Community Community Birla Public California’s School Academy of P6organises P16 Sciences is workshop on Breast famous for its Cancer Awareness own coral reef, at Basant Kumar rainforest and Birla Auditorium. albino crocodile. Tuesday, October 16, 2018 Safar 7, 1440 AH Doha today: 300 - 380 SIMULATOR: A six-story steel frame building sits on UC San Diego's earthquake simulator table in the city's Scripps Ranch neighbourhood. COVER Truer temblors STORY The University of California, San Diego's earthquake simulator will soon give truer sense of deadly temblors. P4-5 POP SPOT SHOWBIZ Freya Ridings’ Lost Without I’m looking for more versatility You shines at UK charts. in work, says Sanya. Page 14 Page 15 2 GULF TIMES Tuesday, October 16, 2018 COMMUNITY ROUND & ABOUT PRAYER TIME Fajr 4.16am Shorooq (sunrise) 5.32am Zuhr (noon) 11.20am Asr (afternoon) 2.38pm Maghreb (sunset) 5.08pm Isha (night) 6.37pm USEFUL NUMBERS 96 changing his life for good. Will the change be perennial? Or DIRECTION: C. Prem Kumar will it be temporary? New surprises that life brings on forms CAST: Trisha Krishnan, Vijay Sethupathi the crux of the story. SYNOPSIS: A girl falls in love with a rogue and tries THEATRES: Royal Plaza, Landmark Emergency 999 Worldwide Emergency Number 112 Kahramaa – Electricity and Water 991 Local Directory 180 International Calls Enquires 150 Hamad International Airport 40106666 Labor Department 44508111, 44406537 Mowasalat Taxi 44588888 Qatar Airways 44496000 Hamad Medical Corporation 44392222, 44393333 Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation 44845555, 44845464 Primary Health Care Corporation 44593333 44593363 Qatar Assistive Technology Centre 44594050 Qatar News Agency 44450205 44450333 Q-Post – General Postal Corporation 44464444 Humanitarian Services Offi ce (Single window facility for the repatriation of bodies) Ministry of Interior 40253371, 40253372, 40253369 Ministry of Health 40253370, 40253364 Hamad Medical Corporation 40253368, 40253365 Qatar Airways 40253374 Small Foot his snowy home when the rest of the villagers refuse to believe DIRECTION: Karey Kirkpatrick, Jason Reisig his fantastic tale. Hoping to prove them wrong, Migo embarks CAST: Zendaya, Channing Tatum, Gina Rodriguez on an epic journey to fi nd the mysterious creature that can put SYNOPSIS: Migo is a friendly Yeti whose world gets him back in good graces with his simple community. turned upside down when he discovers something that he didn’t know existed, a human. He soon faces banishment from THEATRES: The Mall, Landmark, Royal Plaza ote Unquo Qu te “Once The Mall Cinema (1): Landmark Cinema (3): 96 you replace negative Kayamkulam Kochunni (Tamil) 2:15pm; Kayamkulam (Malayalam) 2:15pm; Venom Kochunni (Malayalam) 5pm; thoughts with positive ones, (2D) 5pm; A Star Is Born (2D) Bekiya (Arabic) 7.45pm; you’ll start having 7pm; A Star Is Born (2D) 9:15pm; 9:30pm; Helicopter Eela (Hindi) Johnny English Strikes Again Aravindha Sametha (Telugu) 11:30pm. (2D) 9:30pm; Venom (2D) positive results.” 11:30pm. Landmark Cinema (1): My 11:15pm. — Willie Nelson The Mall Cinema (2): Smallfoot Giraffe (2D) 2:15pm; Smallfoot Royal Plaza Cinema Palace (2D) 2:30pm; My Giraffe (2D) 3:45pm; Aravindha Sametha (1): Smallfoot (2D) 3pm; (2D) 4:15pm; Helicopter Eela (Telugu) 5:45pm; A Star Is Kayamkulam Kochunni (Hindi) 6pm; Kayamkulam Born (2D) 8:30pm; Aravindha (Malayalam) 5pm; Bad Times Kochunni (Malayalam) 8:30pm; Sametha (Telugu) 11pm. At The El Royale (2D) 8pm; Kayamkulam Kochunni Landmark Cinema (2): Kayamkulam Kochunni Community Editor (Malayalam) 11:15pm. Kayamkulam Kochunni (Malayalam) 10:30pm. Kamran Rehmat The Mall Cinema (3): (Malayalam) 2:15pm; My Giraffe Royal Plaza Cinema Palace e-mail: [email protected] Aravindha Sametha (Telugu) (2D) 5pm; My Giraffe (2D) (2): My Giraffe (2D) 2:30pm; 96 6:30pm; Kayamkulam Kochunni Telephone: 44466405 2pm; Kayamkulam Kochunni (Tamil) 4pm; Venom (2D) 7pm; (Malayalam) 4:45pm; Venom (Malayalam) 8pm; Kayamkulam A Star Is Born (2D) 9pm; Venom Fax: 44350474 (2D) 7:30pm; Venom (2D) Kochunni (Malayalam) 10:45pm. (2D) 11:30pm. Tuesday, October 16, 2018 GULF TIMES 3 ROUND & ABOUT COMMUNITY Cycling: Losail Circuit Sports Club visitors who are keen to access Qatar’s WHERE: Losail Circuit robust market. We are pleased to present WHEN: Ongoing this opportunity to local and international TIME: 5pm investors, banking, finance and government Losail Circuit Sports Club, in association institutions, along with leading firms in with Qatar Sports For All Federation, the real estate, investment and fin-tech invites all cyclists, runners and walkers sectors. to train under the floodlights of Losail International Circuit every Wednesdays. After School Activities WHERE: Atelier WHEN: Ongoing Music and arts Activities for students taking place after they finish their day in school includes Group Music lessons, Hip- hop, Ballet, Drawing and Painting, Drama Theatre & Taekwondo. Ages between 5 and 10 years old after school hours. EVENTS TIME: 3pm – 10pm SIGN IN is a unique digital Doha Palestine Cinema Festival entrepreneurship workshop with a WHERE: Katara dual-faceted focus. One is to facilitate Gymnastics World Championships WHEN: Today new and existing business ideas and the WHERE: Aspire Dome TIME: 6pm onwards second one to establish a strong online WHEN: October 25 – November 3 The first edition of Doha Palestine Film presence. SheCommerce, isn’t just the Over 700 male and female gymnasts from Festival will be held at Katara Cultural most quintessential stage to raise voice over 80 countries, including three Team Village. Founded by a group of film lovers and get heard, but at the same time it’s the Qatar gymnasts, will compete across 10 Hobby Classes with passion for cinema, DPCF aims to most fertile ground to explore business days of competition in Doha’s ionic Aspire WHERE: Mystic Arts Centre behind Al develop a film appreciation society, create opportunities and cultivate profits for Dome. Experience the drama, emotions and Hilal Focus Medical Centre common grounds for dialogue between women entrepreneurs around the world. excitement of gymnastics’ pinnacle event WHEN:Wednesday – Monday cultures and reinforce the culture of cinema It is the most secure road for ladies to take as global superstars go head to head in a bid Mystic Art Centre, is a holistic in the community. The festival brings after and maintain their fantasies for a to be crowned the best in the world. performing artsinstitution and a one stop Palestine’s finest cinema and narratives to superior tomorrow. solution for adults as well as children Doha audience with spotlights on Qatar’s looking to explore their talents in various emerging cinema and filmmakers in Kufic Beginners art forms. We offer classes in Carnatic collaboration with local and international WHERE: MIA Music, Hindustani Music, Karate, Yoga, partners. The film screenings are free and WHEN: Ongoing till Oct 26 Zumba, Classical Dance, Salsa, Hip Hop, open to the public. TIME: 10:30am – 12:30pm contemporary and Bollywood dance forms. The word ‘Kufic’ is related to the city For details, call 33897609. Breast Cancer Awareness of the same name in Iraq, Kufa, and WHERE: InterContinental Doha was developed from Hijazi script. Kufic WHEN: Ongoing calligraphy is characterised by its bold InterContinental Doha – The City is and vertical letters which often looks like organising several activities (especially modern design. Join us for this 4-session at its various dining venues) that focus short course to learn this early and Aspire Torch Staircase Run 2018 on highlighting the importance of early beautiful script! WHERE: The Torch Doha Hotel detection. Try the pink afternoon tea, the WHEN: November 10 extravagant pink Bar Squared Brunch at TIME: 1pm – 6pm The Square and pink-themed nights at Aspire Zone Foundation (AZF) announces Strata Restaurant and Lounge. opening registration for the seventh annual ‘Aspire Torch Staircase Run’ scheduled to take place on November 10. The 2018 edition of the Aspire Torch Staircase Run (ATSR 2018), will offer sports enthusiasts the ultimate challenge of endurance, as runners will have to make their way to the Dance and instrument classes top of the 300m tower to the 51st floor, WHERE: TCA Campus, Behind Gulf climbing more than 1,300 steps. Times Building WHEN: Wednesday – Monday Learn the movements of dance styles in Bollywood, Hip Hop and also the musical instruments such as Piano, Guitar, Keyboard for adults as well kids and move in the world of music. For details, contact Katara Beach - School Students 66523871/ 31326749. WHERE: Katara Andalusian Music Show WHEN: Ongoing WHERE: Katara TIME: 9am – 12pm WHEN: October 23 By participating in the programme of TIME: 7pm – 8pm ‘Our culture is a school’, Katara Beach Cultural Village Foundation - Katara emphasises the Qatari marine tradition and The Algerian Embassy invites you to and introduces to students the meaning of attend Andalusian Music show by Nassima Dasha, Al Qafal and various type of pearls. Chaabane, musician and singer. Qatar Finance and Installment The students will discover all details of the Exhibition Fath El-Kheir journey. Ballet Lessons WHERE: DECC WHERE: Music and Arts Atelier WHEN: November 3 – November 15 Workshop on SheCommerce WHEN: Ongoing TIME: 7pm – 10pm WHERE: Crowne Plaza Doha - The TIME: 4pm – 8pm The QFI Exhibition is a 3-day event that Business Park For more info e-mail at registration@ brings together the best of Qatar’s finance WHEN: October 19 atelierqatar.com or call on 33003839. community, and local and international Compiled by Nausheen Shaikh. E-mail: [email protected], Events and timings subject to change 4 GULF TIMES Tuesday, October 16, 2018 COMMUNITY COVER STORY Huge quake simulator to get an upgrade soon BIG SHAKE: Spectators take a look at a five-story building that was constructed on UC San Diego's big shake table in Scripps Ranch, shortly before the structure was shaken hard during an earthquake simulation. experiments that have led to “We will be able to reproduce By Garry Robbins tougher building and design codes earthquake motions with the for bridges and housing projects.