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f your idea of Brazil is beaches, São Paulo is not the place to go. That’s what Rio de Janeiro is for. I But if you’re a seasoned traveller who tends to shun traditional tourism hot spots for urban adventures off the beaten trail, then put Brazil’s biggest city on your bucket list. A sprawling metropolitan area of nearly 20 million people, São Paulo is sometimes referred to as the New York of South America. While the comparison may be a bit overstated, Brazil’s business capital boasts a rich cultural life and restaurant scene that rival the world’s premier cities. (Map: https://goo.gl/maps/3UJKd) It is also Brazil’s most global city, with long- established immigrant communities from Portugal, Spain, Italy, Japan and the Middle East. More recently it has attracted waves of immigrants from west Africa, China, Haiti and neighbouring Spanish-speaking countries such as Bolivia and Peru, giving it a distinctly inter- national vibe felt nowhere else in Latin America. Antonio Carlos Jobim, the late singer-song- writer who was the godfather of bossa nova, once famously said, “Brazil is not for beginners.” That rings particularly true in São Paulo, whose sheer size, helter-skelter urban blueprint and epic traf- fic jams can wear down even the most experi- enced globetrotter. But that chaos is also São Paulo’s allure. Whereas Rio’s natural beauty overwhelms the senses, São Paulo plays hard to get. It takes time and tenacity to discover its many charms, but once you do, you’ll feel like you’ve joined a select club of travellers who have cracked one of the world’s toughest cities. Soccer fans will get a chance to do so in June and July, when São Paulo will hold six World Cup games at a brand-new stadium on the city’s long- neglected east side. In addition to the opening match between Brazil and Croatia, the stadium will host Uruguay vs England, Netherlands vs Chile, South Korea vs Belgium, plus a Round of 16 showdown and a semi-final. Here are tips for getting the most out of a trip to São Paulo.
Restaurants Galore What São Paulo lacks in beaches and beauty, it makes up for in food. From world-class haute cui- sine to simple but satisfying lunch buffets where you pay by the weight of your serving, there is something for just about every appetite and wal- let size. True to its immigrant roots, São Paulo has long been known for Italian cantinas, Japanese sushi bars and authentic Lebanese food. Until recently, however, one cuisine that the city’s restaurant scene largely lacked was, oddly enough, Brazilian. That changed in the last decade, thanks to a group of chefs whose passion for local ingredients Brazil’s beachless spawned a Brazilian food revolution that put São Paulo on the global gourmet map. At the forefront of this movement is Alex Atala, a tattoo-loving celebrity chef whose res- taurant D.O.M. in the swanky Jardins district metropolis is a ranks sixth on the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list sponsored by Britain’s Restaurant magazine. If you have deep pockets and you’re lucky enough to secure a reservation, D.O.M.’s eight-course tast- ing menu will take your palate on a tour of the Amazon. (www.domrestaurante.com.br) foodie’s paradise For a more down-to-earth Brazilian food expe- rience, try Tordesilhas about six blocks away. This place serves up regional classics. If you’re in a group, get the barreado, a succulent beef feast that simmers in a sealed clay pot for 14 hours. (www.tordesilhas.com) PLUS | SUNDAY 27 APRIL 2014 3
Two other flag-bearers of São Paulo’s Copan designed in 1954 by the late Brazilian food movement are Brasil a Oscar Niemeyer. Gosto (www.brasilagosto.com.br), a After lunch, grab a cab and head over stone’s throw from D.O.M., and Mocotó to the art deco Pacaembu Stadium, (www.mocoto.com.br), where chef which houses one of the city’s most Rodrigo Oliveira turned his father’s beloved museums. Opened in 2008, eatery on the city’s unglamorous north the Museu do Futebol is a shrine to side into a favourite of frugal foodies. soccer that uses interactive technol- It’s well worth the 30-plus minute taxi ogy to chronicle the history of Brazil’s ride from downtown. national pastime. (www.museudofute- Another long-overlooked cuisine bol.org.br) that has taken São Paulo by storm Another good spot for a walk is in recent years is Portuguese. For a Avenida Paulista, the quintessential taste of the sun-baked shores of the São Paulo postcard. Once a sleepy resi- Algarve, order the grilled sardines and dential boulevard where coffee barons octopus rice at Taberna 474 in Jardim built lavishly ornate mansions, today Paulistano. (www.taberna474.com.br) it is a bustling thoroughfare lined with Other popular newcomers to the skyscrapers, stores and, this being São city’s food scene hail from Brazil’s Paulo, restaurants. Andean neighbors. Suri, a Peruvian Spend a Saturday exploring Vila ceviche place run by a Colombian chef, Madalena, a hilly bohemian enclave of draws a hipster crowd and is packed on art galleries and shops. Make sure to weekends. (www.suri.com.br) sample the tropical fruits on offer at the farmer’s market on Rua Mourato São Paulo By Foot? Coelho, and eventually circle back to Make no mistake, the automobile is Rua Fidalga for a traditional lunch at king is São Paulo. There are almost Bar Filial. (www.barfilial.com.br) 6 million cars, more than a million If you weren’t lucky enough to motorcycles and nearly 34,000 taxis score any World Cup tickets, don’t on the congested streets, causing up to despair. It might be just as fun to 300km (186 miles) of gridlock at rush watch the games at Filial or any hour on a bad night. other of the dozens of eateries scat- Fortunately, some of the city’s most tered around Vila Madalena. Another interesting attractions are best dis- local favourite is São Cristóvão, where covered on foot. Just be careful when the walls and ceilings are lined with crossing the street, because Brazilian sports memorabilia and the waiters motorists rarely stop for pedestrians. wear throwback soccer shirts. This For a walking tour of old downtown, may very well have been the loudest take the metro on a weekday to São place in the city when Brazil last won Bento, the historic monastery that a World Cup in 2002. Pope Benedict XVI visited on a trip to If you’re not in a food coma by now, Brazil in 2007. wind up your trip with a nightcap at From there, stroll through the cen- Skye Bar on the roof of Hotel Unique, tre’s maze of pedestrian streets and the Banco do Brasil Cultural Center When hunger sets in, walk a few a boat-shaped boutique hotel designed take in the architecture of a more ele- (www.bb.com.br/cultura), which hosts more blocks and get the lunch spe- by the Brazilia n architect Ruy Ohtake. gant São Paulo of yesteryear, including art exhibits and cultural events for free cial at Bar da Dona Onça, another The place is expensive, but what you’re the Depression-era Martinelli building, in a beautiful building from 1901; and the exponent of the Brazilian food move- really paying for is the stunning view the city’s first skyscraper. (www.predi- Municipal Theater, a recently restored ment. (www.bardadonaonca.com.br) of the never-ending São Paulo skyline. omartinelli.com.br) gem from 1911 that houses the São Paulo It is located in one of São Paulo’s most (www.hotelunique.com.br) Other must-see downtown landmarks: Symphonic Orchestra. iconic buildings, the curvy Edifício Reuters 4 PLUS | SUNDAY 27 APRIL 2014 CAMPUS
MES Indian School scrabble team won the runner-up title in the scrabble tournament School Olympic Programme held swimming competitions for the hosted by Stafford Sri Lankan School, Doha, recently. Mahalakshmi Rajeev of class VIII, girls at Aspire Dome recently. Birla Public School students won won the Champion of the Event trophy while Deep Chandra of class VII of the school, won gold medal in 4X25mts Freestyle Relay. Simon Franseca of VI D, the Best Highest scoring word award in the tournament. Mini Ramesh, Ambika Sukumaran Gurkashish Kaur of V Ai, Sejal Sanil of V D and Shreya Manoj of and Manmadhan M, trained the students. VI N were part of the team. Franseca also won a silver medal in 25mts Back Stroke (Group-Primary II).
DMIS marks Earth Day he students of DMIS expressed their feelings Ttowards saving ‘Mother Earth’ by displaying their thoughts and ideas through colourful posters. The poster making activity was conducted by the Department of English as part of the Earth Day cel- ebrations. Students of Grade 9 and 10 participated in the activity and the topic given was ‘Save the Earth’. Bright and colourful posters with practical solutions for pollution and slogans that warn about our neg- ligence towards the environment were displayed in the chart sheets. The posters were exhibited in the school to cre- ate awareness in students on the need to protect the earth from the disasters caused by human interference. Students of Grade 2 CBSE showed the best way to encourage others for the cause of saving environ- ment is to write and share some short messages. Their slogans stamped on the outline of a tree to save Earth were “Save Trees” and “Do not cut Trees”. This simple tree making activity helped them to learn importance and uses of trees. The Peninsula
Tiny tots at the KG section of Bhavan’s Public School organised many activities to mark the Earth Day. All the students took part in the drawing competi- tion conducted at the campus to celebrate the day. COMMUNITY PLUS | SUNDAY 27 APRIL 2014 5
Total Alreyada 2014 promotes spirit of energy industry partnership
he second ‘Total Alreyada: most essential issues, which needs Manager of Dolphin Qatar; Saad Al inspirational. Connecting Young Leaders’ cooperation between all the State Kaabi, Director of Oil & Gas Ventures “Alreyada is an event by and for Tsummit successfully concluded authorities and all foreign countries.” at Qatar Petroleum; and Shabir the Middle East and we are proud in Doha with a pledge to further expand Total Alreyada 2014 invited young Hussain, Omanisation Manager of to support this dialogue between its the annual gathering of aspiring leaders from Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Petroleum Development Oman. Talent young leaders and experts from many energy industry professionals across Kuwait, Lebanon, Jordan, Oman and development, leadership, innovation different countries.” the Middle East and North Africa. Iran to compete in a team assignment and sustainability, and the challenges The inaugural Total Alreyada, Forty-four students and young themed on ‘long-lasting partnerships’. facing the energy sector in the face which took place in Abu Dhabi last professionals, both men and women, Besides experiencing workshops and of rapidly growing local and global year, was named Best CSR Initiative from seven Middle East countries team challenges, the participants demand were among the topics under in the Middle East at the 2013 took part in the four-day workshop visited the Qatar Science and discussion. ADIPEC Awards, one of the oil and gas and team building event, which hosted Technology Park and Doha’s renowned Guillaume Chalmin, Managing industry’s most prestigious awards. presentations from leading Middle Museum of Islamic Art. Director of Total E&P Qatar and Commenting on the success of East experts in the oil and gas sector. The event’s speakers and panellists Total Group representative in Qatar, Total Alreyada 2014 in Doha, Qatar Alreyada 2014 received 20 participants at the Ritz Carlton Doha included said: “We’re thrilled that so many University student Fahad Adnan Al from Qatar. Sheikh Khalid Abdulla Al Thani, young leaders could attend Alreyada Naimi said: “Alreyada was a good way Opening the event, H E Dr Hamad COO of Qatargas; Sara Akbar, CEO 2014 from around the Middle East to test myself against other young bin Abdulaziz Al Kuwari, Minister of Kuwait Energy; Dr Mohammed to share their ideas and creativity, leaders before I start my career, and of Culture, Arts & Heritage, said: Al Mulla, Vice Chairman and CEO and the team spirit on show during to try to be the best of the best.” “Human development is one of the of Qapco; Adel Albuainain, General the four days of the event was truly The Peninsula
Telugu Kala Samiti to hold comedy and music show on May 9
elugu Kala Samiti (TKS) is Torganising a music and comedy show “Happy Beats” on Friday, May 9 at Delhi Public School, Al Wakra campus. Popular south Indian sing- ers Hemachandra and Sravana Bhargavi will perform at the event. Hemachandra was Runner-up in “Sa Re Ga Ma Pa” 2005 edition and Super singer award winner in Gemini TV channel. Sravana Bhargavi is an anchor in Bol Baby Bol programme in Gemini TV and Super Singer programme in MAA TV. Prizes distributed in ICBF essay contest South Indian film actress Richa Panai along with a team of stage art- rize distribution function for Hajika Memorial First place winner in senior category was Nikhat ists Zareen, Sneha Thapa and Komal Essay Contest, conducted by ICBF, was held Sayed of Shantiniketan-School and second place will also perform at the event. TV Pat MES Indian School KG wing. Arvnd Patil, went to Sana Shanawaz Shaikh of Ideal Indian anchor Rashmi Gautam will replicate General Secretary of ICBF conducted the function. School and in the junior category first place win- super hit comedy show Jabardasth on President of ICBF Kareem Abdulla welcomed the gath- ner was Jyotsna A J of MES School and second place stage led by a team of comedians from ering and announced that ICBF would conduct this went to Aashiya Anitha Shaji of Birla Public School. ETV channel. Comedians Dhanraj, contest every year. Shaheen Abdul Kader son of late Hajika was Jabardasth Srinu, Sudigali Sudheer The Indian Ambassador Sanjiv Arora distributed present during the event and said that it is matter will support the event with their live the certificates to all the school representatives and a of pride being son of Hajika and thanked the ICBF comedy skits. special token of appreciation was presented to MES for constituting the contest in his father’s name. Entry passes can be collected from school which was received by General Secretary of Baby Kurien, Vice President of ICBF, gave the vote TKS Executive committee members. Management board KP Abdul Aziz. of thanks. The Peninsula For more information, call 66571823 or 55817883. The Peninsula 6 PLUS | SUNDAY 27 APRIL 2014 MARKETPLACE New Canadian Priority Occupation List revealed
he much awaited of Companies said: “After Priority Occupation 2008, it is for the first time TList (POL) corre- that such an extensive list sponding to the Federal has been laid down by the Skilled Worker Program Canadian Immigration (FSWP) of Canada was Authorities. This occupa- revealed yesterday by the tion list has been identified Citizenship & Immigration after scanning the massive Canada (CIC). It carries shortage of professionals in 50 occupations which are the mentioned occupation in high demand in Canada. areas and will assist Canada The number of eligible in its economic growth. This occupations has more than doubled, is probably the last time for individu- from just 24 last year. Prospective als to file their immigration cases under immigrants can file their cases under the FSWP with the existing selection Galfar Cricket Club beat Khyber CC by 72 runs to become champions at the this programme when it re-opens on criteria as in the year 2015, FSWP will Qatar Airways ‘B’ Division Cricket tournament organised by Qatar Cricket May 1, 2014. get changed into a new format of select- Association. Saman of Galfar was adjudged Man-of-the-Match for his 36 runs, Commenting on the FSWP details ing applications known as Expression of 1 run out and one stumping. released, Lt Col B S Sandhu (Retd) Interest, popularly known as Express (pictured), CMD, WWICS Group Entry.” The Peninsula
LuLu Exchange to award gift vouchers for remittances
uLu Exchange Company announced their Lremittance promotional activity in association with LuLu Hypermarkets. The company will offer a redeemable gift voucher worth QR15 to each of its customers doing a remittance transaction. The gift vouchers can be redeemed at any LuLu Hypermarkets in Qatar on purchase of footwear or garments exceeding QR100. The offer is valid from April 25 till May 25 only and the final date to redeem the voucher is 06th June, 2014. Adeeb Ahamed, Managing Director, LuLu Exchange, said: “We are bringing in new initiatives to increase value and benefits for our customers. It must be recalled that we partnered with Naseem Al Rabi Medical Group keeping the interest of our Gold Card customers in mind. Our customers hold- ing Gold Card can avail one free annual lifestyle Hankook Masters tyre centre opened its doors at Barwa Commercial Avenue recently. The inauguration checkup, apart from discounts on specified lab inves- was attended by the Korean Ambassador Keejong Chung, Hankook Regional Manager B H Kim, Chairman tigations and consultation charges at Naseem Al of Imalco Khalifa Al Khulaifi in the presence of other Imalco executives. According to Imalco’s CEO Aboo Rabi Medical Group. All these initiatives perfectly Backer Bavu, this event marks an important milestone to the Hankook brand of tyres in Qatar with its ties in with our aim to turn every customer visit partner Imalco in their drive to expand the existing network. With the Sales Promotion running concur- into an exciting experience.” rently, all potential clients changing to Hankook tyres will avail chances of winning many attractive prizes The company at present has two branches in Al including an SUV vehicle. Khor and D-Ring Road. The Peninsula
Blue Salon launches perfume line by Atelier Cologne
lue Salon celebrated the launch of the latest perfume collection, Cologne BAbsolute, by Atelier Cologne. The Cologne Absolute collection is an unique fam- ily of fragrances dedicated to and inspired by the elegance of citruses and the traditional ingredients of cologne. Citruses are blended with the raw materials in perfumery for a balanced creation with out- standing lasting power. Following Collection Originale and Collection Matieres Absolutes, Atelier Cologne unveiled the Collection Metal. The bottles are covered in precious metals, marking an industry first technology. Real Gold and Silver give the bottles a linear and simplistic look. Silver Iris and Gold Leather are the first two colognes that are to be avail- From Left: Nabil Belaich, Brand Manager, Yvan Jacqueline, Group General Manager, Christophe Cervasel, Founder and able through this distinctive collection. Creator of Atelier Cologne, Fawaz Idrissi, CEO of Blue Salon, and Veronique Rousselle, Europe & Middle East Director, The Peninsula at Atelier Cologne during the Atelier Cologne launch at Blue Salon. BOOKS PLUS | SUNDAY 27 APRIL 2014 7
10 BEST SELLING BOOKS When smartphones attack (Non-Fiction) By Rebecca Onion constantly for predators and prospects. Books made us turn that attention inward, to build higher and The Word Exchange higher castles within the quiet kingdoms of our 1 2 by Alena Graedon minds. … The skills we once used for survival — scat- (Doubleday) tered attention, diffused concentration — have been adapted to finding glowing dots on screens, skimming he effects of smartphone use on everyday life pop-ups, beams, emails, video streams. Our thinking — parenting, friendship, walking, driving, has been flattened; our progress ceded to machines. wayfinding — are both scientifically meas- As readers, we’re meant to agree with Doug. The Turable and anecdotally visible. Many people narrative demands it: Who would be on the side of will ruefully acknowledge that they’ve forgotten how the tech companies that wreak such havoc, when it’s The Seven Habits of The Secret to read a map, or how to wait in line without check- Doug and his ragtag bunch of collaborators who are Highly Effective People by Rhonda Byrne ing Twitter. The smartphone’s sudden omnipresence preventing people from getting sick and language makes it a great device for science fiction. What, from disappearing? There’s an inherent weakness in by Stephen Covey writers have begun to ask, will our phones offer to using the structure of a thriller to explore complex do for us next? And how will we react? questions about technology and culture. There have to 3 4 Alena Graedon’s dazzling but unsatisfying debut be good guys and bad guys, and so we end up rooting novel The Word Exchange sketches a smartphone hat- for the Luddites, even though we know the issues are er’s worst nightmare. It offers a snappy, noir-inflected much more complicated than that. vision of a future New York suffering from an epi- Social class is almost absent in Graedon’s vision of demic of aphasia brought on by super-smartphones. Meme-dominated New York. In other science-fiction Against the spreading sickness, an employee of one narratives that play with the effects of smartphone- of the last surviving print dictionaries struggles to like devices, like Will McIntosh’s Love Minus Eighty, find her missing father and to uncover the shadowy the reality-enhancing technology of the “system” is evildoers whose profit-grabbing has resulted in this unevenly distributed. People judge new acquaintances dangerous “word flu.” based on how snazzy their systems are. Systemless, The Meme — the smartphone that seems to have you could find yourself excluded not only from the annexed all of the market share in this version of enhanced informational landscape made possible Who Moved My Cheese? Quiet New York — can dispense medicine, hail you a cab, by virtual reality but also from all kinds of social pay your taxes, scan you through the turnstile in the interaction. Likewise, in M T Anderson’s epically sad by Spencer Johnson by Susan Cain subway, manage traffic, and call 911 when you’re in Feed, the chips implanted in young people’s heads are trouble. In social situations, the device advises you expensive — a barrier to entry that eventually leads to 5 6 what to say next and when to shut up, stays quiet if tragic consequences for one of the book’s protagonists. it senses somebody in a group is hostile to its pres- But in the world of The Word Exchange, use of the ence, or saucily beams your contact information into Meme and Nautilus is personal choice, not a matter an attractive stranger’s Meme. If you’re willing to of class or privilege. implant a microchip in your head, the Meme can offer Much of Graedon’s book is written in the voices of a new level of service. The next-generation Nautilus, characters who have begun to suffer from aphasia. a biotech device that partners with the user’s DNA, The disease replaces random words with nonsense, promises even more. and Graedon’s language is sparklingly inventive: The characteristic of the Meme that’s the most It’s harder now to write this. My lavo arm hurts. I think Men Are from Mars, The Four relevant to the book’s plot is its app called Word I sprained my wrist. It’s not just my rookbee, actually. Exchange, which lets you look up definitions of One of my teeth feels loose. And … it’s kind of tricky to Women Are from Venus Agreements unknown words — for a small fee. Eventually, users see the page with this black eye. My nose might also be by John Gray by Miguel Ángel Ruiz come to over-rely on the Word Exchange to provide broken — it makes a weird clicking shung when I touch it. meanings. This natural dependency, preyed upon by The aphasia-speak should evoke a sentiment of 7 8 nefarious tech companies out to make a buck, pro- displacement or alienation. But Graedon is too good vides the conditions for the spread of the word flu. a writer, it seems, to let an opportunity for linguistic Anana Johnson, the book’s primary narrator, is a play slip. Indeed, there’s an in-text reference to Lewis twentysomething Meme user with personal tastes Carroll’s Jabberwocky, a nonsense poem that’s nothing that lean toward the quirky and historical (comics, but delightful to read and hear. Graedon’s aphasics Buster Keaton movies, vintage sweaters, cooking). sound like they’re improvising new nonsense verse As the book begins, Anana has just broken up with a — and that may be scary for them, but it’s merely boyfriend. She mourns, works her low-level editorial fun for us. job at the North American Dictionary of the English Despite all of its considerable linguistic sophistica- Language, suffers through a bad case of artist’s block, tion, the novel offers a blunt message: Words are good. I Can Make It’s Not How Good You and somehow manages to miss the strong signals that Reading is good. Books are good. The forces of good You Smarter Are, Its How Good You the lovelorn Bart, a fellow dictionary (reading/words/history) can defeat by Paul McKenna Want to Be employee and friend of her ex, sends the forces of evil (technology/capital). by Paul Arden her way. (Excerpts from Bart’s witty, Because the Meme isn’t part of a dra- literate journal entries offer his point matically different social fabric, we of view on these matters.) can imagine the removal of the device 9 10 Anana’s father, Doug, the diction- restoring this world to the way it was ary’s editor-in-chief, whose disap- meant to be. And because the language pearance kick-starts the novel, is in Graedon’s book is so enjoyable, we the book’s moral centre. Doug, pre- can congratulate ourselves on being sented as a distinctive assemblage off the kinds of people who recognize the affinities and fatherly affection, loves importance of books and words. sherry vinegar, licorice, Bay Rum I’m on board with one of the basic aftershave, bromeliads, pineapples. A tenets of the Diachronic Society, The Art of Chicken Soup for the hardline anti-Memer, he uses email Graedon’s group of scholarly rebels Thinking Clearly Soul: Married Life! and a system of pneumatic tubes who combat the word flu: “Take the by Rolf Dobelli by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor to convey interoffice messages. He’s long view.” In my long view, technology Hansen & Amy Newmark prone to soliloquies on the pernicious is us — not an alien imposition to be nature of Memes: tracked down, fought and ultimately Our natural tendency is to be excised. distracted — to scan the horizon WP-Bloomberg 8 PLUS | SUNDAY 27 APRIL 2014 ENTERTAINMENT PLUS | SUNDAY 27 APRIL 2014 9
By Mark Jenkins NEWS BOLLYWOOD NEWS HOLLYWOOD n 2011, near the beginning of the Syrian civil war, Damascus-based husband-and-wife film produc- Return to Homs shows IIFA fever in US: Fans, stars take selfies Kim, Kanye to have three weddings Iers Orwa Nyrabia and Diana El Jeiroudi began raising money for mov- he selfie bug bit celebrities and fans at the green carpet of the tech- ocialite Kim Kardashian and singer Kanye West will get married ies about their country’s situation. Tnical categories of Bollywood’s most extravagant celebration, the Sas many as three times! The duo will tie the knot first in Southern Three years later, the couple is in exile International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Weekend and Awards 2014 here. California and then twice in France, reports radaronline.com. in Berlin, and the central character a slice of Syrian crisis The star-studded event here saw actors and filmmakers not only look- “Typically, the US recognises citizens getting married in France, in one of their films, charismatic soc- ing their best, but much in action wherein they clicked selfies with their but dealing with a foreign government and paperwork could be a cer-player-turned-rebel Abdul Basset fans and even posed for candid pictures. nightmare. So just to make sure it’s legal, Kim and Kanye will first Saroot, is under siege in Homs. Hrithik Roshan, who walked the green carpet, looking his usual dapper be having a civil ceremony in Southern California,” said a source. And the documentary about him and self, said: “This has a magical effect on me. Now I am over excited after The pair will cross the Atlantic for their dream ceremony that his cohorts, Return to Homs, is screening looking at my fans. It’s a great feeling to be here today.” will take place in Paris and French law dictates that there be two as part of the Washington International Vivek Oberoi agreed: “There is so much of energy here and look at the wedding ceremonies. Film Festival. fans showering their love on us...what more can we ask for?” “A religious ceremony has to be performed after a civil ceremony, Nyrabia is troubled that Western “I am here to clap and cheer for the lovely people who make us look and not before. The minister, priest or rabbi will require a certificate nations have done so little to end the good,” he added. of civil marriage before any religious ceremony takes place,” said Syrian conflict. “I am getting radical- “Jhakaas” actor Anil Kapoor’s fans greeted him with whistles galore, French Embassy in Washington. ized, living in Europe,” he told the audi- and to top it all, they sang his hit song “One Two Ka Four” in unison when “Kim will have at least three dress changes on the big ceremony ence at Filmfest DC’s first showing of he took to the green carpet. day in France. It will be over the top. Kim and Kanye want it to be the movie. “I was nicer a year ago. I was Vaani Kapoor of Shuddh Desi Romance fame, also felt the excitement the wedding of the century,” added the source. even nicer two years ago.” and said: “It’s so nice to be here. I am happy...all these fans they are mak- Yet the 38-year-old producer proves ing my day.” genial in a conversation after the The stars said that they were attending the technical awards distribu- screening and is more complimentary tion at the event Friday to applaud the technicians. about the West’s filmmaking commu- “A film is made with so much effort, so we are here to cheer the techni- nities than its presidents and prime cians. I am here to applaud them,” said Bipasha. ministers. Nyrabia credits international Other celebrities who attended the event included Deepika Padukone, Jared Leto’s Oscar trophy a filthy mess pressure for his release from the Syrian Madhuri Dixit, Kareena Kapoor, Parineeti Chopra, Shabana Azmi, Arshad ctor Jared Leto’s Oscar trophy is full of scratches and bumps jail where he was held for three weeks Warsi, Boney Kapoor and Sridevi, Aditi Rao Hydari, Sharman Joshi, Aafter he freely handed it around at parties for everyone to have in 2012, sharing a medium-sized cell Riteish Deshmukh, Boman Irani, Shatrughan Sinha and Dia Mirza. a hold. with more than 80 other prisoners. The event was co-hosted by Saif Ali Khan and Vir Das, who regaled the As a result, the trophy is now a “filthy mess.” “They had very uncertain informa- audience with their sense of humour. “I damaged it. But then I came home and saw it had another nick tion about me working on a film that Bhaag Milkha Bhaag won nine technical awards at IIFA 2014. The former on it. So it looks like someone else had fun with it, too. My Oscar is involved Basset Saroot, but they didn’t athlete, on whose life the National award-winning movie is made, is attend- a filthy mess,” contactmusic.com. quoted Leto as saying. have details, so it was not impossible ing the IIFA gala. “Everybody was pawing that thing. I kind of was just passing it for me to create a counter-narrative. around at parties. A couple of times I lost sight of it and I thought, Ten, 11 days of continuous lying was you know, if it goes away, it’s not meant to be mine. But it always extremely scary and at the same time seemed to find its way back to me,” he added. challenging,” he says with a laugh. The 42-year-old said that he is getting a lot more opportunities “They also had heard bits and pieces in Hollywood, but the coveted gold statue itself doesn’t mean that about me being involved in humanitar- Anushka for ban on horse-drawn carriages much to him. ian aid for displaced people who had to newcomer. One in exile in France and Orwa Nyrabia of small solutions that could help them Leto won the Oscar for best supporting actor at the 86th annual flee Homs. That was certainly true, but the other in the siege.” get good footage without risking their ctress Anushka Sharma has lent her support for banning the use of Academy awards earlier this year for his role as a drug addict Rayon I had to deny that categorically. Bitterly contested Homs has been life,” the producer says. Ahorse-drawn carriages here. She took to Twitter to help put an end in Dallas Buyers Club. “It could have been very different if called “the capital of the Syrian revo- Although Basset Saroot likes to to horse-drawn carriages, said a statement. not for the international campaign,” lution,” but Nyrabia was initially dubi- sing chants that oppose Syrian leader "Friends, please join Peta India and me in asking for a complete ban he notes. “Otherwise, they could have ous when director Talal Derki proposed Bashar Al Assad, he doesn’t articulate on horse carriages in Mumbai. Take action here: http://bit.ly/1ft3UqE", tortured me more. Or forgotten me for making The Return to Homs. A Kurd who a political platform in the movie. That tweeted Anushka. months in such a terrible condition. then lived in Damascus, Derki admitted suits Nyrabia, who’s frustrated with “It is extremely saddening to witness the cruelty towards these horses They could have done anything.” to Nyrabia that he didn’t exactly know the approach of both politicians and used as carriages in tourist spots in Mumbai. Please show your support,” After Nyrabia’s release, he and El Homs well. reporters to the war. she added. When Victoria felt like a ‘laughing stock’ Jeiroudi went to Cairo to work and then “He said, ‘No, I’ve never been to the “What’s natural to cinema, in my Anushka has joined the list of celebrities like Arjun Rampal, Hema got word that the Syrian government city, but it looks great on television.’ “ opinion, is that it can bypass prejudice Malini, John Abraham, Jacqueline Fernandez and Zeenat Aman who have odel-turned-designer Victoria Beckham says that there was a was ready to arrest him again. They “I told him then, ‘It’s the most stupid and help people identify,” he says. “I asked for a ban on horse-drawn carriages. Mtime when she knew that she was a “bit of a laughing stock”. stayed in Cairo for a year, but after the idea I could think of. I don’t see how you think it’s probably only film that can But, she says that while people were busy laughing at her, she was new Egyptian government was over- could make a film in Homs. It’s not your tell people that, ‘You could be there. building her successful career in fashion. thrown, the chance of being returned place. You don’t know it.’ “ And you could have similar choices, The 40-year-old said it was a struggle to prove herself in the fash- to Syria greatly increased. “Thankfully, “So he told me he was going to under similar conditions. You can even ion industry after initially rising to prominence for her pop career, the German government welcomed Qamishli, where his family comes from. be inspired by those people you’re only reports mirror.co.uk. some people, including us,” he says. He went to Homs and returned with scared of when you’re watching the “For a long time there, I was a bit of a laughing stock. And while The second film to result from five minutes, presenting Basset and news.’ everybody was busy laughing, what was I doing? I was laying the Nyrabia and El Jeiroudi’s project is Ossama,” another major character in “When an American audience finally foundation to what I have in place now,” said Beckham. Silvered Water, which will debut next the movie. (Ossama, who also photo- feels that what’s happening in Syria is a The mother of four also said it’s good she doesn’t have to rely on month at the Cannes Film Festival. It graphed some of the movie, is now miss- human situation they can identify with, advertising. was co-directed by experienced Syrian ing and likely held by the government.) then we can all together find a way to “It’s a double-edged sword really. The most valuable part of being filmmaker Usama Mohammed, an expa- “He totally cheated me! I was laugh- do something.” famous is that you have a voice and people will listen. I mean I can triate, and a young female newcomer, ing a lot, and told him, ‘You totally got Nyrabia is quick to add that his get a lot of attention. I don’t have to rely on advertising campaigns,” Wiam Bedirxan, who’s inside the rebel- me. I can’t tell you not to go to Homs “And then,” he adds, “it took us two criticism of Western indifference does added Beckham. held section of Homs. anymore.’ “ hours to dismantle the car to get out not apply to the cinematic world. “We The designer made her grand debut at New York Fashion Week “From besieged Homs to Cannes, I For the first year of shooting, Nyrabia the camera pieces and put it together.” always have wonderful support from in 2008 and said that the fact that everyone thought she would fail, think this is a rare thing,” says Nyrabia, travelled with Derki to Homs, serving Later, it was difficult for either organizations, filmmakers, festivals. took some pressure off her. smiling. as the documentary’s cinematographer. the producer or the director to visit All of these people who are not [politi- “I like to keep my head down, work hard, focus on what I’m doing Communicating with people inside “We used to dismantle the camera into Homs. Shooting the footage became the cal] decision-makers are really very business-wise. I like to try and control how much I’m seen. I don’t Homs, and getting video footage out, is 14, 15 small pieces and hide it in the responsibility of people inside the city, human and connected and believe in want to go out and be photographed every day, you know,” she said. “a huge problem,” Nyrabia says. “But car’s chassis. We’d drive to Homs, pro- and the large professional camera was what we’re doing.” it’s part of what the film is about. It’s tected by my mother sitting in the front retired. “In that sense, we’re not alone. We a friendship that started between the seat so the checkpoint guys would be a “We had to provide small cameras, couldn’t have done it alone.” two filmmakers. The veteran and the little embarrassed to be too bad.” spy cameras, sports cameras, all kinds WP-Bloomberg 10 PLUS | SUNDAY 27 APRIL 2014 SOUTH KOREA
Investigations into the sinking of the South Korean ferry Sewol are focusing on its cargo and changes made to the vessel which could have caused it to capsize on a routine trip from Incheon to Jeju Island N. KOREA MV Sewol
100km Seoul 60 miles Incheon
Yellow SOUTH Sea KOREA Approximate route of ferry Jindo (West according to AIS* records Sea) Island Detail 5km Jeju map 3 miles Island Hajodo Songdo Island FERRY DISASTER Island All times local Dadohaehaesang National Park April 15, 21:00 08:30 Leaves Incheon with 476 passengers and crew Approximate April 16, 08:49: Makes location of sinking 08:40 scheduled turn on course for Jeju Island *Automatic Byeongpung Identification 08:51: Begins drifting back System Island Turn on itself and listing to port side 08:48 08:55: Ferry makes first distress call 09:40: Evacuation begins. Many passengers 08:52 trapped by angle of ship’s list. Ferry sinks 11:00 200m CAPACITY: Extra cabins built in 2012 for 117 more 650ft passengers. Ship’s centre of gravity raised 0.5m
Passenger capacity: 921 Vehicles and freight Top: 11 Cargo: Korean Register of Shipping recommended load Middle: 484 of 987 tonnes. Ship carrying 3,608 tonnes when it sank Bottom: 426 Sources: South Korean government, wire agencies Picture: Associated Press © GRAPHIC NEWS HEALTH / FITNESS PLUS | SUNDAY 27 APRIL 2014 11
How bariatric surgery can help control diabetes Cholesterol drug hat bariatric surgery, or obesity surgery, users may use pills Tleads to weight loss is well known, but researchers have now identified the mechanism why obesity surgery also leave positive effects as a licence to overeat on diabetes and heart diseases. Health benefits from obesity surgery are not caused by a reduction in the stomach size but by increased levels of bile acids in the blood, said the study. Bile acids could be a new target for treat- ing obesity and diabetes, suggested the study. For the study, researchers focused on a spe- cific receptor called FXR, which is involved in bile acid signaling. “Our study shows that signal- ing through FXR is essential for the beneficial effects of the surgery to be achieved,” Fredrik Bäckhed from Sahlgrenska Academy in Sweden. “This is a major breakthrough in under- standing how bariatric surgery affects metabo- lism and in the development of new treatment strategies,” Bäckhed said. Bariatric surgery is associated with a risk of complications and therefore treatment strategies based on the FXR receptor could be an impor- tant future therapeutic approach, said the study. In this study, mice with or without the FXR gene underwent an operation termed vertical sleeve gastrectomy (VSG) in which approxi- mately 80 percent of the stomach was removed. The surgical procedure is the same as that performed in humans. By Andrew M Seaman The researchers observed that the operation cholesterol as a measure of treatment because their LDL- promoted weight loss and improved glucose when to put people on the drugs. cholesterol level would drop dras- metabolism in mice with FXR while the opera- eople who take the com- Instead, doctors are encouraged tically regardless of no change tion had no effect in mice that lacked FXR. mon cholesterol-lowering to take several risk factors into on diet,” he said. “Through this The study appeared in the journal Nature. drugs known as statins account to target people at high process, statin users may learn Pmay feel a false sense risk for heart attacks or strokes. that they do not need to restrict of security and eat a bit more, Previous studies had found no their diet to achieve the LDL-level Now, 3D-printed plaster according to a new study. evidence that statin users eat goal.” Alternatively, doctors may Researchers found that US more after being prescribed the have started prescribing statins to cast to heal wound faster adults taking statins in 1999-2000 drugs, the authors write in Jama people who tend to eat more and n what could revolutionise plaster cast tech- were eating fewer calories than Internal Medicine. Use of the they may not be as reluctant to Inology, a Turkish design student has unveiled people not taking the drugs, but drugs has increased substantially prescribe the drugs to people who a slick 3D-printed cast with ventilation holes statin users were eating about since those studies were con- don’t control their diets. that reduces healing time by around 40 percent the same amount as non-users by ducted, however. “Because of the study design, we than currently used plaster casts. 2009-2010. For the new study, the research- were not able to disentangle the The new-age cast relies on ultrasound vibra- “We believe that physicians ers used data from a national sur- mechanism,” he said. tions to heal wound faster and more easily. need to reemphasise the impor- vey of US adults that’s conducted The research also can’t say for The ventilation holes on the ‘Osteoid Medical tance of a healthy lifestyle to sta- every two years. certain that statins caused peo- Cast’ prevent itches and smells normally asso- tin-users,” Dr Takehiro Sugiyama They found that statin users ple to eat more as time went on. ciated with plaster casts that have changed very said. were consuming about 2,000 There could be another unknown little over the past 300 years. He is the study’s lead author calories per day in 1999-2000, on factor that influenced the results. “Conventional medical casts sacrifice ventila- from the University of Tokyo in average, compared to about 2,179 “I think the biggest impact of tion for structural integrity,” Deniz Karasahin Japan. calories per day among non-users. this trial is that as physicians said in a study. Eating excess calories and fat Sugiyama writes that it would when we put patients on statins it “As a result, they are itchy, they smell very would not only compromise the be expected that stain users eat shouldn’t be the end of the discus- bad and due to plaster’s material properties they cholesterol-lowering effect of stat- less in an attempt to control their sion about other lifestyle interven- are bulky, heavy and they limit patient’s expo- ins, he said. It would also increase cholesterol and weight. tions,” Dr David Frid said. sure to water,” Karasahin, who won the 2014 a person’s risk of becoming obese Calorie consumption among Frid is a staff cardiologist at the Golden A’Design Award for his concept, noted. and developing diabetes. the statin users increased as time Cleveland Clinic in Ohio. He was The new cast tackles the problem by Statins — such as Lipitor, Zocor went on, however. By 2005-2006 not involved with the new study. 3D-printing the cast to fit the shape of the and Crestor — inhibit the pro- there were no differences between “Even on a statin, you do need patient’s arm, and also providing ventilation duction of cholesterol, which is the two groups. to continue following your dietary holes, Karasahin claimed. used to build new cells and keep Overall, calorie consumption recommendations,” he said. To accelerate the healing process, a low- the body functioning. Too much among statin users increased by Sugiyama agreed that statin intensity pulsed ultrasound (Lipus) bone stimu- cholesterol increases a person’s about 10 percent during the dec- use should be paired with lifestyle lator is placed directly on the patient’s skin chances of developing heart dis- ade. Statin users significantly modification. when the design is printed. ease and fatty deposits in blood increased the amount of calories “Over-relying on medication The ventilation holes on the cast allows vessels, however. they got from fat during the study would cause side effects, unnec- the Lipus bone stimulator probes to be placed Under new recommendations period, too. essary medical costs and perhaps directly over the injured area, said the study. from the American College of Meanwhile, calorie and fat con- an ethical concern,” he said. “The most difficult part was to come up with Cardiology and the American sumption remained unchanged “I think physicians need to a fully functioning locking mechanism which is Heart Association, the number among people not taking statins. reemphasize the importance of strong enough to protect the limb,” Karasahin of US adults eligible to take the Sugiyama said there could be dietary control for statin-users.” said. drugs may reach 56 million. two explanations for the findings. SOURCE: bit.ly/1k1CVFl JAMA Agencies The new guidelines deem- “We suppose (patients) Internal Medicine, online April 24, phasize the use of LDL or “bad” noticed the potency of the statin 2014. Reuters 12 PLUS | SUNDAY 27 APRIL 2014 TECHNOLOGY Facebook buys fitness-tracking app Moves The app will keep running as a standalone service for now, but marks a significant move for the social network into health data
By Stuart Dredge and Alex Hern
ith four million downloads on iPhone and Android, activity-tracking app Moves is one of the more popular Wfitness apps for smartphones. Now Facebook has made it its latest in a string of signifi- cant acquisitions. Developed by Finnish start-up ProtoGeo, the app runs in the background on users’ phones, using location data to build up a profile of their activities throughout the day. Described as a “surprise hit” by Apple following its 2013 launch, it has been down- loaded four million times. ProtoGeo announced the news on its blog. “Today, we’re delighted to announce that Facebook has acquired our company and the Moves app,” explained the company. business grow into different vertical market,” says clear and approachable, with that element of lifelog- “Since we launched Moves, we’ve been focused on Gartner’s Brian Blau. ging – the complete story of your day – that makes running a simple and clean activity diary that mil- “Moves fits right in line with Facebook’s goal in for a different experience to the more fitness-ori- lions of people have enjoyed using. Now, we’re joining this regard, to provide a different type of service ented products.” Facebook’s talented team to work on building and which is focused on mobility and social. In keep- Karjalainen, previously famous for co-founding the improving their products and services with a shared ing Moves as a separate app, Facebook can let the Habbo Hotel social network, started the company mission of supporting simple, efficient tools for more users continue to enjoy the app and improve it, and in January 2012, along with computational scientist than 1 billion people.” hopefully grow that app into a top line technology Juho Pennanen and developer Jukka Partanen. ProtoGeo added that Moves will “continue to oper- or product for the company.” Facebook’s decision to buy an activity-tracking app ate as a standalone app” while stressing that there Moves launched in January 2013 for iPhone, comes at an interesting time, with Apple expected are no plans to “commingle data with Facebook”. and had been downloaded 2.5m times from Apple’s to make fitness a key feature in its long-rumoured That’s a potentially sensitive topic: Moves tracks each App Store by the time it launched for Android in “iWatch” smart watch. Leaked details have also sug- user’s walking, running and cycling activity, as well as September 2013. The app stood out from other fitness gested that the company is working on an app called the locations they have visited over the course of every trackers because it didn’t require an external gadget Healthbook, possibly to launch as part of its iOS 8 day. Users who were comfortable with Moves storing to track people’s steps, unlike Fitbit and other rivals. software later in 2014. that data may have concerns about Facebook owning it. “We wanted to make a mainstream product for Meanwhile, Nike was recently forced to deny “For Facebook to really have a global business that people who are not that into sports or the quantified claims that it is shutting down the team working on can be more than just a fad, it is important for the self,” ProtoGeo’s designer and chief executive Sampo its FuelBand activity tracker, amid separate rumours company to branch out, to invest in apps and services Karjalainen told The Guardian in September. that it is a key partner for Apple’s fitness plans. that are not only complimentary but also help the “That’s also why we have kept the app very simple, The Guardian
By Stuart Dredge In short, WhatsApp has doubled WhatsApp now has 500m active its daily message and photo counts essaging app WhatsApp since August 2013, while adding 200 now has 500 million active users sharing 700m photos a day million active users in that eight- Musers, having added 70 mil- month period. lion since announcing in February Facebook is focused on further that it was being bought by Facebook not enough celebrities in the world to growth for WhatsApp over the last growth following its acquisition, for $19bn. convince people to use a shitty prod- year. In April 2013, the company had though: “WhatsApp is on a path to “In the last few months, we’ve uct,” said Koum. “People are so savvy more than 200 million active users, connect 1bn people,” said its chief grown fastest in countries like Brazil, these days. People expect a good user and was processing an average of 8 executive Mark Zuckerberg as he India, Mexico, and Russia, and our experience.” billion inbound (sent) and 12 billion announced the deal in February. users are also sharing more than 700 WhatsApp has encountered a outbound (received) messages a day “WhatsApp is the only widely used million photos and 100 million videos few gremlins on that front since the — the difference comes from messages app we’ve ever seen that have more every single day,” wrote WhatsApp Facebook deal was announced, includ- sent to multiple recipients. engagement in a higher percent of chief executive Jan Koum in a blog ing a three and a half-hour outage that WhatsApp reached 250 mil- people using it daily than Facebook post. week in February and another early lion active users in June 2013, then itself,” he added in a subsequent call Koum provided more details in an in April, the same day it announced 300 million in August, when it was with analysts. “Internet services that interview with technology site Recode, record figures of handling 64 billion processing 11 billion inbound and 20 reach a billion people are all incredibly claiming that WhatsApp has 48 mil- messages in a 24-hour period. billion outbound messages a day, while valuable, and we believe WhatsApp lion active users in India and 45 mil- Koum was referring to what he users were sharing 325 million photos will be as well.” lion in Brazil. “The message growth sees as “bloated” apps from rivals, a day. It has taken WhatsApp five years rate in Brazil — it’s not like a hockey which are adding games, shopping, By December 2013, WhatsApp had to reach 500 million users, as it first stick, it’s like a vertical line,” he said. music and other features to their core 400 million active users, and now four launched in early 2009. Facebook He also took a potshot at rivals messaging functions. WhatsApp has months later it has 500 million. At the took just over six years to reach a like Line and KakaoTalk, which have focused on text, photos and videos, start of April, the company tweeted similar milestone, having launched ambitions to expand globally from with plans to add voice calling by the that it had just processed 20 billion in February 2004 before surpassing their strongholds in Asia. summer. inbound and 44 billion outbound mes- 500 million active users in July 2010. “There’s not enough money and This focus has driven startling sages in a 24-hour period. The Guardian COMICS & MORE PLUS | SUNDAY 27 APRIL 2014 13
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I like your visit Ta ourounee ziyaratouk You are invited to lunch Innaka madçoo ila al a a' Where do you like to spend the Ayna tou ibbou an taq ee alçou la? holiday? I have invited the friends Laqad daçawtou ala diqa' You are invite to a dancing party Innaka madçoo ila aflatin raqi a Hoy en la Historia Can I see you again? Hal asta eeçou an araka aniatan? April 27, 1994 Are you busy? Hal anta maš ool? Nelson Mandela cast his vote in Let us drink coffee together tomorrow Linatanawal alqahwa maçan adan South Africa’s first all-race morning aba an elections, which resulted in a resounding victory for Mandela Good-bye Ila lliqa' and the African National Congress Note: ç = ‘a’ in ‘ag 1830: South American revolutionary leader Simon Bolivar abdicated as president of Greater Colombia Baby Blue 1978: Afghanistan’s President Daoud was killed by armed forces who then set up an Islamic government 1992: Zambia’s entire national football team perished in a plane crash 2001: Scientists revealed how plumes of hot, slow-moving, mantle beneath the earth’s crust drive earthquakes and climate change 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.
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ALEXANDER SEVERUS, ANTONIUS PIUS, AUGUSTUS, CALIGULA, CARACALLA, CLAUDIUS, COMMODUS, DOMITIAN, GALBA, HADRIAN, HELIOGABALUS, JULIUS CAESAR, LUCIUS VERUS, MACRINUS, MARCUS AURELIUS, NERO, NERVA, OTHO, PERTINAX, TIBERIUS, TITUS FLAVIUS, TRAJAN, VESPASIAN, VITELLIUS. 14 PLUS | SUNDAY 27 APRIL 2014 CROSSWORDS
ACROSS 40 More robust 4 “I beg your pardon” 37 And others: Abbr. 51 Highly successful, in CROSSWORD 1 Green gem used in 41 Self-referential, in 5 $$$ 38 Dames Varietyese 1234 56789 10111213 Chinese carvings modern lingo 6 Cigar remnant 41 Rubber item next to a 53 Peruses 5 Noisy bird 42 Cheer at a bullfight 7 “___: NY” (cop show computer 55 Belgrade native 14 15 16 10 Mimicked 43 Theme of this puzzle spinoff) 43 Squander 57 Opposite of well done 14 Mountain goat 44 ___ hygiene 8 Is sick 46 Course between 58 Windy City daily, with “the” 17 18 19 15 Actor Davis of “Grumpy 45 Joe Biden’s state: Abbr. 9 Whip marks appetizer and dessert 59 Trick-taking game 20 21 22 Old Men” 47 Oozy road material 10 “Hurry or you’ll miss 48 Devious played with 32 cards 16 Enclosure for a pet bird 48 Gas and coal out!” 49 Basketball game that 62 Prefix with natal 23 24 25 26 17 Expensive neighborhood 49 Rub elbows (with) 11 43-Across patriot who involves spelling 63 Tiny in 43-Across 52 Firebugs went on a “midnight 50 Shaquille of the N.B.A. 27 28 29 30 31 32 ride” HEYMRDJ ASCR I BE 19 Istanbul resident 54 Boxing combos 12 Snowy ___ (marsh bird) 33 34 35 36 37 38 20 Acts of the Apostles 56 Applies, as influence ICKYPOO MARINES writer 13 Hockey feints 60 Backside TONS I LS ADEPTAT 39 40 41 21 Co-creator of Spider- 18 “Fine by me” 61 43-Across stadium CLOT LEG ATTEND Man 22 Fictional captain who 42 43 44 HEWED P E THA I R 23 Doctor’s request before 64 Not wacko said “Thou damned 65 Emancipated 45 46 47 48 a throat examination whale!” RIGHTHANDMAN 26 Some gym wear 66 Song for a diva 24 Horrified SAWYER A I R ESTE 49 50 51 52 53 27 The Beatles’ “___ 67 “So what ___ is new?” 25 Shoe lift PEA TEARSUP OWE Road” 68 Orchestra woodwinds 54 55 56 57 58 59 27 Bullets and such ERRS CSA OUTFOR 69 Amount owed 30 Understand 28 What some bondsmen COMEGOWI THME 60 61 62 63 32 Impress and then some offer HE I RESS AARGH 33 “Just the facts, ___” DOWN 29 Popular food in 64 65 66 GHETTO EGO BOSE 34 Nickname for 1 Triangular sails 43-Across MI AHAMM ANNASU I 67 68 69 43-Across 2 Drive the getaway car 31 Big Bang ___ 36 Chill out for, say 34 Nonetheless, briefly ADRENAL REELS I N 39 Boxer Tyson 3 Hand out cards 35 Vase JETSONS PRBLITZ
HYPER SUDOKU How to play Kakuro: The kakuro grid, unlike in sudoku, can be of any size. It has rows and columns, and dark cells like in a crossword. And, just like in a crossword, some of the dark cells will contain numbers. Some cells will contain two numbers. However, in a crossword the numbers reference clues. In a kakuro, the numbers are all you get! They denote the total of the digits in the row or column referenced by the number. Within each collection of cells - called a run - any of the numbers 1 to 9 may be used but, like sudoku, each number may only be used once.
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Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate How to EASY SUDOKU play Hyper Easy Sudoku Puzzles Sudoku: Place a digit from 1 to 9 in A Hyper Sudoku each empty cell so every Puzzle is solved row, every column and by filling the every 3x3 box contains all numbers from 1 the digits 1 to 9. to 9 into the blank cells. A Hyper Sudoku has unlike Sudoku 13 regions (four regions overlap with the nine standard regions). In all regions the numbers from 1 to 9 can appear YESTERDAY’S only once. Otherwise, a Hyper Sudoku is solved like a normal Sudoku. ANSWER CINEMA / TV LISTINGS PLUS | SUNDAY 27 APRIL 2014 15
SHOWING AT VILLAGGIO & CITY CENTER Tinker Bell And The Prirate Fairy TEL: 444933989 444517001 (3D/Animation) – 2.30 & 6.15pm 10:00 Gp Inside Line 08:00 News 1 Rio 2 (3D/Animation) – 4.15pm 10:30 Rugby Heineken 09:00 Lifelines: The Cup Saracens V Quest For Revolver Rani (2D/Hindi) – 8.00 & 10.30pm Clermont Global Health 13:30 Europa League 10:00 News Welcome To The Jungle (2D/Comedy) Highlights 10:30 Inside Syria – 3.00pm 14:30 French League 11:00 News Sochaux V Psg 11:30 Talk To Al Battle Of The Damned (2D/Action) – 5.00pm 17:15 Rugby Heineken Jazeera Cup Munster V 12:30 Fault Lines 2 Rio 2 (3D/Animation) – 7.00pm Toulouse 13:00 NEWSHOUR 20:00 Nba Basketball 14:30 Inside Syria MALL Lamo Akhza (2D/Comedy) – 9.00pm Chicago @ 15:00 Al Jazeera Washington World In The Blood (2D/Action) – 11.00pm 23:00 French League 16:00 NEWSHOUR Lille V Bordeaux 17:30 Listening Post Snowpiercer (2D/Action) – 2.30 & 11.15pm 01:00 World Wide 18:00 NEWSHOUR Sports 19:30 101 East In The Blood (2D/Action) – 4.30pm 01:30 Moto Gp 20:30 Inside Story Argentine 21:00 NEWSHOUR Captain America: The Winter Soldier 03:00 Rugby Heineken 22:00 News Cup Munster V 22:30 Talk To Al 3 (3D/Adventure) – 7.00pm Toulouse Jazeera 23:00 Empire Welcome To The Jungle (2D/Comedy) – 9.30pm
Rio 2 (3D/Animation) – 2.30 & 6.30pm 12:30 Epl Review 13:15 Destroyed In 13:30 English Premier Seconds Tinker Bell And The Prirate Fairy League 15:20 How Stuff's Made (3D/Animation) – 4.30pm Sunderland V 17:25 Auction 1 Cardiff, Liverpool Hunters: Pawn Vaayai Moodi Pesavum (2D/Tamil) – 8.30pm V Chelsea, Shop Edition Crystal Palace V 17:50 Border Security Man City - Series 6 Snowpiercer (2D/Action) – 11.00pm 20:30 Electronic Specials Premier League 18:15 Border Security Snowpiercer (2D/Action) – 2.30pm 21:30 Spanish 19:55 Head Games League Villareal 20:45 Treehouse In The Blood (2D/Action) – 4.30 & 11.00pm Vs Barcelona Masters 00:30 UEFA Champi- 21:35 You Have Been LANDMARK Tinker Bell And The Prirate Fairy ons League Warned 2 (3D/Animation) – 6.45pm Magazine 22:25 Gold Rush 01:00 Epl World 23:15 Klondike Captain America: The Winter Soldier (3D/Adventure) – 8.30pm Welcome To The Jungle (2D/Comedy) 13:00 The Border 13:00 How Do They – 3.00 & 11.15pm 14:00 Sea Patrol Do It? 16:00 Wild Gabon 15:10 Da Vinci's 3 Lamo Akhza (2D/Comedy) – 5.00 & 9.00pm 17:00 Aftermath Machines 18:00 Banged Up 16:00 Mega Builders Battle Of The Damned (2D/Action) – 7.00pm Abroad 18:30 Freaks Of Nature 20:00 World's 19:20 Stem Cell Tinker Bell And The Prirate Fairy Toughest Fixes 21:00 You Have Been (3D/Animation) – 2.15pm 21:00 The Known Warned Universe 21:50 Penn & Teller Kaanchi (2D/Hindi) – 3.45 & 9.00pm 22:00 Alaska Wing Tell A Lie Men 22:40 Bang Goes The 1 Vaayai Moodi Pesavum (2D/Tamil) – 6.30pm 23:00 Shark Men Theory Welcome To The Jungle (2D/Comedy) – 11.30pm 13:45 Predator's 13:50 Animal 13:00 Do Dil Bandhe Ek 11:00 One Foot In The 13:00 My Boys Playground Superpowers Snowpiercer (2D/Action) – 2.30pm Dori Se Grave 14:00 The Neighbors 16:30 Savage Alaska 15:40 Wild Gabon 13:30 Ek Mutthi 11:40 The Weakest Link 14:30 Cougar Town 18:20 Treehouse 17:30 The Pack Rio 2 (3D/Animation) – 5.00pm Aasmaan 12:25 Lorna Doone 15:30 The Daily Show Masters 20:10 Alaska Fish Wars 14:00 Doli Armaano Ki 13:15 Doctor Who With Jon Stewart 20:35 Shamwari: A 21:00 Animal Lamo Akhza (2D/Comedy) – 7.00pm 14:30 Jodha Akbar 14:00 Doctors 16:00 The Colbert ROYAL Wild Life Superpowers 2 15:00 Kumkum Bhagya 14:30 Doctors Report 21:05 Into The Shark 21:50 World's Worst 15:30 Pavitra Rishta In The Blood (2D/Action) – 8.45pm 16:00 Doctors 17:00 Late Night With Bite Venom 16:00 Aur Pyaar Hogaya PLAZA 16:30 Doctor Who Seth Meyers 22:00 Real Lion Queen 22:40 Wild Gabon 16:30 Qubool Hai Vaayai Moodi Pesavum (2D/Tamil) – 10.45pm 17:15 King George & 18:00 Dads 23:20 Shamwari: A 23:30 America The 17:00 Word Match Queen Mary 18:30 The Neighbors Wild Life Wild Rio 2 (3D/Animation) – 3.00pm 17:30 Zee Connect 18:05 Upstairs 19:00 2 Broke Girls Season 4 Downstairs 19:30 Two And A Half Battle Of The Damned (2D/Action) – 5.00pm 18:00 Sapne Suhane 19:00 Me & Mrs Jones Men Ladakpan Ke 19:30 Absolutely 20:00 Men At Work 18:30 Ek Mutthi Fabulous 20:30 Parks And Tinker Bell And The Prirate Fairy 12:00 Here Comes 13:00 Trouble With Aasmaan 20:00 Silk Recreation The Boom The Curve (3D/Animation) – 7.00pm 19:30 DID L'il Masters 20:50 Waking The Dead 21:00 The Daily Show 14:00 10 Things I 15:00 Argo 3 Season 3 21:40 Rev. With Jon Stewart Hate About You 17:00 Girl In Progress Captain America: The Winter Soldier 21:00 Qubool Hai 22:10 Alan Carr: Chatty 21:30 The Colbert 16:00 Dating Coach 19:00 Hyde Park On 21:30 Aur Pyaar Hogaya Man Report (3D/Adventure) – 9.00pm 18:00 Uptown Girls Hudson 22:00 Doli Armaano Ki 22:55 Being Erica 22:00 Saturday Night 20:00 Blades Of Glory 21:00 Lawless 22:30 Pavitra Rishta 23:40 Me & Mrs Jones Live In The Blood (2D/Action) – 11.30pm 22:00 Jackass: 23:00 Small Men At Work 23:30 Number Two Apartments 16 PLUS | SUNDAY 27 APRIL 2014 POTPOURRI
Who’s who A summary of MEDIA SCAN Events in Qatar issues of the day discussed by the Hekayat Khaleejiya Qatari community (Khaleeji Stories) in the media. When: May 1-2; 7pm Where: Museum of Islamic Art Auditorium What: Creening of The Brain That Sings by Amal Al Agroobi. Preceded by a screening of the short film One in Five by Jawaher Al Khater. Hekayat • The Ministry of Municipality and many companies and organisations Khaleejiya’ is a quarterly screening series dedicated to showcasing cinematic voices Urban Planning will henceforth make not having Arabic-speaking from the Gulf region. public the names of outlets caught employees, because of which Khalid Mubarak Al Delaimi, Tickets available at DFI Ticket violating health rules. The names will many visitors face problems in Outlet in the Museum of Islamic Art Director, Hassad Australia (www.dohafilminstitute.com) e is the Vice Chairman for be posted on the ministry’s website. communication. • There is talk about Ashghal and • Some citizens who have crossed the First Lease Company and Richard Serra: Concurrent Smeet. He currently chairs the company that implemented maximum age limit for mandatory H the Salwa Road project being held military service want to be allowed Exhibitions several boards including Hassad accountable for the flooding of a to serve as volunteers. When: Till July 6, 8:30am- 5:30pm Food, Barwa Real Estate, Lusail Where: QMA Gallery Building 10, Katara tunnel following rains last month. • There are demands that the Hochtief, QD-SBG Construction, What: Richard Serra is among the most QC-CPC Industries, Audit • There are demands for strict authorities regularly check fuse important contemporary sculptors. The Committee BARWA Real Estate Co, monitoring of truckers, who throw boxes, because sometimes the exhibition organised by the QMA in Doha away old tyres in the open, as boxes are found open, and that is one of Serra’s most ambitious ever Qatari Diar Real Estate Company. in that it brings together sculptures and In April 2010, he was appointed as discarded tyres spoil the look of the might result in harm to passers-by. area and pollute the environment as • There is talk about the Supreme drawings from different periods, ranging a Group CEO Advisor at Qatari Diar from the seminal One Ton Prop (House Real Estate Company. Khalid holds the tyres release chemicals into the Council of Health announcing that of Cards) of 1969 (on rare loan from the a bachelor’s degree in Management air in scorching heat. no fresh case of Coronavirus (MERS) Museum of Modern Art in New York) to a and Computer Sciences and a • There are complaints about the has been detected in the country new large-scale work, Passage of Time, public relations departments of since November 2013. especially created for this occasion. master’s degree in Management Free Entry and Leadership from Webster University, London. Plants of Qur’anic Botanic Garden Exhibition When: Till April 30; 10am-10pm Where: Katara Gallery — Bldg 18 IN FOCUS by Saritha Kurup What: The Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development organises, in collaboration with the Qatar Photography Society and Katara the first exhibition of its kind. The exhibition includes 58 artworks of all the plants mentioned in the Holy Quran and the Sunnah. These pictures have been captured in Doha, Indonesia, Yemen and other Arab countries. Free Entry
Kings and Pawns When: Till June 21 Where: Museum of Islamic Arts What: This exhibition uncovers the history of board games in the Islamic world, from India to Spain between 7th and 20th century. Free Entry
VCUQatar Faculty Exhibition - Strange Wonders When: Till May 6 Where: Msheireb Enrichment Centre, Sheraton Park, Corniche What: VCUQatar annual faculty exhibition showcasing new work by current VCUQatar faculty and staff. This year’s exhibition takes its inspiration from Company House, one of the heritage buildings within Msheireb downtown area, which played an important part in the lives of Qatar’s original oil pioneers. Free Entry
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