WEDNESDAY 23 OCTOBER 2013 • [email protected] • www.thepeninsulaqatar.com • 4455 7741

How to inside make MARKETPLACE • Win up to 10kg the best gold at Malabar Tortilla Gold & Diamonds P | 5

P | 6 HEALTH • Spanking tied to later aggression among kids

P | 7

FILMS • 12 Years a Slave: A searing time Thinner capsule of cruelty

P | 8-9 Lighter BOOKS • The Luminaries An intricately crafted novel Faster P | 11 Apple has updated its tablet range by TECHNOLOGY announcing the new • enters ‘phablet’ market iPad Air — the first with Lumia 1520 significant redesign of the 9.7in Apple tablet since its launch in 2010. P | 12

Learn Arabic • Learn commonly used Arabic words and their meanings

P | 13 2 PLUS | WEDNESDAY 23 OCTOBER 2013 COVER STORY

Key facts and features Apple has announced its latest slew of product updates in anticipation of the Christmas rush. Here’s what you need to know. iPad Air • The new iPad is just 7.5mm thick and weighs 454g, mak- ing it the thinnest and lightest full-sized iPad to date. It is called the iPad Air.

• The 64-bit A7X processor in the iPad Air has double the performance of the previous generation and adds per- formance and security benefits, along with potential reductions in complexity of both hardware and software, which should aid reliability.

• The iPad Air will cost £399 ($499) and upwards, with the 4G version starting at £499 ($629). They will be available from 1 November. iPad mini • The iPad mini stays the same size as the previous genera- tion, but receives the retina display and A7 processor of its bigger sibling.

• As a result, the new iPad mini costs more than its pred- ecessor, from £319 ($399), with the 4G version starting at £419 ($529). They are also available from 1 November.

• At the low end, both the iPad 2 and the original iPad mini stay in the line-up. The iPad 2 will sell for £329 ($399), and the original iPad mini gets a price cut down to £249 ($299). MacBook Pro • Also unveiled were new MacBook Pros. The 13-inch model now weighs 1.5kg and is 1.8cm thick, and has been fitted out with Intel’s Haswell CPUs and Iris integrated graphics.

• The 15-inch MacBook Pro stays the same on the out- side, but also gets a speed bump to Intel’s “Crystalwell” Apple unveils new iPads CPU and Iris Pro graphics, as well as an Nvidia GeForce GT750M for gaming.

• Both laptops have longer-lasting batteries, with the 13in increasing from 7 hours to 9 hours, and the 15in increas- amid crowded market ing from 7 to 8 hours.

• The 13-inch MacBook Pro will retail from £1,099 ($1,299), and the 15in will retail from £1,699 ($1,999). They are By Adam Satariano available from today. new tablets, often at lower prices. The competi- tion adds pressure to Apple because the iPad is its Mac Pro pple introduced new iPads in time for hol- second-largest source of revenue after its flagship iday shoppers, as it battles to stay ahead iPhone. Success of the new models will be critical as • The Mac Pro, which was first announced in July and has of rivals in the increasingly crowded mar- the Cupertino, California-based company attempts been teased since 2012, was given a shipping date: ket for tablet computers. to reignite revenue growth, which has slowed. December. It will retail for £2,499 ($2,999). A Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook debuted Apple also introduced new free Mac software, a new iPad mini with a high-definition screen, as called Mavericks. The company showed an updated Mavericks, iWork and iLife well as a thinner and lighter design for the larger high-end Mac Pro desktop computer aimed at pro- • Apple’s , Mavericks, is available free for iPad named the iPad Air. The iPad Air goes on sale fessions that need extra computing power, such anyone with a compatible Mac. on November 1, with prices starting at $499. as graphic design and film editing, as well as new “This is just the beginning for iPad,” Cook said to MacBook Pro laptops. • The OS works with iMacs and MacBook Pros from 2007, a crowd of media and technology-industry insiders “We still believe deeply in this category and we’re with MacBook Airs, MacBooks and Mac Pros from 2008, at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater not slowing down on our innovations” in Macs, and with the Mac Mini from 2009. in downtown San Francisco. “We have been busy said Cook. working on the next generation of iPad.” Apple is updating its products ahead of the lucra- • Additionally, its iWork productivity suite and its iLife media In the year since Apple last updated the iPad, tive holiday shopping season. As part of the lineup, suite are both available for free with any new Mac or iOS companies including , Asustek the company released new iPhones — the iPhone device. Computer, Google and Amazon.com have unveiled 5s and 5c — last month. PLUS | WEDNESDAY 23 OCTOBER 2013 3

Yet more than three years after also roll out the new iPad Air in China Steve Jobs unveiled the iPad, the at the same time as other markets, said growth of the global tablet market is Phil Schiller, Apple’s senior vice presi- showing signs of decelerating. Tablet dent of product marketing. shipments are projected to increase 28 The companies are trying to adjust percent in 2014 to 301 million units, to what Jobs called the “post PC” era, after doubling in 2012, according to where preferences have shifted to Counterpoint Research. mobile devices rather than personal Competitors are cutting into Apple’s computers. The shift has decimated lead. The company’s tablet market the PC industry, with shipments of tra- share slid to 32 percent in the second ditional desktops and laptops projected quarter, compared to 60 percent a year by Gartner Inc. to fall 11.2 percent this earlier, according to IDC. year. The shift has hampered sales at Samsung, Asustek, Group, , Intel, Hewlett-Packard and Acer and others are offering devices others. with prices starting at less than half Some rivals’ tablet efforts have of the iPad mini’s $329. Amazon.com flopped. Microsoft took an $900m writ- introduced new Kindle Fires last edown earlier this year after its month with higher-resolution screens failed to catch on with consumers. at prices starting from $229, while Apple and other tablet manufactur- Microsoft and Nokia took the wraps ers are now attempting to win over off new tablets this week. new customers, beyond consumers Cook alluded to the competition who use the devices to browse the today, noting that “everybody seems Internet, watch videos or play games. to be making a tablet.” He added School districts, government agencies, that the iPad is used more than four pharmaceutical sales forces, airlines times more than all other tablets put and insurance companies are among together. Apple has sold 170 million those who have purchased thousands of iPads, he said. tablets in lieu of traditional computers. In a move to spur growth, Apple will WP-Bloomberg

Mac Pro tower for power users redesigned and relaunched

pple’s long-awaited successor to its “professional” tower desktop computer, the Mac Pro, has finally been released after having been banned in Europe The first iPad Asince March. The new Mac Pro, which resembles a black bin with a novel new tubular design and integrated turbine-like cool- ing system, will cost $3,000 and be available for purchase starting in December, built in the US. The new Mac Pro reduces the user’s ability to expand and upgrade the internal components of the computer for a more compact and efficient design. External expansion will be possible using the high-speed Thunderbolt 2 connection, as well as via USB 3.0. The new Mac Pro is capable of supporting up to three 4K ultra high-definition displays, supported by powerful twin- graphics cards, processors and high-speed flash storage, while being 70 percent more energy efficient and quiet. The old Mac Pro tower had been a staple of video and photo editing suites for years. However, an EU health and safety amendment put an increased regulatory requirement on computer manufacturers to put guards on cooling fans and extra protection around electrical ports. The old tower design of the Mac Pro lacked these additional safety fea- tures, leading to a sales ban in the EU, which took effect in March this year. The Guardian 4 PLUS | WEDNESDAY 23 OCTOBER 2013 CAMPUS

Future doctors Visiting programme direc- tors with WCMC-Q officials. LEFT: Students interacting advised on their with the visiting experts. next career step esidency programme directors from elite US medical schools Rmet with Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar (WCMC-Q) students and faculty at the college’s annual med- ical education symposium recently. The symposium, which this year had the theme “Current Landscape In Graduate Medical Education”, brought 20 programme directors to WCMC-Q from a host of renowned medical schools and teaching hospitals, includ- ing the Johns Hopkins University, Weill Cornell Medical College in New York, of Case Western Reserve University, for medical education, explained the Hospital McLean, Boston, was visit- George Washington University and Cleveland, Dr Shannon Scott-Vernaglia benefit of the symposium. “It’s an ing WCMC-Q for the first time. She the University of Rochester Medical of Massachusetts General Hospital for opportunity for the program directors said: “It is great to see such dedica- Center. Children, Boston and WCMC-Q grad- to learn about our school and its quali- tion to delivering a high-caliber medi- The event gave the programme uate Dr Mohammed Al Hijji, now of ties so that when our students apply cal education here at WCMC-Q. I am directors the opportunity to engage Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. for a residency position they will have impressed by the students’ confidence with WCMC-Q students, faculty and Dr Sheikh said: “It is a great privi- a better chance of being chosen,” she and their knowledge - with these quali- alumni, learn about the college’s cur- lege for WCMC-Q to be able to wel- said. “The symposium also gives our ties they will be able to perform well riculum and facilities, and tour Hamad come program directors from such students a better idea of what pro- during interviews for residency place- Medical Corporation, WCMC-Q’s pri- esteemed institutions to our univer- gram directors are looking for when ments and there’s every indication they mary clinical training partner. sity. Their presence here gives us great they choose residents, and what will will make great residents.” Dr Javaid Sheikh, dean of WCMC-Q, encouragement that our ongoing mis- be required of them when they become WCMC-Q’s Class of 2013 achieved a opened the symposium with a speech sion to provide excellence in medical residents.” 91 percent match rate with residency about the mission of the college, before education and produce world-class Dr Felicia Smith, director of the programmes in the US - the best keynote addresses were given by pro- physicians is meeting with success.” psychiatry residency programme match rate in the history of the college. gramme directors Dr Keith Armitage Dr Marcellina Mian, associate dean at Harvard Massachusetts General The Peninsula

Exhibition at DPS-MIS

The little ones of classes 1 and 2 of DPS-MIS show- cased their skills at the ‘Enviro Fair-2013’ — an exhibition on Environmental Studies. The exhibition was held in the primary zone and not only helped to showcase the creativity, talent and confidence of the children but also provided them a platform for learning, participating, sharing and enjoying. There were more than five hundred exhibits in the form of charts, models and live shows on topics related to the social and physical environment. The exhibition was inaugurated by Principal Asna Nafees. Special inviteesKeyur V Shah, Environmental Expert, Ministry of Environment, and Ashok Tailor, Technical Director, Veolia Water, graced the occasion. Parents and guests who saw the exhibition hung a green leaf imprinted with their impressions, on a tree placed at the exit.

Eco project at Bhavan’s

Bhavan’s Public School completed the sec- ond session of Eco School Project of “Waste Management” at Matar Qadeem campus. Herald Moras, Head of DBank and Green Banking at Doha Bank, congratulated the school for the successful completion of the same. The biode- gradable waste from the classroom and school premises was collected and deposited in the container designed for compost process and it was used for manuring the school vegetable garden. In the end vegetables were harvested as well and Dr G Manulal, Principal, distributed the vegetables among the guest. MARKETPLACE PLUS | WEDNESDAY 23 OCTOBER 2013 5

Mushroom festival at Carluccio’s IBQ offers his autumn/winter Carluccio’s — selected top quality dried porcini brings to mushroom lovers mushrooms, ‘Sugo al funghi porcini’ — special loan Taround Qatar the delicacy of porcini mushroom sauce for pasta or mushrooms with the launch of its polenta. These products are exclusive interest rates Mushroom Festival. Mushrooms are one and made especially for Carluccio’s and of the key ingredients used extensively are not available anywhere else. nterna- in Italian cooking. These super foods, Coinciding with the Italian mushroom tional add nutrition, texture, incomparable season Carluccio’s has come up with IBank of variety, flavour and excitement to the weekly specials rotating on a fortnightly Qatar (ibq) cuisine. The promotion, available until basis. These will focus on the traditional announced December 1, highlights the classic ingre- ingredient. Customers can choose from the launch dient perfect for a quick flavoursome a selection of; mushroom arancini – of a new pasta, risotto or pizza. crispy deep fried mushroom risotto balls, campaign Carluccio’s brings together an array of Porcini lasagna –baked lasagna with lay- that will products including ‘Burro al tartufo’ — ers of porcini mushrooms and bécha- offer new truffle butter to be added to mushroom mel sauce, mushroom salad, truffle and and exist- risotto, ‘Crema di porcini e tartufi’ — Porcini pizza and mushroom cannelloni ing customers one of the most cream of porcini mushroom and truffle to name a few. competitive personal and vehi- ideal for pasta, ‘Bricioloni di porcini’ — Carluccio’s is located at La Croisette cle loan interest rates starting dried porcini mushroom to be used in 18 at The Pearl Doha. from as low as at 3.55 percent. risotto, ‘Funghi porcini secchi speciali’ The Peninsula The loan offer will also include flexible repayment periods, fast approval and will run from October 22, 2013 till January 31, 2014. Win up to 10kg gold at Malabar Gold & Diamonds “Consumer loans are part of everyday life,” said Andrew ustomers can win up to 10kg of gold and can get The customers also get an opportunity to buy 8g of gold Ball (pictured), Head of Retail 7,000 gold coins as free gifts during this festive season coin with no making charges from any of Malabar Gold Banking. “This is demonstrated Cthroughout GCC at Malabar Gold & Diamonds outlets. & Diamonds outlets. Malabar Gold and Diamonds is also by people’s preference for financ- Diwali is one of the biggest shopping seasons for Indians. offering customers ‘zero deduction’ facility by which they ing a variety of their needs and The festival starts with Dhanteras on which most Indian can exchange any 22ct old gold ornaments purchased in as such we have set out to match business communities begin their financial year. The first GCC with new designs of Malabar Gold & Diamonds by customer demand with some of day of the five day long festival is considered to be the one paying only the making charges ensuring that they don’t the best rates in the market. of the most auspicious day to buy gold, as it is believed to lose any value on rate of gold during this period. This offer This campaign has also been attract good fortune and luck. This year, Dhanteras and is valid from October 23 to November 3. launched with the objective to Diwali fall on November 1 and 3 respectively. Malabar Gold & Diamonds is also offering 0% easy pay- attract new customers not only To mark this occasion the jeweller is providing their ment plan through which customers can pay in three to with competitive rates but also customers a chance to win 1/4kg of gold weekly on every six instilments without any interest in association with our personalised service and purchase of jewellery worth QR1,000 through weekly raf- leading banks. customer experience,” he added. fle draw. The Peninsula The Peninsula Xperia Z Ultra now available at Fifty One East outlets

ifty One East and Sony yes- large-screen entertainment terday introduced the new devices with both the slimmest and larg- Xperia Z Ultra, a large-screen est Full HD smartphone display in the FAndroid smartphone, which world that is second to none.” is water resistant, ultra-slim and fea- Xperia Z Ultra features a 6.4” touch- tures a lightweight design. screen Full HD display with Sony’s The new Xperia Z Ultra is available unique Triluminos Display for mobile, at all Fifty One East outlets located in creating a wider palette of rich natu- Al Maha centre, City Centre Doha and ral colours thanks to Sony’s Bravia TV Lagoona Mall in addition to all Virgin expertise. Megastores at Villagio and Landmark malls. Slimmest Full HD smartphone A representative from Fifty One Xperia Z Ultra is supremely slim East said: “We are delivering the best and lightweight with 6.5mm body of Sony technology across a range of and weighs just 212 grams. The front premium and tablets, and back are made of tempered glass, With one-touch functions, you can processor with 2.2 GHz quad-core and now we are bringing this same creating a seamless surface with the easily share music, photos and videos CPUs and 4G LTE for fast performance premium offering to the large-screen OptiContrast panel housed in an inno- from your smartphone to a wide range • Write and sketch with any pencil smartphone segment.” vative solid metal frame that looks of NFC-enabled Sony devices, includ- and selected stylus or pen (capacitive The Xperia Z Ultra also features stunning from any angle. It features ing speakers, SmartWatch, wireless stylus or metal pen with tip diameter Snapdragon 800 processor the same OmniBalance design as headsets and TVs. over 1mm) with 2.2 GHz quad-core CPUs, 4GLTE Xperia Z and Tablet Z. The Xperia Z • 8 megapixel camera with “Exmor and HD voice. Ultra is available in a choice of black, Xperia Z Ultra features RS for mobile” sensor and HDR for Calum MacDougall, Director of white or purple colour finishes. • 6.4” Full HD Triluminos Display videos and photos Xperia Marketing at Sony Mobile With an impressive rating of IP55 • Ultra slim, water resistant and • Battery Stamina Mode for out- Communications, said: “The Xperia Z and IP58, this smartphone is not only dust resistant standing battery life Ultra is the most exciting revolution in resistant to dust, but to water too. • 800 The Peninsula 6 PLUS | WEDNESDAY 23 OCTOBER 2013 FOOD

How to make the best Tortilla

By L V Anderson a tortilla is dense, substantial, and it’s made with potatoes that have been drained away. (You should absolutely intended to be cut into wedges. But a braised slowly in lots and lots of olive save this onion- and potato-infused he word tortilla is a diminu- tortilla is a much more specific thing oil. This is not the same as frying — oil in the fridge and use it in other tive form of torta, one of than a potato frittata: You can’t merely your goal is to cook the potatoes (with savoury dishes — your roasted veg- several Spanish words for boil some potatoes, pour some eggs onions) until they’re extremely tender, etables will be sublime for weeks.) T“cake.” Torta means differ- over them, cook the thing, and call it not to crisp them up. But this draining doesn’t mean a tor- ent things in different countries — and a day. A tortilla is not a tortilla unless Once that’s done, most of the oil gets tilla is a low-fat dish. You’re not try- this is true of its diminutive form as ing to rid the cooked potatoes of oil well. In Mexico and Central America, entirely before you add the eggs; don’t, tortilla typically refers to the corn- Spanish Tortilla God forbid, blot away excess oil with meal- or wheat-flour-based flatbread paper towels or anything like that. You Americans know and love. In Spain, it need some of that residual fat to help more commonly refers to a frittata-like Yield: 8 servings crisp up and brown the surface of the dish of eggs and potatoes. The latter, Time: About 1 hour, partially unattended tortilla. unlike the former, can legitimately be Ingredients: Traditionally, you brown a tortilla described as a savoury cake: It’s thick, Extra-virgin olive oil for braising on both sides by flipping it halfway rich, and indulgent. 1 1/2 pounds waxy potatoes, peeled and thinly sliced through cooking on the stovetop. I am I would never say that the Spanish 1 medium yellow onion, thinly sliced not a traditionalist in this regard. It tortilla is superior to the Mexican tor- Salt and black pepper is many times easier simply to bake tilla: Each is important and necessary 10 large eggs the whole thing in the oven, where in its own way. But I do want to sug- that residual fat will find its way to gest that maybe, when we Americans Method: the top of your tortilla and give it a hear the word “tortilla,” our minds Heat the oven to 375°F. Put 3/4 inch of olive oil in a large pot over medium gorgeous brown sheen. (Pour off any should not automatically jump to the heat. When it’s hot, add the potatoes and onion, season with salt and pep- oil that pools on the top of the tortilla flatbread. Because we are missing out. per, and stir well to coat with the oil. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the before serving.) Consider the tortilla española, often potatoes and onion are very tender, 30 to 40 minutes. In another regard, I am a tradition- translated as “Spanish omelette,” an Meanwhile, break the eggs into a medium bowl, season with salt and alist. A Spanish tortilla should contain English rendering that is wildly inac- pepper, and beat vigorously for about 1 minute. Put a large skillet over peeled potatoes, onion, eggs, olive oil, curate and also does an injustice to medium heat; when it’s hot, transfer the potatoes and onion from the and salt and pepper — nothing else. both omelettes and tortillas. An ome- pot to the skillet with a spatula or slotted spoon, leaving most of the oil Ultra-orthodox types might challenge lette is fluffy, pliable, and ideally pale behind. (Reserve the oil for another use.) Pour the eggs over the potatoes me on the pepper, which does interfere rather than browned. A Spanish tor- and onion, stir very gently just to distribute all the ingredients evenly in with the otherwise uniformly cream- tilla is none of those things. Even to the skillet, and bake until golden brown, about 20 minutes. Serve warm, hued interior of the tortilla. But eggs describe it as a potato frittata, as I at room temperature, or chilled. (Store leftover tortilla wrapped in foil in and black pepper are irresistibly har- did a couple of paragraphs ago, is to the refrigerator for up to a few days.) monious. Don’t fight it. miss the mark slightly. Like a frittata, WP-Bloomberg FITNESS/HEALTH PLUS | WEDNESDAY 23 OCTOBER 2013 7

Lead in paint poses problems for pregnant mothers: Study

idespread use of paint that is laden with Wlead and other toxins poses new health challenges to pregnant mothers and infants, said a new study by the UN Environmental Program launched in Nairobi. The new study revealed that the consumption of paints that contain lead has surged mainly in developing countries to the detriment of human and environmental health, Xinhua reported cit- ing the study. “Lead pollution is an emerging environmental threat that demands urgent attention. Science is clear that lead paint impact negatively on the health of pregnant mothers and children,” UNEP’s Director of the Division of Early Warning Assessment (DEWA) Peter Gilruth told journal- ists during the launch of the report in Nairobi. The global construction sector continues to use paint that contains lead and other toxins despite the existence of a ban that was enforced by the League of Nations 90 years ago. Gilruth challenged governments, industry and environmental groups to re-energise efforts to Spanking tied to later achieve a lead free world. “We need to raise attention to environmen- tal and health dangers posed by lead in paint. Legislation should be enforced to ensure lead is aggression among kids not applied in the manufacture of paints,” said Gilruth. The UNEP study analysed enamel decorative paints from nine countries to ascertain the level By Genevra Pittman of lead and other toxic metals. Researchers surveyed parents sure that small difference wasn’t The majority of the paints that were tested when children were three and due to chance. failed to meet the regulatory standards approved hink spanking will five years old about whether and Gershoff said the finding is a bit by the World Health Organization (WHO). help teach an out of how often they spanked their hard to interpret. “I don’t think Paints with extremely high levels of lead are control child to stay child. that spanking makes kids stupi- readily available in many countries thanks to in line? A new study Then they asked mothers about der,” she said. regulatory hiccups and low level of awareness. suggests the opposite their kid’s behaviour problems and It’s possible that parents who IANS Tmay be true. gave the children a vocabulary test are spanking are not talking to Researchers found kids who at age nine. their children as often, Gershoff were spanked as five-year-olds A total of 57 percent of mothers said. Or kids who are spanked and were slightly more likely to be and 40 percent of fathers said they act out could be more distracted aggressive and break rules later spanked children when they were in the classroom. New cure for hair loss? in elementary school. three years old. That fell slightly When it comes to disciplining Those results are in keeping to 52 percent of mothers and 33 children, she said there’s more esearchers in the US have claimed that with past research, said Elizabeth percent of fathers who spanked evidence on what doesn’t work Rthey have invented a hair restoration Gershoff. She studies parental at age five. long-term than what does. method that can solve the problem of baldness. discipline and its effects at the Children acted out more and “We know that spanking doesn’t Researchers at the Columbia University University of Texas at Austin. were more aggressive when they work, we know that yelling doesn’t Medical Centre (CUMC) have devised a hair “There’s just no evidence that had been spanked by their moth- work,” Gershoff said. “Timeout is restoration method that can generate new spanking is good for kids,” she ers as five-year-olds, whether kind of a mixed bag. We know that human hair growth, rather than simply redis- said. regularly or occasionally. reasoning does work.” tributing hair from one part of the scalp to “Spanking models aggression Spanking by mothers at least MacKenzie said spanking con- another. as a way of solving problems, that twice a week was tied to a two- tinues to seem effective to parents According to the study, published Monday you can hit people and get what point increase on a 70-point scale in the short term, which makes it in the online edition of the Proceedings of the you want,” Gershoff, who wasn’t of problem behavior. That was hard to change their minds about National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), the involved in the new study, said. after the researchers took into it. researchers harvested dermal papillae from “When (children) want another account children’s behavior at “It’s strongly associated with seven human donors and cloned the cells in kid’s toy, the parents haven’t younger ages and other family immediate compliance,” he told tissue culture -- no additional growth factors taught them how to use their characteristics. Reuters Health. “Children will were added to the cultures. words or how to negotiate.” There was no link between change their behavior in the After a few days, the cultured papillae were Despite mounting evidence on spanking by parents at age three moment.” transplanted between the dermis and epidermis the harms tied to spanking, it is and children’s later behaviour, Because family strain and of human skin that had been grafted onto the “still a very typical experience” however. spanking often go together, he backs of mice. for US children, the study’s lead Kids also tended to score lower said doctors should try to sup- In five of the seven tests, the transplants author said. on vocabulary tests when they had port stressed parents to encour- resulted in new hair growth that lasted at least “Most kids experience spank- been regularly spanked by their age more positive forms of six weeks. ing at least some point in time,” fathers at age five, MacKenzie and discipline. DNA analysis confirmed that the new hair Michael MacKenzie, from his colleagues write in Pediatrics. “The techniques that are follicles were human and genetically matched Columbia University in New York, The average vocabulary score designed to promote positive the donors. said. “So there’s this disconnect.” for all nine-year-olds in the behaviors … oftentimes take more “This approach has the potential to trans- His team used data from a long- study was 93, slightly below the effort and time to put into place,” form the medical treatment of hair loss,” said term study of children born in one test-wide standard score of 100. MacKenzie said. first author of the study Claire A Higgins. of 20 US cities between 1998 and Frequent spanking by fathers was SOURCE: bit.ly/cxXOG Pediatrics, IANS 2000. The new report includes linked to a four-point lower score. online October 21, 2013. about 1,900 kids. But the researchers couldn’t be Reuters 8 PLUS | WEDNESDAY 23 OCTOBER 2013 ENTERTAINMENT PLUS | WEDNESDAY 23 OCTOBER 2013 9

HOLLYWOOD NEWS BOLLYWOOD NEWS

Lena Dunham may feature on Vogue cover Happy New Year an ensemble film: Shah Rukh uperstar Shah Rukh Khan says Farah Khan’s directorial venture Happy sually plus-size celebrities are not in vogue on Vogue cover page, but SNew Year should be categorised as an “ensemble” movie. If the team of Uit seems the magazine’s editor-in-chief Anna Wintour is looking for a Shah Rukh, Deepika Padukone and Farah are coming together for Happy cultural shift and trying to get actress-filmmaker Lena Dunham to feature New Year for the second time after 2007 superhit reincarnation saga Om on the glossy cover. Shanti Om, the cast boasts a long list of well known actors — Abhishek So far, Adele is the only famous plus-sized beauty to be seen on Vogue Bachchan, Boman Irani, Jackie Shroff, Vivaan Shah and Sonu Sood. cover. Now, Wintour, 63, has reportedly been planning dinners to win over “The film is very new. It’s an ensemble film. It’s not just a Shah Rukh Dunham, seen as hapless Hannah on the popular HBO series Girls. starrer,” said the actor. “Anna is trying to seduce Lena into bringing her next-generation audience “It has Deepika, Abhishek, Boman, Jackie Shroff, Vivaan Shah and Sonu into the Vogue brand, and she’s willing to violate a lot of Vogue traditions Sood. I think I am doing an ensemble film for the first time. The beauty to do it, including putting her on the cover even though she doesn’t really and newness of Happy New Year is that it is not a hero or heroine oriented conform to the body type that Vogue has featured for most of its history,” film,” added the 47-year-old. radaronline.com quoted a source as saying. The film will release in October next year. “This dinner is a first step for Anna to see if Lena will play ball, but Anna’s perspective is that they need each other,” the source said.

Aamir wants callers to groove toDhoom 3 We American actors end up here are different ways to promote a film and superstar Aamir Khan, Tknown for innovation, plans to pitch for Dhoom 3 by using the music like gypsies: Natalie Portman of the movie as his caller tune. 12 Years a Slave: Why not? The star is thrilled with action-thriller’s music which is likely ctress Natalie Portman says she is jealous of her British co-stars who to come out by November end. Aget to shoot at the same place where they live. The 32-year-old said “Aamir is keen to use the music as his caller tune. He usually does not that American actors like her end up moving from one place to the other keep any caller tune. However, his excitement over the songs of Dhoom 3 to shoot for their movies, reports femalefirst.co.uk. A searing time is very high,” said a source. “I love working here in London and I’m envious of British actors and “He is keen to share the music with everyone who reaches out to him British crews because American actors, we end up like gypsies - movie to and hence the idea of using it as a caller tune”, the source added. movie, moving cities every time,” Portman said. Releasing on December 20, the action-adventure thriller also stars “But you can have such a fulfilling, wonderful, rich career here between capsule of cruelty Abhishek Bachchan, Katrina Kaif and Uday Chopra in the lead roles and the theatre, the TV, and the film all in one place. It’s pretty cool to get to has been produced by Aditya Chopra. live and work in the same place,” she added.

By Ann Hornaday astonishing formal achievement: It to the subtle as well, such as when he to put viewers at ease; rather, he invites works its emotional power precisely casually leans on his servants, as if the audience to sit with him as he he opening scenes of 12 Years a because it’s so elegantly constructed, they’re pieces of furniture or wooden gazes, amazed, at man’s inhumanity to No starving to prove love: Kareena Slave, Steve McQueen’s sear- from the inside out. fence posts.) man, an unnerving encounter that in One Direction tops under ing adaptation of the true-life From those unsettling initial scenes, But 12 Years a Slave, which McQueen this case is heightened by a percussive, areena Kapoor, who got married to Saif Ali Khan last year, says she Taccount of a free black man 12 Years a Slave flashes back to 1841, directed from a courtly, admirably adamantly non-period musical score by Kdoesn’t have to starve on Karwa Chauth, to prove her love for her 30 richest celebrities’ list who was kidnapped and sold into slav- when Northup, a relatively prosperous economical script by John Ridley, isn’t Hans Zimmer. Whether the filmmaker husband. ery in the pre-Civil War South, tell you musician, is living with his wife and content simply to be an index of human is holding his camera on Northup as “While all women will be starving, I will be eating. I don’t have to starve nglish-Irish band One Direction has topped the list of richest celebrities all you need to know about the cin- children in Saratoga, New York. While cruelty. Rather, the film offers a pano- he struggles on his tiptoes, his neck to prove my love,” Kareena told reporters at the launch of Malabar gold Eunder the age of 30 in Heat magazine’s rich list. Their total fortune is ematic experience you’re about to have. his family is out of town, Northup is rama, not just of the African American caught in a lynching noose, while the and diamond online shopping store. £59.33m, reports femalefirst.co.uk. The band members - Harry Styles, 19, A lush, unnerving tableau of a group introduced to two self-described tal- experience in the antebellum South life of the plantation deliberately goes She suggested: “Have sweets, have everything. Why to starve?” Niall Horan, 19, Zayn Malik, 20, Liam Payne, 20 and Louis Tomlinson, 21, of black men being taught to cut sugar ent scouts, who assure him he can get — from the inconsolable wailing of a on behind him, or an excruciatingly On Karwa Chauth women keep a fast for the well being of their husbands. have taken the top spot from actor Daniel Radcliffe. cane reminds viewers of McQueen’s good work as a fiddler with a travelling woman separated from her children to protracted whipping scene, the net When asked if she does not believe in it, she said: “I can’t live without Radcliffe is on second spot this year with a fortune of £56.18m. gift for evoking atmosphere, whereas a circus. After a trip to Washington and a former slave contentedly ensconced effect is less an indictment of slavery food. I am a Kapoor.” Actor Robert Pattinson takes the third place with £44.16m wealth and scene that follows — in which the pro- a night of dining, Northup wakes up as the wife of her former owner — but than a far more nuanced portrait of actress-model Keira Knightley is at fourth with £37.28m fortune. tagonist, Solomon Northup (Chiwetel in a holding cell, shackled by chains of the varieties of racist pathology. the violence, intimacy, obsession and Emma Watson holds the fifth place with £27.93m. Ejiofor), attempts to write a letter and enshrouded in heavy, unremitting White audience members may constant psychological contortions that This is the second time that Pattinson, Knightley and Watson have fea- home with the juice of a few berries — silence. find it impossible to identify with the defined its most toxic enmeshments. tured in the top five list. brings viewers into intimate contact What follows is a journey of unim- sadistically extreme abuse perpe- At it most profound, though, 12 Years with a place and time too often ren- aginable suffering and horror, a sort of trated by Epps and his own desperate a Slave is a captivating study in human- dered as distant and abstract. anti-picaresque during which Northup and cruel wife, played in a chillingly ity at its most troubled and implac- Intense, unflinching, stark in its is beaten for insisting that he’s a free good performance by Sarah Paulson. able, as Ejiofor masterfully portrays simplicity and often boldly radical man, then bought and sold and bought But what of William Ford (Benedict Northup’s fight to retain his dignity in its use of image, sound and stag- again, finally landing at a plantation Cumberbatch), one of Northup’s more and identity within an ever-widen- ing, 12 Years a Slave in many ways is owned by the merciless Edwin Epps benevolent owners, and his passive ing nightmare. As such, McQueen’s the defining epic so many have longed (Michael Fassbender). paternalism? film deserves pride of place alongside for to examine — if not cauterise — Much of 12 Years a Slave centres on The challenge in presenting oppres- Gravity, Captain Phillips and the upcom- America’s primal wound. But it’s also Northup’s relationship with Epps, who sion within the traditional grammar of ing All is Lost as a breathtaking, ambi- a crowning achievement of a film- is smart enough to know he should be feature films is that the director winds tious essay on physical and existential maker whose command of the medium threatened by his enslaved servant’s up aestheticising violence, or keeping it isolation. Arguably, the stakes here are extends beyond mere narrative and superior intellect and sense of culture at a safe, deniable distance. McQueen higher, not just for Northup, but for the its reductive, sentimental snares to — and who processes those conflicting solves this problem by refusing to blink, viewers who find themselves caught up encompass the full depth and breadth feelings the same way he accommodates or at least knowing precisely when to in his wrenching journey. It’s improb- of its most expressive and transform- his attraction to a field worker named allow his audience to do so. able that anyone will feel lighter after ing properties. Patsey (Lupita Nyong’o): with escalat- As he did in the films Hunger and watching 12 Years a Slave, but they’re 12 Years a Slave isn’t just a cathar- ing and increasingly psychotic violence. Shame (also starring Fassbender), likely to find that their moral imagina- tic experience that happens to be an (Epps’ methods of annihilation extend McQueen doesn’t go in for a lot of flash tions have been newly liberated. edits or self-conscious visual flourishes WP-Bloomberg 106 PLUS | WEDNESDAY 23 OCTOBER 2013 SPACE

China’s national space agency is forging ahead with ambitious plans to launch a manned space station by 2023. The orbiting outpost will support up to six crew and provide room for international modules Expansion modules Core module – first component (non-Chinese) to be launched. Length: 18.1m

Shenzhou manned Solar spacecraft panels

Experiment module

Central node Unmanned cargo craft Experiment Shenzhou Carries supplies module manned to station and Length: 14.4m spacecraft removes waste International Chinese Mir space Space Station space station station (ISS) (Russia)

Weight: 420 tonnes 90 tonnes 130 tonnes

China’s first space station space first China’s Maximum length: 109m 37m 31m Operational lifetime: 1998-2020/2028 2023- 1986-2001 BOOKS PLUS | WEDNESDAY 23 OCTOBER 2013 11 The Luminaries An intricately crafted novel

Eleanor Catton’s epic novel about the New Zealand gold rush has won Man Booker prize. Kirsty Gunn weighs up the masterpiece.

leanor Catton is an extraor- As in her first novel, Catton man- dinary writer. Her first novel, ages her multiple storylines with deft The Rehearsal, was a marvel- assurance, winding up a skein of a mys- Elously peculiar and techni- tery that’s rich with secrets, a doomed cally perfect story of a story within a love affair, murder and double dealing. story — or stories, actually — that had It opens like a play, in a town called the reader’s mind spinning with the Hokitika, late at night — with an complexities of its narrative invention. English gentleman blown through the The plot — a group of teenage girls act- door of the local inn, out of the weather ing out the consequences of a scandal and straight into the midst of a very at their school — was set loose from the strange crowd indeed. very premise of storytelling. Whether “The twelve men congregated in the what was taking place on the page was smoking room of the Crown Hotel gave an account of events or only words in the impression of a party accidentally a script, no more than a rehearsal for met. From the variety of their com- what may or may not have happened … portment and dress — frock coats, tail- none of it mattered. It was wild. coats, Norfolk jackets with buttons of The Luminaries is every bit as excit- horn, yellow moleskin, cambric, and ing. Apparently a classic example of twill — they might have been twelve 19th-century narrative, set in the 19th strangers on a railway car, each bound century, with all the right-sounding for a separate quarter of the city that syntax, clothing and props, the project possessed fog and tides enough to twists into another shape altogether divide them.” as we read, and continue to read. The The sense of staginess here, of set book is massive — weighing in at a design and costume and figures placed mighty 832 pages. But every sentence in a room, recalls Henry James’s The of this intriguing tale set on the wild Art of the Novel, when he writes about west coast of southern New Zealand managing plot and drama as though during the time of its gold rush is directing a play. Full of theatrical detail expertly written, every cliffhanger and action that reads as carefully as chapter-ending making us beg for the stage directions, everything about the act of double-writing that Catton has us as the colony would have been once next to begin. The Luminaries has been way this story is presented makes us achieved — that she could write more to a British reader. Out of sight, out perfectly constructed as the consum- think of James’s “divine principle of and more about a thing, only to have of mind. mate literary page-turner. the scenario”. it matter less and less. The characters Those girls in Catton’s first novel, But it is also a massive shaggy dog In the same way, this drama relies don’t gain depth as the story proceeds; literary constructs though they may story; a great empty bag; an enormous, on the confessions and revelations of they slip further away from us. The have been, gathered up our concern as wicked, gleeful cheat. For nothing in its players who, one after the other, more words given to them, the less the story went on. We were involved this enormous book, with its exotic and relate their version of events — it’s we know anything much about them. in what happened; we cared about varied cast of characters whose lives both a realistic-seeming account of The last section of the book is an act those words on the page. Here, it is all affect each other and whose fates characters’ individual actions and a of bravado analepsis, with chapters as though the opposite is made to be are intricately entwined, amounts to melodramatic, highly wrought, artifi- thinning out into mere pages as the the case. Catton has created her own anything like the moral and emotional cial piece of tale-telling. backstory is laid out. world in The Luminaries — an upside- weight one would expect of it. That’s The way that tale is told changes The same intriguing, undoing kind down, southern hemisphere kind of a the point, in the end, I think, of The throughout the book, too, moving from of writing works on the world of the place with its own astrological calen- Luminaries. It’s not about story at all. a story told by insiders to an outsider, book, too; its setting and details. So we dar that casts its own kind of influ- It’s about what happens to us when to the narration of a series of con- may read and read about the weather, ence, its own light. we read novels — what we think we nected events, finally ending with its about the interiors of rooms, the cos- The clue is in the title, after all, and want from them — and from novels beginning. All the time, Catton wants tumes people wear, the food on their in the confusing frontispiece that the of this size, in particular. Is it worth- us to be aware that this is fiction we plates, the New Zealand riverbank publishers might have made more of, while to spend so much time with a are involved with (an authorial pres- and mists and waters, the sound of to alert the general reader to the fabu- story that in the end isn’t invested in ence is generally referred to; there its rain hammering on a tin roof … lous trick of the book they hold: that its characters? Or is thinking about are numerous hypertextual moments Yet these details don’t come together this great, intricately crafted door- why we should care about them in that underline that fact, with the word to be compressed into a reality we stopper of a historical novel, with its the first place the really interesting damned appearing as d___ed; intro- care about and inhabit. If the book portentous introduction, astrological thing? Making us consider so carefully ductory summaries are given at the has been made as a kind of stage, then tables, character charts and all the whether we want a story with emotion start of every chapter). Her commit- these are the stage sets — not real to rest, in fact weighs nothing at all. and heart or an intellectual idea about ment to the artificiality of her project look at, only made of paper and glue. Decide for yourself, Reader, at the end the novel in the disguise of historical is complete. In the end, Catton’s wondrous 19th- of all your reading, what you think of fiction… There lies the real triumph of But the problem is that as we read century New Zealand and its rivers of that: is “nothing” enough? Catton’s remarkable book. on, we don’t read in. It is a curious gold may as well be as far away from The Guardian 12 PLUS | WEDNESDAY 23 OCTOBER 2013 TECHNOLOGY Nokia launches its first tablet

By Samuel Gibbs

innish mobile phone manufacturer Nokia announced its first colourful 10.1in Windows RT 8.1 tablet yesterday at Nokia World in FAbu Dhabi, aiming to take on Apple’s iPad. The Nokia Lumia 2520 features a full HD 10.1in screen, coming less than a month after the announce- ment of Microsoft’s second generation Windows RT tablet. Solidly built with seamless construction and weigh- ing 615g, Nokia’s tablet resembles the manufacturer’s colourful, polycarbonate-clad range of Lumia smartphones, but runs Microsoft’s Windows RT 8.1 ARM-based tablet variant of its PC operating system.

Top-flight specifications television. PowerPoint and Outlook. Nokia has also added its The Lumia 2520 also features top-of-the-range com- Unlike Microsoft’s Surface 2, Nokia’s tablet also own HERE maps and Nokia music applications to ponents, including a 2.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon comes equipped with 4G LTE for mobile broadband, Windows RT. 800 processor with 2GB of RAM, which should han- and NFC for linking and sharing data with Nokia’s Nokia Lumia 2520 tablet has a keyboard accessory dle multi-tasking and gaming well. Built in is 32 or range of Lumia smartphones. that turns it into a laptop hybrid with extended battery 64GB of storage, depending on model, while the 2520 Nokia sees the 2520 fitting in between the enter- life. Nokia Lumia 2520 tablet has a keyboard accessory is equipped with a micro SD card slot for adding up tainment and productivity markets, for those who that turns it into a laptop hybrid with extended battery to 64GB more storage. use a tablet for entertainment, like watching videos, life. Nokia has also made a keyboard case accessory A 8,000 mAh battery should provide around 10 browsing the internet and playing games, and also for the 2520, which, like the 2’s hours battery life, according to Nokia. for those who need to do word processing and other excellent Touch Cover 2, turns the tablet into a laptop Nokia has also included a micro USB 3.0 port for office duties. hybrid with a full keyboard, a trackpad and two USB fast data connections to external devices, as well as Running Windows RT 8.1, the 2520 comes with 2.0 ports, as well as a battery that adds an extra five micro HDMI for connecting to an external display or Microsoft’s full Office suite, including Word, Excel, hours to the battery life. The Guardian Nokia enters ‘phablet’ market with Lumia 1520

micro SD card slot for adding up to Francisco Jeronimo, research direc- 64GB of extra storage. Microsoft is also tor of European mobile devices for bundling 7GB of SkyDrive cloud stor- research firm IDC. age with each 1520. Samsung’s Galaxy Note line of Nokia also brings some technol- devices differentiate themselves from ogy from its top camera phone, the the phablet competition, including Lumia 1020, to the 1520. Eschewing Nokia’s new Lumia 1520, by employ- the 41-megapixel sensor for a smaller ing a feature-packed stylus that allows 20-megapixel camera, the 1520 has both drawing on the screen and pro- optical stabilisation and oversampling vides multiple multi-tasking modes technology for a two-times lossless such as Samsung’s multi-window. digital zoom and shake-free pictures, According to Jeronimo, it is these which should make indoor low-light value-added features that attract the photos better with less blur and noise. highly lucrative professional market Using the 20-megapixel camera, “The stylus tips the buyer in the Nokia has also added the ability to Note’s favour at the point of sale refocus a picture after taking it, using because, despite whether or not they By Samuel Gibbs design of its smaller Lumia 1020 and some clever Nokia-developed software will ever use the features, the more 925 Windows Phone brothers, but fea- algorithms, while the new Story Teller features available the more attrac- okia announced its largest tures a 6in full HD screen that makes app allows you to browse your photos tive the proposition when the price is Windows Phone to date yes- watching movies and Office productiv- in a timeline and across map locations equal,” he said. Nterday, revealing a 6in full ity easier. provided by Nokia’s HERE maps. HD-screen Lumia 1520 phablet with a Budget phablet 20-megapixel PureView Camera. High-end specifications Stiff competition To partner the 1520, Nokia is also The Lumia 1520 comes less than one The Lumia 1520 packs high-end The Lumia 1520 joins a raft of new launching a more budget phablet, the month after the release of Samsung’s internal parts, with a top-of-the-line phablets that have launched this year, 1320, which has a lower resolution 720p latest in its popular phablet series, 2.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 including stiff competition from the 6in screen, a slower 1.7GHz dual-core the Galaxy Note 3, which garnered and 2GB of RAM, which should easily 5.7in Samsung Galaxy Note 3, the 5.9in Snapdragon S4 processor, 1GB of RAM much attention for its 5.7in screen be able to handle multi-tasking and HTC One Max and 6.44in Sony Xperia and 8GB of storage with a micro SD and S-Pen stylus, and takes Windows demanding apps and games. A built- Z Ultra. slot. Phone to new screen sizes and into a in 3,400 mAh battery with wireless “There are two markets for the The 1320 mirrors the design lan- new category. charging provides up to nine hours phablet – the multimedia market, guage of Nokia’s more affordable Nokia’s solidly built and colourful video playback or 29 days standby time. where the cheapest, largest screen Lumia 625, with rounded corners and phablet - an oversized smartphone, To store music, movies, apps and wins, and the professional market, sports a traditional 5-megapixel cam- or small tablet - resembles the slim games, Nokia equipped the 1520 with where the phablet with the most era without Nokia’s PureView imaging profile and colourful polycarbonate 32GB of storage as standard, plus a value-added features triumphs,” said technology. The Guardian COMICS & MORE PLUS | WEDNESDAY 23 OCTOBER 2013 13

LEARN ARABIC On the Bus

Where is the bus station? Ayna mawqif alba? I want to go to Beirut Oureedou alahab ila bayroot Please give me a ticket Min falik açinee takara What is the price of the ticket? Kam aman alttakara? Is the place far? Hal almakan baçeed? How far is it from here? Kam yabçoud min houna? I want to get off here Oureedou an anzila houna Wait for me a little Inayirnee qaleelan Hoy en la Historia I want to sit here Oureedou an alisa houna October 23, 2011 This seat is reserved Haa almaqçad maooz Cristina Kirchner was re-elected When will we arrive? Mata nail? as President of Argentina in a Stop here, please Qiff houna min falik landslide victory, making her the Thank you Šoukran lak first woman in Latin American history to retain the tob job Note: ç = ‘a’ in ‘agh’ when surprised 1958: Russian author Boris Pasternak was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature for his novel Doctor Zhivago Baby Blues by Jerry Scott and Rick Kirkman 1983: Suicide bombings killed 241 U.S. marines and 58 French paratroopers in Beirut, Lebanon 1995: Professor Stephen Westaby, of Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital, made the first implant of an artificial heart 2002: Chechen rebels seized over 700 hostages at a Moscow theatre, threatening to blow up the building Picture: Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS ALL IN THE MIND Hagar The Horrible by Chris Browne Can you find the hidden words? They may be horizontal, vertical, diagonal, forwards or backwards.

Zits by Dennis Young and Denis Lebrun

ABYSSINIAN, ANGORA, BALINESE, BENGAL, BIRMAN, BOBTAIL, BOMBAY, BURMESE, CHARTREUX, CHAUSIE, CHERUBIM, CYMRIC, HIMALAYAN, JAVANESE, KORAT, LONGHAIR, MALAYAN, MANX, MUNCHKIN, NEBELUNG, OCICAT, PERSIAN, RAGDOLL, SIAMESE, SIBERIAN, SINGAPURA, SOMALI, SPHYNX, TIFFANIE, TIIFFANY, TONKINESE. 14 PLUS | WEDNESDAY 23 OCTOBER 2013 CROSSWORDS

ACROSS 40 Three-sided carrier 6 Real fan 36 1980s Argentine 47 Toy snappers CROSSWORD 1 Java application? 41 Peak periods 7 Makeup of some kits president Alfonsín 48 Dweller in the hall 1234567891011121314 12 E-mails a dupe 42 Piña colada topping? 8 Storied slacker 40 Hydrocarbon in gasoline Bilskirnir 43 1-Across may be added 49 Like a 6-Down 15 16 15 Swearing-in figure 44 Web site crasher? 9 Routing abbr. 16 Onetime giant in 45 M quarter 10 Move with a bobbing to it 50 Turn over 17 18 decking 48 Specifically motion 44 Neighbor of McGuire 51 Actor McGregor A.F.B. 19 20 21 17 Raphael, e.g. 51 Composer Siegmeister 11 Common cooler 54 N.Y.C.’s ___ Bridge 45 Can 18 It may have no stars 52 Greetings 12 Charge storer 55 Talent agent Emanuel 22 23 24 25 46 A third of 19 Film producer Fayed 53 Bit of ancient art 13 Home of Pomona College quince 26 27 28 29 30 20 Birthplace of the 56 ___ polar SIS THEBIGSHORT phonograph (animal del Ártico) 14 Settle 31 32 33 34 TNT BEATLEMANI A 22 Ruling group 57 Singer who founded 21 Big squares ADA SAMUELAL I TO 35 36 23 Heads across the pond Righteous Babe 23 Overgrown, say 25 Standing by Records 24 Mobile NORW RES PR I NTS 37 38 26 Cold front? 58 Victor over H.H.H. 26 Wii, for one DOSHOTS KAT T

39 40 41 27 Gran Paradiso, e.g. 59 It competed with Mail 27 Nose-burning ARTERY UNCLESAM 29 Prepares to be Boxes Etc. 28 One may be taken in SPREE SMOKY TLC 42 43 44 45 46 47 discharged faith IOUS TOPPS PRIM 48 49 50 51 31 It goes over the tongue DOWN 30 Facial site DOC GANEF LE I CA 34 Guitar-spinning group 1 Origin of the word 31 Its central deity is ELKHOUND SEEPIN 52 53 54 55 35 City of a quarter million “cheetah” Amaterasu ATTY DHARMAS 56 57 founded on a ranch site 2 F-, for one 32 Claims DEMI SE SE I SAKI 37 ___ fit 3 Secures 33 Like sports cars, briefly EVALONGORI A LEO 58 59 38 Shred 4 It blew in 1707 34 Full of energy FACEREAL I TY LYN 39 Prefix with Germanic 5 Ottoman dignitary 35 Eastern energy THEREDROVER SSS

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

YESTERDAY’S ANSWER

Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate How to EASY SUDOKU play Hyper Easy Sudoku Puzzles Sudoku: Place a digit from 1 to 9 in A Hyper Sudoku each empty cell so every Puzzle is solved row, every column and by filling the every 3x3 box contains all numbers from 1 the digits 1 to 9. to 9 into the blank cells. A Hyper Sudoku has unlike Sudoku 13 regions (four regions overlap with the nine standard regions). In all regions the numbers from 1 to 9 can appear YESTERDAY’S only once. Otherwise, a Hyper Sudoku is solved like a normal Sudoku. ANSWER CINEMA / TV LISTINGS PLUS | WEDNESDAY 23 OCTOBER 2013 15

SHOWING AT VILLAGGIO & CITY CENTER Daivathinte Swantham Cleetus TEL: 444933989 444517001 (2D/Malayalam) – 2.30pm 06:30 Celtic vs Ajax 08:00 News Boss (2D/Hindi/Comedy) – 4.45pm 08:30 Inter Milan Club 09:00 Witness Channel 10:00 News 1 09:30 Omni Sport 10:30 Inside Story Gravity (3D/Drama) – 7.30 & 11.30pm 11:00 News 10:00 This Is Paris 11:30 The Stream 11:00 Boxing Qalb El Asad (2D/Action) – 9.30pm 12:00 News 14:00 Omni Sport 12:30 Earthrise 14:30 Roma Club 13:00 NEWSHOUR Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2 Channel 14:00 News (3D/Animation) – 3.00, 5.00 & 7.00pm 16:00 Italy vs Uruguay 14:30 Inside Story 19:00 Honduras vs 15:00 Al Jazeera Escape Plan (2D/Action) – 9.00 & 11.00pm Brazil World MALL 21:45 Real Madrid vs 16:00 NEWSHOUR 17:00 News Juventus 17:30 The Stream Naiyaandi (2D/Tamil/ Comedy) – 2.15pm 23:45 FIFA World Cup 18:00 NEWSHOUR Magazine 19:00 News The Switch (2D/Drama) – 5.00pm 00:15 This Is Paris 19:30 Fault Lines 02:45 Universidad 20:00 News Badges of Fury (2D/Action) – 7.15pm Católica vs Sao 20:30 Inside Story Paulo 21:00 NEWSHOUR 3 The Butler (2D/Drama) – 9.15pm 04:45 Northampton vs 22:00 News Ospreys 22:30 The Stream Daivathinte Swantham Cleetus 23:00 Witness (2D/Malayalam) – 11.30pm Daivathinte Swantham Cleetus 13:00 Austin And Ally 13:15 Car vs Wild (2D/Malayalam) – 2.30pm 15:00 That's So 15:20 Finding Bigfoot Raven 16:10 American The Switch (2D/Drama) – 5.00pm 15:25 Gravity Falls Chopper 15:50 Jessie 17:00 Ultimate 1 16:10 Violetta Survival Gravity (3D/Drama) – 7.15 & 11.30pm 18:10 Shake It Up 19:30 Sons Of Guns 18:30 That's So 20:20 Storage Qalb El Asad (2D/Action) – 9.15pm Raven Hunters 20:05 Jessie 21:35 How It's Made 20:30 My Babysitter's 22:00 You Have Been Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2 (3D/ A Vampire Warned Animation) – 3.00, 5.00 & 7.00pm 22:25 A.N.T. Farm 22:50 You Have Been 23:10 Wizards Of Warned Waverly Place LANDMARK 2 Escape Plan (2D/Action) – 9.00pm 23:40 Mythbusters Machete Kills (2D/Action) – 11.00pm

Boss (2D/Hindi/Comedy) – 2.30pm 13:00 Do Dil Bandhe 12:30 Coronation Ek Dori Se Street Daivathinte Swantham Cleetus 14:00 Punar Vivah 13:00 Ellen DeGeneres 16:00 Khelti Hai Show (2D/Malayalam) – 5.15 & 11.30pm Zindagi Aankh 14:00 Covert Affairs 3 Micholi 15:00 24 Escape Plan (2D/Action) – 7.30pm 19:00 Do Dil Bandhe 16:00 Emmerdale Ek Dori Se 16:30 Coronation 21:00 Qubool Hai Street Badges of Fury (2D/Action) – 9.30pm 21:30 Khelti Hai 19:00 Warehouse 13 Zindagi Aankh 20:00 Perception Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2 (3D/ Micholi 22:00 Justified Animation) – 2.30, 4.30 & 6.30pm 22:00 Punar Vivah 23:00 Scandal Boss (2D/Hindi/Comedy) – 8.30pm 1 QF RADIO 91.7 FM ENGLISH PROGRAMME BRIEF 13:00 Austin And Ally 14:15 Drew Peterson: Gravity (3D/Drama) – 11.00pm LIVE SHOWS Airing Time Programme Briefs 15:00 That's So Untouchable SPIRITUAL 6:00 - 7:00 AM A time of reflection, a deeper understanding of the Raven 15:45 Chimpanzee The Butler (2D/Drama) – 3.00pm HOUR teachings of Islam. 15:25 Gravity Falls 17:15 Battleship 19:30 Moonrise RISE 7:00 – 9:00 AM A LIVE 2-hour morning show hosted by Scott Boyes and 18:30 That's So Laura Finnerty. It focuses on a wide array of topics from Raven Kingdom Gravity (3D/Drama) – 5.15pm Weather, News, Health tips, Sports News and lots more. 20:30 My Babysitter's 21:00 Age Of Heroes INTERNATIO- 1:00 PM The latest news and events from around the world. A Vampire 23:00 The Man With ROYAL Qalb El Asad (2D/Action) – 7.15pm NAL NEWS 22:00 Jessie The Iron Fists A.N.T. Farm 01:00 Young Adult 2 DRIVE 3:00 – 4:00 PM A daily afternoon show broadcast at peak travel time. It is 22:25 02:45 Battleship Machete Kills (2D/Action) – 9.15pm a lighthearted show, filled with news and information and 23:10 Wizards Of PLAZA in today’s episode, we focus on ‘literature and the latest Waverly Place releases’ with guest, book enthusiast Hind Francis.

Escape Plan (2D/Action) – 11.15pm LEGENDARY 6:00 – 7:00 PM The show tells the story of a celebrity artist that has ARTISTS reached unprecedented fame. Throughout the episode the artists’ memorable performances/songs will be Badges of Fury (2D/Action) – 2.30 & 7.00pm played to put listeners in the mood. 14:00 Elf 11:30 Valentina Repeat Shows The Switch (2D/Drama) – 4.30pm 16:00 Gabe The 14:30 The Missing INNOVATIONS 10:00 – 11:00 AM A LIVE weekly show hosted and produced by Scott Cupid Dog Lynx Boyes. The show talks about all the newest and exciting 18:00 Love Birds 16:15 Back To The Sea advancements in the world of science and technology. 3 Escape Plan (2D/Action) – 9.00pm 20:00 Slap Shot 18:00 The Swan FASHION 7:00 – 8:00 PM A weekly show hosted and produced by Laura Finnerty. The 22:15 Stripes Princess show brings together the latest fashion trends along with 30 Minutes Or Christmas Boss (2D/Hindi/Comedy) – 11.00pm exciting interviews with local and international designers. 00:00 Less 20:00 Happy Feet Two 01:45 Slap Shot 22:00 Missing Lynx 16 PLUS | WEDNESDAY 23 OCTOBER 2013 POTPOURRI

Who’s who A summary of MEDIA SCAN Events in Qatar issues of the day discussed by the Qatari community Relics — Damien Hirst

in the media. When: Until Jan 22; Sun-Wed: 10:30am– 5:30pm. Tuesday Closed Thur-Sat: 12pm–8pm, Fri: 2pm–8pm Where: Al Riwaq Exhibition Space What: The most comprehensive survey of Damien Hirst’s work ever shown and his • Visitors to medical facilities of Hamad • People complained about the negligence first solo exhibition in the Middle East. Medical Corporation complained of huge of old public parks by the authorities, Free Entry crowds and lack of car parking space on as many of them lack maintenance, the first day of work after Eid vacation. development of infrastructures, and lack My Rock Stars: Volume 1 President of Ashghal They said the latest expansion of the car of hygiene. They said these parks are still When: Until Oct 24, 2013 Nasser Ali Al Mawlawi parking areas at Women’s Hospital did preferred destinations for families during Where: VCUQatar Gallery What: Exhibition by artist/photographer l Mawlawi joined Ashghal in not make much difference. Eid, weekends and vacations. Hassan Hajjaj pays homage to traditional December 2008 as acting gen- • There were discussions in the social • People said many importers and African portraiture, while celebrating present- Aeral manager. Prior to this from media about a Qatari citizen being suppliers of food are still continuing to day pop stars, unsung artists and personal July 2007, he was CEO of Barwa City. wrongly reported that he is dead, who import beverages that have detachable inspirations in Hajjaj’s life. Between 2003 and 2007, he worked was issued a death certificate while he covers, in contrary to the decision of the Entry: Free, open to all as Director of venues with the organ- is alive. Ministry of Economic and Commerce izing committee of the Asian Games • People have urged the authorities to be taken three years ago not to import or NODDY in Toyland Doha 2006, overseeing the games fair when distributing public parks over sell cans with detachable covers. When: Oct 24, 25, 26; 4pm & 7pm facilities and project management. Al Where: Al Rayyan theater, Souq Waqif Mawlawi graduated with a Bachelor’s all the country, instead of giving priority • Parents complained about increasing What: A live show of Noddy — sing- Degree in electrical engineering from to areas outside of Doha. prices of food at Independent and along, dance-along — featuring friends Boston University in US. Al Mawlawi • Supervisors of Independent School buses private school cafeterias, while there Tessie Bear and Bumpy Dog as well as the served as an officer in the Engineering were surprised over the decision of the is no change in the quality of foods or naughty goblins. Kid’s play. Division of Qatar’s Air Force for 15 Supreme Education Council to stop quantity. The aim of having cafeterias Tickets: QR-100-QR350, available years and was promoted to Colonel at Virgin Megastores Engineer. He is the Vice-Chairman of their allowance from last month. They in schools is to provide students with Board of Qatar National Broadband said they have been receiving these this service, not to make profits as allowances for two years for supervising the issue now has changed to pure Exhibition by Rhys Himsworth Network Company (Qnbn). When: Until October 27 student buses. business. Artist Talk on October 22; 7pm Where: Katara Art Center, Building 5 What: Rhys Himsworth is a British artist based in Doha, and is a faculty member of IN FOCUS by Vivek Shroff Virginia Commonwealth University where he heads the Painting & Printmaking program. Entry: Free, open to all

L’âge d’or — exhibition by Adel Abdessemed When: October 6 to January 5 Where: Atrium and ground floor of Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art What: Curated by Pier Luigi Tazzi, the exhibition will showcase recent works, including drawings, paintings, sculptures and videos, many created by Adel Abdessemed. Entry: Free, open to all

Northern Legacy – Photographic Exhibition When: Until Nov 19, 2013; 10am-10pm Where: Katara Gallery 1 - Bldg 13 What: Photographic Exhibition by Harold Crompton Robinson. Free Entry

Omar Khalifa – “Infinite” When: Until Dec 15; 10am-10pm Where: Katara Cultural Village What: This outdoor installation examines ‘the nature of being’. Using digital multiple exposure techniques, an image is crafted that gives a of other-worldliness and depth of perspective through the human form. Free Entry

Send your photos to [email protected]. Flowers in full bloom at a Mesaieed garden. If you want your events featured here, Mention where the photo was taken. mail details to [email protected]

Editor-In-Chief Khalid Al Sayed Acting Managing Editor Hussain Ahmad Editorial Office The Peninsula Tel: 4455 7741, E-mail: [email protected] / [email protected]