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Make no mistake: The American middle class is LEARN ARABIC in trouble. That trouble started decades ago, well before the 2008 financial crisis, and it is rooted • Learn commonly used Arabic words in shifts far more complicated than the simple and their meanings tax-and-spend debates that dominate economic policymaking in Washington. P | 13 2 PLUS | MONDAY 22 DECEMBER 2014 COVER STORY US middle class is adrift, and it has been for decade

A museum, a ballpark and a hospital occupy a landscape that was once part of the Rockwell International Nasa Industrial Facility in Downey, California. A shopping center is likely to be built on other portions of the property.

By Jim Tankersley Not at the old North American and services per hour on the job as it’s the reason why tax cuts, stimulus ne day in 1967, Bob Thompson Rockwell plant, and not in thou- they did in 1989, but as a group, they spending and rock-bottom interest sprayed foam on a hunk of sands of similarly socked towns. get less of the nation’s economic pie. rates haven’t jolted the middle class Ometal in a cavernous factory Yes, the stock market is soaring, In 81 percent of America’s counties, back to its postwar prosperity. south of Los Angeles. And then the unemployment rate is finally the median income is lower today Downey illustrates the nation’s another day, not too long after, he retreating after the Great Recession than it was 15 years ago. struggle to resurrect that shared sat at a long wood bar with a black- and the economy added 321,000 jobs In this new reality, a smaller prosperity, and it reminds us what and-white television hanging over it, last month. But all that growth has share of Americans enjoy the fruits the economy has lost. and he watched that hunk of metal done nothing to boost pay for the of an expanding economy. This Today, Bob Thompson’s rise to the land a man on the moon. On July typical American worker. Average isn’t a fluke of the past few years — middle class sounds like something 20, 1969 — the day of the landing — wages haven’t risen over the last it’s woven into the very structure from an old movie. Thompson sipped his Budweiser and year, after adjusting for inflation. of the economy. And even though He graduated from Downey High thought about all the people who had Real household median income is Republicans and Democrats keep School, served a tour in the Army ever stared at that moon. Kings and still lower than it was when the promising to help the middle class and returned to his home town to queens and Jesus Christ himself. recession ended. reclaim the prosperity it grew work odd jobs. The Rockwell plant He marvelled at how when it came Make no mistake: The American accustomed to after World War II, loomed nearby, on a former orchard time to reach it, the job started in middle class is in trouble. their prescriptions aren’t working. plot where town leaders once hoped Downey. The bartender wept. On That trouble started decades From the Great Depression to build Dodger Stadium. Thompson a warm day, almost a half-century ago, well before the 2008 financial through the 1980s, American reces- remembers the day the plant hired later, Thompson curled his mouth crisis, and it is rooted in shifts far sions and recoveries followed a pat- him — Aug. 4, 1965 — and his start- beneath a white beard and talked more complicated than the simple tern: Employers shed jobs when the ing pay at his union job — $2.59 an about the bar that fell to make way tax-and-spend debates that domi- economy turned south but added hour — which was nearly double for a freeway, the space-age factory nate economic policymaking in them back quickly once it recov- the minimum wage in California at that closed down and the town that Washington. ered. That changed in the early the time. The week he got the job, is still waiting for its next great It used to be that when the US 1990s and worsened through the Thompson drove down to Bill’s TV economic rocket, its new starship economy grew, workers up and 2000s. Jobs came back more slowly, Shop and bought a new Quasar con- to the middle class. They’ve waited down the economic ladder saw their if at all. Even before the 2008 cri- sole, the first color set of his life, for more than a decade in Downey. incomes increase, too. But over the sis, the 2000s were on track to be $300. He was filling out the credit They’ve tried all the usual tricks to past 25 years, the economy has the weakest decade for job creation application when the salesclerk in bring good-paying jobs back to the grown 83 percent, after adjusting since the Labor Department started the store asked where he worked. 77-acre plot of dirt where once stood for inflation — and the typical fam- tracking the statistics. The great The plant, Thompson told him. The a factory that made moon landers ily’s income hasn’t budged. In that mystery: What happened? Why did clerk waved away the paperwork. He and, later, space shuttles. Nothing time, corporate profits doubled as a the economy stop boosting ordinary knew he’d be good for the money. “I brought back the good jobs. share of the economy. Workers today Americans in the way it once did? thought I was a king,” Thompson Those jobs aren’t coming back. produce nearly twice as many goods The answer is complicated, and said. PLUS | MONDAY 22 DECEMBER 2014 3

The vacated interior of the former Rockwell International Nasa Industrial Facility in He started off running blueprints bought houses in Downey, big adobe Downey, California. from one end of the factory to the split-levels with lush green lawns. The other. Then he worked his way up easiest way to tell an assembly work- to plastics fabricator, foam sprayer, er’s house from the top manager’s was shipper of replacement parts between to watch how often the Cadillac in plants. Sometimes when the economy the driveway gave way to a new one. dipped or contracts dried up, he lost When Rockwell won another huge his job; the company always found contract, for the space shuttle in 1972, him maintenance work or something one of the top engineers handed the else to help him get by until times keys to his pickup truck to a younger improved and he got back to the plant. worker. He told him to fill the bed When he retired from the company with ice and champagne. Then he told in 2007, Thompson was making $24.95 another man to call a local restaurant an hour. He draws a sweeter pension and inform them that Rockwell would than almost any worker starting out be taking the place over for at least today could hope to receive. the next 24 hours. Thompson’s rise mirrored the By 1990, there were nearly 200,000 plant’s, which mirrored Downey’s, aerospace workers in Los Angeles which mirrored Southern California’s, County alone, and the local median which mirrored America’s. North income had risen almost 20 percent were slow to appear after the 1990 the pioneering electric car company, American won the Apollo contract in since 1970, after adjusting for infla- recession ended, even when growth to manufacture its roadsters in the 1961 and ramped up to 25,000 workers, tion. Then things cratered. The Cold sped up. The late-‘90s tech bubble old Rockwell plant. They’d secured including production grunts, account- War ended, and defense cuts starved brought a shower of jobs and wealth, a multimillion-dollar federal loan to ants and engineers. A lot of them the industry. More than half the but when the bubble burst, all the overhaul the equipment and become county’s aerospace workers lost their gains were wiped out — except the the lowest-emission car factory in the jobs over the next decade, and when ones for the wealthiest people in the world. They’d drafted a lease. They’d they found new ones, they weren’t country. The same was true for the reached what they believed was an nearly as good. The county’s median housing bubble of the 2000s. oral agreement with Tesla Chairman income fell more than 10 percent — The first decade of the 21st century Elon Musk. They would announce the and stayed there. The Rockwell plant produced two recessions and two “job- deal in a news conference the next day. By 1990, there were nearly shed workers steadily, was bought by less recoveries,” and when it was over, The new plant would move in next to Boeing and eventually closed in 1999. the vast majority of Americans found a shopping center with a Best Buy, 200,000 aerospace workers Thompson was lucky to find work at themselves no better off than they a space museum and a new state-of- in Los Angeles County a different Rockwell site in Southern were a quarter-century ago. Median the-art Kaiser hospital. It was going to alone, and the local median California; Downey was unluckily income kept falling for several years, bring a couple of thousand jobs. left with several hundred thousand even after the Great Recession ended. Then the phone rang. income had risen almost 20 square feet of factory space and a Finally, the wait appeared to be A wire service reporter in percent since 1970, after 25,000-job hole in its economy. over. On May 20, 2010, Downey’s Sacramento said Tesla was planning adjusting for inflation. Then While Downey waited, the US leaders huddled before a special a news conference that afternoon in economy hurtled into a new and afternoon city council meeting. They Northern California. It was going to things cratered. unwelcome frontier of its own. Jobs were set to approve a deal with Tesla, build its cars there instead. The com- pany promised wages would start at $16 an hour, plus benefits. Downey would need to wait some more. This is America’s story, too: It has waited decades for middle-class jobs to come back, through a loop cycle of political bickering, to no avail. In Downey, city officials had finally waited long enough. They bulldozed their old economic engine. A devel- oper crushed the Rockwell factory and left it in piles. Construction has begun on a second shopping mall. The mall will create a thousand or so jobs, but they almost certainly won’t pay anything close to what Bob Thompson made starting out at Rockwell. In Downey today, “we have a lot of restaurants,” Thompson said. “There’s a lot of minimum wage. People take those jobs.” Thompson now runs the Downey Historical Society, a dimly lit relic stuffed with space memorabilia. He sat in his office, amid model rockets and black-and-white posters of prop planes, next to a playground called Apollo Park. His wistfulness faded, and he turned, instead, to hope — hope that his country would reclaim its past glory, if not economically then at least astronomically. WP-BLOOMBERG 4 PLUS MONDAY 22 DECEMBER 2014 CAMPUS Doha College hosts motivational talk

nthony Pryde, Joint Interest is effective for high school students to Technical Manager for thrive, and the Injaz Business Leader ExxonMobil QatarInc, Campaign has been successful in con- Arecently joined a group of necting students with individuals from over 100 Doha College students at a various sectors and industries, who tell motivational session, which comes them a story of their own experiences as part of the Injaz Business Leader and career paths. Campaign. Pryde spoke to the students about The campaign, which brings together his current profession, the decisions high school students and business lead- he has made in his career which have ers from the local community, was cre- led him to his job in Qatar, and also ated to encourage students at Qatar’s his academic qualifications. He pro- Anthony Pryde talking to a group of students. schools to develop leadership skills, set vided them with advice on how teens life objectives, and map their future can be motivated to succeed by focus- projects come to fruition, like a gas how he motivates himself at work and- career paths at the high school level. ing on their individual strengths and field that’s been developed. Remember how he has developed his management Finding ways to keep students moti- interests. that in life, you never stop learning – skills. They particularly expressed an vated and engaged in the learning proc- “It’s so important to find something I’m still on a journey, but the impor- interest in how he was able to secure ess is essential for academic success. you enjoy,” Pryde told the students. “I tant thing is that I’m enjoying what the jobs he took on throughout his While building intrinsic motivation is learned early on that I have a passion I’m doing.” career, and about what companies like ideal, sometimes external motivation for engineering, and I still get a thrill The students asked Pryde questions ExxonMobil look for in a candidate. in the form of positive reinforcement out of solving problems and seeing on how he made his career choices, The Peninsula

MES wins laurels at National Day contest

ES Indian School again emerged the overall champions and won QR7,000 Min the Qatar National Day School Level Competitions for communities on December 18 at Al Khor stadium. Around 700 students participated in the com- petitions and MES Indian School won the highest score in all the cultural performances. “Indeed it is a proud moment for MES Indian School to be a part of this auspicious occasion and this victory will be imprinted in the annals of MES”, remarked Principal, Sasidharan A P on the occasion. P J Beilbey, Cultural Co-ordinator and Moideen P, Assistant Coordinator, trained the MES team. The Peninsula

Australian envoy speaks at GUQ ustralia’s ambassador to the UAE and Qatar, Pablo Kang, was on the cam- Apus of Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) recently to deliver a lecture titled “Multilateral Diplomacy: Australia’s 2013-2014 Term on the United Nations Security Council”, as a part of the university’s Ambassadorial Lecture Series. Speaking to an audience of students and guests from the university and Doha community, Kang explained Australia’s campaign strategy to win one of the ten non-permanent member seats elected for two-year terms by the UN General Assembly in 2012. He also detailed the country’s approach to multilateral nego- tiations, and highlighted the key challenges and successes of its tenure, such as promoting national and international interests, and galvanizing international action in unforeseen crises. The ambassador was introduced by Amber Faull-Cryan, a freshman. “Australia’s campaign for current UNSC membership was a long process that started with now former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd in March of 2008, and included an intensive strategy for each phase of the campaign,” began the seasoned diplomat. He cited key factors that contributed to Australia’s successful Security Council member campaign, such as a strong political commitment at the high- est levels of Australian government, the backing of Australia’s extensive foreign relations experience and credentials, and highlighting their role in key bilateral forums, such as membership in the G20. “We also solidified our support base in Australia’s ambassador to the UAE the Pacific, given where we are, which distinguished us from Luxembourg and and Qatarw Pablo Kang speaking at Finland, our membership competitors in 2012,” said Kang. The Peninsula Georgetown University in Qatar. MARKETPLACE PLUS | MONDAY 22 DECEMBER 2014 5

UBL General Manager Shahid Amin Sheikh with staff mem- bers during a Qatar National Day celebration. Cake Fest opens at Safari UB40 to perform at Qatar Masters

B40 featuring Ali Campbell, Astro and Mickey have been announced to headline the evening entertainment at the 2015 UCommercial Bank Qatar Masters. Following the end of play on January 23, spectators are promised an outstanding show delivered by the legendary reggae band, who will perform live in Qatar for the first time, at the Doha Golf Club. Formed in 1978, the band has achieved critical acclaim ever since, selling over 70 million records world-wide, and nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album four times. During an impressive three-decade career, the band has been touring the world performing sell-out shows, and will be making their historic appear- ance in Qatar this coming January. Thousands of fans will enjoy an unforgettable night with the band expected to perform some of their most famous hit singles including “Can’t Help Falling in Love” and “I Got You Babe” at the public village on Friday January 23. During the tournament, families and friends will enjoy day-long activities and spectacles, including the popular Golf Trick Shot Boys; a range of sports including mini basketball mini tennis, mini golf and mini soccer; a taste of the world with gourmet food on offer; and the Shopping Boulevard with a wide selection of merchandise on sale. THE PENINSULA

ZainulAbideen, Director and General Manager of Safari Mall, Shaheen Backer, Group Coordinator and other officials from the management during the opening ceremony of the Cake Fest at Safari Mall yesterday.

his festive season, the eagerly The festival will continue till expected Safari Cake Fest December 31 at Safari Mall, Abu started yesterday. It promises Hamour, Safari Hyper Market, Salwa Tto be a popular haunt for cake- Road and Safari Shopping Complex at lovers in Qatar. More than 50 varieties of Umm Salal Mohamed. delicious and mouth-watering cakes are For every purchase of QR50 and on display. X-mas Yule log cake, marble beyond the customers will receive cake, tea cake, almond cake, plum cake, a raffle coupon which will enable to chocolate mousse cake, caramel cake, participate in the mega lucky draw butterscotch cake, flower cake and many to win 5kg of gold and many more more are awaiting customers. mindboggling prizes 6 PLUS | MONDAY 22 DECEMBER 2014 FOOD

By Joe Yonan

f you had asked me this time last year whether I considered German to be a particularly vegetarian- Ifriendly cuisine, I would have laughed. My opinion wouldn’t have been based on any actual travel to Germany, only on some limited experiences in German restaurants (including mounds of smoked sausages ingested in central Texas). But since when does the lack of substantive research get in the way of a knee-jerk reaction? Anyhow, that was all before I knew the name Tim Malzer. He’s a chef, author and TV host in Germany whose new book, Green Box, has been taunt- ing me from a position on my desk for almost six months now. He’s not veg- etarian, and neither is his Hamburg restaurant, Bullerei, but his passion for cooking vegetables radiates from the book’s colourful pages. I’ve bookmarked almost a dozen recipes to try — cabbage with pappardelle squares, lemon salad with ricotta cakes, broccoli cannelloni — but the book didn’t make the leap from desk to kitchen until I needed a nice, easy soup to soothe me after too many weeks of indulgent holiday meals. Malzer’s approach is to give basic- seeming dishes a wow factor, a punch of flavor from an unexpected source. For the chickpea soup that caught my attention, for instance, he spikes the base with a little jalapeño and deepens it with curry, but the transformative touch is a mound of pan-fried sau- erkraut, spiced with coriander and rounded out with a pinch of sugar, that goes on the soup after it’s pureed. The liquid seemed a little too far on the thin side — in consistency, not fla- vor — until the sauerkraut came into play. After I sank it into the brothy soup and stirred in a dollop of yogurt, it was just what I wanted: hearty, nutty, with a pungent tartness. Easy to sip but with a little something to chew on, too. German vegetarian: Who knew? Chickpea Soup With From a German chef, Fried Sauerkraut

4 servings (makes about 6 cups) vegetables that wow This simple, soothing soup gets its complex flavor from the brilliant addi- tion of pan-fried sauerkraut. Serve with rustic bread and a crisp and finely chopped garlic and jalapeño. Cook, stirring fre- the remaining two tablespoons of oil salad. 1 3/4 cups (15 1/2 ounces) cooked quently, until the vegetables are tender, into a large skillet over medium-high MAKE AHEAD: The soup, without or canned no-salt-added chickpeas, four to six minutes. heat. Add the sauerkraut, coriander the sauerkraut or yogurt, can be refrig- drained and rinsed Reserve two tablespoons of the chick- and the reserved two tablespoons of erated for up to 1 week or frozen for up 1 teaspoon mild curry powder peas; pour the rest into the saucepan, chickpeas and cook, stirring frequently, to 6 months. Defrost and reheat before 4 1/4 cups store-bought or homemade along with the curry powder. Cook until the sauerkraut is lightly browned, adding the sauerkraut and yogurt. The vegetable broth for another few minutes, stirring fre- three to four minutes. Stir in the sugar fried sauerkraut can be refrigerated for 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt, plus more quently, until the chickpeas become dry and the remaining 1/4 teaspoon of salt, up to 3 days; warm before adding to to taste and the curry is very fragrant. and remove from the heat. the soup. 2 cups sauerkraut, squeezed of as Add the broth and 1/4 teaspoon of To serve, divide the soup among Adapted from “Green Box,” by much liquid as possible the salt; increase the heat to medium- bowls. Place one-quarter of the sau- Tim Malzer (Mosaik Verlag/Prestel 1 teaspoon coarsely ground coriander high and bring to a boil, then reduce the erkraut mixture at the center of each Publishing, 2014). seed heat to medium or medium-low so the portion, along with a dollop of yogurt. Ingredients 1/4 teaspoon sugar liquid is barely bubbling. Cook uncov- Serve hot. 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil 1/2 cup whole-milk yogurt (may sub- ered, for 10 minutes, until the chickpeas Nutrition | Per serving: 270 calo- 1 medium leek (white part only), stitute low-fat), for garnish are very tender and the flavors have ries, 7g protein, 28g carbohydrates, 16 halved lengthwise, rinsed and thinly Steps melded. Taste, and add salt if needed. g fat, 2g saturated fat, 0mg cholesterol, sliced Pour 2 tablespoons of the oil into a Use an immersion (stick) blender to 1,510mg sodium, 8g dietary fiber, 7g 1 clove garlic, thinly sliced medium saucepan over medium heat, puree until smooth. The soup will not be sugar. WP-Bloomberg 1 jalapeño pepper, stemmed, seeded and when it shimmers add the leek, thick. While the soup is cooking, pour WHEELS PLUS | MONDAY 22 DECEMBER 2014 7

By Warren Brown

didn’t have the “real one.” This is what I was told by a car-savvy Iteenager, a young man all of 16 years old, barely old enough to have a driver’s licence. Yet he was knowl- edgeable enough to know that the “granite crystal metallic” gray 2015 Dodge Charger R/T Premium sedan I was driving was a wannabe Charger, a performance faker, not the “real one.” I thought the Charger in my posses- sion was real enough. It came with a 5.7-liter gasoline V-8 engine delivering 370 horsepower and 395 pound-feet of torque via an eight-speed automatic transmission. It barely eked out 25 miles per gallon on the highway, just enough to avoid federal gas-guzzler taxes. It was fast enough to garner several unwanted police escorts on a nearly 1,000-mile sojourn through the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions. But had I earned a speeding ticket, it would have been for naught, according to this young automotive savant. I wasn’t driving the “real one.” That one, he said, delivering all of the car’s vital numbers as if he had prepared a term paper on the subject, is the Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat. It is a motorized beast equipped with a supercharged (forced air) 6.2-litre Too fast for this world, not Hemi SRT Hellcat gasoline V-8 engine, standard on the Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat sedan. It delivers a maximum 707 horsepower and 650 pound-feet of torque and rockets from 0 to 60 mph fast enough for that one in 3.5 seconds. That is the “real one,” the young man announced triumphantly. “When are you going to drive that one?” he I would have just been sitting there, as New York Thruway where I could Point B only to race back to Point asked. I was just sitting there in the Charger drive the rear-wheel-drive Charger A again. I considered his question for a R/T Premium, engine thrum-thrum- R/T Premium, with its 5.7-liter V-8 But that is when I thought oil moment and found myself marvelling ming, burning gasoline by the gallon engine, the way it was engineered was forever, that “global warming” over the demonic marketing genius of going nowhere fast. to be driven — not without going to was a bad joke, that there would the global automobile industry. This I was comforted, somewhat, by jail, anyway. Where could I possibly always be enough space somewhere young man is the profitable future of the thought that at least gasoline drive a 707-horsepower Hellcat? On in the world for me to go as fast as I those companies. Should he remain prices were dropping and that the the racetrack? What’s the point? wanted to go without penalty. in school and eventually land a well- thirsty Charger in my possession did The answer to that question rests I know much better now. paying job, he is the one they are going not require premium fuel. I could in the ignorance and eternal opti- I smiled at the young man’s ques- to be chasing around the marketplace, fill its 19.1-gallon tank with 87- or mism of youth. There once was a tion: “When are you going to drive deliberately trying to get him to buy 89-octane gasoline. Yippee! time when I thought that the only that one . . . the real one?” more automobile than he will ever Are we insane? There was practi- point of driving was going fast, “Soon,” I said, not caring whether need, or could legally drive the way cally nowhere along Interstate 95, burning fuel as quickly as it could I was right or wrong. “Soon.” it was designed and engineered to be the New Jersey Turnpike or the be burned, getting from Point A to WP-Bloomberg driven. It is important to capture his atten- tion, seduce his imagination now. Seven Bottom line: If you are going to get a Nuts and Bolts configurations — supercharged 6.2-liter hundred seven horsepower! Wow! wannabe Charger, save real money and buy Hemi Hellcat V-8 engine, 6.4-liter V-8, What can you do with that? What the one with the 3.6-liter Pentastar V-6 gasoline engine 5.7-liter Hemi V-8 and 3.6-liter Pentastar V-6. indeed. (292 horsepower, 260 pound-feet of torque). It yields 31 Capacities: Seating for five people. Cargo capacity is I had a hard time driving to Northern miles per gallon on the highway and drinks regular fuel. 16.5 cubic feet. Fuel capacity is 19.1 gallons. Regular grade Virginia from Cornwall, New York — It can be had with all the advanced electronic safety is okay in non-supercharged models. about 360 miles — in the 370-horse- equipment — blind-side and lane-departure warning are Mileage: I averaged 23 miles per gallon on the highway. power Charger R/T Premium. It, too, examples — available on the more rambunctious Charger You don’t buy anything with a V-8 engine for fuel economy. was pretty darn fast. It could scoot models. Safety: Standard equipment includes four-wheel disc from 0 to 60 mph in a bit over five Head-turning quotient: The kids love the looks of the brakes (ventilated front, solid rear), four-wheel anti-lock seconds, which was fast enough as far Charger R/T Premium. The savants are quick to point out brake protection, automatic brake drying, emergency as I was concerned. It did not matter that it’s “not the real thing.” braking assistance, electronic brake-force distribution, anyway. Ride, acceleration and handling: The front end of the stability and traction control, side and head air bags, and Timely departure is the primary rear-wheel-drive Charger R/T Premium was unruly on Uconnect emergency communications. requirement for timely arrival. I left rain-slick roads. I blame the car’s wide, flat low-aspect- Price: The 2015 Dodge Charger R/T Premium starts New York too late — just in time to ratio tires, which tended to twist and turn in the grooves at $32,995, with an estimated dealer’s invoice price of catch rush-hour traffic jams on the of less-than-perfect roads. Acceleration was good enough $30,000. Price as tested is $41,180, including $7,190 in New Jersey Turnpike and an unbe- to attract police attention. options (mostly advanced electronic safety equipment lievably dense, tight traffic tie-up on Body style, layout: This is a full-size, front-engine such as blind-side and lane-departure warning, onboard the Washington area’s Capital Beltway. sedan of traditional Detroit muscle-car genre available navigation, and rearview backup camera), and a $995 Not even a SRT Hellcat V-8 engine with rear-wheel or all-wheel drive. There are four power factory-to-dealer shipment charge. would have gotten me out of that mess. 8 PLUS | MONDAY 22 DECEMBER 2014 ENTERTAINMENT PLUS | MONDAY 22 DECEMBER 2014 9

HOLLYWOOD NEWS BOLLYWOOD NEWS Backstreet Boys trailer released Ali Fazal to pen short film he official trailer of US band Backstreet Boys’ upcoming docu- ctor Ali Fazal, who will next be seen in Khamoshiyan, is trying his hand Tmentary Backstreet Boys: Show Em What You’re Made Of has been Aat scriptwriting. He’s taking baby steps into it with a short film, the released on the Internet. title of which is yet to be locked. The two-minute trailer opens with a blast from the past montage The film will be shot in February 2015, and it has been co-written by of A.J. McLean, Howie Dorough, Nick Carter, Kevin Richardson and Ali with Hussain Dalal, who recently came in the limelight through his Brian Littrell at the peak of their fame in the late 1990s, and then heartwarming ad film for Nescafe. quickly goes to present-day with Littrell asking: “What do you do Talking about his new endeavour, Ali said in a statement: “It is a very when you’re a full-grown man in a boy band?” reports eonline.com. simple story which we are trying to portray in a short film format. We have Backstreet Boys: Show ‘Em What You’re Made Of hits theaters and not decided the title of the film yet but we are going to shoot this early iTunes on Jan 30 next year. next year. I hope to achieve an intense cinematic experience through this.” The film will be completely shot in Mumbai. Ali started his Bollywood stint with 3 Idiots, and then went on to feature in films like Fukrey and Bobby Jasoos. Calvin Harris to endorse Emporio Armani usician Calvin Harris has been roped in as the new face of the Super-hectic time for Boney Kapoor MEmporio Armani brand for its spring 2015 campaign. The campaign’s black-and-white photographs, shot by Boo George here, t’s a super-hectic time for Boney Kapoor. While his son Arjun Kapoor’s feature Harris posing in the Italian label’s eyewear and watch collection. Inext release Tevar is around the corner, Boney’s wife Sridevi has begun The Scottish DJ also took to Twitter to share a behind-the-scenes photo- the shooting in Chennai for her lavish costume drama directed by Chimbu graph, which features him shirtless as he prepares for his shoot, reports Devan. hollywoodreporter.com. Shuttling between two metropolises, the filmmaker is virtually living his “Calvin Harris is a truly cosmopolitan, dynamic young man who is life out of a suitcase. capable of attracting the masses with his music and energy. He isn’t a The caring husband that he is, Boney wants to spend as much time as model by nature, and this creates a more sincere and engaging bond with Selma, a handsome possible with his wife. However, Boney’s home-production Tevar, with his the public,” designer Giorgio Armani told Women’s Wear Daily. son Arjun in the lead, is releasing in January 2015. “It’s incredible to be working with Armani and his team at Emporio And Boney is going ballistic trying to balance the two commitments. Armani. I feel an affinity to the brand ethos and have been a long time An exhausted Boney said: “I don’t know if I am coming or going. I’ve admirer of their designs,” Harris said. never travelled so much. Sri is shooting her Tamil film in Chennai. And Arjun’s film is on release. So I’m required to be in Mumbai.” civil rights drama When Sridevi started shooting in Chennai last week, she was accompa- nied from Mumbai to Chennai by her dear friend Manish Malhotra. “Manish is doing her costumes in the Tamil film. Manish was there with Sony’s response to hackers ‘worrying’, her. But I still wanted to be there on her first day of shooting,” he said. Boney flew out to Chennai to ensure his wife was comfort- able on the first day of her shooting in Chennai, although it says Cumberbatch By Steve Rose arresting setpieces. But more often this and there’s no sense of the mud, rain Michael Brown and Trayvon Martin meant a lot of inconvenience for the Tevar team in Mumbai. ritish actor Benedict Cumberbatch has called Sony Pictures is a story of backroom deals and political and hardship the real Selma marches cast the victory of Selma in a some- “I will have to divide my time between the two commitments. Luckily, ‘Tevar’ BEntertainment’s response to the recent cyber attacks “worrying”, ust as it dramatises Martin compromises, as King negotiates with entailed. We often see King in church, what ironic light. King’s initial com- is attracting the right amount of attention.” after the studio decided to pull the plug on The Interview release amid Luther King’s momentous a recalcitrant Lyndon Johnson (Tom backed by stained-glass windows, as if in plaint that Alabama was 50 percent security fears. marches to the Alabama town Wilkinson), other civil rights factions, admission that this isn’t the unvarnished black but that only two percent of “I haven’t seen the film so I can’t comment on the specifics of it, but it is of the title, so this stately civil and his conflicted wife Coretta. truth; it’s the gospel. them were allowed to vote has curious worrying, of course it is worrying,” Cumberbatch said in an interview for rights movie begins its own There’s so much behind-the-scenes It’s no great spoiler to reveal that the parallels with modern-day Ferguson, his latest film The Imitation Game, reports independent.co.uk. Jmarch into the awards season with dealmaking going on, it often feels like movie closes with a rousing King vic- Missouri, with its predominantly black PK crosses Rs500m in two days “We revel in our democracy, we revel in our civil right and freedom of a spring in its step. Unimpeachably we’re missing out on the scenes them- tory speech, on the steps of the Alabama population and predominantly white speech and freedom of expression in this culture and in America as well. important, ambitious in its scope and selves. Perhaps mindful that King’s leg- State Capitol, in which he reassures his police force. Perhaps there’s no bet- amir Khan-starrer PK has minted over Rs500m in two days in the And to see it attacked from the outside and see people inhibited by fear handsomely presented, it has all the endary gift for oratory would eclipse audience that “our freedom will soon be ter time for a reminder of the power Adomestic market, and trade experts expect it do “steady” business and terror as a means of silencing voices even if they are of dissent or hallmarks of a trophy winner, for bet- most scriptwriters’ efforts, Selma uses upon us”. of non-violent protest, but Selma also in coming days. Directed by Rajkumar Hirani and produced by Vidhu satire, it’s tragic,” he added. ter and worse. it sparingly, and gives equal time to quiet You could argue that Barack Obama’s provides a potentially dangerous reas- Vinod Chopra, the film released On Wednesday, Sony Selma wisely bites off no more than it moments of doubt, regret and reflection. election delivered that promise, but surance that the battle has already been on Friday. decided to pull the plug needs to. Its focus is King in 1965, when British actor David Oyelowo handles events such as the police shootings of won. The Guardian Girish Johar, who is aware of on “The Interview” ini- he had given his “I have a dream” speech both registers with great poise. He gives the economics of the Hindi film tial release date, saying and received the Nobel peace prize, but the role admirable subtlety, confidence industry, tweeted: “#PK does a that it would not be was still frustrated by the lack of genu- and charisma, and when he gets the 50crs+ in flat 2 days - is now the shown on any platform. ine progress on civil rights. chance to build up a head of steam at a 4th film of 2014 to get 50crs in In a statement by Selma became the flashpoint for lectern, the movie lifts with him. 2days - #HappyNewYear #PK the studio, Sony said the next battle – the right of African- The trouble is, that swelling oratory #SinghamReturns #Kick” that following the deci- Americans to vote freely – and the mode tends to creep into scenes where The film, which also stars sion by the majority of greatest strength of Ava DuVernay’s it doesn’t really belong. All too often Anushka Sharma, Sushant Singh exhibitors not to show movie is in detailing how strategic King’s in Selma’s quiet, intimate moments, Rajput and Sanjay Dutt, did bet- the film, they decided leadership was, and how non-violent strings and piano music start to swell ter on second day by earning “not to move forward” protest was most effective when it was on the soundtrack, dialogue gives way Rs290m, said Rajesh Thadani of with the planned on met with violence. Selma was selected to extended, grandstanding monologue, Multimedia Combines. “It has col- December 25 theatri- as the battleground precisely on account and suddenly we’re thinking, “this’ll lected at least Rs550m in first two cal release. of its brutal law enforcement and rac- make a great clip for the awards cam- days. On the first day, it earned The cyber attacks on Sony began November 24, when a group of hack- ist governor, George Wallace (Tim Roth paign”. Perhaps that’s the price of han- about Rs.26 crore. The next day, ers calling themselves ‘The Guardians of Peace’ announced that they had somehow fits the role perfectly), all the dling big, important episodes of history: it managed to mint Rs290m. They “obtained all of the company’s internal data” and would be releasing some better to generate newsworthy clashes it’s almost impossible to take risks or will earn profit, but expectations were higher,” he said. “The film is being of the company’s “top secrets”. and thus communicate the struggle to put a personal stamp on them. There’s liked by people in metropolitan cities. It will maintain steady figures in Since then, the hackers have released a number of personal correspond- the American people, and ultimately to too much to honour and do justice to. coming days,” he added. Impressed by PK, writer Milap Zaveri predicts a ences and confidential information that has embarrassed Sony’s top execu- the White House. As a result, the movie becomes “huge run” at the box office. “#PK has great growth on Saturday! This film tives, as well as a host of high profile Hollywood names. Of course, the desired clashes arise infused with that creamy glow of is set for a looooong and huge run at the box office,” he tweeted. – over the course of three tense and prestige myth-making. Everyone brutal protest marches that make for looks dressed in their Sunday best, 10 PLUS | MONDAY 22 DECEMBER 2014 SPORT

An enthralling season saw eight different Grand Slam champions for the first year since 1998 Australian Open Roland Garros M: Stan Wawrinka SUI M: Rafael Nadal ESP W: Li Na* CHN W: Maria Sharapova RUS

Wimbledon U.S. Open M: Novak Djokovic SRB M: Marin Cilic CRO W: Petra Kvitova CZE W: Serena Williams USA

Men YEAR-END RANKINGS 2014 Women Novak Djokovic Serbia Serena Williams United States Roger Federer Switzerland Maria Sharapova Russia Rafael Nadal Spain Simona Halep Romania Stan Wawrinka Switzerland Petra Kvitova Czech Rep. Kei Nishikori Japan Ana Ivanovic Serbia Andy Murray Great Britain Agnieszka Radwanska Poland Tomas Berdych Czech Rep. Eugenie Bouchard Canada Milos Raonic Canada Caroline Wozniacki Denmark Marin Cilic Croatia Angelique Kerber Germany David Ferrer Spain Dominika Cibulkova Slovakia Sources: ATP, WTA*Retired in September Pictures: Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS HEALTH / FITNESS PLUS | MONDAY 22 DECEMBER 2014 11 Dengue fever vaccine on the cards after novel antibody discovery

A child with dengue fever in an isolation ward in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Dengue haemorrhagic fever kills about 22,000 a year, many of them children.

By Ian Sample haemorrhagic fever, which is far more They found that about a third of patients. But more surprising, and use- serious and kills about 22,000 people a the immune reaction launched by ful for a vaccine, they also neutralised new class of antibody found in year, many of them children. each patient came from a new class of all of the different forms of the germ. the blood of patients with den- “The real problem with dengue is it antibodies. Instead of latching on to a Advertisement A gue fever has boosted hopes occurs in an epidemic fashion, so it can single protein on the virus surface – as There are four different strains of for a vaccine against the virus, which paralyse healthcare systems when it usually happens – the new group of dengue virus. When a person becomes debilitates millions and kills tens of comes through a big city, causing thou- antibodies latches on to a molecular infected, their body will become thousands each year. sands of hospitalisations,” said Gavin bridge that joins two virus proteins immune to that strain, but they are Cases of dengue fever have soared Screaton at Imperial College, London. together. still vulnerable to infection from the in the past 50 years to nearly 100 mil- “It’s likely that without a vaccine When antibodies bind to viruses, other three. Reinfection with a second lion a year as improved transport and this disease is not going to be control- they make them targets for attack strain of dengue substantially raises urbanisation have brought more people led,” he added. from the wider immune system. the risk of developing serious dengue into contact with the mosquito-borne The researchers spotted the new In tests described in the journal haemorrhagic fever. virus. group of antibodies while they were Nature Immunology, the researchers The antibodies were effective against While dengue infection often causes studying blood drawn from patients found that the newly identified anti- all four strains of the virus because mild to high fever and lasts only a week who picked up dengue infections in bodies were highly effective at fighting they all share the molecular bridge the or so, some patients develop dengue south-east Asia. the dengue virus in mosquitoes and in antibodies attach to. In follow-up work reported in the study, the scientists went on to manu- facture a batch of the human antibod- ies. Once they have cleared trials, these Cells that facilitate tumour growth identified could be used to treat dengue fever, or administered to protect people against recent study has identified the cells as the important cell to target, suppression associated with MDSCs is the virus. Apopulation of white blood cells not only in cancer but possibly for primarily the work of a type of white But another approach is to synthe- that tumours use to enhance growth treatment of autoimmune disorders blood cells called monocytes. sise the virus’s molecular bridge in a and suppress the disease-fighting like rheumatoid arthritis or inflamma- “We also identified growth factors form that can itself be used in a vac- immune system. tory bowel diseases where dampening and other molecules essential to the cine. Such a vaccine would protect The results mark a turning point in the immune response could provide survival and function of these mono- against the infection by training the cancer immunology and provide the relief,” said Peter Murray from St cytic cells. Targeting these molecules immune system to recognise the bridge foundation for developing more effec- Jude Children’s Research Hospital, could lead to more precise approaches and so attack any virus as soon as it tive therapies. US. The cells enhance cancer growth for controlling the immune response enters the body. About 2.5 billion peo- It was known earlier that a diverse and suppress the specialised T cells at the tumour site,” explained Murray. ple – more than a third of the world’s group of white blood cells called mye- that target and destroy tumour cells. Their studies provided insight population – live in areas where den- loid-derived suppressor cells (MDSC) Blocking T cells is one of the main into regulation of two forms of pro- gue infection is a risk. The virus is are more abundant in cancer patients MDSC functions. grammed cell-death pathways known endemic in at least 100 countries in than in healthy individuals. Working in mouse models of can- as apoptosis and necroptosis. the Americas, Africa, Asia, the Pacific “We have identified the monocytic cer, researchers showed immune IANS and the Caribbean. THE GUARDIAN 12 PLUS | MONDAY 22 DECEMBER 2014 TECHNOLOGY

Auxi aiming for a hit from iPad

Now anyone can sound like Kraftwerk fall- ing down a flight of stairs, but that’s not something that should worry musicians

By Stuart Dredge by a button at the top-left, you can Other requests? An Android version provide their feedback on how they’d start recording and trigger your vari- would be nice, obviously, and there’s like to see it evolve. ight now, my workroom ous loops to construct a song, then also scope to add more instruments Who is Auxy for, though? Clearly sounds like Kraftwerk fall- share it via email; export it using and features in future updates. there are more powerful creation tools ing down a flight of stairs, the AudioCopy technology and on to The latter is how Auxy is planning out there for professional musicians, Ralbeit only after their road- SoundCloud; or transfer it to iTunes to make its money – from in-app but that’s not really the point about ies had de-tuned a couple of their key- or other apps like Dropbox. purchases – since the app is free at Auxy – or indeed, about similar apps boards first. And it’s all the fault of a Here’s an example of the sounds I launch. That should at least ensure including Figure and Musyc or DJ new tablet app called Auxy. was making after a few days: plenty of people get to play with it and apps like Pacemaker (which shares a Released for iPad, it’s the work of design aesthetic with Auxy). a Swedish startup of the same name, The thing about these apps is not which is aiming to give “spreadsheet that they’re some kind of shortcut to music making” the boot. By which it Single pilots to fly large the talent and experience of profes- means over-complex music creation sional musicians, in the same way that tools that are about as fun to work Instagram doesn’t turn you into a pro with as an Excel doc. commercial jets in future photographer. Auxy isn’t an entirely new approach Instead, it’s that they open out to music-making, though. If you’ve n the era of automation, a new The topic of reducing the size of electronic music-making to a wider ever used a sequencer app – profes- Istudy by the US space agency is cockpit crews for big cargo or pas- audience: the chance to enjoy the sional or amateur – you’ll feel at home, looking into whether single pilots can senger planes has been discussed for experience – and when things click as you paint beats, bass lines and mel- fly large commercial jets so that the several years. in Auxy, which they do quickly, it’s odies onto grids to create loops. shortage of trained airline pilots can The Nasa initiative is significant hugely enjoyable – and perhaps even It’s beautifully designed, though, be resolved. because it raises the concept’s pro- enhance your appreciation for the from a step-by-step tutorial that The study by Nasa and Rockwell file, and signals that Nasa officials craft of people who actually do this doesn’t outstay its welcome, to the Collins Inc — a major defence con- are convinced the general notion is for a living. stripped-down neon graphics and tractor specialising in avionics for not too far-fetched to merit further Actually, my opening paragraph logical use of multi-touch gestures jet aircraft — will focus if co-pilots research. undersold Auxy. The ease with which to switch or copy loops, drag sounds can assist pilots from the ground, the The researchers will study if you can drag notes and beats around around and flick between different Wall Street Journal reported. co-pilots on the ground could be means that now, I’m making music instruments. All large commercial jets now fly assigned to assist solo pilots on mul- that may still sound like Kraftwerk Auxy is very much a tool for mak- with at least two pilots in the cockpit. tiple flights, virtually co-piloting falling down the stairs, but at least ing electronic music – no synthesised The study will include simula- during the busiest times through the keyboards are back in tune, and guitar riffs here – but the more you tions, determining where technol- crowded airspace, approach-and- hitting each step in the right rhythm. explore it, the more flexibility you’ll ogy is needed and even undertake landing manoeuvers, or if something Ralf Hütter isn’t going to be giv- find, from expanding your loops from live flight trials. goes wrong. ing me a call next time he boots out one to four bars, and playing around The team will analyse changes in Nasa awarded the $4m, four-year a band member, then. But Auxy is with the sounds to find the squonk or technology and operations that could contract to Rockwell earlier this year putting such a goofy smile on my face wub you’ve been looking for. make the concept feasible by at least for the study. from the sounds it’s helping me make, One thing I didn’t spot at first in 2030. IANS I probably wouldn’t fit in. the tutorial is recording. Accessed The Guardian COMICS & MORE PLUS | MONDAY 22 DECEMBER 2014 13

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Buttery Faraa Bee Nala Worm Dooda Fly oubaba Hoy en la Historia Wasp Dabboor December 22, 1989 Mosquito Baçoua Nicolae Ceausescu, Romania’s communist dictator, was ousted in Silk-worm Doudat alqazz a revolution after 24 years of hardline rule. He was tried and ç = ‘a’ in ‘agh’ when surprised = ‘th’ as in they executed within days 640: The Saracens destroyed the library at Alexandria; burning books warmed the public baths for six months Baby Blues by Jerry Scott & Rick Kirkman 1808: Ludwig van Beethoven conducted and performed in a four-hour concert consisting entirely of premieres of his own work, including the Fifth Symphony 1885: Prince Ito Hirobumi, a samurai, became Japan’s first Prime Minister 1989: Reclusive Irish dramatist Samuel Beckett died in Paris Picture: Associated Press © GRAPHIC NEWS ALL IN THE MIND Hagar The Horrible by Chris Browne Can you find the hidden words? They may be horizontal, vertical, diagonal, forwards or backwards.

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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 22 DECEMBER 2014 15

P.K. (Hindi) (2D/Comedy) SHOWING AT VILLAGGIO & CITY CENTER 1 – 11:30am, 2:30, 5:30, 8:30 & 11:30pm TEL: 444933989 444517001 Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb (2D/Action) 2 – 11:00am, 1:00, 3:00, 5:00, 7:15, 9:30 & 11:45pm Rugby Euro News The Hobbit: The Battle of The Five Armies (3D/Adventure) 09:30 8:00 3 – 10:00am, 12:45, 3:30, 6:20, 9:10 & 11:55pm Championships 8:30 101 East Harlequins 9:00 Head to Head Foxcatcher (2D/Drama) 4 – 11:00am, 1:40, 4:20, 7:00, 9:40pm & 12:20am V Leinster, 10:30 Inside Story Leicester V 11:00 News Escobar: Paradise Lost (2D/Thriller) 5 – 10:20am, 12:30, 2:45, 5:00, 7:20, 9:35 & 11:55pm Toulon 11:30 TechKnow 14:30 Omni Sport 12:00 News Home (2D/Horror) 6 – 11:15am, 1:15, 3:15, 5:15, 7:15, 9:15 & 11:15pm 15:00 NBA 12:30 Witness Washington @ 14:30 Inside Story The Good Lie (2D/Drama) – 10:00am, 2:30 & 7:00pm Boston 15:00 Fault Lines 7 Montana (2D/Action) – 12:15, 4:45 & 11:30pm 17:00 NBA Denver @ 16:00 NEWSHOUR Dying of The Light (2D/Drama) – 9:15pm Atlanta 17:00 News Penguins of Madagascar (2D/Animation) 8 – 10:10am, 12:10, 1:10, 3:00 & 5:00pm 19:00 NFL New 17:30 Talk to Al England Jazeera Dying of The Light (2D/Drama) – 7:00, 9:00 & 11:00pm Patriots @ San News The Hobbit: The Battle of The Five Armies (IMAX 3D/ 19:00 Diego Chargers Counting the 9 Adventure) – 10:30am, 1:15, 4:00, 6:50, 9:45pm & 12:30am 19:30 World Wide Cost Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb (2D/Action) 22:00 Sports Inside Story 10 – 10:45am, 3:15, 7:45pm & 12:15am 20:30 Hemathi Bithebini (2D/Arabic) – 1:00, 5:30 & 10:00pm 22:30 Auto Speed 21:00 NEWSHOUR 23:00 Italian League 22:00 News – 2:15pm 1 Penguins of Madagascar (3D)/Animation) Verona V 22:30 The Stream Sampdoria The Girls of Escobar: Paradise Lost (2D/Romantic) – 4:00pm 23:00 01:00 Tottenham Tv The Taliban The Hobbit: The Battle of The Five Armies (3D/Adventure) – 6:00pm

P.K. (Hindi) (2D/Comedy) – 8.30pm 14:30 Spinout 09:00 The Truth – 11:15pm Foxcatcher (2D/Drama) 16:00 Seven Brides Behind For Seven 12:00 Predator CSI The Good Lie (2D/Drama) – 2:30pm 2 Brothers 15:00 Battleground Night At The Museum: Secret of The Tomb (2D/Comedy) – 17:40 The Merry Brothers MALL 4:30, 6.30 & 8.30pm Widow 16:00 Ancient 19:25 Challenge To Megastructures P.K. (Hindi) (2D/Comedy) –10:30pm Lassie 18:00 Britain's 20:40 Texas Carnival- Underworld 3 Lingaa (2D/Tamil) – 2:00pm 22:00 The Wrath Of 20:00 Ancient Hamathi Bethebini (2D/Arabic) – 5:00pm God Megastructures 23:50 Northern 22:00 Britain's Foxcatcher (2D/Drama) – 7:00pm Pursuit Underworld 01:25 The Wrath Of 23:00 Tigers Of The Montana (2D/Action) – 9:30pm God Snow

Home (2D/Horror) – 11:30pm

1 P.K. (Hindi) (2D/Comedy) – 2:30pm 12:00 Til Death 12:30 Coronation – 5.15pm The Good Lie (2D/Drama) 13:00 Better Off Ted Street 13:30 My Name Is 14:00 Bones Escobar: Paradise Lost (2D/Romantic) – 7:15pm Earl 15:00 Rake 14:00 The Goldbergs 16:00 Emmerdale Home (2D/Horror) – 9:30pm 14:30 Dads 16:30 Coronation Foxcatcher (2D/Drama) – 11:15pm 15:00 Baby Daddy Street 16:30 Til Death 17:00 The Ellen Night At The Museum: Secret of The Tomb (2D/Comedy) – 2 17:00 Late Night DeGeneres 3:00, 4.45 & 6.30pm With Seth Show LANDMARK The Hobbit: The Battle of The Five Armies (3D/Adventure) – 8:15pm Meyers 18:00 Bones 18:00 Raising Hope 19:00 Once Upon A P.K. (Hindi) (2D/Comedy) – 10.45pm 18:30 The Goldbergs Time 19:00 Dads 20:00 Revenge 3 Lingaa (2D/Tamil) – 2:00pm 19:30 Baby Daddy 21:00 Outlander 20:00 Friends With 23:00 Supernatural Montana (2D/Action) – 5:00pm

Foxcatcher (2D/Drama) – 7:00pm

Hamathi Bethebini (2D/Arabic) – 9:30pm 13:00 Garfield's Pet 05:00 Straight A's- 10:00 Satrangi Sasural 05:30 Happy Endings Storage Hunters 09:00 Red Lights- Escobar: Paradise Lost (2D/Romantic) – 11:30pm 08:30 Force 10:30 Qubool Hai 05:55 Happy Endings 08:55 Container Wars 14:30 Planet 51 11:00 Straight A's- 11:00 Doli Armaano Ki 06:30 The Bridge 09:20 Garage Gold 13:00 Between Us- 1 P.K. (Hindi) (2D/Comedy) – 2.30 & 10.45pm 16:00 Barbie As 11:30 Chef Special 07:30 The Walking Dead 09:45 How It's Made Rapunzel 15:00 The Last Night At The Museum: Secret of The Tomb 12:00 Jodha Akbar 09:30 According To Jim 10:10 How It's Made 18:00 Patoruzito Harbor-PG15 (2D/Comedy) – 5:15, 7.00 & 9.00pm 12:30 Kumkum Bhagya 10:00 Grey's Anatomy 10:35 Fast N' Loud 20:00 A Cat In Paris 17:00 Red Lights- 11:00 Brothers And 2 Escobar: Paradise Lost (2D/Romantic) – 2:30pm 13:00 Jamai Raja 11:25 Philly Throttle 22:00 Planet 51 19:00 Trespass-PG15 13:30 Bandhan Sisters 12:15 Highway To Sell 23:30 Barbie As 21:00 The English The Hobbit: The Battle of The Five Armies 14:00 Doli Armaano Ki 12:00 Brothers And 13:05 Storage Hunters Rapunzel Teacher-PG15 (3D/Adventure) – 4:45pm 14:30 Jodha Akbar Sisters 13:30 Container Wars 01:00 Tony Hawk: 22:45 The Master-R The Good Lie (2D/Drama) – 7:15pm 15:00 Kasamh Se 13:00 Castle 13:55 Garage Gold Boom Boom 01:00 Red Lights ROYAL 15:30 Kasamh Se 14:00 Happy Endings 15:10 Wheeler Dealers Home (2D/Horror) – 9:15pm 16:00 Hum Paanch 14:30 Happy Endings 16:00 Fast N' Loud 16:30 Hum Paanch 15:00 The Bridge 16:50 How It's Made PLAZA Foxcatcher (2D/Drama) – 11:00pm 17:00 Teenovation 16:00 The Walking Dead 17:15 How It's Made 17:30 Neeli Chatri 17:00 Grey's Anatomy 17:40 Treehouse 14:45 There Be Lingaa (2D/Tamil) – 2:00pm 08:00 The Guilt Trip- 3 Waale 18:00 According To Jim Masters 12:00 Gambit-PG15 Dragons-PG15 18:30 The Listener Montana (2D/Action) – 5:00pm 18:00 Maharakshak 18:30 Gold Rush 14:00 Wild Hogs- 16:45 Chasing Aryan 19:30 The Listener 19:20 Gold Rush 16:00 The Guilt Trip- Mavericks- Hamathi Bethebini (2D/Arabic) – 7:00pm 18:30 Bandhan 20:30 According To Jim 20:10 Container Wars 18:00 Girl In Progress- 18:45 Captain 19:00 Sapne Suhane 21:00 Melissa & Joey 20:35 Garage Gold 20:00 See No Evil, Phillips-PG15 Foxcatcher (2D/Drama) – 9:00pm Ladakpan Ke 21:25 Melissa & Joey 21:00 Gold Rush Hear No Evil- 21:00 Closed Circuit- 22:00 Dirt Escobar: Paradise Lost (2D/Romantic) – 11:30pm 19:30 Jodha Akbar 21:50 Gold Rush 22:00 Mental 23:00 Jackass 20:00 Jamai Raja 23:00 The Walking Dead 22:40 Alaskan Bush Presents: Bad 16 PLUS | MONDAY 22 DECEMBER 2014 POTPOURRI

Horses get new lease of life in Italy Events in Qatar

onsidered taboo in many parts Working Horse” project. “Tony takes care of that because Mal Lawal Biennale When: of the world, eating horsemeat Once they have identified someone most of these horses are wild, they can Till February 28 Where: remains sufficiently widespread willing to take a horse, they make a be skittish and it can be dangerous,” QP Mesaieed Cricket Ground C What: in Italy for the country to have to date with local importers to choose the explains Daidone. “Then I help him Spread over 5,000sqm space, the import live animals destined for the animal which will get a last-minute and in the final phase the new own- expo is divided into 11 categories and offers a feast to the eyes and intellect of visitors with a slaughterhouse. reprieve. ers come to learn how to continue the diverse array of objects. And contrary to popular perception, Daidone admits the selection process training. Usually that all takes about There has been a rise in the number of not all are tired old specimens on their can be difficult. “Obviously we can only three weeks.” participants from 90 in the first edition to 152 last legs, according to a horse-loving take one at a time and the others will The horses that pass through this year, 110 of whom are from Qatar and 42 couple based in the country village of go to the slaughterhouse. But that is L’Estancia are bound for a variety of from other GCC countries Vigone near Turin in northern Italy how it is and not all of the horses have roles. Some will simply become riding Free entry who are seeking to raise awareness of the psychological or physical charac- horses, either as family pets or at coun- the trade with neighbouring France. teristics required for a working life.” try trekking centres and farms offer- Confluence In the last four years, Tony Gerardi They are not, she says, out to change ing holiday accommodation. Others are When: Till December 24 Where: and his wife Miky Daidone have saved the world. “As far as I am concerned, trained to pull sight-seeing carriages Doha Exhibition Centre What: around 40 healthy young horses from people can eat what they like and it is or provide children’s pony rides in ‘Confluence: photographic based the butcher’s knife by training them for not realistic to try to ban something tourist spots. works from the Contemporary Middle East’ roles ranging from ploughing up fields that has been done for so long. There is also growing interest in brings together for the first time in Qatar the to helping hyperactive kids to learn “Rather the concept is to try to Italy in the use of horses in therapy work of Atfal Ahdath, George Awde, and how to concentrate and relax. make people revalue these animals for people suffering suffering anxiety, Ali Cherri. This exhibition of contemporary “People think that slaughtered and say, “Look: see what they can do’.” post-trauma stress and other men- photography and video installation from across the Middle East demonstrates horses are all mature adults, even old Most of the horses they take are of tal problems, including children with thematic diversity. It also explores the and worn out,” Daidone said. the Trait Comtois breed, a medium- attention deficit disorder. medium itself – the richness of possibilities, “But in the vast majority of cases it sized French working horse that was One supporter of Gerardi and directions and journeys that are open to the is young horses that are eaten because used in the cavalries of Louis XIV and Daidone’s initiative is Henry Finzi- artist who uses photography in its broadest their meat is more tender. Napoleon and is famed for its docile Constantine, who uses heavy horses sense as a starting point or confluence in his/ “That’s why every year there are temperament. rather than tractors to pull ploughs her work. thousands of colts and fillies imported After arriving at Gerardi and at the nearby Castello di Tassarolo, a Free Entry from France to be slaughtered in Italy.” Daidone’s ranch L’Estancia, the horses wine estate. Gerardi and Daidone know they are are allowed to recover from what have “Tony has a keen eye,” he said. not going to stop the trade. Instead often been traumatic journeys before “When I got my horse Cyrus from him Shirin Neshat: Afterwards When: their goal is to demonstrate a practi- the initial phase of breaking them in he said ‘Henry, this is your horse.’ Till February 15, 2015 Where: cal alternative through their “Save the begins. AFP Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art What: The first solo exhibition in the Middle East by internationally acclaimed artist Shirin Neshat. Occupying the entire ground floor IN by Srikanth galleries, the exhibition features existing and FOCUS newly produced works. Free admission

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

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

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