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Steps from the bustling action in the Fichandler Stage at Arena Stage, about 20 audience members are not actually watching the drama unfold. They sit silently, some with their heads bowed, others with their eyes closed. They are all blind or visually impaired. But these theatregoers aren’t missing the action: Through the headphones clamped over their ears, a woman’s voice is explaining everything happening on stage, in detail, in real time.

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PEC honours students at annual prize distribution ceremony

akistan Education Centre (PEC) accredited the outstanding en- deavours of the meritorious Pstudents who came off with fly- ing colours in the annual examination of academic year 2015-16 by conferring medals, and merit certificates on them. The Annual Prize Distribution Cere- mony is a regular feature instituted to acknowledge the marvelous talent and extra-ordinary diligence of the students who scale the ladder of success by dint of sheer commitment and academic excellence. Rashid Nizam (CWA) graced the occasion as a chief guest. The Principal of taining presentation by the students spired the audience with their enact- Overall 1st position: Noor Sajid. PEC Nargis Raza was the guest of hon- of Junior Wing. Then the stars of Jun- ment. The scintillating live Qawali by the The recipients of Girls Wing includ- our of the ceremony. Officials Muham- ior Wing, Girls Wing and Boys Wing got students of Boys Wing amused the au- ed: Overall 3rd position: Dania Imshad. mad Humaid Al Mansouri from Jassim feted by the Principal, PEC with certifi- dience. Overall 2nd position: Maira Naeem. Charity, Dr. Abdul Shakoor andLiaqat cates and medals. Later, the overall top three position Overall 1st position: Manahil Saeed. Amin Satti, Member, Board of Governors, The trained choir of Girls’ Wing Mu- holders of their respective Wings were The recipients of Boys Wing includ- parents of the award winners and a sic Club presented a beautiful song of awarded with medals and certificate by ed: Overall 3rd position: Ahmad Khalid. large number of students attended the inspiration, motivation and champion- the Principal and the Chief Guest. Overall 2nd position: Adnan Tass- event. The ceremony was a joint ven- ship. The recipients of Junior Wing includ- war. ture of all the four wings of the school. The students of Girls’ Wing also per- ed: Overall 3rd position holders: Kazim Overall 1st position: Salman Khan. The colourful presentation made by the formed a short skit conveying a mes- Haider and Shanza Fatima The event ended by spotlight- little angels of the KG Wing earned the sage ‘save the planet earth’. In a Mime Overall 2nd position holders: Ma- ing the hard work of all the students loudest applause by the audience. based on the theme “save water”, the heen Zahid ,Ahmad Hasham and Isra whose academic contributions were It was followed by truly an enter- presenters of the Boys’ wing greatly in- Rashid. being acknowledged.

MES wins medals in Hindi Olympiad

The winners of MES Indian School who won Gold, Silver and Bronze medals in various categories in the recently concluded Akhil Bharathiya Hindi Olympiad pose for a group photo. The international linguistic competition was organised by Silver Zone Foundation, New Delhi. 04 | TUESDAY 10 MAY 2016 COVER STORY

The Ear’s roughly two dozen volunteer describers serve more than 250 blind or visually impaired people at seven local theatres every year.

take special requests, too — a couple of years ago, a describer accompanied a blind fan to a Lady Gaga concert. “It takes a very special person to be a describer, someone who can think fast on their feet,” says Neely Oplin- ger, Ear’s executive director. The people who sign up — and pass a rigorous audition — tend to stick around; many have been volunteering for 10 years or How volunteers help the blind longer. Tehan has been volunteering since 1992, but she had practice long before that: Her father went blind from diabetes when she was a teen, and she ‘see’ a theatre performance used to describe his favourite televi- sion shows to him. “They are so dedicated, and most of them really know theatre,” Oplinger By Caitlin Gibson han sits behind the crowd in a dark, el- performances with description servic- says of the group’s volunteers. “But it The Washington Post evated sound booth as the fast-paced es provided by the Ear. Describers typ- takes a lot more than knowing theatre.” plot — depicting the efforts of Johnson ically see a performance at least once They also have to know the rules: and civil rights leaders to pass the Civ- or twice before they narrate it live, to When describing a performance, you il Rights Act of 1964 — unspools below. familiarise themselves with the script have to slip all the description into the n the brightly lit theater Tehan speaks crisply into a plas- and note important visual cues. gaps between dialogue. You shouldn’t stage, the ﬁrst scene of Rob- tic audio mask linked to a large radio The Ear’s roughly two dozen volun- make judgements; instead of conclud- ert Schenkkan’s Tony award- transmitter, explaining what’s happen- teer describers serve more than 250 ing that a character looks “disappoint- Owinning play “All the Way” is ing on the set as vividly and efficiently blind or visually impaired people at ed,” you note simply that he frowns in full swing: President Lyndon B John- as possible. “He waves her away, and seven local theatres every year. They and his shoulders droop. son is pontiﬁcating behind a podium. pats her on the rear end,” she says A large desk is wheeled into the spot- when Johnson abruptly dismisses his light. An agitated secretary darts into frazzled secretary. view. “LBJ is picking his nose - really deep,” Steps from the bustling action in she says during one of the show’s com- the Fichandler Stage at Arena Stage, ic moments, raising her voice slightly to about 20 audience members are not be heard over the audience’s laughter. actually watching the drama unfold. “Hoover is watching.” They sit silently, some with their heads Tehan points out when Johnson bowed, others with their eyes closed. turns from one character to another They are all blind or visually impaired; mid-sentence: “He’s talking to the tailor they either can’t see the stage at all, or now,” she quickly interjects. She makes it appears as little more than a haze of sure that her listeners don’t miss the light and shadow. joke when Johnson, frustrated by his But these theatergoers aren’t miss- strict diet, swipes a bite of Senator Ri- ing the action: Through the head- chard Russell’s dinner. phones clamped over their ears, a She continues for well over an hour, woman’s voice is explaining everything until the stage lights dim and Act One happening onstage, in detail, in real comes to an end. time. “This is intermission,” she says. “It The voice belongs to Rita Tehan, a will be about 15 minutes.” veteran theater describer for the Met- Then she lowers the mask and ex- ropolitan Washington Ear, a nonprof- hales. it organisation that provides audio Tehan’s preparation for “All the services to the blind and visually im- Way” began weeks before the May 1 paired in the Washington region. Te- matinee, one of more than 50 annual TUESDAY 10 MAY 2016 | 05 COVER STORY

describer talks over a character, or the audio sounds muffled. But even with minor hiccups, the effort makes all the difference to a blind member of the audience, says Freddie Peaco, president of the Ear’s board of directors. “You can hear the voices, but you don’t know the setting of the stage. The audience gives a great gasp, and you don’t know why they’re gasping,” she says. “With the describer, all of that comes to life, and I can’t tell you how meaningful that is.” For a describer, Tehan says, “the moment the curtain rises, you’re on your toes” — and so she is as the second act of “All the Way” begins. She stands in the dark booth, her eyes trained on the stage. “House lights are fading to black,” she says. After the show, her listeners will praise her performance — “You did a great job, a great job!” one man will gush, grasping her hand — but Tehan won’t be entirely convinced. Even now, halfway through, she’s frustrated by details she couldn’t capture, by how little time she has to speak between the actors’ lines. An artist is never sat- isﬁed. But the show goes on. Tehan cranes forward to follow the actors, her glasses reﬂecting the glow of the stage lights. She raises the mask to her face. In the seats just beyond the booth windows, all ears are on her.

You must capture any movement dagger, and whether or not the lov- that’s essential to the plot. And — as ers were facing each other,” she once with any live performance — if you told Reuters. make a mistake, you have to keep go- In 1981, Arena Stage approached ing. the Ear about making live perform- These guidelines were created by ances accessible to the blind. Pfan- Margaret Pfanstiehl, who founded the stiehl — then Margaret Rockwell, a di- Metropolitan Washington Ear in 1974 vorcee — recruited longtime Metro to improve the lives of the blind and spokesman and radio pro Cody Pfan- visually impaired. Pfanstiehl, a Virgin- stiehl as the first volunteer describer. ia native, suffered from a degenera- They watched dozens of mov- tive disease called retinitis pigmen- ies together, says Oplinger, and he tosa, which eventually left her almost described the scenes unfolding on- entirely blind. screen. “Together, they devised what At first, the Ear was a radio read- they called ‘the art and technique ing service — still a core part of its of audio description,’ “ says Oplinger. identity. The Silver Spring, Maryland- “And in the process, they fell in love.” based nonprofit has nearly 400 volun- The couple, who married in 1983, teers who read newspaper and mag- went on to develop a comprehensive azine articles over closed-circuit radio, training system, teaching hundreds and the organisation offers a dial-in of volunteers to capture live perform- service for listeners to hear record- ances for the blind. ings of articles from major publica- Of course, the human mind is not tions, including The Washington Post, a camera, so the description process the New York Times and many others. is perhaps more like translation — an About 5,000 people in the Washing- art in itself: The word choices matter, ton area use the service. as do the pacing of the narration, the But Pfanstiehl, who died in 2009, tone of voice and the clarity of enun- was also a devoted opera fan and ciation. theatergoer who longed to find a way A secretary doesn’t just run into for blind audience members to enjoy view, she gallops. The describer has to live performances. engage in a sort of verbal dance with “I always wanted a little voice to the actors, gracefully avoiding overlap tell me whether it was a gunshot or a or interruption. slamming door onstage, if the villain And like any art, it’s imperfect. was walking across the stage with a Sometimes details are missed, or a 06 | TUESDAY 10 MAY 2016 COMMUNITY ‘Darb Al Salama’ road safety campaign kicks off

uilding on its great success in tional Vision 2030 by helping protect schools across Doha and the Northern Last year’s campaign attracted al- previous years, the Ras Laf- Qatar’s most valuable resource — its Communities. most 7,000 students from 30 schools fan Community Outreach Pro- people. ‘Darb Al Salama’ is a long-term ‘Darb Al Salama’ includes the ‘Rakkiz in Al Thakhira, Umm Slal and the North- Bgramme (COP) recently kicked sustainable initiative of the COP to help Tislam’ programme, which means ‘Fo- ern Communities. off the third annual season of the ‘Darb change behaviour in order to reduce cus to be Safe’ in Arabic. ‘Rakkiz Tislam’ ‘Darb Al Salama’ is a COP initiative Al Salama’ (Safe Journey) initiative for fatalities and serious injuries resulting is a computer-based training module organised in partnership with the Min- schoolchildren. from road accidents. that has been brought to the Middle istry of Interior, Traffic Department, Qa- The road safety campaign took ‘Darb Al Salama’ uses a mix of prac- East for the ﬁrst time and is designed tar Red Crescent, and Community Po- place on May 4 and 5 at the Barzan tical and computer-based education and tailored to Qatar’s roads and its licing Department. COP is a consortium Youth Centre, and it targeted residents tools to help change driving behav- driving environment. of operators in Ras Laffan Industrial of Umm Slal and the Northern Commu- iours, with the vision of improving traf- The programme helps young driv- City that includes Qatar Petroleum, Qa- nities, particularly those aged between ﬁc safety. ers identify and respond to potential- targas, RasGas, Dolphin Energy Limit- 14 and 21 years old. To date, the initiative has attracted ly unsafe traffic situations, with the aim ed, Pearl GTL (the world’s largest gas This initiative supports the human participation from more than 12,000 of positively impacting their driving be- to liquids plant delivered by Qatar Pe- development pillar of the Qatar Na- young people from youth centres and havior. troleum and Qatar Shell) and Oryx GTL.

Award-winning Indian teacher honoured

iyas Chola, an Indian school that musical method helps the stu- teacher, who is the National dents to learn the lessons easily. The Nteacher award winner, was hon- education department has encour- oured in Doha recently by Kerala Mus- aged him for new effort, he said. lim Cultural Centre, one of the largest E K Mayin Master, Ex secretary of Indian community organisations. KMCC District Committee presented Niyas proves his ability in the ﬁeld a memento to Chola. Anees Kalang- of Motivation of students, families and ot presided over the function while EK enterpenors. He was giving training to Mijiyas delivered the inaugural speech. students for job oriented course. Re- EA Nazar, TT Abdurahman, KP Sala- cently he has developed a new teach- hudheen, P Sakeer Hussain Master, KT ing method through music. He states Yasar Ahammed were spoke. TUESDAY 10 MAY 2016 | 07 MARKETPLACE Oryx Rotana goes Vegan on Earth Day

ryx Rotana, the five-star luxu- ry business hotel in Doha, took Oits first step towards environmental sustainability by celebrating Earth Day with a special Vegan menu. More than 250 hotel staff participat- ed in the celebrations held at the Col- leagues’ Dine Inn where everything served, from appetisers and main course to desserts was vegan. Commenting on this initiative, An- toraj Mariasusai, Director of Human Resources, said: “A vegan diet reduc- es the risk for chronic degenerative diseases such as obesity, high blood pressure, diabetes and certain types of cancer. Earth Day is more than just a single day: We have started it now & will continue to hold it on a month- ly basis.” “People are drawn to veganism by all sorts of motives. Some of us want to live longer, healthier lives or do our part to reduce pollution. Others have made the switch because we want to preserve Earth’s natural resources or because we have always loved ani- mals.” he added. It is also known that well-planned plant-based diets are rich in protein, iron, calcium and other essential vita- mins and minerals. The plant-based sources of these nutrients tend to be bon footprint is to low in saturated fat, high in fibre and avoid all animal packed with antioxidants, helping mit- products.” igate some of the modern world’s big- “We are excited gest health issues like obesity, heart to take on the re- disease, diabetes and cancer. Vegan sponsibility of con- diets can be healthy for anyone of any tinuing this tradi- age. tion of bringing Lana Jwainat, Director of Mar- the vegan and en- keting and Communications at Oryx vironmental com- RotanaHotel,contributed: “From the munities togeth- environmental perspective, recycling er to celebrate our household rubbish and cycling to paralleled vision work helps us live a greener life. And, for a sustainable one of the most effective things an future,” she con- individual can do to lower their car- cluded. G4S Qatar gets certification for third consecutive time

4S Qatar, the leading brand and largest The ISO certifications were formally awarded to date on September 14, 2018. Obtaining the three security services organisation in Qatar, Dr. Saif Al Hajri, G4S Qatar CEO, by Selim Ksieb, BVC ISO certifications, all at the same period since 2010 has been once again recognised for the Country Chief Executive, held on May 2 at G4S Cor- was astonishing, as it brought another milestone Gthird consecutive term since its original porate building. to G4S Qatar, as the first security provider has ob- certification date in year 2010, by Bureau Veritas The award ceremony was attended by Albert tainedthe IMS certifications. Certification, a global leader in Inspections, Testing D’SA (G4S Finance Director), Anthony Gasang (G4S G4S Qatar is strongly committed towards busi- and Certifications (ITC), for the continual improve- QA/QC Head), Vishal Bhat (BV Certification Man- ness excellence for the assurance delivery of to- ments of its Integrated Management Systems, in ager), Makram Abou Fakherddine (BV Team Lead, tal satisfactions to our valued customers, and to full compliance with the ISO 9001 : 2008 Quali- Business Development), and Rifaat Al Kahal (BV the sustainable protection and development of our ty Management System standard, ISO 14001:2004 Business Dev. Executive) employees, guests and stakeholders, including our Environmental Management System standard, and G4S Qatar has successfully deserved and man- environment. Best brand, best people, best servic- OSHAS 18001 : 2007 Occupational, Health, Safety aged its IMS certifications over the past 6 years, es for our most valued customers. Management System standard; respectively. and has been consistently re-certified till its expiry 08 | TUESDAY 10 MAY 2016 FOOD

What life would be like without any processed food

By Roberto A Ferdman which used to be incredibly rare.” The Washington Post The second, and considerably more problematic consequence, is that even the earliest form of food processing has probably contributed to obesi- here’s an alternate reality some ty. When you process food, whether like to imagine, a world with- by cooking it or simply cutting it into out processed food in which smaller pieces, you tend to get more Teveryone would be healthier energy out of it relative to the energy and happier. Only they don’t imagine expended processing and digesting it. it well. Or rather, they don’t picture it So we now get more calories from the in its purest form. The term is thrown same amount of food than we used at the likes of McDonald’s, Burger King, to, even though it’s no more satiating. and TV dinners, but it means so much Surely, Lieberman said, that helps ex- more than that. To understand what plain why we’re eating so many more life would be like without any proc- calories than we used to. essed food, you would have to go back “If you eat a mass of corn, and you more than 3 million years, not merely a eat the same amount of corn but few decades. And you have to under- ground into flour, you get more calo- stand the effect of the very first form of ries from the corn flour than the whole food processing: cutting. kernel,” he said. “We have taken this This might sound ridiculous, but ples of both meat (goat, in this case) tively. And it adds up. way too far, processing food to a point bear with me, because it’s the most and vegetables (jewel yams, carrots “The results speak for themselves,” where the processing itself is probably primitive form of food processing and beets) in various states of process- he said. “It’s astonishing what some- confusing our bodies.” (cooking, which substantially alters ing — roasted, pounded, sliced and un- thing as simple as cutting meat does, Processed corn, of course, is more the composition of food, is a signif- processed (i.e. untouched). And what how effective it is.” prevalent in the modern American di- icant form of processing, too) and it stood out is how poorly we’re able to People might balk at primitive tools, et than anything else. And the modern has changed our lives in ways few peo- break down raw meat, even though or primitive processes, such as slicing American diet hasn’t exactly been kind ple, if any, appreciate. “If we were to go people have been carnivores for more food into smaller parts, but these mun- to the modern American gut. back to the very beginning of this proc- than 2.5 million years. That is, until dane forms of processing food have In some ways, all of this gives cre- ess that has gone to an extreme today, they sliced it into smaller bits. actually had sizable effects on our lives. dence to the raw food movement, I think it would surprise many people,” “If I were to give you a piece of goat There are obvious consequences which argues for the healthfulness said Daniel Lieberman, a professor of that’s raw, it would be like chewing of all the time we don’t have to spend of eating unprocessed and uncooked biological sciences at Harvard Universi- bubble gum,” Lieberman said. “You chewing today, such as how it has al- vegetables. While slicing vegetables ty. “We used to spend a disproportion- can’t break it down.” lowed us to reallocate that time to eve- didn’t have as much of an impact as ate amount of our days chewing.” “You But something as simple as cutting rything else we do throughout the day. slicing meat, cooking vegetables did. can go for an entire day without chew- it into smaller bits, the first of what But there are less obvious things, too, Uncooked veggies might take long- ing today, and that’s really bizarre from has become an endless list of ways in and not all of them are positive. In par- er to chew, and require more ener- a historical standpoint,” he added. which we change edible things before ticular, two negative outcomes stand gy to digest, but it’s this very quality Lieberman pointed to the eating ingesting them, makes an enormous out. And in some ways they give cre- that probably makes us more mindful habits of chimpanzees, who spend difference. The process didn’t exist un- dence to broader worries about what about how much of them we eat. about half their day chewing, for per- til the development of stone tools, but processed food has done to our bodies. Of course, there is a tipping point. A spective. That might sound ridiculous, marked the beginning of a long and The first, interestingly enough, is that it world without any extra-oral process- but it’s not as far off from how we used winding road toward where we are to- has resulted in more dental problems. ing would mean a world in which we to eat than one might think. Our teeth, day, when chewing our food is more an When we chew, we generate forces spend way too much time with bits of he said, just aren’t capable of breaking afterthought than a several hours affair. that act on our jaws, and the bones in food in our mouths. It would probably certain foods down efficiently without The other thing Lieberman meas- our jaws grow in response. Less chew- also mean a food world without much any form of extra-oral food processing. ured was the force or energy partici- ing means less developed jaws. variety. “Food is an intensely aesthetic The clearest example is our capac- pants exerted per chew, and it only “There’s pretty good evidence show- experience today — when we process ity to break down meat, which Lieber- compounded the results. When Lie- ing that people who chew less and food, we also perceive it and enjoy man, along with Katherine Zink, who berman took this into account, the ef- chew less hard grow smaller jaws,” it in different ways,” Lieberman said. teaches at the department of human fect of slicing or cooking meat was Lieberman said. “The problem is they “The earliest forms of food process- evolutionary biology at Harvard, tested even more pronounced. In all, the two tend to have the same size teeth, and ing allowed for the beginning of cui- as part of a new study. The researchers reduced the number of chews per cal- that creates all sorts of problems, like sines, which is something we take for had a group of participants chew sam- orie by nearly three and two, respec- crowding and impacted wisdom teeth, granted.” TUESDAY 10 MAY 2016 | 09 FASHION Bridal Couture Week in Pakistan

Models present creations by Pakistani designers Ayesha Ibrahim, Bibi London and Deepak Kumar during the Bridal Couture Week in Karachi. Pink dominates women’s everyday ethnic wear

IANS As many as 28.5 percent Indian Craftsvilla.com co-founder Monica Maroon and gold trumped other women love pink when it comes to Gupta said in a statement: “Indians are colours to India’s favourite festive ethnic their everyday ethnic wear colour, re- known for their love for colours. Each wear colours, among women with 33.9 veals a customer survey done by the colour has different signiﬁcance in In- percent and 31.9 percent preference ink is often associated with femi- online ethnic wear site craftsvilla.com. dian culture. When we embarked upon respectively. Yes, these days, there’s a ninity. And if one goes by a sur- However, common favourites like this survey, we were trying to under- lot of experimentation with peach and Pvey, it is a hot favourite colour yellow, red, orange and green, lost stand what are the colours people like blue coming into the fold of wedding of women when it comes to everyday out to blue — when it came to second for daily wear, and what are the col- festivities. However, they are exceptions ethnic wear. place at 27.2 percent. ours they like for occasion wear.” and not the rule, added Gupta. 10 | TUESDAY 10 MAY 2016 HEALTH & FITNESS Acupuncture needles that tamed my migraines

By Margarita Gokun Silver said “Namaste” at the end, though, my The Washington Post scalp would experience a familiar pang of pain, and I would go home struggling to keep my eyelids open. Painting produced the same effect. The yoga and t usually begins with a drowsy fog painting phenomenon didn’t make any of fatigue that makes me feel as if I impression on my doctors, but mention- haven’t slept in days. My eyelids take ing it in my yoga class produced a break- Ion the weight of an oil tanker, and through. Two, in fact. One came from a a few minutes later the pain arrives. It Canadian yoga buddy in the form of my first settles along either my left or right first bottle of acetaminophen with co- eyebrow, hovers there until it runs out deine. The second breakthrough was an of space, then begins to spread to the acupuncture recommendation from another eyebrow. After that, it invades other yoga student. both temples and finally reaches the The Canadian painkillers provided a top of my head, then ebbs out across respite, but the idea of needing to pop my scalp. them twice a week forever made me The word “migraine” took root in my want to reach inside and hug my liver. I vocabulary only after I turned 40. decided to try acupuncture. My usual headaches stopped re- In recent years, several studies have sponding to over-the-counter pain- concluded that acupuncture could be killers and instead began worsening, an efficient — and fairly side-effects-free with lights and sounds. The first time — method of reducing both the occur- a migraine hit, I barely made it from my an MRI scan of my head when I showed lergan, patients treated with the drug rence and the severity of migraines. At car to the bathroom, where I promptly up in her office, printouts from WebMD experienced a decrease in the frequen- my first appointment with an acupunc- threw up my entire lunch before spend- in hand. When the results came back cy of migraines. (Patients treated with turist, she spent 45 minutes asking me ing the next seven hours in bed, in a fe- showing no abnormalities, she did what a placebo also improved, though not as questions before any needles came out. tal position and unable to open my eyes. a Western-trained physician knows how much.) I booked an appointment with a “Don’t worry,” she said, “and don’t tense. Migraines affect more than 29 mil- to do best: She phoned in a prescription neurologist. A big proponent of efficacy, Tensing usually makes the pain worse. lion Americans and are more common for a new pain-relief pill for migraines. I figured maybe it would fix some of my Just breathe.” She told me when to in- among women than men. According to It was blue, came in its own plastic pill- wrinkles, too. hale and when to exhale for each nee- the Office of Women’s Health at the De- box and set my insurance company back After spending two minutes speak- dle, and she stuck them into my hands, partment of Health and Human Servic- about $900 for eight tablets. But there ing to me, five minutes typing some- my feet and my forehead. All of them es, most sufferers are between the ag- was one problem: The pill made me sick. thing into the computer and 10 minutes felt like a mosquito bite when they es of 15 and 55, have a family history When I took it - either with a meal or consulting with his secretary on wheth- pierced the skin, but once they were in I of migraines or disabling headaches, with the entire contents of my refrigera- er my insurance would cover Botox, my no longer knew they were there. and often have such symptoms as nau- tor — at the onset of a migraine, I dou- new neurologist scheduled me for the “Relax,” she said after she put in the sea, vomiting and sensitivity to light bled over with stomach pain and nau- procedure. I returned on the assigned last needle and told me to lie there for and sound. Every site I clicked on point- sea so severe that I thought my eating day, thinking that injections would be 30 minutes. “Either empty your mind or ed to the migraine diagnosis, although days were over. limited to my face and would not exceed think only good thoughts.” there were other, much scarier propo- Exhausted by these side effects, I two, at worst three, in number. Then the A month into my treatment, after sitions. Just in case, my doctor ordered turned again to the Internet. Spend- nurse brought in the vials: at least 30 eight sessions, I noticed that my mi- ing time on the computer turned out to of them. When I left the office about an graines had begun to slow down in fre- be one of my migraine triggers, so my hour later, I had Botox settling into not quency and weaken in intensity. At the searching was sporadic. But during one only my forehead but also my neck and end of two months, I felt strong enough In recent years, several hasty session I came upon Botox injec- the entire width of my shoulders. to scale my appointments down to once studies have concluded tions as a possible treatment, and I was The Botox did help my wrinkles — it a week. Five months after I started acu- that acupuncture could intrigued. lifted my eyebrows and corrected the puncture, I felt essentially cured. I rare- Botox, a neurotoxin that blocks asymmetry brought upon by Bell’s palsy ly got the drowsy fog of fatigue — and if be an efficient — and nerve signals to muscles, temporari- 20 years earlier — but it seemed to do I did, it almost always went away on its fairly side-effects-free — ly paralysing them, was approved by nothing for my migraines. own. It has now been five years since I the Food and Drug Administration as a The only activities that seemed to discovered acupuncture. I still occasion- method of reducing both treatment for chronic migraines in Oc- provide respite even if the migraine al- ally get migraines, and if they seem to the occurrence and the tober 2010 — two months after my mi- ready took hold were yoga and painting. be amping up, I’ll use acupuncture, even severity of migraines. graines began. According to studies fi- The hour I spent in yoga class was com- a couple of times a week. But there have nanced by Botox’s manufacturer, Al- pletely migraine-free. The moment we been months when I don’t need it at all. TUESDAY 10 MAY 2016 | 11 ENTERTAINMENT John Malkovich made a movie you’ll never see

By Stephanie Merr their offpsring. It got us thinking about The Washington Post other pieces of pop culture that pique a curiosity that can never be sated, as they’re shielded from public view. Here are some of them: These o far, the buzziest film headed days we take Leonardo DiCaprio se- to Cannes is one that no one riously, because he’s an Oscar-win- there will see. John Malkovich ning member of the Hollywood elite. Swrote and stars in the movie, Sure he’s practically killing himself which Robert Rodriguez directed, and for his art. That wasn’t the case back it’ll make its way to the south of France in the mid-1990s when he was film- in a vault, where it will stay — or so the ing “Don’s Plum,” a raunchy, gen-X re- story goes — until the year 2115, when sponse to “Diner.” Taking place during a the safe will magically open and our single night, DiCaprio and buddies To- descendants will get their first look at bey Maguire, Kevin Connolly and others the thing. It’s called “100 Years - The hang out at an LA dive ridiculing any- Movie You Will Never See,” which is a one who wanders by. After the film was fine title now but a bit of a misnomer completed, Maguire and DiCaprio had for whatever future generations get to second thoughts, so they managed to watch. block the movie’s release in the US and That is, if they can figure out how Canada. to play it. In a teaser, we see Malkov- It premiered abroad, at least — and ich in white gloves, carefully placing a is no doubt findable after some inter- reel in a vault. That format could prove net sleuthing. And in January, one of problematic 10 years from now, never the movie’s producers, Dale Wheatley, mind 100. Then again, said trailer looks posted the full movie to the website more like an ad, which is a partner in freedonsplum.com, but after DiCaprio the movie. and Maguire got wind of the develop- Does the movie even exist? Mal- ment, the movie came down. kovich started opening up about the If you think “Don’s Plum” sounds “terrific, emotionally-charged” film to bad, wait till you hear the premise for People back in November, so maybe the 1972 disaster Jerry Lewis directed it does. “If you act in a play you never and headlined. The comedian played As of the article, Shkreli hadn’t yet see it,” he explains. “I’ve certainly acted Helmut Doork, a German clown who’s listened to the album, though said he in a lot of movies I’ve never seen and a overheard by some Nazis denigrating could be convinced to if “Taylor Swift number of them I wouldn’t particularly Hitler. His punishment: Go to Auschwitz wants to hear it or something like that.” be tempted to.” and lighten the mood for the kids, then Of course, since then, Shkreli has had In any case, 1,000 people received escort them into the gas chambers. more pressing things to worry about, invitations to the November 2115 pre- Comedian Harry Shearer, one of the like charges of securities fraud. miere, which they can pass down to few people who has seen the drama, Basically, the good news is it might told Spy magazine, “The movie is so be possible to hear the music. The bad drastically wrong, its pathos and com- news is you’d have to hang out with John Malkovich wrote edy so wildly misplaced that you could Shkreli. not, in your fantasy, improve on what Anyone can read the writer’s three- Atwood is also waiting a century to and stars in the movie, it really is ... ‘Oh my god!’ — that’s all part memoir now, but the books were release a novel, and she’s not alone. In which Robert Rodriguez you can say.” Lewis realised his misstep only authorised for release 100 years 2114, the Future Library will be open directed, and it’ll make and opted not to release it. Some mak- after Twain’s death in 1910. Of course, for business, revealing never-before- ing-of-the-movie footage ended up the great self-promoter couldn’t bear read manuscripts from 100 writers. its way to the south of online a few years ago. to keep it entirely under wraps, so Each year between now and then, an- France in a vault, where it “The Day the Clown Cried” won’t al- some of the stories were published in other author will contribute work. will stay — or so the story ways be unviewable (even if it might North American Review even before Atwood’s agreement to be the in- always be unwatchable). The Library of Twain’s death. augural donor must have given an ec- goes — until the year Congress acquired the movie last year When the first volume was final- centric idea some credibility, as “Cloud 2115, when the safe will but agreed not to show it for at least ly released, in 2010, not everyone Atlas” writer David Mitchell signed on 10 years. thought it was worth the wait. Garri- to be the second annual contributor. magically open and our Wu-Tang Clan spent six years work- son Keillor wrote in the New York Times You can listen to Jem Finer’s ap- descendants will get their ing on their latest album, but made on- that the book was “a ragbag of scraps, propriately titled “Longplayer” now at first look at the thing. It’s ly one copy. In 2015, the group auc- some of interest, most of them not.” a few listening posts around the globe, tioned it off to the highest bidder and With the debut of the third volume but you won’t be able to hear all of it. called “100 Years - The made the buyer promise not to profit last year, we at least got some indica- That’s because the piece is 1,000 years Movie You Will Never from it until 2103 — though the per- tion why Twain wanted to wait so long: long, so it won’t be available to down- See,” which is a fine son could let people hear it for free if He spent time trashing Teddy Roo- load until the year 3000. he chose to. sevelt and Andrew Carnegie. Even so, The composition, performed us- title now but a bit of a The winning $2m bid came from the book was “of a piece with the oth- ing Tibetan singing bowls and gongs, misnomer for whatever “Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli. During an er two,” Dennis Drabelle wrote for The started on January 1, 2000, and uses future generations get to interview in December, Shkreli indicat- Washington Post, “rambling; charm- an algorithm to find new variations on ed that he bought the album so that ing; vitriolic; confessional (‘I am fond of a 20-minute theme. If that sounds in- watch. he could get a chance to meet and pomp and display’); shot through with triguing, well, you’ve got plenty of time hang out with famous people. wit, lyricism and regret.” to seek it out. 12 | TUESDAY 10 MAY 2016 ENTERTAINMENT ‘Traffic’ is watchable for its terrific cast

By Subhash K Jha IANS The Hindi version of a Malayalam original could Film: “Traffic”; Director:have done with a lot Late Rajesh Pillai; Cast: Manoj more restrain. The main Bajpayee,Jimmy Sheirgill, Param- brata Chatterjee, Prosenjit Chatter- plot remains rigorously jee, Sachin Khedeker, Divya Dutta, riveting, thanks to the Kitu Gidwani; Rating: *** ½ able actors who make ne extra star-rating goes to the urgent transportation this uniquely formated thriller look absolutely for its impressive cast of ac- convincing. Otors. Manoj Bajpayee is in terrific form as a digraced havaladar trying to redeem himself by taking on a ing. The digression about a doctor with seemingly impossible goodwill mission: an unfaithful wife is so artificial and of transporting a heart across the su- forcibly super-imposed in the plot you per-busy Mumbai-Pune Express High- wonder why they bothered! The climax way for a little girl’s transplant. is also an attempt to heighten the dra- By the time the well-crafted though ma with exaggerated bravado when in clumsily scripted thriller is over many fact the film’s subject matter is inher- of the characters have redeemed ently dramatic. their souls and undergone a change Why add to the tension to the point of heart, one of the literally. The plot of making the proceedings unbearably borrows from a 2008 real-life inci- self-important? The climax has the he- dent where a little dying girl in desper- roic havaldar driving the car through a ate need of heart transplantation was “communally sensitive” locality where saved by a quick-thinking fleet of do- the colour green becomes a benign gooders. The Hindi version of a Malay- flag for the urgently racing automobile. the contrivances get over-manipula- brings to the screen a deeper under- alam original could have done with a It’s all too crammed crowded and tive there is never a dull moment in the standing of his character’s suppressed lot more restrain. While the main plot claustrophobic to hold together in a narrative. The performers make sure rage than perhaps the script permit- remains rigorously riveting, thanks to credible clasp. Nonetheless the essen- we are with the drama all the way. ted. The ever-watchable Jimmy Sheir- the able actors who make the urgent tial power of the plot furnishes enough Manoj Bajpayee as the disgraced gill as a cop trying to make sense out of transportation look absolutely convinc- heart to the goings-on. Even when havaldar who rises to heroic heights an impossible life-and-death mission is splendidly charged-up. Sachin Khedek- er as the dying boy’s undemonstrative father gives the most emotionally rous- ing performance in the film. But the film should have belonged to the two actresses Divya Dutta and Kitu Gidwani playing the respective mothers of the child who needs a new heart and the mother of the dying boy who can give a new life. There is a terrific telephonic exchange between the women where Divya pleads(with heartrending sincerity) while Kitu (we should see a lot more of the latter) lis- tens. It reminded me of the Shabana Azmi-Smita Patil telephonic sequence in Mahesh Bhatt’s “Arth”. These patches of brilliance remain isolated in a film which seems to be as much in a hurry as its characters. Maybe the director knew he had to go sooner than later. Traffic is engrossing and in- novative enough to make me wonder what Rajesh Pillai (Pillai passed away a few days back) would have brought to the screen next. Perhaps another film with a lot of heart and a lot more re- straint. The film seems to have been hurriedly out together with patchily ed- ited sequences and some awful dub- bing including the sound of rain that comes and goes at will. Pillai deserved a more polished send-off. TUESDAY 10 MAY 2016 | 13 TECHNOLOGY TAMUQ 3-D Challenge looks into innovations

The Peninsula to-day lives. 3-D printing servic- dimensional images and graphics demonstrated here today helps uses are playing a key role in creating that aid in analysing complex nu- ers grapple with very large, very com- new business and new business op- merical representation. This technol- plex data sets that are simply not di- portunities. It was with this under- ogy helps scientists see data sets in gestible in two dimensions. This work nventors from several of Qatar’s standing that Texas A&M at Qatar new ways so that they can find pat- is very exciting and has so many ap- leading institutions showcased established its unique 3-D printing terns or relationships and commu- plications to the work we do here at their creative applications of cut- facility — the first of its kind in Qa- nicate their data to others. Texas A&M University, and particu- Iting-edge technology in the 3-D tar — to allow students, designers, Viewers feel completely im- larly at the Qatar campus. 3-D print- Challenge hosted by Texas A&M Uni- researchers and engineers to step mersed in the experience, and all ing and visualisation helps students versity at Qatar (TAMUQ). beyond the virtual barriers and in- images are displayed in 3-D with the understand complex problems, and Two competitions make up the teract with real-world objects, and use of special goggles. helps designers and researchers un- 3-D Challenge: the 3-D Printing the 3-D Printing competition sup- A team from Total Qatar — Ous- derstand the systems in which they Competition, which is in its fourth ports this goal. sama Gharbi, Priyank Maheshwari are doing design or research.” year, and Visualisation Development This year’s winners of the 3-D and Dominique Guerillot — won first Yasser Al Hamidi, technical lab Competition, now in its eighth year. Printing Competition were Albert place in the Visualisation Develop- manager in the Mechanical Engi- Together, the contests are designed Liberski from Sidra with the project, ment Competition for their project, neering Program, organised this to promote innovation through ad- “Textile Heart Valve Prosthesis”; “A Reactive Flow Trip from the Pore year’s 3-D Printing Competition, vanced technology. The competi- Sajith Chakithandy and Mohamed Scale to the Reservoir Scale.” Second while Dr. Othmane Bouhali, direc- tions are open to innovators from Zekri from Hamad Medical Corp for place went to Dr. Aziz Rahman from tor of research computing, organ- Education City and across Qatar, and the project, “Ventilation With a View Texas A&M at Qatar for his project, ised the Visualisation Competition. enable users to develop and port Mask”; and John Seawright from “Development of a 3-D Visualisation Dr. Mike Bowman, chair of the Petro- their applications to visualisation Carnegie-Mellon University in Qatar Tool for Offshore Pipeline.” leum Engineering Program at Texas and 3-D printing systems. Projects with the project, “Hairdryer.” A Texas A&M at Qatar team of Ah- A&M at Qatar, gave the opening key- are judged on several criteria, in- This Visualisation Development mad Al Kuwari, Ghada Al-Haroon and note address in which he discussed cluding creativity and innovation, Competition invites researchers to Ahmed Hussain won a special award key advances in imaging, visualisa- functionality and usefulness, feasi- submit proposals to develop re- for students for their project,“3-D tion and characterisation. Mechani- bility, and student involvement. search projects using Texas A&M at Printing for Enhanced and Integrated cal engineering professor Dr. Hamid The 3-D printing industry is grow- Qatar’s powerful 3-D Immersive Vis- Engineering Curriculum.” Parsaei and electrical and computer ing at a fierce rate and is changing ualisation Facility, which utilises sci- Dr. Ann Kenimer, interim dean of engineering professor Dr. Mohamed the way people conduct their day- entific visualisation to create three- Texas A&M at Qatar, said, “The work Abdallah served as judges. TUESDAY 10 MAY 2016 15 BRAIN TEASERS

EASY SUDOKU CROSSWORD

13. Postpone (5) 15. Stay clear from (5) 16. Tribe (4) 18. Part of a circle (3)

Yesterday’s answer

Easy Sudoku Puzzles: Place a digit from 1 to 9 in each empty cell so every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains all the digits 1 to 9.

ACROSS 1. Friend (9) MEDIUM SUDOKU 7. Stringed instrument (5) 8. Part of a jacket (5) 9. Notion (4) 10. Prejudice (4) 13. Sand hill (4) 14. Vegetable (4) 17. Weak (5) 19. Freight (5) 20. Ended (9)

DOWN 1. Stateroom (5) 2. Large house (7) 3. Worshipped (6) 4. Not working (4) 5. Short sleep (3) Yesterday’s answer 6. Book of maps (5) 11. Disregarded (7) 12. Writing implement (6)

ALL IN THE MIND TV LISTINGS

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