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Anatomy of a black box

From maths and early reading to games and digital toys, some recommendations

for Android-owning children.

MUST HAVE ANDROID MUST HAVE ANDROID APPS FOR CHILDRENAPPS FOR CHILDREN

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By Stuart Dredge

Plenty of children are receiving an Android tab-let as gifts for festivals and birthdays. Google’s Nexus 7, Amazon’s Kindle Fire and a host of affordable alternatives appealed to parents

who’d decided to get a separate device for their chil-dren – and thus, in many cases, reclaim their own.

So, what to download for these devices? There are tens of thousands of Android apps for kids, but many of them aren’t very good. Thankfully, there are some gleaming needles in this haystack of digital media: here are 30 of the best apps to start with.

Note, prices are correct at the time of writing. (Free + IAP) means the app is free to download and use, but uses in-app purchases in some way.

MATHS

Medieval Math Battle Pro (£1.82)This quirky maths game combines sums with the

kind of monster-battling you’d expect from a role-playing game. Designed to be played for 15 minutes or more a day the mathematics puzzles get harder as your child gets better at the game, providing a lasting challenge.Moose Math (£1.24)

Released by well-respected children’s publisher Duck Duck Moose, this focuses on the key maths skills: addition and subtraction, but also sorting and counting. Around the sums is a fun game where chil-dren rescue pets and build their own virtual city – good for holding their interest.

Slice Fractions (£1.99)Released earlier this year, this inventive game

involves slicing through ice and lava on behalf of a cute mammoth character – and learning fractions along the way. There are more than 60 puzzles to solve, with the game geared towards educational fun rather than learning by rote.

Squeebles Times Tables 2 (£1.99)Developer KeyStageFun has released a succession

of fun mathematics apps for kids, each focusing on a different discipline. Its second multiplication app matches the rest with its mixture of exercises of times tables (from 1 to 15) with virtual characters and a mini-game offered as rewards for progress.

EARLY READING AND WRITING

Endless Alphabet (Free + IAP)Endless Alphabet is brilliant: an introduction to

the alphabet through a band of cute’n’colourful car-toon monsters, who act out various words with the letters dragged into place by your children. It’s full of character. Seven words come for free, with the rest unlocked by a single in-app purchase.

Ladybird I’m Ready to Spell (£2.99)Based on Penguin Books’ famous brand, this app

uses a space theme to teach children some of the key spellings they’ll need for school. Based around the UK Phonics Screening Check, it offers three mini-games and lots of exercises to practise, with a decoratable space rocket marking progression.

Justin’s World - Lettersounds (£1.49)One of a series of apps launched by Justin Fletcher,

whose face – well, many faces, given his number of different characters – is familiar to young CBeebies viewers in the UK. This app focuses on the first eight letter-sounds that kids will be learning at school, with Fletcher appearing via video to keep things entertaining.

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Ladybird Read it Yourself (£1.99 + IAP)

The second Ladybird app in this roundup is more about books: the graded reading series that’s been helping generations of children learn to read. It offers stories – bought via in-app purchase – across four reading levels, ensuring it can grow with your child’s abilities.

DK Readers (Free + IAP)On a similar note to Ladybird: Read

it Yourself comes this from DK: a simi-lar mix of digital books designed for different reading levels – “from farm animals to fishy tales and emperor penguins to Ewoks”. This is another example of in-app purchases being used responsibly: under the control of parents and protected via a PIN.

CREATIVITY

Toca Builders (£1.99)This app from publisher Toca Boca

is clearly inspired by Minecraft, in that it gets kids to build whatever they like using blocks. However, it skews even younger than Minecraft with acces-sible controls, and a troupe of robots to help them build, demolish and paint blocks within the on-screen world.

FriendStrip Kids Pro (£0.99 + IAP)

A number of schools are using this inventive app, which gets children to create their own comic strips and make themselves the stars. More than 85 are provided, with cues explaining how kids should pose to recreate the images. They can rope in parents, friends and even cuddly toys to complete the scenes.

Dipdap (£1.99)Based on the animated children’s TV

series of the same name, this encour-ages children to draw objects to com-plete 16 scenes featuring the Dipdap character, and then switch to a free-form mode to draw whatever they like. Pictures can be saved and shared for posterity, too.

Toy Story Story Theatre (£1.82)This app from Disney doesn’t just

tell stories based on the Toy Stories films to children: it challenges them to create their own. There are fairly strict parameters – they choose char-acters, places, events and actions, then record the narration using their own

voice. It’s accessible enough for young children, too.

colAR Mix (Free + IAP)Augmented reality technology can

be a gimmick, but this app squeezes in innovation without spoiling the fun. You print out colouring pages, your children colour them in, then point your Android device’s camera at them to watch the picture come to life as an animated, zoomable 3D object. Guaranteed to widen their eyes.

DIGITAL TOYS

Petting Zoo (£1.99)If your children love animals, this

collection of 21 animated beasties is sure to raise a smile. The work of illus-trator Christoph Niemann, each hand-drawn animal can be interacted with by swiping on the screen to see what happens to them. It’s an app that your kids will return to again and again.

Toca Hair Salon 2 (£1.99)Ever have problems getting your

children to agree to a haircut? Toca Hair Salon 2 may help, as it puts them in the role of a hairdresser, chopping (and washing, dyeing, curling etc) the locks of virtual customers. There’s plenty of scope for creativity and silli-ness in equal measure, as they master its intricacies.

Dr Panda’s Restaurant 2 (£1.79)Letting children loose on cooking in

your real-world kitchen is a risky affair, so this tasty app may be an appealing alternative. It puts them to work in a cartoon restaurant with more than 20 ingredients to use to make virtual meals, from pizza to soup. There’s even a vegetarian mode, which non meat-eating parents will like.

Toca Lab (£1.99)Another Toca Boca app – in short,

anything the company releases is worth snapping up – this has a science theme. It gets children to explore the periodic table, with each element represented by a different cute character. Their job is to spin, heat up, cool and mix each one to see what it turns into.

Talking Poppet (Free + IAP)This is the latest appy offshoot from

the Moshi Monsters online virtual world for children, and takes its cues from a parade of talking-character apps before it. Children can talk to the Poppet character to get her to squeak-ily repeat their words, or interact with her via taps and swipes. It’s free to play, with a single in-app purchase unlock-ing extra features.

STORIES

Grimm’s Bookshelf (Free)This is what the name implies: a vir-

tual “bookshelf” of separate storybook-apps from publisher StoryToys, which made its name on Android by turning fairytales from the Brothers Grimm into pseudo pop-up digital stories. Here, you can browse the catalogue, and access any that you’ve already bought.

Me Books (Free + IAP)Me Books is an app for buying and

reading digital children’s picture books, including those based on brands like Peter Rabbit, Peppa Pig and Charlie and Lola. The books, which mostly cost £1.99 each, offer voice narration and the ability to record your own dialogue and sound effects.

Justin’s World - Goldilocks (£1.99)Another app from Justin Fletcher,

this is also fairytale-focused. It’s a retelling of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, blending illustrations and video of Fletcher himself playing all the different characters. Simple and fun mini-games break up the story, encouraging children to practise their language, matching and sorting skills.

The Pirate Princess (£2.49)All too often, children’s books are

divided into pirates (for boys) and princesses (for girls). Why not both in one? That’s the theory in this StoryToys app, which sees a princess named Isabel going on a pirate adven-ture. Designed to look like a pop-up book, it has lots of mini-games to com-plement the reading.

Cars 2 Read and Race (£3.04)Another app from Disney, this is set

in the world of its Cars films, with a story based on the second movie, and a choice of children reading to them-selves, or reading along with the voice narration. However, the “Race” part of the app comes with a game section as they drive against the stars of the films.

CODING

Hakitzu Elite Robot Hackers (Free + IAP)

This is a fine idea for slightly older

children: an app that teaches them to program in JavaScript by building and battling giant robots. There’s a mix-ture of solo and multiplayer battles, with a finely-tuned difficulty curve to match the action to their skills. Coding credits to upgrade their bot can be earned and/or bought via in-app purchase.

Lightbot – Programming Puzzles (£1.99)

Pitched as a “programming puzzle game”, this challenges children to guide their robot through 50 levels, lighting up tiles as they go. It aims to give them an understanding of key coding con-cepts, as preparation for full program-ming tasks later on in their educational career.

GAMES

Minecraft – Pocket Edition (£4.99)It’s been available on Android for

years, but Minecraft feels as fresh as ever: a marvellous creative sandbox as much as a game, where children can build anything they like and share the experience with their friends. A crash-course in anything-goes architecture, its only limit is their imagination.

BBC CBeebies Playtime (Free)Released in the UK as the official

app for TV channel CBeebies, this features various games based on its most popular games and characters – from Something Special and Alpha Blocks to new series Andy’s Dinosaur Adventure. All of the games are acces-sible for young children, with more added regularly.

Mr Shingu’s Paper Zoo (£1.99)One of the most inventive Android

children’s games to be released in 2013 was this, which gets kids to create a colourful zoo-full of animals via virtual origami folding, then play with them (not to mention pick up their poo). The origami aspect is very well done, and may encourage some animal-folding fun in the real world.

The Snowman and Snowdog Game (Free + IAP)

This is the official game of the recent Snowman sequel, as you run along the ground (and fly through the skies) of the UK with the Snowman, collect-ing snowflakes and taking in some famous sights. Akin to Temple Run in its gameplay, it includes in-app pur-chases, but caps total spending at £20.

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In the four short years since Qatar Academy (QA) has started raising funds for Eravur Educational Development Institute (EEDI) in Sri Lanka, a

substantial difference can be seen in the lives of students who attend this small English language instructional centre.

QA Director Dr Eric Sands, together with admin-istrators and faculty members, recently visited Eravur to take part in the ground breaking cer-emony for the construction of a new wing due to be completed by May 2014.

According to Dr Sands, “The Eravur project has provided an excellent example of a positive commu-nity outreach programme on an international level for both Qatar Academy students and faculty alike.”

Rebecca Perry, Primary School teacher, adds: “We took part in the ground breaking ceremony for the new IT Lab and Preschool building, and we were honored to be asked to each lay a brick for the cor-ner of the new building. Everyone we met was just so excited about the new building; it was wonderful to see just how much the school means to the com-munity in Eravur and how much they appreciate everything we are doing for them. It was staggering to see the difference we have helped make in their lives.”

Currently, the school is a small concrete build-ing housing three small classrooms, separated by

curtains; the students have simple equipment, a wooden desk and chair, with the teacher using a black board. There are no computers or modern teaching aids anywhere onsite and with just one small box of learning materials the teachers man-age to encourage these hard-working and committed students who come to the school for two hours every day, after they have already attended a full day at school and possibly travelled miles to attend.

Joneen Walker, Primary School Assistant Principal, who also travelled, said, “It was truly humbling to meet the students and people of Eravur. They are so eager to learn and develop themselves but have very little means or no means to do so. Every single person we met welcomed us with open arms, they were all so happy and full of smiles, everyone we were lucky enough to meet were all so eager to explain to us just how thankful they all are that we have helped them get this far with the project and that they are thrilled to be building yet more classrooms. They are looking forward to the future and the next stage of developments”.

The Eravur school committee has big plans for the future of the school and is hoping that once the IT Lab and preschool wing are completed they can start planning to extend the school and add a second level on to the original building. The QA commu-nity has their work cut out for them with regard to

fundraising and another busy year lies ahead rais-ing awareness for the EEDI cause. Traditionally the Primary School holds one fundraiser a year for Eravur while the Senior School conducts ongoing events throughout the school year.

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QA leads ground breaking of new wing for educational centre in Sri Lanka

MES Indian School organised a One Day Friendly Cricket Tournament for its parents, staff and management on the school grounds recently. Three teams representing parents, teaching staff and management, and transport and admin-istrative staff played in the league, and Staff XI won the tournament. “The holis-tic spirit of schooling lies in the unani-mous involvement of the entire family of MES irrespective of their office, which was truly reflected in this tournament, and indeed it is a proud moment in the history of MES,” remarked Ahamed Isham, Director, Sports & Games, MES Governing Board, while congratulat-ing the winners. Ezekiel Balraj, Head, Department of Physical Education, coor-dinated the event.

MES cricket tournamentMES cricket tournament

QIA football tournamentThe month-long Al Daar-QIA All India Football Tournament will begin from March 20. A social media campaign for the tournament was inaugurated by K P Mohanan, minister of agriculture in the southern Indian state of Kerala, at the Horizon Manor Hotel recently. The committee, headed by Khaled Fakhroo of Qatar Charity, will be organ-ising the events. Chairman P T Yunus, Vice-Chairman T K Basheer, General Convener K Safeer, Conveners Kabeer C T, Shafeeq K T, Rafeeq Cherukari and Faris attended the function.

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Underscoring its presence in the field of education, Scoreplus organised a “National Test

Fest” at Doha College recently. The first event of its kind allowed over 400 students from grades 3 to 12 to challenge themselves and recognise their potential for their next aca-demic level.

The event focused on enhancing student motivation, fostering aca-demic agility, and increasing respon-siveness on core skills in math and English, which, as per the country director, Pradeep Singhal, are criti-cal for the academic challenges of the college.

Singhal elaborated: “Success in college admission is directly linked to success in high school. While your standardised test scores play a major role in admissions, a strong academic performance is crucial to your acceptance.”

Recognising this fact, StudyPlus, a new venture between ScorePlus and Pearson Education, offers aca-demic courses for British, American and Indian curriculum students. StudyPlus is designed to not only boost students’ subject skills, but also fix core knowledge gaps.

To help students who aspire to get into prestigious educational institutes in India like NITs and IITs, StudyPlus provides the CBSE Advanced Programme, which integrates the CBSE core curriculum with advanced JEE-level content.

“CBSE curriculum doesn’t equip students for the application-based demands of tests like JEE and SAT, .actually this is about understand-ing how operations work, not just remembering pages merely,” said Varun Pamarthy, an IIT Kanpur alumni and trainer at StudyPlus.

“With our new CBSE advanced

programme for grades 7-11, which starts from April 4, we foresee more students from Qatar cracking these tough competitive examinations with ease,” he added. “The grade point improvement and students’ suc-cess speaks of integrity of the pro-gramme,” said Pradeep.

Among its recent successes is Rishav Chakravarty, who proved the

worth of preparation at Studyplus by securing admission in Birla Public School Pilani (Vidyaniketan) — sixth best residential school in India as per Educational World Rankings.

American school of Doha, Michael E DeBakey HighSchool and Georgetown University school of Foreign Service in Qatar are some of the institutions working with Scoreplus. The Peninsula

Scoreplus organises new CBSE advanced programme

LG Electronics (LG) has announced the addition of three new products to its

existing IPS 21:9 UltraWide monitor lineup. Launched initially at the 2014 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), LG broke new ground with the launch of its 34-inch IPS 21:9 UltraWide (Model UM95) monitort-hat will offer stunning image clarity thanks to an UltraWide QHD resolu-tion (3440 x 1440) display.

“The LG IPS 21:9 Ultrawide series was originally developed as user-centric

PC monitors to enhance the comput-ing experience, for both work and play,” said D Y Kim, President of LG Electronics, and Gulf FZE.

“Powerful work and entertain-ment solutions, our cinematically proportioned displays boast superb productivity-enhancing features and incredible IPS picture quality. LG will continue to develop new products that challenge preconceptions and offer new and exciting possibilities.”

In addition to the UM95, LG unveiled Model UM65, available in

25, 29 and 34inch display sizes, and model UB65, featuring ergonomic designs ideal for the workplace envi-ronment. The company’s newest moni-tors boast a long list of imp0ressive features that make entertainment more immersive, multitasking easier than ever and work more productive. LG’s exceptional IPS monitors have earned a reputation for providing superior picture quality with excel-lent color accuracy, motion clarity and off-axis viewing.

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Sentre Stage Musicals to stage Annie this weekend

Sentre Stage Musicals is stag-ing the musical production “Annie” this weekend at the

Doha British School.The musical will be staged on

March 13 at 7.30pm and on March 14 and 15 at 2.30pm and 7.30pm. Tickets are available for QR75 and QR100 at THE ONE in Landmark and Villaggio malls.

“Annie” is directed and produced by Angela Walton, who has directed many productions in Qatar, includ-ing “The Wizard of Oz”, “Miss Saigon” and “Oklahoma”.

Kristina Cheffins and Lauren Durrant are the choreographers and the vocal coach is Stephanie Gravelle.

Sentre Stage Musicals is an

amateur dramatic society which produces musicals to raise funds to promote the arts, drama and music in Doha schools.

A talented group makes up the cast of Annie in this warm and win-ning production.

The band of orphans, inhabit-ing the New York City Municipal Orphanage, are on the top of their game from the opening bars of “It’s the Hard-Knock Life.”

The roles of Annie are shared

by Hayley Binnekamp and Emilia Doe, both 12 years old, from DESS. Annie, convinced that her parents will one day return to reclaim her, tries to escape from the orphanage aided and abetted by a group of tal-ented young girls who play the roles of the orphans.

“The orphans will delight the audiences with their dancing, ensemble acting and comic tim-ing both in Act 1 and Act2,” a show spokesperson said. The Peninsula

LG to introduce new IPS 21:9 Ultrawide Monitor

Trinity Talent Qatar to hold

fashion show at Ezdan Mall

Trinity Talent, in collaboration with the retail chain Liwa Stores, will

be holding a fashion show tomorrow at the Ezdan Mall, Gate 1. ‘Liwa Fashion Weekend’ will feature the premier talent agency’s models.

TTQ, the producers, believe that this event will be more than simply ‘ordinary’.

“With great collaboration between a hard-working team and mainstream brands, it will provide unlimited resource for future brand-conscious projects for Liwa and for Ezdan Mall,” a statement said. Liwa Trading Enterprises LLC (Liwa) was set up in 1987 to establish the retail presence of the Abu Dhabi-based group, Al Nasser Holdings.

Showcasing seven of Liwa’s high street fashion trends for spring/summer 2014, the show will feature brands Suite Blanco, M&CO, Gant, Nautica, Collezione, Gocco, and Menbur. The Peninsula

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PLUS | THURSDAY 13 MARCH 20146 WHEELS

The Cayenne V6 model range has been further refined and is now available as a Platinum Edition at Porsche Centre Doha, Al Boraq Automobiles Co. The exclusive

series sees the Cayenne and Cayenne Diesel Platinum Edition models boast unique exterior design features in Platinum Silver and a wider range of standard equipment.

Unveiled to regional audiences and local motor fans for the first time at the Qatar Motor Show, the new Cayenne Platinum Edition models vaunt many of the most requested customisation options as standard. The added enhancements accentuate the attractiveness of Porsche’s luxury SUV even further, while the enriched equipment range is especially designed to increase comfort and safety.

Standard features of the new Cayenne Platinum Edition models include Tiptronic S transmission, Bi-Xenon headlights, Power Steering Plus, ParkAssist (front and rear), as well as privacy glazing in the

rear. The Porsche Communication Management (PCM) also comes as standard and includes a navi-gation module.

Salman Jassem Al Darwish, Chairman and CEO of Porsche Centre Doha commented: “The SUV market continues to grow in Qatar and the Porsche Cayenne has experienced positive demand year on year. With many of the most requested options now available as standard, I have no doubt that our customers will enjoy the enhanced driving experience and fur-ther accentuated look of the new Cayenne Platinum Edition models.”

Accents painted in Platinum Silver Metallic include the centre and side air intake grills, the side window trim, the rear spoiler lip and the lower tailgate trim. Monotone paint finishes in Black and White come as standard, while Meteor Grey Metallic, Jet Black Metallic and Mahogany Metallic are available as additional colour options. Offered exclusively for this Cayenne edition is the Carrara

White Metallic paint finish. The exterior is com-pleted with 19-inch Cayenne Design II wheels with coloured crest.

The Black Luxor Beige two-tone partial leather interior combination is also reserved for these spe-cial edition models. The Sport Design steering wheel with paddle shifters, embossed headrests and floor mats with Luxor Beige edging plus front door entry guards with the “Platinum Edition” script put the finishing touches on the interior.

The Cayenne Platinum Edition with its 3.6-litre V6 engine offers an output of 300 hp. Featuring a 3.0-litre V6 turbo-diesel engine, the Cayenne Diesel Platinum Edition delivers 245 hp.

The new Cayenne Platinum Edition models are available at Porsche Centre Doha with basic retail prices as follow: Cayenne Platinum Edition is QR 253,300 and Cayenne Diesel Platinum Edition is QR 254,200.

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Porsche Cayenne Platinum Edition arrives in Doha

New Citroen DS5

The new Citroen DS5 was unveiled by Sheikh Khalid bin Faisal bin Sultan Al

Qassimi of Citroen Abu Dhabi Rally Team at the El Naael Company showroom located on Salwa Road.

The Citroen DS5 is a new phase in the development of the DS line. The innovative and visionary model fits perfectly with the brand’s “Creative Technologies” baseline and features even bolder choices in style, architecture, sensations and refinement. The Citroen DS5 experience is about fully embracing the pleasure of driving an out-standing vehicle. A singular creation, the Citroen DS5 surprises and appeals with, its styling, design, technologies and road performance.

The Citroen DS5 is also powered by two turbocharged petrol power plants with direct injection, both of them Euro V com-pliant and developed with BMW: the THP 155 (6-speed auto), the THP 155 offers a remarkable drive with power of 147 kW and maximum torque of 275 Nm at 1,770 rpm.

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Apartments in a new building were offered for rent at rates lower than the market rates, but a prospective tenant found that the owner was a company that had leased the property for five years and its con-tract allowed it to sublet apartments. The les-sor demanded advance payment of a year’s rent, with the contract to be renewable auto-matically for a similar period. The payment for the following year was to be made by post-dated monthly cheques. When you pay a year’s rent in advance, is the contract renewed auto-matically? Are there any special conditions governing subletting?

We recommend that the questioner check the ownership of the prop-erty first. Regarding rent, the principle is that the tenant pays the amount in advance, usually by monthly cheques. No law prevents payment of a year’s rent in advance.

Advance payment of a year’s rent is usually demanded when the les-see is offered some ben-efit, such as a reduction in rent.

In case of a renewable contract, the lessor shall notify the tenant a month in advance if he wants to terminate the contract. Civil law No. 22/2004 indicates that the lease expires by the end of the period specified in the contract, with no need to notify the tenant to evacuate the apartment, unless there is an agree-ment to extend the lease. The lessor has to notify the tenant if he wants to renew the contract with new conditions, such as an increase in the rent. The tenant’s continuance in the apartment is con-sidered approval of the extension on new terms.

I recommend the sub-tenant specify the full duration of the contract

in the lease agreement to avoid any possible disputes.

My brother came to Qatar in 2008 and started working for a company as a cable technician. After six months, the company told him that it would pay him only half his salary as it had no work for him. My brother did not agree, but at the end of the month, he was paid just QR388, which was not enough for him to sustain himself or to send money home. He complained to the com-pany’s manager, who said he could not help.

My brother left the company and started working with another firm without permis-sion from his previ-ous employers, who handed over his pass-port to the police. He is working illegally in Qatar. For more than five years he has not gone home. Now, the previous employers are calling him and asking if he wants to work with them again. They say they will renew his residence permit. Is it possible to renew the residence permit after four years? What is the fine for this? Please tell me what he should do.

Work relations are cov-ered by labour law No. 14/2004, which says that the employer should pro-vide the employee a job and everything necessary to do the assigned work. If the employee can-not perform his duties for reasons beyond his control, he is deemed to have performed his job and deserves all benefits arising from his work. The company stopping its operations is no rea-son for cutting his sal-ary by half. Rather it is a reason for termination of the work contract, which results in the employer sending the employee back to his country or

transferring his sponsor-ship to another employer who can fulfil the con-tractual obligations.

Concerning the compa-ny’s plan to resume work and its willingness to cor-rect the worker’s status by withdrawing its com-plaint against him and renewing his residential

permit, this can be done only by applying to the authorities and paying the due fines, including the fine for not renewing the residence permit, which is QR10 per day for the period of delay.

I advise the questioner to positively respond to the company’s offer to correct his legal status. After his legal status is settled, the worker can apply for his dues. If the company refuses to pay, he can approach the courts because the company is not fulfilling its obligations under the contract.

If the company does not fulfil its obligations, he can approach the Ministry of Interior for transfer of his sponsor-ship to another firm.

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LEGAL 7PLUS | THURSDAY 13 MARCH 2014

Companies need to fulfil contractual obligations

LEGAL ADVICE: Transfer of lease and subtenancy

From Civil law No. 22/2004:The tenant has the right to

transfer the lease fully or in part, unless the agreement says other-wise. However, if the property is rented for a factory or shop and the tenant wants to sell the same, courts may, in spite of a clause in the rent agreement preventing this, allow continuation of the rent agreement if the buyer gives a suf-ficient guarantee and no harm is caused to the lessor.

In case of transfer of the lease, the new lessee assumes all rights and obligations arising from the lease. The original tenant remains a guar-antor of the new lessee for fulfilment of the obligations.

In case of subletting, the relation-ship between the original tenant and the subtenant remains subject to the provisions of the contract they have signed. The subtenant is obliged to fulfil the commitments of the origi-nal lessee.

Transfer of lease and subtenancy

By Abdelaal A Khalil Legal Consultant

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Please send your queries to: [email protected]

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By Mary Milliken

Catherine Deneuve is now in her sixth decade making films but the French actress says she is too busy working these

days to grow nostalgic about her past roles or films with acclaimed directors such as Luis Bunuel and Francois Truffaut.

In her latest film, On My Way, in theaters tomorrow, the 70-year-old Deneuve plays Bettie, a woman stuck in neutral who goes on a road trip to break free from the burden of her family’s struggling restaurant and being dumped by her lover.

Behind the wheel of her old car and wearing the same clothes for days, the ex-beauty queen Bettie dances in the provincial club “Le Ranch,” smokes with strangers and builds a loving relationship with her young grandson as the green French countryside rolls by. Many of the characters are played by non-actors.

And although she is not nostalgic about her career, Deneuve spoke about a certain nostalgia in On My Way, how she handles growing older and her favourite TV show from America.

Director Emmanuelle Bercot wrote this film for you. How did that come about?

I wanted to work with her; that is the main reason. I knew her as an actress and a director and I had seen her films and I thought she was very interesting. Three years ago we agreed

we would do a film together and she wrote it. And I liked the story.

How often do you get offers like this from filmmakers?

Well, I know directors. Andre Techine also wrote films and parts for me. It’s not often, just sometimes.

What do you like about this character that Emmanuelle Bercot created?

I liked her freedom mostly. All of a sudden she stops in the middle of the kitchen and says, “No more.” She says, “I’ll come back,” but then she goes and disappears. It is something everyone has been dreaming to do once.

Bettie has a fling with quite a younger man, Marco. Did you like that part of the story?

Yes, I thought it was very difficult to do. Emmanuelle wanted a non-professional actor to do it, so we did some tests with different young men. And I thought it was worth it to try because it was very special.

He is brutally honest with you about what it is like to be with an older woman. How did you deal with that?

When he looks at me and he imagines the kind of beauty I was 25 or 30 years ago, I thought it was quite funny.

Later on, you meet an older man with whom you might have a more

serious relationship. Do you think “mature love” is something accepted by movie audiences?

Maybe I think it is more accepted in Europe than in Hollywood because we have less convention on that subject in Europe.

Does the film evoke French cinema from decades ago?

Yes, I think it does. You can stop everything, take your car, go away, show the country, show people who live in the country. It’s a very gentle and kind look at people who live outside of cities in France. It reminds me of films maybe 25 years ago.

What is your secret to aging with grace?

You have to try not to fight so hard against time, you know. It’s not that I enjoy it. It is just not that much of a problem. Maybe because I have children and grandchildren, it’s a different rhythm. It’s a different way of looking at things other than yourself.

You recently did a photo shoot with the model Kate Moss, which is quite brave because she is younger. How do you feel so confident that you can do something like that?

It’s not that I feel confident. We met and we were in Japan together. We had fun and we talked and we said we would love to do photos together. And her agent said, “Why don’t you do a shoot for Vanity Fair?” It was not like a drill or a contest. It was

just doing something nice. There is no competition.

How do you choose your film work these days?

It’s the same, reading scripts. The script is the major thing and the director of course. More than the part, it is the story of the film and the director. The role has to be interesting, but it’s the whole thing that interests me.

Does working in Hollywood again hold any interest for you?

Yes, it would, but I haven’t been offered interesting things.

Do you think Hollywood does not offer good roles for older actresses?

I think it is more difficult than in Europe, but still there are very important roles. I know a lot of people and actresses complain about that, but it seems to me a little less in the last few years.

Is there any director in Hollywood who catches your eye these days?

I saw the film from Wes Anderson, Grand Budapest Hotel, and I thought it was a great film. So original, so personal. I like very much Paul Thomas Anderson, Christopher Nolan also, and House of Cards director David Fincher.

What do you think of House of Cards?

It’s so cynical. It’s incredible. It’s brilliant. Reuters

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Sonakshi gets fitter with regular workout

Sonakshi Sinha, who flaunted her newly-acquired svelte figure at the Lakme Fashion Week summer-resort 2014 here, says her consistent

workout regime has contributed to her fitter frame.Sonakshi looked resplendent in a midnight blue ensemble when she

glided down the ramp for designer Manish Malhotra at the opening show of the fashion gala.

“It (slimming) has not happened in a jiffy. I started working out in November (2013) and now in March, the results are showing. I have been consistent through out. I was also shooting my films but I was also regular with my work-out,” the actress told reporters on the sidelines of the show.

Sonakshi will next be seen playing a boxer’s role in Holiday, which also stars Akshay Kumar. The film releases on June 6.

Vidya Balan on multi-city US tour for IIFA

Bollywood’s “Ooh la la” girl Vidya Balan is on a multi-city promotional tour of the US to spread buzz about the forthcoming International

Indian Film Academy (IIFA) celebrations, which will make its American debut this year.

IIFA Weekend and Awards, an annual Bollywood gala, is scheduled to be held in Tampa Bay, Florida, April 23-26. Vidya has joined its promoters on the second IIFA US tour to visit New York, Houston, Tampa and Orlando. The journey began on Tuesday, and will end tomorrow.

“Having travelled to a number of exotic locales the world over, IIFA has made its mark on the map, educating the world about Indian cinema. Going forward, I am very pleased to be part of IIFA’s landmark journey, as they venture into the US, in Tampa Bay,” Vidya said in a statement.

During the main event, the National Award winning actress will also be part of a Master Class with Hollywood actor Kevin Spacey.

“I am excited to be part of the IIFA Master Class this year and look forward to engaging with my fans in the US,” said the versatile talent, who was recently seen on the big screen with Shaadi Ke Side Effects.

Shreya launches first ghazal album

Shreya Ghoshal has turned over a new leaf with the

launch of her first non-film ghazal album “Humnasheen”. The melodious songstress turned 30 yesterday. Shreya is glad that she chose ghaz-als to make a transit to non-film work. “I have been a fan of ghazals, but I had never thought I would take it up as my first step into the non-film world. But now that I have done it, I am happy that this was the step I took first, doing something which is equivalent to good poetry and soulfulness,” Shreya said here at the launch of the album Tuesday.

Shreya says ghazals give her a chance to do something she can’t do in films. “Urdu poetry has it’s own charm and impact. I can’t do raag-based singing in films and I don’t even expect that to happen in films,” she said.

Shreya is a Bengali, but she has worked hard on her Hindi and Urdu diction. She has thanked all those who have helped her.

“Diction needs to be very clear. I am a Bengali, but I was brought up in Rajasthan and that’s why my Hindi is good. “My tilt towards Urdu hap-pened only after I entered the film industry. There are so many talented lyricists and composers from whom I learnt something everyday. I have learnt music from Kalyanji (composer) and he also told me how impor-tant diction is. “Now when I hear old songs of Lata-ji (Mangeshkar) and (Mohd.) Rafi saab, I can see how particular they were to ensure that the words were clear and beautifully pronounced,” she added.

Shreya started her career with regional music albums and devotional songs. She was just 16 when she recorded her first song “Bairi piya” for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Devdas.

JLo feels as young as 28

Singer-actress Jennifer Lopez, 44, has so many projects in her kitty as of now that she almost feels like she’s as young as 28. She is a weekly

host of reality show American Idol; she’s busy shooting a new TV drama; she’s about to release her tenth studio album; she is also the head of her own clothing empire; and a mother to 6-year-old twins.

Still, the 44-year-old maintains her energy levels more than ever.“I feel like I felt when I was 28, my bones don’t hurt. I feel great. I

actually feel better, more confident,” Lopez told Instyle magazine, reports people.com.

“Of course, I still have the nerves, but now I know how to control them. When I was in my twenties, I wasn’t sure of myself,” she added.

She is not afraid of failure anymore either.“Now I can really stretch. I don’t have to stay in the box. At this point

I can say to myself, so what if I fall, so what?, I’m going to get back up,” she added.

Keith Richards to publish children’s book

Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards, famous for surviving years of rock ‘n’ roll excess, will release a children’s picture book with illustra-

tions by his daughter Theodora Richards, his publisher said on Tuesday.The book, Gus & Me: The Story of My Granddad and My First Guitar, tells

the story of how Richards was first introduced to music by his grandfa-ther and given his first guitar. The hardcover and ebook will be released on September 9.

“Gus & Me invites readers to be in the room at the electrifying moment that Keith holds a guitar in his hands for the first time,” Megan Tingley, executive vice president and publisher of Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, said in a statement. In his memoir, Life, Richards also recounts the role his grandfather - jazz big band member Theodore Augustus Dupree, who is known as Gus - played in his life.

In the best-selling book, Richards, 70, details his journey from being a shy, only child in London to co-founding the Rolling Stones in 1962 and becoming a rock and roll survivor following years of substance abuse.

“I have just become a grandfather for the fifth time, so I know what I’m talking about,” Richards said in a statement about the children’s book. “The bond, the special bond, between kids and grandparents is unique and should be treasured. This is a story of one of those magical moments.”

Gus & Me, which was written with Barnaby Harris and Bill Shapiro, will include pen-and-ink collages by Theodora, who was named after her grandfather, as well as photographs from the Richards family collection.

The hardcover edition will have an audio CD featuring bonus book content.


Catherine Catherine Deneuve Deneuve on freedom on freedom and ageing and ageing with gracewith grace

AVIATIONPLUS | THURSDAY 13 MARCH 201410

Commercial aircraft carry two so-called black boxes. While they donothing to help the plane in flight, they are vitally important toaccident investigators in the aftermath of a plane crash

Cockpit Black boxes

Crash SurvivableMemory Unit:Stainless steel ortitanium CSMU canwithstand impact3,400 times forceof gravity

Interface and ControllerBoard: ICB records some 3,000 flightparameters, including airspeed, altitude, how engines are working, status of keysystems – autopilot and autothrottle –and position of wing flaps and rudder

Underwater Locator Beacon:Transmits from depth of 6,000m,every second for 30 days

Insulation and thermal block:Protectionup to 1,100°CFlash

memory

Solid State Flight Data Recorder Cockpit Voice Recorder

Units recordfor 25 hours

122mm

Boeing 777-200ER

Power supply

HEALTH / FITNESS 11

By Vicky Hallett

The most important thing to bring to the gym? An active imagination.

It’s what turns an indoor cycling class into a stage of the Tour de France, or a treadmill session into a marathon triumph. Add some California dreaming to a new piece of exercise equipment — the RipSurfer X, a 70-inch-long surf-board perched on a short, wobbly base — and you’ll be on the beach, ready to ride the ocean.

That’s the premise of SurfSet, a new group fitness concept that transforms squats, push-ups and planks into new moves by adding a touch of instability and fantasy.

“We’re keeping the fun of surf-ing but taking away the water, the sharks and the stinging coral,” says Jen Frankel, group fitness director for Crunch’s two Northern Virginia gyms.

Crunch’s shtick is offering unu-sual classes, Frankel explains. Although SurfSet has had national (and even some international) suc-cess since it was featured as a win-ning business idea on the TV show “Shark Tank” in the fall of 2012, it hasn’t made a splash everywhere yet.

But Baltimore’s Canton Club has featured SurfSet for a year, which is how Mantra Fit owner Carleen Birnes fell in love with it. Birnes, who teaches stand-up paddleboarding fitness in Severna Park, Maryland, realised the indoor classes could fill the off-season when it’s too chilly to be out on the river. In December, she opened a small studio that’s devoted to SurfSet classes.

“It’s exactly what we’d do on the paddleboards, but we’re not wor-ried about falling in when we do one-legged moves,” says Birnes, who has crafted a schedule with several different formats: cardio, strength, balance and yoga. A SurfSet junior class for ages 8 to 15 is also in the pipeline.

Although aquatic experience can come in handy for SurfSet, it’s not necessary, Frankel says. She has never surfed a day in her life. She has, however, spent decades danc-ing as a Rockette and in Broadway shows. And she relies on her act-ing chops to make every class feel like a day at the beach. Just not a particularly relaxing one.

Before launching into the warm-up, Frankel introduces her students to the RipSurfer X units. There are bands on either side on the board that control how much it teeters, and for beginners, she recommends hooking both in to provide stability. (Advanced exercisers can lose one or both bands to boost the balance challenge.) Most of the top of the board is covered with black mat-ting, which is more comfortable on the knees and wrists. It also indi-cates where you can step safely; no mat and you’re likely to go splat.

When the moves are done cor-rectly, wipeouts are rare. But to avoid turning a misstep into an injury, Frankel recommends keeping the area to the sides of each board clear. She also advises against wearing socks, which can lead to slips.

The first moves on the board are simple: Stand sideways, squat and let your feet rock from toes to heels. Pull up your surfer arms — the front one extending straight out and the other bent into your chest — as you step side to side, getting a feel for how to balance on the board. Then turn so you’re fac-ing front and squat again. If it feels shaky, that’s normal, Frankel says.

It’s why she has each of her stu-dents grab a weighted bar. They can plant one end on the ground for extra stability or pick it up for more of a strength and balance challenge. Her favourite forward-facing move: water walkers. Stand on one leg while you dip the other one into the air, as if you were sweeping your toes through the sea foam.

Many SurfSet exercises play

off similar visualizations. In “hot sand,” you quickly hop on and off the board, pretending that the beach is burning your soles. For “Jaws shark kicks,” you sit on the board facing forward, lean back and grip the edges. Then you imagine that a shark has appeared at your feet and you need to fend it off by smacking it with your heels. That core strengthener is also practical advice — if you ever happen to find yourself face-to-face with a great white. “If you strike a shark on the nose, it’s supposed to retreat,” Frankel asserts.

Almost any move you can do on land is also possible on a RipSurfer X — only it’s more difficult because of the wobble. So a lot of stand-ard exercises may not feel quite so familiar: push-ups, overhead presses, downward dog. “Wave runners” are the SurfSet version of mountain climbers. And board burpees are downright cruel — although pretty similar to the pop-ups real surfers perform. (Too tough? Try it with your feet on the floor and your hands on the board.)

“Because you’re on the board, you’re doing things differently and using every muscle in your body,” says Loretta Douglas, 39, who has become a SurfSet regular. The Vienna, Virginia, resident is originally from Miami, so she espe-cially appreciates the talk of sun and sand. “It helps you forget about how cold it is outside.”

First-timer Mike McCabe, also from Vienna, got the hang of the RipSurfer quickly at a recent class. “It’s just enough to keep you off bal-ance,” says the 50-year-old, who’s glad that the workout is easier than actual surfing. “My kids surfed, but I never did it successfully.”

Although the classes might not prepare you to hang 10, they can help you hang in there. Those bal-ance skills are going to be useful the next time you find yourself out on the water — the kind that’s frozen all over your front steps.

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‘Inclusive’ cutlery to help Parkinson’s patients

People suffering from Parkinson’s disease often feel embarrassed about eating at social lunch-

eons or dinners as their hands tremble. The result is terrible isolation.

This is going to change as a British student has designed ‘inclusive’ cutlery and crockery for the convenience of those suffering from Parkinson’s.

Parkinson’s disease is a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system and its primary symptoms include tremors at rest, stiffness and a slowing of movement.

“They still want to be included in the fam-ily, so ‘medicalising’ their lives does not make anyone happy,” said Emily Lukes who designed the cutlery as part of her final-year project at Loughborough University and Design School.

So, there is a bowl with a lip to help with ‘scoop eating’, a plate with vertical sides, a mug with two handles, and a spoon with a deeper bowl than normal and a handle that is slightly bigger and tapered to fit in the hand better.

Lukes has used stoneware for the crockery rather than porcelain and the products have non-slip bot-toms. “If you are embarrassed about eating, you are not going to go to a restaurant or invite people round. Being able to have a meal together reduces isolation of Parkinson’s sufferers,” Lukes said.

Her designs earned her third place in ‘Device Design Award 2014’, an international European Union-funded award of excellence in designing for vulnerable generations, recently.

Stem cell study sheds new light on disease formation

For the first time, researchers have shown that an essential biological process known as pro-

tein synthesis can be studied in adult stem cells.The ground-breaking findings also demonstrate

that the precise amount of protein produced by blood-forming stem cells is crucial to their func-tion. “This finding not only tells us something new about stem cell regulation but also opens up the ability to study differences in protein synthesis between many kinds of cells in the body,” said Sean Morrison, director of the children’s medical centre research institute at University of Toronto.

The discovery measures protein production, a process known as translation, and shows that protein synthesis is not only fundamental to how stem cells are regulated, but also is critical to their regenerative potential.

Different types of blood cells produce vastly different amounts of protein per hour, and stem cells in particular synthesise much less protein than any other blood-forming cells. “This result suggests that blood-forming stem cells require a lower rate of protein synthesis as compared to other blood-forming cells,” Morrison added.

Researchers applied the findings to a mouse model with a genetic mutation in a component of the ribosome - the machinery that makes proteins - and the rate of protein production was reduced in stem cells by 30 percent.

The scientists also increased the rate of protein synthesis by deleting the tumour-suppressor gene ‘Pten’ in blood-forming stem cells.

In both instances, stem cell function was noticeably impaired. Together, these observations demonstrate that blood-forming stem cells require a highly regu-lated rate of protein synthesis - such that increases or decreases in that rate impair stem cell function.

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TECHNOLOGYPLUS | THURSDAY 13 MARCH 201412

By Seth Stevenson

We keep hearing that 3-D printing is the future. Very soon, it seems — like maybe

in July or so? — we’ll all have Star Trek-type replicators installed in our homes. “Computer,” you’ll say, as you nibble a pastry, “please fab-ricate me a comfy new couch.” And lo, a sectional recliner with inte-grated cup holders will instantly appear. Or so goes the fantasy.

How close are we to this sce-nario, really? Will there soon be a factory in every foyer? At-home 3-D printing is thus far a fledgling market. Companies have been rac-ing to create printers that com-bine reasonable cost, compact size and user-friendly operation. But it’s not clear that anyone’s hit that sweet spot yet. To get a sense of the current state of at-home 3-D printing, I borrowed one of the latest models. Not one of those industrial jobbies that get used by big companies, but rather a “desktop” printer designed for consumer use.

When the Solidoodle 4 — retailing for $1,000, and vaguely resembling an obese microwave — arrived at the Slate offices, I eagerly unpacked it in my cubicle. I threaded the spool of filament (like a bobbin of yarn, if the yarn was made of ABS plastic and the bobbin was the size of a paint can) into the printer’s nozzle. I con-nected the printer to my laptop’s USB port. I fired the thing up, with a whir and a hum. I assumed I’d soon be awash in an endless supply of newly conjured 3-D stuff.

But the moment I attempted to print my first object, I realized that this device isn’t really designed for the average, moderately tech-savvy consumer. It’s made for people who possess either A) infinite patience, B) a preternatural attention to detail, or, preferably, C) a post-graduate degree in mechanical engineering. For example, the program you download to your computer so you can control the printer is full of buttons labelled with phrases like “Go Dump Area” and “Flow Multiply” and “Kill Slicer” and — somehow both reassuring and worrisome at the same time — “Emergency Stop.”

I decided it might be prudent to call Solidoodle tech support.

Within moments, an extremely helpful fellow named Joel was on the line, walking me through the setup process. He instructed me to heat the extruder (or as I’d been calling it, the nozzle) to 215 degrees. Then he had me click over to Thingiverse.com and download a simple design for a bottle opener. Confusingly, he asked if I happened to have a can of hairspray on hand. “Maybe like Aquanet?” he sug-gested. “The kind of stuff you might use to keep a mohawk in place?” I inquired of a nearby colleague, but she was not in possession of any hair care prod-ucts. Luckily, this turned out to be noncrucial. Joel explained that the hairspray becomes necessary only if the object you’re printing is sliding around on the printer bed — some Aquanet, applied to the bed, helps stick things in place.

Winging it without any styling aerosols, I sent the bottle-opener program from my laptop to the

printer, clicked “Run,” and watched with glee as the Solidoodle sprung to life. The nozzle darted to and fro, extruding a thin stream of plastic with what appeared to be solemn purpose. I bid goodbye to Joel and hung up, confident I’d figured this thing out. And I watched as layer after layer of carefully laid filament slowly formed … an amorphous, incoherent plastic blob.

OK, a less than total success. But I wasn’t deterred. And I refused to call Joel again. I began to play around, moving the extruder on its x- and y-axis with a click of my mouse. I turned the heat back on and coaxed it up to 215 degrees. Then I noticed that my filament was snapped, and I had to rethread it. But a small piece was stuck inside the nozzle. I called Joel again.

“Do you have a sequential set of Allen wrenches?” he asked. “Preferably in metric? I’m pretty sure it’s

a 1.5mm screw, but you might want to have an assortment.” I turned to my colleague again, but she was no more help with Allen wrenches than she’d been with the hairspray. “OK,” said Joel, “you can try to melt it out. Heat it to a really high temperature but try not to damage the machine or hurt yourself.”

Using a pair of extra-long tweezers that came with the printer, I was able to half-melt, half-yank the filament out, rethread it and try again. Once more, the printer cheer-ily jumped into action. This time I’d set the bed too low, so the plastic drooped from the nozzle with no platform to land on. Instead of a bot-tle opener, I ended up with a scraggly bird’s nest.

Now absolutely determined to print some sort of recogniz-able object, I raised up the bed, heated the nozzle, and down-loaded a program that builds a tiny robot figurine. This time, everything seemed to work correctly. A pair of little robot legs took shape. And then the printer just halted, for no discernible reason, leaving a sad, half-formed robot body, almost poignant in its aban-donment — with a singed spot where the hot nozzle stayed in one place for too long. I call it Robot, Interrupted.

I spent some time attempt-ing to suss out where I went wrong. But after a while, I gave up. I mean, let’s say I got the printer working again. Best case scenario, I’ve melted no one’s eyes and I’ve got a new robot figurine. Woohoo. I don’t need or want a robot figurine. And $1,000 for the printer plus $43 for each spool of filament is a hefty price to pay for a functionless, semidecorative piece of plastic I could buy for like 23 cents.

What’s more, the printer was loud enough that office colleagues were beginning to complain about the racket. It was emitting a smell not unlike that of burning hair. And it was taking forever to print out these objects that weren’t quite objects.

All of which points to some fundamental problems with the current state of desktop 3-D printing. Right now, even if you can tolerate the printer’s noise and stink and interminable wait time, there’s basically nothing you can make that you actually want or that is cost effective. It’s all trinkets and gewgaws. The most popular patterns at Thingiverse are pen hold-ers and elephant figurines and flimsy, unattractive iPhone cases.

Until there’s a killer app for the desktop 3-D printer, though, I can’t see any reason for the average person to buy one. And I can’t yet imagine what this killer app would be. What could you manufacture at home in a manner that’s cheaper and more efficient than could be done in a giant factory?

I could be wrong. Perhaps today’s 3-D printers are akin to the cellphones of 1987. Over time, we’ll gradu-ate from the Motorola DynaTac 8000X to the iPhone 5s — smaller, faster, more capable, and, eventually, indispensable. But I’ll bet you a pile of extruded plas-tic goo that I’m right.

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Will 3-D printers ever make sense for home use?

The author’s attempt to create a robot figurine with a 3d-printer.

COMICS & MORE 13

Hoy en la HistoriaMarch 13, 1454

1764: Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, British Prime Minister from 1830-34, was born. Earl Grey tea was named after him1894: A music hall in Paris staged the first professional striptease1974: Charles de Gaulle airport was inaugurated in Paris2004: Opera star Luciano Pavarotti got an 11-minute ovation as he gave his last performance in Puccini’s Tosca at the Met in New York

Johannes Gutenberg, the pioneer of movable type which went on to revolutionise printing throughout the world, printed his first Bible in Germany

Picture: Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS

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

ACCELERATOR, AUTOMOBILE, AXLE, BATTERY, BRAKE,CARBURETOR, CLUTCH, CRANKSHAFT, CRUISE CONTROL,CYLINDER, DASHBOARD, DIFFERENTIAL, DISTRIBUTOR,ENGINE, EXHAUST, FUEL LINE, GEARS, HALF SHAFT, HEADLIGHT, IGNITION, MUFFLER, PISTON, RADIATOR,SHOCK ABSORBER, SPARK PLUG, STEERING, SUSPENSION,TAILPIPE, TRANSMISSION, WHEELS.

LEARN ARABIC

Baby Blues by Jerry Scott and Rick Kirkman

Zits by Dennis Young and Denis Lebrun

Hagar The Horrible by Chris Browne


At the Airport

Modern airport Ma�ar �adee�

I will go by plane to Newyork Sa'a�habou �awwan ila Nyoyork

This is my luggage Ha�ihi �aqa'ibee

You are allowed to carry this weight only

Ya�iqqou laka biha�a alwazn faqa�

When will the plane take off? Mata satouqliçou al�a'ira?

When will we arrive? Mata na�il?

Where are you coming from? Min ayna anta qadim?

Where is the information of�ce? Ayna maktabou alistiçlamat?

Identity card Houwiyya/Bataka

I bought presents for the friends Ištaraytou hadaya lil'a�diqa'

I have given my luggage to the porter in order to weigh it

Sallamtou al�ammal amtiçatee leeyazinaha

Note: ç = ‘a’ in ‘agh’ when surprised � = ‘th’ as in ‘nothing’ � = ‘th’ as in ‘they’

HYPER SUDOKU

CROSSWORD

CROSSWORDS

YESTERDAY’S ANSWER

How to play Hyper Sudoku:A Hyper Sudoku

Puzzle is solved

by filling the

numbers from 1

to 9 into the blank

cells. A Hyper

Sudoku has

unlike Sudoku

13 regions

(four regions

overlap with the

nine standard

regions). In all

regions the numbers from 1 to 9 can appear

only once. Otherwise, a Hyper Sudoku is

solved like a normal Sudoku.

ACROSS 1 “Humbug” preceders

5 Gobble (down)

10 Ordered

14 Polyunsaturated fat source

15 ___-Leste (U.N. member since 2002)

16 “The Sopranos” co-star

17 Tidal movement

19 Bhagavad ___ (Hindu text)

20 Occasioned

21 “La Bamba” performers

23 Firm last words?

26 Barbara Eden title role

28 Triple, quadruple or more

29 ___-rock

30 Something Garfield often takes

32 Like some stockings

36 Popular dorm poster subject

37 Take one’s licks, in a way

40 “___ been there”

41 See 26-Down

43 Triple ___

44 Small number

45 Passion

48 Fixes

51 “Be careful!”

55 “House” actor for the show’s entire run

56 Lady Gaga and others

59 Brightest star in Lyra

60 How 17-, 23-, 37- and 51-Across run (in two ways)

63 Like crème brûlée

64 Some campaigns win them

65 “You Are My Destiny” singer

66 Unsupportive words

67 Hook up with

68 Accident investigator, for short

DOWN 1 Big game

2 Conditioner additive

3 Added up

4 Moderate

5 The bus stops here: Abbr.

6 Possible coup instigator, for short

7 Enjoy a constitutional

8 Men of steel?

9 San Joaquin Valley city

10 Homophobia, e.g.

11 Out

12 Get clean

13 Take marks off

18 End

22 Actress Balaban of “Last Chance Harvey”

24 Trattoria menu heading

25 It’s sat upon

26 With 41-Across, co-creator of Captain America and the Hulk

27 Pre-coll., in education

31 Equipment in some labs

33 Marriage or divorce

34 Finito

35 “That’s ___ to me”

37 Poet Elinor

38 Watch

39 ___-deucey

42 Gives away

46 Visage

47 Many a Sherpa

49 “If you prick ___ we not bleed?”: Shak.

50 One of the so-called “Four Asian Tigers”

51 Like tapestries

52 Movado competitor

53 Disposed to henpecking

54 Actor Davis

57 Puts it to

58 Attempt

61 Stroller rider

62 General on a Chinese menu

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14 15 16

17 18 19

20 21 22

23 24 25

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29 30 31 32 33 34 35

36 37 38 39 40

41 42 43 44

45 46 47 48 49 50

51 52 53 54

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59 60 61 62

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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.

YESTERDAY’S ANSWER

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EASY SUDOKUCartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate

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


CINEMA / TV LISTINGS 15

TEL: 444933989 444517001SHOWING AT VILLAGGIO & CITY CENTER

11:00 Tottenham TV

14:00 NBA Brooklyn @

Miami

16:00 90 in 30

16:30 Cycling Paris

to Nice Stage 5

LIVE

18:15 Dutch League

Ajax v Cambur

20:00 90 in 30

20:30 ATP Magazine

21:00 ATP 1000 Indian

Wells QF 1 LIVE

01:00 ATP 1000

Indian Wells

QF 2 LIVE

03:00 Roma TV

04:00 Inter Milan TV

08:00 News

09:00 Indian Hospital

10:30 Inside Story

11:30 The Stream

12:00 News

12:30 People &

Power

13:00 NEWSHOUR

14:00 News

14:30 Inside Story

15:00 Witness

16:00 NEWSHOUR

17:00 News

17:30 The Stream

18:00 NEWSHOUR

19:00 News

19:30 Viewfinder

Latin America

20:00 News

20:30 Inside Story

21:00 NEWSHOUR

22:00 News

22:30 The Stream

23:00 Indian Hospital

14:45 Championship

Blackburn v

Burnley

16:30 Europa League

Highlights

17:30 EPL World

Magazine

18:00 Sports News

18:30 EPL Football

20:30 UEFA Europa

League

Porto v Napoli

23:05 UEFA Europa

League

Tottenham v

Benfica

13:00 Swamp People

14:00 Ancient Aliens

15:30 The Legend

Of Shelby The

Swamp Man

17:00 Swamp People

18:00 Pawn Stars

19:00 Storage Wars

20:00 Swamp People

21:30 The Legend

Of Shelby The

Swamp Man

23:00 Counting Cars

09:00 Life Of Pi

11:15 Brave

13:00 Pop Star

15:00 Thunderstruck

16:45 Life Of Pi

19:00 Haywire

21:00 Fast & Furious

6

23:15 Drive

01:00 Age Of Heroes

03:00 Haywire

12:00 I Think I Do

14:00 Dark Shadows

16:00 Hit List

17:45 The Producers

20:00 Tough Guys

22:00 Jackass:

Number Two

23:45 Dazed And

Confused

13:15 Mythbusters

14:05 Border Security

14:30 Auction Kings

14:55 Container Wars

15:20 Strip The City

16:10 Fast N' Loud

17:50 Wheeler Dealers

18:40 You Have Been

Warned

19:30 Sons Of Guns

20:20 How Do They

Do It?

20:45 How It's Made

21:35 Container Wars

22:00 Glory Hounds

22:50 Outlaw Empires

23:40 Hellriders

13:10 Through The

Wormhole

With Morgan

Freeman

14:00 Deadliest

Space Weather

15:20 Food Factory

16:10 Space Voyages

19:35 Test Case

20:30 Prank Science

22:10 Food Factory

22:35 How Tech Works

23:00 Prank Science

13:25 Eastenders

13:55 Doctors

14:20 Being Erica

16:25 Weakest Link

17:10 Eastenders

17:40 Doctors

18:10 Being Erica

20:00 Silk

20:50 Hustle

22:10 Last Man

Standing

23:00 Weakest Link

12:45 Water Horse:

Legend Of Deep

16:15 Ben 10: Race

Against Time

20:00 Tinker Bell And

The Secret Of

The Wings

22:00 Lego Batman:

DC Super Heroes

MALL

1

Frozen (3D/Animation) – 2.30pm

Mr. Peabody & Sherman (3D/Animation) – 5.00 & 7.00pm

Bewakoofiyaan (2D/Hindi) – 9.00pm

Force Of Execution (2D/Action) – 11.15pm

2

Only God Forgives (2D/Thriller) – 3.00pm

Recoil (2D/Action) – 5.00pm

Non - Stop (2D/Action) – 7.00pm

300: Rise Of An Empire (3D/Action) – 9.15pm

Patrick (2D/Horror) – 11.30pm

3


Red Sky (2D/Action) – 4.30 & 11.00pm

Cabin Fever: Patient Zero (2D/Horror) – 7.00pm


LANDMARK

1




Nimirndhu Nil (2D/Tamil) – 10.30pm

2






3




Red Sky (2D/Action) – 9.15pm


ROYAL

PLAZA

1




Nimirndhu Nil (2D/Tamil) – 10.30pm

2






3

Red Sky (2D/Action) – 3.00pm





12:00 Buddha

13:00 Do Dil Bandhe Ek

Dori Se

13:30 Ek Mutthi Aasmaan

14:00 Doli Armaano Ki

14:30 Jodha Akbar

15:00 Snack Attack

15:30 Sapne Suhane

Ladakpan Ke

16:00 Aur Pyaar Hogaya

16:30 Qubool Hai

17:00 Doli Armaano Ki

17:30 Pavitra Rishta

18:30 Ek Mutthi

Aasmaan

19:00 Do Dil Bandhe Ek

Dori Se

19:30 Jodha Akbar

20:00 Pavitra Rishta

20:30 Sapne Suhane

Ladakpan Ke

22:30 Silver Screen

(Taare Zameen

Par)

13:00 Good Luck

Charlie

13:25 Austin & Ally

13:45 A.N.T. Farm

14:10 Jessie

14:35 Dog With A Blog

15:00 Good Luck

Charlie

15:25 Gravity Falls

16:10 Violetta


17:40 Gravity Falls

18:10 Jessie

18:30 Good Luck

Charlie

19:20 Violetta

20:30 Good Luck

Charlie


21:15 Gravity Falls

21:40 Shake It Up

22:00 Austin & Ally

23:10 Wizards Of

Waverly Place

13:00 Seinfeld

15:00 Modern Family

15:30 The Daily Show

With Jon Stewart

16:00 Colbert Report

16:30 Two And A Half

Men

17:00 Late Night With

Seth Meyers

18:00 Last Man Standing

18:30 New Girl

19:00 The Mindy Project

19:30 Brooklyn Nine-Nine

20:00 The Tonight Show

Starring Jimmy

Fallon

21:00 The Daily Show

With Jon Stewart

21:30 Colbert Report

22:00 Veep

22:30 South Park

23:00 Out There

23:30 Late Night With

Seth Meyers


PLUS | THURSDAY 13 MARCH 2014 POTPOURRI16

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

Zeyad Al Jaidah, Co-Founder & Managing Director, TechnoQ

In 1995, Zeyad Al Jaidah and his brothers invested in TechnoQ. TechnoQ is now one of the largest

system integrators in Qatar. Zeyad got a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas. The Jaidah Brothers Group, the family holding company in which Zeyad is a partner, also invests in other busi-nesses like American retail toy outlet Build-A-Bear Workshop. The group has outlets in the UAE and Kuwait and will soon launch in Bahrain, Saudi and Qatar. He is a member of Entrepreneurs’ Organization Qatar.

Who’s who

If you want your events featured here, mail details to [email protected]

iD by Cirque ÉloizeWhen: April 2: 8pm; April 3: 8pm; April 4: 3.30pm, 8pm; April 5: 1.30pm, 6pmWhere: The Theatre, Qatar National

Convention Centre

What: A mix of circus arts and urban dance by Cirque Éloize, an affiliated company of Cirque du Soleil directed by Jeannot Painchaud. Tickets: QR95 - QR1,500, Available at Virgin Megastores (Villagio and Landmark) or online at www.virginmegastore.me

Annie When: March 13 at 7.30pm and March 14 and 15 at 2.30pm and 7.30pm. Where: Doha British School What: Sentre Stage Musicals is staging the musical production about a band of orphans, inhabiting the New York City Municipal Orphanage.Tickets: QR75 and QR100 at THE ONE in Landmark and Villaggio malls.

Halal Hal Qatar Festival When: Mar 22-31; 10am-10pm Where: Katara’s Southern Area

What: This carnival will present three main activities: Al-Mazaiyn: A show of beauty for goats and sheep, there will be prize for the first 5. Al-Mazad (public sale): Selling groups of livestock through auction. Al-Izab: Group of barns, each contain different kind of livestock, the visitor will be able to know it and see it closely. Free Entry

Radiant When: Until Mar 29Where: Museum of Islamic Arts What: The Museum of Islamic Arts in partnership with East Wing, presents a photographic exhibition featuring artwork by German artist Antje Hanebeck. Free Entry

Massimo Banzi: Crossing Boundaries When: Mar 26Where: VCUQatar AtriumWhat: Massimo Banzi is the co-founder of the Arduino project. He is an interaction designer, educator and open source hardware advocate. He has worked as a consultant for clients such as: Prada, Artemide, Persol, Whirlpool, V&A Museum and Adidas.Free Entry

Kings and Pawns When: March 19 - June 21Where: Museum of Islamic Arts What: This exhibition uncovers the history of board games in the Islamic world, from India to Spain between 7th and 20th century. King and Pawns features game-boards, Persian and Arabic chess manuals, paintings and illustrated manuscripts.Free Entry

Events in Qatar

IN FOCUS

A view from Al Wakra.

by Mohamed Rizwan

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

President Barack Obama took on a daunting task: shop-

ping for clothes for his wife and daughters during a brief stop at a Gap store while raising money for Democrats in New York.

Obama was in New York to attend fund-raisers aimed at building up cam-paign war chests for this year’s midterm congres-sional elections, which he said are key to how much of his agenda he can get done in the rest of his time in office.

“I don’t have time to waste... I want to squeeze every last bit of work that I can during the remainder of my term so that looking back I’ll be able to say we left everything on the field,” he said at the second of the events, which was staged to help Democratic candidates for the US Senate.

Obama’s first stop was at a Gap store, where the president sorted care-fully through sweaters in search of a purchase for one of his two daughters, Sasha and Malia, before holding up a pink one.

Moving to the adult women’s section,

Obama declared wife Michelle difficult to shop for: “Maybe I should buy some socks.”

Obama had dropped by a Midtown Manhattan branch of the clothing chain to thank Gap Inc for its decision to raise the minimum wage to $9 an hour this year and $10 an hour in 2015. He has been campaigning to persuade businesses and Congress to raise wages for workers at the bottom of the scale.

After picking a pair of sweaters and a blue workout jacket, Obama moved to the cash register, as reporters, pho-tographers, aides, and Secret Service agents looked on.

“I think the ladies will be impressed by my style sense,” he said.

Reuters

Obama sweats over sweaters

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