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REAL-LIFE‘CALL OF DUTY’

As growing numbers of young As growing numbers of young

people in China immerse people in China immerse

themselves in the cyber world, themselves in the cyber world,

spending hours playing games spending hours playing games

online, worried parents are online, worried parents are

increasingly turning to boot increasingly turning to boot

camps to crush addiction. camps to crush addiction.

Military-style boot camps, Military-style boot camps,

designed to wean young people designed to wean young people

off their addiction to the off their addiction to the

Internet, number as many as Internet, number as many as

250 in China alone.250 in China alone.

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BY KYUNG-HOON KIM

BABY-FACED teenagers in army uni-forms practise drills in locked dor-mitories in China, closely supervised by former soldiers, in a bid to inject discipline into lives disrupted by the Internet.

Welcome to the world of military-style boot camps designed to wean young people off their addiction to the Internet. There are as many as 250 camps in China alone.

Their methods are more aggressive than clinics elsewhere, such as some in the United States that offer website blocking and monitoring software, and enforce bans on Internet use for addicts among the 75 percent of U.S. adults who are online.

As growing numbers of young Chinese turn to the cyber world, spending hours playing games online to escape the competitive pressures generated in a soci-ety of 1.3 billion people, worried parents increasingly turn to the boot camps to crush addiction.

“My parents wanted me to study at home all day, and I was not allowed to play outside,” said one teen-ager, who gave only his surname, Wang.

In response, he retreated to the Internet, devoting long stretches of time to his favourite online shooting game, in one instance even playing for three days straight, a period during which he slept for less than an hour, Wang said.

An ex-military instructor (front) and stu-dents do push-ups during a military-style close-order drill class at the Qide Education Centre in Beijing. The Centre is a military-style boot camp which offers treatment for Internet addiction.

Chinese Chinese teens battle teens battle Internet Internet addictionaddiction

Students receive a group pun-ishment during a military-style close-order drill class at the Qide Education Centre.

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“As I became addicted to the game, my school grades tumbled. But I gained another feeling of achievement by advancing to the next level in the game,” Wang added.

Internet addicts like Wang lose con-fidence when they fall short of parents’ aspiration that they attain perfection in every endeavour, leaving the chil-dren vulnerable to depression and anxi-ety, said Tao Ran, a psychologist who founded an “education centre”, as the boot camps are known.

That prompts the teenagers to with-draw from their family and friends and eventually leads to addiction to the Internet, said Tao, who has specialised in studying such addicted teens.

Wang struggled through two years of increasingly serious problems at home and school before he was diagnosed with “Internet Addiction Disorder” and sent to the Qide Education Centre in the Chinese capital, Beijing. Up to 70 percent of the

110 teenagers being treated at the Beijing centre suffer from problems caused by the overuse of the Internet, mostly online games.

Teachers and military instructors who pick up the troubled teenagers, at the request of their parents, aim to use military instruction to inculcate habits of discipline.

“Internet-addicted children are in very poor physical condition,” said Xing Liming, an official of the centre. “Their obsession with the Internet has harmed their health and they end up losing their ability to participate in a normal life.”

Students who formerly did nothing but move their fingers over a computer mouse and keyboard all day must now do clean-ing and washing and take turns helping to cook meals.

“Education and living in a military environment makes them more disci-plined and restores their ability to live

a normal life,” said Xing. “The training improves their physical strength and helps to develop good living habits.”

Besides the drill and physical exercises, the courses, which run between four and eight months, cover classes in music and Chinese lion dancing.

Counselling sessions with psychologists aim to help victims rebuild self-confi-dence and their ties to family and friends.

“My dream job was to be a game designer, but I realised I could not achieve it because I am not good at math and English,” said He, 23, who went through a six-month course that uncovered his passion for baking.

“I think learning baking will help me find a job,” he said.

Yet the regimen may not succeed for all. One Beijing education centre is being sued by a distraught mother who says her daughter’s addiction worsened after a course last year.

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Wang struggled through two years

of increasingly serious problems

at home and school before he was diagnosed with “Internet

Addiction Disorder” and

sent to the Qide Education

Centre in the Chinese capital, Beijing. Up to 70

percent of the 110 teenagers being treated at the Beijing

centre suffer from problems caused

by the overuse of the Internet, mostly online

games.

A new student (front) practises sits-up while other students take part in a close-order drill at the Qide Education Centre.

A student who has com-pleted a six months course bows to the head teacher at the Qide Education Centre.

Drugs used to treat teenagers who have been diagnosed with Internet addiction and depression are placed on a table at Daxing Internet Addiction Treatment Centre in Beijing.

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Haleema Sadia

Duaa Afzal

Abu Bakkar

Uzair Ahmed

M. Talha iqbal

Faryal Waseem

Sohaib Farooq

Sara Malik

Muntaha Khan

Fatima Zafar

Syed Urooj Fatima

Rida Zahid

M. Mubeen Saeed

Shaista Anwar

Maham Shahzad Sehar Majid Abdul Rehman

M. Ahsan

Noman Mazhar

Students of Bright Future Pakistani International School (BFPIS) achieved outstanding results in Federal Board SSC-II 2014 examinations held in March 2014. BFPIS had 100 percent pass percentage as all the 36 students passed with flying colours. A total of 19 students grabbed A* grade while 9 students secured A grade in the examination. Maham Shahzad of Girls Wing bagged first position by scoring 969 marks, followed by Sahar Majid at 953 and Abdul Rehman at 952. Abdul Rahman Mohammad Al Meer, Chairman, BFPIS, and Imran Waheed, Principal of BFPIS, congratulated the students and staff on this marvellous performance, and urged them to use all possible means to bring more improvement in academic standards at BFPIS.

BFPIS students excel in Federal Board SSC-II 2014 Examinations

GEORGETOWN University in Qatar (GU-Q) announced the launch of “information interview” training sessions

— where senior university students preparing to enter the job market learn how to contact and interview organi-sations and industry leaders to learn first-hand about a chosen profession by asking questions about the tasks, the business environment, and the educa-tional background required for that job.

The training is offered through “Tawjeeh”, a career development initia-tive launched last year by the school’s Office of Outreach and Business Development.

The Tawjeeh mentorship programme goes beyond standard university career services offerings by providing students with lifelong career training and sup-port through one-on-one mentoring with alumni who have also received tailored mentorship training.

“This newly offered training repre-sents a significant milestone for the Tawjeeh programme, and follows a suc-cessful programme launch last year and successful training for Georgetown alumni participating as mentors,” said Jonathan Cartmell, Executive Director of Outreach and Business Development.

“At Georgetown, the graduation day isn’t the end of our connection to our students who join a family of highly successful and well connected alumni

Tawjeeh prepares Georgetown students for the working worldthat will in turn have a major impact on each individual’s career success. We take career mentorship and life-long personal development very seriously hence our commitment to the train-ing programme. Georgetown graduates continue to demonstrate rapid career progression across a broad range of employment disciplines and this train-ing will further their goals.”

Before the students can conduct the interview to understand more about their career interest, they

are encouraged to identify potential interview candidates from a variety of sources — family, friends, profes-sors, or through Georgetown’s Career Centre and Tawjeeh programme for alumni contacts, avenues that are the same they will pursue when searching for job opportunities following gradua-tion. Georgetown staff put the students through the paces of the do’s and dont’s of professional interactions, guiding the participants in asking such questions as “How did you get started in this field?”

and “What skills and abilities are most important to succeed in this job?”

“Tawjeeh training is a programme that inspires you how to arrange your future career by listening to alumni’s valuable experiences. It provided extremely valu-able information about the application of data-analysis in different fields, for example, in sports industry and human resources. All in all, it’s a programme that everyone should join. It’s always beneficial to learn from others,” said Georgetown student Xiaofei Wang.

While students are encouraged to be prepared with their own resumes, the training stresses the importance of using the opportunity to learn more about a career, rather than in seek-ing a job. The training sessions were launched this spring, and will continue throughout the academic year.

Through the Tawjeeh programme, Georgetown also continuously recruits university alumni from both the Qatar and main campus in Washington DC who live in the region and have an interest in taking part in mentoring soon-to-be-graduating students here in Doha. This networking has benefit-ted from Georgetown’s newly formed Alumni Club of the GCC, which offi-cially set in motion the organisation’s presence as the first ever region-wide alumni club representing more than 350 Georgetown alumni living and working in the GCC.

An information interview training session.

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THE Torch Doha, a mem-ber of leading hotels of the world, has prepared the perfect welcoming for a memorable Ramadan to

be shared with family, friends and col-leagues. While experiencing the hotel luxury services and sublime dining, guests can experience cultural and family activities in Aspire Zone.

At sunset guests can savour the unique taste of our Iftar and Suhour buffet offerings prepared by multi-skilled chefs in the authentic atmos-phere of Flying Carpet restaurant.

The lavish Iftar and Suhour buf-fet offer an extensive range of Arabic delicacies to be enjoyed along with Ramadan beverages and culinary masterpieces. In addition, the live cooking station will serve a variety of dishes including the traditional lamb ouzi, fresh barbecue, shawarma com-plemented by an enticing corner of authentic Arabic sweets.

The rich Arabic décor of the hotel lobby with white and beige chiffon enhance the warm welcoming for guests during the Holy Month. The Flying Carpet restaurant features hanging Arabic carpets and Ramadan lamps along with a beverage authentic trolley.

“We are glad to welcome our guests during this special time of the year with a spread of delicious Ramadan delica-cies and family activities happening in Aspire Zone. Ramadan Kareem to all!,” says Hotel Manager, Sherif Sabry.

For private events, our state-of-the-art Torch Ballroom — adjacent to Aspire Ladies Club — is enticing guests with a traditional Ramadan ambience

Authentic Ramadan atmosphere at The Torch Doha

The Flying Carpet restaurant at The Torch Doha.

and private service. Menu prices start from QR170 per person.

Iftar buffet is served daily in the Flying Carpet restaurant from Maghreb prayer until 8pm at QR210 per person including Ramadan juices. Suhour buffet is served from 11pm until 2am at QR180 per person includ-ing Ramadan beverages.

The newly-opened Torch Tea

Garden, located on the 21st floor overlooking Aspire Park, serves a Suhour Set Menu including traditional Ramadan platters at QR190 net per person served from 10pm to 1.30am. Torch Tea Garden will be open from 8pm to 2am.

Guests staying at the hotel during Ramadan can avail of special room rates of QR700 per person in a modern

Deluxe Room equipped with iPad in-room solution, 24/7 in-room dining of Iftar and Suhour and use of Health Club facilities.

Eid room rates starts from QR1,000 per room per night for a Deluxe Room including breakfast served in Flying Carpet restaurant. Eid Buffet is for QR199 per person during the three days of Eid.

The Pearl-Qatar decks up for Holy Month

THE Pearl-Qatar, one of Qatar’s most distinguished shopping, dining and living destinations, has completed

dressing up for Ramadan, by install-ing illuminations and decorations of different shapes and designs that are strongly underpinned with an authentic essence of the holy month.

The preparations befit the distin-guished profile of The Pearl-Qatar as one of the top Ramadan dining destinations in Qatar as the Island seeks to consolidate ties with its resi-dents, visitors and the surrounding community by sharing with them a special occasion and by offering them a sneak peek into the person-ally tailored sumptuous world of The Pearl-Qatar.

Decorative lighting works and other ornaments festooning pub-lic areas along the Island’s main entrance, Porto Arabia’s board-walk and retail arcades as well as The Pearl-Qatar Boulevard, include Islamic designs inspired by the

spiritual nature of the holy Ramadan, thus generating more glamour and tranquility echoing the exclusivity of the month. Piazza Arabia, the façade of Porto Arabia visible from the Island’s entrance will also come to life with a dazzling play of lights evoking the spirit of festive Ramadan nights.

This yearly Ramadan tradition is far more than an experience mirror-ing the unique and different lifestyle that The Pearl-Qatar promises to pro-vide. It is a trip into the vibrant cul-ture of this cosmopolitan city within exquisite surroundings that add a new dimension to Qatari hospitality with

The Pearl-Qatar rolling out its best hospitable atmosphere to all visitors for the duration of Ramadan.

“Visitors and residents can espe-cially enjoy the variety of Ramadan special menus served at restau-rants across the Island,” Roger Dagher, Director of Corporate Communications at United Development Company, the mas-ter developer of The Pearl-Qatar, said. “They can also enjoy shopping for Arabic incense, oriental per-fumes, groceries, gift baskets, and sweet hampers offered around Porto Arabia’s retail outlets and that are synonymous with the auspicious atmosphere of Ramadan.”

The Pearl-Qatar is also set to celebrate the “Garangao” tradition, on the 14th day of Ramadan, with a host of specially organised activi-ties for children that highlight the rich cultural and religious heritage of Qatar and will further mark the advent of Eid with a festival filled with fun and entertainment.

PLUS | WEDNESDAY 2 JULY 20146 FOOD

BY JOE YONAN

FOOD should be fun. Okay, don’t get me wrong: There are plenty of seri-ous food issues out there, too numerous to go into in this space, but when it

comes to putting dinner on the table, a little levity goes a long way.

I was in that state of mind, any-way, when I saw a Culinary Institute of America instructor demonstrate a recipe for tomato-stuffed peppers at a serious-minded conference recently. The instructor, Adam Busby, halved and hollowed out yellow bell peppers, then nestled halved plum tomatoes inside. As good as it looked, I imme-diately had one thing on my mind: Turducken, the Thanksgiving poultry mashup that has a chicken stuffed inside a duck stuffed inside a turkey.

With one more addition, couldn’t this be the vegetarian version? What would that third item be? New pota-toes? Pearl onions? The answer was waiting in my crisper drawer: Brussels sprouts. I followed Busby’s lead in seasoning each layer with a mixture of garlic and thyme, and arranging mushrooms around the roasting pan for another element.

But I also wanted to elevate this to main-course status and to add a little protein, so I cooked up some bulgur for a base and whisked together a quick sauce out of the saved tomato innards, yogurt, tahini and more.

Just one very important task was left: What would I call this, in a tur-ducken kind of way? I put the task to friends on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: Should it be Bellatosprout? Peppamout? The answers poured in, many of them sounding like either a medical condition (Pepmatosels) or the medication to treat it (Peptosprout) or possibly a kitchen gadget (Brusspeppermater). Smarter heads prevailed and suggested such things as Rasta Bake (for the colors of the Rastafarian flag, I assume) or Matryoshka Peppers (a fun reference to those Russian nesting dolls).

The only problem with those? Well, the flavors of the dish don’t exactly line up with either Jamaican or Russian food. I felt like a new parent reading through too many baby-name books, so I punted: Peppers Stuffed With Tomatoes and Brussels Sprouts were born. You’re welcome.

PEPPERS STUFFED WITH TOMATOES AND BRUSSELS SPROUTS

6 SERVINGS This colourful four-vegetable dish

would fit in just as nicely at a cookout as at an elegant dinner party or casual weeknight supper. Best of all, it can be served at room temperature.

Serve atop bulgur or another grain of your choice, if desired.

MAKE AHEAD: The stuffed pep-pers can be refrigerated for up to 1 week; let them come to room temper-ature or warm in a low oven before serving.

From Post Food editor Joe Yonan,

author of Eat Your Vegetables: Bold Recipes for the Single Cook (Ten Speed Press, 2013), based on a recipe from Culinary Institute of America instruc-tor Adam Busby.

INGREDIENTSFor the peppers2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil,

plus more for the pan3 large, stem-on yellow or orange

bell peppers3 large, ripe plum tomatoesFine sea salt

Freshly ground black pepper4 cloves garlic, minced1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves6 large Brussels sprouts, trimmed8 ounces cremini, baby bella or other

mushroom of your choice, stemmed and cut into bite-size pieces

1 teaspoon ground sumac (optional)For the sauce1/2 cup nonfat Greek-style yogurt2 tablespoons tahini (paste)1 clove garlic, choppedGel/seeds and flesh from plum toma-

toes (used in the peppers)

2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice1/4 teaspoon smoked Spanish

paprika (pimenton; optional)1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt

STEPSFor the peppers: Preheat the oven to

450 degrees. Use a little oil to grease the inside of a baking dish or cast-iron skillet large enough to hold all of the peppers (halved) and mushrooms.

Carefully cut each bell pepper in half from top to bottom, including the stem so that each pepper half has its own partial stem. Use a sharp paring knife to remove/discard the seeds and ribs.

Cut each tomato from top to bot-tom. Use a sharp paring knife to remove the core. Use a spoon to scrape out the gel/seeds and flesh; reserve those for the sauce.

Arrange the bell pepper halves, cut side up, in the baking dish or skil-let. Drizzle 1 tablespoon of the oil on the cut side of the bell peppers, and sprinkle them lightly with salt and black pepper. Sprinkle half of the minced garlic and half of the thyme on the peppers.

Gently fit each tomato half, cut side up, into each bell pepper half. Sprinkle them with a little more salt and black pepper plus the remaining garlic and thyme. Drizzle them with half the remaining oil, then place a Brussels sprout in each tomato half (creating a three-part stuffed vegetable, in effect).

Nestle the mushrooms between the bell pepper halves; drizzle them and the Brussels sprouts with the remain-ing oil and sprinkle lightly with salt and black pepper. Sprinkle the stuffed bell peppers with the sumac, if using. Roast until a skewer easily pierces the Brussels sprouts, and the bell pepper halves and tomatoes are soft, 20 to 30 minutes. Let cool slightly.

Meanwhile, make the sauce: Combine the yogurt, tahini, garlic, the reserved tomato gel/seeds and flesh, lemon juice, smoked paprika, if using, and the salt in the bowl of a food processor; puree until smooth.

Spoon the sauce over the warm stuffed peppers and mushrooms, or pass the sauce at the table.

Nutrition Per serving: 130 calories, 6g protein, 14g carbohydrates, 7g fat, 1g saturated fat, 0mg cholesterol, 290mg sodium, 3g dietary fibre, 3g sugar

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HEALTH 7PLUS | WEDNESDAY 2 JULY 2014

Healthy lifestyle can undo heart damage

THE heart, it seems, is more forgiving than you may think — especially to young adults who try to take charge of their health. Researcher have found

that picking up healthy habits in the 30s and 40s can slash heart disease risk. When people in their 30s and 40s decide to drop habits that are harmful to their heart and embrace healthy lifestyle changes, they can control and poten-tially even reverse the natural progression of coronary artery disease, the findings showed.

“It is not too late,” said Bonnie Spring, professor of preventive medicine at Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University in the US. “You are not doomed if you have hit young adulthood and acquired some bad habits. You can still make a change and it will have a benefit for your heart,” Spring added.

For the study, researchers examined healthy lifestyle behaviours and coronary artery calci-fication and thickening among the more than 5,000 participants in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study who were assessed at baseline (when partici-pants were aged 18-30) and 20 years later.

The healthy lifestyle factors assessed were: not being overweight/obese, being a non-smoker and physically active and having low alcohol intake and a healthy diet.

Each increase in healthy lifestyle factors was associated with reduced odds of detect-able coronary artery calcification and lower intima-media thickness — two major mark-ers of cardiovascular disease that can predict future cardiovascular events.

On the flip side, scientists also found that if people drop healthy habits or pick up more bad habits as they age, there is measurable, detrimental impact on their coronary arteries. The study appeared in the journal Circulation.

New technique to make stem cell therapy reality

THE mesenchymal stem cells found in the bone marrow can give rise to bone, fat, and muscle tissue, and have been used in hundreds of clinical tri-

als for tissue repair. Unfortunately, the results of these trials have been underwhelming, the main problem being that these stem cells do not stick around in the body long enough to benefit the patient.

Researchers have now found that transplant-ing mesenchymal stem cells along with blood vessel-forming cells naturally found in circula-tion improves results. This co-transplantation keeps the mesenchymal stem cells alive longer in mice after engraftment, up to a few weeks compared to hours without co-transplantation.

This improved survival gives the mesenchy-mal stem cells sufficient time to display their full regenerative potential, generating new bone or fat tissue in the recipient mouse body.

“We are losing mesenchymal stem cells very rapidly when we transplant them into the body, in part, because we are not giving them what they need,” said Juan Melero-Martin, an assist-ant professor of surgery at Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School in the US.

The finding was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

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SOME childhood vaccines are linked to serious side effects, but they are quite rare and do not include autism, food allergies or cancer, said a review of sci-entific literature yesterday.

A host of vaccines commonly given to children under age six were the focus of the system-atic review of rigorously conducted studies, published in the peer-reviewed US journal Paediatrics.

The report seeks to address a rising trend of vac-cine hesitancy among parents in the United States and Europe, which has led to a resurgence of measles and whooping cough in some parts of the world.

“We found that serious adverse events that are linked to vaccines are really rare, and that when they do occur they are often not necessarily severe,” said study co-author Courtney Gidengil, a paediatri-cian at Boston Children’s Hospital and professor at Harvard Medical School. “We think this adds to the body of evidence that the benefits really do seem to clearly outweigh the low risk of serious side effects from vaccines,” she said.

The study expands on a 2011 report by the Institute of Medicine that also pointed to some side effects linked to vaccines but found “few health problems are caused by or clearly associated with vaccines”. The Paediatrics report includes sev-eral vaccines that were not studied by the IOM, including those against hepatitis A, Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), polio, rotavirus and the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine.

SIDE EFFECTS Side effects of the measles, mumps and rubella

(MMR) and pneumococcal vaccines included the potential for fever and seizures. The MMR and hepatitis A vaccines were also linked to a side effect called purpura, when small blood vessels leak under the skin. There was some evidence that immune-deficient children given the varicella vaccine against chicken pox could develop infections or have an aller-gic reaction.

The rotavirus vaccines, RotaTeq and Rotarix, were associated with a risk of intussusception, a condi-tion in which one part of the intestine slides into another part. However, the risk of this condition was rare, amounting to between 1-5 in 100,000, the researchers said.

“Clinicians who immunise children regularly may

have encountered these adverse events in their prac-tices, particularly seizures associated with fever,” said an accompanying editorial by Carrie Byington, vice chair for research in the paediatrics department at the University of Utah. “Fortunately, the adverse events identified by the authors were rare and in most cases would be expected to resolve completely after the acute event.”

NO DEATHSNo fatalities were found in the research, which

spanned from 2010 to 2013 and included a total of 67 studies, whittled down from more than 20,000 research papers. Each study that made the final cut had a control or comparison group, and involved vaccines approved for the US market as of 2011.

The report found insufficient evidence to link the inactivated polio vaccine to food allergies, and showed no link between childhood vaccines and the onset of leukemia. Furthermore, its review of research backed up the IOM conclusion that the “MMR vaccine is not associated with autism,” the report said.

The systematic review excluded reports to the federal Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, which contains complaints filed by individuals or health care professionals if they suspect a vaccine may have caused a problem with a patient’s health.

“We didn’t use that data because there is no comparison group out there and there is no way to really assess the validity and reliability,” said co-author Margaret Maglione, a policy analyst at RAND Corporation.

The paper described vaccines as “one of the great-est public health achievements of the 20th century for their role in eradicating smallpox and controlling polio, measles, rubella, and other infectious diseases in the United States.”

Gidengil said that the latest study may not be enough to change the minds of parents who are skep-tical of vaccines. “Without this work there would be a lack of transparency around this issue, so by doing this important research in a thorough and systematic way, we acknowledge that there are rare but actual side effects,” she said.

“And we can document those clearly for people, which we hope will just increase some trust in the vaccine process and the trust between parents and their health care provider.” AFP

Vaccines have low risk of serious side effects: Study

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Lutz to play William Shatner in film

Twilight fame Kellan Lutz has been cast as actor-comedian William Shatner in a movie about social psychologist Stanley Milgram. Milgram worked as a consultant on Shatner’s 1976 TV movie

The Tenth Level, in which the actor portrayed the character based on the professor. Lutz will join a star-studded cast, which includes Peter Sarsgaard and Winona Ryder, in the film about the psychologist, who developed the controversial Obedience Experiments at Yale University, where he studied the reactions of people who believed they were send-ing harmful electrical shocks to friendly strangers, reports femalefirst.co.uk. Sarsgaard will portray Milgram in the film, which is expected to hit theatres in 2015.

Hard to be a working mom: Megan Fox

Actress Megan Fox says she is finding it tough to strike a balance between family and career. The 28-year-old, who is the mother of two boys — two-month-old Bodhi, and 19-month-old Noah,

with Brian Austin Green — recently hinted that she may leave showbiz, reports contactmusic.com. “I’ve never been an extraordinarily ambi-tious girl or career-oriented, but especially once I got pregnant with my first son and now (having) my second, it’s so hard to be a working mom, especially when your heart is not in your work, when your heart is with your family,” she told Parents magazine. Megan and Green have been married since 2010.

Robert Downey Jr counsels drug addict son

Actor Robert Downey Jr reportedly has been trying to help his son with his drug addiction. The Iron Man 3 star, who has battled with substance abuse in the past, has been providing counselling for

his oldest son Indio, 20, reports femalefirst.co.uk. “Because of Robert’s own struggle, he’s very much in tune with his son’s sobriety. And that has really helped Indio,” said a source. Indio, whose mother is Robert’s ex-wife Deborah Falconer, has reportedly been in and out of rehab centres for many years, but has managed to stay clean until recently.

Recently, however, Indio was booked for possession of cocaine, but was released soon after posting $10,000 bail. The 49-year-old father released a statement on Sunday claiming his son “likely inherited” his weakness for substance abuse, but will hopefully overcome it. He said: “Unfortunately, there’s a genetic component to addiction and Indio has likely inherited it. There is a lot of family support and understanding, and we’re all determined to rally behind him and help him become the man he’s capable of being.” “We’re grateful to the Sheriff ’s department for their intervention, and believe Indio can be another recovery success story instead of a cautionary tale.”

Pierce Brosnan likely to join Expendables franchise

Hollywood star Pierce Brosnan may add his weight to the Expendables franchise. He says he’s been offered a role in a sequel and he is up for it. If the deal gets sealed, Brosnan will be the first

James Bond actor to sign on for the series, which will see him working with British actor Jason Statham, reports independent.co.uk.

Brosnan made the revelation to Shortlist magazine, saying that talks about his role have already taken place with his Survivor producer Avi Lerner. “Oh, the offer has come in for the next Expendables. I just worked over in Bulgaria with Avi Lerner who makes them. He said, ‘Would you like to be in The Expendables? I’d love to have you’, and I said, ‘Why not?’ So we’ll see,” he added. The actor is so far clueless about which instalment of the franchise will he be part of. “I have no idea which one it would be,” he added. “I just said yes. It could be (‘Expendables 7’)!” Brosnan is currently starring opposite Aaron Paul in comedy A Long Way Down. Meanwhile, The Expendables 3 is ready to hit the screens in August.

Preity Zinta set to make a comeback as rustic bandit

ACTRESS-BUSINESSWOMAN Preity Zinta, whose current legal conflict with ex-beau Ness Wadia scorched the headlines, is set to make a comeback with Neeraj Pathak’s Bhaiyyaji, in which she plays

a ferocious bandit. The film will also feature Sunny Deol as a gangster from Uttar Pradesh. According to Pathak, Preity has pulled it off with aplomb. “Preity plays a Uttar Pradeshwali. She plays a gangster’s daughter. She’s no-nonsense UP gangster and Sunny Deol’s wife,” he added. Apparently Preity’s transformation into a foul-mouthed rustic bandit was so convincing that Sunny wants to cast her as Sohni’s Punjabi mother in the remake of Sohni Mahiwal, a film that the actor reportedly wants to do with his son in the lead.

Pathak said: “Preity’s interpretation of the firebrand wife’s character is bang-on. She will not be seen as only for urbane sophisticated roles after Bhaiyyaji. We’ve 12 days’ shooting left. We will complete the shoot-ing post-monsoon.” In the past Preity had worked with both Sunny and Bobby in The Hero: Love Story Of A Spy and Soldier. Interestingly, both the films were hits.

Alia to sing ‘Samjhawan Unplugged’ live

YOUNG actress Alia Bhatt, whose singing talent was first show-cased through Highway, has now used her vocal skills for a new song, Samjhawan Unplugged. She will sing it live in Mumbai today.

Samjhawan Unplugged is a melodious rendition of Arijit Singh and Shreya Ghoshal’s Samjhawan from Alia and Varun Dhawan’s forthcoming movie Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania.

Filmmaker Karan Johar, who has produced Humpty Sharma..., pushed Alia to take her singing a step further with Samjhawan Unplugged. Now her song is ready to be released today on select online portals followed by an exclusive video on Friday. She will also stage a special live performance today in front of a select audience and media. The event will be presented by Varun, to whom Alia has dedicated this song. Humpty Sharma... directed by Shashank Khaitan, is releasing on July 11.

Sidharth spies on his Ek Villain audience

ACTOR Sidharth Malhotra seems to be keen to take a first-hand account of the reactions of the audience to his latest Bollywood release Ek Villain. He has been visiting cinema halls here to do so.

The film, which released on June 26, also features Shraddha Kapoor and Riteish Deshmukh. Sidharth’s idea is to gather unbiased reactions and he is liking the experience. “I have been visiting theatres to catch first-hand audience reaction. It was wonderful and a one of a kind experience,” he said. The Student Of The Year actor was nervous before the film’s release especially because in Ek Villain, he is not seen as the lover-boy that the audience is used to seeing him as. He is instead seen doing hard-core action and stunts.

Ugly to open 5th Jagran Film Festival

MOVIE buffs in the Indian capital are gearing up to catch a glimpse of Anurag Kashyap’s yet to release dark drama Ugly, which will open the fifth edition of the Jagran Film Festival (JFF) in New

Delhi on Saturday. Ugly, a thriller and emotional drama starring Ronit Roy, Rahul Bhat, Tejaswini Kolhapure, Vinit Kumar Singh, Surveen Chawla and Vipin Sharma, has already been screened at the Cannes International Film Festival and the New York Indian Film Festival. The movie, the Asia premiere of which was recently held at the Ladakh International Film Festival, is officially scheduled to release on September 19.

The film opens with the kidnapping of an aspiring actor’s 10-year-old daughter and the search for the kidnapper and the girl is what forms the rest of the story. While Ugly will keep audiences at JFF on the edge of their seats on the opening day, the gala also promises an interesting line up. Actor-filmmaker Amol Palekar and Bengali filmmaker Goutam Ghose head the film’s juries. Amol will head the Indian Showcase as well as the feature films jury while Goutam will lend his expertise in judging the international short film competition, said. Since JFF is a travelling fest and will be held in 14 Indian cities including Mumbai, Kanpur, Lucknow, Agra, Meerut and Varanasi, the juries will meet during the Mumbai leg of the festival in September and the results will be announced in Mumbai.

THE similarities between Earth to Echo and E.T. are more than striking. But reviews are mixed on whether it is an inspired updating of the

Spielberg classic, or a cheap knockoff. The family fun movie, out in time

for America’s 4th of July holiday week-end, recounts a group of children’s adventures when they find a cute-looking alien stranded on Earth and help it to return home, unbeknownst to their parents.

It even includes heavy use of bicy-cles, although not silhouetted against the moon as in the iconic image from Steven Spielberg’s 1982 film.

“There is an alien and there are kids, who take him home, and bikes of course,” said writer Henry Gayden, who made the film—out Wednesday—with first-time feature director Dave Green.

“That’s what we really were going after and were inspired by,” he said in an interview, openly acknowledging the influences of films the 30-some-thing filmmakers grew up watching.

One element that could not possibly be from 1982 is the relentless use of online social media, Google Maps and

other technological video tricks that set it firmly in the online age.

The film is made in the “found foot-age” style — or rather, like a home movie put together by one of the three

main boy protagonists after a spectac-ular all-night adventure.

From that point of view, it resembles another Spielberg production: 2011’s Super Eigh by director J J Abrams, while other clear inspirations include 1985’s The Goonies.

Teenage schoolboy and budding film-maker Tuck, with his pals Alex and Munch, live in a Nevada neighbour-hood condemned to demolition to make way for a freeway — or so they think.

Their curiosity is sparked when odd signals appear on cellphones, prompt-ing them to set off on their bikes for one last adventure together, the night before they are due to say their farewells.

The signals lead them out into the desert, where they find the owl-like alien they dub Echo, who has been left stranded on planet Earth and who needs their help to find his way home.

While most of the movie is filmed in shaky handcam style, there are some spectacular visual effects, notably when the adventurers are about to be hit head-on by a big rig truck, and for the earth-moving finale.

Director Green cited early Tim Burton movies and Ghostbusters as other influences on his filmmaking.

“They were movies that took you on a bit of a ride. Those were the movies I grew up watching and loving. It’s a tone that we love that I felt had kind of gone away recently,” he said.

The movie’s budget ended up around the relatively modest $10m mark.

“Studios are probably attracted to what could pose itself to be a lean budget with a film,” Green said.

Reviews have been mostly positive, but included some barbs.

Industry journal Variety refers to its “disappointingly one-dimensional approach to story and character” and the “occasionally nauseating handheld camerawork.”

The Hollywood Reporter said the film “flaunts its obvious influences with all the fresh novelty of an app update”.

“Everything regarding this sci-fi adventure, right down to the movie poster, is blatant regarding its inten-tions: It clearly sees itself as E.T. for the Y2K set,” it added.

But acknowledging the irresistible appeal of the alien with glowing neon-blue eyes that speaks in “cute” elec-tronic chirps, The Hollywood Reporter said “sometimes even the most shame-less of knockoffs can’t be denied.”

AFP

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BY TIM CRAIG

FOR MORE than five dec-ades, locals have called it “Killer Mountain,” a reminder of the risks of trying to scale beauti-ful, snow-topped Nanga

Parbat. More than 100 climbers and porters have died on the steep, rocky ascent up the world’s ninth-highest mountain — a fact Pakistan once touted in a bid to lure thrill-seekers.

Now, however, local residents are frantically trying to scrub the word “killer” from a mountain that has become a symbol of the threat posed by the Pakistani Taliban.

One year ago this month, about a dozen heavily armed Pakistani Taliban militants executed 10 foreign mountain climbers, including a US citizen, at the base of the mountain. It was one of the worst acts of violence to strike the international climbing community.

Terrorism is hardly unusual in Pakistan. At least 3,000 people died last year alone in the country in vio-lence attributed to extremists. But the attack at Nanga Parbat was a major blow, horrifying citizens who view the majestic northern mountains as a source of national pride.

“As a Pakistani, I look at it as our September 11,” said Nazir Sabir, who in 2000 became the first Pakistani to climb Mount Everest in Nepal. He now operates an Islamabad-based tour com-pany. “We never, never, ever thought that this could happen.”

The attack also crushed the rem-nants of Pakistan’s international tour-ism industry, creating new hardship in a part of the country known for its tolerance and hospitality.

Pakistan is home to five of the world’s 14 highest peaks, including K2, the second-highest mountain in the world. Nanga Parbat, at 26,660 feet, is Pakistan’s second-highest mountain. After the attack, the number of foreign mountain climbers collapsed.

“It may take years and years before they will consider going back to a place like Pakistan,” said Steve Swenson, past president of the American Alpine Club, who has been on 11 climbing expedi-tions in Pakistan over the past three decades. “I talked to a lot of people, even fairly knowledgeable people, about going there again, and their immediate response is: Is it safe? And then a not-unusual response is: Are you crazy?”

Before the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, hundreds of thou-sands of tourists traveled each year to Pakistan’s Gilgit-Baltistan district, where the Himalayan, Karakoram and Hindu Kush mountain ranges meet.

There were 20,000 tourists in north-ern Pakistan on the day of the attacks on New York and Washington alone, but afterward the country was lucky to attract half that number in an entire year, said Tayyab Nisar Mir, a manager at the Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation.

Pakistan’s peaks bereft of foreign climbers

Those who did come were almost exclusively mountain climbers and long-distance backpackers determined to explore some of the world’s most pic-turesque scenery.

DWINDLING EXPEDITIONSAlthough there were about 150 climb-

ing expeditions a year in the country in the 1980s and 1990s, and about 75 annu-ally after 9/11, only about 30 are likely to occur this year, officials said. And no climbers are expected this summer at Nanga Parbat. (At least two climbers made an unsuccessful attempt this past winter; no one has made it to the peak of Nanga Parbat or K2 in the winter).

The number of backpackers has declined even more dramatically, Mir said. “Nanga Parbat was the last nail in the coffin of tourism in Pakistan,” he said, adding that the loss of tourism is costing the country $100m annually.

Officials in Gilgit-Baltistan stress that the massacre was an isolated tragedy. They have been going to great lengths to reassure visitors that the region is safe. On a pull-off spot overlooking Nanga Parbat on the Karakoram Highway, a sign once read: “Look to your Left: Killer Mountain.”

But Qaria Amin, 33, who operates a gem store at the spot, said that a month after the massacre, a police officer made him paint over the word “killer”. The sign now reads: “Look to your Left: Mountain.”

Amin says he is lucky if he makes a $100 a week now, compared with the $100 a day he used to bring in selling

rubies, topazes and emeralds collected from the nearby hills.

At Fairy Meadows, a village that overlooks the northwest face of Nanga Parbat and the Raikot glacier, the tourism industry has “collapsed, caus-ing hopelessness”, said Raji Rehmal, a resident.

The village of about 50 extended families is so remote that there are few other economic opportunities. To get there, visitors travel an hour by jeep up what locals call “the world’s most dangerous road,” a lane so narrow that vehicles’ tires are inches from the ledge. The road ends at an elevation of about 8,200 feet, and visitors then must hike to the village, elevation 11,154 feet.

Rehmal, who estimates that he is 50 years old, says he has walked at least 13,000 miles working as a guide or por-ter for foreigners. His work helped pay for the construction of a school for the village. A foreign climber came up with the name Fairy Meadows in the 1950s because the grassy plateau reminded him of a fairy tale, according to tour operators.

“In the good days, there were doc-tors who used to bring medicine, and Westerners who used to linger longer just to teach the local kids,” Rehmal said. “We would never, ever think of harming any tourist, any foreigner.”

Pakistani hikers in the area also said they miss the foreign visitors. “We have so little to be proud of, so if there is something as impressive as this, and foreigners come praise it, it’s a psy-chological lift,” said Nashreem Ghori,

a 41-year-old Karachi native who was hiking near Fairy Meadows.

TOURISM DECLINESThere has also been a steep decline

in the tourism business in the Hunza Valley, an oasis of cherry and apricot trees wedged between imposing snow-covered mountains. The area is one of several Himalayan locations that have been mentioned as the possible inspi-ration for the mythical Shangri-La in James Hilton’s 1933 novel, Lost Horizon. “Here, we have nice weather, nice moun-tains, nice people, but tourists are not coming, “ said Mohammad Karim, 34, a guide who also runs a camping store in Karimabad, a town in the valley.

Ghulam Nabi, owner of a camp-ground at Fairy Meadows, said he fears that residents may resort to min-ing or logging to try to earn a living if the tourists stay away. “The people of Gilgit-Baltistan have learned a lot from Western people,” Nabi said. “We were taught how to protect the envi-ronment, and how to balance tourism and nature.”

Authorities now assign an armed police officer to any foreigner who wants to go hiking near Nanga Parbat. Pakistanis are hopeful that such meas-ures, and the stunning scenery, will eventually draw back tourists.

“Those mountains are not going any-where,” said Iqbal Walji, a Pakistani tour operator. “Sooner or later the people will come back, because it’s one of the most beautiful places on earth.”

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An armed police officer walks with tourists taking in the view at the base of Nanga Parbat in Pakistan.

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Worldfloat launches mobile app

WO R L D F L O A T , India’s largest home-grown social net-work with around 60

million users, has launched a new mobile application that combines news feeds, videos and movies with the social network.

“What makes Worldfloat mobile unique and exclusive is that it gives picture-based real time news on mobile from mixed varied news sources and the internet in a con-venient way,” Worldfloat founder Pushkar Mahatta said.

When you visit Worldfloat.com through Google on your mobile now you will experience a beauti-ful-looking interface with a cover story of the latest news happening in India and around the world and latest news feeds from different sectors including technology, sci-ence, global, sports, business and entertainment, Mahatta said.

He said the new mobile app offers easy-to-scroll interface with hard-hitting headlines from vari-ous sources. “Through the mobile, we have the best news app for India. Today, the international competition for Worldfloat mobile is Flipboard mobile in the US and valuation for Flipboard is close to a billion dollars,” Mahatta said.

Worldfloat claims to be the Flipboard for India on mobile and with the Indian population of mobile internet users growing rapidly, the company expects to have the larg-est market share in the news world of mobile apps. Flipboard is mostly focussed on US and western coun-tries and dominated by news, while Worldfloat has introduced to India focussed mobile apps and also caters to Western audiences.

“In the coming months we will be launching stunning new features in Worldfloat mobile,” Mahatta said. “You have seen Facebook, Linkedin, Pulse, Flipboard on mobile. Now the Worldfloat mobile combines social networking, news feeds and movies on one platform,” he added.

Worldfloat also on its website version is featuring a news search engine, video chat, viral videos and social marketing technologies called Marketx. Mahatta claimed the Marketx is 90 percent cheaper in online marketing technology when compared to Facebook ads.

“Marketx offers Rs1 lakh worth of Facebook ads for just Rs10,000 a month,” said Mahatta adding Marketx is the cheapest online advertisement technology in the world today. IANS

BY LUCY MADDOX

IT CAN be a conversation killer to tell people you’re a psychol-ogist. “Do you go round ana-lysing people?” is a common response. “Are you reading my mind?” is another. Psychology

is very people focused. It’s all about us: why we do things, who we are, what we think and feel and how our minds, brains and bodies interact. While this can be disconcerting if you think some-one is reading your mind (we’re really not, we’re too busy worrying about our own), there is something intriguing about reflecting on our own and oth-ers’ motivations. Most people like the idea of some evidence-based advice on how to lead a happier or better life, and psychology can provide this.

There are loads of apps that claim to use psychological principles to increase wellbeing in some way, encouraging you to keep track of your mood, to man-age worry, to influence what you dream about … all sorts. There are others that don’t sell themselves as psychology but draw on psychological principles. Can an app really distil something useful from psychological research and plug you into some life-influencing wisdom? I think some can.

HEADSPACE (Free, Apple iOS and Android): Mindfulness techniques have benefits for mood, attention and general coping skills for the ups and downs of life. This simple, beautifully designed app gives you 10 short medi-tations, four brief videos explaining what meditation is and a series of facts and questions. Keep track of how many of the meditations you have listened to and try 10 minutes a day for 10 days.

DREAM:ON (Free, Apple iOS): Monitor your sleep cycle via your level of movement through the night, play a “soundscape” of your choice to try to influence your dreams and be woken during the optimum part of your sleep cycle. Choose whether to share your data to take part in their experiment. Soundscape didn’t make you dream? You still get a graph of your sleep cycle and wake up more gently than with an alarm.

3D BRAIN (Free, Apple iOS, Android): The neuroscience behind what we think and feel is increasingly in the news, especially with eye-catching brain imaging pictures. This app from Cold Spring Habour Laboratory shows 29 3D interactive brain structures with information about function, neurologi-cal disorders, example case studies and research links. Old-school CD-Rom in style but useful to psychology or neu-roscience students and interesting to anyone intrigued by the brain.

LIVE HAPPY (Free, iOS): This app is based on the realm of positive psychol-ogy: Ideas for boosting optimum hap-piness using psychology, rather than

only using psychological ideas, to treat unhappiness. It prompts you to engage in a range of activities, which research has shown can boost your mood. It includes goal-setting, savouring the present moment, thinking about your best pos-sible self and many more features.

THOUGHT DIARY PRO (£2.99, iOS): There are several thought-track-ing apps based on cognitive behavioural therapy and for me this is the best of the bunch, although it still has limited explanations. Keep track of your nega-tive thoughts to help you spot unhelpful thinking biases and generate alternatives. Definitely more useful if you are already familiar with the principles of CBT, eg as a therapy add-on or follow-up tool.

MINDSHIFT (Free, Apple iOS and Android): This app is designed for teen-agers and young adults who want help with feelings of anxiety. The language and interface is simple, it provides some useful information about what anxiety is and helpful strategies to try to tackle it. There is also a nice quick tips section for use in panicky situations. And it’s useful for adults too.

MY REWARDS (Free, iOS): A key psychological parenting principle is rewarding behaviours you want to increase. Star charts encourage posi-tive behaviour by motivating children with stickers or rewards. There are a ridiculous number of star chart apps, but this one is the simplest I found. It does what it says on the tin: it’s a star chart but on your phone. Useful for

parents when they’re out and about and easy to understand.

WAY OF LIFE (Free or £2.99 if you want to monitor more than 3 goals, iOS): Another app that harnesses the behavioural principles of reward, Way of Life invites you to select personal goals and monitor whether you have achieved them each day. It produces helpful motivational graphs to track your progress towards your own goals. Useful if you are trying to create new habits or kick unhelpful ones.

MY MOOD TRACKER (Free, iOS): Keeping track of how we feel helps us to notice that sad moods do pass, and can also potentially helps us link our mood to things we do, places we go and people we talk to. My Mood Tracker can collect additional information on sleep patterns, exercise and a whole caboodle of other things. Not as hi-tech as some similar apps, which also measure your location and other phone data, but reliable and easy to use and you can add location in manually if you want.

EXPEREAL (Free, iOS): Another mood tracker, the aim of this app is to help you see how your emotional life “trends” over time. Emotions colour the way we perceive things, and the app creator thinks Expereal can help us remember our emotional life more accu-rately. Pretty basic in the actual data it gathers, limited to your mood, location, additional tags and optional photos, but unusually beautiful in design.

THE GUARDIAN

If you want a better, happier life, here are 10 apps that could help

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Hoy en la HistoriaJuly 2, 1994

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Colombian soccer player Andres Escobar, who scored an own goal that eliminated Colombia from the World Cup, was shot dead on his return to Medellin

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

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13 Grammy winner McLachlan

14 Heading on a list of errands

15 Salt lake state

16 1959 hit by the Drifters

19 Stock market index, with “the”

20 Collaborative Web project

21 Helpers

22 What children should be, and not heard, they say

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28 Fed. air marshal’s org.

29 Locale for an 1863 address

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31 A waiter carries plates on it

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33 Cry before “I know!”

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41 Network with an “eye” for entertainment

44 Dakar’s land

46 Pearly Gates sentinel

48 Alias letters

50 Anderson of “WKRP in Cincinnati”

51 “That’s so funny I forgot to laugh”

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56 Fail’s opposite

57 Bygone Kremlin resident

58 Cabernet, for one

59 Feminine suffix

61 Follow, as orders

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YESTERDAY’S ANSWER

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Easy 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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Cities: Manaus

20:10 Galapagos

21:35 Shamwari: A

Wild Life

22:00 World's Wildest

Cities: Manaus

13:00 My Name Is

Earl

16:00 Colbert Report

16:30 War At Home

18:00 Cougar Town

19:00 Trophy Wife

19:30 Modern Family

20:00 The Tonight

Show Starring

Jimmy Fallon

21:00 The Daily

Show With

Jon Stewart

21:30 Colbert Report

22:00 Sean Saves

The World

13:15 The Legend Of

Sasquatch

14:45 Puppy In My

Pocket: Movie

16:00 The Legend Of

Secret Pass

18:00 The Polar

Express

22:00 Puppy In My

Pocket: Movie

23:30 The Legend Of

Secret Pass

12:00 The Big Bus

14:00 Just Like

Heaven

16:00 Damsels In

Distress

17:45 Mrs. Doubtfire

20:00 Norbit

22:00 Step Brothers

13:50 World's

Deadliest

15:40 Super Pride

16:35 Hippo vs Croc

17:30 World's

Deadliest:

Jaws & Sins

18:25 Mudcats

21:50 Super Pride

22:40 Hippo vs Croc

23:30 World's

Deadliest:

Jaws & Sins

13:00 The Ellen

DeGeneres

Show

14:00 Scandal

15:00 The Carrie

Diaries

16:00 Emmerdale

16:30 Coronation Street

17:00 The Ellen

DeGeneres

Show

18:00 Scandal

19:00 Once Upon A

Time

20:00 Unforgettable

21:00 Chicago Fire

22:00 Bates Motel

11:00 Timer

13:00 The Entitled

15:00 Old Stock

17:00 The Woman In

The Fifth

19:00 The Glass Man-

PG15

21:00 Texas Killing

Fields

23:00 The Last

Harbor

13:00 Fastest

15:00 The Hobbit: An

Unexpected

Journey

17:45 Batman: The

Dark Knight

Returns Part Two

21:00 The Pact

22:45 Fast &Furious 6

MALL

1Maleficent (3D/Action) – 9.00pm

How Old Are You? (2D/Malayalam) – 11.00pm

2One Chance (2D/Comedy) – 9.15pm

Cuban Fury (2D/Comedy) – 11.30pm

3Mea Culpa (2D/Action) – 9.30pm

Salem Abo Okhto (2D/Arabic) – 11.30pm

LANDMARK

1

How To Train Your Dragon-2 (3D/Action)

– 9.00pm

Salem Abo Okhto (2D/Arabic) – 11.00pm

2Enemy (2D/Thriller) – 9.15pm

One Chance (2D/Comedy) – 11.30pm

3Cuban Fury (2D/Comedy) – 9.30pm

Stand Off (2D/Drama) – 11.30pm

ROYAL

PLAZA

1Maleficent (3D/Action) – 9.00pm

Ek Villain (2D/Hindi) – 11.00pm

2Salem Abo Okhto (2D/Arabic) – 9.15pm

Escape (2D/Action) – 11.30pm

3Stand Off (2D/Drama) – 9.30pm

Mea Culpa (2D/Action) – 11.30pm

13:00 Do Dil Bandhe Ek

Dori Se

13:30 Ek Mutthi

Aasmaan

14:00 Doli Armaano Ki

14:30 Rasm Mein Rasoi

15:00 Kasamh Se

16:00 Hum Paanch

17:00 Word Match

17:30 Bollywood

Business

18:00 Sapne Suhane

Ladakpan Ke

18:30 Ek Mutthi Aasmaan

19:00 Do Dil Bandhe Ek

Dori Se

19:30 Jodha Akbar

20:00 Pavitra Rishta

20:30 Kumkum Bhagya

21:00 Qubool Hai

21:30 Aur Pyaar Hogaya

22:00 Doli Armaano Ki

23:30 Sapne Suhane

Ladakpan Ke

13:40 Gok's Fashion Fix

14:30 Rachel Khoo's

Kitchen

Notebook:

Cosmo Cook

15:20 Raymond Blanc's

Kitchen Secrets

16:10 Bargain Hunt

18:25 Marbella

Mansions

19:10 Tareq Taylor's

Nordic Cookery

20:00 Extreme

Makeover: Home

Edition

21:30 Extreme

Makeover: Home

Edition

22:15 Bargain Hunt

23:00 Marbella

Mansions

23:45 Tareq Taylor's

Nordic Cookery

13:00 African Cats

13:25 Austin & Ally

13:45 Good Luck

Charlie

14:10 Good Luck

Charlie

15:00 Dog With A Blog

15:50 Liv And Maddie

16:10 Mako Mermaids

16:35 Win, Lose Or

Draw

17:00 Robin Hood

18:30 Mako Mermaids

19:20 Violetta

20:05 African Cats

20:30 Jessie

20:50 Dog With A Blog

21:15 Mako Mermaids

21:40 Austin & Ally

22:00 Good Luck

Charlie

22:25 A.N.T. Farm

22:50 Shake It Up

23:10 Wolfblood

13:00 How Does That

Work?

13:30 What's That

About?

14:20 Mythbusters

15:10 Unchained

Reaction

16:00 X-Machines

16:50 Science Of The

Movies

17:40 Close Encounters

18:05 Close Encounters

18:30 Engineering

Earthquakes

19:20 The Gadget Show

19:45 How Does That

Work?

20:10 Mythbusters

21:00 Prototype This

21:50 Sci-Trek

22:40 What's That

About?

23:30 Moon Machines

13:00 Engineering

Connections

14:00 Pirate Patrol

15:00 Lords Of War

15:30 Mystery Files

16:00 Jurassic C.S.I.

17:00 The Numbers

Game

17:30 The Numbers

Game

18:00 Banged Up

Abroad

19:00 Situation Critical

20:30 The

Indestructibles

21:00 Naked Science

2.5

22:00 Megastructures

23:00 World's Toughest

Fixes

00:00 Breakout

01:00 Best Of Hard

Time

02:00 Hunter Hunted

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Events in Qatar

Hekayat Khaleejiya (Khaleeji Stories) - Stories from Kuwait When: July 2-3; 8pm-10pm Where: Museum Of Islamic Art What: A quarterly screening series to showcase cinematic voices from the Gulf region. Q&A sessions with the filmmakers to gain insight into their work and process. (www.dohafilminstitute.com)Ticket: QR 35, students: QR 25

Building Our Collection: An Insight Into Museum Art Collecting When: Till August 30Where: Museum Of Islamic Art What: The exhibition looks at why MIA collects Islamic art, and how the museum’s collecting practices shape our understanding of Islamic art through artistic and cultural connections between different regions of the Islamic world. The majority of featured objects have never before been on display.Entry Fee

Etel Adnan in All Her Dimensions When: Till July 6Where: Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art

What: Mathaf presents an exhibition of the work of Lebanese-American visual artist, poet, playwright and essayist Etel Adnan, that is curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist. (for timings www.mathaf.org.qa) Tickets required

Richard Serra: Concurrent ExhibitionsWhen: Till July 6, 8:30am- 5:30pmWhere: QMA Gallery Building 10, KataraWhat: One of Richard Serra’s most ambitious exhibition ever — brings together sculptures and drawings from different periods, ranging from One Ton Prop (House of Cards) of 1969 (on loan from the Museum of Modern Art in New York) to a new work, Passage of Time, especially created for this occasion.Free entry

Brazil 2014 Fan Zone When: July 1, 4 and 5, 5pm-2am; July 8, 9 and 12, 9pm-2am; July 13, 7pm-1am Where: Katara

What: FIFA World Cup 2014 live screenings of the matches on a giant screen in an open-air venue cooled using state of the art technology. Live entertainment, dining and other activities for kids and adults are held at the venue. Free entry

IF YOU log on to your Facebook account while at work, you have now less reason to be apprehen-sive as researchers have found that top managers are the ones

who use private social media most for personal purposes during working hours.

“It is very interesting that top exec-utives, who are negative to private web-surfing during working hours, are the ones who surf the most for private purposes when at work,” said Cecilie Schou Andreassen from University of Bergen (UiB) in Norway.

This can be explained by the fact that top executives have longer work-ing hours, and that work and leisure are much more integrated than it is for employees, the researchers said.

“It is likely that managers are wor-ried about reductions in output and financial loss as a result of use of pri-vate social media among their employ-ees,” Schou Andreassen added.

Your boss uses social media more than you!

About 11,000 Norwegian employees participated in the study.

Following the study, the researchers have some indication as to why some surf and use social media for personal purposes more during working hours, and why young, single and educated men stand out.

“Social media probably has a greater social function for singles than it has for people in relationships,” Schou Andreassen said.

Those with higher education and

socioeconomic status are likely more familiar with computer use, which may explain why they are more active online than those with lower education.

Their work situation may also pro-vide more opportunities to engage in private use of social media at work compared to those with lower edu-cation. “The finding may also reflect that people with a high socio-economic status, are not as afraid to lose their job as those in low-status jobs,” Schou Andreassen explained. IANS