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South American
By Alexandra Ulmer
women emerge ong on the soccer side- lines, more and more South American women are striking Lback by lacing up their boots and embracing the region’s most cher- to embrace ished sport. Machismo is losing some of its influ- ence in large parts of the area while women gain ground in politics and the workplace. And as South America beautiful game evolves, so does soccer. “As a kid I was the only girl on the block to play. It used to be almost dis- graceful for a woman,” said Daniela Pardo, now the 25 year-old captain of the Chilean women’s team, as she took a breather during practice. “There’s been an incredible change. Now it’s seen differently, like some- thing that can help women gain inde- pendence. I’ve become a role model for young girls in my neighbourhood,” said Pardo, a midfielder who hails from the poor area of San Ramon in the capital Santiago. South American women are play- ing more and playing better, paving the way for them to become a force to be reckoned with on the global soccer stage. The evidence is more anecdotal than factual. Several Fifa officials said they had no current figures, though they concurred the women’s game is flour- ishing in the region counting down to next month’s men’s World Cup in Brazil. To be sure, the surge is part of a glo- bal boom, with an estimated 29 million women and girls playing worldwide. But it is especially salient for South America, a region revered for its ball game and infamous for its machismo. While Brazil originally blazed the trail, women’s teams in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, and Venezuela are starting to give the soccer powerhouse a run for its money. PLUS | SUNDAY 18 MAY 2014 3
“Female soccer is an explosion. It’s Playing Field an obsession, a passion, a fever now,” To be sure, football remains low on said Felipe Taborda who coaches the the priority list for many women in a Colombian women’s team. He esti- region still plagued by high levels of mates up to 70 percent more women domestic and sexual violence. are playing in the Andean country And while sociological barriers to compared with 2007 levels. soccer may be receding, athletes warn that economic ones are alive and well. Quiet Revolution National squads and clubs generally At a Santiago soccer school on a do not pay their female players, which crisp Sunday morning, dozens of girls often obliges them to keep full-time aged five and up practised dribbling, jobs on the side, leaving little time for their pony-tailed hair whipping about much else. as they bounded after the ball. “We play female soccer out of Javiera Paves, a grinning 10-year- passion, not for fame or money,” old who was just two when she started Venezuela’s Ascanio added. practising passes with her football Mainstream media seldom covers coach father, says she would like to games and stadiums are often uncom- win the World Cup for Chile. fortably empty. That in turn discour- And with more school teams, ages potential sponsors and setting up leagues, and homegrown superstars a vicious cycle. such as Brazilian striker Marta, girls “Here in South America there are like Javiera are allowing themselves very good players but no one knows to think big. them,” said Estefania Banini, a 23-year “To get to watch the World Cup in old Argentine midfielder nicknamed Brazil and live such a huge emotion, ‘the female Messi’ due to her adroit even from the stands, will encourage dribbling and enviable goal tally. all of us to go after the same dream in “I support soccer, any type of soc- the future,” said 28-year old Marta, a cer. The world comes to a halt for me five-time women’s world player of the during the men’s World Cup. I just year, in a recent Fifa video. wish female football had the same While South American men have level of support,” Banini added min- been crowned World Cup champions utes before going on to score five goals nine times, the region’s women have for Chile’s Colo-Colo, considered one of yet to raise the coveted trophy. the region’s top female clubs alongside The United States, Germany, Japan Brazil’s Santos and Sao Jose. and Scandinavian countries usually The silver lining to these obstacles, scoop up the winners’ medals, but coaches say, is that the women who South American teams are training persist are utterly devoted to the game. hard to make a splash this September “We abandon everything for this, at at the Copa America in Ecuador, times in exchange for nothing. I left where two and a half berths for the behind a lot, but I’ve never regretted 2015 Women’s World Cup in Canada it,” said Chilean captain Pardo, who will be up for grabs. studies graphic design in the morning, “I hope we can qualify... and then works an administrative job at a men’s why not win?,” said Yusmery ‘Miku’ football club in the afternoon and races Ascanio, a 23 year-old Venezuelan to practice in the evening. midfielder who like many of her “It thrills me. I feel things when I compatriots grew up swinging a bat kick a soccer ball. People should believe before football lured her away from in us,” she added, before sprinting back baseball. out on to the field. Reuters The United States, Germany, Japan and Scandinavian countries usually scoop up the winners’ medals, but South American teams are training hard to make a splash this September at the Copa America in Ecuador, where two and a half berths for the 2015 Women’s World Cup in Canada will be up for grabs. 4 PLUS | SUNDAY 18 MAY 2014 CAMPUS PEC girls’ teams win medals in competition Pakistan Education Centre debating team took Apart in a debating competition organised by Qatar Debates at Amna Bint Wahab preparatory Independent School for Girls recently. The two PEC teams comprising (Team 1) Syeda Aliza, Maria Taj, Mehak Tanveer and (Team 2) Sumaiya Rizwan, Ayesha Tariq and Fatima Gulzeb Abbasi did well in a nail-biting competition which saw 20 participating teams and 60 debaters repre- senting schools from across Qatar. The PEC team clinched the third position overall among the 20 participating teams. The PEC team also won three positions among the top 10 debaters. Mehak Tanveer grabbed the third position, Syeda Aliza came in sixth and Maria Taj won the ninth position. Rabia, Ambreen Ashraf, Riffat Tahir and Razia Sardar from PEC attended the tournament as coaches and adjudicators. The success of the PEC debating team was com- mended by Principal Nergis Raza Otho. The Peninsula
Scholar Badge Ceremony at DMIS
he Scholar Badge Ceremony (academic year (IX-D). Principal Asna Nafees welcomed the guests teachers in moulding a child’s future. He advised T2013-2014) for classes V to VIII and Grade XI and stressed the importance of all-round develop- the students to keep working hard and to never let was organised at DPS-MIS recently. It was organ- ment of children and the necessity of instilling good go of their goals in life. ised to felicitate the students for their dedication moral values and life skills in them. Around 290 students from Classes V to VIII and perseverance in their pursuit of excellence in She said: “A good student is not one who is only and XI (2013-2014) were awarded badges and academics. Chief Guest Hassan Chougule, presi- good in studies, but one who is good in everything certificates. dent of the DPS-MIS management committee, he or she takes up and, more than anything else, a The ceremony was coordinated by Mou Bera, attended the function along with the director of good student is a good human being.” Headmistress (Activities). She was assisted by human resources, Rocky Fernandes, parents and Chougule commended the diligent efforts of the academic coordinators Sarah Ali, Rachel Alwyn, the young achievers. students, which helped them excel in academics. Hyacinth Mary Cruz and Soma Bhattacharjee. The gathering was addressed by Divyam Sharma He acknowledged the big role played by parents and The Peninsula
Safety awareness Kone conducted a programme in Birla Public School recently to create aware- ness in the students on safety while using elevators and escalators. An inter- active session on possible problems and measures to be taken while using elevators and escalators was held. A video on lift and escalator safety featur- ing animation characters Max and Bob fascinated the students. They provided students with a licence to be used to Sanchu Philip Mathew of Birla Public communicate about the safety meas- School (class XII A) has attained the ures. There was an open session for the 20th rank in the All Kerala Medical students to share their experiences and Entrance Examination 2014. ideas while using elevators. MARKETPLACE PLUS | SUNDAY 18 MAY 2014 5 Qatar distributor wins Beiersdorf Best Performance Award
eiersdorf Middle East, owner of skincare brands BNivea, Labello, Hansaplast and 8X4, held its 29th Annual Partner’s Conference for the Mena region in Singapore. During the conference, Beiersdorf awarded its distributor in Qatar, Abu Issa Marketing and Distribution, (AIMD), the Highest Overall Performance – Partner of the Year Award for 2013. The Beiersdorf awards celebrate and recognise strong relationships with the company‘s distributors across the Middle East and North Africa region. Presenting the award, Andreas Hornung, Beiersdorf Managing Director for Mena, said: “This Award recognises excellent and consistent perform- ance across a broad range of set Key Performance Indicators, ranging from sales growth to forecast accuracy, stock management, cooperation and reporting efficiencies in the last 12 months”. “We are proud and pleased to be able to recognise Fawaz Idrissi from Abu Issa Marketing and achievement. This achievement is a tangible repre- the strong performance of Abu Issa Marketing and Distribution echoed the sentiments of Hornung sentation of our strategic partnership with Beiersdorf Distribution in 2013,” he added. and said: “We could not be more proud of this and its leading skincare brands”. The Peninsula
ExxonMobil Qatar wins third qualifier of Xerox Corporate Golf Challenge
he Xerox Corporate Golf Challenge by David Stewart in the AM shot- Theld its third qualifying round gun, and by Kathleen Goodwin in the at the Doha Golf Club yesterday. Of PM shotgun. Tim Miller won the AM the 62 teams that participated, team shotgun of the PWS Hole 17 Nearest ExxonMobil Qatar – Naynesh Desai and the Pin, and the PM shotgun was won Douglas Grote – secured the winner’s by Frank Harrigan. ECCO’s Longest title with a score of 63. Team Golfnuts – Drive award (Hole 10) was bagged by Tim Miller and Neil Flanigan – and Team Jacky Tan in the AM shotgun and by Apollo Engineering 1 – Frank Harrigan Richard Bolton in the PM shotgun. and Alan Crozier –settled for the second Team ExxonMobil Qatar will join the and third places, respectively, with scores winners of the first and second quali- of 64 (countback) and 64 (net). fying rounds — GGA team and Team San Jose won Hole 3’s ECCO Nearest Sabre Travel Network — and compete the Pin in the AM shotgun, and Steve in the 36-hole two-day grand final to be Naynesh Desai and Douglas Grote of Team ExxonMobil Qatar received the Troop won in the PM shotgun. Hole played at Tower Links and Al Hamra trophy from Darryl Fernandes (centre), Xerox Qatar, at Doha Golf Club. 13’s Skandia Nearest the Pin was won golf courses. The Peninsula
Total organises seminar for Qatar University students
seminar was conducted by Total’s managers and experts A for students of Qatar University in Total’s main offices recently. Ten students came to attend the lectures strategy in Qatar,” said Yousef Al come from diverse engineering and which focused on Total’s history, opera- Jaber. environmental backgrounds at Qatar tions, projects and the oil and gas Olivier Wattez, Vice President – University, are considering a career in industry in general. Business Development, then took the oil and gas. The seminar commenced with a wel- floor, giving a lively and rich presen- Guillaume Chalmin, Managing come speech by Yousef Al Jaber, Head tation that described in detail Total’s Director Total E&P Qatar and Group of CSR and Institutional Relations at various activities (upstream, refining representative, said: “We are happy Total, who spoke about the company’s and chemicals, and marketing and that we could support the Qatar values and ethics. He also gave a brief services) and how important it was in University students by sharing with about Total’s history in Qatar, which the industry. them our technical knowledge in this spans almost 80 years. The presentation was followed by Yousef Al Jaber Guillaume Chalmin seminar. They could interact with “We always welcome collabora- an explanation of oil and gas basics by Total’s experts in all fields. We look tions with universities to bridge the Gautam Sanghvi, a senior reservoir Recruitment at Total E&P Qatar, forward to future collaborations with academic world with the work envi- engineer working in Total’s geosciences briefed the students on the elements Qatar University, where we can share ronment. We hope to expand this department. needed for a future career in Total. our passion and experience with uni- kind of collaboration in the near Finally, Harina Ramlee, Head of The students, who are members of versity students.” future. This is a part of our CSR Career Development, Training and the QU SPE student’s chapter, and The Peninsula 6 PLUS | SUNDAY 18 MAY 2014 WHEELS Air bags are safer than ever, except when they don’t deploy
By Jeff Green, Jeff Plungis and Patrick G Lee
hen Ford recalled 600,000 sport-util- ity vehicles last week, it became the fourth carmaker this year to acknowl- Wedge an issue with malfunctioning air bags. So far in 2014, automakers in the United States have recalled about 6.6 million cars and trucks, more than a third of the total, for defects that could pre- vent air bags from deploying properly in a crash. At Ford, engineers found buggy software could delay air bags from activating in a rollover. In March, Nissan recalled almost 1 million cars, including the 2014 Altima, because software sometimes thinks a pas- senger seat is empty, leading to an air-bag failure. A technology that’s saved thousands of lives has become a preoccupation for carmakers and regula- tors ever since General Motors acknowledged air bags failed to deploy in accidents linked to 13 deaths. While a defective ignition switch was responsible in those cases, software is often the culprit, a byprod- uct of cars’ growing complexity. Some models now feature 11 computer-controlled air bags that protect everything from the head to knees and must deploy at exactly the right moment. “The more situations you’re trying to cover, the more complex your algorithms get, and the harder it is to know that it’s going to do the right thing,” said David Zuby, chief research officer for the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. “It’s hard to test eve- rything and the real world is a lot more complicated than the test laboratory.” up from the console between front seats to protect non-deployment, a Bloomberg News analysis shows. While the National Highway Traffic Safety drivers and passengers when cars are T-boned from The complainants said nine people were injured as a Administration has been studying air-bag non- the opposite side. Ford has even added air bags in result. Owners identities aren’t revealed for privacy deployment for at least a decade, the top US auto the seat belts to prevent chest injuries during an reasons. regulator is under increasing pressure from safety accident. The owner of a 2014 Ford Expedition told regula- advocates to better understand a technology that In the milliseconds following an accident, multiple tors that in a front-end crash on March 14 all of the gets more complicated with each new wave of models. sensors determine if the crash is coming from the air bags except the driver’s air bag deployed. Last month, the Center for Auto Safety asked front, back, side or is the result of a rollover. The The owner of a 2014 Kia Soul told a NHTSA rep- NHTSA to investigate reports that a software fault results are communicated to a computer controller, resentative that they crashed into the rear end of can misread a passenger’s weight and render air which in turn activates the air bags. Sensors located another car in Deland, Florida, while driving about bags inoperative in 2003-2010 Chevrolet Impalas. At on the front bumper, inside the car, on the doors or 50 miles (80 kilometers) per hour and the air bags least 143 people have died in frontal crashes when an elsewhere measure the force. Another one tries to did not deploy. The driver sustained back and neck Impala’s air bag didn’t deploy, said Donald Friedman, determine if the vehicle is tipping. injuries. In another crash, the driver of a 2014 Jeep a safety consultant, who cited data collected from Ironically, the technology’s growing complexity Compass described a head-on crash at 40 mph where NHTSA’s fatal-crash database. Other automakers reflects in part an American hostility toward regu- air bags didn’t activate. may be using the same technology, Friedman said. lation. Because some drivers can’t be counted on to Many of the complaints about air bag passenger GM said it was cooperating with the regulator and wear seat belts, air bags need to include measures to sensors related to Nissan models, including ones would take action if needed. keep folks safe if they don’t buckle up. recalled in March. An owner of a 2014 Altima in Despite its flaws, the air bag is widely considered Early on, air bags Oak Grove, California, said his passenger seat some- a successful technology, having saved an estimated gained a reputation times didn’t recognize the presence of his 110-pound 37,000 lives from 1986 through 2012, according to Some models for occasionally kill- girlfriend. The Basking Ridge, New Jersey, of a 2014 NHTSA. In most cases, the technology works as now feature 11 ing the people they Infiniti QX60, a luxury Nissan model, cited a similar advertised, said Dan Edmunds, an auto engineer at computer-controlled were designed to issue with her sons. Edmunds.com, which helps drivers assess models. protect. From 1990 Because air-bag systems employ multiple sensors While not mandated for all light vehicles until air bags that protect through the early and complicated logarithms, investigators struggle to 1999, front air bags began appearing in 1970s itera- everything from 2000s, about 300 determine the cause when they don’t work properly. tions of the Oldsmobile 88 and 98, Cadillac DeVille the head to knees people, mostly small While GM has said Cobalt air bags failed to deploy and Buick LeSabre. The devices were much simpler adults and chil- in the fatal crashes because the ignition key slipped then. In a severe crash, a ball bearing was forced and must deploy dren, died when air into the “accessory or off” position, it’s still unclear down a tube, completing an electrical circuit and at exactly the right bags deployed with why they didn’t activate in at least five crashes when deploying the bag. The technology was crude but moment. excessive force. That the ignition switch was “on.” continued saving drivers decades later, according to number was reduced “We’re definitely investigating that,” said Lance Doug Campbell, who helped design the first GM air to zero by 2008 as Cooper, a Georgia lawyer whose 2011 wrongful death bags and is now president of the Automotive Safety more sophisticated air bag controls were introduced, suit against GM helped uncover the switch defect. Council, an industry group. according to NHTSA. “There is certainly a question about the manner in Automakers added more air bags to protect pas- Now carmakers and regulators are focusing on which these bags are designed and deploying, because sengers when a vehicle is hit from the side and then air bags that fail to deploy. Thirty of 42 complaints even in certain accidents where the key was in the modified them to inflate longer so people are less NHTSA has received from consumers about air run position, bags weren’t deploying.” likely to be ejected in a rollover. Some bags shoot bags in 2014 models involved software issues or WP-Bloomberg BOOKS PLUS | SUNDAY 18 MAY 2014 7
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By Fiona Ortiz Can you describe your transition to fiction? on-fiction What happened was I writer Rene was leaving the prison in Denfeld draws Oregon that has a death Non her work as row. It’s like an ancient a death penalty investiga- stone fortress. It was a tor in her first novel, The beautiful day, and I was English Pronunciation English Pronunciation Enchanted, the story of a walking out to my car in Use (Elementary) in Use (Intermediate) prisoner who invents a after visiting a client on horrible, liberating beauty the row. I heard a voice tell deep underground. me: “This is an enchanted 3 4 Although he doesn’t place.” And I very slowly even have a window in his followed the voice into the cell, the first-person nar- novel. I felt the narrator rator imagines life on the was telling me the story outside, especially that of and I had to transcribe it. a character known as “the The transition felt so com- lady” who works to redeem pletely natural to me. I felt death-row prisoners, much the act of telling fiction as Denfeld does in real life. allowed me to tell a deeper In the end all of the char- and more complex set of English Phonetics Semantics: A acters in The Enchanted truths than I’ve been able and Phonology Coursebook turn out to be prisoners to tell in non-fiction. I was in one way or another. able to set aside my ego and by Peter Roach by James R Hurford Perhaps the freest of all opinions and thoughts and is the walled-in narrator, tell the story. 5 6 whose disturbed fantasy life leads to a poetic sort of justice. Do you hope to inspire prison reform with As a licensed investigator since 2008 Denfeld the novel? has interviewed prisoners, on and off death row, The entire time I was writing the novel I didn’t and travelled to “the worst parts of the country tell anyone I was doing it. I didn’t give a thought to and the worst streets and homes” to find friends, anyone reading it. I didn’t actually give any thought relatives and teachers who might help her clients to that. It wasn’t meant to be an advocacy book, avoid or overturn a death sentence. it was meant to tell the truth of the narrator. The The Enchanted comes after Denfeld’s non-fiction issue of the corrupt guard and what he does to the A Textbook of Business Oxford Handbook of books including The New Victorians, about victim- character called the white-haired boy, that hap- Mathematics Psycholinguistics ism in the women’s movement, and female aggres- pens and that is the truth. by Shadab Ahmad Khan sion and violence in Kill the Body, the Head Will Fall. Denfeld, from Portland, Oregon, lived on the Is the prison in the novel based on a particu- streets when she was 15, sang in local punk bands, lar prison? You describe something called the 7 8 worked as a bartender and journalist, has done Dugdemona Cage where death row inmates are amateur boxing and is a mother to three children chained for visits with lawyers and investiga- she adopted from foster care. tors. Does that exist? Denfeld spoke from her home in Portland, about The narrator is based on all the clients I’ve had her new book, released in March by HarperCollins. and the prison is based on all the prisons and jails I learned a lot about prisons from The I’ve visited. One thing that is common is the cage Enchanted, much of it disturbing. But it is that was described. It’s a cage that looks like some- also a very poetic book. How did you achieve thing out of Silence of the Lambs. a blend of lyrical and didactic? I wasn’t expecting to write a novel, the story Why are some characters named and others Principles of Language Introduction to came about. I had written non-fiction books and are not? started doing this work as an investigator. The The men on the row are all named, most of Learning and Teaching Language Development work existed in this magic, special place because I the inmates are named, but the people that work by H Douglas Brown by Scott F McLaughlin knew I couldn’t write about it in a non-fiction way, outside, the lady, the warden, the priest, they are because it is confidential and privileged. By using largely unnamed. For the narrator, they are like the narrator’s voice I was able to tell the truth of mythical creatures. They live lives that he can only 9 10 his prison and of these people, and to do it in a way imagine. The usual construct in our society is that that captured his particular love of language and prisoners are nameless, but inside a prison that’s this gorgeous poetry flowed out of him. It wasn’t their world and the people outside are the name- that I set out to blend the two, but it happened in less ones. I’ve noticed we tend to make these people a way that felt very authentic. invisible. Thousands of people go into these places and effectively disappear. Is the novel now feeding back into your work as an investigator in some way? Books are a salvation for the narrator. Have I think the novel helped me crystallise and you seen that really happen to prisoners? American Accent The Ultimate Phrasal understand the things I witness; it helped me A lot of people are illiterate when they go in. Training Verb Book clarify where my own heart was in my work and It’s not until they do a terrible thing that they by Ann Cook by Carl W Hart the nature of my work and I feel blessed to do this start learning to read. It’s heartbreaking because work, it gives me a lot of insight. People honour through books they realise they had other choices, me with their stories and their truth, I get to bear there were other possibilities, other lives they could witness to a lot of things. have lived. They discover all this too late. Reuters 8 PLUS | SUNDAY 18 MAY 2014 ENTERTAINMENT PLUS | SUNDAY 18 MAY 2014 9
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Kidman not upset with movie reviews I feel my father is still alive: Kapoor t’s been over 25 years since Indian cinema legend Raj Kapoor breathed ctress Nicole Kidman Ihis last but his son, veteran actor Randhir Kapoor, who was present at Aseems undaunted by the inauguration ceremony of Raj Kapoor Memorial - The Golden Era of the mixed reaction to Indian Cinema at Rajbaugh here, still feels his father is “alive”. her film Grace of Monaco Organised by World Peace Center, Alandi and the Rajbaugh campus when it opened the of MAEER’s MIT College in Loni Kalbhor near Pune, the museum was Cannes International Film inaugurated on Friday. Festival 2014. The movie, At the ceremony, chief guest Randhir said: “I thank MIT for the respect in which Kidman plays and love they have shown towards my father. His soul is staying here in Grace Kelly, opened the this place, in this memorial and in every tree and flower. movie gala. “I am very happy for the respect shown towards my father, Raj Kapoor-ji, She shrugged off the the greatest showman of Hindi cinema. My father is not alive today but reactions, saying most of I feel that he is alive and lives in this place in every work and (that he) her films cause contro- lives in this memorial.” versy, reports femalefirst. Rajiv Kapoor, youngest son of Raj Kapoor, was also present on the co.uk. occasion. Rajiv said: “I think everyone should see this memorial. We can “Most films I do ruffle learn a lot from his (my father’s) work. I am also thankful for the respect feathers. I don’t think I’ve given to my father.” ever done a film that hasn’t The founder president of World Peace Center, Alandi, Vishwanath D. had some sort of controversy, that just seems to be where I’m at. And Karad, said: “It was the dream of Raj Kapoor and his family that this even when I think I’m doing something safe, it isn’t,” said the 46-year-old. land should be used for educational purposes. This great artist has given The movie, directed by Olivier Dahan follows the story of Kelly as she a unique message to the society. Therefore, we were tempted to build this goes from Hollywood star to royalty. memorial which reflects Indian culture through the cinema.” Grace of Monaco is the second film for the actress this year after she Raj Kapoor was only 24 when he launched his own studio, RK Films, starred in The Railway Man with Colin Firth released April 11. and became the youngest director of his time with Aag in 1948. He went on to taste success by producing, directing and acting in suc- cessful movies like Barsaat (1949), Awaara (1951), Shree 420 (1955), Chori Chori (1956). Jolie, Pitt to ‘experiment’ together ctress Angelina Jolie says that the next movie she will star in with Arshad’s tryst with ‘10 days of heat’ begins Aher husband and actor Brad Pitt will be an experimental art piece. The duo has planned to collaborate on a movie penned by Jolie, reports ctor Arshad Warsi started the “action” for Subhash Kapoor’s Guddu contactmusic.com. ARangeela, and he is geared up to face the heat and dust during the “I wrote something a few years ago for Brad and me. Just for fun. 10-day schedule. Just an independent little art piece. Because we don’t get to do those as “Goodmorning. Action for Guddu Rangeela starts today...10 days of heat, much as we’d like. But it’s something really small and experimental,” said dust, dirt, pain,” tweeted the actor, who shares the frame with others like 38-year-old Jolie. Amit Sadh and Aditi Rao Hydari in the film. The pair’s five-year-old daughter Vivienne, who recently received her Amit was left injured while filming the movie in Shimla mid-March. first acting credit, will be starring alongside her mother in her forthcom- Chef: Stir in the indie The leg injury had knocked him out of action for a while as he even had ing film “Maleficent” as Princess Aurora. to undergo a surgery. But the young and talented Kai Po Che actor is now back on his feet and raring to go. He resumed the shooting of Guddu Rangeela five days back, said a source close to Amit. The source said: “After many rounds of physio and doctor visits, Amit has recovered pretty fast. Subhash was kind enough to hold the shoot for Amit for almost two months, and now the shoot has resumed in Wai, Justin Bieber in altercation with rider roots, and voila! close to Mumbai.” Meanwhile Amit is also making sure that his injury doesn’t come in op star Justin Bieber reportedly got into an altercation with a woman the way of the shoot anymore. “He is committed to the project as he had trying to take his picture at riding stables earlier this week. already lost time and now is making sure his injury doesn’t affect the shoot P By Michael O’Sullivan The Believe hitmaker got into Carl cook what he likes. The place is Network. One scene featuring the where Carl has somewhat reluctantly anymore,” the source added. an altercation with Melinda Giel- popular, but safe. After 10 years, Carl brisket at Austin’s Franklin Barbecue agreed to let Percy help him during Murray at Circle K Stables in n culinary terms, Chef is comfort is miserable, despite an ex-wife who focuses so sensuously on a knife cut- summer vacation, their partnership Burbank, California on Monday, food. It’s not great art, but it’s still kind of digs him (Sofia Vergara), ting through the char of the meat to its evolves from a half-baked notion into just hours before he allegedly tried wholly, deeply satisfying, down to a girlfriend who clearly does (Scarlett tender pink centre that I almost had to a beautiful thing. Aishwarya female lead in Jazbaa: Gupta to take a woman’s phone at a mini- Ithe soul. Johansson) and a son who adores him look away in embarrassment. Chef is filled with rich, spicy flavours, golf course. The feel-good story of a Los Angeles (Emjay Anthony). Even a short bit in which Carl from its soundtrack of Cuban and New ilmmaker Sanjay Gupta Friday confirmed that actress Aishwarya Rai Melinda told TMZ she was at chef who opens a food truck after he Things come to a head when a food makes his son, Percy, a grilled-cheese Orleans jazz and Texas blues to the col- FBachchan will essay the female lead in his new movie Jazbaa. the stables with her horse when loses his job in a high-end restaurant critic and early champion of Carl’s sandwich — gently moving it around ourful supporting cast, which includes “Yes guys it’s true. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan will play the dynamic female the 20-year-old star arrived to go marks the return of writer, director (Oliver Platt) writes a scathing review. on the butter-slathered grill with his funny cameos by Robert Downey Jr lead in my action/thriller Jazbaa,” Gupta posted on Twitter, putting to rest riding, and as soon as she pulled and star Jon Favreau to the kind of Carl’s subsequent attempt to win the hand — is filmed like a boudoir scene. and Amy Sedaris. Jon Leguizamo is rumours about her presence in the film. Aishwarya’s official spokesperson out her camera, Bieber freaked character-driven indie he was once critic back with a more daring menu (Stay for the closing credits, where particularly good as Carl’s profane, confirmed the news. out, reports contactmusic.com. known for. Since 2008, the writer and falls afoul of his boss, and our hero you can watch a food consultant teach motormouthed assistant, Martin. Known for directing entertainers like Kaante and Shootout at In video footage, he can be heard co-star of Swingers, his 1996 breakout, suddenly finds himself out of a job. A Favreau how to find the grill’s slippery Everyone in this movie feels like they Lokhandwala, Gupta is perhaps collaborating with Aishwarya for the first pointing out Melinda and cursing. has been better known as the director run-down food truck and a hankering “hot spot.”) have a life outside the edges of the time. The former beauty queen and actress is currently attending to her The rider went on to say four of the first two Iron Man movies (also to make Cubano sandwiches suddenly But the movie is about more than screen. And the humour, which fea- commitment as a brand ambassador for global cosmetics brand L’Oréal of the star’s security guards sur- Cowboys and Aliens, but who’s count- offer an opportunity for redemption. food. The real, more involving story tures running gags about the explosive Paris at Cannes. rounded her and tried to “intimi- ing?). With Chef, it’s great to have the The food shots in this movie are — even beyond the one about Carl growth of food-centric social media, is She was due to make an appearance at the 67th Cannes International date” her, but she stood her ground old guy back. absolutely incredible. Sequences filmed getting his mojo back — is about the wryly observant. Film Festival gala Friday, but she was unable to reach in time due to an and told them there was no law In a somewhat meta story line, on the truck — which Carl picks up relationship between a boy and his There’s nothing terribly profound air traffic controllers’ strike in France. She will now make an appearance against her taking photographs. Favreau plays Carl Casper, a once- in Miami and drives back to LA via father. As the film opens, we see that about “Chef.” But its message — that May 21, apart from one on another day. celebrated kitchen hotshot who is New Orleans, Austin and other foodie Carl, a workaholic, hasn’t always been relationships, like cooking, take a On the big screen, Aishwarya was last seen in Guzaarish in 2010. trapped in a restaurant bankrolled by favourites — are the kind of culinary the best dad. But over the course of hands-on approach — is a sweet and a guy (Dustin Hoffman) who won’t let specials that you see on the Food a month together on the food truck, sustaining one. WP-Bloomberg 10 PLUS | SUNDAY 18 MAY 2014 TENNIS
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3D-printed mouthpiece can prevent snoring ot been able to get good night’s sleep Why a good Nowing to snoring or sleep apnea? This 3D ‘duckbill’ device can prevent dangerous pauses in breath during sleep and stops snoring. Australian researchers from the sleep is vital Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) have 3D printed a mouthpiece from titanium coated with a medical grade plastic that is customised for a long life for each patient. “The ‘Duckbill’ device extends from the mouth like a whistle and divides into two sepa- rate airways, allowing air to flow through to the back of the throat, and avoiding obstruc- tions from the nose, the back of the mouth and tongue,” said Oventus, an Australian dental company, in a statement. “When Oventus came to CSIRO with this idea, we were really excited. The fact that we can now design and print a completely cus- tomised mouthpiece for patients is revolution- ary,” John Barnes, CSIRO’s 3D printing expert, was quoted as saying. This new device is tailored to an individual’s mouth using a 3D scan and is used only on the top teeth which make it far more comfortable. The 3D-printed mouthpiece bypasses all obstructions by having airways that deliver Unfortunately, computer air to the back of the throat and it will also Blue light from computer devices is behind screens, tablets, smartphones, stop patients from snoring. flat-screen televisions, and LED The device is expected to be available in the a sleeplessness epidemic linked to diabetes, lighting all emit large amounts market from next year. of blue light, and so it’s impor- heart disease – and an early death. tant to avoid them before bed- time. We also asked respondents How your immune system By Richard Wiseman whether they used these devices demise — as was getting over eight in the two hours before going to can fight back cancer hours. bed. Worryingly, nearly 80 per- leep is often perceived as Other work has started to cent of respondents routinely use n a groundbreaking treatment, researchers the ultimate downtime. uncover why a shortage of sleep these devices during this period. Iat the National Cancer Institute in the US A chance for your brain kills, with research published in Among 18- to 24-year-olds this have harnessed a female patient’s own immune Sand body to simply tune the academic journal Sleep show- figure increases to a remarkable system to fight cancer. out and shut down. Nothing could ing that the risk of high blood 91 percent. The team sequenced the genome of her be further from the truth. pressure is more than three times It is vital that people limit cancer and identified cells from her immune For the past 70 years or so, greater among those who sleep for their exposure to blue light in system that attacked a specific mutation in researchers have worked long into less than six hours a night, and the few hours before they go to the malignant cells. the night in an attempt to unpack that women who have less than bed. If you must use your smart- Then they grew those immune cells in the the secrets of sleep. Their work four hours of sleep are twice as phone, tablet or computer late lab and infused billions of them back into her has revealed that you go through a likely to die from heart disease. in the evening, try turning down bloodstream, a report in the journal Science highly regimented sequence every Other work suggests that a lack of the brightness, ensuring that the said. night of your life. It happened last sleep is also related to the onset of device is at least 12 inches from “The tumours began melting away,” said night, and it will happen again diabetes, obesity, and cancer. your eyes, and using an app that Steven A Rosenberg, chief of the surgery tonight. We are now facing an epidemic dims the lighting on your screen branch at the cancer institute. As you nod off, you drift into of sleeplessness. A few months ago at night. The 43-year-old woman was diagnosed with a light sleep, progress into deep I carried out a national survey However, my guess is that many an advanced and deadly type of cancer that sleep, then have your first dream into the UK’s sleeping patterns people simply won’t have the self- had spread from her bile duct to her liver and of the night. This cycle takes to coincide with the publication control to leave their devices alone lungs, despite chemotherapy. about 90 minutes and is repeated of my book Night School. The before bedtime. The good news is “The report is noteworthy because it throughout slumber, with periods results were terrifying. Nearly that there is a simple solution. describes an approach that may also be of deep sleep getting shorter and six in 10 adults in Britain — more Amber-tinted glasses that block applied to common tumours - like those in dreams getting longer. than 28 million people — are sleep blue light are highly effective at the digestive tract, ovaries, pancreas, lungs Sleep also plays a key role in deprived and get seven hours or improving sleep quality and mood. and breasts,” the report noted. your psychological and physical less each night. This is a signifi- They may be commonplace within Researchers said the treatment, known as wellbeing. Light sleep is vital for cant increase on the 2013 figure a few years. adoptive cell therapy, holds promise for com- cementing memories in place, deep of 39 percent. When it comes to combating mon cancers. But they also cautioned that the sleep helps to restore any physi- Our work also assessed one the epidemic of sleeplessness, report was early and based on just one patient. cal damage, and you work through potential cause of this new and the future is bright, the future is According to Rosenberg, his team was your worries and concerns during worrying epidemic. Although orange. working around the clock to streamline the your dreams. any type of light stops you feel- Richard Wiseman is Professor process. Deprive people of their beauty ing sleepy, research has shown of the Public Understanding Potentially, if we could reduce the complex- sleep and the situation quickly gets that light towards the blue end of of Psychology at the University ity, it’s something that could get out into com- ugly. In 2002 American research- the spectrum is especially effec- of Hertfordshire in the United mon usage eventually, he added. ers analysed data from more than tive at keeping you awake because Kingdom. His latest book on sleep Agencies one million people, and found that it suppresses the production Night School is published by getting less than six hours sleep a of the sleep-inducing hormone Macmillan night was associated with an early melatonin. The Guardian 12 PLUS | SUNDAY 18 MAY 2014 TECHNOLOGY
outside China. The worldwide tablet market, which saw ship- ments of 195.4 million devices in 2013, is forecast to grow nearly 40 percent this year, according to con- With its sights on Apple, sultants Gartner, Inc, with China especially seeing significant growth. Privately held Xiaomi became the world’s sixth- largest smartphone vendor in the first quarter of Xiaomi unveils first tablet 2014, according to data firm Canalys, after repeat- edly doubling its sales. It’s cheap yet sleek phones are popular in China, the world’s largest market for smartphones. The company expects to sell 40 million phones this year, compared to 18.7 million last year and 7.2 million the year before.
Different Business Model Xiaomi said its Mi Pad will have a plastic case and run on its own Android-based operating system. The company, founded in 2010, leads a group of young Chinese home-grown handset brands that have suc- cessfully attracted local consumers with advanced features at lower prices than global brands. “Xiaomi has a different business model than Apple or Samsung,” said Ben Thompson, founder of Stratechery.com, a technology and strategy website. “Apple makes it profits on the hardware, while Xiaomi claims they will make their profits on services.” Xiaomi is now looking to expand abroad, and has already started selling its phones in Singapore and Taiwan. At an April event in Beijing, Hugo Barra, a Xiaomi vice president and former Google Inc executive, said the firm is planning to expand into Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, India, By Paul Carsten Samsung Galaxy Tab models at 1,499 yuan ($240) Brazil and Mexico. for the smaller version. In October, Xiaomi launched its flagship Mi 3 hinese budget smartphone maker Xiaomi The company did not say anything about a 4G smartphone, selling 100,000 units in 90 seconds when unveiled its first tablet, expanding its prod- version. it was released online. Its low-cost Redmi handset uct lineup to directly challenge established “We wanted the hardware to come close to, or has also saw strong sales in China and was recently Crivals Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and even surpass Apple’s iPad,” Xiaomi’s founder Lei Jun launched in Singapore. Apple Inc. said at the launch event in Beijing. Xiaomi’s flagship Xiaomi’s success also is creating new opportuni- The Mi Pad, which comes in six colors, will have a smartphones, which are among the fastest selling in ties for parts suppliers in Japan, including display 7.9 inch screen, the same size as an iPad Mini. China, resemble Apple’s iPhone. makers Sharp Corp and Japan Display Inc, as they Like other tablets, it comes equipped with wire- Lei said an initial version of the tablet would be bolster their offerings of high-specification features less internet, front and back cameras and a built-in available for testing by the public in mid-June, but to compete with global brands. memory capacity of 16 gigabytes or 64 gigabytes. But he declined to specify a launch date or sales targets. Xiaomi lists Sharp as a supplier and said it had it is priced cheaper than comparable iPad Mini and It was also not clear if the Mi Pad would be sold provided the displays for the tablet. Reuters Snapchat scores poorly in review of online privacy
By Andrea Peterson that final category: The company But it does sound as if Snapchat has companies received all six stars this has publicly posted its policy on how some additional privacy and trans- year, including Facebook, Microsoft, hich tech companies should it responds to data demands from parency measures in the works. “We Google and Yahoo. you trust to have your back governments. Snapchat spokesper- look forward to developing a formal Cardozo also said he has noticed Wwhen it comes to privacy, son Mary Ritti pushed back on the transparency report and processes for trends year over year. Last year, he transparency and protecting your evaluation, telling The Washington Post providing notifications to users in the said, the big shift was toward trans- rights online? Not Snapchat, says the that Snapchat “routinely requires a future,” Ritti said. parency reports, which he argues are Electronic Frontier Foundation in its search warrant when law enforcement According to Nate Cardozo, an EFF now the “new normal” for tech com- fourth annual “Who Has Your Back” requests user data.” attorney who co-wrote the report, it panies. This year, more companies are report. Ritti also said that “the very “should be a light lift” for Snapchat to notifying users if they were the subject The fledgling messaging app earned nature of Snapchat means that we take the necessary steps to improve of a law enforcement request, he said. just one out of six stars in its first often don’t have content to divulge” its ranking, and the attention that But there was also a broader trend appearance in the report — the low- because the company deletes content comes with lagging behind is sort across the board toward privacy and est ranking out of the more than two from its servers after it detects that of the point. “One of the nice things transparency that Cardozo believes dozen companies assessed by EFF a Snap has been opened by all recipi- about this report is that companies was driven in part by the revelations based on their publicly available poli- ents. Snapchat recently agreed to a — I can’t say specifically which ones about National Security Agency spy- cies. The six categories it looked at Federal Trade Commission settle- — have changed their policies in part ing over the past year. were whether the companies: require ment over charges that the company based on public scrutiny like this,” “It’s pretty clear that there’s now a warrant for communications con- had deceived users about the disap- Cardozo told The Post in an interview. a market for privacy in a way there’s tent, tell users about government data pearing nature of its messages, which And a lot has changed in the four never been before,” he said. “And com- requests, publish transparency reports, the agency alleged could be saved or years that EFF has been publishing panies are being asked by theirs users, fight for users’ privacy rights in courts, retrieved in ways not recognised in the report. In the first report, four ‘What are you doing to protect me publicly oppose mass surveillance, and the company’s marketing materials, as companies received zero stars. This from government overreach?’ more publish law enforcement guidelines. well as its data collection and security year, every company the group looked than has ever happened before.” Snapchat’s only star came from practices. at was awarded at least one. Nine WP-Bloomberg COMICS & MORE PLUS | SUNDAY 18 MAY 2014 13
LEARN ARABIC At the Book shop
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Pens Aqlam ibr Pencils Qalam ra a Arithmetic book Kitab isab Geography book Kitab jou rafia Hoy en la Historia Science book Kitab çouloom May 18, 1919 History book Kitab taree Prima ballerina Dame Margot Grammar book Kitab qawaçid Fonteyn, widely regarded as one of the greatest classical ballet Reading book Kitab qira'a dancers of all time, was born in ç = ‘a’ in ‘agh’ when surprised Surrey, England 1944: The Soviet Union began expelling more than 200,000 Tatars from the Crimea, accusing them of Baby Blue by Jerry Scott and Rick Kirkman collaboration with the Germans 1954: The European Convention on Human Rights came into force 1974: India successfully detonated its first nuclear bomb, codenamed Smiling Buddha, in the Rajasthan desert 1994: The sale of the first genetically-engineered tomato was approved in the United States 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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APPALOOSA, ARABIAN, BANGTAIL, BAY, BRONCO, CANTER, CHESTNUT, CLYDESDALE, COLT, CROSSBRED, DRAFT HORSE, FILLY, FOAL, GALLOP, GELDING, LIPIZZANER, MARE, MORGAN, MOUNT, MUSTANG, PALOMINO, PINTO, PONY, QUARTER HORSE, RACEHORSE, SADDLEBRED, SADDLE HORSE, SHETLAND PONY, SHIRE, SORREL, STALLION, STEED, SUFFOLK, TARPAN, THOROUGHBRED, TROT. 14 PLUS | SUNDAY 18 MAY 2014 CROSSWORDS
ACROSS 31 Scopolamine and 62 Taylor who sang “Tell It 32 Burger’s successor 47 “Star Wars,” e.g. CROSSWORD 1 Napkin, e.g. sodium pentothal, e.g. to My Heart” 34 “Whew!” 48 “Star Wars” critter 1234 567 891011 5 Licensing grp. 33 Classic camera 63 Prehistoric terror, 35 French article 49 Where Troy Aikman was 8 Like Goodwill goods 34 Joe informally 36 Dance club figs. a QB 12 13 14 15 DOWN 12 Figure on the ceiling of 37 Some seizures, for short 39 Big or full follower 50 Pop’s ___ Pop 16 17 18 the Sistine Chapel 38 Typhon was trapped 1 Hostilities 40 Disgustingly large, as 51 Foreign refusal 13 Oil vessel under it, in Greek myth 2 Simple vow an amount of money 52 Big laugh 19 20 21 15 Warm, say 39 Something a picker 3 “Walkin’ After Midnight” 43 Bill blocker 53 Simple number picks singer, 1957 22 23 16 Provider of two- and 44 Antipoverty agcy. 54 4-Down’s item four-yr. scholarships 41 Table d’___ 4 Act opener created under L.B.J. 57 Driver’s license info 24 25 26 27 28 17 Equaled altogether 42 What the circled 5 Bar offerings 18 It may be “aw”- letter in this 6 Chew (on) COSTA HEXAD NSA 29 30 31 32 inspiring answer represents, 7 Nixed OCTET AMICI OER homophonically 19 What the circled 8 Let float from the dollar, NEALE VENDS D I S 33 34 35 36 37 45 Relief might follow it letter in this say JARLSBERGCHEESE answer represents, 46 Et ___ (footnote abbr.) 9 Suddenly took interest in 38 39 40 41 ONT TAT DAMN homophonically 47 What the circled 10 Take in letters in this BIOS GOLFCOURSE 42 43 44 22 What the circled 11 Like some humor letter in this answer represent, SAFER AROD answer represents, homophonically 13 Seals’s partner in 45 46 FLIMSYALIBI homophonically 54 Bryn ___ 1970s music 14 Dense desserts EM I L NONPC 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 24 Refrigerant inits. 55 Bobby in a 1971 #1 hit 25 Some football linemen: 56 Chits 20 Main line WI FFLEBALL BA I L 54 55 56 57 Abbr. 58 One with a pretty strong 21 View from Vatican City EPEE OAS SLO 26 Cotillion V.I.P. hunch? 22 Washed up THINGSWI THHOLES 58 59 60 27 Traffic control org. 59 Hoops great Baylor 23 Like Timbuktu BOG AL I AS I NUSE 24 Star 61 62 63 29 Final dramatic notes of 60 Not loopy ANN BONGO LEMUR the “1812 Overture” 61 Liable to clump 28 Money in the bank, e.g. 30 Trendy “superfood” RES SPOOF LAPPS
HYPER SUDOKU How to play Kakuro: The kakuro grid, unlike in sudoku, can be of any size. It has rows and columns, and dark cells like in a crossword. And, just like in a crossword, some of the dark cells will contain numbers. Some cells will contain two numbers. However, in a crossword the numbers reference clues. In a kakuro, the numbers are all you get! They denote the total of the digits in the row or column referenced by the number. Within each collection of cells - called a run - any of the numbers 1 to 9 may be used but, like sudoku, each number may only be used once.
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Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate How to EASY SUDOKU play Hyper Easy Sudoku Puzzles Sudoku: Place a digit from 1 to 9 in A Hyper Sudoku each empty cell so every Puzzle is solved row, every column and by filling the every 3x3 box contains all numbers from 1 the digits 1 to 9. to 9 into the blank cells. A Hyper Sudoku has unlike Sudoku 13 regions (four regions overlap with the nine standard regions). In all regions the numbers from 1 to 9 can appear YESTERDAY’S only once. Otherwise, a Hyper Sudoku is solved like a normal Sudoku. ANSWER CINEMA / TV LISTINGS PLUS | SUNDAY 18 MAY 2014 15
SHOWING AT VILLAGGIO & CITY CENTER Fish N Chips:Best Enemies Forever TEL: 444933989 444517001 (2D/Animation) – 2.30 & 6.30pm 08:00 Football Asia 08:00 News Rio 2 (3D/Animation) – 4.30pm 08:30 Transworld Sport 09:00 Lifelines: The 1 09:30 Omni Sport Quest For Seventh Day (Malayalam) – 8.30pm 10:00 La Liga Show Global Health 10:30 Ruby Aviva 10:30 Inside Egypt – 11.00pm Premeirship 11:30 Talk To Al Grace Of Monaco (Drama) Northampton Jazeera Vs Leicester 12:30 Fault Lines The Factory (V) (2D/Crime) – 2.30 & 4.30pm 12:15 Ruby Aviva 13:00 NEWSHOUR Premeirship 14:00 News 2 Godzilla (3D/Action) – 6.30, 8.45 & 11.00pm Korea Vs Japan 14:30 Inside Egypt MALL 14:00 Omni Sport 15:00 Al Jazeera Godzilla (3D/Action) – 2.30pm 14:30 La Liga Show World 15:00 Transworld Sport 16:00 NEWSHOUR The Face Of Love (2D/Drama) – 5.00pm 16:00 Ruby Aviva 17:30 Listening Post Premeirship 18:00 NEWSHOUR Saracens Vs 19:30 101 East Grace Of Monaco (Drama) – 7.00pm Harlequins 20:30 Inside Story 3 21:30 J League 21:00 NEWSHOUR The Amazing Spider-Man-2 (3D/Action) Highlights 22:30 Talk To Al – 9.00pm 22:00 Rench League Jazeera Nice V Lyon 23:00 Sudan: Fight 24:00 Total Italaian For The Heart Naked Soldier (2D/Action) – 11.30pm Football of The South The Factory (V) (2D/Crime) – 2.30pm
Grace Of Monaco (Drama) – 4.30pm 15:00 UEFA Champions 13:15 Destroyed In League Magazine Seconds Fish N Chips:Best Enemies Forever 15:30 Road To 2014 15:20 How It's Made Fifa World Cup 15:45 Baggage 1 (2D/Animation) – 6.30pm 16:00 Italian League Battles Juventus Vs 17:00 Baggage Seventh Day (Malayalam) – 8.30pm Cagliari Battles 18:00 Premier League 18:40 Border Security Naked Soldier (2D/Action) – 11.00pm Goals Of Season 19:05 Building The 21:00 Stars Michael World Cup Fish N Chips:Best Enemies Forever Owen 19:55 Mythbusters 21:30 Ucl Filler 1995 20:45 Treehouse (2D/Animation) – 2.30pm Final Masters 21:45 Italian League 21:35 Mind Control LANDMARK 2 Rio 2 (3D/Animation) – 4.15pm Parma Vs Livorno Freaks 23:45 Ucl Filler 2000 22:25 Gold Rush Godzilla (3D/Action) – 6.15, 8.30 & 11.00pm Final 23:15 Klondike Godzilla (3D/Action) – 2.30pm The Face Of Love (2D/Drama) – 5.00pm 13:00 The Border 13:50 Hooked The Factory (V) (2D/Crime) – 7.00pm 14:00 Sea Patrol 14:45 Africa's Blood 15:00 The Pack River 3 16:00 Wild Volcano 15:40 Wild Volcano The Amazing Spider-Man-2 (3D/Action) 19:00 Wild Florida 17:30 Super Pride – 9.00pm 20:00 World's 18:25 World's Toughest Fixes Weirdest Grace Of Monaco (Drama) – 11.30pm 21:00 The Known 20:10 Monster Fish Universe 21:00 Hooked 22:00 Alaska Wing 21:50 Africa's Blood Godzilla (3D/Action) – 2.30, 6.45, 9.00 & 11.15pm Men River 23:00 Brave New 22:40 Wild Volcano 1 Fish N Chips:Best Enemies Forever World 23:30 Wild Florida (2D/Animation) – 5.00pm The Face Of Love (2D/Drama) – 2.30pm 13:45 Mutant Planet 11:30 Little Mermaid 13:00 Do Dil Bandhe Ek 11:10 Last Of The 13:00 My Boys 18:20 Treehouse 2: Return To The Factory (V) (2D/Crime) – 4.30pm Dori Se Summer Wine 13:30 Friends Masters The Sea 13:30 Ek Mutthi Aasmaan 11:40 The Weakest Link 14:00 The Neighbors 19:15 Gangland Killers 13:00 Snowmen 14:00 Doli Armaano Ki Fish N Chips:Best Enemies Forever 12:25 Princess 15:00 Melissa & Joey 20:35 Shamwari: A 14:30 Mrs. Doubtfire 14:30 Jodha Akbar Margaret: A Love 15:30 The Daily Show Wild Life 16:45 Santa's Magic (2D/Animation) – 6.30pm 15:00 Kumkum Bhagya Story With Jon Stewart 22:00 Gangland Crystal 2 15:30 Pavitra Rishta 13:15 Doctor Who 17:00 Late Night With Killers 18:15 Free Birds ROYAL The Amazing Spider-Man-2 (3D/Action) 16:00 Aur Pyaar Hogaya 14:00 Doctors Seth Meyers 22:55 Shamwari: A 20:00 Zambezia 16:30 Qubool Hai – 8.30pm 16:30 Doctor Who 18:00 Dads Wild Life 21:30 Mrs. Doubtfire 17:00 Word Match 17:20 Princess 18:30 The Neighbors 23:50 Untamed & 23:45 Santa's Magic PLAZA 17:30 Zee Connect Margaret: A Love 19:00 2 Broke Girls Uncut Crystal Grace Of Monaco (Drama) – 11.00pm Season 4 Story 19:30 Melissa & Joey 18:00 Sapne Suhane 18:10 Upstairs Downstairs 20:00 Men At Work Rio 2 (3D/Animation) – 3.00pm Ladakpan Ke 19:05 Hunderby 20:30 Parks And 18:30 Ek Mutthi Aasmaan 19:30 Absolutely Recreation 19:00 Do Dil Bandhe Ek Fabulous 21:00 The Daily Show The Face Of Love (2D/Drama) – 5.00pm 12:00 The Great 14:30 Where Were Dori Se 20:00 Silk Global Edition Outdoors You When The... 19:30 DID L'il Masters 20:50 Waking The Dead 23:00 Wilfred The Factory (V) (2D/Crime) – 7.00pm 14:00 Paranorman 16:00 Gun Glory Season 3 21:45 Rev. 23:30 Men At Work 3 16:00 Hit List 17:30 Murder Ahoy 21:00 Qubool Hai 22:15 The Cafe 00:00 Parks And 20:00 The Five Year 19:00 Murder Most Grace Of Monaco (Drama) – 9.00pm 21:30 Aur Pyaar Hogaya 22:40 Being Erica Recreation Engagement Foul 22:00 Doli Armaano Ki 23:25 Princess 00:30 The Daily Show 22:15 A Very Harold 20:30 The Secret Naked Soldier (2D/Action) – 11.30pm 22:30 Sapne Suhane Margaret: A Love Global Edition And Kumar Partner Ladakpan Ke Story 02:30 Wilfred Christmas 22:00 Straight Time 16 PLUS | SUNDAY 18 MAY 2014 POTPOURRI
Who’s who A summary of MEDIA SCAN Events in Qatar issues of the day discussed by the An Evening with Qatari community Romantic Master in the media. When: May 21; 8pm-10pm Where: Katara Opera House – Building 16 What: Korean Pianist SunYoung presents a concert titled “Evening with Romance Greats” which will take place at the Opera • There are demands that the authorities condition of these roads and install House with a selection of distinguished ensure that vehicles transporting more streetlamps as soon as possible. classic and romantic composers. The hazardous materials on Doha’s roads • There are calls for reviewing speed audience shall be enchanted by Mozart and Beethoven’s tunes, in addition to Nasser Ali Ahmad Ali comply with safety measures and limits on some roads because many follow the necessary procedures in residents of Al Shamal working in the king of romanticism Chopin, who all Al Kuwari, Procurement together shall spread scent of melodies, & Logistics Manager, the event of a leak. Doha have to spend a long time on chords’ blues and the lightness of white Al Shaqab • There are demands for numbering the road because the speed limit is and black keys. e joined as the Head parking spaces at shopping centres, low. Free entry of Procurement & as in the absence of numbered • There are demands to expand the Al The Square (film screening) Logistics in 2010. Al parking slots, visitors find it difficult Furjan markets project to cover the H to locate their cars. entire country since a lot of areas When: May 15 -21, 7:00 PM Kuwari holds a Bachelor’s • The authorities have been urged not need such shops, and some areas Where: Katara Drama Theater Building 16 Degree of Administrative What: The square is a film by Jehane Sciences and Economics to issue licences for shops on main where Al Furjan shops have been Noujaim about a group of Egyptian with a major in Business roads if there is not enough parking built need more because of their large revolutionaries battle leaders and space. populations. regimes, risking their lives to build a new Administration from Qatar society of conscience. University. Al Kuwari brings • There are complaints about poor • The authorities have been urged to lighting on several internal roads. monitor the import of goods before Tickets available at DFI ticket previous experience from outlet at Katara building 26 Motorists can meet with accidents Ramadan. Every year, a huge quantity Doha Municipality, Ministry (www.dohafilminstitute.com) of Municipal and Agricultural in the darkness, and, moreover, there of food is imported before Ramadan Affairs, Ashghal, QSL, and are a lot of speed bumps on these to meet the increased demand during Richard Serra: QP-Oryx-GTL. roads. The authorities must check the the holy month. Concurrent Exhibitions When: Till July 6, 8:30am- 5:30pm Where: QMA Gallery Building 10, Katara What: Richard Serra is among the most important contemporary sculptors. The exhibition organised by the QMA in Doha IN FOCUS by Rajasree Muraleedharan is one of Serra’s most ambitious ever in that it brings together sculptures and drawings from different periods, ranging from the seminal One Ton Prop (House of Cards) of 1969 (on rare loan from the Museum of Modern Art in New York) to a new large-scale work, Passage of Time, especially created for this occasion. Free entry
Kings and Pawns When: Till June 21 Where: Museum of Islamic Arts What: This exhibition uncovers the history of board games in the Islamic world, from India to Spain between 7th and 20th century. Free Entry
Bus 174 (film screening) When: May 29 – 30, 7pm Where: Museum of Islamic Art What: ‘Bus 174’ is an intimate and shocking documentary one of the most infamous and tragic crimes in Brazil’s recent history, when 21-year-old Sandro do Nascimento took several bus passengers hostage in broad daylight as the entire nation watched the events unfold on live television. Directed by Jose Padilha and Felipe Lacerda. Tickets available at DFI ticket outlet in the Museum of Islamic Art ( www.dohafilminstitute.com)
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