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TRAVEL SAFE TRAVEL SAFE AND SECUREAND SECURE

Many people are travelling abroad to their native places or other tourist destinations during the summer holidays. The Public Relations Department of the Ministry of Interior has come out with tips to raise awareness on safety and security among all travellers.

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Official Documents1- Make sure that, your passport is valid for 6 months

at least and obtain a visa to the country where you intend to travel before sufficient time of your trip.

Note : Some embassies in Qatar require the signature of the children at the age of 10 years or more on the passport.

2- Confirm the validity of official documents that you may carry with you such as ID card, driver’s license, car ownership card and bank card.

3- Keep always the official documents and personal valuable belongings in a safe and secured place

while traveling.4- Do not pawn your passport or ID card to any party

in any way.5- In case of any problem, you must immediately

inform the nearest diplomatic mission of your country and notify the officials about the prob-lem in detail.

6- Please arrange an International Driver’s License as the transit system in some countries does not allow a foreigner to drive unless he carries a driv-er’s license issued by those countries.

7- Get the International Customs Transit Book (Triptyque), because this book will serve you as a

guarantor in front of the customs authorities of the countries through which you pass or stop your journey. Some Arab states require the “Triptyque” for passing through its territory.

8- Collect the address and the telephone numbers of the Embassies and Consulates of your country in the countries where you int end to travel. This will help you in case of any emergency.

9- Please keep a copy of your passport and the visa of the country of your destination as this will help you in case of missing your passport . This may be done through saving the copies of the both in your email.

Important tips for safe travelIssued by Public Relations Department Ministry of Interior 2014

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Awareness and Caution during the Travel1- Please be extra cautious on the situ-

ation around you as it is the basis of maintaining your personal secu-rity and safety while travelling. You should be conscious everywhere, whether in the hotels, airports or markets.

2- Please avoid carrying jewellery or any valuables unnecessarily with you during the travelling period and keep your money in a purse and ensure that it is available at its place constantly.

3- Please avoid mingling with unknown

persons while travelling and don’t carry with you bags or luggage of persons unknown to you.

4- Avoid riding illegal taxis for moving from one place to another one.

5- Throughout your travel, act yourself as an ambassador of your country and avoid the suspicious localities.

Securing the House before Travel1- Lock the doors of your house with

good quality one or more locks and don’t leave any money, jewellery or any valuable items inside the house.

Instead, please deposit it at a bank.2- Before leaving the house, please

switch off the electric switchboard, gas pipelines and the main water valve as well.

3- It is preferred to ask some of your relatives or family members or neighbours to pass by your house continuously during your travel period to ensure it’s safety.

Safety Tips for Travel by Road1- Ensure the capacity of your vehi-

cle by conducting a comprehensive technical test within a sufficient time before starting your trip.

2- Check the validity and safety standard of your vehicle’s tires and replace it if needed.

3- Get ready for your trip mentally and physically.

4- Wear seat belt throughout your trip as it can save the life from the injuries by 50 percent and from the death by 60-70 percent during an accident.

5- Keep a first aid kit always in your car.

6- Carry always a fire extinguisher in working condition in the vehicle.

7- Keep the children always sitting in the back seat of the vehicle.

8- Overloading the vehicle exposes you to the danger and threatens the lives of others. It also leads to disruption of the vehicle and accidents and impedes the driver’s vision and freedom of movement.

9- Take a route map of the country where you are travelling to or the GPS for your route guidance.

10- Always reserve an extra key of your vehicle with you.

11- Don’t allow the fuel tank to come down more than half, perhaps the next petrol station may not be working.

Driving under Emergency Situations

(Rains, Fogs and Dusts)1- Reduce the speed as much as

possible. 2- Drive the vehicle on the right side

of the road. 3- Use the wipers while raining. 4- Switch on the dim lights of your

vehicle. 5- Don’t overtake vehicles in front of

you. 6- Keep enough distance between your

vehicle and the vehicle in front of you.

7- In case of stopping the vehicle because of poor visibility or for any other reasons, please stay off the road and switch on the hazard lights, and strictly avoid sudden breaking without giving signals for other drivers in advance.

Dear Traveller1- Please adhere to traffic signs and

boards posted on the road in order to ensure the safety of your travel.

2- Avoid the fatigue before your travel by road as the tired drivers cause most of the horrific incidents on the highways.

3- Exchange the driving every one or two hours if possible with another driver if he holds a driving license.

4- Halt your vehicle multiple times for rest during long trips.

5- Be cautious when approaching the areas where the road surprises such as animals, camels and sheep are witnessed, especially while driving during the night time.

6- If you feel drowsy, immediately stop your vehicle and proceed your jour-ney only after giving yourself some rest. Then, continue your travel-ling peacefully and safely and avoid driving during the late hours of the night as much as possible.

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Please avoid carrying jewellery or any valuables unnecessarily with you during the travelling period and keep your money in a purse and ensure that it is available at its place constantly.

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Georgetown prepares high school students for university success

Forty high school students from 22 different high schools in Qatar representing 15 different nationalities completed four weeks of intensive

preparation for university life through Georgetown University in Qatar’s fifth annual Georgetown Pre-College Summer program, or GPS. The series of full-time classes cover a full range of topics necessary for university success, including reading, writing, note-tak-ing, research, and presentation skills, two levels of math classes that includes a focus on applying mathematical knowledge to solving economics problems, and library and research skills training and career counselling.

“GU-Q’s uniquely inclusive preparatory pro-gramme is for students who seek a competitive edge in the university application process as they move into their final years of high school. It’s open to all of Qatar’s future university students, not only those interested in attending Georgetown, and this year we had the most applicants ever, with 96 applications for only 40 spots,” said Jacqui Snell, a student develop-ment officer at GU-Q and this year’s GPS coordinator. Practical preparation for SAT standardized testing, a requirement for admission to Georgetown University as well as other top universities in Education City, and worldwide, is another important element in the GPS programme. Snell notes that participating stu-dents see a marked improvement in their SAT test score through this programme, saying, “We test the students at both the beginning and at the end of the four weeks, so we can track just how beneficial this pre-college training is for these promising students.”

The GPS programme also allows high school stu-dents to get a taste of a GU-Q education through participating in a mini-seminar, a class taught by Georgetown staff that introduces students to

the majors offered at GU-Q: Culture and Politics, International Economics, International Politics, and the newly launched International History degree. “The mini seminar enables students to take a class that is directly modeled off what all first year Georgetown students take. This is exciting because it gives the students an even more in-depth look at what university life is like,” explained Snell.

Former GPS student Kareem Malas decided to enroll in GU-Q after taking part in a GPS programme. “In the beginning I was skeptical about whether to go to GPS or not. I wasn’t sure if I wanted to spend my summer at some college prep institution. But when I did, it turned out to be one of the most exciting

experiences of my life. I never thought we would have that much fun and at the same time prepare ourselves for college.” Kareem also learned a lot about university admissions through workshops, presentations, and individual coaching that gives students insights, skills, and resources necessary to prepare for admission and success at top-caliber American or international uni-versities. “GPS really helped me realise what I wanted to do with my life, and where and how to apply for universities. Without it, my college preparations and applications would have been really difficult.”

Since starting GPS in 2009, 240 local students have taken part in the annual programme.

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The Corporate Communications Department (CCD) at Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) recently held Suhour in honour of its staff mem-bers and their families. The event was attended by Ali Abdullah Al Khater, the Executive Director of CCD, Hamad Al Khalifa, Chief of Health Facilities Development at HMC, and Abdulrazaq Al Kubaisi from HMC’s Managing Director’s Office, as well as journalists and health reporters. During the event, Al Khater talked about the importance of maintaining social relations among staff members. He later honoured journalists for their efforts in covering HMC stories in the media.

HMC’s Corporate Communications Department holds Suhour for staff

Najla Al Thani to represent Qatar in DSS Apprenticeship Program

The Dubai Festivals and Retail Establishment (DFRE), an agency of the Department

of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) and organis-ers of Dubai Summer Surprises (DSS), announced the names of the 17 students from across the Middle East and North Africa, who have secured a spot in the coveted DSS Apprenticeship Program 2014.

Najla Al Thani (pictured) from Stenden University will represent Qatar in the 9th edition of one of the most sought after destination marketing internships and a highly prestigious component of the world-class DSS fes-tival. This year, the programme has grown further to wel-come its largest-ever group of apprentices from 17 markets, including the UAE, KSA, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Morocco, Sudan, Iraq, Palestine, Syria and first-time participants Libya, Yemen and Tunisia.

Winners will each receive an all-expense-paid trip to Dubai including return flights and a two-week stay at The Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management (EAHM), strategic partners of the programme for the last three years. Throughout their stay, students will be attending workshops, visiting key DSS events and tourism landmarks, and meeting leading players behind the Destination Dubai brand.

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Bedaya Centre and Qatar Shell Train Volunteer Mentors for Enterprise Challenge Qatar ’14

Around 80 volunteer mentors, largely com-prised of Qatari nationals, recently received training from the Bedaya Centre and Qatar

Shell to coach hundreds of students from Doha and the Northern Communities who will participate in the ‘Enterprise Challenge Qatar 2014’.

The ‘Enterprise Challenge Qatar’ (ECQ) is a pro-gramme that encourages the spirit of entrepreneur-ship among young people by equipping them with practical skills to develop their business acumen, team work and strategic thinking.

ECQ is delivered to students by volunteer men-tors from a variety of professional backgrounds, some of which are business owners with experience in establishing and leading successful businesses. More than 100 volunteer mentors will deliver the training for students at schools and universities this year.

The recent training sessions aimed at equipping volunteers with the needed skills to coach students on ethical concepts and general business, in addi-tion to the ability to train other mentors who will take part in the ‘Enterprise Challenge Qatar 2014’. Volunteers will begin mentoring school and univer-sity students in September.

Commenting on the benefits of such youth ini-tiatives, Walid Hadeid from Bedaya Centre said: “Given that today’s youth will be tomorrow’s

business leaders who will essentially help diversify Qatar’s economy, it is important for people with a passion for enterprise to volunteer for this impor-tant challenge. This is why I am volunteering as a mentor to ECQ for the second time, in full support of Bedaya and Qatar Shell’s mission to spread the entrepreneurial spirit among young people.”

Salah Al Malek, The Mentors Recruitment Lead at Qatar Shell, and a volunteer mentor at the ECQ comments on his experience with the mentors

training: “Qatar Shell and Bedaya provide mentors with specialized training to deliver the ECQ. Our role as mentors is to teach students practical and ethical business operations, and support student teams to achieve the highest possible score in the computer-based Business Simulation competition. It is great to see this large turnout of volunteers who would like to serve their community and coun-try and to see the great abilities and energy of Qatari volunteers.” The Peninsula

QP’s Dukhan Operations hosts daily Iftar for Zekreet residents

The management and staff of Qatar Petroleum’s Dukhan Operations have been hosting daily

Iftars for the benefit of the Zekreet community.The daily Iftars have been made possible by dona-

tions from employees as well as the contribution of Al Waha Company and Amwaj Catering Services. This annual initiative has been organized for many years now with the support of Ahmad Saif Al Sulaiti, Operations Manager-Dukhan Fields.

This year, a working committee under the chair-manship of Mohamed Eid Al Hajri, Administration Supervisor at the Integrated Facilities Management Department, was able to collect a total of QR147,100 in donations. Amwaj Catering Services then took care of the rest of the cost besides providing the catering, while Al Waha Company built the Iftar tent.

In recognition of their valuable contribution for the success of the event, the Dukhan Operations management recently honoured Khaled El Masri, General Manager of Al Waha Company, and Jassim Al Kuwari, General Manager of Amwaj Catering Services.

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SLMQ hosts symposium

Sri Lankan Majlis Qatar (SLMQ) hosted its 13th annual symposium at the College of the North Atlantic Qatar (CNAQ) auditorium.

The Ambassador of Sri Lanka Jayantha Palipane was the chief guest.

The theme of the symposium was ‘Co-existence among communi-ties’ and Dr Jehan Perera (pictured), Executive Director at National Peace Council of Sri Lanka, deliv-ered the keynote speech. Dr Perera mentioned that Sri Lankan Muslims, the second largest minority community in Sri Lanka that has stood steadfastly for a united and undivided Sri Lanka has been a major source of strength to successive Sri Lankan governments during the recently concluded 30 year war.

The president of SLMQ, Ameerudeen Moulana, welcomed the gathering and spoke about the his-tory of Sri Lankan Muslims. Moulana mentioned that Sri Lankan Muslims have been living in Sri Lanka for several centuries as an example of coex-istence in a plural society and many inscriptions discovered in Sri Lanka show that there were Arab settlements in Sri Lanka in pre-Islamic times. He urged that any reference to Sri Lankan Muslims as new comers or foreigners should be properly answered by all peace loving Sri Lankans and such references should be banned by the Government of Sri Lanka.

Fatima Sultan AI Kuwari, Director Community & PR, Ooredoo, released the souvenir and distrib-uted mementos to the community members for their outstanding services to the community and their achievements. Past President Hazim Hazma delivered vote of thanks. The Peninsula

PLUS | MONDAY 28 JULY 20146 FOOD

By Joe Yonan

Salads aren’t just for summer, but summer is when they hit their stride. Seasonal veg-etables overflow from your

farmers market basket and herbs pop out of your container garden, demanding to be made into dressings. Summer’s pace — not to mention heat — compels you to cook quickly (if you cook at all).

Vegetarians who don’t have their saladmaking skills down would be wise to remedy the situation, because salads can showcase vegetables, grains and legumes like nothing else. They can make use of ingredients that you’ve cooked or prepped days earlier; they can usually last for many more days in the refrigerator (particularly if you leave them undressed); they pack well for brown-bagging; and they are most often perfectly happy being served at room temperature. That means they’re flexible, which means they’re invaluable.

For salad inspiration, I can think of few sources better than the new cookbook Salad Samurai, by Terry Hope Romero (DeCapo Lifelong Books). Co-author of the mammoth Veganomicon, Romero brings her fun-loving sensibility and unerring palate to the table.

Her recipes, with their brilliant combinations (grilled kale and spicy lentils; hazelnuts, shiitakes and but-ternut squash), span the seasons, but the biggest chapter concentrates

just where you would expect: on summer.

That’s where I found a new favourite salad: cauliflower and potatoes with a

pesto dressing. My definition of pesto includes cheese.

Romero is a vegan, so hers doesn’t, but that doesn’t mean her pesto

tastes like an omission. It tastes like a salad dressing, and a really good one at that.

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Pesto Cauliflower and Potato Salad

4 servingsA vegan take on pesto (a dressing without the cheese)

combines with the classic potatoes and gets lighter with the addition of charred cauliflower. For something more substantial, replace half of the cauliflower with pasta, such as gemelli.

You’ll need a cast-iron grill pan.Make Ahead: The salad can be refrigerated for up to

1 week.Adapted from Terry Hope Romero’s “Salad Samurai”

(DeCapo Lifelong Books, 2014).

Ingredients8 ounces cauliflower (from half of a small cauliflower)2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil8 ounces waxy yellow or white potatoes1 cup fresh or frozen/defrosted green peas1 1/2 cups lightly packed fresh basil leaves1 tablespoon white vinegar1/2 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest and 1 tablespoon

fresh lemon juice (from 1/2 lemon)3 cloves garlic1/2 teaspoon sea salt, plus more as needed1/4 cup chopped, toasted walnuts (see NOTE)

Method:Preheat a cast-iron grill pan over high heat.Remove/discard the thick inner stem from the

cauliflower; slice the cauliflower into 1-inch-thick slices. Use 1 tablespoon of the oil to coat them on both sides. Arrange the slices in a single layer in the pan. Grill until charred on the outside and crisp-tender inside, 4 to 5 minutes, flipping the cauliflower halfway through. Transfer the slices to a cutting board and chop into bite-size pieces, transferring them to a large mixing bowl as you work.

Peel and dice the potato into 1/2-inch pieces. Transfer them to a large saucepan, cover with 4 inches of cold water and bring to a rolling boil over high heat. Reduce the heat to medium and cook the potatoes until almost tender, 6 to 8 minutes. Stir in the peas and cook another minute, until they are barely tender. Reserve 1/4 cup of the cooking water, then drain the potatoes and peas and rinse with cold water. Transfer the vegetables to the bowl with the cauliflower.

Combine 2 tablespoons of the reserved cooking water, the remaining tablespoon of oil, the basil, vinegar, lemon zest and juice, garlic and salt in a food processor; puree until smooth. Add some of the remaining cooking water as needed. Taste; add salt, if desired. Let the dressing sit for at least 10 minutes to allow the flavors to blend, then pour over the vegetables and toss to coat.

Divide the salad among plates or bowls and top with the walnuts. Serve right away.

NOTE: Toast the nuts in a small, dry skillet over medium-low heat until fragrant and lightly browned, shaking the pan to avoid scorching. Cool completely before using.

Nutrition per serving: calories 200, fat 12g, saturated fat 2g, cholesterol 0mg, sodium 330mg, carbohydrates 21g, dietary fiber 5g, sugar 4g, protein 6g

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BOOKS 7PLUS | MONDAY 28 JULY 2014

by Udita Jhunjhunwala

An Indian investment banker turned wildly suc-cessful novelist is taking a career turn in Bollywood, with a screenplay he says

will tackle social issues in the same vein as the books that made him a youth icon.

Chetan Bhagat shot to fame with his coming-of-age tale Five Point Someonein 2004 — written at night while he kept up his financial day job — which became a huge commercial hit and spawned a raft of Indian campus novels.

Another five books and ten years later, 40-year-old Bhagat has dropped the banking career to become a full-time writer and speaker, known for his casual writing style enjoyed by millions of Indians but snubbed by the literati.

Four of Bhagat’s books have already been adapted into movies, but Kick, an action-thriller released on Friday and starring Bollywood headliner Salman Khan, is the first screenplay he has written that is not based on his previ-ous work.

He said he found the experience less “lonely” than novel-writing — although the collaborative method of film-mak-ing had its challenges.

“Writing a screenplay is a far more consultative process. When I write a book, I do the story the way I want it,” Bhagat said in an interview.

“In a book, one can digress a bit whereas in a movie or screenplay, you have to be tight and not wander too much from the plot.”

Bhagat’s writing to date has tapped the aspirations and concerns of stu-dents, call-centre workers and other middle-class youngsters, but purists have balked at his disregard for syn-tax and form, unashamedly targeting Indians who do not consider English their first language.

Despite being considered lowbrow by some — evident in a Twitter spat with Nobel-winning author Salman Rushdie over comments made by Bhagat at the 2012 Jaipur Literature Festival — he has sold more than seven million cop-ies of his books, which touch on con-temporary issues from failures in the education system to inter-community marriage.

An alumnus himself of the prestig-ious Indian Institute of Technology and Management, Bhagat is considered a role model by many ambitious young-sters, and his only non-fiction work so far, in 2012, took on the subject of What Young India Wants.

But even Bhagat seems unsure of the secret of his success, describing it as a “really hard question to answer”.

“I think, based on what others have told me, it is a combination of easy lan-guage, humour, relevance of stories to India, tight plots, relatable characters and a connect to the readers,” he said.

“I also feel I was lucky to be (in the) right place, right time when I started writing books.”

Chronicles of young IndiaBhagat’s debut Five Point Someone,

a comedy-drama about three friends in engineering college and the pres-sures they face inside and outside the conservative institution, provided the inspiration for 3 Idiots, one of the big-gest grossing Bollywood films of all time.

His new screenplay for action film Kick is about Devil, a man who lives for adrenaline rushes, played by Khan. The film is a Hindi remake of a 2009 Telugu language production of the same name.

While it may sound like a commer-cial star-vehicle for the actor, Bhagat insists the film, like his books, “tackles a contemporary social issue”.

“It is about a man who lives for his kick. The movie is not about kicking

someone. To be geeky, it refers to kick as a noun, not the verb,” he said.

He is aware, however, of the pressure on him in a film starring one of India’s most popular actors.

“Salman’s fans are in the millions and their expectations have to be met. They see their hero as larger than life, and they will find the same in Kick,” he said.

“To that extent, it is different from the heroes in my books where I nor-mally have a simple middle-class boy.”

Another of Bhagat’s novels, Revolution 2020, is being turned into a film — a story set in heartland India about two boys with different aspira-tions but in love with the same girl,

which also looks at corruption in the education system.

Bhagat says he is open to his next book, a rural-urban love story, also becoming a movie project.

He remains a keen chronicler of young Indians at a time when they have great expectations riding on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who came to power in May promising to revive the economy and create jobs.

“They want a government that cares, is responsive, will increase incomes and make people feel safe and free,” said Bhagat.

“At some point (the government) will have to deliver or risk creating dissonance.” AFP

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HOLLYWOOD NEWS BOLLYWOOD NEWS

By Stephanie Merry

Emma Stone and Colin Firth bring an amusing vitality to a movie, especially when they’re engaged in quick-wit-

ted sparring. So watching them try to outmanoeuvre each other in Magic in the Moonlight — Woody Allen’s latest period romantic comedy — is delightful.

Firth once again plays a charming twerp. He’s positively Darcy-esque as the confoundingly appealing Stanley, an abrasive Brit who most people know as Wei Ling Soo. The renowned magi-cian can make an elephant disappear and obscure his true identity under loads of eye makeup, a kimono and a faux Fu Manchu mustache. Offensive? Yes, but keep in mind that the year is 1928.

After a performance in Berlin, Stanley is visited by an old friend, Howard (Simon McBurney), who needs a favour. Howard is friends with a wealthy family living in the South of France, and it appears the matri-arch is being swindled by a con artist who claims to be a spiritual medium. But Howard — also a magician — can’t

figure out how she’s levitating candles and unloading trivia about the family that no one else knows.

Stanley, who fancies himself the greatest of debunkers, can hardly con-tain his excitement as he sets off for France to expose Kalamazoo native Sophie Baker (Stone) and her stage mother (Marcia Gay Harden). The only problem is that Sophie is so darn adorable, with her winning smile and upbeat attitude, that no one wants to doubt her. The heir to the family’s for-tune, Brice (Hamish Linklater), even wants to marry her, and he lets her know by constantly, painfully serenad-ing her with his ukulele.

Watching the unruffled Sophie spar with Stanley is great fun. He doesn’t believe in God, much less a spirit world,

and he has no intention of sugarcoating his feelings. But he also can’t hide his surprise at how much Sophie knows about him and his family. Could she be the real thing?

The biggest problem with Magic in the Moonlight is its origins. If it were made by any other director, it would be heralded as a first-rate romantic comedy. But anyone who has seen a couple Woody Allen films will recognize aspects of his other movies, from the depressive protagonist and the mysti-cism, to the European vacation set-ting and the existentialism. Let’s hope the auteur is as good at recycling his plastic bottles as he is at reusing plot points.

The most blatant of the revisited motifs is the May-December romance.

There’s a nearly 30-year age difference between Firth and Stone, and while both characters are alluring in their own ways, the discrepancy can prove distracting. Granted, the gap isn’t as egregious as in some of Allen’s other movies (four decades separate Larry David and Evan Rachel Wood, stars of Whatever Works), but let’s just say that Firth seems like a guy who looks good for his age — until he’s next to a woman so impeccably youthful, she’s the face of Revlon. That Sophie appears to be more taken with Stanley than he is with her practically begs for an eye roll.

If you can overcome that obstacle, Magic has many pleasures: good dia-logue, a jazzy score, an element of mys-tery and an idyllic, summery setting. It’s also beautifully shot using what appears to be a lot of natural light. You can practically feel the heat of the sun emanating from the screen.

It may not be wholly original or without its flaws, but Magic in the Moonlight offers a pleasant vacation from reality. And what more could you want from a summer movie?

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Ali Zafar dons director’s hat

Pakistani singer-actor Ali Zafar, who made his Bollywood debut in 2010 with Tere Bin Laden, will now direct a short film. He tweeted his pho-

tograph on Sunday with a caption: “At my set as director.”Ali Abbas Zafar, who directed the actor in 2011 for Mere Brother Ki

Dulhan, replied to his tweet saying: “@AliZafarsays All the best now there will be even more confusion about you and me as “Directors”. Inshallah you will make a kick ass film.”

The “Sun re sajaniya” hitmaker thanked him and said: “@aliabbaszafar haha. Thx buddy. This one is a short film.”

However, he neither revealed the film’s title, nor the theme.

Kabaddi brings Aamir, Shah Rukh together

Superstars Aamir Khan and Shah Rukh Khan were seen on the same platform here to support Indian sport kabaddi.

The Pro Kabaddi League tournament started on Saturday and the duo, along with other celebrities like Farah Khan, Sachin Tendulkar, Tina Ambani and Kabir Bedi, attended the launch of the eight-city franchise.

Abhishek Bachchan owns Jaipur Pink Panthers, a franchise of the Pro Kabaddi League.

From the Bachchan fam-ily, megastar Amitabh, his wife Jaya and daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai were seen cheering for A b h i s h e k ’s kabaddi team.

“Thank u @juniorbach-chan 4 inviting us to the Pro Kabaddi open-ing!! What a fun we had!!” Farah tweeted.

Amitabh, who posted a photo at the launch with the Khans, also thanked them and others, who marked their presence.

“Grateful to all the stars and friends that came out in support — Shah Rukh and Sachin and Aamir, and so many others ... and a blast we had, cheering this very Indian sport ... an occasion a first for India and the game ... great fun ...

“I do hope that we continue to play it the way it has been designed, with all the prominent corporates coming in and many celebrities joining the gang ... !!” Big B posted on his official blog srbachchan.tumblr.com.

His son’s team lost the match, but he was happy with the turnout.“Pro Kabaddi today (Saturday) started ... Jaipur Pink Panthers v U

Mumba ... we LOST !! No sweat ! great atmosphere, and great turn out ... watch,” Amitabh tweeted.

After Salman, Akshay sings for his film

Seems like Bollywood stars are taking charge of their film’s singing department too. After Salman Khan who sang in Kick, Akshay Kumar

has given his voice to one track in his forthcoming film “Entertainment”.The actor uploaded the Youtube link of the making of the song on micro-

blogging site Twitter.“And here’s a brand new track from #Entertainment sung by yours truly

:) Enjoy,” he tweeted with the link.Entertainment is directed by debutant duo Farhad-Sajid who have pre-

viously penned for Housefull 2 and wrote the story and dialogues of Boss.The film which also features Tamannaah Bhatia, will hit the screens on

August 8.

Susan Sarandon confirms Bowie romance

Actress Susan Sarandon has confirmed rumours about her having a secret fling with David Bowie in the 1980s.

The actress starred with the legendary musician in the 1983 movie The Hunger. Earlier this year, her friend Melissa MCCarthy sent gossips into a spin when she mentioned the romance at an awards ceremony in Beverly Hills.

Neither Sarandon nor Bowie responded to the rumour at that time, but now the actress has spoken out to confirm that she did have a relation-ship with the Starman hitmaker around the time they worked together on the movie.

When asked in an interview if she has ever dated a rockstar, she replied, “Bowie... Yeah. He’s worth idolising. He’s extraordinary.”

“That was a really interesting period. I wasn’t supposed to have kids, and I’m the oldest of nine and had mothered all of them, so I wasn’t ever in a mode to where I was looking to settle down and raise a family, so that definitely changes the gene pool you’re dipping into.”

“But Bowie’s just a really interesting person, and so bright. He’s a talent, and a painter, and... he’s great,” she added.

Daniel Radcliffe goes as Spider-Man

Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe was recently spotted dressed up as Spider-Man at the ongoing San Diego Comic-Con.

The 25-year-old is promoting his new movie Horns at the annual gath-ering and since it was his first time there he came up with a novel way of exploring his surroundings without causing a fan frenzy, reports fema-lefirst.co.uk.

“You don’t go to Comic-Con without going down on the floor and seeing it all. And the way I came up with doing it was Spider-Man,” said Radcliffe.

Explaining his reasons for choosing that particular comic book charac-ter, he said: “It’s a great superhero and covers the face, so it was perfect.”

Kanye West — a controlling husband?

Rapper Kanye West reportedly wants to turn Kim Kardashian into a “perfect” wife. West is said to advise his spouse on every aspect of

her life, and has even ordered her to stop smiling for photographers when they are out together, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

According to a source, West can be very controlling with everything in his life, that’s his personality. He wants Kim to be perfect.

The source is quoted as saying: “In the old days, you’d always see Kim smiling when she was having her photo taken. But now, more often than not, she’ll be stony-faced.”

West’s controlling ways are said to have left the “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” star with a crisis of confidence and she can’t even bear to make small decisions alone.

The source added: “It seems even when he’s not around she can’t make decisions. Kim will call him to check she’s buying the right brand of water.”

“She can’t even pick her own nail varnish without checking with him.”

The film has many pleasures: Good dialogue, a jazzy score, an element of mystery and an idyllic, summery setting. It’s also beautifully shot using what appears to be a lot of natural light. You can practically feel the heat of the sun emanating from the screen.

Magic in the MoonlightMagic in the Moonlight: Woody : Woody Allen’s quirks shine throughAllen’s quirks shine through

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Amlin Aguri

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China Racing

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e.dams Renault

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Venturi Formula E

Virgin Racing

Formula E is designed to inspire manufacturers and constructors to build their own fully-electric cars.It will also serve as a basis for research and development into future sustainable electric vehicles

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BerlinGERMANYMay 30, 2015

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Championship aims to balance sustainability andcost-effectiveness, in addition to coping with demands

of racing on city-centre street circuits

Construction: French companySpark Racing Technologybuilding 42 cars for first season

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Tyres: Michelin bespoke 18-inch tread.Good in wet and dry conditions, three sets per race day

Chassis: Super-lightweight,carbon fibre and aluminiummonocoque, built by Dallara

Battery: Capableof 200kw (270bhp)supplied by Williams

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Onboard cameras: roll hoop, driver shot and nose cone

Event takes place overone day: one hour practice,two timed qualifying laps,and one-hour race

Cars restricted to 133kw(180bhp) except when usingPush-to-Pass system whenlimit rises to 200kw

One mandatory pit stopto change cars. Tyrechanges not permittedexcept in case of puncture

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HEALTH / FITNESS 11PLUS | MONDAY 28 JULY 2014

Brain next frontier to treat obesityTherapies aimed at areas of the brain respon-

sible for memory and learning could lead to better treatment of obesity and dementia, says a study.

“This is a novel way for health care providers who treat people with weight problems and for researchers who study dementia to think about obesity and cognitive decline,” said professor Terry Davidson from the American University in the US.

Researchers reviewed findings linking obesity with cognitive decline, including the “vicious cycle” model, which explains how weight-chal-lenged individuals who suffer from particular kinds of cognitive impairment are more sus-ceptible to overeating.

It is widely accepted that over consumption of dietary fats, sugar and sweeteners can cause obesity. These types of dietary factors are also linked to cognitive dysfunction.

Experiments in rats by the researchers showed that over consumption of foods high in saturated fats and simple carbohydrates can damage or change the blood-brain barrier, the tight network of blood vessels protecting the brain and substrates for cognition.

Certain kinds of dementia are known to arise from the breakdown in these brain substrates.

“Treating obesity successfully may also reduce the incidence of dementia, because the deterioration in the brain is often produced by the same diets that promote obesity,” con-cluded the study that appeared in the journal Physiology & Behavior.

Rosemary, oregano in diet naturally combat diabetes

Are you suffering from type-2 diabetes? You could soon cut down on your medicine bills

as researchers have confirmed that including rosemary and oregano in the diet may help you control blood sugar levels naturally.

These popular culinary herbs contain diabe-tes-fighting compounds and they could work in much the same way as prescription anti-diabetic medication, the findings showed.

How the herbs are grown makes a difference, said Elvira Gonzalez de Mejia, a professor at University of Illinois in the US.

For the study, the researchers tested four different herbs, either greenhouse-grown or dried commercial versions, for their ability to interfere with a diabetes-related enzyme, which is also a target of a prescription drug for the disease.

They found that greenhouse herbs contained more polyphenols and flavonoids compared to the equivalent commercial herbs.

But this did not affect the concentration required to inhibit the enzyme.

Commercial extracts of Greek oregano, Mexican oregano and rosemary were better inhibitors of the enzyme, required to reduce risk of type-2 diabetes, than greenhouse-grown herbs.

The study appeared in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, a publica-tion of American Chemical Society.

Agencies

By Kathryn Doyle

Combining occupational therapy to help older people adapt to central vision loss with behaviour therapy to keep them from becoming too isolated may prevent depres-

sion, according to a new study.Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) causes

vision loss in the center of the retina, eventually leav-ing only peripheral vision and making activities like reading and driving difficult or impossible.

Most people do not regain their lost vision, and up to 30 percent of patients develop clinical depression, the study authors write in the journal Ophthalmology.

“Vision is the primary way that people engage their world, when you compromise that with AMD it disengages people from the world,” said lead author Dr Barry W Rovner. “It’s not surprising that people get depressed.”

According to his team’s results, even for people over 80, offering low vision rehabilitation and behav-ioral therapy can help alleviate that depression prob-lem, Rovner said.

Rovner worked on the study at the Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience in Philadelphia. To begin, 188 patients with AMD and some symptoms of depressed mood but no depressive disorder yet, visited an optometrist twice for vision assessments and got prescriptions for visual aid devices, like magnifiers.

The patients, whose average age was 84, were then divided into two groups. One group was visited by a social worker in the home six times over an eight-week period. The so-called social therapy sessions provided an opportunity to talk about living with reduced vision and therapists offered emotional support.

The other group had a similar series of in-home visits, but from an occupational therapist, who sug-gested ways to make seeing easier in the home, like new or better lighting or using reflective tape.

As part of “behaviour activation” therapy, the occupational therapist also helped patients set goals for activities they would like to resume and for mak-ing more social connections, as well as offering prac-tical advice, such as breaking down larger tasks into smaller, manageable ones.

“A lot of participants in this study had stopped going out of the house due to fear of falling or get-ting lost and became more socially isolated,” Rovner

said. “The occupational therapist helped them devise strategies to reengage in the world again.”

For example, he said, for a patient who may have enjoyed going for walks but had stopped due to vision loss, the therapist would help her pick a friend to go with her, set a time and date, and suggest using a pedometer.

Four months after the study began, 18 patients in the social therapy group had developed a depressive disorder, compared to 11 in the behavioral activa-tion group.

Neither group scored higher on general quality of life assessments after the therapies, but that doesn’t mean this wasn’t an effective strategy, said Dr Joseph Eichenbaum, an ophthalmologist specialising in geriat-ric vision loss at The Mount Sinai Hospital in New York.

“There’s nothing new or novel here but it shows you can get somewhere, you could get nice results from behavioural therapy and low vision assistance,” said Eichenbaum, who was not involved in the study.

It likely takes more than four months to change someone’s quality of life, he told Reuters Health. The depression caused by profound vision loss, similar to that caused by the loss of a dear friend or spouse, isn’t going to respond well to antidepressants or drugs.

Physically adapting to the change, and modifying your behaviour, is the best bet, Eichenbaum said, although some people have trouble doing that.

Some people are embarrassed to admit they have vision loss, or to use magnifiers, but those kinds of tools can help regain some function, he said.

Since both types of therapy involved home vis-its, the reduced depression rate in the behavioral activation group had to be due to more than just the increased attention, which is important to note, Rovner said.

“Medicare does pay for occupational therapists to come to your home to do these things if there’s a recommendation from an ophthalmologist, but reimbursement is so low that there are not a lot of therapists doing this,” he said.

“There is a model for treatment, but we have to change the incentives,” he said.

People struggling with vision loss should look not only for an eye doctor, but specifically for a low-vision optometrist, who should be able to help locate other community resources, he said.

SOURCE: bit.ly/1q9yq32 Ophthalmology, online July 9, 2014.

Reuters

Behaviour therapy may help prevent depression over vision loss

TECHNOLOGYPLUS | MONDAY 28 JULY 201412

It’s a blast

Jetpack JoyrideYou don’t need a lot of time to understand

Jetpack Joyride. That doesn’t mean that you won’t spend a lot of time playing it. This infi-nite side-scroller is made by the same studio that brought us Fruit Ninja, and it carries the same feeling of joyful destruction. Players are put in the high-flying shoes of Barry, a dude storming the lair of a mad super-villain with the aid of a jetpack machine gun.

Really, the story is secondary; the fun lies in dodging missiles and other obstacles, collecting treasure and generally making a mess. Players largely control their flights by tapping on the screen to make Barry climb or leaving the screen alone to send him back to the ground. Various power-ups of varying ridiculousness give players some fun options, such as riding a dragon. As you might expect, Jetpack Joyride is not for the serious-minded, on-task work-ers of the world. For the rest of us, though, it’s a whole lot of fun. Free, for iOS, Android, Windows Phone and BlackBerry devices.

Put ideas in orbit

MindlyDigital notes are great for moving from

device to device. But for doodlers, they can be a bit limiting. Mindly offers a simple tool that lets users lay out their thoughts in a more visual way, using a three-tiered map of circles. A complete Mindly document looks like a solar system, with the central idea in the middle. Users can add dozens of elements with a second tier of orbiting sub-points and even a third if you have some deeper think-ing to do. Link any circle to a Web page, an image, an icon or even a simple note.

The result is a clean but complex diagram that could be great for complicated tasks. The free version lets you share your map using the Mindly format or as a PDF. Upgrading for $6.99 lets you export your maps into formats such as HTML and add an unlimited number of elements to each document. Free, for iOS devices. WP-Bloomberg

By Robin McKie

You are trying to book theatre tickets online with a rarely used credit card. Prompted to give a password, you find you can no longer remember it. The result is a failed transac-

tion and a minor rise in blood pressure.It gets worse. While shopping later on, you drop

your car keys. An opportunist picks them up and wan-ders around the shopping mall’s car park pressing the unlock button until your vehicle lights flash on. The result is a stolen car and a major rise in blood pressure.

Nor are you alone. Electronic security has become a headache for millions of people as they struggle to keep their systems and devices secure — though one lead-ing expert believes he has found a solution. According to Frank Stajano, reader in security at Cambridge University’s computer laboratory, each of us needs an electronic aura, a field that would extend no more than two or three feet from our bodies and which could be generated in a similar way to a Wi-Fi signal, only over a very short distance. Crucially, signals generated within the aura would uniquely identify its owner and permit only his or her electronic devices to work when they are close to that person.

Outside your electronic aura, your electric car keys would not be able to function, for example. You could drop them in a supermarket but they would be of no use to a thief, because the keys could only operate in the presence of your aura.

Even more ambitiously, Stajano is designing a hand-held device that can remember thousands of log-in names and passwords.

This device – which he calls a pico, after the Italian philosopher Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, who was famed for his prodigious memory – would interact automatically with websites for banks, theatres, cin-emas, rail companies and others. You would simply hold the device over your screen to access one of your accounts.

The device would, again, be perfectly secure because it could only function inside an individual’s electronic aura. If one was dropped or lost, it would provide no security threat and would be simply replaced by a backup.

“Passwords are a disaster today,” says Stajano. “You have to remember dozens of them. And they have to be in different cases and include numbers and not be proper dictionary words – and you are not allowed to

write them down and on top of that you have to change them every two months. We have to find a way to avoid having to remember them all the time.”

The answer is the pico, which can store countless log-ins and passwords, and the aura that will allow the pico to operate securely, says Stajano, who has been given a £1m grant by the European Union to develop a system based on these concepts.

“The pico unlocks only when it finds itself inside an aura of safety around you,” he said. “This aura is cre-ated by smaller devices that you would have on your person and which you are not likely to take off: your glasses, your watch, and your shoes. They could be in your clothes or jewellery. They could even be in the form of a subcutaneous implant. We call these devices ‘pico siblings’, and you would have a number of them on your person. Only if there are several present would it be possible for your aura to be generated and your car keys – or your house keys or your pico device – to feel comfortable and remain unlocked.”

Other computer researchers are investigating dif-ferent methods to improve computer security. One popular approach involves the use of biometric systems – retinal scans or fingerprints – to replace passwords.

However, these are open to abuse, Stajano argues. “Biometric systems work well at border controls or in other settings where a person has to be present for scrutiny. But when you are logging on remotely to a system – for example, when you are trying to get into your bank account via your laptop – security could easily be breached. You could use a photograph of a person’s eye to fool a retinal scanner, for example, or use a copy of a fingerprint.”

Such drawbacks would not affect the Cambridge pico system, though Stajano acknowledged that a lot of work still needed to be done on its development.

“Websites will have to be designed in formats that recognise signals from a pico, for example. However, we are consulting with major service providers on this issue.”

Similarly, his team is looking at the kind of aura-generating devices that people would be prepared to place around their bodies: badges, jewellery, belt buck-les and wristbands.

“The problem with computer passwords is only going to get worse,” said Stajano. “With our pico project we are going for the long-term solution.”

The Guardian

Electronic aura could be answer to lost passwords

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Hoy en la HistoriaJuly 28, 1914

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Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia following Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s assassination in Sarajevo a month earlier. Within a week World War I had begun

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

ASTEROID, ASTRONAUT, ASTRONOMY, BETELGEUSE, BIG BANG, BLACK HOLE, CALLISTO, COMET, CONSTELLATION, CORONA, COSMOS, CRATER, EARTH, EUROPA, GALAXY, GANYMEDE, GRAVITY, JUPITER, LEONIDS, LIGHT YEAR, MARS, MERCURY, METEOR, MILKY WAY, MOON, NEBULA, NEPTUNE, NORTH STAR, OBERON, ORBIT, PHOBOS, PLANET, PLUTO, PULSAR, QUASAR, RED DWARF, SATURN, SIRIUS, SPACE, STAR, SUN, SUNSPOT, SUPERNOVA, TITAN, URANUS, VENUS.

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HYPER SUDOKU

CROSSWORD

CROSSWORDS

YESTERDAY’S ANSWER

How to play Hyper Sudoku:A Hyper Sudoku

Puzzle is solved

by filling the

numbers from 1

to 9 into the blank

cells. A Hyper

Sudoku has

unlike Sudoku

13 regions

(four regions

overlap with the

nine standard

regions). In all

regions the numbers from 1 to 9 can appear

only once. Otherwise, a Hyper Sudoku is

solved like a normal Sudoku.

ACROSS 1 Bust targets

6 Rumple

10 Group that inspired “Mamma Mia!”

14 Time for vampires

15 [gasp!]

16 Johnny Unitas, for most of his career

17 Can’t take

18 “Don’t put words in my mouth!”

20 Requests a dog treat, maybe

22 Hustler’s card game

23 “I wasn’t born yesterday!”

26 Special Forces wear

27 Gives a stemwinder

28 Part of “snafu”

29 “Sesame Street” viewer

30 Soup with sushi

31 Fleet

34 “Let this be our little secret” … with a hint to 18-, 23-, 50- or 54-Across

40 Edict locale of 1598

41 Contract period, often

42 Monopoly token

45 A.P.O. addressees

46 1966 answer to the Mustang

48 Warren Report name

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52 Swallower of Pinocchio

53 Take up residence

54 “Ooh, I’m shaking in my boots!”

56 Lead-in to fan or jet

60 Best Picture of 2012

61 Go a few rounds

62 Gaming pioneer

63 Big name in 59-Down exploration

64 Like a spent briquette

65 George of “Just Shoot Me!”

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2 Slab unit, on a menu

3 “Ewww, gross!”

4 Tumbleweed locale, stereotypically

5 Bitter conflict

6 Rapid, in music

7 Relo rental, perhaps

8 Salon sound

9 Landscaper’s purchase

10 John Wilkes Booth, e.g.

11 Easter wear

12 Stewed to the gills

13 Bear witness (to)

19 Former Philippine first lady ___ Marcos

21 How-___

23 Tangle untangler

24 Indy racer Luyendyk

25 Tammany tiger creator

26 Danube’s color, to a Berliner

28 “Famous” cookie man

31 Small soldiers

32 Loaf with caraway seeds, maybe

33 Very soon

35 Most holes in ones

36 Camelot lady

37 Admissions honcho

38 Five-and-ten, e.g.

39 Suffix with switch

42 Elephant rider’s seat

43 How driftwood may end up

44 Banjo sounds

46 The Cavs, on scoreboards

47 Japanese police dogs

49 Some saxes

50 Ark contents

51 Animator Tex

53 Treasure-hunters’ aids

55 Former pres. Tyler sided with it

57 Dirt-dishing newspaper

58 It can leave a tan line

59 Texas tea

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

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

YESTERDAY’S ANSWER

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EASY SUDOKUCartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate

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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16:10 Mako Mermaids

16:35 Win, Lose Or

Draw

17:00 Austin & Ally

17:20 Jessie


18:10 Liv And Maddie

18:30 Mako Mermaids

19:20 Violetta

20:30 Jessie


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 Test Case

13:30 Prophets Of

Science Fiction

15:10 Scrapheap

Challenge

16:00 Mega Builders

16:50 James May's

Man Lab

17:40 How The Earth

Works

18:30 Plastic Fantastic Brain

19:20 How Tech Works

19:45 Test Case

20:10 Mythbusters

21:00 Build It Bigger:

Rebuilding

Greensburg

21:50 Human Body:

Ultimate Machine

22:40 Prophets Of

Science Fiction

23:30 Stephen

Hawking's Grand

Design

10:00 Ultimate Survival

Alaska

11:00 Wild Australia

12:00 World's Toughest

Fixes

13:00 Big, Bigger, Biggest

14:00 Dangerous

Encounters

15:00 Ape Genius

16:00 Wild Case Files

17:00 Ancient Secrets:

The Sphinx

18:00 Ultimate Survival

Alaska

19:00 Ultimate Mars

Challenge

20:00 Is It Real?

21:00 Rebuilding Titanic

22:00 Inside

23:00 Knights Of

Mayhem

01:00 America The Wild

02:00 Animal

Intervention


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Events in Qatar

Alif by Sabah ArbilliWhen: Till September 17Where: InterContinental Doha The City What: Specifically created for Ramadan and Eid, Arbilli uses his gift for calligraphy art to create this collection of works centred around Alif – the first letter of Arabic alphabet and the first letter in the revelation of the Quran. The exhibit will remain on display in the lobby area of the hotel. Free entry

Katara Stars When: July 3-31, 10am-12midnight Where: Katara, near the mosque What: A wall has been put up in where every one is welcome to post their selfies or photos with family and friends taken by the Ramadan wall. The photos can also be published via Instagram and using the hashtag #katarastars or by sending the photos by email to [email protected] entry

The Holy Quran and Astronomy ExhibitionWhen: July 3-31, 10am-3pm, 7pm-12midnightWhere: Katara Building 19What: Up to 110 verses from the Holy Quran describing the creation of the universe and relating to astronomy and the cosmos adorn the walls of Katara Gallery Building 19. Different types of astrolabes, Holy Kaaba covers, calligraphies and Holy Quran from various eras are also showcased.

Free Entry

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

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

By Raine Tiessalo

Tango has found a lasting home in Finland, and every summer the Finns’ love affair with the dance

breaks out into the open, showing that under their cool North exterior beats a warm, Latin heart.

For many practitioners of “tango-tanssi”, the dance offers an opportunity to give free rein to emotions that social mores usually require them to keep in check.

“Dancing tango gives us space for emotions that we find it hard to express otherwise,” said Outi Suoninen, her brow beading with sweat after an hour on the dance floor at Tangomarkinnat, the year’s biggest tango festival, held in the western city of Seinaejoki.

Her partner, Heikki Kyroelaeinen, nodded in agreement: “We can be inti-mate. It strengthens our relationship.”

This year the annual July festival, one of the world’s biggest, celebrated its 30th anniversary and attracted 116,000 visitors — or, in a population of 5.4 mil-lion, roughly one in every 50 Finns.

The climax: crowning the tango “king” and “queen”, who become instant superstars in tango-dancing circles.

“It’s about maintaining and strengthening the Finnish tradition of tango,” said the festival’s artistic direc-tor Martti Haapamaeki. “Besides, the festival provides a kick of energy for the entire nation.”

First-time visitors to Finland are usually surprised to find that tango has a massive following an ocean away from its Argentinian home, but to the Finns themselves it makes perfect sense.

Tango came to Finland in 1913 -- when the country was still a part of the Russian empire -- introduced by Toivo Niskanen, a ballet dancer who had warmed to the exotic fad while visiting Paris.

Modern Finnish tango, which evolved in the 1950s and 1960s, has

departed from its South American origin in ways discernible even to untrained eyes and ears.

The dance looks different and the music has a distinctive local ring to it.

“Finnish tango is a bit like mili-tary music with its striking rhythm, whereas Argentine tango is more fluid and gives more opportunities for danc-ing,” said Markku Lindroos, who takes tango lessons in Helsinki.

AFP

Finns dance ‘tangotanssi’ to find their inner Latino

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