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California’s inmate firefighting corps

Prison inmates Gilbert Serrato, 33, (left) and Joshua Mojarro, 28, wait to be assigned to work projects at Oak Glen Conservation Fire Camp #35 in Yucaipa, California.

BY STEVE GORMAN Prison inmates lay water pipe on a work attling one of California’s project outside Oak Glen first major wildfires of the Conservation Fire Camp year, Kevin Black sud- #35 in Yucaipa Bdenly realised the only way to keep from being engulfed by flames roaring up a hillside toward his team was to finish the buffer line they were hacking through drought-parched brush. “Either we get this line in, or we burn,” Black, 54, recalled shouting as he and his fellow crew members — all prison inmates clad in orange fatigues — hurried to cut a 6-foot- wide fire break with hand tools in the thick scrub. The squad survived, and fire- fighters ultimately managed to contain the 2,100-acre blaze in early May without losing any of the homes threatened in the wealthy community of Rancho Cucamonga, east of . PLUS | SUNDAY 21 DECEMBER 2014 3

The inmates’ main job is to carve containment lines. Under supervision of Cal Fire captains, they work with heavy gear in intense heat and rugged terrain, often in 24- Correctional officer Tim Bruzzesi checks prison inmates’ lunch boxes as they hour shifts. walk out of Oak Glen Conservation Fire Camp #35 to go to work projects in Yucaipa, California.

Black is among thousands of convicted felons who program. Participation is voluntary, and many Prison inmate Kevin Black, 54, who is in the last 90 form the backbone of California’s wildfire protection inmates earn two days off their sentences for each days of an eleven-year sentence, clears the path force under a unique and little-known prison labour day in camp. The pay is scant - just $1.45 a day in to lay water pipes outside Oak Glen Conservation programme. camp plus $1 an hour on the fire line. Fire Camp #35 in Yucaipa, California. But California may soon find it harder to recruit “Nobody in the world would do this work for new inmate firefighters after a ballot measure was that kind of money. That’s why they use us,” said passed last month to ease prison crowding by reduc- Oak Glen inmate firefighter Ishmil Swafford, 35, ing felony sentences to misdemeanour jail terms for who is ineligible for a reduction in his 10-year-plus most non-violent, low-level offenses, including many term for burglary. drug crimes. Many in the camps, which inmates say offer That measure will likely diminish the very seg- more freedom than conventional prisons, also see ment of the inmate population that the California the program as a means of building discipline, Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal teamwork, and a resume of sorts ahead of release. Fire, draws upon to fill its wildland firefighting crews. “It re-acclimates you to going back to society,” Housed in 39 minimum-security “conservation said Black, due for release in February after serv- camps” run by the state corrections department, the ing nearly a 12-year sentence for robbery, about a firefighting inmates also do brush clearance, flood third of that at Oak Glen. control and park maintenance projects. The inmates’ main job is to carve containment Despite sentencing reforms that may reduce the lines. Under supervision of Cal Fire captains, they inmate firefighting pool, Cal Fire officials say they are work with heavy gear in intense heat and rugged determined to continue excluding violent criminals, terrain, often in 24-hour shifts. offenders and arsonists from the program. The work is dangerous. Twelve inmate firefight- Misdemeanour offenders, with shorter sentences, ers nearly died this year when they were forced to have long been ineligible because training them is not outrun a wall of advancing flames in the Sierras. considered worth the investment. But fatalities are rare. The last inmate killed in “It might do some damage to our pipeline,” said the line of duty suffered a heart attack in 2007, corrections Sergeant John Lanthripp, assistant com- Cal Fire spokesman Mike Mohler said. mander of the largest of the camps, Oak Glen, in Still, critics say the program raises questions Southern California’s San Bernardino Mountains. about the inherently coercive nature of inmate The change comes as California firefighting labor and speaks volumes about prison conditions resources are increasingly stretched by more large generally. wildfires, and a longer fire season, attributed to the “It’s telling us something when people are more state’s prolonged drought. willing, literally, to go into a fire than stay impris- Some 4,300 California inmates, including about 200 oned in a cell,” said Mohamed Shehk, a spokesman women, are assigned to the camps and comprise Cal for advocacy group Critical Resistance. Fire’s entire corps of specially trained ground crews Officials acknowledge inmate firefighters would who battle wildfires without water - using tools like be sorely missed if the state had to do without chainsaws, shovels and axes. They account for nearly them. half of Cal Fire’s total year-round force. “They do a tremendous amount of work for us, Other states employ inmate labour to fight wild- and honestly, we’d be hurting if we didn’t have fires, but none like California, which saves up to these crews in place,” Cal Fire spokeswoman Lynn $100mn annually in personnel costs through its Tolmachoff said. Reuters 4 PLUS | SUNDAY 21 DECEMBER 2014 FOOD

The cheesiest pizza in the world

By Johanna Leggatt It takes between 45 minutes and a regular on the Gradi menu. pizza and ribs joint, but it is anything an hour to do this, which is why di “We will see how it goes, if people but. t must be difficult finding new Francesco chose to serve his 99-cheese really, really want it then we will do Di Francesco sourced cheeses from culinary Everests to climb when pizza for a limited two-hour block dur- it,” he says. Australia and all over the world to cre- you are the world’s best pizza chef. ing lunchtime service at his Gradi res- So how does it taste? ate a just-right flavour combination, I But the pizza legend Johnny di taurant in the Crown casino complex Fantastic. Di Francesco has created and each cheese has a role to play. Francesco — of Melbourne’s 400 Gradi on Saturday. a balanced and surprisingly nuanced There is a mixture of soft and hard fame — may just have outdone himself The $23 pizza is labour intensive, pizza. It sounds like a supersized hot cheeses in the super cheese base — with his latest pizza topping, if you and Di Francesco looks visibly over- mess, the kind of novelty cuisine you taleggio, aged cheddar, double cream could even call it that. whelmed at the thought of it becoming might see on a menu at a suburban brie, pecorino and gorgonzola among Di Francesco calls it the super them — but little mozzarella as it does cheese: a blend of 94 cheeses he has not melt down well. carefully selected to form the base for Some cheeses have little flavour his 99-cheese pizza. but are used chiefly to offset the Five cheeses are added on top of the sharpness of other cheeses, to provide super cheese base — fior di latte, buf- a creamy counterpoint or sometimes falo mozzarella, goat cheese, ricotta just texture. and shaved raspadura— to take the But Di Francesco proves that good- cheese count to just under 100. quality cheeses are varied enough to So how does a 99-cheese pizza come create a series of balanced flavours about? rather than one generic, cheesy taste. Di Francesco, who this year took out Crucially, I didn’t walk away from first place at the pizza world champion- Gradi feeling as though I had just eaten ships in Italy, said: “No one has done 99 cheeses. The topping is generous this before. So I thought I would give without being excessive and because it a go.” the super cheese is so concentrated He experimented with six recipes little is actually needed. And the bases before hitting the jackpot. “I woke up are delectably light. Di Francesco one morning and I just knew I had it,” comes from the Neapolitan school he says. of pizza making that does not aspire The super cheese is created by melt- to overly crispy bases: his pizzas are ing down the 94 cheeses in a large pot foldable and pliable with a soft, light and then blast chilling them so they dough. form a solid block of cheese. The Guardian MARKET PLACE PLUS | SUNDAY 21 DECEMBER 2014 5 QP honours scholarship programme students

ngineer Saad Sherida Al Kaabi, President and CEO of Qatar EPetroleum (QP), gave recogni- tion recently to 140 Qatari nationals who have completed their academic studies and training programmes under QP’s scholarship programme. The QP Graduates Recognition Ceremony 2014, which was held under the patronage of Al Kaabi, honoured one master’s degree holder, 99 graduates with bachelor’s degrees, 16 students who had received their diplomas, 11others who had finished their Clerical Preparation Program (CPP), and 13 students who had successfully completed their Technician Students and officials during the honouring ceremony. Preparation Programme (TPP). Saad Sherida Al Kaabi, President and competent Qatari cadre of both our beloved countryunder the wise Al Mannai noted that investment in and CEO of Qatar Petroleum,said: genders in various disciplines, particu- leadership of His Highness Sheikh people who are Qatar’s most valuable “Qatar Petroleum attaches a great larly in the oil and gas sector. We are Tamim bin Hamad AlThani, Emir asset, and providing the best techni- deal of importancetodeveloping and extremely proud to have a new group ofthe State of Qatar,” he added. cal and university education, combined attracting Qatari youth, and seeks of capable Qatari youth, who with Abdulaziz Mohammed Al Mannai, with the best professional training pro- throughits strategic plans for educa- their willing andenthusiastic spiritwill Executive Vice-President for Human grams needed to build the capacity of tion in prestigious universities, higher play an active role in realizing Qatar Capital of QP stressed on the signifi- the new Qatari generations to meet the institutes, colleges and specialized Petroleum’ vision and mission, and will cance of this event as it concludes a requirements of growth and prosperity training centers in Qatarand abroad contribute to the development efforts year full of distinguished events held are the best means to achieve this goal. to empower and employ well qualified geared towards achieving progress for to celebrate QP’s 40th anniversary. The Peninsula

Fashion Meets Art at Blue Salon

QNET’s top 4 glamorous gifts Blue Salon announced a unique experience in the world of fashion, joining luxuri- ous brand Aigner in celebrating the art of Arabic calligraphy presented by artist ooking to gift something a little luxe numeral steel hands. Sabah Arbilli. The event was titled “Where Fashion Meets Art”. The experience Lthis season? Then make it easy and Adiva Divine high-end fashion jewel- allowed customers to select a saying or a verse of poetry of their selection, and fun to shop for the festive season with lery: Adorn the special woman in your have it marked on their Aigner Cybill bag by artist Sabah Arbili. four special and luxurious gifts that will life with glamour and drape her in the surely delight your loved ones. divine with a gorgeous range of costume Bernhard H Mayer premium luxury jewellery. watches: By giving the special man or Bridgette D’Or Collection woman in your life who has a discerning The paragon of beauty inspired by taste, a Bernhard H Mayerpremium luxury symmetry comprises of polished green watch, he/she is guaranteed the prestige crystals entwined in geometric squares. and reputation of the Swiss made label. Exude allure, chic and stylishness with Virtus Watch for Him the luxurious and polished feel of the An active life should never stop you Bridgette D’Or complete set of bracelet, from expressing your style and discern- earrings and necklace. If you buy this set, ment. Matching uncompromised perform- you will receive the De Moda Chic Me ance with the quality and excellence you scarf for free. expect from a state of the art Swiss-made Audrey Collection watch, this outstanding timepiece has a A mesmerising shade of Montana limited edition of only 4,999 pieces. sapphire set on twirls of platinum curves La Perle Watch for Her evokes the glamorous beauties that once With the sophisticated and modern graced the red carpet of Hollywood. The woman in mind, the La Perle combines Audrey Set of bangle, earrings and neck- Toyota Advisor Skills Contest creativity and originality to fit any ward- lace will surely make a woman stand out robe. Its dazzling display will have anyone with grace and beauty. If you buy this set, Muthusamy C (third right, standing), Senior Manager National Service; Hiroshi Sakai give a second glance with Mother-of- you will receive the De Moda Pretty Me (second right, standing), Assistant General Manager TMC/BRO, and Raymond C Pearl dial and eye-catching Roman scarf for free. (right, standing) Tech Training Deputy Manager visiting a contest table during the 2014 National Service Advisor Skills Contest at Toyota Main Service Centre, Industrial Area yesterday. 6 PLUS | SUNDAY 21 DECEMBER 2014 BOOKS Knock, knock. Who’s there? Amazon’s best selling holiday author

BY DAVID RANDALL

t sounds like the usual setup for a knock-knock joke: Who is the best-selling author on all of IAmazon.com this holiday season? Rob Elliott. Rob Elliott who? Yet it’s no laughing matter for Rob Teigen, a father of five in Grand Rapids, Michigan who, under the pen name Rob Elliott, currently owns the No. 1 and No. 2 spots on Amazon.com’s best-selling book list, outpacing such hits as Unbroken and the latest from Bill O’Reilly. The source of his success: two books, Laugh-Out-Loud Jokes for Kids and Knock-Knock Jokes for Kids, both of which are aimed at parents and grandparents looking for help now that their six year olds are just discovering the art of telling jokes, but have awful material. “I can’t tell you how many people have come up to me and said ‘You saved my life,’” Teigen says. Not that all of Teigen’s jokes are gems, he is quick to add. Most of the material wouldn’t be out of place in a Jackie Mason show. (Example: “Who keeps the oceans clean? The mermaid.”) Yet even a groaner like that is likely to top whatever a kindergartner will come up with by himself, a concept that Teigen, 45, learned by experience. He began writing his first book in 2009 when his youngest daughter was six and desperately wanted to tell jokes around the dinner table, but struggled to understand the concept. “She would spout off what she thought were punch lines and you’d Author Rob Teigen smiles with his wife Joanna laugh while thinking ‘That doesn’t in Michigan. Under the pen name Rob Elliott, make any sense’”, Teigen said. Teigen currently owns the No. 1 and No. 2 Each year, there’s a new set of par- spots on Amazon.com’s best-selling book list. ents and grandparents in the same pre- dicament, which explains why Teigen’s Laugh-Out-Loud Jokes for Kids hit No. 1 on Amazon last holiday season, too. meanings can be funny around the age Science of When We Laugh and Why.” funny bone, Teigen doesn’t have much Each book is priced at $4.95 - and $2.99 of seven, said Peter McGraw, a profes- Humour, it seems, is even more com- reason to worry. He earns just pennies for the e-book version, a low enough sor of marketing and psychology at the plex than it appears. for each book he sells. For his day job, he price point to make an inexpensive University of Colorado who runs a lab Weems, whose favourite movie is the works at his publisher, Baker Publishing stocking stuffer. dedicated to researching humor. Before stoner comedy Harold and Kumar Go Group, an Evangelical house based in Laugh-Out-Loud Jokes for Kids, his that age, physical comedy and tickling To White Castle, said the higher-level Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he is top-seller, has sold more than 385,000 tend to elicit more laughs, though sci- thinking that goes into appreciating the only sales rep who can say he’s sold copies overall, with 90,000 this year entists don’t quite know why, he said. humor has long stymied engineers more than 1.3 million books himself. alone, according to Nielsen BookScan, “There aren’t any joke-telling attempting to create realistic artificial He has plans to expand his line of which tracks approximately 80 percent Mozart’s. You don’t have three year intelligence programs. joke books, and is thinking about trade of US book sales. About 70 percent olds who can tell great jokes because Research scientists at the University marking “Laugh-Out-Loud Jokes” as those sales came via Amazon over the they haven’t reached that development of Aberdeen in Scotland, for instance, his own brand. But Teigen doesn’t holiday season, Tiegen said. stage yet,” McGraw said. are behind a website called the Joking expect to write any more knock-knock As a result, children tend to really Computer (http://www.abdn.ac.uk/ jokes. He struggled to fill the book, he IT’S COMPLICATED like puns and other punch line-driven jokingcomputer/joker.shtml) that is a said, and had to turn to a baby name Impulse-buying aside, Teigen looks driven jokes until around the age of 12, repository of computer-generated jokes book to come up with new material to have honed in on something that when they discover sarcasm and mas- and asks visitors to rate whether each for wordplay. Besides, parents - his scientists who study humor are still ter it by the time they are full-blown one is truly funny. real customers - might turn against puzzled by. teenagers, said Scott Weems, a cogni- him. “Kids love my knock-knock jokes,” Research suggests that children start tive neuroscientist at the University of NO WORRIES he said. “But after about 400 of them, to appreciate that a word with multiple Maryland and the author of “Ha! The Even if software somehow grafts a parents hate me.” Reuters SCIENCE PLUS | SUNDAY 21 DECEMBER 2014 7

Searching for life on Mars

The European Space Agency’s ExoMars rover is due to land on Mars sometime towards the end of this decade. DR PETER GRINDROD at Birkbeck, University of London, brings us up to date on the search for a safe, scientifically interesting landing site.

Dr Peter Grindrod layers, but with the added bonus of a landing site. So in the end we had to you’re left with a river system, albeit channel that may have emptied into officially apply to name the site. with positive relief. So again, water was t’s been nine months since the last a shallow lake. This means we can be Despite my attempts to name it after flowing through this region, probably workshop about where Europe’s even surer of water, which we think is the River Irwell, whose tiny tributary about 3.8 to 4bn years ago, a time when IExoMars rover will land on Mars. a prerequisite for life. flowed through my village when I was life was probably just getting started on Over the summer the proposed eight The landing site at Hypanis Valles growing up, it was deemed to be a posi- Earth, and possibly Mars. landing sites for the ExoMars rover is actually at the end of the channel of tive relief feature and thus needed a Now it’s a matter of figuring out the were officially reduced to four. We the same name, and most likely rep- different name. So Aram Dorsum it complicated history of what has followed were really pleased that our two sites resents ancient delta deposits. Here is. It also seems that my attempt to at all sites since the water disappeared, (Hypanis Valles and Aram Dorsum) we think sediments, and hopefully life, never again have to pay for a pint in and what it means for the possible evi- got through, but we’ve now got a lot of were laid down in a low energy envi- Lancashire was thwarted. dence of life. Can rocks rich in fossilised work ahead of us. ronment. This site is good because it That positive relief at Aram is some- microbes survive the bombardment from Last week we were in Italy to discuss might concentrate the evidence for life, thing that isn’t immediately familiar, meteorites? Do these meteorite impacts the detailed geology of the candidate thus increasing our chances of find- although there are quite a few simi- actually make it easier to get at the deeper sites. With ExoMars trying to find life ing it. lar features on Earth. It’s basically an rocks, which could have been warmer and on Mars, we have to decide which one And finally Aram Dorsum, which inverted river system, where water wetter? place offers the best chance of finding was such an unknown before the last carves a channel, deposits sediments So part of what we did last week was it. Such a tough call means it was a meeting it actually had a different that then become cemented, while to assess the complex histories at each fascinating meeting, as each site offers name. At the time there was no feature everything outside is eroded away by site, discuss the likely habitability of the its own advantages and challenges nearby that we could use to name our billions of years of erosion. After this environments we think were around when The final four sites are Mawrth the features formed, and ultimately what Valles, Oxia Planum, Hypanis Valles it all means for life. and Aram Dorsum. Despite all four The other part was to listen to the being in the same region of the planet, safety assessments carried out so far they show a diversity that you’d expect on the sites. All the four sites met the from an overall area the size of western global engineering constraints, but local Europe. factors such as small, but steep slopes, Mawrth Vallis, named after the or the presence of too many sand dunes, Welsh name for Mars, is a candidate increase the risk when it comes to landing as strong as its namesake’s rugby team. on Mars. So although the science might Mawrth made it through to the final be great, we’ve got to hope that there four choices for the Curiosity rover, are no engineering show-stoppers at due to its thick sequence of clay min- this stage. As the Philae lander showed, erals – a sure sign of past water that’s landing on another planetary body is also probably neutral in pH (and pre- difficult. So I’m happy to keep figur- sumably good for life). ing out the science of where we’ll go, Oxia Planum is about 400km from while the engineers work out how to Mawrth, and shows similar thick, clay get there in one piece. WP-Bloomberg 8 PLUS | SUNDAY 21 DECEMBER 2014 ENTERTAINMENT PLUS | SUNDAY 21 DECEMBER 2014 9

HOLLYWOOD NEWS BOLLYWOOD NEWS

Barrymore shedding baby weight Never said no to working with ctress Drew Barrymore, who gave birth to her youngest daughter, Kareena, says Shahid Kapoor AFrankie, in April this year, is working hard to lose baby weight, but says she is in no hurry to get into shape. For the actress, who is married ctor Shahid Kapoor, who once dated actress to Will Kopelman, family comes first. AKareena Kapoor, has said that he has never “It’s amazing. It’s the driving force behind how I live my life,” Barrymore, refused to work with the latter and that he is not 39, told People magazine. Frankie sure about her joining the cast of Udta Punjab. joined older sister Olive, 2. Rumours are abuzz that Shahid and Kareena And with her two little ones at have been signed for Udta Punjab to be helmed home, Barrymore says she’s had by director Abhishek Chaubey. to prioritize her many hats. On being asked about pairing with Kareena, “The acting has to be less Shahid said: “I have never said no (to working and less because it’s too time- with Kareena Kapoor)...” consuming. I love it and I don’t “In Udta Punjab, I am there and that’s all I want to abandon it, but it can’t know. Rest the film’s producer and director will be at the forefront right now,” reveal when the time will come,” he added. the actress explains, adding she Shahid and Kareena, who dated for more loves her cosmetics line, Flower than four years, broke up in 2007. Together, they Beauty, “because it allows (her) worked in films like Fida, 36 China Town, Milenge to be a great mom.” Milenge and Chup Chup Ke, among others. But even though she’s focus- Post break-up, their last movie together was ing on her growing family, Imtiaz Ali’s “Jab We Met”, which was a runaway Barrymore admits dividing her success. attention between her girls has Currently, Shahid is shooting for Vikas Bahl’s Shaandaar. its own set of challenges. “It’s a balance of who gets the attention, and it’s a tightrope,” Gone With the she shares. “But it’s also a won- Marriage on Salman Khan’s mind for 2015? derful, amazing journey to raise two kids that love each other.” uperstar Salman Khan, who is often called Bollywood’s most eligible And with so much going on, the proud mom is just starting to focus on Sbachelor, says in the New Year, he’d rather see himself getting mar- shedding her pregnancy pounds. Wind turns 75 ried than doing a movie starring the three Khans together. Salman was “It took nine months to build. It should take nine months to get off,” she present at the Big Star Entertainment Awards 2014 in Mumbai Thursday. said. “I wanted fettuccini alfredo. I didn’t want a barbell. Here, he was asked about what would he like to see happening in 2015 — whether Salman Khan getting married or Bollywood’s three Khans — Salman, Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan — doing a film together. To that, the “Dabangg” star said: “I would rather see myself getting married than the three Khans doing a film together.” Abbey Clancy announces 2nd pregnancy Meanwhile, on the big screen, Salman will next be seen sharing screen space with Kareena Kapoor in “Bajrangi Bhaijaan”. The film is slated to By Amy Argetsinger odel Abbey Clancy has announced that she’s expecting her sec- takes, Kuhn recalls. He explained gen- Hollywood’s greatest year, with the to get involved, so Kuhn cold-called the hit screens on July 17, 2015. Mond child with husband Peter Crouch. Announcing on her Twitter tly that while, yes, his name was Clark, release of classics like The Wizard organisers at Turner Broadcasting and account, she wrote: “Super excited to announce Pete and I are expecting he 75th anniversary of Gone for the purpose of the movie, he was of Oz, Stagecoach, Mr. Smith Goes to told them who he was. He was one of 10 our second baby! We couldn’t be happier.” with the Wind is shaping up to Uncle Rhett. “I said, ‘OK, Mr Gable.’ Washington, Of Mice and Men and actors present at the celebration that The couple, who walked down the aisle in 2011, already have a three- Tbe a fairly quiet one, but at least And I finally got it on the fourth time.” Ninotchka. The 50th anniversary was year, and from then on, he was part of Can’t host Bigg Boss 8: Salman year-old daughter Sophia and will be welcoming a new member next year. Mickey Kuhn is celebrating. Stories like that are catnip for marked by a barrage of books, sym- the Windie circuit. “We are expecting baby No 2 woo hoo,” Crouch posted on his Twitter A die-hard band of “Windies” is Windies. Earlier this year, Kuhn posiums and celebrations. As recently as the 70th anniversary, uperstar Salman Khan, who has been hosting the reality show Bigg account. hosting a small gathering in Gadsden, unpacked his memories for fans at hosted an elaborate week-long festival there were still some bigger names SBoss 8 for the past several seasons, has confirmed that he won’t be Alabama, said the former actor, now anniversary celebrations at the Gone for Gone With the Wind in 1989, and on the circuit. At a 2009 Academy able to anchor the last four episodes of the show’s Weekend Ka Vaar due 82, and “I was fortunate enough to be With the Wind Museum in Marietta, Jimmy Stewart turned out that year to of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences to prior commitments with the makers of film Bajrangi Bhaijaan. He says invited.” Georgia, and in Gable’s hometown of see Mr Smith honoured at the Virginia screening for the 70th anniversary, filmmaker Farah Khan may step into his shoes. Well, of course Kuhn was invited. At Cadiz, Ohio. The movie premiered in Film Festival. Kuhn was joined by Ann Rutherford, “From January (2015), I’ll get busy with Bajrangi Bhaijaan. I’m shooting plans world tour 2015 age 7, he played little Beau Wilkes in Atlanta on December 15, 1939. And then, the commemorations who played one of Scarlett O’Hara’s for that film in Rajasthan and up and down from there would be difficult op star Madonna is planning a world tour in 2015 that will be like noth- the 1939 Civil War epic, and today, he But compared with past cycles, the quickly got smaller. Actress Claire sisters, and Cammie King, the former for me. Ping she has done before. She wants to is perhaps the last, best link to a high- 75th hasn’t received as much hoopla. Trevor gave interviews to promote child actress with the pivotal role of “So, I won’t be able to do the last four episodes (of the show),” Salman mark 30 years since her groundbreaking water mark for Hollywood grandeur. If “A good many of the people in charge, Stagecoach’s 60th; she died the fol- Scarlett’s daughter Bonnie. King died said on the sidelines of the Big Star Entertainment Awards 2014 here on “Like a Virgin” concert series from 1985 there’s a major GWTW remembrance, they have no earthly idea what Gone lowing year. A dwindling group of the following year at 76; Rutherford in Thursday. “I think Farah is doing those episodes,” he added. with a string of shows across the globe in Kuhn is probably there. With the Wind was,” Kuhn said. Warner Munchkins made the rounds of Oz 2012 at 94. This year also brought the Directed by Kabir Khan, Bajrangi Bhaijaan also stars Kareena Kapoor support of a planned new . He’s not Gone with the Wind’s last Brothers sent him a new Blu-Ray, “but conventions; the last surviving one, passing of two other vivid supporting and it will hit screens in mid-2015. “This is going to be one very special surviving star: Kuhn’s role was tiny, that was about it,” he said. “They don’t Jerry Maren, now 94, stopped making players: Alicia Rhett, who played the tour. Madonna wants to pull out all the and he remains outranked by screen have anything planned. We thought appearances a couple of years ago. embittered India Wilkes, at 98; and stops, especially because it is 30 years legend Olivia de Havilland, now 98, perhaps Ted Turner might have some- Kuhn, who left show business shortly Mary Anderson, who played Maybelle since the ‘Virgin’ tour,” femalefirst.co.uk who played his mother. But she lives in thing planned, but he didn’t.” after a stint in the Navy, ended up Merriwether, at 96. C.I.D., Adaalat teams come together quoted a source as saying. Paris and rarely travels. (“She doesn’t This is how it goes with anniversa- in airport management, working for Kuhn is proud of his role in Gone “Like her 2012 ‘MDNA’ tour, where like to talk too much about the movie,” ries. The grander the milestone, the many years at both Reagan National with the Wind and the other films, small he team of long-running investigative series C.I.D. and protagonist K she played 88 dates in places including said Kuhn, who visited her a few years fewer the folks who remember the and Washington Dulles airports before as they may have been. He’s part of TD Pathak of courtroom drama Adaalat will come together for a three- Europe, South America and Asia, Madge ago. “She likes to talk about current original event. Last week’s memo- moving to Massachusetts. Despite history now. “It doesn’t mean a hill of hour special telefilm. They will join forces to solve a murder mystery, which will be travelling the world. Once the new events.”) And the other surviving rial for the attack on Pearl Harbor youthful roles in a number of high- beans to a lot of people, but to me it will be aired on Sony Entertainment Television Saturday. record is finished she can concentrate on “actors” were a couple of uncredited was noteworthy for how many fewer profile films — Red River, Juarez, A does,” he said. Titled CID - Adaalat Karmyuddh, the movie will be about a ‘mahaguru’ of the concerts,” the source added. infants with no memory of life on set. veterans of that day are left to mark Streetcar Named Desire — his contri- So, how many times has he seen the an ‘ashram’ who is involved with many international criminals in a scandal. Despite already having nine huge tours But Kuhn remembers how he kept the 73rd anniversary. If it seemed like butions were largely overlooked until four-hour epic by now? Actually, for all When crime journalist Meghna, daughter of ACP Pradyuman’s friend, under her belt, the 56-year-old singer messing up his big scene with Clark there was a disproportionate fuss made Gone With the Wind’s 50th. Which, in the celebrations he’s attended ... only goes to the ashram to find out the truth, she is mysteriously murdered. wants to “push boundaries” and offer something new with her 2015 gigs. Gable. “My line was, ‘Hello, Uncle over Watergate’s 40th recently — well, fairness, is when it first began to dawn twice. What happens next is a series of mysterious happenings, adding to the Rhett.’ I kept saying ‘Hello, Uncle who knows how many players will still on him what a big thing he had been “We go on stage, we introduce the thrill to the story. Clark.’” Cut! be around for the 50th. a part of. His wife read about the big movie,” he said, “and then we go to din- Gable pulled him aside between 1939 has long been acclaimed as 1989 Atlanta celebration and urged him ner.” WP-Bloomberg 10 PLUS | SUNDAY 21 DECEMBER 2014 MEDICINE Improved Ebola-fighting suit Ebola-fighting Improved HEALTH / FITNESS PLUS | SUNDAY 21 DECEMBER 2014 11

Americans are trading sleep for work

By Christopher Ingraham sleeping. to sleep), and personal grooming. That “making the work start time more ore than one third of Compared to normal sleepers, so- latter finding led to this dry observa- flexible may help increase sleep time; American adults report get- called “short sleepers” — those who tion from the authors: “Although a even if total time spent working is kept Mting less than 7 hours of sleep are getting 6 hours or less on week- certain level of body hygiene is impor- constant,” they conclude. on weekdays, and many of them try to nights — worked 1.5 more hours on tant for social and physical well-being, They also found that for every work sleep extra-long on weekends to make weekdays and nearly two hours more excessive time spent in these activities schedule or class started later in the up for it. on weekends and holidays. Perhaps may reduce sleep time at both ends of morning, respondents’ reported getting This isn’t a particularly healthy way not surprisingly, “the highest odds the sleep period.” 20 minutes more sleep. More flexibil- to live — insufficient sleep is associated of being a short sleeper were found TV-watching was ranked only 9th ity in work start times would thus help with obesity, high blood pressure, dia- among adults working multiple jobs, in the list of activities exchanged for people naturally disposed to night-owl betes, and a host of other physical ail- who were 61 percent more likely than less sleep. hours. Research suggests that this would ments. Drowsy driving causes around others to report sleeping six hours or The researchers found no differ- lead not only to more productivity in the 80,000 automobile accidents every year, less on weekdays,” according to a press ence in sleep time between private workplace, but also fewer instances of 1,000 of which are typically fatal. release about the study. sector and government workers. But ethical lapses while on the clock. The simple reason for shortchanging To put it another way: to the extent interestingly, the self-employed had Beyond that, the more sleep we get sleep on the weekdays? Work. A team that we’re trading sleep for work, our significantly lower odds of being a the healthier we are. To the extent that of researchers examined nearly 125,000 jobs are literally killing us. short sleeper. This finding led to the healthier employees are more produc- responses to the American Time Use Aside from work, commuting was researchers prescribing greater flexi- tive employees, policy changes that let Survey to calculate two things: first, the activity most likely to compete with bility in work schedules, particularly in workers get more sleep could have ben- how much sleep we’re getting, and sleep for time, followed by socializing, work start time, as one policy change efits for businesses’ bottom lines. second, what we’re doing instead of sleeplessness (eg, lying in bed unable that could help people sleep more: WP-BLOOMBERG 12 PLUS | SUNDAY 21 DECEMBER 2014 TECHNOLOGY

BlackBerry tries to win back die-hards with ‘Classic’ phone

BlackBerry Chief Executive John Chen (right) answers questions during the launch event for the new Blackberry Classic smartphone in New York.

By Gerrit De Vynck and Kelly Gilblom TV news producer in Phoenix and has — who stuck with the company even distribution agreement with informa- used a BlackBerry for at least six years. as investors jumped ship. BlackBerry tion technology reseller Ingram Micro lackBerry Ltd is going back She tried a touch-screen BlackBerry closed at $9.51 on Tuesday, down 94 Inc. to its roots with a keyboard- but returned it the same day because percent from its high of $147.55 in 2008. BlackBerry released another key- equipped phone that looks she missed the top row of navigation This year, as Chen put a strategy in board-equipped device in September, Blike the original “crackberrys” keys. Richardson, 39, said she’s keen to place to shore up the balance sheet and the square-screened Passport. That that made the Canadian smartphone get her hands on the Classic, despite staunch losses, the shares have gained device was meant to “break the mold,” maker a household name. jokes from friends that she’s the last 28 percent through yesterday. while the Classic is for users who are The Classic smartphone, which fea- remaining customer. BlackBerry is selling the Classic for still using old BlackBerry Bold phones, tures a qwerty keyboard, trackpad “I get about 400 e-mails a day, so $449 in the US and C$499 ($429) in Chen said in the October blog post. and call and hang-up buttons nestled it’s faster to type with the keyboard,” Canada. Pre-orders for the Classic in some below a touch screen, was debuted on she said. Verizon Communications Inc and regions temporarily sold out on Wednesday by Chief Executive Officer Richardson is one of many AT&T Inc will carry the phone in the BlackBerry’s online store last week. John Chen at an event in New York. BlackBerry fans — including President US, and Rogers Communications Inc, Kevin Goodchild, who works in the It restores features largely abandoned Barack Obama and Kim Kardashian Telus Corp. and BCE Inc will have it enrollment department of Ryerson on BlackBerry devices last year with in Canada. BlackBerry said in an e- University in , plans to get one the introduction of a new operating mailed statement that it’s working as soon as he can. system. with carriers around the world to bring “The touchscreen, the keyboard, all “When I went to visit customers — the phone to more countries. of those things are what will bring peo- and these are the CEOs of top banks Chen teased the Classic smartphone ple back,” said Goodchild, 37. “To see in this town — a lot of them pulled out introduction in an October blog post it’s already sold out of pre-orders, it’s their BlackBerrys,” Chen said at the addressed to BlackBerry’s current and making me nervous.” event. Chen said one financial execu- former customers. Even with the new set of phones, tive told him: “Don’t mess around with “It’s tempting in a rapidly chang- Chen has de-emphasised devices in this thing.” ing, rapidly growing mobile market his overall strategy, saying the com- The Classic brings the company full to change for the sake of change – to pany’s future is as a software provider circle after Thorsten Heins, the pre- mimic what’s trendy,” Chen said in the that helps governments and corpora- vious CEO, shifted from keyboards post. “But there’s also something to tions manage and secure smartphones to phones exclusively with touch be said for the classic adage, if it ain’t regardless of their manufacturer. Last screens, alienating die-hard business broke don’t fix it.” month, BlackBerry announced a part- users. BlackBerry’s share of the global He has stressed BlackBerry isn’t nership with rival Samsung Electronics smartphone market fell to less than 1 trying to win regular consumers, at Co. to collaborate on mobile-device percent as users flocked to iPhones and least not yet. The Classic is for heavy- management. Investors will get a products running Google Inc.’s Android duty business users who need to ham- chance to see how both parts of the software. mer out dozens of e-mails a day. company have been performing when “I can’t stand the touchscreen,” said The company also announced a suite BlackBerry reports its fiscal third- Jennifer Richardson, who works as a of new business-focused apps and a quarter earnings. Bloomberg COMICS & MORE PLUS | SUNDAY 21 DECEMBER 2014 13

LEARN ARABIC Reptiles and Insects

Serpent ouçban Scorpion Çaqrab Spider Çankaboot Cricket aroor Locust Jarada Ant Namla Beetle ounfousa

ç = ‘a’ in ‘agh’ when surprised

Baby Blues by Jerry Scott & Rick Kirkman

ALL IN THE MIND Hagar The Horrible by Chris Browne Can you find the hidden words? They may be horizontal, vertical, diagonal, forwards or backwards.

Zits by Jerry Scott & Jim Borgman

AVOCADO, AZURE, BEIGE, BLACK, BLUE, BRONZE, BROWN,CAMEL, CARAMEL, CERISE, CRIMSON, CYAN, GOLD, GREEN, INDIGO, KHAKI, LAVENDER, LILAC, MAGENTA, MAROON, NAVY, OLIVE, ORANGE, PEACH, PINK, PURPLE, RED, RUSSET, RUST, SAGE, SCARLET, SEPIA, SILVER, TAN, TEAL, TURQUOISE, VIOLET, WHITE, YELLOW. 14 PLUS | SUNDAY 21 DECEMBER 2014 CROSSWORDS

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

YESTERDAY’S ANSWER

Cartoon Arts International / Syndicate How to EASY SUDOKU play Hyper Easy Sudoku Puzzles Sudoku: Place a digit from 1 to 9 in A Hyper Sudoku each empty cell so every Puzzle is solved row, every column and by filling the every 3x3 box contains all numbers from 1 the digits 1 to 9. to 9 into the blank cells. A Hyper Sudoku has unlike Sudoku 13 regions (four regions overlap with the nine standard regions). In all regions the numbers from 1 to 9 can appear YESTERDAY’S only once. Otherwise, a Hyper Sudoku is ANSWER solved like a normal Sudoku. CINEMA / TV LISTINGS PLUS | SUNDAY 21 DECEMBER 2014 15

P.K. (Hindi) (2D/Comedy) SHOWING AT VILLAGGIO & CITY CENTER 1 – 11:30am, 2:30, 5:30, 8:30 & 11:30pm TEL: 444933989 444517001 Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb (2D/Action) 2 – 11:00am, 1:00, 3:00, 5:00, 7:15, 9:30 & 11:45pm Dutch League Fault Lines The Hobbit: The Battle of The Five Armies (3D/Adventure) 13:00 9:00 3 – 10:00am, 12:45, 3:30, 6:20, 9:10 & 11:55pm 14:00 Omni Sport 10:30 Inside Story 14:30 El Mm For V Cha 11:30 Talk To Al Foxcatcher (2D/Drama) 4 – 11:00am, 1:40, 4:20, 7:00, 9:40pm & 12:20am 15:00 El Mm Wig V Nor Jazeera 15:30 Indian Super 12:00 News Escobar: Paradise Lost (2D/Thriller) 5 – 10:20am, 12:30, 2:45, 5:00, 7:20, 9:35 & 11:55pm League Atletico 12:30 The Cure Kolkatta V Fc 13:00 NEWSHOUR Home (2D/Horror) 6 – 11:15am, 1:15, 3:15, 5:15, 7:15, 9:15 & 11:15pm Goa 14:00 News 17:30 Gp Inside Line 14:30 Inside Story The Good Lie (2D/Drama) – 10:00am, 2:30 & 7:00pm 18:00 La Liga World 15:00 Al Jazeera 7 Montana (2D/Action) – 12:15, 4:45 & 11:30pm 18:30 Foot Brazil World Dying of The Light (2D/Drama) – 9:15pm 19:00 Copa 16:00 NEWSHOUR Penguins of Madagascar (2D/Animation) 8 – 10:10am, 12:10, 1:10, 3:00 & 5:00pm Sudamericana 17:00 News River Plate V Listening Post Dying of The Light (2D/Drama) – 7:00, 9:00 & 11:00pm 17:30 Atletico NEWSHOUR The Hobbit: The Battle of The Five Armies (IMAX 3D/ 18:00 Serie A Show 101 East 9 Adventure) – 10:30am, 1:15, 4:00, 6:50, 9:45pm & 12:30am 21:00 19:30 Nfl Game Day News Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb (2D/Action) 21:30 20:00 Xtra Inside Story 10 – 10:45am, 3:15, 7:45pm & 12:15am 20:30 Hemathi Bithebini (2D/Arabic) – 1:00, 5:30 & 10:00pm 22:00 Futbol Mundial 21:00 NEWSHOUR 22:30 Foot Brazil 22:00 News Home (2D/Horror) – 2:30pm 1 23:00 Europa League 22:30 Talk To Al Legia V Jazeera Escobar: Paradise Lost (2D/Romantic) – 4:00pm Trabonspor 23:00 Lockerbie The Hobbit: The Battle of The Five Armies (3D/Adventure) – 6:00pm

P.K. (Hindi) (2D/Comedy) – 8.30pm 05:00 The Naked 13:00 The Truth – 11:15pm Foxcatcher (2D/Drama) Spur-PG Behind 07:00 House Of Wax- 15:00 Family Guns The Good Lie (2D/Drama) – 2:30pm 2 10:00 A Star Is Born- 18:00 Ultimate Airport Night At The Museum: Secret of The Tomb (2D/Comedy) – 13:00 Son Of A Dubai MALL 4:30, 6.30 & 8.30pm Gunfighter- 19:00 Family Guns 14:30 The Secret 20:00 Access 360 P.K. (Hindi) (2D/Comedy) –10:30pm Partner-PG World Heritage Lingaa (2D/Tamil) – 2:00pm 16:00 Return Of The 21:00 Wild Untamed 3 Gunfighter-PG Brazil Hamathi Bethebini (2D/Arabic) – 5:00pm 17:40 Raintree 22:00 Ultimate Airport County-PG Dubai Foxcatcher (2D/Drama) – 7:00pm 20:25 Murder Ahoy- 23:00 Britain's 22:00 Sitting Target Underworld Montana (2D/Action) – 9:30pm 23:35 The Tender

Escobar: Paradise Lost (2D/Romantic) – 11:30pm

– 2:30pm 1 P.K. (Hindi) (2D/Comedy) 13:30 My Name Is 14:00 C.S.I. – 5.15pm The Good Lie (2D/Drama) Earl 15:00 Suits 14:00 Modern Family 16:00 Emmerdale Escobar: Paradise Lost (2D/Romantic) – 7:15pm 14:30 Modern Family 16:30 Coronation 16:00 The Colbert Street Home (2D/Horror) – 9:30pm Report Global 17:00 The Ellen Foxcatcher (2D/Drama) – 11:15pm Edition DeGeneres 16:30 Til Death Show Night At The Museum: Secret of The Tomb (2D/Comedy) – 18:00 Hot In 18:00 C.S.I. 2 3:00, 4.45 & 6.30pm 19:00 Once Upon A The Hobbit: The Battle of The Five Armies (3D/Adventure) – 8:15pm 18:30 The Goldbergs Time LANDMARK 19:00 Dads 20:00 How To Get P.K. (Hindi) (2D/Comedy) – 10.45pm 19:30 Baby Daddy Away With 20:00 Friends With Murder – 2:00pm 3 Lingaa (2D/Tamil) Better Lives 21:00 The Killing 20:30 Enlisted 22:00 The Americans Montana (2D/Action) – 5:00pm 23:00 Supernatural

Foxcatcher (2D/Drama) – 7:00pm

Hamathi Bethebini (2D/Arabic) – 9:30pm 11:30 The Apple & 05:00 Knife Fight- 8:00 Bandhan 03:00 According To Jim Philly Throttle 07:00 The Factory- Escobar: Paradise Lost (2D/Romantic) – 11:30pm 06:50 The Worm 8:30 Jodha Akbar 05:00 MasterChef 07:40 Highway To Sell 14:30 Quest For A 09:00 Between Us- Australia P.K. (Hindi) (2D/Comedy) – 2.30 & 10.45pm 09:00 Jamai Raja 08:30 Gold Rush Heart 11:00 Knife Fight- 1 10:00 Satrangi Sasural 07:30 The Bridge 09:20 Gold Rush 18:00 Luke And Lucy: 13:00 Now You See Night At The Museum: Secret of The Tomb 10:30 Qubool Hai 08:30 How I Met Your 10:10 Alaskan Bush The Texas Me-PG15 (2D/Comedy) – 5:15, 7.00 & 9.00pm 11:00 Doli Armaano Ki Mother People Rangers 15:00 Straight A's- – 2:30pm 12:00 Jodha Akbar 08:55 How I Met Your 11:00 Airplane Repo 17:00 Between Us- 2 Escobar: Paradise Lost (2D/Romantic) 20:00 Garfield's Pet 12:30 Kumkum Bhagya Mother 11:50 Street Outlaws Force 19:00 The Glass Man- The Hobbit: The Battle of The Five Armies 13:00 Jamai Raja 09:30 1-8-7 12:40 How It's Made 21:45 Quest For A 21:00 To The Wonder- (3D/Adventure) – 4:45pm 14:30 Jodha Akbar 10:30 No Ordinary 14:45 Container Wars Heart 23:00 As I Lay Dying- The Good Lie (2D/Drama) – 7:15pm 15:00 Kasamh Se Family 16:50 Garage Gold 23:15 Luke And Lucy 15:30 Kasamh Se 11:30 Army Wives 17:15 Garage Gold ROYAL Home (2D/Horror) – 9:15pm 16:00 Hum Paanch 14:00 Fit For Fashion 18:55 Troy 16:30 Hum Paanch 15:00 The Listener 19:45 Ben Earl: Trick PLAZA Foxcatcher (2D/Drama) – 11:00pm 17:00 Parwaaz 16:00 The Listener Artist 18:00 Zee Connect 17:00 Grey's Anatomy 20:35 Magic Of Science 09:00 Love And Lingaa (2D/Tamil) – 2:00pm 08:00 Mr. 3000-PG 3 Season 4 18:00 Brothers And 21:00 Magic Of Science 10:00 Men At Work- Honor-PG15 Sisters Montana (2D/Action) – 5:00pm 18:30 Bandhan 21:25 Gold Rush 12:00 Look Who's 11:00 Heaven's Door- 19:00 Sa Re Ga Ma 19:00 Brothers And 22:15 Gold Rush Talking Too- 13:00 The 7:39-PG15 Hamathi Bethebini (2D/Arabic) – 7:00pm Pa Li'l Champs Sisters 23:05 Alaskan Bush 16:00 Mr. 3000-PG 15:00 Vamps-PG15 Season 2 20:00 Castle People 18:00 Gambit-PG15 17:00 Love And Foxcatcher (2D/Drama) – 9:00pm 21:00 Qubool Hai 21:00 Happy Endings 23:55 Philly Throttle 20:00 The Big Honor-PG15 21:25 Happy Endings Escobar: Paradise Lost (2D/Romantic) – 11:30pm 21:30 Satrangi Sasural Wedding-PG15 19:00 The Heat-PG15 22:00 Doli Armaano Ki 22:00 The Bridge 22:00 Not Suitable 21:00 A Case Of You- 16 PLUS | SUNDAY 21 DECEMBER 2014 POTPOURRI

Countless crows, droppings rankle Ohio residents Events in Qatar By Lisa Cornwell especially if you’re familiar Mal Lawal Biennale with Hitchcock’s movie,” When: Till February 28 housands of crows Sherrock said. Where: QP Mesaieed Cricket Ground Troosting at night in a He estimates as many as What: Spread over 5,000sqm space, the western Ohio city’s down- 50,000 crows gather down- expo is divided into 11 categories and offers a feast to the eyes and intellect of visitors with a town have some residents town after scavenging for diverse array of objects. comparing the landscape food by day in fields sur- There has been a rise in the number of with the Alfred Hitchcock rounding the city of around participants from 90 in the first edition to 152 movie “The Birds” as they 60,000, some 80 miles this year, 110 of whom are from Qatar and 42 work to drive them away. northeast of . from other GCC countries The crows troubling State wildlife officials say Springfield aren’t aggres- there has been a roost in Free entry sive, as birds in Hitchcock’s the area for decades, but Confluence 1963 thriller were por- Sherrock says crows began When: Till December 24 trayed. But their over- roosting downtown in huge Where: Doha Exhibition Centre whelming presence on numbers about three years What: ‘Confluence: photographic based trees and buildings causes ago. works from the Contemporary Middle East’ concern over damage and No one is sure what Crows are silhouetted against the clock tower of the Clark brings together for the first time in Qatar the potential health hazards draws the crows to down- County Heritage Center in downtown Springfield, Ohio. work of Atfal Ahdath, George Awde, and from droppings, said Roger town Springfield. Some Ali Cherri. This exhibition of contemporary Sherrock, CEO of the Clark experts say thermal heat with the state’s Division of 2012 to use electronically photography and video installation from across the Middle East demonstrates County Historical Society. from cities provides more Wildlife. “Crows are very produced bird distress and thematic diversity. It also explores the The society operates the warmth than rural areas smart and probably have predator sounds among other medium itself – the richness of possibilities, Heritage Center of Clark in winter months when learned they are safer in methods to drive away the directions and journeys that are open to the County, one of the build- roosting occurs and loss of urban areas,” he said. birds. “That seemed to help artist who uses photography in its broadest ings favored by the feder- habitat to urbanization is Downtown businesses have at first but not for long,” sense as a starting point or confluence in his/ ally protected crows. probably a factor. The lack spent thousands of dollars Sherrock said. her work. “It can be unnerving to of predators in urban areas to remove bird droppings, They’re also trying noise Free Entry walk outside and see thou- may also play a role, said which corrode surfaces and devices and laser pointers, sands of crows on trees, Jim McCormac, an avia- leave behind bacteria. Federal among other deterrents. buildings and everywhere, tion education specialist wildlife experts advised in AP Shirin Neshat: Afterwards When: Till February 15, 2015 Where: Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art What: The first solo exhibition in the Middle East by internationally acclaimed artist Shirin IN Neshat. Occupying the entire ground floor FOCUS by Oscar Rialubin galleries, the exhibition features existing and newly produced works. Free admission

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

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

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