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Winners of the inside The Peninsula RECIPE CONTEST • Send in your best Creative recipe and win a Writing Contest dinner voucher felicitated P | 6 P | 4 HEALTH • Prancercise: A celebration of self-expression

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FILMS • Prisoners snatches box office title • Bollywood news

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BOOKS • Jamie Ford on writing that second novel

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TECHNOLOGY At the first opportunity, • After 2.5m iPhone V Shubhalaxmi, a downloads, Moves lepidopterist packs comes to Android up her equipment and disappears into the thick P | 12 MOTHLADY OF forests of Maharashtra or Arunachal Pradesh, Learn Arabic chasing her beloved, • Learn commonly colorful but shy, flying used Arabic words MUMBAI and their meanings insects. P | 13 2 PLUS | TUESDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2013 COVER STORY

By Quaid Najmi handsomely - she has recorded n her profession, she is 419 moth species in Maharashtra known as a lepidopterist, and 500 in Arunachal Pradesh A woman a person who collects or (more about the state later) in Istudies butteflies or moths. the past 10 years. And she is one plucky woman In 2005, she even discovered who strays into dangerous terri- the Carpenter Bee Hawkmoth tory without any qualms to pur- in the Sanjay Gandhi National sue her hobby-turned-obsession Park (SGNP) here that was - chasing and studying moths, hitherto found only in Myanmar, who loves or nocturnal butterflies. and frolicked with the Atlas At the first opportunity, V Moth, the world’s largest moth Shubhalaxmi, 42, who has a with a wing span of over 12 doctorate in lepidoptera, packs inches that is also found in the up her equipment and disap- Park. pears into the thick forests of Acknowledged as India’s first Maharashtra or Arunachal woman lepidopterist study- to chase Pradesh, chasing her beloved, ing the most elusive and shy, colourful but shy, flying insects. and least studied insect on the The equipment includes a Indian sub-continent, it is dif- light trap and a white bed- ficult to imagine that in her sheet, a 165 watt generator- younger days, Shubhalaxmi had mounted mercury lamp. The a phobia for any insect. moths bedsheet is stretched between “My mother also suffered trees and the lamp hung above from it, so probably it was it. This attracts a large number inherited! However, my love for of moths, enabling her to take nature was too overpowering notes and pictures. and I wanted a prefix of doctor A pioneer among the hand- before my name, so I plunged ful of women in the field, into the field,” Shubhalaxmi Shubhalaxmi’s passion paid off laughed. PLUS | TUESDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2013 3

Emphasising the importance of insects, Shubhalaxmi warned that if you don’t see forest insects, especially butterflies in your neighbourhood, you are living in a toxic zone.

urban centres like Mumbai, they are disappearing because of lack of open space and indiscriminate use of pesti- cides even in gardening,” Shubhalaxmi lamented. Emphasising the importance of insects, Shubhalaxmi warned that if you don’t see forest insects, especially butterflies in your neighbourhood, you An encounter with insects at the over time, I was able to document the world’s only wildlife reserve within are living in a toxic zone. Bombay Natural History Society nearly 500 moth species,” Shubhalaxmi an urban landscape. Citing an example, she said that (BNHS) virtually rid her of the fear said. “The forest officials were surprised mosquitoes thrive when insects are of these fliers and crawlers and she That was the start of her regular and amused to see me, then around eliminated by spraying chemicals and actually started loving them. forays into the rough and tough wilds, 21, walking in a forest full of leop- pesticides.” When she focussed on her chosen forests, hills and mountains, huge open ards, snakes and other night animals. “Allow other insects and all spe- field - butterflies and moths - she fields, barren lands and even deserts to Helped by my driver and an assistant cies of flora and fauna to thrive and was surprised to find that after the chase moths. from BNHS, I would put up a screen the mosquito population will immedi- British rule, not much effort was made In fact, her guide for her masters and arc-lights to attract the moths for ately come down. Plus, you are spared to study or record them; nor were any and doctoral studies, the late Naresh the next two years,” she said. of the hazards of inhaling toxic air,” experts in the field available in the Chaturvedi, a former BNHS curator, Though at times she wandered off Shubhalaxmi pointed out. country, barring a few researchers. flatly warned her that she would have into the thick wilderness, most of the As deputy director of the BNHS After the completion of her doctoral to carry out primary field research time she would patiently wait and Conservation Education Centre in degree in 2004, she continued to docu- as there was absolutely no reference watch and study the moths amidst the Goregaon, also in northwest Mumbai, ment moths in Maharashtra. However, material on moths in the country. cacophony of other nocturnal insects, she has started making people aware of in 2011 she was electrified by a pho- At present, there are around 127,000 crawlies and animals as the SGNP for- the sheer natural beauty of insects and tograph of a moth sent by a school species of moths recorded in the world est came alive after dusk. moths and their ecological importance teacher from Arunachal Pradesh. and there are an estimated 12,000 in Living in Navi Mumbai, she spent a through various programmes. “I could not identify it and there India - and the field was wide open decade — 1993-2004 — of night trav- These include “Breakfast With were no available records in the vol- with little or no competition. els to record and ascertain the moth Butterflies”, “Bash With Bugs and umes compiled by British entomolo- Shubhalaxmi started with the SGNP population of Mumbai. Meals With Moths” that even attract gists. I went to the Arunachal Pradesh in 1993. Located in the Borivli suburb of “It is sad that no systematic effort many participants in their 20s, who wilds for 10 days and nights. Though northwest Mumbai and spread across has been made to study moths, which also come with their children. that particular moth still eluded me, nearly 104sqkm, the Park is considered are important in the eco-system. In IANS 4 PLUS | TUESDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2013 CAMPUS

Winners of The Peninsula Creative Writing Contest felicitated

Winners of The Peninsula Creative Writing Contest received their prizes from the Acting Managing Editor Hussain Ahmad at a function held at The Peninsula office on Sunday. The competition was held in three categories for students from classes 7 to 12 and saw a large number of entries from many schools in Qatar. In the junior category, students of classes 7 and 8 were asked to write about the impact of social networking sites on their daily life. Megha George, Afrin Shakeel and Navjot Sarao won the first, second and third prizes respectively. Fariha Abdul Aziz, Aswin Anilkumar and Shwetha Grace Eapen were the first, second and third prize winners in the Picture Speaks category, which was open to students from classes 9 and 10. In the senior category, students from classes 11 and 12 wrote essays on Returning Home and the Impact of Cultural Differences. Ritica Ramesh, Iqra Waheed and Anagha Chakravarthi won the first, second and third prizes. The winning entries will soon be published in the Peninsula Plus. They have already been published on www.thepeninsulaqatar.com.

First batch of students graduates Part A of Kawader Programme

atar Finance and Business Academy (QFBA) congratu- Qlated its first batch of students graduating Part A of its Kawader Programme. The programme was instituted by the QFBA in partnership with the QFC Authority in May 2013. A four- to six-week foundation sec- QFBA officials tion of the programme, Part A, com- with students. menced in July 2013 with students from Qatar-based institutions such as Qatar University, Stenden University, Georgetown University and Carnegie which meant the final candidates who commenced. So we ask every one of the organisations that have volunteered to Mellon University. Students from gained entry to Kawader represent participants to challenge themselves and be part of the Kawader programme.” foreign universities such as Strayer the cream of the current year’s Qatari work towards excelling in Part B which In Part A, the students received theo- University and the University of graduates. is far more intense and will be a signifi- retical and practical training. The first Colorado also enrolled. “We congratulate every graduate on cant learning experience. We know that module covered Qatar’s financial services QFBA Chief Executive Dr Abdulaziz the completion of Kawader Programme each candidate will be inspired by highly sector, the capital markets environment, Al Horr said: “The response to our inau- Part A. engaging and knowledgeable instruc- legal and regulatory frameworks and gural course has been overwhelming “However, this journey has just tors, supported by mentors from many taxation laws. The Peninsula COMMUNITY / MARKETPLACE PLUS | TUESDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2013 5 Park a Ford Mustang in your living room

or those who want a classic said Utegaard. “We’ve immortalised pony car to enjoy in the liv- the original Mustang so that fans can ing room or family room, the enjoy their favourite car at home or Fbest option is the 1965 Ford on the road.” Mustang pool table. The body panels are professionally Manufactured in Largo, Florida, by painted and available in any of the CarPoolTables and licensed by Ford factory colours offered on the original Motor Company, the Mustang pool 1965 Mustang, with Rangoon Red being table is the ideal home accessory for the most popular. The paint is topped the pony car fan. At 119-inch long, the off with an automotive clear coat for 4x8-foot pool table is shorter than the durability before being polished and original 1965 Mustang, but otherwise buffed by hand. After painting, crafts- looks remarkably accurate. men fit genuine Mustang chrome trim, That’s because company co-founder including badges, bumpers and working Tony Utegaard and his team patterned lights. The table even has a set of alloy the fiberglass “body” of the pool table wheels and tyres. from the original car. They found a “We joke in our shop that someday 1965 Mustang in a salvage yard and people will be stripping our pool tables used it directly to create the molds. for the parts,” added Utegaard. “We go and find the actual car, cut The 1965 Ford Mustang pool table is it up, shorten it, weld it together, and available from merchandise.ford.com then we make molds of the parts,” for $9,990. The Peninsula

AAB-Lexus Eid Al Adha campaign

Owning a Lexus now will be more rewarding as Abdullah Abdulghani & Bros. Co began their Eid Al Adha sales campaign under the theme ‘Drive the Lexus of your Choice’. The campaign began on September 15 and ends on October 14. Qatar National Bank is facilitating Lexus customers to purchase their dream Lexus at competitive finance terms. QNB is offering interest rates (flat) starting at as low as 1.99 percent. This offer is also available through Lexus dealers Al Tariq Automobiles Trading Co and Al Tadamon Motors & Trading Co.

Members of the ASIS Qatar Chapter 255 met to discuss crime prevention through environmental design in the Middle East, particularly relating to the safety and security setting in Qatar. Hunter R Burkall, PSP, member of the ASIS International, was invited to share information regarding the topic. The meeting was held at the G4S Qatar Head Office and headed by the Qatar Chapter Chairman, Dr Saif Al Hajri.

The expatriate association Friends of Thiruvalla (FOTA) celebrated Onam Kaula brand of spices, introduced in Qatar by Al Majed Marketing & Distribution, festival at Crystal Palace Hotel. The celebrations were jointly inaugurated by recently celebrated Onam under the theme ‘Flavour your moments with Kaula’. Mohamed K Issa, Indian-Qatar Football Forum Vice-President, and K C James, Kaula Onamsaddaya celebrations were attended by representatives from Kaula Patron, FOTA. Cultural programmes were held as part of the celebrations. A Dubai, Business Manager of Al Majed Marketing & Distribution, Basheer Pasha, send-off meeting for V M Vijoy, founder member of FOTA, was also held. along with Jacob V Jacob, Finance Manager of Al Majed Group. 6 PLUS | TUESDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2013 RECIPE

• 1 vanilla pod RECIPE CONTEST WINNER • 450g blackberries • 2 peaches, cut into chunks Caramel, Macadamia and • 1 loaf of stale sourdough, crusts removed, cut into ½cm slices Coconut Pudding Method: Place the sugar, orange and lemon peel and vanilla pod in a deep Ingredients: pan and bring to the boil. Cook for two minutes, then add about three • 140g lightly packed soft brown sugar quarters of the blackberries and three quarters of the peaches. Turn • 60ml cream the heat down to a simmer and cook the fruit gently for two to three • 60g butter, melted minutes. Take the pan off the heat, then stir in all the reserved raw • 135g chopped macadamia nuts fruit. Have a taste and check that it’s sweet enough. • 30g shredded coconut Use the bread to line a medium-sized mixing bowl, pressing the • 90g butter edges of the bread together to help the pieces stick to each other. • 125g caster sugar Plug any holes with small pieces of bread. Reserve a few slices of • 2 eggs, lightly beaten bread to cover the top. Spoon all the fruit and juices into the bowl. Theme Nights: • 1 tsp vanilla essence Trim the bread from around the edge if necessary. • 125g self raising flour Use the reserved bread to cover the top. Find a saucer or small Sundays - Surf Seafood Night dinner buffet The theme for this • 80ml milk plate that fits neatly inside the bowl and place on top of the bread. @ QR 260 week is Potato. Weigh the plate down with weights or anything heavy. Tuesdays - Asian Flavours dinner buffet @ QR 225 (Send in your recipe with Method: Place in the fridge overnight. This is essential as the fruit juices Thursdays - Phoenician Night dinner buffet ingredients in metric Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C. Lightly brush a 20cm round, need time to soak into the bread. @ QR 235 measurements). Winner will deep ovenproof dish with melted butter or oil. Line the base with The following day, remove the weights and saucer. Run a thin blade Saturdays - Turf Steak Night dinner buffet receive a dinner voucher. baking paper. around the edges of the bowl to gently loosen. Place a large plate on @ QR 250 To claim your prize Combine the brown sugar, cream and melted butter. Pour into top and carefully invert it to turn the pudding out. Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays call 44557837. the dish. Aysha International buffet dinner @ QR 195 Place the nuts and coconut on a baking tray and toast in the oven Friday Brunch: 12:30pm - 4pm at QR 275 OR for 3-5 minutes until golden brown, stirring frequently. Sprinkle Gingered Chai-Latte Pudding QR 250 with soft drinks over the mixture in the dish. Saturday Brunch: 12:30pm - 3:30pm at QR 250 OR QR 225 with soft drinks Beat the butter and sugar until light and creamy. Gradually add Ingredients: the eggs and vanilla, beating well after each addition. Fold in the • 10 numbers Earl Grey tea bag Peninsula Plus sifted flour alternately with the milk. Spoon into the dish. • 12 pcs fresh eggs PO BOX 3488, Doha, Bake for 45-50 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the middle • ½ tin Rainbow evaporated milk [email protected], of the pudding comes out clean. Turn out and serve. • ½ tin Rainbow condensed milk Conrad Victor • 250g brown Sugar [email protected] • 100g grated ginger

Method: Sticky Date Pudding with Bring to boil grated ginger and milk, add Earl grey and steep for 5 Golden tea Caramel Sauce minutes. Strain and set aside. Break 4 Whole eggs and beat for one minute, add 8 egg yolk and Ingredients mix for another minute. Slowly add tea and milk mixture and • Melted butter, to grease condensed milk, strain. • 200g dried pitted dates, coarsely chopped Caramelise sugar and ginger , pour in individual cup and add Chai- • 1 cup water latte mixture. Steam for 20 minutes. Cool down and refrigerate. • 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda Turn upside down on a plate and garnish with sago or cream. • 100g butter Marietta Pueda • 3/4 cup caster sugar Maple Syrup and Pecan • 2 eggs • 1 tsp vanilla essence Steamed Puddings • 1 1/2 cups self-raising flour • Double cream, to serve Ingredients: • Fresh strawberries, to serve • Butter, for greasing Caramel sauce: • 100g pecan nuts • 1 cup, firmly packed brown sugar • 175g plain flour, sifted • 1/2 cup pouring cream • 50g soft dark brown sugar • 100g butter • 75g vegetable suet • 1 tsp vanilla essence • 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda • 1 large free-range egg Method: • 8 tbsp maple syrup, plus extra for serving Preheat oven to 180°C. Brush a round 20cm cake pan with melted • 1 vanilla pod, seeds scraped out butter to grease. Line the base with non-stick baking paper. • 150 ml whole milk Place dates and water in a medium saucepan over high heat. Bring • Cream or custard, to serve. to the boil. Stir in the bicarbonate of soda. Set aside for 10 minutes to cool slightly. Method: Use an electric beater to beat the butter and sugar in a bowl until pale Heat the oven to 190°C. Grease 6 small teacups well with butter. and creamy. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Place the pecans in a sandwich bag, tie the bag closed and bash the Beat in the vanilla. Fold in the date mixture and flour until well combined. nuts with a rolling pin. You want to end up with a mixture of chunky Spoon the mixture into the prepared pan and smooth the surface. Bake and fine bits of pecan. Dust the insides of the teacups with the bashed for 40-45 minutes or until the top springs back when lightly pressed. up nuts, tipping the excess into a large bowl. Meanwhile, to make the caramel sauce, stir the sugar, cream, butter Empty the leftover pecans from the sandwich bags into the bowl, and vanilla in a medium saucepan over medium heat for 5 minutes or too, add all remaining ingredients and mix well. Pour a tablespoon until smooth. of maple syrup into the bottom of each teacup and pour some of the Cut pudding into wedges and pour over the caramel sauce. Serve mixture on top – you want your cups to be about three-quarters full. with cream and strawberries. Place the cups in a large, deep roasting tray. Amna Fill the tray, around the cups, with boiling water from the kettle, making sure the water level comes about halfway up the side Blackberry and Peach of the cups. Carefully put the tray in the preheated oven and A waiter serves tea, made from gold-plated tea leaves, for Summer Pudding bake for about 25 minutes until the cakes are golden on top and customers at Mocca art cafe in Dubai September 21, 2013. cooked through. Leave to stand for a couple of minutes before The cafe is the first to serve such tea in the Middle East. The Ingredients: turning them out. tea was sourced from Ceylon, sent to Germany for gold plating • 200g sugar Serve with cream or custard and an extra drizzle of warmed maple and then to Morocco for flavouring. • Peel of 1 orange syrup. • Peel of 1 lemon Naeem Pervaiz Chohan FITNESS/HEALTH PLUS | TUESDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2013 7

By Vicky Hallett Rohrback is that students tap into muscles that are usually ignored ne day in 1989, Joanna and improve their range of motion Rohrback was strutting by opening up their hips and along the Hollywood shoulders and blowing off some OBeach boardwalk near steam. her Florida home. “A really good Rohrback credits that combi- song came on my Walkman,” says nation with helping her reclaim Rohrback, who soon found her her life last year after more than arms and legs bouncing to the a decade of setbacks. She devel- beat. As she began to trot and oped Prancercise and penned her then gallop, she recognised what book in 1994 but couldn’t find a had been missing in her exercise publisher. Then she was forced routine: some horsing around. to shelve the project to be a car- That epiphany led her to cre- egiver for her mother, and even- ate Prancercise, a fitness concept tually she had health troubles of inspired by equine movements her own. For years, Rohrback was that took the Internet by storm Prancercising for only five minutes in May. Millions have watched a day. Rohrback hop around in tight But in July 2012, she decided to white pants and ankle weights give the programme another shot. explaining the four basic steps in “I thought, ‘I’m turning 60 a YouTube video. It’s a nice intro- years old. It’s time to do this,’ “ duction, Rohrback says, but any- says Rohrback, who self-published one who really wants to “cut the the book and began upping her noose and let it loose” needs more Prancercise workouts. By the end instruction. of the year, she’d Prancercised a As she explains in her book, 5K and filmed that viral YouTube Prancercise: The Art of Physical video that went live on Christmas and Spiritual Excellence, the over- Day. all Prancercise philosophy goes It’s been a wild ride since well beyond footwork and shadow Rohrback became a Web sen- boxing. This style of fitness is a sation. She’s been deluged with celebration of self-expression. She requests for appearances and doesn’t expect anyone to mimic classes and even a reality show. her exactly, but to find inspiration Everything is building up to her from her movements. vision of a nation of Prancercisers, “If you were to look at horses, says Rohrback, who’d like to see they spring off the ground, using a network of studios where peo- all four limbs and their heads,” ple can experiment with moves says Rohrback, who’s always had together. a fascination with the animals. “It takes practice to fully enjoy Prancercise: A “But every horse moves a lit- it,” Rohrback says. “When you’re tle differently, too.” Rather than happy with your leg work, work follow a choreographed routine on your arms and head.” — “This is not Zumba,” she vows Although the moves she shows celebration of — Prancercisers are encouraged to off in John Mayer’s “Paper Doll” explore what feels right for them. lyric video are billed as “Advanced There’s no need to use ankle Prancercise,” there’s no such thing weights, and people can choose — yet. “I’ve been working on some- self-expression their level of intensity. They can thing that’s a little more springy,” do it anywhere. (“I’ve done it on Rohrback says. A few million peo- mountains and in cornfields,” ple are waiting for that video. she says.) All that matters to WP-Bloomberg

Tips to reduce stomach acid specifically, hope, the study says. In a recent article tomach acid is very important for digestion entitled, The Pursuit of Hopefulness: Operationalising but it should not become very high, says a Hope in Entertainment Media Narrative, published in Sfood expert. Routledge journal Media Psychology, author Abby Avoiding spicy food is the best way to keep it Prestin presents the findings of research into the under control. effects on audiences of underdog characters in the According to Geeta Sidhu-Robb, raw food pioneer entertainment media. and creator of the Nosh Detox — a diet that helps Feelings of hope are associated with benefits for in removing toxins from the body, one should avoid psychological and physical well-being, and efforts to spicy food that causes such a problem. increase or sustain hopeful feelings are increasingly She also shares other tips to reduce stomach acid, Study explains feel-good incorporated into wellness interventions, reports reports femalefirst.co.uk. Science Daily. movie syndrome Recent research points to media as uplifting and • Eat smaller and lighter meals regularly. elevating viewers, and could be a powerful means of • Avoid eating late in the night, also sleep with ver wondered why a movie might leave you generating hope. Prestin’s research has a number of your head in a raised position. with a little spring in your step afterwards? potentially important results. Exposure to different • Avoid peppermint tea. EInspiring stories of people beating the odds types of positive entertainment media, led to positive • Losing weight provides a long term solution to could boost confidence in audiences, a new study emotional responses. The results of this study also stomach acid. has found. suggest that underdog narratives not only provide • Medications like aspirin and Ibuprofen make Despite the wealth of emotionally evocative con- viewers with models of hard work and determi- it worse. tent that the entertainment industry produces, nation, but that inducing hope may increase the • Avoid smoking as this makes the occurrence of relatively little scientific attention has been paid likelihood that viewers will pursue their own goals. acid reflux more likely. to the subject of media creating positive emotions, Agencies 8 PLUS | TUESDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2013 ENTERTAINMENT PLUS | TUESDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2013 9

HOLLYWOOD NEWS BOLLYWOOD NEWS Family most important for Hugh Jackman The Lunchbox: Charming film ctor Hugh Jackman, who is married to actress Deborra-Lee Furness, Agives priority to his family life over his career. “Debs has strength By Shilpa Jamkhandikar and a lot of courage. She is very grounded. Our family matters more than anything — and I mean anything,” Sunday Telegraph newspaper quoted Jackman as saying. ven if Ritesh Batra’s The Lunchbox had a really weak script, “At the Oscars (in 2009), when I put my hand on my heart, that’s a sign wayward direction and was too long to hold your attention, to Debs out there, a reminder that this is what matters and that all the there would be one reason to watch the film – Irrfan Khan. rest — the awards and the money and the fame - may come and go,” the E Here is an actor who will mesmerise and transfix you while 44-year-old actor said. playing the most unassuming of characters. The couple have two adopted children — son Oscar, 13, and eight-year- Saajan Fernandes is anyone of the millions of government employees old daughter Ava. crouched over a desk and surrounded by dusty files and other equally inconspicuous people. Yet, Irrfan manages to tell us much more about this seemingly col- ourless man through an evocative performance. And fortu- nately for him, the Colin Farrell to be honoured script is not weak and Batra has a rish actor Colin Farrell will be honoured with the Ackerman Moving firm hand as a IFamilies Forward Award on October 21. The 37-year-old, whose 10-year- director, steering old son, James, suffers from Angelman Syndrome, a rare genetic disorder the film towards with symptoms including intellectual and developmental disability, will its conclusion be given the award for advocating for the families of children with special without getting needs, reports femalefirst.co.uk. too distracted. He Farrell said that he feels privileged to be honoured by the Ackerman builds a lovely tale Institute for the Family. around a bored “Ackerman has provided a platform of shared knowledge and experience housewife who that is essential for the sense of community that all parents long for, for lovingly packs a themselves and their children. For parents who have been blessed with a tiffin box for her child with special needs, this sense of community and togetherness takes husband every on an even more immediate importance,” Farrell said. day, and is disap- “The involvement and support offered throughout Ackerman’s various pointed when he programmes have made a great difference in so many lives and so, I am doesn’t seem to truly humbled to accept the award. As a proud father of a child with special notice her hard needs, I accept it in honour of all parents everywhere, who work tirelessly work. to ensure that their children get all the care and support that they both When the tif- need and so richly deserve,” he added. fin goes to Saajan Fernandes Prisoners snatches (Khan), an insurance com- pany employee, it Jemima Khan finds Russell obsessive! leads to an unu- sual friendship ocialite Jemima Khan is reportedly worried because she feels that between the two. SBritish comedian Russell Brand is getting obsessed with her. The duo box office title She writes him a note to say thank you, he writes back, and thus begins is said to be dating each other and were recently seen taking a romantic a series of letters written out of torn school notebooks and tucked away walk in New York. However, Jemima is unable to handle the affection inside a chapati (flatbread). Russell is showering on her. Ila (Nimrat Kaur) is a pensive housewife whose face lights up when “Jemima’s started to get a bit freaked out by Russell’s relentless affection. she is having loud conversations through her kitchen window with the She’s described him as compulsive and obsessive,” dailystar.co.uk quoted old lady upstairs about food and life, and when she reads Fernandes’ By Lisa Richwine and Chris Michaud a source as saying. buzz after a screening at the Toronto and employs his own methods to find around the world.” It is scheduled letters. To play off a character when they aren’t in front of you is tough, “It’s like he’s addicted to her. She likes him but it’s still too much,” the International Film Festival this out what happened. for an international roll out start- but Khan and Kaur manage to do that skillfully. source added. risoners, a dark thriller star- month. As of Saturday, 79 percent The movie was produced for $46m ing in late September and going into The other character in this film is Shaikh (Nawazuddin Siddiqui), ring Hugh Jackman as a of critics recommended Prisoners, by Alcon Entertainment and distrib- November. a somewhat irritating man who Fernandes gradually warms up to. father on a desperate search according to reviews collected on the uted by Warner Bros, a unit of Time The Robert De Niro comedy The To watch Khan and Siddiqui together on screen is one of the main Pfor his missing daughter, Rotten Tomatoes website. Warner Inc. Family, about a mobster who relo- reasons this film is not to be missed, but the hidden hero is Bharati locked up the weekend box office title “It’s a very gratifying result,” said Ticket sales for Insidious: Chapter cates his family to France, finished in Achrekar. in the United States and Canada, Broderick Johnson, co-founder and 2, about a family haunted by spirits, the No. 3 spot on the weekend charts, As “Deshpande Aunty”, the loud, Maharashtrian neighbour who grabbing $21.4m in ticket sales dur- co-CEO of Alcon Entertainment dropped 64 percent from its debut a while the hit Mexican family film dispenses cooking and life advice to Ila downstairs, she is never seen ing its first three days in theatres. and a producer of the film, noting week earlier. The $5m production has Instructions Not Included was fourth, but brings the character alive through her voice. Last weekend’s leader, the low- that the thriller was “not an easy, grossed a cumulative $60.9m through with ticket sales up 17 percent in The Lunchbox is a quintessentially Mumbai film. The dabbawalas, the budget horror flick Insidious: Chapter straight-forward film” and was more Sunday. its fourth weekend in release for a loneliness, the local trains — it is all a background to the film. 2, dropped to second place with akin to “a non-conventional indie The 3D Battle of the Year cost $20m cumulative box office total of $34.3m. Yet, this film never comes across as a love story. Both Fernandes and $14.5m, according to studio estimates (independent film).” to make. The film stars Lost TV show Prisoners was distributed by Ila are lonely souls who reach out to each other and seek anchor, but on Sunday. Johnson said Prisoners was “a bit of actor Josh Holloway as the coach of a Warner Bros, a unit of Time Warner whether they are in love with each other or are simply seeking solace The dance movie Battle of the Year a water cooler film, with people dis- team competing in an international Inc. FilmDistrict released Insidious: is a question that is never answered satisfactorily. made its debut in the No. 5 slot with cussing its twists and turns. It gen- break dancing competition. R&B Chapter 2. Sony Corp’s movie studio Ila warms up to Fernandes far too quickly to be believable, talking $5m, topped by both mob comedy The erates conversations, which should singer Chris Brown plays one of the released Battle of the Year. The Family about her husband’s aloofness and her father’s illness to a complete Family with $7m and Spanish lan- generate even more interest in it.” dancers. was distributed by Relativity Media, stranger. guage hit Instructions Not Included The movie is the story of the Rory Bruer, Sony Pictures’ world- and Instructions Not Included was dis- Nitpicking aside, The Lunchbox is a thoroughly charming film, brought with $5.7m. search for two girls who are kid- wide president of distribution, tributed by Pantelion, a joint ven- alive by some great writing. Box office watchers projected napped on Thanksgiving Day. One of said that while the picture per- ture of Hollywood studio Lions Gate For Irrfan Khan and the story of his lunch, this one is definitely worth Prisoners would start with a $20m their fathers, a Pennsylvania surviv- formed “toward the lower end of Entertainment and Mexican media watching. IANS weekend. The movie earned strong alist played by Jackman, grows frus- our expectations, it was always laid giant Televisa. reviews from critics and early Oscar trated with the police investigation out as a film that would resonate Reuters 106 PLUS | TUESDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2013 COMMUNICATION

Almost four years after the first publicly available LTE (Long Term Evolution) service was rolled out, there are still relatively few places in the world where you can receive a 4G mobile signal Mobile data connections LTE 3G 2G or no service

United States has highest projected number of LTE subscribers – Eritrea has lowest mobile 58.6 million penetration rate – 5% of population Most LTE subscriptions by country population, 2013 projection South Korea 62% 4G coverage Japan 21.3% 30.3 million people Australia 21.1% in South Korea are projected to United States 19% be using LTE Sweden 14% mobile services this year Canada 8% UK 5% Germany 3% Russia 2% Philippines 1%

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Jamie Ford on writing that second novel

By Elaine Lies enough or never feel Caucasian enough. It just seemed as if there was a amie Ford admits he was taken bunch of really interesting history and aback by the runaway success Willow was a great character to walk of his debut novel Hotel on the the reader through all that. Plus, the JCorner of Bitter and Sweet and more I read about (actress) Anna May was sidetracked for a while on his Wong, the more I felt for her being get to that point where they seem fully what I thought might be a good begin- next work by the self-consciousness a Chinese woman who had dalliances formed, it’s a very joyful moment. ning to this book at the Humanities this produced. with white men — producers, directors Washington forum, I showed those 12 But an invitation to write a story — but because of miscegenation laws Did you expect Hotel to do as well hastily scribbled pages to my editor. for a literary event led to the tale of she could never marry a Caucasian as it did? She loved them and she said, if you’d an orphan boy who thinks he sees his man and she was really shunned by a Yes, I expected it to be a tremen- like to take a break from the other mother in a movie, which grew into lot of the Chinese community. dous success and I went out and bought project and pursue this, go for it. And I Songs of Willow Frost, out last week. a Porsche, knowing I could pay for it did. It feels as if I vented all that angst Ford revisits historical Seattle in For this particular book, what later. No, seriously, if I had sold 15,000 in that other book. his story of William Eng, who trav- were some of the difficulties of writ- copies I would have been over the els through the Depression-era city in ing and what were the joys? moon. My measure for success was to Any advice for aspiring writers? search of his mother Willow, whom he One of the difficulties was, you have someone buy it and like it that When I have aspiring writers or has not seen since she was carried half- know, the second book. Just trusting didn’t share my same last name. students ask me for advice, I’ve told dead out of their apartment when he my gut. That was hard. When I wrote them to go to a garage sale, buy three was a child. Hotel nobody cared. When I wrote this Did it make it harder to write really horrible out-of-print books, pay Ford spoke about living up to a debut one there was suddenly a high level Willow? no more than a quarter apiece for them book that spent more than two years of expectation. The joy was that I’m It did. You know, I wrote another and force yourself to read them with a on the New York Times best seller list. happy writing. I love the process, I love book in the middle. I changed the proc- writer’s eye. By doing that, you’ll notice the research. Occasionally something ess a little bit because I was a little mistakes or quick, sloppy writing or How did you come up with the unexpected will happen and a new wary. With Hotel, nobody saw it until whatever you notice. And you’ll notice character of Willow? character will walk onto the stage. I’ll it was done. But when I was 100 pages that in your own writing. I found that She definitely took some time. I feel “Oh, I’ve made a new friend today”. in I showed (the other book) to my wife if you think Michael Chabon is a bril- looked at that time period. I began My wife didn’t read the manuscript and my agent and got a lot of feedback. liant writer and that all you read is with the orphanage and began with the until it was completed but I remem- I left the door open and there were a Michael Chabon, when you try to write, character of William. This was com- ber telling her those moments when lot of cooks in the kitchen and I ended it’s like trying to lose weight and only ing 19 years after a flu epidemic and it I really liked this character and I feel up rewriting it for about 18 months. It looking at beauty magazines. It’s really seemed like a really volatile time. To terrible for what I’ve done to this char- just got to a point where it was all scar discouraging. That doesn’t mean you place a Chinese woman here ... I guess I acter. You engage with them. In my tissue. But in the meantime I would should read crap all the time but don’t always sympathise with characters who mind, my characters have immortal turn in a draft and then I would be try to play Mozart the first time you sit are caught between worlds. I’m half- souls — they’re in some parallel uni- researching the next book, which was down at the piano. Start with scales. Chinese. I either never feel Chinese verse, doing their thing. When they this book. Once I read a couple pages of Reuters 12 PLUS | TUESDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2013 TECHNOLOGY After 2.5m iPhone downloads, Moves comes to Android By Stuart Dredge kinds of crazy apps that already affect the battery use quite a bit. But we’re very ctivity-tracking devices by excited.” the likes of Nike, Fitbit and Once the Android version of Moves Jawbone have been growing launches, the company will start to focus Asteadily more popular over the more on helping people make sense of last year, working with companion apps the data that the app is collecting on a practise for fitness, nutrition and activ- the key marketing hooks for devices like to track people’s daily steps and encour- daily basis. “The next goal is to build the ity-tracking apps to either run their own Samsung’s Galaxy Gear. age their efforts to get fitter. next level of analysis on top of this data: APIs or to tie into those of other apps, “We feel it’s in the same space as Finnish startup Moves took a different to summarise it and show interesting enabling these services to be connected FitBit or Nike FuelBand or Jawbone and approach when it launched in December insights about your life,” he says. together by users. these other gadgets. It’s still about buying 2012: it junked the idea of a separate “Not so much the traditional charts Moves is part of that trend too: it has a one more gadget, paying $200 for it and device. Instead, its iPhone app used the about how activities change over time Connected Apps catalogue of more than then remembering to charge, carry and sensors in Apple’s smartphone to track that you see in other apps. That feels 20 other iPhone apps that use its API, synchronise one more device,” he says. walking, cycling and running, while also very data-driven, and in some ways a lit- with plans to extend this to Android. “That’s not a mainstream thing, storing details of where those activities tle lazy if you are showing a graph and “We can’t develop every feature, so although it’s good for people with moti- happened. asking the user to analyse it.” we have provided this open API where vation to really track their activities. But It’s been pretty popular. “We didn’t Instead, Moves is hoping to find the users can give permission to a third the phone is really good for the main- expect it to pick up so quickly, but it’s “stories in the data” for people using party to use their data from Moves,” says stream: there are a billion iPhone and now been downloaded over 2.5m times on Moves, as much about helping them to Karjalainen. “We think it can provide a Android smartphones out there.” iPhone, and we are now tracking more understand and change their behaviour lot of value to people to be able to com- Moves will continue to monitor the than 2bn steps a day,” says designer and (if they want to) than simply providing bine their data with other services.” space, though, having noted speculation chief executive Sampo Karjalainen. a daily score. What’s next? Moves is currently about Apple and Google’s plans to build “Most activity-tracking gadgets don’t their own smart watches. “If Google or really give out numbers, but Jawbone says Apple build a new wearable platform, it it is tracking more than 1bn steps a day, would make a lot of sense to use those so we are starting to feel that Moves may gadgets for activity-tracking,” says be the most popular activity-tracker.” Karjalainen. That wouldn’t be a surprise, given On a philosophical level, Moves is that Moves is a free app that doesn’t also deciding how much to edge towards require users to buy a separate gadget. lifelogging, using location data and other Karjalainen says that the decision to content to build an even more detailed focus purely on smartphone sensors picture of each user’s day. “There is a was partly an attempt to take activity- lot of data that can be connected, from tracking beyond early adopters. your calendar entries, the communica- “We wanted to make a mainstream tion you do with your phone, the music product for people who are not that into you listen to, the photos you take. You sports or the quantified self,” he says. could end up with an automatic diary, “That’s also why we have kept the app packaged into very beautiful stories,” he very simple, clear and approachable, says. “But for now we say that we will with that element of lifelogging — the Karjalainen is keen not to start badg- assessing the likely impact of Apple’s stay in activity-tracking and gradually complete story of your day — that makes ering Moves users to get fitter and walk, new iPhone 5s smartphone, with its M7 expand to life-tracking and making sense for a different experience to the more cycle and/or run further, though. “If you motion co-processor that will seemingly of life. We are a small startup, and we fitness-oriented products.” have a good day, we celebrate it a little enable any activity-tracking app to get can’t do everything!” Today, Moves is taking a new step bit, but we don’t really push you,” he says. the kind of data from the device’s sensors The big question is how Moves plans beyond iPhone, launching a version “When we did our initial research, we that has been Moves’ key feature. to make money, given that it’s not sell- for Android smartphones: initially for interviewed a lot of people who don’t do In other words, while the M7 could be ing physical hardware, its app is free, a selection of handsets running the much physical activity, and who don’t most disruptive for the companies try- and advertising isn’t part of the mix. The Android 4.0 software and upwards, with feel they’re very good at it. If it becomes ing to sell separate gadgets, it could also concern around apps of this type is that hopes of expanding beyond that in the a competitive situation and someone is open Moves up to much more competi- their users will be the products: busi- coming months. Karjalainen says Moves nagging them all the time, they don’t find tion. Karjalainen seems relaxed about ness models involving selling their data is excited about being able to support it very appealing.” the implications though. “In general, it’s to third parties. Android — unsurprisingly, given its dom- In recent months, people have started a really good thing for activity-tracking That doesn’t appear to be on Moves inant market share in the smartphones to ask more questions about the privacy and the quantified self. Battery use has road map. Karjalainen says its main plan world — and is refreshingly un-grumbly policies of activity-tracking apps: what been the biggest challenge in this area is to add new features to its app paid about the challenges involved in porting data they’re collecting, how they’re stor- previously, and Apple are doing the right for via in-app purchases. “Premium fea- the app across. ing it and what other companies they thing optimising the hardware and soft- tures for people who really want to be “The main problem is the scale of dif- might be sharing it with. ware,” says Karjalainen. more goal-oriented: who want to increase ferent devices, which behave a little bit “We did our best to write our privacy “We are really happy to use those their physical activity through things like differently, especially when it comes to policy in very plain and clear English, so APIs, but while they work for walking exercise programmes,” he says. And defi- the barometer. And some of them don’t if you read it you get some answers,” says and running, they don’t do cycling, so we nitely no shady data-selling behind the work very reliably in the background, Karjalainen. “We think it’s very impor- still need to build a hybrid product, and scenes? for example when we try to collect accel- tant to be very open about it, and we are use a lot of our own technology.” “Data can be a really and interesting eration samples,” he says. “But we have currently discussing with legal advisers So what’s next for Moves? Karjalainen and valuable thing, particularly when we worked around those problems, and it’s how we can make it even more clear.” has been following the buzz around have millions and millions of users, but you looking good. The additional battery hit One of the strengths of activity-track- wearable gadgets like smart watches would need to do it in such a way that users is a bit smaller compared to iPhone too, ing apps as things stand is their ability with keen interest. Not least because understand how their data is being used, although many Android users have all to share your data, though. It’s standard fitness-tracking appears to be one of and they approve,” he says. The Guardian COMICS & MORE PLUS | TUESDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2013 13

LEARN ARABIC Courtesy

Congratulations on your success Ouhanni'ouka binaaik Thank you Šoukran lak Thanks for the present Šoukran çala hadiyyatika You are a kind young man Innaka šabb laeef Good-bye Ila liqa Till tomorrow Ila aladd When can we meet? Mata nastaeeçou liqa'? When will I see you? Mata sa'arak? Hoy en la Historia Good evening Layla saçeeda September 24, 1980 I do not believe it La ouddiq Iraqi forces blew up the Abadan This is impossible Haa moustaeel oil refinery during their invasion of I do not desire La arab Iran’s Khuzestan province, turning I can't La astaeeç the Iran-Iraq conflict into a full-scale war Note: ç = ‘a’ in ‘agh’ when surprised 1759: Irish entrepreneur Arthur Guinness began brewing ales in Dublin 1972: Norwegians voted in a Baby Blues by Jerry Scott and Rick Kirkman referendum against joining the European Economic Community 1988: Canada’s Ben Johnson won the Olympic 100m final, but was later stripped of his medal for taking drugs 1993: Former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos, renowned for her extravagance, was convicted on corruption charges Picture: Associated Press © GRAPHIC NEWS ALL IN THE MIND Hagar The Horrible by Chris Browne Can you find the hidden words? They may be horizontal, vertical, diagonal, forwards or backwards.

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ACCENT, ADDRESS, ARGUE, BABBLE, BLAB, BLUSTER, CANT, CHAT, CHATTER, COMMENT, COMMUNICATE, CONVERSATION, CONVERSE, DEBATE, DISCLOSE, DISCOURSE, DISCUSS, DISSERTATE, DIVULGE, GABBLE, GOSSIP, GUSH, IMPART, INFLECT, LANGUAGE, LECTURE, LINGO, MODULATE, MOUTH, NARRATE, ORATE, PALAVER, PARLEY, PATOIS, PONTIFICATE, PRATE, PREACH, RAP, SHOUT, SLANG, SPEAK, SPEECH, SPIEL, TALK, TELL, UTTER, WHISPER. 14 PLUS | TUESDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2013 CROSSWORDS

ACROSS 42 Do a slow burn 5 Emergency PC key 43 Gets a job 55 Scat queen Fitzgerald CROSSWORD 1 One-named soccer legend 45 Radon or radium: Abbr. 6 “The World According to 44 Little ___, who sang 56 Eastern European 1234 5678 910111213 5 “Holy guacamole!” 48 12th graders: Abbr. ___” “Do the Loco-Motion 58 Top-flight 9 Gary Oldman or Paul 49 Vacation on the 7 Fever fit with me” 59 African antelope 14 15 16 Newman Caribbean, maybe 8 Bowl over 46 Memorable time 61 Helen of Troy’s mother 17 18 19 14 Plow animals 52 Kind of testimony 9 Failure to appear 47 The “M” of MTV 62 Holds the deed to 15 It’s a long story 53 Thick ___ brick 10 Mumbo-jumbo 50 Completely wrong 63 “The Star-Spangled 20 21 22 16 Sound over a subway’s 54 “Beau ___” 11 Powder on a puff 51 “Amen!” Banner” opener

23 24 25 26 public address system, 57 Mekong Valley native 12 Cookie that can be 54 Tent, sleeping bag, 66 Krazy ___NYT1217 e.g. 60 Arctic home readily stacked hiking shoes, etc. 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 17 City with a boardwalk 64 Fashion designer Perry 13 One of the R’s of R&R on Monterey Bay INSTAGRAM QATAR 65 Chain gangs, e.g. 18 See 26-Down 34 35 36 19 Retail activity HATECR IME VERGE 67 San Antonio mission 24 1980s actor with a mohawk 20 Online messages AM I NOAC I D C I ERA 37 38 39 40 41 68 One-named 26 With 18-Down, 21 Candy from a dispenser DEC WI TS ONED New Age singer exclamation in 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 22 Florida theme park “Frankenstein” ANKH NUTS CUTEY 69 Poet ___ St. Vincent Millay 23 Viewing point at the 27 Jazz pianist Chick BATON SALARY 49 50 51 70 Poe bird Grand Canyon 28 Four-bagger AMOSOZ DOME GNC 71 Phone-to-phone 52 53 25 Fabric fluff communication 29 Singer Yoko LEIPZIG TOPSOI L 27 General Motors sedan 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 72 “Calm down!” 30 Place for a flag pin LST ZORA RET INA 34 “Yabba dabba ___!” DOWN 31 Bay State sch. ELNINO SATAY 64 65 66 35 Sicilian volcano 1 Sit for a photo 32 Congo, formerly SKYPE TALC TARA 36 Hand on deck 67 68 69 2 Typical semester finish 33 Termini TROI TEEM L I I 37 Rombauer who wrote 3 Olin of “Enemies, a 34 Tiddlywink or Frisbee REUPS LOOSEROCK 70 71 72 “Joy of Cooking” Love Story” 38 Never AM I E L A L L A TONC E 39 Choose, with “for” 4 Total 40 Pampering, for short PENNY BEERSTE IN 41 Took care of, as bills

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 | TUESDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2013 15

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Venezuela orders consumer goods are caused by busi- Who’s who nesses’ inability to import raw mate- Events in Qatar temporary takeover of rials and machinery because of a shortage of hard currency under the toilet paper factory exchange controls. Venezuelan state agency ordered Athe temporary takeover of a fac- tory that produces toilet paper in 850 snakes in man’s what it called an effort to ensure con- home in New York sistent supplies after embarrassing shortages earlier this year. uthorities in the New York town Critics of President Nicolas Maduro Aof Shirley found 850 snakes, say the nagging shortages of products including two illegal 6-foot-long Solo exhibition by Rhys ranging from bathroom tissue to milk (2-meter) Burmese pythons, in the Himsworth are a sign his socialist government’s home and garage of an animal con- When: Until October 27 rigid price and currency controls are trol officer suspected of dealing in the Artist Talk on October 22; 7pm failing. They have also used the situa- reptiles, local media reported. Where: Katara Art Center, Building 5, tion to poke fun at his administration Shirley and Suffolk County offic- Katara Cultural Village on social media networks. ers raided the home on Thursday, What: Rhys Himsworth is a British artist Speaker of the Advisory A national agency called Sundecop, Newsday of Long Island reported, based in Doha, and is a faculty member of Council H E Mohamed bin which enforces price controls, said in citing town officials and publish- Virginia Commonwealth University where he Mubarak Al Khulaifi a statement it would occupy one of ing a photo of officers holding the heads the Painting & Printmaking program. the factories belonging to paper pro- pythons. Entry: Free, open to all e was re-elected as ducer Manpa for 15 days, adding that Suffolk County police referred Speaker of the Advisory National Guard troops would “safe- all queries to the Suffolk County HCouncil in November guard” the facility. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty 2004. Earlier he was a Member Government supporters laud to Animals (SPCA), whose officers of the Advisory Council. He efforts by Maduro, the successor to were not immediately available for was also an Ambassador at late socialist leader Hugo Chavez, for comment. the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. maintaining tough regulations of pri- The suspect, an animal control He started his career as Office vate businesses. officer in the neighbouring town of They blame unscrupulous mer- Brookhaven, was cooperating with Director to the Minister of Public chants for hoarding products to investigators and faces multiple Health. He has a Bachelor of make quick profits, and celebrate the charges of owning the pythons and Science degree from University socialist government’s legacy of social operating a business without a per- L’âge d’or — exhibition of Northern Arizona, USA. assistance programs. mit, Newsday said. by Adel Abdessemed Critics say the shortages of Agencies 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 IN FOCUS by Yeji Cho exhibition will showcase recent works, including drawings, paintings, sculptures and videos, many created by Adel Abdessemed, especially for this show in Doha. Entry: Free, open to all

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Omar Khalifa – “Infinite” When: Until Dec 15; 10am-10pm Where: Katara Cultural Village What: This outdoor photography installation examines ‘the nature of being’. Using digital multiple exposure techniques, an image is crafted that gives us a sense of other-worldliness and depth of perspective through the human form. Free Entry Send your photos to [email protected]. A scene from Souq Waqif. If you want your events featured here, Mention where the photo was taken. mail details to [email protected]

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