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Art SpringArt SpringKatara Cultural Village organised the first Spring Outdoor Art Fair at the amphitheatre, allowing 44 amateur and professional artists to showcase and sell their works.
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By Isabel Ovalle
Artists from different dis-ciplines took part in the first Spring Outdoor Art Fair at Katara Cultural
Village this weekend. The event took place in the amphitheatre, allowing 44 amateur and profes-sional artists to showcase and sell their work. For some of them, it was the first time they had got this kind of opportunity, and they were able to participate free of charge.
Yolanda Caballero, from Mexico, was among the artists who took part in the exhibition. She has been taking classes at the Visual Arts Center for a few months now. “I’m just a beginner; I like to do new things; that is why I started paint-ing. Now I like it so much that I paint for hours without even notic-ing I’m hungry,” she said.
At the fair, she showed six paint-ings. One of them was of a horse, which depicts how she first felt upon moving to Qatar: “Fear and even
rage, which, with time, have been replaced by courage and strength.” Other works represent her heart-beat and a fertilised uterus.
On her part, Fatma Al Mannai, an art student at Qatar University, felt the fair was a great opportunity, even though she already shows her work in many galleries.
“The local art scene is getting interesting now, but you could say there are too many artists,” she said.
Al Mannai brought 13 pieces to the fair, including landscapes, portraits and images of tradi-tional houses. The Qatari student also teaches visual arts to children between eight and 16 years of age at the Visual Arts Center.
Latife Cedeño, from Venezuela, discovered her ability to paint after attending classes at the Visual Arts Center. “I had never done it before, but I realised I’m good at it thanks to my teacher, who chose the only piece I brought to the show,” she said.
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Another artist, Maha Nagy, from Egypt, stated that “after two years of painting, this is an excellent oppor-tunity for me to gain the admiration of other people. That’s more valuable than being able to sell my work.”
The Visual Arts Center works on the development of artistic and cul-tural events, which promote cultural exchange. The centre also offers training in a variety of creative fields, including photography, digital graphics, oil paintings and screen painting.
Mustafa Issa is a professor at the Center, which is supported by the Ministry of Culture. “It’s a great opportunity for the students and for the people who want to buy art,” he said. “At the Center, we use all types of materials, but here at the fair, we have mostly oil paintings,” he added.
One of the main objectives of the Spring Outdoor Art Fair is to stimulate the art market in Doha and to sup-port Qatar-based artists by maximising opportunities for them to both exhibit and sell works affordable to a general audience interested in art.
Irina McGowan, an Irish national
of Russian origin, uses the premises at the Visual Arts Center to paint. In the past few years, she has lived in numerous places in the Middle East, getting the opportunity to learn from professionals.
Her tryst with art began through self-teaching. “First, I watched tutori-als online, and later, in 2003, I joined a watercolors course in Jordan,” she explained, adding that she had also taken art courses in Istanbul and other places.
“I don’t have a specific word to describe the art scene in Qatar, but I can say it’s very new, it’s like a child learning to walk,” said the artist, add-ing that “there are more Qatari art-ists every day, something I’m pleased to see. They have a spark that’s spread-ing, giving people here another way to express themselves. If they keep going in that direction, they can give an input in the international art process.”
McGowan has been accepted for a summer course at the state academy of Saint Petersburg. “I’m hoping to come back in September and see a big change,” she said.
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Most of her works at the fair were portraits. “I like portraits because they have a point of ambiguity and they tell a lot about the person. I also like traditional Islamic geometric designs because I have lived in this part of the world for over a decade,” stated McGowan.
The Art Fair team counted on the support of artists and the artistic com-munity in its effort to develop more
organised opportunities for artists to be able to exhibit and sell their works in Katara.
All works showcased at the fair had to be original, produced by the artists, and signed. Limited editions had to be appropriately numbered or identified. Reproductions had to be clearly identi-fied, while wearable art and fine crafts had to be of original design and indi-vidually made. The Peninsula
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Yolanda Caballero
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Qatar Academy students get a feel of nature
Qatar Academy Instructional Assistant Gertuida Weir grew up in a farm in South Africa and learned first-hand the importance of nature and environment.
Affectionately called Gerty by her first grade pupils, Weir has similar aspirations for her students. “I learned to love nature from a very young age. I wanted our students to learn about the beauty of nature and the responsibility we have towards the environment and the animals that live in it”.
Seizing this opportunity, Weir, together with teacher Josef Kaufhold, integrated the class unit and expanded the birdbath and feeder first installed by Weir’s students the previous school year.
“The garden came about from Grade 1’s Sharing the Planet unit centred around the purpose of plants in our lives,” Kaufhold said. “We study the plant parts and how to use our senses to make observations. We measure stems and count leaves to monitor growth. We experiment with the basic needs of plants and the effects when these are not met. We think about the uses of different plants as medicine and food”.
From this lesson, the project turned into a full-blown community effort. Taking inspiration from the original birdbath and feeder located in the play area, students were challenged to become more resourceful in growing and developing the garden.
Shares Weir: “Each student found and brought a brick to lay the foundation of the rockery; white stones of all shapes and sizes were collected around campus. A variety of plants were donated by the students from their Unit of Inquiry about growing things. The garden has now expanded to four flower beds and the students of Grade 1B are proud to water
and maintain their work every day. We also have helpers from other classes”.
According to Kaufhold, the students’ responsibili-ties are varied but all necessary for the garden to thrive. “Students dig out sand and replace it with soil. They are also responsible for planting seeds, pulling weeds, watering, pruning and creating signage to alert others to the garden areas. Each day the class gives food scraps to feed the birds that live in the
gardens. Gerty always has her hands full with excited and eager students ready to get their hands dirty”.
Weir sees the value of these authentic life lessons, too. “I am using nature as a way to teach in a very practical way how to preserve and nurture all living things. The students have gained understanding of nature, which they will respect and use for the rest of their lives”.
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Students and Gerty at the garden.
Press Club inaugurated at BhPS
A students press club has opened at Bhavan’s Public School with the objective of identifying and encouraging budding journalists. Priyadarshin J of Std VIII and Ayesha Sajid of Std IX were selected as president and secretary, respectively, of the Press Club. A mock
press meet competition was organised under the auspices of the Press Club. The programme was inaugurated by Baburaj, General Secretary, Bhavan’s Public School. Dr G Manulal, Principal, Bhavan’s Public School, informed those present that on the second Thursday of every month a press confer-ence will be organised on a mock theme to give more exposure to the student reporters. Rohan T Joseph of Std VIII and Surabhi of Std VIII won the prizes for the month of April. The Peninsula
DPS-MIS wins second place in debate competition
DPS-MIS was adjudged runner-up at the Qatar National Debate Championship 2013 held recently at Resala Independent Secondary School for Girls.
Haritha, Apoorva Dindukurthi, Faid Khopekar, Shenaz Baji, Maria Joby and Sonali Tiwari displayed great debating skills and brought laurels to the school. Among the five Best Team awards, two were bagged by DPS-MIS. The team of Haritha, Apoorva Dindukurthi and Faid Khopekar secured the runner-up position after an even contest with Doha College in front of a huge audience in the final. The team of Shenaz Baji, Maria Joby and Sonali Tiwari was no less and bagged the fourth best team award.
Along with team performances, individual performances were also recognised. Among the fifteen ‘Best Speaker’ awards, Apoorva Dindukurthi was awarded the Best Speaker of the day award. Faid Khopekar and Haritha were adjudged the third and sixth best speakers, while Maria Joby and Shenaz Baji were picked for the 10th and 12th positions. The Peninsula
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School officials inaugurating the School officials inaugurating the press club. Below: Students at the press club. Below: Students at the mock press conference.mock press conference.
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A large number of expatriate Sri Lankans gathered at the Al Arabi Sports Club to celebrate the dawn of
the Sinhala and Tamil new year, ‘Bak Maha Ulela 2013’, on Friday.
The event was attended by Sri Lankan Minister Wimal Weerawansa and Provincial Council Minister Nimal Piyatissa.
Children from the Sinhalese and Tamil communities dressed in tra-ditional attire welcomed the chief guest, Jayantha Palipane, Sri Lankan Ambassador to Qatar, S Khan, Minister and Deputy Chief of Mission, W M V Wansekara, Counselor Labour, and Wije Dambawinne, Deputy General Manager, Treasury, Sampath Bank PLC.
Sponsors of the event and invitees were followed by drummers dressed in traditional attire. The national flags of Qatar and Sri Lanka were hoisted and a traditional oil lamp was lit.
Ambassador Palipane greeted the community on the new year and declared the event open. The day-long event was organised by the Embassy of Sri Lanka in collaboration with the Sri Lankan Coordinating Committee (SLCC) Qatar.
Participation in this year’s celebra-tions was overwhelming with a large number of community members, both men and women as well as children, participating in the many events held throughout the day and enjoying music and entertainment, said SLCC President Lenny Cramer.
Sri Lankan artistes like Damayantha Kusum Perera Jayathungage, Biyanka Fonseka, Tissa Abeykoon and Hathdinnath Tharu Dinusha Lakmali Rajapathirana performed at the celebrations.
Winners of sports and traditional events received prizes and a raffle was held at the end of the programme.
The programme, which was coor-dinated by Lokitha Karavita, was compered in the Sinhala and Tamil languages by Dinusha Rajapathirana,
Biyanka Fonseka, Tennison De Silva, Ranjith Gurusinghe, Mahesh Abhayapala and S Niranjan.
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Big turnout for Sri Lankan new year celebrations
Sri Lankan expatriates Sri Lankan expatriates taking part in various taking part in various activities as they mark activities as they mark their new year.their new year.
The International Ladies’ Potluck Group (ILPG) cel-ebrated its ninth anniver-sary last week at the Al Jazi
Gardens Club House. The event was hosted by Sri Lankan members this year and guests arriving at the event were met with complimentary short eats from White Oceanic Sri Lankan Restaurant.
The Deputy Chief of Mission of the Sri Lankan Embassy, S Khan, was the guest of honour. The event was also attended by Sheikha Al Ansari, her sis-ter Sheikha Fatma, wives of the ambassadors of Belgium, China, Gambia, Kazakhstan, Peru, South Africa, South Korea and Poland, the founder of the group, Hasnah Jumat McCauley, its president, Ruth Serene Sabry, chief organiser Shriani Burley, and Sri
Lankan Airlines Country Manager Fawzan Fareid. Tamara Simmons talked about the significance
of the Sri Lankan new year, which is celebrated on April 13 and 14 each year.
Members and guests were given a presenta-tion about Sri Lanka. Dancers from Dinu Ranga
Kalayathanaya Dance School entertained the guests and a brunch consisting of traditional Sri Lankan dishes was served by the Grand Mercure Hotel.
A member of the ILPG, Anu Vye, won a return air ticket to Colombo in a lucky draw.
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Lulu Hypermarket Group launched Food Fiesta 2013 at all Lulu outlets on April 17. The festival was offi-
cially inaugurated on Wednesday at 7pm at Lulu Hypermarket, Al Khor branch, with Yousaf Aysa Al Fasali and Mohamed Althaf, Regional Director, jointly cutting a cake in the presence of other officials from Lulu Hypermarket Group and senior executives from leading business groups in the retail industry.
Cooking lessons and demonstrations by leading chefs, offering insights into various cooking styles and ingredi-ents of different cuisines, are among the activities planned as part of the food fiesta. Live demonstration of salad making organised by Delicio would be another attraction of the festival.
With a view to ensuring participa-tion of customers, including ladies and children, and making them happy, com-petitions for eating bananas, ice cream, sandwiches, burgers, nuggets, apples and biriyani, and for drinking juice,
flavoured milk, activia laban, besides painting, drawing and henna drawing competitions, have been organised by the management.
All the competitions will take place at Lulu Hypermarket, Al Khor branch. Special counters and kiosks promoting exciting offers on food items, free sam-pling and tasting, and raffles by Lulu and major suppliers will also be held for the benefit of customers.
Suppliers like Nestle, Majdi, Al Areesh, Halwani and Rio Marie have organised scratch and win and lucky draw promotions as a part of their sales promotion activities.
Special promotions on meat, poultry, seafood, salads, rice and ethnic foods from Thailand, Philippines, Japan and Korea would be a major feature of the promotions.
A Mexican Food Fest, Oriental and Mediterranean Food Fest, Biriyani Bash and Cookery Contest will be held as part of the Food Fiesta.
The two-day Mexican Food Fest is scheduled to start on April 21. The
Oriental and Mediterranean food fes-tivals will take place on April 24.
The Biriyani Bash and Cookery Contest are planned for April 28. Selected contestants would be required to prepare the dishes opted
for by them at home and bring them to Lulu Hypermarket for assessment by the judges. The contest will be held mainly under categories like meat, chicken, seafood, milk products and fruit carving. The Peninsula
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Souq Waqif Boutique Hotels opens seafood restaurant
Souq Waqif Boutique Hotels opened Al Sanbouk Fish Market, a seafood restaurant
in the Al Jasra Boutique Hotel, last week. The restaurant was officially inaugurated by the ambassador of United Arab Emirates, Juma Rashed Al Dhaheri.
The name of the restaurant is derived from the Arabic term for dhow — a fact that is reflected in its interiors. The restaurant offers a wide selection of fresh fish, lobster, shrimps, crabs and other seafood, cooked in a variety of international cooking styles like Italian and Thai.
Christophe Dumeige, Hotel Manager, Al Jasra Boutique Hotel, commented: “Offering a wide variety of fresh seafood that can be grilled, baked, steamed or fried, depending on the guest’s personal preference and taste, Al Sanbouk has been conceptualised to add a new dimen-sion to our commitment to offer the highest quality of food, service
and product offering at Souq Waqif Boutique Hotels.”
“Al Sanbouk’s seafood offering will add to the diverse culinary experi-ences currently on offer at Souq Waqif Boutique Hotels’ various food and beverage outlets, with both buf-fet and à la carte options on offer,” said Abdo Kayali, Group Director of Sales and Marketing. Some of the
delicacies served at the restaurant include fresh mussels cooked in mari-nara sauce, clams in beurre blanc, soft shell crab in green Asian curry and deep fried calamari in herb but-ter. Al Sanbouk Fish Market is open seven days a week, serving break-fast from 7am to 11am and dinner between 7pm and 11pm.
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Lulu Food Fiesta begins
Officials cutting a cake to mark the opening of the fiesta.
The Ritz-Carlton will deliver pastries and bread to clients’ doorsteps as part of a programme called ‘Pastry to Go’. This new offer will be available on Fridays and
Saturdays starting at 7am, to deliver freshly baked loaves, rolls, fruit Danish, muffins and doughnuts.
“The Ritz-Carlton Doha freshly bakes bread using the best ingredients to ensure the highest quality breads. The culinary team understands that great bread makes great meals, a nice kick-off to start a great weekend,” said Executive Chef Richard Green.
The available selection comprises bread loaves (foc-cacia rye, country farmer, white bread and sliced bread); bread rolls, soft rolls, kraft corn, gold corn and hard rolls; croissants (plain, almond and cheese); cinnamon and raisin rolls; fruit Danish with strawberry, apple, peach, blueberry and pineapple; assorted muffins (plain,
chocolate, blueberry, apple); and assorted doughnuts (sugar-coated, cinnamon, chocolate, and strawberry).
Prices range from QR3 to QR8 per piece while packs of six are available at QR10 (for bread rolls), QR12 (for assorted muffins) and QR12 (for assorted doughnuts). The minimum order should be for QR50. Orders can be placed by sending an email to rc.dohrz.ritz.to.go@ritzcarlton.
“Getting the right senses in the morning is very important to start the day and staying at home doesn’t mean that consumers can’t get great bread. We have run a one-month trial to several compounds with an intense feedback,” stated Chef Green. “Consumers will get the same five-star quality product as they will find at the hotel. Consistency is the key,” he added.
The team at Ritz-Carlton plans on offering other products, like Arabic bread, if the client requests it.
However, they contemplate delivering only to locations that are not too far from the hotel and are residential areas. “We’ll go as far as Villaggio or Sharq Village, for example,” he clarified. The Peninsula
Ritz-Carlton delivers pastries, bread to homes
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Health Tipsfrom DOCTOR
Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer among women in Qatar. (As published in the Asian Pacific Journal Of Cancer Prevention. 2008 Jan-Mar; 9(1):19-24)
In our series of articles dedicated to ultrasound in women, this week our focus will be on breast ultrasound.
Ultrasound instructions:1. Visit your radiologist, 15 minutes earlier than
your appointed time.2. Bring your previous ultrasound reports with you.3. A physician/doctor should examine the breast(s),
before performing an ultrasound (scan).
When should a breast ultrasound be performed?As opposed to a mam-
mography, sonomammog-raphy can be performed anytime during the men-strual cycle with no spe-cial preparation.
How is a breast ultra-sound performed?
A special probe (linear, high frequency probe) is used to scan the entire breast(s) and the sur-rounding area which includes the armpit(s) (axillary region).
Why should a breast ultrasound be performed?The American College of Radiology recommends
breast ultrasounds for women:a. A breast lump (mass) can be felt or a general
lumpiness in the breastb. In high risk patients (eg: family history for
breast cancer, past history of breast cancer) <30 years of age.
c. Any problems in ladies’ with breast implant’sd. Additional method to evaluate the breast, when
mammography (special x-ray/radiograph of the breast), is unclear.
e. Taking a tissue sample from the mass in the breast or armpit (axillary region), using a needle (biopsy).
Who performs a breast ultrasound?A trained doctor or technician, in the field of
radiology or ultrasound. If a technician preforms the ultrasound the doctor/radiologist will review the pictures (images) and generate a report.
Can breast ultrasound be performed in men?Yes. Breast ultrasound is usually performed, along-
side mammography.
Dr Sneha Dinesh PatelSpecialist - Radiology
Healthspring World Clinic
Breast Ultrasound(Sonomammography)
By Kerry Grens
In a review of data covering 13 years and millions of patients, researchers found no evidence of a link between being vaccinated against tetanus, hepatitis, pneumonia or flu,
and developing the nerve-degenerating disorder Guillain-Barré.
“The take home message is vaccines are not causing Guillain-Barré Syndrome at a rate, if at all, that would possibly make the benefits of vaccination not worthwhile,” wrote Dr Daniel Salmon, of the Institute for Vaccine Safety at Johns Hopkins University, who was not part of the study, in an email.
Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is a rare condition that affects one person out of every 100,000 and can lead to paralysis, which is usu-ally temporary.
GBS is considered an autoimmune response, in which a person’s own immune cells attack the protective coating on nerve fibers. Most cases fol-low a bacterial or viral infection, and develop over the course of days or weeks.
In 1976, a vaccine created to protect against an epidemic of swine flu that never materialized was linked to an increased risk of GBS in people who got the shot. Ever since, researchers have been looking at whether flu vaccines or any other vac-cines might be associated with heightened risk.
“There’s definitely a connection in people’s minds that vaccines cause this syndrome. But if you look at the (medical) literature, that doesn’t bear out,” said Dr Roger Baxter, the new study’s lead author and co-director of the Vaccine Study Center at Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, California.
Most studies have found no link between Guillain-Barré and vaccines, while a handful have shown a very small increase in risk among people who received specific flu vaccines. That includes a one in one million chance of GBS among older people who got the 2009 shot against the new H1N1 flu strain.
Because the disorder is so rare, it’s extremely difficult to determine whether a particular vaccine could have caused increases in cases, Baxter said.
So he and his colleagues looked to the large dataset of hospitalization records at Kaiser Permanente Northern California to see if they could spot a connection.
From 1995 to 2006, there were 415 cases of Guillain-Barré.
This was out of nearly 33 million person-years, a number that reflects both the number of peo-ple tracked and how long they were followed. For instance, 3.3 million people tracked for 10 years would represent 33 million person-years.
Among the 415 GBS cases, Baxter’s team found, two-thirds had a documented gastrointestinal or respiratory infection in the weeks before develop-ing GBS.
Just 25 people had received a vaccine of any kind within six weeks of the onset of GBS. Eighteen had flu shots, two got pneumonia vaccines, three had tetanus shots and three got hepatitis vaccines.
Baxter, who has received research grants from numerous vaccine manufacturers, said these num-bers were no higher than expected.
“The bottom line is we think vaccines are very safe for this outcome, that they do not result in GBS, and if they do, it’s so rare it’s nothing to be worried about,” he said.
The researchers also noted a seasonal pattern in the records, with GBS cases about 50 percent more common in winter. That result also agrees with prior research.
It’s thought that seasonality in the appearance of Guillain-Barré cases may mirror seasonal rates of infections, especially with flu and other respira-tory illnesses.
One recent French study found, for instance, that people who developed GBS were twice as likely to have had the flu or to have taken flu medication in the two months before the disorder set in.
Dr Edward Belongia, director of the Epidemiology Research Center at Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation in Marshfield, Wisconsin, said it’s important that studies like the current one monitor vaccines once they are on the market to spot possible safety concerns.
“It did happen in 1976, so we know it can hap-pen,” Belongia said.
Since then, however, “I think the evidence is clear, and this study just provides additional reas-surance that vaccines are very safe with regard to GBS,” he added.
SOURCE: bit.ly/11ayo8T Clinical Infectious
Diseases, online April 11, 2013.
Reuters
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New method devised to detect autism in children
Scientists have come up with a new tech-nique to detect autism in children based on their brain activity, says a study.
Neuroscientists from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and the University of Toronto have developed an efficient and reli-able method of analysing brain activity to detect autism in children. Their findings have appeared Thursday in the online journal PLOS ONE.
The researchers recorded and analysed dynamic patterns of brain activity with mag-netoencephalography (MEG) to determine the brain’s functional connectivity that is, its com-munication from one region to another.
The MEG measures magnetic fields generated
by electrical currents in neurons of the brain, reports Science Daily.
Roberto Fernandez Galan, PhD, an assist-ant professor of neurosciences at Case Western Reserve and an electrophysiologist seasoned in theoretical physics, led the research team that detected autism spectrum disorder (ASD) with 94 percent accuracy.
The new analytic method offers an efficient, quantitative way of confirming a clinical diag-nosis of autism.
“We asked the question, ‘Can you distinguish an autistic brain from a non-autistic brain simply by looking at the patterns of neural activity?’ and indeed, you can,” Galan said.
“This discovery opens the door to quantitative tools that complement the existing diagnostic tools for autism based on behavioural tests.”
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a s
creenin
g o
f his
late
st fi
lm, M
ax R
ose
, in
whic
h h
e p
lays
the r
ole
of an e
lderl
y
jazz
pia
nis
t fa
cin
g t
he loss
of
his
wif
e.
Tw
elv
e y
ears
aft
er B
az
Luhrm
ann’s
M
ou
lin
Rou
ge! opened t
he 2
001
fest
ival,
the A
ust
ralian’s
late
st fi
lm,
Th
e G
rea
t
Ga
tsb
y,
will
do t
he o
pen
ing h
on
ours
wit
h L
eonardo D
iCaprio
and M
ullig
an
in a
rem
ake o
f th
e F
Scott
Fit
zgerald
novel.
Jerom
e S
alle’s
film
Z
ulu
, sta
rrin
g
Oscar w
inn
er F
orest
Whit
aker a
nd
Orl
ando B
loom
, w
ill brin
g p
roceedin
gs
to a
clo
se o
n M
ay 2
6.
Ga
tsb
y
wil
l be
screen
ed
out
of
com
peti
tion
on
the s
am
e d
ay a
s it
is
rele
ase
d in F
rance, but
five d
ays
aft
er
it g
oes
to m
ark
et
in N
orth
Am
eric
a.
In t
he fi
lm, se
t on t
he U
S E
ast
Coast
of
the R
oarin
g T
wen
ties,
DiC
aprio
st
ars
as
Fit
zgerald
’s m
yst
erio
us
mil-
lionair
e J
ay G
ats
by,
batt
ling t
o w
in t
he
heart
of
Dais
y, a
gir
l he c
ourte
d in h
is
youth
, pla
yed b
y M
ullig
an.
Zu
lu, m
eanw
hile, is
set
in C
ape T
ow
n
again
st
the back
groun
d of
a S
outh
A
fric
a s
till o
vers
hadow
ed b
y a
parth
eid
, w
here a
ffluent
suburbs
rub s
hould
ers
wit
h d
irt-
poor t
ow
nsh
ips.
On t
he s
idelines
of th
e m
ovie
screen-
ings,
Can
nes
is a
lso a
huge m
arket-
pla
ce.
Every y
ear t
he f
est
ival
gath
ers
thousa
nds
of
people
, fr
om
producers
and d
istr
ibuto
rs
haggling o
ver u
pcom
-in
g m
ovie
s, t
o s
creenw
rit
ers
haw
kin
g
their
scrip
ts a
nd fi
rm
s off
erin
g innova-
tions
in c
om
pute
r-g
enerate
d im
agery.
AFP
Movie
s
by
US
dir
ecto
rs
Ste
ven
S
oderbergh
an
d
th
e
Coen
B
roth
ers,
Nic
ola
s W
indin
g R
efn
of
Denm
ark
and F
rance’s R
om
an P
ola
nsk
i are a
mong c
onte
nders
for t
he c
ovete
d
Palm
e d
’Or a
t n
ext
mon
th’s
Can
nes
film
fest
ival, o
rganis
ers
said
.T
he
soon
-to
-reti
re
Soderbergh
’s
eagerly
-aw
ait
ed
film
B
eh
ind
th
e
Ca
nd
ela
bra
, w
ith M
ichael D
ougla
s and
Matt
Dam
on, recounts
the lif
e o
f flam
-boyan
t pia
nis
t-en
terta
iner L
iberace,
who m
ask
ed h
is h
om
ose
xuality
from
public v
iew
.A
noth
er m
uch-a
nti
cip
ate
d film
is
R
efn
’s O
nly
God
Forg
ives,
sta
rrin
g R
yan
Gosl
ing i
n a
gan
gla
nd t
hrille
r s
et
in
Bangkok.
Als
o m
akin
g t
he C
annes
cut
is I
nsi
de
Lle
wyn
Da
vis
by J
oel and E
than C
oen
starrin
g O
scar I
saac, C
arey M
ullig
an
and J
ust
in T
imberl
ake in a
tale
about
a s
inger-s
ongw
rit
er in t
he 1
960s
folk
sc
ene in N
ew
York
.P
ola
nsk
i,
79,
first
com
pete
d
in
Cannes
back in 1
976.
Ven
us
in
Fu
r
featu
res
his
w
ife
Em
man
uell
e
Seig
ner
alo
ngsid
e
Math
ieu A
malr
ic in a
n a
dapta
tion o
f a B
roadw
ay p
lay d
raw
n from
an n
ovel
by L
eopold
Sacher-M
aso
ch.
He w
ill
als
o h
ave a
second fi
lm a
t C
annes,
Week
en
d o
f a
Ch
am
pio
n, w
hic
h
will be s
creened o
ut
of
com
peti
tion.
The R
ivie
ra m
ovie
extr
avagan
za,
seen a
s th
e m
ost
prest
igio
us
fest
ival
in c
inem
a, runs
from
May 1
5 t
o 2
6.
Nin
ete
en m
ovie
s are in t
he r
unnin
g
for t
he G
old
en P
alm
, but
oth
ers
may
be a
dded i
n t
he c
om
ing w
eeks,
the
organis
ers
said
. O
nly
on
e dir
ecto
r, th
ough
, is
a
wom
an -
- V
ale
ria
Bruni-
Tedesc
hi, s
is-
ter o
f fo
rm
er F
rench fi
rst
lady C
arla
B
runi, w
ith U
n C
ha
tea
u e
n I
tali
e.
Last
year’s
line-u
p d
id n
ot
inclu
de
any w
om
en d
irecto
rs.
Bu
t fe
sti
val
arti
sti
c
dir
ecto
r
Thie
rry F
rem
aux s
aid
the fi
lms
had
been s
ele
cte
d s
tric
tly o
n m
erit
.“V
ale
ria
’s fi
lm is
not
in c
om
peti
tion
because
she i
s a w
om
an b
ut
because
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OD
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WS
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VIE
89
BO
LLY
WO
OD
NE
WS
Why
won
’t Co
le d
o a
fitne
ss D
VD?
Sin
ger-s
ongw
rit
er C
heryl C
ole
says
she h
as
no inte
nti
ons
of m
akin
g
a fi
tness
DV
D b
ecause
she feels
she looks
aw
ful w
hen s
he w
ork
s out.
Ask
ed if
she w
ould
ever c
om
e o
ut
wit
h a
fitn
ess
DV
D, sh
e s
aid
: “N
o, I
look a
wfu
l w
hen I
’m w
ork
ing o
ut.
The f
riz
zy h
air
, th
e r
ed f
ace, it
’s
not
a p
rett
y s
ight.”
“It’s
not
som
eth
ing y
ou’d
want
on a
big
TV
screen, tr
ust
me,” s
he a
dded,
reports
thesu
n.c
o.u
k q
uote
d.
The form
er G
irls
Alo
ud s
inger a
dded t
hat
she h
as
no c
areer p
lans
at
all
at
the m
om
ent.
But
she r
eass
ured f
ans
that
she w
ill not
abandon m
usi
c.
“It’s
excit
ing t
hat
I actu
ally d
on’t
have a
ny p
lans
for o
nce, because
I
got
a l
ittl
e w
ay i
n w
ith t
he t
hir
d a
lbum
and t
hen d
ecid
ed t
o p
ut
it t
o
one s
ide s
o I
could
focus
on t
he G
irls
Alo
ud t
our.
Musi
c i
s m
y l
ife, m
y
pass
ion, m
y fi
rst
love, so
that
will alw
ays
be p
art
of
what
I’m
doin
g. B
ut
I actu
ally d
on’t
have a
ny p
lans
rig
ht
now
,” s
he s
aid
.
Com
fort
impo
rtan
t ove
r st
yle:
Hud
son
Actr
ess
Kate
Hudso
n r
efu
ses
to c
hoose
sty
le o
ver c
om
fort.
(16
:22)
The a
ctr
ess
, know
n for h
er fash
ionable
choic
es,
insi
sts
she w
on’t
dress
in a
n o
utfi
t th
at
she d
oesn
’t f
eel at
ease
in.
“I’v
e h
ad p
eople
push
dress
es
on m
e t
hat
are h
igh-f
ash
ion, but
if I
can’t
w
alk
or I
’m u
ncom
forta
ble
, fo
rget
it. W
om
en n
eed t
o w
ear t
hin
gs
they
are c
om
forta
ble
and c
onfident
in,” c
onta
ctm
usi
c.c
om
quote
d H
udso
n a
s sa
yin
g.
Hudso
n, 34, als
o r
eveale
d h
er love f
or b
allroom
dancin
g.
She s
aid
: “O
h m
y G
od, I
love it.
I’v
e learnt
the c
ha-c
ha a
nd t
he t
ango,”
she s
aid
, addin
g h
ow
she e
njo
ys
gett
ing n
ew
dress
es
made for t
he d
ances.
“I’m
havin
g d
ress
es
made. T
hose
flounces
are t
ota
lly m
y g
uilty
ple
as-
ure,” s
he s
aid
.
Ek T
hi D
aaya
n: A
slic
k, s
pook
y of
feri
ngB
y S
ub
has
h K
Jh
a
Fil
m:
Ek T
hi D
aayan
Sta
rrin
g:
Em
raam
Hash
mi, K
on
kon
a S
en
Sharm
a,
Hum
a Q
uresh
i,
Kalk
i K
oechlin
Dir
ecte
d b
y K
annan I
yer
Do y
ou b
elieve in t
he s
upernatu
ral?
Even if
you d
on’t
this
fabulo
usl
y
eff
ecti
ve t
ake o
n t
he w
ages
of
renew
able
evil w
ould
prom
pt
you t
o
look n
ervousl
y o
ver y
our s
hould
ers
the n
ext
tim
e y
ou p
ass
through
a d
ark
, sh
adow
y c
orrid
or.
So r
ight
aw
ay,
a r
oun
d o
f appla
use
to p
roducer V
ishal
Bhardw
aj
an
d
first
-tim
e d
irecto
r K
annan I
yer f
or a
scare f
are t
hat
goes
way b
eyond t
he
mundane t
error g
imm
icks
of
India
n c
inem
a’s
much-a
buse
d h
orror g
enre
to s
earch o
ut
the v
ery c
ore o
f th
e h
um
an n
atu
re.
Ek
Th
i D
aa
yan e
nte
rs
the w
orld
of
the s
upernatu
ral
wit
h a
finess
e a
nd
delicacy r
are t
o t
he h
orror g
enre.
The fi
rst
hour o
f th
e s
toryte
llin
g w
hen w
e a
re t
aken b
ack t
o t
he m
agic
ian-
hero B
obo (
Hash
mi)
’s s
eem
ingly
well-o
rdered c
hildhood, is
sple
ndid
, w
arm
, fu
nny a
nd, yes,
om
inous.
The c
hild a
cto
r V
ishesh
Tiw
ari
who p
lays
the y
oung H
ash
mi
and t
he
litt
le g
irl w
ho p
lays
his
baby-s
iste
r a
re d
elightf
ully u
naff
ecte
d. T
he b
ubble
-w
ait
ing-t
o-b
e-b
urst
world
of
the t
wo c
hildren i
s st
eeped i
n a
dis
tant
sor-
row
and a
vague t
error,
as
though t
o s
ay,
we w
ho b
elieve G
ood t
riu
mphs
would
have t
o s
uff
er a
whole
lot
of
evil b
efo
re w
e a
rriv
e a
t th
at
state
of
moral liberati
on.
More t
han t
he s
om
ew
hat
scatt
ered s
econd-h
alf
, it
’s in t
he e
arl
y s
ecti
ons
of th
e s
toryte
llin
g w
here d
irecto
r K
annan c
reate
s a feeling o
f fa
bulo
us
fore-
bodin
g t
hrough h
ints
and w
his
pers
rath
er t
han r
ed-h
errin
gs
and s
hrie
ks.
The c
reaky lif
t desc
endin
g into
“hell”
wit
h t
he t
wo c
hildren c
lingin
g o
n
for d
ear lif
e, th
e c
reepy liz
ard o
n t
he w
all w
hic
h m
ight
be m
uch m
ore t
han
what
it s
eem
s, t
he h
ints
and s
igns
of dia
bolism
are s
trew
n a
cross
the length
and b
readth
of
the b
reath
takin
g f
ram
es.
The n
imbly
-knit
ted s
crip
t builds
evil into
the w
orl
d o
f norm
alc
y a
nd inno-
cence. T
he n
arrati
ve’s
gaze
never falt
ers
as
it s
weeps
across
the c
haracte
rs’
lives
makin
g i
nroads
into
the a
nato
my o
f evil w
ithout
charti
ng a
course
th
at
has
been g
reen lig
hte
d b
y t
he
cin
em
ati
c h
orror c
onventi
ons.
Ek
T
hi
Da
aya
n
is
far
more
delicate
ly d
elin
eate
d,
much m
ore
“cast
e”-
eff
ecti
ve t
han o
ther fi
lms
of th
e h
orror g
enre. T
he a
cto
rs
act
terrifi
ed b
ut
they d
on’t
run a
round
scream
ing b
lue m
urder.
They a
re
too s
haken t
o a
ct
suit
ably
scared.
Em
raan H
ash
mi as
the m
agic
ian
who fi
nds
his
world
torn a
part
by
events
his
wand c
annot
prete
nd t
o
contr
ol, b
rin
gs
an a
nguis
hed t
en-
sion
in
to t
he p
lot
wit
hout
stum
-blin
g o
ver t
he d
ark e
dges
of
the
plo
t. But
the fi
lm c
learly
belo
ngs
to
the t
hree l
uscio
us l
adie
s.
While
Hum
a
Quresh
i an
d
Kalk
i are
seducti
ve a
nd im
pis
h, it
’s K
onkona
who c
learl
y t
akes
poss
ess
ion o
f her
part
and o
f th
e fi
lm w
ith a
uth
orit
y.T
he f
act
that
her f
ath
er M
ukul
Sharm
a h
as
writ
ten t
he o
rig
inal st
ory c
ould
have p
layed a
part
in e
stablish
-in
g K
onkona’s
com
fort
level
wit
h t
he e
erie
envir
onm
ent.
But
you s
usp
ect
it’s
more inherent.
Tale
nt
finds
its
level.
Saurabh G
osw
am
i’s
cin
em
ato
graphy t
akes
care o
f th
e r
est
. T
his
is
one
good-l
ookin
g fi
lm t
hat
lights
up n
ot
just
the c
haracte
rs
and t
heir
surround-
ings
but
als
o s
heds
lum
inous
light
on t
he d
ark
ness
wit
hin
the c
haracte
rs
that
reveals
its
elf
fits
and s
tarts
, to
cast
a s
ple
ndid
spell o
ver t
he a
udie
nce.
Ek
Th
i D
aa
yan r
e-d
efines
the s
pook g
enre. It
’s a
t once e
erie
and e
nchant-
ing, so
ft, su
btl
e, dark
and y
et
pow
erfu
l and p
ersu
asi
ve.
Tonally r
ich,
vib
rant
and s
ensu
ous,
the p
erfo
rm
ances
inclu
din
g P
avan
Malh
otr
a a
s H
ash
mi’s
bew
itched d
ad a
nd R
ajt
ava D
utt
a a
s his
bew
ildered
shrin
k, boost
the b
eauty
of
the w
itches’
tale
.
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Google Glass, a wearable computer with a head-mounted display, hasgone on sale to early adopters at a cost of $1,500
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BatteryPower for “one full day of typical use”
VIEWING EXPERIENCEHOW IT WORKS
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APPLICATIONS AND USES
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11WHEELS
By Dorothee Tschampa
Daimler Chief Executive Officer Dieter Zetsche’s effort to reclaim the crown of world’s largest luxury-car
maker is looking a lot like the 1980s.Mercedes-Benz next week will start
deliveries of the CLA, a four-door compact coupe that harkens back to the 190 — a sedan introduced in 1982 that earned the nickname Baby Benz because it marked a shift away from catering to the wealthiest buyers.
The new model, with more horse-power at a lower price in the United States than competing models from Bayerische Motoren Werke, is designed to broaden the brand’s appeal, espe-cially outside the slumping European market.
The CLA and a planned small sport-utility vehicle use the same compact-car underpinnings as the A- and B-Class hatchbacks, cars that have thus far failed to help Mercedes close the sales and profit gap to BMW and Volkswagen’s Audi.
“We want to beat the competition on a permanent basis,” Zetsche said this week at the company’s annual share-holders meeting in Berlin. “The course we have set is the right one. We will follow it, undeterred by the ups and downs of the markets.”
Daimler plans to update its 2013 forecasts later this month after many car and truck markets started the year weaker than expected and Europe showed no signs of recovery, the com-pany said. The automaker didn’t reit-erate an earlier target to match 2012’s operating profit this year.
Zetsche is under pressure from investors to show progress in his effort to regain the lead in luxury cars. Mercedes has fallen further behind BMW and Audi since the CEO vowed in 2011 to overtake his rivals by the end of the decade.
“They’ve been resting on their lau-rels in Stuttgart and until recently didn’t take the necessary strategic steps,” Ingo Speich, senior portfolio manager at Frankfurt-based Union Investment said. “There’s a large gap between what Daimler claims and what they actually achieve.”
Mercedes lost the No. 1 position in luxury-car sales to BMW in 2005 and sank to third behind Audi in 2011. The company also posted the weakest prof-itability of the three last year, with car earnings at 7.1 percent of sales com-pared with BMW’s 10.9 percent margin and Audi’s 11 percent.
The gap to the competition has wid-ened this year as the A- Class, which was rolled out in 2012 under the motto that “A stands for attack,” failed to off-set declines in China. Zetsche merged two sales organizations in the coun-try and appointed Hubertus Troska to Daimler’s management board to boost growth in the world’s largest car market.
Mercedes global sales gained 3.5 percent to 324,898 vehicles in the first quarter, while Audi’s deliveries climbed 6.8 percent and BMW’s 7 percent.
The struggle to keep pace is reflected in Daimler’s share performance. The market value of Daimler, based in Stuttgart, Germany, has dropped 33 percent to €45bn ($59bn) since 2007,
compared with BMW’s 54 percent surge and VW’s 23 percent gain.
Still, the catch-up gained some trac-tion in March, when Mercedes grew by 6.5 percent versus 3 percent for Audi and 4.4 percent for BMW. Daimler said today that earnings should pick up in the second half helped by the CLA and an updated E-Class.
To create buzz when the CLA hits German showrooms next week, Mercedes’s dealership in Leipzig will host an art exhibition, while the Berlin store will install a go-cart track and stage a concert with German hip-hop singer Chima. In the US, where the car will go on sale in September, Mercedes ran a Super Bowl ad featuring swim-suit model Kate Upton.
“From a volume point of view, the extended compact car family will become our biggest model line,” said Joachim Schmidt, sales and marketing chief for Mercedes. “And the family will expand further in the next generation.”
The small-car push is based on a new front-wheel drive design that will serve as the basis for at least five models, including the CLA and the new SUV. The CLA is the first of those to have a trunk instead of a hatchback, key in attracting drivers in the US and China, where sedans are more popular. The styling highlights design chief Gorden Wagener’s effort to give the brand an edgier look.
The shift to smaller cars is remi-niscent of the Baby Benz in the 1980s. The C-Class, the successor to the 190, is now the brand’s best-selling line worldwide.
“Mercedes is thoroughly changing,” said Thomas Schiller, an automotive
partner at consulting firm Deloitte in Munich. “Mercedes used to be the pinnacle of comfort and elegance, and it’s more and more moving toward sportiness and a youthful and modern design.”
Mercedes is undercutting BMW and Audi with the CLA in the US, where the Daimler unit is leading in luxury-car sales this year. The car will start at $29,900 for a 211-horsepower model. That compares with $32,550 for a 180-horsepower BMW 3-Series and $32,500 for Audi’s 211-horsepower A4.
Audi will counter Mercedes with a 25,000-euro sedan version of its A3 compact, which will debut at the Shanghai Auto Show next week. The new Audi will be equipped with a 140-horsepower gasoline engine that can accelerate the car to 100 kilom-eters (62 miles) per hour in 8.4 seconds.
Boosted by growth in compacts as well as an updated E-Class and a new generation of its S-Class flagship, Mercedes sales could rise by 7 per-cent to 1.45 million vehicles this year, researcher IHS Automotive estimates. The gain of 92,700 deliveries would outpace BMW’s 56,500-car increase as Audi’s sales sink slightly. The CLA will add almost 36,000 vehicles to sales, IHS predicts.
AMG, Mercedes’s high-performance unit, will offer a version of the CLA boasting a 360-horsepower turbo-charged engine that speeds it to 100 kph in as little as 4.6 seconds. Yet Mercedes hasn’t abandoned its tra-ditional emphasis on safety, offering options like a radar-based collision prevention system.
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TECHNOLOGYPLUS | SUNDAY 21 APRIL 201312
FINANCEToshl Finance Expense TrackerToshl is a free app that gives you a
convenient and quick means of keeping track of all your expenses and income. It automatically divides those entries into months or you can setup your own customised fiscal divisions. Toshl also allows you to use foreign cur-rencies with daily updated exchange rates, visualise your spending and help your family or group track common expenses and bills under the same account.
GAMINGXbox Smart Glass With the Xbox SmartGlass app
users can now use their Nokia Lumia phone to control their living room Xbox experience. Navigate the Xbox dashboard, pause and rewind favourite movies, swipe, pinch, and tap to surf the Web on their TV, and use their device’s keyboard for easy text input and search on the console.
Xbox SmartGlass is free to download from the Windows Phone Store.
SOCIAL MEDIARowiRowi is an easy to use Twitter app
for Windows Phone 8 with a simple
interface. If you are a serious Twitter user, this is the app for you! The appli-cation is fluid, neat, smart and intuitive in use. Instead of focusing on a big list of features, Rowi is built with the over-all experience in mind. The stream-lined, easy to use Metro interface that feels like it’s part of Windows on your Nokia Lumia device.
PHOTOGRAPHY:PhotoSynthWhenever you take a photo, you
do it because you want to capture a memory. Rather than taking just a static, flat photo, why not capture everything – all 360° of it. With the Photosynth lens from Microsoft on Nokia Lumia one can now create complete panoramics, in all direc-tions, in a matter of seconds. This is a must-have. The basic functionality of Photosynth remains as alluring and magical as ever. It sounds like it might be a tricky process that will be diffi-cult to master but the true beauty of Photosynth is just how easy it is. With minimal effort, users soon become highly proficient at creating incred-ibly immersive, 360°panoramic images of the world around them.
LomogramLomogram is a free photo edit-
ing app on Windows 8 phones which offers a selection of special effects and frames. But, unlike most photo editing apps, this one has a vast number of lighting effects that really change the mood of a photo. In total, Lomogram offers 121 different effects including 33 filters, 57 lighting effects and 31 borders to play with. With
the endless number of combinations that brings, photos needn’t look plain again.
Photo BeamerPhoto sharing couldn’t get easier.
Nokia’s Photo Beamer app allows users to show their pictures as easy and fast as possible to anyone on a larger screen. All one needs to do is go to the web-site www.photobeamer.com and point the phone camera at the QR code that appears on the smart TV or computer screen, tap it when it’s visible on the
camera, and then the magic happens. Photos are automatically transmitted to the website and shown on the screen without another click. It’s the fastest and most adaptable way to show off pictures we’ve seen.
NAVIGATION:HERE City LensHere City Lens takes navigation
capabilities to the next level. By point-ing the camera at a city street, HERE City Lens overlays information about restaurants, shops, hotels and more on the surfaces of buildings, for the most intuitive way to explore surroundings. HERE Lens is the start of a new aug-mented reality experience that also enhances Nokia Maps, making it pos-sible to move between maps view and augmented reality view to help people check their direction and surround-ings. Along with enhancements to HERE Drive, the Nokia location suite of services represents the most com-prehensive, integrated mapping experi-ence of any smartphone.
HERE TransitThis app is for Dubai, so this might
be of interest next time you are in the city. Nokia HERE Transit’ is the first smartphone app to provide the Dubai’s
residents with full details of all modes of transport including the metro, bus, taxi and boat for any given destination. The application also features exact departure and arrival schedules along
with details of trans-fers; and guides pedes-trians to the nearest stop or station; making it simple and easier for residents to travel via public transport. With live updates from RTA, the HERE Transit app is perfect for Dubai’s public transport com-muters who want to know the best time to leave the office or for partygoers who want a
one-tap access to information on the next available public transport home.
JobLensJobLens connects the physical world
with social networks to change the way job-seekers find employment. The app integrates camera functionality with augmented reality and HERE Maps to offer a ‘Job’s Near Me’ function, which shows job openings inside office build-ings and establishments based on the consumer’s location. Featuring patent pending technology, JobLens personal-ises the job search using social connec-tions from sources such as LinkedIn and uses proprietary algorithms to drive recommendations and geo-tag job listings. The app will actively push rec-ommended jobs based on a consumer’s profile and search history, allow people to pin jobs-based Live Tiles to their Start screen, share jobs with friends, and store resumes in SkyDrive. Dont see much use in Doha for now, but nev-ertheless an interesting app.
The Peninsula
Recommendations from smartphone pundits in the region of best apps, Nokia Lumia Windows Phone 8 users must experience.
Apps for Windows Phone 8
COMICS & MORE 13
ALL IN THE MIND Can you find the hidden words? They may be horizontal,vertical, diagonal, forwards or backwards.
ABOUT, ABOVE, ABUTTING, ACROSS, ADJACENT, ADJOINING,ADVANCE, AROUND, ASCENDING, BACKWARDS, BELOW,BENEATH, CIRCLE, CONTIGUOUS, DECLINE, DECREASE,DESCENDING, DIAGONAL, DOWN, EAST, EBBING, FALLING,FLOWING, FORWARDS, HIGHER, HORIZONTAL, INCLINE,INCREASE, INSIDE, LEFT, LOWER, NEXT TO, NORTH, OUTSIDE,OVER, RETREAT, REVERSE, RIGHT, RISING, SOUTH, THROUGH,UNDER, UP, VERTICAL, VIA, WANING, WAXING, WEST.
Baby Blues Jerry Scott and Rick Kirkman
Zits by Dennis Young and Denis Lebrun
Hagar The Horrible Chris Browne
LEARNARABIC
How to ask in the present:
Examples:
Hal (Ana) Aktubu? Do I write?
Hal (anti)Taktubeena?
Do you write? (f)
Hal (anta) Tak’tubu? Do you write? (m)
Hal (howa) Yadrusu Does he study?
Hal (hiy’ya) Tadrusu Does she study?
PLUS | SUNDAY 21 APRIL 2013
PLUS | SUNDAY 21 APRIL 2013
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 Accompanier of a
thrown tomato 8 Reddish-orange gem15 Settled16 Like the sky17 High-carb party snack18 Midwest birthplace of
Orson Welles and Don Ameche
19 Berry of “Mayberry R.F.D.”
20 “Ha, see?!”22 Heart, to Hadrian23 Norway’s Order of St.
___25 Local protest acronym26 Avoid work, in Britain27 Try, informally29 Jack-a-___ (hybrid
dog)30 Perfect Day maker31 Green acres?33 Basic bit of algebra35 News newbie36 Sartre’s soul
37 Musée Rodin masterpiece
41 Home of the U.S. Army Airborne Forces
45 One of about a million on a jetliner
46 Fictional title sch. of a 1994 comedy film
48 Choice at some check-ins
49 “___ it!”50 No-no for objectivity52 Allowing no play53 Adapted intro?54 Make stylish56 Bush much seen
around Florida57 Approach from out of
nowhere59 Stylish61 Edible floppy disk?62 Select from a menu63 World’s largest
nocturnal primates64 ___ Beer Night (1974
baseball promotion that ended in a riot)
DOWN 1 “I don’t want to fight,
man” 2 His opening line is
“’Tis better as it is” 3 Like some markets
and headphones 4 Bit of witchery 5 Brand with a paw print
in its logo 6 Progeny 7 Advice from Dr. Ruth 8 Target of Fonzie’s fist
bumps 9 Impressionism?10 One to walk with11 Nigerian people12 Pointless situation13 Program guides14 Talk of the town21 Subj. in the 2007
documentary “Sicko”24 Like some pullovers26 Point out?28 It might prevent a
blackout
30 Friend of Pumbaa32 “Are We There Yet?”
airer34 Skin pic?37 Big name in weight-
loss pills38 Stowed39 Prince of Darkness40 Thin construction
strips41 Cool bit of trivia42 For laughs
43 Like some fingernails and eyelashes
44 Bart Simpson catchphrase
47 Half-___50 Rail nail51 Tutu material54 Make unbearable?55 It may be unbearable58 Andean tuber60 Turn-of-the-century
year
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17 18
19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30
31 32 33 34
35 36
37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44
45 46 47 48
49 50 51 52
53 54 55 56
57 58 59 60
61 62
63 64
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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
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EASY SUDOKUEasy 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.
Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate
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Malaga
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Magazine
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Magazine
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Monte Carlo
The Final
18:00 Spanish League
Deportivo V
Athletic Bilbao
20:00 Stars: Rio
Ferdinand
21:00 Italian League
Juventus V Milan
24:00 Rugby Aviva
Premiership
Wasps V Exeter
01:45 Spanish League
Sevilla V
Atletico Madrid
08:00 News
09:00 Witness
10:30 Inside Story
11:00 News
11:30 Listening Post
12:30 Counting the
Cost
13:00 NEWSHOUR
14:00 News
14:30 Inside Story
15:00 The Frost
Interview
16:00 NEWSHOUR
17:00 News
17:30 South2North
18:00 NEWSHOUR
19:00 News
19:30 People &
Power
20:00 News
20:30 Inside Syria
21:00 NEWSHOUR
22:00 News
22:30 Listening Post
23:00 Al Jazeera
World
12:20 How Do They
Do It?
14:35 Baggage
Battles
16:55 Border Security
19:10 Soul Food
Family
20:35 Magic Of Science
21:00 You Have Been
Warned
21:55 Strip The City
22:50 Countdown To
Collision
23:45 Superhuman
Showdown
13:00 Monster Fish
14:00 Python
Hunters
16:00 Man-Eater of
The Congo
18:00 Hunter Hunted
19:00 Monster Fish
21:00 World’s Deadliest
Snakes
22:00 Man-Eater of
The Congo
23:00 Man v.
Monster
16:00 Hunter Hunted
18:00 World’s
Weirdest
19:00 Hooked
20:00 Dangerous
Encounters
With Brady Barr
21:00 Man-Eater of
The Congo
22:00 World’s
Deadliest
Snakes
14:00 Bushwhacked
16:00 Mrs. Miracle
20:00 Vampire In
Brooklyn
22:00 The Guru
00:00 Slums Of
Beverly Hills
02:00 Vampire In
Brooklyn
13:45 Queens Of The
Savannah
14:40 Shamwari: A
Wild Life
15:35 Bondi Vet
16:30 Bad Dog
18:20 Gator Boys
19:15 Wild Things
With Dominic
Monaghan
20:10 Killer Jellyfish
22:00 Wild
Appalachia
23:50 Untamed &
Uncut
11:30 The Alamo
14:10 The Private Life
Of Sherlock
Holmes
16:10 Mgm’s Big
Screen
16:25 De-Lovely
18:30 Saved
20:00 Viva Maria!
22:00 Born To Win
23:30 Equus
12:50 Red Dust
14:15 The Belle Of
New York
15:35 Captain
Sindbad
17:00 Day Of The Evil
Gun
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20:20 Courage Of
Lassie
22:00 Eye Of The
Devil
13:00 Everyone’s Hero
14:30 Vickery’s Wild
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1
Snow White & The Huntsman (Action) – 3.00, 7.15 & 11.15pm
Beat The World (Drama) – 5.15pm
Love Wedding Marriage (2D/Comedy) – 9.30pm
2
Croods (3D/Animation) – 2.30pm
Foodfight (2D/Animation) – 4.30 & 6.30pm
The Host (2D/Action) – 8.30pm
Ek Thi Daayan (2D/Hindi) – 11.00pm
3
Kontiki (2D/Adventure) – 2.30pm
The Haunting In Connecticut 2 (2D/Horror) – 5.00pm
Udhayam (2D/Tamil) – 7.00pm
Fire With Fire (2D/Action) – 9.30 & 11.30pm
LANDMARK
1
Kontiki (2D/Adventure) – 2.30pm
Foodfight (2D/Animation) – 5.00 & 7.00pm
Fire With Fire (2D/Action) – 9.00pm
Udhayam (2D/Tamil) – 11.00pm
2
Croods (3D/Animation) – 2.30pm
The Haunting In Connecticut 2 (2D/Horror) – 7.00pmThe Host (2D/Action)
– 4.30 & 9.00pmDetective Dee (2D/Action) –
11.15pm
3
The Haunting In Connecticut 2 (2D/Horror) – 2.30pm
Udhayam (2D/Tamil) – 4.30pm
Defective Dee (2D/Action) – 6.45pm
Ek Thi Daayan (2D/Hindi) – 9.00pm
Fire With Fire (2D/Action) – 11.30pm
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Croods (3D/Animation) – 2.30pm
Foodfight (2D/Animation) – 4.30pm
The Host (2D/Action) – 6.30pm
Fire With Fire (2D/Action) – 9.00pm
The Haunting In Connecticut 2 (2D/Horror) – 11.00pm
2
Rise Of The Guardians (Animation) – 3.00pm
Brave (Animation) – 5.00pm
Love Wedding Marriage (2D/Comedy) – 7.00pmDevil’s Double (Action)
– 9.00 & 11.00pm
3
Jack Reacher (Action) – 3.00 & 5.30pm
The Bourne Legacy (Adventure) – 8.00 & 11.00pm
QF RADIO 91.7 FM ENGLISH PROGRAMME BRIEF LIVE SHOWS Airing Time Programme Briefs
SPIRITUAL HOUR
6:00 – 7:00 AM A time of reflection, a deeper understanding of the teachings of Islam.
MORNING SHOW “RISE”
7:00 – 9:00 AM Rise, a LIVE 2-hour morning show hosted and produced by Scott Boyes. On the program today, Scott speaks with Shabina Khatri, co-founder of Doha News. Shabina will fill us in on all the latest news about everything that’s happening locally here in Qatar.
INTERNATIO-NAL NEWS
1:00 PM The latest news and events from around the world.
STRAIGHT TALK
7:00 – 8:00 PM A LIVE weekly 1-hour Political show produced and hosted by Nabil Al Nashar. Nabil Al Nashar continues with 2nd part of last week’s episode, to zero in on the facts of the Palestinian/Israeli conflict. Question is… Is the road to peace paved with Israeli Settlements?
REPEAT SHOWS
LEGENDARY ARTISTS
8:00 – 9:00 PM The show tells the story of a celebrity artist that has reached unprecedented fame. Throughout the episode the artists’ memorable performances/songs will be played to put listeners in the mood.
MUSIC & INFORMATION
Listen in the whole day as we offer a wide array of music and loads of information through QF Radio’s Factoid Series aside from our daily program offerings.
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Hey’Ya: Arab Women in Sport When: March 7-Jun 16 Monday–Thursday, Saturday: 9am-8pmFriday; 3pm-9pm (Sunday closed)Where: QMA Gallery, Bldg 10 What: The Qatar Museums Authority will exhibit ‘Hey’Ya: Arab Women in Sport’ at QMA Gallery in Katara Cultural Village. The exhibition was first held in London during the 2012 Olympic Games. The exhibit originated in Qatar, beginning at the Arab Games’ Athletes Village in December 2011, where photographer Brigitte and documentary maker Marian Lacombe set up an outdoor studio, working with female athletes. They then travelled to 20 Arab countries from the Gulf to North Africa, documenting images and videos of 70 Arab sportswomen. Free entry
Fire of AnatoliaWhen: April 25; 8pm-11pmWhere: Katara Amphitheater
What: Fire of Anatolia is derived from the thousands of years of mythological and cultural history of Anatolia, and features 3000 dancers interpreting the music of every corner of Turkey.Discover the history of the region through song and dance as director Mustafa Erdogan combines the concept of ‘fire’ and ‘peace’ in one exciting show.The journey lasts for one night only at the Katara Amphitheater on the April25. Tickets: QR100-QR500, available online.
Designed To WinWhen: Until June 23; 10am-10pm Where: Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art What: Katara Exhibition in Collaboration with the Design Museum in London.Designed to Win celebrates ways in which design and sport are combined, pushing the limits of human endeavour to achieve records and victories of increasing significance and wonder. There will be an extensive educational programme and visiting artists’ talks complementing the expo.Free entry
A Bridge to the MoonWhen: Until April 27; 10am-10pmWhere: Katara Gallery 2 — Bldg 18 What: Amal Al Aathem is one of the most prominent and proactive Qatari artists today, her reputation as a Qatari artist with a real voice and message has won her respect internationally. Her work has been widely exhibited in the region and in different parts of the world. Al Aathem believes that old philosophies have linked the moon, nature and the woman in a symbolic way, believing that the moon is the centre of the universe and the woman is thecentre of society.Free entry
Events in Qatar MEDIA SCAN
• Some people are demanding that the
authorities concerned provide alternative
places for labour camps after labourers
were evicted from farmhouses serving
as accommodation for single workers,
and from residential areas where families
live, following a ban on camps in these
places.
• There are demands for strict monitoring
of those trading in birds, and for making it
mandatory for buyers to get a sales receipt
to prevent fraudulent practices, including
sale of stolen birds.
• There is talk about a plan of the Permanent
Committee for Emergency to set up a
centre to monitor earthquakes and natural
calamities.
• There is talk about the findings of a study
conducted by the Supreme Council of
Health, according to which 70 percent of
Qatari citizens suffer from obesity.
• Social media sites are abuzz with comments
about amendments to the human resources
law, which have brought back the end of
service gratuity and marriage allowance for
citizens.
• There is talk about telecast of live CCTV
footage from the towers area along
the Corniche started by the Ministry of
Municipality and Urban Planning.
• There is discussion on social media sites
among parents and guardians about
competitions in some schools to select the
most beautiful pyjamas.
• There is talk about the implementation of an
online system to allow Egyptian companies
to operate in Qatar without sponsors.
• Citizens have expressed appreciation for
the decision of the State Cabinet to exempt
people with special needs from all taxes.
• It has been proposed to the authorities
concerned that they issue a seismic building
code to minimise the impact of earthquakes
on buildings.
A summary ofissues of the daydiscussed by the Qatari communityin the media.
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A picture of sunset at the old village of Umm Salal.
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Juror jailed for texting during trial
A judge in Oregon noticed an unexpected glow on a juror’s chest while the courtroom
lights were dimmed during video evidence in an armed-robbery trial.
The juror, it seemed, was texting.Marion County Circuit Judge
Dennis Graves cleared the court-room and excused all jurors except 26-year-old Benjamin Kohler.
According to a news release from the Marion County Sheriff ’s Office, Kohler had no explanation for his actions.
Jurors in Oregon are given explicit instructions at the outset of each trial not to use cellphones in court.
Graves held Kohler in contempt, and Kohler spent most of Tuesday and Wednesday in the county jail. He was released Wednesday night.
Neither the nature of the text message nor its recipient was disclosed.
Kohler did not immediately return a phone call seeking com-ment Thursday.
An alternate juror took his place. Sheriff ’s spokesman Don Thomson said the trial ended Thursday with the defendant found guilty.
AP