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May 25,
2013
Sound of success
The response to Qatar Foundation Radio’s new frequency launched
in February has been extraordinary.
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Saturday, May 25, 2013
Scott Boyes
LEZIMA GOMES
DOHA
Q
ATAR Foundation Radio
listeners wake up every
morning to his voice and
his choice of music. Scott
Boyes, the leading voice of
Qatar Foundation Radio,
supplies us the early morn-ing dose of infotainment on the pro-gramme called Rise. Boyes who grew up
in Saudi Arabia never thought that he
would be able to become a radio jockey
(RJ) one day when he graduated with
a degree in plant science. But the man
who worked as software trainer for
several companies suddenly stumbled
into his dream job. He spoke to
Qatar Tribune about his work and
how it has been getting there. Excerpts
from the interview.
Q. Tell us about your association
with Qatar Foundation Radio and
how the journey has been so far?
A. Working for QF Radio has been
the most fulfilling job I’ve ever had. It is
also the hardest and most difficult, but
I’ve never been happier. We’re a small
team of dedicated people who work
closely together and make whatever
sacrifices are necessary for the success
RJ’s job is tough,
but satisfying too
of the station. Sixteen-hour days are not
uncommon. We work hard, but the crea-tion of something that the community
can enjoy makes it all worth the effort.
You are the helm of the pro-gramme Rise. How do you keep
your audience tuned in?
You’ve touched on the biggest fear
that I wake up to almost every morning.
There is a delicate balance that must be
kept on the programme. We are primarily
a talk radio station. However, interna-tional news and local events need to be
balanced with enough entertainment to
keep people coming back. No one wants
to listen to me talk for two hours straight.
The audience doesn’t like hearing the
same thing every day, but at the same
time does like to know what’s coming up.
Rise is an early morning show
when most people are grumpy.
What is your mantra to be up and
pumped up?
I make a concerted effort to ease
listeners into the day. It’s important to
be upbeat, but not overly excited. No one
likes to be yelled at through their radio
just after 7:00am. On the flip side, I’m
genuinely enjoying myself and hope that
it rubs off on the audience. When I’m
having fun I’d like to think that others
are having a good time as well. Using
good judgment about what’s appropriate
is the key and I do not always get that
right.
What is the most gratifying aspect
of being a radio jockey?
The most gratifying part of the job
is interacting with the listeners. I love
to get text messages, tweets, and phone
calls from people expressing their opin-ions. Sometimes it’s a few kind words
about the show. Sometimes it’s a re-quest to do things differently. Whether
we get good feedback or bad it lets me
know people care about the programme
enough to make the effort. That’s the
biggest reward to me.
Did you always want to be an RJ?
How did you land your present
job?
I did, but it always seemed like
something that I could never be a part of
for a variety of reasons. I think I always
thought people in radio broadcasting
world had something I didn’t have. That
is why I tried to pursue other interests.
Saturday, May 25, 2013
The best thing about being
a presenter is that I get to
meet so many fascinating and
thought-provoking guests… I
can honestly say I’ve walked
away from each and every
discussion having learned
something I didn’t know be-fore. It’s invaluable experienc-es like those that make the job
so fulfilling
It wasn’t until I decided to experiment with voice acting
that things started falling into place. I took some class-es, made a demo, built my own home studio, and start-ed approaching people needing freelance voice work. I
was eventually hired by a voice-over company that sells
custom voice spots to commercial clients. Customers go
to the website, choose a voice from the samples provid-ed (hopefully mine), and email me the script. I record it
and send it back. This was great experience because the
opportunities were so diverse and the customers in-cluded doctor’s offices, tour companies, schools and cor-porations needing everything from advertisements for
products and services to phone trees (“Press 1 for ques-tions about your bill”). It didn’t take me long to realise
that it was more fun than anything I had done before.
Flash forward a couple years and I was in Doha visiting
a friend. I passed by the QF Radio studio hoping I might
be able to do some work for them remotely. They could
send me scripts, I’d record them at home and send back
the files. By chance I was able to meet the Media Centre
Manager, Saad al Hudaifi. He listened to my demo and
explained that they were looking for someone to com-plement their team with a very specific skill set, a good
voice, who also had a solid understanding of the culture
of the Middle East. It seemed promising, but almost too
good to be true. Much to my surprise, there was an ap-plication waiting in my email by the time I got home. A
few months later I was on my way to Doha.
How has your style evolved over the years?
I like to think evolution has come from being more
comfortable. In the beginning, my highest priority was
just not letting the audience make out how nervous I
was. Once being live behind the microphone became
more routine, I tried to concentrate on subtle things like
intonation and inflection. Listening back to the recorded
shows is a big part of improving professionally. If I’m
bored just hearing myself then the audience will be too.
Evolution never stops.
What is the scope of radio in Doha?
Some might disagree, but I would say it’s wider than
it seems when we talk in absolute terms about radio
across the country. I think it appears small because the
existing stations are catering to different audiences Ara-bic or French or English. If all of those stations spoke
the same language then the extent of our radio media
would be more apparent. Within QF Radio we are doing
our best to create diverse content throughout our pro-gramming. That goes for both our English and Arabic
frequencies. We are fundamentally a talk radio station
and our primary focus will always be to educate and
inform the public about the world, but we are also aware
of the need to provide some entertainment.
How is radio jockeying in Doha? Is it different
from what you have done before?
Before coming to Doha my work was limited to re-corded voice-overs. Despite the years of practice with-out an audience there isn’t much that can prepare you
for being live on the air. There’s no going back to edit
my mistakes. There’s no safety net where I can stop and
think about what I want to say. Earlier, I would stroll
into the studio at home, read through what the client
wants, record a few versions, edit them to sound per-fect, and send it off. Those luxuries don’t exist here. The
biggest change is being prepared well in advance and
still having a back-up plan for when things don’t go as
expected. Even with all that preparation there are still
times when it all falls apart. But that’s live radio. Learn-ing from those moments and modifying the strategy for
next time is all you can do.
What is the best thing about being a presenter?
The best thing is that I get to meet so many fascinat-ing and thought-provoking guests. We’ve interviewed
CEOs, artists, scientists, politicians, charity officials,
musicians… The list is long. I can honestly say I’ve
walked away from each and every discussion having
learned something I didn’t know before. It’s invaluable
experiences like those that make the job so fulfilling.
What special talent does one need to be a good
RJ? What advice would you give to RJ aspir-ants?
You need to be able to talk. If you’re unable to keep a
conversation flowing then it should be your first priority
in terms of self-improvement. You should also work to
be a student of as many subjects as possible. A big part
of the job is being able to comment on anything that’s
thrown your way. Get honest opinions from friends or
family. Be objective as possible. Getting a job can be
tough so be willing to work for free. Yes, I said for
free. Experience is necessary and getting it can be hard
if you don’t already have it. Volunteer to do voice work
for small companies or charities. Anything you can do to
get your first paid job will be worth it in the end. Finally,
keep expanding your skill set to be more valuable to an
organisation. I edit all my audio, write script for promos
and advertisements, and help out with anything that I
can. If you think you shouldn’t have to carry equipment
to and from an event or mix music into your recordings
then you’ll always lose out to someone who will. Make
yourself valuable.
How is the audience’s response here?
The response to the new frequency has been ex-traordinary. People from all walks of life have gone out
of their way to let us know how much they enjoy the
fresh content and programming. I’ve been blown away
by the words of encouragement and support that the
public has expressed since the launch in February. But
it’s also a testament to how hard the QF Radio team has
been working to make the station something special.
Our management is still looking ahead and we have big
plans in the coming months.
Saturday, May 25, 2013
Bradley back for one last
Hollywood Hangover
A still from the film The Hangover.
REUTERS
A
FTER years of struggling to
break into the Hollywood
A-list from television, actor
Bradley Cooper has gained
some serious recognition for
his work on the silver screen.
Cooper returns to the comedy fran-chise, The Hangover, which skyrocketed
his career, after dramatic roles that
earned him an Oscar nomination and
praise for his more dramatic talents.
The 38-year old actor has been on
TV since 1999 and landed some support-ing film roles. But it wasn’t until he was
cast as the cocky Phil in the 2009 buddy
comedy, The Hangover, that he found
mainstream success.
The movie, about four men who try
to piece together the events of a wild
bachelor party in Las Vegas, became an
unlikely hit, grossing more than $467
million at the worldwide box office and
spawning a franchise.
After The Hangover Part II took the
actors - Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifi-anakis and Justin Bartha - to Thailand
on yet another wild bachelor party, they
decided to return one last time in The
Hangover Part III, out in theatres on
Friday.
“We really didn’t let any day pass
without taking stock of what we have
because of these movies, and how special
our bond is,” Cooper said about filming
the final instalment.
“It really is a once-in-a-lifetime thing
and to be able to do a third one and go
out knowing it’s over, hopefully we’re
going out on a high note.”
In the final film of the franchise, the
wolf pack is unwittingly lured back to
Las Vegas in a full circle from the first
film, in a hunt for the elusive and eccen-tric Mr Chow (Ken Jeong).
The movie, about four
men who try to piece
together the events of
a wild bachelor party
in Las Vegas, became
an unlikely hit, gross-ing more than $467
million at the world-wide box office and
spawning a franchise
Cooper said that while the first two
films had become box office hits with
similar storylines, it was important that
the third film found a new plot.
“There was a lot of pressure to make
sure it was going to be fresh, that it was
going to deviate from the structure of the
first two,” the actor said.
After landing leading roles in 2010’s
reboot of The A-Team and 2011 ac-tion-thriller Limitless, Cooper reached a
career high this year with an Oscar nod
for best male actor for his role as bipolar
Pat in Silver Linings Playbook.
Cooper credited the film for changing
perceptions about his talents.
“There were people going ‘wow, I
didn’t know you could do that,’ and I
thought ‘yeah, did you think I was Phil?’
It was interesting,” he said.
The Place Beyond The Pines saw
Cooper in a rare dramatic role, playing a
police officer struggling to come to terms
with killing a suspect while on duty.
Cooper said the role was “really
tricky” and came to him at the right time
in his career, when he was looking for
a challenge and wanted to take risks
with a complex character.
“It was not the role that a young
male leading man would want to
take, because there was nothing
flashy...but it was a great acting chal-lenge,” Cooper said.
The actor, who was thrust into the
spotlight in 2011 as People Maga-zine’s ‘Sexiest Man Alive,’ said he
has set his sights on stepping behind
the camera one day, though for now,
he is in demand for roles in
upcoming films by
Steven Spielberg
and Cameron
Crowe.
“I can’t
pass that up,
but at some
point I have
to direct, be-cause that’s
really the
only way
I think,”
Cooper
said.
Bradley Cooper
HOLLYWOOD
Saturday, May 25, 2013
Blake putting together Oklahoma benefit show
AP
LAKE Shelton and NBC are putting to--
B
Blake
Shelton
gether a benefit for Oklahoma tornado
victims.
Shelton told reporters about the fundraising
effort after Tuesday night’s episode of The Voice.
Shelton, an Oklahoma native, paid tribute to the
thousands affected by Sunday and Monday’s tor-nadoes by performing an acoustic version of the
hit Over
You with wife Miranda
Paris Hilton to
marry soon
Gwyneth
Paltrow
Gwyneth pockets
millions for fragrance
campaign?
IANS
OCIALITE Paris Hilton says her
wedding can happen soon.
The 32-year-old star has
been dating model River Viiperi, 21,
for eight months now and she thinks
they will tie the knot in the near
future, reports femalefirst.co.uk.
She said: “It could happen soon.
I trust him with my life and that
means the world to me more than
anything.”
She also admitted that she is keen
on starting a family with Viiperi.
She said: “I can’t wait to have little
Parises.”
Lambert.
He said the benefit would be held soon in
nearby Oklahoma City.
At least 24 people, including nine school-children, were killed on Monday afternoon in
Moore, Oklahoma, when an F-5 tornado with
200 mph winds touched down for 40 minutes
and destroyed entire neighbourhoods.
Toby Keith, a native of Moore, also is plan-ning a benefit. His sister’s house was hit by the
tornado.
S
IANS
CTRESS Gwyneth Paltrow reportedly earned $2 mil--
A
Paris Hilton
lion for the campaign of Hugo Boss’s latest scent
- Boss Jour Pour Femme.
The ads will not be aired in the US and Paltrow will be
flying from London to Spain for the launch, a source told
eonline.com.
The Iron Man 3 actress might have earned a lot from the
brand’s campaign but she likes to stock up her closet with
numerous perfumes.
“I am one of those people who have a whole closet full
of perfume. I love it. I have always loved it and have always
had a wardrobe full of scent,” she said.
SCENE UNSEEN
I live for Jolie, kids: Brad Pitt
BRAD Pitt says he was
wasting his life on
drugs before he met
Angelina Jolie. The ac-tor admits he now lives
for his partner and
their six children.
“For a long time
I thought I did too
much damage - drug
damage. I was a bit of
a drifter and wanted
to see things. But then
Brad Pitt
I got burnt out and
felt that I was wasting my opportunity. This was about
a decade ago. It was an epiphany - a decision not to
squander my opportunities,” thesun.co.uk quoted Pitt
as saying.
“I have a handful of close friends and I have my
family - and I haven’t known life to be any happier,”
said Pitt. The actor also said he loves the mayhem that
comes with having a large family.
“I always thought that if I wanted to do a family, I
wanted to do it big. I wanted there to be chaos in the
house. There’s constant chatter in our house, whether
it’s giggling or screaming or crying or banging. I love
it,” he added.
JLo to perform on
Britain’s Got Talent
POP star Jen-nifer Lopez
will reportedly
perform on the
semi-final
episode of music
reality show
Britain’s Got Tal-ent, and sing her
latest track Live
it up.
Pop star
Demi Lovato
might also sing
her new single
Heart attack,
reports thesun.
Jennifer Lopez
co.uk.
Other performers include singer-songwriter
Ellie Goulding, who will sing her recent releases
Explosions and Anything can happen.
Olly Murs will sing track Right Here Right Now,
while last year’s show winners Ashleigh and Pud-sey will also make a special appearance.
The live semi-finals will kick-off on May 27,
whereas the final will be aired on June 8.
Taylor Swift (left) and Kristen Stewart
Stewart, Swift new best friends?
ACTRESS Kristen Stewart was reportedly nursing her broken heart by
spending an entire day at singer Taylor Swift’s house.
Stewart, 22, is once again going through a rough patch in her rela-tionship with Robert Pattinson after he moved out of their love nest. It
is said that he caught the actress’ messages to director Rupert Sanders,
with whom she had a fling in July last year.
Stewart was spotted being driven to Swift’s pad by a female friend
and she looked relaxed on her way, reports popsuger.com.
Swift herself had been through a tough time when she broke up
with singer Harry Styles in January this year, after a much-hyped rela-tion of few months. She was later linked to her close friend Ed Sheeran.
Saturday, May 25, 2013
BOLLYWOOD
Ishkq In Paris
feel good, frothy
L
IANS
OVE, as the sages say, is a many-splen--
doured thing. You can look at it as an occa-sion for stress and heartbreak (which is why
we fall, never rise, in love). Or love can be a
celebration of life.
Director Prem Raj’s debut film Main Aur Mrs
Khanna took a quaint capricious look at love during
times of adultery. On this occasion (Ishkq In Paris) he
takes flight in a Parisian paradise where two strangers,
both single attractive and commit-phobic, spend the
night together.
No, not doing what you think in your dirty minds.
They roam the cobbled mysterious pleasurable lanes
of Paris in pursuit of a good time and then decide
“never” to meet again.
If you’ve seen how Kareena Kapoor affects the
sober, staid and repressed Shahid Kapoor in Jab We
Met, you’d know that feminine exuberance is a hard
aphrodisiac to resist, specially if you are a closet-ro-mantic like Akaash (Rhehan Maliek) who in no time
at all (first five minutes of this crisp and delightful
slice of love-life comedy) is eating out of Ishkq’s lovely
hands.
Ah, Ishqk! She is that kind of a girl. Half-French
and fully desi, Ishqk fills up the frames with an unbri-dled joie de vivre. I can’t think of a role better written
for Preity Zinta. Missing from the screen for a couple
of years, she bounces back with a performance that
derives its zing and sparkle from the actress’ inbuilt
zest for life.
Preity takes her character Ishqk beyond her own
A still from the film Ishkq
In Paris.
personality. From frame one we see Ishkq as a girl
trapped in self-deceptions that leave her unnecessarily
wary of relationships. Ishkq hides her real emotions in
romantic nonchalance. This is not the first time Preity
plays a repressed character. In Nikhil Advani’s Kal Ho
Naa Ho, Preity had to make a ‘spectacle’ of her charac-ter Naina to bring out her commitment phobia in the
absence of a father, who abandoned her when she was
young.
Here in this Parisian homage to all things roman-tic, Preity’s character blossoms before us without
props and yet looking immensely fetching. It is a
non-accessoried performance, very basic and liberated
from humbug.
Preity brings out the highs and lows in her emo-tionally awash character without taking flamboyant
leaps of on-camera conceit. It’s a beautifully written
and directed part, replete wth restrained resonances
that give the actress a chance to show her skills in
subtle ways.
Rhehan as Preity’s ‘other’ gives the actress just the
right cues. Confident and yet not cocky, Rhehan seems
poised for a satisfactory innings in Hindi films.
Looking at how well Rhehan partners the screen-
Film:
Ishkq In Paris
Rating:
Director: Prem Raj
Starring: Preity Zinta, Rhehan Malliek,
and Isabelle Adjani
NOW PLAYING IN DOHA THEATRES
filling Preity on the screen, one wonders if this bighearted romantic-comedy would have worked with
any other two actors! These two may not be mad for
each other (at least, not until we leave them at the end
of the film). But by Cupid, they are definitely made for
each other!
Prem Raj allows the couple plenty of space to let
their feeling breathe freely and easily into the narra-tion. The two protagonists may be in a hurry to get
somewhere, the film is not.
The exquisite camerawork by Manush Nandan
sweeps languorously through the neon-lit seductive
night-life of Paris and the daytime bustle of the street-side cafes without getting into touristic awe.
One shot where Preity treats Rhehan to the won-drous sight of all the lights coming alive in the Eiffel
Tower stays with you. If only love could be captured
and frozen in its most majestic manifestations!
Interestingly, the narration is fashioned like a fable
with the legendary French actress Isabelle Adjani tell-ing us about Ishkq’s brief encounter with Akaash and
its aftermath without letting us in to her own role in
the romance. It’s a cute little secret kept away from us
for a while in a film where the main protagonists play
out their emotions in full view and with disarming
transparency.
Preity, Paris and Prem Raj whip up a souffle ro-mance. Fresh, frothy feel good and, yes, look good,
and with a solid undercurrent of emotional frisson to
guide the love story to its heart-warming culmina-tion Ishkq In Paris makes you thankful for that
thing called love. The tone of narration is umistak-ably European.
Here in this Parisian
homage to all things
romantic, Preity’s
character blossoms
before us without
props and yet looking
immensely fetching. It
is a non-accessoried
performance, very ba-sic and liberated from
humbug
Saturday, May 25, 2013
Sports was clean during father’s time: Deepika
IANS
OLLYWOOD actress Deepika
Padukone, daughter of badmin-ton icon Prakash Padukone, says
sports was pure and clean during her
father’s time. She rues how malprac-tices such as spot-fixing can give any
sport a bad name.
Following news of actor
Vindu Dara Singh’s associa-tion in the recent spotfixing scandal of the
Indian Premier League
(IPL), Deepika says it is
B
sad how because of a few people, several
others come in the ambit of doubt.
“It gives a bad name to the sport. It
is unfair just because of a few people
following this malpractice, you start
doubting everybody else. As a country if
you want to shine or if you want to be on
the same level economically or otherwise
(with others), I think it’s important that
sports people in our country do really
well and this (spot-fixing) is not really
helping that,” Deepika told reporters at
an event.
“It’s sad. I have grown up in a genera-tion where I have seen my father (play),
and sport at that time was so pure and
clean. So, to see it go down this route is
very disappointing,” she added.
Calling the spot-fixing scandal
“shameful”, Deepika’s Yeh Jawaani Hai
Deewani co-star Ranbir Kapoor said:
“IPL has become such a great entertain-ing platform for the world right now and
when such things crop up - like people
playing dirty, it’s unfortunate.”
“There is no justification to it and I
hope people who are concerned in this
mischief should be punished. It is not
fair to the people who are playing the
sport with the right intention,” he added.
Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani ties up with hair oil brand
IANS
HAIR oil brand, endorsed by Bol--
A
Deepika
Padukone
lywood actress Deepika Padukone,
has come on board as the official
partner of her forthcoming movie Yeh
Jawaani Hai Deewani.
Directed by Ayan Mukerji, the movie,
which stars Deepika and her former beau
Ranbir Kapoor, is produced by Dharma
Productions.
A TV commercial highlighting the as-sociation between Parachute Advansed
Tender Coconut Hair Oil and the movie was
unveiled at an event. Winners of a contest
organised by the hair product company got
a chance to meet Ranbir and Deepika.
The contest required people to share
their ‘Tender Love and Care’ moments, and
the best ones were handpicked by Deepika
herself, said a statement.
“I am happy to have met the winners
of the contest and feel privileged that they
shared their tender love and care moments
with us. Both Parachute Advansed Tender
Coconut Hair Oil and Yeh Jawaani Hai
Deewani hold a very special place in my
heart,” Deepika said. Yeh Jawaani Hai
Deewani, releasing on May 31, also stars
Kalki Koechlin and Sidharth Roy Kapoor.
Deepika Padukone with a fan at Yeh
Jawaani Hai Deewani promotional event.
SCENE UNSEEN
Soha Ali Khan wraps up
shooting of War Chhod Na
Yaar
AFTER filming
in Delhi’s
scorching
heat, actress
Soha Ali Khan
is happy to
having com-pleted the
shooting of
her upcom-ing movie
War Chhod Na
Yaar.
The film,
written and
Soha Ali Khan
directed by
Faraz Haider, is being tagged as India’s first
war comedy. It also stars Sharman Joshi,
Javed Jaffrey and Mukul Dev.
“After a 2 day shoot in 46 degree heat
in Delhi, War Chhod Na Yaar is finally at an
end... Time to hang up my dusty boots, put
on some heels,” Soha posted on her Twitter
page.
Sherlyn Chopra grooves in Indian
attire at Cannes
I don’t have a comfort zone, says
Ameesha Patel
ACTRESS Sherlyn Chopra grabbed the paparazzi’s
attention by grooving at the 66th Cannes Interna-tional Film Festival wearing a white and gold Indian
lehenga choli. She is there to promote her new
movie .
The film’s director Rupesh Paul said how Sher-lyn was “very excited and she grooved for the
paparazzi without any hesitation”. “It was the mid-night screening of an Italian movie. Sherlyn was in
a lehenga choli and the French media
asked Sherlyn to pose. When the paparazzi encour-aged her, she started dancing to my surprise,” said
Paul.
“It was one of the choreographed numbers,
which we trained her to shoot,” he added. Sher-lyn, flaunted south Indian-style jewellery with the
outfit, and donned minimal makeup.
This was her second time at the red carpet this
year. The film’s team is there since May 15, when
the fest took off, to unveil the second trailer of their
film.
Before leaving for Cannes, Paul had said that
they will also be revealing the name of the Hol-lywood actress who will be the lead in the movie’s
sequel at the fest.
AMEESHA Patel, who is
leaving no stone un-turned to make sure her
career takes off after her
last release Race 2 rang
the bell at the box office.
The actress is excited
as she has few films
to hit the theatre this
year. Ameesha will be
seen essaying different
characters in films like
Shortcut Romeo, Run
Bhola Run and Desi
Magic. On being asked
Ameesha Patel
about her comfort zone,
Ameesha stressed, “I don’t have a comfort zone and its
doing different roles every time.”
“I am fortunate that I can also do variety of roles
and people accept me in different roles. I think that’s
the challenging part of films and so I don’t want to be
comfortable. I have miles to go,” added the actress.
Ameesha will be seen playing a negative character
in Shortcut Romeo which is all set to release on
21st of June.
Sherlyn Chopra
NATURE
Saturday, May 25, 2013
Digital camera gives
a bug’s-eye view
I
NYT SYNDICATE
NSECTS have a wide field of
view and are acutely sensitive
to motion, as anyone who has
tried chasing a housefly knows.
Researchers have now created a
digital camera that mimics the curved,
compound structure of an insect eye.
These cameras could be used where wide
viewing angles are important and space
is at a premium – in advanced surveil-lance systems, for example, or in un-manned flying vehicles and endoscopes.
Insect eyes are made up of hundreds
or even thousands of light-sensing struc-tures called ommatidia. Each contains
a lens and a cone that funnels light to
a photosensitive organ. The long, thin
ommatidia are bunched together to form
the hemispherical eye, with each omma-tidium pointing in a slightly different di-rection. This structure gives bugs a wide
field of view, with objects in the periph-ery just as clear as those in the centre of
the visual field, and high motion sensi-tivity. It also allows a large depth of field
– objects are in focus whether they’re
nearby or at a distance.
The biggest challenge in mimicking
the structure of an insect eye in a cam-era is that electronics are typically flat
and rigid, says John Rogers, a materials
scientist at the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign. “In biology, every-thing is curvy,” he says.
The new device, which Rogers and
his colleagues describe in Nature, com-prises an array of microlenses connected
to posts that mimic the light-funnelling
cones of ommatidia, layered on top of a
flexible array of silicon photodetectors.
The lens-post pairs are moulded from
a stretchy polymer called an elastomer.
A filling of elastomer dyed with carbon
black surrounds the structures, prevent-ing light from leaking between them. The
lens is about 1 centimetre in diameter.
“The whole thing is stretchy and
thin, and we blow it up like a balloon” so
that it curves like a compound eye, says
Rogers. The current prototype produces
black-and-white images only, but Rogers
says a colour version could be made with
the same design.
This is the first time researchers have
made a working compound-eye camera,
says Luke Lee, a bioengineer at the Uni-versity of California, Berkeley, who was
not involved with the work. The trick, he
says, was building and integrating all the
parts of the ommatidia. “Usually people
This structure gives
bugs a wide field of
view, with objects in
the periphery just as
clear as those in the
centre of the visual
field, and high motion
sensitivity
just show one part, the lens or the de-tector,” says Lee. In 2006, for example,
Lee’s group made arrays of artificial om-matidia that had microlenses and lightguiding cones, but no photodetectors.
He says that Rogers made the device
work by predicting the mechanics of how
his designs would stretch before build-ing them – to make sure that the lenses
would not be distorted when the device
was inflated, for example.
Rogers describes the camera as a
“low-end insect eye.” It contains
180 artificial ommatidia, about
the same number as in
the eyes of a fire ant
(Solenopsis fu--
gax) or a bark beetle (Hylastes nigrinus)
– insects that don’t see very well. So far
the researchers have tested it by taking
pictures of simple line drawings.
With the basic designs in place, Rog-ers says, his team can now increase the
resolution of the camera by incorporat-ing more ommatidia. “We’d like to do a
dragonfly, with 20,000 ommatidia,” he
says, which will require some
miniaturisation of the compo-nents.
Alexander Borst, who
builds miniature
flying robots at the Max
Planck Institute of
Neurobiology in Martinsried, Germany,
says that he is eager to integrate the
camera into his machines. Insects’ wide
field of vision helps them to monitor and
stabilise their position during flight; ro-bots with artificial compound eyes might
be better fliers, he says.
Rogers says that his next project is
to go “beyond
biology,” by
inflating or
deflating the
camera to
adjust its
field of view.
FOOD
Saturday, May 25, 2013
A fresh approach to
soft-shell crabs
I
NYT SYNDICATE
ONCE worked for an old-school chef
who claimed that everything sold
better with the name “amandine” (or
“almondine” as it was called, incor-rectly, on the menu).
And it’s true. With many fish dishes, it’s
hard to go wrong with a sauce of browned
butter, lemon and some kind of toasted
nut - almonds, hazelnuts or pecans. Many
a trout, sole or halibut steak has been en-hanced in this crowd-pleasing way. Though
it may seem trite, pedestrian or downright
old-fashioned, when it’s executed well, it can
be awfully good.
This time of year, with Chesapeake softshell crabs in season, perhaps that’s just
the method to choose. Soft-shell fanatics
would disagree. No sauce, some say, only
lemon. One camp wants Old Bay seasoning
(not me), while others insist there must be
Tabasco.
Well, to each his or her own. I’m not
that dogmatic. I have eaten soft-shell crabs
just about every way imaginable: pan-fried,
deep-fried, tempura-battered and grilled.
I’ve had them on a bun, on top of spaghetti
aglio e olio, even in gumbo.
The most important thing with softshell crabs, of course, is that they be utterly
spanking fresh and lively, still wiggling if
possible. You must buy them the day you
plan to eat them, preferably from a reliable
fish merchant who received them that morn-ing. They begin to deteriorate rapidly, so
it’s important to keep them on ice, because
there’s nothing worse than a crab that’s gone
off. OK, perhaps there are worse things, but
if you can’t get perfectly fresh soft-shells,
it’s better to buy frozen or forgo them al--
For the sweet first crabs
of the season, I like to
keep it quite simple,
searing them quickly
in a cast-iron pan, with
butter, salt and pepper
together. For the sweet first crabs of the
season, I like to keep it quite simple, searing
them quickly in a cast-iron pan, with butter,
salt and pepper. After a few rounds of such
purity, I usually think it’s time to branch out
a bit and introduce other flavours.
The other day, from out of the past, the
aroma of buttery toasted almonds seemed
to waft through my mind, along with lots of
parsley and lemon. I nearly
succumbed, but the memory
somehow inspired
a slight twist. How
about preserved
lemon instead of
regular lemon,
and why not use
chopped cilantro,
too?
With pinches of
cumin, coriander and
cayenne, my soft-shells
were now acquiring quite a
different profile, not very Yankee at all, but
there was no turning back.
SOFT-SHELL CRAB WITH PRESERVED
LEMON AND ALMONDS
Time: 30 minutes
Yield: 4 servings
(Note: Cleaning crabs involves cutting off the mouth and eyes and re-moving the gills and apron. Your fishmonger can do this for you.)
Ingredients
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon ground coriander
1/8 teaspoon cayenne
2 teaspoons paprika
1 teaspoon salt, plus more for seasoning
4 soft-shell crabs, cleaned with gills and apron removed (see note)
8 tablespoons (1/4 pound) butter, melted
1/2 cup sliced almonds
2 tablespoons diced preserved lemon
2 tablespoons chopped cilantro
Lemon wedges, for serving
Method
1. Season the flour for dredging: mix together flour, cu-min, coriander, cayenne, paprika and salt in a shallow bowl.
Quickly dip both sides of the crabs in flour mixture and
shake off excess.
2. Put 4 tablespoons melted butter in a large, wide
cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat. When butter is
hot, carefully put in the crabs, top side down. Cook for
about 2 minutes per side, until well crisped and cooked
through. Remove crabs to a warmed platter. Sprinkle
lightly with salt.
3. Add 4 more tablespoons melted butter to pan and
add sliced almonds. Stir to coat and cook until lightly browned,
1 to 2 minutes. Add preserved lemon and cilantro and turn off
heat.
4. Spoon butter sauce over crabs, surround with lemon
wedges and serve immediately.
HEALTH
Saturday, May 25, 2013
Dark chocolate a day,
keeps doctor away
Physicians suggest dark chocolates are good
for the heart, and they help reduce cardiovas-cular ailments as they contain potassium and
copper. High in iron content, dark chocolates
also cure anaemia
IANS
C
RAVING for chocolates, but
don’t want to gain those
extra pounds? Worry not! Go
for a dark chocolate, which
contains a good amount of
vitamins, minerals, iron, potassium and
magnesium.
Physicians suggest dark chocolates
are good for the heart, and they help
reduce cardiovascular ailments as they
contain potassium and copper. High in
iron content, dark chocolates also cure
anaemia. Whereas, magnesium prevents
high blood pressure, and diabetes.
An online study indicates that a per-son should consume two or three grams
of sweet candies a week to reap its health
benefits. The research also suggests that
if you eat a bit of dark chocolate as a des-sert after your meals, it is likely to curb
weight gain.
Following are benefits of dark
chocolates:
Controls blood pressure: Having
a little dark chocolates at least thrice a
week improves blood flow and prevents
blood clotting,” says Sonal Arora, a Del-hi-based dietician. “It also lowers blood
pressure and arteriosclerosis (hardening
of the arteries),” she adds.
Good for brain: Since it improves
the blood flow in the body, it helps im-prove cognitive function, and also re-duces the risk of a stroke. Arora also said
dark chocolates contain phenylethyl-amine (PEA). It’s the same chemical that
our brain creates when a person falls
in love. The chemical helps the brain
to release endorphins, which results in
making a person happier.
Controls blood sugar: Dark
chocolates keep blood vessels healthy
and help control diabetes. “Dark choco-lates contain a chemical called flavonoid
which reduces insulin resistance and en-courage body cells to function normally,”
adds the dietician.
Loaded with antioxidants:
Antioxidants help release free radi-cals, which damage cells. A human
body develops free radicals when a
person grows old. These radicals
can also cause cancer. Dark
chocolates lower the signs of
ageing and reduce cancer
risks.
Reduces stress:
“Dark chocolates help
reduce stress as they contain
a good amount of cocoa, and
cocoa helps reduces stress
hormones,” says Arora.
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14:00 Police Academy 4: Citizens On Patrol
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18:00 Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult
20:00 A Few Best Men
22:00 Dazed And Confused
00:00 Reginald D Hunter Live
02:00 A Few Best Men
04:00 Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult
OSN MOVIES FESTIVAL
05:15 Dying Young
07:15 The Presidio
09:00 Every Jack Has A Jill
11:00 Would Be Kings
13:00 Trust
15:00 Every Jack Has A Jill
17:00 Super 8
19:00 The Last Gamble
21:00 Incendies
23:15 Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid
01:15 Mr. Nobody
03:30 Incendies
OSN MOVIES HD
07:00 A Cinderella Story: Once Upon A Song
09:00 A Thousand Words
10:45 Real Steel
13:00 Marion Jones: Press Pause
14:00 We Bought A Zoo
16:15 A Thousand Words
18:00 The Descendants
20:00 Phil Spector
22:00 Best Laid Plans
00:00 Casino Jack
02:00 The Descendants
OSN MOVIES KIDS
06:00 Princess Sydney: The Legend Of The Blue Rabbit
07:45 Tom Tom & Nana
09:15 Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil
11:00 The Search For Santa Paws
12:45 Hugo
15:00 Cats Don't Dance
16:30 Lady And The Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure
18:00 Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil
20:00 Wheelers
21:30 Hugo
23:45 Lady And The Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure
01:15 Tom Tom & Nana
02:30 Wheelers
03:45 Hugo
OSN SPORT 1 HD
08:00 Top 14
10:00 Futbol Mundial
10:30 Live NRL Premiership
12:30 ICC Cricket 360
13:00 Live Test Cricket
21:00 Trans World Sport
22:00 Live PGA Tour
01:00 Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters
04:30 Futbol Mundial
OSN SPORT 4
05:00 NHL
07:00 WWE SmackDown
09:00 WWE Bottom Line
10:00 WWE Vintage Collection
11:00 Live AFL Premiership
14:00 Live Super League
16:00 WWE SmackDown
18:00 Mobil 1 The Grid
18:45 Live Pro 12
21:15 UFC Countdown
22:15 Mobil 1 The Grid
22:45 Live Super League
00:45 Live Super League
03:00 WWE SmackDown
SONY ENTERTAINMENT
05:15 Haiwan
07:29 Man Mein Hai Vishwas
08:30 Seva Sagar
09:00 Palampur Express
09:29 Pyarr Ka Bandhan
09:59 Baytaab-dil Kee Tamanna Hai
10:30 Andaaz 2013
11:00 Weekend Out- Season 3
11:30 Comedy Circus Ke Ajoobe
13:00 Asian Variety Show
14:00 Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge
17:30 Comedy Circus Ke Ajoobe
19:00 Weekend Out- Season 3
19:30 CID
20:29 Adalat
21:30 Comedy Circus Ke Ajoobe
23:02 CID
00:08 Crime Patrol 4
00:59 Adalat
01:59 Comedy Circus Ke Ajoobe
03:30 CID
04:24 Crime Patrol 4
STAR MOVIES
06:30 Gross Anatomy
08:15 End Game
10:00 The Whole Ten Yards
11:45 Tron: Legacy
13:30
15:00
16:45
18:30
20:00
21:45
23:30
01:15
03:00
04:45
Run
End Game
The Whole Ten Yards
Life with Mikey
The Good Mother
Guilty as Sin
Mozart And The Whale
Gross Anatomy
The Good Mother
Madso's War
TCM
07:00
09:40
11:40
14:15
16:00
17:45
20:00
22:00
01:10
03:05
Raintree County
Scarecrow
How The West Was Won
April In Paris
Singin' In The Rain
North By Northwest
A Streetcar Named Desire
Ryan's Daughter
Ziegfeld Follies
Ryan's Daughter
THE STYLE NETWORK
05:10 Videofashion News
05:35 Videofashion Collections
06:05 Clean House: New York
07:00 Videofashion News
08:00 Open House
09:00 Tia And Tamera
10:00 How Do I Look?
10:55 How Do I Look?
11:55 Chicagolicious
12:50 Chicagolicious
13:50 Chicagolicious
14:45 Tia And Tamera
15:40 Tia And Tamera
16:35 Giuliana & Bill
17:30 Big Rich Texas
18:25 Videofashion Specials
18:55 Fashion Police
19:25 Built
20:20 Kimora: House Of Fab
21:15 Tia And Tamera
22:10 Jerseylicious
23:05 Giuliana & Bill
00:00 Glam Fairy
01:00 Glam Fairy
01:55 Empire Girls: Julissa And Adrienne
02:50 Empire Girls: Julissa And Adrienne
03:45 Videofashion Daily
04:40 Videofashion Specials
ZEE AFLAM
06:30 Zahreela
09:30 Ghajini
12:30 Baazigar
16:00 Dashavtar
19:00 Kisna
22:00 Veer Zaara
01:00 Arzoo
04:00 Abhimanyu
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Hoy en la Historia
May 25, 2006
Scientists first identified simian
immunodeficiency virus (SIV) in
wild apes, supporting the theory
that the HIV virus originated in
wild chimpanzees in Cameroon
1963: The Organisation of African Unity
was established at a summit of African
states in Addis Ababa
1993: Guatemalan President Jorge
Serrano suspended the constitution
amid fears of a coup
1994: Russian writer Alexander
Solzhenitsyn returned to Russia after a
20-year exile in the West
2003: The Israeli cabinet officially
accepted the Palestinian claim to
eventual statehood for the first time
Picture: Associated Press
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Saturday, May 25, 2013
SUDOKU
Thursday’s Answer
Star Talk
By King Features Syndicate, Inc.
ARIES [mar 21 – apr 19]
TAURUS [apr 20 – may 20]
GEMINI [may 21 – jun 20]
CANCER [jun 21 - jul 22]
LEO [jul 23 – aug 22]
VIRGO [aug 23 – 22]
Travel plans might be delayed or
canceled today. Alternatively, an
unexpected trip suddenly might fall
in your lap. (It could go either way.)
Keep an eye on your bank account
today, because unexpected events
might occur (like an overdraft).
On the upside, you might receive
a gift or a favor from someone.
Who knows?
You can expect to meet someone
unusual today, perhaps a real
character. Or possibly, someone
you know well will do something
bizarre or unexpected.
Home routine will be interrupted
today. This could come from the
introduction of new technology or
perhaps technological breakdowns.
Staff shortages or someone new
on the scene might make waves.
This is a mildly accident-prone day
for your kids, so be extra vigilant.
Unexpected flirtations might make
your heart go pitter-patter. Sports
events might have surprising
turnarounds. Curious day!
Stock the fridge because surprise
company might drop by. Or your
home routine will be interrupted
because small appliances will
break down or minor breakages
will occur. Oops.
LIBRA [sept 23 – oct 22]
SCORPIO [oct 23 – nov 21]
SAGITTARIUS [nov 22 – dec 21]
CAPRICORN [dec 22 – jan 19]
AQUARIUS [jan 20 – feb 18]
Pisces [feb 19 – mar 20]
Be careful of everything you say or
do today, because this is a mildly
accident-prone day for your sign.
However, you will meet stimulating
situations and new faces!
If shopping today, count your
change and keep your receipts.
You might find money; you
might lose money. Be vigilant.
You feel restless today. You want
to do something different,
because you feel that you need
a change of scenery. Quite likely,
this actually will happen.
Something hidden or behind the
scenes might force you to take
a detour today. Stay light on
your feet, and pack a lunch.
Friends will surprise you today.
However, some of you will meet
someone new who amazes you.
(A real character.) In fact, this
new acquaintance might make
you rethink where you’re headed.
Something unexpected might occur
today in your relationships with
bosses, parents and authority
figures. Hopefully it’s a pleasant
surprise. If not, don’t be lippy.
Just let this surprise pass.
MOVIES IN QATAR
Saturday, May 25, 2013
Fast & Furious 6
(Action)
Agent Luke Hobbs enlists Dominic Toretto and his team to
bring down former Special Ops soldier Owen Shaw, leader of
a unit specialising in vehicular warfare.
Star Trek Into Darkness
(Action)
After the crew of the Enterprise find an unstoppable
force of terror from within their own organisation,
Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to
capture a one man weapon of mass destruction.
CITY CENTRE CINEMA
FAST & FURIOUS 6 (ACTION): 10.30 PM, 11.30 PM, 1.30 PM,
2.30 PM, 4.30 PM, 5.30 PM, 7.30 PM, 8.30 PM, 10.30 PM,
11.30 PM, 1 AM. [VIP GOLD]: 11 AM, 2 PM, 5 PM, 8 PM, 11 PM
STREET DANCE ALL STARS (COMEDY): 12.30 PM, 2.45 PM, 5
PM, 7.15 PM
IRON MAN 3 (ACTION): 11.45 AM, 2.45 PM, 5.45 PM, 8.45 PM,
11.45 PM (3D) 10.45 AM, 1.45 PM, 4.45 PM, 7.45 PM, 10.45
PM, 1.15 AM
STAR TREK 2 (ACTION) (3D): 12.45 PM, 3.30 PM, 6.15 PM, 9
PM, 11.45 PM, 1 AM
THE CALL (THRILLER): 11 AM, 1 PM, 3 PM, 5 PM, 7 PM, 9 PM,
11 PM
THE GREAT GATSBY (DRAMA): 12.15 PM, 3 PM, 5.45 PM, 8.30
PM, 11.15 PM
PAIN & GAIN (ACTION): 10.30 AM, 3 PM, 7.30 PM,9.30 PM,
12 MN
THE BIG WEDDING (COMEDY): 1 PM, 5.30 PM, 10 PM, 12 PM
AURANGZEB (HINDI): 12 PM, 2.45 PM, 5.30 PM, 8.15 PM, 11
PM
LADIES AND GENTLEMAN (MALAYALAM): 11.15 AM, 2.15 PM,
5.15 PM, 8.15 PM, 11.15 PM
VILLAGGIO CINEMA
FAST & FURIOUS 6 (ACTION): 11 AM, 12 PM, 1 PM, 2 PM, 3
PM, 4 PM, 5 PM, 6 PM, 7 PM, 8 PM, 9 PM, 10 PM, 11 PM, 12
MN, 1 AM
STREET DANCE ALL STARS (COMEDY): 11.30 AM, 1.45 PM, 4
PM, 6.15 PM
IRON MAN 3 (ACTION): 11.30 AM, 2.30 PM, 5.30 PM, 8.30 PM,
11.30 PM (3D): 10.30 AM, 1.30 PM, 4.30 PM, 7.30 PM, 10.30
PM, 1 AM
STAR TREK 2 (ACTION): 1 PM, 3.45 PM, 6.30 PM, 9.15 PM, 12
MN, 1 AM (3D): 5.30 PM, 8.15 PM, 11 PM
THE CALL (THRILLER): 12 PM, 2 PM, 4 PM, 6 PM, 8 PM, 10
PM, 12 MN
THE CROODS (ANIMATION): 11.30 AM, 1.30 PM, 3.30 PM
SAMEER ABU EL-NEEL (ARABIC): 11.30 AM, 1.45 PM, 4 PM,
6.15 PM, 8.30 PM, 10.45 PM
THE GREAT GATSBY (DRAMA): 12.30 PM, 3.15 PM, 6 PM, 8.45
PM, 11.30 PM
PAIN & GAIN (ACTION): 11 AM, 1.30 PM, 4 PM, 6.30 PM, 9 PM,
11.30 PM
THE BIG WEDDING (COMEDY):11.45 AM, 1.45 PM, 3.45 PM,
5.45 PM, 7.45 PM, 9.45 PM, 11.45 PM
AURANGZEB (HINDI): 8.30 PM, 11.15 PM
LANDMARK CINEMA
MALL CINEMA
FAST & FURIOUS 6 (ACTION): 2.30, 4 PM, 6.30 PM, 9 PM,
11.30PM
THE LEGEND OF SARILA (3D) (ANIMATION): 2.30 PM
STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS (3D) (ACTION): 2.30 PM
STREET DANCE ALL STAR (COMEDY): 5 PM, 7 PM
THE GREAT GATSBY (3D) (DRAMA): 9 PM
IRON MAN (3D) (ACTION): 11.30 PM
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN (MALAYALAM): 5 PM, 8 PM,
11 PM
FAST & FURIOUS 6 (ACTION): 2.30 PM, 4 PM, 6.30 PM, 9 PM,
11.30 PM
THE LEGEND OF SARILA (3D) (ANIMATION): 2.15 PM
STREET DANCE ALL STAR (COMEDY): 5 PM, 7 PM
THE GREAT GATSBY (3D) (DRAMA): 9 PM
IRON MAN (3D) (ACTION): 11.30 PM
ISHQ IN PARIS (HINDI): 2.30 PM
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN (MALAYALAM): 5 PM, 8 PM, 11 PM
ROYAL PLAZA
FAST & FURIOUS 6 (ACTION): 2.30 PM, 4 PM, 6.30 PM,
9 PM, 11.30 PM
THE LEGEND OF SARILA (3D) (ANIMATION): 2 PM, 4.30
PM
STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS (3D) (ACTION): 2 PM, 5 PM
STREET DANCE ALL STAR (COMEDY): 9.30 PM, 11.15 PM
IRON MAN (3D) (ACTION): 6.30 PM, 11.30 PM
THE GREAT GATSBY (3D) (DRAMA): 8.45 PM
NOTICE: Timings are subject to change without prior notice.
OVER THE WEEK IN QATAR
ENTERTAINMENT
‘THE STARS GALA’ BALLET SHOW
CRAFT WORKSHOP
CHILDRENS’ CRAFTS WORKSHOP
• Plastic bags (the kind you use for frozen french fries and
vegetables, etc.)
Venue: Al Majlis, Sheraton Doha
Resort & Convention Hotel
Venue: Katara Art Centre, Katara Cultural village
We’ll be recycling them in fun, creative ways — be sure to
bring as much as you can!
Date: May 25, 2013
Fees: QR75 per child
Time: 3:30pm
Join the designers from PenguinCube for a childrens’ crafts
workshop at Katara Art Center. In this two-hour long session,
children will create sand clocks using only recycled objects
from around the home. Be sure to bring things from around
the house that you’d normally throw away, like:
Sheraton Doha Resort & Convention
Hotel in cooperation with Mademe
Isabelle Mojansky (Ballet teacher
and Choreographer) presents ‘The
Stars Gala 2013’ ballet show.
Date: May 25, 2013
Time: 4pm to 5.30pm
For more details contact 44080244
• Bottles (of water, juice, milk)
Tickets are available at F&B offices from noon to 4pm.
• Egg cartons
For more information, contact 4485 4071.
• Cereal boxes
For events, opinions and suggestions contact: [email protected] Phone: 44422077