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The world relies on

Phoenix Air has been using the one US company to isolation system below this aircraft to transport Ebola patients. fly Ebola patients

By Josh Hicks direct patient care, and therefore the The CDC at the time wanted a way $200,000 each, were paid for by exposure risk remains low.” to transport infected medical workers Samaritan’s Purse, a Christian hen it comes to trans- The Obama administration has not to the United States instead of treat- humanitarian organization that the porting Ebola victims by decided whether it will use the modules ing them in the field, due to growing patients had worked with in Liberia. air, the world relies on to transport non-military patients. The concern about conflicts throughout the Phoenix Air decided after those mis- Wjust one US company. system being designed for the military world, according to Dent Thompson, sions that the government should Phoenix Air, a jet-charter service could hold up to 12 patients at a time, the company’s vice president of manage all future efforts because of based in Cartersville, Georgia, has whereas the Phoenix Air version can operations. the “real-world complexities of what flown 15 infected patients, includ- accommodate only one infected indi- The transport system was finished it takes to make a mission like this ing Europeans who worked in West vidual for each flight. in late 2011, but the outbreaks had long work,” Thompson said. Africa and five individuals who were “This particular capability remains since died down. As a result, Phoenix The State Department has coordi- treated in the United States — doctor under development, so it would be pre- Air placed the units in storage. nated all flights since then, including Kent Brantly, photojournalist Ashoka mature to speak to its potential use,” “We would periodically make various those for foreigners returning to their Mukpo, missionary Nancy Writebol, said White House spokesman Ned Price. federal agencies aware that it existed native countries for treatment. US tax- and nurses Nina Pham and Amber The tent-like isolation units consist and said, ‘If you ever need it, we can payers pick up the bill for American Vinson. of a metal frame, a plastic liner and use it,’” Thompson said. patients, but the government requires The Pentagon this week said it is an air-filtration system. For the char- A call finally came from the State reimbursement for the others. developing its own portable isolation ter flights, one doctor and two nurses Department’s chief of emergency medi- “To me, this is no different from units for use on military planes, as attend to each patient. After one of the cine in late July. Phoenix Air quickly a soldier being shot in Afghanistan,” thousands of US troops head to West chambers is used, the company sprays assembled a volunteer flight and medi- Thompson said. “The US government Africa. The Defense Department toxic disinfectant into the contraption, cal crew after government officials is going to get that soldier and bring expects to test the systems next month then removes it from the aircraft and inspected the system and gave it a him home and put him in a medical and deploy them in C-17 and C-130 incinerates the plastic. thumbs-up. facility.” transport planes by January. Phoenix Air finished its first trans- “Within 48 hours, we were on our Phoenix Air now has three contain- “This system is being developed out port tube in 2009 with help from the way to get the first patient,” Thompson ment systems that can be inserted into of an abundance of caution, to reassure Centers for Disease Control and the said, speaking of the flight to transport its aircraft, one of which is always on our service members working in Ebola- Defense Department, following deadly Brantly on August 2. The plane took standby at a Georgia hangar. affected areas,” said Pentagon spokes- outbreaks of bird flu and severe acute Brantly to Atlanta and turned around “We’re like a firetruck in a fire sta- woman Jennifer Elzea. “There are no respiratory syndrome, or SARS, in almost immediately to fetch Writebol. tion,” Thompson said. plans for DOD personnel to provide Asia. Both trips, which cost about WP-Bloomberg PLUS | WEDNESDAY 29 OCTOBER 2014 3

How Ebola Medical staff test whether an Ebola spreads protective suit is leak-proof at a hos- pital, in Shenzhen, and started China.

West Africa is struggling with the worst Ebola outbreak on record that has killed more than 4,900 people. Two nurses in the United States and one nurse in Spain have contracted Ebola outside of Africa. The following are some facts about the outbreak:

Ebola has killed 4,922 people, or about 50 percent of 10,141 confirmed, probable and suspected cases, mostly in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, accord- ing to the UN’s World Health Organization. It says the true death toll may be three times as much or 15,000 people, while the death rate is thought to be about 70 percent of all cases.

Ebola emerged in a remote forest region of Guinea in March and has also turned up in Nigeria, Senegal and Mali. Health officials declared Nigeria and Senegal Ebola-free in October.

There is no vaccine or cure for Ebola, a hemorrhagic fever. In past outbreaks, fatality rates have reached up to 90 percent. Ebola causes fever, flu-like pains, bleeding, vomiting and diarrhea.

Pharmaceutical companies are working on experi- mental Ebola vaccines and antiviral drugs, but a sig- nificant number of doses will not be available until at least the first quarter of 2015.

Ebola is not airborne. It is transmitted through blood, vomit, diarrhea and other bodily fluids. Healthcare workers in West Africa have been among the hardest hit by the outbreak.

Ebola symptoms generally appear between two and 21 days after infection, meaning there is a significant window during which an infected person can escape detection, allowing them to travel. However, they are not considered contagious until they start showing symptoms.

Recovery from Ebola depends on the patient’s immune response. People who recover from Ebola infection develop antibodies that last for at least 10 years.

Ebola patients have been treated in the United States, Spain, Germany, France, Norway and the United Kingdom.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has estimated that the number of infections could rise to up to 1.4 million people by early next year without a massive global intervention to contain the virus.

The United States, Britain, France, China, Cuba and international organisations are pouring funds, supplies and personnel into the affected parts of West Africa.

Ebola’s suspected origin is forest bats. The virus was first identified in 1976 in what is now known as Democratic Republic of the Congo.

SOURCE: World Health Organization and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Reuters 4 PLUS | WEDNESDAY 29 OCTOBER 2014 CAMPUS MES wins football tourney

MES Indian School emerged champions in the Football Tournament Boys’ under 19 in the Qatar Cluster Competition, under the aegis of the council of CBSE affiliated schools in Qatar, held recently at MES Indian School. Seven CBSE Schools participated in the tournament and MES Boys’ Football team defeated Shantiniketan Indian School in the Quarter Final (4-0), Delhi Public School (DPS-MIS) in the semifinal (6-0) and won against Ideal Indian School in the final match (2-0). MES Indian School is qualified for the nationals which is scheduled to be held at Anandalaya Public School, Gujarat, India from November 10 to 15. Principal, A P Sasidharan, felicitated MES Football team for their outstanding performance. Akbar Ali K T, Teacher, Department of Physical Education, trained MES Football team.

Birlasphere (Birla Public School Eco Club) show- cased their Best Out Of Waste project by display- ing models made out of waste. Herald Moras and Randy Garcia, representa- tives of Doha Bank visited the school. Children of Class 2 to 10 are part of the ECO school project initiated by the Doha Bank. The school Eco Club In-charge, Rakesh Verma and the core-commit- tee members of the club wel- comed them. Herald Moras was very pleased to see the enthusiasm of the children in spreading the awareness of reducing, reusing and recy- cling the domestic waste.

SIS bags 13 medals in Taekwondo competition hantiniketan Indian School (SIS), Shas won 4 Gold, 6 Silver and 3 Bronze medals in the CBSE Qatar Cluster Taekwondo Competition organized by Ideal Indian School recently. Two girls from SIS won gold medals participating for the first time in a taekwondo competition. Principal, Dr Subhash Nair, Vice Principal, CBSE (i), Dudley O’Connor and the Head of the Department, Physical Education, Tanveer Mehndi congratulated the winners and their trainer, Ram Kishore Sharma. Winners of Gold Medal Mohammed Hani, Nihal Ramesh, Nada Mohammed and Urbha Chaudhary has been selected to participate in the CBSE National Taekwondo Championship, to be held The winners with school officials and trainer. in Haryana, India. The Peninsula CAMPUS / COMMUNITY PLUS | WEDNESDAY 29 OCTOBER 2014 5 Doha College educates students on road safety

oha College is the latest edu- roads in Qatar and aims to save lives by cational institution in Qatar to raising road safety awareness and it is Dbring the ‘Students for Road an expansion on Qatar’s National Road Safety’ programme to its school. The Safety Strategy which was introduced programme is the second initiative by by the Ministry of Interior in 2013 to sponsors Maersk Oil Qatar and the develop safer roads, vehicles, speeds and Ministry of Interior, under the national educate road users by 2022. road safety brand One Second. James Conly, Doha College’s Head of The programme funded by Maersk 6th Form stated, “We are accountable Oil Qatar was designed and built for our students in school, but we also in Qatar by Williams Advanced have a responsibility for their safety and Engineering. Students are invited into wellbeing within the local community A student being tutored a mobile simulator that recreates the and we will do everything we can to on the simulator. experience of driving on roads in Qatar. ensure they are safe. The Students for The simulator has the ability to Road Safety programme allows us to increase traffic, simulate unpredictable educate our pupils on road safety, one each pupil had exceptionally positive A Maersk Oil representative said: driving and adverse weather conditions. of the biggest killers in Qatar, in order feedback. One student, who has never “To date this initiative has been deliv- Any student over 12 could take part in to educate them of the dangers driving driven before, stated “It was truly ered to over 1500 students across Qatar the simulator, even those without any can inflict upon themselves and others. amazing. There is a 180 degree view and we are working very closely with driving experience, as they were tutored Furthermore, driving is a life skill and is of the roads and a dashboard in front the Traffic Department to reach as by a professional driving instructor. another way we can prepare our eldest of you which is relatively realistic. It many students and youth as possible Launched in December 2013 and tar- students for life after Doha College.” was a lot of fun and the instructors in line with the national road safety geting children age 12-18, this initiative Numerous students had a chance were there to help me. It’s definitely strategy.” prepares young adults for driving on the to train in the driving simulator and worth a try.” The Peninsula

HEC Paris, HBKU mark completion of Executive Master in Energy and Resources Module 3 EC Paris School of Management and Hamad experience of guest speakers including Guillaume Hbin Khalifa University (HBKU) marked the Chalmin, Managing Director of Total E&P Qatar, successful conclusion of Module 3 of HBKU’s and Christian Vanderwouden, Operations Director Executive Master in Energy and Resources of Shell Qatar. programme. “HEC Paris partnered with HBKU to deliver Designed in partnership with Georgetown four modules in the Executive Master’s in Energy University, Texas A&M University, and HEC and Resources,” Dr Nehme said. “In the third Paris, the programme offers an innovative module of the programme, we custom designed a educational approach in the field of energy and rich programme that covered the following top- resources (E&R) by integrating the disciplines ics: Strategy, Project Management and Operations of geopolitics, public policy, technology, finance, Management.” management, and strategy. Successful partici- Professor Laoucine Kerbache, Chief Executive pants will graduate with an Executive Master’s Officer and Academic Dean of HEC Paris in Qatar degree from HBKU and will be eligible to receive commented: “As partners with HBKU in building a certificate of completion from each of HBKU’s Qatar’s corporate competitiveness within the glo- An expert giving partner universities: Georgetown University, bal economy and in supporting its transformation a presentation. Texas A&M University, and HEC Paris. into an advanced, competitive and knowledge-based A total of 28 participants completed Module 3 economy, we look forward to further high value delivered by HEC Paris at HEC Paris premises in contributions.” all leading institutions in the disciplines inwhich Tornado Tower in Doha, Qatar. The 10-day module Professor Antoine Hyafil, D. Kerbache’s pred- they contribute. This combines into an exceptional was facilitated by HEC Paris faculty Dr Joseph ecessor, who joined HBKU to develop the innovative blend, which added to the expertise of HBKU’s Nehme, Academic Director of the Programme, programme, also emphasized: “HBKU is developing faculty, helps position Qatar as a place of learning along with Dr Andrea Masini and Dr Nils a world class programme, with considerable sup- excellence for professionals dealing with energy, Plambeck. The participants also benefitted from the port from its three academic partners, who are natural resources and climate issues”. The Peninsula

700 students from 16 schools to participate in IWA quiz contest

he coming weekend signals the arrival of the October 30. “This year, the quiz show is going to be a Kapoor, who previously gained excellent reviews for eagerly awaited 18th Centrepoint Interschool free event and is expected to draw thousands of par- hosting the Star Plus Babyshop Quiz competition and TQuiz competition organised by the Indian ents and students. With the inclusion of Centrepoint the IWA’s 17th Interschool Quiz Contest last year. Women Association, which will be held on October as the main sponsor and other associate sponsors, “The ladies of Indian Women Association are hard 31, 2014 at Birla Public School from 5pm onwards. the prizes are equally bigger and better. This year, at work, working round the clock, to ensure that this From its inception, the quiz show has grown big- the audience have an equal chance of winning grand event will be a memorable one for both students and ger each year. This year about 700 students from prizes for audience round questions,” a statement parents. Everyone is invited to boost the morale of 16 schools in Qatar have confirmed their participa- from the association said. the teams on the finale day on October 31 from 5pm tion for the preliminary round which will be held on The quiz will be hosted by actor/anchor, Mohan onwards,” the statement added. The Peninsula 6 PLUS | WEDNESDAY 29 OCTOBER 2014 MARKETPLACE LG launches LTE version of G Pad 8.0

n an effort to expand its leader- in one single step, eliminating a time- ship in LTE from smartphones consuming two-step process. Ito tablets, LG Electronics (LG) Gesture Shot makes taking selfies and Jumbo Electronics unveiled an simple and fun. Opening and closing LTE version of the G Pad 8.0, offer- one’s hand in front of the lens starts a ing blazing fast outdoor connectivity three-second countdown before trig- G Pad 8.0 Key and portability for on-the-go media gering the shutter for brilliant, blur- Specifications: consumption. free selfies. Display: 8.0-inch IPS (1280 x The LG G Pad 8.0 LTE offers the Smart Keyboard makes typing on 800 / WXGA) right balance of performance and price an 8-inch tablet display just as easy Chipset: 1.2GHz Quad-Core competitiveness and comes preloaded as typing on a smartphone. Smart Memory: 16GB eMMC / 1GB with the best of the LG G3 smart- Keyboard reduces input errors by up RAM / microSD slot phone’s premium user experience to 75 percent by tracking and analyzing Camera: Rear 5MP / (UX), delivering smooth multitasking typing habits and intuitively “knowing” Front 1.3MP capabilities and an immersive multi- what words the user intended to type. Battery: 4200mAh media experience. Knock Code, LG’s proprietary secu- Size: 210.8 x 124.2 x 9.9mm The LG G Pad 8.0 LTE includes rity feature that makes powering on Weight: 344g a unique sync feature that delivers and unlocking one fluid action, gives up Connectivity: Wi-Fi / LTE easy connectivity with other Android to four users their own personal knock Color: Black / White devices. With QPair 2.0, users can pattern so family members can share Other: QPair 2.0 / Touch & connect to their smartphones with the LG G Pad without sharing their Shoot / Gesture Shot / Smart Bluetooth to conveniently answer personal information. Keyboard / Knock CodeTM phone calls, receive notifications, and “With the G Pad 8.0 LTE, LG is set- send text messages, directly from their ting a higher standard for connectivity LG tablet. in emerging 4G markets,” said Dr. Jong- Other noteworthy features in the LG seok Park, president and CEO of the G Pad 8.0 LTE include: LG Electronics Mobile Communications Touch & Shoot helps capture special Company. “Today’s on-the-go consumers products to be first to take advantage LTE is available at Jumbo Electronic moments quickly and intuitively by let- demand speed and convenience wher- of the fast network,” C V Rappai, CEO, stores and at all leading hyper markets ting users tap anywhere on the G Pad ever they are, at any time. If a 4G LTE Video Home and Electronics Centre and for QR1299. display to focus and trigger the shutter infrastructure is in place, we want LG Jumbo Electronics added. The G Pad 8.0 The Peninsula

Marriott Marquis says thank you to customers

he Marriott Marquis City Center Doha Hotel team celebrated Marriott International’s TGlobal Customer Appreciation Week from October 19 to 23. Throughout the week, associates from around the world came together to show hotel customers exactly how Marriott puts people first. Starting back in 1993, Global Customer Appreciation Week is a Marriott International ini- tiative, where hotels find unique ways to appreciate top customers. The Marriott Marquis City Center Doha kicked off its Appreciation Week with the hotel’s executive committee taking the time to thank the hotel’s top customers over the phone for their continued loyalty and support. Andreas Wissdorf, General Manager, Sam Van Campenhout, Hotel Manager, and several other team members engaged throughout the week in customer meetings, giving away personalised gift hampers as a token of appreciation. Andreas Wissdorf commented on the week’s celebration saying: “We are passionate about strengthening relationships with our clients who have contributed to the hotel’s success. The Global Customer Appreciation Week is our opportunity to personally thank our guests and customers for The hotel staff cleaning the Simaisma beach. choosing Marriott and to give something back to the communities we live and work in.” The hotel also hosted a colourful alfresco cus- tomer event where 250 guests were treated to live Churrascaria. Culminating the event was a raffle Airways destination of choice. entertainment by the hotel’s resident DJ. Delicacies organized by the hotel, giving away complimentary Activities continued during the week with break- of the hotel’s signature restaurants were served dinner vouchers, an overnight stay at the Marriott fasts, dinners, taxi giveaways and a beach cleaning including specialties of the New York Steakhouse, Marquis City Center Doha Hotel and the grand activity at Simaisma beach. Crossroads Kitchen and Ipanema, the Brazilian prize being a return flight ticket to any Qatar The Peninsula ARCHAEOLOGY PLUS | WEDNESDAY 29 OCTOBER 2014 7

Uruk: The city where writing was invented

arka is the mod- southern part of Mesopotamia. By ern name for the being the political and religious centre Sumerian ancient of the Sumerians in general between Wcity of Uruk, which 3800-2500 BC. These are not only was mentioned in the old and new inscribed on the unearthed clay tablets, Testaments as Erech. The ruins of but also approved by the architectural the city lie some 200 kilometres remains found during excavations. south of modern Baghdad. For example, the intensified exca- German scholar W K Loftus first vations, which were carried out since discovered few remains of the city Dr Munir Taha the beginning of the thirties of the last in 1849. Thereafter, German archae- century until now unearthed the most ologists took over all archeological important civil and secular buildings. activities at this well known site in the ancient Among them are temples decorated with coloured history of the Near East. cone mosaics, the great temple of goddess Ennana, Clay tablets found during the numerous exca- the city stepped temple Ziggurat, number of royal vations in the city appeared to mention… “the palaces, and parts of the defensive walls. Sumerians’ mythological tales and legends, In addition, the excavations revealed numer- stated that the city of Uruk was known in early ous clay tablets containing Sumerians’ political Sumerians’ times as the capital city of King cuneiforms inscriptions, which was considered as Gilgamesh, the hero of the epic of Gilgamesh the earliest such information in ancient world. and he who built the great defensive walls of The field survey and the intensive excavations the Uurk”. However, according to the Sumerian also indicated that the city then extended from Kings’ lists, found during excavations, written east-west 2.5 kilometers, and from north-south on clay tablets, the city was founded by the King 3 kilometers. Enmerkar, who according to the Sumerian epic Besides the above mentioned discoveries, great — Enmerkar the lord of Aratta — was also the number of cylinder seals attributed to the third builder of House of Heaven for goddess Inanna and the fourth millennia were also found. Most the very first emergence of urban life in early (Ishtar). of them decorated with Sumerian mythology. In Mesopotamia, which eventfully led to the Remnants of the ancient city seem to indicate addition the excavations revealed a marble mask full-scale civilisation in later period of Early that the city first built on the southwest bank dated back to 3100 BC, and a lion hunt stele dated Dynastic, or the so-called City States periods. of the Euphrates River, while the ruins found back to 3100 BC. The light of Uruk began to fade during the later of the city lie on the northeast of the river. The most important discovery, however, were second half of the third millennium BC preciously This is a good indication that the river Euphrates the clay tablets inscribed with pictorial inscrip- when the Akkadian Empire appeared as a sole changed its course in ancient times more than tions (ca. 3200 BC). Those pictorial symbols power in the area. Then the empire followed once. Consequently, the inhabitants of Uruk (inscriptions) were in fact the invention of the by the Neo-Sumerian Dynasty established in shifted accordingly. very first writing, which transferred the mankind Ur city at the end of the third millennium BC. Archaeological evidences at both areas proved from prehistoric dark ages to modern times. Thereafter, Uruk became almost neglected city that the city of Uruk played a major role in In addition, Uruk excavations have proved for two millennia to come. The Peninsula 8 PLUS | WEDNESDAY 29 OCTOBER 2014 ENTERTAINMENT PLUS | WEDNESDAY 29 OCTOBER 2014 9

HOLLYWOOD NEWS BOLLYWOOD NEWS I don’t react to criticism: Indra Kumar Kelli Garner to play Marilyn Monroe Animated robots, fter comedy Grand Masti, Indra Kumar is coming up with family an Am star Kelli Garner is all set to essay the role of late actress Adrama Super Naani. He says as a director he believes in just giving PMarilyn Monroe in a miniseries. Garner will star with Oscar winner his best to his projects and not reacting to criticism. When asked how he Susan Sarandon, who will take on the role of Monroe’s mentally ill mother trolls and the dead reacted to criticism to Grand Masti, he said: “I give my best and let the Gladys Baker in the series titled Marilyn, reports eonline.com. world judge, and I don’t react to their judgement. The film’s success did Based on the New York Times best-seller The Secret Life of Marilyn the talking.” “Now when I am bringing family drama Super Naani, the Monroe by J Randy Taraborrelli, Marilyn will apparently reveal everything industry is again laughing at me. If I make a film like Grand Masti, then that the iconic superstar succeeded in hiding from an all-too-invasive world. dig up new film fans also they laugh. So I just keep calm and focus on my work.” The miniseries will show how she lived a life in the spotlight while For Super Nani, Kumar has teamed up with all-time favourite screen simultaneously fighting a battle against the mother of all demons, which diva Rekha and says he has explored every aspect of her talent in the film. she inherited from her mother, a troubled woman “whom she loves, hates He said: “I have completely explored her talent in the film. I have made and wants desperately to save”. her dance, cry, and smile. Barring action, I have made her do everything. She is a powerhouse of talent.” Rekha is joined by her yesteryear co-star Randhir Kapoor and young talent Sharman Joshi in cast.

At 69, Mirren bags beauty endorsement ctress Helen Mirren has been roped in as the spokeswoman of L’Oréal Big B shoots KBC grand finale AParis and that makes the 69-year-old a part of the club of 50-plus women endorsing beauty brands. NARS started the trend in February with Action Jackson team by naming Charlotte Rampling, 68, as the face of their Audacious make- up, and recently announced that Tilda Swinton, 53, will be shot for their he team of forthcoming film Action Jackson, including lead pair Ajay spring campaign. TDevgn and Sonakshi Sinha, shot the grand finale episode of the eighth Marc Jacobs, meanwhile, enlisted Jessica Lange, 65, to star in his beauty edition of game show “Kaun Banega Crorepati” (KBC), which will be aired campaigns. on November 9. Sharing the news, megastar wrote on his blog: “The days And now, Mirren will represent the Age Perfect line of products of coming to an end for KBC ... the Grand Finale prepares and we contribute L’Oréal Paris, reports people.com. to our best ... it is chaotic, but it is well intended ... it is mis managed at “I am not gorgeous and I never was, but I was always OK looking and times but sincere ... it is unpredictable, but then so is life ...” I’m keen to stay that way,” she said. Big B, who has been associated with the game show since 2000, posted Mirren has previously modelled for British brand Marks & Spencer, but the pictures of the final episode, which was also attended by Action Jackson this is her first big cosmetics contract. director Prabhudheva. The maiden edition of KBC with Amitabh as its host went on air in 2000. The show marked Big B’s foray into the world of television. The eighth edition of the Indian version of internationally popular show “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire”, also saw celebrities like Priyanka Chopra, Deepika Padukone and Rani Mukerji playing the game. Shakira to launch toy line In this season, the Narula brothers — Achin and Sarthak — became the first to hit the jackpot by winning the maximum prize money of `70m op star Shakira is work- in a special edition of the show and Big B was amazed at the “effort” and Ping on a range of baby “determination” of the two brothers. toys, which will go on sale The show airs on Sony Entertainment Television. next month. The preg- By Piya Sinha-Roy nant singer, who also has dominated animation until the late any stigma that animation is just for worried about how it would resonate 21-month-old son Milan with 1990s with movies such as The Lion kids and families.” with non-Hispanic audiences. boyfriend Gerard Pique, has n oversized personal health- King and The Little Mermaid. “In order to be universal, you have teamed up with toy dealers care robot assistant might Since then, unconventional heroes ‘Do Something Different’ to be specific,” he said, citing France’s Kamal Haasan has three releases in 2015 Fisher-Price on the First seem out of place next to and edgier humor have emerged to Animated films in 2013 accounted Amelie and Brazil’s City of God movies ctor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan-starrers Uttama Villain, Papanasam Steps collection of baby prod- Athe princesses and furry push animated fare beyond kids-only for $1.7bn of the $10.2bn in ticket as “being of their countries, but are so Aand Vishwaroopam, which have all been wrapped up, are likely to hit ucts, and has co-developed animals that have won over legions of consumption. sales at US and Canadian box offices, beloved over the world.” the theatres through the course of next year. All these films are currently six items. fans, young and old, in animated films. There’s the swamp-dwelling ogre according to movie tracking com- The Book of Life, which opened with in post-production phase. Some of the products But for every young girl belting out Shrek from DreamWorks Animation pany Rentrak. Disney’s Frozen alone $17m in US theatres last week, follows “Since Kamal sir was shooting non- include a bouncer, which Frozen princess anthem “Let It Go,” SKG’s and the child-frighten- has made $1.2bn worldwide since its a love story centred on Mexico’s Day stop this year for two projects, he’s plays music, alphabet blocks Walt Disney Co is betting there’s a ing goofball monsters from Pixar November 2013 release. of the Dead festival that flits between unlikely to have a release this year. and a musical soccer ball, nerd who will root for the geeks and Animation’s Monster’s Inc. and Steve With animation making more money the living and the underworld realms His first release of 2015 in all prob- reports contactmusic.com. robot fighting evil in Big Hero 6. Carell’s charmingly awful villain in than ever before at the global box office of the dead. ability will be Uttama Villain and soon “I saw how important Disney’s big film this year leads a Despicable Me — all which have gone and technological advances allowing Acclaimed director Guillermo del followed by Papanasam. He’s currently developmental milestones field of offbeat animated movies fea- on to sequels. such films to be made faster, competi- Toro, who produced Book of Life, said the busy with the post-production work on are and how toys can help turing little green monsters and a Day Big Hero 6 is Disney’s first animated tion is heating up for distinctive content. film “breaks a lot of molds” that have these films,” a source close the actor babies reach them -- includ- of the Dead love triangle that could foray into the Marvel world, inspired “We know that we need to make a been set in Hollywood’s animated fare. said. ing with my own son,” the lure new audiences to animation, an by an obscure comic of the same name. place for ourselves in the world and in “The problem is that people think “Vishwaroopam 2 will be the third pop star said in a statement. increasingly vibrant segment of the The protagonist is scrawny teen the market, and we need to do some- animation is a genre for kids,” Del Toro release of the year. He stopped work- “I wanted to design a movie industry, both creatively and robotics prodigy Hiro, who, after suf- thing different,” said Anthony Stacchi, said. “I think American animation is all ing on it after he got busy with the line of toys that stimulated economically. fering a tragic loss, befriends inflatable co-director of independent Laika stu- much more poor by not tackling other other two films. Some computer development in the cru- The Marvel comics-inspired Big waddling robot Baymax, designed to be dios’ The Boxtrolls, about grotesque subjects.” graphics work is pending on the film,” cial early stages of life, the Hero 6, in theatres on November 7, is a personal health-care assistant. Hiro green misunderstood creatures with While the movie is targeted to all the source added. stages in which learning can centred in a futuristic world of robot- and his university buddies use their caring hearts. audiences, Gutierrez did make Book of Ramesh Arvind-directed Tamil be achieved through supervised play, fostering the development of psycho- ics and takes place in Sanfransokyo, scientific prowess to transform them- Made for $60m and distributed by Life to represent the Hispanic com- comedy Uttama Villain was earlier logical, social and motor skills,” she added. which imagines San Francisco fused selves and Baymax into superheroes to Focus Features in September, The munity, a growing force in the movie slated for release in October, but it The items will go on sale next month and all proceeds will go towards with Tokyo. combat a Kabuki-masked villain. Boxtrolls has grossed $75m worldwide. industry, in film. got postponed. According to reports, Shakira’s Barefoot Foundation, which helps provide education and nutri- “It coincides with nerd culture being “(Animation) is attracting more When making The Book of Life with “The Latino audience ... has exploded, Haasan will soon travel to Los Angeles tion to underprivileged children in her native Colombia. popular in pop culture,” said Don Hall, and more talented people and they’re Twenty-First Century Fox’s Twentieth and they are hungry to see themselves to work on the sound of Uttama Villain. He had mixed the sound for who co-directed the film with Chris creating more sophisticated stories,” Century Fox, the first major studio up on the screen,” he said. “They go Vishwaroopam in the same place as well. Williams, both self-described nerds. said Williams, adding that studios like animated film rooted in Mexican cul- to the movies more than anyone ever Princess tales and the animal world Pixar have “really done a lot to remove ture, filmmaker Jorge Gutierrez wasn’t thought.” Reuters 10 PLUS | WEDNESDAY 29 OCTOBER 2014 MEXICO

Authorities searching for 43 students abducted after clashing with police in September are investigating a mass grave in the town of Cocula. 56 police officers, local officials and gang members have been arrested

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Errors sharpen memory while learning: Study Stroke patients ommitting mistakes while learning can ben- Cefit the memory and lead one to come up with the correct answer, but only if the guess miss cholesterol is a near miss, a research revealed. “Making random guesses does not appear to benefit later memory for the right answer but near-miss guesses act as stepping stones for lowering targets retrieval of the correct information — and this benefit is seen in younger and older adults,” said lead investigator Andree-Ann Cyr from the Baycrest Health Sciences’ Rotman Research Institute and the University of Toronto. In the latest study, 65 healthy younger adults (average age 22) and 64 healthy older adults (average age 72) learned target words like rose, based either on the semantic category it belongs to (a flower) or its word stem (a word that begins with the letters ‘ro’). For half of the words, participants were given the answer right away (‘the answer is rose’) and for the other half, they were asked to guess before seeing the answer (a flower: ‘is it tulip? or ro___ : is it rope?’). The researchers wanted to By Ronnie Cohen know if participants would be better at remem- LDL cholesterol that it remained above the recom- bering rose if they had made wrong guesses prior mended target. to studying it rather than seeing it right away. ore than half of patients with a recurrent But in an editorial published with the study, Dr They found that remembering improved if stroke or other cerebrovascular attack Larry B Goldstein from Duke University Medical participants’ learnt on the basis of categories Mfailed to meet recommended targets for Center in Durham, North Carolina notes the chal- (a flower). Guessing made memory worse when so-called bad cholesterol levels, a new study showed. lenge in using the study to help patients in the future. words were learned based on word stems (ro___). The research examined more than 900,000 “The implication is that better adherence to treat- This was the case for both younger and older patients admitted to US hospitals from 2003 to ment targets would reduce the incidence of cerebrov- adults. “This is because our memory organises 2012 after suffering a stroke or transient ischemic ascular events,” the editorial says. “The interpretation information based on how it is conceptually rather attack (a brief episode of brain dysfunction, also of the data and consequences for current practice, than lexically related to other information,” Cyr called a TIA). however, are not entirely straightforward.” added. Of nearly 195,000 who’d already had a stroke or Since 2003, when the study started, the guidelines For example, when you think of the word pear, TIA in the past, more than 106,000 had high levels have changed several times. The latest guidelines – your mind is more likely to jump to another fruit, of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol in their which completely drop the idea of specific targets such as apple, than to a word that looks similar, blood. (During the study period, experts were advis- – have sparked fierce debate. such as peer. The latest research provides evi- ing that LDL levels be kept below 100 milligrams Instead of working to lower a patient’s “bad” LDL dence that trial-and-error learning can benefit per deciliter.) cholesterol to specific numeric targets, the 2013 rec- memory in both young and old, when errors are Only 62 percent of the patients admitted for stroke ommendations from the American Heart Association meaningfully related to the right answer. And or TIA who already had coronary artery disease met and the American College of Cardiology ask doctors can harm memory when they are not. the recommended LDL targets. And only 52 percent to use an online calculator to consider risk factors of those with diabetes met the targets, the research- such as smoking and obesity. ers reported in the journal Stroke. Patients with a 7.5 percent or greater chance of Hair disorder could The American Heart Association explains that having heart disease within 10 years would be con- when there’s too much LDL cholesterol in the blood, sidered eligible for treatment with a statin. signal dental decay it can build up in the arteries that feed the heart Critics say the risk calculator overestimates the f you are experiencing hair fall problems, your and brain, helping to form a thick, hard plaque that number of people in need of treatment. Iteeth may require extra care as researchers prevents enough blood from getting through. If the One of the reasons the 2013 guidelines don’t have found that hair disorder could increase artery is completely blocked, a heart attack or stroke encourage using LDL cholesterol targets is because risk of dental decay. Keratins, proteins associ- can result. a committee investigating the question concluded ated with strong hair, are important for tooth “We need better mechanisms in place to emphasize there was no evidence that hitting a specific goal enamel, the findings showed. the importance of cardiovascular and stroke preven- lowers heart attack or stroke risk. Individuals with mutations in hair keratin tion strategies to help our patients to decrease the But some doctors are still convinced it does. genes are prone to cavities, the findings showed. risks of heart attacks and strokes,” lead author Dr Cardiologist Dr. David Frid is one of them. While The researchers found that tooth enamel Gustavo Saposnik said. he recognizes that there was never a randomized trial from individuals with keratin mutations had He directs the Stroke Outcome Research Center that took patients to the LDL cholesterol goal, he abnormal structure that resulted in weakness. at the University of Toronto’s St Michael’s Hospital. continues to treat his patients to the target, he said. “Our results identify a genetic locus that All the patients should have been on cholesterol- Frid is from the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio and was influences enamel structure and establishes a lowering medications and should have been counseled not involved in the current study. connection between hair disorders and suscep- on diet and exercise, Saposnik said. “It’s been shown that statin medications signifi- tibility to dental caries,” said Maria Morasso Women were even less likely to meet goals for cantly reduce risk in conjunction with diet and exer- from National Institutes of Health in the US. cholesterol than men, the study found. cise,” he said. Tooth enamel is the hardest substance in the “I think our study reveals that there is a good “What the researchers found was unfortunately human body and has a unique combination of opportunity for improving stroke and cardiovascular the majority of patients were not treated as aggres- hardness and fracture toughness that protects prevention,” Saposnik said. “This is an opportunity.” sively as they should be,” he said. teeth from dental caries, the most common The challenge, however, is determining why Part of the problem, in Frid’s view could stem, chronic disease worldwide. patients failed to meet the goals for reducing harm- from the fact that neurologists, who take care of “Epithelial hair keratins, which are crucial ful cholesterol levels. stroke patients, might not be as keen to prescribe for maintaining the integrity of the sheaths that Saposnik suggested four factors that could be at cholesterol-lowering drugs as cardiologists. support the hair shaft, are expressed in the play. Doctors might not have prescribed the recom- “This article tells me we’re not doing as good a job enamel organ and are essential organic compo- mended lipid-lowering medications; patients might as we should be,” he said. nents of mature enamel,” the researchers said. not have taken the medicine; patients may not have SOURCE: bit.ly/ZykkvN and bit.ly/1CRXeNO Stroke, Agencies been able to afford the medicine; or patients who online October 9, 2014. were taking the medicine may have had such high Reuters 12 PLUS | WEDNESDAY 29 OCTOBER 2014 TECHNOLOGY

Developed by a team of seven people, this vast No Man’s Sky creator: We space sim could change the way we think about wanted to build a universe science-fiction games.

By Keith Stuart

hen Sean Murray was very small, his par- ents picked up their five young children and moved from Ireland to a million-acre Wranch in the Australian outback. It was so vast and isolated, the only viable form of travel was light aircraft (the ranch had seven landing strips); Sean and his brother and sisters had to be taught what to do if they were out in the bush with an adult who col- lapsed or died. “You stay with the body,” Sean explains, brightly. “You light a fire in the morning and at night, and you just stay.” He pauses for a second. “It was an odd childhood.” Thirty years later, Murray is working on the game he says he has always wanted to make; a game that has received reams of ecstatic press coverage since its surprise announcement at last year’s Spike TV Video Game Awards. No Man’s Sky is a gigantic space exploration adven- ture, set in a persistent online universe populated simul- taneously by every participating player. Whenever a new planet is discovered, a complex algorithm auto- matically generates its landscape, flora and fauna. You may land on a barren wasteland with a lethally toxic atmosphere, or an Eden swarming with exotic wildlife but as Douglas Adams once wrote, space is big. Really — and once the planet is discovered and generated, it is big. Murray told reporters at Gamescom in August, available for all other players to explore. The universe that the program behind No Man’s Sky is capable of builds around its inhabitants. generating “billions of planets”. How often will we meet other players? Apparently, The stars, my destination it will be possible for participants to leave their mark The concept of No Man’s Sky was born in Murray’s on the planets they visit — is this how communication childhood, out on that endless, sun-baked ranch. “I will work? was trying to live and survive in a world that was as “We don’t know,” says Murray. “We don’t know if close to alien as you can get on Earth,” he says. “At people will spread evenly out across the universe, or the same time, I had my first Amstrad computer, and whether they’re going to corral into areas that have I was playing Elite – I could go outside and see these already been explored, whether they will form little amazing night skies, then I would play this game and trade routes, little strips of familiar worlds, going from see thousands of stars that I could actually visit — and vibrant colours and hallucinogenic skylines, reflect the the outside edge like the spokes of a wheel toward the I wanted to visit every one of them.” aesthetic sensibilities of Star Trek, Barbarella and 2001. centre of the galaxy … or whether it will be totally Five years ago, Murray left Criterion, where he There are, of course, other massively ambitious mul- random.” had been working on the blockbusting Burnout series tiplayer space games in development — Elite: Dangerous He does know however, that players will be encour- of knockabout racers. Taking three colleagues with and Star Citizen being the key contenders. But these aged to venture deeper into uncharted space. The best him, he set up Hello Games in a single-room office in seem to be much more conventional in their emphasis ships and weapons are only available as you head in Guildford and began work on a comparatively modest on power, status and combat. You buy better ships so toward the heart of the galaxy. However, the further debut; the motorbike stunt sim Joe Danger. Released you can blast other players out of the sky; you rank you go, the more dangerous the worlds, and the more on PlayStation 3 in 2010 it was a success, eventually up; you shoot more stuff. No Man’s Sky certainly has aggressive the computer-controlled space ships. No making its way to Xbox 360, iOS and the Vita. AI-controlled spacecraft to fight, and no doubt there Man’s Sky may be unconventional in its emphasis on “I’m incredibly proud of it,” says Murray. “We poured will be player-on-player skirmishes, but that’s not what exploration and experience, but it still has the structure a lot into Joe Danger … but it’s not what we started it’s about. It’s about discovery. Although Murray doesn’t and mechanisms of a game; there is intelligent design Hello Games for. We started it for No Mans Sky — this want to give the wrong impression about that. rather chaos. game is everything to us.” So with a manageable debut “There’s a tendency, when you hear the word explo- Hello Games has a larger office now, a converted out of the way, and some stability behind them, the team ration in games, to think that it will be entirely ambi- workshop with rough wooden floors and its own meeting moved on to its grand design. ent — that you’ll just walk around looking at flowers. room. Last year, the building was flooded, destroying Every player enters No Man’s Sky in the same way That’s not what No Man’s Sky is,” he says. “Space is much of the company’s equipment – the team simply — at the circumference of the galaxy with a crappy full of life and danger and you are an alien in that sce- moved upstairs and redecorated. This is the game they spaceship and hardly any money. How they cope is up nario — not everyone wants to be friendly. That’s how formed the company to make — nothing is getting in to them; they can become traders, touching down on the universe is. the way of that. planets and gathering resources to sell; they can be “It’s also dangerous on planets. Each one has an ecol- “When we’ve come to events like Gamescom before, pirates, blasting space freighters to pieces to steal their ogy, and you’re not always at the top of the food chain; we’ve had to drive our own van, and bring our own stock. With more money, pilots can visit space stations we’ve shown large creatures that attack you. There’s sofas — it’s things like that that push you,” says Murray. (there’s one in every solar system) to purchase upgrades also something else we haven’t shown. There is a malev- “You think, ‘one day it’ll be different. One day we will like the hyperdrive, which allows interstellar explora- olent force in the universe that does provide a lot of make something huge.’” tion; or they can buy better weapons and more durable combat and more core gameplay at times. We wanted Once upon a time, a little boy looked out over a vast spacesuits. There are no missions, there is no structure. that; we wanted players to wander around exploring nothingness to the teeming stars above. Now he and There is just space. planets but never to feel entirely safe.” his friends have made a universe, and we will all be In many ways, No Man’s Sky owes much more to the able to visit. science fiction of the 60s and early 70s — when the space Lonely planets No Man’s Sky will be released on PC and PlayStation race engendered a sense of fascination with the pos- The big question right now, is about how social the 4 in 2015. sibilities of galactic exploration. Its planets, with their game will be. Players exist together in a shared universe, The Guardian COMICS & MORE PLUS | WEDNESDAY 29 OCTOBER 2014 13

LEARN ARABIC With the Grocer

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Give me 200 grams of Açinee owqiyatou cheese oubna Milk Haleeb Salt Mili Hoy en la Historia Soap Saboon October 29, 2003 Kazakhstan announced it was Egg Baya building a dam to save part of the Aral Sea. Intensive Soviet farming methods had seen the inland sea Note ç = ‘a’ in ‘ag when surprised : shrink by 85% since the 1960s 1923: Turkey became a republic under nationalist leader Kemal Ataturk, after the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire Baby Blues by Jerry Scott & Rick Kirkman 1929: Prices collapsed amid panic selling in the Wall Street Crash 1964: The world’s biggest sapphire and other famous gems were stolen in New York in a raid known as the “Jewel Heist of the Century” 2010: Unexploded bombs hidden in printer cartridges were found on separate U.S-bound cargo planes Picture: Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS ALL IN THE MIND Hagar The Horrible by Chris Browne Can you find the hidden words? They may be horizontal, vertical, diagonal, forwards or backwards.

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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 | WEDNESDAY 29 OCTOBER 2014 15

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Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn (2D/Action) – 2:00pm 13:00 Wizards And 13:00 The Magic Of 13:00 Jamai Raja 13:05 Good Luck 13:05 Storage Hunters Giants Belle Isle 3 Happy New Year (2D/Hindi) – 3:45 & 10.30pm 13:30 Bandhan Charlie 13:30 Money Barn 14:30 Blue Elephant 2 15:00 Between Us Kite (2D/Action) – 7:00 & 8.45pm 14:00 Doli Armaano Ki 13:30 Jessie 13:55 Baggage Battles 16:00 The Happets 16:45 Mud 14:30 Jodha Akbar 14:20 Win, Lose Or 14:20 Ultimate Survival 18:00 Barbie Of Swan 19:00 The Impossible The Mule (2D/Thriller) – 2:00pm 15:00 Kasamh Se Draw 15:10 Car Chasers Lake 21:00 Ain't Them 1 Love, Rosie (2D/Romantic) – 4:00pm 15:30 Kasamh Se 15:20 Gravity Falls 16:00 Fast N' Loud 20:00 Back To The Bodies Saints 16:00 Hum Paanch 15:45 Dog With A Blog 16:50 How It's Made Sea 23:00 Arthur Newman Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn (2D/Action) – 6:00pm 16:30 Hum Paanch 16:10 Violetta 17:15 How Do They Do 22:00 Blue Elephant 2 00:45 Mud 17:00 Teenovation 17:00 Twitches Too Kaththi (2D/Tamil) – 7:45pm It? 23:30 The Happets 03:00 The 17:30 Neeli Chatri 18:30 Wolfblood 17:40 Gold Fever 01:00 Wizards And Impossible- Happy New Year (2D/Hindi) – 10:35pm Waale 19:00 Gravity Falls 18:30 You Have Been Giants PG15 18:00 Sapne Suhane 19:30 Violetta Warned The Boxtrolls (2D/Animation) – 2.00pm ROYAL 2 Ladakpan Ke 20:20 Mako Mermaids 19:45 Mind Control Kaththi (2D/Tamil) – 4:00pm 18:30 Bandhan 20:45 Spooksville Freaks 19:00 Jamai Raja 21:10 Sabrina: Secrets 20:10 Money Barn Love, Rosie (2D/Romantic) – 7:00pm PLAZA 19:30 Jodha Akbar Of A Teenage 20:35 Baggage Battles 12:00 Old Stock 13:00 Planes Fury (2D/Action) – 9:00 & 11.15pm 20:00 Pavitra Rishta Witch 21:00 You Have Been 14:00 Something New 14:45 Red Tails 20:30 Kumkum Bhagya 21:35 Sabrina: Secrets Warned 17:00 Hope Springs Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn (2D/Action) 16:00 Bernie – 2:00pm 21:00 Qubool Hai Of A Teenage 22:15 Mind Control 19:00 Drinking 3 18:00 Stand Off Happy New Year (2D/Hindi) – 4:00pm 21:30 Aur Pyaar Hogaya Witch Freaks 20:00 The Stepford Buddies 22:00 Doli Armaano Ki 22:00 Good Luck 22:40 Dynamo: Wives 21:00 Thanks For Kite (2D/Action) – 7:30 & 9.30pm 22:30 Sapne Suhane Charlie Revealed 22:00 Monty Python's Sharing 22:50 Shake It Up A Good Man (2D/Action) – 11:30pm Ladakpan Ke 23:30 You Have Been Meaning Of Life 23:00 The Details 23:00 Best of Fear Files 23:10 Wolfblood Warned 16 PLUS | WEDNESDAY 29 OCTOBER 2014 POTPOURRI

loaded the bird into a pickup truck and “Our work gives us an estimate of Large flightless returned it to its new owner. how much turbulence is generated Events in Qatar He said the owners had been looking in these clusters,” said Alexander bird closes for the bird ever since it jumped over a Schekochihin of University of Oxford. fence and disappeared into a cornfield These results support the “feedback” Doha Film Institute Pop-Up Indiana highway over the weekend. model involving super massive black Cinema “It was kind of a circus there for a holes in the centers of galaxy clusters. When: November 6-8; 7pm large flightless bird forced the clos- little a bit,” Burgess said. “This thing “We knew that somehow the gas Where: Museum Of Islamic Art Park Aing of a northern Indiana highway could run like nobody’s business.” in clusters is being heated to pre- What: Free Screening of films — Rio, Rio2 while police officers and motorists tried vent it cooling and forming stars. The and Amazonia. Limited capacity, first come to chase it down. question was exactly how,” said Irina first served. The 5-foot-tall bird called a rhea NASA identifies Zhuravleva of Stanford University in Free Entry escaped from a farm and ran onto US Palo Alto, California, who led the study. 24 near Peru, about 80 miles north of impact of cosmic Previous studies show super mas- The Colours of Desert Indianapolis. Rheas are native to South sive black holes pump vast quantities of When: October 31; 10am-10pm America and similar to ostriches and chaos on stars’ birth energy around them in powerful jets of Where: Katara Amphitheater emus. he phenomenon that causes a energetic particles that create cavities What: Art and Painting Exhibition Corralling the bird was no easy task Tbumpy aeroplane ride, turbu- in the hot gas. Free entry as it ran around a ramp between US lence, may give us a solution to a long- Zhuravleva and her colleagues have 24 and US 31, state police 1st Sgt Bob standing mystery about stars’ birth, now provided new insight into how QRC Street Drag Burgess told the Kokomo Tribune. or the absence of it, says a study that energy can be transferred from these “This thing would just all of a sudden uses data from Nasa’s Chandra X-ray cavities to the surrounding gas. Championship Round 1 take off like a jet,” he said. “Everybody Observatory. The interaction of the cavities with When: October 30-31; 6pm-9pm Where: Qatar Racing Club was a little bit skeptical about grabbing Galaxy clusters are the largest objects the gas may be generating turbulence, What: Round 1 of the National Street ahold of it because it could kick you in the universe, held together by gravity or chaotic motion, which then dis- Drag Championship. See participants and it had some pretty vicious talons.” and they contain tens of thousands of perses to keep the gas hot for billions unleash the power of their tuned street An animal control arrived and shot individual galaxies immersed in gas with of years, suggested the study. cars and bikes in the league based the rhea with a tranquilizer dart. temperatures of millions of degrees. While a merger between two galaxy competition. Burgess said the tranquillizer didn’t The evidence for turbulence comes clusters may also produce turbulence, Free Entry (www.qrczone.com) take effect immediately, causing officers from Chandra data on two enormous the outbursts from super massive black to block the highway for around 10 min- galaxy clusters named Perseus and Virgo. holes are the main source of this cos- utes as they attempted to capture it. By analysing observation data of each mic commotion in the dense centres of Aspire International 6:50 Meanwhile, officers contacted the cluster, the team was able to measure many clusters, concluded researchers. Race — 2nd Edition bird’s previous owner, who arrived on fluctuations in the density of the gas The study appeared in the journal When: October 31 the scene and was able to tackle it. and this allowed them to estimate the Nature. Where: Aspire Zone Burgess said the previous owner amount of turbulence in the gas. Agencies What: Aspire International 6:50 Race is a 50km Individual or Team Relay (5 persons) designed in Multi Lap format. The race will incorporate the 50km World Trophy Final allowing entrants to run alongside the IN FOCUS by Kamakshi Lekshmanan world’s best long distance runners. The race will also feature the inaugural GCC 50km Championship. The minimum age requirement for the event is 18 years (16 years old for relay). Ticket: QR200 (More info at www. lifeinaspire.qa. Registration open)

Trapeze Exhibition and Acquisitions Program When: Till November 1; 10am-10pm Where: Katara What: The exhibition features works of Qatari artists and their efforts to achieve a balance between reviving the heritage and traditions and preserve the cultural and popular memory, yearning for the future enlightened by their country rising to the top ranks in various fields. Free entry

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

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