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High-tech sports gadgets that promise to improve your game

By Seth Stevenson I wondered: Could technology help? port hidden in its handle. Pop open the with a larger or smaller head size? I tested a few products to see. Babolat’s butt cap and it’s hard not to What if you’d like to be able to swap ’ve made peace with the notion One must acknowledge a fundamen- feel you’re peering into the future of in, mid-set, a backup racket with a that I’ll never run point for the tal weakness with these sports sen- sports. The promise is obvious: Play different string tension? Or what if, Celtics in the NBA Finals, shoot sors: Simply knowing, say, how fast you a set or two, plug the racket into heaven forbid, you break a string? Ia 63 on Sunday at Augusta, or swing your 7-iron does not at all trans- your laptop, and download an instant, Because the sensor is buried within bagel Rafa in straight sets on Roland late into hitting a golf ball straight and detailed analysis of your performance. the handle, and the handle is non- Garros clay. I’ll forever be a sad-to- true. Improving in an athletic endeav- I couldn’t wait to take this thing out transferable, you’re forced to play middling weekend athlete. And yet I our requires a collection of tiny, subtle for a spin. with this particular $400 racket if like to imagine that I still can be better. adjustments. Tweaks to your stance, Sadly, the reality was far less fun. you wish to record your data. Seems I’m not alone. Millions of plodding, rhythm, balance, alignment, fluidity. Despite repeated efforts, I couldn’t like a fatal flaw. And one that could athletically challenged, wannabe jocks Only a trained eye will be able to watch get this thing to work. Scads of online be easily obviated — as demonstrated out there scour YouTube clips for the whole motion and identify its weak reviews confirmed my suspicions: The by our next competitor. coaching tips, enroll in lessons from link. Babolat is buggy. Though my computer local pros and buy bizarre and, frankly, Still, while they won’t immediately recognised the racket, it failed to locate Zepp golf and tennis sensor, embarrassing instructional aids. launch you onto the front of a Wheaties any data from my on-court sessions. I $149.95. The latest trend in sporty self- box, some of these sensor products called up Babolat, which acknowledged The Zepp can be used — in tandem improvement: sensors that analyse your are useful. Herewith, my rankings on the bug, promised me it’s working on with various mounting accessories — to physical form and give instant feed- the country club ladder, ordered from a long-term fix and gave me instruc- analyse a tennis shot, a baseball swing back. These consumer devices — packed worst to first: tions for a short-term workaround. I or a golf stroke. I first tried it with ten- with teensy accelerometers, gyroscopes followed those instructions closely, yet nis. It slips into a rubbery housing that and Bluetooth transmitters — promise Babolat Play Pure Drive tennis the racket still failed. stretches over the butt of any racket, to track the speed of your golf swing, racket, $399. Even if the Babolat had performed even a cheap one. The sensor doesn’t the shape of your tennis stroke and the There’s something pleasingly sci-fi smoothly, I see a core problem with get in the way of your grip. I soon for- backspin on your jump shot. about a tennis racket with a mini-USB its model. What if you prefer a racket got it was there. PLUS | TUESDAY 25 MARCH 2014 3

Unlike the Babolat Play, the Zepp offered some actual results. I eas- ily paired it with my phone using Bluetooth. The Zepp tennis app imme- diately downloaded a snapshot of the set I’d played. The sensor informed There were interesting nuggets in the data. The Zepp tallied 254 shots me I was almost always over the hour I was on the court, of hitting the ball with which 58 percent were forehands and 35 percent were backhands. It showed the club face too open that I struck my groundstrokes with (instead of square on) consistent power over the course of the set, while my serve lost oomph toward and that my swing path the end as I got tired and my shoulder was too outside the grew grumpy. ball. This is useful and But I wasn’t convinced the details were totally accurate. The Zepp said actionable knowledge. 47 percent of my forehands were sliced, But again, putting it into which couldn’t be right — I know I hit all but a few of these strokes either play would be much flat or with topspin. More damning, it easier if I had a pro by claimed I hit a total of only 16 serves over the course of the set, which is sim- my side to coach me. ply impossible. I hit nearly that many in a single long game that featured multi- ple deuces. Zepp acknowledged the flaw and said it’s working on better serve recognition. Perhaps a seasoned golfer with good and so forth. The GSA Over at the Chelsea Piers driving form and self-knowledge could use Pro seemed trustwor- range, I slipped the Zepp into a mount the Zepp to experiment with nuanced thy: When I purposely that lets you affix it to your golf glove. adjustments. But for a duffer like me sped up or slowed down Then I hit a slew of balls, alternating (personal best round: 106), the Zepp’s my swing, or changed between a driver and a 7-iron. The feedback was like sparks thrown on its arc, the device rec- sensor tells you your club speed (mine damp kindling. I didn’t know how to ognized the difference. ranged from 77 mph to 103 mph as I use its suggestions, and I wanted the My favorite feature: cycled through differing levels of frus- help of a golf pro to spot basic flaws in The sensor informed tration and physical anger) and com- my form. Perhaps in concert with some me I was almost always know which player did what, and it pares the tempo of your backswing to human instruction, the Zepp could be hitting the ball with the club face too can’t automatically switch between your follow through (mine mostly hov- a handy device. The coach could point open (instead of square on) and that analyzing ball handling and shooting), ered around 2.5:1, meaning it took me out my best swing, recording its data on my swing path was too outside the ball. but the accompanying app is perfectly 2.5 times longer to draw the club back the Zepp, and then I could check future This is genuinely useful and actionable designed to lead you through individual than to swing it forward). swings against that ideal when I prac- knowledge. But again, putting it into drills. I tried it out with friends before It also creates a beautiful animation ticed alone. By itself, the Zepp wasn’t play would be much easier if I had a our weekly Wednesday evening game. of your swing, which you can rotate to enough to improve my game. pro by my side to coach me through The sensor seems highly accurate. view from different angles. This was the the necessary adjustments, instead of It tallied my dribbles, told me the most intriguing feedback for me, as it 3Bays GSA Pro, $181.30. guessing how best to achieve them. precise revolutions per minute on my let me compare the plane of my swing This slick little sensor didn’t inter- jump shot and recognized whether that to the ideal plane that Zepp suggests. fere with my grip. It’s mounted to a 94Fifty Smart Sensor basketball, shot more closely resembled a rain- According to the sensor, I swing too fixed spot on the base of the golf club. $249.95. bow or a clothesline. As a diagnostic horizontally (like a merry-go-round) To me, that seemed likely to offer I had high hopes for the 94Fifty, exercise, this seemed hugely useful: and should get more vertical (like a more consistent results than the Zepp which embeds sensor technology and It was evident that everybody in my Ferris wheel). By watching the ani- approach, in which you wear the sensor a Bluetooth transmitter inside a stand- game was dribbling the ball with inad- mated playback of my swing immedi- on your hand and then tell the device ard basketball. The ball can measure equate force, shooting at too flat an ately after each drive, I nudged myself the approximate angle of your grip. how fast you dribble, how hard you angle and not launching the ball with toward a more upright swing plane. The I loved the ability to follow through dribble, how quickly you release a shot enough backspin — all of which rang problem: These more vertical swings on a drive, step over to my phone and after receiving a pass, the arc of that true. Further proof: The better shoot- produced terrible results — wicked immediately watch my swing recreated shot and the backspin on the ball each ers in my game had the highest arcs slices that veered off my club into the in vivid animation — with stats on my time you shoot it. You can’t use the and the most spin. side netting of the driving range. club-head speed, impact force, tempo 94Fifty during a game (the ball won’t WP-Bloomberg 4 PLUS | TUESDAY 25 MARCH 2014 CAMPUS

t is an honour for any musi- cian to perform at the prestig- Four ASD students perform at Carnegie Hall ious Carnegie Hall in New York ICity. Built in 1891, the venue has hosted the most renowned performers of music. Recently, four students from American School of Doha (ASD) par- ticipated in a concert featuring Honors Concert Band, Symphony Orchestra and Concert Choir at Carnegie Hall. This concert was the result of a five- day session for the 2014 American High School Honors Performance Series (HSHPS). Each student was nomi- nated to audition for the performance series, which is equivalent to an “All- American” athletic status. With over 10,000 singers and instru- mentalists auditioning and a video audition process involving months of preparation, only 500 students were selected. ASD High School Instrumental teacher Mark Seay was eager to point out that, “Only the finest musicians were selected, with odds being less than one in 10 of all those that auditioned.” Choir Director Bob Krebs noted that it was unusual for one school to have four students selected. Those chosen included Sen Huang (grade 11, clarinet — Honor Band), Tope Akinade (grade 11, clarinet — “You’re ready to play and you because we all performed so well.” onstage at the prestigious Carnegie Honor Band), Jebreel Samples (grade Singers and musicians from only two Hall in New York City, next to other 11, tenor saxophone — Honor Band) know your music, but when schools were chosen from the Middle talented, young musicians who were and Marylou King (grade 12, soprano you’re in Carnegie Hall... and the East and these students represented equally intent about performing to — Honor Choir). conductor raises his baton and Qatar. the utmost of their abilities. Imagine During the visit, the students were you play your first note, it really Sen Huang had the special honour of the elation of a standing ovation from put to the test with rigorous rehearsals. serving as Concert Master, a responsi- the audience of 2,804 and the knowl- hits you. All of our incredible Marylou King said: “For me, as a bility that he was very keen to accept, edge that the experience has ena- vocalist, it put a lot of pressure on my work is going into this one as it meant that his audition landed bled you to perform at a new level of voice and a lot of strain... but at the moment and as the concert goes him the number one seat of all the excellence. same time it helped build my voice.” on you sort of hurt because you clarinetists. As Sen reflected on the “The American School of Doha Led by some of the finest directors in want to just hold on to those experience: “I put so much work into it. would like to congratulate these stu- the United States, the participants had I learned a new concerto, which was a dents for their hard work and dedi- two days of preparation for the concert. notes.” really difficult piece, and just knowing cation and for their representation When asked about the rehears- Jabreel Samples, that it paid off was just such a good of ASD and Qatar,” a school spokes- als, Tope Akinade said: “We had ASD grade 11 student feeling.” person said. long rehearsals but it was worth it “Imagine the thrill of being seated The Peninsula

UCQ environment club conducts beach clean-up

he University of Calgary in Qatar’s environ- ment club recently spent a day at the beach Tfor a good cause. Club 3R members gathered at Golden Beach Mesaieed near the Sealine resort to gather discarded containers and other trash. “It was quite surprising to see the amount of gar- bage we collected in a span of one hour. Plastic bot- tles were one of the most common items we cleaned from the beach. I believe many people are not aware of the repercussions of littering. They don’t realise the impact it has on the beach’s appearance, the habitat of sea animals, and as well as the impact on the population’s health. We are all probably guilty of leaving an item while on the beach, not aware that small garbage items can collectively be harm- ful, stated Club president Reem Jumah. “We collected about 15 bags of garbage. The stu- dents worked so hard. I’m proud of them for being good role models. The beach was quite dirty, and it’s sad that people don’t pick up after themselves,” including Refka Ouattas. “Cleaning the Golden the garbage we found. It’s quite sad to know that Marie-Claude Toriida, Club mentor, stated. Beach at Sealine was such an enjoyable event for people throw that much rubbish at the beach, but The beach cleaning activity also attracted me. Not only have I spent a lovely afternoon with it also taught me to be more careful in the future.” new people who are now committed to the club, my friends, but we also had a blast collecting all The Peninsula COMMUNITY / MARKETPLACE PLUS | TUESDAY 25 MARCH 2014 5

‘Tree Week’ campaign launched at Q-Chem

atar Chemical Company Ltd (Q-Chem), in collaboration with Qthe Ministry of Environment (MoE), launched a ‘Tree Week’ cam- paign at the company’s facilities in Mesaieed Industrial City yesterday. The initiative supports the “One Million Trees Campaign” announced by the ministry during the COP18 con- ference in December 2012. Q-Chem has decided to plant hundreds of trees at the plant site to expand its green belt. This will contribute to building culture of giving and caring for the at the company’s joint venture RLOC 2013. Q-Chem, in coordination with a natural windblown sand barrier and environment in our Q-Chem family. plant site in Ras Laffan Industrial City the Ministry of Environment, aims to increase the reuse of treated water for Each employee now has a nameplate today. During the second phase, the plant more trees to reach a total of irrigation. attached to the tree he or she has total number of trees at both locations 2,500 in 2014. “This is a true win-win situa- planted. Our employees’ participa- will touch 500. The ‘Tree Week’ campaign is in line tion,” said Ahmed Ibrahim Al Emadi, tion is outstanding and beyond expec- Last year, during the first phase, with Q-Chem’s goal of attaining zero Q-Chem General Manager. “Our aim tations,” he added. 1,000 trees were planted at the treated industrial water discharge. in this campaign is to expand the A similar campaign will be organised Mesaieed and Ras Laffan locations in The Peninsula

Qatar Steel takes part in Qatar Projects as associate partner atar Steel participated as associate part- ner in the Qatar Energy and Infrastructure QConference (Qatar Projects) held at Grand Hyatt Doha recently. The conference was organised by Meed. The two-day event attracted over 400 local, regional and international delegates, including high-ranking dignitaries and senior executives in the industry, engineering, construction, consultation and other sectors. Over 85 top speakers, including project owners and senior officials from the public Qatar Steel officials at the conference. and private sectors, spoke at the conference. Ali bin Hassan Al Muraikhi, Managing Director and General Manager, Qatar Steel, said: “Qatar projects in Qatar, and it is a good business oppor- discussing with them future business relations and Projects is one of the most important and stra- tunity for meeting and communicating with the partnerships.” tegic conferences that tackle present and future attendees, exploring business opportunities and The Peninsula

McDonald’s serves 23,000 free Egg McMuffins

Philips demonstrated the latest innovations in kitchen appliances during the Qatar International Food Festival. cDonald’s served more than & Food Co, commented: “We are M23,000 free Egg McMuffins to absolutely thrilled by the positive customers across Qatar on March response to National Breakfast SLMQ Blood Donation Campaign 17, during National Breakfast Day. Day across Qatar. The goal of the National Breakfast Day saw more celebration was to demonstrate to ri Lankan Majlis Qatar (SLMQ) will conduct a blood donation camp on than 400 crew members in 26 our busy consumers that a packed SFriday at Sri Lankan School, Doha. The camp is being conducted for the McDonald’s restaurants across the schedule shouldn’t compromise second year in association with Stafford Sri Lankan School in Doha. country serve thousands of custom- a nourishing start to the day; the Sri Lankan Ambassador Jayantha Palipane is expected to attend the occa- ers in just four hours. volume of participation we observed sion as a guest of honour. In the GCC alone, 230,000 Egg during this year’s event tells us we “SLMQ welcome all Sri Lankans living in Qatar to participate and be part of McMuffins were redeemed. were successful in not only meeting, this life-saving exercise. All donors will be honoured with a participation cer- Kamal Saleh Al Mana, Managing but exceeding this goal.” tificate from SLMQ,” a spokesperson said. For more information, call 55984958. Director of Al Mana Restaurants The Peninsula The Peninsula 6 PLUS | TUESDAY 25 MARCH 2014 ARCHAEOLOGY Dilmun seals and Dilmun land

uring the organised excavations in Mesopotamia, which began in the middle of the nineteenth century, small cylindrical and round shaped stones engraved with various motives Dwas found. As excavations continued, archaeolo- gists began to realise that those peculiar finds in different shape and subjects were used as personal seals. Since then, they have been called cylinder seals and stamps seals. More discov- eries, however, indicated they were first used in Mesopotamia in the middle of the fourth millen- nium BC for more than one purpose. For exam- ple, they were Dr Munir Taha used as personal stamps, jewellery or as amulets. Archaeologist also realized that after the inven- tion of writing during the end of the fourth mil- lennium BC, symbols and then cuneiform writings were added to the subject’s matters of both kinds of seals. Modern archaeology on the other hand, began in the Arabian Gulf in 1953 when a Danish archae- Stamp seal shows three ological team started to conduct excavations in gazelles and one bull. They Bahrain Island supporting the idea that Dilmun are very common scenes land is in fact Bahrain Island. However, when the in Dilmun seals. Dated Danes extended their excavations to the entire back to the beginning of western coast of the Arabian Gulf they realised third Millennium BC. the land of Dilmun must have been extended from Failka Island (Kuwait) to Bahrain Island. The writer, however, after he has conducted excavations and field survey in northwestern parts of Qatar Peninsula, believes that the land of Dilmun has always extended from the head of the Arabian Gulf to the eastern shores of Qatar Peninsula. Whatever comes beyond that border was the Land of (Magan) which was the main source of copper, stones, incenses, myrrh and many other raw materials commodities to Mesopotamia through Dilmun Land. Through the courses of excavations, conducted by the Danes whom they cease their excavations in the Arabian Gulf states in the year (1970) or by those who came after them. They realized that Dilmun land which its name appeared in Mesopotamian texts for the first time at end of third millennium B.C. Have had also used cylinder and round seals to ratify transactions through the ages as Mesopotamian land. In addition, to that they realized those seals were provincial rather than influenced by multi successive cultures of Mesopotamia and beyond. As for Dilmun land in the epics of the Sumerians, The date-palms fronds (barsati) camp built at Al we find for example in the Epic of Gilgamesh Bahrain Fort by the Danes in 1953. that the Hero Gilgamesh passed through Mound Mashu in Lebanon to reach the Land of Dilmun where his grandfather used to live. In the Sumerian Epic Deluge on the other the destructive deluge which lasted seven days In verses of the Sumerian legend The Promise hand, we read this important piece of poem.. and seven nights, of the God Enki to the Goddess Ninhursag read “the Gods have decided to destroyed mankind In the eighth day the sun God Utu appears and these moving words “For Dilmun, the land of my by means of flood. But (Ziusudra) the grandfa- Ziusudra prostrates himself and brings scarifies lady’s heart, I will create long water ways, rivers, ther of Gilgamesh the pious God- fearing king is to him. Finally both Gods An and Anlil grant him and canals, whereby water will flow to quench forewarned of the God Enki, the God of wisdom eternal life and apparently place him in Dilmun the thirst of all beings and bring abundance to who advises him to construct a huge ship. This Land the place where the sun rises……. all that lives.” he does, and thus finds safety and shelter from The Peninsula FOOD PLUS | TUESDAY 25 MARCH 2014 7 RECIPE CONTEST • 1 tsp dry mango powder WINNER • 1 tbsp garam masala powder • 1 tsp chilli powder • 10 pods garlic Hot Spinach Sauce • 2 inch piece ginger • 1 medium-sized finely chopped onion Ingredients: • 6-8 green Chillies • 200g Spinach • 1 tsp chat masala powder • 2 Tomatoes • 1 beaten egg • 4 Green Chilies • Salt to taste • 6 Curry Leaves • Oil for frying • 2 tsp Urad Dal • 2 tsp Chana Dal Method: • ½ inch Ginger Soak horse gram and bengal gram separately for 10-12 • 2 tsp Tamarind Paste / 1 Lemon hours. Theme Nights All Nights including a glass of house beverage • 50 ml Water Boil both the grams along with salt, ginger, garlic and 2-3 Sundays - Turf Steak Night dinner buffet • 1 pinch Asafetida green chillies in a pressure cooker for 6-8 minutes. Allow to @ QR250 • 3 tbsp Oil release the steam. Drain water thoroughly. Mondays - Sushi Boutique @ QR225 The theme for this • Salt to taste Grind the boiled grams with the powdered masalas. Add Tuesdays - Asian Flavours dinner buffet week is Grilled fish. (Send in your recipe with finely chopped onion, spinach, chopped green chillies. Mix @ QR225 ingredients in metric Method: well. Put beaten egg and bread crumbs. Wednesdays - Italian Night @ QR225 measurements). Winner will Wash tomatoes and spinach thoroughly. Heat oil in a flat frying pan. Prepare round flat kebabs and Thursdays - Phoenician Night dinner buffet receive a dinner voucher. shallow fry. Turn and cook till done. Serve hot with green @ QR235 Heat pan and add oil. After the oil is heated add urad To claim your prize chilli sauce and tomato ketchup. Fridays - Barbecue Night @ QR235 dal and chana dal. Roast them till they achieve a light call 44557837. brown colour. Riniki Ghosh Saturdays - Surf Seafood Night dinner buffet After roasting, add curry leaves, asafetida, green @ QR260 chilies, ginger (small pieces). Fry them for two minutes. Spinach Lasagna Friday Brunch: 12:30pm - 4pm at QR295 or QR250 with soft drinks Then add tomatoes (pieces) and fry them for two minutes We Love Saturday Brunch: 12:30pm - 3:30pm at QR200 or QR250 with soft drinks and add finely chopped spinach. Ingredients: Peninsula Plus Mix the mixture continuously and let it cook for 2 min- For tomato sauce: utes. Cook Spinach to just remove it’s rawness. • 1 tbs olive oil PO BOX 3488, Doha, After the spinach is cooked, turn off the gas and let it • 1 medium onion, chopped [email protected], cool down. Then grind the mixture to make the sauce. • 4-5 cloves garlic, finely chopped [email protected] Now add lemon juice in it and 50ml of water. Mix it • 2 tbs tomato paste well and pour it in a bowl. • 1 cup hot water Spinach Sauce is ready. • 4 tomatoes, chopped D Padmaja • 1 tsp dried oregano For blending: • 2 tbs fresh basil leaves, roughly chopped • 1/4 cup of grated coconut • ½ tsp salt • 1 small bunch of coriander leaves (cilantro) For spinach filling: • 1 onion or a few shallots • 3 cups fresh spinach, chopped • 1 tsp of red chilli powder • 1 cup ricotta cheese • 1 tsp of curry powder Spinach and Cheese • ¼ cup cream cheese Dumpling • 1 medium egg, well beaten Method: • 1 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded Heat the ghee in your pressure cooker pan. Add the sliced onions and sauté until Ingredients: • 1 cup emmental cheese, shredded it lightly browns. • 1 cup parmesan cheese, grated • One cup cold mashed potato Then add the cubed tomatoes and the green chillies, slit lengthwise . • ½ pack (250g) oven ready spinach lasagna sheets • 1/2 cup semolina Add the chopped spinach and mix well. • 1 cup spinach leafs chopped Let it cook for a while. Do not add water, the spinach will let out water . • 1/2 cup ricota cheese Method: Blend the ingredients with some water and make it a smooth paste. To prepare tomato sauce: In a large frying pan, heat • 1 egg Add this to the spinach mixture and mix well. olive oil and sauté onions until soft. Add garlic and tomato • Pinch of grated nutmeg Transfer the spinach rice mixture to the pressure pan and add salt. paste and sauté for an additional one minute. Add hot water, • 1/2 tsp black pepper Add about 2.5 cups water, close and cook for about 15 minutes. tomatoes, salt, oregano, fresh basil and allow to simmer for • Salt to taste Open and stir for two minutes and garnish with roasted cashew nuts and serve hot. 30 minutes. Turn heat down to low and keep warm. Lakshmi Method: To prepare spinach filling: Combine spinach, ricotta cheese, cream cheese and egg and mix until well combined. Spinach Rice Mix well all the ingredients in a bowl. Take walnut size pieces In a separate bowl combine mozzarella and emmental of the mixture and roll each other back. cheese together. Preheat oven to 200 degree. Ingredients: Make 28g of gnochhi in this way. Spoon over 3-4 tablespoons of the tomato sauce on the bot- • 6 cups spinach, fresh shredded Bring a large pan of water to boil. tom of a baking dish. Add a layer of lasagna sheets, sprinkle • 1 cup uncooked rice Reduce to a simmer and drop in the gnocchi. 1/3 of the spinach filling, 6-7 spoons of tomato sauce and 1/3 • 1 cup chicken broth They will sink at first but as they cook they will rise to the of the cheese mixture, layer another row of lasagna sheets • 1 cup water surface. and repeat for the remaining ingredients. • 1 medium onion, chopped This process will take about 2 minutes, then simmer for 1 Sprinkle the top with grated parmesan cheese and bake • 1 cup mushrooms, sliced minute. in the oven for 30-40 minutes until fully cooked and cheese • 2 cloves minced garlic Transfer the gnocchi with the Parmesan cheese. is slightly golden on the top. • 1 tbsp lemon juice Grill under a high heat for 2 minutes. Marwa • 1/2 tsp dried oregano Mean while heat 6 tablespoon butter in a pan,1/2 lemon rind • 2 tbsp oil. and 1 tablespoon of lemon juice. • Pinch of salt. Pour some of this butter over each portion of gnocchi and serve Spinach Biriyani hot garnished with the chopped fresh basil. Method: Riffat Taihrak Ingredients: Combine rice, broth, water and bring to boil Simmer till cooked. • 1.5 cups of rice, washed In a skillet, cook onion, mushrooms, garlic in oil until tender. Add lemon juice and Spinachy Horsegram Kebabs • 1 large bunch of spinach, washed and coarsely chopped oregano. Add spinach, cheese, mushroom mixture, freshly ground pepper ,pinch of • 1 tomato, cubed salt. cook for 1 minute. Ingredients: • 1 onion, sliced Fluff the cooked rice with a fork and add to the spinach mixture. Toss gently until • 2 green chillies . • 1 cup finely chopped spinach spinach wilts. • 2 tsp ghee or oil • 2 cups horse gram Serve hot. • 1/2 tsp or cumin • 1 cup bengal gram (channa dal) Rukhsar Rafiq • 10 roasted cashew nuts, for garnish (optional) • 2 tbsp bread crumbs 8 PLUS | TUESDAY 25 MARCH 2014 ENTERTAINMENT PLUS | TUESDAY 25 MARCH 2014 9

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Gibson likely to fight for daughter’s custody No breather for Amitabh ctor Mel Gibson is reportedly consid- after ‘Bhoothnath Returns’ Aering going to family law court here in an attempt to get more custody of his four- egastar Amitabh year-old daughter Lucia with the former MBachchan is on a pro- girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva. motion spree for his forth- Gibson’s move follows an incident involv- coming film Bhoothnath ing law enforcement and Grigorieva’s eldest Returns and after the film’s son with ex-007 Timothy Dalton, multiple release on April 11, he will sources have confirmed, reports radaron- get busy with other projects. line.com. “The Bhoothnath Returns The site kept the allegations or details promotions now take up all of the police investigation under wraps as Divergent my spare time and travel. Alexander Dalton is a juvenile. There is much to be done But a source said: “Oksana is terrified and there are time con- that Mel is going to go to court and ask straints. Radio, television, Judge Scott Gordon to give him sole custody print, channel shows, visits of their daughter, Lucia, because of a recent teen warriors to cities, premieres,” the incident. Oksana thinks Mel will try and use 71-year-old, who will make this to show the judge that she is an unfit mother.” appearance on shows like Boogie Woogie and Comedy Nights with Kapil, It’s a setback for the Russian beauty, who recently filed for bankruptcy. posted on his official blog srbachchan.tumblr.com. He also mentioned that “there is a mountain of film scripts” that need defeat Muppets to be read and decided upon. In the coming months, he is looking forward to “R Balki’s rather unusual and exciting film with Dhanush and Akshara starting work next month, TV serial shooting in progress and we hope that it comes on soon, Shoojit Sarkar’s film Piku with Deepika (Padukone) and Irrfan Khan, starting Harding wanted to go solo for long time By Lisa Richwine and Chris Michaud was shy of blockbusters Hunger Games Warner Brothers, a unit of Time another $6.3m to its total earnings. work by June-July, simultaneously starting preparations for Kaun Banega irls Aloud singer Sarah Harding says and Twilight, Jeff Bock, senior box office Warner, released 300: Rise of an Empire. Falling to ninth was hit animated Crorepati (KBC)’”. Gshe wanted to launch a solo career for ystopian thriller Divergent, the analyst at Exhibitor Relations Co, said And fast-paced, car-chase action film The Lego Movie, inspired by the “And in between KBC to find days and time for Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s a “long time”. story of a society that divides “$56m is a great opening for any film, movie “Need for Speed,” inspired by the children’s toy building blocks, which production, with Farhan Akhtar. There are a few more that have been The 32-year-old star made it big along- Dpeople based on personal- and virtually locked down the proposed videogame of the same name, earned took in $4.1m. green signalled — an Abbas Mustan film, a Rumi Jafri film and a few side Cheryl Cole, Nadine Coyle, Nicola ity traits, dominated weekend movie trilogy.” $7.8m, falling from third to sixth. And rounding out the top 10 with more with other distinguished directors and two offers from overseas,” Roberts and Kimberley Walsh in Girls charts with $56m in US and Canadian “This is something to build on for the Wes Anderson’s quirky The Grand $3.1m was The Single Moms Club, the he further posted. Aloud, and since the band split last year, ticket sales, kicking off a new franchise series, and with the cast expected to be Budapest Hotel climbed one spot to sev- latest offering from prolific actor- Amitabh also has a desire to show his skills on the stage. Harding thinks it’s the “right time” for for Hunger Games producer Lions Gate in high demand, the Divergent legacy enth with just under $6.8m. director Tyler Perry, about five “Amongst all this, there shall be a desire to perform on stage with reci- her to forge her own legacy in the music Entertainment Corp. will continue to grow,” Bock added. And eighth place went to Non-Stop, struggling mothers who set aside tations from my father’s works, and to be able to take it on an extended industry. Walt Disney Co family comedy Richie Fay, the studio’s president the Liam Neeson action movie set their differences to bond in a sup- form to cities within and without India. Then there is all the charity and Contactmusic.com reports that when Muppets Most Wanted finished in sec- of domestic distribution, said, “We’re on a long-haul flight. The film added port group. Agencies philanthropic work, which shall involve personal looking into, to ensure asked whether it’s daunting going solo, she ond place, nabbing $16.5m from Friday very pleased with the outcome for the proper execution and delivery,” he posted. said: “Yeah, of course! But it is something through Sunday, according to esti- franchise launch.” Recently he was a bit under the weather. He underwent a CT scan and that I have wanted to do for a long time and mates provided by Rentrak. Animated The movie’s A+ CinemaScore grade was advised bed rest for a few days, but now Big B is raring to go. I think now is the right time (hopefully!).” Mr. Peabody & Sherman, produced by from the under-18 audience bodes well Critics praise Ankhon Dekhi; “Health issues shall always remain - we are perishable entities, are we Sarah, who is performing a showcase Dreamworks Animation Inc took the for the coming weeks as spring break not? ... but for the moment the one that had jolted me recently has been gig at the O2 Academy Islington in north No. 3 slot with $11.7m. and Easter school holidays approach, poor show at box office taken care of ... sufficiently taken care of, to enable me to start gyming London March 26, will miss the “banter” Divergent is adapted from a popular Fay said, noting, “The young adult again ... felt good after a two-hour session,” he posted. she shared with her former bandmates and the support they gave one series of young adult novels by new- audience has been underserved in the unny Leone-starrer Ragini MMS 2 had a good start at the ticket counters another during performances. comer author Veronica Roth. Ahead of last couple of weeks.” Sand experts are also recommending Lakshmi and Ankhon Dekhi as a must “(I will miss) being part of a team and having them there to back you the weekend, forecasters had predicted The company spent $85m to pro- see. up on stage and the banter,” she told Bang Showbiz in an interview. the film would debut with between duce Divergent, plus $40m to $45m Critics and viewers have, however, given Gang Of Ghosts, which released on $50m and $68m in North American on marketing, according to a person Friday along with the other three, a cold shoulder. Abhishek Kapoor to direct Mahabharata film (US and Canadian) ticket sales. with knowledge of the film’s budget. Directed by Bhushan Patel, Ragini MMS 2 has collected about `160m in Shailene Woodley stars in Divergent The studio has recouped about $70m of two days. “Ragini MMS 2 has a solid start at the ticket window. Despite India ock On!! director Abhishek Kapoor will go behind the camera to bring as Tris Prior, a teenager who doesn’t fit the cost through international licens- versus Pakistan cricket match making a dent in business, Friday total is RMahabharata on the big screen, and the narrative will be divided into Kids first, career second: Julia Roberts in to a faction because she has multiple ing deals, the person said. impressive. Ragini MMS 2 (earned on Friday) `84.3m, Saturday `75m. India two movies. Currently, Kapoor is ready to roll the cameras for Fitoor, but dominant personality traits, making Muppets Most Wanted, a sequel to business only,” tweeted trade analyst Taran Adarsh. Mahabharata will become his focus of attention soon after. scar-winning actress Julia Roberts says her children will always come her a threat to the government. She a 2011 Muppets movie, stars Ricky The movie hit the screens on March 21, a day when most of the people were “Abhishek will be directing Mahabharata soon after he shoots for Fitoor. Obefore her career. chooses to join the Dauntless faction Gervais, Tina Fey and Ty Burrell glued to their television sets to watch the India-Pakistan match in Bangladesh Mahabharata will come in two parts. While the first part will end with The Pretty Woman star is a mother of nine-year-old twins Hazel and of warriors who defend the society’s alongside Miss Piggy, Kermit the Frog as part of ICC World Twenty20 tournament. a crucial scene of Pandavas and Kauravas, the second part will see the Phinnaeus and six-year-old Henry and only accepts one movie a year, so inhabitants. British actor Theo James and other classic Muppet characters. Gang Of Ghosts, also a horror film with comic elements, neither made the war. The film will go on floors by 2015,” said a source close to the film’s she can spend most of her time with her family, reports contactmusic.com. plays Four, Tris’ mentor and love In the new film, Kermit is imprisoned audiences roll with laughter on the floor nor gave them goose bumps. development. “I make one film per year and that’s a good balance. My older kids have interest. in a Russian gulag in a case of mis- “Gang Of Ghosts was meant to be a laugh-riot. But it hardly makes you Disney India will bring the movie to celluloid. just turned nine and my son is six; they still need me. My family takes The debut of Divergent fell short taken identity, while an evil impostor laugh. Poor show,” Nahta posted on Twitter. “It is gearing up to recreate the magic of the greatest ever epic from up a lot of my time and my creative energy, but I’m lucky to have worked of the box office heights of two other travels with his muppet friends on a The Satish Kaushik directorial, made on a budget of `150-`160m, collected Indian mythology on the big screen, at a scale never seen before in Indian enough already to allow myself to take time off,” said Roberts, who made young adult franchises. Hunger Games European tour. about `10m in two days, said Rajesh Thadani of Multimedia Combines. cinema,” read a statement. her acting debut in late 1980s. started with a massive $152.5m in Mr. Peabody and Sherman brought its Quirky drama Aankhon Dekhi, directed by filmmaker-actor Rajat Kapoor, The live action movie will be written by Ashok Banker. “When I see my friends struggling to juggle both, I feel very privileged. March 2012 while Twilight opened with global sales through three weekends to has been lauded for its content, but its chances of box office success seem to “We intend to tell the story in a manner it deserves to be told on screen, I act less, but better; I’ve always been demanding (of a role), now I’m dif- $69.6m in November 2008. $172m . The movie was distributed by be bleak. “In two days, it must have collected less than `1.5m,” Thadani said. and are thrilled to have the incredibly talented Abhishek Kapoor at the ficult,” she added. Lions Gate said Friday it was confi- 20th Century Fox. Nahta is also not expecting it to hit the bull’s eye. He tweeted: “Ankhon helm, with one of the most knowledgeable and talented writers on the When asked about her family life, the 46-year-old said: “(It’s) the same dent Divergent would become an impor- Rounding out the domestic charts, Dekhi is not commercial but has superb acting, ambience of mid-class family subject, Ashok Banker scripting it,” said Siddharth Roy Kapur, managing as every other stay at home mom. Sometimes, there are wet bath towels tant franchise for the company and it Greek warrior sequel 300: Rise of an and excellent dialogues.” director, Disney India. strewn all over the house, dinner isn’t ready and the kids haven’t finished was moving ahead with the second film Empire landed in fourth place with Nagesh Kukunoor’s Lakshmi opened to rave reviews, but commercially it’s The film will go into pre-production after the completion of Kapoor’s their homework...” in the series, called Insurgent” which $8.7m, while the independent faith- not so viable. One hopes word of mouth helps the film as celebrities are laud- Fitoor, starring Katrina Kaif and Aditya Roy Kapur. will reach theaters in March 2015. based new release God’s Not Dead ing the movie on child prostitution, inspired by a real life story. IANS Noting that the Divergent opening pulled in $8.6m to claim the No. 5 spot. 10 PLUS | TUESDAY 25 MARCH 2014 HEALTH

Health workers are battling to contain an outbreak of ebola which has killed more than 50 people in Guinea, amid fears that the virus may spread further to neighbouring Liberia and Sierra Leone

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GUINEA 100km 62 miles Kissidougou COTE D’IVOIRE Mar 24, SIERRA Macenta Conakry LEONE 80 cases Health officials Freetown since Feb 9, say samples Gueckedou including from three 59 deaths – suspected most of ebola virus LIBERIA them in three cases prove ATLNTIC southern negative OCEAN Monrovia prefectures Ebola virus Origins: Ebola first emerged in Sudan and Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo) in 1976. Virus has since killed over 1,500 people Cause: Severe viral haemorrhagic fever. Kills between 25 and 90 percent of those who fall sick, depending on Guinea Gabon Sudan Uganda strain of virus Spread: Transmits rapidly via bodily secretions such as blood, saliva and faeces. Has also occurred by handling sick or dead infected Cote d’Ivoire animals, such as monkeys and bats Rep. of Congo Symptoms: Include fever, muscle pain, diarrhoea, vomiting, and internal D.R. Congo and external bleeding Ebola virus threat virus Ebola Ebola Treatment: No known cure or outbreaks South vaccine. Patients must be isolated to since 1976 Africa prevent spread of disease Sources: WHO, wire agencies Picture: Public Library of Science © GRAPHIC NEWS HEALTH / FITNESS PLUS | TUESDAY 25 MARCH 2014 11

Obese? Blame it on How to strengthen your core By Gabriella Boston fat cells’ expansion six-pack) and underneath them are the transverse ou have heard about obesity or accumulation abdominis (equally important but not visible to the Yof fat but do you know that nutrition is not ore, core, core. Yes, we hear it ad nauseam: naked eye). Then there are the big back muscles such the only factor driving obesity in our kids? “You need to strengthen the core” or the other as the erector spinae and the much smaller and local According to researchers, the mechanics of ‘cel- favorite, “It’s all about the core.” muscles such as the sectional muscles between the lular expansion’ plays a pivotal role in fat pro- C But what does it really mean? vertebrae. duction. To understand how obesity develops, There is no clear medical definition of core, but fit- It’s a lot to keep track of, but it’s important to do so, researchers used state-of-the-art technology to ness trainers use the term to describe the muscles of Gillanders says, because if you overtrain certain muscles analyse the accumulation of fat in the body at the the trunk — front and back. and underwork others, the body becomes less adept at cellular level. “We wanted to find out why a seden- “Many people associate ‘core’ with abs and maybe moving efficiently. tary lifestyle results in obesity, other than making lower back, but from a more global perspective, it Gillanders points out that the smaller, more local time to eat more hamburgers,” said professor Amit includes all the supportive muscles of the spine,” says muscles often require subtle movements — like “bring- Gefen from Tel Aviv University’s department of Robert Gillanders, an endurance athlete and physi- ing the navel toward the spine” or “bracing with the biomedical engineering. cal therapist at Sports + Spinal “We found that fat cells exposed to sustained, Physical Therapy in Washington. chronic pressure — such as what happens to the “And part of the reason the buttocks when you are sitting down — experienced core muscles are so important accelerated growth of lipid droplets, which are mol- is because the spine is not a fun- ecules that carry fats,” Gefen added. damentally stable structure,” he Contrary to muscle and bone tissue, which get says. So the expression “grow a mechanically weaker with disuse, fat depots in fat spine” should really be “build some cells expanded when they experienced sustained core.” loading by as much as 50 percent. This was a Core muscles are important substantial discovery. for athletic performance, in par- The researchers discovered that, once it accu- ticular, because they ensure effi- mulated lipid droplets, the structure of a cell and cient transfer of energy from the its mechanics changed dramatically. powerful lower body to the less Using a cutting-edge atomic force microscope and bulky upper body, says Stephen other microscopy technologies, they were able to Burgett, a personal trainer certi- observe the material composition of the transform- fied by the National Strength and ing fat cell, which became stiffer as it expanded. Conditioning Association. This stiffness alters the environment of surround- In other words, if you are a ing cells by physically deforming them, pushing golfer or baseball player, you know them to change their own shape and composition. that your swing doesn’t originate “When they gain mass and change their com- in the arms — it comes all the way position, expanding cells deform neighbouring from the ground up. And if you cells, forcing them to differentiate and expand,” have a strong core, that power is he explained. This proves that you are not just more likely to stay intact all the what you eat. You are also what you feel - and way up from your toes through what you are feeling is the pressure of increased your fingertips, generating a pow- weight and the sustained loading in the tissues of erful swing. the buttocks of the couch potato. “Same thing for a runner. If If you can learn to control the mechanical envi- they don’t have good core strength ronment of cells, you can then determine how to and can’t stay upright at the end modulate the fat cells to produce less fat, Natan of a race, they will lose a lot of Shaked, a researcher said. The team is now creating efficiency and force,” Burgett says. a platform to develop new therapies and technologies Todd Miller, a professor in the to prevent or even reverse fat gain, said the research Department of Exercise Science published in the Biophysical Journal. at George Washington University, calls the core the “mechanical link between the upper pelvic floor” — that don’t necessarily fit the idea of and lower body.” “workout exercises.” Depression, anxiety So: how to train the core? “Connecting with those movements is a form of men- All three experts agree that traditional crunches are tal gymnastics,” Gillanders says. may lead to teeth loss not the way to go. “They are overrated,” says Burgett. Miller says that doing “abs” in isolation is completely “And the way many people do them, there is way too unnecessary if you are looking to improve core strength. ental decay and tooth loss may not be simple much range of motion and they end up complaining “If you have a properly designed resistance training Dmedical problems and psychological issues such about back pain.” program with lunges and squats you don’t need to do as depression and anxiety are linked to these con- And, he says, the key to functional fitness is to find abs,” Miller says. ditions, research suggests. “Tooth loss from caries a way to build muscle that supports daily activity — of Think of exercises such as lunging and squatting with (dental decay) and periodontal disease (when the which crunching in a fetal position probably is not one. overhead weights. This type of work strengthens the gums detach from the teeth) is an outcome from “When is a crunch position a useful position?” he asks core because it requires the core to stabilize the body. complex, chronic conditions,” said the research. rhetorically. “You wouldn’t be in that position unless you But let’s face it, it’s almost swimsuit season, and some “Several bio-psychosocial factors are involved, were sick or being beaten up.” Instead, Burgett works people want to go for the six-pack look. How to get including accessing care. Individuals reporting den- on exercises such as side-lying planks to help build the there? “Eat less,” says Miller half-jokingly, adding that tal anxiety may avoid dental care and individuals lateral muscles of the trunk and single-leg bridges with everyone has a six-pack — it’s part of our anatomy. It’s with depression may be negligent in self-care,” said hip extensions to work the back and glutes. just a matter of how much fat is layered on top. R Constance Wiener from West Virginia University. Gillanders approves. There is no such thing as spot-reducing fat, he says, For the study, researchers used a data of 451,075 It’s important to comprehend the many dimensions so it’s overall dietary — and exercise — changes that respondents and selected those who were 19 years and layers of core muscles, he says. If you were doing create a calorie deficit that ultimately will reveal the or older, and had complete data on depression, only crunches, for example, you would be neglecting six-pack. Working the abs to create more bulk will also anxiety and tooth loss. those lateral muscles of the core as well as muscles of help reveal them. The researchers found that depression, anxiety the back. And here is where Miller has an admission to make. and a combined category of depression or anxiety In the trunk, like elsewhere in the body, there are big, “I do crunches,” he says. “But I do them to look good. were significantly different in tooth loss than in small, front, back, side, surface and deep muscles — and And if the goal is to have good-looking abs, then sure, the participants without such conditions. for the best outcome for fitness and wellness, he says, by all means do the crunch machine. But it’s for show Agencies all of them need to be worked to “fire appropriately.” more than anything else.” For example, there are the rectus abdominis (the WP-Bloomberg 12 PLUS | TUESDAY 25 MARCH 2014 TECHNOLOGY Rise of open-source coder generation Irish 21-year-old who founded CoderDojos after-school clubs tells of huge impact on young worldwide.

By Shane Hickey after martial arts training areas or “dojos” — began to spread, around ngry Birds was the big- Ireland and then abroad. There are gest selling app in the 37 in the UK, 10 in Japan, four in Apple online store when India and one each in Panama, Bolivia, Ain November 2011 it was South Africa and Brazil. pushed off its perch by a 12-year-old IT professionals give up their time schoolboy’s creation. to help children learn to code, at the Harry Moran’s Pizzabot, a rework- same time encouraging the children to ing of Space Invaders, also drove down eventually become tutors themselves. a release from the Call of Duty series The classes are held in universities James Whelton when it debuted on the chart, lead- and company offices empty at week- ing to the Irish boy being dubbed the ends — among other venues — in what practise what you have done, show off with a generation of children who youngest successful app developer in is called “an open-source, volunteer- what you have done. The more senior have had access to computing since the world. More remarkable was that led, global movement” where children you get, the more you mentor young they were a young age, while at the the game was produced as a home- under the age of 12 have to be accom- people. same time not having to adhere to work assignment from his local com- panied by an adult. Rules are thin on “We applied a lot of these logics traditional classroom teaching struc- puter club. the ground, apart from: “Be Cool — and principles to a coding club. We tures, said Whelton. Some of the Harry is one of thousands of chil- bullying, lying, wasting people’s time thought that if we influenced how we measurements of the clubs’ successes dren aged between five and 17 across and so on is uncool.” taught kids programming we could are how previously insular or isolated 27 countries who have learned com- “The idea of a computer club is not get to make more apps that were open children come out of their shells in puter skills though a network of vol- new, you are just essentially throw- source. We could get them to make the classes, he said. unteer-led CoderDojos, after-school ing people in a room and trying to apps for social causes and for good.” “Screw creating the next Mark clubs that teach coding, website devel- teach them. But what you are teach- The appetite for the computing Zuckerberg. I want to see kids who opment and game creation among ing them — helping others, being open dojos grew quickly. The Dublin class become passionate about program- other skills. and transparent — was what defined was frequently booked up in less than ming and go into medicine and poli- The 220 clubs that have sprung up us,” Whelton said. a minute, while word soon spread to tics, go into whatever field and use worldwide over the last two and a half “There were a lot of philosophies Japan and the US, where dojos were their skills to solve problems there years started when James Whelton, we liked around the dojo — when you also set up. and completely revolutionise it. I now 21, saw demand for his after- go to one you get help, work in teams, Their success comes from working think that is infinitely more powerful school meetings teaching HTML and to our society,” Whelton said. CSS expand beyond the corridors The CoderDojo movement is reflec- of Presentation Brothers College in App Of The Day tive of discontent within the IT indus- Cork, in Ireland’s South-West Region. try that governments are not doing By that stage, the young Irishman enough to teach children proper had been earning money building web- Skitch computing skills, limiting lessons sites for local businesses for six years A useful tool for visual thinkers to how to use word processing and and was the first person in the world spreadsheets. to hack a new iPod, in turn building Plenty of people use the note-taking “I felt that if we could identify our- up his reputation among online peers. service Evernote, but the company has selves as an entity outside govern- It was a distant cry from his more another great productivity app, Skitch. ment, we could operate independently. solitary early years. “I say to people Skitch is best for more visual think- We are more powerful outside govern- that some kids have friends when they ers and lets you annotate pictures you ment,” said Whelton. were growing up, I had keyboards,” take with elements such as drawings, “It is pretty mind-blowing to me. he said. arrows and text. That means that It is a lot of stress and I think that “I saw that computing was a very instead of telling someone to “choose because you want to do well for these real thing just through the feeling and the second item in the third drop- people, you push yourself more and pure ecstasy of solving a problem, or down menu from the right,” you can more. When you are working in non- getting people to visit a website and just take a snapshot and circle the profit your metric is impact, how seeing that it was a sustainable thing. option in question. much we do. If I have to get myself “People heard that I could hack You can share your edited snaps pumped up to talk to people, that is because I had my track record as an over email, by text, on Facebook and when I have to pull up the feelings of academic underachiever and people Twitter or in Evernote, if you have an parents and the impact of what it has thought that if that idiot Whelton can account. done [for] their child.” programme, then anyone can. I think The app works best with an Whelton, who spent his early my friends were interested and we Evernote Premium subscription, days on the project hopping between organised a get-together. It was now which also gives you the handy option friends’ couches, was named by Forbes cool in a lot of people’s eyes.” of annotating PDFs within Skitch — magazine as one of 30 people under Whelton’s online reputation good for layout and other critiques on the age of 30 to watch. A foundation resulted in an invitation to speak at the go. was recently set up to manage the the Dublin Web Summit in 2011, on But even without hooking into its CoderDojo movement. His next goal the same day that he was due to sit sister app, Skitch is a useful tool for is to make himself redundant from his his mock final maths exam, where he more efficient communication. position as figurehead of the move- met Bill Liao, an Australian entrepre- Works on iOS, Android and ment. “I’m not the wick nor wax but neur who wanted to take the classes computers the spark,” he said. further. The Guardian In 2011, the CoderDojos — named COMICS & MORE PLUS | TUESDAY 25 MARCH 2014 13

LEARN ARABIC At the Restaurant

Chicken with rice Daa maç arouzz Rib ilç Grilled meat Laam mašwiyy Fried chicken Farroo maqliyy Fish Samak Vegetable soup Šoorbat kouar Beans Loobya' Bone marrow Nouaçat Table awila Hoy en la Historia Plate an March 25, 1949 Fork Šawka Knife Sikkeen Hamlet, directed by and starring Laurence Olivier, won five Oscars. Napkin Mahrama Adapted from Shakespeare’s play, Bill Fatoora it was the first British film ever to Thanks Šoukran win the award for Best Picture ç = ‘a’ in ‘agh’ when surprised 1655: Dutch astronomer and mathematician Christiaan Huygens discovered Saturn’s largest moon, Titan Baby Blues by Jerry Scott and Rick Kirkman 1924: Greece was officially declared a republic 1995: WikiWikiWeb, the world’s first user-editable website, was created. The Wikipedia site is descended from it 1997: Treasure hunters found the wreck of a Spanish galleon that sank in 1654 with a cargo of gold bars and silver coins, now worth $4bn Picture: Associated Press © GRAPHIC NEWS ALL IN THE MIND Hagar The Horrible by Chris Browne Can you find the hidden words? They may be horizontal, vertical, diagonal, forwards or backwards.

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ABOUT, ABOVE, ABUTTING, ACROSS, ADJACENT, ADJOINING, ADVANCE, AROUND, ASCENDING, BACKWARDS, BELOW, BENEATH, CIRCLE, CONTIGUOUS, DECLINE, DECREASE, DESCENDING, DIAGONAL, DOWN, EAST, EBBING, FALLING, FLOWING, FORWARDS, HIGHER, HORIZONTAL, INCLINE, INCREASE, INSIDE, LEFT, LOWER, NEXT TO, NORTH, OUTSIDE, OVER, RETREAT, REVERSE, RIGHT, RISING, SOUTH, THROUGH, UNDER, UP, VERTICAL, VIA, WANING, WAXING, WEST. 14 PLUS | TUESDAY 25 MARCH 2014 CROSSWORDS

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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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Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate How to EASY SUDOKU play Hyper Easy Sudoku Puzzles Sudoku: Place a digit from 1 to 9 in A Hyper Sudoku each empty cell so every Puzzle is solved row, every column and by filling the every 3x3 box contains all numbers from 1 the digits 1 to 9. to 9 into the blank cells. A Hyper Sudoku has unlike Sudoku 13 regions (four regions overlap with the nine standard regions). In all regions the numbers from 1 to 9 can appear YESTERDAY’S only once. Otherwise, a Hyper Sudoku is ANSWER solved like a normal Sudoku. CINEMA / TV LISTINGS PLUS | TUESDAY 25 MARCH 2014 15

SHOWING AT VILLAGGIO & CITY CENTER Mr. Peabody & Sherman (3D/Animation) TEL: 444933989 444517001 – 2.30pm 08:00 Ski Magazine 08:00 News Only Lovers Left Alive (2D/Horror) – 4.30pm 10:15 Scottish Premier 09:00 Al Jazeera League Hearts World 1 Balyakalasakhi (2D/Malayalam) V Dundee 10:30 Inside Story – 7.00 & 11.15pm United 11:00 News 12:00 World Of 11:30 The Stream Sabotage (2D/Action) – 9.15pm Athletics 12:30 Viewfinder 12:30 Nba Inside Stuff Latin America The Starving Games (2D/Comedy) 13:00 Nba Basketball 13:00 NEWSHOUR – 2.15 & 4.00pm Indiana @ 14:30 Inside Story Chicago 15:00 Indian Hospital Minuscule: Valley Of The Lost Ants 15:00 Italian League 16:00 NEWSHOUR Lazio V Milan 17:30 The Stream MALL (2D/Animation) – 5.45pm 16:45 Short 18:00 NEWSHOUR 2 Programme 19:30 Artscape - Villa 69 (2D/Arabic) – 7.30pm 17:00 90 In 30 Poets of 17:30 Atp Magazine Protest Haunt (2D/Horror) – 9.45pm 18:00 Tennis Atp 1000 20:00 News Miami 20:30 Inside Story Sabotage (2D/Action) – 11.30pm 02:00 Serie A Show 21:00 NEWSHOUR 02:30 90 In 30 22:00 News Frozen (3D/Animation) – 2.30pm 03:00 Nba Basketball 22:30 The Stream Oklahoma @ 23:00 Al Jazeera Minuscule: Valley Of The Lost Ants Dallas World 3 (2D/Animation) – 4.30pm Need For Speed (3D/Action) – 6.15, 8.30 & 11.00pm 16:00 Road To 2014 13:15 Gold Divers: Fifa World Cup Under The Ice Mr. Peabody & Sherman (3D/Animation) 17:00 Monday Night 14:30 Auction Kings Football 16:10 Fast N' Loud – 2.30pm 18:00 Sports News 17:00 Ultimate Survival 18:15 Epl Profile Man 18:40 You Have Been Only Lovers Left Alive (2D/Horror) – 4.30pm Untd Warned 1 18:30 Epl Football 19:30 One Man Army Balyakalasakhi (2D/Malayalam) – 7.00pm Today 20:20 How Do They 21:00 UEFA Champions Do It? Sabotage (2D/Action) – 9.00 & 11.15pm League Magazine 20:45 How Stuff's Show Made Frozen (3D/Animation) – 2.30pm 21:30 This Is Paris 21:10 Auction Kings 22:00 Premier League 21:35 Container Wars Minuscule: Valley Of The Lost Ants Man United V 22:00 Dual Survival (2D/Animation) – 4.30pm Man City 22:50 Survive That! 2 23:40 Yukon Men LANDMARK Need For Speed (3D/Action) – 6.15, 8.45 & 11.15pm The Starving Games (2D/Comedy) 12:00 Storage Wars 13:10 How The – 2.15 & 4.00pm 13:00 Pawn Stars Universe Works 14:00 Ancient Aliens 14:00 Kings Of Minuscule: Valley Of The Lost Ants 15:00 Pawn Stars UK Construction (2D/Animation) – 5.45pm 16:00 Pawn Stars 15:20 Food Factory 19:00 Storage Wars 16:10 Mega Builders 3 Villa 69 (2D/Arabic) – 7.30pm 20:00 Pawn Stars 18:45 X-Machines 21:00 Pawn Stars UK 20:30 Junkyard Wars Balyakalasakhi (2D/Malayalam) – 9.45pm 22:00 Pawn Stars 22:10 Food Factory 22:30 Storage Wars 22:35 How Tech Haunt (2D/Horror) – 11.30pm 23:00 Storage Wars Works Texas 23:00 Stuck With Frozen (3D/Animation) – 2.30pm Hackett Only Lovers Left Alive (2D/Horror) – 4.30pm

1 Gang of Ghost (2D/Hindi) – 7.00 & 9.15pm 11:00 The Wild Girl- 13:15 Eastenders 13:00 Do Dil Bandhe Ek 13:00 Good Luck 13:00 Better Off Ted PG15 13:45 Doctors Dori Se Charlie 13:30 Arrested 13:00 Another 15:05 New Tricks Balyakalasakhi (2D/Malayalam) – 11.30pm 13:30 Ek Mutthi 13:25 Austin & Ally Development Harvest Moon- 15:55 Vicar Of Dibley Aasmaan 13:45 A.N.T. Farm 15:00 Trophy Wife PG15 17:10 Eastenders The Starving Games (2D/Comedy) 14:00 Doli Armaano Ki 14:10 Jessie 15:30 The Daily Show 15:00 Remember 17:40 Doctors 14:30 Jodha Akbar – 2.30 & 4.30pm 14:35 Dog With A Blog Global Edition Sunday 20:00 Upstairs 15:30 Sapne Suhane 15:00 Good Luck 16:00 Colbert Report 16:45 Pitch Perfect Downstairs Ladakpan Ke 2 Need For Speed (3D/Action) – 6.30 & 11.15pm Charlie Global Edition 18:45 The Host 20:50 Mistresses 16:00 Aur Pyaar Hogaya ROYAL 15:25 Gravity Falls 16:30 The War At Home 21:00 Alex Cross 21:40 Omid Djalili Show 16:30 Qubool Hai Sabotage (2D/Action) – 9.00pm 15:50 Austin & Ally 17:00 Late Night With 23:00 On The Road 22:10 Five Daughters 17:00 Doli Armaano Ki 16:10 Violetta Seth Meyers 23:00 Weakest Link PLAZA Mr. Peabody & Sherman (3D/Animation) 17:30 Pavitra Rishta 17:00 Dog With A Blog 18:00 The Simpsons – 2.15pm 18:30 Ek Mutthi Aasmaan 17:20 Austin & Ally 18:30 Raising Hope 19:00 Do Dil Bandhe Ek 17:40 Gravity Falls 19:30 Trophy Wife Minuscule: Valley Of The Lost Ants Dori Se 18:10 Jessie 20:00 Tonight Show 19:30 Jodha Akbar 20:05 Jessie Starring Jimmy 12:00 The New Guy 14:30 Tommy & Oscar (2D/Animation) – 4.00 & 5.45pm 20:00 Pavitra Rishta 20:50 Dog With A Blog Fallon 14:00 Rookie Of The 16:00 Gabe The 20:30 Sapne Suhane 21:40 Shake It Up The Daily Show 21:00 Year Cupid Dog 3 Villa 69 (2D/Arabic) – 7.30pm Ladakpan Ke 22:00 Austin & Ally With Jon Stewart 16:00 From Prada To 18:00 Arthur 21:00 Qubool Hai 22:25 A.N.T. Farm Colbert Report 21:30 Nada Christmas Haunt (2D/Horror) – 9.45pm 21:30 Aur Pyaar Hogaya 22:50 Good Luck 22:00 The Big C 18:00 Ghostbusters 20:00 Freddy Frogface 22:00 Doli Armaano Ki Charlie 23:00 Legit 20:00 A Few Best Men 22:00 Tommy & Oscar Sabotage (2D/Action) – 11.30pm 22:30 Do Dil Bandhe Ek 23:10 Wizards Of 23:30 Late Night With 22:00 Slums Of 23:30 Gabe The Dori Se Waverly Place Seth Meyers Beverly Hills Cupid Dog 16 PLUS | TUESDAY 25 MARCH 2014 POTPOURRI

Who’s who Events in Qatar

iD by Cirque Éloize When: April 2: 8pm; April 3: 8pm; April 4: 3.30pm, 8pm; April 5: 1.30pm, 6pm Where: The Theatre, Qatar National Convention Centre What: A mix of circus arts and urban dance by Cirque Éloize, an affiliated company of Cirque du Soleil directed by Jeannot Painchaud. Tickets: QR95 - QR1,500, Available at Virgin Megastores (Villagio and Landmark) or online at www.virginmegastore.me

Sheikh Khaled bin Behind the Veil Khalifa Al Thani, When: Until April 12; 10am-10pm CEO of Qatargas Camera used on Where: Katara Building Number 12 heikh Khaled Al Thani What: A tribute to the grande dame of is the CEO of Qatargas photography, Eve Arnold, and celebrates moon landing sold her legendary career that spanned nearly and the Director of Ras S half a century as a photojournalist social Laffan Industrial City (RLIC). commentator and documentor. She is known In addition, he serves as the for $758,489 for her portraits of Hollywood heavy weights Chairman and Managing such as Joan Crawford and Marilyn Monroe. t was put on auction as a cam- new owner as Japanese businessman Free Entry Director of Qatar Real Estate era that made it to the moon and Terukazu Fujisawa. It says the owner Investment Company (Al Aqaria Iback. And it had its price — nearly of an electronics chain placed his win- Real Estate). He is also a Board $760,000. ning bid of €550,000 by phone. Bidding Halal Hal Qatar Festival

Member of Qatar First Bank. The Hasselblad 500 sold over the started Saturday at €80,000 — just over When: Mar 22-31; 10am-10pm weekend is described by Vienna auc- $110,000. Where: Katara’s Southern Area He holds a MA in Business What: This carnival will present three tioneers Galerie Westlicht as part of Gallery spokesman Stefan Musil Administration and a BA in main activities: Al-Mazaiyn: A show of the equipment carried by the 1971 describes the Hasselblad as the only Computer Science from Pacific beauty for goats and sheep, there will be Apollo 15 mission, the fourth manned camera ever brought back from the prize for the first 5. Al-Mazad (public sale): Lutheran University in the USA. mission to land on the moon. moon, but some experts question that Selling groups of livestock through auction. Galerie Westlicht identifies the claim. AP Al-Izab: Group of barns, each contain different kind of livestock, the visitor will be able to know it and see it closely. Free Entry IN FOCUS by Oscar Rialubin Radiant When: Until Mar 29 Where: Museum of Islamic Arts What: The Museum of Islamic Arts in partnership with East Wing, presents a photographic exhibition featuring artwork by German artist Antje Hanebeck. Free Entry

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

Kings and Pawns When: March 19 - June 21 Where: Museum of Islamic Arts What: This exhibition uncovers the history of board games in the Islamic world, from India to Spain between 7th and 20th century. King and Pawns features game-boards, Persian and Arabic chess manuals, paintings and illustrated manuscripts. Free Entry A night view of West Bay business district. Send your photos to [email protected]. If you want your events featured here, Mention where the photo was taken. mail details to [email protected]

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