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Brazilian style blogger Helena Bordon bloggers, the real show isn’t on the catwalk

By Franck Iovene

he catwalk parades at Paris Fashion Week and similar events might steal the global media limelight, but street style on the Tsidelines is the real star for a group of increasingly influential fashionista bloggers. These amateur snappers and writers hang on the periphery of the big shows in Paris, Milan, London and New York, and some are making lucrative live- lihoods showcasing innovative looks worn by non- celebrities and non-models who attend. The emphasis is on the affordable and the indi- vidual. And it has struck a chord with the part of the buying public that can’t or won’t splurge on pricey designer duds but still wants to be fashionable. “It’s not really difficult to do, you just need a bit of preparation and that gives an image of accessible fashion, far from the sometimes improbable clothes from the big designers,” said French blogger Benoit Wojtenka who was stalking the Paris Fashion Week for his site bonneguele.fr. Attendees are willing participants in the process, keen to stand out — and to play the role of muse, if only for mouse-clicks. Specialised sites and magazines focusing on fashion have come to depend on these improvised photos to add an unpredictable flair to coverage of European and US fashion weeks. The designers themselves are also drawn to this grassroots coverage to sniff out possible trends and canny mash-ups, creating a cycle in which the street influences fashion which in turn influences the street. American photographer Scott Schuman is one of the blogging pioneers. He became famous though his site “The Sartorialist”, where he posted images of New York people with stand-out looks he spot- ted on the street. Launched in 2005, his blog has soared from 10,000 page views to 12 million in 2012. In 2007, Time magazine named Schuman as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Another big name, Canadian blogger Tommy Ton, built a reputation around taking snaps of ran- dom, well-dressed people on the go, not posing. His lively, action-filled technique has brought him paid gigs for Style.com, GQ.com and various brands. Fashion blogger Lala Rudge PLUS | MONDAY 9 MARCH 2015 3

Editor of Vogue Japan Anna Dello Russo

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Trying to ‘stand out’ sunglasses and a gene- Andreas Krueger, a photog- ral studied air of having British blogger rapher for a London image con- thrown complex ensembles Susie Lau sultancy, has gone for a niche: together without thinking jewellery. twice. Posted in front of the Arab “It’s a bit like the Cannes film World Institute, one of the Paris festival. There are stars on the Fashion Week venues, he ignored red carpet but also unknowns the clothes on the catwalk and whose only goal is to stand out by focused on the glittering accesso- the way they look,” said Matthias ries on attendees’ fingers, throats Gurtler, the chief editor of the and ears. French magazine Gala. “Even if the big jewellery brands A few dedicated souls, the ones have their own designers, they are who persist in their dress-up, hungry for these photos to inspire have succeeded in being invited their own collections,” the 36-year- to the coveted first row of the old German said as he zoomed in fashion shows, rubbing shoul- on an oriental-style necklace. ders with prominent magazine “People sometimes tell me they editors, actresses, musicians and picked up their jewellery on a trip executives. to Pakistan or Morocco. But there Among them can be found are also jewellery design students Chiara Ferragni, a 27-year-old who come to the shows with their Italian whose online pictures (of creations with the aim of being herself) and musings about fas- photographed and seen by the hion earned her the title of “the brands,” he said. most influential fashion blogger in And what works for accessories the world” by the specialist publi- also works for the clothes, as fas- cation Fashionista. hionistas fluttering around the Ferragni’s site, The Blonde bright lights of the catwalk try Salad, attracts more than a to out-do each other. million visitors a month — a Outfits come in leather, in fea- number that places her up there thers, in black or in multi-colours, alongside traditional publications. long, short, gloved or not, many AFP Chiara Ferragni 4 PLUS | MONDAY 9 MARCH 2015 CAMPUS / COMMUNITY

hantiniketan Indian School (SIS) students of do righteous deeds and share and to greet with a KG and Primary Wing generously contrib- SIS students take smile. “Every act of goodness is charity”, she said. uted to a social service and welfare campaign. Contributions from students in the form of clothes, S The little ones extended a helping hand to part in charity event toys, grocery items and monetary donations were the most underprivileged, needy and deprived. distributed to helpers and cleaners. Besides, dona- “It was indeed a very rewarding experience which said. Addressing the students, Mehjabeen Hasan tions were sent to different charity centers by the helped us to sow the seeds of gentleness and compas- enlightened the students about the true spirit of student representatives and teachers. sion in the hearts of our students,” a school statement charity and social service. She encouraged them to The Peninsula

Ideal Indian School students win prizes at art contest Students of Ideal Indian School won the art competition organised by Skills Development Centre in association with the Ministry of Environment and Koodu, a nature magazine, on the occasion of Qatar National Environment Day. Aliya Mohammed Ali of Class VIII secured the first prize in the water colour- Junior cat- egory while Diya of class IV won the third prize in sub junior category. Reshma Mahadevan of class VI and Mohammed Faiz of class VIII won the consolation prizes.

cricket tournament among the shipping Skipper of GAC Thushar was picked as ‘Man of companies, which operates in Qatar, was the Final’. Best bowler award was given to Sudeer of held recently at the Mesaieed Sports GAC wins cricket tourney GAC and Man of the Series was Hamees Mohamed A Complex in Mesaieed. Nine shipping com- of Wilhelmsen Ships Service Qatar. panies took part in the Wilhelmsen Ships Service for shipping companies Wilhelmsen Ships Service, Roma Transport, Qatar Challenge Trophy tournament. Al Million Transportation, Gulf Agencies, Gulf Gulf Agency Company (GAC) was crowned tournament. Warehousing, Plaza Inn and Sponcor Orient Champions and event host Wilhelmsen Ships Service A plate category was also played and Aero Freight Inspection were the tournament sponsors. Qatar ended as runners up in the fifth season of the and NSM were awarded as joint champions. The Peninsula COMMUNITY / MARKETPLACE PLUS | MONDAY 9 MARCH 2015 5

LG Buy & Fly promotion picks winners he LG Buy & Fly to Australia, Cricket World Cup promotion that concluded on February 28 held its draw on March 3. The promotion met with an overwhelming response with customers purchasing LG Tproducts with special offers as part of the promotion. The draw was held at the Jumbo Electronics showroom, airport road. The draw was presided over by ministry officials, LG officials and officials from Jumbo Electronics. The winners of the promotion were Thomas Varghese and Gireesh Kumar who won two tickets each to the finals of the cricket world cup to be held in Melbourne, Australia. Also the next winner Amar Khaled won two tickets to the semi final match to be played in Sydney, Australia. The winners will enjoy a 4 days/ 3 night’s tour of the respective cities with sightseeing. As they have been given two tickets each, they can take along a close family member or friend. C V Rappai, Director & CEO, Video Home & Jumbo Electronics, said: “The trip is not only to watch the match, but the winners will be taken on a tour of some of the most popular sites of the city they will be visiting, Sydney or Melbourne. We hope the winners have a memorable trip and remember the trip for years to come.” Video Home & Jumbo Electronics is the sole distributor of LG, Harman, LG official with winners. Brother, Indesit and many other brands in the country. The Penisnula

Winners of 5kg gold promotion at Safari Mall

Winners of 1kg gold are: Binil Pulliyil (coupon no 0838701), Abdulsalam (2167035) and Mohammed Ateeq (0543875).

Winners of 1/2kg gold are: Ead Bargol Hakeem (0930914) and Mohammed Iqbal (1303414)

Winners of 100g gold are: K B Kabeer (2162520), Jhannger Alam (0639559), Judith Bacivaden (1186224), Juliet R J Solmon (0409489), Akbar (2469297), Babul (1291814), Shimaa Abduirahman (0986398), Binines Mathaw (1066268), Raichel Joseph (0097626), and Lila Adhikari (2673156) Winners are seen in the photo along with official from the government and Safari Mall and guests.

Malabar Gold & Diamonds Joyalukkas manager dies oyalukkas Group expressed its deep organises blood sorrow at the untimely death, on JMarch 6 of Baju Chakkunny (pic- donation drive tured), Manager, Joyalukkas-Qatar. Chakkunny has been working with alabar Gold & Diamonds Joyalukkas Group for 10 organised a blood dona- years service across India, Mtion drive near to their Oman, Bahrain and Qatar. outlet in Barwa Village recently. Baju hailed from The program drew very good Venkidangu, Thrissur, response from the public and 75 Kerala, (India) and is sur- donors, including 43 staff from Donors with HMC staff members. vived by his wife Annie Malabar Gold & Diamonds partici- Baju, son Belvin Baju aged pated in the blood donation drive 17 years and daughter to support this cause. Benita Rose aged 14 years. Commenting on this latest ini- in the areas of our operation. We like to remind the residents of The funeral is scheduled tiative, Santhosh T V, Regional are proud to be a part of this initia- the country the role individuals to be held today 3:30pm Head, Malabar Gold & Diamonds tive and with the support of like- can play in saving and improving at Good Sheppard Church, Mullessery, - Qatar said: “We strive for the minded organizations like Hamad human lives.” Thrissur. The Peninsula betterment of lives of the people Medical Corporation we would The Peninsula 6 PLUS | MONDAY 9 MARCH 2015 WHEELS

Kia Sorento is proof that luxury isn’t always measured in dollars

By Warren Brown be fair, I drove the most expensive sample — the mid- high-quality, fairly priced product that comes loaded size, all-wheel-drive Sorento SX with a 3.3-litre V-6 with common sense. There is a strong market world- ia Motors Corp of South Korea is deter- engine. It starts at $39,700 (in US), with a dealer’s wide for that sort of thing. mined to redefine automotive luxury, and invoice price of $37, 328. The model I drove came In truth, I don’t know how Kia and its South to do it by jettisoning the notion of exclu- with an additional $2,440 in options — advanced elec- Korean partner, Hyundai Motor Co., which owns Ksion. It is nothing short of a revolution in tronic safety equipment and 19-inch wheels. 33.8 percent of Kia, manage to offer so very much which Kia is using technology as a battering ram. There is an $895 factory-to-dealer shipment for so very little. I have visited the Hyundai plant in I have written or alluded to something similar charge. Total price as tested was $43,035, with a Montgomery, Alabama, where non-union US automo- previously. Now, having driven the 2016 Kia Sorento dealer’s invoice price of $40,239. tive workers are paid less than their unionised coun- SX crossover-utility vehicle with all-wheel drive, I Traditionalists will argue that that is a lot of terparts in Detroit and elsewhere. I intend to visit am convinced I am right. Kia is democratising luxury money — perhaps too much money — for something Kia Motors Manufacturing in West Point, Georgia, and, in the process, threatening to upset business called Kia. I counter that what is offered is a lot of where the new Sorento is made, this summer. models based on exorbitant exclusionary pricing. Kia for the money, a far better overall value than But I suspect I’ll find in Georgia what I discovered Traditionalists will laugh or scoff at this assess- anything similar offered by many European, Japanese in Alabama — workers who are so proud of where ment, or roll out arguments in defense of prestige or American automobile manufacturers. they work, what they make and how they make it, or what they deem to be superior product quality. Prestige? The 2016 Sorento — that’s right, the many of them wear their factory uniforms to work Let them. Empires have fallen and businesses have 2016 models are already entering the market — has and home from the job. gone bankrupt because of less severe miscalculations. none of that, certainly nothing comparable with Based on the quality and care of Kia products I The proof of what I am saying is in the product. To BMW, Mercedes-Benz or Lexus. But it is a beautiful, have sampled, I suspect that similar employee senti- ments might also be found in South Korea. I don’t know. I only know that, based on my sampling of the Bottom line: The 2016 Kia Nuts & tank holds 18.8 gallons (regular new Sorento and numerous other Kia products, folks Sorento — sleeker, with higher- gasoline works fine). at Kia are doing something right, and a lot of them quality cabin materials, more Mileage: I averaged 27 miles seriously care about what they are doing. technologically proficient and oth- Bolts per gallon in mostly highway Look at the new Sorento. Build quality is excel- erwise revised — belongs on the list driving. lent throughout. The vehicle feels tight, safe. You of anyone shopping for a midsize Engine/transmission: Safety: Standard equipment look at it and want to drive it. My sample came with crossover-utility vehicle. It is avail- It comes with a 3.3-liter, includes four-wheel disc brakes side-view mirrors that automatically folded when I able with front-wheel or all-wheel 24-valve V-6 gasoline engine (ventilated front, solid rear), turned off the engine and left the vehicle and that drive. And you don’t have to spend with variable valve timing, four-wheel anti-lock brake extended automatically when I approached it with $43,000 — prices start at $24,900. delivering a maximum 290 protection, emergency braking its electronic key. It also had optional “welcome” and Ride, acceleration and han- horsepower and 260 pound- assistance, stability and traction puddle lights, the latter of which proved especially dling: It gets very good marks in feet of torque. The engine is control, side and head air bags, helpful in this messy winter. all three. linked to a six-speed auto- and emergency notification to Cabin comfort, enhanced by seats covered in supple Head-turning quotient: matic transmission that can first responders in the event of Napa leather, was as good as anything I’ve experi- Mainstream attractive, look- also be operated manually. air-bag deployment. enced in several European and Japanese models at ing good in any office, school or Capacities: Seating is for up Recommended options: All nearly three times the cost of the 2016 Sorento SX. shopping-center parking lot. to seven people, with smaller advance electronic safety equip- Advanced electronic safety equipment — surround- Body style/layout: The 2016 bodies in the rear. Selected seat ment. It is worth the money — view monitor, lane-departure warning system, blind- Kia Sorento is a front-engine configuration — for five or seven cheaper than crashing. spot monitoring, advanced smart cruise control — all midsize crossover-utility vehicle passengers — affects available Prices in US: The sampled worked perfectly. The Sorento SX with all-wheel available with front-wheel or all- cargo space. More seats, less 2016 Sorento SX with all-wheel drive was easy to drive, and it handled beautifully wheel drive, and with four- or cargo. But there is enough space drive was listed at $43,035, with in snowy, icy weather. I left this one strongly ques- six-cylinder engines. There are in the new Sorento to easily a dealer’s invoice price of $40,239. tioning why I or anyone else should spend more for five trim levels — L, LX, EX, SX carry a week’s worth of grocer- Less-expensive models start at an automobile — if the primary objective in buying and SX Limited. ies for a family of four. The fuel $24,900. is to find a car that works reliably, safely, perfectly. WP-Bloomberg FOOD PLUS | MONDAY 9 MARCH 2015 7

Food processor turns falafel into an easy weeknight meal

By J M Hirsch 1 to 2 tablespoons hot sauce, to taste 1 teaspoon cumin seeds alafel is one of those easy weeknight meals 1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika I rarely think to make, but when I do I feel Zest of 1/2 lemon like a dolt for not doing it more often. 2 tablespoons vegetable or canola oil F That’s because falafel — pan-fried patties made from chickpeas, onions and a mess of delicious Method: seasonings — are healthy, speedy and versatile. They In a small bowl, whisk together the yogurt, tahini can be served any number of ways — as-is with a and lemon juice until smooth. Mix in the tomatoes yogurt or sour cream dipping sauce; stuffed into a and scallions, then season with salt and pepper. Set pita pocket with onions and tomatoes; even wedged aside. into a grinder and topped with tahini. To make the falafel, in a food processor combine They also adapt well to whatever flavors you prefer. the onion, garlic, cilantro and parsley. Pulse until Though I like the classic combination of cilantro and the onion and herbs are finely chopped, but not pul- cumin, you could ditch those for Italian or Indian verized. Add the chickpeas, cashews, hot sauce, 1 seasonings. Cooking method can vary, too. Tradition teaspoon of salt, the cumin, paprika, 1/4 teaspoon of calls for deep-frying, but I never do that. I prefer to pepper and lemon zest. Pulse about 7 to 8 times, or fry them in just a bit of oil in a skillet. You also could until the chickpeas and cashews are finely chopped, lose the frying entirely and bake them in the oven. but not ground. This recipe mixes things up just a bit, adding Divide the mixture into 12 walnut-sized balls, then lightly chopped cashews for a creamy flavor and deli- use your hands to form each into a tightly packed cate crunch. It also adds a bit of smoked paprika for 2-inch patty. depth and just a dash of hot sauce. In a large nonstick skillet over medium, heat the oil. Add the patties, working in batches if needed, and fry for 2 to 3 minutes per side, or until browned Spicy Cashew Falafel 3 tablespoons tahini and crisp. If working in batches, keep the finished 2 tablespoons lemon juice falafel warm in a 200 F oven. Serve the falafel with Prefer to do these in the oven? Arrange the pat- 4 scallions, thinly sliced (white and green parts) the yogurt-tahini sauce spooned over them. ties on a lightly oiled baking sheet and bake at 425 4 large plum tomatoes, finely chopped Nutrition information per serving: 400 calories; 220 F for 10 to 12 minutes. And if you’re not into spicy, Kosher salt and ground black pepper calories from fat (55 percent of total calories); 25 g fat (4 feel free to leave out the hot sauce. 1 medium red onion, quartered g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 5 mg cholesterol; 34 g carbo- Start to finish: 30 minutes 4 cloves garlic hydrate; 8 g fiber; 7 g sugar; 17 g protein; 1,080 mg sodium. Servings: 4 1/2 cup fresh cilantro J.M. Hirsch is the food editor for The Associated Press. He blogs 1/2 cup fresh parsley at http://www.LunchBoxBlues.com and tweets at http://twitter.com/ Ingredients 15-ounce can chickpeas, drained JM_Hirsch . Email him at [email protected] 1 cup plain Greek yogurt 1/2 cup cashews AP 8 PLUS | MONDAY 9 MARCH 2015 ENTERTAINMENT PLUS | MONDAY 9 MARCH 2015 9

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Serena available on iTunes, Google Play Ready to go size zero if film ctors Jennifer Lawrence demands it: Bhumi Pednekar and Bradley Cooper’s A By Uma Ramasubramanian forthcoming drama film Serena has been released for rental on iTunes and Google n an industry where slim Play three weeks prior to waists, six-packs and fit its theatre release date on Iframes are the order of the March 27. day, here comes the unusual Directed by Susanne Bier, Bhumi Pednekar, embodying an the film is currently avail- overweight girl in her debut film able for rent on iTunes for Dum Laga Ke Haisha. Weight $10 (HD or SD), whereas issues are not an issue, says the Google Play is charging actress, who is ready to reduce to $10 for SD and $11 for HD, size zero if the role demands it. reports hollywoodreporter.com. She has already slimmed down Serena is the story of two newlyweds in Depression-era North Carolina after eating her way to the 89 who strive to succeed in the timber industry. The film premiered at the kg that her role in Dum Laga Ke London Film Festival in October 2014. Haisha required her to be. Asked if she’s ready to be a size zero, she said: “Why not? But it Still Alice: Moving meditation all depends ...if the script really needs me to be a size zero girl, if the character of the girl needs to Trevorrow, Spielberg reunite for thriller be size zero, I’m ready for it.” urassic World director Colin Trevorrow “If in my next film they want me to be a model or so, I’ll certainly shed Jhas re-teamed with filmmaker Steven on who we really are all the extra kg to justify my character,” she added. Spielberg for a new sci-fi thriller film The fact that she can go out of her way for a role is justified in Dum “Intelligent Life”. Laga Ke Haisha. For her character Sandhya, Bhumi consumed a custom- Trevorrow co-wrote Intelligent Life with ised calorie-rich diet for around a year to weigh about 89 kg. By Peter Bradshaw his Jurassic World partner Derek Connolly, Still Alice is perhaps a relatively straight- Joanne Woodward. scared and bewildered Alice comes across She’s now ‘slimmer’. reports aceshowbiz.com. forward film on this subject, compared Alice’s wealth admittedly makes pal- a video message to herself: this is a flash of “I’ve lost weight now. The reason my weight loss has happened is Spielberg and Frank Marshall will be his inexpressibly painful and sad with, say, Sarah Polley’s Away From Her liative care an awful lot easier than for macabre ingenuity, as suspenseful as any because when I was preparing for the film, I gained a lot of weight. I was co-producing Intelligent Life, which is film from Wash Westmoreland (2006) in which Julie Christie’s Alzheimer others less well off: the comfortable fam- thriller. on a high-calorie diet for a year. The only thing is when the film was based on The Ambassador, an earlier con- and Richard Glatzer is about a patient forms a relationship with another ily set up, and Baldwin’s presence as the The crisis is all there in the title. Is she over, it was time to let go off Sandhya...I went back to my normal life.” cept Trevorrow and Connolly originally Twoman who declines steeply into man in a care home, or Richard Eyre’s Iris husband sometimes makes this film look “still Alice”? Despite all the agony, the fear However, Bhumi has no qualms in saying that she found herself to plotted as a sequel for their debut movie early-onset Alzheimer’s just after her 50th (2001) in which Iris Murdoch, played by weirdly like a very dark version of Nancy and the indignity of Alzheimer’s, is there look “pretty” when she gained oodles of weight for her movie, as “being Safety Not Guaranteed. birthday, and somehow becomes a ghost Judi Dench, descends into dementia in a Meyers’s comfort-food relationship comedy some unbreachable core of identity that will beautiful is just a state of mind”. The film follows a United Nations haunting her own life. kind of flashback parallel with the story of It’s Complicated. remain? Or is Alice’s self utterly eroded, “My weight has never been an issue in my life. I don’t think it is a worker in a department that was to rep- It features a queenly, poignant and her younger self. Yet Moore’s heartfelt and self-possessed reduced to a set of symptoms? big thing. I’m comfortable with the way I look. Even when I was almost resent humankind in the event of alien much-garlanded lead performance from There is admittedly something of the TV performance, as taut as a violin string, It is an open question. Westmoreland and 90 kg, I thought I looked beautiful. I feel if you think you are beautiful, contact. The man falls in love with a mys- Julianne Moore as linguistics professor movie of the week in Still Alice, a little like makes this a commanding film. It also Glatzer give us a scene when Alice’s disease it will show on your face. It is the state of mind. I’d say it is good to be terious woman who turns out to be an Alice Howland. Do You Remember Love, from 1985, starring boasts one truly sensational scene in which is at a reasonably advanced stage, and show healthy,” she said. alien. She begins the movie at the triumphant John getting the chance for a big career Bhumi, who worked behind the scenes of Yash Raj Films’ (YRF) height of her career, enjoying a happy life step-up that would mean moving from New projects as an assistant to the casting director for six years, before making with her husband John (Alec Baldwin), I want to keep working till I die: Anupam Kher York to Minnesota, though New York is a a splash on the big screen herself, says she made no “deliberate effort” prosperous empty-nesters in a sumptuous place which Alice loved – or loves. to get back to her normal frame. New York home. They have three lovely By Subhash K Jha John assumes, without admitting or real- Acting is a profession Bhumi always eyed, but she felt she would never grownup children: Tom (Hunter Parrish), In a career spanning over three decades, ising it, that she is not still Alice, that he fit the “parameter” of being an actor. Rihanna most streamed on Spotify Anna (Kate Bosworth) and Lydia (Kristen the actor has been a part of iconic Hindi can take her anywhere, give her the best “I always wanted to be an actor...being somebody who loved watch- Stewart). working birthday is the best possi- films like Saaransh when he was in his care and continue with his own professional ing films, acting is the only aspect I was aware of as a general audience. n the account of the International The only problem in Alice’s life appears Able treat that veteran actor Anupam 20s. He played an elderly man who loses life. The question of whether she is, in fact, When I was younger, I didn’t know how a film is made. I wasn’t sure OWomen’s Day on Sunday, music to be her strained relationship with Lydia, Kher could provide himself. As he turned his son and struggles to collect his ashes still Alice is to lead to a family crisis with- there is a certain demand, the way an actor should look, and I knew that streaming service Spotify compiled a list who has rejected college to be a struggling 60 on Saturday, Anupam staged his new to great acclaim. out anyone couching it in precisely these I don’t fit that parameter because I have always been an overweight girl. of the most-searched female artists on the actor in Los Angeles. play Mera Woh Matlab Nahin Tha. Looking back on his enormously suc- terms. This film moreover has one thing “I guess this is the path that god chose for me; I was lucky such a music site where singer Rihanna reigned With a terrible, almost Nabokovian irony, Exhilarated and excited, he said: “I cessful life, Anupam said: “Things never that other movies about dementia do not: script came forward.” IANS supremacy as the favourite female artist Alice’s dementia begins with her inability planned it this way. I made sure that Mera happen to you. You have to make them some very sharp, shrewd insights about among all Spotify listeners worldwide. to remember the word ‘lexicon’ while giv- Woh Matlab Nahin Tha was premiered on happen. how computer technology allows dementia Rihanna was named the world’s top ing a lecture, although Westmoreland and my birthday. It was the best way I could “I’ve always pushed to realise my dreams. sufferers to manage their symptoms – or streamed woman for the third year in a Glatzer show how the condition has a kind bring in my birthday. I want to keep work- People ask me why I take on such stressful conceal them. row, reports variety.com. of prehistorical moment at her birthday ing until I live.” aspirations. But it’s this stress that has Or is it that technology use is itself a I’ve learnt from my mistakes: Ayushmann She received positive response for her dinner the night before, when Alice over- On the eve of his birthday, Anupam kept me going. symptom? Alice is as addicted to her smart- ctor Ayushmann Khurrana, who is enjoying the success of his latest collaboration with rapper Eminem for the hears her son-in-law talk about “sisters” hosted a show of the play for the students “I want to be known as somebody who phone as anyone else. But she is increas- Afilm Dum Laga Ke Haisha, says he has learnt from his mistakes and song “The Monster”, last year. The song arguing and for some reason thinks he of his acting school. broke the rules and created his own place ingly dependent on its personal-organiser would be more careful while choosing films. has been streamed over 200 million times must be talking about her relationship “It was a kind of rehearsal for the show in the creative field.” functions, and she Googles things on her “As an actor, I have learnt from my mistakes. Yes, my past few films on Spotify. with her own sister, who died in a car crash on Saturday, and also my way of sharing Anupam wanted his wife Kirron Kher phone that she should be able to remember have not worked and I take it as a learning experience. But now, post Katy Perry bagged the second spot fol- when they were teenagers. my new play with my students who are so — now a BJP MP — to play the female without help. Are the earlier stages of her the success of the film there is pressure and I will be more careful while lowed by Beyonce Knowles then Lana Del As her disease advances, Alice is lost in close to me.” lead alongside him in Mera Woh Matlab disease a parable for what we are all expe- choosing films,” Ayushmann said. Rey and finally Lady Gaga. thought about this dead sister. The terrible As for the cake-cutting ritual, the stu- Nahin Tha. riencing: a new kind of Googleheimer’s? Directed by Sharat Katariya, Dum Laga Ke Haisha stars debutant Meanwhile, Knowles was declared as the female artist who most diagnosis arrives, and I defy any audience in dents of his school made sure Anupam “But she couldn’t join me on stage This is an affecting and thoroughly Bhumi Pednekar as an overweight girl. women in the world listen to on Spotify. Perry, Rey and Rihanna stood the world not to strain frantically to com- blew the right number of candles. because of her political commitments. worthwhile film on a very contemporary Talking about Dum Laga Ke Haisha, he said: “It was an unusual script second, third and fourth with Ariana Grande rounding up the top five. plete the memory test that a doctor gives “I don’t feel my age at all. One feels old Neena Gupta is a wonderful actress. It’s topic – with some Larkinian reflections on and I was certain this film will work.” Alice in one heartwrenching scene. There only when the excitement runs out of one’s a pleasure sharing the stage with her,” he what will and won’t survive of us. are, moreover, terrible genetic implications life,” said Anupam. said. IANS The Guardian to her condition. 10 PLUS | MONDAY 9 MARCH 2015 SCIENCE New Homo fossil rewrites human evolution A new jaw fossil suggests that the Homo genus – modern humans and their close relatives – arose by about 2.8 million years ago, almost half a million years earlier than previous evidence had indicated Fossil known as LD 350-1 combines primitive AFRICA Australopithecus traits with more modern Homo features Ledi-Geraru research area, Ethiopia: Fossil unearthed in 2013 Until now earliest credible fossil evidence of our genus – Homo habilis (below) – dated to around Fossil 2.3 or 2.4 million presents years ago five teeth Age of LD 350-1 still intact fossil believed to be around 2.8m years old

Homo rudolfensis Kenyanthropus Temporal ranges (habilis) platyops Inferred relationships

Homo habilis Homo Australopithecus sapiens Homo ergaster anamensis Orrorin (erectus) tugenensis Homo neanderthalensis Australopithecus garhi Ardipithecus ramidus Australopithecus Homo erectus africanus Ardipithecus kadabba Paranthropus Paranthropus robustus aethiopicus Sahelanthropus Paranthropus Australopithecus tchadensis boisei afarensis Homo Australopithecus heidelbergensis bahrelghazali 01234567 Rise of modern humans MILLIONS OF YEARS AGO

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Extra oxygen could help you fight cancer

n a major breakthrough, researchers have found that just breathing in extra oxygen Icould spurt the growth of tumour-fighting cells, thereby improving cancer treatment. Supplemental oxygenation could improve cancer immunotherapy and shrink tumours by unleashing anti-tumour T lymphocytes and natural killer cells, the findings showed. “Breathing supplemental oxygen opens up the gates of the tumour fortress and wakes up ‘sleepy’ anti-tumour cells, enabling these soldiers to enter the fortress and destroy it,” explained Michail Sitkovsky, immunophysiology expert at the Northeastern University in the US. However, he added, “if anti-tumour immune cells are not present, oxygen will have no impact. This discovery shifts the paradigm of decades-long drug development, a process with Diabetics can avoid problems a low success rate.”. The findings build upon Sitkovsky’s previous research and represent the culmination of his life’s work. In the early 2000s, Sitkovsky made an with attention to heart risks important discovery in immunology, which has come to inform his research in cancer biology. He found that a receptor on the surface of immune cells -- the A2A adenosine receptor -- is By Roxanne Nelson The authors emphasize that responsible for preventing T cells from invading The risk factors for overall rates of major cardiovas- tumours and for “putting to sleep” those killer ven if they haven’t been cardiovascular problems cular complications and deaths cells that do manage to enter into the tumours. diagnosed with heart dis- were “substantially higher” in peo- His latest work carried out in mice showed ease, diabetics with clas- in diabetes are well known ple with diabetes who already had that extra oxygen changed the tumour’s envi- Esical heart-risk factors and include high blood heart disease, compared to those ronment so that immune cells could get inside like smoking and elevated “bad” pressure, smoking and without it. and do their jobs. “The anti-tumour effects of cholesterol are at heightened risk But delaying diabetes complica- supplemental oxygen can be further improved of serious heart-related “events” poor control of blood sugar. tions is possible, Vazquez-Benitez by the natural antagonist of the A2A adenosine and death, according to a new If more attention were said, not only for cardiovascular receptor, which happens to be the caffeine in study. events but for problems like nerve your coffee,” Sitkovsky said. Among people with diabetes paid to these risk factors, damage and kidney disease. The study appeared in the journal Science but not heart disease, research- the rate of cardiovascular “Although there is a genetic Translational Medicine. ers linked more than a third of component of diabetes, there cardiovascular “events” — such as problems and death could are modifiable risk factors that heart attack and stroke — and 7 be substantially reduced. can reduce risk of heart attack, Avoid sitting for long hours percent of deaths to inadequate stroke and death,” said Deborah control of heart risk factors. Greenwood, a registered nurse for a healthy heart That means those cardiac and president of the American itting for long hours everyday is associated events and deaths might have Association of Diabetes Educators. with increased coronary artery calcifica- been avoided with better control of There are nearly 25 million Lowering blood sugar, LDL choles- Stion that can increase the risk of a heart the known risk factors, the study Americans with diabetes and if terol and blood pressure, as well attack, new research says. team writes in Diabetes Care. current trends continue, more as quitting smoking can greatly The results suggest that exercise may not “The take home message from than one in three adults are pro- reduce risk, she said. entirely counteract the negative effects of a this study is that adults with dia- jected to develop the disease. All adults over 45 should be mostly sedentary lifestyle on coronary artery betes can reduce their risk of car- Stroke and coronary heart dis- screened for diabetes so it can be calcium. “It’s clear that exercise is important diovascular events, and patients ease are the major causes of com- diagnosed and treated early, said to reduce your cardiovascular risk and improve should work together with their plications, deaths and healthcare Greenwood, who was not involved your fitness level,” said study’s lead author provider to set a care plan includ- costs in adults with diabetes, they in the study. For most people with Jacquelyn Kulinski. ing goals and strategies to reduce write. so-called pre-diabetes, she pointed “But this study suggests that reducing how much modifiable risk factors,” said The authors point out that out, losing 5 to 7 percent of body you sit every day may represent a more novel, lead author Gabriela Vazquez- medical advances have improved weight and doing 150 minutes of companion strategy (in addition to exercise) to Benitez, a research investiga- the health of people with diabe- physical activity per week could help reduce your cardiovascular risk,” Kulinski, tor at HealthPartners Institute tes, especially when it comes to avert progression to full-blown an assistant professor of cardiovascular medicine for Education and Research in cardiovascular problems. But for diabetes. at the Medical College of Wisconsin, US, added. Minneapolis, Minnesota. people with diabetes as a group, She also emphasized the impor- This study offers a unique perspective on the “This can include regular care the burden of cardiovascular prob- tance of participating in diabetes effects of sedentary behaviour because it links visits, screening, laboratory, lems remains very high. self-management education and sitting with an early marker for heart disease weight, and blood pressure,” she In their study, Vaquez-Benitez partnering with a credentialed risk. Coronary artery calcification, measured said. and her team analyzed data diabetes educator to change through a non-invasive CT heart scan, indicates The risk factors for cardio- on nearly 860,000 adults with behaviors and improve modifiable the amount of calcium contained in plaques vascular problems in diabetes diabetes. risk factors. “A diabetes educator within the heart’s arteries. are well known and include high They looked at rates of major will work with you to develop a Analysing heart scans and physical activ- blood pressure, smoking and poor cardiovascular complications such plan specifically tailored to your ity records of more than 2,000 adults living in control of blood sugar. If more as heart attacks and heart failure, individual needs, preferences Dallas, the researchers found each hour of sed- attention were paid to these risk as well as deaths from all causes, and lifestyle to ensure success,” entary time per day on average was associated factors, the rate of cardiovascu- plus four risk factors: blood pres- Greenwood said. with a 14 percent increase in coronary artery lar problems and death could be sure, levels of LDL cholesterol, SOURCE: bit.ly/1zYWcys Diabetes calcification burden. substantially reduced, the study smoking and blood sugar levels Care, online February 20, 2015. Agencies team argues. over the months. Reuters 12 PLUS | MONDAY 9 MARCH 2015 TECHNOLOGY As hacking grows, biometric security gains momentum

ith hackers seemingly using mobile commerce by RSA and running rampant online TeleSign found around three percent and millions of users of revenue lost due to fraud. Wcompromised, efforts for Biometrics are likely to be a major stronger online identity protection — part of any new identity verification mainly using biometrics — are gaining effort, says Ramesh Kesanupalli, vice momentum. president of the standard-setting Fast Biometrics, which can include fin- IDentity Online Alliance (FIDO) which gerprints, iris scans, facial or voice now has over 170 members including recognition and other methods, got a makers of hardware, software and major boost with Apple’s introduction financial firms. of its iPhones with Touch ID. Kesanupalli said that even solutions Samsung followed with its own that add verification on top of a pass- fingerprint scanner and Qualcomm word are not as robust as biometrics. recently unveiled its 3D fingerprint “If you don’t eliminate dependency there is no database to be hacked. of communication,” Stamos told AFP, technology incorporated in the chips on the password you’re not solving Another important development was noting that new login credentials will used in many mobile devices. the problem, you are only treating the Microsoft’s announcement in February be forthcoming. From major tech firms such as symptom,” Kesanupalli said. that it was joining FIDO and imple- AcuityMarket Intelligence mean- Google, Microsoft and Yahoo to menting new authentication meth- while projects that by 2020, global US cybersecurity officials, consen- Fingerprint ID, facial recognition ods in Windows 10 that will include mobile biometric market revenues will sus is growing that the simple pass- He says fingerprint identification biometrics. reach $33.3bn including biometrically word, often the weak link in security made major strides with the iPhone, “Moving the world away from pass- enabled mobile devices, apps and soft- breaches, needs to be replaced. and that other technologies such words is an enormous task, and FIDO ware for payments. as facial recognition are still being will succeed where others have failed,” ‘Kill the password dead’ improved. said Microsoft program manager Biometric fears “I would love to kill the password Apple, in a “master stroke,” used Dustin Ingalls. But not everyone in the tech world dead as a primary security method a fingerprint ID on the home button International Data Corp says some sees biometrics as the solution to secu- because it’s terrible,” White House which is already used to activate the 15 percent of mobile devices will be rity problems. cybersecurity coordinator Michael phone, said Kesanupalli. That means accessed with biometrics in 2015, and “If you have a credit card that gets Daniel told a security forum last year. consumers don’t need encouragement the number will grow to 50 percent compromised you can get a new credit Tens of millions of passwords have or special training to use it. by 2020. card, but what do you do if your iris or been stolen in breaches of major retail- Additionally, e-commerce firms can Yahoo, for one, is developing new your fingerprints get compromised?” ers and banks including Target, Home piggyback onto the phone’s authentica- security that will eliminate passwords, says Sascha Meinrath, head of the New Depot and JPMorgan Chase. Password tion to allow for a more secure trans- according to its chief information secu- America Foundation’s X-Lab studying theft is a key element in identity theft, action without passwords, Kesanupalli rity officer Alex Stamos. new technologies. the biggest source of fraud complaints said. “We strongly believe at Yahoo that Meinrath noted that there have in the United States. And significantly, the Apple finger- we need to get rid of passwords and already been successful efforts to fake And a survey of large corporations print is stored only on the device, so that users need to move to other ways someone’s fingerprint, and that other biometrics may also see the same fate. “This presents an entire new realm Peak Brain Training Minimalist word-processor iA on medical appointments and so on. of security problems,” he said. iOS/Android, free Writer has been a top app for writ- It’ll also show you charts, health tips New technologies are helping make Already a hit on iOS, this ers on iOS since 2010, but now it’s on and store those all-important bump biometrics more secure. slick brain-training game is Android too. With minimal clutter, it photos. Stephanie Schuckers, a Clarkson now available for Android helps you concentrate on your writ- University professor and head of devices too. It gets you to ing – complete with a “focus” mode to Anorak App the industry-academic Center for play a set of simple, fun mini- fade out everything bar the current iPad, £2.99 Identification Technology Research, games every day, and tracks sentence. In its print form, Anorak is a beau- said some research is focused on “live- your performance over time, tifully crafted magazine for children ness detection,” to guard against faking letting you know you’re LinkedIn Connected that focuses on stories rather than fingerprints or other biometrics. (hopefully) improving. iOS/Android, free plastic covermounts. Its app is just as “This would ensure that the real bio- Business-focussed social network nice, with stories, word searches and metric is there at that time and place, Do Button by IFTTT LinkedIn may hold your online CV, comics designed to spark your kids’ and recognize a fake version of that iOS/Android, free but how can it be more useful on your creativity. stolen fingerprint,” Schuckers said. Do Button could be one of smartphone? LinkedIn Connected is Some of the pressure for new iden- the most useful apps you have a stripped-down tool for keeping up Hop – Email Messenger tity verification systems is a response on your homescreen, with its with your contacts, and also for gen- iOS/Android, free to huge losses hitting the financial ability to provide quick two- ning up on whoever you’re meeting If you’ve ever wished email could sector, said James Lewis, a cyberse- tap access to three of your next. be a bit less like email and a bit more curity specialist at the Center for APP OF THE DAY regular actions – from track- like instant messaging, Hop is worth a Strategic and International Studies in ing water consumption to Glow Nurture try. It turns email conversations into Washington. emailing a loved one when you iOS/Android, free threads more like a messaging app, “We don’t know what the technology leave work. If you’re trying for a baby, Glow taking in photos, live chat, documents will be,” Lewis said. Nurture is one of the most polished and voice calls. “Consumers will decide what they iA Writer apps for tracking … well, just about By Staurt Dredge like, and we will then see if the bad iOS/Android, £3.99 everything: weight, activity, notes The Guardian guys can figure out how to crack it.” AFP COMICS & MORE PLUS | MONDAY 9 MARCH 2015 13

LEARN ARABIC Nature

The moon Al qamar

The stars Al nojoom Ice Jaleed Wave Mawja Snow alj Sand Raml Hoy en la Historia Thunder Raçd March 9, 1965 U.S. President Lyndon Johnson Lightning Barq authorized the use in Vietnam of napalm, a petroleum-based anti- Rock ara personnel bomb that sticks to skin ç = ‘a’ in ‘agh’ when surprised and causes severe burns 1890: Vyacheslav Molotov, Soviet foreign secretary who negotiated the non-aggression pact with Germany in Baby Blues by Jerry Scott & Rick Kirkman August 1939, was born 2000: Ecuador received $2 billion in IMF aid as it replaced its currency, the sucre, with the U.S. dollar 2000: France began legal action against the U.S. over the ultra-secret Echelon spy network 2010: Indonesian terrorist Dulmatin was killed in a police raid in Jakarta Picture: Associated Press © GRAPHIC NEWS ALL IN THE MIND Hagar The Horrible by Chris Browne Can you find the hidden words? They may be horizontal, vertical, diagonal, forwards or backwards.

Zits by Jerry Scott & Jim Borgman

ARGON, ARSENIC, BARIUM, BORON, BROMINE, CADMIUM, CALCIUM, CARBON, CHLORINE, CHROMIUM, COBALT, COPPER, FLUORINE, GOLD, HYDROGEN, IODINE, IRON, KRYPTON, LEAD, LITHIUM, MAGNESIUM, MANGANESE, MERCURY, NEON, NICKEL, NITROGEN, OXYGEN, PLATINUM, PLUTONIUM, RADIUM, RADON, SILICON, SILVER, SODIUM, STRONTIUM, TITANIUM, TUNGSTEN, URANIUM, XENON, ZINC. 14 PLUS | MONDAY 9 MARCH 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.

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 | MONDAY 9 MARCH 2015 15

American Heist (2D/Action) – 10:00am, SHOWING AT VILLAGGIO & CITY CENTER 1 12:00noon, 2:00, 4:00, 6:00, 8:00, 10:00 & 11:55pm TEL: 444933989 444517001 Outcast (2D/Action) – 10:30am & 2:30pm 2 Outcast (3D/Action) 13:05 Auction 08:00 News – 12:30, 4:30, 7:00, 9:10 & 11:20pm Hunters: Pawn 08:30 People & Youm Maloush Lazmah (2D/Arabic) Shop Edition Power 3 – 4:25, 6:50, 9:00 & 11:30pm 14:20 Yukon Men 09:00 Struggle Over Asterix (2D/Animation) –10:45am, 12:40 & 2:30pm 15:10 Fifth Gear The Nile Focus (2D/Comedy) – 10:20am, 2:40, 7:15 & 11:40pm 16:00 Fast N' Loud 10:30 Inside Story 4 Regatta (2D/Arabic) – 12:35, 4:50 & 9:25pm 16:50 How It's Made 11:00 News 17:40 Alaska: The 11:30 Talk To Al Life After Beth (2D/Comedy) –1:00, 5:10 & 9:20pm Last Frontier Jazeera 5 The Wedding Ringer (2D/Romantic) 18:30 Gold Rush 12:30 Soapbox – 11:00am, 3:00, 7:10 & 11:20pm 20:10 The Liquidator Mexico Kidnapping Mr. Heineken (2D/Action) 20:35 Backroad 13:00 NEWSHOUR 6 – 1:15, 5:40 & 10:00pm Bounty 14:30 Inside Story Kinsman: The Secret Service (2D/Action) 21:00 Gold Rush 15:00 Al Jazeera – 10:55, 3:15, 7:40 & 11:55pm 22:40 Alaska: The World Last Frontier 17:30 Listening Post – 3:10 & 5:00pm 7 Asterix (2D/Animation) 23:30 Alaska: The 18:00 NEWSHOUR – 11:15am, 1:00, 6:55, 9:00 & 11:10pm Exists (2D/Horror) Last Frontier 19:30 101 East The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out of Water 01:10 Gold Rush 20:30 Inside Story 8 (2D/Animation) – 11:10am, 1:10 & 3:10pm 02:00 Gold Divers: 22:30 Talk To Al Under The Ice Jazeera Project Almanac (2D/Action) – 5:00, 7:00, 9:10 & 11:35pm 02:50 Alaska: The 23:00 Aleppo Notes Last Frontier from the Dark Focus (IMAX 2D/Comedy) – 11:30am, 1:40, 3:50, 9 6:00, 8:10, 10:20pm &12:30am American Heist (2D/Action) 10 – 10:50am, 2:50, 7:20 & 11:50pm 13:50 Treehouse 13:00 Animal – 12:50, 4:50 & 9:30pm Outcast (2D/Action) Masters Intervention – 2:15pm 14:45 River Monsters 15:00 Car SOS 1 Asterix (2D/Animation) 15:40 Tanked 16:00 Animal Impact American Heist (2D/Action) – 4:00pm 17:30 Gator Boys 17:00 Alaska Wing Men Focus (2D/Comedy) – 6:00pm 18:25 Treehouse 18:00 Perilous Outcast (2D/Action) – 7:45 & 9:30pm Masters Journeys 20:15 Tanked 19:00 Car SOS – 11:30pm Project Almanac (2D/Action) 21:10 Secret Creatures 20:00 Animal Impact Kaaki Sattai (2D/Tamil) – 2:00pm Of Jao 21:00 Alaska Wing Men 2 22:05 Treehouse 22:00 Perilous Kidnapping Freddy Heineken (2D/Action) Masters Journeys MALL – 5:00 & 11:15pm 23:00 The Wild 23:00 Wild Sri Lanka Project Almanac (2D/Action) – 7:00pm Life Of Tim 00:00 Is It Real? Faulkner American Heist (2D/Action) – 9:00pm – 3:00pm 3 Serena (2D/Drama) Asterix (2D/Animation) – 5:00pm 13:00 My Name Is Earl 12:30 Coronation Regatta (2D/Arabic) – 6:45 & 9:00pm 13:30 Dads Street 14:00 Melissa & Joey 14:00 Franklin & Bash – 11:00pm Dirty Politics (2D/Hindi) 15:00 Men At Work 16:00 Emmerdale Serena (2D/Drama) – 3:00pm 16:30 Til Death 16:30 Coronation 1 18:30 Melissa & Joey Street – 5:00pm Focus (2D/Comedy) 19:00 Two And A 17:00 The Ellen Project Almanac (2D/Action) – 7:00 & 11:30pm Half Men DeGeneres 20:00 Mulaney Show Regatta (2D/Arabic) – 9:15pm 20:30 Veep 18:00 Franklin & Bash – 2:15 & 5:45pm 22:00 Girls 19:00 Bones 2 Asterix (2D/Animation) 22:30 Curb Your 20:00 Revenge Kidnapping Freddy Heineken(2D/Action) Enthusiasm 21:00 Bates Motel – 4:00 & 11:30pm LANDMARK 23:00 Sarah 22:00 Banshee Outcast (3D/Action) – 7:30 & 9:30pm Silverman: We 23:00 True Detective Are Miracles 01:00 Bates Motel – 2:30 & 4:15pm 3 American Heist (2D/Action) 02:00 Banshee Regatta (2D/Arabic) – 6:00pm

Kaaki Sattai (2D/Tamil) – 8:00pm 13:00 Barbie And The 13:00 Knife Fight- Dirty Politics (2D/Hindi) – 11:00pm 12:00 Bandhan 13:05 Good Luck 13:20 Come Dine With Magic Of Pegasus PG15 Hello Pratibha Asterix (2D/Animation) – 2:15pm 12:30 Charlie Me 14:30 Tony Hawk: 15:00 Centre Place 13:00 Jamai Raja 13:30 Dog With A Blog 13:45 Beat My Build Boom Boom 17:00 Playing For American Heist (2D/Action) – 4:00pm 13:30 Kumkum Bhagya 14:20 H2O: Just Add 14:35 Antiques Sabotage Keeps 14:00 Qubool Hai Roadshow 19:00 Pawn – 5:45pm Water 16:00 Ploddy Police Car 1 Focus (2D/Comedy) 14:30 Jodha Akbar 15:25 Come Dine With 21:00 Disconnect 14:55 Liv And Maddie 18:00 Barbie Of Swan 15:00 Kasamh Se Me 23:00 Her Outcast (2D/Action) – 7:30 & 9:30pm 15:20 Binny And The Lake 16:00 Hum Paanch 16:15 Masterchef: The 20:00 Dudley Do Right 01:15 Playing For Ghost Project Almanac (2D/Action) – 11:30pm 17:00 Maharakshak Professionals 22:00 Tony Hawk: Keeps Girl Meets World Aryan 15:45 16:45 Nigel Slater's Boom Boom 03:15 Pawn Outcast (2D/Action) – 2:30pm 17:30 Neeli Chatri 16:10 Violetta Simple Suppers Sabotage ROYAL Kidnapping Freddy Heineken(2D/Action) Waale 17:05 Cow Belles 17:15 Fantasy Homes – 4:30 & 11:15pm 18:00 Servicewali Bahu 18:40 Dog With A Blog By The Sea 2 18:30 Bandhan 18:00 Come Dine With PLAZA Project Almanac (2D/Action) – 7:00pm 19:30 Violetta 19:00 Hello Pratibha 20:20 Binny And The Me 19:30 Jodha Akbar Beat My Build 13:00 Horizon American Heist (2D/Action) – 9:00pm Ghost 18:25 10:00 Chalet Girl 20:00 Jamai Raja 20:10 Valentine Warner 12:00 Fred 2: Night Of 15:00 Madea's – 3:00pm 21:10 Austin & Ally Serena (2D/Drama) 20:30 Kumkum Bhagya Eats Scandinavia The Living Fred Witness 3 21:35 Jessie 21:00 Qubool Hai 21:25 Masterchef: The 14:00 So Undercover Protection Asterix (2D/Animation) – 5:00pm 22:00 Gravity Falls 21:30 Satrangi Sasural Professionals 16:00 See Spot Run 17:00 The Nut Job Doli Armaano Ki 22:25 Sabrina: Secrets 19:00 The Secret Life Regatta (2D/Arabic) – 7:00 & 9:00pm 22:00 22:20 Antiques 18:00 Scary Movie 5 22:30 Jodha Akbar Of A Teenage Roadshow 20:00 The Hangover 3 Of Walter Mitty Dirty Politics (2D/Hindi) – 11:00pm 23:00 Best of Fear Files Witch 23:10 Come Dine With 22:00 Go 21:00 Girl Most Likely 00:00 Kumkum Bhagya 23:10 Wolfblood Me 00:00 Freeloaders 23:00 Carrie 16 PLUS | MONDAY 9 MARCH 2015 POTPOURRI Rare US coin market hits records Events in Qatar By Patricia Reaney handling the sales with Sotheby’s, believes the coins could shatter the $10m record set in Family Art Workshops rare five-dollar gold piece and a 2013 for a 1794 Silver Dollar. When: Till March 31, 2015 prized silver dollar each could Although jaw-dropping prices for Where: Katara Art Studios - Bldg 19 A fetch $10m or more in upcom- contemporary art grabbed headlines What: Katara Art Studios is hosting a ing auctions, making the American in 2014, rare coins also had a banner series of Diverse Family Art Workshops from rare coin market as attractive, year and are among the biggest col- September 2014 to March 2015. They invite though not nearly as glamorous, lectibles behind art and antiques. families to attend with their children aged as fine art. Coin sales are driven by the between 5 years old to 10 years old. Sales of rare US coins reached economy, but Kendrella said inves- The cost of each workshop is a record of nearly $536m last year, tors and collectors are also lured QR150 and now collectors are turning to by the rarity, uniqueness, condition the D Brent Pogue Collection, which and historical links of coins. Here There Exhibition could boost it higher. “They are artifacts that speak to When: Till March 30, 2015; Opening Gathered over more than 30 years what was going on in the United States hours Sunday-Wednesday 10:30am – by Texas property developer A Mack at the time these coins were made,” he 5:30pm, Tuesday closed and Thursday Pogue and his son, D Brent, it is consid- said. “That’s one of the main draws.” 12pm – 8pm. ered the most valuable collection of federal With a dozen coins selling for $1m or more Where: Al Riwaq Exhibition Hall American coins dating from the 1790s to the late in 2014 and the first gold coin struck for the What: The Qatar Brazil 2014 Year of 1830s in private hands. United States fetching $4.5m, the nonprofit Professional Culture closes with a grand finale event as An 1822 Half Eagle five-dollar gold piece (pictured), Numismatists Guild estimates the overall US rare coin QM Gallery Al Riwaq presents Here There, one of only three known to exist, and an 1804 Silver Dollar market to be worth about $5bn. a showcase of works by artists from Qatar dubbed the “King of American Coins” are expected to be Walter Husak, a retired aerospace entrepreneur based and Brazil. among the top lots when the collection is sold in a series in California, knows just how lucrative it can be. A col- Free entry of auctions in New York beginning in May and continu- lection of 301 rare penny coins dating from 1793 to 1814 ing into 2017. that he gathered over more than 13 years sold in 2008 for Yousef Ahmad: Story Of “These two coins in particular, we think, have a possibil- $10.7m, about double what he invested in it. Ingenuity Exhibition ity of being up around that $10m mark,” Brian Kendrella, “I never thought it would go up that much,” he said. When: Till March 28 the president of Stack’s Bowers Galleries, said. “There are a lot of people getting involved in coins.” Where: Qatar Museums Gallery Katara The rare coin and currency auctioneer, which is Reuters What: The exhibition highlights Qatari artist Yousef Ahmad’s body of work through a precise selection of his most striking artworks from his early works in 1970s until today. From the early oil paintings that include the historic depiction of Al Zubarah Fort, to his mixed media calligraphic pieces IN by Siyad Binaf to his new conceptual artworks presenting FOCUS his ability of developing an innovate artistic style. Free entry

Tasmeem Doha 2015: 3ajeeb! When: March 8 - March 12 Where: VCUQatar What: Tasmeem Doha is a biennial international conference focusing on unique and contemporary themes in art and design. The 2015 edition will focus on the theme of ‘playfulness’ expressed by the Arabizi word 3ajeeb! (ahh-jhee-b). This year’s festival will feature: 3 Studio days + 2 Shawarma Sessions with artists, designers, musicians, writers, tinkerers, and playful thinkers 1 Day Off to sit back and enjoy presentations by world-class speakers 1 Festival Day of exhibitions, playful interactions and performances Free, but need to register. Go to www.tasmeemdoha.com for details

Handcrafts Workshops And Outdoor Market When: Till March 26-27; 4pm to 10pm Where: Katara Art Studios – Bldg 19 What: The Cultural Village Foundation — Katara in cooperation with the Ministry of Labour & Social Aairs is organising Handcrafts Workshops and Outdoor Market Free entry

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