored and figuring things out.”

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“For parents, the challenge is striking

a balance between that insatiable

appetite for technology and the need

for kids to think on their own. A

smartwatch that functions purely as

a tracking device could be beneficial

by giving parents peace of mind and

encouraging kids to play outside.”

Shunned by adults, smartwatch companies take aim at children

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Hoy en la HistoriaJuly 17, 1969

1917: Britain’s Royal Family changed its name from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor during World War I1979: Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega replaced Anastasio Somoza as President of Nicaragua1996: All 230 people on board TWA flight 800 were killed when the plane exploded over the Atlantic Ocean1999: Designer Paco Rabanne fled Paris, fearing it was about to be destroyed by a falling space station

General Francisco Franco, the dictator of Spain since the Spanish Civil War, named Prince Juan Carlos as his successor as head of state

Picture: Associated Press © GRAPHIC NEWS

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

ACTION, ACTOR, AUDIENCE, AUDITION, BACKSTAGE, BOX OFFICE, CABARET, CAMERA, CAST, COMEDY, COSTUME, CURTAIN CALL, DIRECTOR, DRAMA, ENCORE, ENTERTAINMENT, EXTRA, FILM, FOOTLIGHTS, GREASEPAINT, HOLLYWOOD, LIGHTING, LINES, LOCATION, MOVIE, MUSICAL, PERFORMANCE, PLAY, PRODUCER, PROMOTER, PROP, RADIO, REVIEW, ROLE, SCENE, SCORE, SCRIPT, SPOTLIGHT, STAGE, STAND IN, STAR, STUNT.

LEARN ARABIC

Baby Blue by Jerry Scott and Rick Kirkman

Zits by Jerry Scott & Jim Borgman

Hagar The Horrible by Chris Browne

Words and Expressions that are often used

To exhibit Yaçroud

To fear Ya�af

To forgive Yousami�

To grant Yamna �

To know Yaçrif

To invite Yadçoo

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Note: ç = ‘a’ as in ‘agh’ when surprised


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 Become comfortable with

8 Spots for dipping, once

15 Bought more Time?

16 Reads with effort

17 Danced to Julio Sosa

music, say

18 One-third of a French

revolutionary’s cry

19 She who says “sí”: Abbr.

20 QB targets

21 Like the women in a

famous Rubens painting

22 Hepster

23 QB goals

24 Investment house

employee

28 Trap

32 Either of two N.F.L.

coaches named Jim

33 Lift

35 One vote in Vichy

36 Unwelcome reversal …

or a title for this puzzle?

40 It might come after sex

41 Singer/actress Lenya

42 “This guy walks into ___

…”

43 China collections

45 What the Beatles had but

Wings didn’t?

48 Actress Gardner

49 Flotsam or Jetsam in

“The Little Mermaid”

50 Blazing

53 Nasdaq unit: Abbr.

54 Prefix with color

57 Contemptuous one

58 Bridge type

60 Uranium 235, e.g.

61 Chenoweth of Broadway’s

“Wicked”

62 Some slow dances

63 Necessitates

DOWN

1 Field of many nonprofits

2 Prayer starter, often

3 Karina in many a Jean-

Luc Godard film

4 Square ___

5 & 6 Mutual relationship

7 Track figures

8 Dangerous time

9 & 10 Critical comments

11 Shoe shiner

12 Asgard ruler

13 Head of the Seine?

14 Green Bay-to-Greenville

dir.

22 Paella ingredient,

perhaps

24 Scope

25 Prop for many a western

26 Something made in a

chocolate factory?

27 “___ life”

28 ___-day calendar

29 End of an era?

30 What pulls out all the

stops?

31 ___ nous

34 Tinnitus treater: Abbr.

37 & 38 One who may give

you a lift

39 Bomb

44 Pay tribute to

46 & 47 Means of getting

home, maybe

50 To boot

51 Dupe

52 “___ Tu” (1974 hit)

53 Benefit

54 New World monkey

55 Churn

56 Sights at many interstate

exits

57 Small story

59 LAX patrollers

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

A R C H I S L E S B A D ES O H O S A U T E A R I AT W I S T E R C H E C K E R SI S P R E D P U E N T E

M B A I O U T R A Y SC L U E M O N O P O L YA I N T R E F I N E N E OF A K E I D S T E E L SE R S G E O R G E V I A L

S O R R Y O T H E L L OR E M I T R E O A R SE L I C I T D O N I D AB A C K T O B A C K G A M E SE T R E C O L O R S O U PL E O N K A P P A I N X S

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

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

YESTERDAY’S ANSWER

14

EASY 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.


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12:10 Scrapheap

Challenge

13:00 How Stuff's Made

14:20 Mythbusters

15:10 Scrapheap

Challenge

16:00 Building The

Biggest

16:50 Through The

Wormhole

17:40 Alien Planet

Earths

20:10 Mythbusters

21:00 Spider-Man Tech

21:50 Superhuman

Showdown

22:40 Sci-Fi Saved My

Life

23:30 How The

Universe Works

11:00 Situation Critical

12:00 Mad Scientists

12:30 Mad Scientists

13:00 Naked Science

2.5

14:00 Dubai Mega Mall

15:00 World's Toughest

Fixes

16:00 Britain's Greatest

Machines

17:00 Helicopter Wars

18:00 Hunter Hunted

19:00 Predator Csi

20:00 A Traveler's Guide

To The Planets

21:00 Air Crash

Investigation

22:00 Battleground

Brothers

23:00 Brain Games

23:30 Brain Games

00:00 Diggers

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Inside view of the Museum of Islamic Art.

by Fatima Ramzan

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Events in Qatar

Katara Stars When: July 3-31, 10am-12midnight Where: Katara, near the mosque What: A wall has been put up in where every one is welcome to post their selfies or photos with family and friends taken by the Ramadan wall. The photos can also be published via Instagram and using the hashtag #katarastars or by sending the photos by email to [email protected] entry

Building Our Collection: An Insight Into Museum Art Collecting When: Till August 30Where: Museum Of Islamic Art What: The exhibition looks at why MIA collects Islamic art, and how the museum’s collecting practices shape our understanding of Islamic art through artistic and cultural connections between different regions of the Islamic world. The majority of featured objects have never before been on display.Entry Fee

The Holy Quran and Astronomy ExhibitionWhen: July 3-31, 10am-3pm, 7pm-12midnightWhere: Katara Building 19What: Up to 110 verses from the Holy Quran describing the creation of the universe and relating to astronomy and the cosmos adorn the walls of Katara Gallery Building 19. Different types of astrolabes, Holy Kaaba covers, calligraphies and Holy Quran from various eras are also showcased.

Free Entry

Ramadan Cricket Cup at Industrial TownWhen: July 6 to 24Where: West End Park Cricket Stadium in Industrial TownWhat: Twelve teams registered with Qatar Cricket Association (QCA) are competing in the T20 tournament organized by West End Park, under the aegis of Qatar Olympic Committee. Winner of the Ramadan Cup will bag QR 50,000 prize money.

Astronomy Book Fair When: July 12 to 31 9pm-12 midnightWhere: Katara Building 22

What: Katara combines knowledge and fun by providing a selection of valuable books for adults and children about scientific explorations and discoveries of planets, the sky and the Universe. Free entry

A few commuters in Boulder, Colorado, may have arrived at

work dripping wet because they observed Tube To Work Day.

The lighthearted holiday hit seven years on Tuesday. It began with two men tubing to work along Boulder Creek in 2008.

Last year, it saw almost 30 partici-pants, some wearing wetsuits and some wearing business suits.

The event typically takes place in

June to line up with Boulder’s Bike to Work Day. But the Daily Camera reports (http://bit.ly/1qZhv16 ) safety concerns because of the volume of water forced it to be pushed to July this year.

The city of Boulder sponsored a breakfast station off the creek. The public was invited to participate, but commuters were required to bring their own tubes.

AP

Colorado celebrates Tube To Work Day

Co-Founder Jeff Kagan laughs after crashing through rough water during the 7th Annual Tube to Work Day in Boulder, Colorado.

Belgian town blasts music to drive Roma away

A group of Roma camped by a Belgian town faced a rude awak-

ening: the mayor ordered that they be blasted with music to drive them away.

The Roma had arrived on Sunday in Landen, some 50km east of the Belgian capital of Brussels. They agreed with a landowner to park 14 caravans there until Tuesday, accord-ing to Landen mayor Gino Debroux.

“Since then, they’ve said they won’t leave and they’re there with 30 caravans,” Debroux said. “This is an industrial site and is not designed for camping.”

Debroux said the group’s refusal to leave had led him to hire a DJ to play music from morning, starting around 9am. “This is a way of putting pres-sure on them. It was very difficult to negotiate with the gypsy king, as he called himself,” Debroux said. “It’s a non-violent method to ask them to come to an agreement.”

Debroux said the music had been limited to a maximum 95 decibels, equivalent to the sound of a pneu-matic drill from 50 feet (15m) away.

Reuters

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