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Doha gets first Doha gets first triathlon clubtriathlon club

Over 170 people from 24 nationalities registered on triclubdoha.com and around 50 signed up to attend the first meeting. The first triathlon club in Doha plans to hold its first event in October.

By Isabel Ovalle

Doha’s first triathlon club, TriClubDoha, was founded this week with about 30 members. Two triathlon aficionados are behind the enterprise, which aims to officially kick off with its first race

in October.Triathlon includes swimming, cycling and running.

Although triathlons vary in location, terrain and other features, according to the International Triathlon Union, the majority of triathlons generally commence with a swim in either open water (lakes, rivers, seas) or in a pool.

Following the swim, the athletes exit the water and take to their bikes. All the equipment is placed in a transition area. The cycling part of the triathlon is generally conducted on public roads, which are often closed to traffic.

The second transition is from cycling to running. In most triathlons, the athletes rack their bikes and change from cycling shoes to running shoes. The competition concludes after the run.

The Olympic or standard distance in triathlon is a 1,500-metre swim, 40 kilometres on the bike, and a 10-km run. There are also sprint-distance (750-metre swim, 20-km biking, 5-km run) and long-distance (3-km swim, 80-km biking, 20-km run) triathlons.

In Doha, there is no other club for triathlon enthusiasts. Nickel Nijman, from the Netherlands, and Emily Kelly, from Ireland, decided to establish the club a few months ago. “I started training one year ago and lost 34 kilos. After taking part in some triathlons in the UAE and other small events, I decided to put together the group,” said Nijman.

For Kelly, it was her experience in Saudi Arabia, where she lived for six years, that motivated her to open a club here. “There are good clubs all over the region and I know for a fact that many local people travel to neighbouring countries to take part in triathlons,” said the Irish national.

They did a survey and discovered that many people were interested. Over 170 people of 24 nationalities registered on their site, triclubdoha.com, to receive information, and around 50 signed up to attend the inaugural meeting at Al Jazi Gardens compound on Thursday.

The meeting enabled the members to get to know each other, elect the chairman and other office-bearers, set out the agenda and discuss various issues, such as the frequency of meetings and training sessions.

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Nijman invited everyone to join the club, emphasising that it was not necessary to be in great shape. “People can take part as a team, not necessary as individuals,” he clarified. When deciding the tenta-tive dates of its events, the club took into account the calendar of events of other groups, like Qatar Chain Reaction cycling club or Doha Bay Running Club, as well as Aspire Zone’s aquathlon. To spread the word about the association, the founder spent QR100 to advertise on Facebook, reaching over 44,000 residents who list running, swimming or cycling as their interests.

On her part, Kelly explained that the club

will hold six annual races as well as activi-ties for kids, starting in the second week of October. Members will have to sign a disclaimer form when taking part in the competition. The group counts on GMC as a sponsor and hopes to find more before the season starts.

The Irish mother trains five days a week. “Sometimes I wake up at 4.30am to go for a swim without my daughter noticing my absence,” she said, adding that she also cycles with Qatar Chain Reaction for up to two and a half hours, going all the way to Ceremonial Road, covering a distance of 75 km.

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Quick facts• The first recorded triathlon took place in California

(USA) in 1974.• Within a matter of years it became one of the fast-

est growing sports. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) was intrigued by the sport’s growth and began discussions to include it in the Olympic Games programme in 1988.

• The International Triathlon Union was founded one year later, at the first ITU Congress in Avignon (France), with the attendance of 30 National Federations.

• Triathlon was officially added to the Olympic pro-gramme by the IOC at its Congress in Paris in 1994 and it made its Olympic debut at the 2000 Games in Sydney.

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The club will hold six annual races, as well as activities for kids, starting the second week of October. Members will have to sign a disclaimer form when taking part in the competition.

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HMC holds Child Pedestrian Safety campaign at MES

The trauma surgery section of Hamad Medical Cooperation (HMC), in collaboration with the Ministry of Interior

(MOI), conducted a ‘Child Pedestrian Safety’ campaign at MES Indian School recently. More than 800 stu-dents from grade IV participated in the programme. This event was held as part of the ‘Second United Nations Global Road Safety Week’, which is being observed until today.

“‘Important steps for Pedestrian Safety in Qatar’ has been designed to reduce fatalities and injuries. The high-est risk group in pedestrian road traffic injuries are children aged between five and nine years,” remarked Dr Rafael Consunji, Director, Trauma Surgery Section, Hamad General Hospital, and

chief coordinator of the programme. “This campaign is an eye opener for

the students and they will definitely benefit out of it,” said A P Sasidharan, principal in his welcome address.

Dr Sajid Atique, trauma team leader,

Dr Suhail Yaqoob, trauma specialist, and Niyas Abdul Majeed, Public Relations Department, MOI, made a presentation on pedestrian safety measures.

Senior Vice Principal Col (Retd) S Kanjilal, vice principals and heads

of all sections, the head of safety and security, school officials, teachers and students attended the programme.

Rajeev Rajan, MES administrative officer, coordinated the programme.

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HMC and MES officials and students at the campaign.

Australian Council for Education Research, Dubai conducts the International Benchmark Tests Awards for Excellence every year. The awards honour students who achieve the high-est score in each grade in each sub-ject. Each award includes a cash prize equivalent to QR500. Students of Birla Public School topped the exam in the following categories in 2012:Roopal Ravendranathan, Grade V–B in English and Maqbool Manoj, Grade V–E in English received QR250 each. Jaahnavi Sai Cheyyur, Grade VII-Bi in English, Maqbool Manoj, Grade V-E in Mathematics, Aiswarya Sunil, Grade X–D in Mathematics and Ananya K Manoj, Grade III–K in Science, received QR500 each.

SIS inaugurates health and wellness club

To promote awareness about health and hygiene, Shantiniketan Indian School con-ducted a programme on ‘Drugs and Alcohol’ and released its health manual announcing

the inaugural of a Health and Wellness Club, in a function held at its Barwa Campus recently. The event was organised by the Department of Physical Education for students of the secondary and senior secondary classes.

In his keynote address, K C Abdul Latheeef, presi-dent of the school, said: “SIS has been promoting a healthy way of life among the children by conducting such events. Only a sound body can have a sound mind. A school has its role in moulding and promot-ing the mental and physical growth of each child. Teachers have to play a vital role in enhancing and harnessing the energy of youth,”

The event witnessed the release of the health manual, followed by a speech by the guest of honour, Dr Geetha Menon, physician at Atlas Health Care Centre, who made the children aware of the impact of consuming drugs and alcohol. She also urged the

students to eat balanced and nutritious food for a healthy life.

A PowerPoint presentation by Saleem, head of the science department, on “The abuse of drugs and alcohol” highlighted the types of drugs, causes of addiction to drugs and alcohol, and diseases and severe consequences of the use of drugs and alcohol.

The presentation was followed by induction of office-bearers of the club and declaration of the aims and objectives of the health club.

The office-bearers were presented badges by the guests of honour and vice principals M R Shihabudheen and Manju Singh.

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School officials and guest of honour at the inauguration event.

International Benchmark Tests Awards for BPS students

5COMMUNITY PLUS | SUNDAY 12 MAY 2013

Every April, Marriott International celebrates its official Environmental Awareness Month. To encourage associates and guests to do their bit to help protect the planet, all hotels around the globe help raise aware-ness on climate issues throughout the month. To demonstrate their engagement with Marriott’s ecologi-cal initiative, the Renaissance Doha City Center Hotel held a competition for its associates, in which every-one had the opportunity to show-case their talent by creating art from waste.

Siwar Choir’s growing number of local fans once again experienced the magic of music at a concert held recently. The audience enjoyed a harmonious dialogue between two cultures

in a two-hour performance of classical songs from the East and West.

The participation of the German MDR Leipzig Radio Children’s Choir, the only radio children’s choir in Germany, added a unique dimension to the con-cert. Sixty boys and girls from this choir joined their peers in Qatar for a joint performance.

The concert was enriched by globally renowned guest musicians, including award-winning artist and soloist Pedro Eustache, Lebanese pianist and com-poser Michel Fadel, and German Soprano Felicita Fuchs. Each delivered a brilliant performance accompanied by an orchestra of 33 musicians led by Maestro Nabih El Khatib.

JCC’s board member and acting director general manager Haya bint Khalifa Al Nassr said of the show: “This concert is a vivid example of Siwar’s vision, which aims to open new horizons for Arab children to discover their rich and diverse musical heritage. There is no doubt that this event shows the choir’s ability to express themselves confidently and showcase their talents. This concert will raise public awareness of the value of our musical heritage and the important role of music in creating a robust cultural dialogue between the East and West.”

Also speaking on the occasion, JCC Deputy Executive General Manager and Acting Director

of Channels, Saad Al Hudaifi, said: “The love and passion expressed today by the new generation of talented children towards our musical heritage underscores our commitment to support the choir and provide them with more opportunities to refine and express their talents in public. There is no doubt that the success of this concert is in line with the

choir’s dedication and record of outstanding achieve-ments. Siwar Choir, which is one of JCC’s flagship cultural initiatives, is an integral part of our objec-tive to provide innovative and distinct programmes that enrich the lives of our audiences throughout the world.”

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Eastern and Western melodies Eastern and Western melodies meet at Siwar Choir’s concertmeet at Siwar Choir’s concert

Eco-fashion design contest

As a part of the World Environment Day 2013 celebrations in Qatar, IAID, in association with Friends of the Environment Centre, has organised

an eco-fashion contest for children above eight years on May 17. Each design team will include a maximum of three designers and each team will be allowed to present one eco-fashion design. Contestants will be allowed to use only recyclable materials and can use cardboard, tin, recycled fabric or clothing, aluminium, plastics, paper cartons, chipboard, newspaper, mixed paper (magazines, mailers and catalogues), paper bags, glass, etc.

For more information, call 66710589 or email wed2013@iaidonline.org. The Peninsula

Marriott celebrates Environmental Awareness Month

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LG unveils new Smart TV line-up

LG Electronics (LG) unveiled its new Smart TV line-up at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Doha recently. The 2013 Smart TV line-up offers easier content access and sharing

along with an updated Magic Remote for a simplified, intuitive user experience.

“LG always strives to provide the most engaging, most convenient user experience to consumers in the region,” said D Y Kim, President of LG Electronics, Gulf FZE. “We have been singularly uncompromis-ing, both in developing and improving the LG Smart TV platform. As a result, we are confident that our 2013 models with an intuitive user control via the Magic Remote will shatter all expectations and dem-onstrate that LG has moved the medium of smart TV forward.”

Speaking at the launch, C V Rappai, Director and General Manager of Jumbo Electronics, said: “The all-new LG TV line-up 2013 is the ultimate in user experience and unparalleled in the industry with many unique features which LG has to offer. This new line-up will further enhance our market share in the LED and 3D category to be the leaders in providing innovative technology and solutions to the ever demanding customers.”

He thanked all patrons for their confidence in the LG range of products and services.

Also present on the occasion were top officials from leading hypermarkets and LG dealers.

LG’s flagship model, the 55-inch LA 8600, offers Smart Control with its enhanced Smart Home Interface, which allow users to easily access their favourite programmes and premium and local con-tent. The Magic Remote has been redesigned to fine-tune content and menu navigation, making interaction as simple and intuitive as possible. The device incorporates the fundamental control capabili-ties of Magic Remotes — point, wheel, gesture and voice recognition.

The enhanced SmartShareTM feature offers users the ability to mirror or transfer content from smart devices to LG Smart TVs via a multitude of

connectivity options, including WiDi and Miracast. The 2013 line-up will enhance inter-device shar-ing further by implementing Tag On. This feature immediately connects two devices for speedy media sharing. To use Tag On, the user simply holds a smartphone or other NFC-enabled device against the NFC sticker on a 3D Smart TV.

The new 2013 models embody LG’s minimalist Cinema Screen Design. The TV’s bezels have been significantly reduced to provide a greater sense of immersion. The Magic Stand further enhances the effect, enabling the screen to appear to be floating.

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Regency Travel wins WTA awards

Regency Travel and Tours remained undefeated for the seventh consecutive year as it claimed the awards for the leading travel agency in both Qatar and the Middle East at the World Travel Awards 2013 ceremony held in Dubai recently.

Chief Executive Officer Tareq Abdullatif Taha represented Regency Travel and Tours on stage, accompanied by General Manager Nasiruddin Mohammed Shafiq and other invited guests from the Regency Travel and Tours team, to whom he dedicated the company’s success.

“I am proud to represent Qatar in having yet again won both the Qatar and Middle East Leading Travel Agency Award for the seventh time in a row,” the CEO said.

“Regency Travel and Tours is known for its high standard of customer serv-ice, unique concepts, innovative methods and its ability to remain remarkably forward thinking in a constantly evolving industry. Today, Regency Travel and Tours sources, supplies, distributes and promotes world-class travel-related products and services,” he added. The Peninsula

Graham Cooke, World Travel Awards Chairman with Regency Travel CEO Tareq Taha and GM N M Shafiq.

Al Ras Trading Co, which deals in marble, granite and ceramic tiles, participated in Project Qatar 2013 as the sole agent for Alvand, Pars and Sadi tiles from Iran.

Total has launched a newly built canteen in its Alfardan Tower offices as part of an initiative to improve the lifestyle of its employees through healthy eating and promote diversity by providing employees an opportunity to know each other better. Total employees voted to choose Oasis as the name of the canteen.

Officials opening the canteen. RIGHT: Those who chose the canteen’s name.

Al Ras Trading Co at Project Qatar 2013

Total launches new canteen

LG and Jumbo officials at the new Smart TV launch.

HEALTH 7PLUS | SUNDAY 12 MAY 2013

By Jatindra Dash

Go for a brain scan from age 55 years onwards, at least once in five years, to check for signs of mental deterioration, a leading Indian scientist says.

There is no cure for disorders like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, common forms of dementia, but medication can prevent deterioration and reduce the symptoms if the condition is diagnosed early, Pravat Mandal, a professor at the National Brain Research Center (NBRC) in Haryana, India, said.

Mandal, a senior editor of the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease and guest editor of the American Journal of Neuroradiology, has developed a state-of-the art imaging technology to detect early signs of dementia.

The test is available free of charge for the first time in India at the NBRC. More than 300 people, mostly referred by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), have benefited from the test, introduced about a year and half ago, Mandal said.

Dementia is a progressive loss of cognitive func-tions that leads to confused thinking, and mostly affects the elderly. People suffering from the dis-order tend to forget things like what they ate

yesterday or their own address. They also develop hallucinations.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) esti-mates that the number of people living with such diseases worldwide was 35.6 million in 2010, could double by 2030 and more than triple by 2050.

According to a report by the Alzheimer’s and Related Disorders Society of India, the country had an estimated 3.7 million people with dementia in 2010, and the number is set to double in the next 20 years.

The 13-minute-long non-invasive test developed by Mandal and his team is being performed in col-laboration with Manjari Tripathi of the AIIMS’ neurology department.

“The test could easily detect the abnormali-ties in the early stage of any disorder. The MRI scans offered by the centre are safer and easier as they do not require radiation, drugs and sur-gery,” Mandal said. For want of awareness, people

are not well informed about the need for brain scans, said Mandal, who is a post-doctoral Fellow at the University of California-Davis and an assist-ant professor in the psychiatry department of University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He obtained his doctorate from the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras.

“Before any manifestation of brain disorder, cer-tain chemical changes occur in the specific regions of the brain. In some cases, structural changes are also observed in the brain prior to the clinical symptoms,” Mandal said.

“For instance, in the case of pre-Alzheimer, hippocampus, a part of the brain involved in the processing of memory and spatial navigation, becomes alkaline; in normal aged persons this is acidic,” he added.

Anybody who is above 60 can be affected by the disorder as age is the main risk factor for Alzheimer’s. In rare cases, some genetically inherit it, Mandal pointed out.

“The earlier the disorder is detected, the better the intervention,” he said. Awareness is required about the latest technology so that more patients can avail themselves of this free service, Mandal said. IANS

Early diagnosiscan check dementia

By Gene Emery

Fish oil supplements did not prevent heart problems in people who hadn’t had a heart attack yet, in a large

long-term study from Italy.The study — a gold-standard ran-

domised, controlled trial — tested the effect of omega-3 fatty acids, which are found in oily fish such as tuna or sardines. Patients in the study had risk factors for heart disease, such as high blood pressure, high choles-terol, a history of smoking or nar-rowed arteries. But patients who had a heart attack in the past weren’t allowed to enrol.

Five years after the study began, 11.7 percent of the 6,244 patients tak-

ing a capsule contain-ing one gram of

fish oil

daily had died or been hospitalised for heart problems, compared to 11.9 percent for the 6,269 volunteers who instead received one gram of olive oil every day as a placebo.

The result, reported in the New England Journal of Medicine on Wednesday, is in sharp contrast to other research suggesting that omega-3 fatty acids can help those who have survived a heart attack or suffer from heart failure.

For people who haven’t had a heart attack, though, the new findings “pro-vide no evidence of the usefulness of omega-3 fatty acids for preventing cardiovascular death or disease,” according to the research team, led by Dr Maria Carla Roncaglioni of the Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research in Milan.

She said the finding argues against the use of fish oil supplements, at least among Italians, who are already exposed to the Mediterranean diet.

“There is no reason to prescribe fish oil supplementation unless they have a heart attack,” she said.

The researchers did see a reduc-tion in hospital admissions for

heart failure and a preventive effect in

women, but “both may be due to chance, although they are consistent with two findings from other studies,” the researchers said.

Alice Lichtenstein, from Tufts University in Boston and a spokes-woman for the American Heart Association, said the findings from the new study are further evidence that, in general, “just giving a supple-ment on top of a non-heart-healthy lifestyle doesn’t seem to help.”

“We thought vitamin E pills were going to be the answer and that turned out to be wrong. We though beta carotene as an antioxidant was going to reduce cardiovascular dis-ease . . . and that pill didn’t work,” she said in a telephone interview. “It’s the whole package, not just popping one pill.” The patients in the Italian study were treated by 860 general practi-tioners throughout the country. Their average age when they enrolled in the study was 64 years old.

Originally, the researchers had thought the main goal of their study would be to see how many people died or had a heart attack or stroke. But those events turned out to be less common than expected, prob-ably because the patients “were

rather intensively exposed to recommended preven-tive treatment (including healthy lifestyle habits) by their family physi-cians,” Roncaglioni said.

Thus, the goal of the study was modified to count anyone who died or was admitted to the hos-pital for a heart-related cause.

Certain factors did seem to improve slightly more in

the fish oil recipients, such as levels of fat and “good” cholesterol in the blood.

But other measures such as “bad” cholesterol, blood pressure and blood sugar remained similar in the fish oil and olive oil groups, and there was no difference in the proportion of patients in the two groups who needed heart medications.

Roughly two of every 100 patients died of heart disease, regardless of which group they were in. And roughly 10 of every 100 patients in each group needed to be hospitalised for a heart-related problem.

By the end of the study, 18 percent had stopped taking their fish oil and 19 percent had stopped taking their olive oil. When those volunteers were excluded from the study, there was still no significant difference between the groups in the risk of death or hos-pitalisation for heart problems.

The rates of gastrointestinal side effects, cancer and bleeding were comparable in the two groups.

The US Food and Drug Administration says olive oil has heart benefits of its own. Is it possi-ble that using olive oil as the placebo in this study skewed the results by protecting the placebo group to some extent? Roncaglioni doesn’t think so.

She said giving olive oil as a pla-cebo probably did not bring down the overall rate of heart problems in that group because “one gram of olive oil corresponds to only 1/30th of the mean amount consumed in the Mediterranean diet,” which would make it of very small benefit.

SOURCE: bit.ly/144dPhF New England Journal of Medicine, online May 8, 2013.

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Study questions fish oil benefit before heart attack

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iography M

ess

i: T

he I

nsi

de S

tory

of

the

Boy

Wh

o B

eca

me a

Legen

d, by L

uca C

aio

li. E

pic

will underta

ke t

o fi

nance

and p

roduce t

he fi

lm.

Epic

’s c

hie

fs, P

atr

ick E

wald

and S

haked B

erenso

n, are c

urrentl

y n

ego-

tiati

ng w

ith s

crip

twrit

ers

and d

irecto

rs

to t

ake t

he r

ein

s of

the p

roje

ct.

Mess

i, 2

5, w

ho p

lays

for F

C B

arcelo

na a

nd t

he A

rgenti

ne n

ati

onal te

am

, is

consi

dered t

he b

est

soccer p

layer in t

he w

orld

at

prese

nt.

T

he p

roducers

are i

nte

ndin

g t

o f

ocus

the s

tory o

n M

ess

i’s

childhood,

his

hum

ble

begin

nin

gs

and h

ow

he o

vercam

e h

is p

hysi

cal dis

advanta

ges,

esp

ecia

lly h

is 5

-foot-

7-i

nch h

eig

ht,

to b

ecom

e o

ne o

f th

e b

est

pla

yers

of

all t

ime.

“The g

oal

is t

o m

ake a

pow

erfu

l and p

osi

tive fi

lm t

hat

will

leave a

udi-

ences

feeling insp

ired t

o g

o a

fter t

heir

dream

s no m

att

er h

ow

im

poss

ible

th

ey m

ay s

eem

,” E

wald

said

.

BO

LLY

WO

OD

NE

WS

Abhay

, Son

am s

ort

out

dif

fere

nce

s

Son

am

Kapoor a

nd A

bh

ay D

eol, w

ho h

ad a

fall

ing o

ut

durin

g A

ish

a, h

ave

sorte

d o

ut

their

dif

ferences

and w

ere c

ordia

l to

each o

ther o

n t

he s

ets

of

Ra

an

jha

na

a, sa

ys

dir

ecto

r A

nand L

Rai.

“They a

re v

ery f

rie

ndly

. T

here w

ere n

o i

ssu

es

at

all

... not

even o

n a

sin

gle

day,”

Rai said

in a

group i

nte

rvie

w.

Ra

an

jha

na

a w

ill

see A

bh

ay t

eam

ing u

p w

ith S

on

am

an

d s

outh

ern

sta

r

Dh

anush

.

Abh

ay p

lays

a g

uy f

rom

Jaw

ah

arl

al N

eh

ru U

niv

ersi

ty (

JN

U)

and h

is c

har-

acte

r i

s com

ple

tely

opposi

te t

o D

hanush

, w

ho w

ill

be s

een a

s so

meone f

rom

Ben

aras,

Utt

ar P

radesh

.

“I n

eeded s

om

eone w

ith A

bh

ay’s

perso

na t

o s

tand i

n f

ront

of

a b

oy f

rom

Ben

aras.

I n

eeded t

hat

con

fidence a

nd c

om

ple

te c

haracte

r. I

wante

d t

o s

ay t

hat

India

n y

outh

, w

heth

er t

hey a

re f

rom

Ben

aras

like D

hanush

or a

JN

U s

tudent

in D

elh

i li

ke A

bh

ay, th

ey h

ave o

ne t

hin

g in c

om

mon

, w

hic

h is

con

fidence,”

said

Rai. H

e a

dded t

hat

Abh

ay w

as

his

choic

e f

or t

he r

ole

.

He p

rais

ed S

on

am

too, and s

aid

: “T

he b

est

part

about

her i

s th

at

she l

ives

at

Juhu (

in M

um

bai)

and is

An

il K

apoor’s

daughte

r. S

he w

as

born a

nd b

rought

up in B

ollyw

ood, but

she h

as

a m

iddle

-cla

ss

gir

l in

her.

..I

met

An

il s

ir b

ecause

of

Son

am

. It

all

com

es

from

there. T

hey a

re p

ure m

iddle

-cla

ss

people

and s

he

has

those v

alu

es.

”

Son

am

pla

ys

a s

imple

gir

l in

the fi

lm a

nd i

t w

as

these v

alu

es

in h

er t

hat

convin

ced t

he d

irecto

r t

o c

ast

her.

Ra

an

jha

na

a i

s com

ing o

ut

on J

une 2

1.

Shah

id c

omple

tes

10 y

ears

in fi

lmdom

As

he c

om

ple

tes

a d

ecade in B

ollyw

ood, acto

r S

hah

id K

apoor t

han

ks

his

fan

s fo

r s

how

erin

g t

heir

love o

n h

im. S

hah

id d

ebute

d in 2

003 w

ith h

it

movie

Ish

q V

ish

k, w

hic

h p

ortr

ayed h

im a

s R

ajiv, a c

ollege b

oy c

on

fuse

d

about

his

feeli

ngs

for b

est

frie

nd P

ayal, p

layed b

y A

mrit

a R

ao.

“10 y

ears.

Th

an

k y

ou a

ll f

or a

ll t

he l

ove,”

Sh

ah

id, w

ho l

ate

r g

ave h

its

like

Viv

ah,

Ka

min

ey

and J

ab

We M

et, p

ost

ed o

n T

wit

ter.

Th

e m

ovie

w

as dir

ecte

d by K

en

G

hosh

an

d it

als

o sta

rred S

hen

az

Treasu

ryw

ala

. A

cto

r V

ish

al

Malh

otr

a,

who a

lso g

ot

his

big

break w

ith t

he

sam

e fi

lm, in

wh

ich h

e p

layed M

am

bo, S

hah

id’s

best

frie

nd, als

o t

ook t

o t

he

socia

l netw

ork

ing s

ite t

o t

han

k h

is f

an

s. S

hah

id a

nd V

ish

al w

ork

ed t

ogeth

er

in 2

008 m

ovie

Kis

ma

t K

on

nect

ion a

s w

ell

.

Bei

ng a

Kap

oor, a

ctin

gis

in g

enes

: K

aree

na

When

Kareen

a K

apoor s

ays

that

acti

ng is

in h

er g

enes,

the a

ctr

ess

, w

ho r

eprese

nts

the f

ourth

gen

-erati

on o

f her f

am

ily,

is

abso

lute

ly r

ight

as

the K

apoor fam

ily e

njo

ys

an a

lmost

85-y

ear-

long a

ssocia

tion w

ith a

rc lig

hts

, grease

pain

t and t

he c

am

era.

It

was

Kareen

a’s

great-

gran

dfa

ther

Prit

hvir

aj K

apoor w

ho laid

dow

n t

he f

oun-

dati

on o

f acti

ng i

n t

he f

am

ily b

y e

nte

rin

g

show

biz

in 1

928, w

hic

h w

as

taken f

orw

ard

by h

is t

hree s

on

s —

Raj

Kapoor,

Sham

mi

Kapoor an

d S

hash

i K

apoor,

w

hose w

ife

Jennif

er w

as

the fi

rst

fem

ale

from

the c

lan

to a

ct

in m

ovie

s. L

ate

r, a

ll t

hree s

ons

of

Raj K

apoor —

Randhir

, R

ishi and

Raje

ev,

faced t

he c

am

era.

In t

he f

ourth

gen

erati

on

, it

was

Ran

dhir

an

d

actr

ess

Babit

a’s

daughte

r K

aris

ma w

ho c

arrie

d f

orw

ard t

he l

egacy o

f her

fam

ily. L

ate

r, K

areena f

ollow

ed in h

er s

iste

r’s

foots

teps.

As

India

n c

inem

a c

ele

brate

s it

s 10

0 y

ears,

talk

ing a

bout

her a

ssocia

tion

wit

h fi

lmdom

, K

areena s

aid

: “B

ein

g a

Kapoor,

acti

ng i

s geneti

c. M

y s

iste

r

paved t

he w

ay f

or m

e i

n t

he i

ndust

ry w

hen s

he b

ecam

e t

he fi

rst

Kapoor

gir

l to

take u

p a

cti

ng.”

Rem

inis

cin

g o

f film

dom

as

a c

hild, K

areena s

aid

she w

ould

accom

pany

Karis

ma, w

ho e

nte

red fi

lmdom

in 1

991

wit

h P

rem

Qa

idi, t

o t

he s

ets

and h

as

grow

n u

p w

ith t

he indust

ry.

PLU

S |

SU

ND

AY

12

MA

Y 2

013

By

An

n H

orn

aday

“It’s

like a

n a

muse

ment

park

.”T

hat’

s

Nic

k

Carraw

ay,

the w

ide-e

yed, ever-p

rese

nt

narrato

r

of

Th

e

Gre

at

Ga

tsb

y, d

escrib

ing o

ne o

f th

e l

egen

-dary parti

es th

row

n by th

e m

ovie

’s

fabulo

usly

w

ealt

hy an

d elu

siv

e ti

tle

characte

r.B

ut

Carraw

ay could

ju

st

as eas-

ily b

e r

efe

rrin

g t

o t

he v

ery m

ovie

he

finds

him

self

in,

a h

yper-r

eal, h

yper-

acti

ve, hyperbolic a

dapta

tion o

f F

Scott

F

itzg

erald

’s n

ovel th

at

spares

no fl

ow

er,

flapper o

r f

rin

ge i

n b

rin

gin

g J

azz

Age

decadence t

o t

hrobbin

g lif

e. It

takes

a

singula

r b

rand o

f chutz

pah t

o c

onsi

der

perhaps

the g

reate

st p

iece o

f A

meric

an

lite

ratu

re of

the 20th

cen

tury an

d

say,

“W

hat

this

sto

ry n

eeds

is 3

-D.”

A

ust

ralian d

irecto

r B

az

Luhrm

ann i

s ju

st t

hat

audacio

us,

sta

gin

g F

itzg

erald

’s

tale

of

rein

venti

on a

nd s

elf

-decepti

on

as

a 2

1st

centu

ry v

isual

specta

cle

and

mult

icult

i m

usi

cal

mash

-up o

f Ja

y-Z

, G

eorge G

ersh

win

and j

ust

about

eve-

ryth

ing in b

etw

een.

For

all

of

Luh

rm

an

n’s

sw

agger,

th

ough,

the n

et

eff

ect

is a

kin

to s

ee-

ing T

he G

rea

t G

ats

by

min

iatu

ris

ed, it

s ch

aracte

rs carefu

lly ch

oreograph

ed

again

st s

torybook illust

rati

ons

of over-

work

ed p

erfe

cti

on. It

’s g

lib t

o s

uggest

th

at

Luh

rm

an

n h

as m

ade a

Gre

at

Ga

tsb

y fo

r i

dio

ts;

it’s

more l

ike h

e’s

m

ade i

t fo

r i

nfa

nts

, w

ho p

refe

r t

heir

nouris

hm

ent

pre-m

ast

icate

d a

nd t

heir

st

orie

s pic

toria

lise

d b

y w

ay o

f brig

ht,

arresti

ng im

ages (b

auble

s you can

try t

o g

rab a

re a

lways

nic

e,

and h

elp

develo

p fi

ne m

oto

r s

kills

).

By n

o m

eans

is T

he G

rea

t G

ats

by

a

dis

ast

er: E

ven a

t it

s m

ost

shallow

, th

e

film

resc

ues

Jay G

ats

by a

s a l

argely

sy

mpath

eti

c,

rom

an

tic fi

gure r

ath

er

than

a c

yn

ically i

ron

ic o

ne.

But

nei-

ther i

s it

necess

ary.

Childlike,

feti

sh-

isti

c a

nd p

ain

fully lit

eral, L

uhrm

ann’s

experim

ent

proves

once a

gain

that

it’s

F

itzg

erald

’s w

rit

ing —

not

his

plo

t, h

is

ch

aracte

rs or h

is grasp of

mate

ria

l deta

il —

that

has

alw

ays

made G

ats

by

great.

Luhrm

an

n a

ckn

ow

ledges

this

fact

wit

h h

is u

se o

f fa

milia

r w

ords

from

F

itzg

erald

’s t

ext,

whic

h fl

it, sw

im a

nd

scatt

er a

cross t

he s

creen

at

piv

ota

l m

om

ents

. B

ut,

lik

e m

ost

of his

sty

list

ic

flouris

hes,

they’r

e d

eplo

yed m

ore a

s an

eff

ect

than a

hom

age.

As

for t

he c

haracte

rs

who p

opula

te

Th

e G

rea

t G

ats

by

— t

he e

nig

mati

c t

itle

characte

r, h

is n

ouveau r

iche f

rie

nds,

th

e o

ld-m

oney e

ncla

ve h

e s

eeks

to c

on-

quer a

nd t

he w

om

an w

ho e

mbodie

s his

m

ost

cheris

hed a

spir

ati

ons

— t

hey’r

e

litt

le m

ore t

han

liv

e-a

cti

on

props

in

Luhrm

ann’s

curio

usl

y lavis

h d

epic

tion

of

the w

ages

of

lavis

h liv

ing.

Carey M

ullig

an

brin

gs

less

com

e-

hit

her e

ffervesc

en

ce t

han

glu

m s

elf

-refl

ecti

on

to

th

e h

eedle

ss S

outh

ern

debuta

nte

D

ais

y B

uch

an

an

; if

Joel

Edgerto

n p

lays

Dais

y’s

husb

and, T

om

, w

ith t

oo-r

ough e

dges

(he’s

a b

rute

but

still nom

inally w

ell b

red),

he e

mbodie

s th

e r

ole

wit

h m

usc

le-b

ound,

narrow

-eyed m

en

ace.

As

Carraw

ay —

whose

rem

inis

cen

ces

Luhrm

an

n p

uts

in

an

utt

erly

gratu

itous

fram

ing d

evic

e o

f a

san

itoriu

m t

herapy s

ess

ion

— T

obey

Maguir

e is

his

usu

al recess

ive p

rese

nce,

barely

regis

terin

g a

s eit

her a

dynam

ic

part

of th

e e

vents

he d

esc

rib

es

or t

heir

w

atc

hfu

l w

itness

.A

ppropria

tely

enough, G

ats

by h

im-

self

rem

ain

s off

sta

ge as

Th

e G

rea

t G

ats

by

gets

un

der w

ay,

fin

ally m

ak-

ing h

is d

ram

ati

c e

ntr

an

ce a

gain

st a

backdrop o

f firew

orks

to t

he s

train

s of

Rh

ap

sod

y in

Blu

e. T

here a

re h

ints

of

Orso

n W

elles’

Charle

s F

ost

er K

ane in

Leonardo D

iCaprio

’s inte

rpreta

tion o

f Ja

y G

ats

by (

born J

am

es

Gatz

), w

hom

he p

lays

wit

h a

pla

yfu

l glint,

a b

oyis

h,

ath

leti

c b

oun

ce a

nd l

aboured d

icti

on

th

at,

while a

ppropria

te t

o t

he s

haky

provenance o

f a p

arvenu, so

unds

less

a

cle

ver c

haracte

riz

ati

on t

han D

iCaprio

’s

ow

n o

ngoin

g s

truggle

to c

onvin

cin

gly

pla

y a

grow

n-u

p o

n s

creen.

Sti

ll,

DiC

aprio

man

ages

to p

oss

ess

and c

onvey a

hum

an h

eartb

eat

wit

hin

an o

therw

ise u

nm

em

orable

ense

mble

of

pla

yers

who,

as

arrayed t

hrough-

out

Luhrm

an

n’s

fuss

ed-o

ver p

roduc-

tion, never c

om

e t

o fully inhabit

ed lif

e.

Luhrm

an

n u

ses 3

-D l

ess a

s a

stu

nt

than

as

a w

ay t

o g

ain

depth

of

field

(a

ttain

ed in C

itiz

en

Ka

ne —

that

most

G

ats

by-e

sque of

sto

rie

s —

th

rough

cam

era an

d li

gh

tin

g),

as w

ell

as a

com

men

t on

novelt

y, t

echn

olo

gy a

nd

shif

ting a

est

heti

c e

xpecta

tions.

All o

f th

at

makes

perfe

ct

theoreti

cal

sense

, but

resu

lts

in a

film

that

is m

ore p

er-

form

ati

ve t

han im

mersi

ve, keepin

g t

he

audie

nce a

t a d

ream

like,

em

oti

on

ally

dis

tant

rem

ove. L

ike N

ick, w

e’r

e n

ever

quit

e “

wit

hin

or w

ithout”

the o

pule

nt,

eth

ically c

om

prom

ised w

orl

d h

e w

rit

es

about.

There a

re s

en

sual

ple

asu

res

to b

e

foun

d i

n T

he G

rea

t G

ats

by

— N

ick’s

vin

e-c

overed c

ott

age n

ext

to G

ats

by’s

G

oth

ic m

ansi

on, a c

onfe

cti

on-fi

lled t

ea

party

where J

ay a

nd D

ais

y a

wkw

ardly

reconnect,

the s

pangly

, nois

y f

ree-f

or-

alls

on G

ats

by’s

fam

ous

blu

e law

n. B

ut

for a

ll i

ts d

evoti

on

to s

urfa

ce s

heen

, L

uhrm

an

n’s

Ga

tsb

y is

str

an

gely

un

-beauti

ful, n

ever b

ecom

ing s

om

eth

ing

genuin

ely

new

rath

er t

han

an

ela

bo-

rate

ly illust

rate

d r

ete

llin

g.

When h

yst

eria

finally g

ives

way t

o

fata

lism

, th

e fi

lm its

elf

seem

s to

deflate

, ta

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11BOOKS PLUS | SUNDAY 12 MAY 2013

By Randall Mikkelsen

Paul Theroux said his literary goodbye to Africa at a train station in Luanda, Angola, five decades after he first visited the conti-nent as a Peace Corps volunteer.

In his new book, The Last Train to Zona Verde: My Ultimate African Safari, Theroux describes a jour-ney through South Africa, Botswana, Namibia and Angola that dead-ended at the depot when he felt no need to go further. The book, he says, represents a final chapter on his travels in Africa.

Theroux’s first book on Africa was a novel. He became one of his era’s most influential travel writers and chronicled his global journeys in books includ-ing The Great Railway Bazaar, The Old Patagonian Express, and Dark Star Safari. His novels include Saint Jack and Mosquito Coast.

Theroux, who lives in Hawaii and Cape Cod, Massachusetts, spoke about the role of the travel writer, Africa’s uncertain prospects, and how it would be to die doing what he loved.

I wondered as I read your book whether you were done travelling.

It’s quite a lot of trouble to take buses and trains and trucks and taxis and so forth overland in Africa. When I got to the point in Angola where I thought there really isn’t a lot of value in suffering if you’re not learning something, I thought well, this is the end of the line.

I’ll always be travelling in Africa, but I think I’ve written all that I can possibly write of a useful kind.

What is it about rail travel that makes you say you’ve seldom heard a train go by and not wished to be on it?

The pleasure of it is indescribable. You can sleep, you can write, you can walk around. It’s very com-forting, very reassuring, and for a writer, really wonderful.

You wrote about squalid cities, but you also said you are not a pessimist about Africa.

I don’t know what’s going to happen to Africa. The infrastructure is very poor. It’s a house of cards. The governments are fragile. In general, they’re corrupt.

The cities are big and horrible, but the hinterland, the bush, is emptier than it’s ever been. It’s still full of possibility.

How has travel evolved over your career?When I first started travelling it was full of

problems to solve. (Now) it’s really not a lot of trou-ble to get on a plane.

The other is the Americanisation of the world. Everyone dresses the same. People wear a T-shirt and shorts. The whole world wears baseball hats. Fifty years ago when I was travelling you didn’t see baseball hats in India. You didn’t see them in Africa.

Are travel writers still relevant?The role of a travel writer is to discover the world,

to verify what’s out there. It’s more necessary than ever, because the Internet makes people think they can just sit at home and know everything. But they don’t realise what the world is really like: how poor it is, how wonderful it is in other places, and how much there is to discover.

Do you have a preparation routine?You need to be strong, optimistic and able to meet

the demands of being alone.I read practical things. I buy a lot of detailed maps.

I talk to people. I try to be as widely read as possible on the place, not necessarily before I go, but after-wards. I want to make discoveries by myself.

I don’t make lists of people to look up. I would rather stay in the simplest hotel. I don’t like the social obligation that staying with people imposes on me.

What do you read on the road?Books completely unrelated to the place that I’m

in. Lately, I’ve been reading a lot of D H Lawrence. I make a little study of a writer — reading the books, stories, and then reading a biography, so that I know the author.

Travel can seem courageous, but it’s also an everyday occurrence for locals on the same roads.

They know where they are going. I’m going to a place that I’ll have to figure out.

At my age, I take fewer and fewer risks. But it takes a certain confidence. The buses are old, the food is bad, the weather is horrible. Maybe you’ll get to the other end and not find anything new.

Three people you profiled in the book died soon after. What impact did that have?

(It was) a great shock. It made me examine my motives and think “Well, what if I died, am I doing what I love? Is what I am doing worth risking my life?” Died doing what I loved would be having a Mai Tai on the beach in Hawaii and being overwhelmed by a wave. I’d be doing what I love then, with my wife just having a drink. It wouldn’t be on a bus in Angola.

Reuters

Paul Theroux’s African sign-off

The role of a travel writer is to discover the world, to verify what’s out there. It’s more necessary than ever, because the Internet makes people think they can just sit at home and know everything. But they don’t realise what the world is really like: how poor it is, how wonderful it is in other places, and how much there is to discover.

By Devidutta Tripathy

Nokia is betting low-priced phones with Internet capa-bility will help it regain lost ground in crucial emerging

markets after falling behind in the glo-bal smartphone race.

Nokia CEO Stephen Elop unveiled a new $99 phone in its mid-range Asha line at a launch in India, one of the most important markets in his bid to revive the struggling Finnish firm.

The new phone offers Internet access on a touch screen with built in applications for popular social media sites and more features than earlier models, which fell short of a full-fledged smartphone.

He also announced a revamp of the Asha software platform in the hope of persuading more developers to write applications for Asha phones.

Elop, hired in 2010 to turn around the once-dominant handset maker, is under pressure as a controversial decision to switch to Microsoft Corp’s Windows software is yet to bear sig-nificant results after two years, with shareholders this week saying he should reconsider the move.

Although more people are buying phones with computer-like features, most of the handsets Nokia sells are regular phones. Its failure to cash in on the smartphone boom saw it last year cede its 14-year reign as the world’s top phone maker to South Korea’s Samsung Electronics.

“The market is undeniably moving towards smartphones — although India may be moving at a slower pace than the likes of China, but it is still the case,” said Jessica Kwee, a Singapore-based analyst at research firm Canalys.

While Nokia has seen brisk sales

of its Windows-based Lumia smart-phones, it still has just a five percent share of a global smartphone market dominated by Samsung and Apple Inc.

So-called “smart feature phones” like those in the Asha range, which have limited smartphone capabilities such as Internet and email access and touch screens but are cheaper than the likes of Samsung’s high-end Galaxy models or Apple’s iPhone, are crucial to Nokia’s future as it defends its leading market share in emerging economies such as India and Africa.

The launch of Asha, which means

“hope” in Hindi, last year helped Nokia recapture some of its lost share in India and retain its leadership at about 26 percent of a market where it faces growing competition from Samsung and local rivals such as Micormax, Karbonn and Lava.

The new Asha 501 has design ele-ments similar to the higher spec Lumia line, features applications for social media sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter, and supports Indian languages.

Nokia said the Asha software devel-opment kit would make it easier for

developers to come up with smart-phone-like apps and to sell content from within them. The in-application payment system would be launched in a few weeks, Nokia said in a statement.

BRIGHT SPOTIndia has been a rare bright spot

for struggling Nokia, which has seen its sales fall year-on-year for eight straight quarters. It was Nokia’s No.2 market in 2012 after China in net sales and has been relatively steady com-pared with China, where net sales fell nearly 60 percent last year.

“India is very important,” said Elop. “India is a bellwether market, it’s a very leading indicator of some of the trends, some of the new technologies, some of the new consumer require-ments that people are asking for.”

For the three months to March, Nokia had a 23 percent share of mobile phone sales in India, the world’s sec-ond-biggest cellular market by cus-tomers, Strategy Analytics estimates. Three years ago it controlled more than half the Indian market.

Nokia’s “production, pricing and mindset have been long established to churn out millions of standard-ised models at low prices,” said Neil Mawston, British-based executive director at Strategy Analytics, but added the company faces “strong head-winds” from local competition.

ANDROID COMPETITIONThe biggest threat for Nokia in the

low-end segment of Internet-enabled phones is cheaper devices running on Google Inc’s Android software, typi-cally made in China and Taiwan and shipped worldwide to be sold by local companies.

In India, the cheapest Android phone available from online retailer Flipkart.com is priced at about $61, whereas a touch-screen Asha phone starts at $72.

For the first time, global smartphone shipments overtook that of smart fea-ture phones in the three months to March.

The challenge for Nokia is to con-vince entry-level smartphone buyers that the Asha can fulfil their needs and give a smartphone-like experience, said Rajat Agrawal, executive editor at gadget reviewer BGR India.

“These are the devices they think will compete with the $100-$150 Android smartphones. The biggest challenge over there is the whitebox manufacturers,” he said, referring to low-cost Android phones.

The new Nokia phone has a lengthy 17 hours of talk time and 48 days of standby time, an attractive feature in a country like India where many people don’t have regular access to electricity and power cuts are frequent.

“Nokia needs a killer model for the high-growth smartphone market ... an iPhone 3G or Galaxy S1, a revolution-ary model that stands apart from the rest on usability or design and one that will ship tens of millions of units world-wide,” said Mawston.

“Nokia’s task for recovery is easy to say, hard to do.”

Reuters

TECHNOLOGYPLUS | SUNDAY 12 MAY 201312

Nokia pushes $99 Internet Nokia pushes $99 Internet phone in market share battlephone in market share battle

Viber to take on Skype with desktop service

The free calls app Viber is to challenge Skype’s domination of the free Internet phone services market by extending its service to desk-top computers for the first time. The move comes as the company

announced it now has 200 million regular users, up from 140 million at the end of 2012. The figure is a major milestone for the Cyprus-based firm — but it is still dwarfed by Skype, which has more than 600 million users, and the heft of its owner, Microsoft, behind it.

Like Skype and free texting phone app Whatsapp, the Viber mobile client offers free messaging and calls. The desktop version is the first in its suite to offer video calls. “People spend a substantial amount of time on their smartphones.

However, a lot of that usage takes place at home or in the office, where they have laptops or desktops close by,” said the Viber chief executive, Talmon Marco. The release of Viber Desktop is part of the rollout of Viber 3.0, a release which will include major updates to both the Android and iOS ver-sions, as well as a new version for BlackBerry.

The company has also added eight new languages as part of its bid to take on Skype, which transformed international communication when it launched its free phone service 10 years ago. Though not compatible with existing voice-over-Internet-protocol (VoIP) systems using the SIP protocol, Skype grew more rapidly because its peer-to-peer system ensured better call quality and lower latency than other VoIP setups.

Since then, Skype has launched video calls, recently adding HD-quality video, and last week its owner Microsoft — which paid $8.5bn for the com-pany in 2011 — announced it was integrating the Skype service with Outlook webmail services. The Guardian

COMICS & MORE 13

Hoy en la HistoriaMay 12, 1820

1971: Rolling Stone Mick Jagger married Nicaraguan Bianca Perez Morena de Macias in St Tropez, France1998: Spanish bullfighter Cristina Sanchez became the first woman to enter the highest rank of matadors1999: Russian president Boris Yeltsin sacked Yevgeny Primakov, his third prime minister in 14 months2003: In the Chechen uprising against Russia, 59 people died when a truck laden with bombs blew up

Florence Nightingale, founder of modern nursing, was born. She was dubbed “The Lady with the Lamp” because she made rounds at night during the Crimean War

Picture: Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS

ALL IN THE MIND Can you find the hidden words? They may be horizontal,vertical, diagonal, forwards or backwards.

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

Baby Blues by Jerry Scott and Rick Kirkman

Zits by Dennis Young and Denis Lebrun

Hagar The Horrible by Chris Browne

LEARNARABIC

Personal pronouns

Masculine Feminine Meaning

Ana Ana I, I am

Anta Anti You , you are

Howa Hiyya He, she, is

PLUS | SUNDAY 12 MAY 2013

PLUS | SUNDAY 12 MAY 2013

HYPER SUDOKU

CROSSWORD

CROSSWORDS

YESTERDAY’S ANSWER

How to play Hyper Sudoku:A Hyper Sudoku

Puzzle is solved

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ACROSS 1 California valley 5 It may be cut by an

uppercut 8 Off-mike remarks14 Counting of the ___

(observance after Passover)

15 Prefix with skeleton16 Totally confused17 *Staffing level19 Flu sufferer’s quaff20 Montezuma’s people21 Spout forth, as venom23 Mid 11th-century year24 Handed out25 *Refuse to cooperate27 Protein-rich bean29 Revolutionary killed in

his bathtub30 It’s taken before a shot33 Takeout container size35 “Axis of evil” member38 Inviting danger … the

end of which combines with each half of the answer to each asterisked clue

43 Tijuana’s peninsula44 Peak in “The Odyssey”45 Marked, in a way46 Name in garden

products50 Singer with lowercase

initials52 *Woodcraft hobbyist’s

creation55 Horse of the Year,

1960-6459 A, in Arles60 Muddy up61 Like the Best Picture of

201162 Mucho 64 *Toothless mammal66 Zippo filler67 Word on Italian street

signs68 “Comin’ ___ the Rye”69 Likkered up70 Flow back71 Ref. works sometimes

sold with magnifying glasses

DOWN 1 One without roots 2 Blow away 3 Numerical prefix 4 Van Cleef & ___

(French jeweler) 5 Moe, Larry and Curly,

ethnically 6 Wood splitter 7 Least skillful 8 Parthenon goddess 9 Prebirth event10 N.Y.C.’s first subway11 Obsolescent printer

type12 Tom of “The Seven

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silence”26 Street urchin28 Yang’s opposite30 Alert for the squad, for

short31 Dockworkers’ org.32 Baton wielder

34 1955 Thunderbird seating capacity

36 Lionel Richie’s “You ___”

37 Proof letters39 Sale locale40 Part of a chain41 J.F.K. inits.42 Tearjerker watcher’s

item47 Homophone of

16-Across48 Walked, with “it”49 Vote in Parlement

51 Cold dessert52 Nursery purchases53 Bidirectional, like a

door54 Work like a dog56 River of Hades57 Dummy Mortimer58 Others, in Oaxaca61 Wild guess63 It has teeth but no

mouth65 Penpoint

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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

14

EASY SUDOKUEasy Sudoku PuzzlesPlace a digit from 1 to 9 in each empty cell so everyrow, every column and every 3x3 box contains allthe digits 1 to 9.

Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate

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Saracens V

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18:30 Boxing Burns V

Gonzalez

19:30 Spanish League

Atletico Madrid

V Barcelona

Lyon V Psg

00:30 Npower Champ-

ionship Semi-

Final Watford V

Leicester

02:15 Rugby Aviva

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Semi-Final

Saracens V

Northampton

08:00 News

09:00 China Rising

10:30 Inside Syria

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11:30 Talk To Al

Jazeera

12:00 News

12:30 Letter From My

Child

13:00 NEWSHOUR

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15:00 Al-Nakba

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23:00 Witness

12:45 How It’s Made

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Family

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Science

21:00 You Have Been

Warned

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22:50 Countdown To

Collision

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13:00 Expedition

Grizzly

17:00 Ultimate

Animal

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21:00 Crocs Of

Katuma

22:00 Secret Shark

Pits

16:35 Good Luck

Charlie

17:00 Toy Story 2

19:40 Shake It Up

20:05 Austin And Ally

20:25 Wizards Of

Waverly Place

21:15 Jessie

21:40 Hannah

Montana

22:25 Sonny With A

Chance

12:00 The Year Dolly

Parton Was My

Mom

16:00 Turner & Hooch

18:00 Beware The

Gonzo

20:00 Caddyshack

22:00 Take Me Home

Tonight

13:45 Speed Of Life

15:05 Shamwari: A

Wild Life

15:30 Bondi Vet

16:30 Bad Dog

19:15 Wild Things

With Dominic

Monaghan

20:10 Lions And

Giants

22:00 Wildest Africa

22:55 Biggest And

Baddest

23:50 Untamed &

Uncut

12:25 Return Of The

Seven

14:00 The Unforgiven

16:04 Mgm’s Big

Screen

16:19 Sleeper

17:45 Fiddler On The

Roof

20:36 The Visitors

22:00 Love Streams

00:20 Peter’s Friends

02:00 Love And

Death

13:35 Ice Station

Zebra

16:00 Gun Glory

17:30 Some Came

Running

19:45 It Happened

At The World’s

Fair

22:00 Cat On A Hot

Tin Roof

23:50 The Hanging

Tree

13:15 Happy Cricket

14:45 Brave

18:00 Alvin And The

Chipmunks:

Chipwrecked

20:00 Spy Kids: All

The Time In The

World

23:30 Ploddy Police Car

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The Big Wedding (2D/Comedy) – 4.30pm

Ethir Neechal (2D/Tamil) – 6.30pm

Welcome To The Punch (2D/Action) – 9.15 & 11.15pm

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Rise Of The Zombies (2D/Horror) – 9.30 & 11.30pm

LANDMARK

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2

Welcome To The Punch (2D/Action) – 3.00pm

The Big Wedding (2D/Comedy) – 5.00pm

Iron Man (3D/Action) – 7.00 & 9.15pm

Rise Of The Zombies (2D/Horror) – 11.30pm

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(2D/Arabic) – 3.00, 5.00, 8.00 & 10.30pm

3

Paranorman (Animation) – 2.30pm

Rise Of The Guardians (Animation) – 4.30pm

Love Wedding Marriage (2D/Comedy) – 6.30pm

The Awakening (Horror) – 8.30pmSnow White & The Huntsman

(Drama) – 10.30pm

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Hey’Ya: Arab Women in Sport When: March 7-Jun 16 Monday–Thursday, Saturday: 9am-8pmFriday; 3pm-9pm (Sunday closed)Where: QMA Gallery, Bldg 10 What: The Qatar Museums Authority will exhibit ‘Hey’Ya: Arab Women in Sport’ at QMA Gallery in Katara Cultural Village. The exhibition was first held in London during the 2012 Olympic Games. The exhibit originated in Qatar, beginning at the Arab Games’ Athletes Village in December 2011, where photographer Brigitte and documentary maker Marian Lacombe set up an outdoor studio, working with female athletes. They then travelled to 20 Arab countries from the Gulf to North Africa, documenting images and videos of 70 Arab sportswomen. Free entry

My Journeys Through Yemen — Moudhi Al HajriWhen: Until May 25; 10am-10pm Where: Katara Gallery - Bldg 22

What: Moudhi Al Hajri is one of the most interesting Qatari photographers today, her drive and passion for photography as a form of art, and as a medium that allows her to engage with the world she inhabits, is heartfelt and deep. Her photography is extremely compelling and uses her camera to engage with the world at large and its peoples, in many cases even to give them a voice. The exhibition is an attempt to share her involvement with Yemen. Tickets: Free

Designed To WinWhen: Until June 23; 10am-10pm Where: Katara - Bldg 3 What: Katara Exhibition in Collaboration with the Design Museum in London.Designed to Win celebrates ways in which design and sport are combined, pushing the limits of human endeavour to achieve records and victories of increasing significance and wonder. There will be an extensive educational programme and visiting artists’ talks complementing the expo.Free entry

DisconnectWhen: May 12-15, 6pm-9pm (Check timings on website)Where: Drama Theater, Building 16 What: A teenage loner and talented musician is bullied by his peers. A man loses his savings; his wife is a victim of identity theft. A journalist puts her interview subject in danger. And all of this happens online. ‘Disconnect’ takes a look at the underside of the Internet.Tickets: Tickets on sale now at dohafilminstitute.com or in person at the DFI Ticket Outlets. (Select hours only). See dohafilminsititue.com for more information.

Events in Qatar MEDIA SCAN

• There is talk about the State Cabinet approving a proposal by the Ministry of Business and Trade to extend, for one year, the licences of commercial outlets operating in residential areas.

• There are demands that the authorities concerned instruct students not to write on the walls of houses and neighbouring schools.

• There is talk about the announcement that Al Meera will sell 650 commodities at cost during the month of Ramadan.

• There are demands that the government fix prices of fish to put an end to exploitation of consumers by traders.

• There are complaints about houses being turned into stores for foodstuff and inflammable materials, and the authorities concerned have been urged to intensify monitoring to catch those responsible and close such stores.

• Citizens have urged the authorities concerned to monitor the summer promotions being announced by shops, since several promotions are deceitful

and substandard products are being offered under the promotions to cheat consumers.

• Some private schools and kindergarten operators have complained against the decision of Supreme Education Council fixing age limits for enrolment of students in different grades in the schools, as they say the decision will cause them heavy losses.

• There is talk about the move by several embassies, including those of Britain, United States and Germany, to ease visa procedures for Qatari citizens and issue visas as soon as possible.

• Several residents of New Al Wakra, located on the right side of the Al Wakra-Umm Saeed Road, have demanded that the authorities concerned provide basic services to this area before citizens complete construction of their houses.

• There are demands that Qatar Radio upgrade its website and post information on all its programmes on the site, which lists only a few programmes at present.

A summary ofissues of the daydiscussed by the Qatari communityin the media.

IN FOCUS

A bird perched on a tree inside Al Khor community.

by Meena Gemini

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Woman survives harpoon shooting

A 28-year-old woman miraculously survived after her husband acci-

dentally shot her in the mouth with a harpoon, Brazilian officials said Wednesday.

The Rio de Janeiro State Health Department said in a statement that the woman’s hus-band was cleaning his spear gun when it went off, firing a harpoon that hit her cervical spine.

Elisangela Borborema Rosa was rushed to the hospital and under-went emergency surgery after Monday’s incident in the coastal city of Arraial do Cabo.

The statement quotes neuro-surgeon Allan da Costa as saying that the harpoon came within 1 centimeter (less than half an inch) of killing the woman. He said he expects a full recovery.

A police officer in Arrial do Cabo said by telephone that offi-cials are looking into the case.

“Everything indicates it was an accident, but we are investigating. We don’t think the husband tried to kill her,” said the officer, who cited department policy in declin-ing to let her name be used.

AP