TUESDAY 26 AUGUST 2014 • [email protected] • www.thepeninsulaqatar.com • 4455 7741 Guardians inside returns to reclaim CAMPUS • Carnegie Mellon Qatar welcomes box office win Class of 2018 from Turtles P | 5

P | 8-9 RECIPE CONTEST • Send in your best recipe and win a dinner voucher for two

P | 6 BALLET FOR WHEELS • Mercedes’s AMG swaddles with safety BETTER FUTURE in luxury’s lap Girls from a rough neighbourhood known as a P | 7 “cracolandia,” or crackland, are learning the graceful art of ballet courtesy of a local group that also offers them food, counselling and HEALTH studies. • Delay morning school start for teens: Paediatricians

P | 11

TECHNOLOGY • Protect your email the German way

P | 12

LEARN ARABIC • Learn commonly used Arabic words and their meanings

P | 13 2 PLUS | TUESDAY 26 AUGUST 2014 COVER STORY

Girls from Brazil’s favelas find escape in ballet

By Adriana Gomez Licon The time spent focused on grace and control is far removed from the girls’ daily lives. Many ast the graffiti-covered overpass and are being raised by parents who are recovering subway tracks, in a slum penned in from or are addicted to drugs. Some girls live by high-rises, 8-year-old Gabriela with relatives who are dealers, or they have been PAparecida fixes her curly hair into a abandoned and taken in by neighbours. Some bun as she waits for a ride to her new favour- have experienced violence. ite activity: ballet. Peeling back the tarp over Girls growing up in favelas are more likely the doorway, the skinny girl reaches out into to become pregnant as teens, and the last 2010 the dirt alleyway to hug the church volunteer census found the rate of illiteracy was twice as arriving to take her to dance class. high in the slums than in other areas of Brazil. Growing up amid drug dealers and addicts, “We see all kinds of stories here. From girls Gabriela has yet to learn how to read. Yet she who haven’t showered in days, who don’t know and other girls from a rough neighbourhood how to brush their teeth, who are locked inside known as a “cracolandia,” or crackland, are their homes all day,” said Machado, instructor learning the graceful art courtesy of a local and head of the project. “I feel always respon- church group that also offers them food, coun- sible for their lives, always worried about what selling and Bible studies. The class is among may happen.” several groups where young dancers hope to Machado just opened the studio named catch the eye of a respected Brazilian ballerina “House of Dreams” in the neighbourhood, relo- who recruits dozens of disadvantaged girls for cating the class from a more commercial area of an annual workshop. Sao Paulo. Machado herself was raised by a drug Twice a week, more than 20 girls, ages 5 addict, who later recovered, in the northeastern through 12, board a Volkswagen van for a state of Bahia. 10-minute ride to class, where they put on pink Ballet dancer Priscilla Yokoi, whose perform- or black tights and ballet shoes donated by a ances have taken her to 15 countries including dancewear store. the United States, recently visited and chose On a recent day, instructor Joana Machado five of the girls for the annual workshop. It played a jaunty tune of flutes and piano. Sitting allows 150 disadvantaged children to take four on the floor, the girls formed a circle with their days of classes with foreign ballerinas and per- legs out in front of them and knees straight. form a show in October. They flexed their feet and then stretched their The school Gabriela attends doesn’t accept toes down toward the floor, over and over again boys, but some of the other groups that Yokoi while Machado corrected the younger ones’ form. visits do. PLUS | TUESDAY 26 AUGUST 2014 3

Yokoi recently travelled to another slum in Sao Paulo where an audition at a basketball court attracted about 40 dancers and dozens of onlookers from the neighbourhood. Some of the girls who took up dancing at a local studio sat on the cold concrete while Yokoi looked for the prettiest pointed feet. At the workshop in Paulinia, a city north of Sao Paulo, Yokoi brings dance scouts from the only school the prestigious Bolshoi Ballet operates outside of Russia. Yokoi said she wanted to expand on efforts like the Bolshoi school, which opened in 2000 in the southern Brazilian city of Joinville and accepts only a handful of students each year. “The way I see ballet in these forgotten areas is that it brings children hope. They audition, they participate in a workshop and they are more motivated,” Yokoi said. “I see my project as a window into what ballet can become in Brazil if we find talent within these communities.” Russians largely introduced classical ballet to Brazil in the 1920s, when dancers began immigrating and established dance companies in cities like Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo. The Bolshoi school in Brazil has given birth to a new generation of Brazilian ballet dancers, such as Deise Mendonca, who performs with the State Street Ballet company in Santa Barbara, California. Earlier this year, she brought tears to the eyes of judges on the Fox television show “So You Think You Can Dance.” Mendonca’s father was a mail carrier and her mother unemployed when the family moved to Joinville so she could join the Bolshoi school as a schol- arship student. “We struggled. We had no money,” Mendonca said. “But it changes your mindset. Many doors open for future opportunities.” Back in the “crackland” studio, some of the girls make faces and giggle at their reflections in the large mirror next to the barre. The barre work requires more concentration, instructor Machado tells them as they bend their knees into what is known in ballet parlance as a grand plie. Keep your chin and chest lifted, but not too much, she tells them. Keep your back firm, not arched. “You think it is easy. It looks easy. It’s not, and it hurts,” Machado tells three sisters who joined the group earlier this year. After class, the girls get in the van to return home. At the last stop, 8-year- old Sandra Alves doesn’t want to get off and she hides her face in her knees. “Just pretend I am not here.” But eventually, she has to go. “It’s a nightmare. It’s a nightmare,” she sings A volunteer walks ballet student as she glides side to side and disappears into the gritty dark hallway. AP Maria home after her class at The House of Dreams dance studio. 4 PLUS | TUESDAY 26 AUGUST 2014 CAMPUS / COMMUNITY

NU-Q welcomes largest class to date

orthwestern University in In the presence of their families, With an emphasis on better Union President, who said; “For this Qatar welcomed its largest friends, alumni and members of understanding Qatar, the convoca- year’s student class, the most impor- class to date at a colourful NU-Q staff, the Class of 2018 was tion address was given by author and tant thing to understand is their expe- Nceremony at the Opera House welcomed by NU-Q Dean and CEO Professor Dr Mehran Kamrava, direc- rience at NU-Q will be unique, with at Katara Cultural Village on Sunday. Dr Everette E Dennis, who praised tor of the Center for International opportunities to broaden their horizons With the administration and staff in Qatar’s Vision 2030 for recogniz- and Regional Studies at Georgetown and meet new people, but that doesn’t full academic regalia, 65 new freshmen ing the “importance of communica- University in Qatar whose book Qatar: come easy and it will take hard work. students were inducted into the school. tion, journalism and media studies,” Small State, Big Politics has received Ready access to education is something This also includes the largest number of which is the university’s mandate. He critical acclaim. to be treasured, and I have every con- Qataris as the school begins its 7th year. noted that the evening’s celebration He advised the Class of 2018 to fidence the Class of 2018 will excel on The ceremony, which heralded in the of “learning and the advancement of “stand their ground and pursue their this exciting path, embracing the chal- start of the school year, is the culmina- knowledge, comes at a troubled time future vision with singular determina- lenges ahead in order to go on and do tion of NU-Q’s Wildcat Welcome Week in this region and in other points tion.” Students shouldn’t be “afraid of remarkable things.” - an orientation program for incoming of conflict on the globe,” but argued failure as this journey is about learning, Students in NU-Q’s Class of 2018 students to learn about academic and that such recent and longstanding exchanging ideas and having a dialogue hail from 20 different countries and community expectations, forge friend- problems “benefit from the virtues with students and members of a dis- 5 continents across the globe, with ships and meet the mentors who will of education, as well as free and open tinct global intellectual elite.” the majority speaking at least two serve as critical resources through the discourse with respect and tolerance The convocation was also addressed languages. next four years. for others. ” by Marium Saeed, NU-Q’s Student The Peninsula

‘Orange is the New Black’ set to premiere on Go by OSN

eason 1 of the critically acclaimed Orange is the This super hit Netflix series has been nominated SNew Black is set to mark its exclusive premiere for a string of awards including the People’s Choice on ‘GO by OSN’, online TV service, on September 1. Award for Favourite Streaming Series and Writers Screened for the first time in the Middle East Guild of America Awards for New Series, Comedy on ‘GO by OSN’, Season 1 of Orange is the New Series and Episodic Comedy including several Black follows Piper Chapman as she trades her Emmy nominations and wins. Enjoy all 13 episodes designer jeans for an orange prison jumpsuit. The from September 1, streaming exclusively on ‘Go show stars Taylor Schilling as Piper, a Smith gradu- by OSN’. ate whose decade-old love affair with drug smug- Emad Morcos, SVP – Business Development and gler Alex (Laura Prepon) leads to her arrest and Digital, OSN, said: “Orange is the New Black is cur- year-long detention within the walls of a women’s rently one of the most talked about series. We are penitentiary. Piper leaves behind her fiancé Larry committed to presenting the very best in entertain- (Jason Biggs) to serve her time “inside” with an ment to our viewers across the region before anyone eccentric group of outspoken inmates, each with else, and the premiere of Orange is the New Black their own story and fascinating ways of dealing is testament to our commitment.” with prison life. The Peninsula CAMPUS PLUS | TUESDAY 26 AUGUST 2014 5

Carnegie Mellon Qatar welcomes Class of 2018

arnegie Mellon University in Qatar wel- comed an incoming class of more than 100 freshman students and their families at the Cannual convocation ceremony held recently. Dean Ilker Baybars welcomed students to Carnegie Mellon’s vibrant community of 12,000 students and 95,000 alumni around the world. Dean Baybars said: “Our success is based on Carnegie Mellon’s core values of innovation, team- work, problem solving and hard work. We are con- fident that you are ready for the challenge ahead. That’s why you chose to attend Carnegie Mellon. And that’s why we chose you.” Convocation is a long-standing university tra- dition that welcomes new students and their “The first families to Carnegie interaction that new Mellon. The ceremony was part of a weeklong students have with orientation event that the university is introduced first-year students to the campus, through orientation, their peers, and univer- and how they begin sity resources—activi- ties that are all geared the next four years to help students tran- is heavily influenced sition from high school into college. Activities by the welcome included friendly com- they receive.” petitions, karaoke and history lessons on the origins of the university. The program brings together the wider Carnegie Mellon community, with upper-class students plan- ning and implementing Orientation with support from Student Affairs. This year’s programme of events fell under the theme ‘Tartan Academy’ gathering inspiration from the popular book and movie series ‘Harry Potter.’ “The first interaction that new students have with the university is through orientation, and how they begin the next four years is heavily influenced by the welcome they receive. That is why it is so important to make it a special experience for them,” said Lana Al Kahala, a head orientation counselor (HOC). A team of four head orientation counsellors were tasked with planning and executing the orientation schedule alongside 24 orientation counsellors, six leaders and three social media coordinators. The Peninsula 6 PLUS | TUESDAY 26 AUGUST 2014 FOOD

transfer to plate. Season with salt and pepper and sprinkle RECIPE CONTEST WINNER plate with 1 tablespoon of lime juice. Mound the crab salad on the watermelon. In another bowl, toss the arugula with the remaining 1 table- Sprouted Crunchy spoon of lime juice and the remaining 2 tablespoons of oil and season with salt and pepper. Ingredients: Arrange the arugula on the plate and serve. • 100g sprouted green gram or golden gram Naeem Pervaiz Chohan • 1 large tomato cut into small pieces • 2 cucumber cut into small pieces Corn with Dijon Mustard • 1 spoon lemon juice • 1 onion cut into small pieces Salad • 10 mint leaves cut into pieces by hand • 2 pinches of cumin powder Ingredients: • Some parsley leaves cut into small pieces • 6 cups frozen corn, • Salt according to taste • 3 cups chopped tomatoes, Theme Nights All Nights including a glass of house beverage • 2 pinches of black pepper • 1 cup cubed avocado, Sundays - Turf Steak Night dinner buffet • 2/3 cup julienned sweet red pepper, @ QR250 Method: • 2/3 cup julienned green pepper, Mondays - Sushi Boutique @ QR225 The theme for this Take sprouted green gram in a bowl, put toma- • ½ cup chopped onion. Tuesdays - Asian Flavours dinner buffet week is Egg. toes, cucumber, onion and salt in it. Dressing: @ QR225 (Send in your recipe with Stir and add lemon juice, black pepper and 1 cup mayonnaise Wednesdays - Italian Night @ QR225 ingredients in metric measurements). Winner will cumin powder and again stir. 2 tablespoon red vinegar Thursdays - Phoenician Night dinner buffet receive a dinner voucher. Now add mint leaves, parsley leaves and serve. 2 tablespoon Dijon mustard @ QR235 To claim your prize Jaya Sherekar 1 teaspoon salt or as per taste Fridays - Barbecue Night @ QR235 call 44557837. Saturdays - Surf Seafood Night dinner buffet Method: @ QR260 In a large bowl, combine the corn, tomatoes, avocado, Friday Brunch: 12:30pm - 4pm at QR295 or QR250 with soft drinks peppers and onion. We Love Saturday Brunch: 12:30pm - 3:30pm at QR200 or QR250 with soft drinks Panzanella Bread Salad In a small bowl, whisk the dressing ingredients. Pour over salad; toss to coat. Peninsula Plus Ingredients: Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes or until chilled. PO BOX 3488, Doha, • 4 cups tomatoes, cut into large chunks Namrata Nitin [email protected], • 4 cups dry and hard crusty bread , cut into chunks [email protected] • 1 cucumber, skinned and seeded, cut into large Green Summer Salad with chunks • 1/2 red onion, chopped Avocado Relish • 1 bunch fresh basil, torn into little pieces • ½ cup fresh snow peas • 1/2 cup olive oil Ingredients: • 2 green onions, thinly sliced • Salt and pepper to taste • 1 cucumber finely chopped • ½ cup sliced water chestnuts, drained • 1 green apple finely chopped • 4-1/2 teaspoons reduced-sodium soy sauce Method: • 1 green tomato finely chopped • 1 tablespoon cider vinegar Mix everything together and let marinate, covered, at • 2-3 green chillies finely chopped • 1 tablespoon sesame oil room temperature for at least 30 minutes. Serve at room • 2 slit greenchillies • ¾ teaspoon sugar temperature. • 1 small green bellpepper finely chopped • ½ sesame seeds, toasted Amna • 1 semi-ripe avocado • ½ teaspoon olive oil • 1tbsp pistachio powder • Dash pepper • 1tbsp almond powder Curried Crab and • 1 tsp finely grated tender ginger Method: Watermelon Salad • 2-3 pods garlic In a large bowl, combine the broccoli, cauliflower, tomatoes, peas and onions. • 5 tbsp lemon juice Stir in water chestnuts. with Arugula • 1 tbsp finely chopped coriander leaves In a small bowl, whisk the soy sauce, vinegar, sesame oil, sugar, sesame seeds, • 1tsp mint powder olive oil and pepper. Pour over vegetables and stir to coat. Ingredients: • 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil Cover and refrigerate until chilled. Serve fresh and also add fresh sliced carrots • 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil • few slices garlic bread for more colour. • 2 tablespoons finely chopped apple • 1 tsp black pepper Divya Tawde • 1 tablespoon finely chopped onion • salt and sugar to taste • 1 1/2 teaspoons mild curry powder • black salt to taste • Pinch of saffron threads, crumbled • Handful of grated mozzarella cheese Festive Red Salad • 1/2 cup mayonnaise • 1 tablespoon finely chopped cilantro Method: Ingredients: • 1 tablespoon finely chopped mint To Prepare Avocado Relish • Red cabbage shredded: 1 • 1/2 teaspoon Salt Peel off avocado nicely and chop. Put in the blender. Add • Diced onion: 1 small • 1/2 teaspoon Freshly ground pepper garlic pods, 2green chillies, pistachio and almond powder, • Diced red apples: 2 • 1 pound crab meat 3-4 tbsp lemon juice, salt, black salt and sugar to taste. • Beetroot (cooked & diced): 1 • Four 1/2-inch-thick watermelon slices, rind Blend well. Add coriander leaves and further blend it into • Roughly chopped walnuts: 50 gm removed a smooth texture. Put 1tsp olive oil and swirl. • Chopped oranges: 2 • 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice To Prepare Salad • Juice of 1 orange • 5 ounces arugula Take a big mixing bowl. Add all the chopped items. Mix • Orange zest: 1 tbsp well with salt, sugar, pepper powder, lemon juice and olive • Balsamic vinegar: 1 tbsp Method: oil. Toss lightly and dish out in a flat salad plate. Garnish • Honey: 2 tbsp In a saucepan, heat 1 tablespoon oil. with shredded cheese. • Olive oil: 2 tbsp Add the apple, onion, curry powder and saffron and Serve with avocado relish and garlic bread. • Salt: ½ tsp cook over moderate heat until the onion is softened for Riniki Ghosh • Black pepper: 1 tsp 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in 1 teaspoon of water; let cool. Method: Scrape the mixture into a food processor. Add the Crunchy Veggie Salad Shred the cabbage and tip into a large bowl with the onions, apples, beetroot mayonnaise and process. and walnuts. Transfer the mayonnaise to a bowl and add the cilantro Ingredients: (Yield: 4 servings) Finely grate over the zest from the oranges. Add chopped oranges. and mint. Season with salt and pepper, then fold in the • 1 cup fresh broccoli florets Whisk the balsamic vinegar, honey and olive oil into the orange juice with some crab meat. • 1 cup fresh cauliflowerets seasoning, and then stir into the salad. Serve chilled. Cut each slice of watermelon into 2 triangles and • 1 cup cherry tomatoes Najma Rafiq WHEELS PLUS | TUESDAY 26 AUGUST 2014 7 Mercedes’s AMG swaddles with safety in luxury’s lap

By Jason H Harper all-wheel drive. The system sends 67 percent of the Nuts & Bolts power to the rear wheels, giving a sportier feel. t must be nice to have an S-Class life. Every pas- Engine: Twin-turbocharged, 5.5-liter V-8 Like the S550, the S63 is available with a host of senger who stepped into my $163,835 (all prices with 577 horsepower and 664 pound-feet of semiautonomous driving features, courtesy of the mentioned in this report are for US market) torque. $2,800 driver assistance package. When the systems IMercedes-Benz S63 AMG sedan said something Transmission: Seven-speed automatic. are engaged on the highway, you can actually take along the lines of, “I could get used to this.” Speed: 0 to 60 mph in 3.9 seconds. your hands off the wheel for as long as 10 seconds We all could. The interior of the AMG version of Mileage per gallon: 15 city, 23 highway. at a time, and the car will maintain its position in the S-Class executive sedan is impossibly posh, lend- Best features: Gorgeous and comfortable the lane. ing a “wow” factor brighter than many a Rolls-Royce interior; the safety features. Nifty, but I like having my hands on the wheel. I’m or Bentley. There’s eye candy everywhere and brazen Worst feature: The exterior is rather bland. more appreciative of safety features like Pre-Safe invitations to run your fingers over fine materials. Plus with rear- impact protection. Radar sensors Take the meeting point between the front doors detect cars approaching from behind and determine and the dashboard. Close the door, and the joint vir- if a rear impact is imminent. The system tightens the tually disappears. The hard intersection is softened the latest generation S550 (starting at $94,400) last seat belts and will engage the brakes upon impact, so by a piece of continuous wood or carbon fibre that year. The model range is quickly expanding, with the your car doesn’t rear-end someone else in a domino curves around the juncture, more like the inside V-12-equipped S600 ($166,900) and two AMG sedans: effect. corner of a yacht than a car. the S63 that I tested, which starts at $141,450; and This isn’t all theoretical, either. Or consider the Burmester AudioSysteme speaker the S65 AMG for $222,000. One morning I was on the freeway headed home in the same door, positioned just above the wood trim. There’s also a coupe version on sale this fall and with my family in the S63. Traffic came to a very Your eye goes to it right away, because it’s not plastic, even a possible $1m S-Class, the Pullman, which sudden stop. I braked hard and came to a halt, but but metal. If luxury is in the details, this piece says it would have three rows of seating and armour plating. my eyes flew to the rearview mirror. Sure enough, all. There are a thousand tiny holes radiating through If I were shopping and price wasn’t a primary another car was bearing down on us. the speaker, arranged in a pleasing, sculptural pat- consideration, I’d bump up the AMG level and ignore The good news? That car was another new tern, a little piece of workmanship both functional the V-12 versions. The bigger engines deliver power Mercedes, an E- Class, and I quickly considered and gorgeous. in a more linear way, but they’re really just about whether it had the Pre-Safe system. If it did, the And since we’re talking about it anyhow, that bragging rights. moving car would sense the possible collision and stereo system is a “High-end 3D Surround System,” The S63 has a twin-turbocharged, 5.5-liter V-8 begin braking on its own. according to the car’s Monroney sticker, and it costs with 577 horsepower and 664 pound-feet of torque, The nose suddenly pitched down — a sign of brak- $6,400 extra. Steep, but the sound quality really is and it reaches 60 miles per hour in less than four ing — and I could clearly see the look of surprise on superlative. It has many custom settings, and while seconds. If that isn’t adequate, you should be con- the young driver’s face. I’m not sure her eyes had I couldn’t pinpoint the difference between “3D” and sidering a sports car. even been on the road, or that she’d realized traffic surround sound, both sounded great and gave my The S63 is also a lot more gratifying to drive than had come to a dead stop. co-driver and me something to talk about for 20 the regular S550, a 449-horsepower sedan more The car swerved left and then right as she reacted. minutes when we were in stopped traffic. focused on all its new whiz-bang technology than the Her E- Class came to a stop about a foot off my The pillows on the back-seat headrests are simply actual experience behind the wheel. I got out of the bumper. She looked a bit shaken. I’m fairly sure her outrageous. The massage functions on the front seats S550 after my first drive last year feeling a bit bored. Mercedes’s safety functions had interceded and quite are the best in the business. A number of features, The best thing about the S63 still isn’t the drive — possibly averted an accident. like the infrared “night view” and perfume that is the Audi S8 and the Jaguar XJR are a heck of a lot My 2-year-old was in the back seat of our car, so piped into the cabin, are silly and superfluous, but more entertaining. But it’s certainly no bore. AMG I was thankful indeed. they’ll still impress your friends. is Mercedes’s in- house sports and tuning arm, and At my test’s end, I felt that the Mercedes S63’s The S-Class has always been a full-size sedan aimed it gave the S63 more power and retuned the suspen- interior was one of the best places to be while stuck at executives and back-seat glitterati, and the luxury sion and steering. in traffic — and possibly one of the safest, too. unit of Stuttgart, Germany-based Daimler released The S63 is also the first AMG S-Class to get WP-Bloomberg 8 PLUS | TUESDAY 26 AUGUST 2014 ENTERTAINMENT PLUS | TUESDAY 26 AUGUST 2014 9

HOLLYWOOD NEWS BOLLYWOOD NEWS

Cyrus takes homeless guy to MTV VMAs Jaatishwar in race for India’s Oscar entry iley Cyrus’ arm candy for the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards (VMA) fter bagging four National Awards this year, Bengali film Jaatishwar Mwas a homeless man named Jesse, who also received an award on Ais set to compete with eight other films for India’s official entry at the behalf of the singer here. Oscars. The Srijit Mukherji-directed film, with Bengali superstar Prosenjit On her way to the music awards’ night on Sunday, Cyrus took to her Chatterjee in the lead, clinched awards for make-up (Vikram Gaikwad), Instagram to show off her arm candy saying: “My date :) #jesse #myfriend- music (Kabir Suman), singer (Rupankar Bagchi) and costume (Sabarni splace #mtvVMAs2014.” Das) at the 61st edition of the coveted honours this year. The “We can’t stop” hitmaker made no mention of Jesse, but she has Prosenjit said:, “Yes, the film is in race with eight other films for the frequently referenced her charity work at myfriendsplace.org — an organi- official Indian entry to the Oscars.” sation dedicated to helping the homeless build self-sufficient lives, reports Srijit announced the big news on his official Facebook page. He wrote, eonline.com. “Jaatishwar in the race to be the Indian entry at the Oscars, along with The 22-year-old homeless guy hit the VMA stage to accept the Video eight other films. Congratulations and all the best to the team!.” of the Year Award for “Wrecking Ball” on behalf of Cyrus. Prosenjit tweeted to thank the team. Cyrus looked on with tears in her eyes as Jesse began speaking of the “Thnks n proud dat d hrdwrk of team #Jaatishwar has bn paid n it is 1.6 million runaways and homeless youth in the US who are starving and being selected for Oscar (sic),” he wrote. lost and scared for their lives, before he admitted to being one of them. Committed to doing something about the widespread numbers of home- less youth here facing Jesse’s plight, the pop star has launched a Prizeo fundraising campaign to get fans to join her fight. Alia Bhatt takes potshot at herself Seacrest hyper-obsessed with exercise he became the target of all jokes Sfollowing her appearance on nce a chubby child, TV host-producer Karan Johar’s chat show, but now ORyan Seacrest is now “hyper-obsessed actress Alia Bhatt has taken a pot- with exercise”. Guardians returns to reclaim shot at herself via an entertaining The “American Idol” host says he follows video titled “Alia Bhatt - Genius of a strict diet and fitness routine, as he is the Year”, which is gaining popular- terrified of putting on weight again, reports ity on online social media. femalefirst.co.uk. box office win from Turtles “So after the ‘Alia Bhatt Jokes’ Seacrest said: “I remember being a chubby thing...I decided to FIX my BRAIN! kid and what that felt like. My mom would Check this out http://youtu.be/ pack my lunch, and I’d beg her to pack an pfHxl46KyZM,” the sporting Alia extra sandwich. posted on Twitter. By Ronald Grover and Chris Michaud “I made nachos as my after-school snack, Hollis said positive word-of-mouth In sixth place was dystopian drama A brief description of the YouTube and I liked Little Debbie Swiss Rolls. When I and repeat viewership was helping Mardaani mints The Giver based on Lois Lowry’s 1993 video, uploaded by comedy collec- look in the mirror, sometimes I still see that arvel’s hit space adventure drive the box office for a film that also ` novel of the same name. The film, star- tive All India Bakchod (AIB), reads: kid, so I’m hyper-obsessed with exercise,” Guardians of the Galaxy features “great characters and a spec- about 150m in ring Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep and “What did Alia Bhatt do after the internet turned her into the target of he added. returned to win the tacular story.” opening weekend Brenton Thwaites, earned $6.7m. all jokes? A documentary crew found out...” And he is so obsessed that he ensures there are facilities available almost Mdomestic box office race Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, which The veteran action heroes of The video features Alia herself, with appearances by her father and wherever he goes. in its fourth week of release, slaying opened on August 8, has taken in more ani Mukerji’s fight against the Sylvester Stallone’s geriatric The filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt, as well as friends and colleagues like Karan He has a gym at home and he also keeps clothes in lockers of two hotel the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and than $145m at North American (US Rgirl trafficking mafia in her lat- Expendables 3 took in $6.6m in their Johar, Arjun Kapoor and Parineeti Chopra. gyms, “so I can duck in between meetings. I treat my workouts as one of ending the oversized reptiles’ two-week and Canadian) box offices. est offering Mardaani seems to have second week in theatres, landing in It begins with a message that reads — “In 2014, a documentary crew the most important meetings of the day.” reign at the top of the charts. Based on a novel by young adult appealed to the movie buffs — it has seventh. follows Alia Bhatt in the aftermath of her ‘Koffee With Karan’ debacle”. “Where do I see myself in 10 years? My first though is, I’d like to fit Guardians, which also became the author Gayle Forman, No. 3 film If I raked in approximately `150m in just Director Robert Rodriguez’ Sin City: The video, featuring Alia as herself, is a funny fictional take on what the into the same T-shirt and jeans (that I am using right now),” he added. highest-grossing movie of the summer Stay stars Chloe Grace Moretz as a three days. A Dame to Kill For features the same 21-year-old went through after her general knowledge, rather the lack of season, sold $17.6m worth of tickets girl who has an out of body experience The first weekend collection of the stark black-and-white cinematogra- it, was known to the world when she called “Prithviraj Chauhan” as the at US and Canadian theatres for the after a catastrophic car accident. Yash Raj Films’ production venture phy as 2005’s Sin City, which generated country’s President on Karan’s show. three days starting on Friday. Made for a modest $11m, the film is `144.6m, read a statement. $74.1m in sales including $29m in its In the video, she is seen talking about how “hurt” she was when instead Turtles took in $16.8m in its third week- received mixed reviews from critics, Bollywood celebrities have also opening weekend at eight spot, accord- of searching for “Alia Bhatt hot pics” on Google, people started looking Stallone working on his end to take second place. If I Stay, a new getting only 33 “fresh” reviews out of 81 given the thumbs up to Pradeep ing to Box Office Mojo. for “Alia Bhatt jokes”. release about a 17-year-old in a coma and according to the site Rotten Tomatoes, Sarkar’s directorial. And The Hundred Foot Journey, a She then visits a ‘Dumb Belle Mental Gym’, which offers her to take her own biopic clinging to life, was third with $16.4m. and fell shy of industry estimates for a Karan Johar: Rani Mukerji is sim- romantic comedy with Helen Mirren from “Dolce & Gabbana to ‘Smart like Shabana (Azmi)’”. At the ‘gym’, But Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, the $21m opening weekend. ply Outstanding in #Mardaani!!!! and Om Puri as culture-clashing res- she reads newspapers and her diet is “three portions of newspapers in ctor Sylvester Stallone is planning to new, stylized sequel to the 2005 film “We’re happy coming in right where Blows your mind!!! Take a bow @yrf taurateurs raked in $5.6m, landing in the morning” and she is instructed to “skip Page 3”. She is made to brush Abring his own life story to the big screen, based on Frank Miller’s graphic novel we did,” said Dan Fellman, president for a relevant and compelling film! ninth. up her knowledge via music, and she lands on “Koffee With Karan” again says his mother. series, landed in a distant No. 8 spot of domestic distribution for Warner Shilpa Shetty: Jus watchd The sequel saw mixed reviews with a and stuns host Karan with her answers. The Rocky star is focused on making a movie with just $6.5m. Brothers, a unit of Time Warner Inc. Mardaani Wht a powerful film and 44 score from the site Metacritic, with The video’s end is to watch out for! about his upbringing and lengthy career in Guardians of the Galaxy, which fea- The movie was financed by Warner msg. Super performances by all and 22 mixed reviews out of 36 tallied, and Directed by Shakun Batra, “Alia Bhatt - Genius of the Year” is being Hollywood, reports contactmusic.com. tures a machine-gun-shooting raccoon Brothers and MGM, which produced Rani was par excellence. Go Girl fell far short of expectations for an loved by celebrities like Hrithik Roshan and Abhishek Bachchan as much “Sylvester is doing the story of his life, and other extraterrestrial misfits, has the film. power..must watch tweetos! opening around $16.5m. as by the actress’ fans. his own biography. He’s got Rambo V to film now collected $252m since opening on “We’re going into the (Labor Day) Ameesha Patel: Saw Mardaani last Rounding out the top ten with $3.8m “BRAVO @aliaa08 this is superb! And it’s also @karanjohar ‘s best and he’ll be going to Budapest to begin the August 1, according to movie track- holiday weekend in good shape,” nite...excellent film..Rani mUkherjee was weather disaster movie Into The performance ever,” tweeted Abhishek, while Hrithik posted: “Fell down Expendables 4 — so he’s filming his biopic in ing site Rentrak, making it the sum- Fellman added, noting the movie is outstanding...its a must watch. Storm. laughing! Talent wth a twist, @aliaa08 u are sensational.” between,” his mother Jackie was quoted by The mer’s biggest box-office hit, surpassing received an A- rating from its audi- IANS Sin City: A Dame to Kill For was Praising it, Farhan Akhtar said: “Now this is funny.. Hahahaha.. Love Sun newspaper as saying. Transformers: Age of Extinction. ence according to CinemaScore and released by The Weinstein Company. it. Full points to @aliaa08 @shakunbatra @karanjohar”. The 68-year-old, who has been in Hollywood for over four decades, is “The momentum has been very was playing especially well in the South Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was dis- Hansal Mehta called the video “disarmingly cute”, and her “Student Of best known for doing action movies like the Rocky and Rambo series. He strong throughout the run,” said Walt and Midwest. La Salle High School’s record-setting tributed by Viacom Inc’s Paramount The Year” co-star Sidharth Malhotra tweeted: “Hahaa brilliant @aliaa08 has even directed movies like Rocky II, Rocky III and Rocky IV. Disney Studios’ head of distribution The R-rated comedy Lets Be Cops 151-game winning streak, opened in Pictures. TriStar Pictures, a unit of so endearing n sporting n kudos to you”. IANS Dave Hollis, “starting with our open- took in $11m for fourth place, while fifth with $9.1m. It follows weak open- Sony, distributed When the Game ing which was much bigger than we When the Game Stands Tall, a low- ings by sport-themed films like Million Stands Tall. anticipated.” budget football film that chronicles De Dollar Arm and Draft Day. Agencies 10 PLUS | TUESDAY 26 AUGUST 2014 WEARABLE AIRBAG p

Prototype: Small, lightweight, and styled to resemble bumbag Deployment: 3D sensors determine when fall occurs, triggering airbag skirt to inflate instantly

Hip between September 10-12. Wearable airbag protection Wearable

Femur deploys an airbag around the hips, designed to prevent bone fractures. ActiveProtective designed to prevent bone fractures. deploys an airbag around the hips, will unveil the airbag belt at the TEDMED medical conference in Washington, taking place Washington, TEDMED medical conference in will unveil the airbag belt at the Femur protection area A new belt-like device One in three elderly people fall each year and many do not recover. HEALTH / FITNESS PLUS | TUESDAY 26 AUGUST 2014 11

Soon, laser device to measure blood sugar levels Delay morning school start

iabetics may soon monitor their blood glu- Dcose levels without pricking themselves to for teens: Paediatricians draw blood as researchers have developed a way to use a laser to measure people’s blood sugar. “With this work we hope to improve the lives of many diabetes sufferers who depend on frequent blood glucose monitoring,” said Claire Gmachl, a professor at Princeton University in the US. The researchers measured blood sugar by directing their specialised laser at a person’s palm. The laser passes through the skin cells, with- out causing damage, and is partially absorbed by the sugar molecules in the patient’s body. The researchers used the amount of absorp- tion to measure the level of blood sugar. The breakthrough came from the use of a new type of device that is particularly adept at pro- ducing mid-infrared frequencies — a quantum cascade laser. For the study, the researchers used the laser to measure the blood sugar of three healthy people before and after they each ate 20 jellybeans, which raise blood sugar levels. The researchers also checked the measure- ments with a finger-prick test. They conducted the measurements repeatedly over several weeks. Their results indicated that the laser meas- urements readings produced average errors somewhat larger than the standard blood sugar monitors, but remained within the clinical By Andrew M. Seaman requirement for accuracy. When asked if pushing back the time school starts “Because the quantum cascade laser can be will just keep teens and adolescents up later, Owens designed to emit light across a very wide wave- iddle and high schools should delay their said research hasn’t shown that to be true. In fact, length range, its usability is not just for glucose start times to at least 8:30am to ben- one school that delayed it start time saw its students detection, but could conceivably be used for other efit the health and welfare of students, get an additional 50 minutes of sleep, because the medical sensing and monitoring applications,” Maccording to a new policy statement students began going to bed even earlier. Gmachl said. from a large organisation of US paediatricians. “More is better, but even that modest amount of The study appeared in the journal Biomedical Instead of having teens be in school by 7:30 or a shift can have very, very positive effects,” she said. Optics Express. 8:00, delaying the start time has been found in past In addition to encouraging later start times, the research to improve their quality of life through AAP’s statement recommends paediatricians educate physical and mental health, safety and better aca- adolescents and their parents about proper sleep Smartphone app to detect demic performance, the American Academy of needs. Also, it says, school nurses and doctors should Pediatrics (AAP) says in its journal Pediatrics. be educated about the sleep needs of students and underlying heart condition “We want to engage in at least starting a dis- the AAP and other organizations should develop How about an app that can detect in a jiffy if cussion in the community,” Dr Judith Owens said. educational tools about sleep needs. you are suffering from atrial fibrillation (AF), a “Hopefully as a result of that the importance of sleep The statement says schools should take travel time serious type of heart arrhythmia that is often a health as a priority will become more prominent.” into account when adjusting their start times. precursor to stroke? Owens, a sleep medicine specialist at Children’s “We hope one of the outcomes of this policy state- With AliveECG app, you can get an almost National Health System in Washington, led the ment is that it gets communities and school districts instant, highly accurate interpretation for free. AAP’s Adolescent Sleep Working Group, Council considering this,” Owens said of the time change. According to the San Francisco-based firm on School Health and Committee on Adolescence in The suggestion to push back the start time of AliveCor, its heart arrhythmia-detecting app writing the new policy. school is good but sleep behavior also has to improve algorithm has been approved by the US Food “I think that we definitely acknowledge that among students, said Dr Umakanth Khatwa. and Drug Administration (FDA) for professional changing school start times is a challenge for many “It will definitely help them to get more sleep or personal use. communities and that there are political, logistical but if they continue without improving their sleep AliveECG app runs an algorithm that detects and financial considerations associated with that, but hygiene maybe we would soon be talking about 10 atrial fibrillation. at the end of the day this is something that communi- o’clock,” said Khatwa, director of Sleep Laboratories For people with a history or heart trouble, the ties can do to have a significant and definite impact at the Center for Pediatric Sleep Disorders at Boston app and the algorithm could provide a life-saving of the health of their population,” Owens said. Children’s Hospital. early warning system. In an additional article published alongside the He said there is also a lot of responsibility to be put It consists of a heart monitor attached to an new policy statement, Owens and her coauthors on pediatricians and school nurses to educated stu- Android or iOS smartphone that rests on your write that poor sleep has been linked to increased dents and parents about sleep health. Unfortunately fingers or chest to record your electrocardio- risks of depression, anxiety, obesity and motor vehicle many doctors and nurses don’t receive education in gram (ECG). accidents. that subject, he added. The app then sends the information to your “We’ve been steadily accumulating the evidence When school starts before 8:30am, Khatwa said, smartphone with help from an ultrasonic signal to demonstrate that chronic sleep loss has very sig- parents and students should take into account how which is picked up by your phone’s microphone, nificant health safety and performance outcomes,” much time they need in the morning to get ready engadget reported. Owens said. and get to school and then count back eight to nine This piece of information can be uploaded to Teenagers also experience a biological shift in sleep hours to find a suitable bedtime. AliveCor’s server where the heart arrhythmia- patterns after puberty that makes it difficult to get “I think the most important advice I’d give to par- detecting app algorithm will give the user a to sleep before 11pm, Owens said. Their sleep needs ents is keep the wakeup time consistent on week- highly accurate interpretation. of 8 to 9 hours don’t change, however. ends,” he said. “If the adolescents wake up on noon on This data can then be shared with the cardi- In addition to the health benefits, the paediatri- weekend there is no way they’re going to fall asleep ologist for further tests to decide the course of cians write that delaying school start times have again at 10 or 11 at night.” treatment. been tied to better graduation and attendance rates, SOURCE: bit.ly/uFc4g2 Pediatrics, online August 25, Agencies fewer children reporting sleepiness during class and 2014. better test scores. Reuters 12 PLUS | TUESDAY 26 AUGUST 2014 TECHNOLOGY After seeing off the police, Berlin email provider Posteo wants to expand user security and anonymity.

By Michael Scaturro

ast summer, German secure email provider Posteo faced a do-or-die moment: give in to police threats to seize its servers or fight back Lin court. Investigators in the state of Bavaria had contacted the Berlin-based startup because they wanted the identity of a Posteo account holder who was thought to be using the service for illicit purposes. But Patrik and Sabrina Löhr, the husband-and-wife team who run the swiftly growing email provider, told police time and again that they simply couldn’t comply: Posteo is an anonymous email provider; it doesn’t store any data on its customers’ identities. Protect your “We went around in circles with the authorities,” Patrik Löhr says. “But when we looked at their search warrant, we saw that it didn’t, in fact, give them permis- email the sion to search our whole office. They were only allowed to receive a list of our bank transactions – which they already had gotten from the bank.” Löhr filed a suit against police officials, accusing them of intimidation. German way That move, the media attention it generated, and a stated commitment to transparency made all the more relevant in the wake of the Edward Snowden leaks, has – not unlike the early days of the internet, when helped Posteo become one of Germany’s fastest growing people used local dial-up providers — in which “cus- email providers with a business model of fee-driven, tomers knock on our door and walk into our office privacy-oriented email services. to open an account”. The immediate effect of Posteo’s tangle with the But as friendly as the service claims to be, Posteo German authorities was the pressure it put on global does resemble mainline email providers in a few key telecoms giant Deutsche Telekom. Just days after ways. For example, users’ email is stored unencrypted Posteo released Germany’s first transparency report on Posteo’s servers in Frankfurt. The company states on government requests for information, Telekom in its data protection policy that it has the ability to dashed out its own paper detailing the extent of its read any mail stored on its servers, much like its com- cooperation with police and intelligence officials. The petitors. But it is working on a solution that will give revelations were eye-opening. In 2013 alone, Telekom users the option of encrypting their mailboxes using gave authorities in Germany nearly as much data on an open-source system based on two-way encryption. its customers as ATT and Verizon had furnished that Once this is rolled out, Posteo would not be able to same year to US law enforcement. Posteo founders Patrik and Sabrina Löhr read its users’ mail. Posteo users can already encrypt This resulted in Germans ditching American email their contacts lists this way. But there are drawbacks: providers in Posteo’s favour. “We went from 10,000 gives users the option of mailing or hand-delivering users who forget their passwords are essentially locked subscribers before the Snowden leaks a year ago to to the company’s Berlin office payments in cash — out of their accounts. Once that happens, no one, not 70,000 today,” Löhr says. around 20 percent of the service’s customers have even Posteo’s support team, can unencrypt the data. The site is currently only offered in German, paid the annual fee in this way. And here’s another trade-off: encrypting mailbox con- though an English-language version is expected to “We don’t want the data from our customers,” Löhr tent renders email searches impossible, thus disabling be rolled out this autumn. It’s not free: a 2GB account says. “We don’t want their names, their addresses, a key feature that many of us rely on daily. starts at €12 a year. But in exchange for that, Posteo their dates of birth. And because we don’t have this While the company has had issues with reliability promises users a private email experience. In fact, data, we can’t lose it or be compelled to give it away.” — on June 15 its site was offline for six hours after privacy is the company’s unique selling point. Löhr He wants users to feel that Posteo is diametrically its server lost power — it defends its record on secu- says it doesn’t deploy users’ emails or contacts lists opposed to large, faceless email providers, that it rity. Indeed, the company has been a global leader in to serve up ads. It neither saves users’ IP addresses adheres to an ethical standard that has become all rolling out secure technologies. Last May, it became nor tracks them as they click around the web. He the more topical since the NSA leaks last summer. the world’s first email provider to adopt DNS-based says the company also deletes bank and card details But there’s also the company’s commitment to pro- Authentication of Named Entities (Dane) on its immediately after it has processed payments. It even viding a personal touch. Löhr describes a situation servers. Dane makes it very difficult, if not impos- sible, for hackers or governments to launch man- in-the-middle “fishing” attacks on web browsers. Time Tangle - Adventure Time (£1.99) According to the NSA documents leaked by Edward The Adventure Time TV show remains marvellous, and it’s already spawned an equally-fun pair of mobile games in Card Wars and Ski Snowden, Britain’s GCHQ, for example, has launched Safari: Adventure Time. Time Tangle looks their equal: a characteristically-colourful action game: “Run, punch, rinse, repeat...” iPhone / iPad such man-in-the-middle attacks using fake LinkedIn Champ Man 15 (Free + IAP) pages. “We protect your metadata with encryption Publisher Square Enix has reinvented Championship Manager as a free-to-play mobile game, with this the latest annual instalment. It’s and Dane,” Löhr says. “But we are also encouraging better than last year’s (already pretty good) version, making it easy to dive in to the nuts and bolts of virtual management. I’m still more our users to encrypt their email message with PGP.” a Football Manager Handheld man, but this is providing valuable competition. iPhone / iPad PGP is a robust global encryption standard, but Jacob Jones and the Bigfoot Mystery : Episode 2 (£1.49 + IAP) installing the software and registering for the req- The first episode of this adventure-puzzler was rightfully acclaimed on iOS, and the sequel looks just as good. It sees you trying to uisite public encryption key can be a daunting proc- uncover the secrets of the Bigfoot (or Biggie, as he’s known) through a collection of fun, tactile puzzles. It’s genuinely funny, too – still a ess. Posteo’s solution? It is opening a retail space rarer quality than it should be in games. iPhone / iPad in September, and will charge a flat fee for walk-in Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies (Free + IAP) encryption tech support. It’s a move that, for the

Apps for the day Frankly, the Phoenix Wright games are looking a little clunky nowadays, plot and interface included. But the DS (and now iOS) games Löhrs, is the next logical step in building a business still have a lot of charm, with this latest version porting five episodes of legal-eagle action, as you hunt for clues then make your case in around respect for its users’ privacy. “We see it as court. iPhone / iPad part of our mission to help people understand encryp- By Stuart Dredge / The Guardian tion,” Löhr says. “It’s one of our business goals.” The Guardian COMICS & MORE PLUS | TUESDAY 26 AUGUST 2014 13

LEARN ARABIC Five Senses

Touch Allams

Hearing Alsamaç Sight Alnnaar Hoy en la Historia Smell Alššam August 26, 1914 In the Battle of Tannenberg in Taste Alawq World War I, German forces under von Hindenburg and Ludendoff Note: ç = ‘a’ as in ‘agh’ when surprised out-manoeuvered Russian troops, killing over 30,000 in four days 1346: At the Battle of Crécy during the Hundred Years’ War, English infantry using longbows vanquished the French Baby Blue by Jerry Scott and Rick Kirkman crossbows and armoured knights 1914: Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras, one of Brazil’s most popular soccer clubs, was founded 1959: The Mini car, an icon of the swinging 60s, was launched in Britain 2011: Japanese premier Naoto Kan resigned amid disapproval over his handling of the tsunami disaster Picture: Getty Images © 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.

Zits by Jerry Scott & Jim Borgman

APRIL, AQUARIUS, ARIES, AUGUST, CANCER, CAPRICORN, DECEMBER, FEBRUARY, GEMINI, JANUARY, JULY, JUNE, LEO, LIBRA, MARCH, MAY, NOVEMBER, OCTOBER, PISCES, SAGITTARIUS, SCORPIO, SEPTEMBER, TAURUS, VIRGO. 14 PLUS | TUESDAY 26 AUGUST 2014 CROSSWORDS

ACROSS 51 Rap’s Dr. ___ 11 Video chat necessity 47 1978 Bob Fosse musical 61 Balancing expert, in CROSSWORD 1 Czech or Pole 52 Country subject to 2006 12 Garment traditionally 48 Higher calling? brief? 1234 5678910111213 5 Make use of U.N. sanctions buttoned on the left side 49 Like fortunate subway 62 Aperitif with white wine 53 Like Lombard Street in 13 Nelson who wrote “The riders 63 State sch. in the smallest 14 15 16 11 Ring org. 14 Commercial prefix with San Francisco Man With the Golden 50 Green-eyed monster state 17 18 19 postale 55 Plain or peanut candy Arm” 54 Entice 64 Berkeley school, 15 Pal of Pooh 57 Suffer from 18 Ways and Means, e.g.: 56 Sras., across the informally Abbr. 20 21 22 16 Pipe joint with a 90° turn 58 Company name ending Pyrenees 65 Jon ____, former 22 White-collar job? 69-Across from Arizona 17 Pen with a fat felt tip 59 Pooh-bah 60 One behind home plate, 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 Apothecary unit 19 Not firm ground to stand 66 Certain special FX informally 24 Rice-A-___ 30 31 32 on 67 What Darth Vader serves, 20 Weaver’s apparatus with “the” 25 Many ages SNAP IWON CAPN 33 34 35 21 Come to pass 68 “Let us ___” 26 Sets one’s sights on RUER NERO JOLLY 23 All-star lineups 69 See 65-Down: Abbr. 27 Early 12th-century year STRONGARM ENIAC 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 29 Zap with light 70 Showed mercy to 28 50-Down and others CAMEOS PUTTY 32 Prohibitions 43 44 30 Pal of Pooh 71 Cashier’s tray TAT STEPPE ATOP 34 Go up 31 Aboriginal healers VSOP L IONSCLUB 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 DOWN 37 More, in Madrid 33 Writer Quindlen SERI FS CONE ETS 35 One barred from bars 1 Cooke of soul 38 Certain gridiron stats: 52 53 54 Abbr. ULTRAHIGH 36 Annual Vicksburg 2 Meadow 39 Certain USN ARES BASTES 55 56 57 pageant 3 Evita’s land: Abbr. 43 ___ worms 4 “Behold!” 40 Mani-___ SPEAKEASY TEXT 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 44 Board of directors hirees, 5 Bump down 41 NSFW material ELBE SLOUGH SPY for short 6 Really chewed out 42 Words often said with a AUNTS PLEASE 66 67 68 nod 45 Band with the 2007 #1 7 Firth of Clyde port ISLEY UPPERDECK 45 Apes album “We Were Dead 8 Moo goo gai pan pan 69 70 71 Before the Ship Even 46 Actual color of an CHA I R NE I N ERTE 9 Prospector’s quest Sank” airplane’s black box EYED ETES NASA 10 Peter on a piano

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.

YESTERDAY’S ANSWER

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 | TUESDAY 26 AUGUST 2014 15

The Expendables 3 (2D/Action) SHOWING AT VILLAGGIO & CITY CENTER 1 – 11.30am, 2.00, 4.30, 7.00, 9.30 & 12.00midnight TEL: 444933989 444517001 Hercules (Adventure) 09:30 Omni Sport 08:00 News 2 3D – 10.00am, 2.30, 7.00 & 11.30pm 2D – 12.15, 4.45 & 9.15pm 10:00 Athletics 09:00 Al Jazeera The 7th Dwarfs (Animation) Diamond League World Birmingham 10:30 Inside Story 3 3D – 10.00am, 2.00 & 6.40pm 2D – 11.50am & 3.50pm Suniya Fi Masr (2D/Arabic) – 9.00 & 11.30pm 12:30 Golfing World 11:00 News 13:30 Omni Sport 11:30 The Stream Begin Again (2D/Drama) – 10.00am, 12.00noon, 2.00, 4.00, 14:00 Judo World 12:30 Rebel 4 6.00, 8.00, 10.00pm & 12.00midnight Championships Architecture 16:30 Scottish 13:00 NEWSHOUR The Adventurer: The Curse of The Midas Box Highlights 14:30 Inside Story 5 (2D/Adventure) – 10.00am, 12.00noon, 2.00, 4.00 & 6.00pm 17:00 Dutch 15:00 Aleppo Notes NOVO El Feel El Azraq (2D/Arabic) – 8.00 & 11.00pm Highlights from the Dark 17:30 French 16:00 NEWSHOUR The Expendables 3 (2D/Action) Highlights 17:30 The Stream 6 – 11.00am, 1.45, 4.30, 7.10, 9.45pm & 12.30am 18:00 Tennis Us Open 18:00 NEWSHOUR Lucy (2D/Action)– 10.00am, 12.00noon, 2.00, 4.00, 6.00, 8.00, 21:45 English Capital 19:30 Fault Lines 7 10.00pm & 12.00midnight 1 Cup Mk Dons 20:00 News V Man United 20:30 Inside Story Hercules (2D/Adventure) 00:30 Golfing World 21:00 NEWSHOUR 8 – 10.15am, 12.15, 2.15, 4.15, 6.15, 8.15, 10.15pm & 12.15am 01:00 This Is Paris 22:00 News Inside 22:30 The Stream Guardians Of The Galaxy (IMAX 3D/Action) 01:30 Tennis Us Open 23:00 Al Jazeera 9 – 10.00am, 12.25, 2.50, 5.15, 7.40, 10.05pm & 12.30am World Hercules (2D/Adventure) 10 – 10.00am, 12.10, 2.20, 4.30, 6.45, 9.00 & 11.15pm

Postman Pat: The Movie (2D/Animation) – 2.30pm 15:30 Epl News 13:00 Master of The 7th Dwarfs (2D/Animation) – 4.30 & 6.30pm 16:00 Epl Monday Disaster Review 14:00 Nat Geo's Top 1 Hercules (3D/Action) – 8.30pm 17:00 Epl Chelsea Vs 10 Photos Leicester 15:00 China Circus Anjaan (2D/Tamil) – 10.30pm 17:30 Epl Man City 17:00 Caught In The Guardians Of The Galaxy (3D/Action) – 2.00 & 4.15pm Vs Liverpool Act 18:00 Sports News 19:00 China Circus Mardaani (2D/Hindi) – 6.30pm 18:30 Football Today 20:00 Apocalypse: 2 Manglish (2D/Malayalam) – 8.30pm 20:30 Footballs The Second MALL Greatest Celtic World War The Expendables 3 (2D/Action) – 11.15pm 21:00 Uefa Champions 22:00 Prehistoric The Expendables 3 (2D/Action) – 2.30pm League Celtic Predators Vs Maribor 23:00 Ancient The Adventurer: The Curse of The Midas Box 24:00 Epl Netbusters Megastructures (2D/Adventure) – 4.45pm 3 Begin Again (2D/Comedy) – 6.45pm El Feel El Azraq (2D/Arabic) – 8.45pm 13:00 Community 10:00 Twisted Hercules (3D/Action) – 11.30pm 15:00 Enlisted 12:00 Emmerdale 15:30 The Daily 12:30 Coronation Lucy (2D/Action) – 2.30pm Show With Street Guardians Of The Galaxy (3D/Action) – 4.15pm Jon Stewart 13:00 Ellen DeGeneres 16:00 Colbert Report Show Begin Again (2D/Comedy) – 6.30pm 18:00 The Neighbors 14:00 Revenge 1 19:00 Cougar Town 15:00 The Blacklist Mardaani (2D/Hindi) – 8.30pm 19:30 Enlisted 16:00 Emmerdale 21:00 The Daily 16:30 Coronation Street Manglish (2D/Malayalam) – 10.30pm Show With 18:00 Revenge Jon Stewart 20:00 White Collar The 7th Dwarfs (2D/Animation) – 3.00 & 5.00pm 21:30 Colbert Report 21:00 Burn Notice Guardians Of The Galaxy (3D/Action) – 7.00pm 22:00 Legit 00:00 The Blacklist 23:30 Late Night With 01:00 Burn Notice LANDMARK 2 – 9.15pm Hercules (3D/Action) Seth Meyers 04:00 White Collar The Expendables 3 (2D/Action) – 11.15pm Begin Again (2D/Comedy) – 2.30pm The Expendables 3 (2D/Action) – 4.30pm 13:00 Fred 2: Night Of 13:00 Reviving – 6.45pm El Feel El Azraq (2D/Arabic) 13:00 Do Dil Bandhe Ek 13:00 Good Luck 13:00 How Do They Do The Living Fred Ophelia 3 Charlie The Adventurer: The Curse of The Midas Box Dori Se It? 14:30 Luke And Lucy: 15:00 The Music 13:30 Ek Mutthi Aasmaan 13:25 Jessie 13:30 Science Of The Never Stopped (2D/Adventure) – 9.30pm Texas Rangers 14:00 Doli Armaano Ki 14:10 Austin & Ally Movies 16:15 Curious George 17:00 The Words Hercules (3D/Action) – 11.30pm 14:30 Jodha Akbar 14:35 Win, Lose Or 14:20 Mythbusters 18:00 Ugly Duckling 19:00 The Entitled 15:00 Kasamh Se Draw 15:10 Smash Lab And Me 21:00 Arthur Newman Suniya Fi Masr (2D/Arabic) – 2.30pm 16:00 Hum Paanch 15:00 Gravity Falls 16:00 Superships 20:00 Marvel's The 23:00 The Caller 17:00 Teenovation 15:45 Mako Mermaids 16:50 Eco-Tech 01:00 The Words- 1 Hercules (3D/Action) – 4.30, 6.30 & 11.00pm Invincible Iron 17:30 Bollywood Business 16:10 Violetta 17:40 Prototype This Man PG15 Guardians Of The Galaxy (3D/Action) – 8.30pm 18:00 Sapne Suhane 17:00 I Didn't Do It 18:30 Punkin Chunkin 23:30 Curious George 03:00 The Entitled Ladakpan Ke 17:20 Jessie Barbie & The Secret Door (2D/Family) – 2.15pm 2011 01:00 Emilie Jolie 18:30 Ek Mutthi Aasmaan 17:45 Sabrina: Secrets 19:20 The Gadget Show The 7th Dwarfs (2D/Animation) – 4.00 & 5.45pm 19:00 Jamai Raja Of A Teenage 19:45 How Do They Do ROYAL 19:30 Jodha Akbar Witch It? The Expendables 3 (2D/Action) – 7.30pm 18:10 Liv And Maddie 2 20:00 Pavitra Rishta 20:10 Mythbusters Lucy (2D/Action) – 9.45pm 20:30 Kumkum Bhagya 18:30 Mako Mermaids 21:00 Alien Encounters 10:00 Sabrina 13:00 Lone Ranger PLAZA 21:00 Qubool Hai 19:20 Violetta 21:50 The Unexplained 12:15 Undercover 15:30 What To Expect The Adventurer: The Curse of The Midas Box 21:30 Aur Pyaar Hogaya 20:05 Liv And Maddie Files Brother When You're (2D/Adventure) – 11.30pm 22:00 Doli Armaano Ki 20:30 Jessie 22:40 Science Of The 14:00 Big Trouble Expecting 22:30 Sapne Suhane 20:50 Dog With A Blog Begin Again (2D/Comedy) – 2.30 & 9.15pm Movies 16:00 Blades Of Glory 17:30 Parental Ladakpan Ke 21:15 Mako Mermaids 23:30 Moon Machines 18:00 Open Season Guidance 21:40 Austin & Ally 3 Mardaani (2D/Hindi) – 4.15 & 11.15pm 23:00 Best of Fear Files 01:10 Alien Encounters 20:00 Hot Rod 19:15 About Time 00:00 Jodha Akbar 22:50 Shake It Up 02:00 The Unexplained El Feel El Azraq (2D/Arabic) – 6.30pm 22:00 The Longest 21:30 Hot Flashes 23:10 Wolfblood Files Yard 23:15 The Sessions 16 PLUS | TUESDAY 26 AUGUST 2014 POTPOURRI

Coffee shop on Events in Qatar Alif by Sabah Arbilli When: Till September 17 honour system Where: InterContinental Doha The City What: Specifically created for Ramadan By Dave Kolpack and Eid, Arbilli uses his gift for calligraphy art to create this collection of works centred around Alif – the first letter of Arabic he owner of a North Dakota coffee shop is flattered alphabet and the first letter in the revelation his decision to operate the business on the honour of the Quran. The exhibit will remain on system garnered international attention earlier this T display in the lobby area of the hotel. summer, but those who equate it to the goodness of all Free entry humanity might want to help themselves to a decaf K-Cup. David Brekke says it’s about small-town living where peo- ple know their neighbours. Brekke and his wife, Kimberly, cash register. “Nobody ever took the box with the money The Belgian Saxophone run The Vault coffee shop in Valley City, a town of about in it,” Brekke said. Ensemble

6,700 people that’s about 45 minutes from Fargo. They reno- The Vault’s customers can pay by credit card, cash or When: August 29; 8pm-10pm vated a nearly 100-year-old bank building and cut down on check. There’s a note below the cash slot that says “No. Where: Katara Opera House – Building 16 overhead by cutting out baristas. I.O.U.s.” Another placard notes that exact change is not What: The Cultural Village Foundation in The food and drink is located on a refurbished teller necessary ... “round down and give yourself a break or round cooperation with the Embassy of Belgium counter at the front of the shop. Coffee lovers can choose up and help us stay in business.” in Qatar is presenting the Hommage à Sax java from a commercial brewer, complete with gourmet Yes, there are security cameras, but so far there hasn’t by the The Belgian Saxophone Ensemble. creams and flavourings, or individual servings from a Keurig been much to view, Brekke said. Six mouthpieces, 60 fingers, 152 keys – but just one aim: to play their hearts out! brewing system, or K-Cups. There also are soft drinks and Brekke has turned the space with high ceilings, mammoth The musicians in the Belgian Saxophone homemade pastries. windows and unique architecture into a gallery of sorts. It Ensemble have full mastery of all aspects of This unusual setup has given customers a sense of own- features artwork by local artists, used books for sale, two their instruments, and demonstrate their skill ership, helped revitalise the city’s downtown — and, in the pianos, Wi-Fi and a cupboard with games. Much of the with acrobatic ease. first 10 months of the business, brought in about 15 percent furniture was donated by residents. Free entry more money than the asking price. “I think that people who “When people heard about it, they just started dropping haven’t grown up in a small, tight-knit community like this things off, to make it work,” Brekke said. are very surprised by honesty,” Brekke said. Nita Warcken, 14, said she and her friends like to visit a Family Fun When: Till September 27; 3pm-11pm For David Brekke, who works from home as a business place where they don’t feel hassled. Weekends 4pm-12pm consultant, the idea seemed logical. He grew up in a small “I like the self-serve. There’s not someone like hovering Where: Doha Exhibition Center town in Minnesota where one of his neighbours used to over you all the time,” she said. What: Plenty of family entertainment is leave corn on the cob in the yard with a cardboard box as AP available at the Family Entertainment City staged in the Doha Exhibition Center, which includes activities such as ski slopes, rock climbing and a variety of alternate IN FOCUS by Sun Dawei entertainment options, a food court, and live Arabic pre-school Baraem shows for the little ones. No fee at the entrance, only for some rides. Free entry

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

Splash & Dash When: Till August 31 Where: Aspire Zone What: Aspire will make two of its best facilities available for the community from July 2 until August 31, every Sunday and Wednesday from 7:30pm until 11pm. Aspire Dome Swimming Pool and the Indoor Athletics Track will host swimming and running open sessions. The online registration is open until August 31. Tickets required (more info at www.aspirezone.qa)

Pigeons at Souq Waqif. Send your photos to [email protected]. If you want your events featured here, Mention where the photo was taken. mail details to [email protected]

Editor-In-Chief Khalid Al Sayed Acting Managing Editor Hussain Ahmad Editorial Office The Peninsula Tel: 4455 7741, E-mail: [email protected] / [email protected]