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• Chico and theGypsies to performlive in Doha

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• Masraf Al Rayan honours long serving staff and talent programme graduates

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Lockdown: Red Moon Escape is the first zombie thriller directed by Qatari filmmakers Mohammed Al Ibrahim and Ahmed Al Baker and one of the three films to be screened at a special ‘Thriller Night’ segment of Made in Qatar section of the fourth Doha Tribeca Film Festival.

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Lockdown tells the story of Saif and Rashid, who encounter a pack of zombies in the desert while fixing a flat tyre. Saif escapes, but when a military task force jails him, he finds himself in a living nightmare surrounded by supernatural beings.

by Raynald C Rivera

A hair-raising Qatari feature film is setting a new trend in the country’s emerging cin-ema landscape at this year’s

Made in Qatar section of the fourth Doha Tribeca Film Festival (DTFF 2012).

Titled Lockdown: Red Moon Escapeis the first zombie thriller directed by Qatari filmmakers Mohammed Al Ibrahim and Ahmed Al Baker and one of the three films to be screened at a special ‘Thriller Night’ segment of Made in Qatar.

“Since there is a Thriller Night this year, it’s clear that a trend is occurring. There are other filmmakers interested in developing this genre here, which is very exciting,” Al Ibrahim told The Peninsula.

Although genre films featuring supernatural beings called djinn have been made in Arab cinema in the past, it is unusual to see zombie films dominating Western cinema reach the Arab world of films and Qatar in particular, for that Lockdown is a daring attempt to venture in another uncharted course in filmmaking of the

country’s new breed of homegrown filmmakers.

Of the many themes that they could have ventured on, the Qatari duo chose to take the subject of zombies and the supernatural – quite a departure from what is expected in a usual festival flick.

”Ahmed and I wanted to do some-thing different that hasn’t been exper-imented with so much in the region. Since we’re both fans of horror, sci-fi and fantasy, we thought why not? Why can’t there be Qatari zombies or were-wolves,” relates Al Ibrahim.

Lockdown tells the story of road trippers Saif and Rashid who encoun-ter a pack of zombies on the loose in the desert while fixing a flat tyre. Saif escapes, but when a military task force jails him, he finds himself in a living nightmare surrounded by supernatural beings.

Although this is the first time Lockdown would be shown in Qatar, the film which was completed earlier this year already enjoyed exposure in international film festivals such as the Gulf Film Festival in April this year and several other small festivals in the region and in North America.

This is not also the first film by the Qatari directors. Al Ibrahim’s film Land of Pearls was screened at DTFF in 2010, though Lockdown is his feature debut.

“Land of Pearls is a narrative short which traces the story about Saad, a 60 year old pearl shopkeeper who tells his grandson the story of how he earned his keep before the days of oil and natural gas,” said Al Ibrahim, who attributes his humble beginnings to workshops conducted by the Doha Film Institute.

“I started through DFI workshops. Film has always been a love of mine, and when I realised that an industry was going to grow here, I merged my passion with my career.”

Al Baker, on the other hand is an engineer by profession, made his

debut with the sci-fi adventure The Package: Volume 1, which he wrote, produced and directed and had been lauded by critics for its ‘daring use of colour, lighting and texture.’

“I am extremely proud of the produc-tion value and that fact that everything about the film was local. From the story to the actors to the post-production process, everything was done in Qatar,” explained Al Ibrahim.

Majority of the film was shot in Umm Algehab, north of Al Khor, while there are some scenes partly shot in Doha.

The cast also teems with local talent with majority of them Qataris who are products of workshops.

“Almost the entire cast is Qatari. Ahmed and I have been holding acting workshops to develop local talent. An audition was done within this circle of actors to play the roles in the film.”

The main cast includes Mishal Al Dosari, Mariam Al Essa, Mahmoud Al Mahmoud, Abdulaziz Al Dorani, Jassim Mohammed and Faisal Al Baker.

Two more short films will be shown at the Thriller Night segment of Made in Qatar, both by Qatari filmmakers. They are I- a psycho thriller by Ali Faisal Al Ansari and Crazy Calm by Noor Ahmed Yaquib, an intern with Mira Nair in her The Reluctant Fundamentalist.

A total of 19 films will be screened at the Made in Qatar segment which are divided in four sections – New Hopes, Through Their Eyes, Thriller Night and Angel in June.

On his view of the progress and future of filmmaking in Qatar, Al Ibrahim said: “Filmmaking in Qatar is still in its prime. It’s going to take a lot of time and dedication to see it develop further. However I’m happy to see that the number of filmmakers and people involved in film is increasing. It’s a good sign.” The Peninsula

‘Lockdown: Red Moon Escape’

Mohammed Al Ibrahim Ahmed Al Baker

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PLUS | THURSDAY 8 NOVEMBER 2012 3COMMUNITY

Konkani musical show on Nov 16T

he Goan Welfare Association will be organising Comedian John D’Silva’s new Konkani Musical

Show Ranvotti on November 16 at Al Ghazal Club Hall (QP) at 3.30pm onwards.

John D’ Silva has been bestowed with the title ‘The emperor of Konkani Stage’ by Hello Margao, Hello Panjim, for his immense contribution in the field of Tiatrs (a type of musical).

John is the first Tiatrist to enter ‘Limca Book of Records’ for acting, writing, directing and producing 25 Tiatrs having a double alphabet in their titles and thereby taking Tiatrs to the greater heights and popularising it throughout the world. And for achiev-ing this great feat, he was honoured in the Goa Legislative Assembly. He is the first one to receive the ‘Yuva Srujan Puraskar’ Award from the Goa govern-ment for his contribution in the tiatr field.

His Tiatr are always written with thought provoking dialogues, powerful moral and messages. John D’Silva is an household name in Goa and among tiatr lovers globally, as his mere presence on the Konkani stage sends peels of laughter among the audience.

The cast in the Konkani musical show is Mita, Alice, Joe, Peter De Pedda, Socorro De St Cruz, Marcus Vaz, comedian Nato and comedian John D’Silva.

For more details call 55550491 or 66828980. Tickets available at Designers Tailors (Tel: 44325478) and Kebab King Restaurant (Tel: 44433118).

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After having performed their legendary songs in March at L’Olympia in Paris and in June at Baalbeck Festival

in Lebanon, Chico and the Gypsies are going to be in Doha for three live concerts.

The concerts will take place at La Cigale Hotel Al Wajba Ballroom on November 26-28.

Co-founder of the Gipsy Kings, Chico is a real music legend. With over 20 million albums sold worldwide, co-author of songs such as Bamboleo, Djobi Djoba, Baila Me, Volare, Chico made the whole world dance to the infectious beats of his gipsy guitars. It is usually difficult to resist feet tapping and dancing when those energetic and colourful melodies are played.

Chico has been nominated “United Nations special envoy for peace” due to his humanitarian endeavors and his universal music.

The live concerts, to be held at La Cigale, will plunge the guests into a Spanish and Gypsy-themed atmos-phere, which will awaken their senses. For the concert dinner, the chefs have prepared a special high end tapas themed cuisine. The concert ballroom will open at 7.30pm for the dinner and the concert will start at 8.15pm.

Originally, Chico and his band are from the south of France and they sing in Spanish.

Their music is described as rumba flamenca; many of their songs are influenced by Spanish flamenco, Afro-Cuban rhythms, salsa, and pop. As Gypsies, these travellers also picked up Arabic, Indian and Middle Eastern musical influences along the way, which resonate in their songs.

In typical Gypsy music style, they often create music with synchronised clapping or ‘Palmas’. When the focus is on one musician playing an instrument or a piece, the others gather around him and play.

Chico and the Gypsies do collaborate with many renowned artists and cover some of the most popular songs such as Aznavour’s La Boheme or Sinatra’s My Way. They also often revisit classic Rai or Arabic songs such as Boualem.

Spanish flamenco is said to have strong Arabic roots. Flamenco music was born in Andalusia in southern Spain.

The Arab roots of flamenco run deep. Some believe the word flamenco is a derivative from Arabic felag mangu, meaning “fugitive peasant”.

When the term came into use, it was first applied to the Andalusian Gypsies themselves, who were called either gitanos or flamencos.

When analysing specific flamenco music styles, such as jaleo, it is said that the basic structure, sung poetry and music, was inspired by the Arabs and Berbers who ruled Al Andalus from 711 to 1492. T B Irving notes in The World of Islam that “Gypsy music and cante jondo go back to the zajal [sung Arabic lyric poetry] and the five-tone scale.” The percussions, representa-tive of jaleo, such as hand-clapping, drums and tambourines, are found in Northern Africa folk music.

Tickets will be available for sale at Virgin Megastore (in store and on-line). The Peninsula

Chico and the Gypsiesto perform live in Doha

Who: Comedian John D’SilvaWhat: Konkani Musical Show RanvottiWhen: 3.30pm, November 16Where: Al Ghazal Club Hall Ticket: Call 55550491 or 66828980

Who: Chico and the GypsiesWhat: Live concert. Rumba Flamenca style music (Spanish)When: November 26, 27, 28Where: La Cigale HotelTicket: Available at Virgin Megastore (store & online)

Friends of Thiruvalla (FOTA) and National Center for Cancer Care & Research (NCCCR) jointly organised breast and

cervical cancer awareness workshop recently at ICC. FOTA ladies wing had taken the initiative for the campaign targeted at women in Qatar to help them minimise the risk of Breast and Cervical cancer within their families. The event featured keynote speakers, video presentations, information kits, pamphlets along with a breast self examination workshop.

Participants were provided guidance on appointment procedures to avail the free screen-ing facilities at NCCCR.

The events were kick started by Sheela Paul, president of ladies wing, FOTA. Valsamma Varghese, Vice-President FOTA ladies wing, gave the welcome address. The Peninsula

FOTA holds breast cancer awareness workshop

Fota officials with National Center for Cancer Care & Research team.

PLUS | THURSDAY 8 NOVEMBER 2012 COMMUNITY4

Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar (WCMC-Q) celebrated an impressive milestone

when 27 high achieving pre-medical students were named on the Dean’s Honors List at a ceremony in Education City.

Students who successfully earned a 3.75 GPA or higher in the Spring 2012 term were selected on academic merit to receive the award. It was only the second time in the 10-year history of WCMC-Q that high achieving students were inducted to the Dean’s Honours List.

WCMC-Q Dean, Dr Javaid Sheikh presented the awards and congratulated the students on their impressive academic achievements

and he encouraged them to continue to strive for excellence. The Dean’s Honors List is now a bi-annual annual event on WCMC-Q’s academic calendar in recognition of dedication, hard work and high achievements by students.

“I am delighted to applaud the exceptional performance of these students as they are recognized for this significant academic honour. The Dean’s Honors List reflects the high caliber of WCMC-Q’s student body and it is the legacy of our endeavours to provide a stimulating medical program in a world-class environment

“These young men and women have demonstrated an outstanding level of work to achieve this honor and their commitment and talent is

inspiring to all at WCMC-Q. We are proud to support them and help them achieve their undoubtedly remarkable potential,” Dean Sheikh said.

In his keynote address, Associate Professor of Chemistry in the Pre-Medical Programme Dr. James Roach challenged the students to utilize their skills and talents. “We can through hard work and diligence increase our knowledge and hone our talents into skills that make the world a better place. Or through laziness and indifference, we can destroy our God-given potential,” Dr Roach said.

“In medicine, you have chosen a career through which your exceptional talents, can profoundly enrich the lives of others. But don’t rest on the laurels of just talent alone … hone it, perfect

it, get the absolute most out of your abilities. The extent of your talent will only be truly realized through dedication to your craft.”

The students who were inducted on to the Dean’s Honor List are Hebatalla Allam, Lama Obeid, Mostafa Naguib, Zahra Habibur Rahman, Fathima Shajeedha Ameerudeen, Perola Lamba, Ahmad Hamed, Shereen Darwish, Muhammad Panhwar, Risheek Kaul, Amro Afi, Buchra Zakzok, Maryem Al Manaa, Khalid Al-Dasuqi, Vignesh Shanmugam, Alaaeldin Elsayed, Hamza Oglat, Aya El Jerbi, Sarah Kanbour, Lina Irshaid, Elizabeth Boctor, Ayesha Khalid, Shruthi Suresh, Josia Schlogl, Anchalia Chandrakumaran, Khalid Taha and Mohammed Sheriff.

The Peninsula

WCMC-Q inducts 27 medical students on to Dean’s Honour List

The honoured students with university officials athe function.The honoured students with university officials athe function.

Qatar Academy to hostfun run for a good cause

Qatar Academy will host a Think Pink 5km fun run on Friday. Registration starts at 4pm at the main entrance to the Senior

School on Al Luqta Street.The fun run will start at 4:30pm. The event is

an endeavour by one of the school’s Community & Service clubs to raise money for cancer awareness.

According to a written statement from Grade 11 students Basel Hindi and Maher Armoush: “Events like the Pink Run unify the students and teachers at our school, bringing them closer together while aiding a great cause.”

Families are encouraged to attend and run/walk the event as a fun way to exercise together.

“I’m sure some of our participants will come out and run hard as part of the competitive nature of running events,” says event supervisor Jeanne Mari Neefs.

“However, I have a feeling most people will just wear pink and come out for an afternoon stroll and a chance to win great raffle prizes, including a new iPod touch,” she concludes. Cost for the event is QR25 to sign up on race day. Race organisers urged all participants to come early for registration and get their names into the raffle. The Peninsula

Prefects and Assistant Prefects from International Curriculum of Birla Public School being invested by the Principal A K Shrivastava and Vice-Principal Shirly Rappai.

BIRLA PUBLIC SCHOOL PREFECTS

PLUS | THURSDAY 8 NOVEMBER 2012 5MARKETPLACE

Diwali offers at Sky Jewellery

Sky Jewellery launched many offers to celebrate Diwali. Customers could pre book

their Diwali purchases by paying 10 percent of the rate, so that they can take advantage of the lowest gold rate during the season.

In connection with Diwali, sky jewellery also launched more than 38 new limited edition designs both in gold and diamonds. All these Diwali collections come with a surprise gift hamper and special cash back offers.

“Special discount of 50 percent will be available on diamond jew-ellery along with free gold coins

ranging from one gramme to 32 grammes. All gold pur-

chases above QR3000 will enable the customers to get a free designer pearl pendant,” said Babu John. The offers will be avail-able till Diwali.

The Peninsula

Latest Micallef perfume unveiled at Blue Salon

Blue Salon added Micallef ’s new perfume Ylang in Gold, which comes in a hand-decorated bottle that glow in the dark, to its collection. Third fragrance

of the Jewel collection, after M.Micallef Jewel For Her and Jewel For Him, Ylang In Gold opens up refreshing citrus head notes and consists of voluptuous flowers warmed by sweet and sunny base notes suggesting tropical islands, from ylang-ylang, sandalwood, coconut and vanilla.

On the skin, Ylang in Gold leaves a light and delicate pearly golden dust made of golden powder, specially cre-ated and elaborated according to current standards for cosmetics.

In the authentic French tradition of crafts and luxury, the M.Micallef company gives priority to natural ingre-dients in its fragrances and magnifies each bottle in its art studio. The bottle of Ylang in Gold is delicately hand decorated with Swarovski crystals specially designed for M.Micallef.

Created in 1996 by Martine Micallef, beauty and well-ness specialist as well as passionate painter, and Geoffrey Nejman, financial consultant in fragrances in Grasse, the M.Micallef brand was created from their love story and their desire to design luxury handcrafts combining art and perfume. The Peninsula

FROM LEFT: Ambassador Susan Ziadeh, John Major and John M Dionisio.

US envoy honours Aecom global advisory board

The US Ambassador Susan L Ziadeh hosted a reception at her residence to honour the Aecom Global Advisory Board including former British Prime Minister Sir John Major, former Prime Minister of Singapore

Goh Chok Tong, Chairman of HDFC Deepak S Parekh, President of DT-Global Business Consulting Dr Daniel Thorniley and Chairman and CEO of Aecom John M Dionisio. Attendees included leading Qatari businessmen, government officials and foreign dignitaries.

In her welcoming remarks Ambassador emphasised the importance of the US-Qatari business relationship. She said: “We are proud to support American companies working and investing in Doha. Tonight, we celebrate the long lasting and diverse contributions of AECOM to Qatar’s 2030 National Vision, a contri-bution that is characteristic of the US’s well-deserved reputation for business acumen and unmatched technical expertise.”

Dionisio also noted the 30-year relationship between Aecom and Qatar and reinforced the company’s commitment to the country for the decades ahead.

Aecom is a leading provider of professional technical and management support services for public and private clients with more than 700 employees in Qatar. Aecom hosted its Quarterly Global Advisory Board meeting in Doha this week involving leaders from North America, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, South America and Europe. The Peninsula

FROM LEFT: Nabil Belaich, Brand Manager - Perfumes & Cosmetics, Martine Micallef, artist and owner of M.Micallef, Geoffrey Nejman, owner of M.Micallef, and Fawaz Idrissi, CEO, Blue Salon at the launch held at Blue Salon yesterday. Qassim Rahmatullah

PLUS | THURSDAY 8 NOVEMBER 2012 MARKETPLACE6

Ahli Bank picked Naser Faris Al Muhannadi as the October winner of its monthly QR2.5m MyHassad

Savings Scheme draw. On receiving the news of his big win,

Naser, could not believe his luck. “This is the first and biggest win for me and my family as we have invested in three MyHassad accounts individually. With this surplus income coming in the form of prize money, I now feel confident to move ahead with my plans and will also continue to invest my savings in MyHassad,” he said

Yehia El Batrawi, Deputy CEO – Retail Banking, Ahli Bank, said: “MyHassad continues to award its customers to enable them to realise their dreams. Our customer-centric savings scheme with its portfolio of an exciting range of prizes has been able to win our customers’ trust, who have chosen to invest with us time and again not only by themselves but also by getting their families involved.”

The MyHassad Savings Scheme for the year 2012 offers more chances of winning great cash prizes, where three lucky winners will win the grand weekly prize of QR250,000 each and 25

winners will win QR10,000 each every week, in addition to one monthly prize

worth QR2,500,000 (QR 10,000 per month for 250 months). The Peninsula

MyHassad winner bags QR2.5m

A bank official handing over the cheque to the winner

Masraf Al Rayan honours long serving staff and graduatesof talent programme

Masraf Al Rayan [MAR] honoured their long term serving staff as well as the first batch,

who graduated from the Talent Pool programme that manages national talent and Qatarisation within Masraf Al Rayan.

The award ceremony was held on Saturday at the Sharq Village and Spa and was attended by bank’s exec-utives, senior management and the members of staff.

The ceremony started with a welcoming speech from the GCEO, followed by the distribution of cer-tificates and awards and gathering for dinner.

The award ceremony recognised 120 members of staff who have served over five years with Masraf Al Rayan, in acknowledgment of their excel-lent performance and loyalty to the organization. While the first batch of Talent Pool graduates, which included twenty six employees from different departments within the bank, have successfully completed the three phases of the Professional Certified Manager qualification approved by the Institute of Certified Professional Managers from the USA.

Group Chief Executive Officer,

Adel Mustafawi said during his speech: “It is my pleasure to welcome you all to our 2012 long term service employee gathering. I am extremely proud to be a member of the Masraf Al Rayan family and would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your hard work, dedication and commitment to the bank. We look forward to continue the growth trend as our balance sheet & profitability grows.”

Abdulla Yousuf Al Mulla, General

Manager – Human Resources and Administration, said: “Although we are proud of our achievements, it is necessary not to stop at this point; we need to continue with the same spirit and dedication. Our success depends on the successful implementation of our strategies and managing the challenges that we face. This can only be achieved by the continued hard work and dedication of the Masraf Al Rayan team”.

The Peninsula

Bank officials at the award function.

Bose store bringslatest audio gadgets to Doha

Bose Store, affiliate of Darwish Technology, introduced its lat-est state-of-the-art products in

Qatar: the SIE2 and SIE2i sport head-phones, the SoundLink Air digital music system, Solo TV and the Bose Wave radio and music system.

The new technology devices intro-duced in Qatar belong to the SoundLink Air, SIE and Solo TV speakers line of audio innovation. Recently launched in Europe and USA, the new gadgets of the audio engineered products are now available at the Bose outlet in Lagoona Mall, Level 1. In addition to all the Fifty One East department stores at Al Maha Center, City Center Mall, Lagoona Mall and Virgin Megastores at the Villaggio & Landmark Malls.

The SoundLink Air digital music sys-tem, its first-ever Apple AirPlay-enabled product, provides clear and powerful sound - wirelessly.

Beautifully designed and engineered for performance, the SoundLink Air system incorporates proprietary Bose acoustic waveguide speaker technology, neodymium transducers, and Bose dig-ital signal processing to deliver detailed, room-filling sound across the entire fre-quency range and at any listening level. Music is reproduced accurately –- clear and natural, without audible distortion, manufactured boosts or accentuation.

The new revolutionary SIE2 and SIE2i sport headphones are Bose’s first in-ear headphones specifically engineered for exercise. Both earphones deliver unmatched performance for sport head-phones, combining high-quality audio, stability, sweat- and water-resistance and durability.

The SIE2 and SIE2i headphones feature exclusive Bose TriPort acoustic technology, ensuring audio is repro-duced with full, balanced sound. The sport-inspired design complements any athlete’s workout, from casual gym-goers to cross-trainers and avid runners. For added convenience, an exclusive Reebok fitness armband holds a mobile phone or digital music player securely in place, and is included with both models.

Under its Wave line, Bose introduces an update of the iconicBose Wave radio and Wave music system. The new Wave products combine their acclaimed audio performance and small size with more functionality and more versatility. For radio listening, the Wave radio III and Wave music system III now include an improved FM/AM tuner for clearer recep-tion, and artist names and song titles provided by many broadcasters are now displayed on-screen. The Wave music system III integrates a slot-load CD player, and both systems include an auxiliary input to connect a smartphone, iPod, HDTV,or computer.

The peninsula

PLUS | THURSDAY 8 NOVEMBER 2012HEALTH 7

Health Tipsfrom DOCTOR

If you’ve ever had a major infection that’s reached the roots of your tooth, relief probably meant ROOTCANAL TREATMENT. A root canal can help get you out of pain and can prevent the need for a tooth

extraction. For the most part, root canals are successful and your dental treatment may last a lifetime. But for the five percent of root canals that don’t heal, endodontic retreatment is often necessary to save the tooth.

Endodontic therapy is a complicated procedure that uses files to extract infected pulp from the root. When the infection remains in the root’s canals, the tooth may not heal, causing it to become reinfected There are several ways this can happen:• Newly formed tooth decay can cause a leakage of

bacteria into the root canal.• The dental crown used to protect the tooth cracks,

breaks or is placed too late, allowing new infec-tion to enter the root.

• The roots weren’t cleaned thoroughly or were missed completely -- it can be difficult to remove the infection in curved root canals and some of the canals may be too hard to see, causing them to remain untreated.

• The roots were incor-rectly sealed or filled.

• The tooth was contaminated by saliva during the procedure.

While your dentist may be able to retreat the tooth, endodontic retreatment is usually performed by endo-dontists, or root canal specialists. The first step in endo-dontic retreatment is non-surgical retreatment, which is performed much like a typical root canal. Your dentist needs to gain access to the roots by either removing the dental crown or drilling directly through the crown itself. The dental crown’s post, which is embedded into the tooth to keep it in place, will need to be removed. Once the tooth filling material is extracted, files are used to reshape the root’s canals, which are then cleaned and filled with gutta percha. Once your endodontic retreat-ment is complete, your dental crown will be filled or you will be fitted for a new one.

Although the procedure is similar to your original root canal treatment, it requires more precision to bet-ter remove what was missed before.

In some cases, your dentist may not be able to remove all of the infection during endodontic retreat-ment. Your dentist may skip nonsurgical endodontic retreatment altogether if the post that holds your crown in place can’t be removed or if the canals are too narrow, blocked or curved to gain access to them. If endodontic retreatment doesn’t work or isn’t an option, root end surgery may be required.

If you’re experiencing discomfort in a tooth that had a root canal treatment, don’t ignore it. The sooner you see a specialist, the better chance you’ll have of saving your tooth and getting relief from your pain!

Regular moderate exer-cise can raise life expectancy -- even among people who are

overweight, a study said.The analysis, published in

PLOS Medicine, pooled self-reported data on physical activ-ities and body mass indexes (BMIs) -- a ratio of weight to height -- from some 650,000 peo-ple aged 40 and older enrolled in one Swedish and five US studies.

“This result may help convince currently inactive people that a modest physical activity program may have health benefits, even if it does not result in weight loss,” said a summary of the analysis headed by Steven Moore of the US National Cancer Institute.

The researchers used the studies to calculate the boost to life expectancy linked to specific levels of physical activity and found that brisk walking for up

to 75 minutes per week was asso-ciated with a gain of 1.8 years in life expectancy.

“Being active -- having a phys-ical activity level at or above the World Health Organization-recommended minimum of 150 minutes of brisk walking per week -- was associated with an overall gain of life expectancy of 3.4 to 4.5 years,” the summary said.

Overall, the researchers con-cluded that less physical activ-ity was linked with a shorter life expectancy no matter a person’s body mass index.

“More leisure time physi-cal activity was associated with longer life expectancy across a range of activity levels and BMI groups,” the abstract of the anal-ysis concluded.

However, being active and hav-ing a normal body mass index (of 18.5 to 24.9) was associated with

a gain of 7.2 years of life com-pared to people who are inactive and obese with a body mass index of 35 or above.

On the other hand, being inactive and normal weight was linked to 3.1 fewer years of life compared to those who are active but class I obese and have a BMI of 30-34.9.

“These findings suggest that participation in leisure time physical activity, even below the recommended level, is associated with a reduced risk of mortality compared to participation in no leisure time physical activity,” the summary said.

“The findings also suggest that physical activity at recom-mended levels or higher may increase longevity further, and that a lack of leisure time physi-cal activity may markedly reduce life expectancy when combined with obesity.” AFP

Dr Kuttappa M A Specialist

Restorative Dentistry Healthspring World Clinic

What’s newNew tool improves diagnosis of brain diseases

A key discovery could give medical science a new tool for a better insight into and monitoring of brain diseases like multiple sclerosis (MS).

The MS is a nerve disorder caused by the destruction of myelin, the insulating layer surround-ing neurons (nerve cells) and their fibres in the brain and spinal cord, helping the brain send electrical signals quickly and smoothly to the rest of the body.

Symptoms of MS include changes in sensation such as loss of sensitivity or tingling, pricking or numbness, muscle weakness, muscle spasms, or difficulty in moving, difficulties with coordination and balance and problems in speech or swallowing among others.

The new research has potentially useful applications in the diagnosis and monitoring of MS where there are known links to myelin loss, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reports.

Nikolaos Evangelou, clinical associate professor at Nottingham University, specialising in MS, said: “The more we understand about the nerves and the myelin around them, the more successful we are in studying brain diseases, such as multiple sclerosis.”

Samuel Wharton from the The University of Nottingham’s Sir Peter Mansfield Magnetic Resonance Centre, said: “While most MRI-based research focuses on tissue measurements at the millimetre length scale, our experimental scans...shows that much more detailed microscopic information relating to the size and direction of nerve fibres can be generated using fairly simple imaging techniques.

Endodontic Retreatment

Regular exercise raises life

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e w

ith

‘mang-t

ikka’ and b

racele

t.S

op

hie

C

hou

dry,

wh

o

att

en

ded t

he p

arty

Tuesd

ay

wh

ere

Raja

sta

hn

i cu

isin

e

were l

aid

out

for C

am

pbell’s

in

ternati

onal guest

s, t

weete

d:

“Am

azin

g

nit

e!!

Naom

i &

V

lad looked incredib

le in M

G

(Manav G

angw

ani creati

on).”

Acto

r N

icola

s C

age h

as

join

ed t

he c

ast

of

Th

e E

xp

en

da

ble

s 3

and p

ro-

ducer A

vi

Lerner i

s now

in t

alk

s to

sig

n u

p t

he l

ikes

of

Harris

on

Ford, W

esl

ey S

nip

es

and M

ickey R

ourk

e.

Th

e 48-y

ear-o

ld acto

r is

set

to jo

in S

ylv

este

r S

tall

on

e,

Arn

old

S

chw

arze

negger a

nd B

ruce W

illis

in t

he t

hir

d i

nst

allm

en

t of

the f

ast

-paced fl

ick, reports

conta

ctm

usi

c.c

om

.‘’W

e a

re p

reparin

g t

he fi

lm w

ith t

he s

am

e p

ass

ion a

nd c

om

mit

ment

as

the p

revio

us

two. W

e h

ave c

onfirm

ed N

icola

s C

age, a m

ast

er a

cto

r w

ho

giv

es

a v

eneer inte

llectu

al group. H

opefu

lly w

e c

an r

ealize

to H

arris

on F

ord,

Wesl

ey S

nip

es

and M

ickey R

ourk

e,” S

tallone w

rote

on h

is F

acebook p

age.

‘’T

hat

is t

he g

reat

mis

sion o

f th

e p

roducer.

We w

ill

conti

nue w

ith t

he

sam

e n

arrati

ve s

chem

e, th

e a

gilit

y a

nd t

he f

renzy

, w

hic

h a

re i

nherent

to

the s

aga,” h

e f

urth

er p

ost

ed.

Nao

mi w

ears

lehe

nga-

chol

i for

par

ty

Nic

olas

Cag

e co

nfirm

ed f

orTh

e Ex

pend

able

s 3

BY

ZO

RIA

NN

A K

IT

Dan

iel

Day-L

ew

is

had

litt

le

more t

han a

sta

tue a

nd a

few

fa

mous

speeches

to g

o o

n w

hen

he fi

rst

agreed t

o p

lay P

resi

dent

Abraham

Lin

coln

on s

creen.

By

the

tim

e

producti

on

began

on

Ste

ven

S

pie

lberg’s

m

ovie

L

inco

ln,

the

Brit

ish-I

ris

h a

cto

r w

as

so i

mm

erse

d i

n

the c

haracte

r h

e w

as

even t

exti

ng c

o-s

tars

as

Am

eric

a’s

Civ

il W

ar p

resi

dent.

“I k

new

noth

ing a

bout

him

,” D

ay-L

ew

is,

55, to

ld r

eporte

rs

ahead o

f th

e r

ele

ase

of

“Lin

coln

”.“I

had e

veryth

ing t

o l

earn

an

d a

part

from

a f

ew

im

ages,

a s

tatu

e ... a

few

lin

es

from

the fi

rst

inaugural, a

few

from

the

Gett

ysburg a

ddress,

that

would

be m

y

en

tire k

now

ledge o

f th

at

man

’s l

ife,”

he

added.

Th

e double

O

scar w

inn

er adm

itte

d

he w

as

hesi

tant

in t

akin

g o

n t

he r

ole

of

Lin

coln

, sa

yin

g h

e d

id n

ot

wan

t to

“be

resp

on

sible

for i

rrevocably

sta

inin

g t

he

reputa

tion o

f th

e g

reate

st p

resi

dent

this

countr

y’s

ever k

now

n.”

Despit

e

his

doubts

, D

ay-L

ew

is

is

alr

eady b

ein

g h

ailed a

s a c

erta

in O

scar

nom

inee for h

is w

ork

on t

he m

ovie

, w

hic

h

could

add t

o h

is b

est

acto

r O

scar h

aul fo

r

his

greedy t

urn o

f th

e c

entu

ry o

il b

aron

in T

here

Wil

l b

e B

lood (

2007)

and h

is r

ole

as

a q

uadrip

legic

writ

er i

n t

he 1

989 fi

lm

My

Left

Foot.

Ente

rta

inm

ent

websi

te C

inem

a B

lend

call

ed h

is perfo

rm

an

ce “f

ault

less an

d

surpris

ingly

rest

rain

ed,” w

hile I

ndie

wir

e

writ

es th

at

“th

e m

oti

vati

ng fo

rce of

Lin

coln

belo

ngs

to its

leadin

g m

an, w

hose

screen

presen

ce i

s a

won

der t

o b

ehold

even w

hen h

e s

ays

noth

ing”.

Brit

ish b

orn

Day-L

ew

is i

s kn

ow

n f

or

exhaust

ive p

reparati

on a

nd f

or t

hrow

ing

him

self

com

ple

tely

in h

is r

ole

s, e

ven w

hen

the c

am

eras

are n

ot

rollin

g.

Lin

coln

was

no e

xcepti

on.

TE

XT

ING

IN 1

9TH

CE

NT

UR

Y-S

PE

AK

S

all

y F

ield

, w

ho pla

ys M

ary T

odd

Lin

coln

, recalled h

ow

the m

an w

ho w

ould

pla

y h

er o

n-s

creen

husb

an

d h

ad t

exte

d

her “

tota

lly i

n c

haracte

r” o

ver a

seven-

month

perio

d p

rio

r t

o s

hooti

ng t

he m

ovie

.“(

It)

was d

iffi

cu

lt b

ecau

se y

ou

had t

o

figu

re o

ut

how

to s

ay w

hat

you

wan

ted

to say w

ith

in th

e vern

acu

lar of

the

tim

e,”

Fie

ld t

old

reporte

rs.

Th

e f

ilm

cen

ters a

rou

nd t

he l

ast

few

m

on

ths o

f L

incoln

’s l

ife. T

he C

ivil

War

is s

till

ragin

g a

nd t

he p

resi

den

t is

fig

ht-

ing f

acti

on

s w

ith

in h

is o

wn

cabin

et,

as

well

as p

oli

tical fa

cti

on

s in

Con

gress, to

pass t

he T

hir

teen

th A

men

dm

en

t to

th

e

US

Con

sti

tuti

on

th

at

aboli

sh

ed s

lavery.

Wh

ile e

fforts

to p

ass t

he T

hir

teen

th

Am

en

dm

en

t in

la

te 1864 an

d early

1865 t

ak

e c

en

ter s

tage i

n t

he f

ilm

, it

als

o d

elv

es i

nto

Lin

coln

’s l

ife a

t h

om

e

wit

h h

is w

ife a

nd s

on

s R

obert

(Joseph

Gord

on

-L

evit

t)

an

d

Tad

(G

ull

iver

McG

rath

).S

pie

lberg said

th

e fi

lm w

as n

ever

inte

nded t

o b

e a

bio

graph

y o

f L

incoln

.“W

e n

eeded t

o f

ocu

s i

t in

on

a w

ork

-in

g p

resid

en

t an

d a

fath

er a

nd a

hu

s-

ban

d,”

Spie

lberg e

xpla

ined.

“Y

ou

cou

ldn

’t d

o t

hat

if i

t w

as t

he

greate

st

hit

s o

f A

brah

am

Lin

coln

. W

e

wou

ld h

ave b

een

dil

ett

an

tes a

s f

ilm

-m

akers a

nd a

s a

cto

rs.

We w

ou

ld h

ave

been

hit

tin

g a

ll t

he h

igh

poin

ts a

nd just

giv

ing y

ou

th

e h

eadli

nes a

nd n

ot

giv

-in

g y

ou

an

y s

en

se o

f th

e d

epth

of

this

ch

aracte

r, t

his

man

,” h

e a

dded.

Gordon

-L

evit

t said

he d

idn

’t g

et

to

kn

ow

Day-L

ew

is u

nti

l aft

er p

roducti

on

wrapped, despit

e t

he n

um

erou

s s

cen

es

they s

hared.

“I

never m

et

Dan

iel

in p

erson

,” h

e

said

. “I

on

ly e

ver m

et

the p

resid

en

t,

on

ly e

ver h

eard t

he p

resid

en

t’s v

oic

e.

I call

ed h

im s

ir, h

e c

all

ed m

e R

obert.

”A

fter t

he l

ast

day o

f sh

ooti

ng,

the

cast

wen

t out

in t

he e

ven

ing t

o c

ele

brate

“a

nd t

hat

was

the f

irst

tim

e I

perso

nall

y

met

Dan

iel,” s

aid

Gordon

-L

evit

t.“H

e s

how

ed u

p in

jean

s a

nd a

T-s

hir

t an

d h

ad a

com

ple

tely

dif

feren

t voic

e

an

d p

ostu

re,”

said

th

e a

cto

r. “

He w

as

lik

e on

e of

my fr

ien

ds -- you

k

now

th

is k

ind o

f cool, a

rti

st

guy,

havin

g a

G

uin

ness a

nd ju

st

lau

gh

ing a

nd h

avin

g

a g

reat

tim

e.”

R

eu

ters

ST

he K

ardash

ian s

iste

rs -

Kim

, K

ourtn

ey a

nd K

hlo

e, w

ho h

ave r

ecentl

y

team

ed u

p w

ith B

rit

ish h

igh s

treet

store D

oroth

y P

erk

ins

to launch

their

Kardash

ian K

ollecti

on, sa

y t

heir

next

fash

ion v

entu

re w

ill

be

aim

ed a

t kid

s.T

hey w

ill call t

heir

children’s

clo

thin

g lin

e, K

ardash

ian K

ids.

“We a

ll l

ove s

poilin

g M

aso

n a

nd P

enelo

pe (

Kourtn

ey’s

children)

wit

h

clo

thes.

Fash

ion for lit

tle p

eople

is

so a

dorable

, so

Kardash

ian K

ids

would

definit

ely

be f

un,” t

hesu

n.c

o.u

k q

uote

d K

hole

as

sayin

g.

She a

lso r

eveale

d h

ow

they c

an

’t w

ait

for B

rit

ish g

irls

to s

ee t

heir

D

oroth

y P

erk

ins

Kardash

ian K

ollecti

on a

s th

ey a

re s

o im

press

ed w

ith h

ow

w

om

en in t

he U

K d

ress

.“B

rit

ish w

om

en a

re r

eally s

tylish

and I

can’t

wait

to s

ee w

hat

they t

hin

k

of

the K

ardash

ian K

ollecti

on.

“I t

hin

k c

urvy h

as

becom

e n

ot

only

more a

ccepta

ble

but

more d

esi

r-

able

than e

ver b

efo

re. S

o m

any w

om

en a

re n

ow

proud o

f th

eir

curves

and

want

to a

ccentu

ate

them

rath

er t

han h

idin

g t

hem

aw

ay. I’m

so h

appy t

o

see t

his

happen,” s

he s

aid

.

Kar

dash

ians

wan

t ki

dsw

ear

line

Act

ing, n

ot r

oman

ce, i

s m

y fo

rte:

Shah

Rukh K

han

He m

ay b

e k

now

n t

he w

orld

over a

s th

e u

ltim

ate

icon o

f rom

ance

but

only

five o

f his

75 fi

lms

portr

ay h

im a

s th

e r

om

anti

c h

ero,

says

Shah R

ukh K

han, w

ho b

elieves

that

proje

cti

ng h

im a

s th

e

lover b

oy is

“oversi

mplificati

on”.

“Honest

ly, I

thin

k a

cti

ng is

my f

orte

. I

thin

k t

his

is

oversi

mplificati

on -

five o

ut

of th

e 7

5 fi

lms

that

I have d

one h

ave b

een r

om

anti

c. T

hey h

ave d

one

well, so

have t

he o

ther o

nes,

” S

hah R

ukh s

aid

in a

group inte

rvie

w h

ere.

He h

ad m

ade i

t big

init

ially w

ith g

rey r

ole

s in

Ba

azi

ga

r and D

arr

, but

was

labelled k

ing o

f rom

ance f

ollow

ing t

he s

tupendous

success

of

Dil

wa

le

Du

lha

nia

Le J

aye

nge,

Dil

To P

aga

l H

ai and K

uch

Ku

ch H

ota

Ha

i.H

e p

roved h

is v

ersa

tility

by f

eatu

rin

g in a

cti

oners

like D

on

2 a

nd iss

ue-

base

d fi

lms

like M

y N

am

e I

s K

ha

n,

Ch

ak

De!

Ind

ia a

nd S

wa

des,

but

the t

ag

stuck. H

is l

ast

love s

aga w

as

the A

dit

ya C

hopra d

irecte

d R

ab

Ne B

an

a D

i Jo

di. H

e r

etu

rns

to t

he g

enre a

fter f

our y

ears

wit

h t

he late

Yash

Chopra’s

Ja

b T

ak

Ha

i Ja

an, w

hic

h r

ele

ase

s on N

ovem

ber 1

3 o

n D

iwali.

He w

ill

be s

een w

ooin

g K

atr

ina K

aif

and A

nush

ka C

hopra i

n w

hat

he

calls

a m

odern love s

tory.

“Yash

ji w

ante

d t

o m

ake l

ove s

torie

s. H

e s

aid

that

we h

ave h

ad e

nough

of

these

fighti

ng fi

lms.

I b

elieved i

n h

im...... (

wit

h t

his

film

) he s

aid

he

wante

d t

o m

ake a

sim

ple

yet

com

plicate

d fi

lm o

n h

um

an r

ela

tions.

It

is a

very m

odern inte

rpreta

tion (

of lo

ve).

(B

ut)

I t

hin

k love r

em

ain

s th

e s

am

e,”

Shah R

ukh.

This

is

Shah R

ukh’s

fourth

film

wit

h Y

ash

Chopra a

s dir

ecto

r a

fter D

arr

(1

993),

Dil

To P

aga

l H

ai (1

997)

and V

eer-

Za

ara

(2004).

His

real life

approach t

o r

om

ance is

sim

ple

.“Y

ou s

hould

sit

wit

h w

ho y

ou love...y

ou d

on’t

need a

nyth

ing e

lse...b

each,

candle

, a c

ar o

r a

nyth

ing. W

hen y

ou love s

om

eone, you d

on’t

need a

nyth

ing

els

e. T

he fact

that

you d

o n

eed o

ther t

hin

gs

means

that

you d

on’t

love t

hat

perso

n,” s

aid

the a

cto

r w

ho is

happily m

arrie

d t

o G

auri.

He a

dded t

hat

his

fans

had f

orm

ed a

n i

mage o

n t

he b

asi

s of

his

screen

appearance.

“You w

ill only

know

who I

am

from

the im

press

ion y

ou m

ake o

f m

e from

m

y fi

lms.

You w

ill

never g

et

to k

now

how

I r

eally a

m b

ecause

you d

on’t

know

me,

neit

her d

o y

ou s

pend t

ime w

ith m

e.

And m

y l

arger t

han l

ife

image i

s so

big

that

if I

rom

ance w

ell, you w

ill

feel

that

I am

a r

om

anti

c.

My im

age is

so b

ig a

lready t

hat

whate

ver y

ou t

hin

k o

f m

e w

ill be b

ase

d o

n

your p

ercepti

on o

f m

e f

rom

my fi

lms,

” he s

aid

.M

ore t

han a

n a

cto

r, S

hah R

ukh K

han h

as

becom

e a

brand. B

ut

noth

ing

is m

ore im

porta

nt

than t

he a

cti

ng, he s

ays.

“I feel th

at

more t

han t

he b

rand, I

just

try t

o e

njo

y m

y a

cti

ng. I

have b

een

enjo

yin

g it

since 2

0 y

ears.

I d

on’t

thin

k I

will st

op s

oon. T

ill th

e t

ime I

get

happin

ess

, I

will

do i

t. V

ery f

ew

people

get

the c

hance o

f doin

g w

hat

they

want

to d

o...a

nd v

ery f

ew

get

the c

hance o

f doin

g n

ew

thin

gs

every d

ay.”

“Som

eti

mes

I am

rom

anti

c, so

meti

mes

I am

dancin

g, fighti

ng...g

oin

g t

o

new

pla

ces.

...s

o I

cheris

h t

hese

mom

ents

. I

get

excit

ed a

nd t

his

show

s on

screen.

“Whate

ver r

ole

you g

ive m

e, I

will m

ake it

out

to b

e s

om

eth

ing. It

is

like

a c

hallenge t

o m

e w

hen I

can a

dd s

om

eth

ing (

to m

y r

ole

),”

he s

aid

. IA

NS

Text

ing

like

a p

resi

den

t

Day-

Lew

is g

ets

und

er

Lin

co

ln’s

skin

to

pla

y th

e r

eve

red

U

S P

resi

dent

in

Ste

ven S

pie

lberg

’s

new

film

.

Still

fro

m S

hah R

ukh

Khan n

ew

mo

vie

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prize in the category aged six and under.The victory was announced at an award ceremony

in London by British literary charity Booktrust on Tuesday.

Bella’s may seem a reasonable response to waking up to find your jewellery being licked by a baby brother, you may think.

But things do not improve from here, and nothing anyone does for Bella is right and it seems the only solution is to shout as loud as possible about the injustice of it all.

The response will be amusingly familiar to parents of young children everywhere, and it draws on the experience of author Rebecca Patterson with her daughter, now a few years older.

“She used to have a lot of tantrums, I still do myself sometimes,” she said.

The book came into being as she linked together pictures she had drawn when doing a masters degree in illustration.

The feelings brought to light by the book seem to be widely held.

“It just made me laugh and laugh. Who hasn’t had, or at least wanted to have - a big shouting day?” prize judge, journalist and author Lucy Mangan said.

“Who hasn’t just wanted to go to pieces when faced with ‘the TERRIBLE EGG’ or toothpaste that is just TOO minty?”

TEENAGE ANGST

Dark Lord: The Teenage Years, a tale about a powerful netherworld lord who finds himself inhabiting the body of a chubby teenager scooped the seven to 14 year category prize.

The book by Jamie Thomson focuses on Dirk Lloyd and his tribulations from being taken care of by social services and settled into his local school, when all he really wants to do is be appreciated as an evil force and return to his reign of terror.

Thomson used his experience writing fantasy books

for role play as a springboard for something that could examine the baddies characters more fully.

“I wanted to show what it’s like to be a dark lord in more detail, and why people would want to be one,” Thomson said.

He added recent and that recent big name fiction like Harry Potter had bolstered interest in fantasy books and helped foster the book’s popularity.

The book also shines a light on the bizarre way that people in the real world behave, said Michael Rosen, author and chair of the judges.

“This is a wonderfully absurd take on beings from another planet or another world and like all books with this theme it makes us think about how odd and crazy we are,”

The prize, now in its fifth year, was inspired by Dahl, who wrote children’s classics Matilda, The Witches and Fantastic Mr. Fox. Rosen established the award when he was Children’s Laureate to celebrate humour in children’s literature.

“We know that reading for pleasure is an engine for attainment and achievement in all walks of life,” Rosen said.

“Children, parents, teachers, librarians and all concerned with reading can find a rich vein of books for all ages in the back lists of this prize, and this year’s shortlists and winners are engaging, fascinating and above all, very funny.’

For the second year running, the votes of children were counted, alongside the judging panel’s votes, to find the winner, with more than 500 pupils in En gland selected to read, discuss, and pick their favourite from the shortlists.

The winner of each category was awarded their prize of £2,500 in a ceremony in London. The prize has been previously won by Andy Stanton (of Mr Gum fame), Philip Ardagh with Grubtown Tales: Stinking Rich and Just Plain Stinky, Louise Rennison with Withering Tights and Liz Pichon with The Brilliant World of Tom Gates. The Roald Dahl funny prize is managed by independent literature charity Booktrust.

Booktrust is a UK charity dedicated to encouraging people of all ages and cultures to engage with books. Agencies

Rebecca Patterson and Jamie Thomson with their winning books My Big Shouting Day and Dark Lord: Teenage Years.

Dark lordand shouting tot pick up Roald Dahl prize

Goblinsby Philip Reeve

Illustrated by Dave Semple(Scholastic, Marion Lloyd Books)

The Baby That Roaredby Simon Puttock

Illustrated by Nadia Shireen(Nosy Crow)

The Pirates Next Doorby Jonny Duddle

(Templar)

Socks Are Not Enoughby Mark Lowery

(Scholastic)

The Worst Princessby Anna Kemp

Illustrated by Sara Ogilvie(Simon and Schuster)

The Dragonsitterby Josh Lacey

Illustrated by Garry Parsons(Andersen Press)

My Big Shouting Dayby Rebecca Patterson

(Random House Children’s Books, Jonathan Cape)

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: Flies Againby Frank Cottrell Boyce

Illustrated by Joe Berger(Macmillan Children’s Books)

Oh No, George!by Chris Haughton

(Walker Books)

Dark Lord: The Teenage Yearsby Jamie Thomson

Illustrated by Freya Hartas(Hachette Children’s Books, Orchard Books)

Stuckby Oliver Jeffers

(HarperCollins Children’s Books)

Gangsta Grannyby David Walliams

Illustrated by Tony Ross(HarperCollins Children’s Books)

2012

PLUS | THURSDAY 8 NOVEMBER 2012LAW 11

Are women entitled to equal pay as men for work?

Women receive same wages as men when they do the same kind of work and women have the same opportuni-ties for training and advancement. It is prohibited to make women work in hazardous and strenuous situations or in jobs that can harm their health or dignity and any other job as defined in ministerial decisions issued by the minister of labour.

How is a maternity leave calculated?

Fifty days with full payment, pro-vided the person has worked for one full year before applying for maternity leave.

Is it legal to end a woman’s con-tract if health conditions prevent her from reporting back to work after maternity leave ends?

No, it is illegal. The employee would then be considered on leave without pay, provided the duration is not longer than sixty days (continuous or interrupted). She should also provide a medical certificate describing her condition from specialist recognised by the employer. Maternity leave does not affect your right to other holidays.

How is breastfeeding break calculated?

Yes, a woman employee is entitled to break for one hour a day (to be decided by you) for one full year after the maternity leave.

What is considered as injury at work?

� Injuries caused by an accident dur-ing your duty or because of it. It can also happen on your way to

How is maternity

leave calculated?

or back from work, provided that you trip to or from work is not interrupted or diverted from your normal, daily route to the place of work. Death can also result from work injuries, and legal heirs are entitled to compensation in such cases.

� In case of such injuries, your treat-ment expenses must be borne by your employer as may bed decided by the concerned medical authority.

� You receive full salary during your treatment up to six months. If treatment takes more than six months, you receive half of your salary until you are fully recovered or proven permanently disabled.

� Total and permanent disability is considered same as death in terms of compensation

� You can review work related injuries in chart No 1 and 2 of labour law No. 14 of 2004 to famil-iarise yourself about degrees of disabilities

Is it legal to deny injury or death

compensation in some cases?Yes, this is legal if you are found to

have intentionally injured yourself or found under the influence of narcotics or alcohol at the time of injury or death and this is established as the reason for injury or death. It is also legal if you if you refuse to undergo medical check-up without good reason or refuse to follow treatment prescribed for you by the medical body, or intentionally defy your employer’s directions regarding safety measures or be grossly negligent in that regard.

What is the period for paying compensation?

The employer should pay disability compensation within fifteen days from the date a worker is proven to be disa-bled, or the conclusion of investigations supporting disability because of work.

Employer should pay death compen-sation to court treasurer, within fifteen days of death or the date of conclusion of investigations supporting the cause of death as related to work.

Is it possible for you to lose your right to disability compensation or your heirs to their right to death compensation?

You lose your right to compensation for disability or death at work after one year of the final medical report stating the occurrence of disability, or one year from the date of death.

What is a fixed-term contract?

It is a contract that implies finishing a job within specified period or dealing with a specific job and ends with the completion of that job. These are such contracts as made by an employer with workers for services to be concluded within a specific period, such as cer-emonies and conferences, or for specific job such as renovation, or painting of a house.

� Temporary contract ends as the work agreed upon in the contract is completed and if the employer did not express his wish to renew your con-tract or legally transfer you (second-ment), or give you sponsorship transfer to another company or business, you must leave the country as the termina-tion makes your stay illegal.

Is a “fixed-term” contract con-sidered to be spontaneously renewed if you continue to work (with employer’s consent) follow-ing expiry of the contract?

If the contract is fixed-term and the two parties adhere to it after its expiry date without a formal agree-ment, the contract is considered auto-matically renewed as per conditions mentioned in it for a similar period and is considered as extension of the previous period. Your employment is counted from the start of service for the employer.

The Peninsula

Please send your legalqueries to plus@pen.com.qa

PLUS | THURSDAY 8 NOVEMBER 2012 CULTURE12

by Sara Hussein

Mohammed Jakhbir leans back, braces him-self, and then leaps off the roof of a Khan Yunis hospital building, flipping backwards

before landing on the next roof over.He whoops with delight at performing the danger-

ous feat, his favourite of the moves he practises with his team -- the first parkour group in the Gaza Strip.

Parkour, also known as free running, is an extreme sport that involves getting around or over urban obstacles as quickly as possible, using a combination of running, jumping, and gymnastic moves including rolls and vaults.

Practitioners leap from roof-to-roof, run up the side of buildings until they flip backwards, vault over park benches, or cartwheel along walls.

In Gaza, it’s still a novelty, and as Jakhbir and four members of his 12-man crew demonstrate their skills in the grounds of the southern city’s Nasser hospital, a crowd of patients and doctors look on, some filming with their cell phones.

“He’s like Spiderman!” says one onlooker as 23-year-old Jakhbir runs up a wall, seemingly defy-ing gravity as he scales the facade.

As the crowd grows, the team decides to move to a quieter spot. Their practice sessions are occasion-ally interrupted when onlookers call the police to complain, and they prefer to avoid having to make a run for it.

“When we first started practising, we could do it anywhere. But gradually we found people would complain and the police would come. It became a game, we’d practise until they arrived and then run away,” Jakhbir laughs.

He’s been practising parkour for seven years, ever since his friend Abdullah showed him a documentary called “Jump London”.

It instantly appealed to them, and they started to learn more about the sport online.

“We would watch clips and try to imitate the moves that we saw. Gradually we started to make our own clips,” he says.

“Now sometimes people even request that we make clips to show them certain moves. It’s been a long journey for us, seven years, but now we have a real team.”

Jihad Abu Sultan, 24, joined the team four years ago after seeing some of Jakhbir’s clips on YouTube.

He had a background in both kickboxing and kung-fu, but saw something different in parkour.

“It uses physical strength more than any other sport... I was so impressed by it, especially the jump-ing involved,” he says.

‘IT MAKES ME FEEL FREE’

One of Abu Sultan’s specialities is a move in which he flips his body in a full circle with one hand rest-ing on a wall for him to pivot around. He’s also an accomplished tumbler, throwing himself along the ground in a series of handsprings, rolls and twists.

“Parkour teaches us to overcome obstacles,” he says. “It makes me feel free, it makes me feel my body is strong, that I can overcome anything.”

But practising parkour in Gaza hasn’t been easy.At times they’ve had to shift practice locations

because the areas have been targeted by Israeli air

strikes. And both Abu Sultan and Jakhbir have bat-tled disapproval from their families.

“At first, my parents forbade it,” admits Abu Sultan. “They tried to stop me, especially after I was injured, but they couldn’t. It’s in my blood.”

Jakhbir’s parents told him to stop practising park-our and find a job. He graduated with a degree in multimedia from Gaza’s Islamic University, but has been largely unemployed ever since.

“They told me there was no future to it,” he says with frustration.

“I want people to change their ideas about sports, all sports,” he adds, raising his voice.

“They need to understand that sport is something very important. Athletes can raise Palestine’s name throughout the world.”

Jakhbir and other Gaza Parkour members were able to do just that earlier this year, when an Italian group called Unione Italiana Sport Per Tutti invited them to Italy.

“They were able to make our biggest dream come true, which was to get past the biggest obstacle of all -- the Israeli checkpoint -- and travel abroad,” Jakhbir says.

The trip took them to Rome and four other Italian cities, where they met with other enthusiasts, show-ing off their skills and learning a few new ones.

“We talked to people about our lives in Gaza, that we’re living under a siege, and in a continually tense situation. We face financial, social and political obsta-cles,” Jakhbir recalls.

The parkour Gazans practise three times a week, mostly in a cemetery on the outskirts of Khan Yunis, which is quiet and usually empty.

In between modest headstones, they practise run-ning and tumbling, and compete to see who can hold handstands the longest.

They’ve spray painted “Gaza Parkour forever” on some of the walls, but they acknowledge the team has an uncertain future.

Jakhbir and Abu Sultan say they’d like to continue parkour professionally, and are hoping to eventually win either local or international support that would allow them to commit to the sport full-time.

“Parkour teaches us we can overcome our prob-lems even if we fail once or twice,” says Jakhbir.

“We have to try and we can achieve our goals in life.” AFP

Parkour involves running, jumping, and gymnastic moves, including rolls and vaults.

Daredevil Gazans run free with parkour

PLUS | THURSDAY 8 NOVEMBER 2012 COMICS

Baby Blues Jerry Scott and Rick Kirkman

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Hagar The Horrible Chris Browne

Slylock Fox Bob Weber

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

A CHORUS LINE, AIDA, A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, ANNIE GET YOUR GUN, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, CABARET, CAMELOT, CAROUSEL, CATS, CHICAGO, COPACABANA, EVITA, GUYS AND DOLLS, GYPSY, HELLO DOLLY, JOLSON, KISS ME KATE, LES MISERABLES, MISS SAIGON, RAGTIME, RIVERDANCE, SHOWBOAT, SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN, SOUTH PACIFIC, SUNSET BOULEVARD, THE KING AND I, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, WESTSIDE STORY.

Zits Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman

Blondie Dennis Young and Denis Lebrun

PLUS | THURSDAY 8 NOVEMBER 2012

HYPER SUDOKU

CROSS WORD

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 La ___ (Argentine city) 6 Irksome 10 Blacken14 Museum piece15 Name of counties

in three states, all crossed by I-90

16 Loosen (up)18 Amicable20 Abridge21 Windhoek-to-Pretoria dir.22 “Beloved,” in operas23 Begin energetically24 Player of Mark Antony in

1953’s “Julius Caesar”27 Sing30 Epithet for France’s

Louis VI, with “the”31 Singer Alan or Anita32 Weather line34 Abbr. in classifieds35 Andries Pretorius, e.g.,

who gave his name to a national capital

39 What each of the 10 abbreviations in this puzzle’s answer stands for

43 Bloom support44 Jimmy45 Electorate46 Gas brand north of the

border48 Pet rat in a 1972 #1 song49 Medium bra

specification50 Old name of the San

Jose Sharks’ arena55 Kind of push-up56 Muckraker Jacob58 Clinton’s veep and his

father61 Gain knowledge62 Skateboarding ramp65 American Shakers

founder66 Language that’s written

from right to left67 Popular Italian scooter68 Not natural69 Map magnification70 Kindle fileDOWN 1 Like many a sniper 2 Runners 3 Veld flower

4 Uncle José, e.g. 5 Hybrid, in a way 6 Inspect 7 Wrongdoing 8 Less than 1% 9 “Assuredly”10 Author Beverly11 “Broom-___”12 Much-advertised sleep

aid13 Fixed up17 Where Harrah’s started19 Sushi bar sauce23 The L.A. Sparks play in

it25 Not all there26 Frankfurt an der ___27 They’re flicked28 Exam for future attys.29 Have ___ to pick30 It’ll pass33 “Pow!”34 Subject of the 2005 book

“Conspiracy of Fools”35 Drill part36 Year in the reign of the

emperor Augustus

37 Napkin shade, maybe38 Party in a legal

proceeding: Abbr.40 Part of St. Paul’s41 No longer bothered by

something42 Baron ___ Richthofen46 Like some runs47 Small area meas.48 City once divided by

the Green Line50 Mixer choice51 Seemingly ceaselessly

52 With cruelty53 Gay ___54 Plumbing, e.g.57 Golf’s Ballesteros58 Lhasa ___59 Quick weight loss

method, for short60 Command eliciting

barking62 On the ___ vive63 Mantelpiece pieces64 Johnny ___

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

14 15 16 17

18 19 20

21 22 23

24 25 26

27 28 29 30 31

32 33 34 35 36 37 38

39 40 41 42

43 44 45

46 47 48 49

50 51 52 53 54

55 56 57 58 59 60

61 62 63 64

65 66 67

68 69 70

A P S E O R I O N D A B SN A P A C A M P Y O R A LS W A T C H T E A M N O R I

M A O A R P T M A NP A T C H O N T H E B A C K

B E L K I T P E S K YU S O C G O O S I SG O T O T H E M A T C H F O R

L U C G N U Y U R IO P E D S N F C L E GB A T C H O U T O F H E L LO R C A P T A I V SI T E S A L L E Y C A T C HS I T E L E O N E D O U RT I C S S Y N C S E P E E

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

- any of the numbers 1 to 9 may be used but, like sudoku, each number may only be used once.

YESTERDAY’S ANSWER

14

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

PLUS | THURSDAY 8 NOVEMBER 2012 CINEMA / TV LISTINGS

SHOWING AT CITY CENTER12:00 Champions

League Benfica

V Spartak

Moscow

14:15 Champions

League Valencia

V Bate Borisov

16:15 Npower League

Derby V

Blackpool

18:30 Atp Tennis

Magazine

19:00 Total Italian

Football

19:30 Europa

League Anzhi

V Liverpool

Tottenham V

Maribor

01:30 Atp Tennis

Magazine

02:00 Rugby Aviva

Premiership

Saracens V

Wasps

08:00 News

09:00 Al Jazeera

Correspondent

10:30 Inside Story

11:00 News

11:30 The Stream

12:00 News

12:30 People &

Power

13:00 NEWSHOUR

14:00 News

14:30 Inside Story

15:00 Witness

16:00 NEWSHOUR

17:00 News

17:30 The Stream

18:00 NEWSHOUR

19:00 News

19:30 Activate

20:00 News

20:30 Inside Story

21:00 NEWSHOUR

22:00 News

22:30 The Stream

23:00 Empire

12:20 Body Invaders

13:15 Ultimate

Survival

14:10 Border Security

14:35 Dirty Money

15:05 Auction Kings

16:25 Street Customs

17:20 Extreme Fishing

18:15 Mythbusters

20:05 Border Security

21:00 Auction Kings

21:30 Dynamo:

Magician

Impossible

22:25 Mythbusters

13:00 Nordic Wild

16:00 Dangerous

Encounters

With Brady Barr

17:00 Monster Crocs

18:00 Hunter Hunted

19:00 Untamed

Americas

20:00 World’s

Deadliest

21:00 Ultimate Vipers

22:00 Striker!

23:00 Warrior Bees

13:15 The Marvelous

Misadventures...

16:35 Powerpuff Girls

17:00 Angelo Rules

18:00 Level Up

18:50 Johnny Test

19:15 Adventure Time

21:20 Grim

Adventures Of...

22:10 Courage The

Cowardly Dog

23:00 Ben 10

12:00 Happy Gilmore

14:00 Below The

Beltway

16:00 How Do You

Know

18:00 Burke And Hare

20:00 Due Date

22:00 No Strings

Attached

15

13:20 Vet On The

Loose

13:50 Wildlife SOS

14:15 Shamwari: A

Wild Life

17:00 The Really Wild

Show

17:30 America’s

Cutest...

20:15 Monkey Life

20:40 Shamwari: A

Wild Life

22:05 Wildest Africa

23:00 The Magic Of

The Big Blue

07:50 The Alamo

10:25 Grow Old

Along With Me

12:10 Eddie And The

Cruisers

13:45 Fluke

15:20 Viva Maria

17:15 Undercover

Blues

18:45 Futureworld

20:30 Fatal Instinct

22:00 Knightriders

11:15 To Have And

Have Not

12:55 Show Boat

14:45 Captain Nemo

And The...

16:30 All This, And

Heaven Too

18:45 Where Eagles

Dare

21:15 Easter Parade-

FAM

23:00 Reckless

11:30 Queen Of The

Swallows

13:00 Marco Antonio

14:30 Princess Lillifee

16:00 The Muppets

18:00 Jelly T

20:00 Treasure

Buddies

22:00 The Muppets

GULF CINEMA

1

Student Of The Year (2D/Hindi) – 2.00 & 5.00pm

Maatran (2D/Tamil) – 8.00pm

Jawan Of Vellimala (2D/Malayalam) – 11.15pm

2Jawan Of Vellimala (2D/Malayalam)

– 2.30, 5.30, 8.30 & 11.30pm

MALL CINEMA

1

The Expendables 2 (Action) – 3.00pm

Jawan Of Vellimala (2D/Malayalam) – 5.00, 8.00 & 11.00pm

2

Alex Cross (2D/Action) – 2.30pm

Wreck - It Ralph (3D/Animation) – 4.30pm

Hotel Transylvania (3D/Animation) – 6.30pm

Flight (2D/Drama) – 8.30 & 11.00pm

3

Cash Flow (2D/Arabic) – 2.30pm

Sinister (2D/Horror) – 4.15pm

Seven Psychopaths (2D/Comedy) – 6.15pm

Skyfall (2D/Action) – 8.15 & 11.00pm

ROYAL PLAZA

1

Seven Psychopaths (2D/Comedy) – 2.30pm

Sinister (2D/Horror) – 4.30pm

Flight (2D/Drama) – 6.15 & 11.15pm

Skyfall (2D/Action) – 8.45pm

2

Brave (Animation) – 3.00pm

Ice Age 4: Continental Drift (Animation) – 5.00 & 7.00pm

Paranorman – 8.30 & 10.30pm

3

Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted – 2.30 & 4.30pm

The Amazing Spiderman (3D) – 6.30pm

The Guard – 9.00pm

The Bourne Legacy (Action) – 11.30pm

LANDMARK

1

Cash Flow (2D/Arabic) – 2.30pm

Here Comes The Boom (2D/Comedy) – 4.30 & 6.30pm

Skyfall (2D/Action) – 8.45 & 11.15pm

2

Hotel Transylvania (3D/Animation) – 2.30 & 4.15pm

Flight (2D/Drama) – 6.00, 8.45 & 11.15pm

3

Wreck - It Ralph (3D/Animation) – 3.00 & 5.00pm

Sinister (2D/Horror) – 7.00 & 9.15pm

Seven Psychopaths (2D/Comedy) – 11.30pm

PLUS | THURSDAY 8 NOVEMBER 2012 MEDIA EXPO 201216

Editor-In-Chief Khalid Al Sayed Acting Managing Editor Hussain Ahmad Editorial Office The Peninsula Tel: 4455 7741, E-mail: plus@pen.com.qa / editor@pen.com.qa

(From left) Brian Flores, Zaied Mourad and Safaranisa Mohammad Ali, the first, second and third prize winners respectively of the Sudoku Competition organised as part of Media Expo receiving their prizes from Khalid Al Sayed, Editor-in-Chief of The Peninsula at the Doha Exhibition Centre yesterday. The Media Expo was organised by Dar Al Sharq to mark the 25th anniversary of Al Sharq newspaper.

Firos Syed, A K Bijuraj and Shahjahan Moideen are the first, second and third prize winners respectively in the Photography competition. Also seen in the picture (right) are Jaber Al Harami, Editor-in-Chief of Al Sharq and Khalid Al Sayed.

AK Bijuraj Shajahan Moideen

Winners of Sudoku Competition

Winners of Photography Competition

Winners of Al Sharq News Writing Competition

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