THURSDAY 15 JANUARY 2015 • [email protected] • www.thepeninsulaqatar.com • 4455 7741 inside Paddington: A CAMPUS classic stuffed bear • Texas A&M at Qatar hosts international brings home plenty math workshop of laughter P | 4 P 8-9 | PARENTING • Today’s parents are much too hard on themselves

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BOOKS • Ant-Man #1: Spencer aims to deliver an accessible fighter

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HEALTH • Paleo diet attracts many, but scientists find it hard to swallow

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TECHNOLOGY • Google Translate update seeks to break language barrier CHILDREN’S P | 12 LEARN ARABIC • Learn commonly APP TRENDS used Arabic words The trends for 2015: How your kids might be playing, and their meanings learning and creating on devices this year, as well as how those apps may get them out in the real world. P | 13 2 PLUS | THURSDAY 15 JANUARY 2015 COVER STORY

By Stuart Dredge playing, but usually games intended any children are for adults. growing up with apps This has understandably put and digital media as many parents off any app that uses Mpart of their lives, in-app purchases, but in 2015 we’ll alongside reading, physical play, see more actual children’s apps television and other forms of that use the model responsibly: as Children’s entertainment and learning. a way for parents to check if an Plenty of companies, from the app is suitable and enjoyable for biggest children’s brands to brand their child before choosing which new technology startups, are bits to pay for. app trends for exploring the potential of tablets Existing examples: Endless and apps for kids, so what do they Wordplay, which sells packs of have in store for 2015? Here are words to practise spelling, or Nosy some of the key trends for parents Crow Jigsaws, which sells puzzles to look out for. but unlocks them for free if parents own its other apps. Digital storytelling finds its identities Parents as part of the process It’s no surprise that the first few Yes, children do use apps alone, waves of children’s apps – at least but that doesn’t mean they’re just the ones telling stories – took their “digital babysitters” as critics often cues heavily from books, complete suggest. Increasingly, developers 2015 with digital pages to turn. There’s are designing their apps in the still a place for that, but there’s knowledge that parents will often plenty of room for invention too: be sitting alongside their kids and less about apps trying to be better being an active part of the process. than books, and more about being Expect a fair few of these in 2015. different. There’ll also be more How can text, animation and development around the idea of touchscreen interactivity blend parental “dashboards” – ways they together in new and engaging ways? can log in from their own devices to Children’s apps sit neatly between see what their children have been books, TV and games, and I suspect doing, and how the apps they’re we’ll see more launched this year using are improving various skills. that manage to mix those three But another encouraging trend formats unclunkily. Identities? is apps that educate parents too: Plural because there won’t be one particularly those that suggest single format that works. more non-digital activities to follow Existing examples: The genre- on the learning. blurring fun in Jack and the Existing examples: Disney’s Beanstalk by Nosy Crow or Dino Mickey’s Magical Maths World is Dog – A Digging Adventure. part of a new series of apps with a separate parental-dashboard Children are storytellers too app, Disney Imagicademy Parents. It sounds like a blitheringly Meanwhile Curious Playground obvious statement – of course gets children making games children tell stories. But until together. relatively recently, it was something ignored by many developers of Kids’ coding apps continue to book-apps: kids could tap on the evolve screen to interact with characters The introduction of computer and scenery, but the actual story programming into the English remained decidedly linear. curriculum for children as young We’ll see more apps this year as five has sparked debate in UK, that aim to put storytelling tools particularly around the demands in the hands of children to create it places on teachers. 2015 will their own tales: whether pre- provide some answers in that packed collections of characters, debate, although they might not scenery and situations to play all be positive ones. with, or stories that get children Alongside that, though, there is to write/draw in characters as they a lot of activity around apps that read. help children take their first steps Existing examples: Tate’s Noisy in programming (or, at least, Neighbours gets kids to draw their programming-like thinking). own characters, while TeleStory Can cute characters and blocks gets them filming their own TV of code tempt kids away from shows. pure games, and if so, can they also really be a stepping stone to Responsible use of in-app the programming they’ll be doing purchases later in school? We’ll be finding Children’s apps and in-app out over the next 12 months. purchases is a very sensitive topic, Existing examples: Take your thanks to the all-too-regular pick from challenge-based apps examples in recent years of kids like Tynker to more-freeform blowing their parents’ credit cards apps like ScratchJr, with new on virtual items in mobile games. entrants like CodeQuest and The One under-reported point: it’s Foos too. rarely children’s apps that they’re PLUS | THURSDAY 15 JANUARY 2015 3

Rise of the robots the top 10 for the entire site. Yet as a and 3D printing parent, YouTube can still be problem- How many chil- atic when your children are watching dren will have access it: if you’re not breathing down their to modern robots or neck throughout, it’s easy to end up 3D printers at home on inappropriate videos. in 2015? Very few In 2015, we’re going to see more attempts to provide child-friendly filters on YouTube as apps, whether focusing on particular niches like In 2015, we’re going to nursery rhymes or Minecraft, or more general curators. Plus more of those see more attempts to YouTube channels will launch their own apps, aiming for a slot on par- provide child-friendly ents’ homescreens, and the growth of filters on YouTube. Angry Birds’ ToonsTV – four billion My Little Monster views and counting – will continue. 3D prints children’s Existing examples: Stampy Cat monsters. is the official app for Stampy’s indeed. But there are some technology Minecraft-focused YouTube chan- startups and app developers hoping nel, while Hopster mixes familiar TV channel – to educational groups and Existing examples: Disco their products will be an introduc- shows with educational games. museums. But also watch for more Fingers isn’t quite sure whether it’s tion to these areas for children in the children’s brands doing stuff in and a children’s or adults’ music creation year ahead. Next moves for Minecraft around Minecraft, and children com- app, but the former will love it. Sago US startup Play-i will ship its Bo Minecraft as the world’s most ing up with their own mods that find Mini Music Box will have even tod- and Yana spherical robots in 2015 for popular game for children isn’t a a wider audience. dlers tapping out tunes. example, having crowdfunded their trend of 2015: it’s a long-established Existing examples: The Beano’s offi- first run on its website last year. fact. But what happens now, with cial Dennis and Gnasher mod is good More apps for Android kids They’ll come with an app that aims the game’s developer Mojang owned fun, while the Tate Worlds project Most of the apps mentioned in the to teach children to program the bots. by Microsoft, is going to be very takes a more artistic approach. And article are made for Apple devices, Elsewhere in hardware, we’ll see what interesting. the LearnToMod software aims to and that’s no co-incidence. The chil- happens next with the Kano compu- Expect more attempts to make teach kids to code through Minecraft dren’s apps world remains an iOS-first ter, as well as startups like Osmo educational use of Minecraft, from too. place for several reasons, including exploring physical toys and apps. YouTubers like Stampy – who’s about the perception that it’s harder to sell Meanwhile, on the 3D printing to launch a second, learning-focused Making a noise through musical apps on Android, and the fact that side, there are a number of companies many kid-app firms worry they don’t working on apps that will get children have the resources yet to develop for to create... things, and then get them two platforms. printed. It’ll be an expensive niche for Still, a lot of children are play- now, but the idea of digital creation ing on Android tablets nowadays, leading to physical objects has wider sold by companies from Amazon and applications for kids: whether it’s 3D Samsung to Tesco with its impres- printing or print-out papercraft. sive Hudl. In 2014, the number of Existing examples: On the 3D print- great iPad children’s apps ported to ing side, My Little Monster makes Android increased steadily, and some children’s digital beasties into real even came out for both simultane- models, complete with Apple Pay sup- ously. This’ll continue in 2015. port in the US. Existing examples: From Endless Reader and Skylanders YouTube filters and other video Trap Team to Toca Boo and Makies apps Fashion, here’s the Guardian’s top 25 Children’s videos are massive on Android children’s apps of 2014. YouTube, as a glance at the charts for its most popular channels will tell Disco Fingers is All the things that aren’t apps you: DC Toys Collector, Stampy and a musical treat. YES, kids should be reading books, Little Baby Bum are all fixtures in riding bikes, playing sport, drawing pictures with pencils, digging for apps worms... doing things away from There is something poten- screens. tially very powerful – and largely Using apps shouldn’t replace all untapped so far – about tab- that, and it’s a parental responsibil- lets, music and children. Not as ity to make sure that it doesn’t. replacements for learning tradi- Actually, many of my favourite tional instruments, but as tools apps from the last year were the for musical creativity in other ones where the play, creativity and/ ways: interacting with music or or learning carried on when the tablet creating it from scratch. was switched off: from chasing one This may not always be in apps another around the house in sheets specifically for children – my (aka Real-World Toca Boo) to mock- seven year-old son discovered dinosaur digs in the garden emulating GarageBand over Christmas, Dino Dog. and we’ve had great fun record- I hope that 2015 includes more ing songs together. Again, apps awareness of the way apps can be Nosy Crow Jigsaws uses aren’t a replacement for instru- just one among many ways a child in-app purchases in a ments, but there’s a lot more fun explores particular interests, from parent-friendly way. to come from them as new ways animals and history to music and to explore rhythm and melody. maths. The Guardian 4 PLUS | THURSDAY 15 JANUARY 2015 CAMPUS

The participants with organisers at the workshop. Texas A&M at Qatar hosts international math workshop exas A&M at Qatar held an international mathematics workshop recently at the TEngineering Building at Education City. This meeting focused on recent results and devel- opments in the analysis and geometry of several complex variables, CR manifolds and closely related areas, such as the theory of over determined sys- tems of partial differential equations. Dr Nordine Mir, professor of mathematics at the science programme at Texas A&M at Qatar, said: “This event was a great opportunity to lay the groundwork for international collaborations. It helped in building exposure for the Qatar research enterprise and therefore will contribute to Qatar National Research Strategy.” The workshop brought together leading experts, recent PhDs and graduate students from Brazil, Europe, the Gulf Region and the US to promote the exchange of ideas and interactions among these researchers. A mini-course on complex Brunn- Minkowski theory was given by Bo Berndtsson at Qatar, Texas A&M University, the US National programme at Texas A&M at Qatar and to Qatar (Chalmers University, Sweden). The conference is Science Foundation and Qapco. as the Middle East research hub. The workshop organised by Dr S Berhanu at Temple University, Dr Straube, professor of mathematics at Texas was designed to spark mutually beneficial collabo- US, Dr Mir at Texas A&M at Qatar and Dr Emil. A&M University, College Station and workshop rations between mathematicians in the region and Straube at Texas A&M University at College Station. co-organiser, said, “A conference of this calibre colleagues in Europe, Brazil, and the US.” The event was sponsored by Texas A&M University added substantial further visibility to the science The Peninsula GU-Q public lecture explores Dubai’s Indian diaspora

isiting professor at the faculty elsewhere. His preference for the UAE of Islamic Studies at HBKU in over other countries is due to its cul- VDoha, Neha Vora, was a guest tural and geographical proximity to speaker at a public lecture held at India, and its neo-liberal market he Georgetown University in Education fiercely believed in, where anyone could City (GU-Q) to deliver a CIRS Monthly achieve and succeed with hard work, Dialogue on the topic “Impossible and no one was beholden to the state Citizens: Dubai’s Indian Diaspora.” with taxes and civic duties.” In her lecture, Professor Vora Professor Vora's research, which was touched on the key points of her book conducted at the height of Dubai’s eco- that shares the title of her presenta- nomic growth in 2010, focused on how tion. Through her research and exten- the middle-class Indian communities of sive interviews with the middle-class Dubai have a strong sense of belonging Indian business communities of Dubai, despite the legal opportunity to gain she painted a clear picture of how this citizenship or permanent residence. Neha Vora with a university community perceives their identity and “Indians have practically zero access official addressing the attendees. their status in the city as economic to any form of permanency in Dubai. migrants who have cultural and his- They cannot naturalise, or even gain torical links to the city but who don’t permanent residency,” she said, citing necessarily desire permanent assimila- the Kafala system common throughout Many Indians see the Gulf states as Dr Mehran Kamrava, Director of the tion and citizenship. “Though Indians the Gulf region that ties people to their an extension of India. “In fact, Rohith Center for International and Regional are technically temporary and in the employment visas and sponsors. insisted that his daughters, unlike me, Studies (CIRS) at GU-Q, which hosts Gulf solely for economic accumulation, “How is it that Dubai is such an were more authentically Indian and the Monthly Dialogue Series lecture, I found bonds that cut deeper than in established South Asian city when less sullied by westernisation than said: “Professor Vora's research into communities where people can natu- belonging for these migrants, in any Indians in the US and the UK,” she Dubai’s South Asian expat community ralise such as my own Indian commu- official legal sense, is unavailable?” explained. is an important addition to the body nity in the US.” she asked. The answer, her research She concluded by explaining that of work on the Indian diaspora, and This community also feels they are showed, is what’s referred to as “sub- even though Dubai still largely retains her presentation was a valuable learn- different than both low wage migrant stantive” citizenship. “This type of its South Asian character, the west- ing opportunity for our students and labourers and higher-paid western unofficial citizenship is non passport ernisation of the city through gentri- guests.” expats, and proud of their contribu- based but sometimes creates even fication of formerly lower middle class An Assistant Professor of tions to the economic development of stronger community bonds than legal neighbourhoods and the successful Anthropology at Lafayette College, the city, she said. She gave the exam- status can offer.” She described the push to attract western resident expats Neha Vora is currently in Doha work- ple of one of her research partici- many cultural links the Indian commu- and tourists, has left the Indian com- ing on a project that investigates the pants, Rohith, to illustrate her point. nity shared with both Dubai and their munity feeling very job insecure, with impacts of knowledge economy trans- “Rohith preferred to live in Dubai, home country, through language, food, concerns about what the future may formation and American branch cam- and had never actively pursued living clothing, and other cultural practices. bring. pus expansion on Qatar. 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The Bayern Munich team – includ- Neuer, Jerome Boateng, Bastian magnitude gives us and our customers Pomegranates, coffee, and olive leaf ing Mario Goetze, the game-winning Schweinsteiger and Thomas Mueller the opportunity to meet international extract contain such antioxidants. goal scorer- returned to Qatar for and the semi-finalists Arjen Robben and world cup winning football stars.” “It’s a common conception that their fifth annual training camp, held (Netherland) and Dante (Brazil). During their stay in Qatar, the team Vitamic C is our best resource to at Qatar’s Aspire Academy, a globally Yann Lassade, Managing Director, also took part in a friendly match protect our immune system. But recognised national sports academy. 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CHANSS ushers in New Year with cultural activities he Changanacherry NSS College TAlumni Association-Qatar Chapter (CHANSS-Qatar) heralded the New Year with a string of cultural activities, culminating with a grand finale at the Shalimar Palace Hotel last weekend. Celebrations started right from the Christmas day, with CHANSS mem- bers joining a prayer for world peace. A variety of cultural programmes, including dance by Arya, Nandana, Meenakshi and Shreya, songs by Manikandan, Pradeep, Sreekumari and Chanss officials handing over a memento to the chief guest. Right: A dance programme Venugopal, mimicry by Ratheesh and a by one of the family members. magic show by Doha-based illusionist Jayan Orma were the highlights of the College, Changanacherry was the chief often into a peal of laughter. New Year celebrations. guest. Mannar Ajith Prabha gave a CHANSS founder President More than 300 people attended the felicitation speech in honour of the Varghese Mathew gave the New Year function. guest. Prof Kurup, in his reply, recalled message. President Bindu Varghese proposed a Prof Parameswara Kurup, former several anecdotes from his long and General Secretary Giridharan vote of thanks. Head of Commerce Department, NSS illustrious career, sending the audience Nair welcomed the gathering while The Peninsula 6 PLUS | THURSDAY 15 JANUARY 2015 PARENTING

By John Pickering

need to start with a confession: I’m not a parent. I am someone who investigates Ihow science can help parents deal with the sleepless nights, the fussy eat- ers, the sibling rivalry, the intrusive in-laws and a career that favors full- time hours. I certainly don’t know what it feels like to hold your own child in your arms and to see that same child grow to become an independent human being. I haven’t experienced these things. What I have experienced, though, is the growing and seemingly widespread view that parents these days aren’t doing a good job — that in fact they’re doing a bad job. Parents are out of touch, we’re told, and too soft. They give in to their kids too easily. They’re over-involved helicopter parents, or under-involved don’t-care parents. Or they could be bulldozer or lawn-mower parents, the ones who smooth the way for their child’s transition through life and make life difficult for everyone else in the process. This is the old “kids these days” nar- rative but applied to parents. Has parenting actually changed? A 2012 study surveyed thousands of English adolescents in 1986 and again Today’s parents in 2006 to determine the extent that parent-child relationships had changed over 20 years. The study showed that parental are much too hard monitoring of youth behaviour and parent-child quality time increased from 1986 to 2006. Parents in 2006 also expected more from their children on themselves than they did in 1986, including the expectation of being polite. The authors concluded that their study failed to provide any evidence that the quality of parent-child rela- tionships had declined over time, and that there is little evidence of any The study showed that How you parent is important teach their children is self-control. It’s decline in parenting across the target Years of experimental research are a skill that allows us to get on with population. parental monitoring of now converging on a very simple, and others, to focus and stick to tasks and This finding corroborates earlier plainly obvious, conclusion: the way we to be sure to look after ourselves. The studies that analysed parenting pat- youth behaviour and parent our children has a profound importance of self-control at both the terns across generations and found effect on how they develop and go on individual and community level has that both mothers and fathers tended parent-child quality to contribute to society. Put differently, been captured in a powerful longitu- to spend greater amounts of time in time increased from the specific parenting strategies we use dinal study which found that the level child care-related activities in the with our children have a direct and of self-control of children at age 3 could 1990s than they did in the 1960s. 1986 to 2006. Parents significant impact on our children’s life predict their later physical health, sub- So what is different? chances and opportunities. stance dependence, financial wellbeing The major trend that strikes me in 2006 also expected Early family relationships have been and involvement in crime at age 32. about parents today is the appetite for more from their shown to have an impact on an indi- Nobel Laureate James Heckman evidence that informs decisions about vidual’s cognitive ability, social and points out that disadvantage is better parenting. Parents want evidence that children than they did emotional adjustment, health and well- defined by the quality of the early nur- what they are doing is effective. being, and involvement in crime and turing environment and the types of They invest time to research in 1986, including the substance abuse. parenting that children receive rather whether vaccines work; to find evi- Recent research has also demon- than by the financial resources avail- dence that “breast is best;” evidence expectation of being strated how different parenting styles able to them. that car seat A is superior to car seat polite. and strategies influence various aspects As this evidence begins to make B; evidence that certain toys are devel- of brain development. One study its way into the modern vernacular opmentally appropriate; evidence that showed how harsh parenting reduced of parenting, the physical, emotional, the discipline strategies they use are telomere length in the brain (a biomar- financial and intellectual resources effective. ker for chronic stress). Another dem- that parents are now investing in rais- The costs of having children are also leave home. onstrated that, even in environments ing their kids have never been greater. on the rise. These costs have doubled since 2007 of poverty, altering the way we parent We need to stop damning parents In Australia the costs of raising while household income increased 25 our children can help alleviate some of today, embrace their appetite for a child are estimated at anywhere percent, which is perhaps an indica- of the adverse effects of disadvantage knowledge, and continue to evolve between A$500,000 and A$1m (about tion of why people are having fewer and promote better brain development the sophistication and availability of $407,000 to $815,000 US) per child — kids these days. in kids. evidence-based parenting strategies. and that’s just to the point when they A fundamental skill that parents can WP-Bloomberg BOOKS PLUS | THURSDAY 15 JANUARY 2015 7

By David Betancourt

ight after the first-look trailer debut of Marvel Studios’ Ant-Man, Marvel Ant-Man #1: Spencer aims to Comics — as it so often does pegged to Rfuture blockbusters — has a comic book ready for the character’s current and future fans: deliver an accessible fighter Ant-Man #1, which came out recently. “Never let it be said that Marvel [doesn’t] know how to cross-promote,” joked Nick Spencer, the writer in charge of guiding Scott Lang/Ant-Man. Spencer — who recently ended a 17-issue run on Marvel’s well-received comedy hit Superior Foes of Spider-Man (the success of which Spencer attributes to him getting the Ant-Man job) — is looking forward to the experience of writing a comic book with a connection to Marvel Studios’ cinematic universe. “For me, the coolest thing about this is, we know that we have a real shot at making a Scott Lang/ Ant-Man book that can actually be viable from a sales and audience standpoint,” Spencer said. “What the movie allows for us is a multimillion- dollar marketing budget that’s going to keep Ant- Man in front of people and in people’s heads all year. “That is a huge advantage for us,” continued Spencer, who is working with artist Ramon Rosanas. “And to get to be a part of that, just as a fan of the Marvel movies and a fan of what Marvel is doing in other mediums, to get to kind of ride those coat tails, I’m thrilled about that. That’s fun for me.” Despite the character’s growing recognition fac- tor thanks to Hollywood, Spencer is aware that for many readers, this could be their first experience with Ant-Man. (He also notes that the book gives a brief look into the history of the character and the men who have worn the suit before.) “There was a real emphasis on making sure that the book was accessible, making sure that the book was something that if you saw the movie, you could go and pick it up and you wouldn’t be completely lost,” Spencer said. “You wouldn’t be drowning in continuity. There was a real focus on making sure that the book was new-reader-friendly. “Scott has never had an ongoing [series],” he added. “It very much honours the characters’ past.” Ant-Man’s past is checkered with something not known to most Marvel heroes: unreliability. Spencer paints Scott Lang as a guy who has always been around, just never for long. It’s a reputation that haunts Lang in Ant-Man’s first issue, especially when he’s applying for a job with Tony Stark (who, in his current Superior Iron-Man role, has no issue with letting Lang know how much of a flake he is). Combine employment (or lack thereof) issues along with being a divorced, single dad who is deal- ing with child-custody arguments, and you have a fertile setting for Spencer’s comedic narrative. Spencer has shown a special ability to write anti- heroes who have to laugh to keep from crying, and he says there’s never been a better time to write that way. “I’ve been doing books with a fair amount of humour for a while. What’s nice right now, though, is the market seems a lot more enthusiastic about books with that kind of [comedic] feel,” Spencer said. “As someone who enjoys writing that stuff, I would be crazy to not take advantage of that. For most of comics history, a book being called ‘fun’ or ‘funny’ has been death for sales. To be in one of the rare phases where that’s what the audience is really excited about, and really responds to, is he’ll make, to maintain a relationship with his “I think that one of the best things about kids pretty great timing for me.” daughter. is, they make people better versions of themselves, Ant-Man #1 shows Lang as an ex-con who is “What [Ant-Man] has is a daughter, and his and that’s very true for Scott. He’s a classic, great still willing to cut corners, but Spencer says the desire to prove himself to her, to be someone who Marvel character in that he’s a human being first. one way his Ant-Man will come off as a hero is can look her in the eyes, to be someone that she And, you know, he can shrink and talk to ants.” in terms of the lengths he’ll go, and the sacrifices can be proud of,” Spencer said. WP-Bloomberg 8 PLUS | THURSDAY 15 JANUARY 2015 ENTERTAINMENT PLUS | THURSDAY 15 JANUARY 2015 9

HOLLYWOOD NEWS BOLLYWOOD NEWS Byomkesh Bakshy! to release on April 3 Chris Brown cancels nightclub show ctor Sushant Singh Rajput-starrer upcoming crime thriller Detective inger Chris Brown is reportedly planning to cancel some of his future AByomkesh Bakshy! will now hit the screens April 3, a week before its Snightclub shows after five people were shot during his recent perform- initial release date, Yash Raj Films (YRF) announced. ance in San Jose. Directed by Dibakar Banerjee, the film, based on the detective character According to a source, the 25-year-old held an emergency meeting after Byomkesh Bakshi created by Bengali writer Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay, the incident and ordered his manager to cancel his upcoming appearances was previously slated to release on April 10. at clubs with a history of violence or security issues, reports tmz.com. The film will also see actors Anand Tiwari, Swastika Mukherjee and The source added that Brown made the decision because he doesn’t want Divya Menon in pivotal roles. to be associated with shootings and wants to protect his image, himself and his fans. The San Jose incident took place on January 11 morning at the Fiesta club. Brown was performing when gunshots were suddenly fired. Jazbaa will be fantastic: Anupam Kher ctor Anupam Kher, who is working with filmmaker Sanjay Gupta Aafter almost two decades in Jazbaa, is confident that the movie, an adaptation of Korean film Seven Days, will turn out to be a treat for Indian Pitt, Gosling, Bale to star in The Big Short audiences. Anupam and Sanjay had earlier worked together in 1995 for the film ctors Brad Pitt, Christian Bale and Ryan Gosling are teaming up to Ram Shastra. Astar in the adaptation of Michael Lewis’s best-seller The Big Short: While present at a script reading session of Jazbaa with the entire cast, Inside the Doomsday Machine. Paddington: A classic stuffed bear Anupam was asked to share his thoughts about the project, which also The three actors are in various stages of talks to star in The Big Short, has Aishwarya Rai, Shabana Azmi, Siddhanth Kapoor and Atul Kulkarni the adaptation of Lewis’s chronicle of the housing and credit bubbles of in key roles. the 2000s that led to the 2007-2008 global financial crisis, reports hol- “I’m looking forward to work in Jazbaa and with Sanjay Gupta after 18 lywoodreporter.com. brings home plenty of laughter years and of course with Aishwarya. With Irffan, I’ll be working strangely Following the success of Moneyball, Pitt is producing the film, which is for the first time. I’m looking forward to this film as it has an amazing scripted by Adam McKay. McKay is expected to direct the drama, although script,” Anupam said. By Sandie Angulo Chen there is no announcement yet. Wearing only the explorer’s red hat, the actors, such as Julie Walters (Harry On being asked about reuniting with Sanjay after a long gap, Anupam The project is not expected to be Bale’s next, though it is still unclear cuddly bear arrives at London’s Paddington Potter’s Molly Weasley) as the Browns’ said: “I like his movies, I like the way he directs, he is a very stylish director what the Oscar winner is currently eyeing. anuary is when studios generally Station, where he waits all day for some- live-in aunt; Peter Capaldi (the latest and this time he has chosen a script which is based on Korean film. I’ve He was poised to play the late Steve Jobs for an untitled project that was release their low-expectation titles one to adopt him. Finally, Mrs Brown star of Doctor Who) as their busybody seen that Korean film and I think it’s going to be fantastic.” originally set up at Sony and it was eventually put in turnaround and picked to wither and die against award- (Sally Hawkins) overcomes the doubts of neighbour; and, most notably, Nicole up by Universal. He is also attached to star in Fox’s The Deep Blue Goodbye. Jnominated fare, so it’s a consider- her cautious husband (Downton Abbey’s Kidman as the story’s main antagonist Meanwhile, Gosling is currently shooting The Nice Guys, which is directed able gamble to watch a film starring a Hugh Bonneville) and two kids’ embar- — a greedy museum taxidermist who by Shane Black. CGI-talking animal released in the first rassment and takes the newly named wants to “stuff” Paddington and put weeks of the year. But this live-action Paddington home. him on display. Sporting animal-skin SRK gets his life-size 3D model Paddington adaptation pays off. Home is where the kid-friendly humour stilettos and severe bangs, Kidman is Based on a half-century of classic chil- begins. In one crowd-pleasing bit of campier than she is creepy, but her everal actors have their wax models, but superstar Shah Rukh Khan has Transformers tops Razzie nominees dren’s books by Michael Bond, the movie bathroom humour, Paddington uses the Cruella de Vil-like character is just Sacquired a life-size 3D printed model of himself in his signature pose, is set in the present and keeps the focus Browns’ toothbrushes to pick his ears, menacing enough to make kids fear for courtesy his team at Redchillies. VFX and Autodesk India, a 3D design, ilmmaker Michael Bay’s film Transformers: Age of Extinction has been in London, which is depicted as the ideal drinks a bottle of mouthwash, sticks his Paddington’s happily ever after. engineering and entertainment software. Fnominated for seven awards at the 35th Golden Raspberry Awards, place for bears and other exiles. A mar- head in the toilet and causes a massive Because of its adorable protagonist, The model, which is a gift, has made its way into the office of the actor’s also known as the Razzies. malade-loving bear cub (voiced by Ben overflow — all while Mr Brown desper- laugh-out-loud gags and touching Red Chillies Entertainments Pvt Ltd here. The fourth instalment in the popular sci-fi Transformers franchise is Whishaw after Colin Firth exited the ately tries to add “bear coverage” to his premise, Paddington succeeds in a way The superstar, who has won epithets like King Khan, Baadshah and King nominated for worst picture along with Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas, project) travels from “Darkest Peru” to home insurance. While the slapstick isn’t most CGI/live-action hybrids do not. of Romance thanks to films like Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, Veer-Zaara Left Behind, The Legend of Hercules and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, England to find the explorer who long ago particularly original, director Paul King This isn’t a commercial for bear mer- and Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham..., took to social networking site Facebook reports aceshowbiz.com. discovered the bear’s Aunt Lucy and Uncle makes the silliness work. chandise (yet), but a sweet little film to share his gratitude and laud the intricacies in the model. Following the footsteps of its predecessors, Transformers: Age of Extinction Pastuzo (voiced by Imelda Staunton and In addition to Bonneville and Hawkins, about a cub who finds a family and a “Even the folds in the has emerged in the “worst of the worst” list, leading the pack with seven Michael Gambon). the cast includes other comically adept home in London. WP-Bloomberg shirt and trousers are nominations, followed by Saving captured in such detail... Christmas and Legend of Hercules, and if I may add the dim- which earned six nominations each. The director believes ples too. Excited about All three of them are nominated in Film inspired by Ray’s Apu: Director Paddington has a “univer- this technology so I will the worst director category. sal story” and hopes Indian over load you all with In acting categories, Cameron audiences will embrace it. more images. 1st ever By Natalia Ningthoujam Diaz tops other actors with three mixture of sadness and joy. All of these “It’s something that anyone can relate in the world!! Made in nominations. She is nominated for things were very important to our bear. to no matter where you’re from; so, I hope India! worst actress (for The Other Woman fan of Satyajit Ray’s works, London- “I had a big picture of Apu over my that it can connect with the Indian audi- “How fantastic is my and Sex Tape), worst support- based Paul King, says that for his desk and looked at it every day. I loved his ence in the same way it has with other Team Red Chillies.VFX. ing actress (for Annie) and worst Alatest directorial Paddington, he scruffiness, the glint in his eye, and I tried audiences around the world,” he said. Fully made in India the screen combo (with Jason Segel in was hugely inspired by the legendary to capture that in our bear,” said King. He also feels that the film’s comic ele- first 3D lifesize printout. Sex Tape). Indian filmmaker’s The Apu Trilogy and The director says he enjoys “magical ments too will be enjoyed by the audience. My best B’Day present,” The Expendables 3 cast members Mel Gibson, Kelsey Grammer (who that he’s tried to capture Apu’s emotions realism and epic storytelling”, and that, to “It’s also a comedy. I was hugely influ- read a post on his official also stars in Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return, Think Like a Man Too and in the movie’s bear. him, seems to be India’s strength. enced by Charlie Chaplin, especially his the film unless we were confident we had Facebook page. Transformers: Age of Extinction) and Arnold Schwarzenegger are all nomi- “My favourite Indian movies are those Asked if he would like to adapt any film The Kid. It’s very funny and incred- got the best possible script we could and The actor, who had a nated for the worst actor title. of Satyajit Ray. The Apu Trilogy are some Indian book or TV series or film, he said: ibly moving — and all told without words. then the animation process was also very bumper release in 2014 This year’s Razzie Awards includes a new category, Razzie Redeemer, of the greatest films ever made in any lan- “I’m a huge fan of Indian literature. I love There’s a lot more talking in Paddington, long and time consuming. with Happy New Year, which acknowledges that past nominees and ‘winners’ can and often do, guage and the journey of Apu was some- magical realism and epic storytelling and but there are also a lot of moments of “Each Paddington shot went through also feels that the model sums up his entire journey in the film industry. go on to far far better things. The contenders are Ben Affleck, Jennifer thing that (producer) David (Heyman) that seems to pour out of India. silent comedy — and that’s probably the hundreds of revisions — sometimes nearly “I am grateful to be a part of this amazing technology. This is outstanding Aniston, Mike Myers, Keanu Reeves and Kristen Stewart. and I thought about a great deal when we “But what works well in a novel isn’t most international form of entertainment 500 — to make his performance as touch- and I am dying to show it to my kids. It’s silver and shiny statue of mine The winner for the inaugural Razzie Redeemer Award is determined by were making our film,” King said. always the same as what works in a film there is,” he said. ing and funny and realistic as possible. in my classic pose. It’s the figure of work I have done for all these years,” public votes, which can be submitted on film review site Rotten Tomatoes. “The dream of a bigger world, the jour- and I’d be very careful before adapting But making the film was not easy for And all that takes time,” said King, who he said in a statement. The life size model has been designed in India. Winners of the Razzie Awards will be revealed on February 21. ney from the countryside to the city, the any of my favourites in case I just ended King. “Paddington was a very hard film to took five years to come out with his second struggles of making a family work, the up ruining the book,” he added. make. Neither David nor I wanted to make feature film. IANS 10 PLUS | THURSDAY 15 JANUARY 2015 SPACE HEALTH / FITNESS PLUS | THURSDAY 15 JANUARY 2015 11

Cancer survivors face physical, mental problems Paleo diet attracts nxiety about recurrence along with physical Aand financial problems are some of the issues that many cancer survivors face even decades many, but scientists after being cured of the disease, shows a study. The findings could lead to interventions that are tailored to the specific types of problems and find it hard to swallow concerns that cancer survivors may experience. “Overall, we found that cancer survivors are often caught off guard by the lingering problems they experience after cancer treatment,” said Mary Ann Burg from the University of Central By Christie Aschwanden compromises. As an example of this, she points to Florida in the US. bipedalism, which made humans more mobile but also While many survivors do well after treatment, he problem with modern diets is that they makes us prone to back pain and difficulties giving some experience continuing problems that can rely too heavily on modern, processed foods. birth. “It’s not like bipedal humans should have said, significantly impair their quality of life well If only we emulated the eating habits of our ‘Wait, wait! Stay in the trees!’ “ she says. beyond the magical five-year survival milestone. Tpaleolithic predecessors, we’d be healthier and Another problem with the paleo diet is that it makes To assess the unmet needs of cancer survivors, less obese. That’s the premise of popular “paleo” diets. unscientific assumptions about what our ancestors ate, the researchers looked at the responses from “We are Stone Agers living in the Space Age,” Lieberman says. “There was no one single paleo diet; 1,514 cancer survivors who detailed the problems writes Loren Cordain in his book “The Paleo Diet: there were many,” he says. Our Stone Age relatives they faced. Survivors most frequently expressed Lose Weight and Get Healthy by Eating the Foods lived in a diverse range of habitats, from tropical regions physical problems, with 38 percent saying they You Were Designed to Eat.” “Nature determined what of Africa to rain forests, boreal forests and tundra were an issue. Financial problems related to the our bodies needed thousands of years before civilization regions, he says, and their diets varied according to costs of treatment also persisted long after treat- developed, before people started farming and raising what was available in these habitats. “There is no one ment for 20 percent of respondents. domesticated livestock,” writes Cordain, a professor time and place and habitat to which we’re adapted,” Anxiety about recurrence was a common emeritus at Colorado State University. Lieberman says. theme expressed by survivors regardless of the The paleo diet consists of meat from grass-fed ani- Hominids (humans and our immediate ancestors type of cancer they had or how many years they mals, fish, fruit, vegetables, eggs, nuts, seeds and olive from the genuses Ardipithecus, Australopithecus and had survived cancer. oil, along with plant-based oils such as walnut, flaxseed, Homo) are omnivores capable of living in a wide range The number and type of unmet needs were avocado and coconut. The diet forbids of habitats, eating a wide vari- not associated with time since cancer treatment. grains, cereals, legumes (such as beans ety of foods, says Sayers, who The study appeared online in the journal and peanuts), potatoes, salt, dairy prod- recently co-authored an article in Cancer. ucts, processed foods and refined sugars. The paleo diet consists the Quarterly Review of Biology “The idea is to try and mimic the food of meat from grass- examining the ecology and diets Nasal insulin spray may groups that our ancestors ate before the fed animals, fish, fruit, of human ancestors. advent of agriculture,” Cordain says. Few health professionals would treat Alzheimer’s disease Why should we eat like our ancestors vegetables, eggs, nuts, quibble with paleo diet recommen- asal spray of a man-made form of insulin, a did during the Paleolithic period, which seeds and olive oil, along dations that involve increased Nhormone that regulates the amount of glu- ended about 12,000 years ago? Because with plant-based oils physical activity or the avoidance cose in the blood, may improve working memory our genes have changed very little in of highly processed foods, Sayers in adults with mild cognitive impairment and the 300 or so generations since then, such as walnut, flaxseed, says. But to set recommendations Alzheimer’s disease, new research has found. Cordain told me, and they’re adapted to avocado and coconut. about what a modern diet should The researchers administered insulin detemir, a a world where food was hunted, fished or consist of based on an estima- manufactured form of the hormone, on 60 adults gathered from the natural environment. tion of what paleolithic humans diagnosed with amnesic mild cognitive impair- Our bodies didn’t evolve to run on the ate overlooks the wide variety of ment (MCI) or mild to moderate Alzheimer’s refined foods found on grocery shelves today, he says. foods that these ancestors consumed. “We are ‘general- dementia (AD). “The study provides preliminary But nor did we evolve to be healthy, says Daniel ists’ in the strongest sense of the word,” he says. evidence that insulin detemir can provide effective Lieberman, a professor of human evolutionary biology Some of the advice offered by the paleo diets makes treatment for people diagnosed with mild cogni- at Harvard University and author of “The Story of the sense, Lieberman says, even if the stories to explain it tive impairment and Alzheimer’s-related demen- Human Body: Evolution, Health, and Disease.” What don’t. Few would dispute, for instance, that modern tia,” said lead author of the study Suzanne Craft, drives evolutionary adaptations isn’t health, it’s fac- diets often contain too much sugar and empty calories. professor of gerontology and geriatric medicine at tors that affect reproductive fitness, Lieberman says. But other pieces of paleo diet advice contradict what Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in the US. “Natural selection really only cares about one thing, and we know about human evolution, he says. For instance, Previous trials had shown promising effects that’s reproductive success.” Evolution favours traits paleo diets forbid dairy products, but numerous people of nasally-administered insulin for adults with that allow a species to produce lots of offspring. around the globe have inherited a genetic mutation that AD and MCI, but this study was the first to use If the people who lived before agriculture were enables them to metabolize milk as adults. This trait insulin detemir, the researchers noted. healthier than us, they rarely lived long enough to reap evolved independently at least seven times, Lieberman The study participants who received nasally- these benefits, says Kenneth Sayers, an anthropolo- says, so it’s simply wrong to say that humans haven’t administered 40 international unit (IU) doses gist at the Language Research Center of Georgia State evolved to eat dairy foods. of insulin detemir for 21 days showed significant University. It was unusual for hunter-gatherers to live Nor is it correct to assert that our paleolithic ances- improvement in their short-term ability to retain much beyond reproductive age, he says, and “it’s hard tors’ diets were devoid of grain. “We know that hunter- and process verbal and visual information compared to be healthy when you’re dead.” gatherers in the Middle East were eating grains,” with those who received 20 IU does or a placebo. The paleo diet is built on nostalgia and erroneous Lieberman says, because archaeologists have found Additionally, the recipients of 40 IU doses car- notions of how evolution works, says Marlene Zuk, an remains of wild barley they were gathering, along with rying the APOE-e4 gene - which is known to evolutionary biologist at the University of Minnesota the mortars and pestles they used to grind this grain increase the risk for Alzheimer’s - recorded sig- in St Paul and author of Paleofantasy: What Evolution into flour. Not every population ate grains, Lieberman nificantly higher memory scores than those who Really Tells Us About Sex, Diet, and How We Live. says, but those who had them available certainly did. received the loser dosage or placebo. She says “there’s always been this thread of people “Whether they were healthy was beside the point,” he The non-carriers of the gene across all three wanting to live what they perceive is a more natu- says. groups posted significantly lower scores. ral lifestyle from the past, whether it’s pre-Industrial Cordain points to studies — such as one from 2009, “We are especially encouraged that we were Revolution or pre-agriculture or even the 1950s.” that found that a paleo diet improved glycemic con- able to improve memory for adults with MCI The idea that the Paleolithic era represents some trol and several cardiovascular risk factors among 13 who have the APOE-e4 gene, as these patients magical time in our evolutionary history has no basis diabetic patients — as evidence that his paleo diet can are notoriously resistant to other therapies and in fact, she says. Evolution is a dynamic process that improve health. But whether the diet is superior to interventions,” Craft noted. doesn’t build to some perfect harmony or endpoint, other ways of eating remains a point of debate. Agencies but instead produces a mishmash of trade-offs and WP-Bloomberg 12 PLUS | THURSDAY 15 JANUARY 2015 TECHNOLOGY Samsung launches Tizen smartphone in India By Se Young Lee

outh Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co Ltd has launched the first smartphone powered by its Tizen operating system, a major devel- Sopment in the tech giant’s aim to build a software ecosystem to rival Google Inc’s Android. The Z1 device went on sale in India in Wednesday for `5,700 ($92) each, targeting first-time smart- phone buyers, the world’s No.1 smartphone maker said in a statement. The no-nonsense handset — one of Samsung’s cheapest — sports a 4-inch display, a plastic body and a simplified user interface. The launch is a key step in the company’s strat- egy to break free from the Android platform, which powers Samsung’s flagship Galaxy devices and most other smartphones on the market. At less than $100, the Z1 will be able to com- pete with low-price offerings by manufacturers like Micromax Infomatics Ltd in India. The price will also help convince first-time smartphone buyers to try a Tizen-powered device, analysts said. “Samsung has better chances of success with first- time smartphone users, who may have limited expo- sure to the huge ecosystem offerings from Android or (Apple Inc’s) iOS,” IDC analyst Kiranjeet Kaur said ahead of the launch. While India is already the world’s third-biggest market for smartphones, most consumers in the country do not yet own one of the devices, meaning the growth potential is huge. Indian actress Huma Qureshi poses during the launch of the Samsung Z1 smartphone at a function in New Delhi. A Samsung spokeswoman said the firm had not decided whether to launch the Z1 in any other coun- operating profit in 2013. comes with pre-installed apps and web links to serv- tries. Samsung is however pushing to grow Tizen on Delays in a Tizen smartphone launch undermined ices like Amazon.com, Flipkart, Facebook, Twitter, other platforms such as televisions. confidence and dissuaded third-party developers LinkedIn, Yahoo and YouTube. Until now, Tizen has been deployed only in from creating software applications needed to popu- Z1 buyers will also get free data from Indian mobile Samsung smartwatches and cameras, leading some late a Tizen ecosystem. operators Reliance Communications Ltd and Aircel analysts to doubt if it would ever power devices in the Samsung says more than 1,000 apps will be avail- for six months, as well as free music and video con- crucial smartphone business. The mobile division as able for download in the Tizen Store — a tiny fraction tent worth a combined `1,750 per year. a whole accounted for about 68 percent of the firm’s of the number of offerings on Google Play. The Z1 Reuters

Google Translate update seeks to break language barrier

our smartphone can now we’re taking it to the next level and instantly translate text across letting you instantly translate text Yeight different languages, using your camera – so it’s way easier even without an internet connec- to navigate street signs in the Italian tion, thanks to an update to Google’s countryside or decide what to order Translate app. off a Barcelona menu. Google has updated the app’s Word “While using the Translate app, Lens functionality so that words are just point your camera at a sign or translated instantly on your screen text and you’ll see the translated when you hold up your camera to text overlaid on your screen — even them. if you don’t have an internet or data Users will now also be able to start connection.” a conversation without having to Until now, the text translation tool designate a language first – the app took several seconds to work and will automatically translate for both an internet or data connection was Portuguese, Russian and Spanish – numbers up further. sides of the conversation once it hears required, while users had to specify and we’re working to expand to more “Today’s updates take us one step two languages. This technology has languages before speaking into the languages,” Turovsky added. closer to turning your phone into a existed for some time, but marks a microphone using the conversation The Google Translate app is cur- universal translator and to a world substantial step forward in terms of tool. rently used by more than 500 mil- where language is no longer a bar- ease of use. Both the camera translations and lion people each day, according to rier to discovering information or Barak Turovsky, from Google conversation mode are new features the technology giant, and the app connecting with each other,” said Mr Translate, said: “The Translate app for iPhone owners, who use iOS. is already used to make more than Turovsky. Google has told Android already lets you use camera mode to “This instant translation currently one billion translations every day – and iOS users to expect to see an snap a photo of text and get a trans- works for translation from English to with Google hoping the new features updateto the app appear in the com- lation for it in 36 languages. Now, and from French, German, Italian, they’re introducing will push these ing days. The Guardian COMICS & MORE PLUS | THURSDAY 15 JANUARY 2015 13

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BAY, BILLABONG, BREAKER, BRINY, BROOK, CANAL, CHANNEL, COVE, CREEK, ESTUARY, FOUNTAIN, GULF, INLET, LAGOON, LAKE, LOCH, MAIN, OASIS, OCEAN, POND, POOL, PUDDLE, RAPIDS, RESERVOIR, RILL, RIVER, RIVULET, ROLLER, RUNNEL, SEA, SHALLOWS, SOUND, SPRING, STRAIT, STREAM, SURF, TIDE, TRIBUTARY, WADI, WASH, WATER, WATERCOURSE, WATERFALL, WATER HOLE, WATERWAY, WAVE, WEIR, WELL. 14 PLUS | THURSDAY 15 JANUARY 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 ANSWER solved like a normal Sudoku. CINEMA / TV LISTINGS PLUS | THURSDAY 15 JANUARY 2015 15

Elott (2D/Arabic) – 10:15am, 12:15, 2:15, 4:15, SHOWING AT VILLAGGIO & CITY CENTER 1 6:15, 8:15, 10:15 & 12:15am TEL: 444933989 444517001 Taken 3 (2D/Action) – 10:00am, 12:10, 2:20, 4:30, 2 6:40, 9:00 & 11:20pm 13:10 Eastenders 08:00 News The Snow Queen 2: The Snow King 13:40 Doctors 08:30 Witness 3 (3D/Animation)– 10:00, 11:40am, 1:20 & 3:00pm 14:10 Being Erica 09:00 The System 13 Sins (2D/Horror) –4:40, 6:40, 8:40 & 11:00pm 14:55 The Omid Djalili 10:30 Inside Story Show 11:00 News Jack & The Cuckoo-Clock Heart 4 15:25 Rev. 11:30 The Stream (2D/Animation) – 10:20am, 12:20 & 2:20pm; 15:55 Only Fools And 12:30 People & – 4:20, 6:30, 8:40 & 10:50pm Zulu (2D/Aciton) Horses Power The Snow Queen 2: The Snow King 5 16:25 Weakest Link 13:00 NEWSHOUR (2D/Animation) – 12:15, 3:40 & 7:00pm 17:10 Eastenders 14:30 Inside Story Seventh Son (2D/Adventure) 17:40 Doctors 15:00 Witness – 10:15am, 1:40, 5:00, 9:00 & 11:15pm 18:10 Being Erica 16:00 NEWSHOUR 19:00 Only Fools And 17:00 News We'll Never Have Paris (2D/Comedy) Horses 17:30 The Stream 6 – 11:00am, 3:15, 7:30 & 11:45pm 19:30 The Omid Djalili 18:00 NEWSHOUR The Theory of Everything (2D/Drama) Show 19:00 News – 1:00, 5:15 & 9:15pm 20:00 Mad Dogs 19:30 Earthrise The Imitation Game (2D/Drama) 21:40 Waking The 20:00 News 7 – 12:30, 4:40, 9:00 & 11:30pm Dead 20:30 Inside Story Paddington(2D/Family)–10:40am, 2:45 &7:00pm 22:30 The Mimic 21:00 NEWSHOUR 23:00 Sherlock 22:00 News Unborken (2D/Drama)– 10:50am, 3:20 & 7:50pm 8 00:30 Eastenders 23:00 The System Poker Night (2D/Thriller) 01:00 Doctors – 1:15, 5:40, 10:10pm, 12:15am Taken 3 (IMAX 2D/Action) 9 – 10:30am, 12:40, 2:50, 5:00, 7:15, 9:30 & 11:50pm Taken 3 (2D/Action) – 11:00am, 1:10, 3:20, 5:30, 10 13:20 Swamp 12:00 One Ocean 7:45, 10:00pm & 12:15am Brothers 13:00 Pirate Patrol The Snow Queen 2: The Snow King 14:45 Biggest And 14:00 Predator CSI 1 (2D/Animation) – 2:30pm Baddest 15:00 My Dog Ate Jack & The Cuckoo-Clock Heart 15:40 Wildest Africa What? 16:30 My Cat From 18:00 Hard Time (2D/Animation) – 4:00pm Hell 19:00 My Dog Ate Elott (2D/Arabic) – 5:45pm 17:30 Wildest India What? 19:45 Meet The Sloths 20:00 Light At The – 7:30, 9:30 & 11:30pm Taken 3 (2D/Crime) 20:15 Bondi Vet Edge of The 21:40 Steve Irwin's World Shankar's "I" (2D/Tamil) – 2:00 & 10:15pm 2 Wildlife Warriors 21:00 Ultimate Airport MALL The Snow Queen 2: The Snow King 22:05 Wildest Africa Dubai (2D/Animation) – 5:15pm 23:00 North America 22:00 Hard Time 23:55 Galapagos 23:00 Caught In The Act 13 Sins (2D/Horror) – 6:45pm Elott (2D/Arabic) – 8:30pm 3 Shankar's "I" (2D/Tamil) – 2:15pm Seventh Son (2D/Adventure) – 5.30pm 13:00 My Boys 13:00 The Ellen 13:30 The Simpsons DeGeneres Poker Night (2D/Action) – 7:15 & 11:30pm 14:00 About A Boy Show 14:30 Melissa & Joey 14:00 Psych The Theory of Everything (2D/Drama) – 9:15pm 15:00 Hot In 15:00 White Collar 1 Shankar's "I" (2D/Tamil) – 2:00, 7:00 & 10:15pm Cleveland 16:00 Emmerdale 16:30 Last Man 16:30 Coronation Seventh Son (2D/Adventure) – 5.15pm Standing Street Jack & The Cuckoo-Clock Heart 18:00 The Neighbors 17:00 The Ellen 2 (2D/Animation) – 2:30pm 19:00 Brooklyn Nine- DeGeneres The Snow Queen 2: The Snow King Nine Show 21:30 Two And A 18:00 Psych (3D/Animation) – 4:15pm Half Men 19:00 Suits Taken 3 (2D/Action) – 5:45, 9:30 & 11:30pm 22:00 Family Guy 20:00 The Flash LANDMARK 22:30 The League 21:00 American Idol – 7:45pm 13 Sins (2D/Horror) 23:00 Louie 22:00 24: Live Another Day 3 Alone (2D/Horror) – 2:15 & 7:00pm The Theory of Everything (2D/Drama) – 4:45pm – 9:30pm Elott (2D/Arabic) 13:00 The Happets 13:00 Safe Haven 12:00 Jodha Akbar 13:05 I Didn't Do It 12:15 You Have Been 14:30 The Legend Of 15:00 My Last Day Poker Night (2D/Action) – 11:30pm 12:30 Kumkum Bhagya 13:30 So Random Warned Sasquatch Without You Jack & The Cuckoo-Clock Heart 13:00 Jamai Raja 13:55 Liv And Maddie 13:05 Auction Hunters 16:00 A Cat In Paris 17:00 Love And (2D/Animation) – 3:00pm 13:30 Bandhan 14:20 The Adventures 13:30 The Liquidator 18:00 Luke And Lucy: Honor 14:00 Doli Armaano Ki Of Disney Fairies 13:55 Dallas Car Sharks The Texas 18:45 Great 1 Taken 3 (2D/Action) – 5:00, 9:00 & 11:15pm 14:30 Jodha Akbar 14:55 Jessie 14:20 Outback Truckers Rangers Expectations 15:00 Kasamh Se 15:20 I Didn't Do It Sharafat (2D/Hindi) – 7:00pm 15:10 Rods N' Wheels 20:00 Barbie Magic 21:00 The Immigrant 16:00 Hum Paanch 15:45 Liv And Maddie 16:00 Fast N' Loud Of The 23:00 End Of Watch The Snow Queen 2: The Snow King 17:00 Teenovation 16:10 Austin & Ally 16:50 How It's Made Rainbow 01:00 Love And (2D/Animation) – 2:30 & 4:00pm 17:30 Neeli Chatri 16:35 Binny And The 17:15 How It's Made 22:00 The Legend Of Honor Waale Ghost Seventh Son (2D/Adventure) – 5.30pm 17:40 Dual Survival Sasquatch ROYAL 2 18:00 Maharakshak 17:00 I Didn't Do It 18:30 Airplane Repo 13 Sins (2D/Horror) – 7:30 & 11:00pm Aryan 17:25 Jessie 19:20 Street Outlaws PLAZA 18:30 Bandhan 17:50 Prank Stars 20:10 The Liquidator Elott (2D/Arabic) – 9:15pm 19:00 Sapne Suhane 18:15 Dog With A Blog 20:35 Dallas Car Sharks Ladakpan Ke 19:05 I Didn't Do It 21:00 Airplane Repo 12:00 Ghost Dad-PG 13:00 The Fifth Poker Night (2D/Action) – 2:30pm 3 19:30 Jodha Akbar 19:30 Liv And Maddie 21:50 Street Outlaws 14:00 Along Came Estate-PG15 Legend Of The Never Beast (2D/Drama) 20:00 Jamai Raja 19:55 Austin & Ally 22:40 The Fighters Polly 15:15 Lincoln – 5:00pm 20:30 Kumkum Bhagya 20:45 Suite Life On 23:30 Airplane Repo 16:00 Jesus Henry 17:45 Red Tails 21:00 Qubool Hai Deck 00:20 Street Outlaws Christ 20:00 47 Ronin The Theory of Everything (2D/Drama) – 7:00pm 21:30 Satrangi Sasural 21:10 Hannah Montana 01:10 The Fighters 18:00 BASEketball 22:00 The Conjuring 22:00 Zanjeer 22:00 Suite Life On 02:00 Fast N' Loud 00:00 The Hangover 3 Sharafat (2D/Hindi) – 9:15pm 20:00 It's A Disaster 01:00 SaReGaMaPa Li'l Deck 02:50 Auction Hunters 22:00 Me, Myself And 02:00 The Purge Champs 5 22:25 A.N.T. 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giant prehistoric reptile Events in Qatar that patrolled the waters off Loch Ness monster’s ancestor? A Scotland 170 million years ago has been identified by scientists, they MBA for Kids When: said on Monday. Early Scots reptile identified January 23 & 24 (full day The creatures, which resembled a workshops) Where: menacing dolphin and grew up to 14 MBM Qatar Training Center at foot (four metres) long, were identi- Abu Hamour What: The internationally acclaimed fied by fossils from the Isle of Skye MBA for Kids workshop will be held for in northwest Scotland. the second time in Qatar. The programme A team led by Edinburgh aims at unleashing the true potential of the University scientists have named the brain of children aged 8 - 16 and enable new species Dearcmhara shawcrossi them overcome various challenges they in honour of Brian Shawcross, an face in academics and life. Pre-registration amateur fossil collector who gathered required. many of the fossils in 1959. Cost: QR 2,200 (includes cost of material, These were later donated to a kit bags, uniform, lunch and refreshments, museum, allowing scientists to study parent guides etc) Sibling discounts apply. them and identify the new species. More information at www.mbmqatar.com “During the time of dinosaurs, the waters of Scotland were prowled by big reptiles the size of motor boats,” Family Art Workshops When: said Steve Brusatte of Edinburgh Till March 31, 2015 Where: University’s School of GeoSciences. Katara Art Studios - Bldg 19 What: Katara Art Studios is hosting a “Their fossils are very rare and series of Diverse Family Art Workshops from only now, for the first time, we’ve An artist’s impression of a marine reptile that lived 170 million ago named September 2014 to March 2015. They invite found a new species that was uniquely Dearcmhara shawcrossi families to attend with their children aged Scottish.” between 5 years old to 10 years old. Scotland’s most famous reptile, monster, the myth of which draws Ness in northern Scotland. The cost of each workshop is real or imaginary, is the Loch Ness thousands of visitors a year to Loch Reuters QR150

Shirin Neshat: Afterwards When: Till February 15, 2015 Where: Mathaf: Arab Museum of IN by Andrew Day Modern Art FOCUS What: The first solo exhibition in the Middle East by internationally acclaimed artist Shirin Neshat. Occupying the entire ground floor galleries, the exhibition features existing and newly produced works. Free admission

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

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

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