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Fans watching Spanish players I want to be at their training session.

By Isabel Ovalle

ootball is their passion, it grows on them from a very young age and they want to like them! pursue it. Luckily, Qatar is ‘the place’ to be for foot- Fball-crazy youngsters to develop their playing skills as the country gears up to host the World Cup in 2022. To promote an already popular sport among people of all ages and nation- alities here, the Khalifa International Stadium will host a friendly match between the Spanish national team, winner of the last world and European championships, and its Uruguayan counterpart, recent winner of the South American championship, today. It’s safe to say that the crème de la crème of football will be playing in Doha, starting at 9pm. A large number of fans got the opportunity to see their idols in action at their training sessions yesterday. Uruguay trained at 5pm at Khalifa Stadium, followed by the Spanish team’s workout at the same venue. The Uruguayan community in Doha, comprising approximately 25 people, came to watch the players go through their paces. María, from Montevideo, has lived in Qatar on and off for two years, and began her latest stint here three months ago. She came to the stadium with her three daughters, all of whom were excited to see the national team for the first time out- side Uruguay. Uruguay’s Luis “Love for football has grown since I Suarez signing first came to Qatar, however, it is very an autograph for low compared to Uruguay and other a young fan. American and European countries,” María said. PLUS | WEDNESDAY 6 FEBRUARY 2013 3

Spanish players during their training session.

The Ambassador of Uruguay, Jose more than 290,000 square metres, Luis Remedi, a football fan, was also consisting of more than eight football there to watch his compatriots train. fields and a boarding school with over a “My favourite sport is motorcycling, hundred rooms that can accommodate but I think the current team is the over 250 athletes. best there has ever been. The sky- Approximately 200 fans gathered to blue colour of the jersey awakens watch the Spanish team train for an passions among Uruguayans,” he hour. Ivana, from Spain, came to the added. stadium with her husband and daugh- “The national team is loved among ter. “As expats, we feel very happy to our community in Doha because they see the team in Doha. We never imag- get into people´s hearts, they always ined we would be able to see them here. Diego Aguire, Al Rayyan coach, do their best,” he said. Actually, for us it’s the first time we are with Uruguay’s Diego Forlan For the ambassador, the Uruguayan seeing them,” she added. community is like a family, and they Young Manuel, 12, was especially often gather for events such as yester- excited because he is a big fan of day’s, which, he stated, “is an excellent Barcelona Fútbol Club, many of whose opportunity for fans.” players are part of the Spanish side. Qatar’s efforts to promote foot- “Pujol is my favourite, and tomorrow ball involve painstaking work, which he will celebrate his 100th game with began more than two decades ago the Spanish team. I want to be like with the gradual strengthening of the him,” he said. national league. The country is aim- Some Qatari football fans also came ing to become a point of reference glo- to the stadium yesterday. A 16-year- bally by implementing initiatives such old, himself a football player, was very as the Aspire Academy for budding happy to see Spain, his favourite team, footballers. in Doha. “I’m sure they will win tomor- More than 6,000 children and youth row,” he asserted. have passed through the academy, The organisers don´t know if the where they get the chance to train 50,000-seat stadium will be full today, under professionals from many coun- however, it’s clear that Spanish and tries, including Uruguay and Spain. Uruguayan fans will fill up as many The Academy has world-class facili- seats as possible. Uruguay players ties, with a training centre measuring The Peninsula 4 PLUS | WEDNESDAY 6 FEBRUARY 2013 COMMUNITY

Sri Lankan cultural event on Feb 15 group of Sri Lankan singers and artistes will perform at a cultural event at Radisson Blu AHotel, Doha, on February 15. The event has been organised to mark Sri Lanka’s National Day, which was celebrated yesterday (February 4). It is being organised by the Embassy of Sri Lanka in collaboration with Sri Lankan Coordinating Committee (SLCC) Qatar. Sri Lankan Ambassador Jayantha Palipane will be the chief guest at the event. A 15-member cultural troupe from Rivega Dance Studio with choreogra- pher Rangika Jeewantha will be per- forming in Doha for the first time. The troupe has been to many coun- World Bihar Organisation officials and guests with M S Bukhari. tries and is famous for its performance of traditional dances of Sri Lanka. Popular artistes Rodney Warnakula, Giriraj Kaushalya and Priyantha World Bihar Organisation felicitates expatriate Seneviratne will also perform at the event, said SLCC Qatar President Lenny embers of World Bihar Kakavi, president of WBO, humility and generosity of Bukhari, Cramer. Doha-based Sri Lankan band Organisation (WBO), conducted the programme, while who was presented with an award Black Cats will provide the music. founded by intellectu- Kareem, joint secretary, delivered on NRI Divas on January 10 in New Children from the dance academies of Mals and professionals the welcome speech. Delhi. The award was instituted by Senuranga Dance Troupe with choreog- from India’s state of Bihar living in Aqueel Ahmed, general secretary NRI Institute, a non-profit organi- rapher Asanka Salwathura, and Dinu Doha, gathered yesterday to felici- of WBO, congratulated Bukhari and sation set up to provide a plat- Ranga Kalayathanaya with choreogra- tate Indian expatriate M S Bukhari shed light on the vision, mission and form to Indians living abroad who pher Dinuk Lawrance, will also show- on his being conferred with an objectives of WBO. wish to contribute to the country’s case their talents at the event. award in his home country. The names of members of the development. The official sponsor of the programme The occasion also served as a governing body and executive com- Bukhari plans to invest more is Readymix Qatar, the platinum spon- launch pad for the newly formed mittee, patrons and advisors were of his energy and time in the field sor is Qatar Telecom and the main spon- organisation, which aims to extend announced. of education and for the uplift of sors are Commercialbank of Qatar and support from the expatriate Bihari Some of the distinguished mem- underprivileged members of society. Sri Lankan Airlines. Doha Bank and Sri community in Qatar and across the bers of the community present on Sarfraz Hassan, senior vice presi- Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment world to the development of Bihar. the occasion were Nilanshu Dey, dent, and Gauhar Altaf, vice presi- are also sponsors, with Dar Al Sharq The organisation is the brain- Mohammed Habibun Nabi, Azim dent of WBO, presented a memento (Lankadeepa Middle East) being the child of Bihari intellectuals, Abbas, Syed Abdul Hai, Harish and shawl to Bukhari and wished media sponsor. Tickets priced at QR100, including Shakeel Kakavi, Aqueel Kanjani, K M Varghese, Sulaiman him a bright future. QR50 and QR35 are available at all Sri Ahmed, Sarfaraz Hassan, Gauhar Dehlvi, Karim Abdulla, Milan Arun The function ended with a vote of Lankan outlets. More details can be got Altaf, Anwar Kareem, and Mahfuz and Anil Srinivasan. thanks followed by dinner. by calling 66580392. Hassan. Almost all speakers noted the The Peninsula The Peninsula

Forum bids farewell to counsellor at Pakistan Embassy

n behalf of the Pakistani community in Qatar, socio-cultural organisa- Otion Ehsaas bid farewell to Muhammad Afzal Sheikh, counsel- lor at the Pakistan Embassy, who has completed his tenure of three years in Qatar and will be leaving the country Counsellor Afzal Sheikh with forum next week to take up his new position officials and community members. back home. The function held at Shezan hotel was presided over by Nadeem Ahmed Bashir, president of Pakistan Welfare Forum. The heads of com- counsellor Gohar Riaz and first sec- had had an extremely satisfying and providing community services as well munity organisations, prominent retary Summer Javed Rana attended productive tenure in Qatar. as promoting Pakistani culture in community members and Pakistani the event. In his farewell address, a He praised the community organi- Qatar. Ehsaas general secretary Amin embassy officials, including defence visibly moved and emotional Afzal sations for doing a tremendous job for Motiwala lauded the services of Afzal attaché Commodore Zafar Mansoor Sheikh urged the community mem- the community. He also lauded the Sheikh and expressed his appreciation Tipu, community welfare attaché bers to stay united and be proud of the members of Ehsaas for their role in of his contributions to the community. Rashid Nizam, counsellor Asim Khan, rich heritage of Pakistan. He said he meeting the community’s needs, and The Peninsula CAMPUS PLUS | WEDNESDAY 6 FEBRUARY 2013 5

Texas A & M officials and delegates at the conference. Texas A&M hosts international Liberal Arts conference

exas A&M University at Qatar hosted Dr Mark H Weichold, Texas A&M at Qatar dean previous liberal arts event in Qatar, but it also had an international liberal arts conference and CEO, said, “This conference’s focus on Ethical more students and younger people in attendance. recently at Education City’s Hamad Bin Engagement with Globalization, Citizenship and Presentations and discussions in the conference cov- TKhalifa University Student Center. Multiculturalism is an excellent example of what ered an exceptionally broad range of disciplines and The conference’s theme, ‘Ethical Engagement we are trying to achieve in our programmes. We seeded new ideas that will give rise to innovative new with Globalization, Citizenship and Multiculturalism: are grateful to everybody who has travelled from projects in various academic fields.” Multidisciplinary Perspectives’ (EGCM 2013), was near and far to be part of the conference, and a The conference was attended by more than 50 geared toward raising awareness about the rela- special thanks to Qatar Petroleum for its leader- leading scholars representing 35 universities from tionship and complexities that exist between the ship and generosity that made this conference 17 countries. Keynote speakers at the event were notions of citizenship within a globalized world and possible.” Dr Francis Robinson and Dr Patrick Linke. Dr the means by which universalistic and particularistic The two-day event featured lectures and panels for Robinson is professor of the history of South Asia ethical systems and structures fit into a multicul- students, faculty and staff of educational institutions at the Royal Holloway University of London, a Sultan tural globe. and research centres in Qatar. of Oman Fellow, and has served as president of the The event, sponsored by Qatar Petroleum and Dr Hassan Bashir, assistant professor of Liberal Royal Asiatic Society. In his address, he discussed organised by the university’s liberal arts programme, Arts at Texas A&M at Qatar and director and the characteristics of the modern nation state and was presented in collaboration with The Initiative in co-founder of TIPE, said, “This conference was, its implications for citizenship, multiculturalism and Professional Ethics (TIPE), an umbrella organisation by all accounts, a resounding success. The event globalisation. for ethics-related activities at Texas A&M. not only had more world-class speakers than any The Peninsula

Philippine School Doha holds annual Science Congress

allet Out of Watermelon Rind and Flood Alarm Wwere some of the interesting creations of high school students of Philippine School Doha at the annual PSD Science Congress, which concluded on Sunday. Around 30 experimental research projects were presented at the fair, which was a product of collaborative work among the students from con- ceptualisation to implementation. “Innovation is something intrinsic to eminent scientists and research- ers. It is not a difficult attribute to Alexander S Acosta Students explaining their project. have. Innovation is simply doing things enhanced, making things bet- ter,” said Alexander S Acosta, school lauded the activity as a great initia- sources, and inadequate environmen- leave her mark on the Philippine principal. tive that would promote science and tal protection. leather and garment industry. With the theme “Research technology. Four outstanding projects were Having developed an eco-friendly Innovation towards Global Dr Asmaa Muftah Al Muhannadi, recognised during the event, including and economically competitive prod- Competence”, the science fair was head of Scientific Research Flood Alarm of IV-Beryl, Wallet out uct made of watermelon rind, she the product of the efforts of science Curriculum Students Office, stressed of Watermelon Rind of III-Amethyst, hopes that it will soon realise her teachers of PSD. the advances being made in science Malunggay Ink of II-Amber and vision of establishing watermelon Addressing the event, Aliyah amid challenges facing the world such Briquette Paper as Fuel of I-Jade. rind as a viable alternative to syn- Albasti, Curriculum Coordinator as climate change, dwindling fresh Keith Cyrielle Bacsa from III- thetic leather. of the Supreme Education Council, water supply, non-renewable energy Amethyst expressed her desire to The Peninsula 6 PLUS | WEDNESDAY 6 FEBRUARY 2013 MARKETPLACE Wyndham Grand Regency holds Cancer Awareness Day

yndham Grand Regency Doha held its first Cancer Awareness Day Wyesterday in collabora- tion with Hamad Medical Corporation’s National Center for Cancer Care and Research (NCCR). The day marked World Cancer Day, which falls on February 4, and saw staff and associates from both companies participate in several events, including gift donations and seminars. In the morning, five representatives from Wyndham Grand Regency Doha visited NCCR and presented gifts from the hotel to the hospital’s patients. This was followed by a ‘Walk for Awareness’ along the Corniche by staff members from Wyndham Grand HMC officials with Wyndham Grand Regency and HMC. The walkers in Regency Doha staff at the workshop. their eye-catching Wyndham Grand Regency Doha T-shirts and caps attracted the attention of passers-by. To raise cancer awareness in the “At Wyndham Grand Regency Doha, cancer among our employees, while who helped make this event a success.” hotel, HMC organised free educational we have found that Cancer Awareness supporting a fantastic cause,” said World Cancer Day is an annual event sessions for all associates of Wyndham Day is one of the best awareness activi- Ayman Lotfy, the hotel’s General to raise awareness. It is the singular Grand Regency Doha throughout the ties that we have run for our employees Manager. initiative in which the international day. The sessions covered topics such through our ‘Count on Me!’ commit- “This is one of the ways we give back cancer community comes together to as the types of cancer, how to identify ment to be responsive and respectful to the community that we care deeply advocate universal access to treatment, symptoms, treatment and preventive and to deliver great experiences, as it about”, said Lotfy. “I send my heartfelt care and support. The Peninsula measures. results in a greater understanding of thanks to each and every individual

W Doha hosts Mannai appoints DJ Edward Maya new Group General rystal Lounge, the hotspot in W Manager, ICT Division Doha Hotel & Residences, cel- Cebrated last weekend with global annai Corporation has sensation DJ Edward Maya (pictured). announced the appointment Party goers listened to the hottest music Mof Murat Hacisalihzade (pic- set as they danced the night away under tured) as Group General Manager of the lounges’ sparkling Baccarat “Zenith” ICT Division with chandelier of Crystal to the energising immediate effect. beats. Murat DJ Maya has Hacisalihzade is earned recog- joining Mannai nition for his from Cisco amplified sets Systems Inc, in some of the Mohamed Kandeel, General Manager, Chris Weglinski, After Sales Manager, Nabil where he held hottest clubs Srougi, Parts Manager, and RRMC Doha staff members at the event. various senior worldwide, and management for international positions over hits such as Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Doha receives Global the past six years. Stereo Love, Most recently, he was leading the This Is My Life Aftersales Dealer of the Year award Partner Sales Organisation in Turkey. and Desert Rain. olls-Royce Motor Cars (RRMC) awarded RRMC Doha, the dealer of Prior to that he was responsible for The weekend escape package was ideal Rolls-Royce in Qatar, the title of Global Aftersales Dealer of the Year strategy and business development for those who were keen to step up their Rfor 2012 at the annual Rolls-Royce World Dealer Conference in London in emerging markets and oversaw plans and stay in a W Suite. earlier this week. Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Doha edged out competing Rolls-Royce digital media sales across Central AmjadHaidar, Manager of Crystal dealerships across the world from London to Beijing for the title, following an out- Europe based out of Berlin. He began Lounge, commented: “W Hotels is dedi- standing year where it recorded a 20 percent growth in sales over the previous year his career as a management consult- cated to offering insider access to a world and the highest scores in its customer service and aftersales facilities and processes. ant with McKinsey and Company, sta- of what’s new to amplify guests’ experi- Mohammad Kandeel, General Manager of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Doha, said: tioned in Munich, and later became ences. This year we have lined up excep- “Besides acquiring new customers and increasing car sales, the car dealer needs finance director for Universal Music tional talent, who when combined with to focus on retaining its existing ones, whether or not they are making new sales. Group Germany. Hacisalihzade our weekend packages which offer guests “We have never compromised on our focus on customer care and satisfaction brings along 13 years of senior man- insider access to the lifestyle hospitality, and that is why we have been able to achieve global recognition in our aftersales agement experience in diverse roles buzzing nightlife and culinary experiences, despite being in such a fierce competition with global markets.” across the ICT and media industry creates an unbeatable experience.” “In addition, our impressive sales growth once again highlights Qatar’s appetite in a wide geography across Europe. This weekend Wahm will wel- for individuality and exclusivity in the ultra-luxury segment. The Rolls-Royce His appointment will be instrumental come Hotel Costes’ renowned DJ brand is stronger than ever in the country, and we hope to continue with fur- in shaping Mannai’s expansion plans StéphanePompougnac who will spin the ther growth in the coming year to reaffirm our position as one of the bestselling outside Qatar, building upon the exist- decks on Friday night. dealers of Rolls-Royce vehicles in the region.” The Peninsula ing presence in Oman, Jordan and The Peninsula India. The Peninsula HEALTH PLUS | WEDNESDAY 6 FEBRUARY 2013 7

Health Tips Could too much calcium from DOCTOR be bad for your heart?

By Genevra Pittman However, there was no link between calcium supplements and heart disease deaths in women. n a new analysis from the National Institutes And calcium from food and beverages wasn’t tied of Health, men who took calcium tablets were to heart problems in men or women, the research more likely to die of heart disease over more team wrote Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine. Ithan a decade than those who didn’t get extra It’s possible that calcium build-up in the arter- calcium in supplement form. ies and veins may affect cardiovascular risks in “The effect of supplemental or dietary calcium some people, Xiao wrote in an email to Reuters on heart disease has always been a bit of an unan- Health. swered story,” said Howard Sesso, a preventive medicine researcher at Brigham and Women’s NO CAUSE-EFFECT LINK Aeroplane ear Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston. But Sesso, who wasn’t involved in the new study, “It could be that when you take supplements, told that he wasn’t sure why, biologically, calcium maybe you’re taking doses that far exceed what supplements would be linked to a higher risk of you need,” he added. But it’s still unclear how that heart problems in men but not women. might raise cardiovascular risks. The findings don’t prove a cause-and-effect link eroplane ear is the stress exerted on The new findings are based on a study of close between the supplements and heart problems. It’s your eardrum and other middle ear to 400,000 middle-aged Americans initiated in possible there were certain differences between tissues when the air pressure in your 1995 to 1996. men who did or didn’t take extra calcium that Amiddle ear and the air pressure in Study volunteers answered questions about the research team couldn’t measure. the environment are out of balance. You may their lifestyle, general health and diet, including “Although we observed an increased risk of death experience aeroplane ear at the beginning of a use of supplements. Researchers then tracked how from heart disease in men who reported taking sup- flight when the aeroplane is climbing or at the many of them died, and from what causes, over plements containing calcium, we cannot say for sure end of a flight when the aeroplane is descend- the next 12 years. that it was a result of using those supplements,” ing. These fast changes in About half of men and more than two-thirds Xiao said. altitude cause air pressure of women said they took calcium supplements or According to Sesso, the study won’t change the changes and can trigger multivitamins containing calcium at the outset. fact that calcium supplements are typically recom- aeroplane ear. During the study period, almost 12,000 people mended for reasons not related to heart disease - Symptoms — or about three percent — died of cardiovascular such as to prevent fracture risk in older adults who • Moderate discomfort disease. don’t get enough calcium through food. or pain in your ear Qian Xiao from the National Cancer Institute Eating a balanced diet and keeping a healthy • Feeling of fullness or and her colleagues found men who took 1,000 weight are as or more important than any supple- Dr Praveen D S ment when it comes to cardiovascular health, Sesso stuffiness in your ear Specialist – ENT, Head milligrams of calcium per day or more were 20 • Muffled hearing or & Neck percent more likely to die of heart-related causes said. slight to moderate hear- Healthspring World Clinic than those who passed on calcium supplements. “If you have a good diet in the first place, a sup- ing loss That was after the researchers took into account plement might not be adding all that much,” he said. If aeroplane ear is men’s age, race and weight, as well as other meas- SOURCE: bit.ly/KEPNSw JAMA Internal Medicine, severe or lasts more than a few hours, you ures of diet and lifestyle. online February 4, 2013. Reuters may experience: • Severe pain • Pressure in your ear similar to being underwater • Moderate to severe hearing loss Pollution, poverty affect • Ringing in your ear (tinnitus) • Spinning sensation (vertigo) • Vomiting resulting from vertigo • Bleeding from your ear cancer treatment in China Causes Aeroplane ear occurs when an imbalance ancer and its treat- caused by cancer, which rep- disease detection, he said. in the air pressure in the middle ear and air ment in China is resents 13 percent of the He said many poorly-insured pressure in the environment prevent your ear- influenced by air pol- total number of deaths in the Chinese patients have their drum (tympanic membrane) from vibrating as Clution, poverty and country. breasts removed because they it should. Air pressure regulation is the work a fledgling medical insurance Breast cancer is on the rise cannot afford long-term radi- of a narrow passage called the eustachian tube. system, the health ministry in China as a result of changes otherapy. Wang Jun, a chest When an aeroplane climbs or descends, the said on Monday on the occa- in lifestyles, living conditions, surgery expert in Beijing, said air pressure in the environment changes rapidly, sion of World Cancer Day. diet and westernisation of cit- air pollution, living conditions and your eustachian tube doesn’t react quickly The same type of cancer ies, said breast cancer expert and diet were among the fac- enough. Swallowing or yawning activates mus- shows different characteris- Jiang Zefei. tors causing cancer. cles that open the eustachian tube and allow tics in the East and the West, The peak age for breast can- In China, the age of color- the middle ear to replenish its air supply, often and treatment also varies due cer in China is 10 years earlier ectal cancer incidence is also eliminating the symptoms of aeroplane ear. to social and economic fac- — at 48.7 years — than that for 10 years earlier than that in tors, Xinhua cited the minis- white women, he said. the West. The internation- To be continued tomorrow try’s Health News magazine as In terms of treatment, while ally recommended therapy for saying. women in developed countries rectal cancer is a 25-day radio- According to the “national have better access to tests chemotherapy prior to surgery, report on tumour registration against breast cancer like with a six-to-eight-day break 2012”, there are 3.12 million national programmes, Chinese in between. However, cash- new cases of cancer each year women mainly rely on simple strapped Chinese patients find in China. self-examinations without the therapy lengthy and costly. There are 2.7 million deaths the use of medical devices for IANS 8 PLUS | WEDNESDAY 6 FEBRUARY 2013 MOVIE PLUS | WEDNESDAY 6 FEBRUARY 2013 9

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Skyfall rakes in 100m yuan in China I’m ashamed of `1bn game: Kay Kay

ames Bond movie Skyfall ersatile actor Kay Kay Menon has raked in 100m yuan Vsays he is ashamed that there is J(about $16m) since its Set designer no cinema left and it’s only about box release on January 21 in China. office business and big numbers. Statistics from China Film “I am ashamed that talent is not News said Tuesday that total promoted, it’s all about marketing. ticket sales of the movie There is no cinema, it’s only about Eve Stewart ` amounted to 326m yuan, 1bn (business),” said the 45-year- Xinhua reported. old who feels earning `1bn is “not a Cloud Atlas, which released big deal”. “I am ashamed of this `1bn last week, was behind Skyfall, game,” he added. with 73m yuan, while Chinese is up for a Seen in different roles in successful animated movie Roco Kingdom: films Sarkar, Honeymoon Travels Pvt the Desire of Dragon came in Ltd and Life In A... Metro and critically third with 34m yuan. acclaimed Gulaal, Kay Kay says he is Bafta and not even “interested in understand- ing this game. For me, it is something else. Anything which is non-cinema, I am not interested in it”. A management graduate, Kay an Oscar Kay’s love for the craft of acting moti- I find US fascinating: Emma Watson vated him to join movies. t “surprises” her, it’s also “scary” He only wants to stick to acting because “that is what I am good at. I — but actress Emma Watson loves am enjoying it. When I will be bored, I will shift to something else.” Iliving in the US, a country that “fas- “I am living my life to the best of my ability. I don’t do things that doesn’t cinates” her as well. appeal to me. Finding cinema is a rare commodity, to find a good cinema By Hannah Booth She returned to Brown University in fact that all this fuss is not for some grand been found for some harbour scenes, but it is all the more difficult,” he added. January to resume her English literature historical epic — but for The Muppets 2. was “too green and jolly. So Anna went to Kay Kay is busy promoting ABCD — Anybody Can Dance, country’s first studies at the Ivy League institution. he art deco lobby of Production designer Eve Stewart believes, Scotland to find nine tonnes of this brown, 3D dance film starring a host of choreographers like Prabhudheva and “I live in the US. I find it really fas- Freemasons’ Hall in London however, that it’s vital for actors and crew miserable seaweed that we stapled over Ganesh Acharaya. It has been directed by dance director Remo D’Souza cinating. I am studying this huge coun- is, before my eyes, being alike to live and breathe the world she the harbour walls.” The hardest part of and is coming out on February 15. try, it surprises me, but it’s also very transformed into an olden- has created. I assume this doesn’t include the shoot, though, came when she realised scary,” femalefirst.co.uk quoted Watson day version of Madrid rail- the furry members of the cast, but with she would have to ruin the skilled work as saying. Tway station. A carpenter is hanging up a Stewart you never know. of Pinewood Studios’ carpenters. “The Although the Harry Potter actress panel that reads: “Señoras | Caballeros”. Her sets can currently be seen in Les houses they’d made for the Paris scenes has taken the country to her heart, Elsewhere, hand-painted and artfully Misérables, for which she has been nom- were too straight. At that time, the build- Milkha Singh charged she insists she will always retain her aged, a sign saying “Objetos Perdidos” inated for a Bafta and an Oscar (both ings would have been warped, exhausted. European sensibilities. is being mounted above a lost property with set designer Anna Lynch-Robinson). So we had to make them sag. It took me one rupee for biopic! Watson was born in Paris, but when she was five-year-old, she moved desk, on which sit a period telephone and For research, she retraced the hero Jean weeks to get them wonky.” Eve Stewart to England after her parents’ divorce. Spanish ticket stubs. And on a vintage Valjean’s route through France, visiting Although Les Mis was Stewart’s big- “I could say that I watch Girls (TV series) and I’d love to act with Lena luggage trolley laden with old suitcases, museums, archives, offices, jails and the gest budget to date, her job is to keep Dunham, but I still feel European,” she said. there’s a wooden cello case bearing a house of the story’s author, Victor Hugo, costs as low as possible. “It’s too easy lying Sikh Milkha Singh took just one rupee The 22-year-old took a break from her studies in 2011 after 18 months faded tag that, on closer inspection, has eventually producing illustrations for to visit the prop cupboard and get the about the plastic buckets on Call the Ffrom Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra to allow to promote Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 and it is a decision an address and a shipping date, written director Tom Hooper. Such prep work same old thing,” she says. “We do hire Midwife,” she says. “I was so aggrieved, I him to make a film on his life. What’s special she didn’t take lightly. in a spidery, old-fashioned scrawl. is vital, Stewart says, so that she can (props) but we’re selective and I buy a sent her every single archive photograph about the currency note is that it was printed “I hate having to leave my studies behind when I have to work, but I The attention to detail is extraordinary, immerse herself in the period — and think lot. It really helps to have original doors, I had showing plastic buckets in hospitals. in 1958, the year when the athlete won the only have two real passions: books and cinema. Growing up is really harsh. especially since much of it will pass largely on her feet on the shoot. “Someone might windows and fixtures, as they’ve got a I’d never get something that big wrong.” first gold medal for independent India in the Society nowadays makes young people ask themselves questions without unnoticed when the film hits the big screen say, ‘Quick, we need a mayor’s office!’ And history about them — chips where chips Mistakes happen, though. “There’s a hole Commonwealth Games. really giving any answers. But facing difficulties makes you grow up as next year. No less extraordinary is the that way, you’re always prepared.” would be.” She is often at Tring auc- in a door in The King’s Speech. They’d for- The biopic titled Bhaag Milkha Bhaag fea- well,” she said. As well as a set designer, tion house in Hertfordshire, where she gotten to put the escutcheon back after tures actor Farhan Akhtar in the lead role and Stewart — born and raised in sourced many of the vintage suitcases drilling. I feel completely ill about it — it’s is slated for a July release. Camden Town, London — finds for The Muppets 2. recorded for the rest of history.” Does she “We wanted to give a priceless she also has to be a historian, Finding a fully functioning 1950s Telex watch the films she has worked on? “Yes, token of appreciation to Milkhaji Kim Kardashian in gun trouble detective, archivist, illustra- machine for the BBC series The Hour was but I don’t see the actors. It’s like they’re for letting us tell his story tor, painter, sculptor and harder. They tracked down three, but a dotted out. I only notice the sets.” through our film. We looked for ocialite Kim Kardashian faced the architect. “I run a £3m budget Hollywood movie with a much bigger The best thing about her job is that the that something special for a very ire of fans after she posted a pic- (for Muppets 2), so I have to be budget beat them to it. Eventually, they rewards are almost immediate. “You get long time. Then we finally ended Sture of her designer gun despite an accountant, too.” One of found an ex-BBC man in Suffolk with one a set ready and everyone comes in to film up sourcing a special `1 currency recently signing a pledge to help combat the more challenging aspects in his garage. For The King’s Speech, she and goes, ‘Ooh, it’s lovely.’” But by then, note that was printed in 1958,” gun violence. of Les Mis was the decision, managed to find original, working instru- Stewart and her team are usually three Rajiv Tandon, CEO, Rakeysh The 32-year-old had criticised the made partway through film- ments that were used to treat stammers. steps ahead, dressing the next location. Omprakash Mehra Pictures Pvt Sandy Hook shooting in Conneticut, ing, to have the actors sing “We’re real shed-rummagers,” she says. “On a big, expensive film, there’s no wig- Ltd, said in a statement. where 20 children were shot dead in a live. It meant her set builders If the right prop can’t be found, Stewart gle room. It’s like running ahead with a The relevance of the note is school on December 15 last year. had to soundproof everything will have it made, right down to replicas of supertanker. I’m used to it now, but it’s that “in 1958 independent India However, her flaunting a per- to eliminate all unwanted noise. 1956 BBC-issue pencils and Spanish rail- still stressful.” won its first gold medal in Commonwealth Games because of Milkhaji and sonal revolver on image sharing site “We had to have the rosary way timetables. Accuracy, particularly on Over the next few weeks, Stewart will he also won two gold medals in Asian Games”, added Tandon. Instagram on February 2 attracted beads used in the factory scene the period pieces Stewart tends to work fly back and forth to LA for the awards Money was not Milkha’s priority — he only wanted Mehra to make the negative comments for Kim after remade in rubber — overnight.” on (from Mike Leigh’s Topsy-Turvy and season. These are her third Bafta and film. she uploaded the picture on, reports Similarly, horses’ hooves, car- Vera Drake, to Call the Midwife), is vital. Oscar nominations. “I never win any- The legendary athlete wanted that “it should be made in such a way thesun.co.uk. riage wheels and even roofs Otherwise, she says, she will incur the thing,” she laughs. “But you get a free that it inspires more youngsters to earn medals in athletics”, said Tandon. Kim removed the image shortly were clad in rubber, velvet and wrath of an angry great-aunt who will hotel and two free trips to California. A source close to Singh said: “The legend (Milkha Singh) was extremely afterwards. carpet underlay, all to muffle say: “You would never have had a teapot And when else would you get to wash your moved. It (`1 note) was like a souvenir for him.” sound. like that.” hands in the loo next to Cate Blanchett?” On another set, seaweed had “Someone wrote a really angry letter The Guardian 10 PLUS | WEDNESDAY 6 FEBRUARY 2013 SCIENCE

A low-cost space habitat that inflates like a balloon will be tested aboard the International Space Station. The Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) will be installed on the Tranquility section using a robotic arm 1. Module delivered inside cargo hold of Dragon capsule

2. Robotic arm removes 3. Arm swings 2.1-metre BEAM to open diameter BEAM module Tranquility section 4. Beam attached to air lock. When inflated, module measures 4m long by 3.2m wide

Human to scale

Shell: Prevents micro- meteoroid/space debris from penetrating craft Multiple layers of Nextel ceramic fabric and foam Super-strong woven Kevlar and Vectran Water bladders Position of Tranquility provide radiation and BEAM module protection Sources: Bigelow Aerospace, NASA Nomex fireproof material © GRAPHIC NEWS WHEELS PLUS | WEDNESDAY 6 FEBRUARY 2013 11

Are electric cars running out of juice again?

ecent moves by Japan’s two convert hydrogen to electricity. widening chasm between the two com- tax incentives, hybrid sales in Japan largest carmakers suggest Vice Chairman Takeshi Uchiyamada, panies’ radically different approaches have rocketed to 40 percent of the that the electric car, after the “father of the Prius” who helped to electrification. industry total, with the Prius a top Rmore than 100 years of put hybrids on the map, said he believes In the past year, Toyota has broad- seller. Hybrids, however, have been far development and several brief revivals, fuel-cell vehicles hold far more promise ened its hybrid portfolio to 12 models, less popular with consumers in such still is not ready for prime time — and than battery electric cars. including four versions of the Prius, major markets as Europe and China. may never be. “Because of its shortcomings — driv- now in its third generation. Toyota in In the meantime, the attention of ing range, cost and recharging time 2012 sold 327,413 hybrids in the US and “WE ARE PRAGMATIC automotive executives in Asia, Europe — the electric vehicle is not a viable 1.2 million globally. PEOPLE” and North America is beginning to replacement for most conventional Worldwide sales of its hybrids now The outlook for pure electric vehi- swing towards an unusual but prom- cars,” said Uchiyamada. “We need approach five million. cles is even more cloudy. ising new alternate power source: something entirely new.” The Prius accounts for more than At the moment, Ghosn’s heady 2009 hydrogen. half of those sales, making it the most prediction that electric vehicles would The reality is that consumers con- TOYOTA’S LONG LEAD successful green car in history and one capture 10 percent of the global market tinue to show little interest in electric In the race to identify the Next Big of the few exceptions to the public’s by 2020 — six million battery-powered vehicles, or EVs, which dominated US Thing in automobile technology, the yawning indifference to green vehicles cars a year or more — doesn’t seem streets in the first decade of the 20th stakes are enormous. and technology. remotely within reach. century before being displaced by pet- For example, Nissan, with French The Leaf, on the other hand, has Yet the gradual tightening of global rol-powered cars. partner Renault, has committed $5bn been the rule rather than the exception. fuel-efficiency standards from 2020 on Despite the promise of “green” for development and manufacture of Nissan unveiled the Leaf two years is forcing carmakers to assess their transportation — and despite billions EVs and batteries — a risky bet that ago and to date has sold just under options, including the application of of dollars in investment, most recently could take years to pay off — while 50,000 worldwide. It sold 9,819 last advanced technology. by Nissan Motor Co — EVs continue to Toyota has spent an estimated $10bn or year in the US, well under its target Says Nissan’s Yamashita: “It is not be plagued by many of the problems more over the past 16 years to develop, of 20,000. possible to meet (future) regulations that eventually scuttled electrics in the build and market an ever-expanding As part of a year-end sales push, unless vehicles are electrified.” 1910s and more recently in the 1990s. range of hybrids, led by the popular Nissan slapped incentives of almost The harsh reality of the market and Those include high cost, short driving and now profitable Prius. $6,000 on the Leaf, and in January the public’s underwhelming demand range and lack of charging stations. While neither Nissan nor Toyota is slashed the starting price by more for EVs, however, illuminate Nissan’s The public’s lack of appetite for likely to pull the plug on electric cars, than $6,000, to $29,650. Some Nissan recent decision to shift more of its battery-powered cars persuaded the it is clear from their recent moves that dealers in Los Angeles are advertising green-tech investment into hybrids. Obama administration last week to both companies are looking beyond EVs Leaf lease rates as low as $199 a month In December the company back away from its aggressive goal to to meet future transportation needs. with $1,999 down, according to indus- announced it plans to introduce 15 new put 1 million electric cars on US roads Both carmakers began advanced try research firm TrueCar. hybrids globally by early 2017. by 2015. green-car engineering programmes in “When new technologies are At the time, Ghosn said, “We are The tepid response to EVs also the mid-1990s, with Toyota introducing launched, sales do not grow as quickly going to continue to heavily promote pushed Nissan’s high-profile chief exec- the first-generation Prius hybrid and as everyone expects,” said Mitsuhiko electric cars, but at the same time, we utive, Carlos Ghosn, perhaps the indus- Nissan unveiling the battery-powered Yamashita, Nissan Executive Vice are business people, we are pragmatic try’s most outspoken proponent of Altra in late 1997. President and head of research and people. We will also develop and deliver battery cars, to announce in December Toyota brought the Prius to the US development. But “with EV technolo- hybrids because there are markets and a major strategic shift towards more in 2000, but it took Nissan another 10 gies continuously improving and with consumers that require hybrids.” mainstream petrol-electric hybrids, years to follow the low-volume Altra prices falling, there is a possibility that Last September, Toyota publicly which overcome many of the short- and other modest electric-car projects sales could explode”. walked away from plans to build sev- comings of pure EVs. such as the Hypermini with the hand- That isn’t likely to happen anytime eral thousand electric cars, scaling The move was widely seen as a tacit somely funded 2010 launch of the Leaf. soon. back projected volume to a mere 100 acknowledgement by Ghosn that his With Uchiyamada overseeing con- Nissan may be mildly encouraged battery-powered minicars. all-or-nothing, multibillion-dollar bet tinuous refinement of the Prius, Toyota that the Leaf is the best-selling pure Both Japanese carmakers, mean- on EVs is falling far short of his ambi- took a 10-year lead in the green-car EV in the US. while, have forged new alliances to tion to sell hundreds of thousands of derby. Along the way, though, Toyota But total EV sales last year were develop hydrogen-powered fuel cell battery-powered Nissan Leafs. effectively subsidised billions of dollars only 14,687, representing 0.1 percent cars, Toyota with BMW and, in a deal Instead, Nissan plans to follow rival in development, manufacturing and of total US sales of 14.5 million. In com- announced last week, Nissan with Toyota Motor Co, the world’s larg- marketing costs through the first two parison, hybrid sales in 2012 climbed Daimler AG and Ford Motor Co. est purveyor of hybrids, which now is generations of the Prius, according to to 473,083, or roughly 3.3 percent of In the meantime, despite massive poised to leapfrog pure EVs altogether former Toyota executives. the market. And of every three hybrids investments in battery technology to pursue what might be the next big While it took the Toyota hybrid six sold last year in the US, two were a and vehicles, even the most ardent EV green-tech breakthrough: Pollution- years to catch fire with US consum- Toyota or a Lexus. adherents seem a bit ambivalent about and petroleum-free fuel-cell cars that ers, the latest sales data points to the Fuelled by government subsidies and the future of battery cars. Reuters 12 PLUS | WEDNESDAY 6 FEBRUARY 2013 TECHNOLOGY

Windows co-chief looking for Apps of the DAY New App lets surge with new hardware users ‘talk’ with house plants

or the gardener on the go, a Fnew service for use on mobile devices lets plants “tell” their owners in real time when they are thirsty and, for outdoor shrubbery, allows even owners who are far from home to give them the water they need immediately. “About a year ago, I got tired of killing my plants,” said Eduardo Torrealba co-founder of Oso Technologies, the company that created the Plant Link product. This invention, he said, offered an innovative solution to an age-old problem. Torrealba and his colleagues cre- ated the service using a combina- tion of soil sensors and software that constantly monitor plant By Bill Rigby almost 23 million iPad sales last Reller said collaboration was water levels and send instant quarter. already happening under Sinofsky, alerts telling owners when the he new Windows 8 system The second of two Surface devices citing the creation of Bing, Xbox and plans need water. Outdoor plants is off to a “solid” start and launches this weekend, running on an Office apps for Windows 8, and close can be watered remotely using an should get a boost in sales Intel Corp chip and capable of running co-operation with Microsoft’s server automated valve linked to a home’s Tover the next few months as all legacy Windows programs, which and tools unit, which enables Windows water source. new touch-screen devices hit the mar- might appeal more to businesses. 8’s “cloud” services to operate. The plant soil sensors take meas- ket and Microsoft Corp hones its retail “You launch Excel and you can just “More has not changed than has urements every five to 10 minutes. strategy, according to a top executive. see things fly,” said Reller, who has changed,” said Reller. “We probably The data they gather are then The flagship product of the world’s been using a Surface Pro for the last had a day of getting ourselves ori- processed electronically, using largest software company, launched on two weeks. ented and maybe a few weeks to get an algorithm that also factors in October 26, has not set the technology A Forrester Research survey pub- fully oriented, but things are moving.” weather conditions, soil type and world on fire. By early January, it had lished on Monday showed that only Announcing Sinofsky’s depar- geographic location of the plant to sold more than 60 million units, on par two percent of “information workers” ture in November, Microsoft Chief provide highly accurate advice on with the release of Windows 7 three around the world are using Windows Executive Steve Ballmer wrote an when to water the plants, Torrealba years before. tablets for work, but 32 percent indi- internal memo stressing a new goal to said. “We’re only just getting started, cated they would like one for their next “drive alignment across all Microsoft Funding allowing Torrealba to there’s a lot yet to come,” said Tami work tablet, which could translate into teams,” suggesting co-operation had launch his new product/service Reller, Chief Financial Officer of the 200 million sales of Surface and other not always been a success in the past. was obtained through Kickstarter, Windows unit, in an interview at Windows tablets. “Steve’s reference was, ‘Let’s take an online crowd-funding website Microsoft’s campus near Seattle. One selling point of the Surface Pro that base (of collaboration) and just that allows budding entrepreneurs “Touch laptops and convertibles, is a full suite of Office applications, keep going,” said Reller. “And that’s to pitch innovative ideas in need we’re really just starting to see these which means Microsoft can market happening.” of start-up capital to the general and over the next couple of selling sea- the tablet as a fully functional PC. public. sons we’ll have them across all form Microsoft has not released Office for IMPROVE RETAIL The website allows participants factors and all price ranges.” the iPad, although many expect it will Microsoft spent hundreds of mil- to pledge funding for projects they Reller highlighted new tablets from eventually. lions of dollars promoting Windows 8 deem viable. Acer Inc and lightweight laptops from and Surface last quarter, but consumer Those backers, however, are only Hewlett-Packard Co as machines capa- POST-SINOFSKY interest at third-party stores such as asked to provide the funds if finan- ble of grabbing a share in a mobile COLLABORATION Best Buy Co Inc tended to focus on cial pledges from other uses reach computing market dominated by Apple Reller, a 12-year veteran of Apple and Android products, accord- the level set by the entrepreneur Inc’s iPad and Google Inc’s Android. Microsoft, runs the financial and ing to a Reuters survey of shoppers in and that is necessary to get the She thinks new devices will answer marketing side of the Windows unit, mid-December. project off the ground. demand for Windows 8 that was while Julie Larson-Green runs the Some in the PC industry have com- The Plant Link project received thwarted over the Christmas period technical side. plained privately that Microsoft has close to $100,000 in donations in by the scarcity of the most popular Reller and Larson-Green took not done enough to train sales peo- approximately one month of fund- machines, partly caused by constrained over the unit after the unexpected ple or educate consumers on the new raising, surpassing its initial goal of supply of touch-screen components. departure of Windows head Steven range of devices running Windows 8. $75,000, according to figures pub- “At holiday there were certain Sinofsky in November. “I think we can do better and we’ll lished on the Kickstarter website. devices that were limited in their vol- Microsoft hinted that Sinofsky’s work with them (retailers) to do bet- Users of the service can opt to ume. We sold out of a lot of the most successors would stress integration ter,” said Reller. “That’s not a criticism “keep in touch” with their plants interesting things,” said Reller. and collaboration between business of our retailers. But we are definitely via text message, email alerts or by units, especially Windows and Office, going to do more at retail to make that monitoring their plants remotely NO SURFACE NUMBERS YET which has been strained in the past. experience better.” from a special website. Microsoft has still not revealed “I am very happy with where our Overall, Reller was happy with Prices for the package are pro- the number of Surface tablets it sold relationship is with the Office team,” progress in the 90 days or so since jected to range from $99 to $150 since the device’s launch alongside said Reller. “Both Julie and I have Windows 8 launch. and the first batch is due to be Windows 8, but research firm IDC worked closely with the Office team. “This is a solid start. But we are just released as early as June. last week put it at 900,000. That is We worked closely together when getting started,” she said. “We have a IANS much lower than analysts’ initial Steven (Sinofsky) was here and even lot of reasons to be optimistic.” estimates and a fraction of Apple’s closer now.” Reuters COMICS & MORE PLUS | WEDNESDAY 6 FEBRUARY 2013 13

At a restaurant: LEARN ARABIC Muqabbilat Appetizer Shur’ba Soup Khub’z Bread Mazha Tatlub/ Aish What did you tureed? request Ureed Fateera Maa I want a Pie with wahida dejaj chicken Hoy en la Historia Wa Anta Mazha tureed And you. what do you want February 6, 1952 Queen Elizabeth II acceded to the Ana Ureed Aruz Bil-Al I want Rice with throne of the United Kingdom, Samak Bis’samak fish Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Aishy Aakhar Anything else Afrika, Pakistan and Ceylon and became Head of the Commonwealth La, Shukran No, Thank you 1932: Filmmaker Francois Truffaut, the most famous of the 1950s French New Wave movement, was born Baby Blues Jerry Scott and Rick Kirkman 1993: Belgium became a federal state with separate regions of Wallonia, Flanders and Brussels 2000: Vladimir Putin announced that Russian forces had captured Grozny, capital city of Chechnya 2005: Cuba, the world’s best known cigar-producing country, introduced a ban on smoking in public places Picture: Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS ALL IN THE MIND Hagar The Horrible Chris Browne Can you find the hidden words? They may be horizontal, vertical, diagonal, forwards or backwards.

Zits Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman

QUACK, QUADRANGLE, QUADRANT, QUADRATIC, QUADRUPED, QUAINT, QUALIFY, QUANDARY, QUANTIFY, QUANTUM, QUARREL, QUARRY, QUART, QUARTER, QUARTZ, QUASH, QUOTATION, QUAVER, QUAY, QUEEN, QUEER, QUELL, QUENCH, QUERY, QUEST, QUESTION, QUEUE, QUIBBLE, QUICK, QUICKSAND, QUICKSTEP, QUIET, QUILL, QUILT, QUINCE, QUIP, QUIRKY, QUIT, QUITE, QUIVER, QUIZ, QUOTA, QUOTE, QUOTIENT. 14 PLUS | WEDNESDAY 6 FEBRUARY 2013 CROSSWORDS

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17 18 19 14 Not as mad 51 New person on the job 5 First, in Latin 39 Word usually 56 “We’re Not ___ Take 15 Gave support 54 Badly bothering 6 Lack muscle tone, abbreviated on It” (“Tommy” tune) timelines 20 21 22 16 Talent agent Emanuel 57 La Salle of “ER” perhaps 58 Numbers follower: Abbr. 41 “No need to elaborate” 17 Investigative reporter’s 58 Separator of syllables 7 Tick off 60 Defense secretary 23 24 25 specialty in many dictionaries 8 They’re not kids 42 Kick out Panetta 20 Smoke column 59 It takes a bow in an anymore 47 Midwest city 61 “The Thin Man” canine 26 27 28 29 30 31 representing average 21 Einstein’s birthplace orchestra 9 View to be 63 Command posts, for short tastes 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 22 Used a loom 62 Gather wealth by 10 Newsroom workers, for 64 N.Y. Mets’ div. short 49 Like some hair salons 23 Group within a group exploitation … as 65 Cowhand handle 40 41 42 hinted at by this 11 Sony laptops 25 Fenway Park team, ELK FED MOVING puzzle’s shaded 12 Home of Brigham VANI LLA REC I TAL 43 44 45 familiarly squares? Young University ECONOMY ARTDECO 26 Half-___ (coffee order) 66 It may be used with a 13 Vicks decongestant NEWERA YWCA MRS 46 47 48 49 50 29 ___ Lanka plunger brand I VANHOE VASES 30 Lead-in to preservation 51 52 53 54 55 56 67 Declaration of 18 The Cornhuskers INTEL DURBIN 32 City where “Peer Gynt” Independence signer? 19 Double LIAR ITS RAILED 57 58 59 60 61 premiered ELL HAVANAN OLE 68 Online memo 24 Weary reaction 34 Previously 69 Nay’s opposite SELDOM ION COSA 62 63 64 65 25 Lava lamp formation 36 Disc-shaped vacuum 70 Overused DOS I DO DAKAR 26 Were priced at GAPED N I RVANA 66 67 68 cleaner from iRobot 71 Antianxiety medication 27 Saharan slitherers APE WHAT I TAL I A 40 Bit of pirate booty DOWN LATVIAN ATEDIRT 69 70 71 43 “Naughty!” 28 Criticism 1 Measure for a batter?: 31 Prone to violence ARRANGE CARAVAN 44 Have dinner Abbr. 33 Privately ST INKS ELS ENO

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

YESTERDAY’S ANSWER

Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate How to EASY SUDOKU play Hyper Easy Sudoku Puzzles Sudoku: Place a digit from 1 to 9 in A Hyper Sudoku each empty cell so every Puzzle is solved row, every column and by filling the every 3x3 box contains all numbers from 1 the digits 1 to 9. to 9 into the blank cells. A Hyper Sudoku has unlike Sudoku 13 regions (four regions overlap with the nine standard regions). In all regions the numbers from 1 to 9 can appear YESTERDAY’S only once. Otherwise, a Hyper Sudoku is solved like a normal Sudoku. ANSWER CINEMA / TV LISTINGS PLUS | WEDNESDAY 6 FEBRUARY 2013 15

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1 Lincoln (2D/Drama) – 4.30pm 13:15 Foster’s Home 09:30 Show Boat For... 11:20 Ben-Hur 14:30 Powerpuff Girls 14:45 Old Kamath & Kamath 17:00 Ben 10 Acquaintance (2D/Malayalam) – 7.30 & 10.30pm 17:40 Johnny Test 16:35 The Man Who 18:00 Level Up Came To Tad, The Lost Explorer 18:50 Adventure Time Dinner (3D/Animation) – 3.00pm 20:30 Total Drama 18:25 Ice Station Action Zebra LANDMARK 2 Days In New York 21:45 Bakugan: 20:50 The Prize 2 Mechtanium 23:00 The Formula (2D/Comedy) – 5.00pm Surge Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (3D/Horror) – 7.00, 9.00 & 11.30pm Aala Gosety (2D/Arabic) 12:00 It Could 14:45 Princess Happen To You Sydney: The – 2.30, 4.45, 7.00 & 9.15pm 14:00 Little Shop Of Three Gold Horrors Coins 3 Warm Bodies (2D/Comedy) 16:00 Good Boy! 16:00 Wild 18:00 Beware The Thornberrys – 11.30pm Gonzo 18:00 Treasure 20:00 Take Me Home Buddies Tonight 20:00 Rio 16 PLUS | WEDNESDAY 6 FEBRUARY 2013 POTPOURRI

Events in Qatar A summary of MEDIA SCAN issues of the day discussed by the Message of HOPE 2012-13 Free Qatari community Motivational Workshop in the media. When: Feb 7; 6:30pm– 9pm Where: Qatar Foundation Education City’s HBKU Student Center Ball Room What: In a motivational workshop led by Stolen giant five handicapped artists who paint with their mouth or foot, the audience will be cookie recovered • There are demands for putting sport by some people a waste of national challenged to overcome their life’s challenges erman police have recovered through determination, and motivated to look materials and devices in Aspire zone, competencies. a cookie sculpture that may at obstacles as opportunities. The session have been stolen by someone and green areas similar to what has • People are complaining about confusion involves live painting demonstration by the G impersonating the Cookie Monster. been done in Corniche area. in some medical centres due to lack of Mouth and Foot Painting Artists who will also Spokeswoman Jacobe Heers • People are requesting more big guiding signs and labels that guide to fire exit share their life’s stories on how they overcame says the 20kg gilded sculpture was signals and signs on the main roads. and gates. their personal challenges to pursue their found on Tuesday morning outside • There are talks about the criteria being • There are talks about the preparation dreams and become successful. used by the SEC for categorising pri- of professional achievement folders, free online registration at a university. It was hanging from vate schools that are qualified for school which have been required by the SEC, https://MessageOfHOPE. the neck of a horse sculpture with registertoattend.com/ a red ribbon. voucher. However, it is amazing not to for staffs in KG and schools and the The century-old cookie was see some of the good private schools difficulties facing teachers to prepare reported stolen last month from among the beneficiaries. them. Forever Now the office of a bakery company in • People are saying that the opening of Ain • People are talking about mobile number When: Until March 31, 2013; 11am-6pm Hannover. A local newspaper later Khaled tunnel reduced traffic jams at exchanges and the possibility of a rise Where: Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art received a letter demanding cookies What: Forever Now proposes new the upper traffic signals but the signals’ in special number prices. be delivered to children at a hospital. readings based on the works of five artists timing remained as before. • People are complaining about traf- The paper also received a picture of from Mathaf’s permanent collection. This • There are talks about the medical plan fic jams on Salwa Road, particularly someone dressed like Sesame Street’s exhibition unpacks new narratives that posit announced by the SHC to make it easier between Medmak and Qatar Decoration Cookie Monster holding what a unique understanding of five diverse artists: for people to locate hospitals and medi- Roundabout. This is mainly because of appeared to be the stolen cookie. Fahrelnissa Zeid, Jewad Selim, Saliba Douaihy, cal centres in the country. construction works in the area. People The Bahlsen company promised Salim Al Dabbagh and Ahmed Cherkaoui. • Retirement of some individuals while say that seeing works ending there has a reward of 52,000 packets of cook- Free entry they are productive is considered become their dream. ies for a charitable cause if their Art of Travel emblem turned up. No suspect has been appre- When: Until Feb 11, 2013 hended. AP (Sun, Mon, Wed: 10:30-5:30; Tue: closed; Thu, Sat: noon-8pm; Fri: 2pm-8pm) Where: Al Riwaq Hall next to the Museum of Islamic Art IN by Vaibhav Chikkala What: A watercolour album dated 1590 FOCUS was commissioned by Bartholomäus Schachman, mayor of Gdansk in 1604. It documents what he saw during his travels through the Ottoman Empire in 1588-89, depicting costumes and people, scenes of everyday life, festivals and ceremonies. Pages of the album are on display along with related artworks and documents providing visitors with a fascinating and vivid view back in time to the 16th century. Entry: Children free, adults QR:25

The Family When: Until Feb 28; 10am-10pm Friday: 2pm-10pm Where: Anima Gallery, The Pearl-Qatar What: First Guiragossian family exhibition. Despair, separation, re-union, love... Life in all its forms is portrayed in the works of Paul, Emmanuel, Jean Paul and Manuella Guiragossian. Free entry

Encounter: The Royal Academy in the Middle East Exhibition When: Until March 6; 10am-10pm Where: Gallery 1&2 Building 19 and Katara Gallery Building 22 What: An exhibition featuring over 80 works of art in a wide variety of media by 25 Royal Academicians and 25 prominent artists from across the Middle East. Free entry A photo of dew drops taken in a garden in Al Khor by a If you want a photograph taken by you Peninsula Plus reader. featured here mail it to [email protected] If you want your events featured here mail details to [email protected]

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