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Budapest: A triptych city
Budapest offers a wealth of choices for lovers of music, art and architecture in a beautiful setting on the Danube river, which bisects the city on the midpoint of its journey from the Black Forest to the Black Sea. A few tips for getting the most out of a trip to Budapest.
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By Marton Dunai
It's well known that Budapest is the marriage of two cities — Buda and Pest — but how many outsiders realise Hungary's historic and culture-filled capital is really a merger of three?
For the better part of two millennia, there were three adjacent towns in the area, united by bureau-crats in 1873. Residents of the triptych city still proudly identify with noble Buda, working class Pest or ancient Obuda, where the Romans pitched their tents.
Budapest offers a wealth of choices for lovers of music, art and architecture in a beautiful setting on the Danube river, which bisects the city on the midpoint of its journey from the Black Forest to the Black Sea.
Here are tips for getting the most out of a trip to Budapest.
The views from either side of the Danube are breathtaking at any hour but there is much to be seen indoors as well. Over the past decade, Budapest has developed a reputation for major art and photography exhibitions, as well as more esoteric fare.
This fall, exhibits include the painters Chagall, Caravaggio and Canaletto, the trail-blazing Hungarian photographer Robert Capa and American beat poet Allen Ginsberg.
Chagall is at the National Gallery in the Castle District (www.mng.hu), "Caravaggio to Canaletto" is at the Museum of Fine Arts (www.szepmuveszeti.hu), Capa's haunting images are at the Hungarian National Museum (www.hnm.hu) and the Ginsberg show is at the Ludwig Museum (www.ludwigmu-seum.hu).
After gorging on art, visitors can sample world-class operas, award-winning rock festivals and some of the best nightlife in Europe, including the now famous cafes in semi-abandoned buildings in the historic quarter that feature colourful settings and clientele.
To get an overview of Budapest, book a Danube cruise. Some operators offer dinner on board and one uses an amphibious bus that goes directly from road to river. (www.riverride.com)
Online listings of shows, concerts and events are mostly in the notoriously impenetrable Hungarian language (if you have a translator at hand, www.est.hu and www.port.hu work well) but samplings in English can be found at www.funzine.hu and www.welovebudapest.com. Printed guides are available at hotels.
Music, Arts & CultureCommunist mementos are everywhere and, with
retro in full swing, there is plenty of old-school design all around.
If you want to see what public space looked like before
the collapse of
communism in 1989, take a taxi to Momento Park on Balatoni Way in the 22nd district for a collection of colossal Cold War statues. (www.mementopark.hu)
With the greyness of communism fading into his-tory, Budapest shelved high-rise plans and retained its quaint architecture, opting to renovate and pre-serve the turn-of-the-century Austro-Hungarian feel with some spectacular results.
A recent example is the Franz Liszt Academy of Music on Franz Liszt Square, a world-renowned institution that reopened for concerts after a pains-taking renovation brought out its Art Deco beauty in full. (www.zeneakademia.hu/en)
If you yearn for an old-school cup of coffee before a show, don’t miss the slightly kitschy but very impressive stuccos of the grand cafe at the Boscolo Budapest hotel, a short tram ride east along the great boulevard that rings the Pest side.
Budapest also has a cutting edge. One of the new-est additions to the Danube is the Balna (Whale), a fish-shaped glass building that connects two wings of a former shipping office on the river bank. Its contemporary exhibition hall, cafes and shops are open year round. (www.balnabudapest.hu)
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Volcanic activity in low-lying Hungary means an abundance of hot springs. The Romans knew this and the Ottomans built bath houses that stand to this day.
The city's vibrant markets are famous for a reason. Go on a Thursday to sample the freshest produce from the countryside but any day will give you a taste of how ordinary Hungarians never lost touch with the farmer's market.
Just around the corner from the Whale is the aptly named Great Market Hall, designed by Gustave Eiffel of Eiffel Tower fame. The steel structure exudes a whiff of Paris, with more than a soupcon of Hungarian paprika.
Also listed on maps as Central Market Hall, its stalls brim with spicy red Hungarian sausage, pale pink goose and duck livers and hundreds of other items in vibrant hues.
In the same area is the Budapest Music Centre, where recording stu-dios and smaller-scale shows share the space, mostly on the jazz side of the musical spectrum. (www.bmc.hu)
The Budapest Spring Festival attracts top classical talent in March (www.btf.hu). Other revered halls of classical music - including the Opera (www.opera.hu) and the Palace of Arts (www.mupa.hu) - usually have more on offer than a single visit could accommodate. The 20-year-old Sziget Festival has offshoots that turn up nearly every weekend over the sum-mer. (www.sziget.hu)
Also in summer, the spectacular O.Z.O.R.A. trance festival - billed as a "psychedelic tribal gathering" - brings hordes of visitors and artists to Ozora, a village about 130 km (80 miles) southwest of Budapest. Next year, the event runs from July 29 to August 3. (www.ozorafestival.eu)
Breakfast, Lunch & DinnerBudapest has been experiencing a
seismic culinary change, and about time it did.
The traditional fatty, unimaginative fare - served while Gypsy bands play ersatz Gypsy tunes - is easy to skip. Instead, jump into the exciting foodie scene that has taken hold, from the list of ingredients and ways of cooking.
The inner 6th and 7th districts east of the Danube are home to so many restaurants and clubs - with new ones opening so frequently - that even locals find it hard to keep up. Those who live in the area often com-plain about the noise, always the sign of a good party. Across the Danube and to the northwest, the original Obuda town was mostly destroyed and the narrow old streets replaced by Communist-style apartment blocks.
An exception is the Main Square area, where the Uj Sipos restaurant occupies a centuries-old building and serves the kind of paprika-laden fish soup that Hungarians like so much.
Eat it spicy. (www.ujsipos.hu)The once fairly forlorn Raday Street
in the 9th district has transformed into "restaurant row" with one eat-ery after another offering everything from pizza and hamburgers to sauteed goose liver and chicken paprika.
Gozsdu Court in the 7th district is a car-free area with about a dozen restaurants. You should find whatever you like, from Michelin stars at Onyx (www.onyx.hu) to a burger with live music at Goodbar (www.facebook.com/goodbarbudapest).
If you are lucky or well-connected, you can also take part in the new craze of home restaurants. There are so many foodies that finding a din-ner should not be impossible but plan ahead.
Other OptionsVolcanic activity in low-lying
Hungary means an abundance of hot springs. The Romans knew this and the Ottomans built bath houses that stand to this day, renovated
in a splendid way and open to the public.
Rudas Baths is probably the most breathtaking. On the west side of the Danube near Elizabeth (Erzsebet) Bridge, it offers massages, scrubs and diets in an elegant environment of octagonal pools with limestone domes. (www.rudasfurdo.hu)
Another tourist target, with good reason, is the Gellert, an Art Deco hotel at 4 Kelenhegyi Way with a nicely restored Secessionist bath house. It is also on the west side of the Danube, near Liberty (Szabadsag) Bridge. (www.gellertbath.hu)
In winter, soak in the hot waters of the Szechenyi Baths in City Park, where you can mingle with old folks playing chess on floating boards - especially on a weekday morning - while steam rises into the icy air. The outdoor pool is popular in warmer months. (www.szechenyifurdo.hu)
Cinetrip has become an interna-tional hit by organising parties where people dance to electronic music with stunning visuals in the pools of a downtown spa. The pay system is waterproof, too. (www.cinetrip.hu)
Another entertaining option is going underground to check out one of the spectacular caves that the ther-mal water carved. Start with Palvolgyi Cave at 162 Szepvolgyi Street in the 2nd District. Not for the claustropho-bic. If you are into movies, visit one of three major film studios that have opened near the city in recent years. Start with a tour of Korda Studios in the town of Etyek, about 30 km (19 miles) west of central Budapest. (www.kordafilmstudios.hu)
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PLUS | WEDNESDAY 27 NOVEMBER 20134 CAMPUS / COMMUNITY
Twenty-five years of excellence was the American School of Doha’s (ASD) motto for its silver jubilee.
The school has grown from a villa that housed 88 students to its current 24-acre site providing preK-grade 12 education to 2,100 students from over 75 countries. It is an independent, US-accredited, college preparatory school. The students have multiple options such as earning an International Baccalaureate Diploma or taking a full array of Advanced Placement courses concurrent with achieving a standard US diploma.
The school had a four-day celebration for its 25th birthday. The festivities were intended to honour the founders, students, faculty, staff, parents and com-munity, and to thank them for their support in the development of the school.
Day one witnessed “Founders’ Day”, a tribute to the school’s founders. The event showcased the school’s history through words and presentations. A sculpture in honour of the founders, donated by Occidental Petroleum Qatar Ltd (Oxy Qatar), was unveiled. “We are ASD” was another highlight of the event; the new ASD song was performed for the first time live by ASD’s orchestra and choir. It was written and composed by Robert and Lisa Krebs, both from ASD’s faculty.
The school was established in 1988 by the US Embassy and Sheikh Mohamed bin Hamad bin Abdullah Al Thani, a former education minister. The event was attended by the founder, Dr Joseph Ghougassian, a former US ambassador to Qatar and the first chairman of the Board of Trustees. Diane Douglass Quinn, the first principal of the school, attended as well.
Day two featured “The ASD Story”, an event attended by the full ASD community, H E Dr Mohammed Abdul Wahed Ali Al Hammadi, Minister of Education and Higher Education and Secretary General of the Supreme Education Council, and Sheikh Faisal bin Qassim Al Thani. Dr Susan L Ziadeh, US Ambassador to Qatar and Chair of the ASD Board of Trustees, and members of the Board of Trustees and directors attended as well.
The ASD history was told in four chronological parts, each designated by a song popular in its era.
Day three witnessed the 25th Anniversary Gala Dinner, organised by the Parent Teacher Association. Patricia Sands, soprano and high school theatre teacher, rendered an opera aria.
On the fourth day, a golf tournament organised by the ASD Alumni Association was held at Doha Golf Club. The Peninsula
American School of Doha marks 25th anniversary
Dr Joseph Ghougassian and the panel of guests.
Students rendering a song.
Delhiude Charithra Padangaliloode, a travelogue in Malayalam by Doha-based author Amanulla Vadakkangara, has been released by Norka Roots vice chairman C K Menon. Long-time Doha resident and president of CIGI Qatar, M P Shafi Haji, received the first copy. The ceremony was attended by Dr Wandoor Aboobacker, chairman, Scholars International School, R O Abdul Qader, Vice Chairman, Bhavan’s Public School, K K Usman, Incas Advisory Board Chairman, Joppachan Thekkekkut, Director of Pravasi Welfare Board, and Shukkur Kinalur, Managing Director of Acon Group.
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5COMMUNITY / MARKETPLACE PLUS | WEDNESDAY 27 NOVEMBER 2013
Pakistan Welfare Forum (PWF) Qatar, working under the aegis of the Embassy of Pakistan, has
made a donation to the Philippines Embassy in support of the victims of typhoon Haiyan.
A cheque for QR20,000 was handed over to Philippine Ambassador Crescente R Relacion by a four-member delegation from PWF comprising founder execu-tive members Mohammed Idrees Anwar, M Israr Malazai, Ahmad Hussain and Muhamad Ajmal at the Philippines Embassy. Community Welfare Attaché of the Embassy of Pakistan, Rashid Nizam, was present on the occasion.
Speaking on the occasion, Ahmad Hussain said, “The Pakistani
community in Qatar is pleased to sup-port our Filipino brothers in this hour of need and to make them feel that they are not alone when they are hit by the worst calamity of their history.”
Rashid Nizam acknowledged that the donation was small but should be considered as a token of goodwill from the Pakistani community. “It reflects our deep concern and pain at the suffering being faced by our Filipino brothers at this time of grief.”
PWF offers financial support to deserving and needy Pakistanis liv-ing in Qatar, especially in the areas of education, social welfare and health. PWF also runs the Education for All programme. The Peninsula
PWF donates aid to typhoonvictims in Philippines
PWF members presenting the donation to the Philippine envoy.
Salam Stores hosts its first ‘outlet’ sale
Salam Stores has launched its first outlet sale. The pop-up sale is located on the first floor of The
Gate Mall and will offer discounts on a range of apparel for men, women and children. Designers featured in this promotion include Temperley London, Polo Ralph Lauren, Hugo Boss, Givenchy, Just Cavalli, Canali, Paul & Shark, Moschino, La Martina, Paul Smith, Diesel and many more. As a lim-ited edition concept, the outlet sale will run until December 5 only, represent-ing a ‘must visit’ for those looking to find gifts for friends and family ahead of the holiday season.
Of the new outlet sale initiative, Khoury, Managing Director of Salam Group, said: “It is our privilege to enjoy a position as Qatar’s leading fashion and lifestyle store, a role that requires us to ensure we constantly innovate and create retail experiences that are fresh and exciting. The Salam outlet sale is something new and will allow our valued customers a chance to pur-chase designer items at sufficiently reduced prices.”
Four Seasons Hotel Doha wins Condé Nast award
Condé Nast Traveler has announced the results of its 26th annual Readers’ Choice Awards and
Four Seasons Hotel Doha was recog-nised as the number two Top Hotel in the Middle East.
“This award is a great recognition as it comes directly from travellers, our guests. It is a true testament to the unique Four Seasons experiences that our team creates each and every day through their relentless passion to always be the very best in everything they do,” said Rami Sayess, regional vice president and general manager of Four Seasons Hotel Doha. Agencies
A newly formed community club, Sri Lanka Malay Association of Doha (SLMAD), will hold a sports day on Friday at the Al Wakra
family beach. The day-long event will begin at 8am, according
to the organisers. A game of Sepak Takraw, Malaysia’s national sport,
will be held at 3pm as a special feature of the event.
Sepak Takraw differs from the similar sport of vol-leyball in its use of a rattan ball and only allowing players to use their feet, knee, chest and head to touch the ball.
Ancestors of Malays of Sri Lanka initially came from Indonesia and later from the Malay Peninsula, and SLMAD represents the community in Doha.
The Peninsula
Ooredoo yesterday announced the winners of its Ooredoo Mobile App contest.
In total, 80 lucky customers won an iPhone 5 each in the raffle, after sim-ply downloading the Ooredoo Mobile App, which is available for Apple iOS, Android and BlackBerry, and regis-tering their details.
The contest was launched in October to celebrate a milestone that the Ooredoo App had reached: becoming the most downloaded app produced in Qatar, after hitting
more than 100,000 downloads since its launch in April 2013.
People can download the app for free and start accessing a range of services on their mobile phone, such as paying Shahry bills, topping up Hala accounts and managing their Nojoom account.
In addition, customers can search residential and business phone direc-tories, find and reserve an easy-to-remember number, download monthly bills as a PDF file and even change their Shahry package.
The Ooredoo App provides cus-tomers another platform to interact with the company, and works in par-allel with the Ooredoo helpline at 111, staff at Ooredoo shops and interactive self-service features on the Ooredoo portal.
Since its launch, the Ooredoo app has received glowing reviews across all platforms, and topped the charts from its first week on both the App Store and Google Play in the “Utilities” as well as the “Overall” ranking.
The Peninsula
Ooredoo picks Mobile App contest winners
Sri Lanka Malays to organise sports day
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PLUS | WEDNESDAY 27 NOVEMBER 20136 MARKETPLACE
Maersk Oil Qatar launches new Qatarisation strategy
Maersk Oil Qatar has announced a new approach to how it attracts, develops and retains Qataris with the launch of a new
Qatarisation Strategy aimed at boosting the number of locals in leadership positions.
A high-profile recruitment campaign targeting degree-holding Qataris; a new, two-year Qatari Development Programme for those early in their careers and a Career Orientation Review Scheme overseen by a new in-house coach form part of Maersk Oil Qatar’s new Qatarisation Strategy.
Lewis Affleck, Maersk Oil Qatar Managing Director, said: ‘Qatarisation is a core business priority for us and a priority for me personally. We need to continue to attract and develop the best and the brightest so we maintain the right blend of experience and expertise.”
Sheikh Faisal Al Thani, Maersk Oil Qatar’s Deputy Managing Director, said: “We have doubled the number of Qataris at Maersk Oil in the past five years and seen a 23 percent rise in those with a bachelor’s degree, but we are constantly seeking to improve and we recognise that we can do more to develop Qataris and ensure they develop into leader-ship positions.”
Sheikh Jassim Al Thani, Maersk Oil Qatar’s Head of Qatarisation, said: “We have searched for the best ideas, regardless of where they come from, to further improve our Qatarisation efforts. We have listened and learned from our own employees and the best minds from inside and outside Maersk Oil. I’m con-fident our new Qatarisation Strategy will focus our efforts and ensure we succeed.”
In a separate move driven by the new Qatarisation Strategy, Maersk Oil Qatar has
employed a certified coach to oversee the devel-opment of Qataris.
Julie Zawadzki, Qatarisation Development Advisor at Maersk Oil Qatar, said: “My role is to support Qatari employees and their line managers to ensure that career development and progress is maintained. This is a new approach for Maersk Oil Qatar, but the model has been used successfully elsewhere to help people unlock their full potential.”
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Qafac highlighted the importance of industrial initiatives in successful implemen-tation of CSR programmes at a CSR conference held recently. “The business -as-usual approach cannot be sustained and we have to look for innovative ways for sustainable growth,” Nadeem, a senior environment engineer at Qafac, said while discussing ways to control GHG emissions at the industrial level.
Masraf Al Rayan honoured the bank’s long-serving staff in a ceremony held recently at Sharq Village & Spa. The event was attended by the group chief executive officer, senior executives and employees of Masraf Al Rayan. Group Chief Executive Officer Adel Mustafawi presented awards and certificates to 61 staff who completed five years in service in 2013.
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The Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka, Qatar Chapter, which is affiliated to the Sri Lankan Embassy, recently hosted a technical seminar on “Qatar Tax Law and Use of Double Taxation Treaties” at Best Western Hotel — Doha. The president of the chapter, Saman Fernando, deliv-ered the welcome address, and senior tax manager at Ernst & Young, Jennifer O’Sullivan, who was the guest speaker, briefed those present on Qatar’s tax sys-tem, use of double taxation treaties and current practices. Seen in the picture are members of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka, Qatar Chapter with Jennifer O’Sullivan.
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WHEELS 7PLUS | WEDNESDAY 27 NOVEMBER 2013
By Christoph Rauwald
Starting next year, the chances are that the next Porsche you see will be a sport-utility vehicle. The maker of the iconic 911 sports car is accelerating expan-sion beyond its traditional niche with
the new Macan, which debuted at this week’s Los Angeles Auto Show. Vying with the Range Rover Evoque for wealthy suburban moms, the compact model will probably become Porsche’s best seller by 2015 as SUVs account for a majority of the brand’s sales, according to estimates from IHS Automotive.
To lure drivers seeking a more practical vehicle, Porsche is outfitting the Macan with features like an electronic trunk hatch and as much as 1,500 litres (53 cubic feet) of cargo space. The model, which goes on sale April 5 in Germany, has a start-ing price of €57,930 ($78,190) for the 340-horse-power Macan S version, 24 percent cheaper than a comparably equipped Porsche Cayenne SUV.
“One doesn’t need sports cars to be pre-mium,” said Arndt Ellinghorst, an analyst with International Strategy & Investment Group in London. “There will always be the 911, but the growth is happening elsewhere.”
The goal is to boost Porsche’s total deliveries by 38 percent to more than 200,000 vehicles in the coming years. The Stuttgart, Germany-based carmaker’s growth and outsized profits are a key part of parent Volkswagen AG’s effort to overtake General Motors Co and Toyota Motor Corp as the world’s largest carmaker by 2018.
Celebrities including actor Patrick Dempsey and comedian Jerry Seinfeld attended the Macan’s premiere in Los Angeles. Maria Sharapova, who
was one of the presenters and has a 911, said the Macan might become her “new favourite” Porsche because of its compact size.
The Macan S will cost $49,900 when it goes on sale at US dealers in the first half. The Turbo ver-sion will start at $72,300. The carmaker expects sales to be about evenly split between the US, Asia and Europe, spokesman Nick Twork said.
The shift into pragmatic vehicles for suburban shopping trips is a reaction to volatile sports-car demand. Sales of the 911, the brand’s flagship, tum-bled after the financial crunch and have yet to recover to pre-crisis levels, according to figures from industry consultancy IHS.
“Porsche has the potential to move into a somewhat lower- priced segment, but it has to be careful to not overdo it,” said Stefan Bratzel, director of the Center of Automotive Management at the University of Applied Sciences in Bergisch Gladbach, Germany.
Porsche’s expansion will add pressure on Tata Motors Ltd’s Land Rover. The upscale SUV brand, which already competes with the Cayenne, entered the compact SUV market in 2011 with the aggres-sively styled Evoque, helping to spur record sales. The base version is 34cm shorter than the Macan and starts at €33,400 in Germany.
SUV demand continues to grow around the world, especially in China where street racers are less popular. In Europe, the Macan is seen as an option for everyday use in crowded streets.
“I’m waiting for the Macan,” said Andreas Bauer, 50, who runs a heating company outside Frankfurt and owns a Cayenne as well as a 911. “When my wife drives around town with the kids, the Cayenne is a bit too big.”
Together with the Cayenne, which is 16.5cm
longer than the Macan, SUVs will account for 64 percent of Porsche sales in two years, while the share of sports cars including the Boxster roadster will drop to 24 percent of the brand’s deliveries, according to IHS. Sports cars accounted for the majority of Porsche sales before the introduction of the Panamera coupe in 2009.
The growth drive has clear benefits for Volkswagen. Porsche accounted for 22 percent of the Wolfsburg, Germany-based company’s €8.56bn in operating profit in the first nine months, even though it sold just 1.6 percent of the group’s vehi-cles. A push for volume will be forgiven if the com-pany stays true to its sports-car heritage.
“As long as it allows them to continue producing the Porsches we really love, it can only be a good thing,” said Ian Fletcher, a London-based analyst with IHS Automotive.
Porsche hasn’t neglected performance when designing the Macan, whose name stems from an Indonesian term for tiger. The €79,826 Turbo vari-ant accelerates to 100km (62 miles) per hour in as little as 4.6 seconds, beating the base version of the 911 and the top-of-the-line Cayenne Turbo S.
Porsche invested €500m to add an assembly line for the Macan at a factory in the eastern German city of Leipzig. The plant has a capacity to make 50,000 cars a year, equivalent to a quarter of the brand’s sales goal. Executives shrug off concerns the SUV will water down the carmaker’s image.
When the Cayenne was introduced in 2002, “there were calls back then that Porsche was dilut-ing its profile,” said Siegfried Buelow, head of the Leipzig plant, which also makes the Panamera. “Today, we work three shifts a day and are strug-gling to keep up with demand.”
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o b
e t
old
— g
lobal st
orie
s th
at
will
reso
nate
wit
h inte
rnati
onal audie
nces,
” added t
he a
cto
r, w
ho h
as
anoth
er
producti
on b
anner t
itle
d A
jay D
evgn F
ilm
s P
roducti
ons.
Shiv
ala
ya E
nte
rta
inm
en
t, b
ase
d i
n L
os
An
gele
s, h
as
giv
en
the g
reen
si
gnal
to i
ts fi
rst
film
Pa
rch
ed, to
be d
irecte
d b
y L
eena Y
adav. T
he m
ovie
is
said
to b
e c
entr
ed o
n t
he b
itte
r-s
weet
journey o
f w
om
en in t
he p
arched
rural la
ndsc
ape o
f In
dia
.T
he
new
ly-fo
rm
ed
com
pan
y
wil
l produce
film
s
wit
h
Bril
lste
in
En
terta
inm
en
t P
artn
ers
executi
ve J
ai
Khan
na,
who i
s als
o s
ervin
g a
s producer o
n t
he s
late
.K
han
na s
aid
: “W
e w
ill
als
o b
e l
ookin
g a
t w
ork
ing o
n p
roje
cts
wit
h a
div
ersi
ty o
f ta
lent,
Am
eric
an o
r o
therw
ise,
wit
h a
n a
im t
o r
each o
ut
to
wid
er a
udie
nces.
”
Baga
Bea
ch a
bout
tour
ism
ills
in c
oast
al G
oa: D
irec
tor
Child a
buse
, conflic
t betw
een locals
and in-m
igrants
, im
pact
of holiday-
ing foreig
ners
in G
oa is
the s
um
of
Ba
ga
Bea
ch, a fi
lm w
hic
h e
xam
ines
the u
nderbelly o
f to
uris
m in c
oast
al G
oa, it
s dir
ecto
r s
aid
. S
peakin
g
to r
eporte
rs
aft
er t
he s
creenin
g o
f th
e fi
lm a
t th
e 4
4th
Inte
rnati
onal F
ilm
F
est
ival of In
dia
(IF
FI)
, dir
ecto
r L
axm
ikant
Shetg
aonkar,
a local here, als
o
said
that
the fi
lm is
packed w
ith r
eal refe
rences.
The m
ovie
’s s
tory r
evolv
es
around t
he p
erso
nal st
orie
s of
seven c
harac-
ters,
who i
nclu
de a
cto
rs
from
France, G
erm
any a
nd G
oa, as
als
o B
engali
star P
aoli D
am
.“I
have
been
research
ing th
is
film
fo
r
nearly
th
ree
years.
I spok
e
to
a
lot
of
sta
keh
old
ers
like beach shack
help
ers
and c
hild
rig
hts
acti
vis
ts.
Their
sto
rie
s and
experie
nces
are a
part
of
the fi
lm,”
S
hetg
aonkar s
aid
.T
he
dir
ector
said
the fi
lm m
ir-
rors
the r
ealiti
es
on
m
ost
tou
r-
ist-freq
uen
ted
beach
es
of
Goa,
and t
hat
Baga B
each w
as
a m
eta
phor f
or just
about
any b
each a
nd c
oast
al
com
munit
y in t
he s
tate
.In
the fi
lm,
Paoli p
lays
a g
irl
sellin
g b
eads
an
d o
ther t
rin
kets
on
the
beach. H
er c
haracte
r f
alls
in love w
ith a
foreig
ner,
and a
mig
rant
boy f
alls
in love w
ith h
er.
The a
ctr
ess
said
she w
as
impress
ed b
y r
eal
life
trin
ket
sellers,
young
wom
en w
ho s
poke E
nglish
, G
erm
an a
nd e
ven R
uss
ian w
ith a
plo
mb a
nd
wit
h p
roper a
ccents
while d
ealing w
ith f
oreig
n b
uyers.
HO
LLY
WO
OD
NE
WS
Last
Veg
as s
eque
l with
Tom
Han
ks, W
ill S
mith
?
La
st V
ega
s dir
ecto
r J
on T
urte
laub h
as
express
ed i
nte
rest
in m
akin
g a
se
quel
to t
he r
ecentl
y r
ele
ase
d b
uddy c
om
edy w
ith a
cto
rs
Tom
Hanks
and W
ill S
mit
h p
layin
g k
ey r
ole
s.T
urte
laub w
as
recentl
y a
sked if he w
as
explo
rin
g a
n o
pportu
nit
y t
o m
ake
a s
equel to
the m
ovie
, and h
e s
aid
: “A
bso
lute
ly”.
“There’s
a s
uperst
itio
n in H
ollyw
ood: you d
on’t
talk
about
a s
equel unti
l th
e fi
rst
one’s
a b
ig h
it, but
when it
com
es
up e
veryone g
ot
alo
ng s
o w
ell, it
w
as
a b
ig l
ove f
est
wit
h a
ll t
he a
cto
rs
and I
thin
k e
veryone w
ould
love t
o
com
e b
ack f
or a
sequel,”
he s
aid
in a
sta
tem
ent.
La
st V
ega
s st
ars
Robert
De N
iro,
Mic
hael
Dougla
s, M
organ
Freem
an
and K
evin
Kline.
The d
irecto
r b
elieves
he h
as
a g
am
ut
of acto
rs t
o c
hoose
from
if th
e s
equel
falls
in p
lace. “T
here a
re s
till a
mazi
ng a
cto
rs
and a
ctr
ess
es
out
there, as
well. If
I c
ould
get
Tom
Hanks
and W
ill
Sm
ith i
nto
the m
ovie
that
would
be g
ood,” h
e a
dded.
Just
in B
iebe
r as
ked
to b
ehav
e
Sin
ger J
ust
in B
ieber w
as
reporte
dly
ask
ed t
o b
ehave b
y t
he a
uth
orit
ies
of
the h
ote
l in
Auckla
nd w
here
he w
as sta
yin
g.
His
m
an
agem
en
t w
as
reporte
dly
made t
o s
ign a
con-
tract
to a
void
him
from
creati
ng a
ny
proble
m.
Th
e
19-year-old
w
as
recen
tly
sta
yin
g at
the L
an
gh
am
H
ote
l in
th
is N
ew
Zeala
nd c
ity a
nd w
as
not
allow
ed t
o t
ake g
irls
back t
o h
is s
uit
e.
He w
as
als
o r
est
ric
ted f
rom
eati
ng
in a
lavis
h b
an
quet
room
, reports
dailyst
ar.
co.u
k.
His
managem
ent
was
made t
o s
ign
a c
ontr
act,
whic
h w
ould
ensu
re t
hat
the s
inger d
oes
not
create
any p
rob-
lem
for t
he h
ote
l an
d o
ther g
uest
s st
ayin
g t
here.
“Just
in w
ill
be t
hrow
n o
ut
if h
e
doesn
’t fo
llow
th
e rule
s,”
said
a
source.
“They d
on’t
care w
ho h
e i
s. H
is m
anagem
ent
were m
ade t
o s
ign a
con-
tract,
whic
h i
nclu
ded a
long l
ist
of
dem
ands,
sto
ppin
g h
im f
rom
party
ing
and d
istu
rbin
g o
ther g
uest
s,”
the s
ource a
dded.
Cyru
s, R
odm
an le
ast i
nflue
ntia
l peo
ple:
Pol
l
Sin
ger M
iley C
yrus
and form
er b
ask
etb
all s
tar D
ennis
Rodm
an h
ave b
een
nam
ed t
wo o
f th
e least
influenti
al cele
brit
ies
of
2013
by G
Q m
agazi
ne.
Fem
ale
first
.co.u
k r
eports
that
the e
dit
ors
at
the U
S p
ublicati
on
have
com
piled a
lis
t of
the 2
5 s
tars
who t
hey b
elieve a
re u
nin
spir
ing t
o t
he
gen
eral
public,
noti
ng t
hat
this
year “
has
been
a b
ad y
ear f
or i
mpote
nt
megalo
mania
cs.
”In
the n
um
ber o
ne s
pot
on t
he lis
t is
Rodm
an, w
ho h
as
garnered a
ttenti
on
for h
is c
ontr
oversi
al fr
iendsh
ip w
ith N
orth
Korean leader K
im J
ong U
n.
Edit
ors
call R
odm
an
a “
Q-l
ist
cele
brit
y w
illin
g t
o c
om
mit
borderlin
e
treaso
n just
to h
ang o
ut
wit
h a
dic
tato
r w
ho h
imse
lf a
spir
es
to b
e a
Q-l
ist
cele
brit
y.”
US
chef
Paula
Deen c
om
es
in a
t num
ber t
wo f
ollow
ing h
er r
acia
l sl
ur
con
troversy
earlier t
his
year a
nd A
meric
an
politi
cia
n A
nth
ony W
ein
er
rounds
out
the t
op t
hree.
Meanw
hile, pop s
tar C
yrus,
who t
urned 2
1 S
atu
rday,
ranks
sixth
on t
he
list
for h
er p
rovocati
ve a
nd r
acy p
erfo
rm
ances
over t
he p
ast
few
month
s.A
lso m
akin
g t
o t
he lis
t are W
ill S
mit
h a
nd h
is f
am
ily,
Just
in B
ieber a
nd
Ryan R
eynold
s.B
y K
illia
n Fo
x
Neb
rask
a i
s th
e fi
rst
film
you’v
e dir
ecte
d t
hat
you d
idn’t
have
a h
and
in w
riti
ng.
How
did
it
com
e about?
Tw
o d
udes
who p
roduced E
lecti
on
fo
r m
e m
any y
ears
ago s
how
ed m
e t
he
scrip
t an
d a
sked i
f I
kn
ew
som
eon
e
who w
ould
be r
ight
to d
irect
it. I
said
, “H
ow
about
me?”
But
I did
n’t
wan
t to
do it
rig
ht
aft
er S
idew
ays
because
I
did
n’t
want
to d
o a
second r
oad m
ovie
in
a r
ow
, so
I r
etu
rned t
o i
t aft
er T
he
Desc
en
da
nts
.
You
gre
w u
p in
Neb
rask
a a
nd t
his
is
your
fourt
h fi
lm s
et t
her
e [a
fter
C
itiz
en R
uth
, E
lect
ion
an
d A
bout
Sch
mid
t].
Is i
t a c
ase
of
“film
what
you k
now
”?I
like fi
lmin
g t
here. It
’s fi
lmin
g w
hat
I kn
ow
but
als
o fi
lmin
g w
hat
I don
’t
know
, because
I d
on’t
know
those
rural
areas
very w
ell. O
ther A
meric
ans
know
N
ebrask
a a
s a p
lace t
hey e
ither d
riv
e
through o
r fl
y o
ver,
and if th
ey h
appen
to d
riv
e t
hrough it,
they s
ay,
“B
oy,
that
state
is
flat.”
Om
aha, w
here I
grew
up,
is t
he P
aris
of
Nebrask
a.
Is i
t im
port
an
t fo
r yo
u t
o p
ut
Neb
rask
a o
n t
he
map?
No.
I don
’t w
ork f
or t
he c
ham
ber
of
com
merce.
Nobody t
hin
ks t
o a
sk
Woody A
llen, w
hy d
o y
ou s
hoot
in N
ew
Y
ork
? It
’s j
ust
where I
’m f
rom
. I
still
live t
here h
alf
the t
ime.
Th
e fi
lm i
s about
a f
ath
er a
nd
son
’s
jou
rney
fr
om
M
on
tan
a
to
Neb
rask
a t
o c
laim
pri
ze m
oney
...
Som
e o
f m
y inst
ructi
on t
o t
he a
cto
rs
was
info
rm
ed b
y t
he fact
I have a
gein
g
paren
ts w
ho c
an
driv
e m
e c
razy
but
whom
I m
ust
cate
r t
o, esp
ecia
lly w
ith
regards
to t
he d
uti
ful so
n a
nd h
ow
he
conducts
him
self
.
I’ve
n
oti
ced
th
at
you
r ch
ar-
act
ers
oft
en m
ove
in
in
tere
stin
g w
ays
. J
ack
Nic
hols
on
tak
es l
ittl
e sh
uffl
ing s
teps
in A
bout
Sch
mid
t.
Geo
rge
Clo
oney
has
a g
oofy
run i
n
Th
e D
esce
nd
an
ts, and B
ruce
Der
n
sham
ble
s aro
und in t
his
film
. D
o yo
u
pay
part
icula
r att
enti
on t
o t
he
way
peo
ple
walk
?
I do. A
s dia
logue-d
riv
en a
s m
y fi
lms
may b
e,
I’m
only
ever r
eally t
hin
kin
g
about
sile
nt
com
edy,
an
d s
o I
lik
e t
o
see fi
gures
in s
pace a
nd s
hoot
them
fu
ll-f
ram
e, as
Chaplin w
as
shot.
Would
you h
ave
bee
n a
t ea
se i
n
the
sile
nt
era?
To h
ave b
een a
dir
ecto
r i
n t
he l
ate
te
ens
and 2
0s
in H
ollyw
ood: m
an, th
at
would
have been
fu
n.
It w
as on
e of
those
great
cauld
rons
of
creati
vit
y —
w
e w
on’t
see t
he lik
e o
f it
again
.
Was
Neb
rask
a a
lways
goin
g to
be
bla
ck a
nd w
hit
e?Y
es.
How
did
th
e st
udio
fee
l about
that?
Oh,
they w
ere c
om
ple
tely
again
st
it. E
veryone w
as
again
st i
t except
me
and t
he c
inem
ato
grapher.
They a
ctu
-ally p
ut
their
foot
dow
n a
nd I
walk
ed
aw
ay from
the p
roje
ct.
The c
ost
of it
all
was
a h
ighly
shrin
k-w
rapped b
udget.
What
att
ract
s yo
u t
o t
he
form
at?
Nin
ety
per cen
t of
the m
ovie
s I
watc
h a
re i
n b
lack a
nd w
hit
e.
It l
eft
cin
em
a o
nly
for c
om
mercia
l reaso
ns
— it
never left
fine-a
rt
photo
graphy. I
can’t
have a
career a
s a fi
lm d
irecto
r
and n
ot
make a
t le
ast
one b
lack-a
nd-
whit
e p
ictu
re. M
y a
rgum
ent
was:
can
you a
bso
lute
ly p
rove t
o m
e t
hat
few
er
people
saw
Ma
nh
att
an, R
agin
g B
ull
and
Sch
ind
ler’
s L
ist
because
they w
ere i
n
bla
ck a
nd w
hit
e?
Road t
rips
recu
r in
your
film
s.
Have
you b
een o
n a
ny
life
-changi
ng
road t
rips?
I drove from
LA
to O
maha just
a few
w
eeks
ago. I
made it
in t
hree d
ays.
Had
I had t
he t
ime, I
would
have s
tretc
hed
it t
o a
week, but
I had a
dia
beti
c c
at
on
the b
ack s
eat
so I
had t
o g
et
on w
ith it.
Whic
h o
f yo
ur
film
s do y
ou g
et
most
com
pli
men
ts o
n?
Ele
ctio
n [
his
1999 c
om
edy a
bout
a
hig
h-s
ch
ool
ele
cti
on
sta
rrin
g R
eese
Wit
hersp
oon].
More
than S
idew
ays
?O
h,
yeah
. F
rom
fi
lm people
, it
’s
alw
ays
Ele
ctio
n. E
ven m
y m
oth
er,
she
saw
N
eb
rask
a an
d said
, “Y
eah
, it
’s
prett
y g
ood,
but
why c
an’t
you m
ake
one m
ore lik
e E
lect
ion?”
Did
the
urg
e to
mak
e m
ovie
s co
me
earl
y?T
he u
rge t
o b
e a
round t
hem
did
. I
did
n’t
kn
ow
I w
an
ted t
o m
ake t
hem
unti
l a lit
tle b
it late
r, b
ut
from
the a
ge
of
five I
was
head o
ver h
eels
in
love
wit
h m
ovie
s and w
atc
hed e
veryth
ing.
Did
you h
ave
a f
orm
ati
ve v
iew
ing
exper
ience
?C
hapli
n’s
M
od
ern
T
imes.
L
ate
r,
Bun
uel
was
quit
e
infl
uen
tial,
an
d
late
r a
gain
, K
urosa
wa.
Seve
n S
am
ura
i is
probably
the fi
lm I
’ve s
een t
he m
ost
. It
’s b
etw
een t
hat
and T
he G
ood
, th
e B
ad
a
nd
th
e U
gly
an
d T
he G
od
fath
er
Pa
rt
II a
nd 8
1/2.
Com
ing f
rom
Om
aha,
as
the g
randso
n o
f G
reek i
mm
igrants
, it
w
as
a d
ista
nt
dream
to b
ecom
e a
film
dir
ecto
r. A
fter c
ollege I
applied t
o fi
lm
school, a
nd w
hen I
got
in, I
knew
I h
ad
to t
ry i
t, e
ven i
f I
fell fl
at
on m
y f
ace.
An
d t
hen
I f
oun
d I
had j
ust
en
ough
tale
nt
to b
e a
ble
to b
uild o
n.
Plu
s, I
m
ade c
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who’d
en
joy
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wit
h t
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sam
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ors
aga
in a
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gain
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are
ly d
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not?
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love t
o h
ave a
sto
ck c
om
-pany,
but
I fin
d t
hat
the p
arts
don
’t
len
d t
hem
selv
es.
The s
creen
pla
y h
as
to d
riv
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he b
oat.
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’re
qu
ite
rigoro
us
abou
t m
atc
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or
wit
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playe
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hurc
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and y
ou t
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ed h
im d
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n.
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all
about
the screen
pla
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w
illing t
o t
ake less
money w
ith w
hic
h
to m
ake t
he fi
lm i
n o
rder t
o h
ave t
he
proper c
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I se
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you r
ead r
evie
ws
of y
our
film
s?S
om
eti
mes.
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mart
ones.
Do y
ou v
alu
e fi
lm c
riti
cism
an
d
are
you
con
cern
ed a
bou
t it
s dec
line?
Roger E
bert
said
som
eth
ing lovely
: a
film
crit
ic is
there t
o t
ell a
film
snob t
o
go s
ee a
certa
in p
opula
r fi
lm, and t
o t
ell
a p
opula
r a
udie
nce t
o g
o s
ee a
certa
in
rarefied fi
lm.
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rit
ics
help
brin
g
audie
nces
to fi
lms.
I w
ork
intu
itiv
ely
, so
I
mig
ht
look t
o a
crit
ic t
o s
hed insi
ght,
to
nudge m
e —
this
part
was
a lit
tle b
it
lazy
or t
his
part
was
good. N
ot
that
I have t
o t
ake i
t, b
ut
a g
ood i
dea c
an
com
e f
rom
anyw
here.
Are
you a
ble
to s
wit
ch o
ff f
rom
w
ork
?I
can. I
took a
lovely
six
-week h
oli-
day t
his
sum
mer,
my fi
rst
actu
al su
m-
mer h
oliday in y
ears
. I
travelled a
round
Europe.
But
you’r
e a
lways t
hin
kin
g
about
film
, so
mehow
- it’s
hard n
ot
to.
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rdia
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aska
is ju
st w
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from
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ks, t
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lure
of t
he p
ast a
nd N
ebra
ska,
the
film
he
wai
ted
year
s to
mak
e.
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11FITNESS / HEALTH PLUS | WEDNESDAY 27 NOVEMBER 2013
How to tell if you are having a heart attack?
You’ve seen enough heart attacks in the movies that you’re pretty sure you know what one looks like, right? The
person gasps for air, feels a sudden sharp pain in the chest, falls to the floor . . .
Nope. The “Hollywood-style heart attack” is misleading, Paige Fowler writes on the web-site of Men’s Health magazine, citing a study of 900 heart attack patients. Researchers at Trinity College in Ireland found that just over a third had cinematic symptoms; the others experienced slower, subtler signals of trouble: gradually growing pain in the chest and left arm, shortness of breath, a sense of fatigue.
The reason this matters is that speedy treatment is key to heart attack survival “and even a 90-minute delay could be disastrous,” cardiologist Prediman K Shah says in the article. So the magazine advises — especially if you have risk factors for heart disease — watching out for heart attack cues that are not quite as dramatic: a cold sweat, a sudden feeling of nausea and symptoms that feel like heartburn. If in doubt, call emergency — and chew an aspirin to attack that possible blood clot.
FDA approves J&J hepatitis C pill
US regulators approved the use of Johnson & Johnson’s Olysio, also known as simeprevir, as a treatment
for chronic infection with the liver-destroying hepatitis C virus.
Olysio, a protease inhibitor that blocks a specific protein needed by the virus to rep-licate, is to be used in combination with interferon, given by injection, and ribavirin, another pill.
Hepatitis C affects about 3.2 million Americans, killing more than 15,000 each year, mostly from illnesses such as cirrhosis and liver cancer.
The often-undiagnosed virus is transmitted through contaminated blood. Infection rates have dropped since the early 1990s, due in part to the introduction of blood and organ screening. Still, many older adults remain at risk, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which has called for baby boomers to be routinely tested for the virus.
Olysio is a member of the same class of drugs as Merck & Co’s Victrelis and Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ Incivek. The FDA approved both those drugs in 2011.
Olysio was shown in clinical trials to cure patients with a shorter duration of treatment.
Drugmakers have been racing to develop more effective, easier-to-tolerate antivirals to treat hepatitis C. Wall Street analysts have forecast annual sales of billions of dollars for new drugs that would allow doctors to skip use of interferon, which can cause severe flu-like side effects.
The FDA is slated to decide by December 8 on Gilead Sciences’ application for sofos-buvir, a member of a different class known as nucleotide analogue inhibitors, or “nukes,” designed to block a different enzyme the virus needs to copy itself.
Agencies
By Dorene Internicola
Few workout tools are more versatile than kettlebells, the ancient market counterweights
that were hoisted by Russian strongmen and now can be found in weight rooms at gyms across the country, fitness experts say.
But kettlebells, which come in varying weights, are often thought mistakenly to be the preserve of strongmen and extreme athletes.
Steve Cotter, a former Kung Fu competitor and the founder and director of the International Kettlebell and Fitness Federation, said part of the problem was that the kettle-bell was marketed as a hard-core tool that implied intensity.
“It prevents beginners from giving it a shot,” said Cotter in an interview.
But the San Diego-based author of “Kettlebell Training: 95 exercises for strength, toning, stamina and weight loss,” said novices should not be deterred.
“If you only have 30 minutes a day to commit to exercise, the kettlebell is an all-in-one, hand-held gym,” he said.
The key to kettlebell train-ing, Cotter added, is incremen-tal progression. He recommends starting off with light weights, using one or two basic moves like the swing, during which the exerciser moves the ket-tlebell between the legs like a
pendulum, forward and up and then back and down.
Normal, healthy women might begin with an eight-kilogram (17.6-pound) kettlebell, he said, while men can start with 16-kil-ograms (35.2 pounds).
“It sounds pretty heavy, but it’s not the same approach as a dumbbell because you’re swing-ing it, relying on inertia,” Cotter explained. “It’s more on the endurance side.”
Because the center of mass extends beyond the hand, the kettlebell allows for ballistic, or fast, swinging motions that combine cardio-respiratory, strength, and flexibility training.
The result is an all-around, functional fitness workout that mimics everyday activities such as shoveling snow or working in the garden, he said.
Amy Dixon, who teaches Kettlebell Power, a group class at an Equinox Fitness center in Los Angeles, said the workout is beneficial because it puts the body through so many ranges of motion.
“Your body is completely inte-grated, so you’re moving every-thing,” said Dixon, the creator of “Raise Some Bell - The Ultimate Kettlebell Core Workout” DVD.
She calls it “one of the best pieces of equipment that’s been around for centuries.”
For Richard Cotton, spokes-man for the American College of Sports Medicine, the appeal of the kettlebell is its practicality.
“Kettlebells are inexpensive. They don’t take up a lot of space, and they enable a variety of exercises,” Cotton said. Unlike free weights, which tend to be linear, kettlebells work across all planes, he explained.
“I think they’re here to stay among a wide population ... I could even see senior kettlebell workouts, so long as they take it easy,” said Cotton, who advises people to progress slowly, start-ing with light weights.
Cotter stresses that there’s nothing mystical about working with kettlebells. But lifting with the back is incorrect, he said. The back should be flat, with creasing at the hips.
“There’s no boredom to it,” he said. “Every workout can be dif-ferent, and it feels almost like dancing.” Reuters
Kettlebells swing to a full body workout
“It sounds pretty heavy, but it’s not
the same approach as a dumbbell because you’re
swinging it, relying on inertia. It’s more on the endurance
side.”
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TECHNOLOGYPLUS | WEDNESDAY 27 NOVEMBER 201312
By Brian Fung
Ten years ago, the word “smartphone” didn’t exist. By necessity, neither did the word “dumbphone.”
In a decade, we might talk about all of our appliances in similar ways. From ovens to garage doors to insulin pumps to vehicles, many of our devices are going to be connected to the Internet in the same sense that our phones are now. Certain such products are already on the market; one company, SmartThings, sells devices that help consumers control their lights and locks while they’re not at home, for example.
Eventually, these items will respond to signals from one another independ-ent of human input. Your bathroom scale might tell your refrigerator that you’re overweight, and your fridge might start recommending healthier recipes.
That could be great, but it also vastly expands the universe of things that could go wrong, particularly when it comes to privacy. This might seem obvious, until you consider that many of the businesses that make these devices have never really needed to worry about securing their products before.
Take dishwashers. At heart, they’re very simple machines. But a hacked dishwasher might start running on overdrive, going through multiple cycles, wasting gallons of water and costing you extra and possibly flood-ing your house. Although the folks who make dishwashers may be fantastic engineers, or even great computer pro-grammers, it doesn’t necessarily imply they’re equipped to protect Internet users from the outset.
“It’s not just that the consum-ers don’t understand the technol-ogy,” said Jeff Hagins, co-founder of SmartThings, at a US Federal Trade Commission workshop. “It’s also that the people building it don’t understand it.” Hagins added, hypothetically: “Just because I know how to write PHP [pro-gramming] doesn’t mean I understand these vulnerabilities at all.”
The same holds true for the auto industry, where many companies have begun to experiment with new tech-nologies that let cars communicate with one another. Tadayoshi Kohno is a researcher at the University of Washington who’s spent a lot of time deliberately hacking into cars to test their vulnerabilities.
“Very often we see sectors of the broader industry that are not compu-ter science experts starting to integrate computers into their systems and then start to integrate networks into those systems,” said Kohno. “Because they don’t have experience being attacked by real attackers, like Microsoft and so on, their level of security awareness... appears to be dated.”
Hacking is just an extreme case. Short of that, there are all kinds of security problems that could crop up in an Internet of Things situation. Many of these devices are pumping out vast amounts of data. According to Hagins, a modest 10,000 households have SmartThings installed. Together, those homes produce 150 million data points a day. The information may be relatively mundane, such as battery levels or temperatures, but as with any kind of data, in the aggregate it can produce extremely detailed profiles of your behaviour.
As early as 2010, Siemens said it was capable of using its smart meters
to learn some pretty incredible things about our energy usage: “We, Siemens, have the technology to record it every minute, second, microsecond, more or less live... From that we can infer how many people are in the house, what they do, whether they’re upstairs, downstairs, do you have a dog, when do you habitually get up, when did you get up this morning, when do you have a shower: masses of private data.”
Securing that data is something that even big-name tech companies struggle with. So how do we fix that?
One difference between data-hungry businesses like Google and your future home network of Internet-enabled objects is that some of those devices may not need to talk to each other over the public Internet, said the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Lee Tien. If they’re connected to the same Wi-Fi network, maybe those devices won’t
need to transmit data across the Web.“Utilise but keep the data within the
home boundary,” Tien suggested. “Keep the interesting variations within the home boundary. How much detail do we need and how much data needs to leave the home, actually?”
That raises another potential prob-lem, though. If your home Wi-Fi pass-word is all that stands between a spy or hacker and your networked devices, you wind up with a single point of failure.
“You’re relying on the end user hav-ing a secure Wi-Fi connection,” said Craig Heffner, a security researcher at Tactical Network Solutions. “You’re trusting that stuff to have been engi-neered properly.”
That leaves you pretty much right where we began — at the mercy of the manufacturer.
WP-Bloomberg
My Talking Tom (free)Outfit7’s Talking Friends apps — including two
previous Talking Tom Cat apps — have been down-loaded more than 1.2bn times, and are still used by 170m monthly active users. They’re huge, especially among kids. This latest app adds more features: it turns Talking Tom into a proper virtual pet who has to be fed, entertained and even taken to the loo. Whether parents will be as impressed by the in-app store selling gold coins for up to £69.99 at a time remains to be seen.
ARTPOP (free)Lady Gaga’s new album is finally out, along with
its companion app for smartphones and tablets. Contrary to expectations, you don’t get to mon-key around with ARTPOP’s songs within the app. Instead, you can listen to them (if you’ve already bought them) while also creating and sharing
animated GIFs from the ArtHaus section. There’s the promise of streaming DJ sets and videos to come next year.
CyanogenMod Installer (free)This is very definitely something for experienced
Android users only: an app to use the CyanogenMod tool to “root” your Android device and install your own flavour of operating system, rather than the one provided by your handset maker and/or operator. You need a Windows PC to complete the installa-tion process, mind.
Toca Cars (£0.99)Children’s app-maker Toca Boca has been
steadily increasing the number of apps it has on Android, with Toca Cars the latest to come out.
It’s a very fun sandbox app that sees kids driv-ing a cardboard car round a cardboard virtual world, knocking houses and scenery out of the way willy-nilly. Better still, children can then lay out their own town (before knocking it out of the way willy-nilly).
Camera Awesome (£1.87)More than 20 million people have downloaded
the iOS version of Camera Awesome, apparently. Now it’s available on Android too, with just as impressive a range of photography features focused on taking better snaps, not just on sharing them. You can dig as deep as you like into the app’s shoot-ing and editing tools to improve your mobile pho-tography skills, and despite the complexity, it’s very easy to use.
By Stuart Dredge/ The Guardian
Security overlooked as consumer products share data online
Android apps for the day
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COMICS & MORE 13
Hoy en la HistoriaNovember 27, 1893
1919: A massive meteor landed in Lake Michigan in the United States1992: Austria’s famous Lipizzaner horses were saved when fire damaged Vienna’s Hofburg Palace2007: Zimbabwe’s dire economic situation led three international airlines to end direct flights to Harare2009: Golfer Tiger Woods’ life unravelled following a minor traffic accident, which led to costly sex scandal revelations
Following a 20-year campaign for women’s suffrage, a general election in New Zealand was the first in the world in which women were allowed to vote
Picture: Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS
ALL IN THE MIND Can you find the hidden words? They may be horizontal,vertical, diagonal, forwards or backwards.
APUKWA, CHIBIABOS, GITCHE MANITO, HIAWATHA, KABEYUN, KABIBONOKKA, KEEWAYDIN, KENABEEK, KWASIND, LAUGHING WATER, MEGISSOGWON, MINJEKAHWUN, MINNEHAHA, MONDAMIN, MUDJEKEEWIS, NAWADAHA, NOKOMIS, OSSEO, PONEMAH, PUKWANA, SHAWONDASEE, SHINGEBIS, TAWASENTHA, TUSCALOOSA, WABASSO, WABUN, WAWBEEK, WENONAH, WYOMING, YENADIZZE.
LEARN ARABIC
Baby Blues by Jerry Scott and Rick Kirkman
Zits by Dennis Young and Denis Lebrun
Hagar The Horrible by Chris Browne
Invitations
Welcome Ahlan wa sahlan
Come in Tafa��al
I like your visit Tasourounee ziyaratouk
You are invited to lunch Innaka madçoo ila al�a�a'
Where do you like to spend the holiday?
Ayna tou�ibbou an taq�ee alçou�la?
I have invited the friends Laqad daçawtou ala�diqa'
You are invite to a dancing party Innaka madçoo ila �aflatin raqi�a
Can I see you again? Hal asta�eeçou an araka �aniatan?
Are you busy? Hal anta maš�ool?
Let us drink coffee together tomorrow morning
Linatanawal alqahwa maçan �adan �aba�an
Good-bye Ila lliqa'
Note: ç = ‘a’ in ‘ag
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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 Automaker David
Dunbar Buick, by birth
5 Apple quantities
10 Expression of despair
13 A really good offer, say
16 Chase Field team, on scoreboards
17 Former New York City attraction with a revolving dance floor
18 Track hostilely
19 Tool time?
20 Cold comfort?
22 It has pins at one end
23 Football Hall-of-Famer Grimm
26 “The Last of the Mohicans” girl
27 Rank
28 Pumice feature
29 There are eight in “Old MacDonald Had a Farm”
30 Some concerned with 5-Downs: Abbr.
31 +2
33 Serious offense against God
34 Hit home
37 Mil. authority
40 Game with forks and pins
41 Goes out, in a card game
42 James of “Elf”
43 Giant of legend
44 ___ Trophy (golf tourney)
45 Rather
46 Having a catch
48 Skips
50 Dynasty after
the Qin
51 To come
54 Abbr. in auto
ads
55 Challenges catchers, in a way
56 Change a shade?
57 ___ life
58 Staff sign
DOWN 1 Streaked
2 Delta preceder
3 Brooks Robinson and Frank Robinson
4 Sawbuck
5 Candle-lighting occasion
6 Say 1 + 1 = 3, say
7 Cote call
8 Speed units
9 Penultimate match
10 Number of tears?
11 “Parliament of Whores” humorist
12 Mardi Gras setting, with “the”
14 It may do your bidding
15 Horror film
effect
21 Offshoot
24 Mid 13th-century pope
25 Forgo modesty
in a job
interview
28 Bill add-ons
29 Drama honor
31 Creations in Word, informally
32 Shop quotes: Abbr.
33 Some strains
34 Reaped, in a way
35 Couples may be in it
36 Image receivers
37 Hit the bars, say
38 Comes due
39 Fatherhood confirmer, maybe
42 Bill splitter?
44 ___-pop
45 Hit accidentally
47 Give lip to?
49 What-___
52 Top-Flite holder
53 Cartoonist Foster
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16
17 18
19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29
30 31 32
33
34 35 36 37 38 39
40 41 42
43 44 45
46 47 48 49
50 51 52 53
54 55
56 57 58
B A N A N A S P E A C O A TO P E N E R A A D S O R B SF A V I C O N P I T S T O PF R A N K S I N A T R A
T E T E H A N S E LR A D I I Y O U Y O W Z AE N T R E E N A P S A I DA G R A E X T R A T I N YM O A N L I E W A R N E DE R I C S S T D B A S S IR A N O U T R E A R
N I S S A N S E N T R AA B U T T A L A P A I R O FC A R R E R A D E S C A N TE M B A S S Y A R T E M I S
How to play Kakuro:The kakuro grid, unlike in sudoku, can be of any size. It has rows and columns, and dark cells like in a crossword. And, just like in a crossword, some of the dark cells will contain numbers. Some cells will contain two numbers.However, in a crossword the numbers reference clues. In a kakuro, the numbers are all you get! They denote the total of the digits in the row or column referenced by the number.Within each collection of cells - called a run
- any of the numbers 1 to 9 may be used but, like sudoku, each number may only be used once.
YESTERDAY’S ANSWER
14
EASY 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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Song
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At Home
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Club
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And Me
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6:00 – 7:00 PM The show tells the story of a celebrity artist that has reached unprecedented fame. Throughout the episode the artists’ memorable performances/songs will be played to put listeners in the mood.
Repeat Shows
INNOVATIONS 10:00 – 11:00 AM A LIVE weekly show hosted and produced by Scott Boyes. The show talks about all the newest and exciting advancements in the world of science and technology.
FASHION 7:00 – 8:00 PM A weekly show hosted and produced by Laura Finnerty. The show brings together the latest fashion trends along with exciting interviews with local and international designers.
MALL
1
Gori Tere Pyar Mein (2D/Hindi) – 2.30 & 8.15pm
Irandam Ulagam (2D/Tamil) – 5.15pm
The Pact (2D/Horror) – 11.00pm
2
Killer Joe (2D/Crime) – 3.00pm
The Hunger Games (2D/Action) – 5.00, 8.00 & 11.00pm
3
The Hunger Games (2D/Action) – 2.30pm
Free Birds (3D/Animation) – 5.00pm
Killer Joe (2D/Crime) – 6.45pm
The Pact (2D/Horror) – 8.45pm
Nadodi Mannan (2D/Malayalam) – 10.30pm
LANDMARK
1
Nadodi Mannan (2D/Malayalam) – 2.30 & 11.30pm
Irandam Ulagam (2D/Tamil) – 5.30pm
Gori Tere Pyar Mein (2D/Hindi) – 8.30pm
2The Hunger Games (2D/Action)
– 2.30, 5.00, 8.00 & 11.00pm
3
Killer Joe (2D/Crime) – 3.00 & 7.00pm
Free Birds (3D/Animation) – 5.15pm
The Pact (2D/Horror) – 9.00 & 11.15pm
ROYAL
PLAZA
1
Sing Saab The Great (2D/Hindi) – 2.30pm
Nadodi Mannan (2D/Malayalam) – 5.15pm
Irandam Ulagam (2D/Tamil) – 8.15pm
Gori Tere Pyar Mein (2D/Hindi) – 11.15pm
2
The Pact (2D/Horror) – 3.00pm
The Hunger Games (2D/Action) – 5.00, 8.00 & 10.45pm
3
The Hunger Games (2D/Action) – 2.30pm
Free Birds (3D/Animation) – 5.15pm
The Pact (2D/Horror) – 7.00pm
Killer Joe (2D/Crime)– 9.00 & 11.30pm
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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 of the setting sun from Barwa Village signal.
by Srikanth
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MEDIA SCAN A summary ofissues of the daydiscussed by the Qatari communityin the media.
Mohanna Nasser Al Nuaimi,Group Chief Human Resources Officer, Ooredoo Group
He is also a member of the Ooredoo Group Management Committee, and is a Member of the Board. Before
being appointed as Group Chief Human Resources Officer in 2008, Mohanna had been Executive Director of Group Human Resources and Senior Manager of Human Resources Services and Policies of Group Human Resources. Before joining Ooredoo, Mohanna had worked as head of HRA and HRD and as a senior engineer for the Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation from 1992 to 2005. He holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Qatar University. He is responsible for Group lead-ership programmes and Global Mobility.
Who’s who
• Some residents of Al Kharaitiyat have
complained about excavation that has
been going on in their area for two
years. The work, most of which is not
related to infrastructure projects, is
blocking access to their homes.
• A number of school operators and
parents have urged the Supreme
Education Council to reduce the
number of educational streams in
schools and retain only the streams
most preferred by students and their
parents. This can be uniformly applied
to all schools.
• There is talk on social networking
sites about the prison sentences
given to employees of the Ministry of
Municipality and Urban Planning who
were found guilty, along with three
managers of spare parts firms, of
committing fraud. A court sentenced
them to five years in prison and
ordered them to return QR9.771m to
the treasury. They have been dismissed
from their jobs at the ministry.
• Some people have demanded that
the authorities campaign against
the mushrooming massage centres
and apply strict restrictions on them.
Many believe the massage centres are
encouraging immoral activities and are
a threat to Qatari social values and
traditions.
• Some people have demanded that the
authorities provide people with special
needs special ID cards to help them
access services more easily, and to
facilitate procedures for them.
• Several poultry farm owners are
complaining of lack of support to their
projects despite the high demand for
their products. They point out that
owners of other livestock are getting
support from the government.
If you want your events featured here, mail details to [email protected]
Jack and the BeanstalkWhen: Nov 28, 7pm; Nov 29, 2.30pm, 7pmNov 30, 2.30pmWhere: Qatar National Theatre
What: Doha Players are bringing the magic of the traditional pantomime with lots of laughter and especially written for the audiences of Qatar. There will be lot of audience participation. Tickets: QR75 (adults and children). Available at the restaurant of THE One in Landmark Mall and from THE One in Villaggio.
Relics — Damien HirstWhen: Until Jan 22; Sun-Wed: 10:30am–5:30pm. Tuesday ClosedThur-Sat: 12pm–8pm, Fri: 2pm–8pmWhere: Al Riwaq Exhibition Space What: The most comprehensive survey of Damien Hirst’s work ever shown and his first solo exhibition in the Middle East. Free Entry
L’âge d’or — exhibitionby Adel AbdessemedWhen: Till January 5Where: Atrium and ground floor of Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art What: Curated by Pier Luigi Tazzi, the exhibition will showcase recent works, including drawings, paintings, sculptures and videos, many created by Adel Abdessemed.Entry: Free, open to all
Ajyal Youth Film Festival When: Nov 26 - Nov 30; 4pm-10pm Where: Doha Film Institute What: The first Ajyal Youth Film Festival builds on DFI’s history of community-based programming. Ajyal continues to foster film appreciation among hundreds of young jurors and enhances film education by engaging families and educators through cinema.Free Entry
Omar Khalifa – “Infinite”When: Until Dec 15; 10am-10pmWhere: Katara Cultural Village What: This outdoor installation examines ‘the nature of being’. Using digital multiple exposure techniques, an image is crafted that gives a of other-worldliness and depth of perspective through the human form. Free Entry
Noon Reports:Qatar to South HookWhen: Till November 27, 10am - 10pm Where: Katara Gallery 2 - Bldg 18 What: British artist Ben Barbour travelled on the ‘Al Karaana’ Q-Flex LNG tanker from Ra’s Laffan, Qatar, to the South Hook terminal in Milford Haven, South Wales, documenting the twenty-day journey through drawing, writing and photography. Free Entry
Events in Qatar