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Children’s apps were another big trend, with a growing community of developers aiming to educate and entertain children as young as two years old on the tablets owned by their parents. Best of 2013 for iOS and Android By Stuart Dredge apps of the year without an in-app purchase 2013, it got a quirky but brilliant follow-up: 79 videos in sight. for elements in the periodic table, showing the (often Traktor DJ iPhone/ iPad, £2.99/ £13.99 There are he stats around mobile apps remain Also big in 2013: fitness-tracking apps, as explosive) results when they’re used in real-world quite a few DJing apps for smartphones and tablets, startling. There are now more than part of a trend known as “quantification of experiments. It’s got all the right chemistry. and most ape the turntables used by real-world DJs. one million apps apiece in both the self”. Tracking your steps, calories, work- This is different: it turns songs into waveforms to be Apple’s App Store and Android’s outs and even your sleeping patterns became Bob Dylan: The Bootleg Series iPhone/ iPad, free: mixed, scratched and warped at home or at a house Google Play, with tech research increasingly common, with a flurry of existing Bob Dylan’s latest album is a collection of rare bootleg party… Tfirm Gartner estimating that 2013 saw 102 bil- apps tied to external monitors, and some new tracks from his past, and it was accompanied by this lion app downloads across the various stores. ones (like Moves in this roundup) which simply accomplished app. Timelines, biographies of musicians, Xbox One Smartglass iPhone/ iPad/ Android/ It’s big business too: the company reckoned used your smartphone’s sensors. photo galleries and video interviews give the stories Windows Phone, free: You’ll need an Xbox One games that developers would make £15.8bn from behind the songs. console to use this app, but it’s an essential companion their apps this year. if you do. You can use it to control the or browse the 2013 was also a year of strong growth for Lifestyle and Disney Animated iPad, £6.99: If you’ve ever loved web on TV – and a growing number of games will use Android, with Google-powered smartphones entertainment a Disney movie and own an iPad, this is an essential it as a second screen too. flying off the shelves, and tablets starting to purchase, exploring the history of the animations with challenge Apple’s iPad too. That was reflected artwork, a timeline of every movie and even the chance Twitter #Music iPhone, free: Twitter’s music dis- in the larger number of apps available for both Glow iPhone, free: Using what the developers to animate a character yourself from Wreck-It Ralph. covery app hasn’t been hugely popular, but it’s still a iOS and Android, with Microsoft’s Windows describe as a combination of “magic and science”, very good way for music fans to keep tabs on up-and- Phone snagging more of the most popular this fertility prediction app is for couples who are trying Iplayer Radio iPhone/ Android, free: This year, the coming artists and songs, filtered through what people apps for its own store too — albeit often those to conceive. It includes charts, health-tracking features BBC created a standalone app for listening live to its are tweeting about most. that had been out for a year or more on rival and, daily reminders. radio stations, which also streams on-demand shows platforms. and podcasts and helps you add songs to playlists in The biggest app trend of 2013 was the Moves iPhone/ Android, £1.99: Activity-tracking other services including Spotify and YouTube. Games domination of “free-to-play” games: those apps were big in 2013, but often they needed a that are free to download and play, but which pedometer-like gadget. Not Moves: this app uses your Beethoven’s 9th Symphony iPhone/ iPad, free: A II iPhone/ iPad/ Android/ make their money from in-app purchases of smartphone’s sensors to track your walking, running real treat for classical music fans, whatever their level Windows Phone, up to 79p: You can tell from both the virtual items or currency. The biggest of the and cycling, while also showing you where you went of knowledge. This app offers four famous recordings games that the developers at lot was Candy Crush Saga, although its 2012 during your day. of Beethoven’s Ninth and lets you switch between them Rovio have a genuine love for the Star Wars films. launch means it’s not included in this roundup. while viewing the score, and hear experts talking about This is another round of slinging birds at (evil Empire) It helped to make mobile gaming more main- Helpouts Android, prices vary: This app comes the work and its composer. pigs, with famous characters aplenty – and even some stream than it has ever been, as a glance at from Google: a way to connect to experts in a host of tie-in toys. the touchscreens on any commuter train or categories for one-to-one help on… well, whatever you Bloom.fm iPhone/ Android, free: One of the most bus showed this year. want. From computers to cooking, fashion to fitness, the stylish streaming music apps available on smart- Call Of Duty Strike Team iPhone/ iPad/ Android, Children’s apps were another big trend, twist is that you talk to the experts via live video chat. phones, Bloom.fm streams you radio-style stations up to £4.99: Call of Duty games are big business on with a growing community of developers aim- based on genres and artists. If you want to store tracks consoles, but this year saw a brand new title just for ing to educate and entertain children as young BBC SPORT iPhone/ Android, free: The BBC split on your phone, you can pay £1, £5 or £10 a month for smartphones and tablets. It’s part first-person shooter as two years old on the tablets owned by their its sports coverage off into a standalone app this year, 20, 200 or as many as you like. and part tactical strategy game, as you switch between parents. Communications regulator Ofcom drawing on its online, TV and radio coverage. The shooting and controlling your squaddies. estimated that 42 percent of 5-15-year-olds app offers news stories, stats and tables for a range Google Play Music iPhone/ Android, free/£9.99: and 28 percent of 3-4-year-olds now use a of sports as well as the ability to watch and listen to Google’s music service has many hats. It’ll stream you Clash Of Clans iPhone / iPad / Android, free: Clash tablet at home. events live. “custom” radio stations based on songs, artists and of Clans was one of the most popular mobile games in Parents were spoilt for choice when it came albums, as well as your own music collection if you’ve the world in 2013: a characterful strategy game that to engaging apps for their kids, although free- Explore Shakespeare iPad, free: This iPad app stored it on Google’s servers. And if you pay £9.99 a saw you methodically building up a town and training to-play games proved more controversial in came from Cambridge University Press: comprehensive month, it’s a full, unlimited Spotify rival. an entire army to wreak havoc on other players. this market, with several high-profile cases of versions of Shakespeare’s most famous plays includ- children blowing their parents’ iTunes budg- ing the text, performance photos, audio versions and Soundwave Music Discovery iPhone/ Android, Clumsy Ninja iPhone/ iPad, free: Another huge ets on virtual items, and an investigation by interactive features to understand them. Individual plays free: This app is perfect if you want to discover new success on the App Store, this is a virtual pet game, the Office of Fair Trading warning dodgy cost £4.99 via in-app purchase. music, rather than just listen to the music you know. It except with a wonderfully animated ninja instead of a developers to mend their ways. On the plus tracks the songs you play on streaming services Spotify dog or cat. Your job is to train him up to be less clumsy, side, crafting game Minecraft – which is huge The Elements In Action iPhone/ iPad, £2.49: or Rdio and shows you what your friends are playing including tossing him through basketball hoops like among kids – was one of the biggest-selling The original The Elements was a huge hit on iPad. In – all in a slick, mobile-friendly interface. a rag doll. PLUS | WEDNESDAY 1 JANUARY 2014 3

Cut The Rope: Time Travel iPhone/ iPad/ Android, up to £1.99: A proper sequel to the puzzle game Cut the Rope was due right at the end of 2013, but this What lies ahead in 2014? Apps intermediate game helped fans while away the year. It sees cute monster Om Nom snipping more ropes in will spread on to new kinds of order to feed candy to relatives from down the years, devices, from smart watches to to brain-testing effect. cars. Tablets will be popping up in Despicable Me: Minion Rush iPhone/ iPad/ Android/ Windows Phone, free: 150 million people schools with increasing regularity; downloaded the official mobile game for the Despicable 4G mobile networks may spur a Me 2 film in 2013, with its appeal stretching way beyond children. It’s a colourful affair featuring the new boom in streaming music characters and scenery from the film, with similarly and video to smartphones and riotous humour. tablets; and the apps world will Dots: A Game About Connecting iPhone/ iPad/ Android, free: Few mobile games consumed more wait to see what the next big person-hours than Dots in 2013. An ostensibly simple Candy Crush-sized mainstream puzzle game — trace lines and boxes of dots of the same colour on a grid — turned out to have ferociously success is. addictive properties.

Flick Kick Football Legends iPhone / iPad / Android, free: This sequel to Flick Kick Football added adventure based on Swedish mythology and full of more depth, putting you in charge of a marvellously strange creatures, brain-bending puzzles and beautiful retro football team, passing, tackling and shooting production values. It has a companion app to explain your way to success. A system of Panini-style cards all the myths. to upgrade your squad added to the fun. Badland iPhone/iPad: Justifiably recognised by Football Manager Handheld 2014 iPhone/iPad/ Apple in its Best of 2013 awards, Badland is the perfect Android: More football, but this time you’re the man- game to get stuck into over Christmas: a platform- ager, in the annual update to the mobile version of adventure set in an eerie forest, with beautiful visuals, popular PC sim Football Manager. New features this slick physics and plenty of exploration. There was real year included a revamped design, more detailed media imagination at work here, and iOS gamers responded. interaction and the option to create your own club. retelling of the Goldilocks fairytale with Justin dressing abandon, even delaying non-urgent emails until a later up as the main characters. Plenty of silliness, but also time or date. Frozen Synapse iPad/Android, £1.99/ £2.00: Social a serious focus on reading and accessibility for kids. Ember iPhone/iPad, free: Subtitled “Capture, Tablet-owning gamers looking for a strategy game to Organise and Share”, this is a simple but very elegant really get their teeth into won’t have been disappointed BBM iPhone/Android, free: Smartphone maker Little Red Riding Hood By Nosy Crow iPhone/ app for pulling together images around specific topics by Frozen Synapse. Ditching historical military themes BlackBerry had a bad year for selling handsets, but iPad, £3.99: Another fairytale, beautifully realised by from a variety of sources, including your iOS device’s for a Tron-style futuristic look, its 55 solo missions and its messaging app BBM had a better one, launching for British publisher Nosy Crow, which has done similar camera. It’s like your own personal version of Pinterest. multiplayer mode had lots of depth. iPhone and Android and attracting 20 million users in tricks for Cinderella and The Three Little Pigs. The twist its first week. It faces stiff competition from WhatsApp here is that children decide what items the heroine Cal iPhone/Android, free: Both Apple and Google Infinity Blade III iPhone/iPad, £4.99: The Infinity and Facebook Messenger but remains quick and slick. picks up en route to grandma’s to help her defeat the have their own calendar apps for their smartphones, Blade games have always been a showcase for Apple, wolf. but Cal made a good pitch this year for replacing and this third incarnation was no different, with graph- Lift iPhone/Android, free: Lift sounds a bit new- both. Pitched as a “smart” calendar, it’s easy to cre- ics tuned to the latest iPhones and iPads. The gameplay agey with its promises of “daily motivation”, but if Mr Shingu’s Paper Zoo iPhone/iPad/Android, ate appointments and events, and ties in neatly with was familiarly epic: big monsters, big loot and simple you’re trying to achieve a goal – from taking more £1.99: Origami and children’s gaming, together at last! the developer’s separate Any.do to-do lists app. swipe controls. exercise to eating less chocolate – it’s a very useful This gets kids to fold together a menagerie of colourful smartphone tool to track your progress and keep you animals, then keep them fed and entertained. Virtual DuckDuckGo Search & Stories iPhone/Android, Nimble Quest iPhone/iPad/Android, free: on the right track. coins are used to buy treats, but they’re earned entirely free: In a year of big stories about online surveillance, Something for nostalgic gamers here: a colourful new by playing, not by in-app purchases. anonymous search engine DuckDuckGo emerged as take on classic mobile title Snake, except with RPG- IFTTT iPhone, free: IFTTT is hard to explain, but a private alternative to Google. Its smartphone app style heroes rather than wiggly wildlife. Your “conga really useful once you’ve grasped it. It connects dif- Toca Mini iPhone/iPad, £1.99: Swedish developer took the idea mobile, with an additional focus on news line” winds its way round a series of levels attacking ferent websites and apps – for example automati- Toca Boca hasn’t yet made a bad app, and Toca Mini stories with “no depressing news or graphic content”. monsters, levelling up as they go. Quirkily good fun. cally saving your Instagram photos to your Dropbox, is one of its most creative yet. Children make a mini- or emailing you when a favourite eBay seller has a figure: eyes, nose, mouth and clothing, with scope Quip iPhone/iPad/Android, free: Launched by Real Racing 3 iPhone/iPad/Android, free: Driving new item. to make anything from superheroes and monsters to Facebook’s former tech boss, Quip is a word-process- game Real Racing 3 was controversial for its adop- real celebrities. ing app designed to help people collaborate on docu- tion of in-app purchases, but the game itself is very ments with colleagues, family members and friends: impressive. It looks like a console game, packed with Kids Night Zookeeper Teleporting Torch iPad, £1.99: synchronising everything across iOS and Android real-world vehicles and tracks to zip around. Regular This creative kids’ app delivers daily drawing activities devices to keep it up to date. updates kept players occupied too. BBC CBeebies Playtime iPhone/iPad/Android/ in the form of missions, asking children to draw spe- Windows Phone, free: The preschool audience for cific magical animals or scenes. Parents can take part BBC Weather iPhone/iPad/Android, free: Weather Rymdkapsel iPhone/iPad/Android, up to £3.29: CBeebies are taking to tablets in their thousands, and too, sending their children on missions and checking apps are built in to Android and iPhone smartphones, Another strategy game with lashings of neon, they won’t be disappointed with the channel’s first app: on their progress. but the BBC’s official weather app outdoes both with its Rymdkapsel was quietly great. Your job is to build a fun mini-games for Octonauts, Tree Fu Tom, Something simple, swipe-centric design, clear layout and compre- space base for your minions to scoot around collecting Special and other shows. Toca Builders iPhone/iPad/Android, 99p/£1.99: hensive forecasts. One of the best apps to have handy resources and fending off alien attacks. It’s hypnotic, Another creative Toca Boca app, this time inspired on your homescreen. The Guardian challenging and a gaming treat. The Snowman And The Snowdog Game iPhone/ by the popular building game Minecraft. Six robots iPad/Android, free: Another app from a broadcaster, this construct, destroy or paint solid blocks, which can be Star Wars: Tiny Death Star iPhone/iPad/Android/ time Channel 4, which has turned The Snowman and built into anything the child fancies. Windows Phone, free: Star Wars had a good year for the Snowdog into a Temple Run-style endless runner mobile games. This second was based on mobile hit game. Kids fly and collect snowflakes. It does have Tiny Tower, with the twist that you’re now building a optional in-app purchases, but with an upper cap of Productivity Ttiny Death Star, complete with businesses, accom- £20. modation and plenty of familiar characters moving in. Mailbox iPhone/iPad, free: For anyone with an Justin’s World: Goldilocks And The Three overcrowded email inbox in 2013 (ie most people Year Walk iPhone/iPad, £2.49: The most bewitch- Bears iPhone/iPad, £1.99: Justin Fletcher is one of with an email inbox). Mailbox was a gem: an app that ing mobile game of 2013 was Year Walk, a supernatural CBeebies’s biggest stars, and this is his own app: a helped you swipe through your backlog with merry 4 PLUS | WEDNESDAY 1 JANUARY 2014 CAMPUS /COMMUNITY Expert discusses nuclear power with Qatar Academy students

r Kai Henrik-Barth, Georgetown and interesting; an intellectual sharing DUniversity–SFS Qatar Senior and exchange of knowledge between Assistant Dean for Faculty Affairs, young, curious minds and a scientific is a nuclear energy and proliferation authority in the midst of Education expert and a committed educator who City. is always willing to share knowledge The presentation was factual and with a new generation of learners. fast-paced with lots of interaction with Grade 5 students of Qatar Academy, students. are studying different forms of energy He discussed nuclear power in gen- sources — renewable and non-renew- eral and how is it different from other able energy — and their impact on the energy sources. Students, having done environment. their research and being immersed in As part of their Unit of Inquiry the topic, answered Dr Barth’s ques- under the Primary Years Programme, tions and shared their queries. students were also looking into con- Grade 5 Academic Coordinator knowledgeable experts, such as nuclear Dr Barth also discussed the dif- nections between technological Alana Gerrand, who informed Dr scientists that are able to come and ference between nuclear power and advances and their effects on energy Barth beforehand that students would explain concepts first hand. nuclear weapons with an extended consumption. undoubtedly ask a lot of questions, saw “Harnessing nuclear energy is a very introduction to nuclear weapons – Dr Barth accepted an invitation to the talk as a unique opportunity for complicated process to understand and what precisely they are, which coun- give a presentation on nuclear power QA students. we were really lucky to be able to find tries have them and perhaps most and energy sources at QA. “It is incredibly fortunate for Dr Barth to share what he knows and important of all, what can the world His presentation was informative our students that we have access to answer questions.” collectively do about them. The Peninsula

Sri Lankan Majlis Qatar elects new office bearers ri Lankan Majlis Qatar (SLMQ), held its 14th Annual General SMeeting recently at Gulf Paradise Hotel. The election of the Executive Committee for 2014 was held at the meeting. The outgoing president, Hazim Hamza, addressed the gathering, con- gratulated the incoming President. Hamza also pledged his uncondi- tional support to services SLMQ has been doing. The new President, Ameerudeen Moulana, expressed gratitude to the at the meeting to conduct the affairs Treasurer Hafeel M Zubair, Projects Ashkaf, Riza Mohamed, Sabir members for the trust bestowed on of the majlis include: Coordinator Rizvi Muhammed, Ahamed Salim, Ahmed Imthyas and him. Vice-President Mohammed Lafir, Public Relations Coordinator Sahal Shadir Hassan. Other office bearers for 2014 elected General Secretary Thariq Cassim, Alavi, EXCO members Mohamed The Peninsula

Little Chef Contest

Birla Public School held a Little Chef Contest for stu- dents of Grade II CBSE International Curriculum. It was conducted in connec- tion with the topic ‘ABC… of Food’. The event was inau- gurated by George Edison, Vice Principal. Nutritive value, healthy ingredients, presentation etc, were the criteria for the judgement. Young chefs were quizzed as they cooked. It was excit- ing to watch the culinary creation of those kids. COMMUNITY / MARKETPLACE PLUS | WEDNESDAY 1 JANUARY 2014 5 Filipino musicians to perform at West End Park enowned musician Aiza the Filipino community, who brought Seguerra and award-winning Rufa Mae Quinto, K Brosas, Charice Rrapper Gloc-9 will feature at Pempengco, Kim Idol, Jon Avila and the Stars Night Concert on January more to Qatar, said: “It is always great 31 at West End Park amphitheatre. to bring artists from the Philippines to This is the first time the two musi- Qatar. Filipinos work hard here and cians will be together in a concert that are far away from home. This is a way could be the biggest Filipino concert to bring “home” to Qatar at least for yet, organisers say. an evening. Seguerra is a Filipina actress, “I am excited about this wonderful singer-songwriter and guitarist. After event. This time we are breaking all participating in Eat Bulaga’s Little rules of entertainment and offering Miss Philippines 1987, she became a such fabulous ticket prices to make child star starring in several movies it affordable for every person. Ticket and TV shows and is an undisputed prices start from only QR3,” Taha superstar for the Filipino community added. worldwide. The concert also features Ava Aristotle Pollisco, known by his Jugueta and Haina Uddin. stage name Gloc-9, is an Awit Award- Jugueta is a member of all-girl sing- Gloc 9 Aiza Seguerra winning Filipino rapper, whose fast- ing group Pretty Young Thing. She is flowing vocal style has made him one grand champion of 2007 GMA 7 real- of the most successful hip-hop artists ity- based musical talent search called gold medal and three bronze medals 2013 Talentadong Pinoy Middle East in the Philippines. Coca Cola Ride to Fame, model and from the World Championships of the Worldwide. Ticket prices are QR39, Bilal Taha, event organiser and con- host. Uddin is a young singing sen- Performing Arts in Hollywood, the US. QR59, QR79, QR99 and QR129. sultant known for successful events for sation in Qatar who brought home a She is the grand champion of The Peninsula

The Qatar UAE Exchange recently conducted the first draw of Fortune Fiesta promo- tion— an exclusive promotion for its Western Union custom- ers. Winners of 15 LED TVs, five digital cameras, seven mobile phones and five tabs were selected during the event. Qatar UAE Exchange Country Head Edison Fernandez and other senior officials were present. The draw was held under the supervision of Saud Al Anazi, Inspector from the Ministry of Business and Trade. The promo- Hotelbeds.com has awarded Retaj Al Rayyan The business Partner 2013 for tion is valid until January 31 and its efforts and contribution to success and relationship with Hotelbeds in the final draw is on February 3. 2013. From left: Amr Ghazy, Regional Director of Sales, Mostafa Abd El Baki, Sharaf DG is one of the sponsors Corporate Director of Revenue, Ahmed Mubarak, Hotelbeds Representative, of the promotion. Mostafa El Seoud, Retaj Al Rayyan General Manager, and Mohamed Darwish, Corporate Director of Marketing and E-Commerce, at the event.

Qatar Shell celebrates top Qatari achievers

atar Shell celebrated the gradu- Qation of seven Qatari employ- ees from the company’s Accelerated Development Programme (ADP). The ADP is a year-long programme to rapidly progress the professional growth of Qatari employees, includ- ing graduates and young professionals, who demonstrate high potential and performance. The objective of the pro- gramme is to develop a cadre of Qatari employees to help lead the delivery and operation of Shell’s current and future projects in the country. “At Qatar Shell, we think of develop- ing all of Qatar’s resources — people as well as hydrocarbons. This is critical most talented Qataris early in their experiences to young Qatari pro- grooming future leaders help us if we are to be the energy partner of careers and preparing them to take fessionals early in their careers to fulfil our aspirations to become the choice for Qatar. on leadership roles,” said Maryam Al sharpen their leadership skills and employer of choice for Qatari nation- “The ADP plays an important role Kaabi, Learning Manager, Qatar Shell. accelerate their development. als,” she added. in helping some of our brightest and “Shell provides challenging “Supporting local talent and The Peninsula 6 PLUS | WEDNESDAY 1 JANUARY 2014 FOOD The origins of mayonnaise

By David Merritt Johns the recipe from island residents.) This creation The salad provided the initial beachhead tale came under assault a couple of generations for mayo’s colonization of American cuisine. ayonnaise … is ketchup’s later from a French gastronome who sniffed that Beginning in the late 19th century, elite eaters dark twin — loved by Port Mahon was not exactly known for its haute went bonkers for mayo-drenched potato salads, some, reviled by oth- cuisine. He felt Gallic provenance was more likely, tomato salads, and Waldorf salads, an elegant ers, setting brother and that the sauce might originally have been mélange of apple, celery, walnuts and mayonnaise. against brother wher- called bayonnaise after Bayonne. The sauce was terrific for disguising flaws in “Mever it is spread,” wrote the novelist Gabriel Other advocates of French authorship vegetables, and its superior binding capacity made Roth (a friend of mine) in a 2003 column for the suggested the name came from manier, meaning it a natural for sandwiches — mayo’s second great San Francisco Bay Guardian. As I detail today “to handle,” or moyeu, an old French word for platform — which took off as a brown-bag lunch in “Mayo-phobia,” there are some people who yolk. By the 1920s, the Spanish were lashing back: staple following the invention of the mechanical despise mayonnaise “with the passion of a thou- a prominent Madrid chef published a pamphlet bread slicer in the 1920s. sand burning suns,” as one inflamed mayo critic calling on his countrymen to reject the phony By 1923, the great white condiment’s star was recently attested on YouTube, while others (like francophone term mayonnaise in favor of salsa rising so fast that President Calvin Coolidge was me) adore the sauce and incorporate it into our mahonesa. inspired to tell the press that the one treat he bodies with abandon. Present day food writer Tom Nealon simply could not do without was his Aunt Mary’s While this blistering debate over the merits emphatically endorses the Spanish view. “The heavenly homemade mayonnaise. of mayonnaise reached its boiling point only fact that mayo doesn’t show up in any of the The president’s nostalgia for his aunt’s luscious in recent decades, controversy has haunted initial 17th century [French] recipe collections . sauce was a reflection of broad changes that were the egg-based sauce from the very beginning. . . does seem to confirm that the French didn’t afoot in the American food production system. However, originally the disagreement was not have the ‘technology’ for mayonnaise until the Handmade mayonnaise was fast becoming quaint: about whether the condiment was good or bad, 18th century,” he explained. But Andrew Smith, Spurred by the condiment’s popular momentum but rather who could claim bragging rights — the author of several histories of mayonnaise, is and the spread of refrigeration, hundreds of France or Spain — for first spreading mayo’s not so sure: “All of the early recipes say French. industrial manufacturers flooded the packaged gelatinous gospel. I believe it,” he said. mayo market. Hellmann’s, a New York City One origin story, repeated in countless There is no question that the French brand with fat jars that could accommodate giant secondary sources, holds that the condiment popularized the sauce. Starting in the very spoons, came to dominate the sector. was born in 1756 after French forces under the early 19th century, the word mayonnaise (or “Mayonnaise, which had heretofore been command of Duke de Richelieu laid siege to Port magnonnaise) began to appear in German and considered a luxury, has now become a staple Mahon, on the Mediterranean island of Minorca, British cookbooks dedicated to French cuisine. and a table necessity, not only in the homes of now a part of Spain, in the first European battle Talk of mayo quickly made its way to the the rich, but also at the workingman’s table,” of the Seven Years’ War. The Duke’s chef, upon United States, often on the lips of migrating observed an industry publication in 1937. finding the island lacked the cream he needed for French chefs, such that by 1838 the gourmet Mayo had come to the great slathering masses. a righteous victory sauce, invented an egg and eatery Delmonico’s in Manhattan was offering Merritt Johns is a doctoral student at Columbia oil dressing dubbed mahonnaise for its place of both a mayonnaise of lobster and a chicken University’s school of public health. birth. (Another version claims the chef learned mayonnaise. WP-Bloomberg WHEELS PLUS | WEDNESDAY 1 JANUARY 2014 7

and forcing authorities to impose restrictions on vehicle usage and ownership. Tianjin, a port city about 114km (70 miles) from Beijing, became the latest municipality to cap the number of new license plates, according to the Xinhua News Agency. The city joins Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Guiyang among those that control the number of new vehi- cles allowed each year to ease conges- tion and emissions. Shanghai was blanketed by record smog pollution this month and is stud- ying a congestion charge, which would be a first for China if implemented. The city already sets a limit on the number of new license plates each year and sells them through auctions. Other cities including Shenzhen, Chengdu and Chongqing are consid- ering quotas to tackle congestion, the automakers association said in July. “Tianjin won’t be the last city lim- iting vehicle purchase,” Cao He, a Beijing-based auto analyst with China Minzu Securities Co, who predicts five cities will impose limits on vehicle purchases next year. “The ironic part of such policy is that it may actually spur purchase in a lot of cities as peo- ple concerned about the possibility of Volkswagen poised to such ban dropping on their heads just overnight.” Automakers remain undeterred, lured by lower vehicle ownership rates and rising incomes. beat GM for China crown Among the newcomers, Tata Motors Ltd’s Jaguar Land Rover sales gained 28 percent in the first 11 months of this year to 83,499 vehicles on demand olkswagen is poised to sell Germany-based automaker boosted Socia said in October. for the Range Rover Sport and Evoque more vehicles in China sales by 17 percent to 2.96 million The low-cost Baojun brand will SUVs. The Gaydon, England-based than General Motors vehicles, with its namesake brand also be expanded next year by adding company is set to start producing cars for the first time in nine accounting for almost 80 percent of a compact hatchback and multipur- in China next year, allowing it to avoid years, regaining its place the deliveries. The carmaker also owns pose vehicle, according to Raymond the nation’s 25 percent import duty. Vas the biggest foreign carmaker in the marques such as Skoda, Audi, Porsche, Bierzynski, executive vice president of Fiat SpA is negotiating to produce world’s largest auto market. Bentley, Lamborghini and Seat. SAIC-GM-Wuling, the GM local joint Jeep vehicles in China after production Both companies have surpassed “You really have to understand that venture. stopped in 2006. their targets to deliver more than three at present, we really have capacity GM sells passenger vehicles in Volvo Car Group, owned by Zhejiang million vehicles in China this year, problems, Jochem Heizmann, president China under its Buick, Chevrolet, Geely Holding Group Co, posted a 45 with Volkswagen crossing the mark and CEO of Volkswagen’s China opera- Cadillac, Opel and Baojun nameplates, percent gain in sales this year and on December 5 and GM a week later. tions, said in an interview last month. and also counts the Wuling brand of expects sales next year to be strong The German automaker held a lead of ‘’We could sell more.’’ mini-commercial vehicles. Excluding with the production of the S60L sedan about 70,000 vehicles through the first Volkswagen’s Audi, the top-selling Wuling from the tally, as research- in China since November, said Lars 11 months, according to data from the premium brand in China, will start ers such as IHS Automotive and Danielson, the company’s senior vice automakers. selling the locally made A3 compact LMC Automotive do, the Volkswagen president. Competition is set to inten- sedan and a new version of the A4 marque alone outsells GM’s main At Ford, the introduction this year sify between the top European and next year, according to John Zeng, Buick, Chevrolet and Cadillac brands of the EcoSport and Kuga SUVs helped American automakers, which have Shanghai- based managing director of combined, according to company data the Dearborn, Mich.-based carmaker announced a combined $36bn in invest- market researcher LMC Automotive. compiled by Bloomberg. overtake Toyota to become No 5 in the ment for China even as more of the Other planned models include the new Total sales of vehicles, including China rankings. nation’s cities consider vehicle restric- VW Bora and Skoda Octavia sedans, buses and trucks, industrywide reached Ford’s China sales rose 51 percent tions to cut pollution. Toyota Motor he said. 19.9 million units this year through through November to a record 840,975 Corp, still recovering from a consumer At GM, the new year will be marked November, putting China on course to vehicles, aided by its Focus compact, backlash, was outsold by Ford Motor by changes in leadership. be the first country to surpass 20 mil- which was China’s best-selling car Co in the country this year. Mary Barra will succeed Dan lion units in annual vehicle sales. this year. By comparison, Toyota sold “China is the big battleground,” Akerson as chief executive officer in China’s vehicle sales will ‘’rise stead- 809,000 units in the same period for said Klaus Paur, Shanghai-based January, becoming the industry’s first ily” next year, according to the auto- a 8 percent gain, as Japanese brands global head of automotive at market female CEO. In China, Matthew Tsien mobile association’s secretary general recovered from the consumer backlash researcher Ipsos. “At the same time, was appointed to oversee GM’s largest Dong Yang, declining to give a specific sparked by a territorial dispute over a there’s a risk of an over-dependence market from January, taking over from forecast. IHS Automotive predicts the group of uninhabited islands. on the Chinese market. As long as this Bob Socia, who is retiring. passenger vehicle market to expand “We have built a lot of momentum is all working well, it’s wonderful but GM will introduce four new 10 percent next year on continued this year, and it’s really been on the if something gets in the way, then the Chevrolet models in China next year, demand from smaller cities. strength of all those products that I exposure to risk is even bigger.” according to John Stadwick, a vice The increasing risk to rosy projec- mentioned,” David Schoch, Ford’s Asia Volkswagen said last month that it president of sales and marketing. A tions for China’s vehicle sales — Ford Pacific president, told reporters at an will invest €18.2bn ($25bn) through lack of new models has hampered the predicts 32 million a year by 2020 — is event for the new Ford Mustang on 2018 to expand in China. In the first growth of the brand, which has lagged pollution, which has become the top December 5. “We’ve got more coming 11 months of this year, the Wolfsburg, behind the industry average this year, cause of social unrest in the country next year.” WP-Bloomberg 8 PLUS | WEDNESDAY 1 JANUARY 2014 ENTERTAINMENT PLUS | WEDNESDAY 1 JANUARY 2014 9

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Mel B wants Spice Prolific Padukone Kaanchi, a girl’s fight against power: Ghai ilmmaker Subhash Girls reunion FGhai says his upcom- ing film Kaanchi is an inger Melanie Brown, popular rises to top of inspirational story of a girl Sas Mel B, is keen on having a who dares to fight against reunion of British pop girl group corruption. Spice Girls in the future. “The story of Kaanchi The 38-year-old has admitted is an inspirational story that she wishes Spice Girls were Bollywood A-list of an aam ladki (common “doing more as a band”. girl) of India who shows “The truth is I was always the the strength of a woman one that wanted the Spice Girls to within but without outside continue. I didn’t want it to end support,” Ghai tweeted. and I still don’t,” mailonline.com The musical drama features Mishti and Kartik Tiwari in the lead roles. quoted Mel B as saying. It also stars veteran actors Rishi Kapoor and Mithun Chakraborty. “Even though I’ve always had my own career going on, I’m always up for a reunion. Always. It’s a shame we’re not doing more as a band. There are no cogs turning right now but put it this way, there are always at least two of us talking about doing something...I think anything is possible,” she added. Epic vs comedy at box office

he New Year will have Ttwo very different films hitting the box office. This Friday viewers will have a choice between the 3D ver- Kim gifts mini Lamborghini to daughter sion of 1975 action drama Sholay and Arshad Warsi ocialite Kim Kardashian starrer comedy film Mr Joe Sbought a mini Lamborghini B. Carvalho. for her daughter North West on The 3D version of X-mas. the Amitabh Bachchan- The 33-year-old gifted her six- Dharmendra starrer month-old daughter, with fiance- Sholay has been a much rapper Kanye West, a child-size awaited film as the original is still watched and loved. Produced by Sascha electric version of the $750,000 Sippy, grandson of G P Sippy who had financed the original, the new one Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4 promises to provide an entirely new viewing experience to the audience that she had bought for Kanye on when it hits 1,000 screens. By Udita Jhunjhunwala his 35th birthday, reports contact- Om Shanti Om, opposite Bollywood Ram-Leela (The Battle of Bullets: my backhand properly,” she said. While the original Sholay was reportedly made on a `40m budget, the music.com. superstar Shah Rukh Khan. Her strug- Ram-Leela), an interpretation of “When a film does well or does not revised version has been made on a budget of about `220m which includes Kim posted a picture of the two f any Bollywood star can claim gle, she said, was in understanding col- Romeo and Juliet, won Padukone near- do well, you analyse it and work on the restoration and conversion cost. cars side-by-side on Instagram on 2013 as their year, it is Deepika leagues, the craft and finding comfort universal praise. things that did not work.” It took three years to convert the film into 3D. December 28. Padukone. With four hit films, the in front of the camera. There were even reports of her being Padukone has also faced constant Not only is the film special, but so was the process of releasing it. “Like father like daughter,” read former model has risen to the top “When you begin working in your considered for a role in the next instal- interest from gossip columns, whether The trailer launch was a historical moment when celebrated Bollywood I scriptwriters Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar came together after decades. the caption. of the A-list — and now has Hollywood early 20s you are also understanding ment of the Fast & Furious franchise over her love life — especially her in her sights. yourself and meeting many people — although the film is now uncertain former relationship with fellow star The duo wrote commercially successful films like Zanjeer and Deewaar But she isn’t putting her giddy fame who have an influence on your life -- after US actor Paul Walker’s fatal car Ranbir Kapoor — or supposed tiffs before parting ways about 32 years ago. down to luck. some good, some bad,” said the actress, accident. within the small group of Bollywood For those who are looking to tickle their funny bone this weekend, “I did work at an abnormal pace, jug- smartly dressed in a high-collared shirt “I know how close I was to doing A-listers. comedy film Mr Joe B. Carvalho might be a good option. Produced by Bhola gling three films at a time, and I think and trousers, with a hint of makeup on that film, but I choose to stand by my “I think it is more media-created Ram Malviya and Shital Malviya and directed by Samir Tiwari, the film Timberlake hangs himself the payback has been worth it,” the ele- her flawless skin. earlier commitments here,” she said. than reality,” she said of rivalries with features Soha Ali Khan, Arshad and Jaaved Jaffrey. gant 27-year-old said in an interview If she saw early stardom with her “Fast & Furious didn’t work out, for other actresses. The `100m film will hit 1,100 screens pan India. ‘upside down’ before concerts in her adopted hometown Mumbai, the debut film, Padukone has also faced whatever reasons. But it’s ridiculous “That may have existed earlier, but The film is expected to go through interesting twists and turns when entertainment capital. some poor showings at the box office. for people to say that the stories were I don’t think it exists now. We may Arshad as detective Joe B Carvalho gets entangled in a comedy of errors inger-rapper Justin Timberlake Padukone has catapulted to Her 2010 films Lafangey Parindey floated for publicity. Sometimes I think not be the best of friends but that is while solving cases with his assistant Shantipriya played by Soha. Shangs “upside down” to prepare Bollywood’s big league after just (Rogue Birds), Khelein Hum Jee Jaan it’s destiny,” she said. because we don’t have the opportuni- Soha will be seen in an action avatar — she dons khakee uniform and himself for his concerts. six years in the movie industry, Se (We Play Wholeheartedly) and ties or the time. beats up goons in the movie. The 32-year-old is said to have a but her entry into films was hardly Karthik Calling Karthik all flopped. Hollywood hopes “It’s not that we don’t want to. I set routine backstage before his gigs, conventional. She praised the role of her followers But she suggests Hollywood projects think we are all secure in the work which includes two hours meditation In an industry known for blatant in keeping her motivated. remain a real possibility. we do.” and a ban on talking, reports female- nepotism and dominant acting dynas- “Fans give you love. I know mine love “I am sure there will be something Padukone’s next films include first.co.uk. ties, she has carved out a career despite me for who I am and not just because else.” Finding Fanny, an English-Konkani Speaking to The Sun on Sunday being neither of showbiz parentage nor of the success of my films, because even Padukone has thus far mostly played language satire and Kochadaiiyaan Post 24, Mandira gorges on sweets newspaper, a source said: “Justin is from Mumbai. in the years when my films were not the romantic female lead in typically (The King with a Long, Curly Mane), er role as a government agent Nikita Rai in 24 required her to remain really strict about routine before his Born in Copenhagen, she grew up doing well, I felt the same love from commercial Bollywood films, combin- a Tamil period film with south Indian Hfit as a fiddle, but now that the TV show is over, Mandira Bedi is going gigs. He believes keeping talking to a in Bangalore, inheriting athletic genes the audience and fans.” ing song, dance, comedy and action. superstar Rajnikanth. easy on her strict diet. minimum and meditating gets him ‘in from her father Prakash, a badminton Padukone agreed that 2013 has been In real life, director Homi Adajania “It’s nice to be appreciated and The actress relished chocolate after a long time. the zone’.” world champion. career-defining, with the hits Race 2, describes her as having an “intense loved. I know that I have the ability “I’m eating sweet today after more than six months. So I woke up at “The hanging upside down bit gets She was a state-level basketball, Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (This Youth drive”, combined with loyalty and to make people laugh, cry or smile,” 7am and have systematically consumed six bars of chocolate already, before his heart rate going as last-minute badminton and baseball player before is Crazy) and Express, again “wisdom to play the game with poise”. she said. 7:30,” Mandira posted on microblogging site. preparation,” the source added. becoming a model, and her experience co-starring Shah Rukh Khan, which She credits her background in “That I have a certain influence on The 41-year-old says she will now work out only next year now. and visibility in that job landed her film became the most profitable movie in sports with her disciplined approach. people’s lives is very humbling -- and “Exercise and me... we’ll be friends again in 2014,” she said. offers when she was as young as 19. 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Concussions may lead to Alzheimer’s later: Study

uffered a head injury in the past and had a Smomentary loss of consciousness? You could be at greater risk of Alzheimer’s disease later in life. The symptoms of concussion — a short loss of normal brain function in response to a head injury — may lead to the build-up of brain plaques related to Alzheimer’s disease, says a new study. The results, published in the journal Neurology, suggest a potential link between a history of Mid-life job stress head trauma and later cognitive decline. “Interestingly, in people with a history of concussion, a difference in the amount of brain linked to later plaques was found only in those with memory and thinking problems, not in those who were cognitively normal,” said study author Michelle Mielke who is working with Mayo Clinic in health problems Rochester, Minnasota. For the study, 448 people without any signs of memory problems and 141 people with memory and thinking problems — called mild cognitive impairment — were selected. Of the 448 without any thinking or memory problems, 17 percent reported a brain injury and 18 percent of 141 people with memory and thinking difficulties reported a concussion or head trauma. People with memory and thinking impair- ments with a history of head trauma had higher By Kathryn Doyle levels of amyloids, a kind of fibrous protein, than For both men and women, hospital days increased those with no head trauma history. as physical strain increased. But for mental strain, “Our results add merit to the idea that con- ore strain at work might mean more the link was only clear among men. cussion and Alzheimer’s disease may be linked,” illness in old age, according to a new “Job strain of some sort can occur in basically any said Mielke. study from Finland. The study found type of employment,” Loretta Platts said. “However, the fact that we did not find a rela- Mboth physical and mental job strain “Although physical job strain is confined to certain tionship in those without memory and thinking were tied to hospital stays later in life. sorts of occupations, such as manual occupations or problems suggests that any association between Mental job strain can come from tight deadlines, low-level service occupations like being an electri- head trauma and amyloids is complex,” he added. high demands and having little control over one’s cian, caretaker, driver, builder, cleaner, waiter, wait- Researchers suggested that higher amyloid work. Physical strain includes sweating, breathless- ress, cook or shop assistant,” she said. levels could be a response to a higher level of ness and muscle strain. Platts is a doctoral candidate at Imperial College damage to the myelin coating of the axons of “Job strain is something that is individually per- London. She studies how various factors influence neurons - the brain’s white matter. ceived, so persons working in similar jobs can report quality of life after retirement and was not involved different amounts of job strain,” lead researcher in the new research. Mikaela von Bonsdorff said. “The mechanism might be the development of Way to treat rare Kawasaki “When talking about job strain it is important to musculoskeletal disorders from high physical strain remember that occasional feelings of job strain are jobs, which are often irreversible and painful, and Disease found: Report not necessarily a bad thing, but persistent high job can lead to osteoarthritis, a leading cause of hospital here is good news for those seeking a cure strain has been identified as a health hazard.” admissions in older people,” Platts said. Tto the Kawasaki Disease (KD) - a rare Recent studies have linked long-term job strain to “In addition, immobility can be related to weight childhood affliction that involves inflamma- lower functioning that lasts into old age, added von gain, which in turn leads to heart failure, high blood tion of the blood vessels. A team of scientists Bonsdorff. She is a gerontology researcher at the pressure and diabetes.” at Sanford Children’s Health Research Centre University of Jyväskylä in Finland. Mental strain has been linked to heart disease, in South Dakota, US, has discovered a molecule The new findings come from a study of more than another cause of hospital stays. called ‘THRIL’ that helps regulate the immune 5,000 middle-aged Finnish public sector employees Still, the study can’t prove that job strain causes response in children suffering from KD. who were initially surveyed about stress at work in poor health and more hospital stays, Platts pointed “THRIL could be a novel biomarker for 1981. out. immune activation and a potential target for The researchers combined that information with High-strain jobs might be undesirable for many inflammatory diseases like KD, rheumatoid data from national hospital records spanning the people, so it’s possible people working those kinds arthritis and inflammatory bowel disease,” next 28 years. of jobs were unable to get less stressful jobs for an said Tariq Rana, senior author and professor With higher strain in midlife, days in the hospital unknown, but relevant, reason. That reason could at Sanford Children’s Health Research Centre. tended to increase, especially for physical strain. also be connected to their healthcare use. According to the study, findings if which For instance, for every 1,000 men with low physical It’s also possible that 28 years later, the people appeared in the journal Proceedings of the job strain, about eight days were spent in inpatient spending the most time in hospitals happened to National Academy of Sciences, the new mol- hospital care every year, on average. That compared think more negatively about their work in 1981, she ecule is formed when certain white blood cells to almost 13 days for every 1,000 men with high phys- said. — macrophages — are stimulated in response ical job strain, according to findings published in Age “This study was only of public sector employees to pathogens. and Ageing. and came from a country with a very developed wel- The team of scientists measured ‘THRIL’ lev- “What was interesting was that these associations fare state. The consequences for people working in els in KD samples at different stages and found were clear also when we looked at hospital care the private sector and in countries with less generous that levels were at their lowest during the acute that took place after the individuals had turned 65, welfare states are likely to be worse,” Platts said. stage of the disease when TNF-alpha — a potent indicating that these associations were also robust “The public sector in Finland is probably a best- cytokine that promotes inflammation — levels in older age and not that the association was due to case scenario.” are at their highest. hospital care that took place immediately after the SOURCE: bit.ly/1fKhSGi Age and Ageing, online Agencies baseline assessment of job strain,” von Bonsdorff December 8, 2013. said. Reuters 12 PLUS | WEDNESDAY 1 JANUARY 2014 TECHNOLOGY

By Sophie Knight and Reiji Murai anasonic Corp and Japan’s other mid-tier Camera makers face shakeout camera makers have a battle on their hands Pto win over a smartphone “selfie” generation to mirrorless cameras that held such promise when as smartphones shatter hopes they were launched around five years ago. Panasonic, like peers Fujifilm Holdings and Olympus Corp, has been losing money on its cam- eras since mobile phones that take high-quality photos ate into the compact camera business. This year, compact camera sales are likely to fall more than 40 percent to fewer than 59 million, according to industry researcher IDC. Meanwhile, sales of mirrorless cameras — seen as a promising format between low-end compacts and high-end single-lens reflex (SLR) cameras — are sputtering as buyers put connectivity above picture quality. A 40 percent drop in Panasonic’s overall cam- era sales in April-September left the imaging divi- sion vulnerable as the company’s mid-term plan to March 2016 demands unprofitable businesses turn themselves around or face the axe. “If you look mid-to-long term, digital camera makers are slipping and the market is becoming an oligopoly,” said Credit Suisse imaging analyst Yu Yoshida. Panasonic held 3.1 percent of the camera market in July-September, down from 3.8 percent a year earlier, according to IDC. Canon Inc, Nikon Corp and Sony Corp controlled over 60 percent between them. “Only those who have a strong brand and are competitive on price will last — and only Canon, Nikon and Sony fulfil that criteria,” added Yoshida. Canon and Nikon dominate the SLR camera mar- ket, while Sony could survive any shakeout thanks to its strength in making sensors for a number of camera manufacturers as well as collaboration with January-October, according to researcher CIPA. and the cloud where every amateur photographer’s its smartphone division. But the format is yet to catch on in the United images live?” States and Europe, where shipments made up just Sputtering Mirrorless 10.5 percent and 11.2 percent of all interchangeable Smartphone Compromise Panasonic, Fujifilm and Olympus are trying to camera shipments, respectively, and where consum- Panasonic, Olympus and Fujifilm do not yet have fend off the smartphone threat by cutting compacts, ers tend to equate image quality with size and heft. a definitive answer. targeting niche markets such as deep-sea diving, Sales, which globally are less than a quarter of Consumers don’t want to connect cameras to and launching the higher-margin mirrorless models. those of SLRs, fell by a fifth in the three weeks to phones, analysts say; they want a single interface The mirrorless format promised mid-tier makers December 14 in the United States, which included that can instantly upload photographs to social net- an area of growth as the dominance of Canon and the busy ‘Black Friday’ shopping week, while SLR working sites such as Facebook Inc and Twitter Inc. Nikon all but shut them out of SLRs, where Sony sales rose 1 percent, according to NPD, another Sony’s compromise is its two QX lenses released is a distant third. Neither Panasonic nor Fujifilm industry researcher. this quarter. These come with their own sensors makes SLRs, and Olympus stopped developing them “I would focus on the detachable lens market and processors, and clip onto smartphones through this year. proper, excluding mirrorless, and focus on connec- which the user operates them wirelessly. They are Mirrorless cameras such as Panasonic’s Lumix tivity,” said Ben Arnold, director of imaging analysis pocket-sized and produce photographs of a quality GM eliminate the internal mirrors that optical at NPD. rivalling that of a compact camera. viewfinders depend on, so users compose images via “How do you bridge that gap between high photo- “There was a lot of internal disagreement over electronic viewfinders or liquid crystal displays. This capture quality and high-quality camera devices the product. It’s the kind of product you either love allows the camera to be smaller than or hate,” said Shigeki Ishizuka, presi- an SLR, while offering better quality dent of Sony’s digital imaging business. than compacts or smartphones due But Sony appears to have connected to larger sensors and interchangeable with consumers as demand soon out- lenses. stripped production. Some are even “SLRs are heavy and noisy, whereas using the lenses in a way Sony didn’t mirrorless are small and quiet. While intend: placed at a distance while they some people say SLRs still have better press the shutter on their smartphone image quality, mirrorless (cameras) to take self-portraits, or selfies. have improved to the point where “We had no idea how much the QX they’re equivalent, if not superior,” said would sell initially when we put it Hiroshi Tanaka, director of Fujifilm’s out. We didn’t set any targets,” said optical division. Ishizuka. It is little surprise Sony was Critics grumble that LCD screens the camera maker to break the mould can never compete with the clarity of as it is the only one to also have a prof- an optical viewfinder, and that picture- itable smartphone division. taking speeds are too slow for fast- “There are so many consumers that action subjects such as sports. were hungry for Sony to do this,” said Nevertheless, the mirrorless format Chris Chute, IDC’s digital imaging has been a hit in Japan since Panasonic research director. “They’ve (waited launched the first domestically pro- for Sony) to come out with something duced model in 2008, the G1. They really innovative, almost like the made up 36 percent of Japan’s inter- Walkman (portable music player).” changeable lens camera shipments in Reuters COMICS & MORE PLUS | WEDNESDAY 1 JANUARY 2014 13

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HYPER SUDOKU How to play Kakuro: The kakuro grid, unlike in sudoku, can be of any size. It has rows and columns, and dark cells like in a crossword. And, just like in a crossword, some of the dark cells will contain numbers. Some cells will contain two numbers. However, in a crossword the numbers reference clues. In a kakuro, the numbers are all you get! They denote the total of the digits in the row or column referenced by the number. Within each collection of cells - called a run - any of the numbers 1 to 9 may be used but, like sudoku, each number may only be used once.

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Who’s who A summary of MEDIA SCAN Events in Qatar issues of the day discussed by the Qatari community Public talk on: Globalization, in the media. Power Diffusion, and Turkish Foreign Policy When: January 8, 2014; 5pm-7pm Where: Qatar Foundation, LAS Building, B15 What: Talk by Professor Fuat Keyman, • There was talk about Ooredoo’s requirements have been adhered to. Director of Istanbul Policy Center and initiative to enable customers to pay • There was talk on social media about Professor of Political Science at Sabanci their water and electricity bills through the IPO allotment today by Mesaieed University, organised by Qatar Faculty its self-service machines, which are Petrochemical Holding Company, which Of Islamic Studies, Master’s Program In available in malls, commercial centres continues until January 21. Public Policy In Islam. Free Entry and on streets. • There was discussion on social media • There was discussion about the about Ashghal’s initiative to fix OVDS Mohammed Al Naimi, Board Project Space: Magdi Mostafa: Member and Executive decision of the Border and Passport check-up devices to detect the height Committee Member, Silatech Department at the Ministry of Interior of trucks before they enter sub-passes Sound Element When: Till Jan 5, 2014 to issue new electronic smart ID, which or underbridges to avoid damage and Where: Mathaf: Arab Museum ohammed Al Naimi currently includes special cell. ensure safety and security of drivers of Modern Art serves as the Planning and • Some people demanded that the and public properties. What: Egyptian artist Magdi Mostafa Programming Director in M authorities concerned find solutions • Some people demanded that the explores the dialogue between sound and the Office of H H Sheikha Moza bint and set standards for the construction authorities tighten monitoring on the space. Mostafa’s work evokes personal Nasser. He began his career in 1998 and shared memories, recalling different as a Civil Engineer at Qatar Liquefied of speed-breakers on the streets. They consumption of electricity and water images and emotions to be experimented Gas Company. In 2003, Mohammed said many speed-breakers were high as many government institutions are by the visitors. joined South Hook LNG Company and sharp without colours or reflective wasting energy and water due to lack Free Entry in the United Kingdom as a Project paints which make it difficult for of monitoring and awareness. They Engineer. He holds a BS in Civil motorists to cross without damaging stressed the need for awareness Relics — Damien Hirst Engineering from Southern Illinois their vehicles. They said the authorities campaigns, monitoring streetlights When: Until Jan 22; Sun-Wed: 10:30am– University-USA, and an MBA from need to set clear terms and conditions in daytime, and preventing misuse 5:30pm. Tuesday Closed CASS Business School-London. Thur-Sat: 12pm–8pm, Fri: 2pm–8pm for building speed-breakers before of energy and water in government Where: Al Riwaq Exhibition Space approval, and then ensure that the institutions. What: The most comprehensive survey of Damien Hirst’s work ever shown and his first solo exhibition in the Middle East. Free Entry IN FOCUS by Mohd Nufail L’âge d’or — exhibition by Adel Abdessemed When: Till January 5 Where: Atrium and ground floor of Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art What: Curated by Pier Luigi Tazzi, the exhibition will showcase recent works, including drawings, paintings, sculptures and videos, many created by Adel Abdessemed. Entry: Free, open to all

Sheikh Abdullah bin Jassim: A Leader’s Legacy When: Until January 30, 2014 Where: QMA Gallery, Katara What: This exhibition presents new insights into Sheikh Abdullah’s life and legacy to Qatar’s people through exceptional artifacts, historic photographs, oral history interviews and original films. Free Entry

‘Our Qatar’ Exibition When: Till Jan 18, 10pm to 10pm Where: Katara Gallery 2 - Bldg 18 What: A community photography installation project. You can contribute one photo that expresses the way you feel about Qatar and their life in the country. Maximum Size accepted is A3. For more information contact the Katara Art Studios Team at [email protected] Entry: Free Entry

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