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Nigeria’s Cafe Neo: Hoping to become By Cecile de Comarmond

en in suits order takea- way cappuccinos at the the African Starbucks counter. A trendy young Mcrowd occupies comfort- able sofas, armed with laptops for a brain-storming session over cafe lattes, frappuccinos and soft jazz. The morning scene wouldn’t raise an eyebrow in New York, London or Paris but cafe culture is a new phenomenon in Nigeria’s biggest city, where until recently finding a decent espresso was a battle. The bright young things and senior managers were in Cafe Neo, on Victoria Island in Lagos, which has been specifi- cally designed to cater to the tastes of “repats”. Ngozi Dozie and his brother Chijoke created the chain with returning Nigerians in mind, in the full knowl- edge that years spent abroad alter views, tastes and expectations. Now the brothers hope to conquer Africa’s major cities with 100 percent African coffee before giants of the busi- ness such as Starbucks try to capture the market. “The demand (in Lagos) is very high. There’s a significant minority of people Stewards at Cafe Neo prepare who love coffee and want to drink cof- coffee for clients. fee but haven’t had access to coffee,” Ngozi said. PLUS | SUNDAY 11 JANUARY 2015 3

The “significant minority” have studied and worked abroad, coming back in their thousands from the United States or Europe as austerity measures kicked in after the global financial crisis. The brothers’ idea is to first While they were away, Nigeria — already Africa’s conquer the Nigerian market most populous nation with some 170 million people — became the continent’s leading economy — and a before Starbucks, which has country ripe with opportunity. With economic growth has come an emerging more than 20,000 cafes in 65 middle class, which has increased six fold to 4.1 mil- countries across the globe but lion households between 2000 and 2014, according to a recent study by Standard Bank. none in sub-Saharan Africa.

Indian inspiration A number of US chains such as KFC and Domino’s Pizza are already in Nigeria and increasingly popu- lar, despite the astronomical costs of running a busi- ness in the country. Poor or non-existent infrastructure forces busi- nesses to rely on huge electricity generators to keep the lights on when the public supply goes off, some- times for up to 12 hours a day. The brothers’ idea is to first conquer the Nigerian market before Starbucks, which has more than 20,000 cafes in 65 countries across the globe but none in sub-Saharan Africa. Ngozi Dozie is not yet 40 and is himself a “repat”. Before embarking on the business venture, he knew friends who would bring back bags of coffee from the United States. He said he was inspired by India, where Cafe Coffee Day has largely cornered the market, despite the increasing presence of international chains such as Britain’s Costa Coffee or Starbucks. “India is a fantastic example with Cafe Coffee Day,” he explained. “We aim at something similar. “We’re starting young right now and our aim is to grow as such that yes, Starbucks may come, but we want to be the choice of Nigerians, because there’s that affinity with something that comes from here, in Africa.”

Produce and consume Neo has three cafes currently in Lagos and two others are scheduled to open early this year. There is another outlet in Kigali. All the cafes only serve 100 percent Rwandan arabica, which has become one of its main selling points. The chain is hoping to branch out across Africa and expects to have between 20 and 30 cafes in Lagos alone within the next four years. “Neo, in Tswana, the language in Botswana, means ‘gift’, and of course it also means ‘new’ in Latin,” said Dozie. “So, it’s a new way... a new approach to coffee, a new approach where we, as Africans, drink the coffee that we produce, that’s been a gift for us, as opposed to exporting it and importing sub-grade coffee.” Africa’s main coffee producers such as Ethiopia, Uganda and Rwanda currently export most of their products to the United States and Europe. Kayitana John Bosco was brought over to Nigeria from Rwanda to train locals on how to make a proper coffee at Cafe Neo — and said it was time for a change. “Our first coffee tree was planted in 1904,” he said of his homeland. “We’ve been producing coffee for more than a century. But brewing, the consump- tion... it’s really still down. “I visited a coffee farmer in 2007. That old man had been doing coffee farming for 20 years, but he didn’t know the taste of it. “So, his job was to do farming, harvest, send. He didn’t know where it was going or what it was used for.” AFP 4 PLUS | SUNDAY 11 JANUARY 2015 CAMPUS

Brett Scott rendering a song. LEFT: A profes- sional group performing Dabke. QA Palestinian Night helps rebuild schools in Gaza

he third annual Palestinian Night at Qatar Palestinian who is not allowed into my own country, Dabke group. Traditional Palestinian fare was also Academy (QA) was as much a celebration of this is the least I can do so I am forever grateful to shared amongst the participants and performers. Tculture as it is a powerful reminder of the get such an opportunity,” organiser and Grade 10 Ultimately, the event was also a fundraising effort importance of education especially for the Palestinian student Rahaf Nassif said. which — through Qatar Charity — will help rebuild children and families displaced from their homes. The night consisted of a screening of the documen- schools that were demolished in Gaza. The proceeds Held in the school’s auditorium, the students of QA tary film Children of Gaza which shows the plight of will help the Palestinian people to get the education have run this event collaboratively with the Islamic children who continually suffer from such difficult they rightly deserve. “We have everything here and Studies department with the goal of raising aware- situations. There were also performances including it is sometimes easy to forget to be grateful for that,” ness of the Palestinian issue by celebrating its culture poetry reading, a song rendition by faculty member Nassif remarked. “The Palestinian people deserve and traditions. Brett Scott and the traditional Palestinian dance education just like us, they deserve to achieve and “Palestine would forever be in our hearts and as a called Dabke which was performed by a professional go after their dreams”. The Peninsula Green Vibes at DMIS oha Modern Indian School organised cardboard boxes etc and food stuff Dits annual exhibition titled ‘Green like milk, oil, baking soda etc was an Vibes’ on the theme ‘Environmental evidence of the scientific temperament Sustainability’ on Thursday. among the students. The exhibition was inaugurated The Social Science department pre- by Diewthy Chandran, the Academic sented models of rainforests, environ- Auditor of Taleb Schools. David ment friendly houses and rain water Thrope, Principal of Cambridge harvesting to spread awareness on School, and Jane Ballard, Principal of environmental sustainability. Models of Cambridge International School for ancient architecture provided informa- Girls, attended the event. tion on how the principle was applied The students of Grades 3 to 11, by the ancient civilizations. who put up the show, showcased their The robotic section enraptured the creativity and ingenuity by skillfully visitors through the live demonstra- A student demonstrating the functioning of a robot. BELOW: Displays by students. establishing the relevance of the envi- tions of robots that could plant seeds ronment in all spheres of life. and engage in waste collection and dis- Displays on green energy ranked posal . The cleaning robot working on first among the projects of the science the ‘Swach Bharat’ theme cleaned the department. In addition to the solar area and mopped it. panels and wind energy, there were live The English department showcased demonstrations of geo thermal energy, the relation between nature and lit- generation of energy from algae and erature. They conveyed the message bio gas fuel. The organic farm pains- of healthy living and caring for the takingly grown by grade 7 students environment through masquerades, over a fortnight made a difference. poetry recitations and a documen- The portrayal of ‘ Taj Mahal through tary made by Grade 10 students. The the years ‘ served as an eye opener second language departments reflected against pollution. The experiments the culture of the native land through carried out from ordinary objects like their displays of literature, paintings water bottles, disposable glasses, veg- and settings like the majlis. etables, used laptop batteries, CDs, The Peninsula CAMPUS / COMMUNITY PLUS | SUNDAY 11 JANUARY 2015 5

KMCA to host Family Fiesta on Feb 6 n a gathering at Indian Cultural ICentre, Karanataka Muslim Cultural Association (KMCA) announced that “KMCA Family Fiesta 2015” will be held at the Loyola International School on February 6. KMCA President Niyaz Ahmed released the flyer for the fiesta along with the Executive Committee. The event is put together by KMCA Ladies Wing and will have a cooking competition, culinary skills workshop and henna competition for women, drawing competition for children and basic life saving training for families. The event will start at 2:30pm. There will be a bazaar with vari- ous stalls for garments, accessories, The prize winners henna and face painting, woodwork, with the officials. handicrafts, books, plants, reused items and food. The bazaar will be open to gen- eral public from 5pm onwards with a prize distribution ceremony start- MES retains title in Sirat-Un-Nabi competition ing at 7pm. The event is scheduled to close by 9pm. ES Indian School has won in the elocution to the Principal, The winners are: KMCA is currently holding the the overall championship Sasidharan A P, MES Indian School, Qur’an Recitation: Senior Category: Youth Leadership Programme Min the 24th Sirat-Un-Nabi and the overall trophy in the Qur’an First: Bilal Mohammed Hasham (Ideal Indian (YLP) — a nine-session format for Interschool Elocution Competitions Recitation competition to a represent- School), Second: Abdulla Mohyiddin (Shantiniketan children under the age of 18 years. organised at MES Indian School for ative from Ideal Indian School. Indian School, Third: Abdul Rafae (Pakistan Education The YLP is being conducted under all the expatriate schools of the Indian K P Abdul Aziz, General Secretary, Centre). the KMCA Toastmasters Club. subcontinent in Qatar. Altogether eight Khaleel A P, Director, Islamic Affairs Junior Category: First: Shaik Mohammed Yousaf Representatives of other organi- expatriate schools participated in the (Officiating), members of MES Governing (Ideal Indian School), Second: Abdul Rahman (MES sations such as South Kanara events. This is the 6th consecutive year Body, Principals of the expatriate schools, Indian School), Third: Omer Shaffi (Pakistan Education Muslim Welfare Association MES Indian School is retaining the over- school officials, teachers, parents & stu- Centre). (SKMWA), Kundapura Taluk all championship trophy in Sirat-Un- dents were present on the occasion. Elocution: Senior Category: First: Safin Hossain Welfare Association (KTWA), Nabi Interschool Elocution Competition. Siraj Ahmed, Head, Department, (MES Indian School), Second: Marshooda Fatima (Doha Indian Friends Circle (IFC), Social Ideal Indian School retained the Arabic & Islamic Studies, was the Modern Indian School), Third: Rafiya Islam (Ideal Indian Forum, Hannan Cricket Club, overall championship in the 21st Holy Chief Co-ordinator of the event. Usman School). Hidayah Foundation and Maymar Qur’an Recitation Competition. Mayyeri, Senior Teacher, Department, Junior Category: First: Syed Khubaib Shahen Friends Circle attended the func- Shamsuddeen Abdulkhader, Arabic & Islamic Studies, proposed the (MES Indian School), Second: Bilal Ahmed Moosa tion. Registrations are now open for President Officiating, MES Governing vote of thanks while Vibin A V, Teacher, (Ideal Indian School), Third: Carol Joseph Ayathil (Birla the competitions on http://kmca.qa. Board and the Chief Guest of the Department of Biology, compered the Public School). The Peninsula evening handed over the overall trophy programme. The Peninsula

Shantiniketan Indian School Science Department organised an exhibition — “Best Out Of Waste” — recently. Students from grade 3 presented their creativity by making flowers, mat, huts, toys, ornaments, basket and many more useful and decorative things out of waste materials like plastic, paper, CD, card board, egg racks and clothes. Dr Subash Nair, Principal, congratu- Hassan Adbulkarim Chowgule, a businessman and educationist from Qatar lated all participants. Khairunnessa and Amritha mentored the students and received “Global Visionary Award” from Vision World in Ahmedabad, India coordinated the exhibition. recently. 6 PLUS | SUNDAY 11 JANUARY 2015 COMMUNITY / MARKETPLACE

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IC Doha The City holds blood donation drive

s part of the hotel’s corporate Asocial responsibility programme, colleagues at InterContinental Hotel Doha The City started the new year helping to save lives by donating blood to the Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) Blood Donation Unit. For this initiative – the fourth donation in the hotel’s on-going Blood Donation Campaign since the property opened in 2012 – 35 colleagues volun- teered to donate blood. Sales Manager Malick Njie who has A negative blood and Assistant Sales Manager Ashir Ghouse who has AB positive blood were especially compelled to donate as their blood types are so rare. “I am a regular donor because I know that AB positive blood is very valuable as only about 3 percent of the population have the same type,” said The hotel staff at the blood donation event. Ghouse. The Peninsula WHEELS PLUS | SUNDAY 11 JANUARY 2015 7

Honda CR-V gives enduring comfort of fulfilled expectations

By Warren Brown service of local transportation needs. It marriage. Outsiders might judge it as a centre armrest in the front cabin. also does well on long-distance highway not terribly exciting. But the people in Thank you. Overall fit and finish are ost of us appreciate fair- runs. It’s just a matter of using com- the bond know that it works, love that impeccable. ness. We agree to a price mon sense. Stay out of the high-speed it works, and know they can depend I like Honda’s use of touch- in anticipation of getting passing lanes on the left and you’ll be on it to keep on working with routine screen technology in the CR-V. Mthe exact good or service okay. maintenance. You can easily control the little paid for. If contract fulfillment meets I love this little wagon, and I think The 2015 CR-V, the fourth genera- wagon’s navigational, climate and our expectations, we are happy. If we I know why so many others love it tion of that model, offers more ameni- entertainment functions via a seven- have reason to believe we got more and have made it a top seller since ties, more advanced safety aids and, inch touch screen in the centre than paid for, we are ecstatic. We its introduction in 1995. It fits every- arguably, more attractive styling than console. Other small, well-placed become loyalists. We are likely to buy thing — city-suburban lifestyles, small its predecessors. There are new front and easily readable electronic screens that good or service again. families, empty-nesters, small busi- and rear treatments with LED run- relay vital information — engine Welcome to the world of the Honda nesses. It works consistently well. It ning lights. Someone at Honda finally speed, fuel level, miles remaining for CR-V owner — the one with the sec- is the motorised equivalent of a good figured out that it would be nice to put fuel level — on all of the wagon’s other ond or third Honda CR-V. I make that functions. distinction because first-time CR-V I have noted with some amusement owners may not yet be believers, par- Nuts and Bolts criticism of the Honda CR-V’s “lack ticularly if they have a 2015 model with of power,” as some wags have put it. a 2.4-litre direct-injection four-cylin- Bottom line: This remains at the top of my list for compact utility wagons. The gripe makes little sense to me. der petrol engine linked to a continu- It hits all of the marks — excellent quality and utility, good fuel efficiency The CR-V’s standard 2.4-litre four- ously variable automatic transmission. and safety, excellent manoeuvrability in urban traffic, and a good price for cylinder engine generates a maximum That engine-transmission arrange- what is offered. 185 horsepower and 181 pound-feet ment, borrowed from the Honda Ride, acceleration and handling: It gets good marks in all three, with of torque. In the all-wheel-drive Accord sedan, might not be the best a small demerit for some excess vibration at extralegal highway speeds. Touring version used for this column, fit in this application. It delivers a Head-turning quotient: It looks perfectly at home on any church or the CR-V weighs 3,624 pounds. That mildly unnerving vibration at highway school parking lot. weight plus that engine means you speeds of 70 mph or higher. But that is Body style/layout: It is a compact, front-engine, car-based (think Honda aren’t going to race anybody in this a minor irritation handled by dropping Civic), unitised-body wagon/utility vehicle available with two-wheel or all- one. So what? It’s not designed or to 65 mph or lower, or switching the wheel drive. There are four trim levels — LX, EX, EX-L and the top-of- engineered for racing. This is a small, CR-V’s transmission to the available the-line Touring. economical urban wagon. It makes “sport” mode. Engine/transmission: The 2015 Honda CR-V comes standard with a perfect sense in the city and does Here’s the thing: Most long-term 2.4-litre, 16-valve, direct-injection in-line four-cylinder gasoline engine with reasonably well on the highway as long CR-V owners readily make such variable valve timing. The engine is linked to a continuously variable auto- as you realize that the left lanes are for adjustments. It’s no big deal to them. matic transmission with an available “sport” mode. faster traffic. There is generous cargo They derive so much other good from Capacities: Seating is for five people. Cargo capacity with all seats in capacity — 35.2 cubic feet with all seats their little compact wagon/utility vehi- place is 35.2 cubic feet. The fuel tank holds 15.3 gallons of petrol (regular in place. With all-wheel drive, as was cle, they figure a little engine vibration grade is fine). the case with the model used for this at extralegal highway speeds is a small Mileage: I averaged 24 miles per gallon in the city and 32 on the highway. column, you can make it through most price to pay. They solve the problem Safety: Standard equipment includes four-wheel disc brakes (ventilated inclement weather with no problems. by slowing down, or electing to burn front, solid rear), four-wheel anti-lock brake protection, emergency brak- The caveat is “most.” Maximum a bit more gas in pursuit of smoother ing assistance, electronic brake distribution, collision-mitigation braking ground clearance on this one is 6.8 performance in the sport mode. system, stability and traction control, Honda Lane Keeping Assist System, inches, not good for two-foot snowfalls They don’t complain, because they and side and head air bags. or flooded roads. If you had enough know what they were buying — a small, Pricing in US: The 2015 Honda CR-V Touring with all-wheel drive starts common sense to buy it, you’ll have urban-friendly, fuel-efficient family at $32,770. the common sense to figure that out. hauler that does exceptionally well in WP-Bloomberg 8 PLUS | SUNDAY 11 JANUARY 2015 ENTERTAINMENT PLUS | SUNDAY 11 JANUARY 2015 9

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Jolie honoured to meet Pope Francis Tevar: Masala at its best ctress-director Angelina Jolie By Subhash K Jha Amet Pope Francis and said it was an “honour” to be invited to the Vatican. Film: Tevar She met the head of the Cast: Arjun Kapoor, Sonakshi Sinha and Manoj Bajpayee Catholic church Thursday, and Director: Amit Ravindernath Sharma even screened her directorial Unbroken, which tells the story unny, how more things change, the more they remain the same. Tevar, of Olympian and prisoner of war Fwhich is one of the most engaging Bollywood masala dossiers in recent Louis Zamperini, for the Political months, takes us through the crowded Agra and Mathura in search of Academy of Sciences, reports that elusive thing called love. femalefirst.co.uk. This is a love story where most of the playing-time is devoted to the “Being invited with my film to protagonists locked in a scuffle of the most physical and violent kind. And the Vatican is an honour and a yet, there’s a core of tenderness in the film, manifested in Sonakshi Sinha’s great tribute to the story that I melting pleading eyes as she makes a run away from the city’s arch-goon have told in Unbroken. The story Gajender Singh (Manoj of the hero Louis is a great exam- Bajpayee, bang-on), who ple of strength and forgiveness,” has taken a shine to her. Jolie said in a statement. Mind you, it’s not a The actress-director was joined lecher’s lascivious love. by the late athlete’s son Luke It’s true love. to host the screening, and was Bajpayee interprets accompanied on the trip by her the besotted goon’s char- eldest daughters Zahara, nine, The Grand Budapest Hotel acter with such intuitive and Shiloh, eight. warmth that you almost feel sorry for this vicious uncouth ‘katta’-carry- ing ruffian turning into leads Bafta nominations jelly when love strikes Pitt has organic veggie patch at home at a dance perform- ctor Brad Pitt, who raises six children with wife Angelina Jolie, ance, which incidentally Areportedly got his whole family involved in building an irrigation could’ve been better system and organic vegetable patch at their home here. choreographed. “He spent hours outside with the kids, showing them how to do things. he Grand Budapest Hotel led which looks at Hawking’s relationship Bajpayee’s character’s love for the spirited Radhika would have made It’s incredible how he managed to juggle his crazy work schedule with the pack on Friday with 11 with his ex-wife Jane. for a more interesting case-study on the wayward ways of the heart than being a father. He’s constantly coming up with new games and projects nominations for the Baftas, The Lunchbox nominated for Bafta He is up against Benedict the other liaison between the hero and the heroine. As the love-smitten for them,” a source told OK! magazine, reports femalefirst.co.uk. Tthe British film awards seen fter having been snubbed as India’s official entry at the Oscars in 2013, Cumberbatch for his role as another sociopath, Bajpayee instills inner reserves of wicked unexpectedness in “Brad had a very simple childhood in Missouri, so he’s determined to as a pointer for Oscar success. Ritesh Batra’s directorial feature movie The Lunchbox has made it to the troubled British genius, mathematician scenes that seem to be written to accentuate the demoniacal duffer’s raise strong, emotionally sound kids who aren’t caught up in the crazy, Wes Anderson’s stylish comedy Anomination list of the BAFTA Awards 2015 in the ‘Film Not in the English Alan Turing in The Imitation Game, for embarrassing attempts to be romantic. Bajpayee takes the character vain world he and Angie live in.” Pitt admitted last year that since his is nominated in the best film cate- Language’ category. The team is ecstatic. which co-star Keira Knightley is nom- beyond the precincts of a parodic evil. purchase of a French winery in 2012, he enjoyed being a farmer. “I’m gory, where it is up against Birdman, The Lunchbox, starring Nimrat Kaur and Irrfan Khan, is competing with Polish- inated in the best supporting actress The film offers Arjun the chance to take his substantial stardom to the a farmer now. I love learning about the land and which field is most Boyhood, The Theory of Everything and Danish drama film Ida, Russian drama Leviathan, Brazilian-British adventure category. next level. He grabs the opportunity with both hands. From his stunning suitable for which grape, the drama of September and October...I enjoy The Imitation Game. drama thriller film Trash, and Belgian drama Two Days, One Night, according to Redmayne insisted there was no introductory sequence where he makes his way into a kabaddi match by cleaning the forest and walking the land. (It is) the antithesis of the Dark comedy Birdman, which is the official Bafta website. rivalry between him and Cumberbatch, indulging in some earthy parkour to the climactic fist fight with Bajpayee, drive, the want, the need to get ahead indicative of life in Hollywood,” tipped for glory at the Golden Globe The movie is a unique love story between a lovelorn wife and a lonely man. both products of England’s elite public Arjun doesn’t let go of even a moment of the opportunity to juice his he had said. awards in Los Angeles this weekend, While it released in India in 2013, it hit the British screens only in 2014, making schools. character for all the adrenaline that it is worth. and Stephen Hawking biopic The it eligible for the nominations this time. Batra considers it “an incredible honour”. “I absolutely adore that man and A film about characters on the run, stands the risk of running out of Theory of Everything both received 10 “I’m in London right now... we are honoured to be nominated alongside the think he’s the most brilliant actor. And breath. Tevar averts the wheezy and adopts the breezy momentum of a nominations each. finest films of the year. It’s a great way to start the New Year,” Batra said. for me it’s a real privilege to be in a list narrative hurling towards a pre-empted bloody finale. Oh yes, the film is Movie stars are expected to pack The film’s lead actress Nimrat took to Twitter, and gushed: “A BAFTA alongside him,” he said. violent. Extremely so. But it is not the sickening life-sucking violence of When Nicole Kidman partied with snakes out London’s Royal Opera House for Nomination for #TheLunchbox!! Big love and congrats to the whole team.” Redmayne and Cumberbatch are Ghajini or the recent Lakshmi. the awards ceremony on February 8, Co-producer Guneet Monga of Sikhya Entertainment shared: “Soo awesome! nominated alongside Keaton, Fiennes The action scenes, though stretched out, are shot skilfully in the comic- ctress Nicole Kidman says she has hosted parties with snakes in the hosted for a 10th time by actor Stephen The Lunchbox nominated for BAFTA!!! Thank you @riteshbatra for creating and Jake Gyllenhaal for Nightcrawler. book mode. You could almost see debutant director Amit Sharma thinking Apast, but avoided them last Halloween since it would have scared Fry. soo much magic... love.” Redmayne said the real honour had of the original fights in the Telugu hit Okkudi being reproduced here in her children. The Paddington actress, who has children Sunday, six, and The British Academy of Film and The nomination turns out to be extra special for the team, especially as the Film been spending time with mastermind tactile terms. four-year-old Faith, finds it interesting to touch the slippery serpents, Television Arts gongs are a use- Federation of India (FFI) had, in 2013, chosen Gujarati film The Good Road over Hawking. The supporting cast is sketchy at the most with Deepti Naval trying so much so that she enjoys hosting events and inviting plenty of the ful guide to which way the Academy The Lunchbox as India’s entry for the best foreign film at the Academy Awards “The most rewarding part of it was bravely to paint shades into her shadowy character. But it’s the redoubt- legless creatures along, reports femalefirst.co.uk. Awards might go on February 22. despite the buzz around it. getting to meet Stephen, Jane and able Raj Babbar who springs a surprise. Playing the wastrel hero’s upright Kidman, who is married to Keith Urban, said: “I had a party once Last year’s best picture, 12 Years a Mehta made a tongue-in-cheek comment, saying: “So obviously the Film the Hawking family,” the 33-year-old policeman-dad Babbar succeeds in swerving his stereotypical character where I was gonna invite... well I’ve had snakes at parties before, but I Slave, best actress Cate Blanchett and Federation of India knows better than #BAFTA. Congratulations @riteshbatra, Londoner said. into unexpected areas of empathy. had a Halloween party this year and we had to cancel the snake charmer best director Alfonso Cuaron went on @NimratOfficial, @irrfan_k and @guneetm.” “The whole film was this extraor- If 2014 ended with a bang called PK, 2015 if off to a flying start with because the kids would be too scared,” she said speaking on the talk to replicate their Bafta success at the However, with the latest news surrounding a chance at the Bafta, the team is dinary mixture of great privilege and this bumpy joyride of a film, a cat-and-mouse chase film with smartly show Conan. Oscars, while Cuaron’s Gravity won the rejoicing. Jointly produced by multiple studios like DAR Motion Pictures, UTV great responsibility and just being able written scenes that leave us hankering for more. “I’ve also had a party where I’ve had lots of different wild animals most awards at both. Motion Pictures, Dharma Productions, Sikhya Entertainment, National Film to enter the lives of these people for a Director Amit Sharma takes a very basic plot of a small-town boy on and yeah, I love animals,” she added. Boyhood is the bookmakers’ odds-on Development Corporation (India), ROH Films (Germany), ASAP Films (France), few months and to hear their stories.” the run with a hapless girl whom the city’s biggest goon wants to forcibly The 47-year-old actress used to have a pet funnel-web spider, which favourite for best film this time around and the Cine Mosaic (US), The Lunchbox has done its round of international film His co-star Felicity Jones, who played marry. This isn’t the first time that Sonakshi has played the damsel in can cause death in humans, living in her family swimming pool during in London. festivals, including those in Cannes, Zurich, London and Toronto. IANS Jane Hawking, is nominated in the best distress. She knows the character by heart. her younger years. Anderson was nominated in the actress category. Luckily for the script, Arjun and Sonakshi look like the kind of people “We grew up with things like spiders in the pool. We have a spider best director and original screenplay She is competing against Reese who can bump into one another due to a bizarre chain of events, and then called a funnel-web, which can exist in a bubble. It can exist in a bub- categories for The Grand Budapest Witherspoon in Wild, Rosamund Pike fall in love. The build-up to the couple’s growing mutual fondness doesn’t ble, in the pool. And you have to look in the pool before you swim to Hotel, a touching story of a concierge best director for Alejandro G Inarritu, Redmayne versus Cumberbatch in Gone Girl, and Amy Adams in Big have a convincing graph. But what the film has in huge amounts, is inner make sure of that...I mean this isn’t frequent, but I know to check the and his employee for which Ralph best actor for Michael Keaton as a Eddie Redmayne is the favourite to Eyes, though Julianne Moore is the faith in the filmy formula, and a virile fluency in the narrative pattern. pool,” she said. Fiennes also received a best actor washed-up movie star, and best sup- win the best actor gong for his por- bookmakers’ clear favourite for her IANS nod. porting actor and actress for Edward trayal of the disabled astrophysicist eponymous role as an Alzheimer’s suf- Birdman was also nominated for Norton and Emma Stone. Hawking in The Theory of Everything, ferer in Still Alice. AFP 10 PLUS | SUNDAY 11 JANUARY 2015 FRANCE

URBAN- GUERRILLAS 1977-87, Action Directe: French- based anti-NATO group linked to West German Red Army FRENCH DISSIDENTS FactionBaader- 1962, OAS: Former Meinhof Gang army officers opposed to deadly, high-profile attacks in France, West Germany Organisation Armée and Belgium ISLAMIST MILITANTS Secrèteattempt to ANTI-SEMITISM 1994, GIA: French commandos successfully storm assassinate President Air France Airbus A-300 held by members of Algerian Charles de Gaulle in Paris Armed Islamic Group (GIA) at Marseilles airport, releasing 169 hostages and killing four hijackers. 1976-2014, FLNC: Alleged plan was to blow up aircraft over Paris Separatist Corsican National Liberation Front 1995-96: GIA carries out multiple attacks on rail system, stages some 10,000 violent killing eight people and injuring 170 attacks over 40-year period. 2005: Six Al Qaeda militants FLNC declares ceasefire convicted of conspiring to BASQUES in 2014 bomb U.S. Embassy in 1990-2010, ETA: PALESTINIANS Paris. Attack was to Fast-track transfers 1975, Carlos the Jackal: 1980-82: Bomb attack coincide with 2001 attacks of Basque separatist Member of Popular Front at Paris synagogue kills on U.S. World Trade detainees from France for the Liberation of four people and injures 20. Centre and Pentagon to Spanish tribunals Palestine (PFLP) Ilich Gun and grenade attack 2010: Five French leads to low level Ramirez Sanchez at Chez Jo Goldenberg nationals arrested, suspected insurgency on two failed attempts to restaurant in Jewish quarter of conspiring to launch terror French territory launch rocket-propelled of Paris kills six, injures 22 attacks in France grenades at Israeli airliners 2009: Arsonists fire-bomb Nov 2011: Firebomb attack on satirical magazine at Paris Orly Airport. synagogues in Paris, Charlie Hebdo after it publishes image of Prophet Also kills two French secret Toulouse and Strasbourg Mohammad on its cover agents. Masterminds Paris car bombing in 1982. STATE TERRORISM Mar 2012: Al Qaeda-inspired gunman kills seven In 1997 Ramírez Sánchez 1985-86, Hezbollah: people in three separate shootings in Toulouse (below) is sentenced to life Pro-Iranian Fouad Ali Dec 22, 2014: Motorist shouting “Allahu Akbar” imprisonment Saheh group carries out (God is great) drives his vehicle into crowd in city of Dijon 15 attacks in Paris, killing Jan 7, 2015: Gunmen storm Paris offices 13 people and injuring of Charlie Hebdo, killing at least 12 people over 300 more. France accuses political and religious leader 1978, PFLP: Palestinian Ayatollah militants open fire on Khomeini El Al passengers in of having departure lounge of Orly personally directed bombing Airport. Eight people killed including three assailants Hezbollah arrested in 1987 Sources: Associated Press reports, CNN, worldstatesmen.org, aljazeera.com Pictures: Associated Press, Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS HEALTH PLUS | SUNDAY 11 JANUARY 2015 11

Fatty acids can help treat arthritis, leukemia

esearchers have found that enzymes linked to Rdiabetes and obesity appear to play key roles in arthritis and leukemia, potentially opening up Fathers-to-be new avenues for treating these diverse diseases. “We had never thought about treating rheuma- toid arthritis or leukemia by targeting enzymes may have that produce fatty acids, but this work supports that line of thinking,” said first author Irfan Lodhi, assistant professor of medicine at Washington hormonal University School of Medicine in St Louis. The same enzymes involved in turning car- bohydrates into the building blocks of fats also changes too influence the health of specialised white blood cells called neutrophils that act as first line of defence when infection strikes. Neutrophils are also a hallmark of inflamma- tion, which is a key component of rheumatoid arthritis, the findings showed. Abnormally high levels of neutrophils also are common in patients with leukaemia. “The link between these enzymes and neu- trophils was a big surprise,” Lodhi pointed out. By Shereen Lehman more,” she said. “It might suggest there is some kind In the study, mice that could not make enzymes of interdependence or something going on between needed to produce a certain type of fat developed en waiting to become fathers for the partners that is reflected in the correlated hor- extremely low white blood cell counts, with very the first time experienced hormonal mone levels.” few neutrophils. Without this fat, called an ether changes before their babies were born, Edelstein said the study team has also looked at lipid, neutrophils died. That discovery could lead Mand levels of some hormones appeared data taken from some of the fathers after their babies to the targeting of ether lipids as a way to reduce linked to those of the men’s wives, according to a were born. She said it appears that men who had the number of neutrophils in inflammatory dis- new study. larger declines in testosterone have reported being eases and leukemias. The expectant fathers showed drops in testo- more engaged with their infants and more supportive sterone and estradiol – a form of estrogen – but no of their spouses. changes in cortisol or progesterone, two hormones “This suggests that there’s some kind of benefit to Key cancer-promoting that are implicated in stress, say the authors. these changes, that there may be something that’s Past research has suggested that new fathers have helpful about having declines in testosterone,” she gene discovered lower levels of testosterone, but it wasn’t known said. when the decline begins. Lee Gettler, director of the Hormones, Health, team of researchers, including an Indian- “The previous studies have shown that men with and Human Behavior Lab at the University of Notre Aorigin scientist, has discovered a key cancer- children have lower testosterone than men who don’t Dame, said despite being somewhat small, the study promoting gene that may explain how a protein have children,” said Robin Edelstein, who led the had many strengths. - TGF-beta - can prevent cancer from forming new study. “First, the scientists included both mom and dad and encourage its aggressive growth. Her team’s results are the first to show those in the same study - most studies on parents’ biology With the new insight into the cancer mystery, hormonal changes might actually begin early in the study either mom or dad,” Gettler said. considered to be a major paradox of cancer biol- pregnancy, said Edelstein, a psychologist and director “Second, they track the couples through time and ogy, the findings could provide a potential target of the Personality, Relationships, and Hormones lab at many time points during the pregnancy,” he said. for treatment. at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Gettler, who was not involved in the study, said The researchers, including Shyam Nyati from “That’s what I think is interesting — that it’s not that being able to collect data from both parents at University of Michigan, identified Bub1 as a key about having the baby there (physically) but that four time points during the pregnancy is exceptional. gene involved in regulating TGF-beta receptor. there may be some process happening even when just “Trust me, it is not especially easy to get expectant “Bub1 is well-known for its role in cell division. thinking about becoming a father,” she said. couples or new parents to participate in this type of But this is the first study that links it to TGF-beta. For their study, published in the American Journal research,” he said. We think this may explain the paradox of TGF- of Human Biology, Edelstein and her colleagues The testosterone changes might relate to fac- beta as a tumour promoter and a tumour sup- enrolled 29 couples who were expecting their first tors between the partners - how their relationship pressor,” said study director Alnawaz Rehemtulla babies. They chose first-time parents because their dynamics and interactions change during the preg- from University of Michigan Medical School. “Our experiences are often different from those of couples nancy, Gettler said. data that Bub1 is involved at the receptor level who’ve been through pregnancies before. “All of the subjects in this study were living is completely unexpected,” Rehemtulla added. The men and women each provided saliva samples together, so there are many day-to-day dynamics TGF-beta is known as a tumour suppressor, at least two times and up to four times during their related to social support, intimacy, psychosocial meaning it is necessary to keep cells in check and pregnancies, at roughly eight-week intervals. The stress and relationship quality that could impact growing normally. But at some point, its function researchers used the samples to measure levels of both partners and, likely, men’s biology,” he said. flips and it becomes a tumor promoter, fostering testosterone, estradiol, cortisol and progesterone. Gettler has previously studied changes over time aggressive growth and spread of cancer. As expected, the mothers-to-be showed large in the testosterone levels of single men who were The team of researchers developed a way to increases in all four hormones during their preg- not fathers. He and his colleagues found that men screen for genes that regulate the TGF-beta nancies while the testosterone and estradiol levels who got married or became new fathers experienced receptor. When 720 genes from the human declined in the fathers-to-be. much larger declines in testosterone than men who genome were screened against lung cancer and Although there were no changes in the men’s remained single and childless. breast cancer cells, Bub1 emerged as playing a progesterone and cortisol levels during the study, “In that (2011) study we found that new fathers’ strong role in TGF-beta signaling. the researchers found that within couples, levels of testosterone dropped about 40 percent in the first Bub1 was shown to bind to the TGF-beta those hormones were generally high or low in both month after they became dads,” he said. receptor and allows it to turn on aggressive cell members of the couple. Gettler said that lab experiments indicate fathers growth. When the researchers blocked Bub1, it Edelstein said the study team isn’t sure why these with lower testosterone are more sensitive to infant shut down the TGF-beta pathway completely. hormone levels were closely correlated in couples, but cues and more in tune with their babies, and they Because Bub1 is found in many types of cancer, it might be due to pregnancy being both an excit- behave more affectionately with them. developing a drug to target it could potentially ing and stressful experience that’s shared by both SOURCE: bit.ly/1BAk3pM American Journal of impact multiple cancers. parents. Human Biology, online December 15, 2014. Agencies “That’s something we would like to look at a little Reuters 12 PLUS | SUNDAY 11 JANUARY 2015 TECHNOLOGY CES 2015: New products worth talking about From battery-swapping scooters and people- sensing drones to action cams, virtual reality headsets and smart beds for kids.

Gogoro’s Smartscooter

By Stuart Dredge There are plenty of 3D printer com- 8K. Well, not strictly 8K – hence the of wind-noise reduction. panies showing off their new devices “beyond 4K” in the title of its new TV, n many ways, this year’s CES at CES, but the Voxel8 is the most which uses pixel-splitting technology to HP Zvr 3D display technology show in Las Vegas intriguing of the lot. Its focus is on deliver an effective resolution of 7,680 There are plenty of concept prod- is business as usual. Devices are printing electronic circuits rather x 4,320. Or, as the company is pitch- ucts floating around CES 2015, as in Igetting thinner, a new acronym than just plastic objects, using con- ing it: “virtual 8K”. It’ll also be one of previous years. HP’s Zvr display will is spawned every minute, and every ductive ink that dries quickly, and can the flagship models for Google’s new be going on sale, though, with a pair company is revolutionising something be embedded in other objects. In the Android TV platform. of glasses and a connected stylus that in their press releases. future, it could be used from devices enable users to see and manipulate What are the products whose including hearing aids, wearable gadg- SkySpecs Guardian drone objects in 3D. Including, in the CES implications will last longer than the ets and even quadcopter drones. Remember that hovering drone in demo given to The Verge, a beating in-show hype, though? Below, we’ve TGI Friday that spoilt Christmas for heart. For educational potential alone, rounded up 25 of the new products Nvidia Tegra X1 one diner by flying into her nose? It this is well worth watching. and technologies from CES 2015 that Nvidia’s latest chip isn’t a chip – at turns out some drone companies are are worth talking about. Which, note, least not according to the company, thinking hard about getting drones to Intel Curie isn’t the same thing as calling them the which is pitching it as a “superchip” avoid humans. SkySpecs showed its Intel wants to be big in wearables: “best” products or the ones most likely thanks to its 256 processor cores and Guardian drone at the TechCrunch 2014’s acquisition of fitness-tracker to be commercially successful. eight CPU cores. Introduced at CES Hardware Battlefield contest during firm Basis Science and its $25m invest- amid some grand claims – “more CES, with its ability to sense humans ment in smart eyewear maker Vuzix By Gogoro Smartscooter power than a supercomputer the size of walking towards its whirring blades, show that. Curie is the latest sign of Gogoro’s Smartscooter is an elec- a suburban family home from 15 years and take evasive action. its ambitions: a button-sized device tric scooter with a range of nearly 100 ago” – it’ll be making its way into prod- including Intel’s system-on-a-chip for miles, but you don’t recharge its bat- ucts in due course – including cars, via Razer OSVR Hacker Dev Kit wearable devices. The idea is that man- tery: you swap it. The company will Nvidia’s Drive CX cockpit computer, Known for its PC and gaming acces- ufacturers will use Curie to give them operate a series of hubs where batteries which sports two of ‘em. sories, Razer is also hoping to give a head start when making wearables, can be reserved ahead of time, then Facebook’s Oculus Rift virtual reality including preserving battery life. swapped for the one that’s running out. Sharp Aquos Beyond 4K Ultra headset some competition. Its OSVR There’s no news on its launch date or HDTV headset isn’t a commercial product, as Volkswagen Golf R Touch Concept likely price, including the cost of the If you’ve been playing oneupmanship such: the $199 device is more a develop- The fact that Minority Report gets ongoing subscription for the batteries. with friends on the quality of your tele- ment platform to help people experi- wheeled out so often as a comparison Voxel8 3D printer vision, Sharp just unlocked a new level: ment with VR apps and games, with for whizzy gestural user interfaces partners including Unity, Sixense and suggests we need more filmmakers Leap Motion. to dream up future tech. Without Tom Cruise in sight, the controls for Razer OSVR Siemens smart hearing aids Volkswagen’s new concept car’s dash- Hacker Dev Kit In terms of technology that actu- board are interesting: tracking hand ally has an impact on people’s daily movements via a 3D camera to trig- lives, drones and VR headsets come a ger volume, lighting and other fea- long way behind hearing aids. That’s tures without you actually touching why Siemens’ latest products in that the dashboard. category deserve a wider airing: the “smart” part is their promised abil- MakerBot’s new 3D printing ity to adapt to different conditions, as materials well as their integration with iOS and MakerBot didn’t launch any new 3D Android apps for other features. printers at CES, focusing instead on announcing some new materials for Sony FDR-X100V action camera its customers to print with. Its new GoPro doesn’t have the “action cam- filaments use composites of limestone, era” market all to itself: traditional iron and wood to provide a greater tech firms like Sony are just as keen range of looks and textures for items to be helping bikers, skiiers and other printed. Good for anyone making pro- explorers – drones included – record totypes of objects that don’t lend them- their feats. Its new $500 camera’s key selves to a plastic finish. selling point is its ability to record at To be continued tomorrow 4K resolution, as well as the promise The Guardian COMICS & MORE PLUS | SUNDAY 11 JANUARY 2015 13

LEARN ARABIC At the Restaurant

Breakfast Fatoor Lunch aa' Dinner Çaša' Waiter Nadel / Jarson I want a cup of coffee with cacao Oureedou founan aleeb maç kakaw Cheese ebna Egg Baya Hoy en la Historia Cake Kaçk January 11, 2011 Menu Ka-ima Widespread protests in Tunisia Peas Bazilla over poor living conditions Chick-peas immi launched the Arab Spring revolts Soup Šoorba that spread rapidly through North Africa and the Middle East ç = ‘a’ in ‘agh’ when surprised 1787: Oberon and Titania, two moons of the planet Uranus, were discovered 1922: A 14-year-old Canadian boy Baby Blues by Jerry Scott & Rick Kirkman with diabetes was the first person to be successfully treated with insulin 1935: U.S. aviator Amelia Earhart became the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to the continental United States 2000: Britain ruled former Chilean dictator General Pinochet was too ill to face extradition to Spain on charges of human rights violations Picture: Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS ALL IN THE MIND Hagar The Horrible by Chris Browne Can you find the hidden words? They may be horizontal, vertical, diagonal, forwards or backwards.

Zits by Jerry Scott & Jim Borgman

ALBANY, ANNAPOLIS, ATLANTA, AUGUSTA, AUSTIN, BATON ROUGE, BISMARK, BOISE, BOSTON, CARSON CITY, CHARLESTON, CHEYENNE, COLUMBIA, COLUMBUS, CONCORD, DENVER, DES MOINES, DOVER, FRANKFORT, HARRISBURG, HARTFORD, HELENA, HONOLULU, INDIANAPOLIS, JACKSON, JEFFERSON CITY, JUNEAU, LANSING, LINCOLN, LITTLE ROCK, MADISON, MONTGOMERY, NASHVILLE, OLYMPIA, PHOENIX, PIERRE, PROVIDENCE, RALEIGH, RICHMOND, SACRAMENTO, SALEM, SANTA FE, SPRINGFIELD, ST PAUL, TOPEKA. 14 PLUS | SUNDAY 11 JANUARY 2015 CROSSWORDS

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

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 solved like a normal Sudoku. ANSWER CINEMA / TV LISTINGS PLUS | SUNDAY 11 JANUARY 2015 15

Jack And The Cuckoo Clock Heart (2D/ 1 SHOWING AT VILLAGGIO & CITY CENTER Animation) – 10:50am, 1:00 & 5:10pm TEL: 444933989 444517001 From A To B (2D/Comedy) – 3:00, 7:10, 9:20 & 11:30pm Seventh Son (3D/Adventure) – 1:40, 6:00 & 13:00 Doctor Who 08:00 News 2 10:20pm; Seventh Son (2D/Adventure) 14:00 Doctors 08:30 People & – 11:30am, 3:50, 8:10pm & 12:30am 16:30 As Time Goes Power Into The Woods (2D/Comedy)– 10:30am,1:00pm By 09:00 The System 3 Zulu (2D/Action) 17:00 Being Eileen 10:30 Inside Story – 3:30, 5:45, 8:00, 10:15pm & 12:15am 17:30 The Omid Djalili 11:30 Talk To Al Unborken (2D/Drama) – 7:50pm Show Jazeera 4 Night At The Museum: Secret of The Tomb 18:05 Rev. 12:30 The Cure (2D/Comedy) – 3:20pm; 18:35 The Vicar Of 13:00 NEWSHOUR The Woman in Black 2 (2D/Horror) – 11:15am, Dibley 14:30 Inside Story 1:15, 5:20, 10:10pm & 12:10am 19:05 Rock & Chips: 15:00 Al Jazeera The Imitation Game (2D/Drama) Special: Xmas World 5 – 11:30am, 1:45, 4:00, 6:20, 8:45 & 11:15pm; 2010 16:00 NEWSHOUR Night At The Museum: Secret of The Tomb 20:00 Money 17:30 Listening Post 6 (2D/Comedy) – 10:20am & 12:20pm 21:45 Whitechapel 18:00 NEWSHOUR Poker Night (2D/Crime) 22:30 Scott & Bailey 19:00 News – 2:30, 4:45, 7:00, 9:15 & 11:40pm 23:20 Sherlock 19:30 101 East Paddington (2D/Adventure) 7 00:50 The Weakest 20:30 Inside Story – 10:00am, 12:00noon, 2:00 & 6:00pm Link 21:00 NEWSHOUR Vice (2D/Action) 01:35 Moone Boy 22:30 Talk To Al – 4:00, 8:00, 10:00pm & 12:00midnight 02:00 The Omid Djalili Jazeera Unborken (2D/Drama) 8 Show 23:00 Immigration – 10:00am, 12:30, 5:00 & 9:55pm 02:30 Money Nation Automata (2D/Thriller) – 2:50, 7:30pm, 12:20am Seventh Son (IMAX 3D/Adventure) 9 – 10:00am, 12:10, 2:20, 4:30, 6:40, 8:50 & 11:00pm Seventh Son (3D/Adventure) 10 – 10:45am, 12:55, 3:05, 7:35 & 9:45pm 13:20 Swamp Brothers 13:00 The Truth Behind From A To B (2D/Drama) – 5:15 & 11:55pm 14:15 Meet The Sloths 14:00 Live Free Or Die Tom Little & The Magic Mirror 15:40 Escape To 15:00 Space 1 (2D/Animation) – 2:30pm Chimp Eden Mysteries Legend of The Never Beast 16:30 My Cat From 17:00 Wild Untamed (3D/Animation) – 4:00pm Hell Brazil Seventh Son (2D/Adventure) 17:30 Wild France 18:00 Ultimate Airport – 5:30, 7.30 & 9:30pm 19:20 Pandamonium Dubai 21:40 Steve Irwin's 19:00 Space Mysteries Zulu (2D/Crime) – 11:30pm Wildlife 20:00 Puma: Lion of 2 Automata (2D/Thriller) – 2:30pm Warriors The Andes Tom Little & The Magic Mirror 22:05 Africa's 22:00 Ultimate Airport (2D/Animation) – 4:30pm Outsiders Dubai MALL 23:00 North America 23:00 Crime Lab The Imitation Game (2D/Drama) – 6:00pm 23:55 Wild Hawaii From A To B (2D/Comedy) – 8:15pm Tevar (2D/Hindi) – 10:30pm 3 Zulu (2D/Crime) – 2:30pm In To The Woods (2D/Comedy) – 4:15pm 13:00 My Boys 11:00 Necessary Automata (2D/Thriller) – 6:30pm 14:30 2 Broke Girls Roughness 15:00 The Goldbergs 12:00 Emmerdale Mylanchi (2D/Malayalam) – 8:30pm 16:00 Two And A 12:30 Coronation The Imitation Game (2D/Drama) – 11:15pm Half Men Street 16:30 Til Death 14:00 C.S.I. 1 Automata (2D/Thriller) – 2:30pm 18:00 Men At Work 15:00 White Collar Legend of The Never Beast 19:30 Baby Daddy 16:00 Emmerdale (3D/Animation) – 4:30pm 20:30 Mystery Girls 16:30 Coronation From A To B (2D/Comedy) – 6:00pm 21:30 Two And A Street Half Men 18:00 C.S.I. The Imitation Game (2D/Drama) – 8:15pm 22:00 Saturday Night 19:00 Castle Mylanchi (2D/Malayalam) – 10:30pm Live 20:00 How To Get 23:00 Louie Away With Tom Little & The Magic Mirror 2 23:30 Friends With Murder (2D/Animation) – 2:30 & 4:00pm Better Lives 22:00 The Americans LANDMARK Seventh Son (2D/Adventure) Supernatural – 5:30, 9.30 & 11:30pm 23:00 Zulu (2D/Crime) – 7:30pm

3 Zulu (2D/Crime) – 2:45pm 13:00 The Runway Vice (2D/Action) – 4:45pm 13:15 Barbie In The 13:00 Jamai Raja 13:05 Binny And The 08:30 Gold Rush 12 Dancing 15:00 Five Thirteen Automata (2D/Thriller) – 6:30pm 13:30 Bandhan Ghost 09:20 Gold Rush Princesses 17:00 Chasing 14:00 Doli Armaano Ki 13:30 Girl Meets World 10:10 Alaskan Bush Tevar (2D/Hindi) – 8:30pm 14:45 Krazzy Planet Mavericks 14:30 Jodha Akbar 13:55 I Didn't Do It People 16:15 Curious 19:00 The Caller The Imitation Game (2D/Drama) – 11:15pm 15:00 Kasamh Se 14:55 Gravity Falls 11:00 Airplane Repo George: 21:00 The Invisible 16:00 Hum Paanch 15:20 Dog With A Blog 11:50 Street Outlaws Swings Into The Woman In Black (2D/Horror) – 2:30pm Woman 17:00 Parwaaz 15:45 Jessie 12:40 How It's Made Spring Seventh Son (2D/Adventure) 16:10 Austin & Ally 23:00 Maniac 1 18:00 Zee Connect 14:20 How It's Made 18:00 Cinderella – 4:30, 6.30 & 8:30pm Season 4 16:35 Girl Meets World 14:45 The Liquidator 20:00 Quest For A 01:00 Chasing P.K. (2D/Hindi) – 10:30pm 18:30 Bandhan 17:00 Liv And Maddie 16:25 The Liquidator Heart Mavericks Tom Little & The Magic Mirror 19:00 Sa Re Ga Ma 17:25 Girl Meets World 16:50 Dukes Of Haggle 22:00 Krazzy Planet 03:00 The Caller (2D/Animation) – 2:30 & 4:00pm Pa Li'l Champs 19:30 Binny And The 17:15 Dukes Of Haggle Season 2 Ghost 18:30 Dallas Car Sharks Zulu (2D/Crime) – 5:30 & 11:30pm ROYAL 2 20:00 Look Whos 19:55 Gravity Falls 18:55 Troy The Imitation Game (2D/Drama) – 7:30pm Talking With 20:20 Wizards Of 19:45 Dynamo: Top Ten PLAZA Niranjan Waverly Place Moments 13:15 Man Of Tai Chi From A To B (2D/Comedy) – 9:30pm 12:00 Fred 2: Night Of 21:00 Qubool Hai 20:45 Suite Life On 20:35 Dynamo: The Living Fred 15:00 The Nut Job Legend of The Never Beast 3 21:30 Satrangi Sasural Deck Revealed 14:00 Gambit 17:00 Vehicle 19 (2D/Animation) – 3:00pm 22:00 Doli Armaano Ki 21:35 That's So Raven 21:25 Gold Rush 16:00 Run For Your 19:00 August: Osage Vice (2D/Action) – 5:00pm 22:30 Sapne Suhane 22:00 Suite Life On 22:15 Gold Rush Wife County Ladakpan Ke Deck 23:05 Alaskan Bush 21:00 Call Me Crazy: Automata (2D/Thriller) – 7:00 & 11:30pm 18:00 Big Trouble 23:00 Best of Fear Files 22:25 A.N.T. Farm People 20:00 LOL A Five Film Shake It Up The Imitation Game (2D/Drama) – 9:00pm 00:00 Jodha Akbar 22:50 23:55 Overhaulin' 2012 22:00 A Smile Like 22:45 Machete Kills 23:10 Wolfblood Yours 00:45 Her 16 PLUS | SUNDAY 11 JANUARY 2015 POTPOURRI

SpaceX fails in landmark bid to recycle a rocket Events in Qatar

paceX said yesterday it failed in The landing site for the Falcon 9 launched in the predawn darkness Mal Lawal Biennale When: a landmark attempt to recycle was a powered barge floating in the from Cape Canaveral, Florida, pro- Till February 28 Where: its Falcon 9 rocket, after the ocean near the city of Jacksonville, pelling the cargo ship toward the Doha Exhibition Center S What: equipment collided with an ocean Florida. International Space Station with sup- Spread over 5,000sqm space, platform and broke to pieces. This “autonomous spaceport drone plies and food for the six astronauts the expo is divided into 11 categories and offers a feast to the eyes and intellect of Still, the California-based com- ship” measures 300 by 100 feet (90 by aboard. visitors with a diverse array of objects. pany said the test was a step forward 30 meters), with wings that extend its The Dragon cargo vessel should There has been a rise in the number of toward one day transforming the aer- width to 170 feet. arrive at the space station at 6:12 am participants from 90 in the first edition to ospace industry and making rockets Since the launch took place in the (1112 GMT) on Monday, Nasa said. 152 this year, 110 of whom are from Qatar reusable much the same as airplanes. dark, Musk said the team did not get The cargo ship is carrying more and 42 from other GCC countries. “Rocket made it to drone spaceport good video images of the landing and than 5,000 pounds (2,268 kilograms) Free entry ship but landed hard,” SpaceX CEO impact. of supplies to the astronauts living in Elon Musk wrote on Twitter. “Ship itself is fine. Some of the orbit. “Close but no cigar this time. Bodes support equipment will need to be “Up to this point we have a 100 per- Family Art Workshops When: well for the future tho.” replaced,” he wrote on Twitter. cent successful mission under way,” Till March 31, 2015 Where: Musk, a billionaire entrepreneur “Didn’t get good landing/impact said Nasa commentator George Diller Katara Art Studios - Bldg 19 What: who co-founded PayPal and runs Tesla video. Pitch dark and foggy. Will after the spacecraft’s solar arrays Katara Art Studios is hosting a Motors, wants to be able to reuse piece it together from telemetry and... were deployed. series of Diverse Family Art Workshops rockets much the way commercial actual pieces.” Cargo trips have become routine for from September 2014 to March 2015. airlines fly the same planes again and SpaceX has had some success with SpaceX, and this marks the fifth mis- They invite families to attend with their again. two previous attempts to make a con- sion as part of a $1.6bn dollar contract children aged between 5 years old to 10 years old. SpaceX hopes its efforts will open trolled landing of the Falcon 9 in the with Nasa to supply the ISS over a The cost of each workshop is a new era in modern rocketry, which ocean, slowing it to a hover before it dozen trips. QR150 wastes millions of dollars after each splashed down. SpaceX’s success is especially crit- launch when pieces of the rocket ical because its competitor, Orbital are left to fall into the ocean after Cargo on its way Sciences, which has a $1.9 billion Shirin Neshat: Afterwards blastoff. The launch’s primary mission was contract with NASA to supply the When: Till February 15, 2015 Saturday’s experiment involved fir- to send the unmanned Dragon cargo space station, suffered a catastrophic Where: Mathaf: Arab Museum of ing the rocket’s engine three times to ship to orbit, and that went smoothly rocket failure in October, forcing an Modern Art guide the first stage to a landing spot after two delays in recent weeks due end to its supply missions until fur- What: The first solo exhibition in the about 200 miles (322 kilometers) off to rocket problems. ther notice. Middle East by internationally acclaimed the coast of northern Florida. The gleaming white Falcon 9 rocket AFP artist Shirin Neshat. Occupying the entire ground floor galleries, the exhibition features existing and newly produced works. Free admission

IN by Rajkamal FOCUS 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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