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SPLASH HOLDS ‘BRAVE NEW WORLD’ FASHION SHOW

VCUQatar fashion design sophomores, juniors showcased eclectic thesis collections featuring day-to-evening looks that reflected their aesthetic and creative visions in the annual fashion show held at The Gate Mall.

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FASHION

Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar (VCUQatar) presented ‘Thread,’ its 16th Annual Fashion Show, to an audience of

fashion enthusiasts last week. The event was hosted by Salam International at The Gate Mall.

‘Thread’ featured works by VCUQatar fashion design sophomores, juniors and eight graduating seniors – Tamader Alsultan, Kinda Morshed, Malia Bennett Henry, Aisha Al Suwaidi, Maryam Al Darwish, Dylon Adonis, Marwa Al Said, Soraya Teschner – who presented eclectic thesis collections featuring day-to-evening looks that reflected their aesthetic and creative visions.

Embroidered floral designs left a strong impression in Tamader Alsultan’s Blooms collection. Kinda Morshed’s Elizabeth.Haunted drew upon the evil queens of fairy tales and fiction; her black gowns

featured exaggerated collars and dramatic feather details. For Manic Depression, Malia Bennett Henry aimed to con-vey a personal message, incorporating expressive Jackson Pollock-esque prints to transmit extremes of emotion. Aisha Al Suwaidi made use of polka dots in Fashion as Art, emphasizing their charm with playful 60s-inspired silhouettes.

Attention to craft and finishing was the highlight of The Details, a collection by Maryam Al Darwish, while Dylon Adonis remained faithful to his longstanding source of inspiration: nature. His collection, Triggered Metamorphosis, juxtaposed fur trims with structural tailoring to echo the tensions he sees existing between human nature and society’s expectations. A visit to New York City inspired Marwa Al Said’s collection Bonsoir NY, which integrated corsets, leather and tulle in a contempo-rary way.

VCUQatar students’ show wows fashion enthusiasts

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VCUarts student Soraya Teschner trans-ferred from Richmond to Qatar for her senior year. Coming to the desert from urban Virginia meant not only a big shift in culture, but also in scenery. “Qatar’s desert and beige landscape gave me a creative plat-form and inspired me to explore different styles in my senior fashion design year. My final collec-tion Modern Warrior is inspired by hidden and rather soft strengths in women, which I found particular in the Middle East,” she said of her participation in ‘Thread.’ In a further effort to strengthen exchange opportunities between home and branch campuses, VCUQatar invited Gabriela Villalon, Rene Velasquez and Haley Choi, three sen-ior fashion design stu-dents from the VCUarts Fashion Department in Richmond, VA, USA, to present their fashion col-lections in Doha. In host-ing the guest designers, the theme of ‘Thread’ was given deeper mean-ing through the reinforce-ment of international connections and creative collaborations.

This year, students had the privilege to present their collections alongside the work of renowned French cou-turier Stèphane Rolland. When asked from where he draws his inspiration and how he creates his pieces, Rolland explains: “I am mainly inspired by architecture, as well as the contrasts between t he light and the shadow, the yin and the yang, but when it comes to creating the pieces it is very much like cooking, because you need the right bal-ance of all ingredients.”

Held annually since 1999, the VCUQatar Fashion Show has devel-oped into a highly antici-pated annual event in Qatar, with international invitees, guest design-ers and media. Marion

Sanguesa, a VCUQatar 2012 fashion graduate, who now works at Salam stores, remembers pre-senting her senior col-lection at the VCUQatar campus in Education City. “Salam’s The Gate Mall opens more oppor-tunities for the students to show their expertise to a wider audience,” Sanguesa says. “It shows the Qatar community that VCUQatar students’ work is more than just a university project.”

The winners of the Fashion Show Awards were announced on the last evening of the show. This year’s W Doha Award goes to Maryam Al Darwish and her The Details collection. The award was presented by Clara de Lama, direc-tor of marketing at the W Doha and includes the opportunity to make use of W Doha, and another W Hotel around the globe, as a platform to showcase her collec-tions at various events happening throughout the year.

The Salam Fashion Award, introduced in 2013 by Salam International Investments Chairman and CEO Issa Abu Issa, aims to support a graduate’s transition from student designer to professional. This year, it was pre-sented by AbdulSalam Issa Abu Issa, member of the board of directors of Salam International to Malia Bennett Henry. The award includes mentor-ship during the develop-ment and design of two bespoke collections, which will be sold exclu-sively within a dedicated space in Salam Stores, Doha.

The final sponsored award of the evening was the newly established GLAM award, which was presented by Sindhu Nair, the Chief Editor. Once again Malia Bennett Henry was awarded for her outstanding creativity in the Manic Depression collection. The Peninsula

Pics: Abdul Basit

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CAMPUS

DeBakey students were involved with hands-on instructional learning activities presented by staff from Sidra Medical and Research Center. Students practised basic life support techniques, measured vital signs, and attended a rotation of three presentations. This visit from Sidra is an extension of the classroom learning for the Health & Science courses taught at DeBakey High School – Qatar. In the pictures are Sidra staff members and DeBakey Health & Science instructor with students.

Ideal Indian School felicitated meritorious students who made it to the Principal’s honours list securing higher grades in the school final examinations during the aca-demic year 2014-15. A special assembly was organised in the school to honour more than 850 meritorious students from Junior, Boys’ and Girls’ sections. Principal Syed Shoukath Ali gave away gold medals and certificates to the students. Trophies were also awarded to various houses excelled in the curricular and co-curricular activities, In the junior section, the champion house of the year award went to Blue House headed by Afreen. In boys’ section, Blue House headed ny Nowfal won the overall championship while in the girls’ section, the Yellow House led by Glory Thomas was declared the Champion House. These houses received championship trophies from the Principal. Padma Ramaswamy, Vice Principal, Girls’ Section, S Vidyashanker, Vice Principal, Boys’ Section, Shobhana Menon, Headmistress Junior Section, Nazima Bi, Headmistress, Girls’ Section, Azam Khan, Headmaster, Boys’ Section and Parveen Taj, Asst Headmistress, Junior Section attended the function.

IIS honours meritorious students

DeBakey students receive instruction from Sidra staff

The win-ners of Akhil Bharatheeya Hindi Olympiad with the Principal and the other offi-cials of MES Indian School.

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MARKETPLACE

Splash explored the new dimension of the world by paying homage to simplicity and infusing the luxury of fashion that surrounds us. ‘Brave New World’ showcased the Spring Summer’ 15 col-

lection that urged us to go back to where it all started.Splash presented pieces that were an amalgamation of

the luxe fabrics in simple, basic silhouettes.Raza Beig, CEO Splash and ICONIC, said: “This sea-

son was about exploring the roots and going back to our basics from where it began and so we presented a very clean, minimalistic collection that infused the modernity around us. We highlighted two key themes namely Luxe Zen and Gypset. In terms of the venue we wanted to have an open air area surrounded by the beautiful Dubai sky-line that juxtaposed our nature- inspired runway adorned with geometric installations and trees. Additionally this range will be added to the ‘Splash Studio’ collection that was introduced last season which specifically features the runway pieces.”

The main show area at the Rooftop Terrace at Jumeirah Emirates Towers was transformed into a garden which brought out the contrast yet highlighted the way nature and modernity blends in seamlessly.

The show saw Raza Beig walk the finale with Nisha Jagtiani amidst a thunderous round of applause. All fashion followers and Splash customers also got a taste of the season’s most awaited runway action across two shows earlier in the evening.

To maximise the reach of the shows and celebrate fashion on a larger scale, the three shows were live streamed on all the brand’s social media platforms along with other leading online platforms across the region.

The collection presented on the runway will be available from mid-April in store while all the looks from the catwalk are available on www.landmarkshops.com/splash and Facebook.com/Splashfashions.

The two trends featuring at the fashion show were:

Luxe Zen: The collection will have a strong Far East exotic Japanese influence with a good mix of clas-sic and new silhouettes. Simplicity and clean lines will be the highlight sending out a demure vibe. Gypset: Capture the mysterious, free-spir-ited bohemian and gypsy culture with this trend that takes you on a whimsical ride this season. The Peninsula

La Cigale Hotel has recently introduced a new business lunch at Di Capri Restaurant offering the finest Italian flavors

with a 3-course set menu from a wide variety of options for QR95 per person.

The menu was designed by the Italian Chef Luca Dal Col to serve a contemporary twist of Italian food with a wide array of delectable appe-tizers, main course and desserts that includes vegetarian options to please all palates.

“Guests will be delighted to choose from our signature selection of dishes such as Di Caprese salad, beef car-paccio, Ravioli Salmon, hamour fish fillet, tiramisu and much more” said Chef Luca Dal Col, he added: “the live cooking kitchen is creating an enjoy-able interaction with our customers and a great atmosphere at the res-taurant.” From his side Raymond Nasr, food and beverage manager said: “we have decided to launch the business lunch at Di Capri due to the request of

our guests to have a dining concept that offers light and refined Italian food, in addition, the cozy and comfortable atmosphere of the restaurant makes it the perfect place to have a quick lunch while maintaining the privacy of the gathering”. Nasr added: “our guests are very pleased of this new dining formula especially who are working nearby our hotel”.

Di Capri’s business lunch is served from Saturday to Thursday from 12:00 pm till 15:30 pm. The Peninsula

Di Capri restaurant offers new business lunch

Splashorganises ‘Brave New World’ fashion extravaganza

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TECHNOLOGY

BY STUART DREDGE

Luzu used to work at a TV pro-duction company, but in 2011 he launched his own YouTube channel called LuzuVlogs.

Four years on, the Spanish-language vlogging channel has nearly 1.6 million subscribers, with Luzu now running two others.

“I actually have a bigger audience in my channel than the TV company I used to work for,” he said in an appearance at the MIPTV conference in Cannes, in a session that aimed to provide practi-cal advice to any creator trying to build their audience on YouTube.

“The greatest thing about this is we are defining a lot of things. The way people consume content is changing, and this way of doing content responds to the needs that they have rather than

telling them how they should do it,” he said. Here are the highlights of his advice.

Don’t just follow trendsA lot of budding YouTubers look

at what’s popular on the online video service, and copy it. Luzu suggested that there might be a much better start-ing point based on what they’re not watching.

“For me, from the beginning it was ‘What am I missing? What would I like to see?’,” he said. “A lot of people were concentrating on ‘What do people watch? What is the most famous and cool thing right now? Maybe that’s not the way to go because there is some-one really good doing it already.”

Be patient in the early daysAlmost no one uploads their first

video to YouTube and becomes a mas-sive success straight away – and when they do, that doesn’t mean they can repeat it. Luzu encouraged creators to be patient and keep plugging away.

“You have to keep in mind that it takes a long time. I spent a lot of time having 30 people watching my videos!” he said. “And then there is one moment where everybody shares it, and they go back to your old videos. So there isn’t a moment wasted along the way.”

He was being interviewed at MIPTV by YouTube’s David Ripert, who had similar advice. “We think it’s best to start consistently with a show, and be patient and start building the audience from zero,” said Ripert.

It’s worth investing in equipmentWith a background in TV production,

Luzu started with an advantage over the average bedroom vlogger. Even so, he noted that nowadays, people can get up and running at zero cost if they have a decent smartphone already in their pocket.

“Flip it and you can do video. You are spending zero dollars and you can monetise those videos and when you grow you get money,” he said. However, once that money comes in, it may be worth investing in a proper camera, which may be more affordable than you think.

“Nowadays it’s not expensive to have equipment that will make your content look good,” he said. “My vlogs looked a little bit better because they had depth of field and a little bit more texture.”

You don’t necessarily need a large crew

Luzu runs his channel with one other person, his girlfriend. As he has grown, he has resisted the temptation to start hiring a large crew.

“We don’t need crews,” he said. “You really just need one or two peo-ple. I could do some of these formats by myself, but it still reaches hundreds of thousands of people and that’s because it’s based on personality and what you’re saying.”

He added that he relishes the ability to write, present but also market and even handle the accounting. “We get to wear all these hats that in a production company different people on the team would wear,” he said earlier in the day, during a separate session.

Invest time in social mediaA common theme for YouTubers is

that they don’t just interact with their fans on YouTube: most spend a lot of time on Twitter, Facebook and other social platforms and apps – it’s as important a part of the job as making the videos in the first place

“I definitely spend a lot of time on social media. There is a constant dia-logue with the audience,” said Luzu. “Here people are looking at someone in the eye when they are watching a vlogger, they are feeling connected and they want to talk to that person.”

Earlier, he’d expressed similar senti-ments. “It’s something that comes with YouTube: people feel extremely con-nected with content creators. Creators are connected with people who watch their videos, and you want them to feel like that,” he said.

“It’s very different to traditional media: you keep a constant conversation. Social media is a great way to engage with the audiences when you’re not uploading videos, to help them feel part of what you’re doing.”

Collaborate, but bring something original to the table

One of the proven ways for YouTubers to build their audiences is by collabo-rating with one another, with emerging channels able to quickly pick up sub-scribers through a canny collab with a bigger star. Luzu said one key to finding collaborators is to look for people at your level who are also on their way up.

He also suggested that it’s not enough just to want to collaborate: YouTubers need to think what they have that’s original to bring to a new video with someone else, rather than sitting in on whatever they do already. For example: animation or musical skills, or access to an interesting location.

Luzu also suggested that email may not be the best way to contact a popu-lar YouTuber about a collaboration: “I have about 200,000 unread emails!” he said, before noting that when he was growing, he’d found Twitter useful for connecting with other creators.

Consider multiple channels as you grow

All YouTube creators start with a sin-gle channel, but Luzu said that as his had got more popular, he felt the need to launch the others to avoid a one-size-fits-all approach to his videos.

“Depending on the target that you’re trying to get to there might be a different language to get to them. Kids like cer-tain things, and teenagers other things, and adults different things,” he said.

That’s why Luzu has one channel focused on gaming, which reaches a younger audience, and another with more of a question-and-answer for-mat, which appeals more to teenagers. “And then adults want more content and more meat. That’s why I have three channels,” he said. The Guardian

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FOOD

BY JULIET STOTT

How much would you pay for food in a cafe which does not have any prices on the menu? And how would you

decide what the price should be, if you knew the food you were going to be served was originally destined for the bin? That’s the dilemma facing custom-ers of a new wave of cafes opening around United Kingdom.

There are at least 10 “waste not, want not” cafes, from Skipchen in Bristol and the Real Junk Food Project in Leeds to Save the Date in London; they operate on the principle of using “intercepted food” – food that would otherwise be thrown away by supermarkets and wholesalers – on their menus, while

letting customers pay what they feel their meal is worth.

At the Saltaire Canteen, a pay-what-you-can cafe in Bradford, Duncan Milwain’s aim is not just to reduce food waste but also to act as a community hub, redistributing food to people in the area who need it most.

Customers order … and at the end of the meal are invited to put a donation in an envelope. There’s no obligation to pay “Anyone can come in here and have a meal. It’s entirely up to them if they want to pay for it,” he says. Everything except the drinks is served on this basis. “The reason we charge for drinks is because there are two cafes opposite and we thought it would be unfair competition,” he says.

He explains how the cafe, which is mainly staffed by volunteers, works: “People come in, pay for their drinks, then get seated. There’s a chalk board with the menu for that day. Customers order what they want, the food is deliv-ered and at the end of the meal they are invited to put a donation into a brown envelope. We always emphasise that there is no obligation to pay.”

The manager and only paid employee, Stacey Farrar, says that so far everyone has made a contribution. “The donations have been absolutely amazing. We had somebody in for a soup and piece of cake the other day, who put £15 in an envelope. Yesterday, a gentleman gave us a pound for a pasta dish and donated £100. The lowest amount we’ve had was something like 28p. But they know they’re not getting steak or lobster, and they understand the concept.”

Jim Barton, a youth worker from Bradford, and his pregnant wife, Lisa, who is a probation officer, travelled from their home in Apperley Bridge with their three-year-old daughter, Ida, to support the cafe.

A regular at Armley’s Real Junk Food Project, Jim is a fan of independent busi-nesses and charities that are ethically sound. “I think as a society we waste far too much,” he says. “People have been reclaiming food from supermarkets for a long time – this is just the next step.”

He and Lisa ordered a soup and a potato bake. They paid £5 plus a £1 tip for it in the end. “I just thought that was an honest price to pay. If I was to order a similar sort of meal from another cafe I’d guess that would probably be the price that they’d charge. I also thought that the food is being up-cycled – it’s not top end. So I weighed that up in my mind as well.”

Paul and Lynne Smithson from Pudsey had never heard of the “pay what you think it’s worth” concept before. “This cafe has a lot of win-wins. There’s a benefit to us, there’s a benefit to charity and the food is not going to landfill,” Paul says.

Lynne ordered a mince pie and a cof-fee. “I put £2 in the envelope [for the mince pie]. It’s probably worth about £1 but I wanted to give a bit more because it’s going to charity,” she said. “I think people will pay what they can afford.”

Later, the couple also ordered two celery soups, for which Lynne thought she would pay £10. “Oh wow, that’s a lot for two soups,” Paul says. But they agreed that they would feel awkward if

they felt they had ripped off the cafe.The menu at Saltaire Canteen is

understandably limited. On the day my family and I visited it was celery soup with croutons; beef bacon, potato and onion bake with festive greens; creamy potato soup and focaccia; apple cake; baked ginger cake; and apple crum-ble. The food was all made on site from intercepted produce.

Milwain shows me the small kitchen. “There’s a sense that it’s a community kitchen – that doesn’t mean the food will be poor quality,” he says. “I’m a bit of a fan of Yotam Ottolenghi. I want to produce flavourful food.”

I had the celery soup and my hus-band chose the only gluten-free option: apple cake. I paid £5 for my choice and Josh £2.50. We agreed we’d paid over the odds for food we wouldn’t race back to eat. But we felt the cafe’s ambi-ence, its location and the knowledge that the money was going to a good cause made it worth what we paid.

Reflecting on whether the location influenced our decision to pay more, Jim Barton says: “It’s quite middle class around here, and therefore it will attract middle-class people [who will perhaps pay more]. The original cafe was set up in Armley – which is a very poor, deprived part of Leeds. It’s used very much as a hub for everybody – the unemployed, asylum seekers and refugees.

“People in the neighbourhood know that you can go there and get a good, healthy meal at a fair price that they’re able to pay.”

The Guardian

Pay what you want at a cafe in UK Duncan Milwain

at the Saltaire Canteen.

Cafes serving meals made with ‘intercepted’ ingredients that were destined for landfill are opening up across the UK. You simply add up your own bill.

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FASHION

Being fashionablemay cause back pain

Wearing tight clothes or figure-hugging shape wear may lead to nerve compression in your back and also restrict your hip

bone movement, putting pressure on your spine and leading to backache, says an expert. Suraj Bafna, spine consultant at Qi Spine Clinic, lists a few back pain culprits:

* Form-fitting skirts: Close fitted skirts and dresses pull your knees together, thereby restricting movement. Over time, the damage and strain can aggravate and lead to a pulled muscle or disc problems.

* Skinny jeans: Body-hugging jeans grip tightly around the waist, hips, thighs and calves and can create strain in the joints. Also, having your phone or wallet in your jeans’ back pocket imbalances the alignment of the hips and can cause hip or back pain.

* Oversized handbags: The big-ger the bag, the more stuff you will put in it. Adding extra weight on one side of your body is one of the biggest back pain causes. Whenever you carry added weight on one side of your body, it causes your spine to curve and that leads to back pain symptoms.

* High heels: High heels can be bad for your feet and back and can cause the calf muscles to shorten, which can lead to circulation problems, knee damage and back pain. It is important to wear comfort-able shoes if you plan to walk a distance.

* Heavy necklace: When you acces-sorise your neck with heavy jewellery, it puts pressure on the muscles, tendons and joints of the neck. Anything that pulls the neck tips the head away from its point of neutral balance and can create neck ten-sion, pain and damage.

* Side hair parting: Wearing your hair on one side may be fashionable but you are doing a great disfavour to your neck. It causes the head to tilt to one side and the chin to the other and the condition is known as wry neck. IANS

Outfits by couturier Cristobal Balenciaga (1895-1972) are displayed at the exhibition “Balenciaga, Master of Lace”, at the Museum of Lace and Fashion in the northeastern town of Calais. The exhibition features almost 75 outfits and accessories by the Spanish-born, Paris-based couturier and will run till August 31.

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HEALTH & FITNESS

I’ve just found out that I’m pregnant with my first child. Can you

give me some tips on healthy eating during my pregnancy?

It is very important to eat healthily during your preg-nancy as the right foods, in the right quantities, will give your baby the best possible start to life and help it to grow and develop. Here are a few tips to help you follow a healthy eat-ing plan:

• Eat five or six times a day (three main meals and three healthy snacks)

• Consume protein-rich foods such as meat, eggs, chicken, dairy products and fish, as well as legumes (beans, lentils, peas) and soy prod-ucts as these help to build and develop the embryo’s cells

• Reduce your intake of fatty foods and cook with vegetable oils, especially olive oil. However, use oil sparingly as it is high in calorie and contributes to weight gain

• Limit your intake of foods high in sugars (soft drinks, sweets, canned juices) as they are rich in calories and low in nutritional value

• Eat a wide variety of vegetables, fruits and

legumes as this will ensure you consume lots of vitamins, min-erals and fiber

• Consume a range of differ-ent nuts as they contain many vitamins, minerals and healthy oils, but avoid nuts with added salt

• Eat fish at least twice a week as it contains omega-3 oil which is essential for the growth of the fetus and the develop-ment of the baby’s brain

• Drink lots of water — at least two litres (eight to 10 cups) — each day at regular intervals

• Reduce your intake of caffeine (coffee, soft drinks, tea) because it will increase the risk of miscarriage and contribute to low birth weight by increasing fetal heart rate

• Limit your intake of kidney and liver during pregnancy as they contain large amounts of vitamin A which is potentially harmful to the fetus

• Take food supplements such as calcium, iron and vitamin D during your entire preg-nancy and folic acid during the first months of pregnancy. Consult your doctor for more information on supplements

Contributed by Hamad Medical Corporation

Samar Ali Al-Turki, Dietitian at HMC

Soon, an injection to reverse age-related vision loss

An injection of stem cells into the eye may soon slow or reverse the effects of early-stage age-related disorder that causes vision loss, shows a promising study.

Currently, there is no treatment that slows the progres-sion of age related vision loss caused by macular degeneration, which is the leading cause of vision loss in people over 65.

“This is the first study to show preservation of vision after a sin-gle injection of adult-derived human cells into a rat model with age-related macular degeneration,” said lead author of the study Shaomei Wang, research scientist at the Cedars-Sinai Board of Governors Regenerative Medicine Institute in the US.

The stem cell injection resulted in 130 days of preserved vision in laboratory rats, which roughly equates to 16 years in humans.

For the study, the researchers first converted adult human skin cells into powerful induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC), which can be expanded indefinitely and then made into any cell of the human body. These induced pluripotent stem cells were then directed toward a neural progenitor cell fate, known as induced neural pro-genitor stem cells, or iNPCs.

“These induced neural progenitor stem cells are a novel source of adult-derived cells which should have powerful effects on slowing down vision loss associated with macular degeneration,” contribut-ing author to the study Clive Svendsen, director, Board of Governors Regenerative Medicine Institute, pointed out.

“Though additional pre-clinical data is needed, our institute is close to a time when we can offer adult stem cells as a promising source for personalised therapies for this and other human dis-eases,” Svendsen noted. The study was published in the journal Stem Cells.

Stronger muscles make healthier bones

Higher muscle mass, not fat mass, leads to healthier bone development in children, suggests a new research. “These findings point to the importance of early childhood physi-cal activity to optimise muscle and bone growth,” said

lead investigator of the study Rebecca Moon from the University of Southampton. For the study, detailed measurements of 200 children enrolled in the Southampton Women’s Survey were taken soon after birth and then again at ages six to seven years old.

They assessed bone mineral density, shape and size of the tibia (the shin bone), and body composition and found a link between the amount of lean muscle and healthy bone development.

“Bone strength and size is important because they are significant factors in long term osteoporosis and fracture risk,” Moon said. A ten percent increase in peak bone mass will delay the onset of osteoporosis by 13 years, Moon added. The team also found that the relationship between changes in lean muscle and bone devel-opment was stronger in girls than in boys, despite the ages of the children ruling out the onset of puberty as a factor. The study was published in the journal Bone. IANS

Tips on healthy eating during pregnancy

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ENTERTAINMENT

BY LINDSEY BAHR

“No animals were harmed during the making of Roar. But 70 members of the

cast and crew were.” So claims a trailer for the theatrical re-release of a little-seen 1981 adventure film starring Tippi Hedren, daughter Melanie Griffith and 150 lions, tigers, leopards, jaguars and elephants.

Touted as the most dangerous movie ever made, Roar was the ill-fated brain-child of Alfred Hitchcock muse Hedren and her then-husband, Exorcist pro-ducer Noel Marshall. Years past sched-ule and millions over budget, Hollywood eventually lost interest in Roar and the film was never released in North America.

Now, 34 years later, Drafthouse Films is giving Roar its big-screen due, re-releasing it in six theatres nationwide on Friday, then expanding it to about 50 cities through May. A DVD release is planned for later this summer.

The story loosely follows a wildlife preservationist whose family comes to visit him and is attacked in their home by the animals. Most of the film has the cast running and hiding in fear as they narrowly escape the all too real dan-ger. Dozens of scenes show full grown lions chasing the actors, pawing at their faces and even wrestling them to the ground.

While the exact number of on-set inju-ries remains a point of contention, the Roar shoot was an OSHA nightmare. Many wounds were well-documented in press coverage at the time and also in Hedren’s 1985 book The Cats of Shambala, referring to her Shambala Preserve north of Los Angeles, where Roar was filmed.

In one instance, Hedren was bitten on the back of the head by a lion. She also suffered fractures and skin grafts after being thrown by an elephant. Then-teenager Melanie Griffith — who quit the project for a time because she didn’t want to come out of it with “half

a face,” according to her mother — returned to the set, only to be mauled and clawed by a lion.

Marshall, who wrote, directed and starred in the film, suffered so many bites, including a few that made the final cut, that he was eventually stricken with gangrene. And Dutch cinema-tographer Jan de Bont, in his first US shoot, required 120 stitches after being scalped by a lion.

“I got bit really bad early on,” said Noel Marshall’s son, John Marshall, who wore many hats on set in addi-tion to acting in the film. He recalled a harrowing moment when a male lion latched onto his head. It took six men 25 minutes to separate the two. That encounter required 56 stitches.

“It was a very traumatic bite. But I went back two days later,” he said.

Noel Marshall (who died in 2010) was a fearless and unsympathetic leader during the shoot at Shambala,

where the family lived. According to his son, the director often refused to call “cut,” even when the actors (mostly family members) cried out for help. He never wanted to lose a take. He also couldn’t show any weak-ness in front of the ani-mals, his son said.

“Melanie and Tippi would try to gravitate to scenes with me. I would put their lives ahead of mine and they knew that,” said John Marshall, who was basically the only person on set who could stand up to his father.

As one of the few cast members will-ing to help promote the Roar re-release, John Marshall said he still gets night-mares about the experience.

“Don’t get me wrong, I had a won-derful time. But it was stupid,” he said.

During the production, the Shambala Preserve set, located in rustic Soledad Canyon 50 miles north of Los Angeles, was destroyed by two wild fires and one flood. A few lions escaped during the deluge and local law enforcement had to shoot three of them.

And yet, as authentic as the terror is, Roar’s” flimsy story and cheesy script are sorely lacking. Even Hedren admit-ted as much after seeing the film at its Australia premiere.

The $17m film only made $2m inter-nationally. It was also the death knell for Hedren’s marriage to Noel Marshall.

And “Roar’s” problems continue.Hedren had invited The Associated

Press to her Shambala home for an interview about Roar and concerns regarding promotion of the ‘re-release.

But she canceled when the Board of Directors of the preserve and her Roar Foundation asked her not to speak publicly about the film.

Through a spokesman, Hedren did tell that promotion for the re-release was filled with “inaccuracies” and that she was “not thrilled.” She added, “There are too many for me to even begin to comment.”

“I think she’s just lately come to not really be so proud of the film anymore,” said Alamo Drafthouse founder and CEO Tim League, who was tipped off to its existence (and harrowing produc-tion) by indie director Greg Marcks. He immediately went in search of the rights holder and reached a deal with Olive Films to co-release the film.

League tried to contact Hedren before announcing Drafthouse’s plans to re-release the film but didn’t hear back until after the announcement was made. “The whole thing is a mess,” said League. “A fascinating and lovable mess.” AP

‘Most dangerous movie ever made’ charges into theatres

Lily Allen chooses ‘watermelon’ hair colour

Pop star Lily Allen, who will turn 30 in May, has changed her hair colour into pink and neon green. Allen showed off her

“watermelon” hair in latest Instagram photo-graph, reports aceshowbiz.com.

She captioned it: “Not long till I’m 30, one last hurrah on the hair front. Watermelon hurr dun care.”

After sharing the photograph, Allen was spotted out and about in West Hollywood.

Allen is no stranger to hair colours. She pre-viously rocked light blonde as well as lavender-silver ombre.

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ENTERTAINMENT

BY SUBHASH K JHA

Film: Mr XCast: Emraan Hashmi, Amyra Dastur, Arunodoy Singh, Director: Vikram BhattRating: * 1/2 (one and a half stars)

So... how bad is it? That’s the question which, those lucky enough not to sit through this newest and perhaps stupi-

dest cock-and-bull concoction from the once-illustrious house of Bhatts, would gleefully ask those who are fated to suffer the wages of sins that we unknowingly committed in our pre-vious lives to be punished in this way.

Unlike the Bhatts’ last film Khamoshiyan which was unintention-ally funny Mr X is not even that. It is punishingly bad. A crime caper that is

likely to qualify as cognisable offence if stretch into, god forbid, a sequel.

The best thing about this dreadful film is that Emraan Hashmi is invisible for a part of the playing time. I’ll be frank. I didn’t miss him. What I did miss was the presence of a script writer who knows the craft of spreading an out-landish idea (man gets swathed in a chemical and goes invisible) into an engaging comic book yarn. Too stiff limbed to be animated, this is a film that begs to be told to chill.

Not one character comes across as anything but cartoonish in the most laughable way possible. The villain played by the once-interesting Arunodoy Singh snarls and grits his teeth scaring no one except himself. Stand-up comedian Tanmay Bhatt is cast as Popo (I remembered his name

as it was one of the more interest-ing details in the sloppy plot) a good Samaritan with a sister who works in a hospital. The sister rummages the medicine cabinets for antidotes to Hashmi’s chemical radiation

“This will either kill or cure you,” she says flashing a bluish liquid into our face (the film is in 3D, you see).

As if we care either way.I am not going to waste my time or

the readers’ dwelling on the distressing dimensions of the radiation disaster that strikes Hashmi’s character. Suffice it to say that in the recent Shankar-directed I Vikram too played a man whom the villains turn into an unrec-ognisable mound of deformed flesh.

Here, the deformed makeup remains on for may be 10 minutes. The rest of time Hashmi is either invisible or

looking to see how to escape from playing Mr X.

But we know better than the hero that there is no easy escape from this gigantic mess of a sci-fi, romance, action and drama. Romance reminds me of the very pretty Amyra Dastur who was striking in debut Afilm Issaq. Here she plays a federal agent with so many chips on her tender shoulders that she forgets to have fun with her role.

Taking itself much too seriously to be a off ball sci-fi yarn Mr X is an unmiti-gated disaster. Neither fish nor foul it just one big howl of a movie better left unseen.

“You can call me X,” croons pro-ducer Mahesh Bhatt for Hashmi.

We’d like to call for help from the nearest trauma centre. IANS

Seven years of blogging, Amitabh calls it extraordinary

Amitabh Bachchan, who stays in touch with all his fans through multiple social network-ing platforms, has completed seven years

of his blog on Friday. The megastar says “it’s an insane amount of time”, but the journey has been “extraordinary”.

“IT’S 7 YEARS ON THE BLOG... TODAY EXACTLY,” the 72-year-old posted on his blog. The Shahenshah of Bollywood is one star who remains connected to his worldwide fans through the online medium — his blog and Twitter, and even through his voice blog. And achieving this milestone makes the megastar think about the journey. “7 years of constant and daily writing and the revelation of the formation of a family so devoted and dedicated to us all... extraordinary !! 7 years... is an insane amount of time... but it has to be more than just provid-ing life and moments and opinions... it has to be ‘me’... or else...,” he posted. “I shall leave today with heavy heart... but shall be there again... soon... love to all and more,” he added. IANS

Manoj Bajpayee to debut as producer with thriller

The film production bug has bitten Manoj Bajpayee too — the actor is producing a thriller, starring himself with the versatile

Tabu. He says the new feather in his hat is a “natural progression”.

“I think production was a natural progression for me after acting in film for 20 years. I cannot disclose much about my first production as it’s a thriller and it would mean revealing the storyline — you will have to watch the film,” Manoj said.

Manoj’s banner is Manoj Bajpayee Productions Pvt Ltd, and the first venture under it is yet untitled. It will be directed by debutant Mukul Abhyankar. IANS

Mr X will make you run tothe nearest trauma centre

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COMICS & MORE

Hoy en la HistoriaApril 19, 2005

1910: Halley’s Comet, named after the English astronomer Edmond Halley who in 1705 first recognized its 75-76 year periodicity, reappeared1995: A car bomb tore apart a federal building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 1995: Over 350 people were poisoned after phosgene gas was released on a crowded train in Japan2000: The U.S. state of Vermont approved a bill granting homosexual couples equal rights under the law

German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was elected Pope, taking the name Benedict XVI. In 2013 he became the first pontiff to resign since 1415

Picture: Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS

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

ALIBI, ARREST, CAPTURE, CAUTION, CHARGE, CLUE, CRIME,CRIMINAL, DETECTIVE, EVIDENCE, FORENSIC, INVESTIGATION,MOTIVE, MURDER, MYSTERY, OPPORTUNITY, PERPETRATOR,PLOT, POLICE, PURSUIT, SENTENCE, SOLVE, SUSPECT, WEAPON.

BABY BLUES

HAGAR THE HORRIBLE

ZITS

BLONDIE

SHERMAN’S LAGOON

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CROSSWORDS

HYPER SUDOKU

CROSSWORD

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 Computer purchase

6 “Much ___ About Nothing”

9 Rooster’s roost

14 Canadian pop singer Lavigne

15 Hawaii’s

Mauna ___

16 Pretty person

17 Dismantle

19 Goody two-shoes

20 Hum follower

21 Stomach muscles

23 Brazilian baker?

24 Further to the right on a number line

27 Yellow-centered bloomer

30 Archaic “Curses!”

31 Fish oil source

32 Sticky stuff

33 Reading material, for short

34 It can be saved or cured

36 Leader of the pack?

40 Simon & Garfunkel’s

“I ___ Rock”

41 False show

42 Gives a thumbs-up

44 Repair

45 Under attack

47 Starsky’s partner

49 President between James and Andrew, briefly

50 First state: Abbr.

52 Excellent drivers often break it

53 Supernatural being

54 Rely on

56 Piece of office equipment

59 “Adios!”

60 Tier

62 “___ Joey” (Sinatra film)

63 Deduce logically

66 Sideshow performer

71 “I have no idea!”

72 Slew

73 Georgia campus

74 Priest of ancient Gaul

75 Exclamation of discovery

76 Perez of film

DOWN 1 Pin cushion?

2 Some germ cells

3 Sturdy tree in the beech family

4 Filter in the kitchen

5 Cow in Borden ads

6 ___ broche (cooked on a skewer)

7 “Rico Suave” rapper

8 Swear words?

9 “Angel dust”

10 U.K. locale

11 Spring (from)

12 Autumnal quaff

13 Command to a canine

18 Friskies eater

22 Moderate decline in prices

24 “Johnny B. ___”

25 Label anew

26 “Planet of the Apes” planet [spoiler alert!]

28 /

29 Cambodia’s

Lon ___

30 Exerciser’s enemy

34 They may be drawn before bedtime

35 Tune for nine

37 Sufficiently old

38 Float like a helicopter

39 Brought down, as a tree

43 Abrasion

46 Partner of Dreyer

48 Improvement

51 Item in an env.

54 Pavarotti or Caruso

55 Evoking the past

57 Rapunzel’s prison

58 “Me ___ Patricio” (“I am called Patrick”)

59 Cowboy’s home, familiarly

61 Old Spice alternative

64 London-based record company

65 Word before Sox or Wings

67 Cell stuff

68 ___-Mex

69 “___ tu” (Verdi aria)

70 Manhattan part

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

14 15 16

17 18 19

20 21 22 23

24 25 26 27 28 29

30 31 32

33 34 35 36 37 38 39

40 41 42 43 44

45 46 47 48 49

50 51 52 53

54 55 56 57 58

59 60 61 62

63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70

71 72 73

74 75 76

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be used but, like sudoku, each number

may only

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CINEMA

PAUL BLART: MALL COP 2

VILLAGGIO & CITY CENTER

SCREEN 1 Big Game (2D/Action)

10:10am, 12:00noon, 1:50, 3:45, 5:45, 7:45, 9:45 & 11:45pm

SCREEN 2 Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (2D/Action)

10:00am, 12:00noon, 2:00, 4:00, 6:00, 8:00, 10:00pm & 12:000midnight

SCREEN 3 The Last Knights (2D/Action)

10:15am, 12:30, 2:45, 5:00, 7:15, 9:35 & 11:55pm

SCREEN 4 The Cobbler (2D/Comedy)

11:00am, 1:00, 3:00, 5:00, 7:00, 9:00 & 11:00pm

SCREEN 5 The Unbeatables (2D/Animation) 11:00am & 1:00pm

Child 44 (2D/Drama) 3:00, 5:45, 8:30 & 11:15pm

SCREEN 6 In Fear (2D/Horror) 11:30am, 3:30, 7:30 & 11:30pm

Cake (2D/Drama) 1:30, 5:30 & 9:30pm

SCREEN 7 Hadeed (2D/Arabic) 10:00am, 2:00, 6:00 & 10:00pm

Kill Me Three Times (2D/Action) 12:00noon, 4:00, 8:00pm&12:00midnight

SCREEN 8 Fast & Furious 7 (2D/Action)

12:00noon. 2:45, 5:30, 8:15 & 11:00pm

SCREEN 9 Fast & Furious 7 (IMAX 2D/Action)

10:30am, 1:10, 3:50, 6:30, 9:10 & 11:50pm

SCREEN 10 Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (2D/Action)

11:30am, 3:30, 7:30 & 11:30pm

Big Game (2D/Action) 1:30, 5:30 & 9:30pm

NOVO

MALL

LANDMARK

ROYAL PLAZA

SCREEN 1 O Kadhal Kanmani (Tamil) 2:00pm

Kill Me Three Times (2D/Action) 4:30pm Mall Cop (2D/Action)

6:15pm In Fear (2D/Horror) 8:00pm Hadeed (2D/Arabic) 9:30pmLast Knights (2D/Action) 11:30pm

SCREEN 2 The Unbeatables (2D/Animation) 2:30pm

Cinderella (2D/Drama) 4:15pm Big Game (2D/Action) 6:15pm

Ennum Eppozhum (2D/Malayalam) 8:15pm

Child 44 (2D/Drama) 11:00pmSCREEN 3 Cake (2D/Drama) 2:30pm Fast & Furious 7 (2D/Action)

4:15, 8:45 & 11:00pm Last Knights (2D/Action) 6:30pm


Cake (2D/Drama) 4:15pm Mall Cop (2D/Action) 6:00pm

In Fear (2D/Horror) 7:45pm

Hadeed (2D/Arabic) 9:15pm Child 44 (2D/Drama) 11:00pmSCREEN 2 Fast & Furious 7 (2D/Action) 2:30, 6:45 & 9:00pm

Cinderella (2D/Drama) 4:45pm Last Knights (2D/Action) 11:15pm

SCREEN 3 Kill Me Three Times (2D/Action) 2:30pm

O Kadhal Kanmani (Tamil) – 4:00pm Last Knights (2D/Action)

6:30pm Ennum Eppozhum (2D/Malayalam) 8:30pm

Big Game (2D/Action) 11:15pm

SCREEN 1 Mr. X (2D/Hindi) 2:30pm

Last Knights (2D/Action) 4:45pm

Fast & Furious 7 (2D/Action) 7:00 & 11:15

Mall Cop (2D/Action) 9:30pm

SCREEN 2 Mall Cop (2D/Action) 2:30pm

Kill Me Three Times (2D/Action) 4:30pm

Big Game (2D/Action) 6:30pm Mr. X (2D/Hindi) 8:30pm

Last Knights (2D/Action) 11:00pm


Cake (2D/Drama) 5:00pm Hadeed (2D/Arabic) 7:00pm

Child 44 (2D/Drama) 9:00pm In Fear (2D/Horror) 11:30pm

After six years of keeping our malls safe, Paul Blart has earned a well-deserved vacation. He heads to Vegas with his teenage daughter before she heads off to college. But safety never takes a holiday and when duty calls, Blart answers.Directors: Andy FickmanWriters: Kevin James, Nick BakayStars: Kevin James, Raini Rodriguez, Eduardo Verástegui |

WESTEND PARKSCREEN 1 O Kadhal Kanmani (Tamil) 9:45pm

Ennum Eppozhum (Mal) 4:15 & 7:00pm

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DOHA EVENTS

IN FOCUS

A view of Zubara Fort.

Until 16 MayVenue: 1 & 18 La Croisette, Porto Arabia – The Pearl-QatarVenue: FreeTime: 10:00-20.00

Join with your children for a fun family activity “Rainbow Park” at The Pearl-Qatar, where children will consider art as the art of lifestyle and culture by playing and being creative with unharmful colored sand and enabling them to build and create different shapes.

27 APRIL - 28 APRILVENUE: Qatar National Convention CenterADMISSION: FREETime: 9:00-21:00

Qatar Green Building Conference ‘The Vision 2014’ will address sustainability issues and focus on providing solutions to some of the most significant challenges for the built environment in the future. For more information visit: http://www.qatargbc.org/

29 April — 02 MayVenue: Doha Exhibition CenterAdission: FreeTime: 12:00 — 22:00

IWED is a wedding exhibition that will feature trend-setting facets to deliver a unique and superficial experience in planning an exquisite day of perfection.The International Wedding Exhibition and Fashion Show Doha bring wedding trends and opportunity of connecting the services providers to set up for the big occasion.

25 AprilVENUE: Katara Art StudiosADMISSION: QR100Time:14:00-29:00

Every Saturday, from 2 to 7 pm for all age groups. Origami is the Japanese art of paper folding.It is fun and relaxing and require nothing more than a piece of square sheet of paper. Paper folding has been shown to aid relaxation, concentration, hand eye co-ordination and memory. To register e-mail [email protected] or call 44080233.

Rainbow Park

The Vision Conference2015

UNTIL 31 AUGUSTVENUE: Qatar Museums Gallery KataraADMISSION: Free

The exhibition will showcase Ismael Azzam’s distinctive portraits of painters and sculptors who have made a significant contribution to Arab Art, with the entire body of work created exclusively for this show. Ismail is of Iraqi origin, and moved to Doha in 1996.

Ismael Azzam: For Them - Exhibition

Until 16 AugustVenue: Mathaf: Arab Museum Of Modern Art, Ground Floor GalleriesAdmission: FreeTime: 11:00 - 18:00 (Monday closed)

Wael Shawky produces film series based on literature and historical narratives, using a visual language that mixes fictional storytelling and documentary styles. The exhibition presents two newly completed film trilogies, each inspired by stories and scripts of literature; Cabaret Crusades (2010-2014) and Al Araba Al Madfuna (2012-2015).

Wael Shawky Comes To Doha

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

Send your event details to [email protected]

Until 21 AprilVenue: VCUQatar GalleryAdmission: Free

‘Flatlands Remix’ brings together David Batchelor’s intricate and vibrant drawings, as well as his more recent exploration into painting. Held in partnership with the British Council as part of the British Festival 2015, this exhibition is based on David Batchelor’s recent solo exhibition ‘Flatlands’ (2013).

David Batchelor: Flatlands Exhibition

23-24 April Time: 18:00 - 21:00Venue: Qatar Racing ClubVenue: Free

Round 6 of the National Drift Championship. Following the success of Formula Drift Qatar, the coming season promises an action packed smoke filled championship with competitors from across the arab world. More information at www.qrczone.com.

QRC Drift Championship Round 6

IWED 2015

Until 11 JulyVenue: Museum Of Islamic ArtAdmission: Free

This exhibition focuses on the real and mythical animals that feature in the legends, tales, and fables of the Islamic world. Divided into the natural quadrants of earth, air, fire, and water, these marvellous creatures serve as the introductions and bridges for the stories in which they feature.

Marvellous Creatures: Animal Fables In Islamic Art

by Peman Syed

Origami Family Workshop

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