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uses across jungle borders, boats through Caribbean waters and private flights from small airfields have become Ba new norm for departing Venezuela as a multi-billion dollar pay dispute turns the country into something of a ‘no-fly’ zone. Major international airlines have slashed seat availability by half since last year, pulling many routes entirely in a spat with Venezuela’s social- ist government about the repatriation of $3.6bn in ticket revenue. The dwindling supply has sent prices spiral- ling for available seats, and led to a surge of more inventive travel itineraries via circuitous routes and other means. “I’ve never flown private but I had to because you just can’t get a normal flight,” said Orinda Pamfil, 23, at the small, exclusive Charallave airport in hills outside Caracas. Passengers walk at the Unable to find a commercial ticket to the airstrip as they arrive United States, she was lucky to be travelling to at Charallave airport Houston in a spare seat on a small plane owned outside Caracas by a friend of a friend. “It’s impossible for nor- mal Venezuelans to travel,” she said, clutching designer luggage. or find a rare seat on a commercial flight are economy, derives from a government require- Hiring a seven-seat private plane, such as a taking more laborious trips across land and sea. ment that domestic ticket sales be in local Learjet 55, costs upwards of $2,500 per hour, On a recent morning at Caracas’ tiny Rutas currency. Some 24 airlines have built up the said private pilot Carlos da Silva. Used to flying de America bus terminal, 39-year-old Yane equivalent of $3.6bn in bolivars but are unable to super-wealthy clients, he is now receiving calls Gonzalez was about to take a four-day trip convert that money into hard currency, according from groups of middle-class Venezuelans looking across the Andes via Colombia to the Peruvian to the International Air Transport Association to share costs. capital Lima thousands of kilometers away. (IATA). This is due to delays in authorizations “There’s been a surge in demand because peo- “Of course I’d rather fly!” said Gonzalez, who from the government which, for over a decade, ple are desperate,” added another pilot Nicolas was giving up her work selling snacks at a kiosk has operated strict foreign exchange controls. Veloz who estimated demand was up at least 20 in Caracas to begin a new life in Peru. “But we “The country unfortunately is disconnecting percent in recent months. go to the airline and they have no seats.” from the world economy and runs the risk of “They have business, school, health issues deeper isolation,” said Jason Sinclair, an IATA abroad. Sometimes people just have to get out Currency Complications spokesman. “It simply is not sustainable for the in an emergency.” The airline problem, the latest manifesta- airlines to fly to a country where they cannot Venezuelans unable to afford private planes tion of multiple strains across the Venezuelan be paid.”

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Negotiations are underway and around month is listed at $2,000. A comparable a third of the airlines have reached agree- flight from Miami to Bogota, in neighbour- ments in principle but the terms are incom- ing Colombia, is around $750. plete and “lack any form of guarantees”, Though his ministers are in discussions Sinclair said. with the airlines, President Nicolas Maduro International airlines have cut seat avail- has cast the problem as part of an “eco- ability in and out of Venezuela by 49 per cent nomic war” against him by capitalist foes on last year, IATA said. and has threatened airlines that pull out Major airlines including Air Canada with permanent expulsion. and Alitalia earlier this year suspended all “Whoever leaves Venezuela in the midst of flights, citing safety concerns and difficulty this economic war doesn’t return ... because in repatriating revenue. Venezuela must be respected,” said Maduro. Alitalia began flying again earlier this He has kept the socialist policies and month, though with a limited service. currency controls of his predecessor Hugo A plethora of others, including American Chavez, who died of cancer last year, but he Airlines, Delta Airlines and United Airlines, faces a plethora of problems from shortages slashed most but not all flights earlier this of goods to high inflation and an economy year. European airlines including Lufthansa that analysts say is in recession. and Iberia have also cut routes. Venezuela’s domestic carriers are also struggling because they find it hard to Capitalist ‘War’ obtain dollars to import parts for mainte- One travel agent struggling to find a cus- Caracas was American Airlines’ first nance. This has led to a severe shortage of tomer flights to the nearby tourist islands destination in South America more than flights, adding to angst for travellers. of Los Roques suggested hiring a private a quarter-century ago but the carrier cut “There are aircraft just sitting on the tar- catamaran instead. almost 80 percent of its weekly flights to mac (at public airports) because they don’t Many travel agents are struggling to Venezuela in June. have parts,” pilot Veloz added. make a living. They protested earlier this The airline said it is owed $791m. It still Some travellers are finding friends or year outside the tourism ministry and some runs 10 weekly flights to Venezuela from companies with boats to take them to the have given up their work. Miami, though these can now only be paid nearby Caribbean islands such as Aruba, Others are up for the challenge. for abroad in hard currency. Curacao and Trinidad where onward flight “If you’re young, rich and agile, you’ll find A Miami to Caracas return on American availability to popular destinations like New a way to get out,” said travel agent Doris Airlines — a six-hour flight — for next York or Miami is much easier. Gaal. “But it’s not going to be easy.” Reuters 4 PLUS | WEDNESDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 2014 CAMPUS

Bhavan’s Public school celebrated Hindi Diwas at both its premises recently. The day’s assembly was organised and conducted by the Hindi department. After the prayer, the news, thought for the day, and speech on Hindi Diwas were prepared and delivered in Hindi by the students. Students rendered a song on Hindi alphabets, composed by Bidul, music teacher, and the lyrics were written by Ranjith, a Hindi teacher. At Matar Qadeem, the Principal V L Balasubramanian addressed the students on the importance of the day and Asha Shiju, Academic Coordinator, also spoke on Hindi Diwas. At Wakra, Philip, the Head Master spoke in Hindi on the importance of the day as well as of the language. To mark the day, the Hindi department at both premises put up all the signboards of classrooms, office and library in Hindi.

DMIS marks Hindi Diwas

tudents from grade 6 to 12 of Doha SModern Indian School conducted a special assembly on September 14 to com- memorate ‘Hindi Diwas’ to mark the impor- tance Hindi. A poetry recital by Nandini Sharma of grade 7 and a speech delivered by Shivani of grade 10 on the ‘Importance of Hindi’ were some of the highlights of the day. News read out by Justin Mathew and Divij Seth of Grade 10 in Hindi made a dif- ference to the normal routine. Amol Pillai and Shivani Jaiswal of grade 10 anchored the programme. Rakesh Singh Tomar, Principal, addressed the assembly and enlightened the students on how language can help in unify- ing the country. The Peninsula

IIS students rally on International Ozone Day deal Indian School observed IInternational Ozone Day with some special events. Various activ- ities were organised by Ideal Eco Club to create awareness among the students about the depletion of Ozone layer and its harmful effects on environment. Students of Girls’ and Boys’ Sections took out an Ozone Protection Rally in the school’s premises to mark the day. Students raised slogans and sported placards depicting the the students to be more insightful and Quiz contest on the topic “Save Ozone” Masood Ali Khan, House Coordinator, threat to ozone layer with the excessive responsible towards Environmental were conducted on the occasion. Boys’ Section and Shamna Firoz Khan, of chemicals. Speaking on the occa- Issues which affect the humanity. The programme was coordinated House Coordinator, Girls’ Section sion Principal Syed Shoukath Ali urged An inter-house poster designing and by Riyaz, coordinator, Ideal Eco Club, The Peninsula CAMPUS / MARKETPLACE PLUS | WEDNESDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 2014 5 Qatar Academy Msheireb opens doors to students

atar Academy Msheireb (QA Msheireb), opened its doors to students this month, making it the latest addition to Qatar QFoundation’s increasing number of schools. Teaching at QA Msheireb classrooms began September 9, opening its doors to young children meeting their new teachers for the first time. QA Msheireb is the fifth Qatar Academy to open as part of Qatar Foundation’s efforts in bringing first-class education to Qatar in order that young people can develop the attitudes and skills required for a knowledge-based economy. Qatar Foundation’s other academies include Qatar Academy Doha, Qatar Academy Sidra, Qatar Academy Al Wakra and Qatar Academy Al Khor. QA Msheireb offers a dual language programme in both English and Arabic based on high standards and benchmarks. A balanced literacy approach will be fully utilised, with students receiving instruction in Arabic and English for equal amounts of time during the instructional day. Students will also benefit from “We also pride ourselves in providing suitable The Academy, which is temporarily located in learning maths and science from a specialist. Islamic educational support in a welcoming and stimulat- the Bani Hajer (Rawdat Legdeim) area of Doha, is Studies, Physical Education, and Library time will ing environment, in addition to delivering pro- scheduled to move to its state-of-the-art building also be a part of QA Msheireb’s core programme, fessional development skills to staff members to located in Msheireb Properties in September 2016. with outcomes defined for each grade level. match the current development in the educational Development of the Academy building and Doha’s Commenting about the opening of the new field,” added Al Kindi. new Downtown area is currently underway. Academy and its importance within the community, An orientation event was held last week, ahead In the future, QA Msheireb’s goal is to become Suad Al Kindi, QA Msheireb’s Director, said: “QA of the first day of school, to give parents the oppor- a model school that serves as both a training site Msheireb aspires to present a real addition to edu- tunity to explore the school, meet teachers and dis- and a professional development centre for school cational excellence. Faculty, curriculum and teaching cuss the curriculum. For the 2014/2015 academic teachers in Qatar. Once trained, schools and educa- strategies have been carefully selected to ensure the year, the school has started with six classes in total; tors will be able to implement effective inclusionary growth and development of all our students’ skills two each in Kindergarten, Grade 1 and Grade 2. strategies and practices within their respective within a framework based on balanced literacy in Expansion will continue each academic year until schools. both Arabic and English. the maximum enrolment is achieved. The Peninsula

McDonald’s reveals amount Malabar Gold & Diamonds of sodium in its meals unveils corporate gift vouchers cDonald’s is the first quick service restau- Mrant in the Middle East to post nutrition alabar Gold & Diamonds launched exclusive corporate information right on its packaging, helping you gift vouchers in Qatar. The gift vouchers are available in a stay informed about what you’re eating so you range of denominations at their outlets in Doha, Gharafa, can make choices that suit your lifestyle. While MAl Khor Mall, Grand Mall and Barwa Village. it’s often easy to tell if certain foods are high “Corporate gift vouchers are a meaningful gift to the employees, in fats or proteins, it can be difficult to know clients, business partners etc and helps to build long-lasting relation- which foods have high levels of sodium; these ships. It is more appropriate and valuable than cash bonuses, rewards foods don’t always taste salty to us. This is where and a perfect gift for any occasion,” a company statement claimed. nutrition labels come in handy, because they can The receiver of these vouchers can buy gold/ diamonds jewellery tell us exactly how much sodium is there in the of their choice from any of Malabar Gold & Diamonds outlets in Qatar food we are eating so we can make balanced food and can also avail their exchange policies. The Peninsula choices. The Peninsula

Nestlé Nido gives mothers chance to win scholarships

estlé Nido is giving mothers across the Middle Commenting on the campaign, Nehmatallah On March 21, Mother’s Day in the Middle East, NEast the opportunity to secure a school scholar- Younes, Nestlé Nido Senior Brand Manager, said: Nestlé Nido brought together children from across ship, by sharing the words of love and advice they “A mother’s love is so unique and selfless and Nestlé the region to share their expressions of love for their gave to their child on their first day of school which Nido cherishes this love. So many emotions fill a mothers. Thousands of children across the region will be remembered on their graduation day. mother’s heart when her child begins his first day contributed to the achievement of a Guinness World Messages can be shared on Nido Arabia’s website of school. She is confident that the years ahead will Records title of the world’s largest greeting card that www.nidolove.com and 10 winners will take home a be full of promises, potential and possibilities and was designed using their paintings and expressions Nestlé Nido scholarship worth $10,000. The message this back to school, Nestlé Nido will be with her to of love. will also be sent to the child on the day he graduates. support her in nurturing her child’s future.” The Peninsula 6 PLUS | WEDNESDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 2014 FASHION Shiny, comfy and bright: Key fashion trends from London

nother fashion week has been and gone in London, but as the clothes are squirrelled away until spring, there’s time to Areflect on the key trends of the season. Metallics, florals, colourful stripes, pristine whites, sportswear and flats are key looks for spring/summer 2015 — but don’t wear them all at once.

Flower power Clean white Ignore Meryl Streep’s withering Hard to pull off and almost impossi- put-down in The Devil Wears Prada ble for anyone who takes public trans- — “Florals? For spring? Ground- port, the all-white look makes as much breaking” — and embrace the power a statement as bold colour. of a well-placed petal. British designer Amanda Wakeley Luxury label Marchesa led the pack showed how it was done with beauti- with exquisite floral threadwork trick- fully cut, pristine collection presented ling across silk tiered ruffles and bil- to a small crowd of ladies sipping lowing sleeves. champagne at her Mayfair shop. Matthew Williamson had gorgeous There were luxurious floor-length prints on flowing dresses, Jonathan white trousers, shirts with the sleeves Saunders used simple petal designs, rolled at the elbow and voluminous and Simone Rocha applied red pop- skirts. pies onto sheer dresses. On a similar theme, Pringle of Hip young label House of Scotland had sharply tailored trousers Holland used clashing colours for a with sleeveless sheer tops and crisp, 1970s-inspired look, while also adorn- boxy shirts. ing denim jackets, jeans and handbags By contrast, Turkish designer Bora with brightly coloured posies. Aksu had intricate lace items matched with grey silk, while Erdem layered Metal shine patterns of white leaves over sheer, London designers chose many ways slim-fitting dresses. to sparkle, from a pleated gold skirt to metallic embroidery and silver shoes, the shoes to the dresses, with sandals Sports chic but no one does it with as much atti- and lace-ups in pink, black, nude, floral Comfortable and stylish, this look tude as Tom Ford. print and the odd feather trim. works well with the fashion for train- The US designer showed silver mini- ers — but must not be matched with dresses with metallic flower embroi- Vibrant colour jogging trousers lest someone redirect dery over the nipples, skin-tight gold As winter looms, look ahead to you to the gym. sequinned cocktails and gold platform spring days with clothes bursting with Knitwear label Pringle of Scotland sandals. colour and bright prints. showed tennis-inspired little white Greece’s Mary Katrantzou also London was filled with pale pinks dresses, mesh vests and elasticated showed dresses and jewellery with and blues, bright oranges, reds and trim, a detail also seen on white and metallic snake details and sparkling yellows, offset with nude and cream print tops at Jasper Conran. black tops on a runway of glittering shades. Canadian designer Jean-Pierre volcanic chips, in a collection inspired Mixing many of them, Burberry Braganza had graphic print sports by the birth of planet Earth. Prorsum turned to nature for a vibrant jackets among striking monochrome collection of dresses, jackets and skirts dresses, a silhouette also seen at Flats in poppy red, fern yellow, dragonfly Amanda Wakeley, who added to the This practical trend has been around blue and beetle green. sporty luxe effect with judo belts. for a while, but thankfully designers There were stronger tones and AFP are no longer vying to make the ugliest blocks of colour at Roksanda, who versions possible. used manmade fabrics to create bright Temperley London styled lace-up orange and sky blue sculptured shapes. printed trainers with its elegant col- lection of calf-length trousers, jack- Stripes ets, waistcoats and dresses in stripes, Deeply flattering if you wear them prints and checks. the right way and hideous if you don’t, horizontal stripes in blue, white, black There were brightly coloured san- stripes featured heavily in this week’s and red on dresses and vertical stripes dals from Serbian-born Roksanda shows. on trousers and jackets. Ilincic and print kings Peter Pilotto, Jonathan Saunders used his in shim- At Preen, the husband-and-wife while Jonathan Saunders matched mering blue against black velvet, while team beloved of celebrities, there were them with beautiful print dresses. Giles had baby pink pinstripe trouser stripes in red, blue, yellow against a Simone Rocha, the daughter of suits. black background, almost like tape Irish designer John Rocha, matched Topshop Unique used different sized holding the clothes together. FOOD PLUS | WEDNESDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 2014 7 Where taste meets health, you won’t miss a thing

By Ellie Krieger knowing that something is good for me is not, by itself, what pulls me to the o get people to eat well, you table. don’t have to say a word. Just What really inspires me to cook and Tcook delicious, healthful food eat something, and drives most of us to for them. do so, is how it tastes. Beyond that, we I share that often; it’s a driving prin- choose a food for the whole sensuous ciple for me, personally and profession- ride: the enticing look of it, its aro- ally. I suppose it implies you can skip mas and ultimately the satisfaction it the next several paragraphs and go brings. When such glorious, compelling straight to the recipe, and if you wind food is also healthful, helping you feel up cooking and enjoying it, I consider your best in the short and long term, my mission accomplished. then you have hit the sweet spot and As a nutritionist and registered die- are truly being nourished. titian with a master’s degree in nutri- If you recognize me from the Food tion, I know there is a lot to talk about Network show I hosted for many years, when it comes to the science of health- “Healthy Appetite,” or have one of my ful eating. As a passionate food lover cookbooks, you already know my food (I was born one; just ask my mom), philosophy. I eschew deprivation, the word “diet” and artificial ingredients. Rather I take a balanced, whole-foods approach in which I categorise food as “usually,” “sometimes” and “rarely.” Notice there is no “never.” “Usually” foods are the most nutri- ent-rich and are the backbone of healthful eating: vegetables, whole fruit, whole grains, lean meats, fish, healthful oils, low-fat dairy, nuts, seeds and beans. These are at the core of all my recipes, but I incorporate “some- times” foods as well, which should be honey and meats slightly higher in fat, such as butter, cheese, beef bacon, used in smaller amounts but have ben- such as chicken thighs. My “rarely” sugar and cream. Ellie Krieger efits nutritionally and culinarily; they foods are those that many nutritionists But so often a touch of the last can include whole milk, dark chocolate, ban and chefs often use with abandon, turn a dish from fine to sublime, so I take advantage of them in minimal amounts for maximum impact and Ancho Chicken with 1/8 teaspoon ground cayenne heat. Once the oil shimmers, add wind up with a dish that’s healthful pepper the chicken pieces; cook for a total overall, with a decadent, crave-able Warm Corn, Zucchini 4 thin-cut boneless, skinless of about 6 minutes, turning them appeal. chicken breasts (about 5 ounces each) over as needed, until lightly browned I chose the accompanying Ancho and Tomato Salad 4 teaspoons olive oil on both sides and cooked through. Chicken With Warm Corn, Zucchini 4 servings 1/2 small onion, diced Transfer the chicken to a plate. and Tomato Salad to kick things off This also happens to be good year- 1 medium zucchini (about 8 Add the remaining 2 teaspoons of because it represents my general, eve- round made with frozen corn kernels. ounces), diced oil to the skillet; once the oil is quite ryday-easy cooking style, and it is the If you don’t have ancho chili powder 1 pint grape tomatoes, each cut in hot, add the onion and stir to coat. perfect recipe to bridge the summer- on hand, substitute any mild chili half Cook for about 2 minutes or until sof- fall seasons. Its focal point is a bounty powder or even paprika. 1 1/2 cups corn kernels (from 1 tened, then add the zucchini, toma- of colourful summer produce, cooked A finishing touch of buttery avo- large or 2 small ears fresh corn) toes, corn and garlic; cook until all of just enough to retain its fresh appeal cado seals the deal. 1 clove garlic, minced the vegetables are softened but they but warmed and softened enough to Make Ahead: This dish may be Flesh of 1 ripe avocado, sliced still retain their shape, about 3 min- comfort, as that hint of fall wafts into refrigerated in an airtight container 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice utes. Season with the remaining 1/4 the air. The dish is loaded with flavour for up to 3 days. Allow it to come to 3 tablespoons fresh cilantro leaves teaspoon of salt. achieved healthfully with an ancho chili room temperature or warm it in the Divide the vegetable mixture powder rub for the chicken, as well as microwave, and slice the avocado and Method: among individual plates. Top each fresh cilantro and a spritz of bright add cilantro, right before serving. Stir together the chili powder, with a piece of chicken and a few lime juice. The smokiness of the ancho Ingredients cumin, garlic powder, 1/4 teaspoon slices of avocado. Sprinkle with the is especially appealing, but regular chili 1 teaspoon ancho chili powder of the salt and the cayenne pepper lime juice and cilantro, and serve. powder works well, too, if that’s what (may substitute mild chili powder or in a small bowl. Sprinkle the spice Nutrition Per serving: 350 calories, 37 you have on hand. A finishing touch paprika) mixture on both sides of the chicken, g protein, 22 g carbohydrates, 14 g fat, 2 of sliced avocado adds a rich, buttery 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin rubbing it in a little with your fingers. g saturated fat, 80 mg cholesterol, 410 element to the dish that seals the deal 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder Heat 2 teaspoons of the oil in a large mg sodium, 7 g dietary fiber, 6 g sugar for a wonderful meal that is designed 1/2 teaspoon salt nonstick skillet over medium-high WP-Bloomberg to nourish in every way. WP-Bloomberg 8 PLUS | WEDNESDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 2014 ENTERTAINMENT PLUS | WEDNESDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 2014 9

HOLLYWOOD NEWS BOLLYWOOD NEWS Kamal Haasan hospitalised Our marriage was a circus: Cris Judd ctor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan, who was yesterday admitted to a horeographer Cris Judd has opened up on his marriage to Jennifer Aprivate hospital here following suspected symptoms of food poisoning, CLopez, saying it was very “tough” because of the constant public will be discharged this morning, said a hospital source. scrutiny. Kamal’s manager Nikil Murugan had said that the star was admitted Judd, who married the 45-year-old superstar in 2001, admits he strug- to Apollo Hospital on Greams Road here. gled with all the attention. Their marriage lasted nine months, reports “We ran some tests to ensure that it’s food poisoning and nothing else. usmagazine.com. There’s absolutely nothing to worry. He has been kept under observa- “You know it’s very tough. Your privacy is breached. You’re no longer tion. He might be discharged tonight or latest by tomorrow (Wednesday) a normal person. (Our wedding) was a circus. I think several people got morning,” the hospital source said. arrested trying to climb up a mountain... trying to sneak in. We actually Kamal Haasan, who is currently busy shooting for Tamil film Papanasam, rented the airspace,” he said. is awaiting the release of his films Uttama Villain and Vishwaroopam 2. “It was tough to be in that limelight. (But) you kind of sign up for that, you know? You kind of have to take it and accept it and embrace it. Once you stop fighting it, it smoothes itself over. If you try to keep that privacy, it drives you nuts and that’s why people break,” he added. However, he says it wasn’t being in the public eye that ended their marriage. Big B completes 14 years with KBC “It had no bearing on the outcome of a relationship. Unfortunately, it just didn’t work out,” he said. aun Banega Crorepati (KBC) turns fourteen this year and so does KAmitabh Bachchan’s association with the popular game show. The Bollywood megastar finds the longevity “alluring”. “KBC an association of 14 years and its longevity still alluring,” the 71-year-old tweeted. Paris Hilton house hunting in New York It was in the year 2000 that Big B associated himself with KBC, which also marked his foray into the world of television. Not only was the show ocialite Paris Hilton is reportedly house hunting for a luxury penthouse hugely successful, it widened Big B’s reach, thanks to his demeanour and Sapartment here because she wants to be closer to her siblings - Barron humility. and Nicky. KBC, the Indian version of internationally popular show Who Wants Los Angeles based Hilton was shown round a number of properties just To Be A Millionaire, is currently in its eighth season and is aired on Sony a few hours after arriving into the city Sep 12, reports nypost.com. Entertainment Television. “Paris (is) looking at penthouse apartments downtown so she can be Celebrities like Priyanka Chopra, Deepika Padukone and Rani Mukerji closer to her sister Nicky, who lives in New York, and her brother Barron, A sequel with a sweet story to tell have already made their appearances in the ongoing season. who also lives here,” said a source. The 33-year-old hopes being in New York will enable her to do more in helping her younger sister plan her wedding to James Rothschild. “Nicky is getting married soon, and so Paris really wants to be able to By Sandie Angulo Chen help her sister and be involved in the wedding plans. She also loves New Winter and the aquarium for three keep dolphins in pairs. at CMA? The answers might seem York, having grown up in the city,” added the source. months. A death in the family, of Thus emerge the movie’s slim but predictable, but surprisingly, the merica’s favourite dolphin sorts, complicates Sawyer’s decision: intertwined plotlines: Will the aquar- dilemmas provide real — if sentimen- Television has become big: Rahman returns to the screen in Winter’s companion dolphin, Panama, ium rescue another dolphin that can tal — moments of tension and drama ADolphin Tale 2, a sequel as dies of old age, leaving Winter alone be kept in captivity with Winter, and leading up to the movie’s satisfying usic maestro A R Rahman, who acted in TV show Wonder Balloon eager to charm audiences as the 2011 and CMA in violation of animal wel- will Sawyer decide to spend a semes- conclusion. Min 1980, is back on television, but this time as a composer for original. Again “inspired by true fare laws that require aquariums to ter at sea or stay in his comfort zone Gamble gamely plays Sawyer, the Ashutosh Gowariker’s show EVEREST. He says in the last 34 years, the events,” Dolphin Tale 2 provides fam- earnest budding marine biologist, medium has become very big. ily-friendly animal fare that should as he navigates the tricky waters of “I started with Wonder Balloon. Since then, television has changed a Witherspoon’s date nights with husband engage tweens and young middle George Clooney to receive Golden adolescent brooding and indecision. lot. It has become so big... It has high-definition now,” the Oscar-winning schoolers who dream of rescuing The movie even includes a subtle lit- composer said at the promo and poster launch of EVEREST. ctress Reese Witherspoon says her date night with husband Jim and swimming with dolphins, but tle romance as Sawyer deals with Rahman, who had earlier collaborated with Gowariker for his movies Toth is all about their children’s homework. “Our date nights are won’t scare their little siblings in the Globes’ Cecil B. DeMille award female attention from pretty aquar- like Lagaan, Jodhaa Akbar and Swades, will now compose for the TV Amainly helping our kids with homework,” usmagazine.com quoted audience. scar-winning actor, director and producer George Clooney will receive the ium volunteers and his precocious show, produced and written by the filmmaker. Witherspoon as saying. “And then, going to sleep,” added the “Legally This sequel, again helmed by writer- Cecil B. DeMille Award, an honorary Golden Globe for his contribution to best friend, Hazel (Cozi Zuehlsdorff), “Ashutosh has given me so many good songs in his movies. It is a great Blonde” star. Witherspoon has three children - Ava, 15, and Deacon, 10, director Charles Martin Smith, takes Ocinema, organizers of the event said. Clay’s daughter and the aquarium’s start for me with Ashutosh and Star Plus,” he said. from her ex-husband and actor Ryan Phillippe, and two-year-old Tennessee place three years after the end of Clooney, 53, one of Hollywood’s leading men on screen and behind the camera, resident documentarian. “Ashutosh came to me with a concept, which was so intriguing and with Toth. the original Dolphin Tale, in which will be honoured in January at the Golden Globes Awards, one of the year’s most The gentle pacing of the film is too beautiful. He has briefed me about 12 characters. In fact, we finished the Winter and her prosthetic tail saved high-profile awards ceremonies for film and television organized by the Hollywood laid-back at times, particularly in a theme song three days back. We have tried to make it very orchestral,” Dr Clay Haskett’s (Harry Connick Foreign Press Association. few overlong underwater swimming he added. Jr) aquarium from closing. Winter’s Theo Kingma, the association’s president, said the award was for Clooney’s “out- scenes that start out lovely but con- popularity has turned the Clearwater standing contributions both in front of and behind the camera.” clude as apparent filler material. But Marine Aquarium into a state-of-the- Clooney is a two-time Oscar winner, as supporting actor in Syriana and as a pro- that’s a small quibble with a movie art rehabilitation centre for marine ducer of the 2013 best motion picture Argo. He has also won three Golden Globes, that’s this sweet and cheesy. If you animals. The aquarium has also including best actor in a motion picture for The Descendants in 2012 and O Brother, don’t say “awww” when the crew res- become a popular Tampa Bay tour- Where Art Thou? in 2001. cues a baby dolphin (and subsequently ist destination where Winter inspires This year, he released his fifth film as director, the World War Two drama The name her Hope, of course), you’re wounded veterans, children with dis- Monuments Men, and he recently signed to direct Sony Pictures’ Hack Attack, about definitely not the target audience for abilities and even such celebrities as the phone hacking scandal that ensnared British politicians and media figures. this movie (and maybe not human). “Soul Surfer” Bethany Hamilton, who News of the Cecil B. DeMille award comes as Clooney prepares to wed his fiancee, And if you think the director made makes a special visit to the CMA to lawyer Amal Alamuddin, in Venice in late September. up some of the sappier sequences, swim with a fellow amputee. The award is named after the influential Hollywood director who spanned both make sure to stick around for the Sawyer (Nathan Gamble), now 14, the silent and sound eras of film. Last year, it was awarded to prolific director credits, where documentary foot- also has become famous for his rescue Woody Allen, who in keeping with his custom to not attend awards shows sent age shows he did base those ador- of and work with Winter. Early in the actress Diane Keaton to pick up the accolade. able rescues, releases and swims on story, Sawyer receives a scholarship Recent winners include actors Jodie Foster, Morgan Freeman and Robert De real life, including poignant moments to join graduate students on a pres- Niro, and directors Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese. of amputee veterans and kids visit- tigious semester at sea programme. Reuters ing and swimming with Winter. But doing so would force him to leave WP-Bloomberg 10 PLUS | WEDNESDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 2014 MIDEAST

More than 30 countries, including 10 Arab nations, are pledging to participate in a coherent global strategy to combat extremists from the Islamic State group before they gain more territory in Iraq and Syria Supporting fight Canada Russia against IS* Not in coalition Japan Air strikes

Providing China troops/advisers Military support United Australia Supplying weapons States Training troops

Hosting air/navy base *Plus EU, UN and Arab League Denmark Norway Estonia

Netherlands Germany UK Czech Rep. Russia Hungary Belgium Iraq France Croatia Kuwait Spain Turkey Qatar Italy Albania Iran

UAE Egypt Saudi Cyprus (UK) Lebanon Arabia Islamic State Oman Up to 31,500 fighters Jordan in Iraq and Syria, according to U.S. Syria Bahrain intelligence

Source: Wire agencies © GRAPHIC NEWS State Islamic fight to coalition Global HEALTH / FITNESS PLUS | WEDNESDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 2014 11

Protein provides clue to arthritis prevention

o offer a better treatment option for Tarthritis patients, researchers have found that a small protein appears to protect against bone loss that often accompanies arthritis. The researchers are now interested to see if Glucocorticoid-induced leucine zipper (GILZ), which is produced naturally in the body, can prevent arthritis from developing in the face of inflammation. Arthritis as well as ageing prompt the body to make more fat than bone. “We have early evidence that GILZ might one day offer a better treatment option for arthritis patients than widely used synthetic Parents’ whooping glucocorticoids, which actually increase bone loss,” said Xingming Shi, a bone biologist at the Georgia Regents University in the US. cough vaccines Directly over-expressing the protein appears to better target sources of bone loss and inflammation and avoid the serious side effects associated with glucocorticoid treatment. may protect babies For this study, the focus was tumour necro- sis factor alpha, a pro-inflammatory cytokine (small protein) that helps regulate immune cells and is a major player in arthritis. By Andrew M Seaman To look specifically at the impact on bone that there has been limited evi- loss, the researchers crossed mice bred to over- As a way to protect dence on whether the cocooning express tumour necrosis factor alpha through- hen babies are too method works. out the body with mice that over-expressed young to get the infants younger than For the new study, they ana- GILZ in stem cells. Wwhooping cough vac- lyzed data collected between “While the mice that over-expressed only cine, vaccinating their parents six months old, some April 2009 and April 2011 on tumour necrosis factor alpha quickly devel- might protect them from the Australian infants younger than oped arthritis along with significant bone and dangerous infection, a new study researchers have four months, including 217 who weight loss, those that also over-expressed suggests. were diagnosed with whooping GILZ had significantly less bone loss,” Shi said. Young children were 51 per- called for so-called cough and 585 who remained Their findings are scheduled to be presented cent less likely to be diagnosed healthy. at The American Society for Bone and Mineral with pertussis — also known as cocooning, which is In homes where the babies Research 2014 Annual Meeting during Sep whooping cough — when their stayed healthy, 32 percent of 12-15 at Houston in the US. parents had been immunised the vaccination of mothers had received a Tdap against the infection at least vaccine at least four weeks four weeks earlier, compared to people who often before the data were collected. Japanese doctors test method children in homes where parents Among the babies with whoop- for restoring impaired vision weren’t immunized, researchers come in contact with ing cough, however, only 22 per- found. cent of mothers had received a apanese doctors have successfully carried The main message for parents the child. Tdap vaccine. Similar results Jout the first ever implantation of a retina is to get the diphtheria-tetanus- were seen among fathers. grown from induced pluripotent stem cells acellular pertussis (Tdap) vac- After the researchers (iPS). The recipient was a 70-year-old man cine, wrote Helen Quinn, the study’s lead author said. accounted for traits that may affect an infant’s risk suffering from macular degeneration. “They should make sure they are aware of cur- of catching whooping cough, including the number The procedure took place at the Institute rent recommendations regarding Tdap vaccination in of brothers and sisters, they found that vaccinating of Biomedical Research and Innovation in the their country and follow this advice and also be aware both parents is tied to a 51 percent reduced risk of southern city of Kobe, under the direction of if there is a pertussis epidemic in their local area, whooping cough in a child under four months old. a group of scientists from the Riken Institute. particularly at the time of the birth of a new baby,” Vaccinating the mother appeared to be especially Researchers extracted skin samples from wrote Quinn, from Australia’s National Center for important, reducing the risk of whooping cough by women to grow iPS cells capable of serving as Immunisation Research and Surveillance of Vaccine 42 percent alone. Vaccinating the fathers increased retinal tissue, which then were used to sur- Preventable Diseases in Westmead. that protection to a 51 percent reduced risk. gically replace part of the macula, the main Whooping cough typically isn’t dangerous in Quinn said more research is needed to know when photo-receptor layer of the retina. adults, but it can make babies very sick. In some is the best time for parents to get the Tdap vaccine. The scientists said that their priority was cases, symptoms may overwhelm the respiratory “In the United States, where vaccination during not to attempt to restore the patient’s sight, system and lead to death. pregnancy is recommended, this is still the best but to determine if there are any unforeseen Infants receive their first dose of the whooping recommendation,” she said. side effects, such as tumours, arising from the cough vaccine at two months of age, according to The CDC says pregnant women should receive procedure. the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention the Tdap vaccine between the 27th and 36th week. According to the researchers, who will study (CDC) vaccination schedule. They don’t complete the The recommendation is supported by the American the patient’s evolution over the next four years, full course of three doses until they’re six months College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the since the patient will have already lost most old, however. American College of Nurse-Midwives. of the cells responsible for vision, a transplant As a way to protect infants younger than six Quinn also said other family members and close may bring only slight improvement or merely months old, some researchers and public health offi- contacts share the responsibility of keeping infants slow down the rate of degeneration. cials have called for so-called cocooning, which is healthy. Macular degeneration is an age-related the vaccination of people who often come in contact “It is very important that other household mem- disease that currently affects about 700,000 with the child. bers, such as siblings, are up to date with vaccina- people in Japan and is the principal cause of The vaccine offered to adults as a booster shot is tions, as they can also be a source of infection for blindness in the world. known as Tdap. Children receive a shot known as very young babies,” she said. Agencies DTaP. SOURCE: bit.ly/1uP0sig Pediatrics, online Quinn and her colleagues write in Paediatrics September 15, 2014. Reuters 12 PLUS | WEDNESDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 2014 TECHNOLOGY Minecraft sold: Microsoft buys Mojang for $2.5bn

Swedish developer confirms deal and explains what it will mean for the company’s multimillion-selling building sim. Founder Markus Persson is set to leave.

By Keith Stuart and Alex Hern to Mojang’s statement, the focus of Microsoft Studios, alongside the devel- longer term success.” the company will now be on support- opers of Halo, Forza, Fable and other For Persson, the founder most closely inecraft creator Mojang ing Minecraft with new content and franchises. responsible for the early development is being sold to Microsoft, features: It’s likely however, that Microsoft of the game, the deal represents a the studio has confirmed. “Minecraft will continue to evolve, will seek to leverage Minecraft in both chance to escape the responsibilities MAccording to a statement just like it has since the start of devel- the console market, where its Xbox of managing a global phenomenon. “I’m released by the Swedish developer on opment. We don’t know specific plans One machine is lagging behind rival not a CEO,” he wrote on his blog. “I’m a Monday afternoon, the purchase price for Minecraft’s future yet, but we do PlayStation 4, and in the smartphone nerdy computer programmer who likes is $2.5bn. know that everyone involved wants sector, where its Windows Phone falls a to have opinions on Twitter. As soon as Mojang spokesman Owen Hill and the community to grow and become distant third behind iOS and Android. this deal is finalised, I will leave Mojang Microsoft have separately sought to even more amazing than it’s ever been. “Gaming is a top activity spanning and go back to doing Ludum Dares and reassure fans of the multimillion sell- Stopping players making cool stuff is devices, from PCs and consoles to tab- small web experiments. ing building sim that work on the game not in anyone’s interests.” lets and mobile, with billions of hours “If I ever accidentally make some- will continue unaffected. Mojang has assured fans that the spent each year,” said Microsoft chief thing that seems to gain traction, I’ll In the statement, Hill suggested that purchase won’t necessarily mean that executive Satya Nadella in a statement. probably abandon it immediately.” the pressure of running the company, versions of the game running on non- “Minecraft is more than a great The deal underscores the shifting which generated $326m in revenue last Microsoft platforms will be scrapped. game franchise – it is an open world attitudes towards the giants of Silicon year, became too much for the found- “There’s no reason for the develop- platform, driven by a vibrant commu- Valley. In March 2014 after Facebook ers, Markus Persson (known by his ment, sales, and support of the PC/ nity we care deeply about, and rich announced the acquisition of virtual online username, Notch), Carl Manneh Mac, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3, PS4, with new opportunities for that com- reality firm Oculus, Persson cancelled and Jakob Porser. All are leaving the Vita, iOS, and Android versions of munity and for Microsoft.” a planned version of Minecraft for company. Minecraft to stop. Of course, Microsoft While ceasing Minecraft develop- the company’s Rift headset, saying Minecraft has become a global phe- can’t make decisions for other compa- ment on other platforms would give that “Facebook creeps me out”. But nomenon since its launch in 2009 as an nies or predict the choices that they Microsoft exclusive control over one Microsoft, once a byword for hated incomplete “alpha” project. Since then, might make in the future.” of the world’s biggest game brands, multinational computing firm, elicited the game, which provides users with Microsoft has confirmed this, saying such a tactic would have huge reper- no such reaction. randomly generated environments in that the company “plans to continue cussions amid the game’s highly vocal As such, the deal confirms the which to craft all manner of buildings, to make Minecraft available across all community. Redmond-based firm’s reinvention as has sold over 50m copies on PC, smart- the platforms on which it is available “Microsoft’s challenge will be to a largely enterprise-focused company phone and consoles. today: PC, iOS, Android, Xbox and maintain the spirit of Minecraft while with one major successful consumer- In its announcement of the deal, PlayStation.” developing the franchise in a commer- facing division: Xbox. The company Microsoft claimed that Minecraft had “We are going to maintain cially meaningful way,” wrote games will be hoping that the success to date been downloaded more than 100m ‘Minecraft’ and its community in all industry analyst Piers Harding-Rolls of Minecraft is only the beginning for times on PC alone since 2009 – a figure the ways people love today, with a com- recently. “With around 40 employees a firm which could end up being “the that includes free downloads – while mitment to nurture and grow it long at Mojang, this is the sort of acquisi- 21st century version of Lego”. If it does pointing out that Xbox 360owners have into the future,” added Phil Spencer, tion which can easily get lost in a huge reach that scale, then $2.5bn would be played the game for more than 2bn head of Xbox at Microsoft. When the organisation like Microsoft, and this a steal. hours in the last two years. According deal closes, Mojang will sit within factor is probably the main threat to The Guardian

Nimbus: travel with sound (Free) ANDROID APPS OF THE DAY HomeTube (Free + IAP) This is certainly the first app to make a selling Many children love YouTube, and many YouTube point out of “the inside of a zebra carcass as it is Acompli Email & Calendar (Free) videos are distinctly unsuitable for children. Several being eaten by vultures”. It’s a really interesting idea Acompli is one of a mini-flurry of apps trying to apps are tackling this problem, with HomeTube the though: sounds recorded by natural historian Chris make your email life more organised (and, indeed, less latest. It serves up child-safe videos only, with parental Watson as he travels the world, and now turned into stressful). In this case, it’s also a calendar app and tool controls to help you fine-tune its recommendations, an app with 14 audio tracks and three related games. for sharing files with colleagues. Everything works and set it as a homescreen replacement if desired. together well, and there’s a Gmail-esque feature that Boxer (Free + IAP) tries to sort important from less-important emails. Angry Birds Stella (Free + IAP) More email: Boxer works with a wide range Grease’s Pink Ladies now have competition in of webmail services as well as IMAP and POP3 Bring! Shopping List (Free) the form of Stella and her fellow new Angry Birds, accounts, while linking in with social networks and My search for the perfect shopping list app has in this latest game from Rovio. It’s the usual bird- cloud storage services too. The idea: a fast, effi- been going on for a few years now, with Bring! one of slinging action with some new twists in the heroines’ cient email app that helps you reduce your inbox the likeliest contenders in recent times. It’s easy to superpowers, and some excellent level design. Is to gleaming emptiness (hopefully) while keeping a use to set up a list then mark items as they go into it an ‘Angry Birds for Girls’ though? Read Rovio’s to-do list of tasks. the trolley, with clever features for shared house- views on that. holds, and even Android Wear smartwatch support. By Staurt Dredge / The Guardian COMICS & MORE PLUS | WEDNESDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 2014 13

LEARN ARABIC Food

Milk aleeb Laban Laban Cheese oubna Fried eggs Bay Maqliyy Salt Mil Sugar Soukkar Chicken Farroo Fish Samak Nuts awz Hoy en la Historia Sweets Halwayat September 17, 2013 Olives Zaytoon The wreck of the cruise liner Tea Šay Costa Concordia was winched Honey Çasal upright, 20 months after it ran Meat Laam aground off the Italian island of Boiled eggs Bay maslooq Giglio killing 32 people ç = ‘a’ in ‘agh’ when surprised 1854: American automobile pioneer David Dunbar Buick was born 1939: The Soviet Red Army invaded Baby Blue by Jerry Scott and Rick Kirkman eastern Poland, claiming to protect Ukrainian and Belarussian minorities 1974: Radio and television licences were abolished in Australia 2009: Noordin Mohammed Top, suspected of orchestrating the 2005 Bali bombings and other major attacks, was killed in a police raid on a house in Central Java, Indonesia Picture: Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS ALL IN THE MIND Hagar The Horrible by Chris Browne Can you find the hidden words? They may be horizontal, vertical, diagonal, forwards or backwards.

Zits by Jerry Scott & Jim Borgman

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 | WEDNESDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 2014 CROSSWORDS

ACROSS 36 Buzzes, say 5 “___ did you nothing 37 Constituent of molding 48 One of 64 in a genetic CROSSWORD 1 Like cork trees and flying 38 Tiny amount hear?”: Hamlet sand table 12345 678910111213 lizards 39 Was revolting 6 Stress, to Strauss 40 Touching scene at an 49 Piece of work airport? 14 15 6 “Jersey Shore” 41 Was a rocker? 7 First-class regulars 51 Napoleon, notably housemate’s music-biz 43 Tie ___ 8 Keeping buff? 42 Animation 52 Where things may be name 16 17 45 Up 9 Jock: Abbr. 44 European president who heating up 14 Jersey Shore vacation attended Harvard 46 Hyperbola parts 10 Raider in the battle of the 53 Molto adagio 18 19 20 option 46 Bank 50 House meeting place St. Lawrence 58 Bit of sportswear 15 Big Dipper’s setting 47 Path 21 22 23 54 Theoretical 11 “___ Paw” (Oscar- 59 Head. 16 One offering help in winning Disney short) 55 Predictor of 24 25 26 passing? fame 12 “Eyewitness” director PETITFOUR YAWPS 17 Take up enthusiastically Peter 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 56 Elasticity IRONHORSE ENIAC 18 See 34-Down 13 Hurdy-gurdy sound 57 School meeting places DONNAREED SEPIA 35 36 37 38 19 Where Lee Harvey 15 Flashed 59 Photometry unit Oswald was a lathe 19 Tuareg rebellion locale of GIGS EGRET WENT 60 Be an unhelpful 39 40 41 42 operator 2012 I CU WVA EWE OF T interrogee 20 City where some believe 22 Erase NAE YEN MI XTURE 43 44 45 Cain and Abel are buried 61 Lack life 26 Three-ring setting ACRO STPETER 21 Warden in drab clothes 62 Life or death 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 27 Some rescue work MO T HS T E NS E 23 Take down with a charge 63 Leaf part 28 Neighbor of Rabbit GANNETT BEDS 54 55 56 24 Spring event in the 29 Bunk Summer Olympics? DOWN NICOLAI ERI BAH 57 58 59 31 Foreshadow 25 Setting that makes things 1 Go on the fritz ONO MMM AVA RAY 32 One not getting benefits, right? 2 Monty Python theme CRUZ PENNE CAFE 60 61 say 27 Less agreeable composer CORES L I BRAR I AN 33 Make baloney? 62 63 30 Be a lush 3 Gaps HASTY ANASTAS I A 34 With 18-Across, software 35 Chicken à la rey? 4 Like cute nerds, in slang developer’s concern I DEAL GOGETTERS

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

YESTERDAY’S ANSWER

Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate How to EASY SUDOKU play Hyper Easy Sudoku Puzzles Sudoku: Place a digit from 1 to 9 in A Hyper Sudoku each empty cell so every Puzzle is solved row, every column and by filling the every 3x3 box contains all numbers from 1 the digits 1 to 9. to 9 into the blank cells. A Hyper Sudoku has unlike Sudoku 13 regions (four regions overlap with the nine standard regions). In all regions the numbers from 1 to 9 can appear YESTERDAY’S only once. Otherwise, a Hyper Sudoku is ANSWER solved like a normal Sudoku. CINEMA / TV LISTINGS PLUS | WEDNESDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 2014 15

Third Person (2D/Drama) – 10.00am, 2.40, 7.30pm & 12.30am SHOWING AT VILLAGGIO & CITY CENTER 1 Jawasa Miri (2D/Arabic) – 12.30, 5.15 & 10.15pm TEL: 444933989 444517001 Sin City: A Dame To Kill For (2D/Crime) 13:10 Eastenders 08:00 News 2 – 10.30am, 12.45, 3.00, 5.15, 7.30, 9.45pm & 12.00midnight 13:40 Doctors 09:00 Orphans of the No Good Deed (2D/Thriller) 14:10 Last Man Sahara 3 – 10.15am, 12.30, 2.45, 5.00, 7.15, 9.30 & 11.45pm Standing 10:30 Inside Story 15:00 Call The 11:00 News Let's Be Cops (2D/Comedy) Midwife 11:30 The Stream 4 – 10.00am, 12.20, 2.40, 5.00, 7.20, 9.40pm & 12.00midnight 15:55 As Time Goes 12:30 Fault Lines By 13:00 NEWSHOUR Into The Storm (2D/Action) – 10.00, 11.50am, 1.40 & 3.30pm 16:25 The Weakest 14:00 News 5 If I Stay (2D/Drama) – 5.20, 7.40, 10.00pm & 12.20am Link 14:30 Inside Story Invader (2D/Action) – 10.15am, 2.15, 6.15 & 10.15pm 17:10 Eastenders 15:00 Al Jazeera NOVO 6 Elly Jay Ahsan (2D/Comedy) – 12.15, 4.15, 8.15pm & 12.15am 17:40 Doctors World 18:10 Last Man 16:00 NEWSHOUR Finding Fanny (2D/Hindi) Standing 17:30 The Stream 7 – 10.20am, 12.40, 3.00, 5.20, 7.40, 10.00pm & 12.20am 19:00 Dead Boss 18:00 NEWSHOUR 19:30 Big School 19:30 Witness The Rover (2D/Crime) 20:00 Last Tango In 20:00 News 8 – 10.45am, 1.00, 3.15, 5.30, 7.45, 10.00pm & 12.15am Halifax 20:30 Inside Story Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (IMAX3D/Action) 20:55 Afterlife 21:00 NEWSHOUR 21:40 Afterlife 22:00 News 9 – 11.30am, 1.30, 3.30, 5.30, 7.30, 9.30 & 11.30pm 22:30 Gracie! 22:30 The Stream Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2D/Action) 23:50 The Weakest 23:00 Al Jazeera – 10.00am, 12.15 & 2.30pm Link Investigates 10 Sin City: A Dame To Kill For (2D/Crime) – 4.45, 7.00, 9.15 & 11.30pm

Invader (2D/Action) – 2.30pm 14:15 Steve Irwin's 15:00 World's If I Stay (2D/Drama) – 4.15pm Wildlife Toughest Fixes Warriors 16:00 Hunter Hunted 1 No Good Deed (2D/Thriller) – 6.15pm 14:40 Shamwari: A 17:00 Brain Games Wild Life 17:30 Brain Games Creature (2D/Hindi) – 8.15pm 17:25 Preposterous 18:00 Banged Up Vanavarayan Vallavarayn (2D/Tamil) – 10.45pm Pets Abroad 18:20 Call Of The 19:00 World's Third Person (2D/Drama) – 2.15pm Wildman Toughest Fixes The Rover (2D/Crime) – 4.45 & 11.30pm 18:45 Call Of The 20:00 Hunter Hunted MALL 2 Wildman 21:00 Brain Games Finding Fanny (2D/Hindi) – 6.45pm 19:15 Wild Ones 21:30 Brain Games Peruchazhi (2D/Malayalam) – 8.45pm 19:40 Wild Ones 22:00 Banged Up 20:10 Secret Abroad Inside Liewyn Davis (2D/Drama) – 2.30pm Creatures 23:00 Ultimate Airport Bound: The Power of Few (2D/Action) – 4.15pm 3 Sin City: A Dame To Kill For (2D/Crime) – 6.00 & 11.30pm Elly Jay Ahsan (2D/Comedy) – 8.00pm 12:00 My Name Is 12:30 Coronation V/H/S 2 (2D/Horror) – 9.45pm Earl Street 14:00 Baby Daddy 13:00 The Ellen Invader (2D/Action) – 2.30pm 15:00 Enlisted DeGeneres No Good Deed (2D/Thriller) – 4.15pm 16:00 The Colbert Show Report 14:00 Criminal Minds 1 Finding Fanny (2D/Hindi) – 6.15pm 16:30 My Name Is 15:00 Psych Earl 16:00 Emmerdale Creature (2D/Hindi) – 8.15pm 17:00 Late Night 16:30 Coronation Vanavarayan Vallavarayn (2D/Tamil) – 10.45pm With Seth Street Meyers 17:00 The Ellen Third Person (2D/Drama) – 2.30pm 18:00 Hot In DeGeneres If I Stay (2D/Drama) – 5.00 & 9.00pm Cleveland Show LANDMARK 2 18:30 Baby Daddy 18:00 Criminal Minds The Rover (2D/Crime) – 7.00 & 11.00pm 19:00 Melissa & Joey 19:00 Warehouse 13 20:00 The Tonight 21:00 The Fosters Inside Liewyn Davis (2D/Drama) – 2.30pm 22:00 Mistresses Bound: The Power of Few (2D/Action) – 4.15pm 3 Sin City: A Dame To Kill For (2D/Crime) – 6.00 & 11.30pm Elly Jay Ahsan (2D/Comedy) – 8.00pm 14:30 Tony Hawk: 05:00 Emperor 10:30 Qubool Hai 13:45 Jessie 10:35 River Monsters 07:00 Everything V/H/S 2 (2D/Horror) – 9.45pm Boom Boom 11:00 Doli Armaano Ki 14:10 Austin & Ally 11:25 River Monsters: Sabotage Must Go Invader (3D/Action) – 2.30pm 11:30 Chef Special 14:35 Win, Lose Or Amazon Titanic 16:00 Barbie 09:00 The Words- 12:00 Pavitra Rishta Draw 13:05 Storage Hunters Presents: 11:00 Emperor No Good Deed (2D/Thriller) – 4.15pm 13:00 Jamai Raja 15:00 Dog With A Blog 13:30 Lost And Sold Thumbelina 13:00 Pop Star 15:25 Gravity Falls If I Stay (2D/Drama) – 6.15pm 13:30 Ek Mutthi 13:55 The Liquidator 18:00 Turboosters 15:00 Bernie 1 Aasmaan 15:50 Sabrina: Secrets 14:20 Deadliest Catch 20:00 Snowflake , 17:00 The Words- Creature (2D/Hindi) – 8.15pm 14:00 Doli Armaano Ki Of A Teenage 15:10 World's Top 5 The White 19:00 The Fifth 14:30 Jodha Akbar Witch 16:00 Fast N' Loud Estate- Vanavarayan Vallavarayn (2D/Tamil) – 10.45pm Gorilla 15:00 Kasamh Se 16:10 Violetta 16:50 How It's Made 22:00 Tony Hawk: 21:15 Promised Land Third Person (2D/Drama) – 2.30pm 15:30 Kasamh Se 17:00 Robin Hood 17:15 How Do They Do Boom Boom 23:30 Citizen 16:00 Hum Paanch 18:20 Prank Stars It? Finding Fanny (2D/Hindi) – 5.00pm ROYAL 16:30 Hum Paanch 18:30 Dog With A Blog 17:40 Gold Divers: 2 The Rover (2D/Crime) – 7.00 & 11.00pm 17:00 Teenovation 18:55 Mako Mermaids Under The Ice PLAZA 17:30 Neeli Chatri 19:20 Violetta 18:30 You Have Been If I Stay (2D/Drama) – 9.00pm Waale 20:05 Sabrina: Secrets Warned 10:00 Something 11:00 Ender's Game- Of A Teenage Inside Liewyn Davis (2D/Drama) – 2.30pm 18:00 Sapne Suhane 19:20 What Happened New-PG15 PG15 Ladakpan Ke Witch Next? 16:00 The House 15:00 Turbo-PG Bound: The Power of Few (2D/Action) – 4.15pm 18:30 Bandhan 20:30 Sabrina: Secrets 19:45 What Happened Bunny-PG15 19:00 LOL-PG15 19:00 Jamai Raja Of A Teenage Next? 21:00 Temptation: Sin City: A Dame To Kill For (2D/Crime) – 6.00 & 11.30pm 18:00 Over The 3 19:30 Jodha Akbar Witch 20:10 Lost And Sold Hedge-FAM Confessions Elly Jay Ahsan (2D/Comedy) – 8.00pm 20:00 Pavitra Rishta 20:50 Sabrina: Secrets 20:35 The Liquidator 20:00 Pitch Perfect- Of A Marriage 20:30 Kumkum Bhagya Of A Teenage 21:00 You Have Been 22:00 Life Happens Counselor- V/H/S 2 (2D/Horror) – 9.45pm 21:00 Qubool Hai Witch Warned 23:00 This Is The End 16 PLUS | WEDNESDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 2014 POTPOURRI

Factory gives fighter influence through its 165 million mem- waiver is being lodged among others bers in Russia and other former USSR by Alain Ducasse, the internation- Events in Qatar jet to head of Russian republics. ally acclaimed chef with a top 3-star Critics of the Russian Orthodox rating from the Michelin gourmet Orthodox Church Church have said it is acting as a de- dining guide, Le Parisien newspaper The Arabic Script facto government ministry for Putin, reported. When: Till September 30; 9am-6pm Patriarch Kirill, the head of the including in foreign affairs, and have The ortolan, a seed-eating song- Where: AaQool Atrium, Qatar Foundation Russian Orthodox Church, was pre- warned that such political engagements bird that is little bigger than a child’s Recreation Centre, Education City sented with an unlikely gift for a reli- could backfire. hand, has been banned from restaurant What: The display at this calligraphy exhibition includes authentic calligraphy gious leader this week as he toured a That also goes for Ukraine, where menus in much of Europe since 1999. artworks dating as far back as the 9th factory in Russia’s far-east — a single- Kirill’s Moscow Patriarchate is at odds Said to have been part of Century, and showcases the finest seater fighter jet SU-35. with the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Mitterrand’s last meal before he died pieces from famous calligraphers Kirill was presented with the jet after of Kiev Patriarchate that seceded from in 1996, one customary French way of Hamdulla Al-Amasi and Hafiz Osman, in giving workers at the civilian and mili- Moscow after Ukraine gained independ- preparing ortolan consists of force- addition to the exceptional work of Qatari tary aircraft plant icons blessed by him- ence in 1991. feeding it until fat and dousing it in calligrapher Ali Hassan Al Jaber. self, the church said in a statement on The Moscow Patriarchate dominates alcohol before roasting it whole in the Free entry its official website. in the Russian-speaking East, where oven. The patriarch, with whom President Ukrainian forces have been battling a Fans often wear a large, usually Vladimir Putin has fostered increasingly pro-Russian separatist insurgency since white, napkin over their head while Trapeze Exhibition and close ties in recent years, addressed the April. eating. Some say the napkin serves Acquisitions Program workers on the importance of protect- to conceal them spitting out bones, When: September 1 — November 1; ing Russia. others that it helps to seal in aromas 10am-10pm “Russia cannot be a vassal. Because French chefs seek to and still others that it serves to fend Where: Katara Russia is not only a country, it is a whole off the shame of being seen eating a What: The exhibition features the work of civilization, it is a thousand-year story, put banned songbird song-bird. Qatari artists and their efforts to achieve a a cultural melting-pot, of enormous The request for the right to serve up balance between reviving the heritage and power,” RIA news agency quoted him back on menu ortolan one day or one weekend a year traditions and preserve the cultural and as saying. Four French chefs are requesting would be lodged in coming days with popular memory, between their aspirations “In order for us to be able to live a a waiver to serve a long-banned deli- the French authorities, Le Parisien as artists yearning for the future enlightened sovereign life, we must, if necessary, be cacy - a small songbird called the orto- newspaper cited one of Ducasse’s fellow by their country rising to the top ranks in able to defend our homeland.” lan that fans including late President backers, 3-star chef Michel Guerard, various fields. Kirill’s church is aligned with Putin’s Francois Mitterrand used to devour, as saying. A representative for Ducasse Free entry drive to reunite the former Soviet bones and all, while wearing a napkin did not immediately answer a request sphere of countries, with the Russian over their heads. for comment. Radio Controlled Car Race Orthodox Church exerting considerable The request for the once-a-year Agencies When: Till November 21 Where: Aspire Zone What: Qatar’s best radio controlled car racers can converge at Aspire Zone and take part in a series of exciting races at the Zone Race Track. Only drivers that have IN FOCUS by Ameer Abdul Razak cars suitable for the competition can enter the race. The circuit features an off-road track that is 350 m long and 4 m wide, over an area of 1,650 square meters. The type of cars being used on the track are 1/8 scale buggy and Truggy style cars. More info at www.lifeinaspire.qa

Alif by Sabah Arbilli When: Till September 17 Where: InterContinental Doha The City What: Specifically created for Ramadan and Eid, Arbilli uses his gift for calligraphy art to create this collection of works centred around Alif – the first letter of Arabic alphabet and the first letter in the revelation of the Quran. The exhibit will remain on display in the lobby area of the hotel. Free entry

Family Fun When: Till September 27; 3pm-11pm Weekends 4pm-12pm Where: Doha Exhibition Center What: Plenty of family entertainment is available at the Family Entertainment City staged in the Doha Exhibition Center, which includes activities such as ski slopes, rock climbing and a variety of alternate entertainment options, a food court, and live Arabic pre-school Baraem shows for the little ones. No fee at the entrance, only for some rides. Free entry

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