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POACHERS TURN GAMEKEEPERS

For four decades Leonidas Barora was a renowned hunter, tracking animals in the lush forests of Rwanda. Now he only fires arrows to impress tourists, and to help protect the wildlife.

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BY Stephanie Aglietti

For four decades Leonidas Barora was a renowned hunter, tracking ani-mals in the lush forests of Rwanda. Now he only

fires arrows to impress tourists, and to help protect the wildlife.

Hundreds of ex-poachers have been persuaded to put down their weapons and support efforts to protect endangered mountain gorillas in the Volcanoes National Park, where thick jungle hills are shrouded in mist.

The Virunga mountain range, ris-ing over 4,500 metres (14,800 feet) high along the remote borders of Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, is the last sanc-tuary in the world of man’s giant cousin, which number now around just 800 individuals.

Made famous by the late US zool-ogist Dian Fossey — murdered in 1985 by suspected poachers — the park faces the same threats she wrote about over two decades ago in her book Gorillas in the Mist.

Population growth and poverty push people to encroach increas-ingly deeper into the park to graze their cattle, cut bamboo for

building or hunt for food. For hunt-ers like Barora, now aged 75, hunt-ing had been the only way to earn a living.

“After killing the animals, I traded the meat in the village for beans or potatoes, I didn’t make money,” said Barora, after shooting off his deadly arrows at a target, to show visitors his old skills.

“I hunted buffalo, antelope and elephant... I never intentionally killed a gorilla because gorillas are like human beings, but I did acci-dentally kill them in traps I had set.”

In the lush highlands of Rwanda’s northwest, the “Iby’Iwacu” village — “our heritage” in Kinyarwanda — is a reconstruction of a traditional community, where Barora and other ex-poachers now work to guard the wildlife they once hunted.

Income from tourists provides an incentive to protect the gorillas.

Park rangers say the giant apes are not the main targets of poach-ers, but the gorillas are instead injured — or killed — in the traps they set for other animals for bush meat.

For Barora, his life changed in 2005 after meeting Edwin Sabuhoro, then one of the national park staff.

Poachers turn gamekeeper to guard gorillas

Former poachers perform a dance for tourists.

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500 ex-poachers employedTraumatised by rescuing a baby

gorilla from a poacher, the young man decided he must convince the hunters they had more to gain by protecting the park’s wildlife than continuing the killing.

“The poachers were telling me: ‘If you lived around the park, your chil-dren were hungry, and you know that

in the park you could find to eat, what would you?’,” Sabuhoro said.

So Sabuhoro resigned, bought land at the foot of the mountains, and went to the poachers, pleading for them to join him.

“He told me: ‘Go get the other poach-ers in the park and tell them I’ll give them work, but in exchange you have to stop poaching’,” recalled Barora.

Within six months, 500 poach-ers had come from the forests to join Sabuhoro at the cultural village, build-ing small round huts with mud walls and thatched roof, around a replica of a chieftain’s hall.

Now the tourists who visit the goril-las in the jungles stop on the way down the mountain to discover Rwandan cul-ture, including songs and dances.

Men leap high into the air dressed in striking white headdresses to the beat of a drum in a traditional dance.

Women weave baskets, while a former poacher provides lessons in the medicinal lore of plants from the jungles.

Profits are ploughed back into the

project, paying salaries of former poachers and their families, as well as a community fund, used to pay for the education of children from poor families, and help create agricultural or handicraft cooperatives.

“When I was a poacher I did not have a house, I was living like an ani-mal,” said Barora. “Now I have a salary, a house, a wife and six children.”

‘Humbling’Other ex-poachers have become

porters, carrying loads as tourists trek into the wild to see the gorillas, while some have even joined the anti-poaching units of the park.

Inspired by Sabuhoro’s success, Rwanda’s government now puts five percent of the annual revenue from park fees into projects supporting local communities, such as building schools and hospitals.

“People here now see the impor-tance of protecting the park and the animals,” said Felicien Ntezimana, a guide for tourists, who each pay $750 (€580) for the privilege of spending an hour with the gorillas.

Its a hefty price tag, but tourists say it is worth the cost.

On this trip, after two hours of walk-ing on steep paths through the thick forest, dramatic peaks smothered in swirling cloud above, the tour group came face-to-face with a family of 20 gorillas, including five of “silverback” adult males, peacefully chewing bam-boo shoots.

One of the biggest gorillas, caught in poacher’s snare when young, had a stump where his hand should have been.

“It’s a great experience, very hum-bling,” said Australian tourist Kristin Warren.

Threats to the mountain gorilla — including war, habitat destruction and disease — were once thought to be so severe that the species could become extinct by the end of the 20th century.

But the population has increased significantly in the last 30 years, largely due to improved conservation efforts such as the project here.

“It is unique, the best example of eco-tourism,” added Warren. AFP

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Leonidas Barora (left), a former poacher, Leonidas Barora (left), a former poacher, simulates a traditional wedding ceremony simulates a traditional wedding ceremony for visiting tourists.for visiting tourists.

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Ideal Indian School marks Teachers’ Day

Ideal Indian School celebrated Teachers’ Day with special events.

Students of 11th and 12th batches of Boys’ and the Girls’ Sections made elaborate arrangements to mark the day. Stepping into the shoes of their mentors the senior students took charge of their respective section and taught their juniors things of their interest.

They were the masters of the day, organising variety of entertainment and felicitation programme for their teachers. Fun-filled game shows and other entertainment programme were also held. Head Boy, Head Girl and other members of the students’ council organised various games like dumb charades, passing the objects, lemon and spoon race and blindfold game. They gave away prizes to the winners.

In the boys section Juma Rashid, cultural secretary spoke on the role of teachers in a student’s life. In the

girls’ section students performed dance and music to entertain their teachers. Principal Syed Shoukath

Ali, head of various sections, were present for the occasion.

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The World Youth Scrabble Championship Tournament 2014, organised by WESPA was held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, recently. Players from 23 different countries gathered to display their talents. Sixteen players from Stafford Sri Lankan School Doha Scrabble Club participated in the event representing different age categories. Some of these young players performed extremely well and were awarded special prizes. Minuki Satharasinghe won the Best Player Award under 10. Niseni Ekanayake won the Best Sportsmanship Award and Ushara de Silva and Minuki Satharasinghe were among the top three finishers from Qatar.

MES alumnus awarded PhD in US

MES Indian School former stu-dent Hari Alangat Ravindran

(PICTURED), was awarded a PhD in Analytic Number Theory, Mathematics, from the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, the United States, recently.

Hari, son of Ravindran C P, Dy Managing Editor, The Gulf Times and Latha Ravindran, hails from Kerala and had his school education at MES Indian School, Doha. He was the topper in Qatar in Physics and Mathematics scoring 99 percent in the All India Senior School Certificate Examination (Grade XII), CBSE held in the year 2003. He is at present the member of the faculty of the Ohio State University. “It is indeed a moment of pride and honour for MES Indian School and an inspiration for the younger generation,” remarked Sasidharan A P, Principal.

Commenting on his outstanding honour Dr Hari said, “I am grateful to MES Indian School for the motivation and support extended to me to achieve the success”.

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The Department of Social Science celebrated International Day of Democracy recently with a debate competition for the students of grades 6 to 10 on the topic ‘Democracy is the best form of government.’ The competition saw an active participation of the students with 5 participants debating on each side. Team A consisted of Manaal Shamsudeen, Nuha Nasir Khan, Kevin Kimi Alexander, Divyashri Ramesh, Advait Puthenpura and Team B consisted of Meeher Kapoor, Hannah Shakeira, Joanne Daniel, Marshooda Fathima, and Satya Radhakrishnan.

DMIS observes International Day of Democracy

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Fifty One East and Sony Middle East and Africa announced the launch

of Sony’s new �7S model, part of the �7 and �7R family of the world’s smallest full-frame inter-changeable lens cameras. The new cameras puts extraordinary sen-sitivity, low noise and spectacular 4K video quality into the hands of professional photographers and videographers.

The Sony’s new �7S model will be available at all Fifty One East outlets located at Al Maha Center, City Center Doha and Lagoona Mall in addition to all Virgin Megastores at Villaggio

and Landmark malls.The �7S camera features a

newly developed, 12.2 effec-tive megapixel 35mm full frame Exmor CMOS sensor paired with a powerful Bionz X image proces-sor, allowing it to shoot at a sen-sitivity range of ISO 50 – 409,600 with unprecedented dynamic range and low noise.

The new model is also the world’s first camera to utilise the entire width of a full-frame image sensor in 4K video acquisition, and does this without cropping or line skipping as it can read and process data from every one of the sensor’s pixels. This allows

4K video shooters to utilise all of the artistic and creative benefits provided by the unique sensor.

Sony has developed a unique 12.2 MP sensor with extraor-dinary sensitivity that allows the �7S camera to collect more light than traditional cameras and to produce detailed, low-noise images in even the darkest environments.

The camera also features a newly developed on-sensor tech-nology that allows it to optimise the dynamic range throughout the entirety of the ISO 50 – 409,600 sensitivity range.

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The Safari-Clikon Shop and Win Promotion raffle draw was held recently at Safari Mall. The first prize a 2014 Model Toyota Prado was won by Sukoor, a Nepali national. Safari Mall Management and Clikon Enrich Management attended the ceremony.

Quran Kathakal (Stories from the Quran), a Malayalam animation film, produced by Nanma Visual Media under the banner of Sameeksha Pictures was released in Doha recently. T V H Useph, Managing Director of Logic Group, released it by handing over a CD to K L Hashim Haji, Shairman, Bradma group. Acon Group Managing Director Shukkur Kinalur chaired the function. Mediaplus CEO Amanulla Vadakkangara conducted the event.

Fifty One East unveils Sony’s �7S camera

The school year in Qatar is back in full-throt-tle with nearly 250,000 students returning to classes this month. And, while students in

Qatar can expect a safe, protected place to learn, that is not the case for many of the 58 million children worldwide who lack access to education, many of whom are in neighbouring countries such as Iraq, Syria, and Yemen

Nearly half a million children in Gaza have been affected by the delay of the new school year, due to the need to rehabilitate schools which were used as shelters during the conflict. According to recent UN reports, twenty-two schools were completely destroyed and 118 schools damaged by conflict.

Educate A Child (EAC), a global programme of Education Above All Foundation, is dedicated to sup-porting the fundamental right to education. Founded by H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, EAC has identi-fied eight universal barriers that are hindering access to education around the world. By collaborating with strategic international partners such as UNRWA, UNICEF and UNESCO, EAC aims to address these barriers via co-funded projects to aid children who

are denied their basic right to primary education. “Education Above All, is working to address a bar-

rier of particular importance in the Middle East – conflict and insecurity. With the support of our partners, we are supporting the creation of safe educational environments. In Syria, Iraq, in order to put children back into the classrooms, which are often the only safe spaces in their lives,” said Marcio Barbosa, CEO of Education Above All Foundation.

The ongoing conflicts in the region have created more poverty, decreased resources and damaged infrastructure, which have been identified as sig-nificant hurdles to accessing education.

According to UNHCR, an estimated 10,000 Syrian refugees, and more than 1,400 children in the Za’atari camp in Jordan, were registered at the end of 2013. Such children often have no access to education in their host country and classify as one of the main groups that are not receiving educational aid.

After just over a year, Educate A Child, through its implementing partners, has contributed to access for more than two million out of schoolchildren.

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Education Above All pushes to make ‘Back to School’ an option for out of school children

Kids playing in Lebanon.

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By Meghan Leahy

One of my dearest friends will be leaving her family during the week (home on week-ends), every week. She has a dream job; it is a huge opportunity.

But the kids, 8, almost 6 and almost 3, are feeling different degrees of worry with Mama leaving. When will they see her? When will she be back? Where will she be? How will they connect with her? So, if you are a travelling parent, here are some good ground rules for connection with your child while you are travelling:

— You, the parent, are always in charge of the relationship. Anticipate the need and fulfill it. This means that the child should not have to be constantly asking when you are calling, FaceTiming, Skyping or coming home. This kind of “chasing” leads the child to feel insecure and, as a result, the child will actively pursue you. “Mommy, when are you coming back?” “Daddy, when are you calling me next time?” As you try harder and harder to respond, it will feel more and more impossible to fulfill the child’s needs. This is exhausting for both you and child. The takeaway: Make it so that the child does not need to ask for your attention while you are travelling. Get ahead of his questions. Tell him when you will see him, Skype with him and call him, for example.

— Use the KISS factor: Keep It Simple, Sweetie. Elaborate plans to stay in touch that involve tons of money, time and logistics are probably not going to work for you, the parent. Find connections with your children that are truly doable. Consistency, routine and simplicity are more important than haphazard, convoluted plans to connect that leave you exhausted and annoyed. The takeaway: Connect with your child in simple ways that bring you both joy and ease.

— Be ready for the modes and methods of con-nection to change. You are out of the country, and the time difference is killing you. You have a respite at work after a big project. Your child is having her

ballet recital. Your spouse is sick, and the kids need some extra lovin’. Your older child is going through an eye-roll stage. You have to be ready to change your plans based on the realities in front of you. The takeaway: Be flexible. Don’t be married to one way to connect to your children.

— That said, routine and consistency make children feel safe. Whatever mode of connection you are using, you have to show up with it, every day. If you call every Wednesday morning and you start to sense that this is not working anymore, still call on Wednesday. But talk to your spouse and child (if developmentally appropriate) and create a new plan. Do not veer off your routine until something else is established and everyone is on the same page. If you break the routine, you break trust. If you break trust, you break the child’s feeling of safety, and we are back to anger and chaos. If routine is your modus operandi, your child will understand when you were stuck on the plane, the phone died, the meeting went too long. The routine will become the safety net. The takeaway: Above all, keep your word to your family.

Ideas to bridge the absence:— Leave your nightgown, pajamas, favorite T-shirt,

anything that smells like you. Smell is one of the

most important and underrated senses for children, and even adults need this. Also, sneak a shirt or blankie out with you. It will soothe you when you are missing the kiddos.

— Have one child get the Skype call on certain mornings to stop the clambering and “MY TURN!” “No, MY turn!” This way, you can really focus on that one child and her needs.

— Leave little notes for the kids to find all over the house. Make them funny, silly, special, personal and easy to write and find. One week can be funny jokes, another can be silly pictures, another can be favourite vacation memories.

— Keep a “share journal” for each child. This is a little journal where you simply write letters to your child. You get it one week, your son gets it the next. He can draw pictures, tape in drawings he made that week, write jokes, whatever.

— Send postcards. Buy a huge stack, pour your-self a cup of tea or glass of wine and stamp and address all of them. That way, when you want to send one, it is ready. My friend had the cool idea of using Polaroids as postcards. Depending on the age of the child, she can be snapping pics of her favorite book, her favorite swing at the park, homework or just breakfast.

— If you have an older child who has an iPad, think about using an app such as Book Creator. This is a cool way for him to create something during the week that you can share together. The child can incorpo-rate elements such as pictures, music and writing. Creativity plus connection — gotta love it.

As you are connecting in these great ways, you’ll find that when you come home, your transition into the house will be much smoother. You will not have to spoil as much, discipline as much or generally fight the family mojo as much. You will be a part of it. Your child will have the security of feeling that you miss him, and this is all children want!

Meghan Leahy is a parenting coach with Positively Parenting. WP-Bloomberg

Do not veer off your routine until something else is established and everyone is on the same page. If you break the routine, you break trust. If you break trust, you break the child’s feeling of safety, and we are back to anger and chaos.

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By J M Hirsch

The annoying thing about Dorie Greenspan is that no matter how much you don’t like to bake, aren’t good at baking, don’t even want to bake... If you listen to her long enough,

you’ll find yourself hankering to get your hands into some flour, certain even you can whip up some labo-rious, glorious baked treat. Her can-do attitude is that infectious.

It’s OK to hate her just a little bit for it.Luckily, Greenspan’s latest cookbook, Baking Chez

Moi (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014), has little tolerance for time- or skill-intensive baking. The idea for it came from the realization that even in France — the country from which much of her culinary inspira-tion is drawn — home cooks lack the time, tolerance and skill for anything but simple home baking.

“Real French people don’t bake! At least they don’t bake anything complicated, finicky, tricky or unreli-able,” she writes in the book. “Pastry, the fancy stuff, is what pastry shops are for, and France has plenty of them.”

We spoke with Greenspan recently and asked her what desserts Americans are too intimidated to make at home, but really should. The lesson, of course, is that the more you bake, the better you bake. She suggests picking a handful of easy items to master.

“It’s really great to have these basic building blocks that you feel really good about and confident about. And then you can play with what you’re making. Then the pleasure of baking is doubled,” she said in a telephone interview. “It’s not really just tackling something you’re afraid of. It’s building your toolbox so that you’re free to create things on your own.”

Where to start? Her suggestions (condensed and edited for clarity):

— Pie Dough“The thing I hear most often is, ‘I’m afraid to make

pie dough. I’m afraid to make tart dough.’ And I sympathize with that because I, too, was afraid. Now I love doing pies and tarts. It’s one of these things, you practice. Even the failures taste good. But it gives you such a sense of satisfaction to make a tart or pie. This is something that’s worth tackling. It’s worth getting over your fear.”

— Biscuits“I think it’s the same with biscuits and scones. I

put them together because like pie dough and tart dough, they are similar in technique. I love making biscuits and scones because it’s messy. I love anything that I can make with my hands. Part of the pleasure of cooking and baking is working with the ingredi-ents, touching them with your hands, transforming them yourself. You do that with biscuits and scones. They’re also a good beginner’s project because almost anything you make with baking powder will rise. You can overwork the biscuits or scones, but it’s still going to come out great. Again, it’s one of those things that once you nail it, it’s yours forever.”

— Pate A Choux“I am madly in love with pate a choux, cream puff

dough. Crazy about it. It is so simple to make and it’s so impressive. It’s a dough that makes just about anything. It makes cream puffs. It makes eclairs. It makes doughnuts. I mean, you fry the dough. You can boil the dough. There’s something called Parisian gnocchi where you boil the cream puff dough and put a bechamel sauce over it and cheese. This is the dough that always looks fancy because it puffs. And it can be shaped. You can fill them with salads, like shrimp salad. This is another dough worth learning. Pack up your fears and go to cream puff land. The whole thing actually takes just eight minutes.”

— Pastry Cream“Everyone should learn to make pastry cream. You

just have to stir. This is a recipe that, learn how to do it and the world is yours. So you can fill your cream puffs with the pastry cream. You can fill your tart dough with pastry cream and top with fruit and you have a classic French fruit tart. And pastry cream is the basis for the best, best chocolate pudding.”

— Ganache“It’s not really baked, but it’s something as a baker

you really want to know how to make. It can be a filling for a cake. It can be poured into that beautiful tart shell you just baked and it becomes an elegant tart. You can make a thin ganache and use it as a glaze on a cake. I dip cookies in it. I dip tops of cupcakes in ganache. It’s also the basis of chocolate truffles. Essentially it is an emulsion of heavy cream and chocolate. You just have to stir.”

— Creme Caramel“The idea of cooking sugar is frightening to a lot of

people. Sugar... We all love to eat it, but we’re afraid to cook it. Creme caramel is a great place to start getting over your fear of cooking sugar. No thermom-eter is needed. You just cook the sugar and watch the color and say, ‘I like that color. That’s enough.’ The cream you mix into it is simple. You just mix it in. It’s a great introduction to caramel.”

Granola Cake“I created this cake to do something fun and unu-

sual with the granola I was making for friends, and now I just keep making it, whether I have homemade granola or not. I think of this as a snack cake and nibble it out of hand, but that’s so not French. When I serve it in Paris, I cut it into 2-inch squares, put them on plates, top with ice cream and serve with forks and spoons,” writes Dorie Greenspan.

Start to finish: 1 hour (20 minutes active)Servings: 16

Ingredients1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature, plus extra for

the pan1 cup (136 grams) all-purpose flour1/4 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon baking soda1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon (if granola is not spiced)Pinch of freshly grated nutmeg (if granola is not spiced)1 cup (120 grams) granola, preferably homemade4 ounces (113 grams) bittersweet, milk or white chocolate, finely

chopped1/2 cup (60 grams) shredded coconut, sweetened or unsweetened1/2 cup (100 grams) packed light brown sugar1/4 cup (50 grams) granulated sugar1 large egg, room temperature1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt

Method:Set a rack on the oven’s middle shelf, then heat

the oven to 325 F. Coat an 8-inch square baking pan with butter, then line it with kitchen parchment or waxed paper.

In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and cinnamon and nutmeg, if using. In another bowl, toss together the granola, chocolate and coconut.

Working in a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, or in a large bowl with a hand mixer, beat the 1/2 cup of butter at low-medium speed for 2 to 3 minutes, or until soft and creamy. Add both sugars and beat for 2 minutes. Add the egg and beat until the mixture is smooth, about 2 minutes more.

Beat in the vanilla and salt. Reduce the speed to low and add the flour mixture, mixing only until it disappears into the batter. Add the granola mixture, again mixing just until incorporated. Scrape the bat-ter, which will be very thick, into the prepared pan. Smooth the top of the batter to make sure it gets into the corners.

Bake the cake for 35 to 40 minutes, or until the top is honey brown and sugar-crackly; a skewer inserted at the center should come out clean. Transfer the pan to a rack and let rest for 10 minutes, then run a knife around the edges of the cake and unmold it onto the rack; invert and cool to room temperature on the rack.

The cake is very moist and will keep, wrapped in plastic, at room temperature for about 4 days. You also can wrap it airtight and freeze it for up to 2 months; defrost it still wrapped. AP

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When we’re young, it’s easier to find mentors and teachers and Dead Poets Society is about that. It’s

about young people with a great mentor who’s telling them to hear their own voice: “What will your verse

be?”

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love that music.

Seymour talks about the pitfalls of perfecting technique at the expense of the art. Do you see that in acting?

A lot of young people — talented peo-ple — will come at it with this huge emotion and it’s wonderful, but it’s com-pletely out of control. They don’t know when to be funny, they don’t know when to be serious, they don’t know when to be emotional. The trouble with cinema is they leave it up to the director to decide all this stuff ... They can make a decent performance out of it, because it’s all edited. But when you act on the stage, you have to do that for yourself.

You played Todd Anderson in Dead Poets Society opposite Robin Williams. What was that experience like?

I think the sadness with Robin is this

person that brought the world so much joy, and to have it be revealed that we didn’t do the same for him.

When we’re young, it’s easier to find mentors and teachers and Dead Poets Society is about that. It’s about young people with a great mentor who’s telling them to hear their own voice: “What will your verse be?”

Something happened to me with Robin. It’s the scene where he writes on the chalkboard, “I sound my barbaric yawp over the rooftops of the world,” which is a Walt Whitman quote. And he wants me to sound my barbaric yawp. It’s a very difficult scene to play and the director wanted to do it in one take. He wanted it to have an authenticity and it was one of the most wonderful experiences of my life. And when it was over, Robin just held my hand, and whispered, “Remember this.” Very, very beautiful moment for me, you know? And I’ve hunted, sought that moment out again, all the time.

My thoughts about his passing were extremely sad, but it was clear to me in 1988 that this is a person who was in serious pain, that he carried with him for decades.

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By Solarina Ho

It has been more than 25 years since a young Ethan Hawke stepped on his desk to salute his teacher, por-trayed by Robin Williams, in Dead

Poets Society.Hawke, 43, has taken on some 50

roles since and this year received his third Oscar nod for best adapted screenplay for Before Midnight, shared with Richard Linklater and Julie Delpy.

His 12-year Boyhood project with Linklater has won critical praise, while his documentary on classical pian-ist Seymour Bernstein has also been warmly received at recent film festivals.

Hawke spoke about Seymour: An Introduction, its underlying themes on art and mentorship, and how Williams helped him find his “barbaric yawp.”

What were some of the biggest les-sons you learned from Seymour?

One of the ways that (teachers and mentors) can be most helpful is helping us see our blind spots, when we delude ourselves. It’s so hard for us, as peo-ple, to have real self-awareness about where we’re deluded — little ways in which we lie to ourselves, or have been lying to ourselves for decades. And when you work with somebody who

really respects you and who genuinely wants you to grow, you feel that they can help you to see where you’re hurt-ing yourself.

Do you think classical music is under appreciated?

All of the higher art forms are suf-fering ... It’s like we’re literally indoc-trinating our children to be distracted all the time.

How do you feel about classical music?

It’s the same way I feel about Shakespeare. Is it wonderful to be edu-cated about it? Yes, it is. But if you do Shakespeare and you play it correctly, high school students who’d never heard Shakespeare will love it. They’ll laugh, they’ll be moved, it’s beautiful and if you hear Bach played well, it stops your heart. You don’t need an education to

Swift seeks blogging classes from fans

Singer Taylor Swift has been asking her fans for

tips on how to use blogging platform Tumblr.

The 24-year-old singer posts regularly on social networking sites like Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, but Tumblr is a mystery to her, reports contactmusic.com.

“Taylor here. I’m lock-ing myself in my room and not leaving until I figure out how to use my Tumblr. Well, I might leave for a second to get a snack or something but that is IT. I am FOCUSED. I have lots of questions, help me.,” Swift posted.

One friendly fan quickly responded to her message, and asked the singer to send him a list of questions.

Swift was quick to bom-bard the fan with queries like: “Is re-blogging what I’m doing right now and is this the best way to write back to someone? Also how do I get GIFs? How do you post them? How do I have one of those convos you always see screen shots of on Instagram? Is that by re-blogging or is there some sort of conversation board on here? Overwhelmed. Taking deep breaths.”

Jenny McCarthy loses wedding ring

Actress Jenny McCarthy says her wedding ring went missing when she removed it in a hotel room recently.

The 41-year-old star married singer Donnie Wahlberg on August 31.“I’ve already lost the ring. We were staying in a hotel and you can’t

have a wedding ring on... it’s a little hard to get romantic with diamonds on your hand.”

“I removed it and put it on the room service table and they came and turned down the room and the ring was gone... But you know what though? If you’re gonna lose your wedding ring, you should lose it that way,” usmaga-zine.com quoted McCarthy as saying.

McCarthy, who has son Evan, 11, from her ex-husband John Mallory Asher, was spotted showing her friend Carmen Electra the diamond ring in New York City last week.

Jackie’s son arrested on drugs charge

Jaycee Chan, son of Chinese kung fu star Jackie Chan, was formally arrested in Beijing yesterday following a drugs bust on his residence

in the capital. The arrest was approved by Beijing’s Dongcheng district procuratorate, Xinhua reported.

On August 14, Beijing police detained many people for drug offences, including Jaycee Chan and Taiwan movie star Ko Chen-tung.

Chan and Ko Chen-tung tested positive for marijuana and both admit-ted to taking the drug. Police seized more than 100 gm of marijuana at the junior Chan’s home.

Ko Chen-tung was released on August 29 after 14 days of administra-tive detention. In Beijing, a number of celebrities have been detained by police on drugs charges.

Mary Kom got it almost right: Mary KomBy Subhash K Jha

Some find it over the top, others feel Priyanka Chopra was not the right choice to play the title role. But boxing champ M C Mary Kom is happy with Omung Kumar’s directorial venture Mary Kom and says that the biopic has captured the true essence of her life.

It had a successful run at the box office and Mary Kom says that the movie would not have been a hit if any look-alike had played her role.

“What makes me happy is that my story and whatever it may contain to inspire younger generations, would now be taken far. Now the story of my struggle has gone to every corner of India,” she said.

When you saw yourself on screen what were you thoughts?I broke down and cried. I remembered all the difficulties and all my strug-

gles. It hasn’t been easy being Mary Kom. The film took me on an emotional journey. When I saw it the first time, I cried uncontrollably. Again when we had a screening of the film, I broke down. I can’t forget all the pain and stress I’ve been through.

Do you think Mary Kom, the film, captures your life?Almost. Yes, it’s got my life almost right. Except for the bits showing

insurgency in Manipur that affects my state so deeply, the rest of the film is true to my life. It’s all true. Priyanka has done a great job of playing me. And not just Priyanka, even Darshan Kumaar who plays my husband is very, very good.

Priyanka doesn’t look like you at all. Is that a problem for you?No! I don’t think it was important for her to look like me. In many

ways Priyanka is very similar to me. It was important to feel like me. Any other girl from Manipur or the Northeast could look more like me. But to express my feelings and thoughts was more important. Also, the movie would not have been a hit if any look-alike had played my role.

You said Priyanka is simi-lar to you. In what ways?

Yes, we are similar people. We found a lot in common. We both laugh and cry a lot. We’ve both gone through our own struggle. A lot of hard work has gone into her career, just like mine. The struggle has not being easy for either for me.

How would you rate the film?I don’t know (laughs). What makes me happy is that my story and what-

ever it may contain to inspire younger generations, would now be taken far. Now the story of my struggle has gone to every corner of India.

And that makes you happy?Very happy (laughs). I may not be known in some parts of the country.

I am hopeful that after this film, I’ll be known in every corner of India.Is your husband Onler like Darshan Kumaar who plays him?A: Yes, except that he (Darshan) is more handsome. But I think the movie

has made a great effort to capture our real lives, and succeeded. A lot of hard work has gone into the film.

Audiences everywhere are watching Mary Kom, but not in your home state.

I am really upset about this. I really want people in Manipur to see the film. But there is a ban on Hindi movies. I’d really like the film to release in my state. I am sorry it hasn’t happened so far.

Have your children seen their mother’s film?(Laughs) Yes, and they know that’s their mother’s story. One of my sons,

the one with the heart problem, immediately recognised Priyanka. They were very excited.

What now?I am preparing for the Asian Games. I’ll continue to do the best for my

country.Your final thoughts on the film?Please see the film. That’s really my story. Except that my real struggle

was far more difficult. Many of the incidents have been toned down. If they had shown my real struggle, it would have been impossible for the audience to see. But my life history has been put on screen honestly. IANS

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Mild hyper-tension can be treated without drugs

For people with mild hyper-tension, encourag-ing lifestyle changes should be the first line

of recommendations for physicians rather than putting them on drugs, suggest experts.

Lead researcher Stephen Martin and col-leagues argue that the current strategy is fail-ing patients and wasting healthcare resources.

“Over-emphasis on drug treatment risks adverse effects such as increased risk of falls and misses opportunities to modify individual lifestyle choices,” they noted. They called for a re-examination of the threshold and urge clinicians to be cautious about treating low risk patients with blood pressure lowering drugs.

Up to 40 percent of adults worldwide have hyper-tension, over half of which is classified as mild. Low risk indicates that an individual does not have existing cardio-vascular diseases, diabetes or kidney diseases.

Over the years, hyper-tension has been treated with drugs at progressively lower blood pressures. “We urge clinicians to share the uncertainty sur-rounding drug treatment of mild hypertension with patients, measure blood pressure at home, improve accuracy of clinic measurements and encourage lifestyle changes,” Martin concluded.

They were scheduled to discuss the findings at the 2014 Preventing Overdiagnosis Conference hosted by the Centre for Evidence-based Medicine at the University of Oxford.

How genes keep body clock in proper rhythmSixteen years after scientists found the genes

that control the circadian clock in all cells, US researchers have now discovered how genes keep the circadian clocks in all human cells in time and in proper rhythm within the 24-hour period.

A circadian rhythm is any biological process that displays an oscillation of about 24 hours.

They found that two genes - Period and Cryptochrome - have complementary roles.

The finding has implications for the develop-ment of drugs for various diseases such as can-cers and diabetes, as well as conditions such as metabolic syndrome, insomnia, seasonal affective disorder, obesity and even jet lag.

“We have known for a while that four proteins were involved in generating daily rhythmicity but not exactly what they did. Now we know how the clock is reset in all cells. So we have a better idea of what to expect if we target these proteins with therapeutics,” explained Aziz Sancar, professor of biochemistry and biophysics at the University of North Carolina’s school of medicine.

In all human cells, there are four genes - Cryptochrome, Period, CLOCK, and BMAL1 - that work in unison to control the cyclical changes in human physiology such as blood pres-sure, body temperature and rest-sleep cycles.

The way in which these genes control physiol-ogy helps prepare us for the day.

This is called the circadian clock. It keeps us in proper physiological rhythm.

CLOCK and BMAL1 bind to a pair of genes called Period and Cryptochrome and turn them on to express proteins, which — after several modifications — wind up suppressing CLOCK and BMAL1 activity.

Then, the Period and Cryptochrome proteins are degraded, allowing for the circadian clock to begin again.

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By Amy Westervelt

Several years ago, Columbia University researcher Robin Whyatt and her team at the Mailman School of Public Health discov-

ered that inner-city kids in New York have some of the highest asthma rates in the world. Nearly a quarter of New York City kids have asthma. The scientists were determined to pinpoint which envi-ronmental factors contributed to those high rates, and began working with a cohort of 300 pregnant women to study their children from the womb into late childhood.

The findings of that research have been published regularly sine then, linking the children’s respiratory and neurological issues to various environmental toxins, including exposure to phthalates – chemical binders commonly found in many household cleaners, personal care products and food packaging – as well as insecticides and pesticide residues.

Yesterday, Whyatt and company released a study that, for the first time, traces the effects of phtha-late exposure on children from fetus to school-age. The results are fairly staggering: children who were exposed to high concentrations of phthalates in the womb were 70 percent more likely to develop asthma between the ages of five and 12.

In addition to the obvious implications this research has for public health, as studies linking phthalates to health concerns continue to pile up, companies are in danger of being caught off guard by either consumer backlash, new regulations, or both. US regulators have been slow to act on phthalates, but have banned them in many children’s products, while the European Union has banned their use in an array of consumer products.

Companies like Estee Lauder, which have a single supply chain for US and EU operations, began phas-ing phthalates out when EU bans went into effect several years ago. If and when consumers begin to demand phthalate-free products, however, every consumer product company will need to be ready to

meet that demand, and many are already preparing.“We go through these cycles in chemistry where

we realize one chemical is bad and so we phase it out, and then another one crops up,” says green chemist Bruce Akers, who works with a variety of cosmetics companies. “Ten to 15 years ago it was parabens, and it’s looking like now it’s phthalates.”

The findings of the latest Whyatt study point to commonly used phthalates – butyl benzyl phthalate (BBzP), di-n-butyl phthalate (DnBP), di(2-ethyl-hexyl) phthalate (DEHP) and diethyl phthalate (DEP) — as causing the risk. Mothers would have come into contact with these phthalates via PVC, food packaging and personal care products, accord-ing to Whyatt.

“It’s a known thing in the personal care industry, so you’ve definitely got more fragrance houses sup-plying phthalate-free options, and more companies looking to produce phthalate-free products,” said Akers, who works with a variety of personal care and home product manufacturers.

Akers envisions phthalates going the way of parabens over the next several years. A commonly used preservative, parabens were linked to a variety of health issues a decade or so ago, prompting a big push to remove them from products and spurring companies to label their products “paraben-free” in an effort to market to health-conscious consumers.

The “phthalate-free” label has yet to rise to such prominence, but it’s slowly making gains. Many companies are not waiting around for phthalates to become a big consumer issue.

Johnson & Johnson, after receiving a mountain of bad press over toxics in its baby shampoo a few years ago, has removed phthalates from all baby products worldwide, and stopped using DEP in new adult products in 2006, with the stated goal of eliminat-ing its use in all adult products by the end of 2015.

The chemicals show up in personal care prod-ucts mostly in the form of fragrance, according to both Akers and Whyatt. “It’s actually really easy to remove them – they’re only there as binders and extenders, so they make the fragrance last longer. They’re what produce that effect of walking into an elevator 10 minutes after someone has left and still being able to smell their perfume,” Akers explained, adding that phthalates can simply be removed from most products, rather than replaced.

The bigger issue comes into play in the form of plastic packaging, which is ubiquitous in both per-sonal care and food products. “If you want soft, squeezable plastic, you’re using phthalates,” Akers said.

“It’s very difficult to avoid phthalates because they’re often not labeled,” Whyatt said.

They’re also unregulated in adult products, although they are regulated in several children’s products. Until that changes, Whyatt recommends that consumers take the following actions to reduce their phthalate exposure: avoid scented products as much as possible; don’t microwave food in plastic wrapping or plastic containers; don’t store food in plastic containers (even if it was packaged in plastic when you purchased it, you can avoid the continuous leeching of phthalates into food by placing it in a glass container once you get it home); and avoid plastics 3 and 7 as much as possible. The Guardian

Some household plastics could increase risk of childhood asthma: Study


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By Charles Arthur

According to Apple chief execu-tive Tim Cook, the reason iPhone users have had to wait until now for a 4.7in (12cm) and larger

screen is because Apple wanted to do it right: keep the phone thin and light, and keep the screen quality up.

Without doubt the iPhone 6 achieves this. The screen quality is excellent, both for brightness and colour quality. The battery life is better than the iPhone 5S. And the phone is even thinner than its predecessor, and pleas-ant to hold. Before the iPhone 6, the nicest phone I have held was Nokia’s Lumia 800, its first model, which had rounded side edges, and was instantly at home in your hand.

But the Lumia 800 had a flat top edge; the iPhone 6 does it better. It’s rounded every-where. There are no sharp edges. What Apple does, and what it charges for: design. Jony Ive’s team has had eight previous goes at designing phones, and now they’re getting a real design language together, particularly about roundedness.

Spending a day or two using the iPhone 6 makes its predecessors feel overweight. The most noticeable thing, besides the thinness, is how smoothly the curved screen rolls over the edges — so swiping from the left edge to the right, or from the right edge to go left (which we do at many navigation points, including in Apple Mail) is a tactile pleasure. On the 5S and the 5C, that gesture finds the chamfered or plastic edge — but at least it isn’t uncom-fortable. On the 6 and 6 Plus, it’s lissom.

Compare that to the new Moto G, Samsung Galaxy Alpha or LG G3, and the differences that set Apple’s design apart are revealed.

As expected, the power button moves to the right-hand edge because it would be unreachable on the top, but somehow man-ages to feel the same size as the previous 5S — until you pick up the 5S, at which point you wonder how you used such a small screen. Anyone with smaller hands may disagree, and struggle with the width of the handset — in which case the smaller iPhone 5S and 5C are still on sale.

Much of the iPhone 6’s differences are actually brought about by iOS 8 - which will be available for phones going back to the iPhone 4S from 2011.

Can TouchID thisApple’s TouchID fingerprint sensor is now

on all the phones it makes except last year’s plastic 5C (which is still on sale, at a lower price); one might anticipate it coming on iPads too. Unlike other fingerprint sensors which require swiping or wiping, TouchID requires just a light pressure on the home button with whichever of five fingerprints you’ve reg-istered. I’ve found that the only thing that upsets it is if your finger is actively wet (not

damp). Given that this is how Apple is tying authentication into its ApplePay mobile pay-ment strategy, the effectiveness of TouchID is important.

CameraThe iOS 8 update brings a number of new

features to the camera such as an exposure meter and time-lapse filming. The iPhone 6 has a far more detailed camera than the 5S, despite the lack of sheer megapixels, because the sensors are larger.

One oddity: the camera housing protrudes - about a millimetre - from the back of the phone. You’ll barely notice it even on a flat surface, and you have to squint to see it in the flesh. It didn’t trouble me; certainly compared to the awful compromises in the Samsung Alpha, it’s invisible.

Barometer highThe iPhone 6 and 6 Plus add a barometer

- ostensibly for motion tracking (so that you can feel virtuous about all those stairs you’ve climbed), though it’s a sure bet that apps like OpenSignal will start using it to generate crowdsourced weather. (Samsung first put a barometer in the Galaxy S3 in 2012, so this is another late arrival.)

Screen lowThe screen is now taller than previous mod-

els which means that some people won’t be able to reach the top left of the screen with their thumbs, but Apple has made one par-ticular concession to that. It has introduced an extra gesture — “quick double tap” — on the home button, which pulls the top of the screen down to half height. That means that even in the apps which haven’t yet implemented the “swipe right to go back” gesture (like Apple’s

Photos app) you can reach the top left “back” button easily. To reverse it, double tap again or touch somewhere else in the page.

For those who recall Apple’s ad a while back about how you could reach everything on the iPhone with your thumb, this is a continuation of that thinking. Apple calls it “Reachability”, which sounds like something out of an unsuccessful Mad Men all-nighter.

ApplePayAfter insisting it didn’t see the point in NFC,

Apple has done an end-run on Android rivals by including an NFC-driven payment mecha-nism in the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus. It also has an API for online payments which has PayPal worried enough to run adverts in US papers stating: “We the people want our money safer than our selfies.”

Apple insists that ApplePay doesn’t store your credit card details — not in iCloud or even on your phone. Insteadusers can add the credit card they use on the iTunes store to the “pay” function on their phones.

Processor and battery lifeApple is now in the second generation of

64-bit processors, though it hasn’t upped the RAM in its phones. This is almost certainly to preserve battery life: the more RAM, the more juice you use.

That said, iOS is so aggressive in closing down unnecessary background apps that might be using energy or memory, the lack of RAM doesn’t show as a problem. Whether the arrival of Extensions, which add capabil-ity to apps, will put extra strain on that isn’t yet clear, but in some months of testing iOS 8 on an iPhone 5C I didn’t hit any problems.

Unsurprisingly, battery life on the 6 is better than on the 5S — because more of the phone is battery. I easily got one day’s use, and sometimes much of a second day. Comparisons are difficult, though, because they depend on network availability (when out of range the phone amps up its output to try to contact a mast) and screen brightness.

How long? I generally got about 30 percent more life out of the iPhone 6 than the 5S. That should take you from one end of the day to the other quite handily — much further if you use plug-in battery packs; I don’t agree the wails calling for replaceable batteries. The only downside of the bigger battery is that it takes longer to charge, though it’s still quicker than LG’s or Samsung’s comparably-sized models in my testing.

PriceThe iPhone 6 starts at £539/$649 for 16GB,

and comes with 16GB, 64GB or 128GB of storage.

VerdictA beautifully made phone that finally

reaches the screen size that many have han-kered for from an iPhone, without sacrificing quality. The iOS 8 software adds a lot of key functionality - and NFC allied to TouchID has huge potential for offline and online payments.

Pros: beautiful edge-free design, improved battery life, excellent camera, TouchID system works perfectly, integrated NFC offers pay-ment possibilities, has adaptations to make one-handed use easier, iOS 8 software allows third-party keyboards and extensions

Cons: expensiveThe Guardian

Apple has finally got a phone with a screen size comparable to many Android phones — but has added design and lightness rivals don’t have.

Specifications• Screen: 4.7in, 1334x750 326ppi LED; 1400:1 contrast ratio• Processor: A8 64-bit ARM with M8 motion coprocessor• RAM: 1GB• Storage: 16GB, 64GB, 128GB• Operating system: iOS 8• Camera: back: 8MP with 1.5micron pixels, f2.2, Optical image stabilisation, 240fps video, sapphire lens cover, auto-HDR, face detection, 43-megapixel panorama, burst mode 10fps; 1080p video at 30fps or 60fps. Front camera: 1.2MP (1280x960), f2.2, 720p HD, burst mode.• Connectivity: LTE, Wi-Fi a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 4.0 with BLE, NFC; VoLTE (voice over LTE) capa-bility, Wi-Fi call handoff capability• Dimensions: 138.1 x 670 x 6.9mm• Weight: 129g• Others: TouchID fingerprint sensor; NFC pay-ment capability for ApplePay

Apple iPhone 6: Thinner, faster & slightly cheaper

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Hoy en la HistoriaSeptember 18, 1914

1982: A massacre in Beirut’s Sabra and Shatila Palestinian refugee camps by Christian Lebanese militias, backed by Israeli forces, ended after two days 1994: Pro-democracy parties dominated Hong Kong’s first fully democratic local elections2004: The IAEA asked Iran to stop its enrichment of uranium2007: Over 1,000 Buddhist monks marched peacefully in Myanmar amid anti-government protests

General Paul von Hindenburg was named commander in chief of the German armies on the Eastern Front in World War I following his victory at the Battle of Tannenberg

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21:00 Zanjeer

00:00 India's Best

Cinestar Ki Khoj

13:25 Jessie

13:45 Jessie

14:10 Austin & Ally

14:35 Win, Lose Or

Draw

15:00 Mako Mermaids

15:25 I Didn't Do It

15:50 Liv And Maddie

16:10 Violetta

17:00 Dog With A Blog

17:20 Jessie

17:45 Sabrina: Secrets

Of A Teenage

Witch


18:30 Win, Lose Or

Draw

18:55 Liv And Maddie

19:20 Violetta



22:00 Good Luck

Charlie

22:25 A.N.T. Farm

12:15 Dynamo:

Magician

Impossible

13:05 Storage Hunters

13:30 Lost And Sold

13:55 The Liquidator

14:20 Deadliest Catch

15:10 World's Top 5

16:00 Fast N' Loud

16:50 How It's Made

17:15 How Do They Do

It?

17:40 Gold Divers

18:30 Porter Ridge

18:55 Porter Ridge

19:20 Backyard Oil

19:45 Backyard Oil

20:10 Lost And Sold

20:35 The Liquidator

21:00 Porter Ridge

21:25 Porter Ridge

21:50 Americarna

22:15 Americarna

22:40 Amish Mafia

NOVO

1Drive Hard (2D/Action) – 10:00 am , 12:00, 2:00, 4:00, 6:00,

8:00, 10:00 & 11:59pm

2A Walk Among The Tombstones (2D/Action)

– 11:30am, 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30 & 11:55pm

3

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2D/Action) – 10:05am, 2:30, 7:00 &11:30pm

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (3D/Action)

– 12:10, 4:45 & 9:15pm

4

Sin City: A Dame To Kill For (2D/Crime)

– 10:30am, 3:00 , 7:30pm & 12:10 amNo Good Deed (2D/Drama) – 12:45, 5:15 & 9:35pm

5The Giver (2D/Drama) – 10:15am, 12:30, 2:45, 4:50, 7:15pm,

9:30 & 11:55pm

6

Elly Jay Ahsan (2D/Comedy)

– 11:00am, 3:15, 7:30, & 11:45 pmJawaza Miri (2D/Comedy) – 1:00 , 5:15 & 9:20 pm

7The Maze Runner (2D/Action) – 10:45 am, 1:15, 3:30, 5:45,

8:00, 10:15pm & 12:30 am

8

No Good Deed (2D/Drama) – 10.15am & 12.15amLets Be Cops (2D/Thriller) – 12:40, 3:15, 5:30,

7:45 & 10:00 pm

9The Maze Runner (2D/Action) – 10:10am, 12:15, 2:30, 4:45,

7:10, 9:30 & 11:50 pm

10

A Walk Among The Tombstones (2D/Action)

– 10.00am, 2.40, 7.20pm & 12.15am The Maze Runner (2D/Action)

– 12:20, 5:00 & 9:40pm

MALL

1

The 7th Dwarfs (2D/Animation) – 2.30pm

Drive Hard (2D/Action) – 4.15pm

The Maze Runner (2D/Action) – 6.00pm

Daawat E Ishq (2D/Hindi) – 8.15pm

Sigaram Thodu (2D/Tamil) – 10.30pm

2

Third Person (2D/Drama) – 2.30pm

The Giver (2D/Drama) – 5.00pm

Munnariyippu (2D/Malayalam) – 7.00pm

The Giver (2D/Drama) – 9.15pm

Drive Hard (2D/Action) – 11.15pm

3

The Maze Runner (2D/Action) – 2.30pm

A Walk Among The Tombstones (2D/Action) – 5.00 & 9.00pm

Teenage Mutant Ninja (3D/Action) – 7.00pm


LANDMARK

1

The 7th Dwarfs (2D/Animation) – 2.30 & 4.15pm




2

Teenage Mutant Ninja (3D/Action) – 3.00pm

Drive Hard (2D/Action) – 5.00 & 9.00pm


3

The Maze Runner (2D/Action) – 2.30 & 11.00pm

The Giver (2D/Drama) – 4.30 & 9.00pm


ROYAL

PLAZA

1


Drive Hard (2D/Action) – 4.45 & 6.30pm



2

The 7th Dwarfs (2D/Animation) – 3.00pm

The Maze Runner (2D/Action) –5.00 & 7.00pm


3

Teenage Mutant Ninja (3D/Action) – 2.30 & 4.30pm

Khoobsurat (2D/Hindi) – 6.30pm

The Giver (2D/Drama) – 9.00 & 11.00pm


08:00 News

09:00 Marco Polo: A

Very Modern

Journey

10:30 Inside Story

11:00 News

11:30 The Stream

12:00 News

12:30 People &

Power

13:00 NEWSHOUR

14:30 Inside Story

15:00 Al Jazeera

Investigates

16:00 NEWSHOUR

17:30 The Stream

19:30 Rebel

Architecture

20:30 Inside Story

22:30 The Stream

23:00 Marco Polo: A

Very Modern

Journey

PLUS | THURSDAY 18 SEPTEMBER 2014 POTPOURRI16

Editor-In-Chief Khalid Al Sayed Acting Managing Editor Hussain Ahmad Editorial Office The Peninsula Tel: 4455 7741, E-mail: [email protected] / [email protected]

IN FOCUS

A view form the top floor of the Museum of Islamic Art.

by Paresh Sanchala

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Events in Qatar

The Arabic Script When: Till September 30; 9am-6pmWhere: AaQool Atrium, Qatar Foundation Recreation Centre, Education City What: The display at this calligraphy exhibition includes authentic calligraphy artworks dating as far back as the 9th Century, and showcases the finest pieces from famous calligraphers Hamdulla Al-Amasi and Hafiz Osman, in addition to the exceptional work of Qatari calligrapher Ali Hassan Al Jaber.Free entry

Trapeze Exhibition and Acquisitions Program When: September 1 — November 1; 10am-10pmWhere: Katara What: The exhibition features the work of Qatari artists and their efforts to achieve a balance between reviving the heritage and traditions and preserve the cultural and popular memory, between their aspirations as artists yearning for the future enlightened by their country rising to the top ranks in various fields.Free entry

Radio Controlled Car RaceWhen: Till November 21Where: Aspire Zone What: Qatar’s best radio controlled car racers can converge at Aspire Zone and take part in a series of exciting races at the Zone Race Track. Only drivers that have cars suitable for the competition can enter the race. The circuit features an off-road track that is 350 m long and 4 m wide, over an area of 1,650 square meters. The type of cars being used on the track are 1/8 scale buggy and Truggy style cars.More info at www.lifeinaspire.qa

The Tiger’s Dream: Tipu Sultan When: September 29 - January 24Where: Museum Of Islamic Art What: This exhibition delves into the life of Tipu Sultan, the South Indian ruler, statesman, and patron. Drawn entirely from the MIA collection, and featuring many objects which have never been displayed in Qatar, the centerpiece is a group of 24 paintings showing Tipu’s victory at the Battle of Pollilur in 1780.Free entry

Family Fun When: Till September 27; 3pm-11pmWeekends 4pm-12pm Where: Doha Exhibition CenterWhat: Plenty of family entertainment is available at the Family Entertainment City staged in the Doha Exhibition Center, which includes activities such as ski slopes, rock climbing and a variety of alternate entertainment options, a food court, and live Arabic pre-school Baraem shows for the little ones. No fee at the entrance, only for some rides.Free entry

‘Smart’ chin strap can generate power as you eat

Imagine generating power to charge your smartphone as you munch your

favourite chocolate, pizza or by talking to your friend. With the ‘smart’ chin strap, the improbable is now possible.

Canadian researchers have created a ‘smart’ chin strap that can harvest energy from jaw movements.

In their study, researchers from the Ecole de technologie superieure (ETS) in Montreal, Canada, created an energy harvesting chin strap made from a sin-gle layer of piezoelectric fiber composites (PFCs). They attached it to a pair of ear muffs using a pair of elastic side straps.

To ensure maximum performance, the chin strap was fitted snugly to the user, so when the user’s jaw moved it caused the strap to stretch.

To test the performance of the device, the subject was asked to chew gum for 60 seconds while wearing the head-mounted device.

The maximum amount of power that could be harvested from the jaw move-ments was around 18 AuW.

“The power level we achieved is hardly sufficient for powering electrical devices at the moment; however, we can multiply

the power output by adding more PFC layers to the chin strap,” explained study co-author Aidin Delnavaz.

For example, 20 PFC layers, with a total thickness of six mm, would be able to power 200 AuW.

The only expensive part of the energy harvesting device is the single PFC layer which costs around $20.

The device can generate electric-ity from eating, chewing and talking and power a number of small-scale implantable or wearable electronic devices, such as hearing aids, cochlear implants, electronic hearing protectors and communication devices, research-ers emphasised.

Jaw movements have proved to be one of the most promising candidates for generating electricity from human body movements, with researchers estimating that an average of around 7 mW of power could be generated from chewing during meals alone.

The results of the device’s perform-ance were published in the journal Smart Materials and Structures.

Cheetah robot that sprints like Usain BoltResearchers at the Massachusetts

Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a bounding algorithm to enable a robotic cheetah run and

jump with super agility.This cheetah is a sleek, four-legged

assemblage of gears, batteries and elec-tric motors that weighs about as much as its feline counterpart.

The team recently took the robot for a test run on MIT’s Killian Court premises where it bounded across the grass at a steady clip.

This force-control approach to robotic running is similar, in principle, to the way world class sprinters like Usain Bolt race,” said Sangbae Kim, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT.

In experiments on an indoor track, the robot sprinted up to 10 miles per hour, even continuing to run after clearing a hurdle. The researchers estimate that the current version of the robot may eventually reach speeds of up to 30 miles per hour.

The key to the bounding algorithm is in programming each of the robot’s legs to exert a certain amount of force in the split second during which it hits the ground, in order to maintain a given speed.

In general, the faster the desired speed, the more force must be applied to propel the robot forward. In tread-mill experiments, the team found that the robot handled slight bumps in its path, maintaining its speed even as it ran over a foam obstacle.

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