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By Hayley Tsukayama ranked your options from the most low- that secure in the scheme of things. Apply maintenance to the most rigorous — for large amounts of common sense before e can probably all agree people who want to go the extra mile. proceeding. that the password sys- None of the following suggestions are per- tem, as it stands today, fect, by any means — just tips for staying 1. Write them down. just isn’t working. With sane in a crazy system. But it turns out that Alright. This might sound crazy right the constant security there are some surprisingly easy solutions off the bat. But one really easy way to keep Wbreaches in the headlines, we’re told regu- for this very modern problem. And what- track of your passwords is to write them larly to beef up our passwords. But even if we ever you do, remember: Anything is safer down — on paper. Yes, conventional wisdom know how to make strong passwords, it’s a than using the same password over and over has said for years that that’s a bad idea, and pain to keep track of them all between every again. Even if it’s a really good one. you’re in huge trouble if you lose your list. bank account, retailer and app demanding But with so many accounts to juggle nowa- its own unique log-in. Easy (aka, lazy) methods days, chances are that you’ll be tempted to So how can you escape password hell? There are some fairly easy ways to keep reuse your passwords if you can’t remember Or at least snap out of your apathy before track of, or even streamline, your list of all of them. So, writing them down isn’t so a hacker steals your information? We’ve passwords. These methods are fast but not nutty. PLUS | TUESDAY 12 AUGUST 2014 3

Ideally, yes, you should memorize your faith in a company like Google, that will help you manage your pass- devices. LastPass and Dashlane are your most important passwords. But Facebook or Twitter and use their words, such as 1Password, LastPass free, but if you want to sync across even security expert Bruce Schneier networks to log in to other sites or Dashlane, though you’ll have to pay multiple devices — say your cellphone has recommended writing down pass- whenever possible. You know those a fee for some features. These serv- and your computer — you’ll need to words and treating that list like you “Log in with Facebook” buttons? ices all differ slightly but work on the upgrade to the premium versions. would any other valuable document, That’s what we’re talking about same basic principle: Each is an online LastPass costs $12 a year; Dashlane which is to say with a high degree of here. It won’t work for every site, but storage locker of your passwords, all costs $30 a year. security — no sticky notes on your social network log-in is widespread hidden behind a single password that The two main downsides to pass- monitor that say “conglomeratebank. enough that it could definitely cut only you know (meaning you can’t word managers are that one, yes, com: jdoe/password123.” down the amount of passwords you recover your master password from you’re still storing everything in one There are definitely bad ways to have. If you do opt for this method, anywhere but your brain). Password place and depending heavily on that do this. Getting into an account nor- though, make sure that the password managers also offer other perks, service’s security. And second, you’re mally means having to know three you use for your social network of such as a place to store secure notes, helpless if you don’t have access to things: the location of the account, choice is rock-solid. credit card numbers or information your locker for some reason — for a username and a password. If you for filling in websites. You just have example, if your employer doesn’t can manage it, don’t put all three of 3. Reset your password — every to install the programs into your Web let you download software onto your these pieces of information in the time. browsers to record your login infor- work computer. same place. Similarly, don’t do silly And finally, one simple — admit- mation as you surf. things like keeping your bank account tedly inconvenient — method is to Password managers are conven- 2. Isolate your information. password next to a credit or debit go through the “Forgot your pass- ient, and will even randomly generate Not that into paying? Another card that has your bank’s name on it. word?” spiel each time you log into strong passwords, such as “eG7nIs- option is to create an email account What if you want to write eve- some sites. That’s too much of a pain 0daud3Taw,” for your accounts and that’s linked to just your most sen- rything on a spreadsheet stored on for sites you use frequently, such as then remember those crazy things sitive online accounts — financial your computer? The same rules and your email or your bank. But it’s not for you in their vaults. To access accounts, namely — and don’t use risks apply. And if you want to put a bad fallback strategy for those serv- your various passwords as you surf, it for anything else. The fewer ways that file in the cloud, the stakes are ices you use less often and are most all you have to do is click on a handy that criminals can link your various even higher. A cloud spreadsheet is likely to forget anyway — such as the button on your browser and choose accounts to build a profile of you, not the place for your most sensitive account you made at a retailer’s web- which account you need to fill in your the better. Having a separate email accounts. If you must do this, con- site to get free shipping that one time. information. account makes it harder for criminals fine your cloud spreadsheet to the Each has its strengths and weak- to connect the dots they need to crack accounts you would be reasonably Advanced nesses. Dashlane is probably the easi- security questions, like those that ask okay with getting hacked. And at a To move to the next tier, you’re est to use and the prettiest to look at. for your maiden name or your pets’ minimum, name the file something going to have to commit to spend- LastPass is compatible with a wide name. So maybe they won’t figure out other than “Passwords.” ing some money or some time — in range of devices. And 1Password, is that the Judy Smith whose banking most cases both — to dealing with comprehensive but expensive. password they just obtained is the 2. Rely on a major company such this imperfect system. How much do they cost? 1Password same as the Judy Smith who lists her as Facebook, Twitter or Google to has a one-time $50 cost for Mac or maiden name and pets’ names in her log-in. 1. Password managers Windows, $18 for iOS and $10 for a Facebook profile. Another easy option is to place There are a number of services full version of the app on Android WP-Bloomberg

Don’t do silly things like keeping your bank account password next to a credit or debit card that has your bank’s name on it. 4 PLUS | TUESDAY 12 AUGUST 2014 COMMUNITY / MARKETPLACE

Students at Total Summer School in Paris. Qatari students excel at Total Summer School

our Qatari students were spon- same time, everybody was so helpful, sored by Total to participate in and I enjoyed it very much.” Fthe annual Total Summer School Ghalia was accompanied by three in Paris, which this year took place other students, Nada Al Sulaiti, who in late June. The students joined 120 studies marketing at Qatar University; international students taking part in as well as Ali Al Buainain and Almaha roundtable discussions, presentations Al Hammadi, who study International and workshops to voice their ideas on Politics and Culture and Politics at energy-related issues and challenges. Georgetown University, respectively. In addition, they met Total’s senior Prior to their departure, the stu- managers and recruiters at the com- dents met Guillaume Chalmin, Ali Al Buainain, one of the four pany’s headquarters. On their return, Managing Director of Total E&P Qatar Qatari students, taking part all four students shared their posi- and Group Representative. Guillaume in a team project discussion tive experiences, and expressed their Chalmin briefed them on Total, its his- with other students. appreciation to have been a part of tory and its operations in Qatar and such a unique and diverse programme. worldwide. “Our commitment to sup- “It was such an amazing experience, port the Qatar National Vision 2030 international experts and other stu- visit Total’s headquarters in Paris I learned so many new and unexpected through Qatarization has inspired dents from all over the world. We are and explore the energy sector at an things,” said Ghalia Al Noaimi, who us to create a variety of initiatives to delighted that the students had a posi- international level. We will continue studies Environmental Science at benefit local students. At the Total tive experience.” to support this successful program by Qatar University. “The crew, the stu- Summer School the students have the Yousef Al Jaber, Head of CSR and sending Qatari students every year, to dents and the work environment was opportunity to be exposed to a diverse Institutional Affairs at Total, added: further their interests in the oil and all perfect in order for us to learn and multicultural environment, while dis- “Total Summer School is a great gas sector as a whole”. achieve. It was intense but fun at the cussing major energy issues alongside opportunity for Qatari students to The Peninsula

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Lane-splitting and why it’s safe

By Daniel Yi on my Triumph Speed Triple. And If the cars ahead. A quick jerky move- and light it up on your driveway during I am riding, I assure you I am safer ment often signals a lane change and I a hot summer day. Straddle that grill K, riding a motorcycle is not splitting lanes. can react by slowing down or stopping. wearing jeans. Wait. Put on a leather safe. I know that because I’ve Why? It’s a simple case of phys- But even when lane splitters take jacket while you are at it. Now you get tried to argue otherwise with ics and mass. A motorcyclist can these precautions, drivers can be an idea of what it is like to be stopped Opretty much every non-rider react better to what’s in front than unpredictable. With terrifying fre- in traffic on a motorcycle in 80-degree- in my life — my mother, my dad, my to a threat from behind. Whether I quency, I see drivers darting across plus weather with a searing engine wife, my boss. And I usually don’t get split lanes or not, I cannot eliminate double yellow lines, veering while between your legs. past the part where they sigh and roll driver error, but I can take precautions putting on makeup or reading the If you are a car driver, you may be their eyes. against what’s in front of me. newspaper (yes, that did happen on asking yourself, what do I care about Like most non-riders, they think Also, more than a quarter of all the 405) and treating turn-signals as making it safer or more comfortable lane-splitting is crazy. Yes, I am motorcycle accidents involve motor- an optional accessory. for motorcyclists? In a 2012 study, that guy squeezing his motorcycle in cycles being hit from behind in traffic I’ll be the first to admit that too two-thirds of drivers interviewed said between cars, riding the stripes and jams, according to a recent article in many of my fellow motorcyclists take they disapproved of lane-splitting, and occasionally giving you an unsolicited the Los Angeles Times. This occurs unnecessary risks. About a year ago, seven percent actually admitted that cure for the hiccups. California is the partly because motorcycles can stop I was on the Harbor Freeway coming they had swerved to block a motorcy- only state that does not outlaw the faster than cars, and many of the cars home from downtown Los Angeles. cle. Yikes! practice, though that could change. following motorcycles don’t account It was rush hour and traffic was at Here’s what’s in it for you, Mr or The California Highway Patrol and the for this. There doesn’t seem to be any a standstill near the LA Coliseum. I Mrs Car Driver. Splitting lanes during Department of Motor Vehicles used to definitive studies on how safe lane- was splitting lanes when I noticed in a traffic jam effectively increases the issue guidelines on how to split lanes splitting itself is, but motorcycle safety my side mirror another rider quickly number of lanes on the road so that safely, but recently have withdrawn experts agree that lane-splitting is gaining on me. The etiquette among motorcycles can clear through and not them. safer than the alternative. motorcyclists is that when faster rid- increase the total of number of vehicles That’s too bad. I do apologize to car When splitting lanes, I make sure ers get behind you during lane-split- stuck on the road. I know your misery drivers out there for the scare, but that both lanes to the right and left ting you always let them pass. I pulled would love my company, but really, how seriously, it is safer and better for all of me are traveling at about the same to the side and he careened by me, does that help you get home faster? of us. I promise. low speed or stopped. When one lane engine revving. He had to have been The DMV and the California I have been riding motorcycles for is much faster, it is too tempting for going at least 60 mph through what Highway Patrol are now withdrawing 25 years. Although motorcycle riding a driver on the slower lane to make a was essentially a parking lot. About their safety guidelines for motorcycle is inherently risky, I believe you can quick move to the faster lane. In that two miles down the road, I saw rider lane-splitting because they don’t want make it safer. That’s why I am a strong case, I pull into the faster lane and ride and motorcycle sprawled in the middle to be encouraging the practice — even proponent of lane-splitting. along with the flow of traffic. of the freeway. Luckily, he seemed to though it is legal and even though I usually drive my car to work. It is The guidelines the DMV is about to have survived, as drivers helped him experts, including many CHP officers, a grueling hour and a half on the 405 un-publish recommend traveling no stumble to the side of the road. agree that it improves safety and eases between the South Bay and Irvine. Plus, more than 10 mph faster than the flow But that guy crashed not because he traffic congestion. it’s not exactly a safe drive. A couple of traffic when splitting lanes. Splitting was splitting lanes. He crashed because I am sorry, but discouraging lane- of months ago, I was in my car when lanes is about avoiding traffic jams, so he was careless and irresponsible. splitting is just dumb. And that’s com- I noticed a Cadillac following way too if any one lane is travelling at 50 mph, There’s another reason for lane- ing from a guy who rides down a traffic close during the morning rush hour. there should be no need to split lanes. splitting that is hard to understand jam with little more than a helmet and Sure enough, when the traffic came to Also, I am always scanning the driv- unless you’re a rider yourself: It’s hard leather jacket for protection. a complete stop around Seal Beach, the ers’ heads looking for sudden move- to be in warm weather on a motorcycle Yi is a motorcyclist and recovering Cadillac slammed into my rear bumper. ments. From the high vantage point when you’re stuck in Los Angeles traf- journalist living in the South Bay in The damage was about $400 in repairs. of a motorcycle and travelling between fic. Here’s how I describe the feeling to California. The same trip is closer to an hour cars, it is relatively easy to see inside non-riders: Get a small charcoal grill WP-Bloomberg 6 PLUS | TUESDAY 12 AUGUST 2014 FOOD

How to make the best Plumcake

By L V Anderson Upside-down cake might not seem you should try making dessert with ratio. There should be enough batter elegant — it’s best known for its mara- extra-virgin olive oil at least once — to bind the fruit together, but not so ith all due respect schino-cherry-studded pineapple vari- its slightly bitter edge provides a hint much that the plums become an after- to William Carlos ation, an icon of post-war American of intrigue in otherwise unadventurous thought. Between the tender crumb Williams, no one should cooking — but it can be, when you use baked goods.) and lacquered fruit, you’ll find a thin Wbe eating plums cold a not-too-sweet batter made tender Upside-down cake is tradition- layer of moist, gooey batter — half cake, from the icebox. Forgive me, but a with olive oil and yogurt. (You can use ally crowned with a sparse coating of half fruit, all good. chilled plum is an inferior plum — like a more neutral oil if you insist, but fruit, but I like a higher fruit-to-cake WP-Bloomberg all cold edibles, it will hurt your teeth and numb your tastebuds. Should you find yourself in possession of a perfect Plum and Olive Oil 9-inch square or round pan. Put 2 tablespoons of the specimen, soft and full-to-bursting olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. When with sweet juice, eat it at room tem- it’s hot, add the plums and cook, stirring occasion- perature, for crying out loud. Upside-Down Cake ally, until they’re tender and swimming in juice, 5 to You’re unlikely to be able to discern 7 minutes. Add 2 tablespoons of the brown sugar and perfection from the outside, though. Yield: 9 to 12 servings cook until it dissolves, 1 to 2 minutes. Remove from The plum is more fickle and harder to Time: 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 hours, largely unattended the heat. read than its fuzzy cousin, the peach. A Put the yogurt, the remaining 1/3 cup olive oil, the plum that feels tender and heavy might Ingredients egg, the lemon zest, the vanilla, and the almond extract yield sour mush, not succulent flesh. A Oil or butter for greasing the pan in a medium bowl. Whisk to combine, then whisk in the bite into a plum is an invitation to be 1/3 cup plus 2 tablespoons olive oil remaining 2/3 cup brown sugar, followed by the bak- disappointed. 1 1/2 pounds plums, sliced ing powder and salt. Add the flour and stir just until It’s better to dispense with the 2/3 cup plus 2 tablespoons brown sugar combined. drama and cook plums instead of 1/2 cup whole-milk Greek yogurt Transfer the plum mixture to the greased pan and eating them raw — that way you can 1 large egg spread into an even layer. Spread the batter evenly over smooth over their imperfections and Grated zest of 1 lemon the fruit, and bake until the cake is golden brown and draw out their juice. Just a few minutes 1 teaspoon vanilla extract a knife inserted into the center of the cake comes out in a saucepan or skillet will bring tart 1 teaspoon almond extract mostly clean, 50 to 60 minutes. pink liquid seeping out of plum slices, 1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder Cool thoroughly, then run a knife around the edge regardless of how moistureless they 1/2 teaspoon salt of the cake to loosen it from the pan, place a large seemed to begin with. You can keep 1 cup all-purpose flour plate over the pan, and invert the cake. Serve at room cooking them until you have a rough temperature. compote, but it takes only a little extra Method: (Store leftover cake in an airtight container in the effort to make them the centerpiece of Heat the oven to 350 degrees F and grease an 8- or refrigerator for up to a few days.) an elegant summer dessert. BOOKS PLUS | TUESDAY 12 AUGUST 2014 7 How Waiting for Godot changed me

Samuel Beckett was irreverent yet profound, and able to sustain my interest despite nothing happening. Nicholas Lezard was mesmerised.

Samuel Beckett

hisk yourself back in week. I thought 120 pages a day would time, if you will, to 1978. be a doddle; but 120 pages of densely A young man, fresh from printed Victorian prose, about lives I Wsuccess at his O-levels, was not even remotely familiar with, has decided he wants to do English at were not. I managed it, but it was a A-level. It should involve, surely, little pale, exhausted and trembling hand more strenuous activity than reading that picked up the - thankfully - scanty books, which he’d be doing anyway; and pages of Godot. besides, he knows the language, so it will Almost immediately I felt even more be a break from the other A-levels he has comforted. There were only five char- elected to do, viz French and German. acters; and one of them the author And then, too late for him to back out hadn’t even bothered to name. This even if he had wanted to, he is handed boded well. As did the first line of a reading list for the summer holidays. the stage directions: “A country road. I cannot now remember that whole A tree. Evening.” Three words, two (“Hand in hand from the top of the Eiffel sense perhaps not strictly accurate. reading list; as the memory of those words, one, like a countdown; or, if you Tower, among the first”); and then the For it would not have spoken to me so days recedes in the distance, I remem- prefer, a little hint of the way Beckett first big belly laugh of the play: “The Bible directly if I had not already been in a ber only two: Middlemarch and Waiting was to strip down his own works to ... I must have taken a look at it.” state to receive it. Beckett is regarded for Godot. Middlemarch I had vaguely their bones. In short, I was hooked. Here was an by many as a fiercely intellectual heard of. And there had been a school From the first page, I was mesmer- author who was irreverent, scatologi- author, but I suspect that is because production of Waiting for Godot a year ised and astonished. Here was a mind cal, yet profound; and also completely some people don’t know the differ- or two beforehand, with an intriguing- that seemingly took everything and uninterested in the conventions of lit- ence between being smart and being looking poster, but if anyone thought nothing seriously at the same time. I erature yet able, just through language, intellectual. I later discovered that that I, as a 13- or 14-year-old boy, was can still recall my impressions from to sustain our interest despite nothing Beckett was indeed fiercely intellec- going to stay after school to watch a the very first page on: the oddness of actually happening. As I discovered more tual, but that he had left the academy play, then they must have been nuts. the name Estragon, yet its strange har- of Beckett - both through my own efforts behind him, loathed the obfuscation A couple of years later, that is, by mony with Vladimir; the dry wit of the and those of the kind of inspirational, of jargon, and was certainly never the the time of these particular summer stage directions (“he broods, musing on sympathetic English teacher you used kind of posturing intellectual who gets holidays, I was coming round slowly to the struggle”); the strange mixture of to get so often (hello, Richard Jacobs, asked their opinions for the television the idea of culture as a desirable thing, comedy and menace - how Vladimir if you’re out there) - I followed him networks. But from my exposure to despite some concerted efforts by certain says “(admiringly) A ditch!” when through his own journey, and by the time Beckett at just the right age, I also teachers to put me off. I was a conscien- he learns that Estragon slept in one, I was writing about him at university I ended up learning about, and learning tious young man; but also, unfortunately, and then asks “And they didn’t beat was reading the texts - Ill Seen Ill Said, to love, Dante, Joyce, Proust, and every an indolent one. (Plus ca change, you you?” “Beat me? Certainly they beat Worstward Ho - as they were published. conceivable spin-off or tangent from might say.) This meant that it took a me.” Something in the tone made it And as I discovered the details of his life, those great authors. And I suppose that large part of the summer holidays before clear that this was not to be referred to first from the semi-authorised biogra- it’s because of Godot that I do what I do I got round to doing any of the reading again - but not to be forgotten either. phy by Deirdre Bair, I realised that not for a living. And these days, I even like I was meant to do, although I had spent The line “Our being born?” as a sug- only was his work exemplary, so was his the occasional Victorian novel. a lot of them worrying about it. In the gested answer to the proposal “Suppose life. Here was someone who had purged Nicholas Lezard is a literary critic for end, I had a week left. we repented” struck a chord with the himself of vanity, both his own and the the Guardian, and the author of The Reader, you cannot imagine the kind of adolescent who considers “I never world’s; a man of unimpeachable integ- Nolympics and Bitter Experience Has effect it has on the adolescent mind asked to be born” an acceptable rebuke; rity in both work and life. Taught Me of having to read Middlemarch in a as did the breezy evocation of suicide To say Godot changed me is in one The Guardian 8 PLUS | TUESDAY 12 AUGUST 2014 ENTERTAINMENT PLUS | TUESDAY 12 AUGUST 2014 9

HOLLYWOOD NEWS BOLLYWOOD NEWS Jackson likely to release new album Turtles beats Hema excited about working with Sippy inger Janet Jackson is reportedly set to ctress Hema Malini and director Ramesh Sippy together gave hits like Srelease her new album after six years. Her AAndaz, Seeta Aur Geeta and Sholay. Now the two are teaming up again last one was “Discipline”, which came out in 2008. after over four decades for a romantic comedy and Bollwyood’s Dream Girl The singer will pay tribute to her late brother Guardians at says this could be “another important film in my career”. Michael Jackson, with plans to cover one of his Titled Shimla Mirchi, the film will reportedly tell the story of a single tracks for the record, reports contactmusic.com. mother, played by Hema Malini, and her daughter (Rakul Preet Singh), “The label is really pushing Janet and they who fall in love with the same man. have made her a priority act for the year, which “In the midst of all that is happening in parliament and my constituency means a big budget,” a source told The Sun on box office (Mathura), this film offer came to me. Normally, I wouldn’t have said yes, Sunday newspaper. given my gruelling schedule in parliament and my obligations in my con- “It’ll be the first album she’d release since stituency. But this film is not the usual run-of-the-mill stuff,” said Hema. Michael died in 2009, so she felt it was fitting to She fell in love with the script. “It’s light-hearted comedy with a very include a nod to him. If it sells well she will look unusual role for me. I am sure it will turn out to be something very special. at doing a world tour in 2015,” the source added. Also, the offer came from Rameshji who is returning to direction after Meanwhile, songwriter Jamie McGrone has many years. I couldn’t say no to him. hinted at his involvement in the “project”. “Some of my most important films, be it Andaz, Seeta Aur Geeta or Sholay He took to Instagram and revealed his “team” would be working on the have been with Rameshji. I get a feeling this new film with Rameshji would record, but refused to go into any more detail on what exactly they would be another important film in my career.” Their last film together was 1972 be working on. hit comedy Sita Aur Geeta, about twin sisters. “Guess whose team is going to New York to work on the new Janet How does Hema intend to find the time to shoot for Shimla Mirchi? Jackson project,” he posted. “Just like I’m doing everything in my life,” she shot back. While life lends itself to a hectic pace from city to city for Hema, she won’t compromise on her basic health precautions. “I have to eat and sleep on time, and properly. That is non-negotiable,” she said adding that she was more than contented with life. Williams yet to use his £1.75m pad “Everything I’ve wanted has been mine. I wanted my two daughters to be happily married. When Esha and Ahana got married, I didn’t get two inger Robbie Williams is said to have never sons-in-law. I got two sons. My two sons-in-law are the sons I never had.” Sstayed in his £1.75m house here despite splurg- Sippy’s last highly acclaimed directorial venture was the 1985-release ing on its renovation. Saagar, which marked the come-back of Dimple Kapadia on the silver The “Candy” hitmaker bought the house, previ- screen after a long gap. Shimla Mirchi will go on floors in mid-September. ously owned by late filmmaker Michael Winner, in December 2013. It is said that despite it’s huge price tag, he prefers to stay in hotels when he performs here, reports femalefirst.co.uk. “The house has a staff in place ready to wel- come anyone who wants to stay there, but Robbie Dimpleji pampers me: himself has opted for hotels when he’s been in London, instead of making the journey out to Deepika Padukone By Lisa Richwine and Chris Michaud West London after work commitments in town,” emerge from the sewer to fight crimi- Entertainment crosses family that takes over the defunct res- ctress Deepika Padukone says she said a source. nals in New York City. The movie cost taurant across the street. Aenjoys a unique camaraderie with her “He bought it for the family and plans to use he return of the Teenage $125m to make. `350m over weekend Hundred-Foot Journey was produced co-star Dimple Kapadia who treats her like it one day, but to be in such a big place alone when he’s missing them has Mutant Ninja Turtles earned “This exceeded all our expecta- by Steven Spielberg’s DreamWorks a daughter and takes her for outings. no appeal. $65m in ticket sales at US tions,” said Megan Colligan, head of ctor Akshay Kumar’s latest Studios, Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Films “What I feel for Dimpleji and my equation “He’s told all his friends and family they can stay there any time they Tand Canadian movie theatres domestic marketing and distribution at Aslapstick comedy Entertainment and Participant Media. Disney distrib- with her, I can’t describe it in words. She like, but it’s not something he’s actually done himself yet. over the weekend, easily winning a box Paramount Pictures, a unit of Viacom continues to entertain the masses. In uted the film. took me for lunch and shopping while we “It’s just easier to crash in a hotel, not worry about anything and then go office battle with Marvel’s outer space Inc as is Nickelodeon Movies, which the opening weekend, it has collected French action film Lucy, starring were shooting for Cocktail,” said Deepika at on to the next gig or jump on a place to the next country,” added the source. hit Guardians of the Galaxy. together released the film. over `350m in India. Scarlett Johansson as a drug mule the Finding Fanny song unveiling. The two Ninja Turtles, a reboot of a franchise “Families came out in a very big “#Entertainment Fri 111.6m, Sat with telekinetic powers, was fifth with feature in the quirky comedy’s cast. born in 1980s comic books and popular- way” while teenagers were drawn to 115.3m, Sun 140m. Total: (`) 366.9m $9.3m in its third week in theaters. “She pampers me and spoils me. She ised in TV cartoons, rang up another the film’s incredible action sequences,” nett. India biz,” trade analyst Taran New music drama Step Up All treats me like her daughter,” added the $28.7m in international markets for a said Colligan, explaining how the film’s Adarsh tweeted. In, about an epic dance contest in young actress. global debut of $93.7m, according to box office performance was driven far “#Entertainment has decent Las Vegas, earned $6.6m at North The film is coming out on September 12 Daughter pays tribute to distributor Paramount Pictures which beyond the expected fan base of 25 to weekend, but weekdays are crucial!” American (US and Canadian) theatres and Deepika says that it can be described as a “different” movie rather wasted no time in announcing a sequel, 35-year olds. he added. over the weekend, taking sixth place. than bold. Whitney Houston set to open June 3, 2016. Global sales for Guardians reached Directed by debutant duo Sajid- The movie was released by Lions Gate “I will not call it a bold film, it’s a different film. When I saw the promos obbi Kristina Brown, daughter of the late music Guardians, which ruled the box office $313m, distributor Walt Disney Co Farhad, the movie also features Entertainment Corp. first, I found it to be different. It’s refreshing, it’s quirky and cool,” she said. Bicon Whitney Houston, has paid tribute to her universe a week ago with a record said. The film stars Chris Pratt and Tamannaah Bhatia, Sonu Sood and Seventh place with $5.7 went to Arjun Kapoor, Naseeruddin Shah and Pankaj Kapur join Dimple and mother on her 51st birth anniversary. opening for August, collected $41.5m Zoe Saldana as galactic warriors who Johnny Lever. Hercules, starring Dwayne “the Rock” Deepika in the cast of the film directed by Homi Adajania. Houston died in February 2012 and the daugh- during its second weekend, accord- lead a rag-tag band of heroes including It is named after a Golden Johnson. The best part about Finding Fanny is that Deepika got a chance to speak ter took to Twitter to pay a tribute to mark the ing to estimates from research firm a talking raccoon and a human-like Retriever who plays an important Get On Up, a biopic about US soul in her mother tongue. milestone on August 9, reports femalefirst.co.uk. Rentrak. New tornado-chasing thriller tree. character in the film. singer James Brown, dropped to eighth “I completely enjoyed being part of the film as I also got to speak in my She wrote: “#HappyBirthdaymommy! Into the Storm landed in the No. 3 slot While Turtles and Guardians have Entertainment is co-produced by place from third, bringing in $5m its mother tongue — Konkani,” she said. #HappyBirthdayWhitney! #AllAugustAllWhitney with $18m. provided a late boost to summer ticket Ramesh S Taurani of Tips Industries second weekend out. “It’s a nice feeling when you have a command over your language. We are #iloveyou! @nickdgordon @mwhitaker10 #Family.” Forecasters had predicted a tight sales, the season remains 16.5 percent Ltd and Jayantilal Gada. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, the used to shooting in Hindi, but speaking in English was a different experi- Bobbi, whose father is “My prerogative” hit- race between Guardians and Ninja behind last year’s record pace with a IANS critically praised latest installment ence altogether.” maker Bobby Brown, hinted earlier that she was planning to start her Turtles. But the hard-shelled rep- total of $3.465bn since May 2, against in the sci-fi film series about apes co- Arjun said that the film would whet the appetite of those who crave to music career. tile heroes, brought back to TV on $4.15bn for the same period a year ago, existing with humans, drew $4.4m for see something different on the big screen. She tweeted: “Think about it.. She had 1babygirl, lungs and a GORGEOUS a Nickelodeon show in 2012, crushed according to Rentrak. Inc’s Warner Bros, cost $50m to make. ninth place. “Everyone complains that we don’t do anything different, so with this unforgettable voice.. Who do you think ONLY has HER vocal chords.. ? expectations for a domestic total of The weekend’s No. 3 film, Into Food romance The Hundred-Foot Disney’s Planes: Fire & Rescue, the film I have tried something different. (sic).” She is also rumoured to be getting help with her career from Mariah around $40m. the Storm, takes place in a fictional Journey debuted with $11.1m at domes- computer-animated movie about a “It was just an instant decision. I got an opportunity to work with vet- Carey and former “American Idol” judge Randy Jackson. Megan Fox stars in the film as a Midwest town hit by the strongest tic theatres, finishing fourth. The talking plane that helps firefighters erans who made us a better actor.” reporter who becomes a close ally tornadoes ever seen. movie stars Helen Mirren as a French save a national park, made $2.4m, leav- of the four pizza-loving turtles who The movie, released by Time Warner restaurateur who feuds with the Indian ing it in tenth place. Agencies 10 PLUS | TUESDAY 12 AUGUST 2014 RUSSIA

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High caffeine may lower ear ringing sensation in women

f you are a woman and suffering from ringing Ior buzzing sound in the ear when there is no outside source of the sounds, increase your tea and coffee intake. According to new research, women with a higher intake of caffeine had a lower incidence of unexplained ear ringing. Higher caffeine intake is associated with lower rates of tinnitus in younger and middle-aged women, it added. The study followed more than 65,000 women. Researchers tracked self-reported results regarding lifestyle and medical history from these women, aged 30 to 44 years and without tinnitus in 1991. After 18 years of follow up, researchers iden- tified 5,289 cases of reported incident tinnitus. “We observed a significant inverse association between caffeine intake and the incidence of tin- nitus among these women,” said Gary Curhan, a physician-researcher at the Channing Division of Network Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) in Boston, Massachusetts. Significantly, researchers found that when compared with women with caffeine intake less Fitness experts cut than 150 milligrams/day (one and a half 8-ounce cups of coffee), the incidence of reported tinnitus was 15 percent lower among those women who consumed 450 to 599 mg/day of caffeine. to the core to target The majority of caffeine consumed among the women was from coffee and the results did not vary by age. “We know that caffeine stimu- lates the central nervous system and previous research has demonstrated that caffeine has a the centre of power direct effect on the inner ear in both bench sci- ence and animal studies,” Curhan noted. Researchers note that further evidence is needed to make any recommendations about whether the addition of caffeine would improve tinnitus symptoms. The research appeared in the journal American By Dorene Internicola Journal of Medicine. “If you jump it’s transferred to the You don’t have to core. If you want to be a better rec- hether it is running, reational running, strengthening the Diabetes drug may even swimming, weight lift- destroy yourself. core will help because your anchor is benefit non-diabetics ing or aerobics, fitness You don’t have better,” he explained. Wexperts say the centre The body’s girdle is how New York study involving over 180,000 people has of all exercise routines is the core — City-based personal trainer JR Allen Ashown that patients treated with the widely the abdominal, back and muscles to do it for hours, describes the core. prescribed diabetic drug metformin can live around the pelvis — which is the seat you don’t need Celebrity trainee Allen, whose longer than non-diabetics. of stability, strength and power. clients include singer Mary J Blige, The drug has anti-cancer and anti-cardiovas- Adding in exercise routines to to exercise for said even the breath is involved in cular disease benefits and can offer surprising strengthen the core can help the core work. health benefits to non-diabetics also, indicates runner go faster, the basketball a thousand “It’s not about sucking in the stom- a promising research. player jump higher and the every- ach but about tightening,” said Allen, “What we found was illuminating. Patients day exerciser more easily do routine repetitions. But if owner of 2 Day Be Fit. “If you watch treated with metformin had a small but sta- tasks from loading the car to clean- a boxer before a punch, he’ll make a tistically significant improvement in survival ing the tub. you keep doing it whistling sound. That’s to engage the compared with non-diabetics,” claimed Craig “The core is everything except transverse abdominals (the front and Currie, professor at Cardiff University’s school for arms, legs and head,” said you’ll be stronger, side muscles of the abdominal wall).” of medicine. Daniel Taylor, co-author with better toned, with Allen, a former body builder takes “Those treated with another common diabe- Greg Brittenham of the new book a personal approach to training. tes drug called sulphonylurea had a consistently Conditioning to the Core. better posture. “One of my favourite things to reduced survival compared with non-diabetic It is the mainstay of the body, do is agility drills,” he said. “Squat patients,” he said, adding that this was true even according to Taylor, who is the head jumps, alternating lunges with jumps without any clever statistical manipulation. strength and conditioning coach at Siena College in and power skips: those types of dynamic movements The life expectancy of these cohorts was upstate New York. target your core.” also compared against non-diabetics who were “People need to get away from saying ‘I’m going Taylor said a mere 20-minute core workout, involv- matched based on criteria that included age, to do abs today’ and take a larger view,” said Taylor, ing as few as four rotating exercises in a circuit, gender, same general practice, smoking status whose book contains more than 300 exercises, rang- serves as a good warm up for most activities, from and clinical status. ing from planks, squats and lunges to medicine ball lifting weights to playing basketball. The findings indicate that metformin could and kettlebell throws presented in progressive “You don’t have to destroy yourself. You don’t offer prognostic and prophylactic benefits to routines. have to do it for hours, you don’t need to exercise people without diabetes, the study, published in “A lot of times people get stuck in one or two rou- for a thousand repetitions. But if you keep doing a leading journal Diabetes, concluded. tines and get good at them,” he said. “You’ve got to it you’ll be stronger, better toned, with better pos- Agencies make things more challenging to keep progressing.” ture,” he said. “And maybe your running times have Taylor said everything is linked to the core. improved.” Reuters 12 PLUS | TUESDAY 12 AUGUST 2014 TECHNOLOGY Surface Pro 3: Most lappable tablet yet

Redesigned to remove almost all the problems, except the most fundamental one: do you really want one device to replace both a tablet and a laptop? By Jack Schofield The Surface Pro concept very old cliche says Microsoft Like the the original Surface Pro, gets things right the third the Pro 3 is a multifunction device. time, which could be true With the Type Cover attached it’s a A for the new smart, silver Windows 8.1 laptop; but it works well Surface Pro 3. too as a graphics tablet. trains with tables, or use the Surface Where last October’s Surface Pro The Surface Pro 3 works as a desk- Pro 3 in tablet mode with on-screen Pricing (in UK) 2 was merely tweaked and speed- top replacement if you add the docking keyboard), but if I did, I’d go for a The Surface Pro 3 costs from £639 bumped, the third version answers station, supporting full size USB key- hybrid laptop with a detachable screen. in UK, including the £44.99 pen. The almost all the complaints made about boards and mice, and multiple display As with all thin laptop designs, Type Cover costs an extra £109.99 and the February 2013 original. screens. there’s also some compromise on per- the Docking Station £164.99. Compared with the Surface Pro, formance. Chips in ultra-thin PCs the Pro 3 has a 40 percent bigger 12in The drawbacks can’t run as hot as they can in spacious Verdict screen with 50 percent more pixels, but Every multifunction device — even desktops, which means you won’t get Microsoft describes the Surface Pro it’s also a third thinner at 9.1mm and the humble smartphone — involves the same continuous speed for movie 3 as “the tablet that can replace your 120g lighter at only 800g, with a solid making some compromises compared editing or playing heavyweight games. laptop”. That’s definitely true, though build quality. with buying several dedicated devices. In normal use, I barely got the Surface people who work with it mostly on Where the original Surface kick- Most obviously, while the Surface Pro Pro 3 warm, but it’s obviously going to their lap (which is bad for your spine), stand had one rest angle, and the 3 is small for a full-spec laptop, it’s big get hot if you stress it. would be better off with a traditional Surface Pro 2 had two, now it has a for a tablet. laptop. range of 22 to 150 degrees. Its detach- The laptop compromise depends The niggles It also says “the new 12-inch Pro 3 able Type Cover keyboard is also thin- on keyboard quality and “lappability”. The Surface Pro 3 is a major advance is the best of a laptop, best of a tablet”. ner, but it now has backlighting and a Although the Type Cover is very nice on the Surface Pro, but it’s not per- However, there are high-end Windows 63 percent bigger trackpad. for something so thin, it’s not as good fect. The most annoying thing is the tablets with touch screens, better key- The new squarer screen (with its 3:2 as the keyboards fitted to decent lap- Windows key, which has been moved boards and better battery life, albeit ratio) is more balanced than the old tops. It will work with any standard PC to the right hand side of the screen, they’re not as thin or as light. design, with the relocated Windows keyboard, but those don’t provide such where it is all too easy to press by acci- There are also much slimmer and Key at the bottom of the screen mak- a neat, portable package. dent. If I owned a Surface Pro 3, I’d be lighter tablets – such as the Sony ing it easy to use held vertically. Using the original Surface Pro on looking for a tweak to turn it off. Xperia Z2 tablet and iPad Air – though The touchscreen technology has one’s lap was a challenge. The new ver- While the Type Cover is usable they are not full PCs. It all depends been improved to make it much easier sion is much better because you can – and vastly better than the Touch what you need. to use the Surface Pro 3 as a replace- raise the keyboard and vary the angle Cover, which has been dropped for the The Surface Pro 3 wins if you want ment for a notebook and pen. Just of the kickstand. Surface Pro 3 – I’d still like a better both a laptop and a tablet in a single click the pen-top and the tablet almost However, the tablet form factor option. Perhaps one day Logitech will device, and it becomes unbeatable if instantly turns on with a blank page means it will never be as comfortable provide one. you also want pen operation and/or a in OneNote. as a laptop. The weight isn’t under the The Surface Pro 3’s 12in screen is tough device. The size and weight are impres- keyboard, spread across your thighs; the right size: not too big for a tablet The Surface Pro 3 should be the first sive for a full PC. It is thinner than an it’s in the screen, and the kickstand but not too small for a laptop. The 2,160 choice for pro photographers and some Apple iPhone 4S and the screen alone means you need a couple of extra x 1,440 resolution screen means you graphics professionals, and a variety of only 120g heavier than the original inches beyond where a laptop hinge can’t see individual pixels, but it makes field workers. It would also suit people iPad. would be. Windows 8 features very small. In fact, who spend a lot of time on planes. But I don’t need “lappability” (I take they’re not very finger-friendly even those are not mass markets. with the standard 150 percent scal- For business it takes large enter- ing. (For comparison, the MacBook prises years to change, and they’re still Pro with Retina Display does 2560 x deploying Windows 7, not Windows 8. 1600 on a 13.3in screen, but it’s twice It would be a terrific device for educa- as thick and much heavier.) tion as well, but schools can’t afford it. There’s a USB 3 port, which is par- So, while the Surface Pro 3 is lovely ticularly useful if you plan to get a prestige product, and much better third-party USB 3 hub, but perhaps than the Surface Pro 2, I don’t think it could have had a Thunderbolt port. it’s going to give Lenovo, or Apple, any Maybe next time? sleepless nights. It has a strong appeal, Finally, there’s the four-cell, 42 but it doesn’t look wide enough. watt-hour battery. Microsoft reckons Pros: Works as a touch-tablet, you’ll get about nine hours of use for ultraportable laptop (with Type light work with Wi-Fi on, and most Cover), a pen-operated slate, and a people should find it lasts all day. (If desktop PC (with Docking Station) not, the charger is tiny.) Cons: Compromised weight, battery Some laptops last longer, because life and “lappability” compared to sepa- they have bigger and heavier batteries, rate devices (fewer compromises than but some sacrifices come from being the Surface Pro 2), expensive if you ultra-thin and ultra-light. don’t need the features COMICS & MORE PLUS | TUESDAY 12 AUGUST 2014 13

LEARN ARABIC Colours

Black Aswad White Abya Yellow Afar Red Amar Hoy en la Historia Pink Zahree August 12, 1994 Blond Ašqar British 400m hurdler Sally Gunnell became the first woman to Orange Bourtouqaliy hold Olympic, World, European Note: and Commonwealth titles, and the ç = ‘a’ as in ‘agh’ when surprised world record at the same time 1883: The last quagga, a subspecies of zebra, died at a zoo in Amsterdam 1944: The first pipe line supplying Baby Blue by Jerry Scott and Rick Kirkman petrol from Britain to the Allied forces in France went into operation 1949: Starlings on the minute hand of London’s Big Ben made the clock lose four-and-a-half minutes 2011: Bullet trains on the Beijing to Shanghai High-Speed Railway were withdrawn and all track sections were inspected following a crash Picture: Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS ALL IN THE MIND Hagar The Horrible by Chris Browne Can you find the hidden words? They may be horizontal, vertical, diagonal, forwards or backwards.

Zits by Jerry Scott & Jim Borgman

BLIZZARD, BREEZE, CHINOOK, CIRROCUMULUS, CIRROSTRATUS, CIRRUS, CLOUDY, COLD, CUMULONIMBUS, CUMULUS, CYCLONE, DOLDRUMS, DRIZZLE, DRY, FAIR, FOG, FREEZING, FROST, HAIL, HARMATTAN, HEATWAVE, HOT, HUMID, HURRICANE, LIGHTNING, MILD, MIST, MISTRAL, MONSOON, NIMBUS, OVERCAST, PRECIPITATION, RAIN, SHOWER, SIROCCO, SLEET, SLUSH, SNOW, STORM, STRATUS, SUNSHINE, THUNDER, TORNADO, TYPHOON, WIND, ZEPHYR. 14 PLUS | TUESDAY 12 AUGUST 2014 CROSSWORDS

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

YESTERDAY’S ANSWER

Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate How to EASY SUDOKU play Hyper Easy Sudoku Puzzles Sudoku: Place a digit from 1 to 9 in A Hyper Sudoku each empty cell so every Puzzle is solved row, every column and by filling the every 3x3 box contains all numbers from 1 the digits 1 to 9. to 9 into the blank cells. A Hyper Sudoku has unlike Sudoku 13 regions (four regions overlap with the nine standard regions). In all regions the numbers from 1 to 9 can appear YESTERDAY’S only once. Otherwise, a Hyper Sudoku is ANSWER solved like a normal Sudoku. CINEMA / TV LISTINGS PLUS | TUESDAY 12 AUGUST 2014 15

Suniya Fi Masr (2D/Arabic) SHOWING AT VILLAGGIO & CITY CENTER 1 – 10.00am, 12.15, 2.30, 4.45, 7.00, 9.15 & 11.30pm TEL: 444933989 444517001 Lucy (2D/Action) – 10.00am, 12.00noon, 2.00, 4.00, 6.00, 8.00, 13:15 Alaska: The 13:25 Eastenders 2 Last Frontier 14:25 New Tricks 10.00pm & 12.00midnight 14:05 Storage Hunters 15:15 Little Dorrit Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes (Adventure) 14:30 Auction Hunters 16:05 Fawlty Towers 3 3D – 11.00am, 4.00 & 9.00pm 15:20 Dual Survival 16:40 The Weakest 2D – 1.30, 6.30 & 11.30pm 17:00 Fast N' Loud Link 17:50 How Machines 17:20 Eastenders Earth To Echo (2D/Adventure) Work 17:50 Doctors 4 – 10.30am, 12.30, 2.30, 4.30, 6.30, 8.30 & 10.30pm 18:15 How Do They 18:20 New Tricks The Purge: Anarchy (2D/Thriller) – 12.20am Do It? 19:10 Starlings 19:30 River Monsters 20:00 Little Dorrit Barbie And The Secret Door (2D/Adventure) 20:20 Robson's New 20:50 Fawlty Towers – 10.40am, 12.20, 2.00, 3.40 & 5.20pm 5 Extreme Fishing 21:55 Gavin & Stacey Kick (2D/Hindi/Action) – 7.00 & 10.00pm Challenge 22:30 Victoria Wood - NOVO Planes: Fire & Rescue (2D/Animation) 21:10 Auction Hunters What Larks! 21:35 What's In The 23:15 The Weakest 6 – 10.00, 11.45am, 1.30 & 3.15pm It's Entertainment (2D/Hindi) – 5.30, 8.15 & 11.00pm Barn? Link 22:00 River Monsters 00:00 Eastenders Earth To Echo (2D/Adventure) 22:50 Off The Hook: 00:30 Doctors – 10.00am, 1.40, 5.20 & 9.00pm Extreme 01:00 New Tricks 7 A Long Way Down (2D/Comedy) Catches 01:50 Little Dorrit – 11.50am, 3.30, 7.10 & 10.50pm 23:15 Off The Hook: 02:45 Victoria Wood - Extreme What Larks! Transformers: Age Of Extinction (2D/Action) Catches 8 – 11.00am, 4.15 & 9.30pm Lucy (2D/Action) – 2.30, 7.45pm & 12.20am Transformers: Age Of Extinction (IMAX 3D/Action) 9 – 12.30, 3.30, 6.30, 9.30pm & 12.30am 13:45 Gator Boys 13:00 Master of Disaster Lucy (2D/Action) 14:40 Lion Man: One 15:00 Knights of 10 – 10.45am, 12.45, 2.45, 4.45, 6.45, 8.45, 10.45pm & 12.30am World African Mayhem Safari 17:00 Caught In Act Kick (2D/Hindi) – 2.00pm 16:00 Steve Irwin's 18:00 Prehistoric Jigarthanda (2D/Tamil) – 4.45pm Wildlife Warriors Predators 1 18:20 Growing Up… 20:00 Apocalypse: Transformers: Age Of Extinction (3D/Action) – 7.45pm 22:25 Give Me Shelter The Second Vikramadithyan (2D/Malayalam) – 10.45pm 22:55 Steve Irwin's World War Wildlife 22:00 Prehistoric Earth To Echo (2D/Adventure) – 2.15pm Warriors Predators Planes: Fire & Rescue (3D/Animation) – 4.00pm 23:25 Steve Irwin's 23:00 Ancient Wildlife Warriors Megastructures Suniya Fi Masr (2D/Arabic) – 6.00pm 2 MALL Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes (3D/Action) – 8.00pm

Transformers: Age Of Extinction (3D/Action) – 10.30pm 13:00 Better Off Ted 13:00 Ellen DeGeneres A Long Way Down (2D/Comedy) – 2.15pm 15:00 Hot In Cleveland Show 15:30 Daily Show With 14:00 Once Upon Lucy (2D/Action) – 4.15 & 9.00pm Jon Stewart A Time In 3 Vikramadithyan (2D/Malayalam) – 6.00pm 16:00 Colbert Report Wonderland 18:00 The Neighbors 15:00 Drop Dead Diva Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes (2D/Animation) 18:30 Parks And 16:00 Emmerdale – 11.00pm Recreation 16:30 Coronation Street Vikramadithyan (2D/Malayalam) – 2.00 & 8.00pm 19:00 Cougar Town 18:00 Once Upon 21:30 Colbert Report A Time In Jigarthanda (2D/Tamil) – 5.00pm 22:00 Legit Wonderland 1 22:30 Girls 19:00 Psych Kick (2D/Hindi) – 10.45pm 23:00 Silicon Valley 20:00 White Collar 23:30 Late Night 21:00 Burn Notice Planes: Fire & Rescue (3D/Animation) – 3.00pm With Seth 22:00 Justified Earth To Echo (2D/Adventure) – 5.00pm Meyers 23:00 House Of Cards Suniya Fi Masr (2D/Arabic) – 7.00pm 2 LANDMARK Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes (2D/Action) – 9.00pm 11:00 Darling A Long Way Down (2D/Comedy) – 11.30pm 13:00 Barbie As The 12:00 Pavitra Rishta 13:00 Good Luck 13:00 How Stuff's Made Island Princess Companion Earth To Echo (2D/Adventure) – 2.00pm 13:00 Do Dil Bandhe Ek Charlie 13:30 What's That 14:30 Ben 10: Race 13:00 The Letter Dori Se 14:10 Austin & Ally About? Against Time 15:00 Emperor Lucy (2D/Action) – 3.45 & 11.30pm 14:35 Win, Lose Or 3 13:30 Ek Mutthi Aasmaan 14:20 Mythbusters 16:00 The Ugly 17:00 The Good Transformers: Age Of Extinction (3D/Action) 14:00 Doli Armaano Ki Draw 15:10 Rocket City Duckling And Doctor – 5.30 & 8.30pm 14:30 Jodha Akbar 15:00 Gravity Falls Rednecks Me 19:00 Blue Like Jazz 15:00 Kasamh Se 16:10 Mako Mermaids 15:35 Rocket City 18:00 Dragon Hunters 21:00 Maladies Earth To Echo (2D/Adventure) – 2.00 & 3.45pm 16:00 Hum Paanch 16:35 Austin & Ally Rednecks 20:00 Eleanor's 23:00 House At The Transformers: Age Of Extinction (3D/Action) 16:30 Hum Paanch 17:00 I Didn't Do It 16:00 X-Machines Secret End Of The 17:20 Jessie 1 – 5.15 & 8.15pm 17:00 Teenovation 16:50 The Future Of... 22:00 Ben 10: Race Street 17:30 Bollywood 17:45 Sabrina: Secrets Of 17:40 Build It Bigger: Against Time Lucy (2D/Action) – 11.30pm Business A Teenage Witch Rebuilding 18:30 Mako Mermaids Planes: Fire & Rescue (3D/Animation) – 2.00pm 18:00 Sapne Suhane Greensburg Ladakpan Ke 19:20 Violetta 18:30 X-Machines ROYAL It's Entertainment (2D/Hindi) – 4.00 & 11.15pm 18:30 Ek Mutthi Aasmaan 20:05 Liv And Maddie 19:20 The Gadget Show 19:00 Jamai Raja 20:30 Jessie 2 Kick (2D/Hindi) – 6.30pm 19:45 How Stuff's Made 10:00 Ghostbusters II 10:45 Iron Man 3 20:50 Dog With A Blog PLAZA 19:30 Jodha Akbar 20:10 Mythbusters 12:00 Three Men And 13:00 Zambezia Suniya Fi Masr (2D/Arabic) – 9.15pm 20:00 Pavitra Rishta 21:15 Mako Mermaids 21:00 Prototype This A Little Lady 15:00 Hope Springs 20:30 Kumkum Bhagya 21:40 Austin & Ally 21:50 Punkin Chunkin A Long Way Down (2D/Comedy) – 2.30 & 4.30pm 14:00 Meet The 17:00 After Earth 21:00 Qubool Hai 22:00 Good Luck 2011 Fockers 19:00 Quartet Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes (3D/Action) 21:30 Aur Pyaar Hogaya Charlie 22:40 What's That 16:00 Uptown Girls 21:00 Drinking 3 – 6.30 & 11.00pm 22:00 Doli Armaano Ki 22:25 A.N.T. Farm About? 18:00 Drop Dead Fred Buddies 22:30 Sapne Suhane 22:50 Shake It Up 23:30 Alien Mysteries Lucy (2D/Action) – 9.00pm 20:00 Take This Waltz- 23:00 Passion Ladakpan Ke 23:10 Wolfblood 22:00 Slap Shot 16 PLUS | TUESDAY 12 AUGUST 2014 POTPOURRI

Test to reveal if “Because much of the coffee is com- plastics used in food containers - that Events in Qatar posed of carbohydrates, researchers soaks up carbon dioxide (CO2). your coffee is fake could develop a ‘characteristic fin- Researchers believe that the mate- s your cup of hot coffee brimming gerprint’ when using chromatogra- rial might ease our transition away Alif by Sabah Arbilli with ingredients like starch syrup phy that separates out the real coffee from polluting fossil fuels and toward When: Till September 17 Ithat are neither sweet nor flavour- compounds,” Nixdorf noted. new energy sources, such as hydrogen. Where: InterContinental Doha The City ful? Worry not as a test to detect The added, unwanted grain fillers “The key point is that this polymer What: Specifically created for Ramadan counterfeit coffee is here. generate different levels of sugars is stable, it’s cheap, and it adsorbs CO2 and Eid, Arbilli uses his gift for calligraphy art to create this collection of works centred According to a significant study, than the natural ingredients, so they extremely well. It’s geared toward around Alif – the first letter of Arabic growing coffee shortages may increase are easy to identify. functioning in a real-world environ- alphabet and the first letter in the revelation the chance of having fillers in your According to researchers, after ment,” said Andrew Cooper from of the Quran. The exhibit will remain on coffee in the future. roasting and grinding the raw mate- University of Liverpool in Britain. display in the lobby area of the hotel. With new test, it is now possible rial, it becomes impossible to see any “In a future landscape where fuel- Free entry to know with 95 percent accuracy if difference between grains of lower cell technology is used, this adsorb- coffee is pure or has been tampered cost incorporated into the coffee, ent could work toward zero-emission with corn, barley, wheat, soybeans, especially because of the dark colour technology,” he added. rice, beans, acai seed, brown sugar or and oily texture of coffee. The material, which is a brown, starch syrup, researchers said. “Our test quickly finds coffee con- sand-like powder, is made by linking These extra ingredients, though taining unwanted fillers before the together many small carbon-based not harmful, make ground coffee go beverage reaches stores and restau- molecules into a network and the idea farther and increase profits for pro- rants,” researchers said. to use this structure was inspired by ducers. “With a lower supply of coffee The findings will be part of the polystyrene, a plastic used in styro- in the market, prices rise and that 248th national meeting and exposition foam and other packaging material. favours fraud because of the economic of the American Chemical Society The new material would be a part gain,” said lead researcher Suzana (ACS), the world’s largest scientific of an emerging technology called an Lucy Nixdorf from State University society, this week. integrated gasification combined cycle of Londrina in Brazil. (IGCC), which can convert fossil fuels Trapeze Exhibition and The test uses liquid chromatogra- into hydrogen gas, the researchers Acquisitions Program phy and statistical tools. ‘Sponge’ plastic to soak said. But the IGCC process yields a When: August 15; 10am-10pm This gives the team a much closer up CO2, reduce pollution mixture of hydrogen and CO2 gas, Where: Katara Art Studios - Bldg 19 look at the ingredients in an unbiased which must be separated. What: The exhibition features the work of way, according to Nixdorf. ou have blamed plastics all The sponge works best under the Qatari artists and their efforts to achieve a Chromatography is a powerful ana- along for increased pollution high pressures intrinsic to the IGCC balance between reviving the heritage and lytical technique that is very sensitive Ybut researchers have now process. traditions and preserve the cultural and and highly selective. made a material - inspired by the Agencies popular memory, between their aspirations as artists yearning for the future enlightened by their country rising to the top ranks in various fields. The exhibition is a panorama of arts as all Qatari artists of different creativity areas are invited to participate in IN FOCUS by Sun Dawei Trapeze and present their artworks, and the organizing committee will select some of the most exceptional woks. Free entry

Building Our Collection: An Insight Into Museum Art Collecting When: Till August 30 Where: Museum Of Islamic Art What: The exhibition looks at why MIA collects Islamic art, and how the museum’s collecting practices shape our understanding of Islamic art through artistic and cultural connections between different regions of the Islamic world. The majority of featured objects have never before been on display. Free entry

Splash & Dash When: Till August 31 Where: Aspire Zone What: Aspire will make two of its best facilities available for the community from July 2 until August 31, every Sunday and Wednesday from 7:30pm until 11pm. Aspire Dome Swimming Pool and the Indoor Athletics Track will host swimming and running open sessions. The online registration is open until August 31. Tickets required (more info at www.aspirezone.qa)

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