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Growing number of children in Hong Kong are learning to speak English like an American, not British, and some parents believe it is more relevant than an accent of the southern Chinese city’s former rulers.

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By Peter Hutchison

Standing at the front of the classroom in Hong Kong, nine-year-old Charlotte Yan recites a 2008

speech by Hillary Clinton -- enunciating the words with a perfect American accent.

“Make sure we have a presi-dent who puts our country back on the path to peace, prosperity, and progress,” says Yan, her brow furrowed as she concentrates intensely on her pronunciation.

She is one of a growing number of children in the ex-British colony learning to speak English like an American, some parents believing it is more relevant than an accent of the southern Chinese city’s former rulers.

Language tutors say wealthy mainlanders are helping fuel demand, crossing into Hong Kong for a pick of the myriad educational opportunities on offer in an increasingly com-petitive market.

During weekends at Yan’s school “Nature EQ” -- where a giant Stars and Stripes flag hangs on the wall -- children as young as five pack into class-rooms, chanting words in uni-son and reciting from memory Robert Frost poems, any error in their enunciation quickly corrected.

Mickey Ho, 15, said he goes to

the school because an American accent is “more international” while 19-year-old Sam Yu attends because Hollywood films and popular television dramas make a US lilt “easier to understand and learn”.

“I think the American accent is getting more and more important and is maybe taking over the dominance of British English, so I’m willing to learn,” Yu said.

“Nature EQ” in Hong Kong’s Kowloon area was set up 17 years ago, shortly before Britain handed Hong Kong back to China. Then, only 40 pupils were enrolled but today the school is at maximum capacity with 350 attending.

A short distance away in the Tseung Kwan O district is the “American English Workshop”, which has gone from having 20 students a week when it opened 12 months ago to more than 180 today.

They are among a number of centres and tutors specifically providing American English, offering something different to government-run schools where pronunciation largely depends on the accent of the English teacher.

“I intend to send my sons to America for further study so I chose an American accent for them,” said Victor Chan, whose two boys -- Jackie aged 10 and Samuel, seven -- attend “Nature EQ”.

American accent schools boomin Hong Kong

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‘Better for employment’“I think having an American accent

is better for their employment (pros-pects) in Western countries,” the 50-year-old added.

Hong Kong recruitment consult-ant Adam Bell agrees that sounding American can help boost a candidate’s employability -- particularly if the job is with a US firm.

“There’s a degree of prestige asso-ciated with both the UK and the US accents compared to a Hong Kong accent as it suggests they are from a good background and can afford to study at school or university abroad,” he said.

“In terms of employability, I think it largely depends on the background of whoever is doing the hiring.

“If he or she has a North American background I strongly believe someone with an American accent has a better chance of getting the job. Likewise with the UK accent.”

Experts say there are signs of a wider shift in attitudes towards accents in Hong Kong as the financial hub moves

further away from its 150-year-long colonial past.

Dr Qi Zhang of Dublin City University said there is evidence US accents are “starting to replace” British ones in terms of preference “owing to the popularity of American culture”.

Acting Head of English at Hong Kong’s City University, Dr Rodney Jones, said: “There’s no doubt that the American accent is becoming more prevalent here. The main reason is because people are more exposed to it.

“In the past in Hong Kong there was a sense that speaking in a British accent made you sound more educated.

“Now I think that’s changing and perhaps people think speaking in an American accent may have more ‘cul-tural capital’. That is it may make you sound more contemporary, or modern, or may fit in with the international business world better.”

Word seems to be spreading to mainland China.

Tim Laubach -- founder of

“American English Workshop” -- has increased the number of teachers at his school from one to eight since opening a year ago, to meet rising demand from across the border.

“We have noticed a large influx of mainland Chinese students,” he said.

“When we first opened last year we had zero students from the mainland but now at least 30 percent are from there. We expect that number to con-tinue to grow.”

Back at “Nature EQ”, founder and co-owner Frankie Ng is delighted with his school’s progress.

“At first I had a very hard time, nobody was coming. But now it seems I am on the right track,” the 65-year-old said, the shelves in his office displaying models of America’s Bald Eagle.

“The sound of the American accent English is so defined and clear and easy to teach.”

But it would be premature to sound the death knell for the British accent just yet.

“I prefer the British accent. Sometimes I can’t understand an American one,” Riven Chan, a 28-year-old flight attendant, said.

“I think it’s better if Hong Kong people learn to speak English with a British or local accent.”

According to Jones at City University, Hong Kongers’ fondness for the United Kingdom means a British accent will remain popular.

“Many people here are nostalgic about the British,” he said.

“I don’t think they think of things like imperialism or colonialism when they hear a British accent.

“It still has a lot of prestige in Hong Kong and the bottom line is whatever accent you speak in, it has no actual reflection on your English proficiency or intelligence.” AFP

It still has a lot of prestige in Hong Kong and the bottom line is whatever accent you speak in, it has no actual reflection on your English proficiency or intelligence.

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DPS MIS students have been declared as toppers in French Examinations conducted by International French Olympiad Committee. In all the four levels, DPS MIS students have won gold, silver and bronze med-als. “DPS Modern Indian School received the official communi-cation from the International French Language Olympiad Committee saying that the results of the DPS MIS stu-dents in its French examination are outstanding among all the schools in the Middle East and overseas,” a school statement claimed. Seen in the picture are the medal winners with school principal.

Doha Modern Indian School students won the second place in the senior cat-egory of the ‘Young Inventor Awards 2013’ organised by Keralite Engineers’ Forum recenty. This was part of the Science and Technology Exhibition held at the Al Jazeera Academy. The DMIS team of (from left) Medina Dongle, Vishnudev and Saahil Khan won a cash award of QR1,000.

The participants from Shantiniketan Indian School emerged with flying colours in the Young Inventor Awards 2013 organised by Keralite Engineering Forum. Five teams from classes IX and X participated in different categories and exhibited their talent and scientific knowledge. Nadia Amin and Aamera Effat of class X secured overall third position in senior category. Winners were awarded with trophies, certificates and cash prizes.

Doha Colts sets sightson Dubai Sevens finals

Doha RFC is starting to see the results of its efforts to competitively grow rugby in Qatar as it continues its campaign across the Gulf region. The club’s Minis team

travelled to Abu Dhabi over the weekend for the opening of the HSBC 7’s series of tournaments where they took squads from the Under 8s, 9s, 10s, 12s and 14s age group together with the junior team Colts Under 16s and Under 18s.

Playing against teams from all over the Gulf, all age groups made it to quarterfinals of the Bowl, Plate and Cup trophies. The results were even better for the Doha Colts, with the Under 16 team reaching the quarterfinals of the Cup tournament and the Under 18 squad going all the way to the semifinals.

Tim Heywood, Minis representative of the Doha RFC, believes the results are largely due to the club’s commitment to its players.

The start of the new season saw a healthy influx of new members across the age groups and with

previous season players returning, there are now more than 30 kids in each age group from Under 8s to Under 18s. “We are now able to have a fully sub-scribed Under 18 and are also able to field sides for Under 9 and Under 11 for 7’s tournaments, something not possible in past seasons due to player numbers”.

Due to this growing popularity, training sessions have been split into two to allow all age groups the space to develop. The Under 6s-10s now train on Saturday mornings and the older age groups on Sunday evenings with the Under 18’s training 3 times

a week. “We want to encourage and train Doha RFC players so that when they go off to university the training they received here will allow them to play competitively at a much higher level,” Heywood says.

Colts Coach Tom Feathersone, meanwhile, already has his sights set on the upcoming series. “Doha RFC Under 18s is intent on a strong Doha representation at the International Dubai Sevens Rugby competi-tion. This weekend allowed us to really focus on our training and put forward our best side possible in Dubai”. The Peninsula

Doha RFC players in action.

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Bazm-e-Alig to mark Sir Syed Day

The Vice-chancellor of India’s Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Lieutenant-General

(Retired), Zamiruddin Shah (pic-tured), is here on a visit and will be the chief guest at a function to be held tomorrow to mark the university’s founder’s day. The event is also referred to as Sir Syed Day named after the university’s founder, Sir Syed Ahmed Khan.

B a z m -e-Alig, the A l u m n i Association of Aligarh Muslim University in Qatar is celebrating their Annual Founder’s day tomorrow at Oryx Rotana Hotel,a Bazm release said yesterday.

This is an annual event which is held every year and AMU alumni all over the world pay their tribute to the Founder Sir Syed Ahmad Khan. He established Mohammaden Anglo Oriental (MAO) College in Aligarh, India in 1875, which became Aligarh Muslim University in 1920; The University has produced many heads of states in the subcontinent and has special presence in the literary and academic achievements in India

For more information, contact 66034950 or 66228119.

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Spanish Speaking Ladies in col-laboration with Españolas En Qatar organised the Great Hispanic Fair 2013, an annual cultural fair that celebrates Hispanic heritage, at American School of Doha recently. The group members and their families displayed and sold tra-ditional food products and crafts. It also featured traditional music and dances by different Hispanic groups based in Qatar. “The fair was a huge success this year. Over a thousand people visited and took part in the cultural programmes and other activites,” said Andrea Gonzalez, Organising Committee Member.

Aalmi Frogh-e-Urdu Adab Awards to be held on Thu

The 17th annual Aalmi Frogh-e-Urdu Adab Awards will be pre-sented to Pakistan’s Nisar Aziz

Butt and India’s Nand Kishore Vikram by Majlis-e - Frogh-e- Urdu Adab, a Qatar-based literary forum, on Thursday at Doha Sheraton’s Al Majlis auditorium.

The Minister of Culture, Arts & Heritage, H E Dr Hamad Abdul Aziz Al Kuwari will be the chief guest. Majlis will also release a special souvenir on the occasion.

The award comprises of a gold shield and cash award for each winner. It is given to two Urdu writers, one from India and other from Pakistan.

After the Awards ceremony , an international Mushaira of about 20 Urdu poets, writers and scholars from India, Pakistan, GCC States and USA will be held. The Mushaira will be presided by acclaimed poet from India Anand Mohan Zutshi Gulzar. Noted educationist and poet Prof Dr Pirzada Qasim from Pakistan and well known Urdu scholar Prof Shafey Kidwai from India will be the guests of honour.”

The Peninsula

Harley-Davidson Middle East and North Africa (Mena) wrapped up its Open Day in Qatar and it showcased its new 2014 models in the presence of 160 riders and members of the Harley-Davidson community under the banner “Come Together, Change Lives.” The Open Day saw enthusiasts ride out in parade in support of the United Nations World Food Programme for the third consecutive year. Riders were also invited to purchase Harley-Davidson pins, with the proceeds going the WFP – the world’s largest humanitarian agency feeding over 90 million people in 80 countries on average each year. The Open House in Qatar unveiled a line of gleaming new motorcycles for 2014 that include touring bikes and trikes from Harley-Davidson’s Project Rushmore – a comprehensive effort by Harley-Davidson to fundamentally improve every aspect of the riding experience.

PLUS | WEDNESDAY 30 OCTOBER 20136 WHEELS

Mannai Auto Group and GMC introduced the all-new 2014 GMC Sierra, the most powerful and

advanced pickup in the brand’s 111-year history, at an event held at the company’s showroom on Salwa Road.

“Take one look and you’ll see clearly why the all-new 2014 GMC Sierra is the new standard. It takes comfort, refine-ment and convenience to a whole new level. Sierra owners expect outstanding power when trailering and hauling, with excellent efficiency when highway cruis-ing or commuting to work and the all-new EcoTec3 engines deliver just that. In addition, Sierra’s state-of-the-art safety and driver alert technologies provide peace of mind,” said Bader El Houssami, Regional Manager, General Motors.

“Style meets substance inside the 2014 Sierra. In addition to all-new design and technology, the 2014 Sierra boasts the longest list of standard fea-tures ever for a full-size GMC pickup. From connectivity solutions, to a standard tie-down system in the rear, to the segment’s only standard projec-tor beam headlamps, many premium features are found on each all-new Sierra. From exceptional performance, to comfort and convenience, Sierra is a step ahead. The redesigned 2014

GMC Sierra is offered in Regular Cab, Double Cab, Crew Cab and Denali mod-els,” said Mohammed Helmy, Group General Manager, Mannai Automotive.

Buyers can choose from three new, advanced EcoTec3 engines — new 4.3L V-6, 5.3L V-8 and 6.2L V-8 powertrains – all designed specifically for the high trailering and hauling demands unique to truck buyers.

Sierra DenaliThe distinctive top-of-the-line

Sierra Denali also returns for 2014, delivering GMC capability with unique design cues and exclusive features.

On the exterior, the pickup has a signature Denali chrome grille, unique 20-inch chrome wheels, unique interior decorative trim, a polished stainless steel exhaust out-let and body-color front and rear bumpers. Denali-specific interior details include script on the bright door sills and embossed into the front seats and real aluminium trim.

Sierra Denali’s high-tech interior also features an exclusive eight-inch Customizable Driver Display that can show relevant settings, audio and navigation information in the instru-ment panel.

With the Safety Alert Seat, Sierra owners get feedback transmitted as a vibration through the surface of the driver’s seat bottom cushion. When the Lane Departure Warning system’s camera detects the Sierra is leaving a lane without a turn signal active in that direction, a vibration in the left or right seat bolster directs the driver’s attention to the side of the lane encroachment. When a poten-tial collision is detected ahead by the Forward Collision Alert system, both sides of the seat vibrate.

Forward Collision Alert uses a cam-era behind the windshield to moni-tor traffic ahead and estimate time to collision. A green vehicle-shaped icon on the instrument cluster lets the driver know the system detects a vehicle ahead. When the Sierra gets too close to a vehicle ahead, the icon turns orange. When approaching a vehicle too rapidly, red lights flash on the windshield and the driver is alerted either audibly or through the optional Safety Alert Seat.

The Peninsula

2014 GMC Sierra now available in Qatar

Mannai and GMC officials with the new vehicle.

All-new Lincoln MKZlaunched in Qatar

The all-new Lincoln MKZ made its debut in Qatar at a special reveal event hosted by Al Mana Motors Company, the local Ford

and Lincoln importer-dealer. The first vehicle from the dedicated Lincoln Design Studio, the MKZ signifies the introduction of the reinvented Lincoln brand, which will focus on attracting a new body of premium automotive customers.

“The all-new Lincoln MKZ represents the future of Lincoln in both style and substance, featuring stunning design wrapped around intui-tive, purposeful technology,” said Paul Anderson, Marketing director of Ford Middle East.

“It is proof of our commitment to deliver a new breed of Lincolns for a new generation of Lincoln clients – vehicles that are distinctive, elegant, full of technology and a delight to own.”

Bill Hechmi, General Manager at Al Mana Motors Comapny said: “We are thrilled to debut a new Lincoln era for our customers here in Qatar starting with the all-new MKZ. We are confident that this new model will set the benchmark and standards of what luxury customers can expect from Lincoln moving forward.

“Our intention is to bring a whole new owner-ship experience to Lincoln owners, starting with truly unique features and technologies that elevate the driving experience, as well as sales and service experiences that promise to put them in a league of their own as Lincoln customers,” added Hechmi

Available radar-based (ultrasonic) driving aids further enhance the driving experience. Adaptive

Cruise Control and Collision Warning with Brake Support each use a long-range radar system that scans in front of the vehicle, automatically adjust-ing to traffic speed and providing a visual and audible alert when a potential front-end collision is detected.

The new MKZ offers inflatable second-row out-board seat belts. Rear-seat passengers – often children or mature passengers – can be more vulnerable to head, chest and neck injuries. The available inflatable second-row, outboard seat belts

spread impact forces across more than five times the area of conventional belts, reducing pres-sure on the chest while helping to control head and neck motion and helping reduce the risk of injuries.

The new MKZ offers Lincoln Drive Control as standard. Lincoln Drive Control is an automatic system that delivers an ideal balance of a smooth ride with confident handling as it intuitively responds to driver commands and the road.

The Peninsula

By Andrew M Seaman

Children who grow up in poor families may have smaller brains than their more well-off peers, says a new study.

But good parenting may help over-come that disadvantage.

Researchers found that kids who grew up poor tended to have smaller hippocampus and amygdala volumes. Those areas of the brain are partly responsible for regulating memory and emotions.

“Generally speaking, larger brains within a certain range of normal are healthier brains,” Dr Joan Luby, the study’s lead author, said. “Having a smaller brain within a certain range of normal is generally not healthy. It’s associ-ated with poorer outcomes,” Luby said. She is a professor of child psychiatry at the Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis.

Prior studies looking at poverty and brain size found similar pat-terns. But Luby and her colleagues also wanted to look at what may bring about brain changes.

They found kids tended to have smaller brains when they had experienced stressful life events or when their parents were hos-tile or unsupportive. The new find-ings give parents and researchers a “very specific and changeable” target, Luby said.

For their report, published in JAMA Pediatrics, she and her col-leagues used data from an existing study of 145 children from in and around St. Louis.

The children were between the ages of six and 12 at the time their

brains were imaged. They had been followed since preschool with annual screenings.

The screenings included tests for stress and whether or not the children had entered puberty. At one session, parents and their children were observed together and the researchers assessed parenting styles. They found chil-dren from poor families tended to have smaller brains. But stressful life events and a lack of paren-tal support in family interactions explained some of that link.

The study can’t prove poverty or parenting caused the changes in brain size. But the findings sug-gest the chance that poor children will have smaller brains may be reduced with supportive parent-ing, Luby said.

She added that kids would do best with parents who are sen-sitive, nurturing, attentive and emotionally available.

“It’s not as if those affluent families are protected from these same (parenting) issues,” Charles Nelson, who wrote an editorial accompanying the new study, said.

“The reason it’s probably more

common in poorer families is that they’re lacking in resources and trying to make ends meet.”

“There is a level of background stress … that may keep them from being the parent they want to be,” Nelson told Reuters Health. He is a professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital.

Nelson said the findings are limited by the fact that many chil-dren in the study were depressed or at high risk of depression. That may influence the results. But he said the new study adds to what is already known about poverty and childhood brain development.

Luby said it will be important to find out what interventions - such as early preschool programs, for instance - may encourage a healthy environment for the developing brain.

“Biology is very much influ-enced by the environment,” she said. “The question is what period might be the time when the brain is most sensitive to influence.”

SOURCE: bit.ly/Ms92Cy JAMA Pediatrics, online October 28, 2013.

Reuters

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China tightens rules again to promote breastfeeding

The Chinese government will tighten rules again on makers of infant formula to pro-mote the use of breastfeeding, state media

said, banning pictures of children on packaging and formula companies from promoting their wares in hospitals. Milk powder is a highly sensi-tive topic in China after a scandal in 2008, when melamine added to baby milk killed at least six children and made thousands ill.

The incident seriously damaged consumer con-fidence in local firms and led to international competitors gaining market share.

International guidelines, used in China, say doctors should promote breastfeeding unless there are medical reasons not to, but new moth-ers are often pressured to use formula, in the belief that it is better than breast milk.

The new rules state that infant feed should bear labels promoting the use of breastfeeding and have no pictures of children, the official Xinhua news agency said, citing a notice from the food and drug watchdog, health ministry and State Administration of Industry and Commerce.

Hospitals and other medical facilities can receive no gifts or inducements from formula com-panies, which cannot push their products inside them, it said. Violators will face punishment.

Corruption is widespread in the health care system, fuelled in part by low salaries for doc-tors and nurses. State television last month said Danone SA had bribed hospital staff to give its milk powder to newborn babies, allegations which the French group investigated immediately.

China is a magnet for foreign infant milk for-mula makers, with the $12.4bn market expected to double by 2017. But foreign firms have come under pressure amid a crackdown on pricing and as authorities look to consolidate the dairy sector and promote breastfeeding.

In August, the National Development and Reform Commission fined a group of mostly for-eign milk powder producers, including Danone, a total of $110m for price-fixing.

Japan’s Meiji Holdings Co Ltd, Nestle and Zhejiang Beingmate Scientific Technology Industry and Trade Co Ltd were also implicated, but escaped punishment for cooperating with the investigation. Meiji said last week it would pull out of China’s baby formula market. Reuters

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The ancient practice of “swad-dling” a baby in a blanket, arms restrained and legs stretched out, is making a comeback, but

experts warned it was bad for infant hips.While many parents say the technique

is soothing and aids their child’s sleep, researchers underlined that links have been observed to osteoarthritis and hip replacement in middle age.

“Traditional swaddling is a risk fac-tor for DDH (developmental dysplasia of the hip),” paediatric orthopaedic surgeon Nicholas Clarke wrote in the Archives of Disease in Childhood, a British journal.

“In order to allow for healthy hip devel-opment, legs should be able to bend up

and out at the hips. This position allows for natural development of the hip joints. “The babies’ legs should not be tightly wrapped in extension and pressed together.”

Clarke cited figures that about 90 per-cent of infants in North America are now-adays swaddled in the first few months of life, and that demand for swaddling clothes increased by 61 percent over a year in the UK in 2010-11.

The practice, believed to go as far back as the ancient Greeks and Romans, is said to mimic the baby’s experience in the womb by creating a sense of warmth and security with light pressure all over the body.

It fell out of favour in the Western world

decades ago over fears of adverse effects, but remains popular in the Middle East and some tribal communities.

An education programme in Japan against swaddling saw the prevalence of hip dislocation halve, said Clarke.

Store-bought swaddling clothes must have a loose pouch or sack for the baby’s legs and feet, allowing for plenty of hip movement and flexing, he added.

Commenting on the article, orthopaedic surgeon Andreas Roposch of the Great Ormond Street children’s hospital in London, agreed there was evidence that swaddling could affect the normal devel-opment of infant hips.

“Swaddling should not be employed in

my view as there is no health benefit but a risk for adverse consequences of the growing and often immature hips,” he said in comments distributed by the Science Media Centre.

Paediatrician Alastair Sutcliffe of University College London pointed out that in countries like Nigeria where women traditionally carry their babies with the legs splayed around their waist, there was a “virtually unseen” rate of hip dislocation.

“I would advise that if a baby needs to be wrapped up to get off to sleep that parents do this in a sympathetic and loose manner, and not tight especially around the babies’ hips,” he said.

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Debate over pros and cons of swaddling the child

Poverty, parenting linked to child brain development

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ave d

on

e p

rom

oti

on

s befo

re

but

I got

tired. T

he t

railer o

f th

e fi

lm is

the b

iggest

prom

oti

on... if

we lik

e

the t

railer,

then w

e d

ecid

e t

o w

atc

h t

he fi

lm. T

hese

days

prom

oti

ons

have

becom

e v

ery w

eir

d b

ut

we h

ave t

o t

his

,” h

e t

old

reporte

rs

durin

g t

he m

usi

c

launch o

f his

late

st fi

lm S

ingh

Sa

ab

Th

e G

rea

t.S

hy a

cto

r S

unny w

as

seen i

n a

dif

ferent

mood a

nd a

lso d

elivered f

ew

dia

logues

from

his

film

s in

clu

din

g G

ha

yal, D

am

ini and S

ingh

Sa

ab

Th

e G

rea

t.S

ingh

Sa

ab

Th

e G

rea

t is

dir

ecte

d b

y A

nil S

harm

a.

HO

LLY

WO

OD

NE

WS

Nose

job

was

life

alte

ring

for

Lisa

Kud

row

Actr

ess

Lis

a K

udrow

says

that

gett

ing a

nose

job c

hanged h

er l

ife a

s it

alt

ered h

er l

ooks

for g

ood.

Kudrow

, 50,

got

a n

ose

job a

t age o

f 16

and c

onsi

dered h

erse

lf

ugly

befo

re g

oin

g f

or t

he

cosm

eti

c s

urgery.

“I

wen

t fr

om

, in

m

y

min

d,

hid

eou

s,

to

not

hid

eous.

I d

id i

t th

e s

um

-m

er b

efo

re g

oin

g t

o a

new

h

igh

sch

ool.

So,

there

were p

lenty

of

people

who

would

n’t

know

how

hid

e-

ous

I lo

oked b

efo

re.

That

was a good,

good,

good

ch

an

ge,”

dail

ym

ail

.co.u

k

quote

d K

udrow

as

sayin

g.

“That

was

life

alt

erin

g,”

she a

dded.

Kudrow

is

best

kn

ow

n

for

pla

yin

g

the

role

of

Phoebe B

uff

ay in t

he m

uch

accla

imed s

itcom

Fri

en

ds.

Riha

nna

set t

o tr

avel

to s

pace

Sin

ger R

ihanna w

ill reporte

dly

get

herse

lf t

ickets

in R

ichard B

ranso

n’s

m

uch a

wait

ed V

irgin

Gala

cti

c s

pacesh

ip, w

hic

h w

ill tr

avel to

space n

ext

year.

The s

inger w

ill sp

lash

a w

hoppin

g £

500,0

00 for t

hree s

eats

. S

he p

lans

to

take h

er b

roth

er R

orrey a

nd a

bodyguard o

n t

he t

rip

, reports

dailyst

ar.

co.u

k.

“Rih

anna h

as

alr

eady p

ut

dow

n a

deposi

t fo

r t

he fl

ight.

She h

as

been

obse

ssed w

ith s

pace s

ince s

he w

as

a c

hild s

o it

would

be a

dream

com

e t

rue

for h

er,”

said

a s

ource.

She i

s als

o k

now

n t

o b

e o

bse

ssed w

ith t

he i

dea o

f aliens

exis

ting.

She

will

share t

he fl

ight

wit

h o

ther c

ele

brit

ies

like J

ust

in B

ieber,

Paris

Hilto

n

and B

rad P

itt.

Harr

y St

yles

taki

ng p

iano

less

ons

Sin

ger H

arry S

tyle

s has

starte

d t

akin

g p

iano less

ons

and is

gla

d t

hat

he

is p

ickin

g u

p w

ell.

The 1

9-y

ear-o

ld,

mem

ber o

f O

ne D

irecti

on

ban

d,

alw

ays

thought

he

would

be b

ad a

t pla

yin

g t

he m

usi

cal in

strum

ent,

reports

fem

ale

first

.co.u

k.

“I’m

actu

ally h

avin

g p

iano l

ess

ons.

It’s

goin

g g

ood, I

alw

ays

thought

I’d

be r

eally b

ad a

t it

- a

nd I

’m j

ust

bad a

t it

. I’m

takin

g t

he p

osi

tives,

” sa

id

Sty

les

on a

TV

show

.

PLU

S |

WE

DN

ES

DA

Y 3

0 O

CTO

BE

R 2

013

By

Ro

ry C

arr

oll

an

d R

ob

ina

Gib

b

Am

on

g th

e to

uris

t h

ordes

on

th

e

“walk

of

fam

e”

last

w

eek

, you could

fe

el

Hollyw

ood c

ast

ing i

ts s

pell.

Th

ey

gen

ufl

ecte

d

at

the

nam

es

of fa

vouri

te a

ctors

and fi

lm-m

ak-

ers

em

bedded in p

ink s

tars

in t

he p

ave-

ment.

Glo

ria S

wanso

n. Jo

hn W

ayne. W

ill

Sm

ith.

Fran

cis

Ford C

oppola

. Q

uen

tin

T

ara

nti

no. G

enera

tions

of

gla

mour

and

tale

nt,

rin

ged in b

rass

and c

lose

enough

to t

ouch

.O

pen

-air

van

s an

d

double

-decker

buse

s packed w

ith c

am

era-t

oti

ng p

as-

sengers

sw

ayed p

ast

palm

tre

es

and t

he

Chin

ese

Theatr

e e

n r

oute

to c

ele

brit

y

hom

e t

ours

— w

hic

h a

re i

n t

ruth

cele

b-

rit

y h

edge t

ours,

because

you s

eld

om

glim

pse

the m

ansi

ons

behin

d t

he s

hru

b-

bery

. N

o m

att

er,

the t

ours

are

extr

em

ely

popula

r: t

here

are

now

about

40 o

pera

-to

rs, up f

rom

just

a h

andfu

l a f

ew

years

ago. W

ith a

n a

zure s

ky a

nd b

alm

y s

un

-sh

ine,

the

only

way t

o d

etec

t autu

mn w

as

in t

he b

illb

oard

s fo

r C

ap

tain

Ph

illi

ps,

12

Yea

rs a

Sla

ve a

nd G

ravi

ty:

serio

us

fod-

der,

aft

er

sum

mer

bubble

gum

, fo

r O

scar

seaso

n.

Aft

er a

record-b

reakin

g s

um

-m

er

box o

ffice

, and c

riti

cal

acc

laim

for

best

pic

ture c

on

ten

ders

, how

apt

that

the f

am

ous

45ft

lett

ers

on

Moun

t L

ee

hav

e bee

n s

trip

ped

, sm

eare

d w

ith p

rim

er

and r

epain

ted w

ith 2

55 g

allons

of

hig

h-

reflect

ive w

hit

e p

ain

t. H

ollyw

ood,

quit

e

lite

rally,

gle

am

ing.

Appearan

ces

deceiv

e.

Los

An

gele

s is

h

aem

orrh

agin

g

film

produ

cti

on

. F

eatu

re fi

lms

and T

V d

ram

as

are

fleein

g

Califo

rn

ia.

Oth

er U

S s

tate

s, a

nd o

ther

countr

ies,

are

usi

ng a

ggre

ssiv

e ta

x b

reaks

to s

iphon o

ff a

nd c

laim

their

ow

n b

it o

f L

a-l

a-l

an

d,

turn

ing t

he w

orl

d’s

en

ter-

tain

ment

capit

al in

to a

cin

em

ati

c husk

.“T

he to

uris

ts st

ill

com

e but

wh

at

they’r

e l

ookin

g a

t is

th

e p

ast

. It

’s a

n

illu

sion,” s

aid

Mic

hele

Burk

e, a t

wo-t

ime

Osc

ar-

win

nin

g m

akeup a

rtis

t. “

The b

ig

film

s are

not

bei

ng m

ade

her

e. E

ver

yth

ing

has

changed.”

The e

xodus

has

been

giv

en

a n

am

e:

runaw

ay p

roduct

ion. A

dri

an M

cDonald

, a

rese

arc

h a

naly

st a

t F

ilm

LA

, a n

on-p

rofit

org

anis

ati

on t

hat

arr

anges

film

ing p

er-

mit

s, c

alled

the

flig

ht

“sta

gger

ing”.

Of th

e 50 t

op-g

ross

ing m

ovie

s th

is y

ear,

just

four

were

film

ed i

n C

alifo

rnia

. In

1996, 20 o

f th

e t

op 5

0 w

ere

. O

n-l

ocati

on m

ovie

pro

-duct

ion in L

A h

as

plu

mm

ete

d 6

0 p

erc

ent

in 1

5 y

ears

. N

ot

even B

att

le L

os

An

gele

s,

an a

lien invasi

on r

om

p, w

as

film

ed h

ere

.R

ecen

t rele

ase

s con

firm

th

e t

ren

d.

Iron

Ma

n 3

, sh

ot

in N

ort

h C

aro

lina;

Th

e

Lon

e R

an

ger,

New

Mexic

o;

Th

e G

rea

t G

ats

by,

A

ust

rali

a;

Gra

vity

, E

ngla

nd.

Engla

nd w

ill als

o h

ost

Dis

ney’s

reboot

of

the S

tar

Wa

rs f

ranch

ise. V

anco

uver

and

Haw

aii h

ost

ed W

arn

er

Bro

s/L

egendary

’s

com

ing G

odzi

lla b

lock

bust

er.

Even w

ors

e for

local act

ors

, m

usi

cians

and t

ech

nic

ians,

TV

dra

mas,

whic

h g

en-

era

te s

teadie

r w

ork

than fi

lms,

are

now

bypass

ing H

ollyw

ood.

Bre

ak

ing B

ad w

as

ori

gin

ally t

o b

e s

et

and s

hot

in R

ivers

ide,

outs

ide L

A,

befo

re b

ein

g l

ured t

o N

ew

M

exic

o.

On

ly t

wo o

f la

st a

utu

mn

’s 2

3

new

dra

mas

were

shot

in L

A C

ounty

. In

2010

, half

of

TV

dra

mas

were

shot

here

. In

2005, th

e p

roport

ion w

as

80 p

erc

ent.

Th

e cit

y aboun

ds

wit

h aban

don

ed

soun

d st

ages.

L

A h

as

reta

ined h

alf

-h

our com

edy an

d reali

ty sh

ow

s but

they p

rovid

e l

ow

er-

paid

, sc

anti

er

work

. A

Califo

rn

ia F

ilm

Com

mis

sion

report

bew

ail

ed th

e in

dust

ry’s

“p

ron

oun

ced

ero

sion”.

LA

’s n

ew

mayor,

Eri

c G

arc

ett

i,

has

decla

red t

he p

hen

om

en

on

a “

civ

ic

em

erg

en

cy”.

In

a s

tate

men

t, h

e a

dded:

“Ente

rtain

ment

is L

A’s

sig

natu

re indus-

try,

an

d w

e c

an

’t a

fford t

o l

ose

it.

It’s

about

more

than j

ust

Hollyw

ood a

ctors

an

d st

ars

— it

’s an

in

dust

ry of

over

500,0

00 g

ood-p

ayin

g,

mid

dle

-cla

ss j

obs

like

elec

tric

ians,

carp

ente

rs a

nd c

ate

rers

, and I

’m c

om

mit

ted t

o d

oin

g e

very

thin

g I

can t

o k

eep fi

lmin

g h

ere

in L

A.”

Garcett

i sa

ys

Califo

rn

ia m

ust

off

er

bett

er t

ax b

reaks

an

d c

redit

s to

com

-pete

wit

h r

ivals

, in

clu

din

g C

an

ada a

nd

the U

K.

For a big

producti

on

th

ese

in

duce

ments

can m

ean t

ens

of

millions

of dollars

. D

isney’s

Iro

n M

an

3, w

hic

h h

as

gro

ssed m

ore

than $

1bn, paid

no t

ax t

o

its

host

, N

ort

h C

aro

lina, because

it

was

deem

ed a

“te

mpora

ry b

usi

ness

enti

ty”.

Legis

lato

rs

in S

acram

en

to,

inclu

d-

ing g

overn

or J

erry B

row

n,

have s

o f

ar

reje

cte

d H

ollyw

ood’s

ple

as.

T

hey sa

y

Califo

rn

ia a

lready g

ran

ts a

bout

$10

0m

of

annual

film

cre

dit

s, w

hile s

chools

are

un

derfu

nded.

Many t

hin

k t

he s

tudio

s hav

e litt

le inte

rest

in r

esto

ring L

A’s g

lory

and p

refe

r to

pla

y r

ival lo

cati

ons

again

st

each o

ther

to e

xtr

act

even

gre

ate

r ta

x

conce

ssio

ns.

The

mayor

has

appoin

ted T

om

Sher

ak,

a f

orm

er p

resi

den

t of

the A

cadem

y o

f M

oti

on

Pic

ture A

rts

an

d S

cie

nces,

to

head a

new

ente

rtain

ment

indust

ry a

nd

pro

duct

ion o

ffice

. S

hera

k s

aid

he w

ould

fight

to b

ring b

ack

jobs.

“W

e h

ave a

ll t

he

infr

ast

ruct

ure

here

. W

e h

ave h

eat,

snow

, beach

es,

mounta

ins

and s

tudio

back

lots

th

at

look lik

e N

ew

York

.” I

f st

udio

s tr

ied

movin

g t

heir

headquart

ers

out

of

LA

he

would

move h

is “

Bols

hevik

arm

y t

o t

he

bord

er”

to s

top t

hem

, he v

ow

ed.

There

is

a P

ote

mkin

villa

ge feel w

here

st

udio

execu

tives

fill s

hin

y o

ffice

s, b

ehin

d

whic

h languis

h e

mpty

or

underu

sed lots

. S

om

e,

such a

s U

niv

ers

al

Stu

dio

s, h

ave

converte

d l

ots

in

to t

hem

e p

ark

s, w

ith

film

-insp

ired r

ides.

It i

s not

too l

ate

to r

eviv

e t

he i

ndus-

try,

sa

id S

herak

. “I

t’s

never to

o la

te.

Hollyw

ood i

s n

ot

dead.

If t

here’s

on

e

thin

g w

e k

now

how

to d

o o

ut

here

it’s

make m

ovie

s. N

o o

ne c

an t

ake a

way o

ur

past

.”T

hat

past

incl

udes

Nath

anael

West

’s

1939 n

ovel

Th

e D

ay

of

the L

ocu

st,

where

doom

ed so

uls

st

ruggle

to

m

ake it

in

H

ollyw

ood. T

he u

nem

plo

yed t

ech

nic

ians,

builders

and c

ate

rers

besi

egin

g h

is o

ffice

fo

r help

would

not

share

the s

am

e f

ate

as

the n

ovel’s

characte

rs,

said

Sherak.

“I w

ould

have t

o w

ipe a

way m

y t

ears

if

it w

ere

tru

e. T

hat’s

not

my v

isio

n o

f L

os

Angel

es. I

want

this

to b

e th

e pla

ce w

her

e th

at

gir

l fr

om

Kan

sas

com

es

to b

e t

he

next

Julia R

obert

s.”

All s

ecto

rs

are b

att

lin

g,

said

Keit

h

McN

utt

, w

est

ern

regio

n dir

ecto

r of

charit

y t

he A

cto

rs F

un

d .

“P

eople

are

scare

d. Y

ou s

ee p

eople

wit

h l

ong-e

stab-

lish

ed c

are

ers

str

uggling t

o m

ake e

nds

meet,

. Y

ou s

ee inco

me levels

dro

ppin

g b

y

a t

hir

d, a h

alf

, tw

o-t

hir

ds.

”C

olleagues

are

losi

ng h

ouse

s and m

ar-

ria

ges,

said

An

dre B

ust

an

oby,

a v

isual

eff

ect

s vete

ran w

ith M

FX

. “I

t’s

the r

ule

of th

e w

ild a

nd it’s

goin

g t

o g

et

uglier.

We

stru

ggle

wit

h it

every

day.

It

sick

ens

me.”

Specia

l eff

ects

fo

r M

arvel’s

late

st

blo

ckbust

er,

Th

or:

Th

e D

ark

Worl

d, w

ere

done in E

ngla

nd.

Vare

se S

ara

bande, th

e w

orl

d’s

larg

est

pro

duce

r of

film

sco

res,

reco

rded just

20

scores

in L

A l

ast

year,

com

pared w

ith

more

than 1

00 fi

ve y

ears

ago. T

he loss

to

LA

musi

cians

and o

rchest

ras

is l

arg

ely

B

rita

in’s

gain

. T

he lure

is

not

just

low

er

tax b

ut

a w

illingness

to f

orf

eit

seco

nd-

ary m

ark

et

resi

duals

on

futu

re v

ideo

sale

s an

d b

roadcast

s. “

In L

on

don

, you

have a

buyout

opti

on

, se

lect

your r

ate

and t

he r

eco

rdin

g is

yours

. T

here

are

no

furt

her

tari

ffs.

In L

A y

ou h

ave a

never-

endin

g [

paym

ent]

str

eam

,” s

aid

Robert

T

ow

nso

n, th

e c

om

pany’s

vic

e-p

resi

dent.

Hollyw

ood’s

hollow

ing r

em

ain

s la

rgely

in

vis

ible

to o

uts

ider

s. W

hen

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11BOOKS PLUS | WEDNESDAY 30 OCTOBER 2013

By Keith Weir

New Manchester United manager David Moyes was so keen to study top soccer teams that he drove himself around

France in a hire car during the 1998 World Cup, sleeping in the vehicle when cash was tight.

Such determination helped Moyes to establish himself as one of the top managers in the English Premier League. He took charge of champions United in June, facing the daunting challenge of replacing Alex Ferguson, the most successful manager in the history of English soccer.

Moyes and his fellow Scot Ferguson give insights into their methods and motivation in a new book that combines sporting anecdote with practical tips for business leaders.

Author Mike Carson, a business consultant and Manchester City fan, interviewed the team bosses whose management skills, ability to withstand stress and tactical acumen are tested before a global audience of hundreds of millions every weekend.

Carson sets out their different approaches in The Manager: Inside the Minds of Football’s Leaders. The book is based on interviews with around 30 of the men who have made it to the top of a handsomely rewarded yet insecure and lonely profession.

Ferguson, who retired in May after more than a quarter of a century at United, fittingly gives his views in a chapter on Creating Sustained Success.

Portugal’s charismatic Jose Mourinho, now back in the English Premier League at Chelsea after managing Spanish giants Real Madrid, tackles the issue of Handling Outrageous Talent.

Mourinho, the self-styled “Special One”, shows a more humble side to his character. He recounts that he is happy to fly in economy class with his backroom staff, if necessary, allowing his players first refusal on the business-class seats.

At a book launch in London attended by Mourinho and other Premier League managers, Carson spoke fondly of how he got hooked on soccer as a 10-year-old watching Manchester City beat Derby County 4-2 at the club’s old Maine Road stadium in 1976.

Carson wrote the book with the support of the League Managers Association (LMA), a group representing team bosses past and present at the 92 clubs in English professional soccer.

Carson, a Briton who worked for

McKinsey for five years and now co-owns his own consultancy business, spoke about the book.

How did the project come about?I met with the League Managers

Association to discuss leadership in football because that is my work as a consultant and I felt we had something to offer to the world of football. They’d been looking to publish collectively the thoughts of the managers for some time on leadership and leadership skills. It was essentially a meeting of minds.

Is the book aimed at soccer fans or business managers?

It’s pitched at both. It is not an expose, it is not looking to uncover deep, dark secrets of managers. It’s looking to give managers an opportunity to express their deep philosophy and practice of leadership.

It’s fascinating to football fans because actually what is it that these great managers are thinking about when they are leading their teams? It’s interesting for leaders in all walks of life because I firmly believe that football leadership is a great analogy for the more general kind. We can picture the challenges of football so we can learn from their expertise.

What was the attitude of the managers you met. Were they happy to open up about their work?

They were very happy, I think for two reasons.

The LMA had arranged and facilitated the interviews and accredited me as their author so the managers started from a position of trust. They knew I wasn’t coming in to try to grab newspaper-selling headlines, I wasn’t going to distort what they said.

Reason two, is so rarely do the managers get an opportunity truly to express their philosophies on a reasonable platform. We tend to hear the three-minute, after-match, interview and it’s mainly about “was it a penalty or should he have been sent off?”. This was deeper and they were very excited to have that chance to discuss and express some of their philosophies.

What form did the meetings take?It was structured around private

one-on-ones. I almost invariably met managers at their clubs, which was great, but it wasn’t about at this stage going and seeing them in action with their teams. It was about their

philosophy. So I didn’t gather, if you like, any live feedback. It would be fascinating to ask Jose Mourinho’s team how they perceive him and his leadership but that wasn’t where we were going with this book.

What are the key qualities that managers display?

One thing I noticed that they all had was empathy and steel at high levels. So they all had both, and then all would typically have one of them dialled up to world class, so they’d be very strong in one and then really exceptional in the other.

My example in the book would be that (Real Madrid manager) Carlo Ancelotti would be very strong on steel and exceptional on empathy and Sir Alex Ferguson would be exceptional at steel and very strong on empathy.

Another would be retaining perspective. These guys are good at perspective, they are good at taking time out to reflect, they are good at being able to see themselves in the heat of the moment and course-correct even though it will boil over for them, like it boils over for all of us. They are not

supermen. I loved Carlo Ancelotti’s quote when he said “football is the most important of all the small things in life”.

Pretty much all of them have to be able to handle very, very big personalities, it almost goes without saying. What do you do when you have one, two or more huge personalities on your team?

Finally, they are very good typically at stakeholder management, juggling the requirements of the chairman or owner, the fans, the press, the media, obviously the players themselves, and agents.

Do they have any weaknesses or blind spots in common?

I don’t think there is anything collective. Because football is so high pressure, so high intensity, certainly in the matches, there is almost not a manager alive who wouldn’t benefit from working on “how do I keep calm in the moment” because that’s just really tough.

That’s just human and frankly I have almost not met a business leader who would not benefit from that.

Reuters

Management lessons from football bosses

TECHNOLOGYPLUS | WEDNESDAY 30 OCTOBER 201312

Samsung courted “app” makers at its first developers conference, stepping out of Google’s shadow when it comes to software powering mobile devices.

About 1,300 people attending the event, which continues through yesterday at the Westin St Francis Hotel in San Francisco, delved into techniques for making applications that work across an array of Samsung devices.

“Samsung is really trying to get people excited about their platform,” said independent Silicon Valley analyst Rob Enderle.

“Samsung has been trying to pull a lot of the empha-sis away from Google and get developers to be loyal to them and not Google.”

“There are close to half a billion connected devices in the world today, yet a very limited portion are actually connected to each other,” said Samsung media solution centre president Won-Pyo Hong.

“Samsung is creating one of the largest connected platforms spanning a broad range of devices that people love and use every day, including smartphones, tablets, TVs and much more.”

During a keynote presentation on Monday in a packed ballroom, Samsung executives showed off new software development kits but there was little men-tion of Android, the Google-made operating system on which the South Korean company’s smartphone empire stands.

Google consistently draws thousands of developers to sold-out annual conferences in San Francisco where software wizards hone skills for building fun, functional or hip “apps” for devices powered by the California Internet giant’s operating systems.

Sessions at the Samsung conference included many devoted to customised Android operating software.

The South Korean consumer electronic titan is also developing its own Tizen operating system and likely wants developers making apps for it before products hit the market, according to Enderle.

“Samsung wants more control of the Android plat-form and Google doesn’t like that they are so dominant,” the analyst said. “There is a tug-of-war going on.”

The stakes were raised by Google’s purchase of Motorola Mobility, maker of sophisticated Moto X smartphones power by Android software.

Samsung stressed the breadth of the company’s con-sumer electronics offerings and the potential for appli-cations that let people connect devices for “multiscreen” experiences.

“Going forward, the application you develop will be reached across all of our devices, not just smartphones, tablets and PCs,” said Samsung Telecommunications America president Gregory Lee.

“There are so many opportunities for convergence.”Samsung Electronics released new kits for creating

consumer or business applications on the company’s smartphones, tablets, and smart television screens.

Samsung is the top maker of mobile devices pow-ered by Google’s free Android operating system, which dominates the global market.

“We are committed to accelerating Android app

development,” Samsung media solutions center America senior vice president Curtis Sasaki said in a welcoming note to developers.

He promised the company would show developers “an exciting future of possibilities.”

“Beyond mobile and TV, Samsung is investing heavily in frontier technologies including, wearables and much more,” Sasaki said.

The conference boasts a line-up of sessions about tailoring applications for Samsung devices and oppor-tunities to dive deep into topics with engineers from the company. “You will get a chance to get insights into Samsung,” Lee promised the audience.

The keynote included a Twitter engineer showing off a new application tailored for Samsung devices and testimonials from companies such as eBay, Autodesk, Zillow, and Cie Games,.

Samsung reported last week that its net profit spiked to another record in the third quarter, driven by soaring revenue from memory chip sales.

The world’s largest technology firm by revenue said July-September net profit rose to 8.24 trillion won ($7.8bn), from 6.56bn won a year ago.

Stagnant growth in sales of the company’s flagship Galaxy S smartphones was offset by strong sales growth in the cheaper end of the smartphone market.

The semiconductor business saw the biggest gains, with a 12 percent spike in revenue over the previous quarter to 9.74 trillion won.

Samsung’s mobile unit still accounted for two-thirds of the company’s operating profit in the third quarter, but has been slowing down as the market for premium smartphones becomes increasingly crowded and prices drop.

Analysts estimate Samsung sold between 85 million to 89 million smartphones during the quarter, including the company’s latest Galaxy S4 smartphone.

Samsung’s consumer electronics unit -- the company’s second largest in terms of sales -- continued to struggle in squeezing out profits. AFP

Samsung steps out to woo developers

Samsung to expand devices that work with Gear

Samsung says its new Galaxy Gear computerised watch will be compatible with several older phones through a software update. One big flaw with the $300 Gear is that in the US, it’s compatible only with the new Galaxy Note 3 phone, which costs another $300 with a two-year service agreement.

Last week, Samsung Electronics Co. said the Gear will also work with the Galaxy S4 Mini when that comes out next month. Samsung said it will also make the update available for the S III, S4 and Note II in the coming weeks and the S4 Active and Mega phones in the coming months. The Gear works with Samsung devices to display message alerts and other information on the wrist. AP

Dead Trigger 2 (Free)The original Dead Trigger was

a made-for-mobile first-person-shooter by developer MadFinger Games, and it’s so far notched up more than 23m downloads. The sequel amps up the action: more zombies, including bosses, and more weapons to dispatch them with. The graphics are also

a draw: this is one of the best-looking Android games in recent times.

Aereo Beta (Free)Aereo is a US thing for now, and a

controversial one at that. It’s a serv-ice that lets you record and stream live TV, with the retransmission that this involves having got the networks scrambling for their lawyers. For

now, Aereo remains up and running though: its Android app lets viewers tune in live, record up to 20 hours of shows, and watch from wherever they want.

Combat Monsters (Free)Developer Rubicon Development

was responsible for the excellent Great Little War Game and Great

Big War Game Android games, so its latest release comes with plenty of anticipation. Here, the emphasis is on a deep fantasy-strategy game with, yes, monsters as the main characters. It’s tactical-combat plus card-battling, with a choice of a solo campaign or online multiplayer battles.

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20 Cocktail with an umbrella

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22 Quick punches

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42 Protections for inventors

45 They’re worth half of TDs

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50 Concert stage equipment

51 Had an in-flight wedding?

54 Captain’s journal

55 Informant

60 East Lansing sch.

61 Unfreeze

62 Savanna grazers

63 RR stop

64 Big laughs

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18 Brewing oven

21 Dances à la Chubby Checker, say

22 Lively Irish dance

23 Nabokov novel

25 Spain’s longest river

26 Scrutinizing

27 South American plains

29 The beginning

30 Minnesota city that shares a harbor with Superior, Wis.

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36 Place to fill up in Canada

37 Loudly critical

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48 Cat calls

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52 Tournament that takes all comers

53 Heap

55 Filthy digs

56 Wed. follower

57 Acorn bearer

58 Keats dedicated one to a nightingale

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PLUS | WEDNESDAY 30 OCTOBER 2013 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 lonely tree at Al Ghariya North.

by Yousuf Mohiuddin

Send your photos to [email protected]. Mention where the photo was taken.

MEDIA SCAN A summary ofissues of the daydiscussed by the Qatari communityin the media.

• There was talk about the increase in pre-paid service fees for local and International calls announced by Ooredoo and Vodafone, as telephone charges are being cut globally.

• Many citizens have criticized the lack of monitoring over parking spaces in different municipalities, where people are misusing the parking space and disorder is easily noticeable in different parts of Doha.

• Residents of Al Shamal area are complaining about the lack of nurseries and KGs in their area, and they say the nearest KG for them is in Al Khor which is 80 kms away, too long a distance for children to travel twice a day.

• There is a suggestion to build new malls and commercial centres vertically as their capacities will be double to the current ones.

• People in different parts of the country complained about using open areas in

their places to parking spaces for heavy trucks, and other transportation vehicles.

• There was talk about hiking prices for recruitment of housemaids, which has been increased by 40 percent, while there is no recruitment from Philippines.

• There was talk about the newly opened medical emergency and ambulance section in Sealine area to serve the winter campers based there.

• There was discussion in the social media about the distortion being caused by the situation in the Industrial area, where people could see endless holes, garbage, and scraps.

• There was talk about the Supreme Education Council decision to maintain the old assessment system for academic year 2013/14.

• There was discussion about the plan to train 1,300 employees through the International Center for Safety and Security.

CEO of Qatar AirwaysAkbar Al Baker

AAkbar Al Baker became the Chief Executive Officer of Qatar Airways in 1997. He is a grad-

uate in Economics and Commerce and worked at various levels in the Civil Aviation Directorate before tak-ing up the CEO post. Al Baker is a member of the Executive Committee of the Arab Air Carriers Organisation (AACO), a member of the Board of Governors of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and is a non-executive Director of Heathrow Airport Holdings.

Who’s who

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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

Elias Rahbani and Gassan Rahbani in ConcertWhen: October 31; 08:30pm - 11pm Where: Katara Opera House – Building 16

What: A concert with unique musical compositions. Free Entry

L’âge d’or — exhibitionby Adel AbdessemedWhen: October 6 to 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

Northern Legacy – Photographic Exhibition When: Until Nov 19, 2013; 10am-10pm Where: Katara Gallery 1 - Bldg 13 What: Photographic Exhibition by Harold Crompton Robinson. 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

Hajj Exibition When: Till Oct 31; 10am-10pm Where: Gallery 1, Building 19, Katara What: A collection of photographs of pilgrimage in Mecca.Free Entry

1st Red Bull Flugtag QatarWhen: November 1, 2013 Where: Museum of Islamic Art Park What: Red Bull Flugtag, which means “flying day” in German, pushes the envelope of human-powered flight, but competitors need more than airtime to reach the podium. Teams are judged on three criteria: flight distance, creativity of the craft, and showmanship. Free Entry

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