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EYEEYETO TO EYEEYEFaces are the focus of the works Brazilian-born artist Harding Meyer is exhibiting at Katara building 18 from today.

By Isabel Ovalle

Brazilian-born artist Harding Meyer looks at the subject of his portraits eye to eye and engages himself in his work

for months to get the result he’s look-ing for, that of mixing realism and abstract styles. Faces are the focus of the works he is exhibiting at Katara building 18 from today.

The painter was born in South America but has lived most of his life in Europe and is accustomed to seeing and portraying people of all races. He bases his portraits on images he finds mainly in the media or the internet, choosing those that “talk” to him, he explained.

Only two days before the opening of his exhibition in Katara Cultural Village building 18, he simultaneously supervised the setting up of the show and the last day of a workshop he con-ducted at the nearby art studios for 14 students. Both these activities are a first for Meyer, given that this is his first exhibition not only in Qatar but also in the region, and the workshop was his first experience of teaching.

The artist arrived in Doha over a week ago to start his workshop and was here in time to receive his paintings, which were shipped from Germany. “It was funny to see them arrive,” he said.

Many of the 13 pieces were painted this year and others in 2012.

“I do a maximum of 40 pieces a year. I began 15 years ago, when the media was basically limited to televi-sion and magazines. I scan media and take the faces that talk to me; then I make a photo that stays with me and the painting for six months,” he explained.

For Meyer, during this process, a dialogue takes place between him and the painting. He chooses people who are not famous but appear in the media; who, said Meyer, “wouldn’t rec-ognise themselves because their face undergoes a lot of change.”

“I always take different nationali-ties because I was born in Brazil and later I lived in Switzerland, France and Germany. Since I was a child I’ve dealt with people from all nationalities,” said the painter.

Meyer, together with the curator of Katara, chose the works that will be on show until June 23. “I was surprised to get a request from an Arabic country, because I always had the idea that they don’t paint faces. However, last year I was at a fair in Istanbul and they really liked my work,” he said.

Meyer is keen on painting faces from “our days”. The collection he has brought to Qatar features two types of paintings -- realistic ones and those in which the faces are, to some extent, distorted. For the painter, these works are not about violence; they are based on a computer-generated image.

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Face in focus

Works by Harding Meyer.Works by Harding Meyer.

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“I do it in Photoshop first, and later take it to the canvas. For me, it’s important to not destroy it in a way that the beauty goes away, but also it’s not my aim to paint only beautiful faces,” he stated.

All his paintings are done on a hori-zontal canvas, a circumstance which, explained the painter, makes them “a little bit more human and gives the sensation that they are frames of a film.”

The free of cost workshop started at Katara Arts studios building 19 on May 7. The classes were held from Sunday to Thursday, from 5 pm to 8 pm, and from 3 pm to 8 pm on Friday and Saturday. The course attracted the interest of a large number of art-ists and the participants’ selection was based on their level of skill.

The artists who were accepted, including nine Qatari women, got the opportunity to take a closer look at how a painter like Meyer makes his paintings, which have won accolades from critics and art lovers.

In the workshop, the students began by making a short sketch after seeing the projection of a photo on a canvas. They painted with an acrylic palette because oil colours take too long to dry. The pupils were all women except for an Indian painter.

Meyer was happy to meet Qatari artists and foreigners residing in the country. He also expressed admira-tion for Katara’s efforts to find crea-tive opportunities for convergence between people of different nation-alities, as well as his appreciation of

the skills of the participants in the workshop.

On their part, the participants in the workshop spoke of their joy at meeting Meyer and learning from his experience and from each other.

Meyer was born in the city of Porto Alegre, Brazil, in 1964. He began his art studies in 1987 at the Academy of Art in Karlsruhe, Germany, and has participated in many interna-tional art exhibitions over the past 15 years, winning the admiration of crit-ics, which has brought him financial rewards from the sale of his paintings.

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The artists who were accepted, including nine Qatari women, got the opportunity to take a closer look at how a painter like Meyer makes his paintings. In the workshop, the students began by making a short sketch after seeing the projection of a photo on a canvas. They painted with an acrylic palette.

Harding Meyer at the workshop. Other photos show the Harding Meyer at the workshop. Other photos show the participants of the workshop trying their hand at painting.participants of the workshop trying their hand at painting.

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DPS-MIS to participate in GCIMUN in New York

DPS-MIS MUNers Aayush Bharadwaj, Akshay Malhotra, T Goutam, Pranav Kaarthik, Sparsh Arora, Trishia Edan, Sariska Sujaini, Shehzad Sherasiya,

Mohammed Shoeb, Arvindha Vignesh, Ahmed Saleem, Dhairya Doshi, Shriya Ramakrishnan, Jahanvi Saini, Nikita Bhattacharjee and Vatsala Singh, along with school MUN advisors Marie Luthra and Amir Khan, are leaving for New York to participate in the 14th Annual GCIMUN Conference 2013.

The 14th Annual Global Classrooms International High School Model UN Conference (GCIMUN) will be held from May 15 to 18 at the UN headquarters and the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York.

The conference will bring together students from more than 20 countries to discuss diverse and pressing international issues. The topics include empowerment of rural women, cyber-terrorism, and childhood immunization.

GCIMUN is an authentic simulation of the United Nations and offers delegates the opportunity

to work with thousands of students from across the country and around the globe.

This is the third consecutive year the school is

participating in the GCIMUN conference in New York.

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School officials with students who will participate in GCIMUN in New York.

Two teams from Sherbone Year 8 took part in the Qatar Debate School Tournament, organised by QatarDebate, and finished second. Tobias Rodriguez and Oisin Tubridy were in the top 10 of the more than 100 speakers at the tournament.

Bhavan’s Public School recently celebrated the birthday of the poet Rabindranath Tagore. The Literary Club organised versification for classes IV to IX at both the school’s campuses. The KG section held a special assembly and Bama Ravi, coordinator, KG, spoke on the importance of the day. To mark the day, a portrait of Tagore sketched by art teacher Prahaladan was unveiled.

Over 100 educators and healthcare professionals attended the University of Calgary–Qatar’s first ever

‘Teaching and Learning Conference.’ Along with UCQ faculty and instruc-tors, 28 representatives of Hamad Medical Corporation, Sidra, Qatar University and College of the North Atlantic participated.

The event was intended to bring together UCQ faculty and instructors to showcase the innovative teaching methods and learning strategies that are used in all UCQ programmes.

“Excellent in terms of sharing, excel-lent in terms of collaboration and excellent in terms of learning,” is how John Kelley, manager of clinical edu-cation for children’s services at Sidra, described his experience.

Cheri Macleod, College of the North Atlantic teaching specialist in learn-ing technologies, called the confer-ence a great initiative. “Today is the

result of research that the faculty has been doing over the course of the year. It’s a good thing for people to do that reflective practice of their research and then to have an event where they get a chance to showcase what they learned.”

Twenty-seven presenters spoke on 16 topics ranging from ‘Classroom lec-ture capture technology’ to “Analysis of students’ approaches to information seeking.’

“Creating better learning conditions is the key to student success,” said Brad Johnson and Ken Ryba, confer-ence organisers at the University of Calgary-Qatar.

Hissa Al Aali, associate director of the UCQ nursing project, in an address to open the conference, said, “Sharing this real-life research with other edu-cational institutions is very important for serving the Qatar community. It’s all about educating people, enlighten-ing them to become leaders now and in the future.” The Peninsula

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Celebration of Rabindranath Tagore’s birthday

Sherbone at Qatar Debate School Tournament

Teaching and learning Teaching and learning presenters at the event.presenters at the event.

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ExecuTrain, Qatar, in associa-tion with ACCA, UK, held an awareness programme on the ACCA qualification and

the Oxford Brookes University’s BSc (Hons) degree at the hotel Holiday Villa, Doha, recently. The event was attended by prospective students, their parents and accounting professionals.

“Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA–UK) qualifica-tion is a highly regarded accounting qualification in the world. Finance professionals are in demand through-out the world, including Qatar. Qatar’s

economy and the demand for quali-fied and professional accountants has reached and is reaching greater heights and ACCA, together with ExecuTrain, Qatar is ready to meet this demand,” said Mailk Razeek, man-ager of ExecuTrain.

Speaking at the event, Ayaz Malik, senior lecturer on ACCA at ExecuTrain, Qatar, stressed the impor-tance of the ACCA qualification and what it had to offer the students in general. Maqbool Junaid of ACCA also spoke at the event.

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A view of the audience at the session.

Awareness programme on ACCA qualification

Fraser Suites Doha named Leading Serviced ApartmentsFraser Suites Doha was named Doha’s Leading Serviced Apartments at the World Travel Awards 2013. “We are very pleased to receive this recognition from the World Travel Awards,” said Mustapha Henini, General Manager of Fraser Suites Doha. “Delivering the gold standard service excellence that is synonymous with the Frasers brand is at the heart of everything we do, and receiving this accolade is evidence that our efforts are being recognised by those who know us best.”

PEC celebrates National Migratory Bird DayFriends of the Environment Centre, Qatar celebrated World Migratory Bird Day at Al Khor, where a large number of schools sent representative students along with teachers. Dr Saif Al Hajari, Chairman, Friends of the Environment Centre, was the chief guest at the programme. Abdur Rahman Yousef, Abu Herbaria, Talha Rashid, and Armaghan Butt represented PEC in the activities under the supervision of their teachers Naeem Fakhar, Muhammad Rizwan and Muhammad Tahir Khan. The PEC students won prizes in the quiz competition.

PEC students and teachers PEC students and teachers with FEC officials celebrate with FEC officials celebrate National Migratory Bird Day.National Migratory Bird Day.

FROM FROM LEFT: Graham E Cooke, LEFT: Graham E Cooke, president of World Travel Awards, president of World Travel Awards, Mustapha Henini, general man-Mustapha Henini, general man-ager of Fraser Suites Doha, and ager of Fraser Suites Doha, and Senada Ramic, director of sales of Senada Ramic, director of sales of Fraser Suites Doha.Fraser Suites Doha.

Bosch returns to Qatar with Darwish Technology

European home appliances manufacturer Bosch is all set to foray into Qatar again with Darwish Technology,

the technological arm of Darwish Holding, as its new distributor. The official relaunch ceremony of the lead-ing German brand was held at The St Regis Hotel, Doha.

Matthias Ginthum, chief sales and marketing officer, BSH Group, said: “Qatar is growing at a rate well above its Gulf peers. We have also seen a need in the Qatari market for premium home appliances that offer superior quality. In addition, there are a number of factorsm including a favourable busi-ness environment, a progressive, tol-erant and multicultural society that bolsters our confidence in launching the Bosch brand in Qatar.”

“This partnership is important and promising for us as Qatar is a growing

economy and Darwish is a strong player in the retail segment, offering superior home appliances and excellent after sales services. We can also count on the invaluable experiences that Darwish Technology has accumulated over the decades. Most importantly, Darwish Technology understands qual-ity brands very well,” Ginthum added.

Bader Abdullah Al Darwish, chair-man of Darwish Holding, said: “Bosch

really stands out from many other brands in a number of ways. Besides offering premium quality, advanced technologies, ease of operation and out-standing German-designed and engi-neered products, it has also integrated the green technology inside concept into all its products, which shows its commitment to the efficient use of resources. This is of great interest to us as this region is more and more leaning

towards energy efficient appliances as time passes.

“Also, both brands complement each other well in terms of product portfolio, legacy and market stand-ing. And this is not all, for us Bosch is also a strategic brand in supporting our expansion and growth. In short, I cannot think of a better match or partner,” he confirmed.

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Bader Al Darwish (fourth left), Chairman and Managing Director, Darwish Holding, addressing a press briefing yesterday. Other officials from left are: Mark Saunders, CEO, Bosch UAE, Norbert Klien, CEO, Bosch Turkey, Matthias Ginthum, CSO, Bosch Group, Saoud Al Darwish, Vice Chairman, Darwish Holding, and Ziad Asmar, Executive Director, Darwish Technology.

PLUS | WEDNESDAY 15 MAY 2013 LAW66

The Commercial Companies Law No.5 of 2002 says a commercial company is a contract by which two or more persons contribute in a project designed for profit by providing a

share of the money or the work and divide the profit or loss arising from the project.

The law says every company in Qatar shall be established by a Qatari national and its headquar-ters shall be in Qatar.

A company incorporated in the state must take one of the forms provided by law. A company that does not conform to any of those forms is considered invalid and persons contracted on its behalf will be personally responsible and jointly liable for obliga-tions arising from the contract.

A joint liability company consists of two or more persons who are responsible jointly for the obliga-tions of the company.

The name of the joint liability company consists of the names of all partners. The name can be limited to the name of a partner or more with the addition of the words “and partners”. It is permissible for the company to have a commercial name provided it is made clear that it is a joint liability company.

All the partners in a joint liability company must be individuals.

The contract of the joint liability company must be written and signed and include the following infor-mation: The company’s name, its objective, head office and branches, if any; the name of each partner, his occupation, nationality, date of birth and place of residence.

It should also mention the capital of company, the share of each partner, whether it is in cash or any other form, the estimated value of these shares, the mode of payment and the maturity date, the date of incorporation of the company and its duration, the manner of management of the company, with the names of those who may sign on behalf of the company and the extent of their powers, the dates of start and end of the fiscal year of the company, and the way profit and loss will be distributed.

The partners may prepare a written document about the company that includes the detailed provi-sions agreed by them to manage the company, and a

copy of it will be attached with the contract of the company.

The contract and all amendments will be men-tioned in the commercial register and the summary of the memorandum of association and all amend-ments made in it will be published in a local Arabic newspaper at the cost of the company.

The company cannot transact any business until it has completed all the procedures for the formation of the company.

A partner in a joint liability company will perform transactions in the name of the company and the bankruptcy of the company will result in the bank-ruptcy of all partners.

The partners’ shares in a joint liability company will not be represented in the negotiable instruments.

It’s not permissible to divest shares in the joint liability company without approval from all partners.

The creditors of the company have the right of recourse to its funds, and they also have the right of recourse against any partner in his own funds.

All partners are jointly liable to creditors of the company.

A partner cannot be made to fulfil the company’s obligations from his own funds until there is a final judgment in this regard after the company has failed to meet its obligations.

A partner cannot use his account or another account for any activity similar to the activity of the company, or become a partner in a rival company, without the approval of the other partners. If any of the partners violates this rule, the company can demand compensation from him and the activities

that he carried out will be transferred to the com-pany’s account.

A partner who joins a company will be jointly liable with the other partners for the company’s debts, including those from the period before he joined the company, and any agreement between the partners contrary to this is void.

If one of the partners waives his share in the com-pany, this does not relieve him of his commitment as regards the company’s debts unless this is waived by his partners.

A partner who is not a director cannot interfere in the administrative affairs of the company, but he has the right to know about the company’s business and check its documents.

The company will be administered by all the part-ners, unless the administration is entrusted, under the memorandum of association, to one or more of the partners or to an individual (or several persons) who is not a partner.

If the director is a partner, according to the memorandum of association, he cannot be dismissed without a consensus among the partners or a court decision to this effect.

The dismissal of the director in accordance with one of the above conditions results in the dissolution of the company unless the company’s memorandum of association states otherwise, or if the director was a partner and had signed an independent contract. However, if the director is not a partner, regardless of whether he has been appointed according to the memorandum of association or under an independent contract, he can be dismissed by a majority vote of the partners, and this does not result in the com-pany’s dissolution.

The company’s director is accountable for any damage he causes to the company or its partners or others by violating the memorandum of association or by taking a wrong decision in the discharge of his duties. The profits and losses of the company, and each partner’s share, are determined by the end of the company’s financial year from the budget.

A partner can ask for his share of the profits after the annual statement of accounts is approved.

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Workplace stress heightens diabetes risk: Study

Scientists have linked development of diabetes to stress at the workplace, made worse by low social support. Cases of type 2 diabetes continue to rise in the US. And while the development of the disease is more commonly associated with

risk factors such as obesity, high blood pressure, and physical inactivity, research has shown that stress can also have a significant impact.

Now, Sharon Toker of Tel Aviv University’s Faculty of Management has found that low levels of social support and high levels of stress in the workplace can accurately predict the development of diabetes over the long term -- even in employees who appear to be healthy otherwise.

Published in the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, the study contributes to an ongoing body of research linking work conditions to physical and mental health, reports Science Daily.

Toker says these findings paint a grim picture, with a worrying rise in the rate of diabetes in the researchers’ middle-aged study cohort, which had a mean age of 48.

“You don’t want to see working populations have an increasing rate of diabetes. It’s costly to both employees and employers, resulting in absenteeism and triggering expensive medical insurance,” she explained. Agencies

Social support helps ease pain in breast cancer patients

New research conducted by an assisted care centre based in the US shows that breast cancer patients who have the support of friends and family can manage pain and other

symptoms better. Breast cancer patients who say they have people with whom they have a good time, or have “positive social interac-tions” with, are better able to deal with pain and other physical symptoms, according to a new Kaiser Permanente study published Monday in Breast Cancer Research and Treatment.

“This study provides research-based evidence that social sup-port helps relieve physical symptoms,” said lead author Candyce H. Kroenke, staff scientist with the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research. “Social support mechanisms matter in terms of physi-cal outcomes,” she said. The study, among the first to examine exactly how social relationships influence quality of life in breast cancer patients, also found that tangible support (such as help with household tasks and errands) was most useful to those with late-stage cancer, reports Science Daily.

By Michelle Fay Cortez

Gianna Chien is somewhat different from all the other researchers who reported on their work to more than 8,000 doctors at the Heart Rhythm Society meeting in

Denver.Chien is 14, and her study — which found that

Apple’s iPad2 can, in some cases, interfere with life-saving heart devices because of the magnets inside — is based on a science- fair project that didn’t even win her first place.

The research offers a valuable warning for peo-ple with implanted defibrillators, which deliver an electric shock to restart a stopped heart, said John Day, head of heart-rhythm services at Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, Utah, and chairman of the panel that reviews scientific papers presented at the Denver meeting.

If a person falls asleep with the iPad2 on the chest, the magnets in the cover can “accidentally turn off” the heart device, said Chien, a high school freshman in Stockton, California, whose father is a doctor. “I definitely think people should be aware. That’s why I’m presenting the study.”

Defibrillators, as a safety precaution, are designed to be turned off by magnets. The iPad2 uses 30 mag-nets to hold the iPad2’s cover in place, Chien said in a telephone interview. While the iPad2 magnets aren’t powerful enough to cause problems when a person is holding the tablet out in front of the chest, it can be risky to rest it against the body, she found.

Trudy Muller, an Apple spokeswoman, declined to comment on the study in an email, referring ques-tions about the iPad2’s safety to its online product guide. The guide cautions users about radio frequency interference, suggests that patients with pacemakers keep the iPad at least six inches away and says they should be turned off in health-care facilities when instructed by staff or posted signs.

The study involving 26 volunteers with defibrilla-tors found “magnet mode” was triggered in 30 per-cent of patients who put the tablet on their chest. The iPad2 didn’t interfere with four pacemakers or a loop-recorder, which were also tested. Walter Chien, a cardiac electrophysiologist, helped his daughter coordinate the patient testing.

Medtronic Inc, the leading manufacturer of defi-brillators, said its testing hasn’t found any risks from iPad technology when used according to the manu-facturer’s instructions. The Minneapolis-based com-pany does tell patients to avoid placing any magnets near the area where their devices are implanted.

“The presentation at Heart Rhythm 2013 is a good reminder for patients to remain vigilant on new tech-nology and its accessories and maintain a distance of six inches between an iPad and an implanted pace-maker or ICD,” the company said in a statement.

Most defibrillators will turn back on once the mag-net is no longer affecting the device. Some, however, remain off until the magnet is reapplied or the device is turned back on manually, the younger Chien said. Patients should be told about the risk and doctors should check the devices to see if they have been inadvertently turned off by magnets, she said.

Chien said she received an iPad2 for her birthday in August 2011. She was struck at the time by the number of older customers taking a class on how to

use the device at the company store and, given her father’s speciality, wondered if there could be a con-nection between the iPads and their heart devices.

“I don’t think anyone really knows about the risks,” Chien said.

The results are important because they can help raise awareness of the danger in a very specific set-ting, said Day, the heart meeting official, in a tel-ephone interview. “Defibrillator patients can still buy Apple products,” he said. “Just don’t put them on your chest.”

A regular at Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Talented Youth, Chien doesn’t see herself becoming a doctor. At the camp, she regularly participates in the writing programme and she said that one of her favourite parts of the iPad2 project was sum-ming the results for publication in a medical journal. Eventually, she wants to write a novel, she said.

Chien first presented her results in the San Joaquin County Science Fair’s high school category in March, but the project was beat out for the top spot by work on electromagnetics and on the effect of punctuation mark placement in keyboards on carpal tunnel syndrome.

Chien, who rows in her free time, says she may revisit the issue for next year’s science fair, looking at the risks with other electronic products.

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er A

rpad B

uss

on.

“At

the m

om

ent

I’m

readin

g t

hree d

iffe

rent

screenpla

ys

and I

have t

o

decid

e w

ith w

hic

h fi

lm I

want

to s

tart

work

again

,” s

he a

dded.

BO

LLY

WO

OD

NE

WS

I am

a lon

er: R

anbir

Kap

oor

By

Su

bh

ash

K J

ha

Acto

r R

anbir

Kapoor,

who loves

travell

ing, sa

ys

he is

a loner a

nd p

refe

rs

to t

ravel alo

ne.

“I l

ike t

o t

ravel

alo

ne a

nd o

ver t

he y

ears

I h

ave b

ecom

e a

loner.

I

don’t

need a

ny c

om

pany... I

can e

ven h

ave m

y lunch a

lone. I

am

very c

om

fort-

able

wit

h m

yself

and d

on’t

need a

ny c

om

pany,”

the 3

0-y

ear-o

ld t

old

reporte

rs

at

an e

vent

organ

ised b

y M

akeM

yT

rip

.

The o

nli

ne p

orta

l an

nounced its

role

as

offi

cia

l tr

avel partn

er o

f th

e u

pcom

-

ing fi

lm Y

eh

Ja

wa

an

i H

ai

Deew

an

i.

The y

outh

-centr

ic r

om

anti

c d

ram

a h

as

been d

irecte

d b

y A

yan M

ukerji a

nd

als

o f

eatu

res

Deepik

a P

adukone.

Recollecti

ng h

is m

em

orie

s of h

is fi

rst

trip

wit

h h

is frie

nds,

Ranbir

said

: “M

y

first

trip

wit

h m

y f

rie

nds

was

when I

fin

ished m

y 1

0th

sta

ndard a

nd w

e w

ent

to G

oa. It

was

a g

reat

experie

nce a

s it

was

my fi

rst

trip

wit

hout

my p

arents

.

The w

ay I

looked a

t li

fe c

om

ple

tely

ch

an

ged a

fter t

hat

trip

. I

can’t

say w

hat

we d

id t

here.”

When

asked w

hat

his

favourit

e r

om

anti

c d

esti

nati

on

is,

the a

cto

r s

ays

rom

ance c

an h

appen a

nyw

here.

Ranbir

says:

“I

thin

k r

om

ance c

an h

appen a

nyw

here. T

here is

no r

om

anti

c

dest

inati

on a

s su

ch

. A

s lo

ng a

s you a

re in love w

ith a

perso

n, th

ere is

noth

ing

like it.

”

I like

eve

ryth

ing a

bou

tst

ardom

, say

s S

onam

Kap

oor

Bein

g a

cele

brit

y c

om

es

wit

h a

pric

e b

ut

Bollyw

ood a

ctr

ess

Son

am

Kapoor s

ays

she li

kes everyth

ing about

sta

rdom

,

inclu

din

g t

he c

on

stant

att

enti

on a

nd t

he o

dd

hours.

“I l

ike e

veryth

ing a

bout

sta

rdom

. I

don’t

min

d b

ein

g i

n t

he p

ubli

c e

ye.

If a

nyon

e t

ell

s

you t

hat

they w

ant

to b

e a

film

acto

r b

ut

they

don’t

want

to b

e a

sta

r, t

hat

mean

s th

ey a

re

lyin

g. I

love a

cti

ng a

nd love t

he fact

the p

eople

like b

oth

my w

ork

and m

e. I

am

not

prete

nti

ous

enough t

o s

ay t

hat

I can

not

stand t

he a

tten-

tion

,” S

on

am

said

.

The 2

7-y

ear-o

ld, w

ho w

as

seen in A

ish

a a

nd

I h

ate

Lu

v S

tori

es,

wil

l be n

ext

seen in A

an

and

L R

ai’s

Ra

an

jha

na

a a

s w

ell

as

Bh

aa

g M

ilk

ha

Bh

aa

g a

nd Y

RF

’s u

nti

tled fi

lm. S

on

am

wil

l als

o

be s

een in t

he r

em

ake o

f 19

80 fi

lm K

hu

bso

ora

t

that

was

dir

ecte

d b

y H

ris

hik

esh

Muk

herje

e

and s

tarred R

ek

ha a

nd R

akesh

Rosh

an i

n t

he lead r

ole

s.

The f

act

that

she g

ets

to d

on s

o m

any d

iffe

rent

ch

aracte

rs

is s

om

eth

ing

wh

ich a

ttracte

d h

er t

o t

he i

ndust

ry.

“I love b

ein

g in f

ront

of th

e c

am

era a

nd I

love c

reati

ng n

ew

th

ings.

Can y

ou

imagin

e a

gir

l fr

om

Juhu p

layin

g a

gir

l fr

om

Ch

andn

i C

how

k o

r a

gir

l fr

om

Ban

aras

or a

gir

l fr

om

Defe

nce C

olo

ny. It

is

am

azi

ng t

o b

e a

ble

to p

lay d

iffe

rent

people

,” s

aid

Son

am

, w

ho h

as

als

o b

een t

he p

art

of fi

lms

like D

elh

i-6 a

nd P

laye

rs.

Havin

g s

aid

th

at,

she d

oes

believe h

er job t

o b

e a

ch

all

en

gin

g o

ne.

“People

are n

ot

as

bad a

s people

th

ink t

hey a

re i

n t

he i

ndust

ry. W

e w

ork

very h

ard w

ith o

dd h

ours.

It

is n

ot

on

ly e

moti

on

al, b

ut

has

physi

cal and m

enta

l

work

as

well

,” s

he s

aid

.

She i

s in

spir

ed b

y v

ete

ran

s li

ke R

ek

ha, N

uta

n a

nd W

aheeda R

eh

man

.

“I d

id m

eet

Rek

ha a

nd s

he w

as

like ‘it

is

am

azin

g t

hat

you a

re d

oin

g t

he

rem

ake’.

There a

re t

hree o

r f

our h

eroin

es

who I

am

obsessed w

ith

. T

hey a

re

Waheeda R

eh

man

, N

uta

n,

Rek

ha,

Jaya B

achch

an a

nd S

rid

evi. I

copy t

hem

all

the t

ime,”

she s

aid

.

“I w

ould

love t

o r

em

ake G

uid

e o

f W

aheeda J

i, S

ara

swa

tich

an

dra

of

Nuta

n,

I am

the p

art

of

Kh

ub

soora

t and I

would

love t

o d

o U

mra

o J

aa

n...t

he m

ake u

p

and t

hum

ris

were j

ust

am

azin

g. I

have c

om

ple

tely

copie

d W

aheeda J

i’s

per-

form

ance i

n G

uid

e i

n m

y fi

lm R

aa

njh

an

aa.”

In S

on

am

’s v

iew

, th

e t

rend o

f rem

akes

is g

ood.

“I t

hin

k e

very g

enerati

on r

e-l

ook

s at

a s

tory. I

don’t

th

ink t

here is

anyth

ing

wron

g w

ith r

em

akes,

” sh

e s

aid

.

An

geli

na

Joli

e

reveale

d

that

sh

e h

as u

ndergon

e

a d

ouble

maste

cto

my t

o

reduce h

er h

igh

ris

k o

f breast

can

cer,

sayin

g s

he

is s

peak

ing o

ut

to e

ncourage w

om

en

to a

ddress t

hreats

to t

heir

healt

h.

Joli

e, w

hose m

oth

er d

ied o

f can

cer

at

the a

ge o

f 56,

said

sh

e h

ad m

an

-aged t

o k

eep t

he issue q

uie

t an

d c

on

-ti

nue w

ork

ing.

Her m

edic

al procedures

en

ded late

la

st

mon

th. “B

ut

I am

writ

ing a

bout

it n

ow

becau

se I

hope th

at

oth

er

wom

en

can

ben

efi

t fr

om

my e

xperi-

en

ce,”

sh

e s

aid

.T

he 3

7-y

ear-o

ld A

meric

an

actr

ess

wrote

in

an

opin

ion

pie

ce e

nti

tled

“My M

edic

al C

hoic

e”

in T

he N

ew

York

T

imes

that

sh

e h

ad c

hosen

th

e p

ro-

cedure b

ecause s

he c

arrie

s a

fault

y

gen

e t

hat

increases h

er r

isk

of

both

breast

an

d o

varia

n c

an

cer.

Joli

e,

on

e

of

Holl

yw

ood

’s

best-

kn

ow

n f

aces

an

d t

he p

artn

er o

f acto

r

Brad P

itt,

said

th

at

because o

f th

is

gen

e,

kn

ow

n a

s B

RC

A1,

her d

octo

rs

esti

mate

d s

he h

ad a

n 8

7 p

ercen

t ris

k

of

breast

can

cer a

nd a

50 p

ercen

t ris

k o

f ovaria

n c

an

cer.

“O

nce I

kn

ew

th

at

this

w

as m

y

reali

ty, I

decid

ed t

o b

e p

roacti

ve a

nd

to m

inim

ize t

he r

isk

as

much

I c

ould

. I

made a

decis

ion

to h

ave a

preven

-ti

ve d

ouble

maste

cto

my,”

sh

e w

rote

.“I

sta

rte

d w

ith

th

e b

reasts

, as m

y

ris

k o

f breast

can

cer i

s h

igh

er t

han

my r

isk

of

ovaria

n c

an

cer,

an

d t

he

surgery is

more c

om

ple

x,”

Joli

e w

rote

.S

he s

aid

th

at

on

April

27 s

he c

om

-ple

ted t

he t

hree m

on

ths o

f m

edic

al

procedu

res th

at

the m

aste

cto

mie

s in

volv

ed.

Joli

e s

aid

her c

han

ces o

f develo

p-

ing b

reast

can

cer a

re n

ow

dow

n t

o

five p

ercen

t.Joli

e a

nd P

itt

have t

hree a

dopte

d

an

d t

hree b

iolo

gic

al

ch

ildren

.“I

can

tell

my c

hil

dren

th

ey d

on

’t

need to

fe

ar th

ey w

ill

lose m

e to

breast

can

cer,

” Joli

e s

aid

.Jo

lie d

esc

rib

ed a

several-

stage s

ur-

gic

al

process, th

e m

ain

on

e o

f w

hic

h

is a

n o

perati

on

th

at

can

take u

p t

o

eig

ht

hou

rs a

s t

he b

reast

tissu

e i

s rem

oved a

nd t

em

porary fi

llers a

re

put

in p

lace.

“You w

ake u

p w

ith

drain

tubes

an

d

expan

ders

in y

our b

reast

s. I

t does

feel

like a

scen

e o

ut

of

a s

cie

nce fi

cti

on

film

. B

ut

days a

fter s

urgery y

ou c

an

be b

ack

to a

norm

al li

fe,”

Joli

e w

rote

.

Th

e fi

nal

ph

ase of

the process

involv

ed r

econ

structi

on

of

the b

reast

s w

ith

im

pla

nts

, sh

e

said

, ad

din

g:

“Th

ere h

ave b

een

man

y a

dvan

ces i

n

this

procedure i

n t

he l

ast

few

years

an

d t

he r

esult

s c

an

be b

eauti

ful.”

Joli

e said

P

itt

has been

a h

uge

source o

f support.

“Brad w

as

at

the P

ink

Lotu

s B

reast

C

en

ter,

wh

ere I

was

treate

d, fo

r e

very

min

ute

of

the s

urgerie

s,”

sh

e s

aid

, addin

g th

at

“w

e m

an

aged to

fi

nd

mom

en

ts t

o l

augh

togeth

er.

”Joli

e s

aid

sh

e h

as o

nly

sm

all

scars

aft

er t

he o

rdeal, w

ith

noth

ing a

larm

-in

g f

or h

er c

hil

dren

to s

ee.

“On

a p

erson

al

note

, I

do n

ot

feel

an

y less

of

a w

om

an

. I

feel em

pow

ered

that

I m

ade a

str

on

g c

hoic

e t

hat

in

no w

ay d

imin

ish

es m

y f

em

inin

ity.”

Joli

e,

on

e o

f th

e w

orld

’s h

igh

est-

paid

perfo

rm

ers, said

th

e c

ost

of

get-

tin

g t

este

d f

or B

RC

A1 a

nd a

noth

er

fault

y g

en

e,

call

ed B

RC

A2,

is m

ore

than

$3,0

00 in

th

e U

nit

ed S

tate

s a

nd

that

this

“rem

ain

s an

obsta

cle

fo

r

man

y w

om

en

”.S

he s

aid

sh

e h

opes w

om

en

liv

ing

un

der t

he t

hreat

of

can

cer w

ill

be

able

to g

et

teste

d.

“Lif

e c

om

es w

ith

man

y c

hall

en

ges.

Th

e o

nes t

hat

sh

ou

ld n

ot

scare u

s are t

he o

nes w

e c

an

take o

n a

nd t

ake

con

trol

of,”

Joli

e w

rote

.B

rit

ish

Foreig

n S

ecreta

ry W

illi

am

H

ague,

wh

o h

as b

een

work

ing w

ith

Joli

e i

n t

he p

ast

few

mon

ths i

n h

er

role

as U

N s

pecia

l envoy f

or r

efu

gee

issu

es to

h

igh

ligh

t th

e proble

m of

sexual

vio

len

ce i

n c

on

flic

t, s

aid

sh

e

was a

“brave l

ady”.

Hagu

e an

d Joli

e vis

ited R

wan

da

an

d D

em

ocrati

c R

epubli

c o

f C

on

go in

March

an

d s

uccessfu

lly join

ed f

orces

at

a m

eeti

ng o

f G

8 fi

nan

ce m

inis

ters

last

mon

th to

w

in a ple

dge to

act

again

st

the u

se o

f rape a

s a

weapon

of

war.

“S

he’s

a cou

rageou

s la

dy,

a very

profe

ssio

nal

lady. S

he’s

don

e a

lot

of

work

wit

h m

e i

n r

ecen

t m

on

ths a

nd

travell

ed w

ith

me t

hrough

som

e d

iffi

-cult

pla

ces in

th

e C

on

go,”

Hague t

old

S

ky N

ew

s t

ele

vis

ion

.“S

he gave n

o sig

n th

at

sh

e w

as

un

dergoin

g s

uch

treatm

en

t. S

he’s

a

very b

rave l

ady n

ot

on

ly t

o c

arry o

n

wit

h h

er w

ork

so w

ell

du

rin

g s

uch

treatm

en

t, a

lso t

o w

rit

e a

bout

it n

ow

an

d t

alk

about

it.

Sh

e’s

a b

rave l

ady

an

d w

ill

be a

n i

nspir

ati

on

to m

an

y.”

AF

P

Ang

elin

a Jo

lie: I

had

doub

le m

aste

ctom

y

PLU

S |

WE

DN

ES

DAY

15

MAY

201

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11TRAVEL

Dan Brown’s follow-up to The Da Vinci Code finds hidden messages in the work of Dante, providing rich pickings for eager modern conspiracy theorists.

By Tom Kington

As he expertly navigated the labyrinthine corridors of Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, Eugenio Giani claimed he

had no doubts about Dan Brown. “Tourism is down in Florence by 10 percent, and if this new book does well, we will get that 10 percent back,” he said,

Giani, a quintessentially elegant Florentine and the head of the city council, is eagerly awaiting the release of Inferno, Dan Brown’s take on Florence and Dante Alighieri – the 13th-century local poet whose Divine Comedy helped define the Italian lan-guage as Chaucer did English.

Now Brown is set to do for Dante what he did for Leonardo da Vinci, when he turned the Italian polymath into a magnet for conspiracy theorists in 2003, selling more than 80 million copies of The Da Vinci Code.

Fans can expect Brown’s protago-nist, academic Robert Langdon, to find hidden, deadly meanings in Dante’s description of his descent into hell in the Divine Comedy, while a pre-view chapter released before publica-tion wastes no time sending a female assassin to try to kill Langdon in the shadow of Palazzo Vecchio, the crenel-lated centrepiece to the city which was once used by the Medicis and is now home to Florence’s city council. “Dante experts have warned me to beware of Brown, but I am not afraid – it is

important that people get interested in Dante, then they can figure out what is true or false,” said Giani, who is head of Italy’s Dante Society.

That optimism was echoed by Silvano Fei, who runs the city’s Dante museum, which draws 60,000 visitors a year. “The important thing about this book is that people talk about Dante,” he said.

Dante wrote his three-part master-piece, in which he visits hell, purgatory and paradise, when he was exiled from Florence after finding himself on the wrong side in one of the city’s complex factional fall-outs.

He took with him the memory of mosaics located in the baptistry of the city’s cathedral – still visible today — which depict a scary, horned Satan munching on souls in the underworld.

It is visions such as these that show how Florence was made for Brown, said Giani, taking me on a tour around Palazzo Vecchio’s complex network of passageways to prove his point. “Labyrinthine corridors were part of Florence’s culture of secrets,” he said as we passed the office that Machiavelli once worked in, before we ducked into a room lined with 16th-century maps. Pressing on the map of Armenia, a secret door swings open, revealing a passageway leading to a grille through which the enormous Room of the 500 can be glimpsed. “Cosimo I, the Medici grand duke, used this to spy on people meeting in the hall,” said Giani.

In the hall, a huge 16th-century fresco by Giorgio Vasari is believed

by researchers to conceal The Battle of Anghiari, a lost masterpiece by Da Vinci. But efforts last year to drill through to find it were halted after protests from academics. “Jealousies between experts,” muttered Giani. Beyond such mysteries, fans of Brown’s Inferno heading for Florence to discover traces of Dante will be well catered for, since quotes from the Divine Comedy referring to streets that have not changed for 600 years are placed on plaques around the city.

“You must live the city to find Dante, the Divine Comedy is literally written across the town,” said Giani.

Yards from Palazzo Vecchio, in the stump of a 14th-century tower, sits the Dante Society, which published the definitive modern edition of the Divine Comedy in 1921. Paola Allegretti, one of the society’s experts, said Dante and Hollywood had crossed paths before. “Anthony Hopkins visits the society in the film Hannibal to study a Dante sonnet in which the woman he loves eats his heart in a dream,” she said. Entering the society’s hushed library, Allegretti reached for a copy of the Divine Comedy and read out a passage from Inferno: “Oh you, who have clear minds, take note of the meaning that conceals itself under the veil of clouded verse!”

“Dante really wants us to find hid-den meanings in his work,” she said. “He had a great sense of humour and was deliberately vague to encourage mysteries. He would have loved Dan Brown.”

A renowned Da Vinci expert, who has spent years tackling some of the more far-fetched theories about the man and his most famous work, the Mona Lisa, which were spawned by The Da Vinci Code, advised Dante scholars to be cautious: “To have a historical figure like Da Vinci living in contem-porary minds is a great privilege and Brown has played a role in that,” said Martin Kemp. “However, he set lots of hares racing and I have had to deal with the ‘Leonardo loonies’ who see alliga-tors in the background of the Mona Lisa and hidden codes everywhere.”

Outside the baptistry, souvenir seller Stefano Obe said that he had no prob-lem with a few inaccuracies. “What with the crisis, the tourists keep com-ing but are spending less and less,” he said. “This book sounds like welcome news.” The Guardian

ROOM WITH A VIEWFlorence is the unbilled star of

the 1985 Merchant Ivory film of EM Forster’s 1908 novel about an Englishwoman’s first kiss. Helena Bonham Carter’s character takes in Dante’s tomb in the Basilica of Santa Croce and faints in Piazza della Signoria, just outside Palazzo Vecchio.

TEA WITH MUSSOLINIFranco Zeffirelli’s 1999 depiction

of a circle of British and American women is set in Florence during the second world war. It features the haven of the English Cemetery, in Piazzale Donatello.

HANNIBALApart from visiting the headquar-

ters of the Dante Society in this follow up to Silence of the Lambs, Anthony Hopkins’s serial cannibal presents a paper on Dante to schol-ars at Palazzo Vecchio before hang-ing an Italian policeman from the balcony.

PORTRAIT OF A LADYIn this 1996 film adaptation of the

Henry James novel, directed by Jane Campion, Nicole Kidman plays an American free thinker who travels to Florence, where she is seduced by John Malkovich in the church of Santa Maria del Fiore.

Dan Brown’s Inferno:Florence hopes for a tourism miracle

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Portrait of Dante Alighieri with details of Florence and the allegory of the Divine Comedy, painted in 1465.

Palazzo Vecchio

FLORENCE ON FILM

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7. If you have a “wipe your phone” feature, you should set it up

Features such as Find My iPhone, Android Lost or BlackBerry Protect allow you to remotely to erase all your personal data, should your device be lost or stolen. “Absolutely, set it up,” advises Derek Halliday of mobile security specialist Lookout. “In the case where your phone is gone for good, having a wipe feature can protect your information from falling into the wrong hands. Even if you didn’t have the foresight to sign up, many wipe your phone features can be implemented after the fact.”

8. Only shop online on secure sitesBefore entering your card details, always ensure

that the locked padlock or unbroken key symbol is showing in your browser, cautions industry advisory body Financial Fraud Action UK. Additionally the beginning of the online retailer’s internet address will change from “http” to “https” to indicate a connec-tion is secure. Be wary of sites that change back to http once you’ve logged on.

9. Don’t assume banks will pay you backBanks must refund a customer if he or she has

been the victim of fraud, unless they can prove that the customer has acted “fraudulently” or been “grossly negligent”. Yet as with any case of fraud, the matter is always determined on an individual basis. “Anecdotally, a customer who has been a victim of a phishing scam by unwittingly providing a fraudster with their account details and passwords only to be later defrauded could be refunded,” explains Michelle Whiteman, spokesperson for the Payments Council, an industry body. “However, were they to fall victim to the same fraud in the future, after their bank had educated them about how to stay safe, it is possible a subsequent refund won’t be so straightforward. Under payment services regulations, the onus is on the payment-service provider to prove that the customer was negligent, not vice versa. Credit card protection is provided under the Consumer Credit Act and offers similar protection.” These policies are for UK, it will change from country to country.

10. Ignore pop-upsPop-ups can contain malicious software which

can trick a user into verifying something. “[But if and when you do], a download will be performed in the background, which will install malware,” says Sidaway. “This is known as a drive-by download. Always ignore pop-ups offering things like site sur-veys on e-commerce sites, as they are sometimes where the malcode is.”

11. Be wary of public Wi-FiMost Wi-Fi hotspots do not encrypt information

and once a piece of data leaves your device headed for a web destination, it is “in the clear” as it trans-fers through the air on the wireless network, says Symantec’s Sian John. “That means any ‘packet sniffer’ [a program which can intercept data] or malicious individual who is sitting in a public des-tination with a piece of software that searches for data being transferred on a Wi-Fi network can inter-cept your unencrypted data. If you choose to bank online on public Wi-Fi, that’s very sensitive data you

are transferring. We advise either using encryption [software], or only using public Wi-Fi for data which you’re happy to be public - and that shouldn’t include social network passwords.”

12. Run more than one email accountThinking about having one for your bank and other

financial accounts, another for shopping and one for social networks. If one account is hacked, you won’t find everything compromised. And it helps you spot phishing emails, because if an email appears in your shopping account purporting to come from your bank, for example, you’ll immediately know it’s a fake.

13. Macs are as vulnerable as PCsMake no mistake, your shiny new MacBook Air

can be attacked too. It’s true that Macs used to be less of a target, simply because criminals used to go after the largest number of users - ie Windows - but this is changing. “Apple and Microsoft have both added a number of security features which have significantly increased the effectiveness of security on their software,” says Sidaway, “but determined attackers are still able to find new ways to exploit users on almost any platform.”

14. Don’t store your card details on websitesErr on the side of caution when asked if you want

to store your credit card details for future use. Mass data security breaches (where credit card details are stolen en masse) aren’t common, but why take the risk? The extra 90 seconds it takes to key in your details each time is a small price to pay.

15. Add a DNS service to protect other devicesA DNS or domain name system service converts

a web address (a series of letters) into a machine-readable IP address (a series of numbers). You’re probably using your ISP’s DNS service by default, but you can opt to subscribe to a service such as OpenDNS or Norton ConnectSafe, which redirect you if you attempt to access a malicious site, says Sian John. “This is helpful for providing some secu-rity (and parental control) across all the devices in your home including tablets, TVs and games con-soles that do not support security software. But they shouldn’t be relied upon as the only line of defence, as they can easily be bypassed.”

16. Enable two-step verificationIf your email or cloud service offers it - Gmail,

Dropbox, Apple and Facebook do - take the trouble to set this up. In addition to entering your password, you are also asked to enter a verification code sent via SMS to your phone. In the case of Gmail you only have to enter a fresh code every 30 days or when you log on from a different computer or device. So a hacker might crack your password, but without the unique and temporary verification code should not be able to access your account.

17. Lock your phone and tablet devicesKeep it locked, just as you would your front door.

Keying in a password or code 40-plus times a day might seem like a hassle but, says Lookout’s Derek Halliday, “It’s your first line of defence.” Next-generation devices, however, are set to employ fin-gerprint scanning technology as additional security.

18. Be careful on auction sitesOn these sites in particular, says Symantec’s Sian

John, exercise vigilance. “Check the seller feedback and if a deal looks too good then it may well be,” she says. “Keep your online payment accounts secure by regularly changing your passwords, checking the bank account to which it is linked and consider hav-ing a separate bank account or credit card for use on them, to limit any potential fraud still further.”

19. Lock down your Facebook accountFacebook regularly updates its timeline and pri-

vacy settings, so it is wise to monitor your profile, particularly if the design of Facebook has changed. Firstly, in the privacy settings menu, under “who can see my stuff?” change this to “friends” (be warned: setting this to “friends of friends” means that, according to one Pew study, on average you are sharing information with 156,569 people). Also in privacy, setting “limit old posts” applies friends-only sharing to past as well as future posts. Thirdly, disable the ability of other search engines to link to your timeline.

You should also review the activity log, which shows your entire history of posts and allows you to check who can see them. Similarly, you should look at your photo albums and check you’re happy with the sharing settings for each album. In the future you may want to consider building “lists” - subsets of friends, such as close friends and family, who you might want to share toddler photographs with, rather than every Tom, Dick and Harriet.

Also, remove your home address, phone number, date of birth and any other information that could used to fake your identity. Similarly you might want to delete or edit your “likes” and “groups” - the more hackers know about you, the more convincing a phishing email they can spam you with. Facebook apps often share your data, so delete any you don’t use or don’t remember installing. Finally, use the “view as” tool to check what the public or even a particular individual can see on your profile, continue to “edit” and adjust to taste. If this all sounds rather tedious, you just might prefer to permanently delete your account.

20. Remember you’re human after allWhile much of the above are technical solutions

to prevent you being hacked and scammed, hacking done well is really the skill of tricking human beings, not computers, by preying on their gullibility, taking advantage of our trust, greed or altruistic impulses. Human error is still the most likely reason why you’ll get hacked. The Guardian

Continuing from yesterday, here are the rest of tips from experts to beat the fraudsters.

Keeping your web ID safe from hackers

COMICS & MORE 13

Hoy en la HistoriaMay 15, 1928

1957: Britain detonated its first hydrogen bomb, on Christmas Island1988: The Soviet Union withdrew the first of its estimated 115,000 forces from Afghanistan after nine years of occupation1996: Right-wing leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee became India’s first Hindu nationalist prime minister2003: Nine people were killed in clashes between Kurds and Arabs in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk

Australia’s Flying Doctor service was launched in the state of Queensland, and flew over 20,000 miles in 50 flights in the first year alone

Picture: Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS

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

ALBENIZ, BACH, BARTOK, BEETHOVEN, BELLINI, BERLIOZ,BIZET, BORODIN, BRAHMS, BRITTEN, BRUCKNER, BYRD,CHOPIN, COUPERIN, DEBUSSY, DELIUS, DVORAK, ELGAR,FAURE, GRIEG, HANDEL, HAYDN, HOLST, LISZT, MAHLER,MENDELSSOHN, MONTEVERDI, MOZART, PAGANINI,PROKOFIEV, PUCCINI, PURCELL, RAVEL, ROSSINI, RUBINSTEIN,SCARLATTI, SATIE, SCHUBERT, SCRIABIN, SIBELIUS, VERDI,VIVALDI, WAGNER.

Baby Blues by Jerry Scott and Rick Kirkman

Zits by Dennis Young and Denis Lebrun

Hagar The Horrible by Chris Browne

LEARNARABIC

Polite words

Masculine Feminine Meaning

Low samah’t Low samah’ti Would you please

Min Fadlak Minfadhlik I beg your pardon

Shukran Shukran Thank you

Ana Aasif Ana Aasifa Sorry

Af’wan Af’wan Sorry/Pardon

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How to play Hyper Sudoku:A Hyper Sudoku

Puzzle is solved

by filling the

numbers from 1

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cells. A Hyper

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7 A nerd has a low one

15 Side effect or ride effect?

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21 One goes along the 38th parallel, briefly

22 Protective zoo feature

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45 Leave

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53 Chao of George W. Bush’s cabinet

54 Characteristic of salts

55 Try to get off the straight and narrow

56 Thriller killer?

57 Pulling together, say

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with the flow

2 Like many a juke joint

3 Good place to lay down arms

4 Subject of I.R.S. Form 8949

5 It’s noble

6 Natural Bridges State Beach locale

7 Fee

8 Some classic theaters

9 Around

10 Reply to “Really?”

11 Tan in a bookstore

12 Material for a slag furnace

13 Hard-to-remove stain

14 Chain serving Torpedoes and Bullets

24 It’s deposited in drops

25 Betray dejection

27 Roars

28 Drops off, with “out”

31 About whom Obama said “He is a jackass. But he’s talented”

32 New circulator of 2002

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34 Breaks

35 Nice country house

36 They bear arms

37 Preprandial performance

38 Big Chilean export

39 Focus of some fairs

40 Ordered

42 Obfuscates

43 Mexican motel

45 Ushered

48 Simple gymnastics move

50 One way to direct a helm

52 Casino spot

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

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

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

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Hey’Ya: Arab Women in Sport When: March 7-Jun 16 Monday–Thursday, Saturday: 9am-8pmFriday; 3pm-9pm (Sunday closed)Where: QMA Gallery, Bldg 10 What: The Qatar Museums Authority will exhibit ‘Hey’Ya: Arab Women in Sport’ at QMA Gallery in Katara Cultural Village. The exhibition was first held in London during the 2012 Olympic Games. The exhibit originated in Qatar, beginning at the Arab Games’ Athletes Village in December 2011, where photographer Brigitte and documentary maker Marian Lacombe set up an outdoor studio, working with female athletes. They then travelled to 20 Arab countries from the Gulf to North Africa, documenting images and videos of 70 Arab sportswomen. Free entry

My Journeys Through Yemen — Moudhi Al HajriWhen: Until May 25; 10am-10pm Where: Katara Gallery - Bldg 22

What: Moudhi Al Hajri is one of the most interesting Qatari photographers today, her drive and passion for photography as a form of art, and as a medium that allows her to engage with the world she inhabits, is heartfelt and deep. Her photography is extremely compelling and uses her camera to engage with the world at large and its peoples, in many cases even to give them a voice. The exhibition is an attempt to share her involvement with Yemen. Tickets: Free

Designed To WinWhen: Until June 23; 10am-10pm Where: Katara - Bldg 3 What: Katara Exhibition in Collaboration with the Design Museum in London.Designed to Win celebrates ways in which design and sport are combined, pushing the limits of human endeavour to achieve records and victories of increasing significance and wonder. There will be an extensive educational programme and visiting artists’ talks complementing the expo.Free entry

DisconnectWhen: May 12-15, 6pm-9pm (Check timings on website)Where: Drama Theater, Building 16 What: A teenage loner and talented musician is bullied by his peers. A man loses his savings; his wife is a victim of identity theft. A journalist puts her interview subject in danger. And all of this happens online. ‘Disconnect’ takes a look at the underside of the Internet.Tickets: Tickets on sale now at dohafilminstitute.com or in person at the DFI Ticket Outlets. (Select hours only). See dohafilminsititue.com for more information.

Events in Qatar MEDIA SCAN

• Some parents are demanding that the Supreme Education Council (SEC) provide students of all levels with sample question papers from past national examinations so that they can use them in exercises and familiarise themselves with the exams.

• There are complaints about agencies providing housemaids increasing the maids’ recruiting cost to as much as QR13,000, and the monthly salary to QR1,200.

• Several owners of livestock farms have urged the Ministry of Environment to renew the licences of their farms for three years instead of one year as all of them are complying with the rules laid down by the ministry.

• The authorities concerned have been urged to strictly monitor people travelling to and from countries where cases of the deadly coronavirus have been detected, as more people travel during summer and the month of Ramadan for the Umra pilgrimage.

• Parents have urged the SEC to reconsider the timing of the last term examinations, as schools are unable to cover the whole curriculum within the allocated time.

• Many people coming to Aspire for sports activities bring water bottles with them and throw them away in the wrong places. This may be because of lack of any facility for providing drinking water in the park.

• Some residents of Al Wakra have demanded that the authorities concerned issue licences for setting up new fuel stations in order to ease crowding following the closure of one fuel station.

• Patients in private hospitals and clinics covered by health insurance are complaining about doctors asking them to undergo unnecessary medical tests.

• The authorities concerned have been urged to support and encourage traditional Qatari restaurants so that visitors and tourists can discover Qatar’s culinary traditions and different types of Qatari food.

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Camel riders at Al Zubarah Fort.

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Man who charged at South Africa elephant sacked

A South African safari firm said they had sacked a guide who caused an

Internet storm when video of him drunkenly charging an ele-phant went viral.

The Singita Game Reserve said the man, initially thought to be a tourist, was in fact an off-duty field guide and was “no longer employed by the reserve.”

It added that “further discipli-nary procedures are in progress with regard to others involved.”

The footage, posted on wild-life site Latest Sightings (www.latestsightings.com), showed a clearly inebriated man charging towards the startled animal.

With friends cheering and encouraging him, the man runs at the elephant, which initially swings its trunk towards him, but soon beats a retreat.

“We cannot stress enough that the behaviour displayed in this video completely con-tradicts Singita’s guiding ethos and values toward conservation and wildlife preservation,” the reserve said.

AFP