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• Noble InternationalSchool celebratesKG Graduation Day
• RasGas Shorebase team celebrates 16 years without Lost Time Incident
• Robotic surgerytied to temporarynerve injuries
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Topandira is a trio of young musicians originally from
the same city in North East Brazil and decided to take up the chance offered by a Doha hotel to export their talent to the Middle East.
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By Isabel Ovalle
Samba, bossa nova, forró and lambada are only a few genres of Brazilian music which the only genuine Brazilian band in Doha has brought to Qatar.
Topandira is a trio of young musicians with loads of experience on stage. All members are originally from the same city in North East Brazil and decided to take up the chance offe-red by Renaissance Doha City Center Hotel to export their talent to the Middle East.
The musicians were hired separately by the hotel and started playing together in Qatar, even though they come from the same city in Brazil, namely Natal. From the dunes of the safest city in their country, also located next to the sea, they moved here, a safe country of dunes as well.
Both cities have things in common and also many differences, but ultimately music is music, and especially Brazilian rhythms like Samba or Bossa Nova, are hugely popular here as well. The musicians met about seven years ago in Brazil where they worked as freelancers.
Sami Tarik, who plays the tambourine and other instruments, in addition to collaborating in the vocals, moved to Doha approximately seven months ago. “The power of Brazilian music is high in Arabic countries, Bossa Nova and Samba have a great influence,” he stated.
However, the sometimes carefree tunes that encourage people to get on their feet and dance, to some extent contrast with the local culture. “At first I was concerned about the repercus-sion of our music in Arab countries, but now
I’m more confident there will be no trouble,” he added.
He has approximately fifteen years of expe-rience on stage, but this is his first time in a Gulf country. Nevertheless, this country pre-sents a mix of cultures and influences similar to that of Brazilian music.
“Brazilian music is a mix of many things, like the culture of Africa, Europe, the Arab world and America,” said the musician, while adding that subsequent to this mix, the result is very different from the original ingredients. “Our music is very creative and open. Our country is so big, practically a continent, which houses many cultures,” he added.
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Tarik plays an instrument called the tambourine that came to Brazil from the Arab world. At first it was played by poor people, now it’s widely known and it has made its way back to the region to be played in Qatar.
The other male component of the group is Caio Padilha, who already knew the other members and also traveled to Doha with his traditional instruments. In his case, he brought along 11 rabecas, a type of folk violin played in Brazil. During the six week summer break the band will take from Qatar, the guitarist will teach a wor-kshop about this instrument in Paris.
In addition, Padilha plays acoustic guitar. “I started when I was four years old, first the violin and later acous-tic guitar. Here I play everything in Brazilian music and also compose my own songs,” he stated.
The guitar player explained the big influence the Arab culture has had in Brazil, for instance there is a big influence from Lebanon. “There are more people of Lebanon in Brazil then in Lebanon. That has a strong cultural power, which also brings instruments of Arabic origin. It’s very difficult to know what Brazilian music is like because it has so many influences,” he clarified.
With regard to the audience in Qatar, Caio admits that Brazilians are always very excited to listen to their music and, luckily, there’s always some new Brazilian watching the show. On her part, Silvia Sol, the main vocalist, considered that the local audience can sometimes be a bit cold. However, there’s always a surprise. “Some days I’m very tired and I think I haven’t done an excellent job, but at the end someone is applauding profusely,” said Caio.
Silvia Sol started singing when she was a child and has done it professio-nally for around 11 years. She’s also a painter and is learning to play different instruments and compose. “Brazilian music is very happy and broad. We sometimes play jazz and even blues with a Brazilian accent,” said the singer.
To keep her voice in an excellent condition to take on three hours of singing, she doesn’t drink cold water or alcohol and doesn’t smoke.
*Tocandira plays every evening -except Sundays- from 7 pm and during brunch hours at Ipanema res-taurant, at Renaissance Doha City Center Hotel.
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Tarik plays an instrument called the tambourine that came to Brazil from the Arab world. At first it was played by poor people, now it’s widely known and it has made its way back to the region to be played in Qatar.
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Winners of Qatar University College of Engineering’s Computing Contest
2013 were announced at the closing ceremony, attended by CENG mem-bers, participating students, teachers and parents.
The contest, organised annually by the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) and spon-sored by ConocoPhillips Qatar, saw winning team Mustafa Alsumadi and Muan Alshaar from Nasser Al Attiya Secondary Independent School for Boys take the first prize. The students, men-tored by teacher Muatasim Alkhateib, received QR10,000, and a scholarship each at the CSE Department.
The second-place team of Bedour Fakher and Sarah Al Jarrah from Al Ieman Secondary Independent School for Girls, mentored by Nahed Abdel Azim, won QR6,000.
Third-place winner was the team of Malkan Khatib and Abdullah Doleh from Tariq Ibn Zeyad Secondary Independent School for Boys, mentored by Ali Hamad, who won QR4,000.
As in previous years, this year’s con-test was based on the time it takes for a LEGO NXT 2.0 robot to complete certain tasks.
This included an added engineering component in which the robot selects a ball of specific colour and drops it off at a certain location.
Contest organisers were impressed by the quality of the excellent submis-sions they received, saying: “We were surprised to see the talent and abili-ties shown by everyone who partici-pated in the contest. The department is encouraging as many high school students as possible to participate next year.”
Department head Prof Sebti Foufou said: “This contest is designed to offer students across Qatar the opportu-nity to interact with each other and
demonstrate their creativity and teamwork skills.
“The contest also provides a plat-form for the department and schools to address the growing market demand for computing professionals such as software engineers, system administrators, system developers, network designers, security consult-ants, and teachers.”
ConocoPhillips Qatar Government Affairs Director Salem Al Halbadi said: “For the second year, ConocoPhillips is
the main sponsor of QU’s computing contest. We are delighted and proud to support this initiative because we believe education and innovation go hand in hand to develop a bright future generation. Teamwork is possibly the most important value that participants have learned from this experience and it is one of our company’s spirit values since it is the key to any professional success. I congratulate all of you on a successful competition”.
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Winners with officials at the prize distribution.
Students of KG Section of Noble International School, managed by Noble Indian Educational Society (NIES), celebrated their Graduation Day with a colourful function. Tarun Basu,
President, Indian Cultural Centre, and Ali Jassim Khalifa Al Malki, patron of the school, attended the function.
Graduating students gave brief speeches, sharing their experiences. Children of other classes presented cultural programmes and dances.
Basu and Al Malki presented convocation certificates to graduates.
They also distributed special complimentary gifts from the management to winners of different programmes
during the academic year. Basu said: “Certainly you will find in every child some
talent or the other. Encourage them to celebrate success. Once they succeed, they will be motivated to create more success, including in studies. Success begets success…’’
K Mohamed Easa, Vice Chairman of Noble Indian Educational Society, presided over the function. K Abdurahim Kunnummal, General Convener, Shoukathali TAJ, Treasurer, R S Moideen, Mustafa V, Shajahan A M, conveners, also spoke.
Shaheen Akhtar, Head Mistress, KG section, wel-comed the guests. Hameed Ali Yahya, Principal, and teachers of the graduating students were present.
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Noble International School celebrates KG Graduation Day
Texas A&M hosts Ethics Week 2013
Texas A&M at Qatar hosts its second annual Ethics Week from today until Thursday, welcoming international
experts to the Texas A&M at Qatar campus and the Hamad bin Khalifa University Student Center. The event is organised by The Initiative in Professional Ethics (TIPE). TIPE serves as an umbrella for all ethics- related activities at Texas A&M at Qatar, highlighting the university’s focus on ethics across all its curricula and academic programmes.
The week features activities, including a guest lecture, ethics open forum café, faculty and student debate and a filming broadcast on the event’s last day.
Ethics Week begins today with a lecture by Dr Charles Choguill, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs at Al Faisal University, Riyadh.
The Ethics Cafe, tomorrow from 4.30pm to 6pm, will be held at Link Atrium at Texas A&M University at Qatar. It will be an open forum for discussion on ‘Ethics in the Professional Workplace’; the intrica-cies of professional ethics over coffee and snacks.
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QU computing contest winners announced
5COMMUNITY PLUS | MONDAY 1 APRIL 2013
After the success of Shreya Ghoshal Live in Concert, Doha Waves, in association with Bluray Advertisements, is organis-ing a musical event ‘Udit Narayan Live in
Concert 2013’ on April 26 at Old Ideal Indian School, Near Midmac Roundabout, Salwa Road, at 7pm.
Udit Narayan, renowned Bollywood singer, will perform along with female playback singers Deepa
Narayan Jha, Prachi Shrivasthava, and Ashish Atul Kumar.
Sunil Pal, winner of the Great Indian Laughter Challenge on Star One will also be part of the team.
Tickets are available for QR500, QR250, QR800 (Family Package), QR125 and QR75.
For details contact 66558248/70032101 oremail: [email protected]. The Peninsula
Doha Waves to bring Udit Narayan to Doha HSBC’s unique offer at Qatar national career fair
HSBC has launched a new programme for aspirant investment and global
banking graduates. As the leading international bank, HSBC offers unique career opportunities for students and graduates to become part of its scholarship and intern-ship programme that will give successful candidates the chance to gain valuable work experience while they are studying.
“We have introduced a pro-gramme for our Global Banking and Markets and Global Private Bank departments to hire local graduates as full-time analysts. Summer Internship opportuni-ties are also available for those in their penultimate year of uni-versity study,” said Maha Jabor AlMohannadi, Senior Human Resources Manager at HSBC in Qatar. “This programme was launched to further support imple-mentation of our Qatarisation strategy,” she added.
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Karnataka Sangha Qatars’ (KSQ) 4th Invitational ‘Karnataka Cup 2013’ cricket tournament came to an end
with a glittering closing ceremony at old Ideal School Grounds recently. Qatari Diar lifted the cup this year.
Ex-Indian all-rounder and Coach of Hyderabad Team Sunil Joshi was Guest of Honour for this year’s event.
V S Mannangi, President of KSQ, thanked all those who supported in
organising the event, in his welcome address.
KSQ honoured Joshi for his contri-bution to the game of cricket.
Joshi congratulated KSQ on its effort to keep the game alive among expats in Qatar.
K M Varghese, Chairman Advisory Panel ICC, lauded efforts of KSQ to bring the people of subcontinent together by organising such tourna-ments. The Peninsula
Qatari Diar lifts ‘Karnataka Cup 2013’
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Veolia Water organises customer seminar
Veolia Water, through its team of experts in the oil and gas market, VWS Oil & Gas, organised a customer seminar in Doha recently. Speakers addressed issues on
water management and zero liquid discharge (ZLD) at Qatar’s industrial facilities.
A new legislation was presented by Prof Mohamed Shamrukh Mahmoud, expert in water resources at the Ministry of Environment.
Veolia designed and built one of the largest indus-trial water treatment plants in the world, the Shell Pearl GTL plant.
It employs several treatment systems to recover and reuse water from effluent generated by the facility.
Dr Mohammad Albeldawi, Head of Environment, Ras Laffan Industrial City, was present at the event. FROM LEFT: A Thiesse, P Gannat, M Sanderson, J Boom, J Clere, Prof Shamrukh, J L Basabe and P C Seneca.
Popeyes Ramada wins international award
Popeyes Ramada won the Silver Plate Award 2012 for operationally excelling and posi-tively representing the brand’s image and effective use of Popeyes training tools. The
restaurant is evaluated on current and past sales, overall execution of the Popeyes Concept, and lead-ership as demonstrated by the restaurant manager and the team. The 2012 Silver Plate Award winners are: Mohamed Ekram, Brand Operations Manager, Popeyes, and Mahmoud Suleiman, Popeyes Ramada Restaurant Manager.
Representative of Popeyes International, Regional Director Middle East and Africa Maher Khalifa said: “We are proud to work with the International Food Concepts. Honouring them is our way of say-ing thank you for their dedication to the brand and our customers.”
CEO of International Food Concepts, Rajab Al Jabari said: “Popeyes is a new brand in Qatar and we are proud to get worldwide recognition and 2012 Silver Plate Awards. Special appreciation goes to Mohamed Ekram and his team, who strongly believed in the brand and dedicated all efforts to attain high standards.” The Peninsula
FROM LEFT. Rajab Al Jabari, CEO, International Food Concept Company, Mahmoud Suleiman, Popeyes Salwa Road Manager, Richard Lynch, Chief Global Brand Officer, and Mohamed Ekram Mostafa, Brand Operations Manager, during the Silver Plate Award presentation ceremony at Popeyes Ramada Doha, yesterday.
The Shorebase Offshore Support team of the Offshore Asset Department of RasGas
Company Limited (RasGas) recently celebrated a milestone in safety to mark the completion of 16 years with-out a Lost Time Incident and 12 years without a Recordable Incident.
Congratulating the Offshore Asset team at Shorebase for its exceptional
safety achievement, Hamad Rashid Al Mohannadi, RasGas Chief Executive Officer, said that the achievement is the result of giving primary importance to safety in all our work.
“At RasGas, safety is more than just part of the job; rather it is a cul-ture and hallmark of all employees.
“To continue for 16 years without
an LTI echoes RasGas’ commitment to deploy the best safety practices and enforce safe working behaviour as a core element of the company’s success in the LNG industry,” he told a special ceremony at Al Waha Club, Al Khor, to mark the occasion.
“All milestones are reminders of our responsibility to maintain the achievement, particularly
when it is in safety, the responsi-bility becomes further significant as maintaining safety standards is not an easy task.
“In fact, it is more difficult to maintain the success than achiev-ing it,” said Hamad Mubarak Al Muhannadi, Chief Operations Officer of RasGas.
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RasGas Shorebase team with other senior company officials.
RasGas Shorebase team celebrates 16 years without a Lost Time Incident
HEALTH 7
Health Tipsfrom DOCTOR
Exercise is bad for back painRegular exercise prevents back pain.
For individuals suffering from back pain, physiotherapists evaluate and may recommend exercise regimes to cure and prevent recurrence.
Bed rest is the best cureOne or two days of bed rest may be
recommended to reduce pressure on the spinal discs and avoid stresses that irritate pain receptors but staying in bed for longer can have adverse effects.
My father/ mother had bad back prob-lems so I’m likely to have it
For the vast majority of conditions related to back pain, there is no genetic predisposition (parents do not pass it to their children).
Always sit up straightSlouching is harmful, but prolonged
sitting up too straight and still can also be strenuous. So take periodic breaks, walk and stretch your back.
Don’t lift heavy objectsIt’s not necessarily how much you
lift, it’s how you lift. (Do not lift any-thing too heavy for you). Ask your therapist to teach you safe lifting techniques.
Once you’ve had back pain you will always have back problems
Each case of back pain has indi-vidual solutions. Consult your thera-pist regarding preventive strategies, postural, ergonomic advice and home programmes to avoid recurrence.
Dr Sunil SamuelPhysiotherapist
Healthspring World Clinic
Misconceptionsexist about back pain. A few myths are:
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By Genevra Pittman
One in 15 people undergoing robot-assisted prostate, kidney or bladder surgery develops a nerve injury related to pres-sure from positioning on the operating
table, a new study suggests.Patients on the table getting those types of
robotic surgery need to be tilted steeply — with their head by the floor and their feet in the air — to give the surgeon better traction, researchers explained.
“When somebody is in that position, there’s a chance they could slide down — it’s like a big ramp,” said lead author Dr Tracey Krupski, from the University of Virginia School of Medicine in Charlottesville.
“When you slide, you then could be pulling, or having the drag on some of the nerves. It’s like a constant pulling on the muscle.”
Earlier this month, the Food and Drug Administration announced it would be taking a closer look into safety reports regarding da Vinci surgical robots, made by Intuitive Surgical. The robots cost about $1.5m each.
For the new study, Krupski and her colleagues reviewed records from 334 robot-assisted urol-ogy procedures done at their institution in 2010 and 2011. Those included prostate, kidney, adrenal gland and bladder surgeries.
Twenty-two patients — between six and seven percent — woke up with a positioning injury after their procedure, including weakness, numbness or immobility in the hands or feet. More than half of the injuries resolved within a month, but five lasted more than six months, the study team reported in The Journal of Urology.
Patients were more likely to be hurt during
longer procedures: Surgeries without a position-ing injury lasted four hours, on average, compared to five and a half hours for those in which a person was injured.
Krupski said the new findings shouldn’t raise the alarm over robotic surgery safety.
“I don’t think it means that we need to stop doing it,” she said. “The benefits of a robotic approach far outweigh the six percent chance that we saw this happen.”
Doctors and nurses can try to prevent the inju-ries by paying close attention to what’s happen-ing to their patients during surgery, she said, and going in to check on their positioning and slightly readjusting them when necessary.
“I think the issue of careful patient position-ing and avoiding nerve injury is something that’s there with every patient,” said Dr Myriam Curet, a surgeon at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, and Chief Medical Adviser for Intuitive Surgical.
“When you’re putting a patient in a steep posi-tion, those issues are heightened,” she said, adding that some non-robotic surgeries require that type of positioning as well.
“I think it’s part of the discussion that any sur-geon has with their patient about what the risks of surgery are.”
Krupski agreed the most important message from her study is simply making patients aware of the possibility of nerve injury — so they know what’s going on if it does happen to them.
“You tell the patients that, ‘You might tran-siently wake up with one of these things that the vast majority of the time goes away,’” she said.
SOURCE: bit.ly/10ltpD4 The Journal of Urology, online March 4, 2013.
Reuters
Robotic surgery tied to temporary nerve injuries
US scientists are developing a blood-cleansing tech-nology to treat
life-threatening blood infec-tions in critically-injured sol-diers and patients.
The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University announced on Saturday that it has been awarded a $9.25m contract to further advance the blood-cleansing technology developed with the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) support, reports Science Daily.
The DARPA has also asked the institute to help
accelerate the technology’s translation to humans as a new type of sepsis therapy.
The device will be used to treat bloodstream infec-tions that are the leading cause of death in critically-ill patients and soldiers injured in combat.
To rapidly cleanse the blood of pathogen, the patient’s blood is mixed with magnetic nano-beads coated with a genetically-engineered version of a human blood “opsonin” protein that binds to a wide variety of bacteria, fungi, viruses, parasites, and toxins.
It is then flowed through micro-channels in the device
where magnetic forces pull out the bead-bound patho-gen without removing human blood cells, proteins, fluids, or electrolytes — much like a human spleen does. The cleansed blood then flows back to the patient.
“In just a few years we have been able to develop a suite of new technologies, and to integrate them to create a powerful new device that could potentially transform the way we treat sepsis,” said Wyss Founding Director and Project Leader Don Ingber.
“The continued support from DARPA enables us to advance our device manu-facturing capabilities and to obtain validation in large animal models, which is precisely what is required to enable this technology to be moved towards testing in humans,” Ingber added.
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sit
-dow
n w
ith
his
frie
nd R
yan G
osl
ing, w
ho s
tars
in
both
film
s. B
ut
Th
e P
lace
Beyo
nd
th
e
Pin
es
has
the f
eel
of
a n
ot-
quit
e-s
uc-
cessfu
l li
terary adapta
tion
, w
ith
it
s th
ree-p
art,
generati
on-s
pannin
g s
tory
an
d c
arefu
lly o
rchest
rate
d r
ecurrin
g
moti
fs.
Aft
er t
he r
aw
tw
o-c
haracte
r i
nti
-m
acy of
the en
d-o
f-lo
ve sto
ry B
lue
Va
len
tin
e,
Cia
nfr
an
ce
has
cle
arly
decid
ed t
o c
rank i
t up a
notc
h i
n t
he
am
bit
ion d
epartm
ent.
Th
e P
lace
Beyo
nd
th
e P
ines
asp
ires
to b
e n
oth
ing less
than
a G
reek m
yth
transp
ose
d t
o m
odern-
day S
chenecta
dy (
whose
nam
e d
eriv
es
from
a M
ohaw
k w
ord t
hat
transl
ate
s to
the m
ovie
’s t
itle
). I
n t
he inte
rst
ices
betw
een
the t
wo i
nte
rlo
ckin
g f
ath
er/
son
psy
chodram
as
that
make u
p i
ts
main
sto
ry,
Cia
nfr
an
ce c
ram
s m
ult
i-ple
moto
rcycle
chase
s, b
ank r
obberie
s,
teenage d
rug p
arti
es,
and p
olice c
or-
rupti
on s
candals
.W
ith a
ll t
hose
balls
in t
he a
ir,
Th
e
Pla
ce B
eyo
nd
th
e P
ines
was
boun
d t
o
fum
ble
som
ew
here. T
he m
ovie
’s s
oulf
ul
self
-serio
usn
ess
, like t
hat
of
its
liquid
-eyed h
ero,
can
occasi
on
ally s
lip i
nto
se
lf-p
arody.
But
this
movie
con
firm
s m
y B
lue V
ale
nti
ne-b
ase
d s
usp
icio
n t
hat
the 3
8-y
ear-o
ld C
ian
fran
ce i
s on
e t
o
watc
h.
He’s
capable
of
coaxin
g tr
e-
men
dous m
om
en
ts fr
om
acto
rs,
he
know
s how
to m
ove a
cam
era a
nd, as
this
over-l
aden b
ut
never b
orin
g m
ovie
sh
ow
s, h
e’s
willing t
o o
perate
from
a
pla
ce o
f ris
k.
The fi
lm’s
unusu
al
tem
poral
struc-
ture is
perhaps
its
bold
est
gam
bit
, but
it’s
als
o o
ne t
hat
can’t
be d
esc
rib
ed i
n
too m
uch d
eta
il w
ithout
giv
ing a
way
the p
lot.
Rath
er t
han s
et
up h
is m
ul-
tigenerati
onal
story w
ith a
flash
back,
or t
ell it
by inte
rcutt
ing b
etw
een t
ime
fram
es
(the t
echniq
ue h
e u
sed in B
lue
Va
len
tin
e),
Cia
nfr
ance c
hoose
s to
begin
in
the p
ast
and m
ove i
nexorably
for-
ward in t
ime, ju
st lik
e... w
ell, ti
me. T
he
movie
is
div
ided i
nto
three s
egm
ents
of
roughly
equal
length
, th
e fi
rst
tw
o
of
whic
h t
ake p
lace 1
5 y
ears i
n t
he
past
, th
e t
hir
d i
n t
he p
rese
nt
day. A
s w
e m
ove f
rom
one s
tory t
o t
he n
ext,
th
e c
on
sequen
ces o
f on
e c
haracte
r’s
fata
l ch
oic
e reverberate
dow
n th
e
generati
ons.
Gosl
ing p
lays
Luke G
lanto
n,
a l
ux-
uria
ntl
y ta
ttooed m
oto
rcycle
stu
nt
rid
er w
ho p
erfo
rm
s w
ith a
travellin
g
cir
cus.
Tryin
g t
o h
ook u
p w
ith a
gir
l he m
et
in S
chenecta
dy o
n h
is last
trip
th
rough, R
om
ina (
Eva M
endes)
, L
uke
learns
that
the s
on s
he’s
rais
ing w
ith
anoth
er m
an (
Mahersh
ala
Ali)
is b
io-
logic
ally h
is. A
sin
gle
, epic
inst
ance o
f baby-h
old
ing c
lues
Luke in t
o t
he joys
of pate
rnit
y, a
nd h
e s
ets
out
on a
quix
-oti
c,
obse
ssiv
e,
and e
ventu
ally v
iole
nt
quest
to p
rovid
e f
or h
is s
on
an
d w
in
back h
is w
om
an.
Wit
h h
is c
hop-s
hop
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HO
LLY
WO
OD
NE
WS
MO
VIE
89
BO
LLY
WO
OD
NE
WS
I lo
st w
eight
for
mys
elf, n
otfo
r fi
lm: K
unal
Roy
Kap
oor
Kun
al
Roy K
apoor,
who s
ports
a m
uch t
rim
med p
hysi
que i
n t
he
prom
os
of
forth
com
ing c
om
edy N
au
tan
ki
Sa
ala
com
pared t
o h
is
overw
eig
ht
appearance i
n D
elh
i B
ell
y, c
larifi
es
that
he l
ost
weig
ht
for h
imse
lf a
nd n
ot
for t
he m
ovie
.“I
had t
o lose
weig
ht
for m
yse
lf. I
was
fat
and I
had t
o look fi
t fo
r m
yse
lf.
I did
n’t
lose
weig
ht
for a
ny fi
lm,” s
aid
the a
cto
r.N
au
tan
ki
Sa
ala
dir
ecto
r R
ohan S
ippy d
idn’t
ask
him
to “
lose
weig
ht”
.“I
felt
, if
I w
ould
look t
he s
am
e a
s I
looked i
n D
elh
i B
ell
y, p
eople
would
ty
pecast
me. I
had t
o g
ain
20 k
ilos
for D
elh
i B
ell
y. I
am
happy n
ow
and I
have a
long w
ay t
o g
o,” h
e a
dded.
While K
unal’s
eld
er b
roth
er S
iddarth
Roy K
apoor is
Managin
g D
irecto
r,
Stu
dio
s, D
isney U
TV
, his
younger b
roth
er A
dit
ya is
an a
cto
r t
oo.
Thanks
to h
is s
iblings
involv
em
ent
in t
he e
nte
rta
inm
ent
indust
ry,
work
-in
g “
gets
easi
er”
, he s
aid
.“W
e d
iscuss
a lot
about
film
s and o
ther s
tuff
. T
hin
gs
get
easy
when y
ou
have a
fam
ily f
rom
the s
am
e fi
eld
.”In
Na
uta
nk
i S
aa
la,
Kunal
has
team
ed u
p w
ith A
yush
mann K
hurrana,
Pooja
Salv
i and E
vely
n S
harm
a. T
he fi
lm is
slate
d f
or a
n A
pril 1
2 r
ele
ase
.
Pol
itic
ians
shou
ld w
atch
Sat
yaka
m: D
har
men
dra
Lam
en
tin
g t
he d
earth
of
good s
tory w
rit
ers
in B
ollyw
ood,
vete
ran
acto
r D
harm
endra, best
know
n f
or h
is p
erfo
rm
ance in t
he N
ati
onal
Aw
ard w
inner S
aty
ak
am
, sa
id t
hat
every p
oliti
cia
n s
hould
watc
h t
he
Hris
hik
esh
Mukherje
e-d
irecte
d 1
969 c
lass
ic.
“I t
hin
k t
ellin
g t
he t
ruth
has
stopped t
oday. In
Sa
tya
ka
m I
told
the t
ruth
and it
was
a v
ery g
ood s
tory. I
thin
k e
very p
oliti
cia
n s
hould
see t
he fi
lm.
“Good fi
lms
are b
ein
g m
ade b
ut
characte
rs
like t
hose
in S
aty
ak
am
and
Ba
nd
ini
are n
o l
onger t
here i
n o
ur c
ountr
y,”
Dharm
endra s
aid
at
a m
edia
confe
rence a
t th
e P
VR
Cin
em
as,
Avani R
iversi
de M
all in H
ow
rah.
Best
know
n for fi
lms
like S
hola
y and S
aty
ak
am
, th
e a
cto
r w
as
in K
olk
ata
prom
oti
ng h
is f
orth
com
ing fi
lm,
San
geeth
Siv
an
’s c
om
edy d
ram
a Y
am
la
Pa
gla
Deew
an
a 2
(Y
PD
2)
— a
sequel to
the o
rig
inal.
“Sto
ry-w
rit
ers
are n
ot
pennin
g s
uch s
torie
s and s
creenpla
ys
are a
lso n
ot
like t
hat
of
earlier d
ays.
I w
ould
be g
rate
ful to
you p
eople
if
you c
an g
et
me
som
e g
ood w
rit
er lik
e t
hat
and w
hic
h s
uit
s to
day’s p
eople
,” s
aid
Dharm
endra.
YP
D2 s
late
d t
o r
ele
ase
June 7
, st
ars
Dharm
endra w
ith h
is s
ons
Sunny
Deol and B
obby D
eol in
the lead. G
ivin
g t
hem
com
pany o
n-s
creen a
re lead-
ing ladie
s N
eha S
harm
a a
nd d
ebuta
nt
Kris
tina A
kheeva.
Agreein
g w
ith h
is f
ath
er,
Sunny D
eol, c
rit
ically-a
ccla
imed f
or fi
lms
like
Arj
un a
nd G
ha
yal sa
id”
“We d
o n
ot
have t
hose
kin
d o
f dir
ecto
rs
and t
here
are just
a h
andfu
l of
them
.“O
bvio
usl
y I
ndia
n c
inem
a i
s a r
eflecti
on o
f th
e c
ountr
y s
o w
hate
ver’s
is
happenin
g a
round is
basi
cally w
hat
is s
een in t
he c
inem
a. W
e w
ant
to e
nte
r-
tain
and w
e c
an o
nly
giv
e w
hat
people
want
and t
hat’s
what’s
happenin
g.
“So if people
desi
re for s
om
eth
ing g
ood a
nd if th
ere a
re w
rit
ers
out
there
who w
ant
to g
et
deep-r
oote
d i
nto
the c
ountr
y o
bvio
usl
y w
e w
ould
make
those
film
s and I
would
love t
o t
hem
,” h
e a
dded.
Tim
ber
lake
sen
ds
fans
on t
reas
ure
hunt
Sin
ger-a
cto
r J
ust
in T
imberla
ke h
as
sent
fans
on a
specia
l tr
easu
re
hunt
to t
hank t
hem
for s
endin
g h
is n
ew
alb
um
to t
he t
op o
f th
e U
S
charts
.H
e d
ecid
ed t
o t
reat
devote
es
by h
idin
g a
handfu
l of auto
graphed r
ecords
around t
he U
S.
Tim
berla
ke t
ops
Billb
oard C
harts
in t
he U
S a
fter t
he s
ale
s figure o
f his
com
eback a
lbum
Th
e 2
0/20 E
xp
eri
en
ce r
eached t
he 9
68,0
00-m
ark
, reports
dailyst
ar.
co.u
k.
Announcin
g t
he c
om
peti
tion o
n T
wit
ter,
he p
ost
ed: “I
t’s
Frid
ay a
nd I
ain
’t g
ot
anyth
ing t
o d
o! S
o I
pla
ced 5
sig
ned v
inyls
around t
he c
ountr
y!
Sta
y t
uned fi
nders
keepers.
”H
e t
hen u
plo
aded a
trio
of photo
clu
es
on I
nst
agram
alo
ngsi
de t
he c
ap-
tion: “C
om
e fi
nd it
NY
C!”
He f
ollow
ed i
t up w
ith s
imilar h
ints
about
priz
es
in c
itie
s, i
nclu
din
g
Chic
ago, Il
linois
and h
is n
ati
ve M
em
phis
, T
enness
ee.
Did
Bie
ber
spit
on n
eighbou
r?
It se
em
s contr
oversi
es
and J
ust
in B
ieber g
o h
and i
n h
and. T
he s
inger
reporte
dly
faces
legal acti
on f
or a
llegedly
spit
ting o
n h
is n
eig
hbour.
Bie
ber is
alleged t
o h
ave s
pat
on h
is n
eig
hbour o
uts
ide h
is C
alifo
rnia
hom
e.
TM
Z.c
om
reports
that
accordin
g t
o law
enfo
rcem
ent
sources,
Sherrif
’s
invest
igato
rs
will
refe
r t
he c
ase
to t
he L
A C
ounty
Dis
tric
t A
ttorney f
or
revie
w a
fter t
he invest
igati
on is
com
ple
ted, and t
hey w
ill recom
mend t
hat
crim
inal batt
ery c
harges
be fi
led a
gain
st t
he s
inger.
Offi
cia
lly,
the S
herif
f’s
Departm
ent
say t
hey h
ave n
o r
ecom
mendati
on
yet
because
the invest
igati
on is
not
com
ple
te.
How
ever,
sources
say a
cle
ar p
ictu
re h
as
alr
eady e
merged, and n
ot
just
over t
he a
lleged s
pit
ting incid
ent.
The D
epartm
ent
believe it’s
rele
vant
that
Bie
ber h
as
show
n a
patt
ern o
f dis
regard f
or t
he l
aw
, in
clu
din
g s
peedin
g t
ickets
, fights
, th
reats
, reckle
ss
driv
ing, drugs
and m
ore.
Cher
yl, V
icto
ria
bes
t fr
iends
agai
n?
Fash
ion
desi
gn
er V
icto
ria
Beckham
an
d s
inger C
heryl
Cole
have
reporte
dly
burie
d t
he h
atc
het
an
d b
ecom
e f
rie
nds
again
. T
heir
fr
iendsh
ip f
ell a
part
when V
icto
ria
did
not
stand b
y C
heryl
when
she w
as
cheate
d b
y e
x-h
usb
and A
shle
y C
ole
in 2
010
.H
ow
ever,
thin
gs
seem
to h
ave c
hanged n
ow
, reports
dailyst
ar.
co.u
k.
“Posh
has
off
ered C
heryl an o
live b
ranch s
ince m
ovin
g b
ack t
o L
ondon.
She e
-mailed invit
ing h
er a
nd b
oyfr
iend T
re t
o d
inner a
nd C
heryl accepte
d,”
a s
ource s
aid
.“A
lot
of ti
me h
as
pass
ed s
ince t
hey fell o
ut
and t
hey b
oth
want
to m
ove
on,” t
he s
ource a
dded.
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Pine
s is
mes
sy, a
mbi
tious
DESIGNPLUS | MONDAY 1 APRIL 201310
By Jura Koncius
The reign of the trophy kitchen is officially over. The dream kitchens of today aren’t about six-burner range or the most exotic countertop material. As cooking has returned to center stage and remod-
elling budgets have sobered, the kitchen island is nurturing family togetherness and reviving casual entertaining.
In kitchens with a small footprint, glass tiles, quartz counters and dish drawers are adding spar-kle and practicality. The kitchen of 2013 has soul.
“That industrial, commercial style was looking a little cold,” says Samantha Emmerling, Kitchen Editor at Hearst Design Group. “People are spending all their time in there, and they want it warm and inviting, as well as low-maintenance.”
Designers say the look today is less tradition, more transition. Clients are choosing more modern touches such as white or gray cabinets, gray walls and neu-tral quartz counters, individualised with different textures and touches of colour.
“Ten years ago, everyone showed up with the same photos of what they wanted,” says Paul Lobkovich, an architect and kitchen designer at Lobkovich Kitchen Designs in Virginia. “Now people are much more cre-ative. They’ve seen plenty of TV shows and scoured websites. They have a Pinterest board full of stuff they like. This gives people a wide range of unique looks. And it makes it more exciting for us designers.”
Yes, the kitchen is still the most obsessed-about room in the house, but it’s clear homeowners want more than just trends. They are seeking a calming space that makes them happy. “Lately it’s been less the kind of stars-in-the-eyes approach and a bit more practical with a simplified aesthetic,” says designer Eric Lieberknecht, who owns a kitchen design firm in Alexandria, Virginia. “People have a wide port-folio of things they want, and not just what their neighbour has.”
Nadia Subaran, Senior Designer at Aidan Design, calls the design direction “modern cottage.” “It’s not stark modern design,” Subaran says. “It has natural materials, textures and layering, with lots of whites and grays. There is nothing fussy or frou-frou about it.” Although stainless still reigns, there is growing interest in white ranges and refrigerators in a new glossy finish, as well as soapstone countertops and floating shelves.
“People are really looking to make the most of their space. They want practical and functional,” says Liza Hausman, a Vice President at Houzz, a home design website and mobile app.
Virginia designer Shazalynn Cavin-Winfrey calls her own family kitchen, done in shades of gray, “an interactive galley style.” Her two kids hang out on the slip covered benches at the mother-of-pearl counter as she cooks breakfast or packs lunches. Two wood table lamps make it cozy.
The 2013 member survey by the National Kitchen & Bath Association identified a menu of some of today’s top style choices in kitchens. Here is insider information on seven of them:
1. WHITE PAINTED CABINETSThe choice of cabinets is arguably the most impor-
tant decision when redoing a kitchen. The selec-tion sets the look. In the National Kitchen & Bath Association survey, 67 percent of respondents said that white was their first choice for cabinetry, a jump
of 20 percentage points in the past two years. “Over the years, white is always a popular colour and there are times it is the No 1 colour,” says John Morgan, president of the association and owner of kitchen products supplier Morgan Pinnacle in Glyndon, Maryland. “I would say that white and dark cherry are both timeless.”
2. QUARTZ COUNTERSConsumers are demanding products that are easy
to care for, including quartz counter surfaces such as Caesarstone and Silestone. These durable products are made of about 90 percent natural quartz mixed with pigments, polymers and resins. They require no special maintenance. Silestone produces 70 colours in polished or matte finish and contains an antimi-crobial agent. According to Lorenzo Marquez, Vice President of marketing for Cosentino North America, Silestone’s parent company, the most popular colours right now are white and gray.
“It’s a pretty honest material, and it functions so nicely,” says Washington designer Paul Sherrill of Solis Betancourt & Sherrill. “If you don’t have a tolerance for natural stone and what it’s going to do over time, go for it.”
3. MANY SHADES OF GRAYGray seems to be the colour of the moment.
Although white and off-white are still the top colo-urs, grays are showing up on cabinets, counters and walls. Gray is another neutral that can be paired with many accent colours and looks chic and modern, whether a driftwood gray wood finish or glossy gray coating.
Colour consultant Jean Molesworth Kee of the Painted Room says, “I’m seeing a lot of quick redos where they are painting old wood cabinets a light gray and totally getting rid of anything Tuscan red or yellow.” But she cautions against gray overload. “If there is too much gray, it can look really chilly and depressing. You’ll think you are stirring your pot in an operating room. You need a lot of white to balance it out.”
4. LED LIGHTINGMore and more remodelled kitchens now have
LED lighting, especially below cabinets. LED bulbs are more efficient and generate little heat. “We are
doing a lot of LED under-cabinet lighting,” says Larry Rosen, owner of Jack Rosen Custom Kitchens in Maryland. “Halogen and Xenon lighting actually burn very hot. If you accidentally touch a bulb, you can burn yourself. LED is more expensive, but they save on electricity, are cool and last a really long time.”
5. ELECTRONIC FAUCETS“When people renovate their kitchen, it’s not
just functionality and beauty,” says Houzz’s Liza Hausman. “They are thinking about how to include the latest technology.” One of these new toys is the tricked-out faucet. Both touch-activated faucets and hands-free faucets are beginning to appear in kitchen remodelling contracts. According to Tom Tylicki, Moen’s Senior Product Manager for kitchen, the Moen MotionSense hands-free faucet responds to consumers’ kitchen work styles and helps prevent the spread of germs. It’s also a good choice for gardeners whose hands are frequently covered in dirt.
6. SATIN NICKEL FINISHES“Satin nickel is the new oiled bronze,” Sherrill
says. For him, the matte nickel finish reflects the increasingly modernist kitchen look.
The survey found that polished nickel and polished chrome were less requested than last year, and the duller finish was growing in popularity. Some desig-ners feel that this finish best complements stainless steel appliances; others say the gray metal colour sets off gray cabinets, counters and walls.
7. GLASS BACKSPLASHESGlass tiles are the jewellery of a kitchen for inte-
rior designer Tynesia Hand-Smith. “They add great shimmer,” she says.
With neutral colours ruling in cabinets and coun-ters, glass tile is one way to add colour and per-sonality. “Reds, greens and blues, vibrant colours are trending right now, as is iridescent glass,” says DeeDee Gundberg, an Ann Sacks Tile Product Development Manager. Instead of using the ubi-quitous white subway tile backsplash, she suggests substituting new large-format glass tile in a similar shape. “Light blue glass tiles are still very traditional with white cabinets but look very fresh,” Gundberg adds. WP-Bloomberg
The kitchen 2013The kitch
11SCIENCE PLUS | MONDAY 1 APRIL 2013
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Observations of Cosmic MicrowaveBackground (CMB) radiation – theafterglow of the Big Bang itself –reveal that the newborn universeinflated a trillion trillion trillion timeswithin the blink of an eye.����������� ������������Plank space telescope alsoshows there is less of theperplexing dark energy andmore dark matter in the universethan previously known
Oldest light: Universe is about80 million years older thanpreviously thought
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One second later: Temperature falls to 10 billiondegrees. Atomic nuclei form
100 seconds later:Temperature falls to 1 billiondegrees. Fundamental particlesand radiation are linked together
380,000 years after Big Bang:Temperature falls to 3,000 degrees.Atoms of hydrogen formed.Radiation and matter travelfreely for first time – CMBradiation is released, preservingrecord back to this time
Dark Ages: Stars have notyet been born – there is no otherlight except CMB afterglow
200 million yearsafter Big Bang: Firststars and galaxiesform
Nine billion yearsafter Big Bang: OurSun is formed fromcollapse of cloudof gas and dust inthe Milky Waygalaxy. 500 millionyears later Earthis formed fromleftovers
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TECHNOLOGYPLUS | MONDAY 1 APRIL 201312
By Derrik J Lang
It’s back. The virtual reality head-set, the gizmo that was supposed to seamlessly transport wearers to three-dimensional virtual worlds, has made a remarkable
return at this year’s Game Developers Conference, an annual gathering of video game makers in San Francisco.
After drumming up hype over the past year and banking $2.4m from crowdfunding, the Irvine, California-based company Oculus VR captured the conference’s attention this week with the Oculus Rift, its VR headset that’s more like a pair of ski goggles than those bulky gaming helmets of the 1990s that usually left users with headaches.
“Developers who start working on VR games now are going to be able to do cool things,” said Oculus VR founder Palmer Luckey. “This is the first time when the technology, software, com-munity and rendering power is all really there.”
While VR technology has success-fully been employed in recent years for military and medical training pur-poses, it’s been too expensive, clunky or just plain bad for most at-home gamers. Oculus VR’s headset is armed with stereoscopic 3-D, low-latency head tracking and a 110-degree field of view, and the company expects it to cost just a few hundred bucks.
A line at the conference snaked around the expo floor with attendees waiting for a chance to plop the glasses on their head and play a few minutes of “Hawken,” an upcoming first-person
shooter that puts players inside levitat-ing war machines.
Attendance was also at capacity for a talk called “Virtual Reality: The Holy Grail of Gaming” led by Luckey. When he asked the crowd who’d ordered development prototypes of the technol-ogy, dozens of hands shot into the air.
“There’s been a lot of promise over several decades with the VR helmet idea, but I think a lot of us feel like Oculus and other devices like it are starting to get it right,” said Simon Carless, Executive Vice-President at UBM Tech Game Network, which organises the Game Developers Conference. “We may have a com-petitive and interesting-to-use device, which you could strap to your head and have really immersive gaming as a result.”
Sony Corp and Microsoft Corp are reportedly working on similar peripherals, as are other companies. Luckey contends that the innova-tions Nintendo Co made with its Wii U, Sony is planning with its upcoming PlayStation 4, and Microsoft is likely tinkering with for its successor to the
Xbox 360 don’t seem like enough.“We’re seeing better graphics and
social networks, but those aren’t things that are going to fundamentally change the kind of experiences that gamers can have,” said Luckey.
A growing list of high-profile game makers have sung the device’s praises, including Atari founder Nolan Bushnell, “Minecraft” mastermind Markus Persson, id Software’s John Carmack, “Gears of War” chief Cliff Bleszinski and Valve boss Gabe Newell.
Valve is planning to release a VR ver-sion of its first-person shooter “Team Fortress 2” for the Rift, but Luckey is hoping that designers in attendance at this week’s conference begin creating games especially for the doodad.
“The doors are already open,” noted Luckey. “People are already telling us things they want to do with the Rift that they can’t do with traditional games.”
Luckey said prototype versions of the technology are being distributed to developers now, and he anticipates releasing a version for consumers by next year. AP
Virtual reality, gogglesand all, attempts return
(iOS apps)
PETTING ZOO BY CHRISTOPH NIEMANN (£1.49)
There’s only one word for this animated animals children’s app: Delightful. Created by author and illustrator Christopher Niemann, it’s a collection of hand-drawn animals for kids to interact with through swipes and taps, and is fizzing with character, craft and humour. iPhone / iPad
YOGIFY (FREE)Yogify is a mobile yoga app aimed
at beginners and veterans alike, with more than 50 classes and 275 yoga poses to practise. Photos, audio instructions and social features aim to get you bending and stretching just so, with the classes sold as in-app purchases. The publisher may be a surprise too: Games firm EA. iPhone
SNOOP LION’S REINCARNATED — TRACK NOTES APP (FREE)
This is an advance promotion for the new album from Snoop Lion (formerly Dogg). Aiming to offer the tablet equivalent of liner notes for vinyl albums, it offers songs, vid-eos and notes on Snoop’s inspira-tion for his career pivot into reggae. iPad
SOLITAIRE BLITZ (FREE)PopCap Games — now a sub-
sidiary of yoga giant EA — had big hits with Plants vs Zombies and Bejeweled Blitz on the App Store. Solitaire Blitz is cut from the same cloth as the latter, boiling the famil-iar card game down into 60-second rounds, with Facebook connectiv-ity enabling players to challenge friends. In-app purchases push the action along if desired. iPhone / iPad
THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR & FRIENDS STICKERBOOK (£0.69)
If you missed the annual Very Hungry Caterpillar Day (yes, it’s a real thing) this app may be a good way to belatedly celebrate. Based on Eric Carle’s famous children’s book, it presents kids with five scenes to decorate with 57 digital stickers of characters and items from the book — as well as other Carle titles full of creepy-crawlies. iPhone / iPad
COUCH MUSIC PLAYER (£1.49)
If you’re using your iPad lots to play songs from your iTunes col-lection, Couch Music Player is well worth a look as an alternative to Apple’s default Music app. Designed for sofa usage, it helps you swipe songs into queues and slider-bar your way through tracks. Good for solo use and house parties alike. iPad
By Stuart Dredge
Apps for the day
While VR technology has successfully been employed in recent years for military and medical training purposes, it’s been too expensive, clunky or just plain bad for most at-home gamers. Oculus VR’s headset is armed with stereoscopic 3-D, low-latency head tracking and a 110-degree field of view, and the company expects it to cost just a few hundred bucks.
COMICS & MORE 13
Hoy en la HistoriaApril 1, 1999
1927: The first gramophone to change records automatically went on sale2001: The Netherlands introduced a law giving same-sex marriages full legal parity as heterosexual couples 2003: All residents of a housing complex in Hong Kong were evacuated when over 200 developed SARS 2012: Aung San Suu Kyi won a seat in Myanmar’s parliament, having been released from 20 years house arrest in 2010
A new territory, Nunavut, meaning “our land”, was created in northern Canada to provide autonomy for the Inuit people. It is the largest territory of Canada
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ALL IN THE MIND Can you find the hidden words? They may be horizontal,vertical, diagonal, forwards or backwards.
BLIZZARD, BREEZE, CHINOOK, CIRROCUMULUS, CIRROSTRATUS,CIRRUS, CLOUDY, COLD, CUMULONIMBUS, CUMULUS, CYCLONE,DOLDRUMS, DRIZZLE, DRY, FAIR, FOG, FREEZING, FROST, HAIL,HARMATTAN, HEATWAVE, HOT, HUMID, HURRICANE, LIGHTNING,MILD, MIST, MISTRAL, MONSOON, NIMBUS, OVERCAST,PRECIPITATION, RAIN, SHOWER, SIROCCO, SLEET, SLUSH,SNOW, STORM, STRATUS, SUNSHINE, THUNDER, TORNADO,TYPHOON, WIND, ZEPHYR.
Baby Blues Jerry Scott and Rick Kirkman
Zits by Dennis Young and Denis Lebrun
Hagar The Horrible Chris Browne
LEARNARABIC
A group of useful verbs
Kataba Wrote
Zhahaba + Ila Gone + to Remark: Some verbs are always followed by prepositions, such as Ila which means: to, min, means from...etc
Shariba Drunk
Akala Eat
Sami’a Heard
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PLUS | MONDAY 1 APRIL 2013
HYPER SUDOKU
CROSSWORD
CROSSWORDS
YESTERDAY’S ANSWER
How to play Hyper Sudoku:A Hyper Sudoku
Puzzle is solved
by filling the
numbers from 1
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
only once. Otherwise, a Hyper Sudoku is
solved like a normal Sudoku.
ACROSS 1 Veers quickly 5 Be aware of 9 Breakfast cereal with
a propeller-headed alien on the front of the box
14 “Mmm-hmm”15 Part of a foot16 Before17 One sharing an
apartment19 Rhône feeder20 Daddy Warbucks’s
henchman21 “Chow down!”23 Eastern dance-drama26 City near Vance Air
Force Base27 Facilities housing large
planes?31 Title in S. America33 Poles, e.g.35 Online financial
services company39 Tower, of a sort40 Actress Parsons
42 One of the Muses43 Film for which Lee
Marvin won Best Actor45 Pre-C.I.A. org.47 Captain’s log detail48 Flanged structural
element51 1942 Tommy Dorsey
hit with Frank Sinatra vocals
53 Big Irish cream brand55 Event after a bowl
game win60 Coppola subject61 Engagement precursor64 Hoard65 T.A.E. part66 Highest point67 D’Oyly ___ Opera
Company68 Droids, etc.69 Word that can precede
each set of circled letters, forming a literal hint for entering certain answers in this puzzle
DOWN 1 Bad mark in school? 2 Approximation ending 3 “Wow!” 4 Main 5 City near Entebbe
airport 6 Sight-seeing grp.? 7 Calendar mo. 8 Marine snail 9 Give out10 Opened11 Coast-to-coast route,
informally12 Phone voice?13 Stated one’s case18 Ones on top of the
world?22 German treat24 Mont ___25 Mil. branch27 Saharan28 Violinist Leopold29 F.D.R. initiative30 Driver32 Spa, for one
34 Sorrento seven36 Suffix with plug37 Frequently38 ___ Galerie,
art museum on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue
41 Five-time U.S. Open winner
44 Set as a price46 Farm pen48 Desktop brand49 Rival of Ole Miss
50 Light years off52 Record abbr.54 Allay56 Eastern rule57 “The Simpsons”
character58 Blue, say: Abbr.59 The “2” in x2: Abbr.62 Erstwhile63 Institution founded by
Thos. Jefferson
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A M A Z I N G G R A Z EM A M M A L I R AA S I A N M A G I G O T OI N T H E R I G H T P L A Y SN O E L E T A T R E T R O
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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
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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.
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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 filmmaker 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
“Paper Trail” Works from the Collection of the Barjeel Art FoundationWhen: Until April 20; 10am-10pmWhere: Katara Cultural Village, Bldg 22
What: A curated exhibition by Barjeel Art Foundation featuring selected works from the collection of Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi. The exhibition interrogates ideas of what is ‘real’ in ways that highlight how histories are guided by carefully selected narratives that apply meaning to what we see and hear.There will be an extensive educational program and visiting artists talks complementing this exhibition Free entry
Designed To WinWhen: Until June 23; 10am-10pm Where: Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art 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.
A Bridge to the MoonWhen: Until April 27; 10am-10pmWhere: Katara Gallery 2 - Bldg 18 What: Amal Al Aathem is one of the most prominent and proactive Qatari artists today, her reputation as a Qatari artist with a real voice and message has won her respect internationally. Her work has been widely exhibited in the region and in different parts of the world. Al Aathem believes that old philosophies have linked the moon, nature and the woman in a symbolic way, believing that the moon is the centre of the universe and the woman is thecentre of society.
Events in Qatar MEDIA SCAN
• People were asking for strict inspections of beauty salons and barber’s shops to ensure they comply with hygiene requirements to protect the health of residents and citizens.
• There were talks about the opening of Hamad International Airport and the Qatar Airways’ plane that was the first international flight that landed there.
• People were discussing a decision by the Ministry of Labour to give 10 free visas called “temporary visa” to outstanding manpower agencies.
• Some people demanded beaches with facilities, saying many public beaches lacked facilities such cafeterias, toilets, and shelters.
• People were surprised that some of the traffic department offices allow the use of “transparent film” while others don’t.
• There were talks about the Career Fair, with many people stressing the need for it to provide real opportunities and not just use the event to promote companies.
• Some citizens stressed that the Ministry of Municipality and Urban Development should attract Qatari engineers by providing financial and other incentives.
• There were discussions in the social media about the committee drafting the human resources law which has added increased transportation and residential allowances for employees and retirees.
• The social media was abuzz with talks about a press statement given by one of the officials in charge of the Career Fair in which he said fake job vacancies will be monitored.
A summary ofissues of the daydiscussed by the Qatari communityin the media.
IN FOCUS
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Freezing weather wipes out German flea circus
An entire troupe of perform-ing fleas has fallen victim to the freezing tempera-
tures currently gripping Germany.Flea circus director Robert
Birk says he was shocked to find all of his 300 fleas dead inside their transport box Wednesday morning.
The circus immediately scram-bled to find and train a new batch so it could fulfill its engagements at an open-air fair in the western town of Mechernich-Kommern.
Michael Faber, who organizes the fair said that an insect expert at a nearby university was able to provide 50 fleas in time for the first show on Sunday.
Faber says he hopes they’ll “get through this without any more fatalities.”
Birk said it was the first time his circus had lost all of its fleas to the cold in one go.
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