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TECHNOLOGY • Aircraft HEALING POWER OF suppliers woo with new tech ART & MUSIC P | 12 Art and music therapies have become a mainstream partner Learn Arabic to medicalised healing rather than a niche practice. There is • Learn commonly no lack of empirical evidence that the making and viewing of used Arabic words art has produced important results in conditions as varied as and their meanings depression and disability. Music therapies have also produced some dramatic outcomes. P | 13 2 PLUS | SUNDAY 13 APRIL 2014 COVER STORY

Art therapies become a mainstream partner to medicalised healing

By Ruth Wishart reflect their surroundings; one paedi- atric wing shows animated films made here is a fire extinguisher by young patients encouraged by an featured in Bridget Riley’s artist with a six-month residency. latest artwork, unveiled ear- It is proof, if any were still required, Tlier this week. Several in fact, that art therapies have become a main- given they are an obligatory part of stream partner to medicalised healing the furniture in hospital corridors. And rather than a niche practice. There is the 56 metres of this arresting mural, no lack of empirical evidence that the with characteristic horizontal lines in making and viewing of art has pro- bold colours, adorn the 10th floor of St duced important results in conditions Mary’s Hospital in London. as varied as depression and disability. The charity that commissioned it, Music therapies, also now the Imperial College Healthcare, reasons subject of a raft of academic assess- that the impact is therapeutic on staff ments, have produced some dramatic as well as the more transient audience outcomes. The broadcaster Sally of patients. It says high-quality bold Magnusson has set up a charity in murals will offer distraction in sur- memory of her late mother, Mamie — a roundings often serially stressful — the vivacious journalist and wife of the late ninth floor houses intensive care. Magnus Magnusson — whose dementia The Riley mural offers permanent brought memory loss but also, heart- adornment, but some 1,600 artworks breakingly in a woman for whom words owned by the charity now circulate and their precise usage were a passion, among five hospitals in west and north- an inability to string together rational west London, carefully curated to sentences. PLUS | SUNDAY 13 APRIL 2014 3

An evocative piece of music, the soundtrack to their earlier life, can retrieve not just the sounds themselves, but the events attached to them. And in so doing it can give both lethargic and agitated patients hours of peace and pleasure.

But, as her daughters found, what They lose, he says, “their sensitivity to sounds – which may the moment when breasts are being she could still do was sing. Sing the autobiography”, their identity, their mean everyday noises like vacuum routinely beaten over drug budgets, is well-loved songs of childhood, family story; but an evocative piece of music, cleaners or phones cause distress – that what were sometimes pejoratively outings and celebrations. Playlist for the soundtrack to their earlier life, can apparently respond well to musical dismissed as “alternative therapies” Life helps similar sufferers by loading retrieve not just the sounds themselves, loops where pleasing tracks offer both now have a proven track record in personalised musical memories on to but the events attached to them. And a sense of calm and a predictability certain areas of medicine, especially an iPod to be played to them by families in so doing it can give both lethargic which many on the autistic spectrum where brain impairment is involved. or carers. It’s a pity, notes Sally drily, and agitated patients hours of peace find comforting. Art therapies and interventions are that among Mamie’s total recall was and pleasure. There is also the healing of wounds not resource neutral – not much is – every track from The Sound of Music, The UK-wide Music in Hospitals of a non-medical origin. When but there are obvious bonuses. Giving now lodged all too retrievably in her movement, which has professional Liverpool’s 2014 Biennial opens on 5 mental respite to a disturbed child or own memory. musicians bringing entertainment to July, the inaugural concert will feature a dementia-stricken adult through The celebrated neurologist Oliver care homes and hospices as well, is a Hillsborough Memorial symphony pleasure rather than pharmaceuticals Sacks wrote extensively about clear that its performers must have composed by Michael Nyman. No 11 has to be desirable wherever possible. this phenomenon in his 2007 book highly developed social antennae to Symphony is based on music he was Inducing calm or a sense of Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the match their musical accomplishment. composing as the tragedy unfolded. achievement in patients instead of Brain. His contention is that where They need to understand and respond It will, undoubtedly, cause a fresh distress or frustration is a more than musical memories are lodged in the to varying temperaments and tastes. shedding of tears by the families of welcome outcome for carers and brain is close to other areas that Music as a balm for troubled souls the 96 victims. But then tears are families, no less the daily victims of dementia or stroke victims are no has emotional potency. Severely therapeutic too. stress. longer able to access. autistic children who have an acute What all this tells us, not least at The Guardian 4 PLUS | SUNDAY 13 APRIL 2014 CAMPUS IIS students’ council inducted n a ceremony held at the Ideal Indian ISchool (IIS), the students’ councils for boys’, girls’ and junior sections were administered oath of their office by the Principal Syed Shoukath Ali. Members of the students councils are: Junior Section: Head Boy – Ibrahim Riju Jamal, Head Girl – Hanin Shamsheer, Cultural Secretary – Deepthi Bijumon, Sports Secretary – Sheikh Shakira. Boys’ Section: Head Boy – Aakash Gireesh Asst. Head Boy – Alhaj Ashraf, Cultural Secretary – Juma Rashid, Sports Secretary – Lindsay Charles and Asst. Sports Secretary- Nihad Noushad. Girls’ Section: Head Girl – Sana Shanavs, Asst. Head Girl – Richelle Sara Andrade, Cultural Secretary –Nanditha Pillai, Sports Secretary – Nilfath Ibrahim and Asst. Sports Captains, Vice Captains and Sports also sworn in to their offices. Firoskhan of Girls’ Section and Secretary Arundhati Devi. Captains from the four Houses of Masood Khalid Khan is the House Sunitha P T of junior section. Head Prefects, Prefects, House boys’, girls’ and junior sections were Coordinator of Boys Section, Shamna The Peninsula

QSL holds football training camp at PEC

atar Star Leagues (QSL) sent Qtwo coaches Nick and Deniel to Pakistan Education Centre (PEC) recently. A six-week train- ing camp was kicked off by the Principal Nargis Raza Otho. It was first the time in school’s history that international profes- sional coaches came to PEC for coaching students. After the open- ing ceremony participants were divided into six groups and played against each other under the guid- ance and supervision of the coaches. The Peninsula

Gavels public speaking championship

atar’s Division-E Toastmasters Speech, Evaluation Speech and Sundaresan Subramanian, Division second place to Sparsh Garg and Dany recently conducted the annual Table Topic Speech. Gaveliers are E Gavels Coordinator. Sunish Varghese came third. QGavel clubs contest at Birla mentored by a team including Syed Winners are: Evaluation Speech: First, sec- Public School auditorium. Abid Hussaini, Susan Mathews, Anil International Speech: Narsimhan ond and third went to Sharon John, Winners from 10 gavel clubs Nair, Hari Raghavan, Salauddin, Ravi, Nihan Yousef and Shweta Narsimhan Ravi and Sparsh Arora. (Shaheen, ICC, Doha, BPS, Dukhan, Sundaresan, Sybille Sajeet, Mary Grace came first, second and third Table Topic Speech: Sharon John Al Khor, KEF, Qatar, Oasis and Jayaweera, Uma Mantha and Shajil respectively. won the first place, Adhithya Arun EF) participated in four categories Kader. Humorous Speech: First place stood second and Shaleen Jain third. — International Speech, Humorous Contest was coordinated by went to Manickam Manikandan, The Peninsula COMMUNITY PLUS | SUNDAY 13 APRIL 2014 5

Stafford Sri Lankan School Doha celebrates New Year

tafford Sri Lankan School Doha celebrated SSinhala and Hindu New Year. It has been a tra- dition of the school to celebrate the event with all rituals and pageantry. The evening was filled with events such as games, competitions and traditional dances. The most entertaining events were the three leg- ged race, obstacle race, musical chairs, breaking the pot and lime-and-spoon-race. There were games lined up for the parents and the teachers as well and the Tug of War was keenly contested. Among the guests of honour was Sithara Khan, Deputy Head of Mission of the Sri Lankan Embassy. The event was also attended by the Chairman of the school Kumudu Fonseka and members of the board of trustees. The Peninsula

Skills Development Centre bid fare- well to Tarun Basu, President of Indian Cultural Centre. Hassan Chougule, founder member and chairman of DPS- MIS school, Saleem Ponnambath, former general secretary of ICC and honorary president of Bhavans Public School and Ushas Andrews, President of Indian Woman’s Association of Qatar were present at the event. Basu and Anitha Basu who are leaving Qatar for good after 35 years of service were honoured by SDC with mementoes. SDC director P N Baburajan welcomed the gathering and guests shared their memories of the community activities organised in coop- eration with Basu and wished a peaceful and healthy life ahead. The programme was compered by Suja Das. The function was witnessed by students and parents of Skills Development Centre.

HMC Psychiatry Department celebrates Mother’s Day

Guzagah-e-Khayal Forum meeting held he Female Unit of Hamad Medical Corporation’s Psychiatry Department Tgathered together to celebrate Mother’s Day recently. Psychiatry he Guzagah-e-Khayal Forum held Syed Abdul-Hye, were present from Department’s Female Unit Acting Head Nurse Lalithamma Marottikal Ta meeting recently at the residence the board of advisory committee. said: “We see this day as an opportunity for us to honour our patients, many of M S Bukhari and appointed his the Faisal Hanif Khayal founded Guzergah- of whom consider the unit their second home. We are also celebrating the chairman of the forum. e-Khayal Forum in 2009 to serve Urdu efforts of our nursing staff who have tirelessly supported and provided the The meeting was attended by the by bringing people together regardless best possible care to these patients – one of whom, Nursing Technician Azza forum’s founding president Faisal of their nationalities for the purpose of El-Sayed, has completed 10 years of service at the unit and has regularly Hanif Khayal, senior vice president promoting Urdu language and literature. organized fun group activities to bring the patients closer and make them Muhammad Shad Akolvi, vice presi- Guzergah-e-Khayal has also been feel loved.” dent Iftekhar Raghib, general secre- organizing monthly Ghalib symposiums Psychiatry Department’s Acting Director of Nursing Katja Anneli Smith tary, Fartash Syed, media secretary in which Ghalib’s poems are carefully said: “The key aspect is that we don’t think of our patients just through their Roase Mumtaz and forum treasurer studied and critically analysed. Along illness but through the health that they have. Everybody here is someone’s Rizwan Ali. Qatar based writer and with this, the Forum has also con- daughter, someone’s sister, and someone’s mother so it is really about wom- founding president of Indo-Qatar Urdu ducted the book launching ceremony anhood at the end of the day.” The Peninsula Markaz, Sulaiman Dehlvi and vice of Indian poet Iftekhar Raghib. president Indo-Qatar Urdu Markaz The Peninsula 6 PLUS | SUNDAY 13 APRIL 2014 SCIENCE

Track satellite online at Nasa satellite tracker: http://1.usa.gov/1dyKhCd

More than 1,000 satellites are flying overhead

he spotting of ocean others relay telephone or television plane; analysis of them led authori- Satellite: debris by satellites dur- signals, others aid in weather fore- ties to conclude that the airliner n the context of spaceflight, a satellite is an ing the search for the lost casting, national defense, science, crashed in a remote area of the artificial object which has been intentionally TMalaysian airliner has and agriculture, as in monitoring southern Indian Ocean. Iplaced into orbit. Such objects are sometimes drawn attention to those orbit- crops and areas of drought. Thai authorities said one of their called artificial satellites to distinguish them from ing platforms. A primer on what’s The Union of Concerned satellites spotted 300 objects that natural satellites such as the Moon. in orbit, with help from Nicholas Scientists, a private organization might be from the airliner. Some The world’s first artificial satellite, the Sputnik Johnson, who recently retired as that maintains a database of sat- satellites were moved into place to 1, was launched by the Soviet Union in 1957. Since Nasa’s chief scientist for orbital ellites, says about 60 percent are look for debris. then, thousands of satellites have been launched debris: used for communications. into orbit around the Earth. Some satellites, notably Who owns them? space stations, have been launched in parts and How many satellites are up Where are they? Governments large and small, assembled in orbit. Artificial satellites originate there? It depends on their use. and private companies. More than from more than 50 countries and have used the About 1,100 active satellites, both Communications satellites relay 50 countries own a satellite or a sig- satellite launching capabilities of ten nations. government and private. Plus there signals from a fixed spot on the nificant share in one, according to Satellites are used for a large number of pur- are about 2,600 ones that no longer equator, about 22,000 miles up. the Union of Concerned Scientists. poses. Common types include military and civil- work. Russia launched the first sat- GPS satellites are at 12,400 miles, There are 502 active satellites with ian Earth observation satellites, communications ellite, Sputnik 1, in 1957. The oldest high enough to be accessible to a US tie; 118 for Russia and 116 for satellites, navigation satellites, weather satellites, one still in orbit, which is no longer large swaths of the Earth. Others China. Thailand has four satellites and research satellites. Space stations and human functioning, was launched in 1958. that need a closer look at Earth and shares in another, the scientist spacecraft in orbit are also satellites. Satellite are lower. group says. orbits vary greatly, depending on the purpose of How big are they? For comparison, the the satellite, and are classified in a number of Size varies. Communication International Space Station is What if they stop working? ways. Well-known (overlapping) classes include satellites can be as big as a small only about 260 miles high, and very Old satellites can pose a risk for low Earth orbit, polar orbit, and geostationary orbit. school bus and weigh up to 6 tonnes, few satellites are lower than that. collisions with active ones, so there Approximately 500 operational satellites are the US Federal Communications While some satellites remain over are rules and recommendations to in low-Earth orbit, 50 are in medium-Earth orbit Commission says. Most weigh a few fixed spots on Earth, others fly over avoid a buildup of junk in space. (at 20,000 km), the rest are in geostationary orbit tonnes or less. Some that are used both poles or can move from place Satellites that fly below a certain (at 36,000 km). briefly are 4 inch cubes and weigh to place as needed. height are supposed to be put in an Satellites are usually semi-independent com- about 2 pounds. orbit that will make them fall to puter-controlled systems. Satellite subsystems How have they helped in the Earth and burn up within 25 years. attend many tasks, such as power generation, What exactly do they do? search of the missing plane? At high altitudes, they are to be thermal control, telemetry, attitude control and They have a wide variety of A British communications sat- boosted up to still higher orbits to orbit control. roles: GPS satellites aid navigation, ellite picked up signals from the get them out of the way. AP Wikipedia BOOKS PLUS | SUNDAY 13 APRIL 2014 7

10 BEST SELLING BOOKS Robert Wagner writes about (Fiction)

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ix years after releasing his best-selling autobiography, veteran actor Robert Wagner recalls his early years and favour- Site haunts in Hollywood in a new memoir, You Must Remember This. The Out of Office Girl Murder of a Stacked The book, written with Scott Eyman, chronicles by Nicola Doherty Librarian not only Wagner’s favourite places as he gained by Denise Swanson fame as a television and film actor but also the historical development of Hollywood and greater 3 4 Los Angeles prior to becoming a movie-star destination. Known for his boyish good looks and charm, Wagner, 84, was nominated for four Golden Globe awards for the Hart to Hart TV series that ran and talked to Scott about it. The effort took about from 1979 to 1984. He also appeared in a long list two to three years to complete. of films from the early 1950s through the Austin Powers movies into 2002. Given your long career in Hollywood with He is married to actress Jill St John. Wagner’s movies and television shows, how did you select former wife, West Side Story actress Natalie Wood, the material for the book? drowned tragically in 1981 at the age of 43. Wagner We loved writing the book, and it was hard for recounted the events leading to her death in his us to let it go because there were other areas that The Secret Keeper The Shakespeare Curse autobiography Pieces of My Heart: A Life. we had worked on and developed, but we hit on by Kate Morton by J L Carrell He spoke about the motivation and timing of his the high spots. latest book and the contrasts between modern and It is just a different time. There are lot of things the “Golden Age” of movie making. that were positive about that era and some ele- 5 6 ments that were not so popular. This is not a book How did you choose the title You Must about grievance. It’s just my take on what I saw, on Remember This? what I thought was a thrill- You Must Remember This ing time. is a lyric from the song I turned around one day “As Times Goes By” writ- and it was gone, and that ten by Herman Hupfeld in was not such a long time the 1930s. The song was ago. made famous in (the film) Casablanca. Who is your audience Ransom The Silent Wife for this book? by Danielle Steel by A S A Harrison What prompted you to This book is about the write the book? best time of my life. It was My co-author, Scott really great. I was a kid 7 8 Eyman, is so knowledge- starting off at 18 years old able about Hollywood and and was so excited. My he knows the background. hope is that people who He has written books read it will experience the about Louis B Meyer, Cecil same thrill that I did when B DeMille, John Ford and I was coming up. Ernst Lubitsch. He loves the movies. He just finished How is the approach to a book on John Wayne. making movies today dif- We started to talk about ferent relative to classic this era of Hollywood and Hollywood? do the research. I was The producers and studio Hannibal: Enemy of Rome Then Came You around a lot of it but some executives had a passion for by Ben Kane by Jennifer Weiner of the book’s material was movies. They cared for them way before my time. But I and gambled and took great stepped on the same places risks. Maybe the picture 9 10 as all these famous people would not make that money did, and I got a piece of the It is just a different time. There at that moment, but over last of the golden era of a period of time, it would Hollywood. I was also there are lot of things that were return at least its cost. when it all dissolved. They did not have so I work with a lot of peo- positive about that era and much pressure for the ple who are younger than quarterly earnings. If a me, and they ask me about some elements that were not picture nowadays grosses what it was like — the so popular. This is not a book a tremendous amount of One Hundred Names The Cuckoo’s Calling contract system and stu- money, it does not really dios. I tell them about it, about grievance. It’s just my move the company’s stock by Cecelia Ahern by J K Rowling and they are so interested price. These studios are about these subjects. I then take on what I saw, on what I subsidiaries of much larger thought this could be an companies. interesting book to write thought was a thrilling time. Reuters 8 PLUS | SUNDAY 13 APRIL 2014 ENTERTAINMENT PLUS | SUNDAY 13 APRIL 2014 9

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Miley Cyrus suffered from depression Kick 2 to go on floors soon inger Miley Cyrus has said she suffered from depression and once irector Surendar Reddy, who is currently awaiting the release of Sshe had to be physically saved by her father Billy Ray, who burst DTelugu actioner Race Gurram, says the sequel to his Telugu block- through a locked door to rescue her. buster Kick will go on floors as soon as actor Ravi Teja completes working “I went through a time where I was really depressed, like, I locked on his current project Power. myself in my room and my dad had to break my door down,” mirror. “I’m waiting for Ravi Teja to complete Power, and as soon he’s he’s co.uk quoted Cyrus as saying. done with it, we will start working on Kick 2,” Reddy said. The 21-year-old singer said the illness was triggered by the insecurity Actor Nandamuri Kalyan Ram will produce Kick 2. she felt when she was suffering from acne. “We haven’t decided on the rest of the cast. Only Ravi Teja is part “It was a lot to do with...I had really bad skin and I felt really bullied of the sequel as of now and Kalyan Ram will be producing it under his because of that. But I never was depressed because of the way someone home banner,” he added. else made me feel. I just was depressed,” added Cyrus. Kick, which is currently being remade in Hindi with Salman Khan, still remains to be the biggest hit in Ravi Teja’s career. Meanwhile, Ravi-starrer Power with Hansika Motwani is nearing Move over Bollywood: US festival completion. Weisz loves working with Daniel Craig ctress Rachel Weisz thinks working with actor-husband Daniel Encounter gripping: Manoj Bajpayee ACraig is lovely. spotlights independent Indian films The couple, who rarely appear in public together, was honoured at ctor Manoj Bajpayee, who is a narrator of forthcoming show the Night of Opportunity gala at Cipriani Wall Street in New York for AEncounter, says the attempt is to tell stories in an interesting and their work with organisation The Opportunity Network, which aims gripping manner. to help underprivileged teens get into education, on Monday, reports Encounter, which will go on air on Sony Entertainment Television contactmusic.com. Friday, will see Manoj telling viewers about famous encounters that have The organisation funds and launches successful careers for the chil- happened in Mumbai between police and gangsters. dren. Weisz loved having the opportunity to collaborate on the project “Every week, we will tell the story of a gangster - from his early days with her spouse. to the point that leads to the infamous encounter. The stories will be “It’s really lovely. It’s something that was incredibly natural and obvi- narrated in an interesting and gripping manner which will hook audi- ous to us,” she said. ences of all ages,” Manoj said in a statement. “It’s not just the grand gesture that counts. It’s the everyday that The actor will present the series and will narrate each story from a matters,” added Craig. neutral viewpoint, leaving the audiences to view them with their own perspective.

Bynes not schizophrenic, says lawyer Farhan Akhtar is face of Yepme.com ormer American actress Amanda Bynes’s lawyer Tamar Arminak Fhas rubbished rumours that she was ever diagnosed with schizo- ctor-filmmaker Farhan Akhtar has been chosen to endorse online phrenia. Bynes decides to leave the spotlight after she was hospitalized shopping portal Yepme.com. By Piya Sinha-Roy A for psychiatric treatment for her erratic behaviour last year, reports Sold, starring young actress Niyar picture, and made $377m at the world- and concerns of the filmmaker’s own When Farhan was chosen as the brand ambassador of portal, the contactmusic.com. Saikia, who turned 13 while filming, wide box office. society.” creative team was keen to discuss and share the storyboard with him “There has been much speculation about Amanda’s medical condi- ollywood films often capture explores the harsh, terrible reality of Juxtaposing the grittiness of Sold is for his inputs, said a statement. tion. She asked me to dispel certain rumours. For the record, Amanda the colour and beauty of Indian child prostitution in India, but with a ‘Sundance Of Indian Cinema’ the festival’s closing night film Jadoo by The team will be using the song “Tension kyun lete ho”, composed by does not have schizophrenia, nor has she ever been diagnosed with it,” culture through high-profile pinch of song-and-dance to “get the The Indian Film Festival of Los British director Amit Gupta, a light- Shankar Ehsaan Loy as the jingle, as suggested by the actor. said Arminak. Bstars and big-budget block- audience through” the dark themes, Angeles aims to be “the Sundance of hearted comedy about a British-Indian The lyrics of the song are written by Farhan himself. Maintaining that the actress never had a history of alcohol abuse or busters, but a group of filmmakers is Brown said. Indian cinema” according to festival family, and two food-loving brothers “Farhan has come on board as the brand ambassador for Yepme.com. hard drugs, Arminak added: “She’s currently on zero medication, and attempting to show a different side of “The reality of India is so intense that director Jasmine Jaisinghani, with films torn apart over the sale of a recipe. He will be shooting for the video soon,” said the spokesperson of the is devoted to living her life as healthy as possible. India’s people through smaller, inde- you need to escape. Even the reality of that contrast Bollywood’s often glamor- Set in Leicester, a city in the East “Rock On!!” star. “She continues to undergo outpatient therapy several times a week. pendent fare. my film, it’s one of the most intense ised escapism with vivid realism. Midlands of England, Gupta mined his She’s still working through the causes of her past bizarre behaviour,” The Indian Film Festival of Los realities on the planet, and so there Those include Liar’s Dice, about a own experiences of growing up in a said a source. Angeles, commencing on Tuesday, is are moments of tenderness, there are rural village woman who sets off to family-run restaurant to tell “a simple bringing the movies made outside of the moments when everyone breaks into find her missing husband. The film pre- story” about family and cuisine. Bollywood studio system to Hollywood. dance,” he said. miered at the Sundance Film Festival in “I wanted to make something where The six-day event will showcase 33 Such a playbook is also shared with Utah in January, the largest gathering the conversation about the film was feature films, documentaries and short the estimated $7.8bn Bollywood film for the independent film community in about the characters and the story and films from filmmakers across nine industry, which often squeezes action, the United States. nothing else. I didn’t want it to be an countries, all exploring Indian stories. drama, comedy, romance, music and Siddharth explores a similar fate, issue film, because I feel it’s more sub- Kicking off the festival is Sold, a dance into three hours. where a father and mother go in search versive to do that,” Gupta said. gritty drama by director Jeffrey D Brown, who won an Oscar in 1986 for of their 12-year-old son who disappears Jadoo, starring Amara Karan as Brown, about a 13-year-old girl sold into best short live-action film, said India is after leaving home to find work in Delhi. the daughter trying to repair the rift prostitution in India. experiencing a “golden age” as filmmak- Bombay Talkies is an anthology of between her father and her uncle, works Brown said he wanted the film to be a ers from the subcontinent breakout into short films from four celebrated Indian as both a glimpse into the British-Indian call to action globally for people to take the wider film industry. directors, exploring love stories of ordi- community of Leicester, and the bigger a stand against child prostitution and “It’s a new wave of Indian cinema,” nary people. The Auction House: A Tale theme of family feuds and culinary tra- slavery, which as of 2013, involved 115 he said. “This is really mainstream, of Two Brothers is a documentary of two ditions, which the director believes will million around the world, according to global cinema. It’s not art house Kolkata brothers who own one of the resonate with a larger audience. the United Nations. exclusively.” oldest auction houses in the city. “A story of two brothers falling out “The film is an intense situation espe- The new wave of Indian cinema “A lot of our filmmakers are inter- and being stubborn, and food being cially when you realise it’s a light ver- could be pinpointed to the success of ested in telling stories of people that essential to family life, is something sion of the reality of one girl’s story that British director Danny Boyle’s 2008 film are not represented,” Jaisinghani said. that I think has connected it with inter- represents literally millions,” Brown Slumdog Millionaire, Brown said. The “The films we curate are deal- national audiences,” Gupta said. said. film won eight Oscars including best ing with touching on various aspects Reuters 10 PLUS | SUNDAY 13 APRIL 2014 AVIATION

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3D model of human parasite to help curb malaria Early fitness may here might soon be new approaches to Ttackle the deadly malaria. A research team at University of California, Riverside has generated a 3D model of the human malaria aid ageing brain parasite genome at three different stages in the parasite’s life cycle. The parasite that causes malaria in humans is Plasmodium falciparum. To understand the biology of an organism, scientists need to understand the information encoded in the genome sequence. They also need to know how the sequence is compacted and physically organised in each cell/tissue and how changes in the 3D genome architecture can play a critical role in regulat- ing gene expression. In human cells, changes in chromosome organisation and compaction can lead to diseases such as cancer. “Understanding the spatial organisation of chromosomes is essential to comprehend the regulation of gene expression in any eukaryotic cell,” said lead author Karine Le Roch, an asso- ciate professor of cell biology and neuroscience at University of California. According to the World Health Organisation, an estimated 207 million people were infected with malaria in 2012, leading to 627,000 deaths. “If we understand how the malaria parasite genome is organised in the nucleus and which components control this organisation, we may be able to disrupt this architecture and disrupt, too, the parasite development,” Le Roch said. Now we can more carefully search for compo- nents or drugs that can disrupt this organisation, helping in the identification of new anti-malaria By Lenny Bernstein strategies, he added. We found, to our surprise, People between the ages of 18 and 30 with that the genome architecture is closely linked to high blood pressure, elevated blood glucose and virulence even in the case of the malaria para- esearchers have known for site, he said in the study published in the journal some time that cardiovas- high cholesterol as well as those with diabetes Genome Research. Rcular problems in middle and later adulthood may cause performed worse on tests of memory, executive cognitive deficits as we age. But A simple blood test to surprisingly, there has been little function and mental processing speed than if any research into whether such detect ‘solid’ cancers? problems earlier in adulthood have those without the health difficulties. hat about a simple blood test to diagnose the same effect. A new study from Wmany types of solid cancers? Or a blood the University of California at San test that monitors the amount of cancer in Francisco shows that they may, levels, the greater your chances associated with worse cognitive a patient’s body and responses to treatment? providing another reason to pay for deficits later. performance on executive func- Researchers at Stanford University have attention to fitness and cardiovas- About the only glimmer of good tion, processing speed and verbal designed a new technique that may soon make cular health early in life. news in the study is that elevated memory,” they wrote in the study, this a reality. Tumours are called ‘solid’ or ‘liq- “The fact that we’re able to see cholesterol does not appear to have published online March 31 in the uid’ based on where in the body they grow. [the association] so early is kind of as much impact as abnormal blood journal Circulation. More than 80 percent of all cancers are amazing, and it’s kind of sobering pressure and blood sugar. Also, the The reasons for that aren’t caused by solid tumours that grow as a mass and exciting,” said Kristine Yaffe, cardiovascular problems seen in clear, they wrote, but they specu- of cells in particular organ, tissue or gland. a professor of psychiatry and neu- study participants are not linked lated that the circulatory prob- The new technique called CAPP-Seq (cancer rology at UCSF, who led the study. to dementia later in life. lems might limit blood flow to the personalised profiling by deep sequencing) is “We know [these connections are] “We can say that almost for brain or even damage the brain’s sensitive enough to detect just one molecule of true for the heart, and now we sure they don’t have dementia,” blood vessels in ways that aren’t tumour DNA in a sea of 10,000 healthy DNA know it’s true for the brain.” Yaffe said. “All we can say is that apparent until the tests are given. molecules in the blood. “We set out to develop Specifically, Yaffe and her team the cognitive scores are different, One limitation of the study a method that overcomes two major hurdles showed that people between the depending on their exposure to is that researchers did not have in the circulating tumour DNA field. We are ages of 18 and 30 with high blood these risk factors.” baseline data on the participants’ trying to develop a general method to detect pressure, elevated blood glucose The researchers gave cognitive cognitive function, so they could and measure disease burden,” said Maximilian and high cholesterol — all indica- tests to 3,381 people during the not compare their performance on Diehn, an assistant professor of radiation oncol- tors of poor cardiovascular health 25th year of a long-term study the tests over time. So the com- ogy at Stanford University’s school of medicine. — as well as those with diabetes of cardiovascular problems. They parison was between people with With this upgraded technique, the research- performed worse on tests of mem- wrote that “to our knowledge, this the risk factors and those without ers were able to accurately identify about 50 ory, executive function (the ability study is one of the first” to inves- them. percent of people in the study with stage-1 lung to plan, organise and pay atten- tigate the possible link between Yaffe said the results may mean cancer and all patients whose cancers were more tion to detail) and mental process- cardiovascular risk factors in that similar research should be advanced. By developing a general technique for ing speed than those without the early life and cognitive function done with even younger people monitoring circulating tumour DNA, the research health difficulties. Worse, the in midlife. and that health officials may want team is trying to transform solid tumours into effects appear to be cumulative: “Greater cumulative exposure to consider recommending even liquid tumours that can be detected and tracked The longer your blood pressure, to these [health problems] in lev- tighter control of blood pressure, more easily. The Peninsula fasting blood sugar and cholesterol els above recommended guidelines cholesterol and blood sugar levels. levels are above recommended over 25 years was consistently WP-Bloomberg 12 PLUS | SUNDAY 13 APRIL 2014 TECHNOLOGY Aircraft suppliers woo with new tech

By Victoria Bryan

ver fancied seeing your name in lights as you boarded a plane? A hologram to take you through your in-flight entertainment Eoptions? Or how about something simpler, like an easy place to rest your tablet? Exhibitors at the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg demonstrated these ideas and more as they sought to win airline customers with new seats, lighting and entertainment systems. This may all seem like window dressing — but the commercial aircraft cabin interior market is esti- mated at almost $13bn in annual sales in 2014 and expected to grow to over $17bn in 2019, according to research by Markets and Markets. Germany-based Diehl Aerosystems demonstrated a new cabin management system, whereby passen- gers could scan their boarding cards on a screen as they stepped onto the plane. Lights would then come on in the panels of the aircraft with the passenger’s seat number and name to help them to their seat, with the aim of speeding up boarding. Diehl’s other new technology on show at the fair included an on-board lavatory with sensors so you can raise and lower the lid and seat without touching them. “Hygiene is becoming an ever more important topic,” its Chief Executive Rainer von Borstel said. Thompson Aero Seating has a novel solution to the problem of fighting over armrests with your neigh- to rent out to customers, was demonstrating a new up with an IFE system based around tablet devices. bour - staggered seats. And it says the design actually tablet holder that can be easily fixed on to existing Replacing traditional seat-back entertainment sys- makes it possible to fit more seats into a cabin than seats, holding anything from smartphones up to 10.3 tems with tablets on wide-bodied aircraft could save usual. Finding that crucial first customer is proving inch tablets, including cases. between 2,000 and 3,000 pounds in weight, BAE’s tough, however. Established German seat manufacturer Recaro, director of cabin programs, Jared Schoemaker, said. “Because it’s so different and radical, lots of people which also makes child car seats, has also designed BAE said the use of tablets could be taken further. want to go second, but no one wants to be first,” said new tablet holders in its seats that are positioned Cabin crew could use a smartphone with fingerprint Andy Morris, vice-president of sales and marketing higher up, meaning passengers can easily watch films technology to alter lighting on board, dim windows at the Northern Ireland-based firm. and still use the table. or adjust the amount of power going to each seat. UK-based Acro Aircraft Seating meanwhile has They could even use Samsung’s wearable technol- Tablet Power designed a new tablet table aimed at low-cost carri- ogy devices on their wrists to receive alerts such as But much of the new technology at the fair was ers, such as customer Spirit Airlines. The table holds passenger calls. designed with the tablet-toting traveller in mind. only a tablet and a drink. Panasonic also said it was looking at wearable Representatives of aerospace supplier Honeywell devices that passengers could use as boarding cards cited data estimating there will be 10 billion mobile Eye Tech and showed off a new HD screen and a three-dimen- devices, such as those made by Apple and Samsung The increasing use of tablet technology made sional hologram that may one day be used for in- in the world by 2016, for a global population of about In Flight Entertainment (IFE) a hot issue at the flight entertainment systems. 7.3 billion. Hamburg fair this year, with the organizers having Meanwhile, Thales — one of the world’s largest “The newest trends are all about tablet holders and to put up a temporary building to accommodate a 10 makers of IFE systems — unveiled a new business- power,” Recaro Aircraft Seating CEO Mark Hiller percent increase in the space requested by exhibitors class seat that allows passengers to control their said. active in this area. entertainment options using eye movement, hand US start-up Skycast, which provides airlines UK-based aerospace and defense manufacturer gestures or a touchpad built into the seat. including Westjet with Samsung and Dell tablets BAE Systems is teaming up with Samsung to come Reuters

PLATES on your bill, let the app floating square called a “quad” to navi- Going out is know who shared what, gate around a grid. The aim is to pick fun. Divvying up and you are all set to go. up bonus items on the board by mak- the bill? That’s The app is published ing your way over the grid and avoid- not quite so fun. by Splitwise, a company ing what feels like an ever-increasing For some reason, devoted to making it number of enemy quads, which can no matter how easy to split all kinds take you out with one collision. Users clever your group of bills with friends and have the option of controlling by tap or of diners, there is family, but no Splitwise by using gesture controls as they bob something about a account is required to and weave between enemies. The game restaurant bill that use the app. The com- includes three playing modes, includ- makes the collective pany has said an Android ing an “experimental” one where every wisdom go fuzzy. version of the app is in point you earn slows your enemies. With the Plates the works. Free, for iOS It is not a flashy or terribly sophis- app, users can skip devices. ticated game. But QAR 2 is mesmer-

Apps of the day the back-of-the- For parties of fewer than 10, Plates izing and easy to pick up for a “few receipt arithmetic and eas- will do the division for you — even if QAR 2 minutes” that can quickly turn into ily calculate what everyone a dish was not shared by the party. Simple and fun, this Android game the better part of an hour. Free, for owes, even with tax and tip. Just enter the price of all the items puts players in control of a small, Android devices. WP-Bloomberg COMICS & MORE PLUS | SUNDAY 13 APRIL 2014 13

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Life at Night Night Allayl Mid-night Nifi allayl Where do you want to spend the night? Ayna toureedou an taqy allayla? I want to dine Oureedou tanawoola alçaša' Let us go to the cinema Linahab Ila alssinama Where is the ticket window? Ayna šoubbakou altaakir? Ticket Taakira First class Al darati al'oola Hoy en la Historia

Second class Al daraati alania April 13, 1964 The screen Alššaša Sidney Poitier became the first The producer Almouri black person to win a Best Actor The singer Almouannee Oscar, for Lilies of the Field. Since 1997, he has served as the The hero of the lm Baalou alfilm Bahamian ambassador to Japan Note: ç = ‘a’ in ‘agh’ when surprised 1919: India’s Amritsar massacre took place when British troops shot nearly 380 of Gandhi’s followers Baby Blue 1970: An oxygen tank exploded on board Apollo 13, crippling the spacecraft as it neared the moon 1990: The Soviet Union admitted the 1940 massacre of over 20,000 Polish officers in Katyn Forest in Russia 2010: A Chinese bulk carrier caused widespread damage to the Great Barrier Reef when it ran aground Picture: Associated Press © GRAPHIC NEWS ALL IN THE MIND Hagar The Horrible by Chris Browne Can you find the hidden words? They may be horizontal, vertical, diagonal, forwards or backwards.

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AL PACINO, BRAD PITT, BRITNEY SPEARS, BRUCE WILLIS, CAMERON DIAZ, CHER, DOLLY PARTON, DREW BARRYMORE, ELIJAH WOOD, EWAN MCGREGOR, GEORGE CLOONEY, HALLE BERRY, HARRISON FORD, HUGH GRANT, JENNIFER LOPEZ, JODIE FOSTER, JOHN CUSACK, JOHNNY DEPP, JOHN TRAVOLTA, KEANU REEVES, KEVIN SPACEY, KURT RUSSELL, LIV TYLER, MADONNA, MEL GIBSON, TOM HANKS. 14 PLUS | SUNDAY 13 APRIL 2014 CROSSWORDS

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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 solved like a normal Sudoku. ANSWER CINEMA / TV LISTINGS PLUS | SUNDAY 13 APRIL 2014 15

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Bhootnath Returns (2D/Hindi) – 6.15pm 10:00 Omni Sport 08:00 News 10:30 World Of 09:00 Lifelines: The 1 Praise The Lord (2D/Malayalam) – 9.00pm Gymnastics Quest For 11:00 Short Global Health – 11.30pm Programme 10:30 Inside Syria Dom Hemingway (2D/Comedy) 11:15 Superbikes 11:00 News Spain 11:30 Talk To Al Halawet Rooh (2D/Drama) – 2.30 & 7.00pm 13:00 Boxing Jazeera Pacquiao Vs 12:30 Artscape - The Invisible Woman (2D/Drama) – 4.30pm Bradley Poets of 14:00 Superbikes Protest Captain America: The Winter Soldier Spain 13:00 NEWSHOUR 2 16:00 Rugby Aviva 14:30 Inside Syria MALL (3D/Adventure) – 9.00pm Premierhsip 15:00 Al Jazeera Saracens Vs World Northampton 16:00 NEWSHOUR Odd Thomas (2D/Horror) – 11.30pm 17:45 Fa Cup Hull Vs 17:30 Listening Post Sheffield United, 18:00 NEWSHOUR Dom Hemingway (2D/Comedy) – 2.30pm Spanish League 19:30 101 East Getafe Vs 20:30 Inside Story The Barrens (2D/Horror) – 4.15pm Atletico 22:30 Talk To Al 22:30 Nba Basketball Jazeera Rio 2 (3D/Animation) – 6.15pm Toronto @ 23:00 French-African 3 Detroit Connection The Viral Factor (2D/Action) – 8.15pm

Bhootnath Returns (2D/Hindi) – 10.30pm 12:00 Epl World 12:00 Fast N' Loud 12:30 Stars, John 13:15 Destroyed In Rio 2 (3D/Animation) – 2.15 & 4.15pm Barnes Seconds 13:30 Epl Review 15:20 How It's Made 14:30 English Premier 15:45 Storage Bhootnath Returns (2D/Hindi) – 6.15 & 8.45pm League Hunters 1 Liverpool Vs 17:50 Border Security Dom Hemingway (2D/Comedy) – 11.30pm Man City , 19:30 Border Security Swansea Vs - Series 6 The Invisible Woman (2D/Drama) – 2.30pm Chelsea Specials 20:30 Electronic 19:55 Head Games Premier 20:45 Ben Earl: Trick Odd Thomas (2D/Horror) – 5.00pm League Artist 22:00 French League 21:35 The Big Brain Captain America: The Winter Soldier Lyon Vs Psg Theory 24:00 Europa League 22:25 Gold Rush 2 (3D/Adventure) – 7.00pm Highlights 23:15 Klondike LANDMARK Halawet Rooh (2D/Drama) – 9.30pm The Barrens (2D/Horror) – 11.30pm 13:00 The Border 13:00 How Do They The Viral Factor (2D/Action) – 2.15pm 14:00 Sea Patrol Do It? 15:00 Wild Russia 15:10 Da Vinci's 17:00 Aftermath Machines The Barrens (2D/Horror) – 4.30pm 18:00 Banged Up 16:00 Mega Builders Abroad 17:40 Storm Chasers Rio 2 (3D/Animation) – 6.15pm 20:00 World's 18:30 Freaks Of 3 Toughest Fixes Nature 21:00 The Known 21:00 You Have Been Naan Sigappu Manithan (3D/Tamil) – 8.15pm Universe Warned 22:00 Alaska Wing 21:50 Penn & Teller Praise The Lord (2D/Malayalam) – 11.15pm Men Tell A Lie 23:00 Shark Men 23:30 Sci-Trek Bhootnath Returns (2D/Hindi) – 2.30 & 10.45pm Praise The Lord (2D/Malayalam) – 5.15pm 13:45 Borneo's Pygmy 13:50 Animal 1 13:00 Do Dil Bandhe Ek 13:00 Doctor Who 13:00 My Boys Elephants Superpowers Dori Se Naan Sigappu Manithan (3D/Tamil) – 7.45pm Confidential 13:30 My Name Is Earl 15:35 Hippo: The 15:40 America The Wild 13:30 Ek Mutthi 13:15 Doctor Who 14:00 The Neighbors Wild Feast 17:30 Predators In Peril Aasmaan 14:00 Doctors 14:30 Cougar Town 16:30 In Search Of The 19:20 Hooked Rio 2 (3D/Animation) – 3.00, 5.00 & 7.00pm 14:00 Doli Armaano Ki 14:30 Doctors 15:30 The Daily Show Giant Anaconda 20:10 Fish Warrior 14:30 Jodha Akbar 15:00 Doctors With Jon Stewart 20:10 Shamwari: A 21:00 Animal 15:00 Snack Attack Halawet Rooh (2D/Drama) – 9.00pm 15:30 Doctors 16:00 Colbert Report Wild Life Superpowers 15:30 Pavitra Rishta 16:00 Doctors 16:30 The War At Home 22:00 Cheetah: Race 21:50 Monster Croc 16:00 Aur Pyaar Hogaya 16:30 Doctor Who 17:00 Late Night With 2 Captain America: The Winter Soldier To Rule Hunt ROYAL 16:30 Qubool Hai 17:15 Drop Zone Seth Meyers 23:50 Untamed & 22:40 America The 17:00 Word Match (3D/Adventure) – 11.00pm 18:05 Upstairs 18:00 Dads Uncut Wild 17:30 Zee Connect Downstairs 18:30 The Neighbors PLAZA The Barrens (2D/Horror) – 2.30pm Season 4 19:00 Me & Mrs Jones 19:00 2 Broke Girls 18:00 Pavitra Rishta 19:30 Absolutely 19:30 Two And A Half 18:30 Ek Mutthi Fabulous Men Odd Thomas (2D/Horror) – 4.30pm Aasmaan 20:00 Silk 20:00 Men At Work 14:00 My Dog's 13:00 Mud 19:00 Do Dil Bandhe Ek 20:50 Waking The Dead 20:30 Parks And Christmas 15:15 All In Good Dori Se 21:40 Friday Night Recreation The Invisible Woman (2D/Drama) – 6.30pm Miracle Time 19:30 DID L'il Masters Dinner 21:00 The Daily Show 16:00 Paranorman 17:00 Pitch Perfect 3 Season 3 22:05 Alan Carr: Chatty With Jon Stewart 18:00 Bernie 19:00 Silver Linings Dom Hemingway (2D/Comedy) – 8.30pm 21:00 Qubool Hai Man 21:30 Colbert Report 20:00 Office Space Playbook 21:30 Aur Pyaar Hogaya 22:50 Being Erica 22:00 Saturday Night 22:00 The Five Year 21:00 Drive The Viral Factor (2D/Action) – 11.00pm 22:00 Doli Armaano Ki 23:40 Me & Mrs Jones Live Engagement 23:00 Looper 22:30 Pavitra Rishta 23:00 Hello Ladies 16 PLUS | SUNDAY 13 APRIL 2014 POTPOURRI

Who’s who A summary of MEDIA SCAN Events in Qatar issues of the day discussed by the Jazz in the Park Qatari community When: April 16, 7pm-8pm in the media. Where: Museum of Islamic Art Park What: The Museum of Islamic Art has partnered with Jazz at Lincoln Center Doha for a series of free world-class jazz concerts in MIA Park. Free Entry • There are demands that the authorities • People are angry that some build a park like Aspire Zone in the restaurants serving barbecued food Richard Serra: Concurrent northern part of the country since and sandwiches have increased their Exhibitions people living there find it difficult to prices after they were banned from When: Till July 6, 8:30am- 5:30pm visit Aspire Zone due to the distance using gas cylinders for cooking. The Where: QMA Gallery Building 10, Katara and heavy traffic. A similar park should outlets are passing on the cost of using What: Richard Serra is among Ibrahim Yousif Abdullah the most important contemporary Fakhro, Director of also be built in the south of the country alternative kitchen appliances to the sculptors. The exhibition organised Department of Protocol, to reduce the pressure on Aspire Park. customers. by the QMA in Doha is one of Serra’s Ministry Of Foreign Affairs • There are complaints about houses in • Qatari women have appealed to the most ambitious ever in that it brings e was appointed residential areas being used as makeshift consumer protection department to together sculptures and drawings kitchens preparing meals for workers of monitor beauty salons because they from different periods, ranging from Director of the Protocol the seminal One Ton Prop (House of some companies. Such kitchens pose a charge exorbitantly compared to those HDepartment in March Cards) of 1969 (on rare loan from the 2012. He holds a Bachelor’s danger to adjoining houses because they in neighbouring countries. In addition, Museum of Modern Art in New York) Degree in Political Science and do not follow safety rules. staff at the beauty salons do not have to a new large-scale work, Passage Business Administration from • There are demands that the authorities adequate experience. of Time, especially created for this occasion. United Arab Emirates University. monitor slaughterhouses in residential • There is discussion on social Free Entry He was promoted to the rank of areas to ensure that they follow health networking sites about Hamad ambassador in January 2011. He rules. Some of the workers do not wear International Airport opening partially Plants of Qur’anic Botanic had worked in Qatar embassies gloves while cutting the meat, and on April 30. Commentators are asking chop the meat on wooden tables. when the airport will open fully. Garden Exhibition in Saudi Arabia, UK, Morocco When: April 19 till April 30; 10am-10pm and Romania. Where: Katara Gallery — Bldg 18 What: The Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development organises, in collaboration with the Qatar IN FOCUS by Rhazi Majeed Photography Society and Katara the first exhibition of its kind. The exhibition includes 58 artworks of all the plants mentioned in the Holy Quran and the Sunnah. These pictures have been captured in Doha, Indonesia, Yemen and other Arab countries. Free Entry

Kings and Pawns When: Till June 21 Where: Museum of Islamic Arts What: This exhibition uncovers the history of board games in the Islamic world, from India to Spain between 7th and 20th century. Free Entry

Lines in the Sand When: Till April 14 Where: VCUQatar Atrium What: The exhibition brings together realms that seem at first to be mutually exclusive – the historical and the contemporary; the real and the virtual; the tangible and the intangible. This exhibition unearths Qatar’s rich and complex history through interactive media designed to create new and alternate frameworks through with we may view, use and engage with the past. Free Entry

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