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1 WEDNESDAY 20 AUGUST The Expendables 3: Oldies get a chance to flex some muscle P 8-9 inside FOOD Judy Joo brings Korean flavours to home cooks P 5 ARCHAEOLOGY Unearthing Julafar Settlement in Ras Al Khaimah P 6 WHEELS Japanese, foreign automakers join forces on new sports cars P 7 HEALTH Does vitamin D help with asthma? More study needed Soon colleges will begin their new academic year and thousands of young adults will be heading to their new home: The college dorm. Here are a few tips to make the dorm life better. TIPS FOR HAPPY DORM LIFE P 11 TECHNOLOGY Flappy Bird creator returns with Swing Copters game P 12 LEARN ARABIC Learn commonly used Arabic words and their meanings P 13

2 2 PLUS WEDNESDAY 20 AUGUST 2014 COVER STORY 10 Prerequisites for a happy dorm life By Jessica Contrera 1. Plan with your roommate. Don't be the pair that ends up with two mini fridges and two TVs. Talk about what you need to bring, whether you want to coordinate your decor and what the expectations are for how your room will be used. If you both want your room to be a place where others hang out, you'll want pillows for sitting on the floor. If your roommate goes to bed early, you ll want a desk lamp that you can use to keep working when the lights are off. The best roommate relationships are grounded in communication, said Stephanie Lynch, assistant dean for residential living at Georgetown University. Start the conversation before you arrive on campus. 2. Don't buy it all before you arrive. As tempting as it is to buy every bright-coloured dorm room must-have advertised, contain yourself. Find the basics, then see what you need when you get to your room. If you don't wait, you risk buying items that don t work in your space. 3. Buy furniture that can be used in multiple ways. As you know (or will very soon discover), dorm rooms are notoriously small. Don t clutter yours with furniture. Anything bulky you bring into the space should always be multifunctional, said Stephanie Hayman, chief product officer at Dormify, a dorm decorating blog and retailer. One of the easiest multiuse pieces is an ottoman, which can serve as storage, seating, a coffee table or a mini-desk if you sit on the floor. 4. Clean first. Dorm rooms are a cesspool of germs. One of the best ways to avoid getting sick from living in close quarters is to keep yourself and your space clean. When you first arrive, make sure you clean the floor, under the mattress and in the sink if you have one, said Robin Wilson, an interior designer who focuses on eco-friendly cleanliness. Before you bring in your things, make sure all the dust that might have been sitting there for five years is completely gone. Quick cleaning tips for surviving the rest of the year: Carry hand sanitizer, wash your sheets twice a month and keep disinfecting wipes in your room. 5. Then rearrange your furniture. After cleaning your new room, consider its layout. It's easier to move the furniture around before you have all of your clothes, books, pillows and such in there, said Liz Gray, a senior editor at HGTV.com. A few space-making options Gray suggests are lofting your bed, moving your dresser into the closet and putting your desk back-to-back with your roommate's. The best roommate relationships are grounded in communication. Start the conversation before you arrive on campus. The most common conflicts in residence halls occur when roommates don t communicate.

3 PLUS WEDNESDAY 20 AUGUST Transform vertical space into storage space. Another tip for saving space from Dormify: Your front door, closet doors and bathroom door can all become storage spaces with over-the-door hooks and shoe racks, Hayman said. You can also use adhesive hooks along your walls to hang coats, scarves, purses and other small accessories. Less clutter equals more room to hang out with new friends. 7. Buy small necessities in bulk. Most campuses don't allow freshmen to have a car on campus, which makes it difficult to shop anywhere other than dining halls and expensive university bookstores. Before Mom and Dad head back home, consider stopping at a bulk discount retailer to stock up on items you know you ll be using all semester, including snacks, pens and toiletries. 8. Decide what you want to share. Lynch says the most common conflicts Georgetown sees in its residence halls occur when roommates don't communicate. Think about whether you are okay with your roommate eating your snacks, using your cosmetic products or borrowing your clothes. Do you want him or her to ask first? Whatever your preference, make it clear. 9. Beware the bathroom. You already know to wear shower shoes into those dreaded communal bathrooms, but have you thought about protecting your toothbrush? It's easy for someone next to you to splash dirty water on your toothbrush while they wash their face, Wilson said. Try clip-on toothbrush sanitizers, which usually come in a two-pack, for easy germ avoidance. Remember to wash out your shower caddy often, too. Again: Sickness is coming for you when you live with dozens of other people. By taking steps to avoid it, you lessen your chances of having to miss class (or that spring break trip). 10. Keep your desk clear. Gray recommends not setting anything on your desk that you don't use every day, like your phone charger, laptop and writing tools. That way, you'll always be ready to study. You are at college to learn, after all. WP-Bloomberg

4 4 PLUS WEDNESDAY 20 AUGUST 2014 COMMUNITY / MARKETPLACE Mashreq Qatar wins Best Consumer Internet Bank award M ashreq Qatar has won the award for Best Consumer Internet Bank in Qatar from Global Finance magazine this year. This marks the sixth consecutive year that Mashreq Qatar has won plaudits for its state-of-the-art online technology that offers seamless and secure access to clients 24 hours a day, seven days a week, from their choice of location. The award was conferred to the Bank by a panel of independent judges at Infosys, a global leader in consulting, technology and outsourcing. Banks in this category were reviewed for criteria including strength of online site design, functionality, product offerings, evidence of demonstrable customer benefits and overall strategy for attracting and servicing customers with the best online experience available. Niranjan Mendonca, Head of Retail Banking, Mashreq Qatar commented, This unprecedented win is testament to our tireless dedication to innovation and the fulfilment of our promise to offering our signature top-quality personalised service to our customers at the comfort of their fingertips, safely and securely. Our online banking features can also be experienced via Snapp- our comprehensive and integrated mobile platform that has transformed banking on the move in the region. MashreqOnline offers free international money transfers, a quick account opening process, the ability to invest in and track multiple accounts and term deposits, utility payments, and managing Salaam Rewards points, to name a few. Snapp is available to download at the Apple store, Windows Phone and Google Play store. Besides offering MashreqOnline at your fingertips, it also features the high level of security with authentication through one time password and SMS notifications. The Peninsula BPS marks World Humanitarian Day W orld Humanitarian Day was celebrated in the Birla Public School summer camp Chill The Summer The parents were invited for the second presentation of the camp, where they were given badges in support of the noble cause. The camp incharge Rakesh Verma spoke about the heroic aid workers who rush bravely to help people in need, and their sacrifices. He also stressed about the need to recognize the millions of people who count on humanitarian workers for their very survival. World Humanitarian Day is an opportunity to celebrate the spirit that inspires humanitarian work around the globe. It is the day to recognize FROM LEFT. Binesh Tamang, President, Nepal Non Resident Federation of Indigenous Nationalities, Qatar, Nihas Abdul Majeed, Public Relations Department, Ministry of Interior, Lt Riyadh, Traffic Department, Ministry of Interior, Maj Hamad Mohammed Al Muhannadi, Community Policing Department, Ganesh Prasad Dhakal, Acting Ambassador, Embassy of Nepal, Maksud Alam, President, Non Resident Nepalese Association, Qatar, Maha S Elnashar, Director, Center for Cultural Competence in Healthcare, Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, and Huda A Abdelrahim, Associate Specialist, the Center For Cultural Competence In Healthcare, Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar during the 20th International Day of the World Indigenous People organised by Nepal Non Resident Federation of Indigenous Nationalities (NNFIN-Qatar), at Holiday Villa recently. PMG held a programme to mark the Pakistan Independence Day on August 14. Chief Guest at the function was Asghar Ali Umar, General Manager of King Sweets. There was a cake cutting ceremony which was attended by Nazakat Ali Khan, Mujeeb, Javed Iqbal, Amer Butt, Fardan Ali Khan and Shoaib Ali Khan. those who face danger and adversity in order to help others. The day was designated by the United Nations General Assembly to coincide with the anniversary of the 2003 bombing of the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq. A special Hindi prayer song was played for this occasion. The Peninsula

5 FOOD PLUS WEDNESDAY 20 AUGUST Judy Joo brings Korean flavours to home cooks By Richard Leong R iding the wave of global popularity of Korean cuisine, chef Judy Joo travels around her parents homeland and adopts kimchi, pickled cabbage, and other local dishes for home cooks on her Cooking Channel TV show Korean Food Made Simple. Joo, a former Wall Street bond salesperson, will open her first restaurant, Jinjuu, in London later this year. The two-floor, 100-seat eatery, whose name means pearl in Korean, will showcase Korean and American street food. It will be a departure from the upscale tasting menus of the Playboy Club London, where she spent nearly three years as executive chef. The 39-year-old New Jersey native spoke about her love of food, her career change and why Koreans have separate refrigerators for kimchi. What can viewers learn from your show? It s about me travelling throughout Korea, to the south to the beaches, to the city to eat some street food... gathering inspirations and taking them back to my home kitchen and cooking recipes that are simple and easy for the home cook. When did you know you no longer wanted to sell bonds? I just realized I didn t have a passion for it. All of my free time in the weekends I was really excited to pick up food magazines and figure out what new restaurants opened up, what hot chefs were doing, and keeping up with the pulse of the restaurant world as opposed to the pulse of Wall Street. Did you have regrets about your career change? I was making a fraction of what I made in the financial world. The hours are awful. You are working Saturday night... I try not to glamorize it because it is a lot of hard work. But if you work hard, the money will come. For people already familiar with kimchi, what is another Korean ingredient you recommend to the American home cook? Gochujang (a Korean chili paste) is a product of wonder. There is no reason why it can t be the next Sriracha or ketchup. I m using it in all areas of my cooking. It s not just heat. It s spiced with deep complex flavours that come from the fermentation process. Do you make your own kimchi? A: I don t make my own on a regular basis because it really smells. I don t want to make my refrigerator reek. That s why Koreans have kimchi refrigerators. Reuters Cucumber Kimchi Four servings Ingredients 1 pound (454 grams) small Korean, Persian or Kirby cucumbers 1 tablespoon kosher salt or sea salt 4 scallions or spring onions, chopped into 2- to 3-inch pieces (5- to 7 1/2-centimeters) 1 medium onion, roughly chopped 1 small clove garlic 1-inch (21/2-centimeter) piece ginger 2 tablespoons water 1 tablespoon Korean chili flakes (gochugaru), or to taste 1 tablespoon sugar 1 tablespoon salted shrimp (saewoo jut) 15 chives, cut into 2-inch (5-centimeter) pieces Method: Using a small knife, cut each cucumber crosswise into 2-inch (5-centimeter) pieces. Stand the pieces on their cut sides. Cut each piece two-thirds of the way down into quarters lengthwise, keeping them attached at the bottom. Sprinkle the cucumbers with salt, making sure to stuff inside the cuts of the cucumbers. Place in a single layer on their cut sides in a glass or other non-reactive dish, cover, and let sit at room temperature for 1 hour to soften. Meanwhile, prepare the chili paste mix. In a food processor combine all of the remaining ingredients except for the chives. Pulse until a coarse paste forms. Stir in the chives. Rinse the salted cucumbers very well under cold water, making sure to evacuate the crevices, and shake dry. Spread open the cucumbers and using plastic gloves, stuff the chili mix into and around each piece generously. Place into a container, packed somewhat tightly, and press in any remaining chili paste and liquid. Seal tightly. Allow the cucumbers to ferment at room temperature for 24 hours. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

6 6 PLUS WEDNESDAY 20 AUGUST 2014 ARCHAEOLOGY Unearthing Julafar settlement in UAE Ming Dynasty ruled China between AD and their ruling appeared to have been characterised by social reforms and stability. Historical records also reveal that Ming Dynasty exported culture and traded mainly in Asia and many other countries all over the world. Chief among its trade was the so-called Ming Dynasty Porcelain, which highly flourished between the end of the sixteenth and the beginning of the seventeenth centuries. This phenomenon seems to be clearly visible during the field survey and in the beginning of excavation at Julafar ruins, when different kinds of Ming Dynasty Porcelain sherds began to appear in fairly good quantities. Moreover, through the course of excavations, unusually large number of pieces of Ming Porcelain Ware began to appear in different depths and levels. This was clear and absolute indications that Julafar was an important redistribution centre in the Arabian Gulf for Ming Dynasty Porcelain. As excavations continued in different parts and directions to a depth of over two meters, more complete and incomplete antiquities were discovered along with contemporary porcelain. Among them, for example, were bronze coins, small glass bottles (perfume containers), knives and other tools made of iron, different kinds of beads made of semi-precious stones, and coloured glass bracelets. In addition to them spindle whorls, terra-cotta figurines, complete storage pottery jars usually with four lugs, pottery pots in form of modern coffee pots were also found. The most important of all the finds, however, were the fourteen pearl beads, which were found together threaded in deteriorated fibre string. As for architectural features a number of rooms built with unshaped soft stones and remnants of mud used as mortar were found after removing the debris, which contained carbonized material and layers of black ashes. At the end of the season, we reached the conclusion that the excavated area consisted of four consecutive habitation levels. They ranged from the fourteenth to beginning of the twentieth century. The people lived here were in general traders and fishermen and were part of the pearling industry in the Arabian Gulf. This unique coastal vast town served through thirteen centuries as re-distributing port for the entire Arabian Gulf up to the Mediterranean Sea, the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean and it was part of the Silk Rood Trade System. At the end of the season, demonstration of the antiquities found during the excavations were made by the writer to Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan and other top officials of the Emirates who were with him at Al Thad Fort located in the desert. The presence of layers of black ash, carbonised material, pieces of crushed stones and gypsum bricks, and cannon balls were good indications that Dr Munir Taha Julafar, the famous coastal town, was often attacked by pirates and foreign ships sailing in the Arabian Gulf waters seeking shelter and consequently control. Continous field survey along the fivekilometres long and over two hundred meters wide settlement indicated that most of its southern parts lie (then) under the seawater. While it s northern parts are deteriorating by high waves and high tides. Consequently, parts of the settlement were devoured by the sea waters and many antiquities completely crushed and scattered on the seashore. In addition to this, the continuous disturbances of the entire settlement area by modern buildings, paved streets, cemetery and many other facilities left the entire area shrank some few hundred square meters by now. The Peninsula

7 WHEELS PLUS WEDNESDAY 20 AUGUST By Shinsuke Ishiguro More leading Japanese automakers are developing new models of their flagship sports cars in collaboration with foreign manufacturers of high-end vehicles. The Japanese companies aim to minimise development costs by sharing the burden with the foreign makers, while also benefiting from the overseas manufacturers brand recognition. But some auto experts have warned this could weaken the originality of the Japanese automakers' own brands and alienate established fans who have favored those brands for many years. In June, Nissan released the Skyline 200 GT-t, a new model in its Skyline sports car line with turbo engines made by Daimler of Germany. The engine was originally made for Mercedez Benz automobiles. Skyline fans have given the new model and its engine a warm reception, and orders have reached about 1,800 units in the two months since its release. This is more than four times Nissan's initial goal. In 2013, Toyota announced joint development with BMW of Germany. At a press conference at the time of the announcement, then Vice Chairman Takeshi Uchiyamada said, We want to make the successor to the Supra. Toyota discontinued sales of its Supra model sports car in Toyota will likely release the new model in 2017 at the earliest. The chassis of a new model Roadster convertible, made by Mazda, is currently under joint development with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, a group operating mainly in the United States and Europe. Fiat Chrysler owns Alfa Romeo as a group company. Mazda is scheduled to announce the Japanese, foreign automakers join forces on new sports cars design of the new model in September. An official at a major Japanese automaker said the domestic market for sports cars is a small market with annual sales of tens of thousands of units at the most. But retail prices per vehicle are high, so foreign automakers have made large profits from sports car sales. Brand recognition has been relatively weak for sports cars produced by Japanese automakers, so the firms had reduced their lineups of such models in favour of developing next-generation hybrids and electric vehicles. But consumers in Japan have bought a smaller number of cars in recent years, and rivals in emerging nations have competed aggressively with Japanese companies in overseas markets. This lead to a growing perception among Japanese automakers that flagship sports car models are essential to revitalise brand recognition, and they have resumed development in this area. However, development costs for sports cars have rapidly ballooned because of stronger regulations on environment-friendly performance and safety technologies. Joint development can minimize development costs and offer other benefits. Nissan Executive Vice President Hiroto Saikawa said, Installing Daimler's technologies can be appealing for luxury car owners. But some in the industry voiced caution. Our company's originality may be lost, a senior Nissan official said. Such joint projects will continue to appear in the future, said automobile analyst Takaki Nakanishi. However, because sports cars strongly reflect each company's originality, it won't be easy to keep pace with partners in development. WP-Bloomberg

8 PLUS WEDNESDAY 20 AUGUST ENTERTAINMENT PLUS WEDNESDAY 20 AUGUST HOLLYWOOD NEWS Gisele globally top-earning model razilian beauty Gisele Bundchen has topped Forbes magazine s list of Bthe highest earning models for the eighth consecutive year. The 34-year-old is said to have earned $47m last year, courtesy her contracts with Chanel, H&M, Carolina Herrera and her deal with shoemaker Grendene, for whom she designed a range of jelly shoes, reports contactmusic.com. Adriana Lima and Doutzen Kroes share the second place on the list with around $8m of earning each, while the oldest model on the list, Kate Moss, 40, came in third place, along with Miranda Kerr, Kate Upton and Liu Wen, who all took home around $7m each. Hilary Rhoda and Alessandra Ambrosio are on the fourth spot with $5m. The list also includes Jourdan Dunn and Cara Delevingne from Britain, on fifth and sixth spot respectively. Delevingne shares the sixth position with Polish model Anja Rubik. There are also Joan Smalls, Candice Swanepoel, Erin Wasson, Erin Hetherton, Lindsey Wixson and Daria Werbowy on the list. BOLLYWOOD NEWS I don t think stars want to work with me: Shagufta Rafique riter Shagufta Rafique, who is now all set to make her debut as a Wdirector, says she has been looking for the right star cast for her debut project but the stars are not interested in working with her. It s been a while now that I have been looking for a star cast. I went to a couple of stars with my script and they are not interested, Shagufta, who scripted hits like Raaz 2 and Murder 2 said. Their mindset is different. I don t think stars want to work with me. I am looking for semi-established stars. I don t want to run behind people. I want to work with people who are interested in working with me, added the writer who started her journey as a bar dancer and then moved on to scriptwriting. Tentatively titled Rose, Shagufta s debut film will be produced by Pooja Bhatt and will go on the floors by October. My film is male oriented, It s an action thriller and both the actor and actress have to be fit as there are a lot of action scenes in it. I am beginning my career with violence, she said. Lady Gaga wants to wed in space inger Lady Gaga wants to Swed actor-boyfriend Taylor Kinney in space in early The 28-year-old singer wants to have a commitment ceremony with Kinney while onboard the Virgin Galactic flight, reports femalefirst.co.uk. Gaga and Taylor want to make a pledge for life, and think the space flight is too big an opportunity to pass up, said a source. It would be typical of her to have the least conventional wedding ever. Of course, it would be a simulated-style marriage as there wouldn t be a priest or religious figure there. But they don t care about convention, it s more about making each other a life-long promise, added the source. While the wedding ceremnoy is yet to take place, the Applause hitmaker is set to perform during a trip to space on the special flight - which will cost $250,000 per seat - and she is looking forward to using the opportunity to spread a message of love. She said: Performing in space is such an honour. I want to challenge myself to come up with something that will not only bring everyone together but will also have a message of love that blasts into the beyond. Jason Statham voted the manliest celeb D eath Race star Jason Statham has been named Britain s celebrity manliest man, beating the likes of David Beckham and Gerard Butler. The 47-year-old, who is dating model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, topped the national survey with an impressive 24 percent of votes, reports femalefirst.co.uk. King Arthur actor Ray Winstone, 57, bagged the second position with 18 percent, while The Dark Knight Rises star Tom Hardy, 36, secured the third place with 10 percent of the votes. Beckham and Butler shared fourth position with eight percent, while Idris Elba followed closely behind with seven percent. Prince William and Simon Cowell found themselves at the bottom of the list with just one percent of the votes. The celebrity list comes ahead of a manliest man competition. Men s Fitness magazine and men s cancer charity Orchid have teamed up with male grooming brand The Bluebeards Revenge to launch a campaign to find Britain s Manliest Man. The Expendables 3: Oldies get a chance to flex some muscle By Stephanie Merry rom the beginning, the Expendables franchise has Fexisted as a way to give formerly popular action stars a chance to once again flex some muscle. The brainchild of Sylvester Stallone, the first movie, in 2010, assembled Dolph Lundgren, Jason Statham and Jet Li, with cameos by Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger. A jaded moviegoer might look at that lineup and see a cast of has-beens desperately trying to stay relevant. But it worked to the tune of $274m. Naturally, sequels would follow, and the latest, The Expendables 3, is yet another chance to see so many vaguely familiar faces and say, Oh yeah. I remember him. With the exception of Willis, all of those original players have returned. But we also get Wesley Snipes, Harrison Ford, Antonio Banderas and Kelsey Grammer. Oh, and Mel Gibson, who hasn t had the opportunity to do much in Hollywood since he made misogynistic and antisemitic comments after getting pulled over for driving under the influence in Given his past indiscretions, Gibson is especially believable as the movie s villain, Stonebanks, even as his dialogue is ridiculously over-the-top. His character was once part of the elite mercenary team known as the Expendables alongside Barney Ross (Stallone), but Stonebanks let greed get the best of him and has since become a weapons dealer with a mansion in Moscow and a cache of pricey artwork. He s also a war criminal, and CIA operative Drummer (Ford) wants the Expendables to capture Stonebanks and bring him to the Hague. Given that this mission is what Barney calls a one-way ticket, he lets go of his old cronies and assembles a team of young and fearless warriors played by, among others, Kellan Lutz from Twilight and real-life mixed martial artist Ronda Rousey. Lutz is hardly a standout thespian, but compared with Rousey he looks like he may one day win a Laurence Olivier Award. Of course, the Expendables franchise isn t about spotlighting the power of youthful and virile action stars; it s about letting older guys prove they ve still got it. So the amateurs get kidnapped and it s up to Stallone and the other oldies but goodies to rescue them. The movie s action sequences are both thrilling and idiotic. One moment you might be holding your breath and the next you re laughing out loud because of how fake it looks when Agent Drummer does figure eights around a smokestack in a helicopter. The characters are, for the most part, invincible. Watching Barney throw Old actors should not retire: Stallone ctor Sylvester Stallone requested ageing stars to drop retirement plans Abecause they owe it to their fans to just keep going. The 68-year-old action star has revived his career with The Expendables franchise and says he has no time for those who opt to quit acting. Age is a state of old mind. It gets to the point when you get old enough you forget how old you are and that s the best thing. You walk around kind of like in a fog. So you really don t know how old you are and it s beautiful, contactmusic.com quoted him as saying. And then you find yourself watching Teletubbies drunk one night! I m not ready to sit at home and play with Pomeranians (dogs) 12 hours a day. So you keep going. Remember, in old vaudeville there was a cane that snatched you off the stage? Well, I m waiting for that until they just hook me off and that s it. Actors don t want to retire. They re usually forced to retire and that s sad because you get better as you get older. You may not remember as much dialogue, but you do remember you re better at it, he added. IANS punches, kickbox, spray enemies with bullets and man an airplane, you might start to wonder whether there s anything this guy can t do. Well, there is one thing: Move his face. Stallone s remarkably smooth mug is frozen in a perma-pout that impedes every line delivery. The movie s best moments come courtesy of Banderas, who plays an acrobatic and exhaustingly gregarious out-of-work mercenary desperate for another chance to do what he loves most, which is killing people. Banderas, who got big laughs at a recent screening for the subtlest of deadpan expressions, also reminds us of all an actor can accomplish when he has control of his facial muscles. The latest in the Expendables franchise is also the longest, clocking in at a little over two hours. That s well beyond anyone s daily dietary requirement for machine gun fire and middling dialogue. Stallone should save some of his material for the practically inevitable fourth movie. After all, Steven Seagal and Kurt Russell need something to do. WP-Bloomberg Abhishek Bachchan in film on kabaddi? A ctor Abhishek Bachchan, who owns Jaipur Pink Panthers, a franchise of the Pro Kabaddi League, may do a full-fledged movie on the sport. It may be too early to talk about the movie, but sources close to the project say it would be as inspirational a film about the game of kabaddi as Chak De! India was for hockey. Abhishek wants to make sure it s the perfect kabaddi film. He s on the lookout for the script, said a source. For now, making kabaddi into a cool game is Abhishek s game-plan. Though he is committed to join his good friend Shah Rukh Khan on their global tour to promote their film Happy New Year September onwards, Abhishek is making the best of the time before the concert tours to promote his kabaddi team at matches all over India. Abhishek makes sure he is physically present to cheer and motivate his kabaddi team, the Jaipur Pink Panthers. There is little point in associating with a team, no matter which game, unless you re physically present to motivate them, said Abhishek. Singham roaring towards `1bn mark R ohit Shetty s Singham Returns has struck gold at the box office and is marching inexorably towards the `1bn-mark. It seems Shetty, known for giving hits like Chennai Express, the Golmaal series and Singham, is set to add one more blockbuster to his list of record-breaking movies. #SinghamReturns Fri 320.9m, Sat 210.5m, Sun 245.5m, Mon 147.8m. Total: (Rs.) 924.7m nett. India biz, tweeted trade analyst Taran Adarsh. Starring Ajay Devgn and Kareena Kapoor, the movie released on Independence Day and has performed well overseas too. The first weekend overseas collection was $2.4m (approximately `145m), read a statement. The film is co-produced by Ajay Devgn Films, Rohit Shetty Productions and Reliance Entertainment.

9 10 PLUS WEDNESDAY 20 AUGUST 2014 ENTERTAINMENT Actor and boyhood fan Peter Capaldi takes over the famous role, travelling in space and time, armed only with his sonic screwdriver as he battles evil, and scares a new generation into hiding behind the sofa Jamie McCrimmon regeneration ill-health Polly Dodo Steven Sara Vicki Susan Ian Barbara granddaughter TIME MACHINE: The TARDIS Time And Relative Dimension In Space. Resembles London police box since chameleon circuit which enables craft to blend into surroundings malfunctioned in first series Clara Oswald Latest companion Rory Williams Amy Pond THE 13 DOCTORS Each incarnation of the Time Lord and his travelling companions Jo Grant The Brigadier (left) featured alongside Doctors 2-7 Victoria Waterfield Ben Liz Shaw Zoe Heriot William Hartnell Matt Smith River Song 13TH DOCTOR Peter Capaldi New face, new personality Donna Noble BEST OF ENEMIES Gallery of monsters Jon Pertwee Patrick Troughton David Tennant Martha Jones THE ACTORS Rose Tyler Sarah-Jane Smith Elisabeth Sladen Mickey Smith Harry Sullivan Leela Tom Baker Peter Davison Christopher Eccleston 2005 Captain Jack Harkness Romana Daleks (first appeared 1963), Silence (2011), arch-nemesis the Master (1971), Weeping Angels (2007), Cybermen (1966) Sources: BBC, tardis.wikia.com Pictures: BBC, Getty Images, Asscociated Press GRAPHIC NEWS Adric Colin Baker K9: Four versions of robotic dog have made an appearance since 1977 Tegan Nyssa Sylvester McCoy Paul McGann 1996 Seal of Rasillon, first Time Lord Turlough Kamelion Peri Brown Mel Bush Ace Grace Holloway John Hurt 2013 Retrospectively added to chronology for 50th anniversary TV special Doctor Who makes spectacular return

10 HEALTH / FITNESS PLUS WEDNESDAY 20 AUGUST New drugs can dissolve kidney stones: Report f you have gone through that excruciating pain Ifrom a kidney stone and are prone to develop more, here comes good news. According to a new study, a class of drugs approved to treat leukemia and epilepsy also may be effective against kidney stones. The drugs are histone deacetylase inhibitors or HDAC inhibitors. Researchers found that two of them - Vorinostat and trichostatin A - lower levels of calcium and magnesium in the urine. Both calcium and magnesium are key components of kidney stones. We are hopeful this class of drugs can dissolve kidney stones because its effects on reducing calcium and magnesium are exclusive to kidney cells, said Jianghui Hou, an assistant professor of medicine at Washington University s school of medicine in St Louis. In the mice, they achieved dramatic effects at a fraction of the dosage used to treat leukemia and without significant side effects. Some people are genetically prone to developing kidney stones and they naturally release too much calcium into the urine. Typically, doctors recommend drinking lots of water to help pass kidney stones from the body. In the new study on mice, Hou and his colleagues showed that small doses of Vorinostat reduced calcium levels in the urine by more than 50 percent and magnesium levels by more than 40 percent. Similar results were noted for trichostatin A. We now want to test the drug in clinical trials for patients with kidney stones, Hou concluded. The research appeared online in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. Sleep apnea may lead to resistant high BP T here is a strong link between severe, untreated obstructive sleep apnea and the risk of elevated blood pressure despite the use of high blood pressure medications, an alarming study indicates. The study involved patients who had cardiovascular risk factors or established heart disease and moderate or severe obstructive sleep apnea. Among participants prescribed at least three antihypertensives including a diuretic, resistant elevated blood pressure was more prevalent in those with severe sleep apnea (58.3 percent) compared with moderate sleep apnea (28.6 percent). Further analysis found that the odds of resistant elevated blood pressure were four times higher in participants with severe, untreated obstructive sleep apnea. Our findings suggest that severe obstructive sleep apnea contributes to poor blood pressure control despite aggressive medication use, said first author Harneet Walia, an assistant professor from Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University. High blood pressure that is resistant to treatment with medications is a strong warning sign for the presence of obstructive sleep apnea - a chronic disease that increases the risk for heart disease and stroke, added Timothy Morgenthaler, president of American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Over one-third of patients with hypertension and nearly eight out of 10 patients with treatment resistant hypertension have obstructive sleep apnea. People who have high blood pressure should talk to a doctor about their risk for sleep apnea, researchers added. The results were published in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. Agencies Does vitamin D help with asthma? More study needed By Janice Neumann Asthma sufferers who received vitamin D supplements for six months, in addition to their regular inhalers, could breathe a little easier than those who relied only on the inhalers, in a recent study in Iran. The researchers say the results - if confirmed by larger studies - might help the many people who sometimes have troublesome asthma symptoms even though they use medication. It does build some on the growing amount of data that shows vitamin D might help those affected by asthma, Dr Mario Castro, who was not involved in the study, said. But Castro, a professor of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, Missouri, pointed out that the researchers only measured patients lung function, and not whether or not their symptoms improved. Given that vitamin D is a relatively benign supplement, the small improvement in lung function would be worthwhile if it was confirmed with other improvements in asthma control, he said, such as fewer symptoms or a reduced need for medication. About one in 12 individuals, or 25 million people, have asthma in the US alone. In the last decade, the number of people with asthma has grown by about 15 percent. Higher rates of asthma in northern climates have led some researchers to suspect that less sunlight and therefore less vitamin D could be playing a role. Several studies have shown a link between low vitamin D levels and asthma. The new study, by Dr Saba Arshi at the Medical University of Tehran and colleagues, involved 130 children and adults with mild-to-moderate asthma. Everyone received asthma medication in a dry powder inhaler (budesonide, sold in the US as Pulmicort, or budesonide plus formoterol, sold in the US as Symbicort). In addition, half the group was randomly chosen to receive high doses of vitamin D for six months. The first dose, 100,000 units, was given by injection; then patients were instructed to take 50,000 units orally once a week. After eight weeks, when the researchers measured the amount of air patients could exhale in one second, both groups had improved to roughly the same extent. But after 28 weeks, that amount had improved by about 20 percent in the patients who received vitamin D supplements, versus about 7 percent among those who only used the inhaler. The authors did not respond to questions about the study, which was published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. Castro thinks the patients in the study weren t particularly deficient in vitamin D. This is another weakness as they enrolled patients with normal vitamin D levels, so (they re) unlikely to see a treatment effect, Castro said. He would not recommend that patients with asthma take vitamin D supplements based on this study and one of his own studies, though his research found some people with deficient levels improved after supplementation. Dr Doug Brugge, a professor of public health and community medicine at Tufts School of Medicine in Boston, said he thought the study added to the field of asthma and vitamin D research. I think it adds some evidence that vitamin D may be beneficial in terms of treating asthma, which in turn contributes some evidence that vitamin D is a factor in asthma, Brugge, who wasn t involved in the study, said. He noted that most asthma research has focused on children, but this one included adults. There really is a need for more research on asthma in adults, he said. But Brugge, who has studied the possible environmental causes of childhood asthma, said the study would have been more convincing if researchers had checked whether patients took their medication as prescribed (other than asking by phone) and included any exposure to environmental triggers of asthma. It leaves a little doubt in my mind... what if the intervention group was adhering to the medication more than the control group? I think it s unlikely but it would have been nice to see that a little more clearly addressed, said Brugge. Adherence is a big problem, said Brugge, referring to medication use in general. Non-adherence is more common than adherence. Brugge too thinks more studies are needed before anyone can assume that vitamin D would help people with asthma. I think it s a reasonable hypothesis and their study and some other studies provide evidence it might be true. But I don t think it s proven yet, said Brugge. SOURCE: bit.ly/xvqh39 Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, online August 2, Reuters

11 12 PLUS WEDNESDAY 20 AUGUST 2014 TECHNOLOGY Flappy Bird creator returns with Swing Copters game Due for release this week, new game opts for vertical scrolling over horizontal, but keeps the punishing difficulty level. By Stuart Dredge Swing Copters is coming, but will it be as big a hit as Flappy Bird? Swing Copters is coming, but will it be as big a hit as Flappy Bird? Flappy Bird was a bona-fide mobile game craze in early 2014, but its popularity led to developer Dong Nguyen removing it from Google and Apple s app stores. Now he s returning with a sequel, of sorts. Nguyen s new game is called Swing Copters, and will be released this week. Mobile game reviews site TouchArcade bagged exclusive news and gameplay footage of the game. According to the report, Swing Copters will be released on August 21 as a free download, with players able to pay $0.99 via in-app purchase to remove advertising from the game. Nguyen has since confirmed on Twitter that the new game will be released for ios and Android devices. How does Swing Copters move on from Flappy Bird s famously-difficult one-tap gameplay? Well, it moves upwards. While Flappy Bird was a horizontally-scrolling game that involved tapping to make its hero flap, Swing Copters scrolls vertically, with players tapping to make a propellor-hatwearing character move from side to side, avoiding platforms and swinging hammers. As you can see from the video footage, Swing Copters hasn t ditched the punishly-tricky gameplay of Flappy Bird. If anything, it looks more difficult, thanks to those swinging hammers. The original Flappy Bird game was released in May 2013 for ios, but downloads took off in early 2014, notching up more than 50m players before Nguyen removed it from the app stores in February. Nguyen found the pressure of success too much to bear. I am sorry Flappy Bird users, 22 hours from now, I will take Flappy Bird down. I cannot take this anymore, he tweeted that month. It is not anything related to legal issues. I just cannot keep it anymore. I also don t sell Flappy Bird, please don t ask. And I still make games. In March, Nguyen gave an interview to Rolling Stone explaining that a combination of paparazzi besieging his parents house and s from parents complaining about the addictive qualities of Flappy Bird had led to his decision to take the game down. After Flappy Bird was taken down, a wave of clones appeared, including tributes to celebrities including Miley Cyrus and London mayor Boris Johnson. In a single 24-hour period in February, 95 Flappy Bird-inspired games were released for ios alone. In April, meanwhile, a game falsely claiming to be an official sequel, Flappy Bird: New Season, flew to the top of Apple s App Store chart. What I did was like magic. It was unexpected. If a lot of people tried to do that again, I think they would fail, Nguyen said on-stage at the Gamelab 2014 conference in July. His own return to the app stores this week seems rather more likely to be a success. The Guardian Microsoft cloud service Azure restored after partial outage icrosoft said it resolved an outage on its Azure Mcloud computing service, which occurred across multiple regions. Partial disruptions began as of 1.40 pm ET on August 18, the company said on the Azure website. Microsoft Azure is a cloud-based platform for creating, deploying and maintaining online applications and services such as websites and web-hosted applications. The service, which is used by governments and corporations around the world, supports various programming languages, tools and frameworks. The company said Azure services such as virtual machines, cloud services, mobile services, service bus, site recovery, HDInsight, websites and Storsimple were down due to interruptions in multiple centres. The core platform components were working properly throughout and only a small subset of customers were affected by the outage, Microsoft said. Google considering YouTube, Gmail accounts for kids, say reports oogle Inc is considering allowing online accounts Gfor children under the age of 13 and give their parents control over how the service is used, according to media reports. Google has been working on a version of YouTube, its video-sharing site, for youngsters and is considering other child-friendly accounts such as its Gmail system, the Financial Times reported, citing a person familiar with the matter. Internet companies such as Google and Facebook Inc do not offer their services to children under 13, but it is tough to catch users who sign up by providing false information. A US law called Children s Online Privacy Protection Act, or COPPA, imposes strict controls on the collection and use of information about children under 13. Google s effort is partly driven by the fact that some parents are already trying to create accounts for their children and the company wants to make the process easier and compliant with the rules, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing a person familiar with the effort. Google s move was first reported by technology news website The Information. Google spokesman Peter Barron declined to comment on what he called rumours and speculation. Tom Hanks typewriter app tops itunes store chart aul Newman mixed salad dressings, David Lynch Pdoes a mean cup of Joe, now Tom Hanks has proven himself the daddy of celebrity sidelines after a typewriter app he helped develop hit No 1 on Apple s itunes Store. Titled Hanx Writer, the app comes in three versions for the ipad, with the basic model available for free download. The Oscar-winning actor said he was inspired by the colourful, charming experience of typing on a real typewriter, complete with satisfying clicks and that unmistakable ding as the machine moves to the next line. In the late 70 s, I bought a typewriter portable enough for world travel and sturdy enough to survive decades of ten-fingered beatings, writes Hanks on the app s intro page. I ve since acquired many more each different in design, action, and sound. Each one stamps into paper a permanent trail of imagination through keys, hammers, cloth and dye a softer version of chiselling words into stone. I write without caring about typeovers, XXXX d out words, goofy syntax, & bad spelling because the feel & sound of a typewriter is satisfying in ways that couldn t be matched. - Until now! Behold, Hanx Writer - the app that provides the ease and speed of an ipad with the sound and pace of a manual typewriter. With Hanx Writer, you ll hear the rhythm of your work with SHOOK SHOOK or FITT- FITT. You can rely on a DELETE key to correct your typos, or turn that off. Be bold and fearless! Despite its old school veneer, Hanx Writer features the ability to , print or share documents, as well as saving them for future revision. Additional versions available for 1.99 (or $2.99 in the US) offer support for saving multiple documents, blue and red ribbon colours and background colours (the Hanx 707) or multiple documents, text alignment and the ability to build title pages with pictures (the Hanx Golden Touch). Hanks developed the app, which works on ipads running ios 7.0 or later, with mobile-development studio Hitcents. Agencies

12 COMICS & MORE PLUS WEDNESDAY 20 AUGUST LEARN ARABIC Body Organs Mouth Tooth Tongue Skin Shoulder Neck Chest Note: ç = a as in agh when surprised Baby Blue Famm Sinn Lisan ild Katif Çounouq adr by Jerry Scott and Rick Kirkman Hoy en la Historia August 20, 2009 At the World Championships in Berlin, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt smashed his 200m world record set at the 2008 Olympics, lowering it from 19.30s to 19.19s 636: In the first great wave of Islamic conquests, Khalid ibn al-walid won control of Syria and Palestine 1988: Iran and Iraq agreed to a ceasefire after eight years of war 1989: George Adamson was murdered by Somalian bandits in Kenya. His wife Joy, who wrote Born Free, about Elsa the lioness, was murdered in : The Baltic republic of Estonia, annexed by the Soviet Union in 1940, declared full independence Picture: Getty Images GRAPHIC NEWS Hagar The Horrible by Chris Browne ALL IN THE MIND Can you find the hidden words? They may be horizontal, vertical, diagonal, forwards or backwards. Zits by Jerry Scott & Jim Borgman ALGERIA, ARGENTINA, AUSTRALIA, BRAZIL, CAMEROON, CHILE, COTE D' IVOIRE, DENMARK, ENGLAND, FRANCE, GERMANY, GHANA, GREECE, HONDURAS, ITALY, JAPAN, KOREA DPR, KOREA REPUBLIC, MEXICO, NETHERLANDS, NEW ZEALAND, NIGERIA, PARAGUAY, PORTUGAL, SERBIA, SLOVAKIA, SLOVENIA, SOUTH AFRICA, SPAIN, SWITZERLAND, UNITED STATES, URUGUAY.

13 14 CROSSWORD PLUS WEDNESDAY 20 AUGUST 2014 ACROSS 1 Latch (onto) 5 Shin-related 11 Mad Men output 14 Premium brand of the Volkswagen Group 15 National color of the Netherlands 16 Blow away 17 Bobbysoxer s footwear 19 Presidential nickname 20 Made a perfect engine sound 21 Draw a breath 23 Toledo Mud Hens class 24 Sleeveless garment 26 I had not thought death had undone so : The Waste Land 28 Mater (the Virgin Mary) 29 Hindu honorific 30 The S.E.C. regulates it 31 Goes fast 33 Gapes 37 Impromptu 40 Bone: Prefix 41 Wished 42 Cliff, 2008 Cy Young Award winner 43 U.P.S. unit: Abbr. 45 One likely to go [hic!] 46 Kadiddlehopper (Red Skelton character) 47 Nestlé bar 51 alai 52 Trap 53 Bad serves 56 Cubs and Eagles org. 57 The signs in the movie Signs 60 Contraction in The Star- Spangled Banner 61 Allude to 62 Modern prefix meaning super 63 Score tally: Abbr. 64 Much H. L. Mencken output 65 Professional filibusterers: Abbr. DOWN 1 Laceration 2 Pig-out party? 3 One that doesn t belong 4 When Armed Forces Day falls 5 Steel- boots 6 Bureau of the Dept. of the Treasury 7, humbug! 8 How French fries are fried 9 Some are secret, and some are special 10 One low in a pantheon 11 Anticipate 12 Certain guitar 13 Win four out of four, say 18 Meadow 22 King killed in the sack of Troy 24 Candy bar brand 25 Line to fill a tire 26 Sushi bar soup 27 Computer downloads, informally 28 Rapper Mos 31 Odontalgia 32 India s Rebellion, CROSSWORDS 34 Who da thought?! 35 Lower end of the strike zone 36 Mushroom piece 38 Scout s job, informally 39 Life 44 N.H.L. s James Memorial Trophy 46 Political assembly 47 Some jazz 48 Many a map of Hawaii 49 Ivan IV and V 50 Old Dodge compacts 51 Shake 53 Conniptions 54 High schooler, typically 55 Ukr., Est. and Lith., once 58 Elhi support grp. 59 Small, low island W O L F O H A R E D A V E E R I E N I N E R E N O S B E L L A L I N E L E G S L I T T L E L E A G U E C C S D E S O X Y G E N A R E O L A F I N E S R E D H E R R I N G S B I G A D A M U N O C O D A T O N R I D I N G M O W E R C O N E S R E E L E D S T R O B E S E A S S E H O O D O R N A M E N T A T A D T E N O N A R A B K A R L I R A T E P A P A E L S E A F T E R E Y E D HYPER SUDOKU How to play Kakuro: The kakuro grid, unlike in sudoku, can be of any size. It has rows and columns, and dark cells like in a crossword. And, just like in a crossword, some of the dark cells will contain numbers. Some cells will contain two numbers. However, in a crossword the numbers reference clues. In a kakuro, the numbers are all you get! They denote the total of the digits in the row or column referenced by the number. Within each collection of cells - called a run - any of the numbers 1 to 9 may be used but, like sudoku, each number may only be used once. YESTERDAY S ANSWER Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate How to play Hyper Sudoku: A Hyper Sudoku Puzzle is solved by filling the numbers from 1 to 9 into the blank cells. A Hyper Sudoku has unlike Sudoku 13 regions (four regions overlap with the nine standard regions). In all regions the numbers from 1 to 9 can appear only once. Otherwise, a Hyper Sudoku is solved like a normal Sudoku. YESTERDAY S ANSWER EASY SUDOKU Easy Sudoku Puzzles Place a digit from 1 to 9 in each empty cell so every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains all the digits 1 to 9.

14 CINEMA / TV LISTINGS PLUS WEDNESDAY 20 AUGUST NOVO Guardians Of The Galaxy (Action) 2D 11.00am, 3.50 & 8.40pm 3D 1.25, 6.15 & 11.05pm The Expendables 3 (2D/Action) 11.30am, 2.00, 4.30, 7.00, 9.30pm & 12.00midnight Al Feel Al Azrak (2D /Arabic) 10.00am, 12.50, 3.40, 6.30, 9.20 & 12.10am Postman Pat: The Movie (2D/Animation) 10.15am, 12.00noon & 1.45pm Suniya Fi Masr (2D/Arabic) 3.30, 5.45, 8.00, 10.15pm & 12.30am Earth To Echo (2D/Adventure) 10.20am, 12.20, 2.20 & 4.20pm The Expendables 3 (2D/Action) 6.20, 9.00 & 11.40pm Transformers: Age Of Extinction (2D/Action) 10.00am, 2.45 & 8.30pm Dawn of The Planet of The Apes (Action) 12.15, 6.00 & 11.45pm Lucy (2D/Action) 10.15am, 12.15, 2.15, 4.15, 6.15, 8.15, 10.15pm & 12.15am The Expendables 3 (2D/Action) 10.00am, 12.30, 3.00, 5.30, 8.00 & 10.30pm Guardians Of The Galaxy (IMAX 3D/Action) 10.00am, 12.25, 2.50, 5.15, 7.40, 10.05pm & 12.30am The Expendables 3 (2D/Action) 11.00am, 1.45, 4.30, 7.10, 9.45pm & 12.30am Postman Pat: The Movie (3D/Animation) 2.15 & 4.00pm Plastic (2D/Action) 5.45pm Vikramadithyan (2D/Malayalam) 7.45pm Anjaan (2D/Tamil) 10.30pm SHOWING AT VILLAGGIO & CITY CENTER TEL: :15 Robson's New Extreme Fishing Challenge 14:30 Auction Hunters 14:55 What's In The Barn? 15:20 Dual Survival 16:10 Manhunt 17:00 Fast N' Loud 18:15 How Do They Do It? 18:40 Gold Rush 19:30 Treehouse Masters 20:20 Deadly Dilemmas 21:10 Auction Hunters 21:35 What's In The Barn? 22:00 Treehouse Masters 23:40 Dynamo: Magician Impossible 08:00 News 08:30 News 09:00 Tutu's Children 10:30 Inside Story 11:00 News 11:30 The Stream 12:30 Living The Language 13:00 NEWSHOUR 14:00 News 14:30 Inside Story 15:00 Al Jazeera World 16:00 NEWSHOUR 17:30 The Stream 18:00 NEWSHOUR 19:00 News 19:30 Witness 20:00 News 20:30 Inside Story 21:00 NEWSHOUR 22:00 News 22:30 The Stream 23:00 Witness MALL Barbie & The Secret Door (2D/Family) 2.30pm Lucy (2D/Action) 4.15pm El Feel El Azraq (2D/Arabic) 6.00pm Guardians Of The Galaxy (3D/Action) 8.45 & 11.15pm 13:20 ER Vets 14:40 Roaring With Pride 15:30 Steve Irwin's Wildlife Warriors 17:25 Must Love Cats 18:50 Meet The Sloths 19:15 Wildest Islands 22:00 Wildest Islands 22:55 My Wild Affair: The Rhino Who Joined... 23:50 Animal Cops Houston 13:00 Big, Bigger, Biggest 15:30 The Best Job In The World 16:00 Hunter Hunted 18:00 Banged Up Abroad 19:00 Lords of War 19:30 The Best Job In The World 20:00 Hunter Hunted 22:00 Banged Up Abroad LANDMARK ROYAL PLAZA Plastic (2D/Action) 2.30pm Guardians Of The Galaxy (3D/Action) 4.30pm The Expendables 3 (2D/Action) 6.45, 9.00 & 11.15pm Postman Pat: The Movie (3D/Animation) 2.30 & 4.30pm Plastic (2D/Action) 6.30pm Suniya Fi Masr (2D/Arabic) 8.30pm Anjaan (2D/Tamil) 10.30pm Plastic (2D/Action) 2.30pm Guardians Of The Galaxy (3D/Action) 4.30pm The Expendables 3 (2D/Action) 6.45, 9.00 & 11.15pm Barbie & The Secret Door (2D/Family) 2.30pm Lucy (2D/Action) 4.15pm El Feel El Azraq (2D/Arabic) 6.00pm Guardians Of The Galaxy (3D/Action) 8.45 & 11.15pm Postman Pat: The Movie (3D/Animation) 2.15pm Singham Returns (2D/Hindi/Comedy) 4.00pm The Expendables 3 (2D/Action) 6.30, 9.00 & 11.15pm Barbie & The Secret Door (2D/Family) 3.00 & 4.30pm Guardians Of The Galaxy (3D/Action) 6.30, 8.45 & 11.15pm Plastic (2D/Action) 2.30 & 4.30pm Lucy (2D/Action) 6.30pm El Feel El Azraq (2D/Arabic) 8.15pm Singham Returns (2D/Hindi/Comedy) 11.00pm 12:00 Pavitra Rishta 13:00 Do Dil Bandhe Ek Dori Se 13:30 Ek Mutthi Aasmaan 14:00 Doli Armaano Ki 14:30 Jodha Akbar 15:00 Kasamh Se 16:00 Hum Paanch 17:00 Teenovation 17:30 Bollywood Business 18:00 Sapne Suhane Ladakpan Ke 18:30 Ek Mutthi Aasmaan 19:00 Jamai Raja 19:30 Jodha Akbar 20:00 Pavitra Rishta 20:30 Kumkum Bhagya 21:00 Qubool Hai 21:30 Aur Pyaar Hogaya 22:00 Doli Armaano Ki 22:30 Sapne Suhane Ladakpan Ke 23:00 Best of Fear Files 13:00 Good Luck Charlie 13:25 Jessie 13:45 Jessie 14:10 Austin & Ally 14:35 Win, Lose Or Draw 15:00 Gravity Falls 15:45 Mako Mermaids 16:10 Violetta 17:00 The Sword In The Stone 18:30 Mako Mermaids 19:20 Violetta 20:05 Liv And Maddie 20:30 Jessie 20:50 Dog With A Blog 21:15 Mako Mermaids 21:40 Austin & Ally 22:00 Good Luck Charlie 22:25 A.N.T. Farm 22:50 Shake It Up 23:10 Wolfblood 10:30 Building The Future 11:20 Alien Mysteries 12:10 Smash Lab 13:00 How Stuff's Made 13:30 Science Of The Movies 14:20 Mythbusters 15:10 Smash Lab 16:00 Building The Future 16:50 The Future Of... 17:40 Prototype This 18:30 Punkin Chunkin :20 The Gadget Show 19:45 How Do They Do It? 20:10 Mythbusters 21:00 The Sun 21:50 Unexplained Files 22:40 Science Of The Movies 23:30 Alien Planet 13:00 Better Off Ted 14:30 Cougar Town 15:00 Enlisted 16:30 Two And A Half Men 18:00 The Neighbors 19:00 Cougar Town 19:30 Enlisted 20:00 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 21:30 Colbert Report 22:00 The Boondocks 22:30 Girls 23:00 Getting On 13:00 Turboosters 14:30 Jelly T 16:00 Sky Force 18:00 Back To The Sea 20:00 Marvel's Doctor Strange 22:00 Jelly T 23:30 Sky Force 01:00 Free Birds 02:45 Marvel's Doctor Strange 10:15 Fun Size 12:00 Father Of The Bride Part II 14:00 Dudley Do Right 16:00 Bean 18:00 King Ralph 20:00 The Money Pit 22:00 You, Me And Dupree 13:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 14:00 Revenge 15:00 The Blacklist 16:00 Emmerdale 16:30 Coronation Street 17:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 18:00 Revenge 19:00 Once Upon A Time 20:00 The Night Shift 21:00 The Fosters 22:00 The Assets 11:00 Hyde Park On Hudson 13:00 Metal Tornado 15:00 You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger 17:00 Atlas Shrugged 19:00 The Tall Man 21:00 Generation Um... 23:00 Side Effects 11:00 All Is Lost 13:00 One Life 15:00 Austenland 17:00 Stuck In Love 18:45 Beautiful Creatures 21:00 The Immigrant 23:15 Lovelace

15 16 Family snares mega alligator in Alabama A family battled a 1,000-pound alligator for more than five hours, putting several large hooks into the beast before firing a fatal shotgun blast into the gator s head. The result? The catch of a lifetime and a state record in Alabama. The 15-foot gator was hooked in a creek about 80 miles west of Montgomery early Saturday, Al.com reported. The first attempt to weigh the gator destroyed a winch state biologists typically use, so they had a backhoe lift it. It weighed 1,011.5 pounds. It was caught by Mandy and John Stokes, brother-in-law Kevin Jenkins and his children, 16-year-old Savannah and 14-year-old Parker. We give all the glory to God. Ten men couldn t have done what we did, John Stokes said. The gator didn t go down without a fight. After the family got some large hooks into the gator, Mandy Stokes aimed her 20-gauge shotgun at the sweet spot behind the alligator s IN FOCUS PLUS WEDNESDAY 20 AUGUST 2014 eyes. That s where she was told to aim during a mandatory training class for Alabama gator hunters. She pulled the trigger, but the gator s head was too far beneath the water s surface. All it did was make this gator mad, Mandy Stokes told Al.com. Fear had taken hold at this point. The gator surged forward and towed the 17-foot boat and its five passengers across the creek at a startling speed, the hunters said. The towing continued until the boat crashed into a tree stump in the creek, sending the crew spilling on top of each other. Eventually, Mandy Stokes got another shot. When I pulled the trigger this time, by Karasala Vijayalakshmi water just exploded on all of us, she said. This time, she killed the alligator. Anyone within a hundred miles probably heard the mixed screams of relief, joy and exhilaration, John Stokes said. They tied the gator to one side of the boat and hugged the opposite side so it wouldn t tip over as they made an hour-long trek back to their truck. The family planned to send the gator to a taxidermy shop. Beyond that, they re not sure what they re going to do with it. The previous Alabama record was a 14-foot, 2 inch, 838-pound gator captured in the Alabama River in AP POTPOURRI Events in Qatar Alif by Sabah Arbilli When: Till September 17 Where: InterContinental Doha The City What: Specifically created for Ramadan and Eid, Arbilli uses his gift for calligraphy art to create this collection of works centred around Alif the first letter of Arabic alphabet and the first letter in the revelation of the Quran. The exhibit will remain on display in the lobby area of the hotel. Free entry The Belgian Saxophone Ensemble When: August 29; 8pm-10pm Where: Katara Opera House Building 16 What: The Cultural Village Foundation in cooperation with the Embassy of Belgium in Qatar is presenting the Hommage à Sax by the The Belgian Saxophone Ensemble. Six mouthpieces, 60 fingers, 152 keys but just one aim: to play their hearts out! The musicians in the Belgian Saxophone Ensemble have full mastery of all aspects of their instruments, and demonstrate their skill with acrobatic ease. Free entry Family Fun When: Till September 27; 3pm-11pm Weekends 4pm-12pm Where: Doha Exhibition Center What: Plenty of family entertainment is available at the Family Entertainment City staged in the Doha Exhibition Center, which includes activities such as ski slopes, rock climbing and a variety of alternate entertainment options, a food court, and live Arabic pre-school Baraem shows for the little ones. No fee at the entrance, only for some rides. Free entry Dancing fountain at the Corniche. Send your photos to plus@pen.com.qa. Mention where the photo was taken. Building Our Collection: An Insight Into Museum Art Collecting When: Till August 30 Where: Museum Of Islamic Art What: The exhibition looks at why MIA collects Islamic art, and how the museum s collecting practices shape our understanding of Islamic art through artistic and cultural connections between different regions of the Islamic world. The majority of featured objects have never before been on display. Free entry Splash & Dash When: Till August 31 Where: Aspire Zone What: Aspire will make two of its best facilities available for the community from July 2 until August 31, every Sunday and Wednesday from 7:30pm until 11pm. Aspire Dome Swimming Pool and the Indoor Athletics Track will host swimming and running open sessions. The online registration is open until August 31. Tickets required (more info at If you want your events featured here, mail details to plus@pen.com.qa Editor-In-Chief Khalid Al Sayed Acting Managing Editor Hussain Ahmad Editorial Office The Peninsula Tel: , plus@pen.com.qa / editor@pen.com.qa