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P | 13 2 PLUS | SUNDAY 18 JANUARY 2015 COVER STORY The Grand Budapest Hotel and Birdman tie for top honours

By Catherine Shoard and Eddie Redmayne - one for music and another for adapted screenplay. irdman and The Grand Eric Fellner, co-chairman of produc- Budapest Hotel scored nine ers Working Title, paid tribute to nominations at the 87th the film’s subject, Stephen Hawking: BAcademy Awards, announced “He’s won everything else already, in Los Angeles on Thursday. so it’d be gorgeous if he got close to Alejandro González Iñárritu’s experi- an Oscar.” mental satire about a fading movie Meanwhile the team behind Mr actor (played by Michael Keaton) Turner – which scored no Globes tied for top place going into the nominations and a disappointing awards with Wes Anderson’s whim- haul at the Baftas – will be cheered sical comedy. by its four Oscar nods, for music, That left Boyhood, Richard production design, costume design Linklater’s audacious 12-years-in- and cinematography. But there was the-making coming-of-age epic, nothing for Timothy Spall’s perform- trailing with just six nominations, ance, nor for Mike Leigh’s direction the same as Clint Eastwood’s Iraq or screenplay. war drama American Sniper, which Dick Pope, Leigh’s longtime cin- has recently picked up momentum. ematographer, reacted with elation Boyhood took top honours at the to his second Oscar nomination, and Golden Globes last Sunday, scoop- first for his work with Leigh. The ing gongs for best drama, best direc- lack of nominations in headline cat- tor and best supporting actress. egories was, he said, a happy change Birdman’s predicted win in the from the norm. “It would be churl- best comedy or musical category ish of me to whinge and nitpick. It’s was snatched instead by The Grand been many years that actors have Budapest Hotel. taken the front stage. It’s great that Selma, Ava DuVernay’s stirring we, Mike’s company of players, have civil rights drama about Martin finally taken one for the team.” Luther King’s 1965 campaign When Pope’s name was read out, to secure equal voting rights in Academy president Cheryl Boone Alabama, which had been seen as Isaacs managed an unfortunate a frontrunner, went home with just mispronunciation of Pope’s sur- two nominations, for best picture and name as “Poop”. Pope had not heard best song for Glory. Had its direc- the broadcast as he was otherwise tor been nominated, it would have engaged – revisiting the Late Turner made her the first black woman to show at Tate Britain. be so. The glaring lack of non-white Rosamund Pike was also nomi- faces across the board – especially nated for best actress for her role stark the year after the best picture in Gone Girl, alongside shock nomi- victory for 12 Years a Slave – was nee Marion Cotillard for Two Days, bemoaned on social media. British One Night. Jennifer Aniston failed actor David Oyelowo was also over- to make the cut, in the end, for her looked for his performance. anti-vanity project as a chronic pain There was good news for the Brits sufferer in Cake. But Julianne Moore elsewhere, however. The Imitation is seen as the clear favourite in this Game, about Alan Turing’s time as category for her role as a neurosci- a Bletchley Park codebreaker, scored entist with early-onset Alzheimer’s nods for Benedict Cumberbatch’s lead in Still Alice. performance and Keira Knightley’s Robert Duvall (in The Judge) and supporting, as well as best picture, Laura Dern (in Wild) were outsider best director, best adapted screen- shots in the best supporting catego- play, best editing, best production ries whose inclusion was met with design and best music. cheers as the nominees were read Rival scientist biopic The Theory out. The inclusion of Bradley Cooper of Everything took five nominations, in the best actor race was blindsiding including one for best picture, one for commentators who had reserved for each of its leads – Felicity Jones the space for Jake Gyllenhaal. PLUS | SUNDAY 18 JANUARY 2015 3

BEST PICTURE BEST DOCUMENTARY BEST MAKEUP AND HAIR • American Sniper • CitizenFour • Bill Corso and Dennis Liddiard • Birdman • Finding Vivian Maier – Foxcatcher • Boyhood • Last Days in Vietnam • Frances Hannon and Mark • The Grand Budapest Hotel • The Salt of the Earth Coulier – The Grand Budapest • The Imitation Game • Virunga Hotel • Selma BEST ANIMATION • Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou and • The Theory of Everything David White – Guardians of the • Whiplash • Big Hero 6 Galaxy • The Boxtrolls BEST DIRECTOR BEST ORIGINAL SCORE • How to Train Your Dragon 2 • Alejandro González Iñárritu • Song of the Sea • Alexandre Desplat – The Grand – Birdman • The Tale of Princess Kaguya Budapest Hotel • Richard Linklater – Boyhood BEST ORIGINAL SONG • Alexandre Desplat – The • Bennett Miller – Foxcatcher Imitation Game • Wes Anderson – The Grand • Everything Is Awesome (music • Hans Zimmer – Interstellar Budapest Hotel and lyric by Shawn Patterson, • Gary Yershon – Mr Turner The Grand Budapest Hotel • Morten Tyldum – The Imitation performed by Tegan & Sara • Jóhann Jóhannsson – The Game feat The Lonely Island) – The Theory of Everything Lego Movie BEST ACTOR BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN • Glory (music and lyric by John • Steve Carell – Foxcatcher Stephens and Lonnie Lynn, • Adam Stockhausen and Anna • Bradley Cooper – American performed by Common and Pinnock – The Grand Budapest Sniper John Legend) – Selma Hotel • Benedict Cumberbatch – The • Grateful (music and lyric by • Maria Djurkovic and Tatiana Imitation Game Diane Warren, performed by Macdonald – The Imitation • Michael Keaton – Birdman Rita Ora) – Beyond the Lights Game • Eddie Redmayne – The Theory • I’m Not Going to Miss You • Nathan Crowley and Gary of Everything (music, lyric and performance Fettis – Interstellar BEST ACTRESS by Glen Campbell) – Glen • Dennis Gassner and Anna Campbell ... I’ll Be Me Pinnock – Into the Woods • Marion Cotillard – Two Days, • Lost Stars (music and lyric by • Suzie Davies and Charlotte One Night Gregg Alexander and Danielle Watts – Mr Turner • Felicity Jones – The Theory of Brisebois, performed by Adam BEST VISUAL EFFECTS Everything Levine) – Begin Again • Julianne Moore – Still Alice • Dan Deleeuw, Russell Earl, BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT • Rosamund Pike – Gone Girl Bryan Grill and Dan Sudick – • Reese Witherspoon – Wild • Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1 Captain America: The Winter • Joanna Soldier BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR • Our Curse • Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Birdman • Robert Duvall – The Judge • The Reaper Daniel Barrett and Erik • Ethan Hawke – Boyhood • White Earth Winquist – Dawn of the Planet • Edward Norton – Birdman BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY of the Apes • Mark Ruffalo – Foxcatcher • Stephane Ceretti, Nicolas • JK Simmons – Whiplash • Emmanuel Lubezki – Birdman Aithadi, Jonathan Fawkner and • Robert Yeoman – The Grand Foxcatcher, Interstellar and significant omissions: The Paul Corbould – Guardians of BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Budapest Hotel Whiplash all took five nomina- LEGO Movie missed out on an the Galaxy • Lukasz Zal and Ryszard tions, a better-than-expected expected nomination for best • Patricia Arquette – Boyhood • Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Lenczewski – Ida Ian Hunter and Scott Fisher result for all three films. A late animation, but picked one up • Laura Dern – Wild • Dick Pope – Mr Turner – Interstellar show of solidarity for Bennett in the best song category for • Keira Knightley – The Imitation • Roger Deakins – Unbroken • Richard Stammers, Lou Miller, who recently came ‘Everything is Awesome’. Life Game Pecora, Tim Crosbie and under fire from one of the men Itself, Steve James’s much-loved • Emma Stone – Birdman BEST EDITING • Meryl Streep – Into the Woods Cameron Waldbauer – X-Men: on whose story Foxcatcher is documentary about the late • Joel Cox and Gary D Roach – Days of Future Past based, may have helped pro- film critic Roger Ebert, failed BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY American Sniper pel him to a best director nod; to make the cut in best docu- • Sandra Adair – Boyhood BEST COSTUME DESIGN the film also picked up a best mentary contenders, although • Alejandro González Iñárritu, • Barney Pilling – The Grand • Milena Canonero – The Grand original screenplay nod, as well Citizenfour, Laura Poitras’s Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Budapest Hotel Budapest Hotel as acclaim for Steve Carell study of the week in which Dinelaris, Jr and Armando Bo • William Goldenberg – The • Mark Bridges – Inherent Vice – Birdman in the best actor category Edward Snowden’s NSA revela- Imitation Game • Colleen Atwood – Into the Woods • Richard Linklater – Boyhood and best supporting actor for tions – and identity – became • Tom Cross – Whiplash • Anna B Sheppard and Jane • E Max Frye and Dan Futterman Mark Ruffalo (although co-star public, did make the cut. BEST SOUND EDITING Clive – Maleficent – Foxcatcher • Jacqueline Durran – Mr Turner Channing Tatum missed out). Gillian Flynn’s failure to pick • Wes Anderson and Hugo • Alan Robert Murray and Bub Notably, though, it didn’t take up an adapted screenplay nod Guinness – The Grand Asman – American Sniper BEST SHORT FILM (ANIMATED) one of the eight best picture for her rewrite of novel Gone Budapest Hotel • Martin Hernández and Aaron • The Bigger Picture nomination spaces. Girl meant both screenplay cat- • Dan Gilroy – Nightcrawler Glascock – Birdman • The Dam Keeper Many had predicted rec- egories were solely men-only. • Brent Burge and Jason BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY • Feast ognition for Whiplash’s edit- The nominees were Canovas – The Hobbit: The • Me and My Moulton ing and best supporting actor announced by Academy presi- • Jason Hall – American Sniper Battle of the Five Armies • A Single Life (JK Simmons), but Damien dent Cheryl Boone Isaacs, • Richard King – Interstellar • Graham Moore – The Imitation BEST SHORT Chazelle’s taut drama about actor Chris Pine and directors Game • Becky Sullivan and Andrew a ferocious drum teacher Alfonso Cuaron (who took the • Paul Thomas Anderson – DeCristofaro – Unbroken • Aya also scored best picture, best best director award last year Inherent Vice BEST SOUND MIXING • Boogaloo and Graham sound editing and best adapted for Gravity) and JJ Abrams, • Anthony McCarten – The • Butter Lamp • John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and screenplay nominations. whose Star Wars film is among Theory of Everything • Parvaneh Walt Martin – American Sniper • The Phone Call Interstellar’s five nomina- the most anticipated movies of • Damien Chazelle – Whiplash • Jon Taylor, Frank A Montaño tions weren’t quite enough for the year. BEST FOREIGN FILM and Thomas Varga – Birdman it to take the honour previously The awards will be announced • Gary A Rizzo, Gregg Landaker held by Christopher Nolan’s The 22 February 22 in the Dolby • Ida and Mark Weingarten Dark Knight for the most nods Theatre in Hollywood in a cer- • Leviathan – Interstellar • Jon Taylor, Frank A Montaño without a shot at best picture. emony hosted by Neil Patrick • Tangerines • Timbuktu and David Lee – Unbroken But there were some Harris. The Guardian • Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins and • Wild Tales Thomas Curley – Whiplash Ida 4 PLUS | SUNDAY 18 JANUARY 2015 CAMPUS /COMMUNITY Punjabi Association celebrates Lohri

The Punjabi Association in Doha celebrated Lohri - the harvest festival of North India with lots of cultural programmes at the Indian Club. The traditional bonfire was lit in the outdoor area of the club and children performed folk dances and adults rendered folk songs to mark the occasion. Around 350 people attended the festivities. Traditional food like makki ki roti with sarsoon ka saag was served for dinner.

Nepal folk music show

Syanja Relation Committee-Doha organised a folk music night at Quality Hyper Market, Salwa Road, recently. The event saw hundreds of Nepali folk music fans in attendance and was chaired by Bheshraj Parajuli and NRNAICC Vice-Chairman Tb Karki was the chief guest. Programme’s main attraction was popular folk singer Purushottam Neupane performing his hit songs and later he sang a duet with Kala Pangeni (pictured right). Comedian Suresh B C performed his act about social networking sites. Programme was hosted by Nabaraj B K and Khyam Shrestha. The purpose of the event was to raise funds for poor and disabled children in Nepal.

IIS holds fancy dress competition for KG students

Ideal Indian School held fancy dress competition for the students of Upper KG students recently. The tiny tots participated in the event enthusiastically. The attires they wore and the personalities they presented ranged from fictitious characters to common human beings, professionals and great leaders and also witnessed a lot of crea- tive work like sheep, butterfly, sunflower, witch, pirate, plastic bag, farmer, clock, baker, painter, jelly fish etc. The purpose of conducting the competition was not only to blend learning with fun but also to develop confidence in the little ones by giving them an opportunity to get on the stage and speak in front of an audience. COMMUNITY / MARKETPLACE PLUS | SUNDAY 18 JANUARY 2015 5

Celebration at Retaj Gold winner Joji Mathew, who had purchased gold jewellery from Malabar Gold & Diamonds Celebrating Qatar Handball 2015 in Doha, Retaj Hotels and Hospitality manage- branch in Doha received 100 gold coins as part of the 4th edition of Malabar Gold ment marked the event by holding a competition between sister hotels Retaj Al & Diamonds Festival. The customers stand a chance to win a total of 250,000 Rayyan and Retaj Royale. Chefs from both hotels presented their best by making gold coins and up to QR2m instant cash refund. For every purchase of gold jewel- a cake to represent the event. Seen in the picture are Medhat Nouby, Regional lery above QR2,000, the customers get a ‘Scratch & Win’ coupon through which Director of Finance and Acting CEO of the group, general managers of Retaj Al they can win a guaranteed gold coin or up to 100 gold coins instantly. With every Rayyan and Retaj Royale Mostafa Abo El Seoud and Ahmed Khorshed, Chef diamond jewellery purchase, the customers get a ‘Scratch & Win’ coupon for a Attia, Chef Abdul Basset, Chef Akram, Chef Hamdy and hotel management team. guaranteed cash refund and get a chance to win up to 100 percent cash back. Hwang introduces bento box for lunch

wang Pan Asian restaurant at quality cuisine of Hwang to daytime Hwang’s new lunch menu enables InterContinental Doha The diners in the restaurant’s authen- diners to choose from three starters, HCity is now open for lunch tic Pan Asian atmosphere that’s three main courses and three desserts. Sunday through Thursday from 12 perfect for gathering with business The menu, which changes every two noon to 3pm offering a special bento colleagues, friends and family,” said weeks, includes items such as Thai box menu starting at QR75. Hwang’s Pascal Eggerstedt, General Manager. vegetable salad, chili shrimp, chicken normal a la carte and beverage menu “I think that many people perceive teriyaki and Asian-style wok chicken also will be available during lunch, having lunch at a five-star hotel as as well as banana tempura and pandan which includes a diverse selection of an expensive and lengthy affair. With crème brule for dessert. Each bento box cuisine from eight different Asian the bento box concept, we are chang- also includes a choice of rice or noodles. countries as well as Hwang’s signature ing that by offering quick service and The different courses are arranged in shabu-shabu cooked at the table in an value for money along with a wide separate compartments and served in authentic hot pot. variety of Far Eastern dishes from a beautifully crafted wooden lacquered “We are thrilled to be bringing the which to choose.” bento box. The Peninsula

IEI Qatar Chapter holds technical seminar technical seminar was held by the AQatar Chapter of the Institution of Engineers (India) at ICC (Indian Cultural Center) recently. Secretary Shaik Kareem Basha welcomed the gathering, introducing the speaker and outlining the impor- tance of the event. Nanda Kishore Das gave a pres- entation on ‘General Overview Of IEI Qatar Chapter office-bearers and members Electrifications For Buildings And attending the technical seminar. Other Mep Services In Qatar’. Umesh Kumar, gave a presenta- Abhijit Kuwalekar compered the IEI Qatar Chapter to be held at ICC Project 5S-2015 (School Students tion on ‘Under Floor Air Distribution event. Executive Committee member on January 30. Struggle for Sustainability and to System’. Biranjan Das proposed vote of thanks. Annual Family Get together along Save Environment) will be held The seminar was attended by Basha announced that the next with beach cleaning programme on on February 20 at the Ideal Indian around 60 members and guests. three important events to be held are: February 13 at Wakra Family Garden School. Executive Committee Member Annual General Body meeting of and beach. The Peninsula 6 PLUS | SUNDAY 18 JANUARY 2015 BOOKS Secrets and advice: Haruki Murakami responds to readers’ questions online

Novelist responds to questions on

bringing up children and hate speech, but A screenshot of the site where Murakami is steers away from insights into private life. answering the questions.

By Justin McCurry a peek into it,” he said. “Instead, try Shinchosha said it would accept ques- attacks on the Tokyo subway, he said: taking a look into other people’s lives.” tions in English and other languages: “I’ve thought about it, but there’s been aruki Murakami (pic- Murakami, who established himself an English translation of the applica- no real movement on this. The prepa- tured) concedes he as a leading author with his 1987 novel tion form can be found at the Taiwan, ration is really hard work.” could improve on one of Norwegian Wood, is coaxed into a rare Japan, Spain and I blog. Another person asked him how he his most famous novels, loquacious response to a question about The writer rarely appears in pub- would improve one of his best-known says he has learned to the “global problem” of hate speech. lic, preferring to restrict any direct novels, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and Hlive with the barbs of his critics, and “As a novelist, I am occasionally contact with his readers to occasional the End of the World, if he had the admits feeling slightly awkward about the target of hate speech,” he wrote. message exchanges. He has, though, chance to write the 30-year-old work sharing a birthday with Adolf Hitler’s “There are, after all, some awful people spoken out on contentious topics, such again. right-hand man. out there … We have to do something as nuclear power, peace and Japan’s “When you think about a girl you The novelist’s long-awaited rein- about this trend.” resurgent nationalism. dated a long time ago, don’t you find carnation as an agony uncle began on It was not fair, he added, to target Readers are invited to post ques- yourself thinking, ‘Ah, if only things Friday when he started responding to people because of their race or other tions or “little somethings” they want had gone better,’” Murakami replied. “I fans’ online questions about, among things over which they had no control. to share with the author. No subject is often do. It’s the same thing … if only other topics, bringing up children and He assured visitors to the site that he taboo, although messages should con- things had gone better. That said, then hate speech, although he predictably would read and reply to the questions tain a maximum of 1,200 characters. was then, and I think I did my best.” steered away from offering any insights personally. “It’s not like I just sign what One reader, a 43-year-old woman, Murakami only embraces his agony into his private life. I made an assistant or editor write,” managed to elicit a guarded response uncle alter ego once, when a 32-year- The 66-year-old’s advice column he said in a greeting. “Unfortunately about Murakami’s writing plans. old mother explains that she wants debut was notable, too, for the absence I only have one body … I can’t answer Asked if he had considered a third to bring up her 11-year-old son to be of any discussion about his well-known everyone.” work of non-fiction to add to those like him. “He plays computer games passion for jazz, cats, running and the The site is in Japanese, but about running and the 1995 sarin gas every day and never reads books,” she Yakult Swallows baseball team. complained. A day after its launch, Murakami- Murakami replied: “Bring him up san no tokoro – or Mr Murakami’s like me? I wonder what you mean by Place – is playing it safe, in keeping that. It’s quite tough being me … but I with his insistence on indulging in somehow managed it, because I am me. light-hearted conversation with his “If you mean you want to bring him readers. up to like books, then I think you have Launched by the publishing company to leave that up to him,” he said, adding Shinchosha, the website shows cartoon that he no longer reads as much as he renderings of Murakami, dressed in would like since his eyesight seems to a blue sweater and sitting with ani- have deteriorated slightly. mals or typing on a laptop. The site In response to a 49-year-old woman will accept questions until January 31, born on the same date as the novelist with Murakami’s responses to a small – 12 January – he points out that they selection appearing over the following share a birthday with the author Jack two months. London, but also with the Nazi second- In 10 brief contributions on the in-command Hermann Göring. site on Friday, Murakami confirmed “That’s a bit of a problem,” he said. his reputation for reticence, but dis- “But it turns out that after the allies played moments of sardonic wit that arrested the most senior Nazis after will delight devotees in Japan and doz- the war, Göring performed best at a ens of other countries where his books He assured visitors to the site that he would read kind of intelligence test. Maybe that have sold millions in translation. was down to his date of birth.” One of the early questions came from and reply to the questions personally. “It’s not like I Murakami went on to say he cel- a 51-year-old doctor who wondered if ebrated his birthday with a visit to a he was entitled to a “special invitation” just sign what I made an assistant or editor write,” restaurant, where he ate a “seafood to spend a day by the author’s side. tower”: a stack of delicacies compris- He may have been disappointed with he said in a greeting. “Unfortunately I only have one ing shrimp, lobster, oysters, mussels, Murakami’s polite, but firm, reply: sashimi and octopus. “It was incred- “There are tiny secrets about my life, body … I can’t answer everyone.” ible,” he said. so it would be troubling for you to take The Guardian WHEELS PLUS | SUNDAY 18 JANUARY 2015 7

Toyota Camry: We keep asking for it, we keep getting it

By Warren Brown I averaged 38 miles per gallon on the did on the highway. It is the magic of everything that normal drivers, peo- highway and 40 in the city, matching the hybrid, with a petrol engine and an ple who simply want to get from one one of us want to feel dumb, the mileage claims made by Toyota’s electric motor sharing the work. The place to another safely and efficiently, or that we’ve been “had,” engineers and marketing people. I 2.5-litre in-line four-cylinder gasoline want it to do. But loving the Camry, or that we’ve made a stu- did that using regular-grade gasoline, engine handles most of the highway as so many Camry owners claim they Npid mistake after spend- which was selling below $3 per gallon driving chores. An electric motor, pow- do, also means understanding what the ing thousands of dollars on a new in many East Coast markets when I ered by a nickel-metal-hydride battery Camry is not. automobile. was driving the car for this column in pack, handles most of the work in the It is not a high-performance auto- We want to think — more important, late December. city. The magic? There is a seamless mobile. Nor was it ever designed or we want others to think — that we’ve I was overjoyed, and a bit confused, transfer of power-sharing responsibili- engineered to be a high-performance made a smart choice. We are willing to until I realised why the Camry deliv- ties between the two drive systems. automobile. You don’t buy a Camry to forgo all notions of prestige, wealth or ered better mileage in the city than it It is easy to like this car. It does go faster than everyone else on the high style in favour of what we feel is road. There always will be someone public approbation of our intelligence. faster. Accept it. Live with it. We want a foolproof “I’m not stupid” Nuts and Bolts You buy a Camry for durable, reli- car. We want the Toyota Camry. Bottom line: The Toyota Camry leads its rival midsize family sedans in able everyday family transportation. At least, the numbers show that sales for a very good reason. It gives those buyers what they want — safe, It gives you that and does so almost most of us in the United States who reliable, efficient transportation — at a price they find fair and are willing flawlessly. The caveat is there because want a midsize family sedan want the to try to afford. nothing made by humankind is flaw- Camry. According to numbers com- Ride, acceleration and handling: The Camry Hybrid gets good marks less. Automobile manufacturing is piled by the Automotive News Data in all three. a global enterprise involving many Center, Toyota ended 2014 with US Head-turning quotient: The 2015 Camry has been aggressively restyled moving parts. There almost always sales of 428,606 Camry sedans, about for 2015. But “aggressively” needs definition here, where it means simply is a Takata (the Japanese supplier of 4 percent more than the company sold more attractive styling. The Camry still shows best in church and school air bags) somewhere in the mix. But, in America the previous year. parking lots. all things considered, Toyota markets That is phenomenal, considering Body style/layout: The 2015 Camry Hybrid is a midsize, front-wheel-drive fewer flawed products than most of its that the Camry has been on sale in this family sedan propelled by a gasoline engine and electric motor working in rivals. That is why Camry sales con- country since 1982, undergoing myriad tandem. The electric motor does most of the work in the city. The gasoline tinue to climb despite the onrush of styling transformations and challenges engine takes over on the highway. The Camry hybrid is offered in three trim bad news about the sometimes deadly from rivals Japanese, American, South levels — base LE, sporty SE and top-line XLE. failure of Takata air bags, or other Korean and European. Through it all, the Power system: The Camry Hybrid comes standard with a 2.5-liter, problems. The Toyota Camry, itself, is Camry, reviled as boring and unimagi- 16-valve in-line four-cylinder gasoline engine with variable valve timing. well built and works consistently well. native by detractors, has reigned as the That engine works in tandem with an electric motor powered by a nickel- Camry owners believe, with good rea- sales leader among midsize family sedans. metal-hydride battery pack. The gasoline-electric combination produces a son, that Toyota will fix whatever is All that is needed is a week in a maximum 200 horsepower, which is transmitted to front drive wheels via a broken if and when it breaks. Camry — the 2015 Camry SE Hybrid continuously variable automatic transmission. That is a peace of mind that not even sedan in this case — to understand Capacities: Seating is for five people. Cargo capacity is 13.1 cubic feet. very clever marketing campaigns can why. The fuel tank holds 17 gallons of petrol (regular grade is OK). provide. Restyling helps. Toyota has It’s simple: Camry works and works Safety: Standard equipment includes four-wheel disc brakes (ventilated aggressively restyled the Camry’s exte- flawlessly. It works in rain, snow and front, solid rear); four-wheel anti-lock brake protection; emergency brak- rior for 2015, much to the applause of super-frigid temperatures. It works ing assistance; traction and stability control; blind-spot monitoring; post- Camry devotees. But the main ingre- in the flatlands and the mountains, in collision safety system; Entune telematics; dusk-sensing headlamps; and dients, build quality and reliability, urban traffic jams, and on expressways side and head air bags. remain in ample supply. where the majority of drivers are either Pricing (in US): The 2015 Toyota Camry Hybrid SE starts at $29,980. It is a hard combination to beat, unaware of or simply unwilling to com- Price as tested is $35,670, including $4,865 in options (advanced electronic which is why I suspect the Toyota ply with posted speed limits. Certainly, safety features, Entune premium audio with onboard navigation and high- Camry will remain a sales leader in in the case of the car driven for this definition backup camera, and other items). its segment for a long time. column, it works efficiently. 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HOLLYWOOD NEWS BOLLYWOOD NEWS Theron wants ‘low-key’ wedding? Tannishtha, Nawazuddin and ctress Charlize Theron is said to be planning a “low-key” wedding Awith boyfriend Sean Penn. Deepti Naval in Hollywood film The couple reportedly got engaged in November 2014 during a roman- tic trip to Paris. They are now said to be looking to exchange vows on a al actress Tannishtha Chatterjee will soon start shooting for her next private beach later in the year with just their close friends and family JHollywood project Lion, that will also feature other Indian actors like in attendance, reports femalefirst.co.uk. Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Priyanka Bose and Deepti Naval. The shoot will “She’d love to get married on the beach in her native South Africa, start in Kolkata, yesterday. but Sean loves the idea of Cuba,” a source told Life & Style magazine. The film is an adaptation of the book A Long Way Home written by “They want a low-key, classic and romantic wedding. They’ve also Indian born Australian businessman Saroo Brierley. The book talks talked about a sunset ceremony in Malibu - black-tie but barefoot,” the about his separation from his mother and how he was adopted by an insider added. Australian family. “The film is based on a real life incident. Its about a Before getting engaged, Theron said last June that she had no desire lost boy who gets adopted by an Australian pair. Its his journey from to ever become a bride. Kolkata to Tasmania,” Tannishtha said. “Let’s put it this way, I never had the dream of the white dress. And Directed by Garth Davis, the film will be produced by Australia’s See- watching other people getting married? I think it’s beautiful for them, Saw Films. Although, Tannishtha didn’t reveal much about her role, but to be quite honest, usually I’m sitting there just devastated,” she she said it will definitely be a crucial one and will be a surprise for all. had said at that time. “My role in the film is pretty crucial. Its a surprise in the story. Its going to be a very changing thing in the plot,” said Tannishtha, whose film Jal has found a place in the Oscar long list of 2014 in two categories — Best Picture and Best Original Score. Crawford wants daughters to be ‘healthy’ The film also stars Hollywood actors Nicole Kidman and Dev Patel. eality TV star Cindy Crawford is dedicated to teaching her two Rchildren about having a fit and healthy frame. The 48-year-old, who has daughters Kaia, 13, and Presley, 15, with her husband Rande Gerber, makes a “conscious” effort to teach the youngsters about having a healthy body, over a stick thin figure. Hawaizaada not a biopic: Ayushmann “If my daughter sees me accepting my body the way it is and not deni- grating myself because I’m not stick thin, or only eating lettuce with no I: Vikram makes it ctor Ayushmann Khurrana, who is gearing up for the release of his dressing. If she sees I enjoy food, but I also exercise,” femalefirst.co.uk Aupcoming film Hawaizaada, says his film is based on the real life story quoted Crawford as saying. of scientist Shivkar Bapuji Talpade but it is not a biopic. “I mean, I don’t sit around with a pint of ice cream watching TV, but In the film Ayushmann is playing the role of Shivkar Bapuji Talpade at the same time if we all go out for ice cream as a family, I’ll order who is supposed to have constructed and flown India’s first unnamed some. A kiddie-size one, but that’s the way you do it. I’m very conscious airplane in 1895. that I want (Kaia) to get the right message because what you see in an exceptional film “I can not term this (Hawaizaada) film as a biopic because nothing the magazines and on the runways, it is a very thin image,” she added. is known about this person (Shivkar Talpade). You know about Milkha Singh, You know about Mary Kom (MC Mary Kom), You know about Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi), but you don’t know about Shivkar Talpade. So, technically this is not a biopic,” Ayushmann said. “But, of course it’s based on true events. And I’m sure public will like Selma screened at White House it,” he added. By Subhash K Jha S President Barack Obama hosted a private screening of the his- the masses, pulls out all stops as he love story between the disfigured hero they mean when they say time stands Asked what is the best thing about “Hawaizaada”, Ayushmann said: Utorical drama film Selma at the White House. It was attended by takes us on a colloquial and spectacu- and the stunning model (Amy ably still. “The best thing about this film is the novelty of the script. The one a string of celebrities. Film: “I” lar visual discourse on the subject of cast) gets its core compulsion from The Vikram’s courtship of the beautiful liner that the guy who made the first aircraft was an Indian. That’s Guests at the Friday night screening included media mogul Oprah Actors: Vikram and Amy Fernandes physical beauty and its impact on love. Beauty and The Beast fable. The man- Ms Fernandes is taken through various the novelty.” Winfrey, hip-hop artist Common, director Ava DuVernay, David Director: Shankar Do we stop loving a person if he or ner in which the relationship grows and stages of awkward self-assertion, each Directed by Vibhu Puri, Hawaizaada also features Mithun Chakraborty Oyelowo (who plays Martin Luther King Jr.), Carmen Ejogo (who she becomes physically undesirable? then takes a twisted turn, is skillfully stage brilliantly covered and crossed by and Pallavi Sharda in key roles. The film is set to release on January portrays Coretta Scott King) and Tim Roth (who portrays George et me tell you about an actor Films like Rajnish Behl’s Soorat Aur manoeuvred by the director. Vikram. The songs by A R Rahman and 30, 2015. Wallace), reports eonline.com. called Vikram. In I, which Seerat and Raj Kapoor’s Satyam Shivam There is no doubt that Shankar is a choreography are breathtaking in their Winfrey served as a producer for the film, and also portrayed civil is actually the most excep- Sundaram dealt with the theme of remarkable raconteur. His cinema is grandeur and eloquence. rights activist Annie Lee Cooper in the movie. tional film of high mainte- love and physical beauty with varying almost always blessed with a leading Specially outstanding is the fantasy Meanwhile, Common teamed up with singer John Legend for the nance director Shankar’s degrees of effectuality. man who takes the director’s vision opera where the Beauty is faced with film’s song, “Glory”, which has already won a Golden Globe, Critics’ Lextravagant oeuvre, this exceptional In I, Shankar, with his extraordinary beyond the script. Here, Shankar has the agonised helplessness of the Beast. Will again try hand at TV: Big B Choice Award and is nominated for an Oscar. actor, known to transform into what- command over the grammar and the an arresting ally in Vikram, whose There are many sequences in I which The film, which has also been nominated for the Best Picture ever he plays, stands in a room filled narrative’s rapid run, goes for the jugu- interpretation of the protagonist’s hor- linger in the mind long after the show. egastar Amitabh Bachchan struck gold with his reality game show Academy Award, released December 25, 2014. with multi-reflective mirrors, looking lar. There is nothing subtle about the rific physical change is so palpable as I only wish the narrative had avoided MKaun Banega Crorepati, but his attempt at fiction didn’t work well at his horribly deformed body and dis- way the film’s hero, a state-level wres- to make every other recent attempt banal characters and long drawn epi- with Yudh. Undeterred by this, Big B says he will try the genre again, figured face. tler filled with a boorish pride about at prosthetic-induced realism look sodes of crass mass wooing where the hopefully with something “breakaway”. It is a heart-shattering, glass-shat- his looks and physique, loses it all and strained. film’s innate excellence is mocked. Yudh, a psychological thriller directed by Ribhu Dasgupta, was aired tering moment. becomes hunchbacked and grotesque. The film’s most majestic chunks Shankar irons out the rough edges in 2014. A 20-episode mini-series, it also featured actors like Sarika, It is a moment that would be quoted There is a lot of embarrassing hum- are those where Vikram, playing the with his mesmerising power to hold the Zakir Hussain, Mona Wasu, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Kay Kay Menon as an example of what magic a capable bug in the lengthy narration. With deformed avenger stalks dark corri- character’s bizarre fate in place. Indeed, in prominent roles, but didn’t work well with viewers. actor can create out of melodrama. that penchant for over-elaborate dors in search of his tormentors. Here the film takes us beyond the imaginable Asked what went wrong with Yudh, Big B said: “People didn’t like it, Melodrama is certainly Shankar’s plotting whereby every component in is where P C Sreeram’s magic from and the conceivable, fusing with fabu- so it didn’t work. Just by acting well things don’t work. People should forte. His films are not only many sizes the characterisations must be ham- behind the camera opens its arms and lous flamboyance the fantasy element like the story. They didn’t like that. We will try our hands (at TV) larger than life, they are also suffused mered in repeatedly, the film’s moral hugs excellence. What we see on screen with a level of heightened reality that’s again in future.” in excessive exuberance and free-flow- map gets tediously fine-printed in the are visually interpreted themes on the commercial cinema’s forte. Big B says he is still open to try something interesting on TV. ing rhetoric that do not render them- narrative. destruction of human faith. More brilliant than the film is “I’m open to try it if there is something interesting. We did ‘Yudh’, selves to a proper Hindi translation. The caucus of villains, which oddly The film neatly balances the beauty Vikram’s multi-personality perform- it didn’t work. When we sat down with Anurag (Kashyap), we felt we In I, one doesn’t mind the blizzard of includes a cross-dresser who lusts of nature against the cruelty of man- ance which holds the film together, need to do something breakaway from the current style of serials. I bombast and drama. This is Shankar’s after the hero and then wants him kind. The scenes shot in China against loopholes and all. Vikram embraces the think that will prevail in the times to come. We made an attempt, we most dramatic film to date. Drama has destroyed, gets its comeuppance with the backdrop of thousands of blooming grotesque as possessively as the glori- will try again and see how it goes,” he added. never been a rationed component in his infuriating mathematical precision. flowers are enchanting in their sum- ous. It doesn’t matter which language cinema. Here the director, known for But here is the thing — I is none- moned splendour. Watching the beauty you speak or think in. Just go for I. It his visual flair and vital connect with theless an exceptional film. The main of nature in all its glory we know what speaks the language of cinema. IANS 10 PLUS | SUNDAY 18 JANUARY 2015 GREECE Ancient tomb excavation HEALTH PLUS | SUNDAY 18 JANUARY 2015 11

Lab-grown human muscle Stressful jobs responds like real may increase n a path-breaking research, researchers at Duke IUniversity have grown human skeletal muscle in the lab that contracts and responds just like stroke risk native tissue to external stimuli such as electrical pulses, biochemical signals and pharmaceuticals. The lab-grown tissue should soon allow researchers to test new drugs and study dis- eases in functioning human muscle outside of the In an analysis, which human body. “We are working to test drugs’ effi- pooled the results of cacy and safety without jeopardising a patient’s 14 earlier studies from health and also to reproduce the functional and biochemical signals of diseases including rare Europe, people with job ones,” explained Nenad Bursac, associate profes- strain had an increased sor of biomedical engineering at Duke University. Bursac and Lauran Madden, a post-doctoral risk of so-called researcher in Bursac’s lab, started with a small ischemic stroke. sample of human cells that had already pro- gressed beyond stem cells but had not yet become Ischemic strokes muscle tissue. They expanded these “myogenic happen when the brain precursors” by more than a 1000-fold and then doesn’t get enough put them into a supportive, 3D scaffolding filled with a nourishing gel that allowed them to form oxygen — when, for aligned and functioning muscle fibres. example, the arteries Madden subjected the new muscle to a barrage of tests to determine how closely it resembled are clogged. native tissue inside a human body. She found that the muscles robustly con- By Kathryn Doyle available for most people in the new study. tracted in response to electrical stimuli - a first The researchers accounted for basic socio- for human muscle grown in a laboratory. eople who have demanding jobs and economic status, which they used as a stand-in She also showed that the signalling pathways job strain are more likely to suffer one for other health risk factors, which lessened allowing nerves to activate the muscle were type of stroke, a review of previous the increase in ischemic stroke risk for those intact and functional. To see if the muscle could Pstudies suggests. with stressful jobs. be used as a proxy for medical tests, the duo stud- Job strain has been linked to heart attack “This present study is good contribution but ied its response to a variety of drugs, including risk in the past, but not necessarily to stroke. of course the results present more questions,” statins used to lower cholesterol. “Previous studies on the association between according to Susanna Toivanen, associate pro- The effects of the drugs matched those seen job strain and stroke have showed mixed fessor of sociology at the Center for Health in human patients. “One of our goals is to use results, with some studies showing an associa- Equity Studies in Stockholm, Sweden, who this method to provide personalised medicine to tion and others not,” said lead author Eleonor was not part of the new analysis. patients,” said Bursac. I Fransson of the School of Health Sciences at Some strokes may have a genetic com- “We can take a biopsy from each patient, grow Jönköping University in Sweden, said. ponent, which may be why the researchers many new muscles to use as test samples and In this new analysis, which pooled the did not find an association with hemorrhagic experiment to see which drugs would work best results of 14 earlier studies from Europe, peo- stroke, Toivanen said. for each person.” The study appeared in the open- ple with job strain had an increased risk of “The classification is not so exact and they access journal eLife. so-called ischemic stroke. Ischemic strokes don’t discuss these different types of hemor- happen when the brain doesn’t get enough rhagic stroke,” she said. oxygen — when, for example, the arteries are This and other studies do not necessar- Living in the hills lowers clogged. ily prove that stressful jobs cause strokes, Fransson, senior author Mika Kivimäki of Fransson noted. lung cancer risk University College London, and their coau- “However, the association is plausible eople who live at higher altitudes are less thors used data from 14 European studies because stress might cause release of stress- Plikely to suffer from lung cancer than those between 1985 and 2008. Altogether, almost related hormones, which in turn affect the who live in the plains, finds a promising research. 200,000 adults filled out questionnaires about metabolic, immunological and cardiovascular As lower pressure at higher elevations results in job strain. The studies lasted nine years on systems,” she said. Ischemic stroke, like heart less inhaled oxygen, this new study suggests that average. attack, is closely linked to atherosclerosis, the oxygen in the atmosphere may play a role in lung Those with a demanding job and little ‘hardening of the arteries,’ she said. cancer. While researchers found lower rates of lung control over their work environments were In any case, Fransson and Tovianen agreed cancer at higher elevations, the same trend did not categorized as having high ‘job strain.’ This that job strain is hard for an individual to extend to non-respiratory cancers, suggesting that accounted for 13 to 22 percent of people, change, even if it is increasing his risk for carcinogen exposure occurs via inhalation. depending on the original study. stroke. “Here we have a very big issue because “While essential to human life, aspects of oxy- In general, out of every 100,000 people in it’s employers’ responsibility to see that work- gen metabolism may promote cancer,” the study Europe, each year 115 men and 75 women ing conditions are healthy,” Tovianen said. noted. have an ischemic stroke, earlier research has “Individuals can’t control this.” “Viewing our findings through the lens of the shown. Stress is only one of the potential factors at literature, atmospheric oxygen emerges as the In the new study, the risk of ischemic stroke play with stroke risk, Fransson noted. most probable culprit,” said Kamen Simeonov was about 24 percent higher for people in the “The recommendations are to keep track of from Perelman School of Medicine, University of job strain group than for the others. your blood pressure, do not smoke, eat well, Pennsylvania. Oxygen is highly reactive and even There was no difference in risk of hemor- keep a healthy weight and exercise,” Fransson when it is carefully and quickly consumed by our rhagic stroke, another common type, in which said. “Along with that it may also be good to cells, it results in reactive oxygen species (ROS) a blood vessel ruptures and leaks blood into try to avoid long periods of stress, but we do which can lead to cellular damage and mutation, the the brain. not currently have evidence from interven- authors added. The researchers compared cancer High blood pressure, diabetes, high cho- tions to prove this.” incidence rates across counties of the elevation- lesterol, and family history of stroke are all SOURCE: bit.ly/1yrpfw0 Stroke, online January varying Western US. The study was published important risk factors, but this data was not 6, 2015. Reuters in the journal PeerJ. Agencies 12 PLUS | SUNDAY 18 JANUARY 2015 TECHNOLOGY YouTube: PewDiePie, DC Toys Collector and Katy Perry top 2014

Swedish gamer ruled the YouTube roost with 4.1bn views, as games, children’s channels and music proved most popular for online video viewers. PewDiePie

By Stuart Dredge Collector was more popular in the last channels for record labels in Thailand BuzzFeed Video (1.3bn views), The Fine three months of the year, boosting its (GMM Grammy’s 1.6bn views) and Brothers (1.3bn) and Smosh (1.1bn). ames, music and children’s overall total to 3.3bn views. India (T-Series’ 1.6bn). Meanwhile, children’s nursery channels ruled the roost Musician Katy Perry had the third The figures are also a reminder that rhymes channel Little Baby Bum on YouTube in 2014, with most popular YouTube channel in 2014 some of the most recognisable “stars” notched up more than 869m views in its most popular chan- with nearly 2.4bn views, fuelled by the of YouTube aren’t among the biggest the last four months of the year alone, nel PewDiePie’s videos popularity of the videos for singles channels by views. having not previously appeared in Gwatched more than 4.1bn times last including This Is How We Do, Birthday Prominent American YouTubers like Tubefilter and OpenSlate’s chart. year. and Dark Horse. Michelle Phan, Grace Helbig, Tyler It was the fourth most popular The UK-based gamer – aka Felix The Guardian’s analysis of the data Oakley, Connor Franta and Bethany YouTube channel in December, behind Kjellberg – ended the year with more reinforces the sense of YouTube as a Mota rarely appeared in Tubefilter’s only DC Toys Collector, PewDiePie and than 33.5 million people subscribing melting pot of old and new media stars. monthly charts of the 100 most popular Taylor Swift, whose channel totalled to his YouTube channel, which focuses Shakira (just under 2bn views) channels, even though they continued 1.4bn views for the year despite a quiet on “Let’s Play” footage of him play- and US chat-show host Jimmy Fallon to build solid audiences of subscribers. first few months when she was record- ing games and providing a running (1.7bn) rub shoulders with Minecraft Meanwhile British vlogger Zoella’s ing her album ‘1989’. commentary. channels Stampy (2.2bn) and The main channel grew steadily throughout The charts also reveal the wider PewDiePie was YouTube’s big- Diamond Minecart (1.6bn) in the upper 2014 from 10.9m views in January to growth of YouTube – or at least its gest star in 2014 according to the reaches of the chart, for example. 22.4m in December, but its 214m views most successful channels. Guardian’s analysis of monthly charts Other YouTube kingpins in 2014 for the year as a whole were less than a Tubefilter and OpenSlate’s rankings published by online video industry site included Dutch dance-music channel tenth of the biggest British star Stampy’s for December 2013 revealed more than Tubefilter, based on data from video Spinnin’ Records (2bn); pop-culture – PewDiePie is Swedish, although he 6.9bn views that month for the serv- analytics firm OpenSlate. focused WatchMojo (1.7bn); musician now lives and works in Brighton. ice’s top 100 channels, but by December Kjellberg’s channel had the most Enrique Iglesias (1.7bn); wrestling YouTube remains an incubator for new 2014 that figure had grown 91 percent views for 2014 overall, but second- brand WWE (1.6bn); Russian family production companies and online media to more than 13.2bn. placed children’s channel DC Toys channel GetMovies (1.7bn); and the firms, though. Successes in 2014 included The Peninsula

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HYPER SUDOKU 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.

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Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate How to EASY SUDOKU play Hyper Easy Sudoku Puzzles Sudoku: Place a digit from 1 to 9 in A Hyper Sudoku each empty cell so every Puzzle is solved row, every column and by filling the every 3x3 box contains all numbers from 1 the digits 1 to 9. 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 YESTERDAY’S only once. Otherwise, a Hyper Sudoku is ANSWER solved like a normal Sudoku. CINEMA / TV LISTINGS PLUS | SUNDAY 18 JANUARY 2015 15

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the warrant, Salazar said. The alliga- Events in Qatar Eight-foot tor was taken to the Los Angeles Zoo. alligator found MBA for Kids When: January 23 & 24 (full day Man delivers workshops) at LA home Where: MBM Qatar Training Center at n 8-foot alligator (pictured) was one pizza and Abu Hamour What: The internationally acclaimed found next to the carcasses of A MBA for Kids workshop will be held for two cats in the back yard of a subur- its original owner, died last year. gets $2,084 tip the second time in Qatar. The programme ban Los Angeles home where the rep- “We tried to give him a good home,” aims at unleashing the true potential of the tile had been living illegally since the Gorecki told the paper, adding that ow that’s a special delivery! brain of children aged 8 - 16 and enable 1970s, authorities said on Thursday. the animal was his brother-in-law’s A group of real estate agents N them overcome various challenges they Animal control officers armed “pride and joy.” meeting in Ann Arbor surprised a face in academics and life. Pre-registration with a search warrant discovered Gorecki told the Los Angeles Daily man by giving him a $2,084 tip for required. the alligator, estimated to be about News that Jaxson fed on “chicken, hot delivering one pizza on Thursday. Cost: QR 2,200 (includes cost of material, 40 years old, in a closed box with dogs, stuff of that nature – nothing The man, identified only as Rob, kit bags, uniform, lunch and refreshments, the cat remains at the home in Van live,” leaving the family’s cats alone. was stunned and said on video, “All I parent guides etc) Sibling discounts apply. Nuys, Los Angeles Animal Services “Basically what they’re trying to did was deliver pizza.” More information at www.mbmqatar.com Commander Mark Salazar said. say is that we’re taking our cats Agents from Keller Williams Salazar said Animal Services was and feeding them to our alligator,” Realty all pitched in while attending conducting a full criminal investiga- Gorecki told the newspaper. “That’s the company’s regional conference. Family Art Workshops

tion and called on any residents in not what happened. There’s never Stacey McVey says they wanted to When: Till March 31, 2015 the area who have lost small pets at been a complaint, never been a show their appreciation to someone Where: Katara Art Studios - Bldg 19 What: Katara Art Studios is hosting a “any time over the last 40 years” to problem.” from the service industry. series of Diverse Family Art Workshops from contact the department. Gorecki could not be reached for Besides cash, the man received a September 2014 to March 2015. They invite As of Thursday, no arrests had comment. Visa gift card, lottery tickets and let- families to attend with their children aged been made or charges filed. Keeping Animal control officials had ters of encouragement. between 5 years old to 10 years old. wild animals without a permit is ille- searched the home late last year after Brian LeFevre, delivery manager at The cost of each workshop is gal in Los Angeles. receiving a tip about a large alligator Pizza House in Ann Arbor, says the QR150 Ron Gorecki told the Los Angeles there, but didn’t find anything. When lucky delivery man was “ecstatic.” He Times in an interview that he had they returned this week, the resident, says “that’s a pretty good day’s work” helped his sister care for the alliga- who was not identified, wouldn’t let for just one pizza. Shirin Neshat: Afterwards

tor, named Jaxson, since her husband, them in, so officials came back with Agencies When: Till February 15, 2015 Where: Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art What: The first solo exhibition in the Middle East by internationally acclaimed artist Shirin Neshat. Occupying the entire ground floor IN galleries, the exhibition features existing and FOCUS by Robin Saju newly produced works. Free admission

The Tiger’s Dream: Tipu Sultan When: Till January 24 Where: Museum Of Islamic Art What: This exhibition delves into the life of Tipu Sultan, the South Indian ruler, statesman, and patron. Drawn entirely from the MIA collection, and featuring many objects which have never been displayed in Qatar, the centerpiece is a group of 24 paintings showing Tipu’s victory at the Battle of Pollilur in 1780. Free entry

Yousef Ahmad: Story of ingenuity When: Nov 11- Feb14; 10am-8pm Where: Qatar Museums Gallery, Building 10, Katara What: As a pioneer of Qatar’s modern art movement, Yousef Ahmad’s artistic journey has spanned over three decades, and his work has been influenced by his surroundings and emotional ties with Qatar’s culture and traditions. It showcases three phases in his career, from the early oil paintings that include the depiction of Al Zubarah Fort, to mixed media calligraphic pieces to new conceptual artworks. Free Entry

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