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By Charles Arthur
or years, the well-connected world leader would use nothing but a BlackBerry to get their email on the move — and it is still Barack Obama’s phone of choice. He uses a model Fspecially enhanced by the US National Security Agency. But the news earlier this month that the White House Communications Agency is testing other phones, including models by Samsung and LG, sent shivers through fans of the struggling Canadian smartphone company, which has just announced an annual loss of $5.8bn. For a world leader, security is much more than just having a passcode on your phone; it also means protecting it against attempted incursions from all the amateur and professional hackers, and more importantly spy agencies, who want to know to whom, when, what and where you have been speaking and reading. For a country’s leader to have their phone eavesdropped is the ultimate failure of their national spy agency, and a huge loss of face. With enhancements, BlackBerry has been the spy agencies’ phone of choice to guard against that so far. Now, though, Apple and Samsung – the two largest makers of smartphones – are starting to knock on the security services’ doors. And what if BlackBerry goes away? Though it may have pulled out of a death spiral, BlackBerry’s position as the phone of choice for top executives is less clear — and Apple has been touting ever-improving security on its iPhone, which has been edging out BlackBerrys even in financial institutions such as Goldman Sachs, once a redoubt for the keyboard-reliant phones. Yahoo, Pfizer and Halliburton have all said sayonara too. As rival devices improve their security, it could only be a matter of time before Apple or Samsung becomes the US leader’s phone — perhaps not during Obama’s presidency, but in his successor’s. Though the White House press secretary has World leaders and insisted that “the executive office of the president is not participating in a pilot programme” to replace Obama’s BlackBerry, it might only be a matter of time – though if Hillary Clinton succeeds him, her well-known affinity for it could their smartphones extend its survival just a little longer. Germany Angela Merkel’s mobile became the most famous phone in world politics when it emerged in October last year that the NSA had been monitoring the chancellor’s calls. But she has at least two phones she uses on a regular basis: the one that was allegedly monitored by US intelligence services, a Nokia 6260 Slide, was reportedly used for party matters only. For state affairs, Merkel uses a BlackBerry Z10, fitted with an encryption chip by Secusmart. The Düsseldorf company insists its software remains hack- proof and continues to market its device as the “Kanzler-Handy”, the chancellor mobile.
US One of Barack Obama’s first battles when he arrived in the White House in 2009 was to keep his beloved BlackBerry, despite objections from administration lawyers and the secret service. “I’m still clinging to my BlackBerry,” he said at the time. “They’re going to pry it out of my hands.” Ever since, the US president has been permitted a modified BlackBerry handset, with enhanced encryption. Only a handful of senior White House officials and family have his personal email address. Three months ago he told a group of young people: “I am not allowed, for security reasons, to have an iPhone.” PLUS | MONDAY 31 MARCH 2014 3
Pakistan also be tied to security concerns before the Edward Snowden senior officials in the Workers’ In a country where unusual ingrained in him from his time revelations about the US party of Korea. Kim is one of an phone numbers are traded as as a KGB spy. The president is National Security Agency spying estimated 2 million mobile phone prestige items it’s not surprising also known to avoid the internet, on French citizens, which forced users among North Korea’s 25 to see well-heeled Pakistanis instead preferring to get his government ministers to abandon million people. The country carrying around at least two information from regular reports smartphones and tablets for markets handsets as its own, high-end smartphones wherever by his intelligence agencies. A official use from last August, the but they are all made in China they go. Nawaz Sharif, the three- television documentary from French head of state was given and rebadged with local brand time prime minister of one of the Putin’s office in 2012 showed red an ultra-secure Teorem phone names, according to Martyn world’s most populous countries, folders on his desk — probably with encryption capabilities. But Williams, who runs the North has been spotted using iPhones intelligence reports — and a bank Hollande’s predecessor, Nicolas Korea Tech blog. Foreign models and Samsungs. But these belong of old-fashioned beige telephones. Sarkozy, found the Teorem phone are also popular, but expensive. to members of his entourage who cumbersome, and refused to use it Use of mobiles in the North is act as gatekeepers to their boss. France because it took 30 seconds to dial confined to officials and their The only phone he carries is a far- The French president, François a connection, which “took too long families, wealthy residents of from-fashionable BlackBerry Bold. Hollande, is inseparable from his for him”, according to an aide. the capital, Pyongyang, and, A fan of the ailing phone maker’s iPhone 5. He is reported to be in Sarkozy, who had a BlackBerry increasingly, businesspeople and messenger service, Sharif uses it constant contact via text messages addiction, did not seem too traders with ties to China. Most to stay in touch with his family with his girlfriend Julie Gayet. worried about cybersecurity in phones run on the domestic 3G and close political allies who are But t h e presidential his early days as president: he was cellular service Koryolink, a privileged to have his number. iPhone is photographed handing his mobile joint venture between Egypt’s supposed to to Vladimir Putin at the 2007 G8 Orascom Telecom and North Russia be for personal summit in Heiligendamm as they Korea’s Ministry of Posts and The Russian president, Vladimir use only. shared a phone call. Telecommunications, although Putin, is famous for claiming Even These days, the former users near China can pick up a to not have a mobile, unlike the president has become more signal from carriers across the prime minister, Dmitry Medvedev, circumspect. In order to border. who is known for his love of Apple Italy’s prime minister, (unsuccessfully) avoid phone North Korean subscribers products and became one of the Matteo Renzi, is more taps, he bought a new mobile are not permitted to access the first owners of an iPhone 4 when under the borrowed name of internet via mobile phone – only Steve Jobs gave him the still- than just an iPhone Paul Bismuth. The real Paul to make calls and send texts unreleased phone in Silicon Valley. user – he is an Bismuth is threatening legal inside the country. There is no In 2006, Putin reportedly said he action against the former international access. Foreign had many mobile phones but did Apple devotee who president and his lawyer, a residents can use mobiles to not use any of them because he did once had himself school friend of the French communicate among themselves not have time and preferred to use photographed businessman who says his and make overseas calls, but not other methods of communication. identity was stolen. Meanwhile, to contact local North Koreans, But in 2010, the president said he beside the sign a French government memo Williams said. did not have a phone at all: “If I at the entrance advises ministerial phone had a cellphone, it would ring all users to adopt long passwords, Italy the time.” to the company’s which should be changed every Italy’s prime minister, Matteo But Putin’s aversion could headquarters. six months, never to leave Renzi, is more than just an their phone unattended, iPhone user – he is an Apple particularly when travelling devotee who once had himself abroad, and never, ever, to use photographed beside the sign at a smartphone for transmitting the entrance to the company’s sensitive information, headquarters. When Steve Jobs including in a text message. died, Renzi wrote a tribute to him on his Facebook page, calling North Korea him “the Leonardo da Vinci of Speculation about Kim our time”. Jong-un’s mobile phone Renzi has used his iPhone to use grew after he was send text messages of more than photographed at a national one sort. In 2012, when he first security meeting in January campaigned for the leadership 2013 with a smartphone that of the centre-left Democratic appeared to be made by the party, promising to rottamare Taiwanese company HTC. (demolish) the old leadership, South Korean media said he had a cover made for his the North Korean leader smartphone that bore the slogan probably used his handset to “Keep calm and rottama”. call members of his family and The Guardian 4 PLUS | MONDAY 31 MARCH 2014 CAMPUS
DPS-MIS shines at Qatar Debate
wo teams of DPS –MIS, accompanied by their Tcoach Jaya Majumder, bought laurels again in the Qatar School Debate Nationals 2014 held at College of North Atlantic Qatar recently. Sixty teams — 32 girls teams and 28 boys teams — took part in the competition. The team comprising of Bilan, Radhika and Nikita won the 3rd best team award while the team com- prising of Samvedhya, Agnes and Richa won the 5th best team award. The girls made a mark in the speaker positions too with Samvedhya and Nikita bagging the 10th best speaker position, Richa win- ning the 6th best speaker position and Agnes at the 3rd best speaker position. The boys were also able to give a dominating per- formance with Ajay and Nihaal winning the 7th best speaker positions and Rameez winning the 4th best speaker, all members of the same team won the overall 6th best team. The team which comprised of Gautam, Vishal and Kshitij put up a good show nar- rowly missing the coveted speaker positions. The Peninsula
IIS excels in flower show
Ideal Indian School excelled in the school level competitions organ- ised as part of the Qafco Flower and Vegetable show recently. The students of IIS won thirteen prizes, six of them were first in J and E categories. The IIS team bagged overall second posi- tion. Reegana Doulath secured First position in Landscaping, Arrangement depicting sports and nature as well as in Arrangement with Fresh Flower categories. Noor Qasim bagged First prize in Landscaping and Leona Ferrao also won first position in Arrangement depicting sports and adventure in J category. The students received cash awards apart from trophies. Principal Syed Shoukath Ali lauded the efforts put in by the students and their teachers and congratulated them on their victory.
Birla students in Paris
Students of Birla Public School along with their teachers in France as part of experiential learning. COMMUNITY / MARKETPLACE PLUS | MONDAY 31 MARCH 2014 5 Domasco unveils special offer for Proton Gen 2
wning the Malaysian Proton Gen 2 sports car just got easier with an attractive offer Ofrom Doha Marketing Services Company (Domasco). Key features are free maintenance for two years, full insurance coverage and a three year warranty with a guaranteed buy-back. Andrew Parrott, Head of Sales and Marketing for Proton said: “The Proton Gen 2 sports model is no ordinary car. What sets it apart is its exceptional performance. Proton’s sportiest model the Gen-2 has a high performance and strong reliability on city roads and highways and handles conditions in Qatar amazingly well. “ Refreshed exterior styling, with greater product appeal, the Proton Gen 2 is characterized with a 1600 CC sport engine, 110 horsepower, automatic transmission, electric mirrors, power windows, rear sensors, sports seats, multi-functional steering wheel and 15-inch sport rims. The Showroom Manager Mohammed Abu Bakar added that the Proton Gen-2 has a smart sporty look, displaying its unique traits and flawless design. The Peninsula
Earth Hour at Lulu
Lulu Hypermarket Group observed Earth Hour on Saturday by switching off lights in its various branches throughout Qatar.
Painting competition winners honoured
alarvadi Children Organisation – Qatar MChapter in association with Malabar Gold & Diamonds painting competition winners and Malarvadi Quiz 2014 winners are honoured in a special function at Quality Hypermarket audito- rium in Doha. MES Indian School, Birla Public School and Doha Modern Indian School received First, second and third positions trophies respectively. Out of 7300 participant from 13 Indian Schools across the Qatar, as many as 89 winners are awarded with mementoes, certificates and gifts, besides of that 1st three position winners in each category received gold medals also Indian Islamic Association Acting President K T Abdul Rahiman, General Secretary V T Faisal, Secretary Aboobackar P M, Malabar Gold & Diamonds Regional Head Santhosh V T Branch Head Noufal Thadathil, Malarvadi Coordinator Abdul Malarvadi Secretary Abdul Jaleel M M, officials Noushad, Asma Abdullah, Nadeera Ahmed controlled Latheef V P distributed the prizes. Shamsudheen K, Siddique P, Rafeeque M, Kadijabi the function. The Peninsula 6 PLUS | MONDAY 31 MARCH 2014 SCIENCE
New adhesive based on geckos’ feet
Gehyra gecko on glass
By Leah Borromeo eliminate material waste.” Scientists at Massachusetts Geckskin is different to other gecko-inspired adhe- team of scientists at the University of sives, most of which tend to be nanotechnology and Massachusetts has developed a new, reus- University have used require complex manufacturing techniques. “We able adhesive based on the feet of the gecko aren’t creating a new material that requires some A — the lizard that licks its own eyeballs and lessons from geckos to crazy nanotechnology and is going to cost millions to climbs up walls. Around 60 percent of gecko spe- produce,” says Irschick. “The creation is simple in its cies have adhesive toe pads and these pads were the conception and profound in the way it’s put together.” inspiration for Geckskin — a device that can attach invent an adhesive made of The team has won a number of awards for the and detach from materials and surfaces repeatedly. simplicity of their manufacturing process or the Led by professor of polymer science and engi- renewable resources that way the materials piece together. After the release neering Al Crosby and professor of biology Duncan of their first publication on the material, up to 80 Irschick, the team designed Geckskin for perform- companies contacted them wanting a piece of the ance — you can suspend up to 700lbs in weight with can be washed and reused. pie. To date, they get around one or two companies it and it can be made from everyday items such as a week approaching them. nylon, bathroom caulking, carbon fibre or cotton. Crosby has a story of just how simple and everyday Most things adhere to it and it adheres to most Foundation funding prior to that,” he adds. the process is. “I asked a PhD student to take some things — it’s like flypaper for elephants. The transition between a military application fabric and spread on a silicone elastomer,” Crosby Crosby and Irschick say it’s not about making a towards a commercial or industrial application is relates. “This student went down to a local fabric new material but making old materials perform in intriguing. Airbags and types of insulation started store and bought a couple yards of nylon, came back new ways. Geckskin is detachable and attachable. out this way, as have many other seemingly innocu- and coated it with silicone elastomer which you can Its inventors stress its high weight capacity. What ous products like super glue. find in bathroom caulking. That day we held up about stops a TV you are hanging up from crashing down What about the life cycle environmental impact of a hundred pounds. The concept of coating elastomers is the maths. “Geckskin is built around three parts things? Crosby says he’s only able to give qualitative on fabrics is an established manufacturing process. — pad, skin and tendon,” explains Crosby. “The way answers to that and that they’re still trying to figure It’s not new.” we configure the tendon and the skin allows us to out the quantitative sides of it. “The original materi- “The use of everyday materials is not novel,” adds design how it will be removed — so there will only als are everyday ones like things used in bathroom Irschick. “It’s the integration that’s novel.” “The math be one mechanism or one twist that will take off the caulking and carbon fibre,” Crosby says. “We’re still behind Geckskin said that we can use almost any pad. Everything else would be stabilised. If you were using the same ones today that we made five years material to achieve this performance,” continues to bump into that TV, it wouldn’t come off unless ago – it has a very long life cycle.” Crosby. “That opened up our eyes and we started you twist it purposefully in one way. It’s very stable “Recently, we’ve made Geckskin out of 100 per- using materials that have less environmental impact. to things like accidental bumps or wind.” cent renewable resources — natural fibres as well as Geckskin 2.0.” A key property of certain types of gecko is the abil- natural rubber — and still have high performance. Geckskin is still being developed. Crosby, Irschick ity to attach to any surface, release at will and be able Our way of looking at it is that now we can eliminate and another partner have set up a commercial uses to hold a significant amount of weight. Crosby’s group waste though extended wear as well as use renew- for the product and estimate that they have at least has worked on gecko-inspired adhesion for almost able resources to make it.” Irschick adds, “Adhesives a year until they have something ready to go on the 12 years. “About five years ago, we started asking are often just one use, you can put these things in market. Their focus is still on the performance but what allowed nature to scale adhesion,” continues the washing machine, reuse them. We think that’s say they’re not ignoring the sustainability aspect of Crosby. “Then we started developing the maths significant.” production. They argue that it’s okay to use renew- behind Geckskin.” “In order to get the strength you get from able materials for most applications but other uses Knowing there is usually a defence interest in Geckskin, you need to use epoxies and structural - namely in aerospace and high temperature environ- innovation, I asked where they got their money from. adhesives to bond two things together,” explains ments - performance materials are more appropriate. “We had some Darpa-funds,” Crosby explains. Darpa Crosby. “You can’t easily break those apart. With There’s more. They have yet to explore the bio- is the advanced research arm of the US defence Geckskin, you get a strong bond but you can disas- medical uses of Geckskin in terms of using it to bond department. “We also had a lot of National Science semble it. It eliminates adhesive waste but can also skin. Geckskin 3.0? Why not? The Guardian WHEELS PLUS | MONDAY 31 MARCH 2014 7
By Michael A Fletcher sudden-acceleration problem that has spawned can count on one hand the number of years until more than 400 lawsuits. Meanwhile, GM is facing ordinary people can experience this.” omputers are slowly taking over one of the multiple federal investigations into an ignition- Auto manufacturers have also stepped up the most potent symbols of human independ- switch problem that has contributed to at least pace of research. Some have established outposts Cence: Driving. The US government says 31 accidents and 12 deaths since surfacing more in Silicon Valley intended to foster collaboration that shift will make the roads safer and eventually than a decade ago. with the region’s deep well of technology entre- free people to work, read or even watch a movie In both cases, the problems turned out to be preneurs and quicken the pace at which the auto- as they travel from place to place. basic and mechanical. But federal safety investi- mobile is re-imagined. But in the wake of deadly manufacturer defects gations into the defects were complicated by the “The metabolic rate of what happens here is at Toyota and General Motors, analysts are rais- millions of lines of computer code and advanced dramatically different than what happens eve- ing questions about whether autonomous vehicles electronics that are already standard equipment. rywhere else,” said Venkatesh Prasad, a senior could hurtle into dangerous territory. “The reality is that the vast, vast majority of technical leader and self-described “what’s-next Last month, the US National Highway accidents are caused by human error and comput- guy” with the Ford Motor Co’s Research and Transportation Safety Administration took the ers are going to dramatically improve on people’s Innovation group in Palo Alto, California. first step toward requiring that new automo- driving,” said Joshua Schank, president and chief Other work is being done in Michigan, the biles be equipped with sophisticated computers executive of the Eno Center for Transportation, a ancestral home of automobile development. In designed to communicate with other vehicles, research organization that has studied the chal- Ann Arbor, University of Michigan researchers with the aim of preventing accidents and, even- lenges posed by autonomous cars. But “people are backed by a federal highway safety grant have tually, guiding cars through traffic. very nervous about the idea that computers could outfitted 3,000 cars with special sensors and wire- Those systems are being field-tested in go haywire and cause us to die.” less devices that allow them to exchange informa- Michigan. Some other states permit fully auton- Researchers such as Schank tend to focus on tion with one another and with nodes mounted omous cars to be driven on their roads — in the positive. In the foreseeable future, they say, on traffic lights, at intersections and along curves California, Google’s fleet has logged more than self-driving technology will save fuel, cut pollution on more than 70 miles of city streets. a half-million miles without incident. Before the and reduce highway costs. As more cars become Ten times a second the cars and roadways decade is out, Volvo and Nissan say, self-driving autonomous, they could safely tailgate, packing “talk” to one another, relaying vehicles’ loca- cars will be available to the average consumer in more vehicles into existing lanes and making traf- tion, speed and direction, and alerting drivers if dealer showrooms. fic jams a thing of the past. Autonomous cars their cars are going too quickly around a curve “Decades from now, it’s likely we’ll look back at even have the potential to offer the disabled the or if another car is erratically changing lanes or this time period as one in which the historical arc freedom of the road. braking. of transportation safety considerably changed for The pace of change has been rapid. Just 10 Researchers are combing through billions of the better,” said David Friedman, acting NHTSA years ago, a self-driving-car competition held messages passed through the network with an eye administrator. by the Defense Department’s Defense Advanced toward creating a robo-road system that would But while autonomous cars herald great prom- Research Projects Agency failed to produce a guide driverless cars from the garage to the gro- ise, they also pose difficult policy questions. Who winner. Not a single entry was able to complete cery store and beyond. is liable, the driver or the manufacturer, if autono- a 142-mile desert course between California and To complement that research, the University mous vehicles wreck? Who owns the trove of data Nevada and claim the $1 million prize. of Michigan is constructing a 30-acre facility that the cars generate? Should a computer steer a car Fast-forward to 2007, when a team of research- would serve as a kind of test track for self-driving off the road if a tree limb falls in front of it? What ers from Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Mellon University cars. The test area would allow engineers to see about a child on a bicycle? tricked out a Chevrolet Tahoe with conspicuous how autonomous cars perform in a complicated And the prospect of manufacturer defects sensors outside and advanced electronics inside. urban environment that includes street signs, would become even more alarming in vehicles The SUV was able to follow traffic laws, merge stoplights — even construction detours. that rely heavily on increasingly complex com- into moving traffic, make its way through traffic For consumers, researchers say, the automo- puter technology. circles and avoid other obstacles at a decommis- bile’s transformation is likely to unfold in stages. “Cars are meant to be driven by people, not sioned Air Force base, proving that autonomous Within the next decade, cars will be able to drive machines,” said Joan Claybrook, a consumer advo- cars were more than a pipe dream. themselves, but people will still have the option cate and former NHTSA administrator. “I have By 2009, Google was test-driving autonomous to take over. enough trouble trusting my computer, much less cars on busy highways. Last year, speaking at a After that? Some engineers envision vehicles a computer to drive my car.” ceremony after the signing of a bill allowing the that are little more than the private equivalent Last week, the US Justice Department testing of autonomous cars on California high- of railroad passenger cars, with no controls for fined Toyota $1.2bn for covering up a ways, Google co-founder Sergey Brin said, “You humans at all. WP-Bloomberg A robo-car speed bump? 8 PLUS | MONDAY 31 MARCH 2014 ENTERTAINMENT PLUS | MONDAY 31 MARCH 2014 9
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Costner hopes to direct ‘Western’ trilogy More difficult to work with family: Sonam ctor-director Kevin Costner says that he ctress Sonam Kapoor, who has again Awants to make a ‘Western’ movie series. Ateamed up with her actor-father Anil The 59-year-old actor who last helmed Open Kapoor and sister Rhea in Khoobsurat after Range in 2003, revealed that he would like to Aisha, says it’s not easy to work with family release the films within a year, reports ace- members. showbiz.com. “It’s more difficult to work with your fam- “I’ve got this ‘Western’ that I think I could ily because they have high expectations from make. I actually have this idea to make them all you... You have to be on your best behaviour, at once and release one on Memorial Day, one you need to be on time, remember all your on Thanksgiving, and then one on the Fourth lines.... of July, all within a 12 month span, because it’s “We had Kirron Kher, Ratna Pathak in the all the same story but it truly is a journey, with film, so it was amazing. I had a great time,” a fourth movie coming right after,” Collider site Sonam said. quoted him as saying. She will play Mili in the remake of the 1980 “Will I be able to do that? I don’t know. But movie Khubsoorat, which starred Rekha. She that’s what I think about, that’s what I try to says Rekha is incredible and she wants to be do. And people go, ‘Oh that’s really interesting, like her. Kevin. We don’t think we can do that.’ And I’m thinking, ‘Man, that’s a “I finished (filming) Khoobsurat. It was amazing and will release this really good idea.’ I thought that was a true ongoing series, or sequel if you year. No, we don’t have her (Rekha) making a guest appearance unfortu- will, that actually was an honest one. A second one wasn’t invented because nately, but she is one of my family’s closest friends. We always need her the first one made a little money,” he added. blessings,” said Sonam. “That day when we were at the launch together she said let’s take a picture so, that was our Khoobsurat moment. It’s so sweet of her to say that. She is incredible. I hope to achieve at least 20 percent of what she has achieved. She is awesome. I want to look like her,” she added. Taylor Swift spends $20m on penthouse? inger Taylor Swift has reportedly pur- Ship of Theseus team ready with next Schased two new penthouses here for $20m Actors who cropped ecyclewala Labs, the makers of critically acclaimed and successful inde- from director Peter Jackson. Rpendent film Ship of Theseus, are set to unveil the trailer of their yet-unti- The 24-year-old sparked rumours she qui- tled second independent documentary soon, says filmmaker Anand Gandhi. etly bought Lord Of The Rings director’s lavish Gandhi, who directed the 2013 film Ship of Theseus, heads Recyclewala Labs, apartments in the TriBeCa area, after being an offshoot of his production house Recyclewala Films. spotted going in and out of the building regu- their locks for a role “After Ship of Theseus, Recyclewala Labs is all set to release the first trailer larly in recent days, reports femalefirst.co.uk. for its production #2 (number two), which has been in making for more than A source said that Swift began looking for a year now,” posted Gandhi on his Facebook page. a house here in January and recently removal “The feature length documentary has been directed by Khushboo Ranka men were seen getting furniture into the (director of Continuum and co-writer of Ship of Theseus) and Vinay Shukla By Subhash K Jha building. for the role, no one expected him to villain, you’ve got to sacrifice your van- Cate Blanchett (Heaven): Playing (director of Bureaucracy Sonata and the character ‘Charvaka’ in Ship of Jackson put his apartments in the 11-unit go so closely by the script, even if he ity. Considered quite a prominent pin- a woman out to get revenge for her Theseus),” he further posted. building on the market last May for $20m and, according to official prop- t’s not always easy to be true to a was Aamir Khan. up boy in Bollywood, Arjun shaved off husband’s death, this year’s Oscar The title of the documentary along with the first look poster will be released erty records, he sold them to a mystery buyer last month. role, specially if it requires a dras- Jake Gyllenhaal (End Of Watch): Not and hid his hairless head under caps winner Cate Blanchett sacrificed her in two days. tic physical change. And yet actors completely bald...but close enough, Jake for as long as he shot for the super- hair to look like a no-nonsense woman Iin Bollywood and Hollywood have Gyllenhaal wanted that scruffy-head hero film. on a mission where she had be more undertaken bold physical transforma- look for his role of a gritty cop in Los Lisa Ray and Seema Biswas (Water): macho than the guys she had taken on. tions to be true to a character. Angeles on a tough beat. Off went the Deepa Mehta’s film has an interesting Cate rose to the occasion in this Tom While Shilpa Shetty managed with long tresses. He apparently liked his history. It was meant to be Nandita Tykwer-thriller, refused prosthetics to Salman keen to produce sports-based film One Direction, Lawrence prosthetics when she had to shave her near-hairless look so much that he Das and Shabana Azmi playing wid- look bald, and delivered a hair-raising shine at Kids Choice Awards head off for a Buddhist monk’s role kept it going even after the shooting ows on the ghats of Varanasi. But when performance. ollywood star Salman Khan, who unveiled the music of an upcoming in the Indo-Chinese film The Desire, was over. Hindu radicals protested and shut Shahid Kapoor (Haider): Finally Bsports-based film Khwaabb, is himself tempted to produce a movie inspired nglish-Irish band One Direction and Antara Mali went all the way and Salman Khan (Tere Naam): This down the film, the cast was changed to he didn’t completely shave off his by a sport. “I would like to produce a film based on sports,” Salman told Eactress Jennifer Lawrence were the top shaved off her head for her monk’s guy never acts. He just stands in Lisa Ray and Seema Biswas in the two head, as planned. But director Vishal reporters at the music launch event. winners at the 27th Annual Nickelodeon’s Kids role in Amol Palekar’s And Once Again. front of the camera and is his natu- key roles. However, all four actresses Bhardwaj has got chocolate-boy hero “I have played almost all kinds of sports...I have done swimming, have played Choice Awards. It’s another matter that Antara’a ral self. Audiences love him for that. shaved off their hair to play their roles. Shahid Kapoor to actually sport a football...I even used to play cricket,” he said, adding that “sports should be They took two nods each at the ceremony dedication has not been witnessed by Physical transformations, beards Dedication of this sort is exemplary in close-cropped look for his Kashmiri encouraged” in the nation. held March 29 here, reports aceshowbiz.com. anyone as yet as the film lies in the and wigs are a complete no-no for Bollywood. character’s role in the movie. Khwaabb, directed by Zaid Ali Khan, showcases the life of two atheletes, Through voting, One Direction took home cans. Salman. The one exception was Demi Moore (G.I. Jane): As a cadet Sanjay Dutt (Agneepath): When their struggles, ambitions and aspirations. favourite music group and favourite song for So is it worth an actor’s efforts to go Satish Kaushik’s Tere Naam where trying to compete with her male col- Sanjay Dutt agreed to play the villain Salman, 48, lamented how due to lack of encouragement and facilities, “Story of my life” trophies. Lawrence won all-out for a role? Here are ten actors Salman agreed to tonsure his head to leagues in the army, Demi Moore went Kancha in Karan Malhotra’s remake sportspersons in the country are sometimes unable to deliver their best, and favourite movie actress and favourite female who have gone clean shaven, bald or look convincing as a tortured inmate all-out to look like one of the boys. of the Amitabh Bachchan classic then face the wrath of the countrymen. buttkicker awards. nearly bald for a part: in a mental asylum. She knocked off her feminine curves, Agneepath, the makers were very “When you watch such films (like Khwaabb), you will realise that there “Iron Man” star Robert Downey Jr., who Aamir Khan (Ghajini): The striped Matt Damon (Elysium): For his shaved off her sexy tresses and just sure they wanted Sanjay’s Kancha are no facilities as such, no facilities for training (for the sportspersons) and received the male buttkicker award, said: “This head-shave which made Aamir look futuristic part in Neil Blokamp’s film, blended into the fatigues without any to be very different, and much more if there won’t be any facility, how will our sportspersons perform better?” is the highest honour yet bestowed on me - I’m like an Irish punk was so cool, but it Matt shaved off his head completely. sign of fatigue. intimidating than Danny Denzongpa “And when they (sportspersons) do not perform in Olympics and such other grateful, humble, the whole deal.” was scary. Aamir went around with- Apparently, he was advised by his mar- Natalie Portman (V For Vendetta): in the original. The new Kancha was sports or do not win a medal, then we criticise them and say ‘You didn’t win Other big names who bagged awards included out most of his hair for a good seven keting team not to do so as it would James McTeigue’s futuristic thriller written as a grotesque comicbook fig- even a single medal’. There is food problem, people are not getting jobs...there Justin Timberlake (favourite male singer) and to eight months to look the part of affect his equity. But Matt was ada- had the nubile Portman as a terrorist’s ure. The actor gladly agreed to shave is no encouragement,” he said. Selena Gomez (favourite female singer). the memory-challenged beefed-up mant. He spent four hours every day accomplice. For one sequence where off his head for a very Frankenstein Khwaabb, slated to release May 9, features actors Navdip Singh, Simer avenger who has nothing to lose in in the gym perfecting his body langage her character was tortured, her hair kind of diabolic look. The end result Motiani, Rishi Miglani and Nafisa Ali. life expect his life. The tonsured head and his personality for the role. had to be shaved off, the stunner read- was scary! was Aamir’s idea. When he was signed Arjun Rampal (Ra.One): To play the ily agreed to shave off her head. IANS 10 PLUS | MONDAY 31 MARCH 2014 WORLD AGENDA
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Apr 29, + The deadline for the current round of peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians expires with little hope that either will agree to a framework document proposed by U.S. Secretary of State (0 President Abdelaziz John Kerry Bouteflika, 77, seeks a fourth term in which seeks elections despite suffering a stroke last year. to achieve He has rarely been seen in public since but consensus with National Liberation Front and army on core backing, is almost assured another five years issues 13 * Religious and secular leaders /( * More than 3,500 police will line battle to define post-occupation the route of the Boston Marathon, double the number Iraq in a general election, deployed last year when two bomb blasts near the finish the first national poll since the line killed three people and injured over 260 departure of U.S. forces /0 4 Pope Francis canonises two of his predecessors. John Paul II (right), seen as conservative, and John XXIII, who convened the reforming Second Vatican Council in Apr 7, Kigali: 1962, are both to be in reconciliation comes under the spotlight on the 20th made saints in anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, when Hutus a public ceremony slaughtered 800,000 mainly ethnic Tutsis in 100 days. expected to draw The process sees survivors accepting those who millions of pilgrims murdered their families back as neighbours Research: Kate Edgley Pictures: Getty Images, AP © GRAPHIC NEWS HEALTH / FITNESS PLUS | MONDAY 31 MARCH 2014 11
Novel way to treat retinal blindness soon
n a ray of hope for people at the risk of reti- Inal blindness, identifying ways to leverage our immune system to clean out abnormal blood vessels in the retina may lead to treat- Eating cruciferous ments that could prevent or delay blindness or even restore sight. Scientists have discovered that the body’s innate immune system does more than help vegetables may ward off external pathogens. It also helps remove sight-robbing abnormal blood vessels while leaving healthy cells and tissue intact. lower inflammation This discovery is significant as the retina is part of the central nervous system and its cells cannot be replaced once lost. “Our findings identify a new role of the innate immune system by which endogenous mediators By Allison Bond selectively target the pathologic retinal vascu- cup per day, with women in the know that these aren’t just theoreti- lature for removal,” explained Kip M Connor, a lowest fifth consuming about half cally good - we know that they really researcher from Harvard Medical School and n a study of more than 1,000 that amount. The women in the top do have important health effects,” Massachusetts eye and ear infirmary angiogen- Chinese women, those who fifth of consumption took in about Dr Neil Barnard said. esis laboratory in Boston, Massachusetts. ate the most cruciferous veg- 1.5 cups of cruciferous vegetables Barnard is president of the “This insight would help develop therapies Ietables had substantially less every day. Physicians Committee for that result in a greater visual outcome and inflammation than those who ate The researchers then meas- Responsible Medicine and an advo- quality of life for patients suffering from dia- the fewest. ured levels of signaling molecules cate of plant-based diets. Also betic retinopathy or retinopathy of prematu- Cruciferous vegetables include involved in causing inflammation in an adjunct assistant professor of rity,” Connor added. cabbage, broccoli, bok choy, Brussels the women’s blood. Blood levels of medicine at George Washington Connor and colleagues compared two groups sprouts, kale and cauliflower, and three important inflammatory mol- University, in the District of of mice: a genetically-modified group which eating them is often encouraged as ecules - tumor necrosis factor-alpha Columbia, Barnard was not involved lacked activity in the innate immune comple- a way to lower risk for heart disease (TNF-a), interleukin-1beta (IL-1b) in the new study. ment system and a normal group with a fully and cancer. and interleukin-6 (IL-6) were low- Inflammation is thought to be functional innate immune system. Based on their findings, the study est among women with the highest part of a cycle that promotes heart Researchers placed both groups in an envi- authors say the health benefits of intakes of cruciferous vegetables. disease, and heart disease in turn ronment that induced irregular blood vessel these vegetables may be at least The women who consumed the promotes more inflammation. growth in the eye, mimicking what happens partly a result of their anti-inflam- most cruciferous vegetables had, on “Bottom line, if you’re eating a lot in many human ocular diseases. matory effects. average, 13 percent less TNF-a, 18 of cruciferous vegetables your health In the normal mice, scientists were able to “Our group and others have found percent less IL-1b, and 25 percent is better, and specifically, inflamma- visualise the immune system targeting and that consumption of fruits and veg- less IL-6 than women who ate the tion markers are diminished,” he killing only the irregular blood vessels while etables, particularly cruciferous veg- fewest. said. “That means you’re going to leaving healthy cells unharmed. etables, was associated with lower The researchers found a similar have a healthier heart and you’re Knowing how the complement system works to total mortality and cardiovascular inverse relationship between the going to live longer.” keep our retinas clean is an important first-step disease mortality — however, the inflammation markers and intake Barnard added that cruciferous toward new treatments that could mimic this potential mechanisms behind this of all vegetables combined, but not vegetables are good in other ways activity, said Gerald Weissmann, editor-in-chief association are not well understood,” when they looked strictly at non- beyond reducing inflammation. of the FASEB Journal which carried the study. Dr Gong Yang said. cruciferous vegetables. “They happen to be a source of Yang is a researcher at Vanderbilt “Cruciferous vegetables may have a highly available calcium - the University Medical Center in health benefits through modulating absorption of calcium from Brussels Eating peach may slow Nashville, Tennessee, and senior inflammation,” Yang said. “However, sprouts in something like 60 per- author of the study. it is premature to make any dietary cent, whereas for milk it’s only 30 breast cancer growth “Chronic inflammation is impli- recommendation on the basis of this percent,” he said. “They also provide ertain compounds in peaches can inhibit cated in the pathogenesis of cardio- single observational study.” iron in a really good form, and pro- Cthe growth of breast cancer cells and their vascular and other chronic diseases “It’s an important message - we vide a little protein.” ability to spread, a promising research shows. - we therefore examined whether always hear people saying ‘eat your Barnard offered a couple of prac- These compounds could be a novel addition cruciferous vegetable intake may vegetables,’ but it’s also important to tical tips for consumers. “I think it’s to therapies that reduce the risk of metastasis relate to inflammation,” he said. a good idea to cook cruciferous veg- - the primary killer in breast and many other In animal studies, high intake of etables rather than just have them cancers, say researchers from Washington cruciferous vegetables or certain key raw because they’re more digestible State University and Texas A&M University. compounds within them has been that way,” he said. “Generally speak- “I would suggest to eat three peaches or found to lower inflammation, Yang’s ing, you can eat raw carrots and raw take a similar dietary supplement of peach team writes in the Journal of the celery, but it’s best to cook broccoli polyphenol extract powder a day,” said Giuliana Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. and cauliflower.” Noratto, an assistant professor of food science To see whether that is the case in He also suggests eating more than at Washington State University. people too, Yang and colleagues ana- Consumption one serving of vegetables at a meal. For the new study, the researchers lyzed signs of inflammation in the of fruits and “Instead of thinking about just one implanted breast cancers cells beneath the blood of 1,005 middle-aged Chinese vegetables, little modest vegetable serving at a skin of mice. After giving the cells a week to women who filled out questionnaires meal, why not have two?” he said. establish, the researchers fed the mice varying about their diets as part of the particularly “And a really great combination is doses of peach polyphenols, compounds that Shanghai Women’s Health Study. cruciferous green and orange, so you might have help plants ward off the damaging effects of The participants included in vegetables, was broccoli and sweet potato or you the sun’s ultraviolet radiation. the new analysis were generally could have Brussels sprouts with After 12 days, the researchers saw that healthy, and had an average age of associated with carrots or cauliflower with carrots, mice fed with high levels of polyphenols had 58. Yang and his colleagues divided lower total mortality something like that, so that you’re tumours that grew less and without much of the women into five groups based and cardiovascular mixing the colors.” the blood vessel formation that can help can- on their daily intake of cruciferous SOURCE: bit.ly/OUoCsL Journal cer cells spread to other parts of the body. vegetables. disease mortality. of the Academy of Nutrition and Agencies The median intake of crucifer- Dietetics, online March 17, 2014. ous vegetables was just under one Reuters 12 PLUS | MONDAY 31 MARCH 2014 TECHNOLOGY App could help people shape their dreams
dreams was small, and the study did mood in the morning, and this is not record whether people actually where Wiseman thinks the technol- Dream:ON iPhone app plays a felt happier or more positive when ogy might have value. “Hopefully they woke up. they wake up in a better mood, and it Participants downloaded a free might help them work through their soundscape a few minutes before iPhone app called Dream:ON and problems,” he said. two soundscapes. The city soundscape The study also found that partici- the user’s alarm goes off. played the sounds of traffic, bustling pants reported more bizarre dreams crowds and the occasional faint car near the full moon. There is some horn. The nature soundscape was evidence that people have more dis- By Ian Sample The findings come from a mass more tranquil, and played sounds of rupted sleep around the full moon, experiment launched in 2010 at the the wind blowing in trees and birds which may be a factor. mobile phone app that plays Edinburgh Science Festival to inves- chirping. The designers avoided Josie Malinowski, who studies quiet soundscapes while tigate whether it is possible to use sounds of waterfalls and trickling sleep and dreaming at the University people sleep could make sounds to steer people’s dreams. rivers for fear of inducing urination. of Bedfordshire, said the study was Atheir dreams more pleas- Richard Wiseman, who led the Before they went to bed, people interesting. “We need better tools to ing, a British psychologist claims. experiment at the University of chose the soundscape they wanted research dreams outside of the lab, so A study of 800 people found that Hertfordshire, said the technology to hear, and the time they wanted to I really welcome this kind of develop- those who listened to sounds of could help people start the day in a wake up. A few minutes before the ment,” she said. nature shortly before they woke had better mood. alarm sounded, the app played the But she added: “It’s definitely not more positive dreams than those who That may be some time off though. soundscape quietly enough not to the case that the results indicate the listened to sounds of the city. The effect on the emotional tone of waken them. As a control, sometimes app can help people create a perfect the app stayed silent, so the effect of dream.” The Guardian the actual sounds could be teased out. The participants submitted details of their dreams, which researchers iOS app of the day rated on content, emotional tone, and how bizarre they were. The reported Klutch content was rated for nature and city references on a scale of one to Planning with less of the seven. A dream about climbing a tree back-and-forth in a forest would score highly on the etting up plans is never an easy nature scale, for example, while a Sthing when you have to wade dream about driving a lorry through through screens and screens of Manhattan would score highly on the emails or text messages to figure out city scale. who's in and who's out. The planning Wiseman said that people who app Klutch is designed to take the listened to the nature soundscape back and forth out of scheduling by reported more nature-related making it immediate, easy and fluid dreams and vice-versa for the city so you can spend more time hang- soundscape. But that may have had ing out and less time planning to nothing to do with the soundscape. hang out. Organizers can propose a People chose for themselves which variety of plans and keep a running soundscape they wanted to play, and total of votes from other friends who so knew what to expect. download the app — and there's a Also, those who chose the nature chat function, as well, just in case soundscape might simply like nature you want to hash out the details. The more and be more likely to dream app can automatically add events to about it. “Participants may just your calendar, and it even gives you have reported what they expected the option to use the mapping app of to dream of,” said Mark Blagrove, your choice — Apple Maps or Google who studies sleep and dreaming at Maps — if you have a strong prefer- Swansea University. ence. Free, for iOS. WP-Bloomberg Wiseman concedes the weakness, but is more confident that the nature soundscape made people’s dreams more positive. “I think what we are influencing is the emotional tone of people’s dreams. In terms of the content, I think that is heavily driven by people’s expecta- tions,” Wiseman said. Wiseman has not published the work in a scientific journal, but timed the release of his results to concide with the publication of his book on sleep and dreaming, Night School. Wiseman said that the app and soundscapes used in the study were free for participants to download, but that he got a percentage of sales of other dreamscapes sold for the app. All of the soundscapes will be free from this week, he added. Previous work has shown that good dreams can improve a person’s COMICS & MORE PLUS | MONDAY 31 MARCH 2014 13
LEARN ARABIC Fruits and Vegetables Plum aw Onion Ba al Bananas Mawz Dates Bala Dried dates Tamr Garlic oom Pomegranate Roumman Cucumber iyar Hoy en la Historia Lettuce ass Salad Sala a March 31, 1889 Strawberries Frayz The Eiffel Tower, built by the Mint Naçnaç engineer Gustave Eiffel, was Quince Safar al inaugurated in Paris, France. At 324m (1,063ft), it was the world’s Beet Aššamandari soukkari tallest man-made structure ç = ‘a’ in ‘agh’ when surprised 1914: Octavio Paz, Mexican poet, writer and diplomat, and winner of the 1990 Nobel Literature Prize, was born Baby Blue 1959: The Dalai Lama fled Tibet and was granted political asylum in India 1994: Scientists revealed the discovery in Ethiopia of an almost complete skull dating back over three million years, to the time of man’s earliest ancestors 1999: Prolific serial killer Anatoli Onoprienko was convicted of the murders of 52 people in Ukraine Picture: Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS ALL IN THE MIND Hagar The Horrible by Chris Browne Can you find the hidden words? They may be horizontal, vertical, diagonal, forwards or backwards.
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BUZZARD, CARACARA, CONDOR, EAGLE, FALCON, HARRIER, HAWK, JAEGER, KESTREL, KITE, LAMMERGEIER, OSPREY, OWL, PEREGRINE FALCON, ROADRUNNER, SECRETARY BIRD, SPARROWHAWK, VULTURE. 14 PLUS | MONDAY 31 MARCH 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.
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Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate How to EASY SUDOKU play Hyper Easy Sudoku Puzzles Sudoku: Place a digit from 1 to 9 in A Hyper Sudoku each empty cell so every Puzzle is solved row, every column and by filling the every 3x3 box contains all numbers from 1 the digits 1 to 9. to 9 into the blank cells. A Hyper Sudoku has unlike Sudoku 13 regions (four regions overlap with the nine standard regions). In all regions the numbers from 1 to 9 can appear YESTERDAY’S only once. Otherwise, a Hyper Sudoku is solved like a normal Sudoku. ANSWER CINEMA / TV LISTINGS PLUS | MONDAY 31 MARCH 2014 15
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– 9.45pm 14:30 Epl Review 13:15 Overhaulin' 15:30 Italian League 2013 As Cool As I Am (2D/Comedy) – 2.15pm Napoli V 15:20 Flying Wild Juventus Alaska Factory Girl (Fatat El Masnaa) (2D/Crime) 18:00 English Sports 16:10 Fast N' Loud – 4.00pm News 17:00 Ultimate 18:15 Epl Profile West Survival Ham 18:40 You Have Been 1 Om Shanti Oshaana (2D/Malayalam) 18:30 Epl Football Warned – 5.45 & 11.15pm Today 19:30 One Man Army 20:30 The Football 20:20 How Do They Cuckoo (2D/Tamil) – 8.15pm League Show Do It? Turbo 21:00 English Premier Specials Frozen (3D/Animation) – 2.30pm League 21:10 Storage Sunderland V Hunters Blood Ties (2D/Crime) – 4.30pm West Ham 21:35 Container Wars LANDMARK 22:00 Gold Rush 2 Event 15 (2D/Thriller) – 7.00 & 9.00pm Closed Circuit (2D/Crime) – 11.00pm
The Iceman (2D/Drama) – 2.30 & 11.30pm 12:00 Storage Wars: 13:00 How Tech New York Works Closed Circuit (2D/Crime) – 4.15pm 13:00 Ancient Aliens 14:20 Food Factory 14:00 Storage Wars 16:00 Mega World Tokarev (2D/Action) – 6.00 & 9.30pm 17:00 Pawn Stars 16:50 What's That 3 18:00 Storage Wars About? Factory Girl (Fatat El Masnaa) (2D/Crime) 19:00 Storage Wars: 19:20 Gadget Show New York 19:45 How Tech Works – 7.45pm 20:00 Storage Wars 20:10 Mythbusters Texas 21:00 Mega Builders Tokarev (2D/Action) – 2.15 & 9.15pm 21:30 Storage Wars 21:50 Kings Of 22:00 Pawn Stars Construction Cuckoo (2D/Tamil) – 4.00pm 23:00 Pawn Stars UK 23:30 Space Pioneer 1 Dishkiyaoon (2D/Hindi) – 7.00pm 11:00 The Guilt Trip- 13:15 Friday Night Om Shanti Oshaana (2D/Malayalam) 13:00 Do Dil Bandhe Ek 13:00 Wizards Of 13:00 Better Off Ted PG15 Dinner Dori Se – 11.00pm Waverly Place 14:00 How I Met Your 13:00 Sky Force-FAM 14:15 Doctors 13:30 Ek Mutthi Aasmaan 13:25 Wizards Of Mother 15:00 Class 14:45 Casualty 14:00 Doli Armaano Ki Frozen (3D/Animation) – 2.30pm Waverly Place 14:30 2 Broke Girls 17:00 Bernie 15:35 Walter's War 14:30 Jodha Akbar 14:10 Jessie 15:30 The Daily Show 19:00 The 17:10 Eastenders 15:00 Snack Attack Om Shanti Oshaana (2D/Malayalam) 14:35 Dog With A Blog With Jon Stewart Impossible- 17:40 Doctors 15:30 Sapne Suhane 15:25 Austin & Ally 16:00 Colbert Report PG15 18:10 Being Erica – 4.30pm Ladakpan Ke ROYAL 16:10 Violetta 17:00 Late Night With 21:00 Django 20:00 New Tricks 16:00 Aur Pyaar Hogaya 17:00 Dog With A Blog Seth Meyers Unchained 22:10 Upstairs 16:30 Qubool Hai 2 Blood Ties (2D/Crime) – 7.00pm 17:20 Austin & Ally 18:00 How I Met Your 23:45 The Possession Downstairs PLAZA 17:00 Doli Armaano Ki 17:40 Gravity Falls Mother 23:05 Weakest Link Closed Circuit (2D/Crime) – 9.30pm 17:30 Pavitra Rishta 18:10 Jessie 18:30 How I Met Your 18:00 Bollywood Business 18:55 A.N.T. Farm Mother Dishkiyaoon (2D/Hindi) – 11.30pm 18:30 Ek Mutthi Aasmaan 19:20 Violetta 19:00 2 Broke Girls 19:00 Do Dil Bandhe Ek 20:30 Good Luck 19:30 Trophy Wife Dori Se Charlie 20:30 Parks And The Iceman (2D/Drama) – 2.30 & 11.30pm 10:00 Hit List 13:00 Angel's Friends 20:00 Pavitra Rishta 21:15 Gravity Falls Recreation 12:00 The Brothers 14:30 Ugly Duckling 20:30 Sapne Suhane 21:40 Shake It Up The Daily Show Closed Circuit (2D/Crime) – 4.15pm 21:00 Solomon And Me Ladakpan Ke 22:00 Austin & Ally Global Edition 14:00 The Producers 16:00 The Great Bear 21:00 Qubool Hai 22:25 A.N.T. Farm 22:00 Girls Event 15 (2D/Thriller) – 6.00 & 9.45pm 16:15 Hit List 18:00 Wreck-It Ralph 21:30 Aur Pyaar Hogaya 22:50 Good Luck 22:30 Getting On 3 18:00 Ghostbusters II 20:00 Fly Away Home 22:00 Doli Armaano Ki Charlie 23:00 Ja'mie: Private Factory Girl (Fatat El Masnaa) (2D/Crime) 20:00 Freeloaders 22:00 The Ugly 22:30 Do Dil Bandhe Ek 23:10 Wizards Of School Girl 22:00 Tough Guys Duckling And – 7.45pm Dori Se Waverly Place The Goldbergs 23:30 Me 16 PLUS | MONDAY 31 MARCH 2014 POTPOURRI
Who’s who Teen says typeface change Events in Qatar iD by Cirque Éloize could save US govt millions When: April 2: 8pm; April 3: 8pm; April 4: 3.30pm, 8pm; April 5: 1.30pm, 6pm By Kevin Begos Where: The Theatre, Qatar National promising middle and high school Convention Centre students. He found that the Office of What: A mix of circus arts and urban teenager has published a study Management and Budget had already dance by Cirque Éloize, an affiliated suggesting the federal govern- estimated that federal agencies would company of Cirque du Soleil directed A ment could save millions of dol- spend about $1.8bn in printing for this by Jeannot Painchaud. lars a year in printing costs by switching year and that ink was more expensive Tickets: QR95 - QR1,500, Available to a thinner typeface that uses less ink. than paper on a per-page basis. at Virgin Megastores (Villagio Suvir Mirchandani, 14, said he In the new paper, “A Simple Printing and Landmark) or online at www. noticed there was plenty of talk at Solution to Aid Deficit Reduction,” virginmegastore.me school about saving paper and he won- Suvir analysed five documents pro- H E Sheikh Mohammed bin dered about saving ink. duced by five US government agencies Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, Suvir, who lives in the Township of and estimated how much ink would be Ziad Khoury live When: April 4 Assistant Foreign Minister for O’Hara, just outside Pittsburgh, said used with three typefaces: Garamond, Where: La Cigale Hotel International Cooperation Affairs that the idea began when he was in Times New Roman and Century What: Be part of a delightful night e is appointed in the cur- middle school and he “noticed that Gothic. The analysis estimated that with the renowned Lebanese singer rent position from January some teachers used heavier fonts” for using 12-point Garamond would save Ziad Khoury and the band conducted H2014. Holds the post of the printing. He said he was already inter- about 29 percent in ink costs. by Maestro Elie El Alia. Chairman of the Board of Directors of ested in graphic design and used a soft- Suvir said his school district looked Ticket: QR250 (membership required) Aspire-Katara Investment Company. ware program to estimate how much at the idea but hasn’t been able to ink different typefaces, or fonts, used. implement the switch. “It didn’t really He obtained a BA in Economics and “The data was really surprising to catch on,” he said. “I understand it’s Behind the Veil Business Administration from Qatar me,” he said of how the differences hard to make this kind of a change.” When: Until April 12; 10am-10pm University. Started his career at the added up, even for the printing done Still, he’s happy that his work Where: Katara Building Number 12 Supreme Council for Family Affairs by his school district. succeeded in “even just creating an What: A tribute to the grande dame in 2003 as an Economic Researcher. He expanded the study to look at awareness” of how much ink different of photography, Eve Arnold, and potential savings by the federal gov- typefaces use. celebrates her legendary career that Occupies the post of Deputy spanned nearly half a century as a ernment, and a new paper on his The Government Printing Office has Chairman of the Board of Directors photojournalist social commentator research was published this month in praised Suvir’s work and said it will of Qatar Mining Company. and documentor. She is known for her the Journal of Emerging Investigators, review the printing suggestion. portraits of Hollywood heavy weights a peer-reviewed journal created for AP such as Joan Crawford and Marilyn Monroe. Free Entry IN FOCUS by Jagath G The First Turkish Festival When: April 9 - April 12; 10am-10pm Where: Building 3, Katara Esplanade What: Promoting Turkish culture, history and its modern’s aspects based on the bonds between Qatar and Turkey. Four days of activities for promoting Turkish culture and history. Free Entry
Al Dabke Festival When: April 3 — April 5; 10am-10pm Where: Building 15 Hall, Katara Amphitheater and Katara Esplanade What: The Al Dabke festival is being organized to highlight the Arabic folkloric moment historical and the cultural richness it has in the Arab countries in all forms: An initiative to showcase Dabke and its diversity through workshops, exhibitions and 3 shows in the Amphitheater. Free Entry
Kings and Pawns When: March 19 - June 21 Where: Museum of Islamic Arts What: This exhibition uncovers the history of board games in the Islamic world, from India to Spain between 7th and 20th century. Free Entry
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