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TEMPO GROUP: 09 MANAGING EDITOR ED’S Sana Bagersh NOTE EDITORIAL COORDINATOR Ajir Shujahi ow quickly time flies! In just MARKETING DIRECTOR four years Tempo has grown Manjul Abhishek from a somewhat awkward but extremely idealistic DESIGN & LAYOUT H Mark De Castro little magazine, to a mature, confident and yet still seriously idealistic WEB & VIDEO magazine, and digital platform. 14 Subin John Mathew In October 2009 the idea came to us to create PHOTOGRAPHER a magazine that would build bridges between Angeli Castillo the different communities, provide an outlet for people who make art and music, and DISTRIBUTION COORDINATOR provide a platform for change agents with big Melaku Muluneh ideas and bigger hearts.
Thank you to all who took the journey with EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTORS us. I take this opportunity to salute all our Alma Kadragic partners, including the brands that have advertised with us, and the malls, cafes, Azza El Masri libraries and universities that host us. 19 Blakniss A big shout out to all our contributors and Cathleen Campaigne writers, and the entire Tempo staff (past and present) who have helped shape Tempo's Diji Shujahi personality and its identity. Dorian “Paul D” Rogers We sincerely hope that Tempo has brought Dr. DMS you positive energy, community compassion,
Emma Kirkman and the spirit of possibility. We at Tempo have been enriched by this experience in Mugdha Sunil Polimera more ways than we can say. CONTENTS Rhea Oommen Peace and happiness. 04 tempo celebrates 4th anniversary Seumas Gallacher 05 talking books
Shahid Saeed 06 what’s hot Sana Bagersh 07 people calendar Sue Partridge Managing Editor 08 top ten songs / what’s on your ipod Theresa F Weber [email protected] 09 phototripping Twitter @bagersh Zulekha Huseni 10 city bites 11 my style blueprint 12 cover story – the dream players winner! ADDRESS: 14 khalipha + ayman b To reach editorial at Abu Dhabi Tempo email: HOW TO SCAN [email protected]. If you need to find out 15 articulate café AUGMENTED where you can pick up your copy call: 02 491 8624/25 or 16 dhabi dames REALITY (AR) check out the list of Tempo distribution points on (POINTATME) our website. 18 flex 19 handmade with love 1 Download the app pointatme NOTE TO ADVERTISERS: for free from the app stores Advertisers can request brand tagging with all 20 time capsule (Android or iOS) to your smart advertisements. To reach advertising: 21 youth talk phone tel: 02 491 8624/25 | fax: 02 491 8626 email: [email protected] 22 game hedz / tech talk 2 Run application DISCLAIMER: 24 media 3 Scan each page that has the Tempo Magazine does its best to ensure the authenticity 25 the planetarians / doc in the house icon and have fun with videos, and accuracy of its contents, the publisher cannot accept 26 women in business images, links and lots more. any responsibility for errors, mistakes and inaccuracies. The publisher reserves the rights of this product and no 27 tamakkan part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or
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JULY 2011 So take a stroll in the streets of Paris, Tempo given award recognizing its charitable delve into the secrets of a perfumery contribution to the community by His Highness FEB 2012 and the intrigue of scent making, and Sheikh Nahyan Mubarak Al Nahyan at The Hilton The Dream Players launched smell the almost-disappearing scent Hotel on May 31, 2011. JUN 2013 of gunpowder and coal in post-WWII Tempo sponsored film “51” London. This is a journey your nose will OCT 2011 JUL 2013 not quickly regret. Tempo and the New York Film Academy Abu Dhabi Integrated Augmented Reality launched the “I LOVE UAE” video competition to AUG 2013 celebrate the UAE’s 40th anniversary “Discover UAE” photography competition. Azza El Masri is an avid reader and is always NOV 2011 SEP 2013 looking for new recommendations! If you want Tempo organizes The Heart and Soul > 1st International Motor Bike Show her to review a book you fell in love with, or leave a comment on her book bulletin, then you Community Bazaar > Tempo Planet app for Android phones. can reach her on: www.tempoplanet.com/category/talking-books 06 www. tempoplanet.com WHAT'S HOT//
YOUR GUIDE TO THIS MONTHS’ HOTTEST EVENTS
THURSDAY NIGHT FIGHTS Oct 17 du Forum, Yas Island, Abu Dhabi
DETOUR CITY HUNT 2013 Live professional boxing comes to Oct 18 Abu Dhabi when Lion Heart Boxing Burjuman, Dubai Productions, a Boxing Promotions and KIDSFEST ABU DHABI Sports and Entertainment Company based Oct 15 – Oct 19 DETOUR City Hunt is a “Green” treasure in Kinnelon, New Jersey (USA), introduces Zayed Sports City, Abu Dhabi hunt through the streets of Dubai using live professional boxing to Abu Dhabi, by only public transport. Teams of two producing a version of its acclaimed Thursday Get ready to celebrate the Eid al Adha holiday have to find their way around the city, Night Fights series as Thursday Night Fights@ in a whole new way. Spend an evening at complete a number of fun challenges, Yas Island. The live professional boxing event KidsFest Abu Dhabi, a family festival from solve numerous clues and reach the will feature former British Heavyweight 15-19 October, at Zayed Sports City. Activities final destination in the shortest times Champion and Commonwealth Heavyweight include carnival rides, sport clinics, arts and and highest scores. Spend an entire day Champion Danny Williams (46-11) against an crafts, talent competitions, bouncy inflatables, of thrills and laughs all while reducing opponent to be announced. Danny Williams’ a petting zoo, an entertainment stage your carbon footprint, and even win career includes a knockout win over the and more! prizes worth Dh 20,000. former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson. www.kidsfestabudhabi.com www.detouruae.com www.yasisland.ae
WOMEN IN FILM, 40TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT Nov 1 – Nov 2 Abu Dhabi Sorbonne Media Center, Abu Dhabi
To celebrate 40 years of women in the industry, the UAE Chapter will celebrate with an event open to all on Nov 1st and 2nd. The event is being done in cooperation with the Abu Dhabi Film Festival.
Under the Patronage of HH Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak al Nahyan, the UAE Minister of Culture, Youth and Social Development, in association with the Paris Sorbonne, Abu Dhabi. The event runs from 11am to 7pm on both days. There will be lectures, workshops and screening of films made by women filmmakers. The event is open to both men and women, and is free to VIEW FACEBOOK the public. EVENT PAGE
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THE NIGHT OF THE AD EATERS DUBAI Oct 27 – Oct 29 Madinat Theatre ABU DHABI FILM FESTIVAL Souk Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai Oct 24 – Nov 2 FIFA U-17 WORLD CUP UAE 2013 Emirates Palace and VOX Cinemas This is a night of "ad-venture" where the Oct 17 – Nov 8 audience gets a chance to see ads from Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi The highly anticipated Abu Dhabi Film around the world. The Night of the Ad Festival will treat the capital’s denizens Eaters is a show that now runs in more The FIFA U-17 World Cup is the largest to some of the best cinema this region than 40 countries worldwide. Audiences get football event ever held in the Emirates has to offer, along with international six straight hours of what Russian, Asian, and one of the world’s biggest international releases. The Abu Dhabi Film Festival African, and South American advertisers tournaments - with 52 matches played over was established in 2007 to create a serve up in their countries as ads. More than three weeks across six top UAE stadiums. vibrant film culture throughout the 100 cities throughout the world sign on to The biennial FIFA tournament has been the region. The event will curate exceptional the tour annually, from Tokyo to Paris, as springboard to fame programmes to engage and educate the well Moscow, Santiago de for some of the game’s local community, inspire filmmakers Chile, Mexico City, Hong biggest stars. and nurture the growth of the regional Kong and Geneva. film industry. www.fifa.com/u17worldcup www.abudhabifilmfestival.ae www.adeatersdubai.com/
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PHOTOTRIPPING: AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY
By Shahid Saeed
Aerial Photography was first practices in 1958 over Paris by French balloonist & Photographer Nader. Aerial Photography is something not everyone is able to do; it’s about taking the pictures of the ground from an elevated position. It can be done by camera’s hand-held or mounted, maybe taken by photographer or can be triggered remotely and also automatically. Mainly fixed- wing aircrafts, helicopters, balloons, blimps, rockets, kites and parachutes are the sources to accomplish the task.
FEATURING THE WORK OF PHOTOGRAPHER: TITLE: Abu Dhabi Foggy Sunrise LOCATION: Abu Dhabi SETTING: Shutter Priority Mode BENO PURPOSE OF THE SHOT: “Aerial Cityscape, Fine Art Photography” CAMERA MODEL: Canon EOS 5D Mark II F-STOP/APERTURE: f/4.0 | ISO: 100 | SHUTTER SPEED: 1/200 sec SARADZIC TIP: Above all, life for a photographer cannot be a matter of indifference (Robert Frank)
TITLE: Souq Aerial View TITLE: Al Bahr Tower Aerial View LOCATION: Central Market Souq , Abu Dhabi LOCATION: Al Bahr Tower, Abu Dhabi SETTING: Shutter Priority Mode SETTING: Shutter Priority Mode PURPOSE OF THE SHOT: “Abu Dhabi aerial cityscape, image library shoot” PURPOSE OF THE SHOT: “Abu Dhabi aerial cityscape, image library shoot” CAMERA MODEL: Canon EOS 5D Mark II CAMERA MODEL: Canon EOS 5D Mark II F-STOP/APERTURE: f/4.0 | ISO: 800 | SHUTTER SPEED: 1/1250 sec F-STOP/APERTURE: f/5.0 | ISO: 1000 | SHUTTER SPEED: 1/1250 sec TIP: Taking pictures is savoring life intensely, every hundredth of TIP: What I like about photographs is that they capture a moment that’s a second (Marc Riboud) gone forever, impossible to reproduce (Karl Lagerfeld) 10 www. tempoplanet.com
CITY BITES// FOOD By Diji Shujahi
WHERE: ERIC KAYSER WHAT: Chocolate Chip Cookie (with walnuts) COMMENT: Eric Kayser does everything on a large HOW THE scale and their cookies are no different. As soon as we ordered, a hot, ginormous cookie was served to us COOKIE straight from the oven. This is not your crispy cookie but the more delicate, chewy cookie variety, with CRUMBLES walnuts adding a perfect crunch. RATING: 3 ½ STARS
Our fondest memories of childhood would undoubtedly be the smell of freshly baked cookies when we come home WHERE: MUGG AND BEAN from school. WHAT: Chocolate Chip Cookie COMMENT: These are the “Cookie kings” with Did you know (and this is according to each order not just one cookie, but a set of three: Wikipedia) that cookies originated in Chocolate Chip cookie, M&M cookie, and finally the 7th Century from Persia and spread Gingerbreadman and Oatmeal Cookies. You can to Europe through the Muslim conquest smell your order a mile away and your tastebuds are of Spain? not disappointed. Browned to perfection, they are crisp, soft and have you saying a quiet prayer for But how about the chocolate chip the baker. cookie? Did you know that the chocolate chip cookie was accidentally RATING: 5 STARS developed by Ruth Graves Wakefield in 1930? Wakefield is said to have been making chocolate cookies and when she ran out of regular baker's chocolate, instead used broken pieces of Nestle's semi-sweet chocolate, thinking that they would melt into the batter. But happily for us they didn't, and so was the chocolate chip cookie born! WHERE: CINNABON WHAT: Chocolate Chip Cookie Tempo sampled a few chocolate chip COMMENT: Cinnabon aces cinnamon rolls, but cookie variations, and this, my friends, they're not quite as big on cookies. A little too soft to is how the cookie crumbles... the bite - although the lavish use of chocolate chips are a definite saving grace.
RATING: 2 STARS
WHERE: SUBWAY WHAT: Chocolate Chip Cookie COMMENT: The cookies at Subway aren’t meant to be the go-to menu item in the eatery, but they serve as a decent meal accompaniment for their subs. Though a little on the gooey side, they adequately serve their purpose.
RATING: 2 STARS
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TEMPO'S MY STYLE MYRIAM BUNNI • Canadian • Age: 17 • Fashion blogger • Image consultant & personal shopper • Aspiring designer
FASHION STATEMENT:
Life's too short to dress badly. Fashion isn‘t about being able to afford the newest Chanel bag or Louboutins. You can even make a high street dress look better than couture. Fashion is what you buy, style is what you do with it.
Your personal style: Eclectic, trend driven yet classic
What are your recent favourite buys? Beetroot pink Missoni dress from Carel couture, Bensimon sneakers and an Alexander Wang t-shirt from Boutique one as well as a Crisp white blazer and a chic black jumpsuit from Zara.
What are your favourite stores? I like to combine high street with high end. High street: Zara & H&M High end: Boutique 1 and Carel Couture
Do you think the UAE has style? Definitely ! However, it’s still evolving. I think Dubai has already asserted itself as new fashion capital, while soon Abu Dhabi will have two fashion worthy events: Luxury Fashion Week and the opening of a new designer brands hub in Mariah Island.
Any fashion pet peeves? Cheap fabric and logo overload.
Connect: fashionlabo.blogspot.com
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TEMPOTHE ANNOUNCES WINNERS!
THE DREAM PLAYERS REGALED
THE CAPITAL, WITH TALENT, Adam Buck, 27, British FUN AND COMPETITION!
The sixth season of ‘The Dream Players’ talent competition was held in Abu Dhabi on the sidelines of the Abu Dhabi International Motor Bike Show 2013. The two day event saw a total of 14 contestants both singers and music bands perform before a big mall audience. The audience then voted for their favorite performance/performer via a state-of-the-art touchscreen voting system provided by MyLikes, and also directly on www.thedreamplayers.com.
Tempo covered the two day grand event, and after a tough battle, the votes were tallied and Alivia Muhammad, 47, African American Khalipha + Ayman B (featuring Ahmed M) emerged as the winners of The Dream Players Season 6!
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Allan Sunga, 43, Filipino
THE WINNERS! Khalipha and Ayman B, students of the American University of Sharjah, clinched the title of the winners of Dream Players season 6 after delivering an outstanding four tracks of rap, all original. They called in their friend Ahmed Mekki, to support them on stage. Brittni, 30, American and Ahmed Houl, 21, Spanish from MER
WHAT THE JUDGES SAID… SANA BAGERSH, The Dream “The Dream Players is a much needed platform Players Executive Producer, said: in the UAE. Like The FLEX it gives emerging and aspiring talent a change to express their creativity “THE DREAM PLAYERS HAS and share their talent with the potential fans. BEEN GROWING BY LEAPS AND I was pleasantly surprised with this years talent BOUNDS, AND THERE’S NO and set up.” QUESTION THAT THE CALIBER OF TALENT HAS ALSO BEEN - Sadiece Holland, Founder and Executive Producer GOING UP. I WAS IMPRESSED of How We Flex, a Music and Entertainment focused BY THE DIVERSITY OF GENRES Casey Hall, 24, British TV platform, that exposes local talent. AND SINGING STYLES. THIS SEASON I WOULD SAY THAT “The competition truly was a platform for musicians THE WOMEN SINGERS WERE IN of all ages and backgrounds to showcase their talent. ABSOLUTE TOP FORM. Each act brought great showmanship to the stage beyond the level you would expect from amateur musicians. It was a wonderful forum to discover new DORIAN “PAUL D” ROGERS, the music and musicians of Abu Dhabi. Well done!” show’s emcee, and ‘Articulate - Nerses Sanassian, a professional audio engineer Café’s maestro. certified from the Musician's Institute in Los Angeles Kim Glaspie, 34, American who has worked with Jessie J, Flo Rida and Asking “As with everything that Alexandria at Beta Records California. BrandMoxie organises and Tempo supports I was blown away by the “It’s always fun to be involved as a judge and see the professionalism and creativity, up and coming as well as established talent here in from concept to execution. This the UAE. Some amazing lady singers from the US unique competition is priceless to Southern states. I thought the level of talent was emerging performance talent that very good.” were diverse in age, nationality, genre of music, and talent. I was - Michelle Nickelson, Managing Director of MENA honoured to emcee the event and CineFinance, SPC, and Co-Chairwoman of Women in can't wait for Season 7!” Film and television, UAE. Manuel Nivia www. tempoplanet.com 13
PUBLIC COMMENTS:
ON> Khalipha + Ayman B. feat. Ahmed Mekki SCORECARD You are Fricking EPIC!!! - Myriam JUDGES SCORES:
ON> MER (Middle East Records) Satirah Grant 3 3 Wishing you guys all the best! Michelle Momin, Indian - Alfred Toby Kim Glaspie 2+2+2 6
ON> Myriam Taleb Zainab Hafiz 1 1 Myriam you are amazing! so proud of you Khalipha+Ayman 3+3 6 – Zahra Alivia Muhammad 1+1 2 ON> Jae Franklin Way to go Jae.. !! Beautiful and a very Jae Franklin 3+2 5 soulful voice. All the best to you! - Kim Nicole Raj 1 1
Myriam Loiuse Taleb, 16, British ON> Allan Sunga ONLINE VOTES: GUDLUCK!!! show them what you’ve got… win or loose it’s ok the important thing is Satirah Grant 9+42 51 you’ve gone this far… one of the finalist on this contest is truly a blessing from God… Kim Glaspie 4+14 18 gambate kudasai!!! Zainab Hafiz 14+99 113 – Alicia Sunga Khalipha +Ayman 17+11 28 ON> Zainab Hafiz WHOA, Zainab has an amazing voice!! It is Alivia Muhammad 33+88 121 melodic and sultry. She covers many ranges Nicole Raj, 17, Indian with skill. She welcomes you and your ears Jae Franklin 13+84 97 in and you are not disappointed, EVER! Nicole Raj 240+258 498 - Marcia
SEE ALL THE PERFORMANCES ON: www.thedreamplayers.com
JUDGES CHOICES Satirah Grant, 36, American > Sadiece Holland, Founder of How We Flex 1. Khalipha + Ayman B 2. Kim Glaspie 3. Alivia Muhammad
> Michelle Nickelson, Managing Director of SPC 1. Jae Franklin Zainab Hafiz. 31, American 2. Kim Glaspie 3. Alivia Muhammad
> Nerses Sanassian, Audio Engineer, Musician's Institute L.A 1. Khalipha + Ayman B 2. Jae Franklin 3. Nicole Raj
Jae Franklin, 31, American
> Eve, RJ of 104.8 Channel 4 FM 1. Satirah Grant 2. Kim Glaspie 3. Zainab Hafiz
TEMPO'S GIFT TO 'THE JUDGES CHOICES': Tempo was so impressed with the quality of the performances of all the participants and expands Amr Khalipha, 21, its award to The Dream Players. It hereby extends an invitation to all of the 'Judges Choices' to be Egyptian Ayman B, 22, American interviewed in upcoming issues of Tempo. 14 www. tempoplanet.com
COVER STORY By Ajir Shujahi
KHALIPHA AYMAN B. THE RAP TEMPO: Who are you guys? American University of Sharjah and things are getting hectic. AYMAN: Well, my name is Ayman. I’m American, from Yemen originally. I KHALIPHA: It has been tough to balance things at times so we have to am 22 years old and I go to the American University of Sharjah. My hobbies prioritize and put music aside when our university workloads get too heavy. are sports and music. I started performing hip hop music after I met Amr Regardless, when you want it to happen there is always time for music. Khalifa, who asked me to help him hype up his show - that slowly got me into rapping. TEMPO: Do you find time to perform for audiences? KHALIPHA: I am Egyptian. I am 21 and have lived in Dubai ever since I was AYMAN: I started as a "hype man" when Khalipha asked me if I was free on seven years old. I am studying at the American University of Sharjah with the day of the 2011 AUS talent show and I agreed. Ever since then we would a major in finance and a minor in architecture. My interests are making hip go perform whenever there’s an event because we enjoy doing it, and it hop music, going to the gym and reading comic books (Batman, Spiderman, gives us the opportunity to express ourselves through our verses. etc.). I started rapping in June 2006 with my best friend Ismail Makhlouf, KHALIPHA: I perform a lot all over the UAE and in Cairo. My very first just for fun and for the love of rap! performance was in my high school, at the Universal American School for International Day where I performed a song about Egypt. TEMPO: How did you get together to rap? AYMAN: Amr Khalifa and I became friends during my second semester, TEMPO: Where do you see your rapping going in five years? about three years ago. Khalifa has been doing this for a while, while I’m sort AYMAN: For now it’s a hobby that I enjoy. Not once have I call myself a of new to this. He’s been giving me advice on how to improve my verses "rapper" and that’s because I don’t feel I’m good enough to call myself that, because he’s far more experienced. and also because I don’t want to be associated with others who (with all due KHALIPHA: I remember we met at university in the architecture building; respect) put out a more mainstream/commercial sound. he needed help on one of his projects so we started talking. Our discussion KHALIPHA: I think this could remain a hobby, but one I will have forever. drifted to music and once we realized that we are both into the same kind I see myself working in a multinational company, while making music on of music we exchanged numbers and decided to perform together in the the side. university talent show. After winning first place in the talent show we decided to explore our chemistry on stage and decided to start making music together. REACTION ON WINNING:
TEMPO: Who writes the songs? KHALIPHA: Everytime I perform in Abu Dhabi, it reminds me that the AYMAN: Each of us writes our own verses, then we try to find ways to drive from Dubai was worth it. I love the crowd and how responsive they combine them – sometimes we add more verses to optimize cohesiveness to always are. the tracks. KHALIPHA: We also try and produce our own beats when possible. Our AHMED MEKKI: When I heard we won, I felt really happy because we music producer and guitarist is Sherif El Abd. Our content is mostly about rehearsed and prepared a lot of performance and it’s good to know that the consciousness of today’s youth, and they include topics such as the state the hard work paid off. All in all, it was a great experience and I would of rap today, the Middle East (Arab spring), old school hip hop, etc. encourage everyone to take part in the future.
TEMPO: Why rapping as your creative expression? AYMAN B: I was surprised to know that we won. There was a lot of tough AYMAN: I enjoy rapping because it has an urgency to it. The main reason competition and I’m just thankful that we got the highest I write is to perform in front of audiences about messages a feel passionate number of votes from the judges. I would like to thank about. Conveying my message to a large audience is what keeps me my friends and fans that made it there to interested in writing music. support us. Much love. KHALIPHA: Growing up I remember I was always attracted to rap even before I decided to go into it.
TEMPO: How do you find time to write and produce music? AYMAN: It doesn’t take us that long to write a verse, but recording the song is usually what takes us a long time, especially with our busy University schedules. We usually record tracks in parts, and depending on the song it DOWNLOAD THE POINTATME APP could take us anywhere from a day to a few months. We often have to put AND SCAN THIS PAGE TO LISTEN making music thing on hold because we are both in our last years at the KHALIPHA+ AYMAN B's LATEST SONG www. tempoplanet.com 15
raised to believe and act on is related somehow Excerpt from "FOR THE RECORD" ARTICULATE to edifying ‘the people’, to aiding community, to empowering women, to resisting oppression, by Hind Shoufani and to giving voice to the suffering around us. CAFÉ: I am Palestinian. I was born in Lebanon. I lived Soon enough, you will see, without the in Syria. My father died there. I know what the sacred feminine powers at play WITH suffering of communities looks like, even if my this world is in imbalance HIND SHOUFANI personal life has been very blessed and safe - and without acceptance and tranquility mostly. So, yes, for me, poetry is inextricably we will annihilate humanity linked to the beautification of the lives of and in the ashes of a nuked world we once loved others. Even if my content is dark and painful, tell me not brother of your holy wars Tempo contributor and award-winning poet, I think it allows people to feel something tell me not of honor in families adored and restored Dorian “Paul D” Rogers sat down for Turkish intensely, and that creates a strong human tell me not of your male responsibility coffee with Palestinian filmmaker and Dubai bond, foments empathy, and somehow acts her life is not yours for the taking poetry/spoken word pioneer, Hind Shoufani to like a strong group hug. You too have some and you will not tell me talk about her impact on the arts in amazing social commentary in your work. who to love and when and how the UAE. Race, gender, class, money, all play a role in for love itself is a deity your spoken word. What drives you to choose > PAUL D: Tell me something about you that these topics? And do you find that people here > PAUL D: What is your favorite few people know. can identify with your words? poem of yours?
> HIND: I love children more than I have ways > PAUL D: As a Black man of multi-ethnic > HIND: Maybe “For the Record” which is a to express; I can make a mean salad - with background raised in the Southern United violent story about the stoning of a poor young all sorts of funky ingredients; I have never States, I found many issues with feeling woman. I also like More Light than Death in my life cooked a piece of meat. There’s unaccepted and misunderstood. Poetry was Could Bear” about my mother, Yasmine. I more…I secretly pick up pieces of glitter off the a way of expressing myself in a positive way suppose I really also like the dark lengthy piece street if I see them. I write poems in my head and getting acceptance through intellectual I wrote for Syria recently. in the shower all the time. I cannot drive; I discourse. Because of feeling under- never learnt how to. I dance a lot, alone, with represented for much of my life, I feel the need > PAUL D: Do you enjoy being a filmmaker costumes. Your turn, any deep dark secrets you to speak up for others that do not have voices. more than a poet? long to share? People anywhere in the world can identify with those same themes. > HIND: Totally different sides of me. Poetry is > PAUL D: My shoulder was dislocated twice instinctive and requires no effort; it is beyond as a toddler because my sister used to drag me > HIND: As you know I am curating a show my control; done purely out of love, and I around like a rag doll. In some weird instance called the Poeticians. And all it takes to be a expect no rewards for it. Poetry is what my of fate, I managed to get on stage with Stevie ‘poetician’ is the ability to write well and share spirit speaks, with no planning from my end. Wonder and rap in front of thousands in your work. I don't tend to like cheesy, rhyming Film on the other hand is something I studied, 2007. I hate raw tomatoes even though I love poetry. As long as it's not racist, misogynistic, and something I find hard and painful. It is ketchup. Hmmm…That was cathartic. Now or needlessly offensive, I will consider the expensive and often filled with rejection. Film back to you. Should a poet be required to work. I have been criticized for not liking and money are linked in my world. Film is a expose truths and raise social awareness? classical poetry or rhyme. It's fine. People can job, whereas poetry is a dream-land. appreciate what they want to appreciate, but > HIND: There are no rules I suppose. I am the for as long as I am the curator then I suppose I Layla Maghribi daughter of serious socialists. Everything I was reserve the right to choose.
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THE DHABI DAMES
COMMUNITY
HOPE FOR THOSE IN PAIN
By Cathleen Campaigne
Most of us will experience a loss during our lifetime. A variety of circumstances could be classified under this category and among them are losses caused by a move, decisions to terminate a relationship or even death. The result is the same: it hurts. The following days, months or even years can leave one feeling out of balance emotionally. And life, as one knows it, can change dramatically.
MOST PREDICTABLE RESPONSES: > BASIC GRIEF TENETS People are unique, and depending upon their own life history, the responses can vary. This is the beauty of humanity. We are a cultural and experiential mosaic. Usually one could expect an initial sense of shock and disbelief / denial: "I cannot believe this is happening to me."
> ANGER WILL OFTEN FOLLOW To some this may be a surprise, especially if the loss was sudden and the relationship quite positive. However, in our humanness we may find our minds filled with thoughts such as "how could (he / she) leave me like this? I feel so alone." As time elapses, anger may give way to bargaining. Bargaining is an attempt to salvage something. In illness a person may see several physicians before accepting the finality of a terminal illness. For those who have lost someone due to death or a breakup, anxiety may follow the anger. The reality of the situation is becoming very real. The loved one is really not coming back and the emptiness feels larger than life. If social supports are in place some will move on to a transitional schedule that will allow for you darkness and away from distractions. During situational depression that is milder than its to come back with modified hours if possible this time in the tight chamber massive clinical depressive variant, which requires during your first week. That is good for changes are taking place. When women are in professional help. all. The second week should be easier for pain, we tend to naturally cocoon ourselves. everyone. The ability to resume one's life can If we use this time productively, as we > TIME, EMOTIONAL SUPPORT be helpful in the healing process. step out from the pain and darkness, we AND ACCEPTANCE can emerge beautiful and stronger like the This is extremely helpful to the person > HUMANS HAVE A TENDENCY TO butterfly. who has experienced a loss. If you have AVOID PAIN In closing I wish every potential butterfly a experienced this situation first-hand, you will While this is good and understandable, it can successful flight into your new life-creation. likely have at least one comment that you can lead to total avoidance of living. If you begin remember that was most un-helpful. In other to notice no improvement, or the following words, we should allow the grieving / hurting issues such as avoidance of friends, family, person to talk. There is nothing more helpful work or loss of sleep or appetite; you may than a good listener and maybe a wonderful want to consult with a professional. Often the ABOUT CATHLEEN CAMPAIGNE: cup of coffee or tea and some treats. Create a sessions are brief but helpful in restoring your Cathleen Campaigne is a Canadian who warm and accepting environment. 'new-normal.' has been a clinical social worker and practical nurse for more than 25 years, > AT SOME POINT YOU WILL NEED > THE BUTTERFLY METAPHOR serving women and children of all ages TO REINTEGRATE I often use this for women and healing. You and lifestyles. Know that this may be a strain for everyone see a very simple caterpillar eats its way as most are so well meaning. Consider a into a cocoon where it will stay in complete www. tempoplanet.com 17
EXPAT IN TRANSITION
By Sue Partridge
An old friend of mine recently moved back established sense of who we are, and so We project our identities in many different home to the UK. She had expected to slot help us to maintain our identities when ways, through our dress, our language, our right back into her old network of friends those identities are under threat from new behavior and our choice of space. These and family but found that she had changed experiences. decisions are guided by our values and help more than she had thought whilst away. She to create the boundaries that demonstrate felt that she wasn’t quite the same person she Moving to a new country implies that similarities or differences between us and had been when she left. Her worldview and old friends are in short supply. Facing other people. her values had become subtly different. A everyday challenges can leave us feeling less new friend told me that one of the hardest competent, less useful and more dependent Our behavior is the keystone that at the things about moving to the UAE is the on our spouses than ever before. And no end of the day defines who we are. So feeling that she doesn’t quite know who she one’s around to remind us that this is just a take some space, think about what your is anymore. passing phase that most values are and ask yourself how you are expats go through. putting them into practice in the different When I looked at my residence visa for the areas of your life. Identify any discrepancy first time and saw myself described as a Not knowing the rules between what you believe and how you act ‘housewife,’ thirty years of earning a living result in our feeling and start to bring them in line with each and feminist beliefs rose up and grabbed my foolish. Not knowing other. throat and screamed ‘nooooooo…’ That’s not how to do ‘simple’ things to say there is anything wrong with being a like understanding I still have a long way to go, but the ‘house wife,’ it’s just that I had never defined people talking on the journey keeps me in touch with who I am, myself that way before. It wasn’t who I was. phone, and trying to get and that seems like a good place to start. I was a wife and a mother (albeit at long a word in edge-wise can distance with my children at university) but lead to frustration. Remember that sense of now, what else? I started to ponder on how I incompetency, which overtook you when you was going to reconstruct my sense of myself passed the phone to your husband to get him in this new and very different place. to deal with it? Add to that is the discovery that his phone pings every time you spend ABOUT SUE PARTRIDGE: Research in this area suggests that it is our any money on a credit card and you start to Sue Partridge is a British clinical memories and the reactions of others and feel that, like Alice, you have fallen down psychologist at the American Center for their expectations of us that are two of the that rabbit hole. What happened to that Psychiatry and Neurology in Abu Dhabi. central planks on which we construct our competent independent woman you used personal identities. Old friends have an to be? EXPOSING LOCAL TALENT AN ONLINE TV PLATFORM THAT GIVES YOU A "DIRECT LOOK INTO THE UAE'S RAPIDLY GROWING MUSIC & ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY!" www.howweflex.com | [email protected]
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HANDMADE WITH LOVE
ART By Angeli Castillo
“My name is Betty Guerra, I am 54 and I come from Venezuela. I am a goldsmith and the owner of BG Creations, which makes handmade jewellery. I think that what makes my jewellery stand out among others is a certain touch - I always like to add something unique to identify my pieces, such as different kind of amulets and stones.
“Ever since I was very young I used to create my own slippers, dresses and accessories for me and my friends. For me designing is meditation and an encounter with my innermost self; something I wish I could do every day. My aim is simply to enhance women's own beauty. Though I love to use warm colours I also get inspired by the hues of the seasons surrounding me.
“The most difficult thing for me is to find the materials I need so I often have to travel long distances between cities or countries to find them. I believe that there is a large market here for designers because everyone has their own style and their own customers.
In my home country of Venezuela you are given the opportunity to learn different kind of skills, from design stage, to goldsmithing. “I think any designer can succeed if you are passionate; do it with all your heart, mind and love.”
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ABOUT ME LIFE MUSIC FOOD TRAVEL
Ursula Strinkau
Age: 21
Profession: Artist / Waffle and Snow Cone Technician
Nationality: German
Motto: Fus Ro Dah! Your goal in life? To be able to share happiness.
Three things that today has taught you BASIC INFORMATION that you can improve on tomorrow: Expectations will never come to pass, Your most valued possession: they're only in your mind and not in My Darth Vader mug and Wacom others'. Unwanted surprises happen, pen tablet. be prepared. Do your own grocery shopping, others don't care if your Where you hanging out most? favorite drink is cranberry juice and In front of my computer. not grape.
One thing you cannot live without: Have you found your purpose yet? My pets. It called me once or twice before but I never answered. It will call again if it's The person who inspires you most? important. George Carlin. The craziest thing you have ever done: Five things you need for survival: Once I mixed tuna and mangoes in a Shoes, coffee, cigarettes, computer blender and ate it all because I wanted and internet. to get sick (to not go to school).
The car you would you like to own: You would most/least like to be stuck 1966 Volkswagen Kombi. in an elevator with: Superman/ Hannibal Lecter. A typical day in your life (in a sentence): Bask in the genuine love of my pets If today were the last day, you would before playing League of Legends until rush to go to? I remember that I'm human and sleep is Nowhere! If it were the last day, why inevitable (after 2-3 days). would I bother doing anything? Nothing would be more significant Where you see yourself in 10 years? than right now. In a hippy camp where I can embrace nature and its beauty while spending day If you were on death row, your last and night with great friends OR enjoying meal would be? my life like a boss because I'm married to Cornflakes. a blind, deaf and dumb multi billionaire. If you could associate yourself with a Your idea of peace? food, it would be? Peace is an illusion, so is war; both are A potato. fed by wrath, jealousy, pride and hatred.
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THE SLEEPLESS TEENAGER Nirvana with everyone eagerly awaiting holidays to run away from college and do YOUTH By Mugdha Sunil Polimera a whole lot of fun things – starting with getting lots of sleep.
TALK// Fact: on average, a person needs to sleep And yet…come holidays we find ourselves for a minimum of 6 – 8 hours a night! barely sleeping! With a limited number of Reality: on average, a student struggles days in hand to do everything we’ve been INTRIGUING ABU DHABI to sleep for a couple of hours on a normal deprived of during the semester, we cramp By Rhea Oommen college day! in so many things into our holiday agenda that sleep is yet again ignored. That’s the harsh reality of college. There are only two things the average college Unless you call Abu Dhabi home of your student absolutely cannot find time for – forefathers you would have a good reason to studying and sleeping! The irony is that live in this amazing city. I grew up in Abu these two activities are diametrically Dhabi with my family, but it was only when opposed in nature. For different students, I left it to move to Boston (where I am now) its different permutations of performing that I realized these things about the capital… and not performing both activities: for some it’s no studying, only sleeping; for others it’s no sleeping, only studying; and for yet others, it’s no sleeping nor studying!
Paradoxically, sleeping for a college student is easiest during class. On one hand, you can’t really blame the students because lab work, weekly tests, projects, assignments – the avatars of our massive workloads – make sure that we only get to DOWNLOAD THE POINTATME APP nap during hours we’re not supposed to. AND SCAN THIS PAGE On the other hand college life is said to be the period of unlimited fun and adventure PALACE PEOPLE - parties, late night conversations with While I appreciate the luxurious twenty- friends, last minute cramming, jamming first century environment I grew up in, sessions…so you just can’t blame the I am an old soul at heart and sometimes students for not being able to sleep or dream of medieval castles and baroque study or both. palaces. Although the UAE was founded in the 70s and is known for its ultra-modern For some, the lack of sleep causes a architecture, the founders really know episodes of mental stability. In other how to combine culture and infrastructure words, they just become sheer crazy, Whether it is working a temporary job, - by building palaces! Whether it’s the albeit for a little while. A cranky sleepless meeting friends, driving lessons, extra conspicuous opulence of the Emirates Palace person with bloodshot swollen eyes is not courses or watching a backlog of movies hotel, or even the smaller ones that dot the an uncommon sight in colleges. Students and serials…sleep takes the back seat, yet city, palaces are everywhere! try to make up for lost sleep in between again. Caution: I said “most” of us. Some classes, in the library, prayer rooms or people (like me) place sleeping on top of THE LUXURY OF LUXURIOUS AIR TRAVEL anywhere they can get a few minutes of the agenda in the holidays and treat all This may come as a shock to many city-bred, peace. other activities like fillers! third culture kids, so you might want to sit down when you read this... But did you know Doesn’t all this say something? Sleep is an Anyhow, the moral of this story is that that there are people in this world, people essential part of our life cycle; college is an we should all be getting the minimum like you and me, who have never been in an essential part of life. And yet, there doesn’t required hours of sleep (and at the airport or on an airplane! Most of us living seem a way to peacefully incorporate the appropriate times, I must add). So go on, here are guaranteed to take a flight! Also, two. The only resort we college students and sleep happily. These 500-odd words the airports are getting fancier and might have is our vacation. Indeed time of my diatribe should have hit you with a schamncier every few months! And have away from college becomes our Ultimate wave of drowsiness. Bonne nuit! you ever travelled Etihad/Emirates first class? Google it!
THE WILD SIDE A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH THE ABU DHABI ADVANTAGE I love when I’m in the car, driving back from I know many people who were born in Abu When I’m abroad and I tell someone I’m from a mall that guarantees the best shopping Dhabi, but not many who have died here. Abu Dhabi, the look on his or her face turns experience and then I see a goat grazing While I’m sure there are resting places in this from curiosity to wonder. Often times, they near someone’s villa. I also love how when I country like any other, I have never seen a think of Abu Dhabi as flashy and exotic, read about the UAE’s increasing GDP, I also cemetery in the city. Many cities around the cultural yet cosmopolitan…I call this the Abu read about the rooster that went out for a world, including Boston, have old and creepy Dhabi advantage. So the next time, you’re peaceful walk one morning on Karama street ‘Scooby Doo’ type cemeteries. Sometimes it’s outside the country and someone asks you only to be chased by a cheetah! When you just a bit depressing to have to come across where you’re from, don’t just reply ‘far away read these stories, or see these farm animals one every few minutes. Perhaps not seeing from here’, ‘the Gulf’, or ‘oh, do you know wander around the big city, don’t just laugh cemeteries in plain sight, can influence a Dubai?,” boast about the Capital, the ‘Father of and brush it off saying “only in the UAE” but person psychologically, making them believe the Gazelle’! I know I will when I go back to enjoy these moments. they can live forever? uni in September! 22 www. tempoplanet.com
GAME HEDZ TECH TALK Blakniss Shahid Saeed Original game head from Atari to XBox! Talker for the Non-Techies
ASUS NEW PADFONE INFINITY Asus unveiled the new Padfone Infinity in Taipei. The new model of the smart phone-tablet combo looks very identical to the original PadFone Infinity. Apart from wintin, the main characteristics are a quad core 2.2 GHz Snapdragon 800 processor, 2Gb LPDDR3 RAM, the 5-inch, 1920x1080 pixels, along with 2400 mAhbattery, 13 megapixel rear and 2 mega pixel front facing camera etc. The new PadFone Infinity now supports micrsoSD cards, but the internal storage has been lowered from 32 GB & 64 GB to 16 GB & 32GB. The new smartphone comes preloaded iOS GAME “THE ROOM” RETURNS with Android 4.2.2. If you're not familiar with The Room, you're missing out on a clever, creepy and intriguing physical puzzler. The Room, released last year, THE APPLE IPHONE 5S won a few game of the year awards with good reason. It's a puzzler Anyone who’s been on the planet in the last couple of weeks wrapped in a mystery that makes full use of the iOS touchscreen would have heard about Apple’s launch of the highly anticipated interface while challenging your competitive side. smartphone iPhone 5s. The standout features of the iPhone You follow the trail of an alchemist as he searches for the secrets 5s are its newest hardware of ultimate power through something called the 'null element'. All and upgrades like touch ID, the action takes place in a single room (hence the title) and you the M7 motion co-processor, follow clues and solve 64 but architecture and the interesting puzzles to new iSight camera. iPhone 5s essentially unravel the is very identical to iPhone 5 fate of the Alchemist with not many changes in the - a fate you may phone design. What’s special is share. The puzzles, the faster processor, brighter which revolve around camera and the new Touch ID an enigmatic and which is integrated within the complicated table, can home button. The phone stores be three-dimensional, fingerprint records in a separate memory space to make the process cleverly hidden more secure. The iPhone 5s isn’t the most amazing iPhone yet compartments or instead apple says it’s their most forward-thinking iPhone yet. mini-games. You have tools to help you along the way and paying attention to seemingly innocuous details is very important.
The first instalment ends on a cliff-hanger, of course, and the latest NEWS & GOSSIP update - The Epilogue - can be downloaded right now. A very short BLACKBERRY PAUSED ROLL-OUT OF BBM add-on, it's the perfect teaser for the upcoming Room 2. The epilogue ANDROID & IOS APP features a small box on a table (sounds simple, but it's not) and is just The much anticipated release of BlackBerry as inventive and intriguing as ever, if not a little easy to solve. But Messenger (BBM) for Android and iOS hit a that could just be my awesomeness at work. roadblock on with the company saying it is pausing the first ever rollout of the popular Download the update, it's for free, and keep an eye out for The Room messaging app to third-party platforms. Although 2 later this year (no date announced at time of writing). the company said that BlackBerry Messenger Game on. would be available for Android and iPhone, the BlackBerry Messenger for Android never hit Follow me on @shahidaasi Google Play Store or Apple App Store.
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MEDIA Dr. Alma Kadragic
FREEDOM TOWER IN MIAMI
The Freedom Tower in downtown Miami was built in 1925 to house the offices of the Miami News & Metropolis, a newspaper that stopped publishing in the mid 1950s. Like a lighthouse, the beacon
at the top of the tower could be The Freedom Tower at night in Miami. seen from far away in Miami Bay. Photo by Myra Silverstein
After the Castro regime took over Cuba, • The Miami International Film Festival In the UAE, the big festivals are not and refugees began following the beacon (MIFF) held an open house on the 4th connected with a national university. into Miami, the US federal government floor. Two short films were screened for They are independent endeavors with used the tower as a center to provide the early guests. their own directors and compete with services to the new arrivals. But the • The new poster for the 2013 Miami Book each other. services were moved in the 1970s, and the Fair was unveiled on the 1st floor. It is by tower began to decline. a Spanish artist to celebrate 500 years The 2013 Miami Book Fair since the discovery of Florida by Ponce International from November 17-24 Restored in the 21st century, the Freedom de Leon. is the largest literary gathering in Tower was purchased by Miami Dade • An exhibition of art by MDC alumni the US and the main event of the College in 2005 and is now the center opened on the 2nd floor. Center for Theater and Literature at of its artistic, literary, film, and other • MDC Live Arts started on the mezzanine cultural activities. Miami Dade College is with a jazz pianist and refreshments – Miami Dade College. Programming the largest educational institution in the drinks and paella – for all. includes two sessions per month US with more than 175,000 students on • MIFF screened film shorts for the next with well-known authors in English eight campuses in Dade County which group of guests on the 4th floor. and in Spanish in the run up to includes Miami. It is a public institution • And the third screening followed. the Fair. and part of the statewide University of Florida. Everything was free thanks to corporate and A series of writing courses in private sponsors. No one made speeches; English and Spanish has already On the third Friday of September as the materials were given out, but many guests begun, and there are also three-day sun went down, the Freedom Tower was simply walked through the exhibitions, and one-day writing workshops illuminated in red to mark the opening watched the films, and collected posters and ACTIVATE: MDCULTURE. MDCulture is other souvenirs. scheduled during the Book Fair. the rebranding of Miami Dade College’s Private meetings with literary cultural programs. Guests were invited Considering my experiences over eight years agents can also be booked during from 5:30-9 pm to visit a series of events in Abu Dhabi and Dubai with the Abu Dhabi this time. and exhibitions. Film Festival, the Abu Dhabi Art Fair, the Dubai Film Festival, the Dubai Art Fair, and • MDC Museum of Art & Design the Emirates Festival of Literature, I was inaugurated its collection on the struck by the huge role played in local cultural Follow Alma Kadragic on Twitter: 2nd floor. life by Miami Dade College. @almakad www. tempoplanet.com 25
THE PLANETARIANS DOC IN THE HOUSE Emma Kirkman Dr. DMS Conservation and Sustainability A doc from the Bronx
HOW LONG DO THE HOW MUCH ENERGY BLOOD WORKS TAKE? CAN WE REALLY SAVE? I need blood works. Why?? I was recently driving in my car, unaware that it was World Car-Free I just had them done at xxxx and I want it rechecked. They said it Day, when I heard the news that we could save Dh 1.2 billion a year if was normal..... the whole of the UAE didn’t use their car for one day, each month. Is anyone else as shocked as I am? This huge amount of money could go An all too common interaction. into developing more public transport options in the Emirates! There is a common misconception that all the answers are in the blood work. I wish it were that easy. If it were just a matter of Environmental Agency Abu Dhabi’s initiative of Paperless Day in 2011 ordering bloods to have all the answers, my life would rule. saved 10 tons of CO2, but just 5000 cars on the road produce more than this in a single day! The UAE consumes more than three times the Sadly, no...... world average paper consumption per capita, more than 175 kgs per In reality, most blood work that is done is...... pointless! person per year! Shocker, eh?? Considering that more than 80% of office waste is paper, this is a huge amount, and one of the areas that is so easy to save in. It is becoming With a good and clear chat coupled with a good exam, I think that cliché to say that small changes make a huge difference when it comes we may discover most of the necessary information right there. In to climate change - but these statistics show that it genuinely does add some cases, bloods will be taken just to appease you. There, I said it. up to make a difference! We know you’re expecting it AND that you’ll want a copy of Imagine if there was a scheme where when you saved paper or didn’t the results to back up that work note? ( “Look, they had to take use your car, the amount of money that you saved the climate, and blood!!!”) Maybe, it adds information for your doctor-shopping the government, went back into your pocket? Theoretically we would quest?? all be Dh 1.2 billion richer! Since most of us don’t have the luxury of giving up our cars then we should consider the other ways we can still Many people visit us for colds, coughs, headache, a couple episodes reduce our carbon emissions. For instance, slowing down consumes less of diarrhea / vomiting , and ask for the “life juice” extraction. I’m fuel. In fact, the fuel savings in the difference between driving 120km amazed at how willing people are to get stabbed by surgical steel instead of 140kms can potentially save you the equivalent of one extra to give up their blood, for something minor. Maybe they could tank of fuel a week, if you commute between Abu Dhabi and Dubai educate me, as to what they are expecting me to find. every day. That is a savings of 52 tanks of fuel throughout the year, at about Dh5000! Guys, here’s a “menu”, order away: I will never forget my dad refusing to go above 55 miles per hour in the UK at one point, as the car manufacturer said that this was the From experience I sense there is an expectation by the public when most fuel efficient speed to drive at. I wonder how many of us actually coming to the Emergency Department, which has been drilled use our cars, or any other electricity and power, as fuel-efficiently as into folks from prior experiences (here, overseas, within different possible. With broken air conditioner this week, I have learned to sleep facilities in UAE, etc) and from friends / families experiences and in a 25 degree room, which isn’t as bad as I thought! So when its fixed, it their opinions. People tend to feel “ripped-off” when we don’t order won’t be going below 22, as it used to occasionally do. test, as if it suggests that their complaints are not being taken seriously. Even though it is a point I have said before, it is one I and others will say again and again, every little bit of saving does make a difference. If you come to our shop looking great, it’s really likely that those Whether it is driving 10 miles slower, not printing out that document, bloods won’t tell us anything useful. But it will result in us staring or using the bus for a day…. we all do it, we can save money, as well as at each other for a long (unnecessary) time. our planet. Great.
I won’t speak for all of my colleagues, so don’t crucify me, if it’s GET ENGAGED. BECOME A PLANETARIAN. done differently by someone else, somewhere else, but understand, that despite what the “doc in the box” advises ( why doesn’t (s)he do > www.theplanetarians.com it then?), or what your friends tell you, you don’t always need any > www.facebook.com/theplanetarians > www.twitter.com/theplanetarians blood tests when you come for a visit. 26 www. tempoplanet.com
DOWNLOAD THE POINTATME APP WOMEN IN BUSINESS: AND SCAN THIS PAGE Theresa Weber
WOMEN AND SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATH (STEM) CAREERS
The interdependency of science, If you are interested in starting or 4) Find a mentor to learn the ropes of technology, engineering and math continuing a STEM career, here are some how to get promoted. (STEM) is the key to future business ideas to help you succeed in the field. Mentors are important because they growth. Think about how technology has provide career advice and promote your changed the world in recent years – how 1) Educate yourself on how to deal with strengths to decision makers. Mentors the smart phone has revolutionized the gender differences in the workplace. can be male or female. In the STEM field, telecom industry, how DNA mapping has Men and women have different a mentor will most likely be a male, since changed the medical field, and how social communication styles. Read about them they hold the majority of positions. media has changed the way businesses, online and see the best way to work in governments and people interact with male-dominated workplace. Common While men outnumber women in most each other. Companies interact with advice includes promoting yourself more; STEM fields, statistics show that women customers via Facebook and Twitter. for example, don’t wait to be asked before are increasing their presence in some News spreads quickly around the world giving your opinion. It is also important professions and outstrip men in others. via tweets and youtube. to say no when given an unreasonable For example, women are: 17% of chemical request. engineers, 22% of environmental In Abu Dhabi, women can study STEM 2) Join female industry and professional scientists, 37% of database administrators, at numerous higher education institutes, associations to overcome feelings of 46% of biological scientists, 60% of including the Masdar Institute of isolation in male-dominated fields. accountants, 78% of clinical laboratory Science and Technology (MIST), Khalifa Associations provide support on line and technologists and 91% of registered University of Science, Technology and in person. You can become a member nurses. With STEM careers a key area Research (KUSTAR), and the Petroleum of international associations such as for business growth, women choosing Institute (PI). Some, like PI, have a the “Society of Women Engineers” or this career path, and sticking with it, will Women in Science and Engineering “Association for Women in Science”. be WiSE and reap the benefits for many Program (WiSE). Many of the international associations years to come. have chapters in the Middle East. If you While women are studying STEM in can’t find one in your field, then write the universities, a Harvard Business report international organization to find out how ABOUT THERESA WEBER: found that only 26% of women with to start one. Theresa Weber is Co-Founder of STEM degrees in the US work in STEM 3) Work for a company with female- Alexandria Consulting Team (ACT) jobs. And that over time, 52% of women friendly policies and programs. LLC an international management leave these jobs. These statistics are Companies understand that it is profitable consultancy. staggering, half the women leave the to keep talented workers. With women field. The report found the following five often having the majority of household Terry is also editor of the daily reasons women leave STEM careers: 1) and child care duties, companies know e-newsletter: hostility in the work place, 2) feeling of that by offering flexible hours they can MENA #WomeninBusiness Forum isolation as the only woman on a team, retain female employees. While this may 3) difference between male and female not be an option in some organizations, You can follow her on twitter work styles, 4) long work weeks, and 5) look for companies that provide additional @ TheresaFWeber and @ACT_LLC mystery around what it takes to advance technical training and leadership training in the field. to help you advance in the field. www. tempoplanet.com 27
DOWNLOAD THE POINTATME APP TAMAKKAN AND SCAN THIS PAGE Zulekha Huseni
SOCIAL MEDIA MIX
In this hurried, get-our-information-out-to-customers digital world we live in today, business owners are under immense pressure to embrace every marketing and communication channel available.
A good starting point is – go where your audience is. Simply put, brands need to be present wherever audiences invest their time and attention. Increasingly, that means social media. Research indicates that 88% of the Middle East online population uses social networking sites daily. So the million-dollar question is – which is the best social medium for your business? Here are some guidelines to use when you planning the social media mix to achieve your business objectives:
4. YOUTUBE 1. FACEBOOK Reliable option for Perfect choice for 2. TWITTER video-based business content marketers Highly rated for content promotions based marketing to It’s the largest social youth 3. LINKEDIN It is the king of video network and a great LinkedIn is the most sharing communities. platform for making a You can rapidly build a preferred choice of B2B It helps you bring your 5. PINTEREST connection with your loyal fan following and communication. business to life with Best-fit for imagery- customers. So if you’re connect with customers footage that informs, based social marketers a B2C company, then communicating in text- It is rightly the king of educates or entertains Facebook has more based posts no longer business-based social by adding value to text Let’s pictures tell a potential to be right for than 140 characters on networks. With its content on your website. brand’s story. Pinterest you. It offers splendid Twitter. Once recognised strong B2B focus and You can share links is fun and continues to options such as Facebook as a perfect platform orientation to the more to YouTube videos on be a great way to reach stores and the branding for celebrities, notable ‘serious’ crowd, LinkedIn most social networks women and drive them of products. You would figures and multi- helps you connect with – Facebook, Google to your website if that’s want to deploy fun, national businesses, it is like minds, suppliers +, Twitter. Setting up your target audience. trendy and customer- now a perfect place for and colleagues. It is a YouTube channel Powerful and original friendly business ideas just about any business especially useful if you can bring in dramatic visual content is a key instead of irrelevant or individual to establish are trying to reach traffic and help greatly requirement. Take into promotional strategies. thought leadership, start out to professionals with search engine account time and costs It is an ideal choice for a conversation with and seeking business optimization. spent in being successful content marketing. influencers and build a opportunities. on Pinterest. strong community. TOP TIP: Use YouTube TOP TIP: Give your TOP TIP: Use the to host the videos you TOP TIP: If you have Facebook page a TOP TIP: Leave “Answers” section to embed on your own site. images of products on purpose. Create regular, enough space for leverage the wisdom of Then create a YouTube your site, add a “Pin it” unique and high-quality people to include “RT@ the crowds or showcase channel to extend your button to enable ease of content to give your fans yourusername” to make your own expert reach into the YouTube sharing from Pinterest a reason to return. your content spreadable. insights. community. members. 28 www. tempoplanet.com
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Aries: Most connections made this month will be very FIRST STROKES: important. You will need to spend time with close relatives, kids and associates. Refrain yourself to start justifications and FICTION WRITING battle with others. Take proper care of your health. Taurus: Relax and rest to revitalize your persona. Discover WORKSHOP time with close relatives to be extremely fulfilling and give you a crack. You now have peace and calmness for yourself and the capability to do what you really want to do. Look ahead to Writing requires multiple skills from a variety of disciplines. You a wonderful time. not only need to create and complete your goals in writing but Gemini: Keep focused on your goal and try not to waver. You also to get it into print, market your work and get it out to the may feel very businesslike, but someone else you encounter reading public. may be equally determined. Take time to verify your ONE DAY SEMINAR INCLUDES: performance and you may discover that you have skipped something that will cause you issues. 1. THE PROCESS OF WRITING Cancer: Intense emotions could make it hard to show your caring and loving side. Perhaps something needs to give. • Accessing your creative mind: Looking into the mirror | You will need to evaluate your primary issues. However, any Internal versus external motivations alterations may need to be radical. • Enhancements: “Who is your reader?” Structure |Plot Leo: You may be on top form and ready to go. You might want Pacing |Character Development |Tension to take a look at your financial situation too, especially if you're • Roadblocks: Facing your fears: Challenging internal block/ in danger of losing track. getting stuck and unstuck. Virgo: Express yourself and put your stamp of individuality • Joys and Pains of Writing: Finding a schedule and place on the plans you have. Your social life continues to thrive, so that works for you. The stages of writing. Discipline, keeping on ‘your’ tasks and on ‘your’ schedule. keep networking, it can bring many rewards. Do get a second • Editing, editing and editing: Finishing what you begin and opinion when health problems are an issue. living with imperfection! Libra: There's a rather intense energy focused on your personal financial zone, encouraging you to make the most of 2. PRODUCTION MATTERS: what you have, while learning how to be more resourceful. In fact, you may be applying recycling ideas to home and family Publishing and Printing |Amazon / Kindle for ebooks |Local habits. Printing |Local Book Distribution |Marketing and Networking Scorpio: You are very dynamic during this month. Spend |Building The Platform enough time with co-workers and your associates and show them what you are really like. Romantic options are showing 3. BIOGRAPHIES OF THE PRESENTERS: up too - though you will need to make time for your love life. Your job is not all-consuming, but it will be satisfying. JODY J. BALLARD, LCPC: Jody Ballard is an artist in oil- painting, jewelry-making and writing novels. A licensed clinical Sagittarius: Relationships are ideal during this month for therapist, her rich and varied understanding of human behavior Sagittarians. Your public interaction will improve. You have an imbues her writing with unique insight into the dynamic nature opportunity to improve your earnings during this efforts and it of relationships. In 2012 she penned ‘The Smell of Mud’. She may be an improvement, a reward or a second job. However do is currently working on a novel about a modern day Bedouin not hurry through your performance. family. Capricorn: Take time to reflect and pay interest to your inner speech. You may get engaged in activities, interests, songs, SEUMAS GALLACHER: Seumas Gallacher has produced two dance and other actions. You are public and confident and will bestseller crime thriller novels, the first in a series of five. He has do well linking with others. enjoyed remarkable success in adapting to the new realities of Aquarius: You must have rely upon yourself, in your thoughts the independent self-publishing industry with over 60,000 sales and your tasks. Just do not be too competitive in your of his books. connections. You will be one phase before individuals around you, who will have problems maintaining up with your speed. REGISTER EARLY! Pisces: During this month you would be slowed down by something or someone, and you grow accustomed to speed LIMITED SEAT! at which you can move. There will be some possibilities to grab, but do not be too over-confident. The individuals who WORKSHOP DETAILS: appreciate your perform will create you some job provides.
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By Seumas Gallacher
…Eureka!… the delusions of adequacy may not be so delusional after all…
…they say there are three stages in the Life of Man… childhood, adulthood, and ‘my WURD, ye are looking well‘… some even aver that the grand old age of 60 is ‘the new 40'… shuffle it as I may, there’s no escaping the evidence on the passport… this ol’ Jurassic’s early years encompassed the miracle of music that was the BEATLES and all the trillions of beat groups that sprung up on the back of their phenomenal success (we didn’t call them ‘bands’ back then)… I was a teenager when the moment struck, known as ‘where were you when JFK, etc’... when soccer player transfers and baseball team salaries didn’t cost the price of the Gross National Product of medium-sized countries… and when ye had to move off yer seat to change a television channel… so, I’ve been around a wee while now… in a varied career in the financial WURLD, my job description changed several times… it began as a scruffy lowest-of-the- low bank clerk, metamorphing into an even scruffier bank officer, then onto a life as a corporate trouble-shooting for the best part of 30 years… before reverting back to what it was originally… a scruffy banker… a bit greyer, but not necessarily wiser (just ask Matron around here)… it seldom occurred to me to label myself in any designated career slot… I was having a grand time just earning (and spending) whatever bits of money came my way… the throwaway response line when asked at cocktail parties ,‘what do you do?’ used to be ‘about what?’ … I cared not a jot for a job title, nor recognition as anything but a bloke WURKING for his living… I let others tag me as they saw fit… then, just sometimes, there’d be a tiny nagging tug at the back of the mind, that somehow p’raps I was suffering from delusions of adequacy… today, all that is gone… dispelled… all doubts shot down gloriously… here’s why… I stepped into an elevator at a local shopping mall today, in the company of a half a dozen others, all unknown to me… a youngish man, with a chortling little daughter in his arms looked at me, caught my eye and said in a voice that everyone could hear …‘you’re that author fella, aren’t you?…’ … I resisted the unseemly act of kissing the guy… I merely smiled and nodded, …‘sort of…’, I replied… ‘SORT OF??!! SORT OF??!! YEAH! I’M THAT AUTHOR FELLA!!!’, my innards wanted to shout… the delusions have faded… recognition... what more wonderful miracle to acknowledge?… and the realization hit me… his comment pleased me so much, because prob’ly all my life this MUST have been what I’ve wanted to be, an author… that young man will never know what a gift he gave me today… LUV YEEZ… now get about yer business, here comes Matron with that syringe… FOLLOW SEUMAS ON TWITTER: @seumasgallacher
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