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Charles Cook, manager of facilities and operations at Champions Oncology, opens a plastic cage containing mice carrying bits of a cancer patient’s tumour in a lab in Baltimore.

By Marilyn Marchione

hey are paying a private lab to breed mice that carry bits of their own tumours so treat- Tments can be tried first on the customised rodents. The idea is to see which drugs might work best on a specific person’s specific cancer. The mice may help patients make what can be very hard choices under difficult circumstances. Studies can suggest a certain chemotherapy may help, but patients wonder whether it will work for them. Often there’s more than one choice, and if the first one fails, a patient may be too sick to try another. So hundreds of people have made “mouse avatars” over the last few years to test chemotherapies. “What I’m doing is personalized cancer treatment. It’s the wave of the future,” said Eileen Youtie, a Miami woman using mice to guide care for Charles Cook her hard-to-treat form of breast can- displays mouse cer. “Part of this is trying to eliminate carrying a cancer chemos that are not going to work on patient’s tumor graft me. I don’t want to waste time taking under its skin in a them and poison my body.” lab in Baltimore. But there are no guarantees the mice will help. PLUS | WEDNESDAY 24 DECEMBER 2014 3

Charles Cook, manager of facilities and operations at Champions Oncology, pulls a plastic cage containing mice car- rying bits of a cancer patient’s tumour from a shelf in a lab in Baltimore.

“There’s not a lot of science” to say cancer patient’s name. Youtie spent $30,000 “because I want turned out to have helped the patients, how well this works, and it should Most mice are white-haired females them to test all the possible drugs,” he said. And if something had not be considered highly experimental, with beady red eyes, but others are even some for other types of cancer. worked in the mice it almost never said Dr Len Lichtenfeld, deputy chief hairless. Some live alone while others That approach helped Yaron Panov, worked in a patient. medical officer of the American Cancer climb over one another and sleep in a 59-year-old Toronto man diagnosed Mice have some drawbacks, said Dr Society. small piles. All have easy access to food four years ago with liposarcoma, a soft- Benjamin Neel, director of research There are some early encourag- and water, and many bear signs of the tissue cancer. No specific drugs were at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre ing reports, he said. One study of 70 tumor graft — a shaved portion of hair, recommended, and “I was given six in Toronto and a spokesman for the patients found the mice generally an incision scar and a lump growing months to live,” he said. American Association for Cancer reflected how well patients responded off one side. Tests on his avatar mice suggested Research. to various drugs. But there is no evi- Most patients try three to five drugs the first drug he was prescribed would The tumour grafts are under the dence that using mice is any better and spend $10,000 to $12,000, said not work but that one for colon cancer mouse skin — not in places where than care based on medical guidelines Champions’ chief medical officer, Dr. might. the cancer normally occurs, such as or the gene tests that many patients Angela Davies. “It was working on the mice so I the pancreas or lungs, and therefore get now to help pick drugs. knew it would work on me,” he said. don’t reflect the human tumor’s envi- Mouse testing costs $10,000 or more, “It’s such a boost of confidence” and ronment. The mice also have highly and insurers don’t cover it. It takes it makes it easier to endure side impaired immune systems so they several months, so patients usually effects, said Panov, whose cancer is in can tolerate the human tumors. That have to start therapy before mouse remission. means they don’t reflect how a per- results are in. Reuven Moser, a 71-year-old man son’s immune system would respond to “I do see promise, but it’s very time- from Tel Aviv, Israel, said his avatar a treatment and cannot be used to test consuming, it’s very expensive. For the mice confirmed that drugs prescribed immunotherapies. “Even if it turns out average patient, standard care is going for colon cancer that had spread to his these have real value,” they’re likely to to be the way to go,” said Alana Welm, liver were a good option. be eclipsed by newer advances, such as a cancer researcher at the Oklahoma Most mice are white- “Most of the time the oncologists ways to grow tumor cells in a lab dish Medical Research Foundation. She want to follow a protocol, but they don’t that take only a few weeks, he said. gave a talk on mouse avatars last week haired females with know how it will affect the patient,” For now, mice seem the best bet, at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Moser said. “It was very reassuring” to along with gene testing and her doc- Symposium. It was the third major beady red eyes, but see the mice respond, he said. Moser’s tors’ advice, said Youtie, the Miami cancer meeting this year to feature mice were bred in February and he is woman with breast cancer. Her mouse work on customised cancer mice. others are hairless. still undergoing treatment. testing suggested that either of two Several labs breed these mice but Dr Andrew Gaya of Leaders in drugs would be effective, so she chose the main supplier to patients has Some live alone while Oncology Care, a private clinic in the one thought to have fewer side been Champions Oncology, a company others climb over one London, helped lead the 70-patient effects on the heart. She recently fin- based in Hackensack, New Jersey, that study of avatar mice and gave results ished chemotherapy, is about to finish also operates in London, Tel Aviv and another and sleep in at a cancer conference in September. radiation treatment, and said she does Singapore. About 7,000 mice are kept It looked back at how well mice per- not feel guilty about using the mice. in a Baltimore lab with six rooms that small piles. formed in patients whose outcomes “Animal abuse? I don’t look at it that resemble stock rooms of a shoe store, from treatment were already known. way,” she said. “It’s not testing cosmet- with tall shelves that hold row upon About 70 percent of the time, tests in ics. It’s trying to save my life.” row of plastic cages labeled with each the mice suggested something that AP 4 PLUS | WEDNESDAY 24 DECEMBER 2014 CAMPUS/COMMUNITY

BPS students vist VIJIT Malarwadi celebrates National Day

A group of Birla Public School students accompanied by a teacher visited the In connection with Qatar National Day, Malarvadi Children Organisation Indian Coast Guard Ship VIJIT, which is on a diplomatic visit to Qatar. Varun, conducted a carnival under the title of ‘Qatar National Day Malarvadi the Assistant-in–Command, welcomed the students on board and explained Balolsavam 2014’ at Al Arabi Sports club facility. More than 1,500 children in the objective of Indian Coast Guard - the safety, security, pollution control the age group of 4 to 13 representing 29 Malarvadi units took part in the col- and law enforcement in the EEZ (Exclusive Economic Zone) of India. He also ourful march-past at Training field of Al Arabi Sports club. Malarvadi Chief inspired the students to join the Coast Guard and briefed them about various Patron Indian Islamic Association President K C Abdul Latheef flagged off job opportunities in the Indian Coast Guard. He said that the new genera- the march in the morning. Bin Omran, Azizia and Ezdan 21 units bagged tion offshore patrol vessel, ICGS Vijit, was commissioned on December 11, 1st, 2nd and third place respectively in various sports competitions, which 2010 and was inducted into the fleet in a function held at port town of Vasco was held in two venues. Children’ were grouped in four categories, such in Panaji. Officer on board B Jayson guided the students through various as Kids, Sub-Junior, Junior and Senior according to their age. parts of the ship and explained their functions and answered their questions. Sir Syed remembered

MU Alumni Association Qatar Dr Nadeem Tarin’s address wherein A(Alumni of Aligarh Muslim he urged all Aligarians to sponsor University, Aligarh, India) celebrated needy students back in India and play the 197th birth anniversary of the instrumental role towards education as university’s founder Sir Syed Ahmad dreamt by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan. Azim Khan recently. Abbas requested Aligs community to Dr Nadeem Akhtar Tarin, the contribute towards the upliftment of General Manager of Riyadh Based con- the society as a whole and betterment struction company Salman Al Terais, of cultural activities in Doha. a renowned educationist and philan- There were many cultural activi- thropist was the chief guest, while ties like fancy dress competition Azim Abbas, the Managing Director for kids which was conducted by Bhavan’s wins National Day prize Al Sulaiman Jewelry & Watches, was Samreen Zafar and won by Master the guest of honour. Around 190 people Saad Ahmad; Nazr-e Aligarh, pre- including children attended the func- sented by Faisal Asad (a poetry tion. Danish Hussain Khan greeted the written by MajazLucknawi). Danish attendees and Mohammad Mustafa Hussain Khan won the hearts by his Imran started the programme with humorous poetry. Sarwar Mirza and the recitation of Holy Quran. Ziauddin IftekharRaghib also presented poetries Ahmad, the Vice-President of the asso- related to Sir Syed Ahmad Khan and ciation gave the welcome speech. Aligarh Muslim University. Highlights of the programme included THE PENINSULA

Bhavan’s Public School won first prize, a cash award of QR,7000 and a trophy in the inter-school competitions organised by the Ministry of Interior on the occasion of Qatar National Day at Al Wakrah Stadium. The students partici- pated in a parade and depicted the Glorious Past, the Trendy Present and the Emerging Future of Qatar. Lieutenant Colonel Ghanem Saad Al Khayarin, Community policing official, received the guard of honour from the marching students. The students presented three songs, two thematic programmes about Qatar and two dances. The Bhavan’s Public school competed with Pakistan Education Centre, Bangladesh MHM school, Shantiniketan and TNG. COMMUNITY / MARKETPLACE PLUS | WEDNESDAY 24 DECEMBER 2014 5 AlFaisal Without Borders flies students to Beijing

lFaisal Without Borders with the Destination Imagination, Foundation flew a team of WajehWujhatak, programme last year, five students from Amna we took our Qatar team from Amna ABint Wahab Independent Bint Wahab Independent Preparatory Preparatory School for Girls to compete School for Girls to compete in the in the Destination Imagination (DI), international China Tournament as a WajehWujhatak, China Tournament, once in a lifetime experience to per- held in Beijing recently. form alongside international teams and Five hundred DI China teams and to visit China. We are delighted with 25 international teams from Qatar, their success and congratulate them Mexico, Canada, USA, and Poland for coming 4th against 18 other teams participated in the event. The open- – an outstanding achievement.” ing ceremony was attended by 3, 500 The event was sponsored by Disney Kite, all presented as time capsules. Compass as an inspiring Chinese students, over 50 VIP officials repre- with a visit from Mickey Mouse and Teams had to write their story about invention and for their solution cre- senting China and DI Headquarters Minnie Mouse as well as a Chinese their chosen invention telling how it ated a device which could find people and more than 500 spectators and Shaolin Kung Fu performance which would benefit the world, how it worked, anywhere in the world by combining team managers. Each team includ- wowed the audience.Thenthe interna- and what would happen should it fall compass technology and DNA reading. ing Qatar’s, joined the opening parade tional teams were presented with their into the wrong hands. Teams had to Their presentation was filled with sci- around the arena holding their country 24 hour Extreme Challenge by Disney. include how original team-created char- entific concepts and terminology giving flag and country name banner to the The challenge required teams to cre- acters would use one of these ancient credit to the Arabic educational system. sound of their national anthem. ate a new invention that was inspired Chinese inventions to inspire the design The Qatar team came in 4th in their ALF Executive Director Ali by one of four Chinese discoveries: and creation of a new Invention. category of Middle Level against 18 Mar’e, said: “After our success Printing, The Compass, Silk and The The Qatar team was assigned the other teams. THE PENINSULA

Schneider Electric holds social event

Schneider Electric Secure Power held a social event at Doha Golf Club with major contractors in Qatar recently. With approxi- mately 40 attendees from differ- ent contractors and Schneider Electric Secure Power Partners, the event was filled with enter- tainment and gave an opportunity for networking. Following an open buffet at Majlis area of Golf Club, everyone had mini golf course of longest drive and putting with individual instructions for each group. During the golf course, instructions teach how to hold grips and how to hit efficiently while all attendees enjoyed this time a lot which was the first experience to meet with a golf ball for many of them.

Country Club plans big New Year bash at West End Park

elebrating the 25th year of their Sophie Chowdhary, Surveen Chawla, with The Country Club Members. celebrate the New Year in the UAE & Csuccess, The Country Club Group Hazel Keech, Aarti Chabbria, Payal The programme on December 31st GCC with an interesting line up of film announced ‘Asia’s Biggest New Year Bash Rohtangi, Shefali Jeriwala, Gurmeet at the West End Park will give an industry’s well known divas performing 2015 in India & GCC’ that promises to & Debina, Hussain & Tina, and many opportunity to the member fans to at Asia’s Biggest New Year Bash 2015. surprise the members and their guests more will be performing as a part of watch their favourite celebrity, Hazel Jai Ho actress Daisy Shah, her troop with entertainments. the The Country Club Clan this year. Keech. Keech, her troop and Shibani and Anousha Dandekar will be per- A line-up of dashing Bollywood stars The New Year celebrations in Doha Dandekar and her band along with forming in Dubai. Muscat - Oman will will entertain the Country Club mem- will witness the upcoming Bollywood the DJ will allure the crowd and set see Aarti Chabria and Mohit Lalwani bers in India and the GCC. Fans are Celebrity & Kareena Kapoor’s friend the stage on fire with great music and whereas Bahrain will witness Surveen in for a treat as Daisy Shah, Prachi in the movie Bodyguard, Hazel Keech electrifying performances. Chawla and Abhijeet Sawant. Desai, Gauhar Khan, Esha Gupta, coming to town to start the year 2015 The Country Club is geared up to THE PENINSULA 6 PLUS | WEDNESDAY 24 DECEMBER 2014 ART/CULTURE

Rome’s Maxxi art museum aims to build creativity out of crisis

BY Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Rome signalling a new beginning for this “Yes, it’s true it was a big chal- pioneering Korean video and digital formerly precarious institution. lenge to take on,” said Hanru. “The art ever held in Europe. Divided into wo months ago the Maxxi The driving force behind Maxxi’s general belief when I got here was four parts, it examines everything museum in Rome was rebirth is Chinese curator Hou that there was no money and nobody from the relationship between art, emptied entirely of its Hanru, who last year took over as was going to the museum. So I just technology and the spiritual, to the Tcontents and its cavern- artistic director when the gallery said, well maybe one has to look at impact of technology on modern ous curved gallery spaces filled not was in the direst of straits. As a that in a more dynamic manner and psychology and even as a political with physical, permanent art but non-Italian director of a partially to see that there were a lot of rea- platform for messages about social with intangible sound installations state funded art gallery, to many he sons this had happened and there- change and gentrification. evoking the ancient city around it. seemed an unusual choice. Hanru fore a possibility to change things. Particularly powerful pieces on It was done purely for the pur- defines it himself as an “unexpected There are so many wonderful art- show include a 2004 work by Jeong poses of a brief and quite radical encounter”. works created in history in the most Jeong-ju, titled Seodaemun Prison, exhibition, but it also proved a sym- But, in Italy’s insular world of difficult situations, when artists did which combines black and white bolic move for a modern art institu- cultural politics, it appears an out- not even have anything to eat, so I footage behind the bars of a prison tion that has suffered considerable sider may have been exactly what thought, why can’t it be the same with a scaled-down physical model of growing pains since it opened four was needed. He was under no illu- thing for the Maxxi – to be given a the place which has become a symbol years ago. sions about the Maxxi’s parlous posi- new life born out of difficulty. This of Japanese cruelty and oppression Just over a year and a half ago tion, yet was drawn to the project difficulty has pushed us to think during their colonial rule of Korea the Maxxi seemed doomed. The by an interest in “taking charge of outside the box, to create a museum from 1910 until 1945. contemporary art gallery, designed a new institution still in the process unlike anywhere else and that can Another piece of video art, titled by London-Iraqi architect Zaha of becoming, still in the process of contribute a very different kind of New Ghost Town, by artist Minouk Hadid, took 10 years to build and looking for an identity – and in the intellectual and cultural content to Lim, shows young people driving was saddled with a huge funding meantime going through a certain life and to society.” through a Korean town rapping on deficit almost from the moment kind of crisis. I saw it as an oppor- One of the most outward looking the back of a truck, in a comment it opened. The culture ministry tunity to gain certain freedoms out exhibitions on Hanru’s newly opened on gentrification, while the exhibi- reduced its initial funding for the of this urgency, to view this crisis as programme is The Future is Now, tion’s most eye-catching piece is an building from €7m in 2010 to €4m an opportunity.” the first comprehensive show of installation by artists Bang and Lee, in 2011 – a 43 percent drop. In 2012 Hanru’s vision has not been sim- titled Transparente Studio, which it was accused by the government of ply as a showcase for Italian con- confronts the viewer with a clash having a €800,000 gap in its budget. temporary art but rather a space of analogue and digital, and east In a city where the echoes of past with a global perspective. That It had seemed and west art and politics, through architectural and cultural splendour vision has become fully realised in various screens, televisions and neon are still dominant, the Maxxi has the four exhibitions that have just doomed, but with signs of both biblical and consumer- also struggled to establish a voice opened, including a showcase of four ambitious ist slogans. and presence of its own in Rome. Korean video and new media art Next year the gallery will host Yet, for the first time, its fortunes since the 1970s and an exhibition exhibitions opening, a show examining the relationship are – contrary to the expectations of the monumental sculptures of the contemporary between the urban and visual arts of its many vocal critics – beginning Chinese avant-garde artist Huang in Istanbul and the year after, an to shift. This week, four new and Yong Ping – both of which opened art gallery has a exhibition focused on Beirut and the ambitious exhibitions opened at the on Friday – as well as another major chance of a new Lebanese art scene. A show on food Maxxi, each unlike anything that show of Iranian art from the 1960s, security around the world is sched- has been staged there before and which opened last week. beginning. uled. The Guardian FOOD PLUS | WEDNESDAY 24 DECEMBER 2014 7

Shawarma sizzles Indian city of Hyderabad

By Mohammed Shafeeq “It tastes so delicious. I can’t resist in Hyderabad in 1997. today. Those who tasted his shawarma the temptation,” said R Sangeeta, a He worked in Saudi Arabia for 25 include celebrities like actor Sanjay t’s evening and a group of young- student, after grabbing her favourite years and returned to set up a restau- Dutt. sters flocking a popular eatery in snack at ‘Feel in Saudia’, a popular rant serving dishes from the Middle “Keeping the tastes of Indians, Nampally are waiting for a piping eatery. East. According to Kamal, shawarma especially Hyderabadis, I made a few Ihot Shawarma, Arabian fast food The delicacy is not only a hit among originated in Lebanon. changes in the dish from what is served that is popular here as an alternative local youth but is also a favourite of He serves shawarma in ‘samoli’ in Saudi Arabia. I made it a bit spicy,” to pizzas and burgers. Arab and African students here. It ‘Lebanese khubz’ and other types of Kamal said. So, the next time you are Dozens of eateries in different parts is also preferred by locals who have bread. He is proud that the Arabic in Hyderabad, don’t fail to grab a sha- of Hyderabad serve the delicacy, which worked in the Middle East. food which he introduced is popular warma! IANS is said to have arrived here about two Thanks to the traditional ties, decades ago but has grown in popular- the Middle East has an impact on ity only in recent years. Hyderabadi cuisine. While some Shawarma, as it is known in Arabic, hotels and restaurants serve Arabic is basically a sandwich wrap filled with dishes like qabsa and mandi, it is the either mutton or chicken along with shawarma which proved a hit because vegetable salad. The meat is marinated it can be taken any time and because and roasted over a slow flame for sev- of the wide variety and combinations eral hours. The grilled and juicy hot available. However, most of the eater- meat, mounted on a special machine, ies sell it only during evenings as it fits is shredded and rolled on the bread. easily as a snack between lunch and Mayonnaise, chilli sauce, vinegar or the dinner. traditional Arab sauces such as tahina Priced between Rs60 and Rs75, (made of til) and hummus (made of shawarma is available in not just the chickpea) and chopped cucumber, streets around the historic Charminar onion and tomato are added to the and other parts of the old city but also filling for a perfect serve. in areas like Nampally, Mallepally, Toli Groups of youngsters flock to the Chowki and even in the Hitec City, the eateries for the hot and delicious sha- information technology hub, where the warma. While families also visit the young techies savour the delicacy. eateries, youngsters constitute the Arabian Food at Toli Chowki is one majority of customers. While many of the eateries serving the Arabic fast prefer to take it piping hot in the res- food. Its owner Mir Qaiser Kamal taurants, others go for a take-away. claims to have introduced Shawarma 8 PLUS | WEDNESDAY 24 DECEMBER 2014 ENTERTAINMENT PLUS | WEDNESDAY 24 DECEMBER 2014 9

HOLLYWOOD NEWS BOLLYWOOD NEWS A woman poses with a model of the new Madonna speaks of ‘crazy Godzilla in Tokyo. I was typecast: Zayed Khan ayed Khan, known for multi-starrer films like Main Hoon Na, Dus and times’ after songs leaked ZShaadi No.1, says he was typecast in the film industry. Zayed, whose film career spans over a decade, told reporters: “My acting career had adonna and Sony Pictures both were separately torpedoed by major ups and downs. It’s been a mix of everything. I was typecast. I was young Mhacks this month, in what the pop icon called “crazy times.” “S***, and I didn’t know many things. I was working in big banner multi-starrer this is the age that we’re living in. It’s crazy,” she told Billboard magazine, films. I didn’t realise I was being typecast.” when asked about the investigation into how at least 10 of her unfinished, The actor is currently promoting Sharafat Gayi Tel Lene. unreleased songs were leaked onto the Internet. “I took a break from acting and l kept myself busy. Now, I am working “I mean, look at what’s going on with Sony Pictures. It’s just the age in this film which is not a big banner film. I loved the script that’s why I that we’re living in. It’s crazy times.” chose to this film,” he said. Washington accuses Pyongyang of being behind the hack at Sony that Directed by Gurmmeet Singh, the movie also features Tina Desai and led to the release of embarrassing emails and caused executives to halt Rannvijay Singha. the debut of the madcap comedy action film The Interview. Zayed essays the role of a Delhi guy who finds himself embroiled in a The film about a fictional CIA plot to kill the country’s leader infuriated situation involving the underworld. North Korea, although Pyongyang has repeatedly denied it was behind He said: “I am quite thrilled and excited about the film. It is quite an the cyber-assault on Sony. unusual concept. I hope the audience enjoys watching the film”. “The Internet is as constructive and helpful in bringing people together as it is in doing dangerous things and hurting people. It’s a double-edged sword,” Madonna said. Asked about her recording security, she said it already had been quite tight, so the leak came as a surprise. “We don’t put things up on servers anymore. Everything we work on, if we work on computers, we’re not on WiFi, we’re not on the Internet, we don’t work in a way where anybody can access the information,” she said. Aamir Khan film PK set for highest “Hard drives of music are hand-carried to people. We don’t leave music ever Bollywood opening in US laying around.” President Barack Obama said that while his administration was plan- Japanese reptile takes ndian fish-out-of-water comedy about a goggle-eyed alien who arrives ning a “proportionate” response, the hack of Sony was an act of “cyber Ion Earth with a mission to study humanity is on course to score the vandalism” rather than war. biggest Bollywood debut of all time at the US box office, reports Deadline. North Korea has called for a joint probe into the investigation with PK, starring Aamir Khan as an extra terrestrial who questions the sub- the United States into the hacking—an offer swiftly rebuffed by security continent’s myriad religious creeds, opened in 10th place in north America officials in Washington. with a haul of $3.46m at the weekend, according to early estimates. It is the third Bollywood film to make the top 10 in recent years, following on Hollywood rival Dhoom 3 and Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani in 2013. Dhoom 3, which also starred Khan, opened with $3.44m at the US box office last December, meaning it could hold on to the record if PK slips Maintaining family hard work: Jolie By Justin McCurry back by just $20,000 at the final count. PK is reportedly behind its rival atomic destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, graphics is proving. How much longer will kids used in India after opening with just over Rs900m ($14.2m) over the weekend. ctress-director Angelina Jolie admits that maintaining a family and decade after a Japanese film studio sent some of the 9.6 million who saw the film regarded to seeing digital everything get a thrill from films According to bollywoodhungama.com, its opening-day haul of Rs260.63m Amarriage requires a lot of hard work. The 39-year-old, who is rais- Godzilla on his “final” journey of destruc- him as a metaphor for the nuclear-armed US and starring a man in a suit? I’m assuming Toho will was the seventh best of all time in India. ing her children Maddox (13), Pax (11), Zahara (nine), Shiloh (eight) A tion, the irradiated monster is set to stomp a symbol of the follies of the atomic age. stick to tradition.” PK also opened in the UK, and six-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne with her husband Brad Pitt, ashore and trample across Tokyo again as the coun- The debut film’s release came in 1954, soon after The studio has yet to say whether it will fully where results are expected spoke about her off screen life in the January issue of Australia’s Women’s try attempts to reclaim its creation from Hollywood. the US had tested a hydrogen bomb at Bikini atoll digitise Godzilla or go with an actor dressed in a later this week. The film took Weekly magazine. Toho, the Japanese studio that first brought and irradiated a group of Japanese fishermen. latex suit. $22.13m worldwide, according She said that the couple “work really hard” to protect their family so Godzilla to the big screen in 1954, says it plans to “That year was also when Japan was start- Observers doubt the budget will match the to Deadline. that everything is alright, reports femalefirst.co.uk. rehabilitate the giant reptile in a film to be released ing to debate the peaceful use of nuclear energy,” $200m lavished on Gareth Edwards’s 2014 Director Rajkumar “(Brad and I) work really hard at nurturing our family to make sure in 2016, despite sending him back to the ocean in Toshio Takahashi, a literature professor at Waseda Hollywood remake, but Taichi Ueda, a veteran Hirani’s satire has attracted that everybody is alright and everyone stays connected,” she said. Godzilla: Final Wars in 2004, supposedly never to University in Tokyo, told Reuters earlier this year. producer who is leading efforts to reboot the criticism from some religious “Maintaining a marriage and raising kids is hard work. You have to be seen again. “So the movie expressed fears about nuclear power, Godzilla brand, said he hoped the movie would parties in India. Detractors really make sure that your work doesn’t get in the way. That you don’t do The new film, the 29th in the studio’s series that as well as weapons.” steal Hollywood’s thunder. have condemned scenes in something that is going to put too much strain on your family,” she said began as Japan embarked on its postwar economic When those fears were reignited after the tri- “The time has come for Japan to make a film that which the titular alien visits and added that she and Pitt enjoy the company of their children. miracle, will appear two years before Hollywood’s ple meltdown at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power will not lose to Hollywood,” Ueda told reporters Delhi and innocently ques- “They’re six of the funniest people we have ever met in our lives. We version of the saurian tormenter returns in the plant in March 2011, it seemed that all hope of a when the Toho film was announced, according to tions the complex rituals love being home and we love being around them because they are just so sequel to this year’s hit Warner Bros movie, Godzilla, Godzilla resurrection had been lost. Variety magazine, adding that he hoped the char- mankind has chosen to con- entertaining,” she said. which grossed more than $500m worldwide. “Godzilla shows us that we must return to our acter would “represent Japan and be loved around nect with God, as well as the Toho said it had decided to revive the Japanese dark past and then accept it,” Takahashi added. “His the world” by the time Tokyo hosts the summer commercialisation of religion. version in response to demand from the monster’s purpose is to make us question ourselves. So I think Olympics in 2020. In October last year the film millions of devotees. we need to walk with him a little more, especially Toho’s last Godzilla film — the 2004 Godzilla: was hit with a legal complaint “We have received lots of sincere requests from after Fukushima.” Final Wars — struggled to make an impact, earn- after onlookers near the fans for him to be revived,” a spokesman told Kyodo In more recent incarnations, filmmakers placed ing the studio just $12million dollars. shoot in the Chandni Chowk Jennifer Lawrence finds new man? News, adding that filming could start as early as less emphasis on Godzilla’s origins as the mutant “Given the expense of making this sort of film, area of central Delhi objected next summer. The firm has yet to appoint a director product of a nuclear test in the Pacific, lending the Toho will have to appeal to older audiences as well,” to a reported dream sequence ctress Jennifer Lawrence, who recently split from Coldplay frontman and other production staff. character a more ambiguous feel that would appeal said Schilling. “Final Wars was a money loser, so in which a man dressed as the AChris Martin, was reportedly spotted spending time with filmmaker Godzilla has secured an unrivalled place in the to children and adults. there’s no guarantee it’ll do better this time.” Hindu deity Lord Shiva could Gabe Polsky at his house here. According to a source, the Hunger Games Japanese psyche over the past 60 years. Known here “The series has long been pitched at families over Fans, meanwhile, are waiting to see which Tokyo be seen pulling a rickshaw in star arrived at Polsky’s house recently afternoon with her dog in tow, as gojira – a Japanese portmanteau of “gorilla” and hardcore fans, and kids today will greet the movie landmark the monster will crush and blast with which two burqa-clad women reports nydailynews.com. “kujira” (whale) – he has endeared himself to gen- with fresh eyes, instead of as the latest instalment his radioactive breath: the soaring edifice, Tokyo were sitting. A mob report- The 24-year-old spent about five hours at his residence and they ordered erations of movie lovers, in spite of his destructive in a series that’s 60 years old,” said Mark Schilling, Skytree, or Tokyo Tower, perhaps. Or – and this edly gathered and the three pizza — not once, but twice. “They ordered a couple of pizzas and about behaviour. an expert on Japanese cinema. may be a more popular choice – he could opt to ter- actors involved were taken to a nearby police station. 30 minutes later another delivery man came with more pizza,” the source Godzilla also reflects Japan’s perennial fear of “The connection with the Japanese psyche is cer- rorise the occupants of the Kokkai Gijido, Japan’s Khan and Hirani were named in the complaint, according to India Today. said. “They definitely weren’t in there reading scripts. They were having nuclear war. When the first Godzilla film appeared tainly there, but tastes change, as the shift from parliament building. It is not clear if the scene made it into the final cut, though reviews sug- a good time,” the source added. in black and white, just under a decade after the hand-drawn Ghibli animation to 3D computer The Guardian gest that the Lord Shiva character remains in the movie. 10 PLUS | WEDNESDAY 24 DECEMBER 2014 NORTH KOREA

Internet services are gradually being restored in North Korea after an unprecedented outage that lasted over nine hours, which occurred in the wake of a cyber security row with the United States ENCLOSED INTERNET DISPUTE TIMELINE North Korea has very limited access Nov 24: Sony to global internet but does have its Pictures hacked own intranet (internal internet), by Guardians of hosting state-controlled news and Peace (GOP), cookery website who in following $% emails, sensitive data and unreleased movies online Dec 1: FBI investigates whether North Korea may be linked to attack The Interview, about assassination Korean Central News Agency website Dec 3: 8 denies country involved in Sony hack “U.S. urged to honestly apologise to mankind for its evil doing before Dec 7: State-run news agency groundlessly pulling up others” $PQ again denies involvement Limited connections to outside world – reserved for elite, military and Dec 11: % N *+-/%0 state-run ISP Star Joint Ventures, which in turn is routed through Dec 16:

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he lines snaking into Bangladesh’s overwhelmed hospitals are often so long, Tsays Nusrat Hussein Kiwan, that they extend into the street outside — too many patients seeking too few Medical tourism quality doctors. So, through a Google search, the wife of a Bangladeshi construction execu- tive chose a Malaysian hospital for her heart bypass surgery. “It’s peaceful here, and my doctors booms in Asia are good,” Kiwan, 65, said during a post-op check-up at a Kuala Lumpur private hospital, looking full of life in an orange headscarf and sparkling gold bracelets. “I didn’t expect to be as good as before. But I’m better.” Kiwan spent $20,000 on the proce- dure earlier this year, joining a boom- ing global medical tourism market that is seeing particularly rapid growth in Southeast Asia. US-based industry resource Patients Beyond Borders estimates the world market is expanding by 25 percent per year — it reached $55bn with 11 million Bangladeshi woman medical tourists in 2013. Nusrat Hussein International medical tourism began Kiwan in front of to gain ground in the 1980s as Latin the International American countries such as Costa Patients Centre Rica and Brazil offered relatively cheap reception area at a dental, cosmetic and other procedures private hospital in to US and European patients driven Kuala Lumpur. south by high costs. But the onetime niche market has developed into a multi-billion-dollar industry as developing-world health driving millions of patients to coun- considered a medical-tourism “sweet I would definitely recommend it,” systems improve, global aviation links tries such as Thailand, Malaysia, South spot,” with decades of solid economic Alexandria Garvie, 61, said from her spread, and the Internet broadens Korea, Taiwan — and even the US and growth creating high-quality medical hospital bed in Kuala Lumpur after a patients’ horizons. UK — in search of medical treatment systems that remain competitively tummy tuck. Procedures vary widely from fertility not yet available in their homelands.” priced. The $5,000 procedure—around one- treatments in Barbados, to cosmetic “The near-term growth potential is Patients come from both rich and quarter of what she would have paid at surgery in Brazil, heart and eye opera- significant,” he said. poor nations, the former driven by high home in Australia—was performed at tions in Malaysia, and gender-reassign- Increasingly, major Asian players costs at home, and the latter seeking the Beverly Wilshire Medical Centre. ment in Thailand. like India, Malaysia, Singapore and better-quality care. The company also recently opened The sector benefits from a “perfect Thailand are aggressively promoting Malaysia’s market has nearly dou- a new branch near the border with storm of an ageing global population, treatments at up to 80 percent savings bled since 2010, reaching 770,000 Singapore to entice patients from the rising affluence and greater choice in compared to developed nations, with patients and $200 million in revenue more affluent city-state. quality hospitals,” said Josef Woodman, some companies arranging package last year, according to government Most medical tourists to Malaysia, CEO of Patients Beyond Borders. trips that combine a nose job with a figures. however, are well-heeled visitors from “This is particularly true in Asia, little beach time. “We are behind Thailand for sure, less-developed Indonesia, followed by where disparities in quality of care are Southeast Asia, in particular, is but we are giving Singapore a good Indians, Japanese and Chinese. Future fight,” said T Mahadevan, head of the growth is expected from the wealthy Association of Private Hospitals of Middle East. Malaysia. Ancillary businesses have sprouted. Thailand says it attracted 2.53 mil- Beautiful Holidays, based on the lion medical tourists in 2012. Though northern Malaysian island of Penang, its figures include spa tourists, that’s a connects overseas clients with local one-third increase in just two years, a cosmetic surgeons, arranges their period in which revenues nearly dou- accommodations, and shepherds them bled to around $4.2bn. to pre- and post-op check-ups. In Singapore, medical tourists spent But it also arranges drinks, dining $630m last year, a figure likely inflated and sightseeing in Penang, know for its by the modern city-state’s relatively historical sites, beaches and cultural higher costs. Patients Beyond Borders melange. “The idea is to have people estimates Singapore draws more than come here for holidays—sun and silicone, a half-million treatment-seekers that kind of thing,” said Tony Leong, the annually, mostly from neighbouring company’s programme director. Indonesia, where health systems lag. Ashley Higgins, a 30-year-old Malaysia set up a special body in American, has used the company twice, Alexandria Garvie 2009 to streamline and organise indus- first for a breast augmentation, then a from Australia poses try players. nose job. following a tummy- Patients Without Borders calls She was initially wary of going under tuck operation at a Malaysia “medical travel’s best-kept the knife on the other side of the globe, private hospital in secret”, noting the widely spoken fluent but price concerns won out. Kuala Lumpur. English and far cheaper medical costs “The hard part is trusting people compared to Japan, the United States, when you are 1,000 miles from home. I Europe and other key clientele sources. felt comfortable coming here,” she said. “I would come back here again. AFP 12 PLUS | WEDNESDAY 24 DECEMBER 2014 TECHNOLOGY

By Nicola Davis and Robin McKie Professor Tim Birkhead’s long-term ou can take a role in testing the effect study of guillemots on Skomer island, of warming skin on memory. Or you can Wales, was in danger of having its involve yourself in Britain’s first bid to land funding cut until he launched a Ya spaceship on the Moon. Or you can help crowdfunding appeal. researchers understand the social behaviour of the dwarf mongoose. It is a mixed bag – but it has a common theme. For all these scientific projects, and hundreds more, are now getting the go-ahead through a new approach to supporting research projects: crowdfunding. Now worth more than £3bn worldwide, the crowd- funding industry involves the raising of money for a project or venture by appeals on the Internet. In the past, many appeals raised funds for local projects – repairs for schools or parks – but now the practice has spread as scientists have discovered its potential. An example is provided by Lunar Mission One, a project aimed at landing a UK spaceship on the Moon. Set up last month, the crowdfunding appeal aims to raise £600,000 to get the mission started. Earlier this year Natalie Jonk established Walacea, a crowdfunding agency that raises money to fund a number of different projects, including studies of the dwarf mongoose and the impact of ocean acidification on mussels. “Some of Britain’s best brains are employed by large corporations in jobs that do not challenge them,” said Jonk. “At the Now worth same time, there are thou- more than £3bn sands of young scientists worldwide, the seeking a chance to do exciting work. We want to crowdfunding help them do that.” industry involves A recent example of the the raising scientific value of crowd- funding is provided by of money for Professor Tim Birkhead a project or of Sheffield University. His venture by 42-year project monitor- ing guillemots on Skomer appeals on the island in Wales faced the Internet. axe this year after a newly formed quango, Natural Resources Wales, announced it would not continue to fund the £12,000-a-year survey – despite its importance in understanding the wellbeing of the sea birds’ population and the health of our seas in general. However, the zoologist’s project was rescued after he launched a crowdfund- ing appeal, raising more than £14,000. “I have to say, I didn’t expect such an amazing response,” said Birkhead. From moon to mongooses, Another example is provided by Walacea’s first crowdfunded project. It has provided support for research based at the Sorabi Rock Lodge Reserve in South Africa’s Limpopo province, where a joint crowdfunding rescues research endeavour by the universities of Bristol and Pretoria is exploring the social behaviour of the dwarf mongoose. “I am looking at vocal communication with a science research long-term aim of trying to provide some clues to human language evolution,” said researcher Katie Collier. Set up in 2011, the project involves studies of eight groups of wild dwarf mongooses who have been care- contact and the mongoose’s habituation wanes. crowdfunding, though Radford insists it’s not just fully habituated to the presence of humans, so that And that is a pricey business in a cold climate for about raising money: the platform also offers rewards researchers can get an intimate view of their social funding. As principal investigator Dr Andy Radford for those who pledge financial backing, from video interactions. “In the morning, we go out and either of Bristol University pointed out, the competition diaries to field trips. Involvement is intended not only look for a dwarf mongoose group or go back to where for funds is fiercer than ever, making it tougher and to be entertaining but educational. they slept the night before,” said Collier. “When we tougher to secure cash from research councils. “It This point is backed by Jonk. “Obviously we cannot find them, we sit with them until they wake up and is not impossible [to get funds] but it is harder and compete with research councils that, in the UK, dish then follow them for a few hours.”The mongoose harder, so we are all having to search for alternative out billions of pounds of funds for research which, project involves individual animals licking cotton buds sources.” Hence Radford’s decision to join the number although being important, is often complicated to to provide DNA samples and being weighed. “They of researchers who have turned to crowdfunding understand. With crowdfunding, the public can really like boiled eggs, so if we throw some into a box for help. Working with Walacea, Radford is hoping become involved in research that interests them. They on a scale, they will jump in and we can weigh them,” to raise funds for further studies of the impacts of will learn a lot of interesting science in the process, she added. Giving the animals near-constant attention bonds that exist between mongooses. “What we are while scientists, in taking a role in explaining their is essential to the project’s success – identification interested in is the day-to-day, minute-by-minute work, will gain skills in making their research under- marks need to be refreshed, territories monitored and benefits of having friends,” Radford explains. standable to the public. There is a lot to be gained.” new pups noted. A couple of weeks without human The team is hoping to raise £4,000 through The Guardian COMICS & MORE PLUS | WEDNESDAY 24 DECEMBER 2014 13

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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.

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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 ANSWER solved like a normal Sudoku. CINEMA / TV LISTINGS PLUS | WEDNESDAY 24 DECEMBER 2014 15

P.K. (Hindi) (2D/Comedy) SHOWING AT VILLAGGIO & CITY CENTER 1 – 11:30am, 2:30, 5:30, 8:30 & 11:30pm TEL: 444933989 444517001 Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb (2D/Action) 2 – 11:00am, 1:00, 3:00, 5:00, 7:15, 9:30 & 11:45pm Rugby Euro The Stream The Hobbit: The Battle of The Five Armies (3D/Adventure) 09:30 7:30 3 – 10:00am, 12:45, 3:30, 6:20, 9:10 & 11:55pm Championships 8:00 News Harlequins 8:30 Listening Post Foxcatcher (2D/Drama) 4 – 11:00am, 1:40, 4:20, 7:00, 9:40pm & 12:20am V Leinster, 10:00 News Leicester V 10:30 Inside Story Escobar: Paradise Lost (2D/Thriller) 5 – 10:20am, 12:30, 2:45, 5:00, 7:20, 9:35 & 11:55pm Toulon 11:00 News 14:30 Omni Sport 11:30 The Stream Home (2D/Horror) 6 – 11:15am, 1:15, 3:15, 5:15, 7:15, 9:15 & 11:15pm 15:00 NBA 12:30 Innovate Africa Washington @ 14:00 News The Good Lie (2D/Drama) – 10:00am, 2:30 & 7:00pm Boston 14:30 Inside Story 7 Montana (2D/Action) – 12:15, 4:45 & 11:30pm 17:00 NBA Denver @ 15:00 Al Jazeera Dying of The Light (2D/Drama) – 9:15pm Atlanta World Penguins of Madagascar (2D/Animation) 8 – 10:10am, 12:10, 1:10, 3:00 & 5:00pm 19:00 NFL New 17:00 News England The Stream Dying of The Light (2D/Drama) – 7:00, 9:00 & 11:00pm 17:30 Patriots @ San NEWSHOUR The Hobbit: The Battle of The Five Armies (IMAX 3D/ 18:00 Diego Chargers News 9 Adventure) – 10:30am, 1:15, 4:00, 6:50, 9:45pm & 12:30am 19:00 World Wide Witness Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb (2D/Action) 22:00 19:30 Sports News 10 – 10:45am, 3:15, 7:45pm & 12:15am 20:00 Hemathi Bithebini (2D/Arabic) – 1:00, 5:30 & 10:00pm 22:30 Auto Speed 20:30 Inside Story 23:00 Italian League 21:00 NEWSHOUR – 2:15pm 1 Penguins of Madagascar (3D)/Animation) Verona V 22:00 News Sampdoria The Stream Escobar: Paradise Lost (2D/Romantic) – 4:00pm 22:30 01:00 Tottenham Tv 23:00 Witness The Hobbit: The Battle of The Five Armies (3D/Adventure) – 6:00pm

P.K. (Hindi) (2D/Comedy) – 8.30pm 10:15 The Unsinkable 15:00 Diggers – 11:15pm Foxcatcher (2D/Drama) Molly Brown- 16:00 Doomsday 12:25 Mr. Skeffington- Preppers The Good Lie (2D/Drama) – 2:30pm 2 14:35 Murder At The 17:00 Beyond Magic Night At The Museum: Secret of The Tomb (2D/Comedy) – Gallop-FAM With Dmc MALL 4:30, 6.30 & 8.30pm 16:00 The Shop 18:00 Naked Science Around The 19:00 Diggers P.K. (Hindi) (2D/Comedy) –10:30pm Corner-FAM 20:00 Doomsday 17:40 Lust For Life- Preppers 3 Lingaa (2D/Tamil) – 2:00pm 19:40 Dial M For 21:00 Beyond Magic Hamathi Bethebini (2D/Arabic) – 5:00pm Murder-PG With Dmc 21:25 TCM Presents 22:00 Naked Science Foxcatcher (2D/Drama) – 7:00pm Under...-U 23:00 The Truth 22:00 Westworld Behind Montana (2D/Action) – 9:30pm 23:30 Point Blank 00:00 Cosmos

Home (2D/Horror) – 11:30pm

1 P.K. (Hindi) (2D/Comedy) – 2:30pm 12:00 Til Death 03:00 Supernatural – 5.15pm The Good Lie (2D/Drama) 13:00 Better Off Ted 08:00 Bones 14:00 About A Boy 12:00 Emmerdale Escobar: Paradise Lost (2D/Romantic) – 7:15pm 14:30 The Simpsons 14:00 Bones 15:00 Baby Daddy 15:00 Rake Home (2D/Horror) – 9:30pm 16:00 The Colbert 16:00 Emmerdale Foxcatcher (2D/Drama) – 11:15pm Report 16:30 Coronation 18:00 Raising Hope Street Night At The Museum: Secret of The Tomb (2D/Comedy) – 2 18:30 About A Boy 17:00 The Ellen 3:00, 4.45 & 6.30pm 19:00 Melissa & Joey DeGeneres LANDMARK The Hobbit: The Battle of The Five Armies (3D/Adventure) – 8:15pm 20:00 The Tonight Show Show Starring 18:00 Bones P.K. (Hindi) (2D/Comedy) – 10.45pm Jimmy Fallon 19:00 Switched At 21:00 The Daily Birth 3 Lingaa (2D/Tamil) – 2:00pm Show With 20:00 Marvel's Jon Stewart Agents Of Montana (2D/Action) – 5:00pm S.H.I.E.L.D.

Foxcatcher (2D/Drama) – 7:00pm

Hamathi Bethebini (2D/Arabic) – 9:30pm 08:00 Kong Return To 10:45 The Next Three 12:30 Kumkum Bhagya 10:00 Grey's Anatomy How It's Made Days-PG15 Escobar: Paradise Lost (2D/Romantic) – 11:30pm 10:10 The Jungle 13:00 Jamai Raja 11:00 Army Wives 10:35 Get Out Alive 10:00 Little Gobie 13:00 Jobs-PG15 13:30 Bandhan 12:00 MasterChef With Bear Grylls 15:15 Lost Christmas- 1 P.K. (Hindi) (2D/Comedy) – 2.30 & 10.45pm 14:30 Legend Of 14:00 Doli Armaano Ki Australia 11:25 Deadly Islands Frosty The 17:00 Stolen Child- Night At The Museum: Secret of The Tomb 14:30 Jodha Akbar 13:00 Switched At Birth 12:15 Manhunt Snowman 19:00 Nebraska- (2D/Comedy) – 5:15, 7.00 & 9.00pm 15:00 Kasamh Se 14:00 According To Jim 13:05 Storage Hunters 18:00 Little Gobie 21:00 Killer Joe-18 14:30 According To Jim 2 Escobar: Paradise Lost (2D/Romantic) – 2:30pm 15:30 Kasamh Se 13:30 Container Wars 20:00 Barbie In A 23:00 Killing Season 16:00 Hum Paanch 15:00 Detroit 1-8-7 13:55 Garage Gold Christmas 01:00 Arthur Newman The Hobbit: The Battle of The Five Armies 16:30 Hum Paanch 16:00 The Walking Dead 15:10 Wheeler Dealers Carol 03:00 Stolen Child- (3D/Adventure) – 4:45pm 17:00 Teenovation 17:00 Grey's Anatomy 16:00 Fast N' Loud 22:00 Legend Of 05:00 Lost Christmas The Good Lie (2D/Drama) – 7:15pm 17:30 Neeli Chatri 18:00 Army Wives 16:50 How It's Made Frosty ROYAL Waale 19:00 MasterChef 17:15 How It's Made Home (2D/Horror) – 9:15pm 18:00 Maharakshak Australia 17:40 Treehouse Aryan 20:00 Bones PLAZA Masters Foxcatcher (2D/Drama) – 11:00pm 18:30 Bandhan 21:00 How I Met Your 19:20 Magic Of Science 19:00 Sapne Suhane Mother 19:45 Magic Of Science 10:45 The Butler- Lingaa (2D/Tamil) – 2:00pm 06:00 Bean-PG15 3 Ladakpan Ke 21:25 How I Met Your 20:10 Container Wars 10:00 Hope Springs- 13:00 I, Frankenstein- Mother Montana (2D/Action) – 5:00pm 19:30 Jodha Akbar 20:35 Dukes Of Haggle 12:00 Timer-PG15 15:00 The Nut Job- 20:00 Jamai Raja 22:00 Dirty Sexy Money 21:00 Troy 14:00 Free Samples- 16:45 Grace Of Hamathi Bethebini (2D/Arabic) – 7:00pm 20:30 Kumkum Bhagya 23:00 The Walking Dead 21:50 Magic Of Science 18:00 12 Wishes Of Monaco 21:00 Qubool Hai 00:00 According To Jim 22:15 Magic Of Science Christmas- 18:30 The Great Foxcatcher (2D/Drama) – 9:00pm 21:30 Satrangi Sasural 00:30 Castle 22:40 Close-Up Kings 20:00 Home Alone- Gatsby 01:30 Grey's Anatomy Escobar: Paradise Lost (2D/Romantic) – 11:30pm 22:00 Doli Armaano Ki 23:30 Troy 22:00 All American 21:00 Great 22:30 Sapne Suhane 02:30 Army Wives 00:20 Magic Of Science Christmas Expectations 16 PLUS | WEDNESDAY 24 DECEMBER 2014 POTPOURRI

Events in Qatar

Google self-driving car ready for road test Mal Lawal Biennale When: Till February 28 Where: oogle announced that the QP Mesaieed Cricket Ground What: first completed prototype of Spread over 5,000sqm space, the its self-driving car is ready to expo is divided into 11 categories and offers a G feast to the eyes and intellect of visitors with a be road tested. diverse array of objects. “We’re going to be spending the There has been a rise in the number of holidays zipping around our test participants from 90 in the first edition to 152 track, and we hope to see you on this year, 110 of whom are from Qatar and 42 the streets of Northern California from other GCC countries in the new year,” the Internet titan’s Free entry autonomous car team said in a post at Google+ social network. Confluence The prototype (pictured) is a man- When: Till December 24 Where: ifestation of plans that California- Doha Exhibition Centre What: based Google revealed in May to build ‘Confluence: photographic based its own autonomous car minus typical works from the Contemporary Middle East’ features such as steering wheels. brings together for the first time in Qatar the “They won’t have a steering wheel, work of Atfal Ahdath, George Awde, and accelerator pedal, or brake pedal... Ali Cherri. This exhibition of contemporary because they don’t need them. Our photography and video installation from across the Middle East demonstrates software and sensors do all the work,” thematic diversity. It also explores the Google’s Chris Urmson said in a blog Google said early this year that a self-driving car-for example, the medium itself – the richness of possibilities, post in May. the top speed of the battery-powered typical car parts like steering and directions and journeys that are open to the Technical specifics about the pro- prototypes will be 40km per hour and braking, as well as the self-driving artist who uses photography in its broadest totype were not disclosed on Monday. that they would be designed for utility, parts like the computer and sensors,” sense as a starting point or confluence in his/ For Google, the car marks a shift not luxury. The blog showed a white, Google said. “We’ve now put all those her work. away from adapting vehicles made rounded bug-looking vehicle. systems together in this fully func- Free Entry by others in its quest to pioneer indi- “Weve been working on differ- tional vehicle-our first complete pro- vidual transport that needs only a ent prototypes-of-prototypes, each totype for fully autonomous driving.” stop-and-go function. designed to test different systems of AFP Shirin Neshat: Afterwards When: Till February 15, 2015 Where: Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art What: The first solo exhibition in the Middle East by internationally acclaimed artist Shirin IN by Madhav Rijal Neshat. Occupying the entire ground floor FOCUS galleries, the exhibition features existing and newly produced works. Free admission

The Tiger’s Dream: Tipu Sultan When: Till January 24 Where: Museum Of Islamic Art What: This exhibition delves into the life of Tipu Sultan, the South Indian ruler, statesman, and patron. Drawn entirely from the MIA collection, and featuring many objects which have never been displayed in Qatar, the centerpiece is a group of 24 paintings showing Tipu’s victory at the Battle of Pollilur in 1780. Free entry

Yousef Ahmad: Story of ingenuity When: Nov 11- Feb14; 10am-8pm Where: Qatar Museums Gallery, Building 10, Katara What: As a pioneer of Qatar’s modern art movement, Yousef Ahmad’s artistic journey has spanned over three decades, and his work has been influenced by his surroundings and emotional ties with Qatar’s culture and traditions. It showcases three phases in his career, from the early oil paintings that include the depiction of Al Zubarah Fort, to mixed media calligraphic pieces to new conceptual artworks. Free Entry

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