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ANGEL IN JUNE

BY RAYNALD C RIVERA Film Festival. “Being selected for the DTFF the wo weeks ahead of the opening second time is a real honour for me. I of the fourth Doha Tribeca think it greatly boosts my confidence as Film Festival (DTFF), the well in my film career as it proves that Tfestival fever permeates my skills are moving forward,” said across the country with posters adver- Pacle whose film ‘I Love You Ma’am’ tising the upcoming annual event dot- was nominated at last year’s DTFF ting the city streets hailing everyone Made in Qatar section. to ‘Be Part of the Story’. On what sets Angel of June apart In what promises to be a longer and from other nominees in the category, bigger festival with three more days he said: “I haven’t seen most of the added and 30 more films to be screened other contenders yet, but based on compared to last year, this year’s festi- Director Jan their synopses, I think what makes this val is even made special as locally made Xavier Pacle film unique is its genre. It doesn’t deal films take the spotlight in the Made in with social nor political issues rather Qatar section launched last year. who had previous experience in film- young girl, “who she was and what she this film shows the trials of a real fam- In just a short span of time Made in making. Martinez had spent four had done.” ily and the journey of their child as she Qatar has seen meteoric rise with 19 decades in Philippine television and “Her idea of charity and generosity tries to shine amidst a sea of faces.” contenders for the award picked out movies both as an actor and director was just way beyond her years. In fact, Having been entirely shot in Qatar, from 70 submissions. While most of and currently heads the Film Academy we had to cut some parts of the film the film is expected to connect well to the nominees are short films, three of the Philippines. because they seemed too unrealistic the Doha audience as it projects on big of them are feature films. The Made Manila-based Martinez who had even though they really happened in screen breathtaking locales common- in Qatar category is seen an effective such belief in the project flew to Qatar real life.” place to people living here but extraor- way to nurture Qatar-based talents to get involved in the film providing Joyce Sison, a student of Philippine dinary to those unfamiliar with the and at the same time bring the festi- invaluable input and sharing his acting School Doha who plays Angel in the film, country’s booming landscape. val closer to the people of Qatar and talent as well. was once Angel’s schoolmate. The film “We have filmed both in the city and one film that does just that is ‘Angel “I met Leo Martinez through one of also stars Israel Gonzales Malabanan, the desert. Let’s just say if you don’t in June’, one of the three feature our producers Divina Cuasay. He exec- Stacey Ann Canicosa, Sarakiel know Qatar well enough, you wouldn’t films, by young Filipino filmmaker utive produced the film and as a vet- Tandingan, Pilar Grace Cruz-Malabanan, think it was shot in Qatar.” Jan Xavier Pacle. eran in the film industry, he taught the David Drew Ayson and Leo Martinez. Originally the plan was to create Entirely shot in Qatar, ‘Angel in whole cast and crew about filmmaking, The film was also created in an effort a film specifically for the DTFF, said June’ takes pride as the first film about even conducting private workshops for to raise cancer awareness in Doha Pacle, but with the excellent quality of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in the cast. Until now, he’s helping in the and beyond, according to the director the film, the producers now want to go Qatar made by OFWs themselves, most release of the film in the Philippines.” who is no newcomer to festivals hav- further eyeing cinemas both in Qatar of whom were new to filmmaking. ‘Angel in June’ traces the true story ing joined DTFF for the second time and the Philippines to share the story “This film does not only tell about of a young charitable girl whose family and whose film ‘Finding Faith’ was to a wider audience. the Filipino community here but was was devastated by her untimely demise screened at the Cannes International The Peninsula made by them as well. Around 97 per- due to leukemia. Angel, whose parents cent of the cast and crew were first were both working in Qatar, was an timers in filmmaking,” relates Pacle. achiever studying in Doha when she It was heartwarming how the entire died of leukemia in 2007 at the age of Filipino community had become united 13, just days after having been diag- lending a hand to make the film pos- nosed with the deadly disease. sible, from students to accountants to The story was originally planned to CCTV technicians to seamstresses. be made into a short film, “but having “The boom mic operator was actu- heard the story from Angel’s real par- ally a backhoe operator, the grips were ents, I thought that a short film would physiotherapists…They all volunteered not do justice to Angel’s life story. So not only for experience but because we started producing it as a feature they all have the heart for film.” early this year.” It was only Pacle, the gaffer and vet- The director admits he was very eran actor-filmmaker Leo Martinez much inspired by the story of the CAMPUS PLUS | SUNDAY 4 NOVEMBER 2012 3 Qatar Academy, Access-It to host international library conference

atar Academy, in cooperation with explains. “These strands will direct the conference Access-It Library, a library and resource sessions and seek to provide opportunities for Qmanagement software provider, will host participants to attend presentations that would the 41st Annual Conference of the International best meet their unique needs. For instance, ses- Association of School Librarianship from sions in the Collaboration strand will address the November 11-15. development of professional learning networks This year’s conference is the first time that the for educators and administrators. Similarly, the international association is holding its gathering Internationalism strand will challenge the par- Students and officials at the in the Gulf region, bringing together librarians ticipants to define and consider their role in the tree planting ceremony. and educators from over forty countries who will global education landscape”. Nine international converge in the Hamad Bin Khalifa University authors and four keynote speakers are slated to Student Center right in the heart of the bustling speak at the conference, sharing their expertise Education City. throughout the five-day event. Included in the line- According to Beverley Stubbs, Head of Libraries up are New York Times bestselling author Laurie MES launches tree and Media Center at QA, this year’s theme reflects Halse Anderson, illustrators Korky Paul and Bryn not only the host country’s cultural attributes but Barnard, Charles Benoit who writes for the reluc- the ever changing role of librarians as well. tant teenage male reader, children’s author Chris plantation campaign “The theme is ‘The Shifting Sands of School Bradford, freelance news reporter Rosie Garthwaite Librarianship’ with four conference strands: and Fatima Sharafeddine, Nadine Touma and Rania ES Indian School International wing Collaboration, Internationalism, Creativity & Zaghir who are multi-award winning authors writ- conducted a tree plantation campaign to Innovation and Literacies & Fluencies,” Stubbs ing in Arabic. The Peninsula spread awareness among students for a Mbetter and cleaner environment, as a part of the school curriculum Sewa (Social Empowerment Eid greeting card design contest at Shantiniketan Indian School through work and Education) under the aegis of the United Nations Environment programme “Million Tree Plantation”. Sulaiman Salghi, CEO, Bank Sarasin, Apen, the chief guest of the day, stressed the importance of a corporate culture built in green environment. “A green and a clean environment should be the motto of every student” remarked A P Sasidharan, Principal, while addressing the gathering. G Rajkumar, Vice Principal, CBSE-I, emphasised the importance of inculcating the values of interdependence among the people. After the tree plantation ceremony a for- mal function was held in the CBSE-I auditorium were student representatives from different classes spoke on the importance of environment. The students car- ried flags of different international organizations as a symbol to spread awareness. A song on environment was presented by the students of various classes. Fadwa B Kawab, Executive Manager, Sanjay Bhatia, Managing Director, Bank Sarasin, Apen, Vice The winners of the Eid greeting card design contest with Principal Muhammed Ismail and Purna Principals & Head of Sections, Head of Academic Pathak, co-ordinator, at the Shantiniketan Indian School. Inspection, teachers and students were present on the occasion. Shakil Ahamed Kakvi, Coordinator Environment and Sewa coordinators of the section Shoaibuddin and Devi were present on the occasion. DPS-MIS children at Badminton CBSE Qatar Cluster Tournament Birla Public School conducts seminar on mental health n educative seminar on ADHD, learning disability and mental health of students was conducted at the ABirla Public School by Dr Aju Abraham, Consultant Psychiatrist, Doha. During the session the resource person englightened the gathering on emotional and psychotic disorder, autism, teenage mood fluctuations, anxieties and aggressive behaviour. Dr Aju cited case studies and presented statistics reflecting mental health status among teenagers. He underscored the role of teachers in identifying students with learning disabilities and the need to provide timely assistance to them. The faculty was informed about how to deal with stu- dents who have behavioural problems and the role of par- ents in bringing a change in their lives. The seminar was attended by school director Dr Mohan DPS-MIS children participated in the Badminton CBSE Qatar Cluster Tournament held in Al Khor Thomas, Principal A K Shrivastava, Vice-Principal Indian School. Under-19 boys team and Under-14 girls team won the championship in their Shirly Rappai and Administration Manager Joseph K respective categories. Headmistresses, Academic Supervisors, teachers of vari- ous wings of the school. The Peninsula 4 PLUS | SUNDAY 4 NOVEMBER 2012 COMMUNITY

Qtel volunteers get closer to the community for Eid

tel’s Refaq corporate social responsibility initiative joined Qthe celebrations for the festival of Eid Al Adha over the weekend. During Eid, the volunteers offered coffee and tea after Eid prayers in the neighbourhoods of Al Aziziyah, Umm Salal Mohammed, Izgawa, Muaither Al Shemaliah, Ain Khaled and Al Dafna. Hamad Al Marzouki, Qtel’s Assistant Director of Sponsorship and Corporate Social Responsibility, said: “Our volunteers showed the extent of their care for the community by giving time and energy to the Refaq initiative. We hope our efforts brought happiness to the people across Qatar.” During Ramadan and Eid Al Fitr, 50 of Qtel’s Refaq volunteers set up tents at neighborhood mosques where they handed out coffee, tea and sweets Qtel volunteers provide for people attending prayers. refreshments as part of The Peninsula Eid festival.

Punjab Musical Aster Medical Gala Latina on Nov 29 Group and Melody Musical he Spanish Speaking Ladies Group cel- Centre to hold Group will host ‘Gala Latina’ ebrated Eid Tas part of the end of the year with a musical activities. The event will take place on programme by ‘Diabetes Expo’ November 29 in the Sheraton Hotel at M Jalendhry, 7.30 pm. Organisers urged all residents a singer from n line with World Diabetes Day to attend this “unforgettable” event Punjab, India, marked globally on November that will feature live music, raffles, and local sing- 14 and the associated worldwide prizes, a buffet dinner, and “loads of fun campaign against the disease, ers Abu Alkher, I with an authentic Latin touch.” Tickets Aster Medical Centre, a division of Fasiullah and are for sale at QR3,000 per table and DM Healthcare, is organising a free, Burhanuddin QR330 per person and QR290 for open-to-all, event to raise aware- Mukull. Nazakat members of Spanish Speaking Ladies ness on diabetics among residents of Ali played the Group. Qatar. The week-long event called Info on [email protected] tabla. Aater Diabetes Expo 2012, will be The Peninsula held from November 10 to November 17 at the Aster Medical Centre in Al Hilal, from 8:30am to 12 noon and 4pm to 10pm on all days except Blood Donation Campaign Friday wherein the timing would be 4pm to 10pm. An initiative of Aster’s Community Good Health Programme, the event would provide a platform to educate and guide people on the preven- tive measures against diabetes. The Aster Diabetes Expo 2012 will bring patients, pharmaceutical companies, medical equipment manufacturers and the community together to raise awareness on Diabetes. The expo will also bring together all possible and available diabetes care products in Qatar market. Commenting on the event, Dr Sameer Moopan, Managing Director, DM Healthcare said, “The Aster Diabetes Expo is our attempt towards ensuring that the residents in Qatar are aware of the preventive measures and the various treatment procedures Qatar Indian Thowheed Centre (QITC) in collaboration with Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) organised a ‘Mass for diabetes. The Expo is aimed at Blood Donation Campaign’ at QITC office recently. Forty-nine people donated blood during the campaign. “QITC providing a wakeup call especially to has been organising this campaign during Eid Al Adha for the past six years and we will continue to do so in the the youngsters to maintain a healthy future too,” said Dr Ahmad Ebrahim, President, QITC. lifestyle.” The Peninsula PROFILE PLUS | SUNDAY 4 NOVEMBER 2012 5

onnecting ultures & ompanies

AmCham Qatar’s Robert Hager principle objectives:

• Promote the expansion of trade by Isabel Ovalle We recommend US companies to pro- “The growth I’ve seen is in terms and investment between the vide their A list people”. of diversification, with more expatri- he American Chamber of During his initial days in Doha, ates working here, there have been United States and Qatar. Commerce was founded in Hager worked very closely with the slow changes in the rules that make it 2010 to serve as a bridge US Embassy and the US Commercial easier to do business, the Government • Serve as a forum in which for US companies looking Office, and also wanted to create a encourages it because it fits into the American business people in to establish themselves partnership and reach out to other 2030 vision,” he added. Tin Qatar. This Chamber is part of American businesses that were here, Hager’s firm was “blessed” with a Qatar can identify, discuss and a worldwide net of US chambers of and provide an organisation under the license from the Ministry of Justice to pursue common commercial commerce. umbrella of the worldwide network of render opinions in the Qatar law. “We interests. The AmCham is a private institu- US Chambers of Commerce. have become experts and the work has tion for public benefit and it allows To this end, a team of interested US been interesting. We worked on many members not only from the US, but companies was put together and, in projects including the city of Lusail, • Work with organisations in also from other countries. Robert Hager’s words, “became a private insti- the new Doha International Airport, Qatar and internationally on Hager, managing partner of Patton tution for public benefit through the as well as with companies like Qatar matters of mutual interest. Boggs, attorneys at law, is the founding efforts of the Ministry of Justice and Airways,” he commented. chairman of the American Chamber Foreign affairs”. At the beginning, in Hager explained that, before moving of Commerce. He has Bachelors of 2010, no more than 16 companies were in to Doha, he was practising law in the • Serve as a conduit of Science in Foreign Service from AmCham, now there are over 100, from US, doing international transactions. information to the governments Georgetown University, and pursued the US and Qatar. “It’s a very diverse “I was given the opportunity to move Law studies at Georgetown University board, there are oil and gas companies, here from Washington and manage the and publics of the United Law Center. He moved to Doha in late as well as infrastructure, aviation and law office. I came from quite a cosmo- States and Qatar concerning 2006 with his family and, since then, hospitality, among others,” he added. politan place, and found this is as well. the improvement of business he’s seen Qatar thrust towards com- During these two years, the Chamber There are lawyers from all over the mercial and social diversification. has grown to become the link between world in our office and I find it fasci- conditions. Hager explained to The Peninsula US and Qatari companies. Hager nating and intellectually rewarding,” that he has perceived “slow” changes insisted that this platform is “good for he added. • Maintain relations with in commercial regulations, such as the companies that want to learn about This multicultural phenomenon also chambers of commerce in fact that now some sectors allow 100 Qatar, we organise events along these affects his children, to the point that, percent foreign ownership of compa- lines.” AmCham hosts different types “when they go back to the US, they the United States and other nies. In this context, he stated that of events to promote commercial rela- are more confident and respectful of chambers of commerce or Qatar’s business environment “is com- tions, as well as fund raisers, and par- other cultures”. commercial organisations. petitive, many countries throughout ticipates in others like the UN climate The chairman of AmCham con- the world are looking to Qatar, and change conference. cluded that “the US is a big market Qatar is looking to get the best from Hager sees a lot of opportunities but not many businesses do well just • Contribute to the development all of these countries”. for US companies in the health care, working in the domestic market.” of a vibrant private sector in He insisted that “it’s a competi- education and sports sectors. In this Nevertheless, he stated that US Qatar and uphold the highest tive market but I think US companies context, he said that “education city businesses need to be educated, “we understand competition very well, plus has a tremendous amount of quality advice them to please come out here, standards of corporate and there is a commitment to quality in educational institutions and among but make sure they bring their best commercial practice. terms of an American brand or service. them are several American ones”. people”. The Peninsula 6 PLUS | SUNDAY 4 NOVEMBER 2012 MARKETPLACE LG, Google unveil Nexus 4

esigned collaboratively by LG and Google, Nexus 4, the latest smartphone in the Nexus line-up from Google, will be avail- Dable in select markets this month. “LG is proud and excited to play this role in help- ing build the latest Nexus smartphone,” said Dr Jong- seok Park, President and CEO of LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company. “Users will be delighted by the perfectly balanced combination of form and function with the latest generation of Android.” “This is the first time we collaborated with LG to build a Nexus device,” said Andy Ru-bin, Senior Vice President of Mobile and Digital Content at Google. “They brought an extraordinary amount of talent to the project, and the result is a feature-packed device that feels great in your hand, and blazingly fast under the hood.” “Nexus 4 comes with a high-performance 8MP camera and takes stunning Photo Sphere images, letting you capture every detail of the world around you. Up, down and all around you, it’s like no camera you’ve ever seen; with Nexus 4, you can snap pictures in every direction that come together into incredible, Nexus 4 comes with Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Nexus 4 is sold unlocked and is GSM/HSPA+ com- immersive Photo Spheres that put you right inside Pro processor. With 2GB of RAM and the fastest patible so it will operate on more than 200 network the scene.” version of Android ever, Nexus 4 is the snappiest providers worldwide. It will be available to purchase “All of this comes to life with stunning clarity and Nexus smartphone yet. in both an 8GB version and a 16GB version on Google crisp, natural color on the vibrant 1280-by-768 4.7- Nexus 4 comes with the latest Google apps. The Play starting November 13 in the US, UK, Canada, inch True HD IPS Plus display supported by Zerogap latest version of Google Now is built-in – get remind- Germany, France, Spain and Australia. Offline avail- Touch technology. Gently curved glass edges allow ers about upcoming flights, restaurant reservations, ability in Europe, Central/South Americas, Asia, your finger to slide smoothly on and off the 320ppi hotel confirmations and even nearby photo opportu- CIS and the Middle East will begin from the end of screen. nities – when and where you need them. November. The Peninsula

Chance to win up to UAE Exchange celebrates 32nd anniversary QR10,000 with Nokia

onsolidated Gulf Company C(CGC), the Nokia associate in Qatar, launched a promotion offering cash reward of upto QR10,000 with every purchase of selected Nokia mobile phones. Every consumer gets a chance to win in this scratch and win Nokia promotion. Anil Mahajan, COO, CGC, said: “In celebration of the festive season, we are delighted to introduce this value proposition to esteemed custom- ers rewarding them with cash ranging from QR10 to QR10,000. About a dozen popular Nokia phones are on offer, including many Asha phone models at very cost effective rate with no limit on the number of purchases.” This offer is available at all CGC Nokia showrooms and selected dealer outlets across Qatar. UAE Exchange officials cutting a cake as part of the 32nd anniversary celebrations of the company. The Peninsula HEALTH PLUS | SUNDAY 4 NOVEMBER 2012 7

Health Tips from DOCTOR Breast cancer checks save lives despite over diagnosis

The truth about by Chris Wickham back pain reast-cancer screening saves lives even though it also picks up cases Bin some women that would never have caused them a problem, according to a review published in The Lancet medical journal. The independent review, commissioned by the charity Cancer Research UK (CRUK) Misconceptions exist about back and Britain’s Department of Health, follows fierce interna- professor Sir Michael Marmot 20 years ago, which assessed pain. A few myths are: tional debate about the benefits concluded that screening pre- whether screening resulted in of routine screening and recent vents about 1,300 deaths per year fewer deaths due to the disease, research that has argued it does in Britain but can also lead to compared to when no screening Exercise Is Bad for more harm than good. about 4,000 women having treat- takes place. Back Pain “This has become an area ment for a condition that would The panel acknowledged the Regular exercise of high controversy,” said Sir never have troubled them. studies had limitations, not least prevents back pain. Mike Richards, the Department This means that for every because of their age, but decided For individuals suf- of Health’s National Cancer death that is prevented, three the evidence was strong enough fering from back pain, Director and one of the sponsors women are over-diagnosed. to conclude that women invited Physiotherapists eval- of the review. Critics of routine The review panel called for screening have a relative risk uate and may recom- screening argue that women can for improved information, in of dying from breast cancer that mend exercise regimes be subjected to unnecessary sur- health leaflets for instance, to is 20 percent less than those who Sunil Samuel to cure and prevent gery, radiotherapy and medica- give women a clearer picture are not invited. Physiotherapist recurrence . tion to treat cancers that would of both the benefits and poten- Harpal Kumar said research Healthspring World Clinic have posed them no risk. tial harms before they go for a is under way that could lead to Bed Rest Is the Harpal Kumar, chief execu- mammogram. more sophisticated tests that Best Cure tive of CRUK, acknowledged Breast cancer is the most distinguish aggressive cancers 1-2 days of bed rest may be recommended to the shortcomings of screening common form of cancer among from those that are not. reduce pressure on the spinal discs and to avoid but argued that until testing women in Britain, affecting one This, coupled with a better stresses that irritate pain receptors but staying for breast cancer becomes more in eight at some point in their understanding of genetic pre- in bed for longer can have adverse effects. sophisticated, regular monitor- lives. The country’s screening disposition and lifestyle fac- ing is the best option. programme invites women aged tors that play a role in breast My father/ mother had bad back problems “Screening remains one of the 50 to 70 for a mammogram every cancer, could mean more finely so I’m likely to have it best ways to spot the very early three years and this is being targeted screening and less For the vast majority of conditions related signs of breast cancer, at a stage expanded to ages 47 and 73. over-diagnosis. to back pain, there is no genetic predisposition when treatment is most likely to Earlier diagnosis and better “Until this is possible, we’d (parents do not pass it to their children). be successful,” he said. treatments have improved the recommend women who have “Yet, as the review shows, survival rate to 77 percent in had something unusual picked Always Sit Up Straight some cancers will be diagnosed 2007 from 41 percent in 1971, up through screening to seek Slouching is harmful, but prolonged sitting up and treated that would never according to CRUK. full advice and discuss all pos- too straight and still can also be strenuous. So have caused any harm.” The conclusions of the review sible options with their breast take periodic breaks, walk and stretch your back. A panel of experts led by are based on analysis of 11 tri- cancer specialist team,” he said. University College London als that all took place more than Don’t Lift Heavy Objects It’s not necessarily how much you lift, it’s how you lift. (Do not lift anything too heavy What’s new for you). Ask your therapist to teach you safe lifting techniques. Fitness Diary South Beach Diet Once you’ve had back pain you will always have back problems his app serves he classic South Each case of back pain has individual solu- as “your private Beach Diet has an tions. Consult your therapist regarding preven- Tslimming assist- Tapp that features a tive strategies, postural, ergonomic advice and ant” by helping you calorie counter, 150 reci- home programmes to avoid recurrence. track your weight, diet, pes with photos, and a exercise, and mood, barcode scanner to keep while providing instruc- tabs on nutrition facts of tions on how to achieve packaged food. Plus users your weight loss goals. can upgrade to receive a $.99. personalized daily meal plan based on food pref- erences and weight-loss goals. $1.99. 8 PLUS | SUNDAY 4 NOVEMBER 2012 MOVIE PLUS | SUNDAY 4 NOVEMBER 2012 9

aul Thomas Anderson’s new of religion offering self-medication of model for Dean Moriarty in Kerouac’s On to break Freddie down and build him HOLLYWOOD NEWS movie The Master is brilliant, the mind and body, attracting desper- the Road.) Living semi-rough and on the up anew, and Quell’s chaos and Dodd’s BOLLYWOOD NEWS mysterious and unbearably sad, ately lonely and vulnerable people to his lam, Freddie finds himself stowing away charlatanism become locked together in Pin approximately that narrative new cult. It all happens in a meticulously on a grand and somewhat preposterous a dance of death – erotic and homoerotic. order. It is just that brilliance and for- realised postwar America, like some- steamboat. When I first saw The Master, I saw it as mal distinction, together with a touch thing from the pages of Steinbeck or In charge is the charismatic Lancaster an eloquent drama of ideas, a Foucauldian of hubris in the title, that could divide DeLillo, but with bizarre setpieces and Dodd, played by Philip Seymour Hoffman, account of unreason, all about crazy and commentators. Anderson has within liv- an extra-terrestrial strangeness all of its a puce-faced public speaker who styles marginal worldviews excluded from main- ing memory knocked us for the biggest own. Jonny Greenwood’s unsettling score himself “The Master”, hammy and stream histories of the western enlighten- loop with his There Will Be Blood in 2007, makes a strong contribution. plummy and steely. Dodd is a mix of L Ron ment. On a second viewing, I responded and nothing makes critics more nervous Joaquin Phoenix gives a laceratingly Hubbard, Ayn Rand and Dale Carnegie. far more to the personal story of Quell than a director who makes two excep- powerful performance as Freddie Quell, He believes in curing physical and psycho- and Dodd, and their absurd, sinister and tional films in a row. Reviewers get a bit invalided out of the US Navy in 1945 logical ills by rooting out previous selves poignantly doomed love story. Freddie’s gift self-conscious about dishing out the top with a nervous breakdown, exacerbated and interplanetary interlopers from mil- for brewing up moonshine out of anything prize again, scared of looking like fan- by addiction to his own moonshine. His lions of years ago, through confrontational to hand (paint-stripper, developing fluid, boys and pushovers. They feel the need to face is incised and gaunt like that of a interrogations and therapies that are like fruit, bread) and making himself the life and change the mood, to validate the unique- medieval saint, he mumbles and giggles hypnosis or recovered memory or even soul of the party is no incidental detail. His ness of their former praise. And I admit almost unintelligibly; walking around electro-convulsive shock treatment. The booze-genius is of course analogous to Dodd’s that after seeing The Master for the first with his fists in the small of his back, Master is amused by Quell, gets a taste gift for intoxicating rhetoric and ideas, cob- time at the Venice film festival (the sec- elbows akimbo, like someone recover- for his hooch, and decides to make of him bled together from bits and pieces of sci- ond was in London this week), I experi- ing from a terrible injury – which of a special case for his treatment. Freddie ence and established religion. They are a Gauri’s the boss at home, says SRK enced a dark and timid microsecond of course is what he is. (To me, Phoenix’s is the Fool to his Lear, or Peter (or maybe match made in sociopath heaven. Both have George Clooney is distant the soul on this score, before I swallowed Quell looks a little like Neal Cassady, the Judas) to his Jesus. The Master resolves a long-term addiction to their own supply, uperstar Shah Rukh Khan says his wife Gauri is the boss at home my pride and just responded to what was and maybe Quell and Dodd are the ances- and that he’s not allowed to interfere when it comes to doing up the in front of me: a superb film. tors of showbiz faith; they fully understand Sinteriors of the house. cousin of Abraham Lincoln Like a lot of Anderson’s previous work, Paul Thomas Anderson proves his uniqueness the masses’ opiate, having tested it exten- “It’s Gauri who decides what interior stuff to buy for home and what not, it is about pioneers, leaders and dysfunc- sively on themselves. But more than this, I am not allowed to say anything. But as far as the office is concerned. I tional families, and like There Will Be Anderson suggests that Quell is ultimately am the boss,” Shah Rukh said at the launch of Vanita and Omung Kumar’s unt Rosemary was not George Clooney’s only famous relative. You Blood it is about the origins of American again, as Joaquin Phoenix’s drifter bonds with wiser than Dodd, and has finally understood furnishing store Bioscopewalli. can add a certain Civil War American president to the Oscar- modernity, the pre-history of a certain Philip Seymour Hoffman’s cult leader in a that his association with him is happen- Omung Kumar and wife Vanita are well-known Bollywood set designers Awinning actor’s family tree. kind of self-help and self-belief, entre- ing on the rebound, the effect of personal and have worked in films like “Black”, “Saawariya” and “Yuvvraaj”. Politics has apparently run in the activist actor’s blood for centuries, preneurial and evangelical. In this case, heartbreak, missed chances and a lifetime Shah Rukh, who inaugurated the store in Mumbai, said: “The store is a as website Ancestry.com on Thursday revealed that the “Ocean’s 11” star it is the Year Zero of a belief system that brilliant and sad dissection of postwar America. of regret. The Master is a supremely con- delight to eyes”. is distantly related to President Abraham Lincoln. does not yet have extreme age to put its fident work from a unique film-maker, just Meanwhile, the actor is gearing up for the promotion of Yash Chopra’s According to Ancestry.com, Clooney is the half-first cousin five times irrationality above reproach. The Master Peter Bradshaw reviews The Master. so different from the standard Hollywood last directorial venture “Jab Tak Hai Jaan”, which features him along with removed from Lincoln, the 16th president. The genealogy website breaks is about homemade spirituality and gim- output: audacious and unmissable. Katrina Kaif and Anushka Sharma. The film releases on November 13. down the connection, explaining the “half” means that two of their crack philosophy, a snake-oil salesman ancestors were half-siblings - Lincoln’s mother Nancy Hanks was the half-sister of Clooney’s 4th great-grandmother Mary Ann Sparrow. Hanks and Sparrow shared the same mother, Lucy Hanks, but had Emraan Hashmi goes Hollywood different fathers. Lucy Hanks was Lincoln’s maternal grandmother as well as the 5th great-grandmother of Clooney. with Danis Tanovic’s next film Clooney’s aunt was singer and actress Rosemary Clooney, who died in 2002. ollywood’s ‘serial kisser’ Emraan Hashmi is heading to the West. He Clooney, long noted for his political activism, is a major Hollywood is set to feature in Oscar-winning director Danis Tanovic’s next film, backer of President Barack Obama. He hosted a Democratic Party fun- Ba collaboration of multiple production houses. draiser at his Los Angeles home in March that raised $15 million. Among the banners supporting the project is India’s Anurag Kashyap Lincoln, a Republican, is considered one of the greatest presidents in Films Pvt Ltd. the history of the United States. He led the country through the Civil “Emraan is a very good actor and we are excited to be working together. War and is credited with the abolition of slavery, which officially became It will be very interesting to see the combination of an Indian star, who law in 1865 after his assassination. is so popular among the masses working with an Oscar-winning director He is the subject of an upcoming Steven Spielberg film “Lincoln,” star- in an international film. We are looking forward to a great collaboration,” ring Daniel Day-Lewis in the title role, which is to open in the United Guneet Monga of Anurag Kashyap Films Pvt Ltd, said. States next week. Tanovic is known for “No Man’s Land”, best remembered as the movie that toppled “Lagaan: Once Upon A Time In India” for the best foreign language film at the Academy Awards in 2001. “’No Man’s Land’ won the Oscar against ‘Lagaan’. The same director found Emraan more promising than any other actor. At a point where so Aguilera to empower many actors claim to be in talks with Hollywood, the industry’s underdog or dark horse got signed on,” said Monga. women with Red Sin Emraan’s role in the movie is yet unknown but, according to a source, “Tanovic is looking at doing some great work with Emraan, whom he looks inger Christina Aguilera aims to upon as one of the most talented actors he has come across”. empower women with her latest In Bollywood, the actor has made his mark through films like Murder, Sfragrance - Red Sin. Gangster, Jannat, Once Upon A Time in Mumbaai, The Dirty Picture and “I want women to feel empowered, more Shanghai. boldly, sexy and unafraid to be a little mys- terious,” people.com quoted Aguilera as saying. Priyanka to endorse hair care product “It’s for the women that exude confi- dence, but is also for those women who may be a little timid or shy about feel- ctress Priyanka Chopra has been roped in to endorse a new range ing sexy and need a little inspiration,” she Brilliant, mysterious of natural hair care products by Vatika, from the House of Dabur. added. A “I am a strong believer in the goodness of nature for my daily hair The 31-year-old singer took inspiration care routine. The scientifically-proven and chosen ingredients in the all for her scent from the “fairy tale” poison- new shampoo range is a unique offering for women like me and offers the ous red apple in Snow White. goodness of nature for the best treatment of my hair,” Priyanka said in a “Like in fairy tales, a red apple can be statement. “I have personally experienced the benefits of making a switch seductive, alluring and enticing,” she said. and unbearably sad to naturals, and hence I am endorsing it,” she added. 10 PLUS | SUNDAY 4 NOVEMBER 2012 HOSPITALITY Aspire Katara Hospitality, The Torch Doha win 62 medals at Diyafa 2012

hefs from Aspire Katara Hospitality and The Torch Doha won a total of 62 medals Cat the 7th Hotel, Restaurant and Food Exhibition (Diyafa 2012). Medals include 15 gold, 12 silver and 35 bronze. L’wzaar Seafood Market wowed the audience and judges with their performance, winning 29 medals and bagging the Best Group accolade at Diyafa 2012. Chef Sonali Foneska, AKH Executive Chef, said: “L’wzaar’s exqui- site signature cuisine impressed the judges as we managed to bring home 2 gold with distinction, 8 gold, 7 silver, and 12 bronze awards. Beaming results were produced in the fields of pastry, vegetable and ice carving, too, by pas- sionate chefs manifested from their love of their craft fused with their robust professionalism. With pride, L’wzaar had set the bar, once again.” The Torch Doha chefs completed the highly competitive Salon Culinaire with 23 medals - 2 gold, 4 silver and 17 bronze. Executive Chef at The Torch Doha, Kamil Karaca said: “It was great to see our chefs competing against the country’s leading chefs. Despite back- to back events taking place in the hotel, our chefs still found the time to prepare and perfect their showpieces to showcase their skills at best. With passion for fine dining they convinced the audience and International judges that we at The Torch have stepped out to the plate with high caliber cuisine. For next year’s edition of Diyafa we will prepare even harder.” A new entrant to Salon Culinaire, Sukar Pasha Ottoman Lounge proved to be a strong contender, seizing 1 gold with distinction, 2 gold, 1 silver and 6 bronze medals. Chef Afif Baran Yucel of Sukar Pasha said: “It is a fantastic achieve- ment for our chefs. Their inspiration came from traditional Turkish cuisine, distinction in the Wedding Cake gold medal with distinction for TOP: The Torch Doha chefs and in recipes first conceived in the kitch- and Bread Showpiece competitions. his unique “Pan Seared Toothfish officials with the medals they ens of the Imperial Palace in the 16th Junior Sous Chef at The Torch Fillet Crusted with Mozaique won at Diyafa 2012. BELOW century. This is how we managed to Krishna Beeharee participated in Vegetables, Rissole Sweet Potatoes, LEFT: Chef Dilan Petris with his make it big at this year’s edition of the Signature Dish competition on Creamy Christophine and Black medals. RIGHT: Chef Gayantha Diyafa.” the first day of Salon Culinaire. Grape Sauce”. Rajapaksha with judges. Gayantha Rajapaksha of L’wzaar At the end of his demonstration Red Velvet won the award for Best Seafood Market finished Salon in front of a live audience and Delicatessen at Qatar Choice Awards. Culinaire with 2 gold medals with expert judges, he was awarded a The Peninsula

he culinary brigade of Sharq Village and Spa Mezze”, and Commis Chaminda Rakman for “Best bagged five medals at the Diyafa 2012. Wedding Cake” category. Sharq Village and Sharq Village and Spa participated in a “We are proud with our award-winning team for Ttotal of seven categories. The gold medal their achievement in 2012 Diyafa Exhibition, and their Spa bags one gold, was awarded to the Kitchen Artist Chef Godbery ability to showcase their culinary skills to the commu- Daniel Jeyaraje for best “Novelty Cake” category nity.” said Executive Chef Hassan Abdullah. one silver and three while Executive Sous Chef Das Janardan, and Chef “At Sharq Village and Spa restaurants and lounges de Partie Shiv Prakash received a silver medal for the continue to be the standard by which all others are “Live Cooking” category. The three bronze medals were measured, and our expertly trained chefs ensure that bronze medals. awarded to Chef de Partie Varun Raj for “Fresh Fours” each meal provides a feast for the eyes as well as the segment, Chef de Partie Samer Labbad for “Arabic palate.” The Peninsula BOOKS PLUS | SUNDAY 4 NOVEMBER 2012 11

By Sisi Tang there hasn’t been a similar literary movement in China. They imitate hinese author Wang previous styles and ideas from the Xiaofang, a former gov- Xiaofang portrays West but never created their own ernment official turned genre. Lu Xun, for instance, whom Cbest-selling novelist, is a I respect very much, did not create forceful advocate for democratisa- a new style.” tion and staunch critic of Chinese dark underbelly of How are your books a com- contemporaries who he sees as too mentary on the Bo Xilai scandal cozy with the establishment. and on China’s current political Since resigning as secretary to Chinese politics atmosphere? the deputy mayor of Shenyang city “The Bo Xilai and Wang Lijun in northeastern China, Wang has case may seem out of the ordinary, written “officialdom” novels draw- but they are in fact inevitable. ing on his Communist Party insid- There will be other similar occur- er’s experience to expose greed, rences. It’s the system. They are intrigue, corruption and factional all the same characters. There’s a rivalry in the highly secretive and character similar to Bo Xilai in my murky world of Chinese politics. recent book. As long as there’s abso- In The Civil Servant’s Notebook, lute authority, it will produce such his first book translated into authority figures. Absolute author- English and due out next month, ity means absolute corruption. Wang, 49, skewers politicians This event shows the urgency and reminiscent of Bo Xilai, the ousted necessity of reform in the Chinese politician at the center of China’s system. biggest political scandal in two “In this book, one of the offi- decades. cials had been drinking urine for The Shenyang-based Wang, five years because he thinks it has whose 13 novels have been widely medicinal benefits. Then during a pirated and have sold 3 million banquet his friends poured him a official copies, spoke on the side- beer and he cried because he had lines of the Hong Kong Literary been drinking urine for such a long Festival about Honore de Balzac time. The urine symbolises the cul- and urine-drinking as a metaphor tural garbage inherent to the sys- for absolute authority. tem that the official complies with, and that’s believed to be beneficial. I What kinds of difficulties won’t comment on the political, but have you encountered in pub- I hope that China can move towards lishing your type of work in reform. Reform of civil society and China? law is China’s Golden Road towards “My fourth book, The Mayor’s future progress. I hope the new Secretary, made its rounds all leadership can bring this about.” over China in the search of an accepting publisher. I managed Do you see a burgeoning to get through to some publishers Chinese literary movement? Will that would have frequent changes this society in transition produce in management and editors so I a new crop of writers? can sometimes slip something “If they all become party officials, through but even then, it would then no. Many don’t have the cour- get rejected most of the time. I age to rely solely on their pen to have not published for two years. make a living... I have four books waiting to get “Most of the material coming published. The environment has from Chinese writers today, the become more restrictive in the ones translated into English, talk past two years. about the period before or during “I stayed low profile in main- the Cultural Revolution but do not land China for a while. I don’t focus on China’s current affairs. As publicise my work there. There’s for works that do focus on current no TV series or film I can profit society, the ones that write about from. I have not received Chinese urban life are full of depictions of awards. They wouldn’t dare make song and dance and wealth, while a film out of this, and they’re not the ones set in the countryside allowed to. In the beginning I depict the beautiful scenery. They received many threats, telling me do not touch upon the darkness of to stop or they will chop off my current reality. Under such a sys- hands. Some officials would look tem, we cannot be ourselves. We through my fictional work and culture of that society. Not all litera- which means they are Party officials. become spiritual eunuchs and help- say I’m writing about them and ture necessarily has to lash out against They have their private cars. less bystanders. This is extremely directly implicating them. They all the government. One can certainly “Most Chinese writers in the main- painful. Your soul is not free.” look for themselves.” write about a myriad of things in life. land eulogise authority. For instance, “In this man-made system, the Mo Yan took that route. something like Honore de Balzac’s criti- human has become a non-human. How do you feel about the “Many Chinese writers do comply cal realism -- mainland writers do not So if I just sat on the inside and works of other Chinese writers? with the system. They have stable sala- employ that. They employ eulogistic real- kept watching, then I will also turn What’s your reaction to Mo Yan ries even if they don’t write. China’s ism. They applaud the system. into a beetle, like in Franz Kafka’s being awarded the Nobel Prize? writers, once they earn a bit of repu- “I aspire to a new style of writing, like ‘The Metamorphosis.’ The per- “I give my congratulations to tation, will aim for official positions in how Joyce and Proust made contributions son from my past political life has Mo Yan. His works stem from writer’s associations. The well-known to literary history with their stream of passed. The person sitting in front the stories and civilisation of his writers in China are all vice chairmen consciousness approach, or Franz Kafka’s of you is an ordinary man, a writer.” hometown, depicting the life and or chairmen of these associations, impact on 20th century literature. But Reuters 12 PLUS | SUNDAY 4 NOVEMBER 2012 TECHNOLOGY

Windows 8 Samsung ES8000 Ultra-slim Smart TV demand with voice and gesture control From $3,000 Nintendo Wii U outpaces Galaxy Games console with HD Camera graphics and touchscreen Merges controller. From $299 Windows 7 camera and smartphone BY MALATHI NAYAK technology $tbc Amazon Kindle Fire HD Furby icrosoft Corp Chief Choice of 7-inch or 8.9-inch Enhanced version of Executive Steve Ballmer tablets. From $199 1998 interactive toy. $60 Msaid demand for the company’s new Windows 8 operat- ing system, released to the public on Friday, was running at a higher rate than its last release, Windows 7. “We’re seeing preliminary demand well above where we were Fitbit Zip with Windows 7, which is grati- Fitness fying,” Ballmer said at an event tracking launching new Windows phones. gadget Windows 7 is the best-selling $60 version of Windows so far, selling more than 670 million licenses in iPad mini three years since release in 2009. 7.9-inch “Over the weekend we saw version of an incredible response around Apple’s best- the globe to Windows 8 and the selling tablet Microsoft Surface,” said Ballmer, From $329 referring to Microsoft’s first own- brand tablet, designed to challenge Apple Inc’s iPad. He did not give LeapPad 2 out any sales figures. Learning tablet On Friday, there were moderate for ages 4-9 lines at Microsoft’s 60 or so stores $100 across the United States for the Surface. Ballmer was in San Francisco Sonos Play:5 speaking at an event showcasing All-in-one wireless phones running its new Windows music player. $399 Phone 8 software, which go on sale this weekend. Acer Microsoft has struggled to make Aspire S7 headway in the smartphone mar- HD touchscreen ket, holding just 3.5 percent of the ultrabook with worldwide market, compared to 68 Windows 8 percent for Google Inc’s Android From $1,200 devices and 17 percent for Apple’s iPhone, according to tech research iPhone 5 firm IDC. Lighter, thinner The company highlighted how version with 4-inch the new phones make use of retina display and Pebble E-Paper Watch Microsoft’s SkyDrive cloud serv- 4G LTE connectivity Customizable smart watch syncs ice, enabling users to sync and From $199 (contract) with iOS and Android phones. $150 transfer music, documents and Source / Pictures: Acer, Amazon, Apple, Fitbit, Hasbro, Kickstarter, LeapFrog, Nintendo, Samsung, Sonos The Peninsula© GRAPHIC / Graphic NEWSNews photos between PCs, tablets and the Xbox game console. Microsoft added that it now has 120,000 apps in its online store for phones, still Android app of the day iPhone/iPad app of the day far fewer than the number avail- able for iPhone and Android users. Atlas by Collins Ballmer and other Microsoft Dragon Mobile Assistant (Beta) There is huge scope still for connected touch- executives showed off slim and I’ll get the disappointing news out of the way screen devices to reinvent the very idea of an colorful phones from handset first: this doesn’t appear to be available in atlas. Collins is one of the publishers moving in makers Nokia, Samsung and HTC. the UK yet. It’s Nuance’s new conversational that direction, describing its Atlas by Collins app The phones will be rolled out assistant software for Android devices, which as less a book, and more a “constantly evolving in the United States by carri- is in beta for devices running the Ice Cream data visualisation tool”. That means overlaying ers AT&T, Verizon Wireless and Sandwich and Jelly Bean variants. It has you different sources of data on virtual globes – at T-Mobile during November. making calls, sending texts, updating social this stage including 3D maps, political maps, REUTERS networks, using maps, reserving restaurants environmental data, population statistics and and other tasks by chatting. energy resources. More will follow. COMICS PLUS | SUNDAY 4 NOVEMBER 2012 13

Baby Blues Jerry Scott and Rick Kirkman ALL IN THE MIND Can you find the hidden words? They may be horizontal, vertical, diagonal, forwards or backwards.

Hagar The Horrible Chris Browne

BITS, BYTE, CACHE, COMPUTER, DATA, DESKTOP, DIGITAL, DISK, DRIVER, FLOPPY, GIGABYTE, HARD DRIVE, HARDWARE, HEXADECIMAL, INPUT, INSTALLATION, INTERNET, KEYBOARD, KILOBYTE, LAPTOP, MAINFRAME, MEGABYTE, MEMORY, MICROCHIP, MODEM, MONITOR, MOUSE, NOTEBOOK, OUTPUT, PASSWORD, PERIPHERAL, PRINTER, PROCESSOR, PROGRAM, SCANNER, Zits Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman SCREENSAVER, SOFTWARE, UTILITY, VIRUS, WIZARD.

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Slylock Fox Bob Weber 14 PLUS | SUNDAY 4 NOVEMBER 2012 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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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 4 NOVEMBER 2012 15

Rush (2D/Hindi) – 2.30pm SHOWING AT CITY CENTER

1 Ajab Gazabb Love (Hindi) – 5.00pm 13:30 Real Nba 08:00 News Magazine 09:00 14:30 Basketball Nba Correspondent GULF Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana Denver @ Miami 10:30 Inside Syria (2D/Hindi) – 8.00 & 11.00pm CINEMA 16:30 Italian League 11:30 Talk To Al Napoli V Torino Jazeera Maatran (2D/Tamil) – 2.00 & 5.15pm 19:30 Champions 12:00 News 2 League 12:30 Surprising Ayalum Njanum Thammil (Malayalam) Magazine Europe – 8.30 & 11.15pm 20:00 Basketball Nba 13:00 NEWSHOUR Philadelphia @ 14:30 Inside Syria Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most New York 15:00 Al Jazeera Wanted – 2.30 & 4.30pm 22:00 Real Nba World 1 Magzine 16:00 NEWSHOUR The Expendables 2 (Action) 22:45 Itailian League 17:00 News – 7.00, 9.00 & 11.15pm Roma V 17:30 Listening Post Palermo 18:00 NEWSHOUR Battlefield America (2D/Drama) 01:00 Transworld 19:00 News – 2.30pm Sport 19:30 101 East 02:00 Basketball Nba 20:00 News The Sweeney (2D/Action) – 4.30pm Minnesota @ 20:30 Inside Story Toronto 21:00 NEWSHOUR 04:00 Rugby Aviva 22:00 News MALL Hotel Transylvania Premiership 22:30 Talk To Al 2 (3D/Animation) – 6.30pm CINEMA Saracens V Jazeera Wasps 23:00 Witness Alex Cross (2D/Action) – 8.30pm

Here Comes The Boom (2D/Comedy) – 11.00pm 11:25 Deadliest Catch 12:25 Really Wild Show 12:20 How It’s Made 15:40 Safari Vet Chasing Mavericks (2D/Drama) 14:35 Dirty Money School – 3.00pm 16:50 Border Security 16:35 Wild Animal 3 19:10 You Have Been Orphans Skyfall (2D/Action) Warned 17:30 Bad Dog – 5.15, 8.00 & 11.00pm 20:05 Mythbusters 18:25 Your Pet Wants 21:00 Dynamo: This, Too! Hotel Transylvania Magician (3D/Animation) – 2.30pm 19:20 World Wild Vet Impossible 20:15 Max’s Big Tracks 21:55 How We 21:10 Into The Wreck - It Ralph (3D/Animation) Invented The – 4.30pm Dragon’s Lair 1 World 22:05 Wild France 22:50 Curiosity 23:00 Swarm Alex Cross (2D/Action) – 6.30pm 23:45 Finding Bigfoot Chasers

Skyfall (2D/Action) – 8.30 & 11.00pm

Brave (Animation) – 3.00 & 5.00pm 13:00 Monster Fish 12:45 The Wilby ROYAL 14:00 Ultimate Vipers Conspiracy PLAZA 15:00 Living Edens 14:30 Frankie And 2 Ted (Comedy) – 7.00am 16:00 Ultimate Johnny Predators GPU 15:55 Mgm’s Big The Expendables 2 (Action) 17:00 Cheetah: Screen – 9.00 & 11.15pm Against All Odds 16:10 What Did You 18:00 Deadly Summer Do In The War Paranorman – 2.30pm 19:00 Untamed Daddy Americas 18:05 Yentl 20:00 Monster Fish 20:15 Hidden Agenda 3 Ice Age 4: Continental Drift 21:00 Ultimate Vipers 22:00 Dressed To Kill (Animation) – 4.15 & 6.00pm 22:00 Living Edens 23:45 Arabian Nights The Bourne Legacy (Action) – 8.00 & 11.00pm

Battlefield America (2D/Drama) – 13:05 Johnny Test 11:10 Lassie Come 2.30pm 13:30 Ben 10: Home Ultimate Alien 12:40 Jezebel Wreck - It Ralph (3D/Animation) 1 15:35 Transformers 14:20 Three Little Words – 4.30 & 6.45pm Prime 16:00 Logan’s Run 16:00 Angelo Rules 17:55 Boom Town Alex Cross (2D/Action) 16:50 Thundercats 19:50 Flipper’s New – 9.00 & 11.15pm 22:15 Grim Adventure 21:25 Manhattan The Sweeney (2D/Action) – 3.00pm Adventures Of... 23:25 Ben 10: Melodrama Ultimate Alien 23:00 My Favorite Hotel Transylvania 23:50 Powerpuff Girls Year LANDMARK (3D/Animation) – 5.30pm 2 Chasing Mavericks (2D/Drama) – 7.30pm 12:00 The Ladykillers 14:45 Scooby-Doo Here Comes The Boom (2D/Comedy) 14:00 Airheads 2: Monsters – 9.30 & 11.30pm 16:00 How The Grinch Unleashed Stole Christmas 16:15 Alex & Alexis Sa’a Winos (2D/Arabic) – 2.30pm 18:00 The Trotsky 18:00 Yogi Bear 20:00 Defendor 20:00 Hop 3 22:00 Love And Other 22:00 Mickey’s Skyfall (2D/Action) – 5.00, 8.00 & 11.00pm Drugs Twice Upon A Christmas 16 PLUS | SUNDAY 4 NOVEMBER 2012 POTPOURRI

Surveillance photo flushes A summary of MEDIA SCAN issues of the day discussed by the out forgetful lottery winner Qatari community By Dana Feldman in the media. The ticket, purchased on May 30 for Cervera by her adult daughter he belatedly crowned win- in a store in Palmdale, north of Los ner of a $23m California Angeles, was due to expire at the end lottery jackpot says she of this month. Thad stuffed the lucky ticket State lottery officials said in her car and left it there forgotten Cervera’s jackpot marks only the • Many people are complaining about the monitoring rental prices of ATV bikes in Sealine for months, until a surveillance cam- second time they have been forced situation at Hamad Hospital’s Emergency Beach, because they are very expensive. era photo of the ticket’s purchase to release a store surveillance photo Department. The area is always crowded and surfaced on the Internet. to track down a winner. there’s a long line of patients waiting. • There was a discussion about the actions of the Only when she recognized her The image was pinpointed using Qatar Embassy in Washington as to why they daughter in the picture, which electronic records the California • There has been discussion about some schools didn’t inform and warn Qatari students about state lottery officials had pub- Lottery system electronically that are still changing teachers even though the hurricane Sandy, especially those residing near licly circulated in a desperate keeps on the time and place of its academic year has already started. the coast. attempt to locate the missing win- ticket sales. It was released earlier ner, did Julie Cervera, 69, realize this week to news organizations. • People are wondering whether it’s true that • It was observed recently that the Al Wakra to her amazement that she was a In the California SuperLotto Qatar Airways does not allow people to pray Temporary Family Beach was littered with multimillionaire. Plus, the contest Cervera played in their airplanes, especially in long-distance lots of garbage left by visitors and picnickers. For Cervera, a resident of the in, winners have six months from flights. People are asking where is the control by the high-desert town of Victorville who the date of purchase to claim their Municipality to ensure that beaches are kept has been on disability for 20 years prize. • Souq Waqif is a famous place for tourists and clean and to prevent people from leaving gar- and described herself as broke, the It was Cervera’s daughter, many people are asking why the problem of bage everywhere. unexpected turn of fortune could Charliena, who was captured in lack of parking space has not been resolved. not have come at a more opportune the photo making the purchase • People are talking about how Qatar, with all its time. with a dollar bill that Cervera said • Many people are questioning why there are no mega projects, still lacks projects and facilities “I have maybe a dollar in my she had scrounged from her purse. salons to discuss issues in media and educa- for recreation and entertainment. pocket, they just shut off my cable, Afterward, Cervera said, she stashed tion in Qatar similar to many places around the my electric bill is $600 and my the ticket into the console of her world. • Many have been complaining about how some (bank) account is also overdrawn,” car and never bothered to check people take advantage of the parking space Cervera told reporters on Friday, a it against the winning numbers • People are asking who is in charge of reserved for the handicapped. day after coming forward to claim announced later. her prize. Reuters

Today in Qatar IN FOCUS by Nic Bothma ‘The UP Factory’ Exhibition WHERE: VCUQatar Atrium & Gallery, Education City, Doha. WHAT: Co-founder and director of Droog, Renny Ramakers initiates projects, curates design exhibitions, and lectures worldwide. 1001 INVENTIONS WHEN: 5pm - 10.30pm WHERE: Museum of Islamic Art Park WHAT: 1001 Inventions looks at the Golden Age of Muslim civilisation and the scientific innovations that took place. Covering the 1000 year period between the 7th and 17th century, the exhibition utilises interactive displays to show how science and medical practices paved the way for contemporary society. Free entry Kimiko Yoshida WHEN: 10am - 10pm WHERE: Katara Gallery 1, Building 19 WHAT: Japanese photographer Kimiko Yoshida studied photography in Japan as well as in France, where she lives and works since 1995. For the Katara Galleries exhibition the curator has selected works where the artist features her interpretation of Middle Eastern, Arab and North African traditional dress and accessories. Free entry

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