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Indonesia prays Islamic tourism drive can draw more visitors

Pilgrims gather around a huge tree at a historic Islamic shrine in Loang Baloq on the island of Lombok.

By Olivia Rondonuwu only one name and was accompanied by his wife who was wearing an all- ust a short hop from the encompassing burqa. Indonesian holiday hotspot of Indonesia is the world’s biggest Bali, a Saudi tourist and his fam- archipelago nation, made up of more Jily listen to the call to prayer than 17,000 islands, but has long as the sun goes down on Lombok, the lagged behind smaller, more developed self-styled “island of 1,000 mosques”. countries in Southeast Asia, such as Lombok is at the centre of an Islamic Malaysia and Thailand, in attracting tourism drive in Indonesia, which has tourists. the world’s biggest Muslim population Foreign visitor arrivals to Indonesia and is hoping to boost the number of rose to 8.8 million in 2013, according visitors from wealthy Middle Eastern to official figures, compared with 25.72 countries. million in Malaysia and 26.55 million While aiming to continue to attract in Thailand. Western tourists who flock to its pris- While there are no official figures tine beaches, the island is also seeking for “Shariah” tourism in Indonesia, the to promote its Islamic heritage, from sector is experiencing strong growth numerous places of worship to shrines internationally. dedicated to ancient Muslim preachers. In a recent report, Muslim-oriented “I love it here because I can hear the business group CrescentRating, pre- azan (call to prayer) and people go to dicted the sector would be worth the mosque to pray,” said 58-year-old $192bn a year globally by 2020, up from Sulaiman, the Saudi tourist, who gave $140bn in 2013. PLUS | MONDAY 23 FEBRUARY 2015 3

Middle Eastern opportunities “The economic growth of Middle Eastern countries Tourists visit an Islamic is very good and we see an opportunity there,” senior centre in Mataram. tourism ministry official Rizki Handayani said. Only around 190,000 Middle Eastern visitors came to Indonesia in 2013, according to official figures, but authorities hope their Islamic tourism drive can increase numbers. The government has produced tourist guides pro- moting Indonesia as a “Muslim friendly destination”. It highlights the country’s best “Shariah” tourism destinations and notes there are more than 600,000 mosques in the archipelago. Lombok, long overshadowed by its better known neighbour, Hindu-majority Bali, hopes the drive can help raise its profile. Authorities are planning to build a huge Islamic centre that will contain a mosque, a hotel and a study centre, and specially trained tour guides will point Muslim visitors in the direction of the nearest mosque at prayer time. Other parts of Indonesia are hoping to benefit from the initiative. Aceh province, in western Indonesia and the only part of the country to enforce Shariah Authorities are planning laws, and the capital Jakarta are both seeking to lure to build a huge Islamic Middle Eastern tourists, who often bring many family members with them and spend lavishly. centre that will contain Riyanto Sofyan owns a chain of nine Shariah hotels a mosque, a hotel across Indonesia, including two in Jakarta. and a study centre, Alcohol-free cocktails are available, the call to pra- yer is played five times a day through the buildings, and specially trained MTV has been removed from the list of TV channels tour guides will point available in the rooms, as it is deemed too risque, and Muslim visitors in the hotel staff gently turn away unmarried couples. In Lombok, hotels are also promoting themselves as direction of the nearest Islamic, with nine so far having gained coveted Shariah mosque at prayer time. certification. Echoing the system of stars for conven- tional hotels, Shariah accommodation is labelled with the crescent moon, a symbol associated with Islam, with the best receiving three. A hotel must have signs pointing towards Makkah and copies of the Quran in its rooms, as well as a kitchen where halal food can be prepared, to gain its first crescent moon.

Creating barriers Despite the optimism of officials, there are concerns that the push for Islamic tourism could put off other visitors who want to sunbathe and relax on the beach. But the local government insists it can promote Shariah tourism without affecting the existing indus- try, and that party hotspots in the area — such as tiny Gili Trawangan island, off the west coast of Lombok — will remain unaffected. Authorities are considering clearly demarcating areas more suited to Muslim guests, where Western tourists should cover up. “We will make zones so that travel agents and guides have clear options depending on their guests’ wishes,” said local tourism chief M Nasir, adding that visitors were already told they should not wear skimpy clothing when they head into cities or visit religious sites. Nevertheless for some Muslims, the clash of cultures may still be off-putting. While Sulaiman, who comes from Makkah, was enjoying his holiday in Senggigi, the main tourist strip on Lombok, some aspects made him feel uneasy. “I am not comfortable with a tourist place where there are people wearing things that are too revea- ling,” he said. Others had concerns about trying to artificially sepa- rate Muslim and non-Muslim tourists. American tourist Sarah Jorgensen, who was visiting Lombok, warned such a move could lead to tensions: “When you create borders then you have more oppor- tunity for discrimination.” AFP Middle Eastern tourists walk along the beach in Senggigi on the island of Lombok. 4 PLUS | MONDAY 23 FEBRUARY 2015 CAMPUS / COMMUNITY

Shantiniketan Indian School organises inter-house quiz he CBSE (i) section of Shantiniketan Indian School organised an Inter-House Quiz titled T“Braingle”. Donald Dcosta conceptualised Braingle — a brain teasing quiz event for both jun- ior and senior students. Selected students from Blue, Green, Yellow and Red Houses faced questions gen- eral knowledge, science, mathematics, English litera- ture, social studies and general studies questions in three rounds – general, audio-visual and rapid fire. Blue House — Marwan Magdy, Abeer Bin Mohammed, Lamiya and Ali Nadeem — emerged winners in the junior category and the senior cat- egory title was won by Green House — Ziku Islam, Astha Kumar and Giselle Fernadez. Donald Dcosta and Annu Kumari were the quiz masers in the junior category, while Afshan and Christopher Jacob managed the senior category. participants and the teachers for their hard work. wing, closed the event appreciating the hard work The Principal, Dr Subhash Nair, praised the Dudley O‘Connor, Vice-Principal of the CBSEi of the Braingle Team. The Peninsula

QACC conducts beach cleanup campaign

atari Arabian Construction Company (QACC) Qconducted a “Beach Cleanup Campaign” at the Al Shamal beach recently. This was in line with Qatar National Environment Day and also part of the Company’s Sustainability and Environmental Awareness Campaign. Around 100 workers from QACC along with the QHSE team took part in this Campaign which was lead by the Company’s Area Quality Manager Jude D’Silva. A stretch of around 7 kilometres of the coast line was cleaned and around 400 trash bags of waste materials were collected and removed. The beach cleaning team of Baladiya guided and supported the Qatari Arabian Construction Company staff QACC team in accomplishing this task. at the beach cleanup campaign. The Peninsula

Sherborne Qatar School rolls out Smart Campus network solution

herborne Qatar has announced the network also allows for the infrastruc- Ssuccessful deployment of its lat- ture to be easily built and programmed est Smart Education solution that is according to the education needs of the enhancing greater levels of e-learning faculty. for its students and faculty. “Sherborne Qatar holds itself to the Sherborne Qatar selected Huawei high standards of our UK counterpart and Saturn to deploy a fully integrated with a vision to offer the best learning Smart Campus network, allowing both experiences possible for our students. staff and students to enjoy faster con- We have seen the role that innovative nectivity and a streamlined secure technology plays in enabling a more access to the school’s network and dynamic, interactive and fruitful learn- education tools. ing environment. We wanted to create Sherborne Qatar’s previous net- an engaging educational environment work needed increased bandwidth for our students so that they are able requirements to adopt new modes of to reach the highest levels of academic e-learning platforms. Following the success. Huawei’s Smart Campus solu- implementation of Huawei’s Smart tion was able to address the issues we Enterprise Business, Qatar said: “In City vision to develop into a digital Campus Network, the school has been were facing. The team helped us to build an increasingly digital age, educa- knowledge economy. Being involved in able to accommodate the huge band- a scalable infrastructure that allows us tors are taking steps to deploy an ICT such collaboration is an important part width required to ensure that interac- the flexibility to easily extend e-learning infrastructure based on campus wide of Huawei’s commitment to enriching tive learning tools can be effectively platforms to more college campuses in networks that are agile and can eas- the region’s education sector and build- utilized in the classroom. With a the near future,” said Michelle Walker, ily accommodate new service requests ing a better society through sharing software-based infrastructure that is Sherborne’s School IT Manager. on demand. This has been a prevalent knowledge and ICT expertise.” more flexible than ever before, the new Emad Ramadan, Director, Huawei, trend in Qatar in light of its Smart The Peninsula COMMUNITY PLUS | MONDAY 23 FEBRUARY 2015 5 Six Senses Spa hosts Best Buddies Qatar members for yoga and sports

ecently, 63 members of Best lot of enthusiasm and activity during Buddies Qatar Clubs at the exercising.” RCenters and Schools for Francisca Rocha Antunes, Regional Children with Special Needs, partici- Operations Director of Six Senses Spa, pated in yoga and other sports activi- said: “Six Senses Spa Doha at Sharq ties organised by Six Senses Spa in Village & Spa is delighted to wel- Sharq Village. come Best Buddies Qatar members. Six Senses Spa contributes to Best Following the success of previous Buddies Qatar through holding sports years’ Yoga class and massage work- sessions for its members yearly. shop, Six Senses Spa is committed to This year the exercising programme supporting Best Buddies Qatar’s cause was expanded to gym for boys under of enhancing lives and creating oppor- watchful assistance of the Spa instruc- tunities for people with intellectual tors. The events continued with basic and developmental disabilities. It is gym exercises followed with refreshing at the heart of Six Senses Spas to be outdoor walking along the seaside. responsible and caring as we believe Best Buddies Qatar members Participants had healthy lunch pro- that people are the heart of everything exercising at the Six Senses Spa. vided by Shaq Village. we do. The experiences we craft, the Abdullah Almimi, High School service we deliver and the connections Programme Coordinator at Best that we build are based on our deep “We thank Six Senses SPA for holding Qatar mission to enhance lives of Buddies Qatar, commented: “Best commitment to nurture people and yoga events and other sports activi- people with and without intellectual Buddies Qatar members with intel- thus become positive participants in ties for Best Buddies Qatar members disabilities through social integration lectual disabilities and their peer the local communities. “ yearly. We appreciate their support, and one-to-one meaningful long lasting friends without intellectual disabili- Laalei Abu Alfain, Executive as well as other government and pri- friendship.” ties received great joy and expressed a Director at Best Buddies Qatar, said: vate sector entities, of Best Buddies The Peninsula

Cricket jersey launched

IES College of Engineering Alumni, Qatar Chapter launched cricket jersey for the upcoming Engineer’s Forum Inter Alumni Cricket tournament. The Jersey was launched by Basheer, Managing Director of Loydence Group and team sponsor of IESCEQC, by presenting the jersey to Dipin Jose, Team Captain of IESCEQC. IESCEQC committee mem- bers also presented ‘Team Manager’ Jersey to Basheer. The other dignitar- ies present were Linda Hadley, Principal of Loydence Academy, and Hashique, Business Development Manager of Loydence Group, who also addressed the gathering. The programme was hosted by Edwin Sebastian.

SDC organises essay, drawing and painting competitions

kills Development Centre (SDC) conducted essay, Sdrawing and painting competitions as part of Qatar National Environment Day in co-operation with Qatar Ministry of Environment and Koodu – Nature Magazine. On the topic — ‘Our Nature’ — children partici- pated in pencil drawing and water colouring com- petitions. The essay competition was based on the topic ‘Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in Japan and its impact of air, sea and land’. SDC director Vijayakumar and Human Resource Manager Aquinlal coordinated the competitions with participation of about 500 students from various Indian Schools. The price distribution to the winners would be at 6.30pm on February 17 at the Skills Development Centre. The public function would be chaired by delegates from Ministry of Environment and other dignitaries, a SDC pressnote said. The Peninsula 6 PLUS | MONDAY 23 FEBRUARY 2015 COMMUNITY / MARKETPLACE

Music Lovers Group to host carnatic concert of RaGa sisters

fter hosting Begum Parween Sultana’s concert Aon Hindustani Classical in January, Music Lovers Group of Doha is set to host its next event, a carnatic vocal concert of RaGa sisters (pictured) — Ranjani and Gayatri — on February 27, at the Al Falak Ballroom in Crown Plaza Doha. The sisters are highly renowned musicians whose contributions include studio recordings, televi- sion, radio, concerts, festivals and lecture demonstrations. They have appeared as soloists, violin duos, accompanists, vocal duos, compos- ers, educators and ambassadors of Sundanese organises ‘Botram’ Indian Classical Music. Audience will be in for treat ne of the Indonesian ethnic groups in Qatar, with in-depth ragam-tanam-pal- OSundanese, held an event called ‘Botram’, a tradi- lavis, soul stirring viruthams and tional family gathering at Marahland Family Park, Al lively abhangs, which are special Wakrah. features of Ranjani-Gayatri’s rep- The gathering was attended by the Indonesian ertoire. Ranjani and Gayatri are Ambassador Deddy Saiful Hadi and Endang Deddy Hadi accompanied by top musicians of along with several embassy staff. Ambassador Deddy South India — M Rajeev on violin, himself comes from Sundanese who later became the N Manoj Siva on Mridangam and patron of this organization. Anirudh Athreya on Khanjira. Deddy in his speech welcomed the establishment of The tickets are available at the organization. https://m.q-tickets.com/events/ As part of the event there was a show on how to bind raga-sisters-vocal-musical-live- ‘Iket’ (hat of Sundanese), demonstration of Sundanese concert-doha, Indian Cultural martial arts of ‘Pencak Silat’, traditional Sundanese chil- Centre and Anjappar Restaurant, dren’s games and delicious traditional food of Sundanese. or contact 55841765. The Peninsula The Peninsula

Salam Stores kicks off store-wide sale alam stores has announced the launch of its Spopular sale with discounts up to 50 percent off at Salam Store’s at The Gate Mall and The Mall. The sale is on till March 11. Salam Stores Regional Retail Manager, Feras Oweidat commented on sale: “We are delighted by the enthusiastic response we receive from our regular and new customers to sales such as the one we have just launched. Whether it is a change in wardrobe customers are looking for or they are out to pick up that perfect gift, we are confident that, at Salam Stores our shoppers will find col- lections of items that reflect the great taste they display. Salam Stores takes pride in bringing the opportunities.” Designers featured in this promotion include world’s best brands and placing them at the finger- A special feature of this up sale is that it includes Temperley London, Hugo Boss, Ermenegildo Zegna, tips of our customers. So having a chance to cash store-wide items and is not limited to selected mer- Givenchy, Just Cavali, Canali, Paul & Shark, La in on a great bargain is something they appreci- chandise or brands, thereby offering shoppers a Martina, Home ware and many more. ate and value and we are happy to open up these wide array of options and bargains to choose from. The Peninsula BOOKS PLUS | MONDAY 23 FEBRUARY 2015 7 Sophie Kinsella on finding comedy in shopping By Ngozi Kemjika

est-selling English author Sophie Kinsella (pictured) is back in shop- ping mode with her latest novel, BShopaholic to the Stars, which takes her intrepid heroine to Hollywood. It has been four years since the release of the last book in the best-selling series about the life of a former financial journalist and compulsive shopper named Becky Bloomwood. In Shopaholic to the Stars, she relocates to Los Angeles with her husband and begins a career as a stylist but her Hollywood adventure may not be what she was expecting. Madeleine Wickham, who writes under the pen name of Sophie Kinsella, spoke about how her childhood shaped her imagination and the popularity of her books.

You grew up in a family of writers. How much impact has this had on you? In my family story telling was truly valued. always fresh because when I write about her My parents told us an invented story every I feel exhilarated. She is funny, silly and gets night. My mother would create these amazing into so much mischief. For those reasons I am characters and fantasy series and this all had always dying to know what happens with her an effect on me growing up. next.

How did you conceive the shopaholic What advice would you give to people who series? want to get into comic writing? My “Visa bill moment” was my starting Don’t be happy with the first draft. You have point. I was shopping and I had a vision of a to write and re-write. With comedy you need to girl, really myself, opening a Visa bill and expe- be tough on yourself but equally, not afraid to riencing all the emotions you feel when you put yourself out there. The best comedy comes look at your Visa bill, from denial to anger and from truthful and embarrassing places. disbelief. I saw the comedy in shopping, which no author had yet explored. The film, Confessions of a Shopaholic, was based on your books. Will there be The series is more than a decade old, how another movie? do you keep readers interested? I haven’t heard of any firm plans to make a I write stories which interest me and that is sequel although with the movie world you never how I’ve always written. Becky Bloomwood is know. Reuters

By Abby Ohlheiser describing her pediatrician’s response Mark Zuckerberg’s latest book club to questions she raised about the ark Zuckerberg reads a Hepatitis B vaccine: new book every two weeks pick is all about fear of vaccines “The belief that public health M(so he says) and he wants measures are not intended for Facebook’s users to join him. On a typical living room meet-up might. important thing, that Biss’ book people like us is widely held by Wednesday, the Facebook founder Zuckerberg picks a book, announces contains: it introduces the wider many people like me. Public health, announced that his latest pick is On it, and anyone who wants to discuss discussion of fearing vaccines through we assume, is for people with less Immunity: An Inoculation, a book by it (on Facebook, of course) in a couple the conversations the author had, as — less education, less healthy essayist Eula Biss that investigates weeks is supposed to pick up a copy a new mother, with other mothers. habits, less access to quality health why people fear vaccination. and read it. In the past, Zuckerberg Biss is an essayist, and On Immunity care, less time and money. I have “Vaccination is an important and has hosted live Q&A’s with the authors is a personal book. It is also historical, heard mother of my class suggest, timely topic,” Zuckerberg wrote in a of his picks, with mixed success. it’s a retelling of mythology and it is for instance, that the standard Facebook post explaining his choice. There’s been a lot of discussion also a product of research. childhood immunisation schedule “The science is completely clear: lately about the effectiveness of As the Times’s review of On groups together multiple shots vaccinations work and are important attempts to convince those who fear Immunity puts it, “Biss doesn’t linger because poor people will not visit for the health of everyone in our vaccination of the scientifically sound on the outbreaks, nor does she refer the doctor frequently enough to get community.” reasons behind mass inoculation. At to an ‘anti-vaccination movement.’ the twenty-six recommended shots “This book explores the reasons least one recent study has suggested She speaks only of ‘mothers.’.” It separately. No matter that any why some people question vaccines, that using a fact-based argument continues: mother, myself included, might find and then logically explains why the against anti-vaccination rhetoric is On Immunity concludes by inviting so many visits daunting. That, we doubts are unfounded and vaccines ineffective, and could actually backfire us to relinquish illusions of the body’s seem to be saying of the standard are in fact effective and safe,” he and make those with concerns about independence and acknowledge schedule, is for people like them.” continues, noting that Biss’s book vaccines even less likely to seek them our participation in a web of Incidentally, earlier this month, is “relatively short” (it’s 216 pages), out. interdependency. This isn’t a treacly The Washington Post published and was recommended to him by Which is why Zuckerberg’s take on “community,” though. It’s the an opinion piece from a former “scientists and friends who work in particular selection on this topic is blunt reality of blood banks and organ “vaccine skeptic” who said that an public health.” interesting. Sure, it has literary merit: donors. Biss reminds us that we owe earlier essay by Biss on the topic Zuckerberg’s year-long book club The New York Times magazine selected each other our lives.” helped her to understand for the works kind of like any other book it as one of the 10 best books of 2014. And here’s an excerpt from first time how “herd immunity” club. But it has more members than But there’s another thing, a more the book itself, which follows Biss actually works. WP-Bloomberg 8 PLUS | MONDAY 23 FEBRUARY 2015 ENTERTAINMENT PLUS | MONDAY 23 FEBRUARY 2015 9

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Zayn Malik taken ill on stage SRK hopes to impress kids withFan inger Zayn Malik was forced to leave the stage during One Direction’s ollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan is working hard to surpass the Sgig here, just three songs in after he began to feel unwell. Bexpectations of someone with his upcoming movie Fan and its not of The 22-year-old exited just three songs into the performance here the director or writer — but of his little fans. Friday night with bandmate Niall Horan later informing the crowd he “Hav the sweetest & hard workingest kids on ‘Fan’. Hope i live up2 their was too sick to return, reports dailymail.co.uk. innocent expectations & mak them lov films more than they already do A spokesperson for the group, which also includes Harry Styles, Louis (sic),” King Khan tweeted. Tomlinson and Liam Payne, said: “Zayn was taken ill during the show but After entertaining with Happy New Year, SRK has turned all his focus it’s nothing serious. on Maneesh Sharma’s directorial Fan. “He wasn’t feeling that great beforehand but he tried to get through the Dench still The superstar, often called the King of Romance, will be seen playing performance... Everyone is hoping he’ll be well enough for their next gig.” the role of a fan. It isn’t the first time Malik has pulled out of his One Direction duties in recent months. The star was also missing during the band’s appearance on “The Today Show” last November, and was forced to defend himself over false drug driven by lure use claims made by host Matt Lauer following his no-show. No film sequel pattern for Shraddha ctress Shraddha Kapoor seems to have turned into a reigning queen Aof sequels in Bollywood with films like ABCD 2, Rock On 2 in her kitty. I’m a victim of domestic violence: Berry But the actress says there is no particular pattern she follows while choos- of the new ing films, but just looks for good scripts. ctress Halle Berry is “damaged” after witnessing domestic violence “I did not realise this pattern, but I feel extremely fortunate to be Aas a child. working with such talented people and being a part of such good scripts,” The 48-year-old, who has a six-year-old daughter, Nahla, from a previous Shraddha said in a statement. relationship and 16-month-old son Maceo with husband Olivier Martinez, After failure in Teen Patti and Luv Ka the End, the actress rose to fame was just five years old when she watched her mother “beaten day after with romantic film Aashiqui 2 in 2013, sequel of the 1990 movie Aashiqui. day after day” and get “kicked down stairs” by her husband and admits Shraddha has been paired with Varun Dhawan for the first time for the what she witnessed has stayed with her. sequel of Remo D’Souza’s dance film ABCD: Anybody Can Dance. “I’m a victim of domestic violence. I wasn’t married to a man that beat And Shraddha will be seen sharing screen space with Farhan Akhtar me up, but my mother was,” femalefirst.co.uk quoted her as saying. in the sequel of rock musical Rock On!!. By Patrick Graham “Knowing that she wanted nothing more then for her little girls to see has much more work in her yet. and husband Michael Williams ran a says Britain has something to learn The actress has carved a niche for herself in the film industry with her her be empowered and be a woman of strength, but having no way to make “I’m fine, once I know where eve- household that included her daughter from communities “where the family performance in films like Ek Villain and Haider. She has also showcased that happen was heartbreaking for me fter a career spanning rything is,” she said. “At home I know and three of their four parents. is all kept together, where there is a her dancing skills in songs like Dance Basanti. “She stayed for too long and her children, my sister and I, saw far too seven decades, Oscar- where all the steps are. I wouldn’t be “Sometimes it wasn’t easy but it is family unit”. much and I’ve suffered the damage of being a child of domestic violence,” winning actress Judi Dench good going into a darkened room, like worth it. Even the thing of one com- “As a society we are still a bit cold,” she added. Arails against the notion of in a cinema where I can’t see where plaining about the other, it’s some- Dench said. Berry also worked for 15 years with the Jenesse Centre, a Los Angeles enforced retirement every bit as much the steps are, so I get someone to be thing, it’s a life, it’s something to get “It’s just the thing of stimulus I domestic violence intervention programme. as the character she plays in her lat- with me.” heated up about and not just sit in a think. I’m such an advocate for not est film. Dench made her professional chair.” stopping, just going on and being chal- I’m open for TV shows: Anushka Sharma The Second Best Exotic Marigold stage debut in the 1950s, and for She sees threads of such multi-gen- lenged. I long to do ...the sort of things Hotel renews our acquaintance with much of her career as a leading erational living running through the that I haven’t done before. And I will.” fter featuring a guest list of fading Brit retirees light of Shakespearean theater, she Indian backdrop to the new film and Reuters Ain hit films like whose lust for life is reinvigorated by Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, Fergie’s ‘hypnotic’ way to health the fresh and unpredictable environ- Band Baaja Baaraat inger Fergie says that she uses hypnosis for a variety of reasons, includ- ment they find themselves cast into. and PK among Sing to stop her from over-eating. Holder of the unofficial title of Cameron Diaz, Transformers, Kirk Cameron top Razzies others, actress The “LA love” hitmaker, who has two-year-old son Axl with husband Britain’s favorite actress since well Anushka Sharma Josh Duhamel, opened up about her trick to remain healthy while talking before she turned 80 in December, By Lindsey Bahr winner picked up worst supporting actor not just for his is now keen to do a to America’s OK! Magazine, reports femalefirst.co.uk. Dench plays Evelyn, a widow who role as the evil counter-intelligence agent, but also for his television show. She also notes that she goes to a trained therapist on a regular basis ends up running a business in her ameron Diaz and Kirk Cameron received the dubious performances in Legends of Oz, 'Think Like a Man Too, and Anushka was and believes it helps her stick to a healthy diet. new home. honour of being dubbed the year's worst actress and Expendables 3. present on the set “It works! I get into a very relaxed state, where she can speak to my The film offers a mix of Indian and Cactor at the 35th Annual Golden Raspberry Awards Megan Fox, who gained fame from the Transformers fran- of crime-based show subconscious. It’s almost a dream state, so you’re highly suggestible. I’ve British themes, laced with hints of (aka the “Razzies”) on Saturday night. chise, was recognised as worst supporting actress for playing “Savdhaan India” to done hypnosis for eating, and later I’ll got to the refrigerator and hear British comedy classics like Fawlty Diaz earned the title for her performances in the raunchy the tenacious reporter April in the Michael Bay-produced promote her upcom- her voice telling me to be sensible,” she said. Towers and One Foot in the Grave comedies The Other Woman, in which a wife and two mis- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. ing film NH10 when and dominated by the rough-edged tresses of the same man team up to make his life miserable, Ben Affleck was the only one who was spared. The actor- she was asked about characters played by Dench and fellow and Sex Tape, where a couple accidentally releases their director who won for the terrible 2003 movie Gigli, was her plans to make octogenarian Oscar winner Maggie private performance to the cloud. acknowledged with a Razzie redeemer award thanks to an entry into small Smith. The modern-day remake of Annie, which also featured Diazhis Oscar-winning film Argo and his performance in David screen. Their experiences are worlds away as Miss Hannigan, along with Jamie Foxx and Quvenzhané Fincher's Gone Girl. To that she said: from the grim, one-dimensional fate Wallis as the plucky foster kid, was named worst remake, The Razzies are handed out at a ceremony in the heart of “No, actually I Dench says awaits many Britons as rip-off or sequel. Hollywood on Oscar eve, although those honoured seldom haven’t thought care home residents. Cameron, meanwhile, picked up the award for Kirk show up. about it. But, I “I always think that our system Cameron's Saving Christmas, a widely derided and somewhat The ignominious awards are chosen by 811 members in always be open for over here is the wrong one,” she said. self-explanatory faith-based comedy, which also won worst 47 US states and 20 foreign countries who pay a minimum every kind of crea- “When you go in and you see peo- picture, worst screen combo (Cameron and his ego) and annual fee of $40 their first year and $25 thereafter. tive opportunity ple just sitting, you think there is no worst screenplay. As the Razzie organizers noted, their society is not alone in that might come my way. So, in near future if a show that has a good stimulus. Razzie favourite Michael Bay was granted worst direc- panning Saving Christmas. Users of the international movie story comes my way, so I would be open for sure.” “It is interaction with people that tor for Transformers: Age of Extinction, or, as the Razzies database IMDB.com rated it the No. 1 worst movie of all Directed by Navdeep Singh, NH10 is a story of couple that goes on a stimulates us. To put all these people call it, “Age of Ex-STINK-tion.” Although Bay's film may time, while it scored a rare perfect “Zero” rating on critic road trip which gets transformed into a complete nightmare, making it a in a room, where maybe the television have grossed over $1bn worldwide, that didn't save the silly, aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes. fight for survival. might be on but half of them may not explosion-happy movie from more than one Razzie win. In the film, the child star of television’s “Growing Pains” Apart from Anushka, the film also star Neil Bhoopalam and Darshan even be able to see it. That’s wrong.” Transformers supporting actress Nicola Peltz was spared, who later became an evangelical Christian tries to “put Kumaar in key roles and it is slated to release March 6. She has ridden out problems with but Kelsey Grammer was not as lucky. The five-time Emmy Christ back into Christmas.” AP deteriorating eyesight and says she 10 PLUS | MONDAY 23 FEBRUARY 2015 GREECE

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By Vicky Hallett Even insufficient sleep uring her first work- out at Orangetheory may lead to diabetes Fitness in Fairfax, ack of sleep can elevate levels of free fatty DVirginia, Donna Reid Lacids in the blood, accompanied by temporary was blown away by two things: pre-diabetic conditions in healthy young men, a “how hard it was and how loud new research reveals. it was.” The 51-year-old adored While examining the impact of sleep loss on the studio’s interval training pro- 24-hour fatty acid levels in the blood, the study said gram — a mix of treadmill, rowing insufficient sleep may disrupt fat metabolism and machine and resistance exercises reduce the ability of insulin to regulate blood sugars. — but when it came to the accom- The researchers found that after three nights of panying music assaulting her ear- getting only four hours of sleep, blood levels of fatty drums, well, that didn’t seem so acids — which usually peak and then recede over- sound. night — remained elevated from about 4 a.m. to 9am. “I want to do something good “As long as fatty acid levels remained high, for my body. I don’t want to do the ability of insulin to regulate blood sugars was something detrimental at the reduced,” said Esra Tasali, assistant professor of same time,” says Reid, who asked medicine at the University of Chicago and senior the trainer to turn down the vol- A workout your author of the study. ume. She got her wish for a few The results provide new insights into the connec- minutes. But when it soon crept tions, first described by the University of Chicago up again, Reid knew she’d need a researchers 15 years ago, between sleep loss, insulin different tactic. ears don’t need resistance and heightened risk of type 2 diabetes. She’s settled on earplugs, which For the study, the researchers recruited 19 she brings without fail to her five healthy male subjects between the ages of 18 and Orangetheory sessions each week. says Matthew Bakke, chairman Orangetheory Fairfax declined to 30. They found that sleep restriction resulted in A couple of classmates have com- of the audiology department at comment for this article, as did a 15 to 30 percent increase in late night and early mended this strategy, although Gallaudet University. If you think SoulCycle, the indoor cycling stu- morning fatty acid levels. they haven’t followed her lead. As it may be too loud, it probably is. dio that’s recently added two loca- The nocturnal elevation of fatty acids (from for the rest? But the more you’re exposed to tions in the Washington area. about 4am to 6am) correlated with an increase “When it’s a song they like, loud music, the less likely you are Booming bass may be bad for in insulin resistance — a hallmark of pre-diabetes they’ll yell out to the trainer to to mind it, he adds. your ears, but it’s good for busi- — that persisted for nearly five hours. crank it up. I think they’re crazy,” Once permanent hearing loss ness, says Teri Bothwell, group fit- “Curtailed sleep produced marked changes in the Reid says. creeps in, however, you won’t be ness director of Sport & Health. secretion of growth hormone and levels of noradren- At the very least, they’re prob- able to ignore that. The condition The Washington-area gym chain aline — which can increase circulating fatty acids,” ably not thinking about the poten- isn’t like sticking in an earplug, trains instructors to keep their noted study’s lead author Josiane Broussard. tial ramifications of that request. which muffles everything. Instead, playlists near the 90-decibel mark The result was a significant loss of the benefits Loud noise, like sun exposure, soft sounds are blocked and loud by using sound monitors (which of insulin. “This crucial hormone was less able to is the sort of thing that might noises seem to get louder, Bakke are now available as apps and do its job. Insulin action in these healthy young not seem harmful at any given explains. That’s why, as we age, we accessible to anyone with a smart- men resembled what we typically see in early moment, but the cumulative tend to be bothered more by blast- phone). That safety decision has stages of diabetes,” he pointed out. effects can be devastating and ing music. (Or, as Bakke puts it: “I led to occasional complaints from Something as simple as getting enough sleep irreversible, says Deanna Meinke, sound like a crotchety old man.”) members demanding louder tunes, could help counteract the current epidemics of a professor of audiology at the As seniors become an increas- particularly in Zumba classes. diabetes and obesity, they concluded. University of Northern Colorado ingly important target for the “They’re not happy, and some of and co-director of Dangerous fitness industry, trainers need them have gone somewhere else,” Decibels, a public health campaign to take extra note of noise, says Bothwell says. “At boutiques, it’s a New treatment for muscle targeting noise-induced hearing Bernadette O’Brien, an 84-year- party and it’s loud, and that’s part loss. old aerobics instructor, who raises of what people pay for.” cramp found effective Researchers have raised con- these issues at conferences around The ones who are really paying, new treatment developed by US research- cerns about music at gyms since the world. Music is an integral however, are the instructors who Aers has been found effective in reducing the the 1980s, Meinke notes, but the part of all of her classes — “It cre- spend countless hours in these intensity of muscle cramps by as much as thrice. fitness industry doesn’t seem ates a mood, makes you feel nice environments. Even in gyms that The new treatment may bring hope for peo- all that interested in dialing it and encourages you to move,” she pay attention to noise, “it’s the ple who suffer from muscle cramps or spasms down. A study released last year says. industry joke that we’re all deaf due to neuromuscular disorders diseases such as by Australia’s National Acoustic But turn it up too loud, and “the at 35,” Bothwell adds. multiple sclerosis or from nighttime leg cramps Laboratories compared sound lev- chronologically enriched” won’t be Asuka Boutcher, who teaches that hampers sleep. “These leg cramps can cause els from fitness classes in 2009- happy about it. “And they will tell crowds of up to 300 students at distress, interrupted sleep, reduced quality of life 2011 with those from 1997-1998. you,” O’Brien adds. To prevent her studio, Kazaxe, in Springfield, and interference with activities of daily living,” The finding: High-intensity offer- that, she recommends just 60 deci- Virginia, jokes that she’s surprised said study author Rod MacKinnon, a Nobel lau- ings are even noisier than they bels for seniors. she can still hear at all. Loud reate and co-founder of Flex Pharma in Boston. were a decade ago, with indoor That’s a little overcautious, says music is what gives her dance Currently, there are no approved treatments cycling classes topping the list of Meinke, who notes that normal classes a clublike atmosphere that for nocturnal leg cramps, MacKinnon said. culprits, blaring tunes as loud as conversation is 65 decibels. Still, lets students lose their inhibitions. The new treatment is based on research that 99 decibels. she’d like to see volume levels “It’s a chance to be crazy and go shows cramps are caused by excessive firing of As a general rule, adults can come down overall to that 85-deci- wild. If the music’s too low, no one neurons in the spinal cord that control muscle safely tolerate 85 decibels for up bel level, accompanied by an edu- is going to work out to that,” she contractions. to eight hours. But get even a tiny cation push in gyms. Audiologists explains. The treatment is designed to stop the firing of the bit above that, and the time frame could lead classes in hearing But while she’s willing to put neurons by stimulating the transient receptor poten- shrinks rapidly, Meinke says. The health, Meinke suggests, and clubs her own hearing at risk, Boutcher tial (TRP) on channels. For the study, the research- human ear can handle 91 decibels could lend out noise dosimeters, recognises that it’s not a laughing ers used an electrical neurostimulator to induce for two hours, and 94 decibels for devices that are worn throughout matter. That’s why she’s settled on muscle cramps in the feet of 37 healthy people. just one hour. the day to measure cumulative the same solution Reid did: ear- While half of the participants received the A sign that it’s too loud: You exposure. plugs. There’s a big bucket of them treatment other half received a placebo. When experience ringing in your ears — These days, however, you’d be available free for any student. participants received the treatment, which was tinnitus — after you’ve stepped out lucky simply finding a fitness “It’s surprising other fitness taken by mouth, their cramps were three times of the gym. You might also have facility that has a noise policy of classes don’t do it,” Boutcher says. less intense than when they received the placebo. temporary hearing loss, but the any kind — at least one that its “Because it’s an obvious thing to Agencies effect is often too slight to notice, management will discuss publicly. do.” WP-Bloomberg 12 PLUS | MONDAY 23 FEBRUARY 2015 TECHNOLOGY The best alternatives to Photoshop Adobe’s Photoshop has been the dominant force in image editing for a quarter of a century, but now there are lots of good competitors – some free, some paid for, some even work in the browser.

By Samuel Gibbs than most mobile editors obsessed with Instagram-style filters. dobe’s Photoshop is now 25 years old and is arguably the Autodesk Pixlr - best in the pinnacle of photo editing. browser ABut, at £8.57/month, it’s also Free - Windows, OS X, Android, iOS much more expensive than most people and web can afford, so here are some alterna- Pixlr is a free jack of all trades photo tives for 25 years of photoshoppery. editor with a solid tool set for almost any project. The web app is one of the The five best … most fully featured, while its mobile analogue with photo management at and desktop apps are also solid. Some Affinity Photo its heart. It is fast and effective, but Pixelmator — best for Mac of Pixlr’s most advanced features Free - OS X (in beta) has limited metadata sorting and no £22.99 - OS X require a $15 a year subscription, but Affinity Photo attempts to be automatic correction based on lens Pixelmator is arguably the best it has the backing of Autodesk, mak- Photoshop on a budget, but not dumbed profiles. It has enough editing tools to photo editor on a Mac. It handles even ing of some of the best computer-aided down. It’s fast, packed with advanced improve the odd photo, but some of it the largest photos with ease, replicates design tools. tools and is aimed at professionals. Part can be a clumsy mix of destructive and as many Photoshop tools as are gener- of that tool set is end-to-end CMYK non-destructive editing. ally required, as well as Photoshop file The best of the rest … 16-bit per channel editing, RAW The cheaper ACDSee 18 lacks support, and has an excellent heal tool processing and a Photoshop Content some of the more advanced features that can interpret what’s around it and PaintShop Pro Aware Fill-like tool called Inpainting. but could be a good option for photo fill in detail. £48 - Windows management. Excellent for quick touching up of Photoshop’s long-standing rival. Gimp photos to detailed manipulation for PaintShop Pro is cheaper than its jug- Free - Windows, OS X and Linux Preview novices and pros alike. There’s even a gernaut of a rival but similarly speci- Despite the unfortunate name – Free - OS X very capable £7.99 iPad Pixelmator app fied. It lacks some of Photoshop’s most GNU Image Manipulation Program – Apple’s built-in image and document with many of the same tools and ease advanced features, and is bettered by Gimp is one of the most capable free viewer for OS X is a bit of a dark horse. of use that make the Mac app great. some of its newer often-free competi- open-source photo editors available for Underneath its simple viewing exterior tors, but is still a capable editor. Windows, OS X and Linux. It has some hides a fast and effective image editor Paint.net — best for Windows very powerful tools, but isn’t as user that’s perfectly capable of cropping, Free - Windows Serif PhotoPlus X7 friendly as some others. resizing, reformatting and simple tou- Paint.net started life as a simple £79.99 - Windows chups. It is particularly good at editing replacement for Microsoft Paint, but PhotoPlus is a solid all-round image Aperture a bunch of images at once. evolved with new features such as mul- editor for Windows from the company £59.99 - OS X tiple layers and more advanced photo that created Affinity Photo for OS X. It Apple’s long-standing photo organ- Microsoft Paint editing tools. Today it is one of the has a decent set of tools, including lens iser and editor, Aperture is one of the Free - Windows fastest free photo editors for Windows, correction tools and other favourites most efficient ways of tweaking groups Microsoft’s original image editor. It’s with a capable feature set that stops of photographers. The only downside of photos, and making and reviewing changed a bit in recent years and is still just short of some of the professional is that many of the advanced tools small adjustments. The magnifying a solid, basic image editor. It’s worth a manipulation tools. require more manual manipulation loop tool is particularly effective. It’s go for nostalgia’s sake at the very least, Excellent for quick edits, crops and than some other programs and there- simpler to use than many of its com- or for simple cropping and resizing jobs the majority of daily photo editing. Best fore it isn’t as beginner friendly. petitors and can be used in conjunction that really don’t require something as of all, it’s free. with iPhoto. powerful as Photoshop. Photoshop Elements Adobe Lightroom — best for bulk- £79.10 - Windows, OS X Apple Photos Sumo paint managing photos Photoshop’s cut-down cousin Free - OS X Free - web £99 - Windows, OS X Elements has improved dramatically Photos is Apple’s replacement for A Photoshop facsimile in the Arguably the best photo manager, over the last couple of years from a both iPhoto and Aperture, which will browser, the free Sumo Paint is an Adobe Lightroom has enough tools, tool to avoid to a photo editor for eve- be available in the spring. A preview excellent quick photo editor. Many of even for professionals, to avoid hav- ryone else. It has many of the same was made available of the app, which is the advanced tools are only available in ing to open up a separate image editor, tools as its bigger brother, save for the fast, with enough tools to make photo a $19 pro version, but for straightfor- including some of Photoshop’s healing advanced Content Aware Fill and a few management and tweaks easy. ward touching up of images, resizing and manipulation tools. It also has a other professional tools. Solid for most and similar the free editor does the job. solid collection of batch processing tasks, although free or cheaper tools Picasa and automated correction tools based with similar features are available. Free - Windows, OS X PicMonkey on lighting, lens and camera models, Picasa is Google’s photo manager Free - web which makes it fast for most jobs. Acorn 4 and editor. It plugs into Google+, but PicMonkey is free, browser-based £22.99 - OS X is a solid simple organiser and can be image editor with a solid feature set Aviary Photo Editor — best for Another excellent image editor for accessed through the app or on the for simple photo touchups, adding text mobile OS X, Acorn is billed as the “image web. It has enough tools to quickly to images and adding frames. Images Free - Android, iOS editor for humans”. It’s packed with tune photos, with a few fancy filters can be taken from a computer or vari- Aviary is a solid image editor with advanced tools and filters but has a thrown in. ous cloud services, including Dropbox very capable image touch-up and stripped back, simplified user inter- and Flickr. A paid-for upgrade removes resizing tools, now owned by Adobe. face that is designed to be familiar to ACDSee Pro 8 the ads and gives access to more fonts It’s straightforward interface makes Photoshop users and easy to pick up $99.99 - Windows and effects. it easy to use and has more to offer for notices. ACDSee is an Adobe Lightroom The Guardian COMICS & MORE PLUS | MONDAY 23 FEBRUARY 2015 13

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Black-smith addad February 23, 1945 Watch-maker Saçatee U.S. Marines captured Mount Suribachi on the Japanese island Teacher Mouçallim of Iwo Jima. Their raising of the U.S. flag became the subject of a ç = ‘a’ in ‘agh’ when surprised Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph 1685: German-born British composer George Frideric Handel was born 1905: The Rotary Club was founded Baby Blues by Jerry Scott & Rick Kirkman by a Chicago lawyer to enable professionals from diverse backgrounds to exchange ideas 1965: Stan Laurel, thinner half of the Laurel and Hardy comedy duo, died 2006: Yoweri Museveni, credited with improving his country’s response to HIV/AIDS, was re-elected for a third term as President of Uganda Picture: Associated Press © GRAPHIC NEWS ALL IN THE MIND Hagar The Horrible by Chris Browne Can you find the hidden words? They may be horizontal, vertical, diagonal, forwards or backwards.

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ABYSSINIAN, ANGORA, BALINESE, BENGAL, BIRMAN, BOBTAIL, BOMBAY, BURMESE, CHARTREUX, CHAUSIE, CHERUBIM, CYMRIC, HIMALAYAN, JAVANESE, KORAT, LONGHAIR, MALAYAN, MANX, MUNCHKIN, NEBELUNG, OCICAT, PERSIAN, RAGDOLL, SIAMESE, SIBERIAN, SINGAPURA, SOMALI, SPHYNX, TIFFANIE, TIIFFANY, TONKINESE. 14 PLUS | MONDAY 23 FEBRUARY 2015 CROSSWORDS

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HYPER SUDOKU How to play Kakuro: The kakuro grid, unlike in sudoku, can be of any size. It has rows and columns, and dark cells like in a crossword. And, just like in a crossword, some of the dark cells will contain numbers. Some cells will contain two numbers. However, in a crossword the numbers reference clues. In a kakuro, the numbers are all you get! They denote the total of the digits in the row or column referenced by the number. Within each collection of cells - called a run - any of the numbers 1 to 9 may be used but, like sudoku, each number may only be used once.

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Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate How to EASY SUDOKU play Hyper Easy Sudoku Puzzles Sudoku: Place a digit from 1 to 9 in A Hyper Sudoku each empty cell so every Puzzle is solved row, every column and by filling the every 3x3 box contains all numbers from 1 the digits 1 to 9. to 9 into the blank cells. A Hyper Sudoku has unlike Sudoku 13 regions (four regions overlap with the nine standard regions). In all regions the numbers from 1 to 9 can appear YESTERDAY’S only once. Otherwise, a Hyper Sudoku is solved like a normal Sudoku. ANSWER CINEMA / TV LISTINGS PLUS | MONDAY 23 FEBRUARY 2015 15

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The total cost of the Europa mis- that will allow future commercial Events in Qatar Nasa to look sion, from start to finish, would be crew vehicles to dock. more than $2bn. Wilmore and Virts ended their for alien life on Nasa has a rough plan for the spacewalk with the repressurisation Doha Film Institute Screening mission, sending a vessel that would of the Quest airlock at 2.26pm (EST) Awards season showcase Jupiter’s moon travel to Jupiter’s orbit and make 45 February 21. When: Feb 27-28 flybys of Europa over 3.5 years. They also rigged a series of power Where: Katara Drama Theater building 16 asa will start a mission to In addition to collecting water and data cables at the forward What: Don’t miss out on the Awards NJupiter’s moon Europa in the samples, the mission would also end of the Harmony module and Season buzz with the Doha Film Institute’s hope of finding signs of life on the measure and map the icy shell cov- “Pressurized Mating Adapter-2” and celebration of classic and contemporary frozen planet. ering the surface, which could lay the routed 340 of 360 feet of cable. award-winning films, taking place at Katara The agency is reportedly encour- groundwork for a future mission to “The cable routing work is part following the 2015 Academy Awards. Watch aged by the blasts of water vapour in Europa. of a reconfiguration of station sys- four acclaimed feature films from Academy the moon’s polar region. tems and modules to accommodate Awards history — Whiplash, Les Choristes, The research team thinks this the delivery of new docking adapters Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and could be a way to sample the liquid First spacewalk to that commercial crew vehicles will Casablanca . Visit dohafilminstitute.com for water, which is normally inaccessible use later this decade to deliver astro- more information and tickets through the thick layer of ice cover- let space taxis park nauts to the orbital laboratory,” Nasa ing the moon, Inquisitr reported. said in a statement. “Europa is clearly such a prime on ISS completed The duo will venture outside the Family Art Workshops

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Here There Exhibition When: Till March 30, 2015; Opening hours Sunday-Wednesday 10:30am – 5:30pm, Tuesday closed and Thursday 12pm – 8pm. Where: Al Riwaq Exhibition Hall What: The Qatar Brazil 2014 Year of Culture closes with a grand finale event as QM Gallery Al Riwaq presents Here There, a showcase of works by artists from Qatar and Brazil. Free entry

Mal Lawal Biennale When: Till February 28 Where: Doha Exhibition Center What: Spread over 5,000sqm space, the expo is divided into 11 categories and offers a feast to the eyes and intellect of visitors with a diverse array of objects. There has been a rise in the number of participants from 90 in the first edition to 152 this year, 110 of whom are from Qatar and 42 from other GCC countries. Free entry

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