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P | 8-9 MARKETPLACE • Ebn Sina Medical and Aamal Medical French electro music duo Daft celebrate family day Punk won the coveted record P | 5 of the year Grammy for “Get Lucky”. The event also saw RECIPE CONTEST surviving Beatles reuniting for • Send in your best recipe and win a dinner a performance. voucher for two

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Album of the Year Random Access Memories, Daft Punk Record of the Year Get Lucky, Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers Song of the Year Royals, Joel Little By Mary Milliken and Piya Sinha-Roy doing that,” Rodgers said backstage. Formed in the early 1990s by Thomas Bangalter and New Artist Macklemore & Ryan Lewis wo unconventional acts, French elec- Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, Daft Punk tronic music DJs Daft Punk and New were pioneers of the electronic dance music Pop Vocal Album Zealand teen Lorde, took home the phenomenon that has recently swept the US Unorthodox Jukebox, Bruno Mars Ttop Grammy awards in a night that mainstream pop industry. rewarded robots and newcomers. It was impossible to know what the two The music industry’s glamorous gather- masked musicians thought about their big win Country Album Same Trailer ing also saw the two surviving Beatles, Paul because they choose not to speak as part of their Different Park, Kacey Musgraves McCartney and Ringo Starr, come together for a act. rare joint performance coinciding with the 50th Lorde, 17, won the Grammy for song of the Rap Album The Heist, anniversary of the British group’s breakthrough year with her breakout hit “Royals,” sharing Macklemore & Ryan Lewis on American television. the award for songwriters with Joel Little. The quirky robotic duo, Daft Punk, scored the They triumphed over the writers behind Katy R&B Album Girl on Fire, Alicia Keys double win of album of the year for “Random Perry’s “Roar” and Bruno Mars’ “Locked Out of Access Memories,” and record of the year with Heaven,” among others. Rock Album Celebration Day, the summer dance hit “Get Lucky,” featuring “Thank you to everyone who has let this song Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers. explode because it has been mental,” said Lorde, Led Zeppelin Rodgers praised the French DJ duo for cre- whose real name is Ella Yelich-O’Connor, known ating their electronic music album using live for a gothic esthetic that goes against the scant- Rock Song Cut Me Some Slack, music recorded on to analog tape, calling it “a ily clad norm of young pop artists. labor of love.” The Recording Academy also anointed “The fact that they decided to put this much Seattle-based rapper-producer newcomers Krist Novoselic & Pat Smear effort into the music and bringing in musi- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis with the Grammy Picture: Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS cians, they had this incredible vision and they for best new artist and three other awards in believed they achieved something greater by rap categories. PLUS | TUESDAY 28 JANUARY 2014 3

“Before there was any media, before there was any buzz about us, before there was a story, there was our fans and it spread organically through them,” said Macklemore, whose real name is Ben Haggerty, as he accepted the best new artist award. “I hope this is inspiration to all the rappers out there and hip hop artists out there that they can continue to tackle any subjects you want,” Queen Latifah, said backstage. The 56th Grammy Awards, the music industry’s top honours handed out by the Recording Academy across 82 categories, also rewarded a crop of newcomers in several genres. Kacey Musgraves, 25, won best country album with “Same Trailer Different Park,” while alt-rockers Imagine Dragons won best rock per- formance for “Radioactive.” “This last year has kind of just blown up,” said Imagine Dragons front- man Dan Reynolds, dusted in the red powder from the band’s high-octane performance with rapper Kendrick Lamar. Justin Timberlake won three awards Beatles family including best music video, on which Jay-Z shared a credit, but Taylor Swift reunion at went home empty-handed. British songstress Adele, who swept Grammys the Grammys top prizes in 2012, shared a prize Sunday, for best song written he surviving Beatles reu- for visual media for 007 movie “Skyfall,” nited in spirit with their with songwriter Paul Epworth. Tlate bandmates at the Led Zeppelin won best rock album Grammys as Yoko Ono danced to for “Celebration Day,” recorded at their the jamming of Paul McCartney 2007 live reunion show at London’s O2 and Ringo Starr. Arena, in the pre-telecast section of the The two living members of show, while the Gipsy Kings and South the Fab Four were in attendance Africa’s Ladysmith Black Mambazo to receive an award for lifetime shared the world music Grammy. achievement for the Liverpool There was also 71-year-old band, widely considered among the McCartney, who teamed up with most influential acts in music his- former members of grunge rock band tory. As Starr took the stage to join Nirvana, including Foo Fighters front- McCartney on his song “Queenie man Dave Grohl, to win best rock song Eye,” Ono -- widow of the late John for “Cut Me Some Slack.” Lennon -- swayed back and forth “It was magic for me playing with in the crowd in her trademark these guys,” said McCartney, adding “I dark shades and black hat. found myself in the middle of a Nirvana Their son Sean Lennon, who reunion and I was very happy.” bears a striking resemblance to his The Recording Academy’s “The slain father with his glasses and Night that Changed America: A unkempt hair, danced respectfully Grammy Salute to The Beatles” will next to his mother. Olivia Harrison, pay homage to the Fab Four’s February the widow of fellow late Beatle 1964 performances on the “Ed Sullivan George Harrison, and the wives of Show,” which is credited with launch- McCartney and Starr were also in ing rock music’s so-called British attendance at the Staples Center Invasion. in Los Angeles. With McCartney at the piano and Starr, sporting a red-and-black Starr at his drums on Sunday night polka dot shirt, also separately per- — in a surprise reunion — the two formed the song “Photograph.” played a new song, “Queenie Eye,” a Ono and Harrison later took the catchy tune that hearkened back to stage to present the Grammy for the Beatles’ trademark hits. It was only album of the year, which went to the fourth time they had performed French electro duo Daft Punk for together on stage since a 2002 concert “Random Access Memories.” to honour the late George Harrison. Joining in presenting the award, John Lennon’s widow, Yoko Ono, and The show featured other eye-pop- The final performance by Nine singer Alicia Keys noted that past son Sean Lennon were in the crowd ping collaborations, including the Inch Nails, Queens of the Stone Grammys for best album went in dancing along on Sunday. unlikely pairing of rockers Metallica Age, Grohl and Fleetwood Mac’s 1973 to George Harrison’s “The Kicking off the three-and-a-half- with acclaimed Chinese pianist Lang Lindsey Buckingham hit a sour note Concert for Bangladesh,” which hour show, Beyonce and rapper hus- Lang. as CBS rolled the end credits over raised funds for the war-torn new band Jay Z sang “Drunk in Love,” her Other performers included a who’s the music. country, and to John Lennon and first public performance since her who of music’s finest, ranging from Nine Inch Nails lead Trent Reznor Yoko Ono for “Double Fantasy,” self-titled album in December, a game- Katy Perry and Robin Thicke to vet- later sent out a tweet with the words released just before Lennon’s mur- changer in the music industry for its erans Carole King -- who played a duet “Music’s biggest night ... to be disre- der in 1980. stealth release. with Sara Bareilles -- and Madonna spected.” Agencies 4 PLUS | TUESDAY 28 JANUARY 2014 CAMPUS

MES students Students from Boys Wing explaining their project to the Chief Guest organise rally

o make teaching beyond the classroom walls and make learning more lively and practical, MES CBSE-i presented a colourful programme Pakistani journalist visits PEC Tduring the morning assembly recently on the theme “Save air and Water”. It was presented by students of Grade I-VII. ohail Waraich, Pakistani jour- He also told the students that Speakers from Grade I-IV covered the issue by analysing data and nalist, author, television host while choosing books, they should presented the fact in a coherent manner. Youngsters also enacted a skit Sand analyst, visited Pakistan also read about subjects they do depicting the significance of air and water. Education Centre recently. not approve. Only then, they would To add vigour to the programme, a rally was organised by students of He toured the Science Exhibition develop unprejudiced and clearer Grade I-V (around 150 students), visiting sections of the school, holding and appreciated the hard work of understanding of the world. placards, posters and shouting slogans. The march was flagged off by the students. Waraich also talked about some Principal, Sasidharan A P, accompanied by the Vice Principal and Assistant Waraich addressed students in burning issues of Pakistan: econ- Head of Section. the Arbab Auditorium. omy, terrorism and education and The importance of air was shown through a colourful kite-flying session He advised them to increase said that the situation would get participated by students and teachers. their knowledge by listening to better soon. The programme ended with a mime enacted by students portraying the their elders and teachers, reading He received a souvenir from the importance of saving the precious gift of nature. books and exploring the Internet. Principal Raz Otho. The Peninsula The Peninsula

American School of Doha donates money to Syrian refugees

o raise awareness and money teachers and Hamid Moharar, Head of that they are positive, active global “Since the outbreak of the conflict, for Syrian refugees, Pre- the Corporate Resource Mobilisation - citizens. We are glad that we are col- we have been supporting the Syrian Tkindergarten (ages four and Resource Mobilization Department. laborating with Qatar Red Crescent to people with medical services and relief five) students at the American School The event was also attended by stu- support our endeavours due to their items. QRC has a mechanism of deliv- of Doha (ASD) created, packaged and dents, faculty, staff and employees from extensive knowledge and expertise in ering such services. The money raised sold playdough to donate funds to Qatar both organisations. assisting vulnerable communities.” will be used to provide the displaced Red Crescent. The Pre-K team from ASD com- Saad bin Shaheen Al Kaabi, QRC’s Syrian people inside Syria or on the The money raised through the project mented: “Even at the ages of four and Director of Resources Mobilisation borders, with some basic needs, such as was donated to Qatar Red Crescent in five, students at the American School of and Investment, expressed the soci- bed sheets, mattresses, pillows, heaters an assembly held on the ASD premises Doha are learning beyond the walls of ety’s deep sense of gratitude to ASD’s and winter clothing for children,” Al represented by ASD Pre-K students and the classroom and are demonstrating initiative. Kaabi said. The Peninsula MARKETPLACE PLUS | TUESDAY 28 JANUARY 2014 5 Focus Qatar health campaign begins

large audience gathered at the Apremises of Bhavan’s Public School in Matar Al Qadeem to witness the kickoff of Focus Qatar Campaign on Health — “H4D -Health in four Dimensions”. The conference urged the society to avoid deadly habits such as smoking, overeating, drug addition, stress, anger and other character flaws to keep the body and mind in healthy condition. Dr Salah Abdulla Al Yafee, head of Focus officials and guests at Health Education at Supreme Council the opening ceremony. of Health, inaugurated the campaign. He offered full cooperation from SCH for these kinds of noble deeds by Focus Dr Jafar Ajanoor from Hamad Ali Chalikkara, Askar Rahiman, distribution, Road shows at Malls and Qatar. Malabar Gold and Diamonds Medical Corporation and Doha-based Imtiyas Ahmed, Dr Nishan Purayil, Labour accommodations and a grand Regional Head Santhosh TV released scholar Siraj Iritty spoke on the dif- Thajuddeen Nallalam, Ashif Azees closing ceremony at the Qatar Sports the campaign booklet by giving to ferent dimensions of the health. A and Mahroof Arakkinar spoke on the Club as part of the one month cam- Abdulla Muhammed Ibrahim from short skit on the theme was staged occasion. paign. Ooredoo and Malabar Gold and Ooredoo. The booklet will be printed by Focus members. Focus Qatar CEO Focus Qatar has lined up a spectrum Diamonds are the official sponsors of in three languages — Arabic, English Muneer Ahmed presided over the of activities including Free Medical the campaign. and Malayalam. function. QIIC General-Secretary Camps, Awareness Classes, Booklet The Peninsula

Company officials at the function.

Company officials handing over a memento to the Indian Ambassador Sanjiv Arora (right). Ebn Sina Medical and Aamal Club Mahindra launched in Doha Medical celebrate family day ahindra Holidays & Resorts concept and we are pleased to be bn Sina Medical, a subsidi- best performers from each depart- India Ltd (MHRIL), a part here catering to the NRI’s.” ary of Aamal, held its annual ment in Ebn Sina Medical and Mof the leisure and hospital- Sanjay Saini, the Director of Efamily day for more than Aamal Medical received certifi- ity sector of the $16.2bn multina- Footprint Marketing, emphasised 250 staff members and family from cates and gifts from Sheikh Faisal, tional Mahindra Group, has launched the importance of reliable service both Ebn Sina Medical and Aamal to acknowledge their achievements. its flagship brand Club Mahindra brands from India in the lives of Medical. The event was to show Overall, 36 staff were honoured – 22 Holidays in Qatar. expatriates, and how the connect Sheikh Faisal bin Qassim Al Thani’s from Ebn Sina Medical and 14 from Footprint Marketing is the fran- with these companies need to be appreciation of the staff’s efforts Aamal Medical. chisee of MHRIL in Qatar. made stronger. and their continued contribution Staff and their families also took Sanjiv Arora, the ambassador of “As part of our expansion strategy, to the companies’ success. part in a presentation outlining the India to Qatar, was the chief guest last year we embarked our reach to Held at Sheikh Faisal bin Qassim companies’ plans to expand business at the launch function and lauded other GCC countries through fran- al Thani’s museum in Al Shahaniya, and double market growth in the the effort of Footprint Marketing chisee channel. Today we feel proud 20km outside Doha, the family day upcoming year. for bringing Club Mahindra brand and honoured to enter Qatar market, began with a guided tour around the Dr Samy Hanna, Acting General to Doha. whose per capita income is highest museum and was followed by out- Manager of Ebn Sina Medical, said: Club Mahindra Holidays has a in the world and one of the fastest door activities including a friendly “Our staff is a key asset to the suc- fast growing customer base of over growing economy in the world and football match. cess of our business and this family 163,000 members and 41 resorts at as well in sync with the vision of Sheikh Faisal bin Qassim Al day is a good opportunity for us to some of the most exotic locations in Qatar to diversify beyond oil, giving Thani, Chairman of both Al Faisal reward them and their families for India and abroad, including Dubai. high standard of living and promot- Holding and Aamal Company, and their commitment throughout the Chief Sales Officer for Club ing tourism,” said Pankaj Agarwal, members of Ebn Sina Executive year. Through their ongoing hard Mahindra, India, Rohit Malik, said: Head Customer Acquisition, Middle Committee and management work, Ebn Sina Medical will con- “Qatar with its eminent Indian East for Club Mahindra. hosted a gala dinner for staff and tinue to grow its market share in diaspora will benefit from the The Peninsula their families in the evening. The Qatar.” The Peninsula 6 PLUS | TUESDAY 28 JANUARY 2014 HOSPITALITY Diva Lounge Spa opens branch at The Gate Mall

iva Lounge Spa opened its robust growth and women are playing an third Branch at the Gate Mall increasingly important role in this devel- Din West Bay. Diva Lounge Spa opment. As such professional women face was founded in 2006 with the mission of a lot of challenges which makes them providing women in Qatar with a holis- feel overwhelmed and stressed. Spas like tic approach to wellness based on relax- Diva Lounge Spa allow women to enjoy ing treatments that balance the body, relaxing treatments that compete with relax the mind and revive the soul. those treatments offered by five star Group Spa Manager of Diva Lounge spas but at a competitive price. We con- Spa, Sophia Tamong commented: gratulate the Diva Lounge Spa team on “Women nowadays struggle to main- the opening of the new branch and wish tain a balance between their personal them more success”. and professional lives. They are in great “We are delighted to welcome Diva need to allocate some “ME Time” to Lounge Spa to the Gate Mall. The spa relax and take care of themselves. will offer a range of services that are To help women in Qatar overcome guaranteed to pamper our lady shop- tenant mix of high end brands and top Demashqui, a fitness lounge, a nail life’s daily stress and rejuvenate, Diva pers and guests leaving them totally quality services,” commented the mall lounge and a hair lounge. It also Lounge Spa offers a range of services invigorated and revitalized. Luxuriously management includes a relaxation room where cus- that balance the body, mind and soul.” designed with a menu of relaxing treat- Diva Lounge Spa at The Gate Mall tomers can relax after their treatments Aisha Al Fardan, commented: “The ments, we believe Diva Lounge Spa comprises of four treatment rooms to enjoy the signature ginger tea. State of Qatar continues to witness is the perfect addition to our unique including a VIP Room, a Hammam The Peninsula

Special menu at Chi’Zen for year of the Horse

hi‘Zen at the Oryx Rotana Doha will usher in the year of the Horse on January 31. The Crestaurant is offering a Chinese New Year menu. “Guests are invited to ring in the Year of the Horse in true Oriental style with a sumptuous four course set menu at QR199 per person. Chef Eddie Burburan and his team have created a range of dishes that include delicacies associated with traditional Chinese New Year dining,” said a statement issued by the restaurant. The menu comprises of treats like Salmon Yeu Sheng, Whole Steam Fish served with traditional superior sauce, Cantonese Soya Chicken with Ginger Sauce, Fukien Braised Beef and Yeung Chow fried rice, to name a few. The dessert offering is the traditional Pan fried Chinese New Year Sticky Rice cake. The Peninsula

Radisson Blu ties up with This Works for guest amenities

adisson Blu announced a new cream in select hotels. The line features partnership with This Works, an uplifting signature fragrance, con- Rthe natural product line cre- taining the revitalizing effects of green ated by Kathy Phillips, Creative mandarin and rosemary. Director of Condé Nast Asia and a Kathy Phillips describes InTransit leading beauty and health expert. as “an invaluable group of multi- Available exclusively at Radisson Blu tasking essentials that are versatile, hotels and resorts around the world, hard-working, reliable, luxurious and the new guest amenity line, titled In natural.” Transit, pays homage to the lifestyle “Radisson Blu continually strives of the conscious traveller. to provide its guests with an upscale The In Transit range of products international hotel experience, and includes a reviving shower gel, shampoo guest amenities are an important part around the world,” said Rose Kutzli, – responsibly. Our guests will be and rebalancing conditioner, as well as of it. This Works was a natural fit. The vice president, Branding, Radisson Blu. rewarded with this beautiful promise shower cap and vanity kits. Radisson incredibly bold vision of Kathy Phillips “This Works’ vision is to deliver as they indulge at any Radisson Blu Blu will also provide additional indul- is now brought to our guests at our iconic solutions for modern beauty hotel or resort, near or far.” gences like bath salts and healing hand more than 270 Radisson Blu hotels needs, drawing upon nature’s laboratory The Peninsula FOOD PLUS | TUESDAY 28 JANUARY 2014 7

• 8 cups oil,for deep frying RECIPE CONTEST WINNER Ingredients: sweet and sour sauce • 1/2 cup white vinegar • 2/3 cup tomato sauce Malaysian Style Sweet • 2 tbsp soy sauce • 1/2 cup sugar and Sour Hamour • 1 tsp salt • 1 cup water Ingredients: • 2 tbs cornflour • 1 piece of medium size cleaned Hamour (around 300-400grams) Method: • 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder Combine sweet and sour sauce ingredients and bring to • 1/4 teaspoon salt boil,stirring constantly. • Cooking oil for frying To prepare batter, gradually add 1 1/cups water to self -rais- • 1/4 cup chili ketchup ing flour, then mix in 55ml oil. Marinate fish with salt, pepper, • 1/2 cup tomato ketchup sesame oil and little water. Heat 8 cups oil in a wok. Reduce Theme Nights: • 2 tablespoons oyster sauce heat for deep frying. Sundays - Turf Steak Night dinner buffet • 4 pieces shredded onion Coat fillets individually with batter, put in to wok separately @ QR 250 The theme for this • 3 pieces shredded garlic and deep fry until golden serve with sweet and sour sauce. Mondays - Sushi Boutique @ QR 225 week is Egg. • 1/2 cube sliced carrot Shabi Fahmy Tuesdays - Asian Flavours dinner buffet (Send in your recipe with ingredients in metric • 1/2 seedless, cube sliced cucumber @ QR 225 measurements). Winner will • 1 seedless, cube sliced tomato Wednesdays - Italian Night @ QR 225 Hamour Tikka receive a dinner voucher. • A slice of cube sliced pineapple Thursdays - Phoenician Night dinner buffet To claim your prize • 1/2 cup of water Ingredients: @ QR 235 call 44557837. Fridays - Barbecue Night @ QR 195 Method: • 500g hamour fillets (without skin) • 2 tbsp lemon juice Saturdays - Surf Seafood Night dinner buffet The Hamour: • 1 ½ tsp red chili powder @ QR 260 Mix turmeric powder, a pinch of salt and some water until • 1 tsp turmeric Friday Brunch: 12:30pm - 4pm at QR 275 or QR 250 with soft drinks become like paste. • ¾ cups of rice powder Saturday Brunch: 12:30pm - 3:30pm at QR 250 or QR 225 with soft drinks Rub all around the hamour and fry it in hot cooking oil • 1 ½ tbsp Kokum pulp until it become golden and looks crispy. Peninsula Plus • ½ tsp garlic ginger paste Remove the hamour and keep aside. PO BOX 3488, Doha, • ½ oil The gravy: • 1 tbsp coriander leaves (chopped) [email protected], Heat some oil in a wok, fry onion and garlic until smell • Salt to taste [email protected] comes. Add tomato ketchup, chili ketchup and oyster sauce and stir for a while. Method: Add water, carrot, cucumber, pineapple and tomato. Clean and wash fillets. Drain onto absorbent paper and set Add some salt and keep the gravy on fire until it become • 75 ml coconut milk. aside. thick. Pour the gravy on top of the hamour. • 100 gms bean sprouts. Combine the ginger garlic paste, salt, lemon juice, red chili Ainuddin A Hadi • Salt to taste. powder, turmeric powder, kokum pulp and then mix well. • Oil, for frying. Take a big container and put the fillet pieces in it, pour the marinade on top and nicely coat the pieces. Cover the container Method: with a lid and refrigerate to marinate for 2hrs. Season hamour and shallow fry. Hamour Cakes Take rice powder salt and mix them well in another plate. Dip Put on hot plate. Sauté onion, garlic and ginger in the same pan, add curry paste and bean the fillets in this so the mixture is on the both sides of the fillets. Ingredients sprouts, stir a little while adding coconut milk. Remove pan from fire. Heat a pan and put in the oil. Fry the fillets. Broil them until they Place a cup of rice in the centre of a plate, top with hamour and pile the vegetable mixture • 450g skinned hamour are lightly browned on both sides. Then serve hot. over it. Serve Hot. • 2 potatoes, peeled, boiled and coarsely mashed Rao Dwarapudi Naeem Pervaiz • 4 spring onions finely chopped • 4 fresh green chilies, finely chopped • 5cm piece fresh root ginger, crushed Baked Hamour Curry Leaves Red Hamour • Few chopped coriander • Mint springs, chopped Ingredients: Ingredients: • 2 eggs • 680g hamour fillet • 500g whole Red hamour (2 baby hamours), scaled and dressed • Bread crumbs for coating • ¾ tsp salt • 2 teaspoon kashmiri chili powder • Salt and ground black pepper to taste • ¼ tsp turmeric powder • 1 teaspoon turmeric powder • ¾ tsp cumin powder • 1 teaspoon ginger-garlic paste Method: • 2 clove garlic finely chopped • 1 teaspoon dry chili flakes Place the skinned fish in a lightly greased steamer and steam • ¾ tsp pepper powder • 1 teaspoon cumin powder gently until cooked. Remove the steamer from the hob but leave • 1 ½ tsp oil • 2 teaspoon black peppercorns the fish on the steaming tray until cool. • 2 ¼ tsp fresh lemon juice • ½ tsp garam masala powder When the fish is cool, crumble it coarsely into a large bowl, • ½ tsp fenugreek powder using a fork. Mix in the mashed potatoes, spring onions, chilies, Method: • 1 teaspoon oil, plus more for shallow frying crushed ginger, chopped coriander and mint, and one of the Place fish fillet in a bowl. Sprinkle with salt ,pepper, turmeric • 3 tablespoon lemon juice eggs. Season to taste with salt and pepper. and cumin powder tossing to coat well. Cover and marinated for • salt, to taste Shape into cakes. Beat the remaining egg and dip the cakes 20 minutes at room temperature. • handful curry leaves ground into paste in it, then coat with breadcrumbs. Heat the oil and fry the Preheat oven to 200C, coat the bottom of the baking dish with • handful curry leaves chopped fine cakes until golden brown on all sides. Serve with the lemon oil. Place the fish in a single layer, pour the marinade over it. wedges and chili sauce. Bake uncovered for 25 minutes, the fish should be firm to touch. Method: Poonam Tawde Fish is ready when it easily flakes with a fork. Sprinkle with Rinse the fish with lemon juice and water, pat dry. Make horizontal gashed on both sides lemon juice and serve hot. and set aside. Sabira Mohamed Crush peppercorns to a fine powder in a coffee grinder, transfer to a small bowl. Tip in chili Deep Fried Hamour Fillet with powder, turmeric, chili flakes, ginger-garlic paste, cumin powder, fenugreek powder, lemon Sweet and Sour Sauce Ginger Coconut Hamour juice, curry leaves paste, 1 teaspoon oil and then combine well with a bit of water to form a thick, smooth paste. Season with salt. Ingredients: Ingredients: Coat both sides of the fish with this mixture, massaging some marinade into the stomach • 1-1/3 cups water • 180g hamour fillet. cavity as well. Let sit, at room temperature, for 30 minutes to allow the flavours to set in. • 125g self raising flour • 1 cup boiled rice. Store any remaining marinade, covered, in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks. • 55ml oil • 1 clove garlic, crushed. In a large non-stick frying pan, heat oil over medium-low heat. Add half of the curry leaves • 500g hamour fish fillet, cut into 5cm strips • 1 small onion, sliced. and place fish over it, then sprinkle the rest of the curry leaves over the top. Shallow fry for • 1/teaspoon sesame oil • 1-inch piece ginger,cut into strips about 4 minutes each side or until cooked through and the fish flakes easily when tested with • 2 tsp pepper • 1 tsp red curry paste. a fork. Remove with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towels. Serve with a squeeze of lemon. Rafeeq 8 PLUS | TUESDAY 28 JANUARY 2014 ENTERTAINMENT PLUS | TUESDAY 28 JANUARY 2014 9

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Roberts makes surprise visit at Grammy’s 3 Idiots nominated

ctress Julia Roberts made a surprise for Japan awards Avisit at the 56th Annual Grammy amir Khan-starrer 3 Idiots Awards to welcome legendary Beatles musi- Ahas been nominated for the cians Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr to 37th Japan Academy Awards in the stage. the best Outstanding Foreign The 46-year-old sported a low-cut lacy Language Film category. black mini dress, which she had paired with Directed by Rajkumar Hirani, high-heeled pumps, at the awards gala at the Oscars 2014: the movie, which released in Staples Center, reports eonline.com. India on December 23, 2009, was American Hustle star Jeremy Renner too a blockbuster. It also featured attended the show and introduced a per- Sharman Joshi, R Madhavan and formance by Merle Haggard, Blake Shelton, The fine art of winning Kareena Kapoor. Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson. According to the awards’ official website, 3 Idiots, mentioned as I’m sure, go well, has been nominated with international movies like Captain Phillips, Django Unchained, Gravity and Les Miserables. The movie, which criticised the education system in India without being too preachy, released in Japan in June 2013. in the Shell The Japan Academy Awards is an annual award ceremony established Sanders to direct Ghost in 1978 by the Nippon Academy Award Association. The 37th Japan Academy Prize will take place on March 7 at the Grand here are only two things you Picture Arts and Sciences (Ampas, (from 2001: A Space Odyssey to Avatar) four Oscar statuettes — although all Prince Hotel New Takanawa in Tokyo. really need to know about which was founded to “mediate labour has gone before. of Hepburn’s awards were in the best ollywood director Rupert Sanders has the Academy Awards: that disputes and improve the industry’s Most problematically, the Oscars actress category (albeit one of them Hreportedly been roped in to helm the Citizen Kane didn’t win the image”) and voted for by members of have also been slow to adapt to social being a tie with Barbara Streisand), big screen adaptation of Masamune Shirow’s Oscar for best picture, and that institution who are (for obvious change, with a phalanx of white, while Streep’s first win, for Kramer vs classic sci-fi Japanese comic Ghost in the thatT Driving Miss Daisy did. reasons) largely American. Remember, English-speaking, middle-aged men Kramer, was a supporting actress vic- Shell. As we approach the 86th Academy in the entire history of the Oscars, no too often dominating the major awards tory. Nevertheless, despite her extraor- Don’t write me off: Neil Nitin Mukesh Known for his directorial venture The Awards, it’s worth remembering those movie presented in any language other categories. In 1974, Julia Phillips became dinary run of awards, Streep remains Snow White and the Huntsman, the direc- two sobering facts, which perfectly than English has ever won the award the first woman to receive an Oscar a best actress outsider this year, with ear 2013 wasn’t the best for Neil tor has teamed up with the DreamWorks encapsulate the inherent foolishness for best film — something that speaks for best picture as one of the produc- not even Gravity’s Sandra Bullock (who YNitin Mukesh. Three of his films - for the adaptation, reports online magazine of gong ceremonies in general, and volumes about their myopic outlook. ers of The Sting, while in 1977 Lina previously won a best actress Oscar for David, 3G and Shortcut Romeo led to many Deadline. the Oscars in particular. Ask any film It doesn’t help that the foreign lan- Wertmuller became the first woman to The Blind Side) seeming able to chal- thinking that he has exhausted his career Created by Masamune Shirow, Ghost fan how seriously you should take the guage film category, introduced in the be nominated for best director, for her lenge Cate Blanchett’s eye-opening turn opportunities, but the handsome actor in the Shell was first published in 1989 by Academy Awards, and chances are they 29th year of the Oscars (a nickname work on Seven Beauties — one of only in Woody Allen’s Blue Jasmine. says he’s just six years old in the indus- Kodansha, one of the largest publishing will point you toward the best director not officially adopted by the academy four women to be nominated in that In the other categories, I’d love to try and he shouldn’t be written off just companies in Japan. The comic was famously adapted as an animated category, where the roll call of winners until 1939) to widen the outlook of the category to date. Indeed, it wasn’t until see supporting actor/actress awards for like that. film in 1995, and later as the acclaimed Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone signally omits Charlie Chaplin, Buster awards, boasts a convoluted selection 2010 that Kathryn Bigelow finally broke Barkhad Abdi and Lupita Nyong’o, both “Please don’t make the mistake of Complex TV series. Keaton, Orson Welles, Howard Hawks, process (each “foreign” country can the gender mould in the best director outstanding in their first movie roles writing me off,” said the well-spoken Neil, It centres around a cyborg police officer living in the near future and Stanley Kubrick, Jane Campion, David submit only one movie per year) that category, winning the Oscar for the Iraq in Captain Phillips and 12 Years a Slave who turned 32 on January 15. explores the concept of consciousness and humanity. Lynch, Spike Lee and (most famously) has long been a source of controversy. war drama The Hurt Locker, an extraor- respectively. Both have a good chance of The fact that his three back-to-back The Reluctant Fundamentalist fame William Wheeler is writing the Alfred Hitchcock — something that This year, for example, the French hit dinarily tense and visceral thriller. winning but, as always with the Oscars, films bombed at the box office in a year script, while Avi Arad, Ari Arad and Steven Paul are co-producing it. seems to suggest that, over the years, Blue Is the Warmest Colour was excluded This year may see another first — if there’s no such thing as a dead cert. full of big screen gems triggered specula- Meanwhile, Sanders is also involved with other projects 90 Church, Oscar voters (whose average age is from Oscar eligibility on the grounds 12 Years a Slave director Steve McQueen Oscar campaigning is a ruthless busi- tion on his box office status and future Juliet and, The Kill List. If the reports are to be believed, he will also helm about 142) haven’t been the best judges that it didn’t open in its home country achieves victory in either the best film ness, and in the weeks leading up to in cinema. But he laughs off speculation a biopic on French military leader Napoleon Bonaparte. of cinematic brilliance. before September 2013, despite winning or best director category, then he will the ceremony, the gloves come off and about his exit from movies. Even when they get it right, it’s often the coveted Palme d’Or at the Cannes be the first black film-maker to do so in everything is up for grabs. “Tell me, which showbiz personality for the wrong reason — or film. Having film festival back in May. As a result, the entire 86-year history of the Oscars. Of course, in the end, it doesn’t really doesn’t face ups and downs in his career? been overlooked for decades, Martin France was not allowed to put the film If I were a betting man, I’d say that 12 matter who wins; the Oscars are, as we My grandfather, the great singer Mukesh was out of work for five years Scorsese finally earned a best director forward as its official Oscar contender; Years has the edge over both Gravity have seen, an essentially frivolous side- until the songs of ‘Kabhi Kabhi’ brought him back with a bang. People Amber Heard dictates Johnny Depp? statuette at the 79th Academy Awards it could do so next year, but by then, its and American Hustle for best picture, show, the petty foibles and prejudices of want to portray me as a poor loser? So be it. Let them be happy at my for The Departed — a decent film, sure moment may well have passed. It will, but when it comes to best director, the which have little or nothing to do with expense,” he said. ctress Amber Heard reportedly makes enough, but hardly on a par with Mean however, compete at the British acad- bookies seem to be backing Alfonso the art of great movie-making. If I look Neil knows he doesn’t sell as a solo hero. “Sure, I did three solo-hero Aall the decisions in her relationship Streets, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull or emy awards (Baftas) in three weeks’ Cuaron as the current favourite (for back at my own favourite films from films in 2013. But ensemble casts have never been a problem for me. If with actor Johnny Depp. Goodfellas, all of which had earned him time, where it has a very strong chance Gravity) — only the second Mexican the past 20 years (David Cronenberg’s they were a problem, I wouldn’t have done New York with John Abraham The 27-year-old is the woman who has umpteen international trophies (Baftas, of going home with the award for “best film-maker to be named in that cat- Crash and A History of Violence; Michel or Players with Abhishek Bachchan. The character, and not footage or finally tamed her The Rum Diary co-star, Cannes awards etc) while leaving him film not in the English language”. egory, following Alejandro Gonzales Gondry’s Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless billing is my thing. In Players, I took on the role of a sleazy villain. Which say her friends. beaten to the punch at the Oscars. Other Oscar bugbears include the Inarritu’s nomination for Babel in Mind; Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s other leading man would do that?” “Amber has called the shots since day When he finally got up on the stage fact that no animated film has ever tri- 2006. Other bookies’ favourites include Labyrinth; Tomas Alfredson’s Let the Besides, he has no regrets about being a part of his three under-per- one, dictating when they went public, for to receive his award for The Departed, umphed in the best picture category, Matthew McConaughey as best actor Right One In; Lynne Ramsay’s We Need forming films in 2013. “Bejoy Nambiar’s David is a film I will be proud example. She’s half his age and that’s part Scorsese’s first comment was: “Could despite early honorary recognition for for Dallas Buyers Club, a role for which to Talk About Kevin) it’s notable how of for as long as I live. So what if it didn’t work? My performance was of why he’ll do whatever she wants in order you double-check the envelope?” Walt Disney, who transformed the face he failed to be nominated at the Baftas few of them have troubled the Oscars’ deeply satisfying to me. Then, 3G was a horror film. I had never attempted to keep her,” contactmusic.com quoted a The best way to deal with the Oscars of the animated feature film with Snow (the film was eligible, but overlooked), best picture category. When it comes that genre before and I think it didn’t lose any money for its producers. source as saying. is to accept them for what they are; White and the Seven Dwarfs back in the where Chiwetel Ejiofor now seems sure to awards, I’ll look elsewhere for my “As for Shortcut Romeo, it was designed as a massy film with plenty of “He has definitely toned down his behav- a glittering, back-slapping knees-up 1930s. Science-fiction films too have tra- to triumph on 16 February. movie steers. oomph and music. Bad marketing did the film in,” he said in his analysis iour since he started dating Amber. He acts designed to make Hollywood feel good ditionally been snubbed by Oscar, their In the best actress category, Meryl None of which means you can’t have and added: “I know it’s easy to look for scapegoats and do post-mortems like a mature and charming man now,” said about itself. Make no mistake, for all awards tending to congregate around Streep has already broken another fun with the Academy Awards; merely, about unsuccessful films. But I genuinely feel I didn’t make a mistake another source. their international prominence, the the categories disparagingly referred to Oscar record this year, extending her that you should accept them for what with my films so far”. Depp, 50, has daughter Lily-Rose, 14, and Oscars have never been a truly global as “technicals” — suggesting that there list of nominations to 18, the most they are. “Look, I am only six years old in the film industry. And I’ve worked son Jack, 11, with former partner Vanessa celebration of cinema (in the same way is something less artistically creative Academy nods achieved by any per- At least we have Ellen DeGeneres back-to-back with nine national award winning directors. Now it’s time Paradis. He is said to have popped the question to Heard recently. that US baseball’s World Series is not a about conjuring eye-boggling images former to date. If she wins for her doing the hosting honours this year, a for me to work with the newer directors,” he said. sporting event that involves any part of from thin air than acting, writing or role in the screen adaptation of Tracy relief after the toe-curling embarrass- His forthcoming films Ishqeria and Dussehra are with new directors the world other than North America). directing. If Gravity triumphs in the Letts’s savage stage-play August: Osage ment of Seth MacFarlane, one of the and he is aware he needs to “buck up”. On the contrary, the Oscars are run Oscars’ best film category this year, it County, she will equal Katharine resounding low points of Oscar history. by the US-based Academy of Motion will have boldly gone where no sci-fi film Hepburn’s long-standing record of The Guardian 10 PLUS | TUESDAY 28 JANUARY 2014 INTERNET

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Robotic device to heal bruised muscles

orget the lingering and painful physical Ftherapy, your dormant ankle muscles can now regain life through a robotic device. Called robo-ankle, the device built by sci- entists at Carnegie Mellon University in the US can also assist people with more serious neuromuscular disorders like cerebral palsy and multiple sclerosis, said a report pub- lished in the New Scientist magazine. “The device was originally meant for Making music videos people with long-term conditions while it could also be used by those recovering from injury,” said Yong-Lae Park, assistant pro- fessor at the robotics institute at Carnegie helps young cancer Mellon University in the US. “The device could be used for short-term ankle rehabilitation as well, for example patients connect muscle training and exercise after cast or splint removal,” he added. Park and his colleagues built robo-ankle using soft plastics and composite materials, rather than a rigid exoskeleton. The orthotic device includes pneu- matic artificial muscles, small sensors and advanced control software to mimic the muscles, tendons and ligaments of the lower leg. The artificial muscles are controlled by By Genevra Pittman compressed air and circuits, which move Half were randomly assigned the findings suggest the video the wearer’s foot through a series of exercise to work with the therapist on project helped build on young movements designed to strengthen weak orking with a making a music video — writ- people’s internal resources and muscles and improve the ankle’s range of therapist to cre- ing lyrics, recording a song and improve their self-confidence. motion while the patient is sitting, added ate music videos selecting art — and the others “It’s not so much the can- the report. Wmay help young listened to audiobooks instead. cer that stresses them, it’s the Future incarnations of the device may cancer patients feel better about The music video programme fallout,” Zebrack, from the even allow for people to wear the device themselves and their situation, a was designed so that young peo- University of Michigan in Ann while going about their daily life. new study suggests. ple would be most involved in the Arbor, said. ”Controlling the device using the wearer’s Teenagers and young adults project at the beginning and end, “One of the biggest challenges motion or muscle intention is our ongoing who made the videos reported and have less demanding parts they face is the social isolation. an future work,” Park was quoted as saying. feeling more supported by family to work on while their symptoms Having to spend a lot of time and friends and coped with their were at their worst. at home, not being able to be cancer in more positive ways. “It really targeted them writ- with their friends for a lot of Even light exercises “They’re going through an ing, having an opportunity time. The disruption of cancer experience that their peers don’t to write about what’s impor- comes at a time in life when that have health benefits really understand a lot of times,” tant to them,” said co-author type of social interaction is so ven light exercises like sitting on a bal- Joan Haase said. She worked Sheri Robb, also from Indiana important.” Eance ball, playing a musical instrument on the study at the Indiana University. But, he added, “We know that and gardening have a lot of heath benefits, University School of Nursing in “A lot of these kids as they’re most people bounce back. Most a study suggests. Indianapolis. “There’s a lot of going through treatment, they people are resilient.” People who do such exercises have favour- issues that they deal with.” tend to not talk about these Zebrack, who was not involved able insulin and triglyceride (blood fat) lev- Finding a way to express their things,” Robb said. in the new research, said the els than those who spend the day sitting on feelings — and share how they At the end of the study, young benefits of working with a music the couch, the study, published in the journal feel with people around them — people in the music video group therapist are likely to extend to Preventive Medicine, said. might help them work through could invite their family and young people with any kind of “Replace sedentary activities with light- those issues, the researchers friends to a video premiere. cancer, not just those receiving intensity activities such as pacing back and found. The researchers found that stem cell transplants. forth when on the phone, standing at your They studied 113 young peo- directly after making the vid- Music therapists are increas- desk periodically instead of sitting and hav- ple, ages 11 to 24, who were being eos, young people were coping ingly considered part of standard ing walking meetings instead of sit-down treated for cancer with intra- with their cancer in a posi- care at children’s hospitals, the meetings,” Paul Loprinzi, assistant profes- venous infusions of stem cells. tive, optimistic way more often researchers noted. sor at Bellarmine University in the US, was Most of them had leukemia or than those who had listened to But most people in their late quoted as saying. lymphoma. audiobooks. A few months after teens and 20s with cancer are Although these light exercises may not The preparation for those treatment, they felt more sup- treated in private oncology be as beneficial to your health as vigorous infusions is gruelling. First, port from doctors, friends and groups, which typically don’t activities are, they are still “much better patients have to go through family and reported a better have a social worker or therapist than lying on the couch, watching TV”, chemotherapy or radiation to family environment than the on staff, according to Zebrack. said Bradley Cardinal, co-director of the wipe out cancerous cells. During other patients, based on their “The big challenge is how we sport and exercise psychology programme the treatments, their immune responses on questionnaires. can move this type of interven- at Oregon State University. systems become very weak and Making a music video didn’t tion from the hospitals and the For their study, the researchers analysed they can be in the hospital for affect young people’s distress academic treatment centers out information from more than 5,500 US adults weeks at a time, with symptoms related to their illness, how- into the community and out into who wore accelerometers to record their like nausea and mouth sores. ever, or their use of more nega- the places where more young movements. All of the patients in the study tive coping mechanisms, the adults are treated,” he said. Agencies met with a music therapist six researchers wrote in Cancer. SOURCE: bit.ly/1jJpr1Q Cancer, times over about three weeks Brad Zebrack, who has studied online January 27, 2014. while they were in the hospital. adolescent cancer survivors, said Reuters 12 PLUS | TUESDAY 28 JANUARY 2014 TECHNOLOGY Why Google’s $3.2bn purchase of Nest Labs makes sense

By Barry Ritholtz it is for a company to lose its grip on its a huge winner, giving Google a dominant Most of Google’s home primary market. This is especially true position in online video. Variety reported he best defense is a good technologies have for dominant firms that grew complacent that the video division grossed $5.6bn offense,” goes the saying. — like Kodak, Microsoft and BlackBerry. in ad revenue in 2013. (Google’s stock The question of offense or failed to catch on in a I credit Google for having the foresight price increase after the announcement “Tdefense has been on my major way. The Android@ to identify threats to its main business of of the YouTube deal paid for the $1.65bn mind since Google acquired Nest Labs selling advertising against search results. purchase). for the eye-popping sum of $3.2bn. Home platform didn’t, and The potential loss of market share in the Motorola Mobility — another pricey If you look at this purchase solely from mobile space led them to the Android purchase at $12bn — was a clever pat- the perspective of an investor, it seems the Nexus Q streaming acquisition. That gave Google a foot- ent acquisition; it has mostly insulated quite pricey. After all, this is a relatively media device has not set print in mobile, preventing it from hav- Google from countless mobile patent new start-up with modest revenue in a ing to play catchup like BlackBerry and infringement lawsuits. niche market of thermostats and smoke the world on fire. Don’t Microsoft did. Meanwhile, The Wall Street Journal detectors. From the perspective of those Lower-priced Android phones now reports that Nest Labs is selling 100,000 deploying capital in the expectation of a even ask about Chromecast have a dominant market share (and smart thermostats a month — a respect- return on investment, future gains are Dongle. Android tablets have a respectable share) able number for a start-up. likely to be paltry relative to the billions — even though neither is especially prof- Yes, $3.2bn is certainly a lot of money invested. itable versus Apple’s iPhone. However, to you or me, but it’s barely 5 percent But if you consider this from the so dominant that, according to a case they ensure that Google’s core search of Google’s cash. It’s a pittance relative perspective of a technology company study by Harvard Business School, in business has a growing footprint in the to its $388.8bn market cap. The risk to horrified at the prospect of becoming 1976 “Kodak controlled 90 percent of the mobile space. Google is not the cost of acquisitions such irrelevant, the acquisition looks very dif- film market and 85 percent of camera One can only imagine the conversa- as these, but the risk to its core business ferent. Rather than look at the costs of sales in the United States.” tions occurring in Mountain View today down the road of failing to do so. If the making an acquisition like this, consider Astoundingly, it was Kodak itself that had Google not made that Android “connected home” is a thing a few years the risk of failing to aggressively play developed the digital camera in 1975. purchase. Might the Nest Labs acquisi- hence, what new or existing company defense. History is replete with examples Fearing that digital photography would tion look like a similar no-brainer years might be doing to Google what Apple of tech firms that were marginalised by cannibalise its photographic film busi- hence? It has the potential to be, if not did to BlackBerry? new companies and technologies. ness, the company buried its own inven- quite as large as Android, then perhaps When big tech-driven firms make Indeed, some of the biggest strategic tion. That helped sales for the next nearly as important. acquisitions of this sort, they are doing errors have occurred in the past dec- decade or two, but, eventually, digital Most of Google’s home technologies so for very different purposes than inves- ade alone. The companies that ignored cameras came to dominate photography. have failed to catch on in a major way. tors do. They are acquiring engineering specific risks from the latest innova- Rather than own the future, they clung The Android@Home platform didn’t, and talent. They shave off years of research tions came to rue that decision. Think to the market share of the past. the Nexus Q streaming media device has and development with a known outcome, BlackBerry circa 2007 — it hardly It should surprise no one that Kodak not set the world on fire. Don’t even ask rather than a who-knows-what outcome thought of Apple’s newfangled touch- eventually filed for Chapter 11 bank- about Chromecast Dongle (whatever years down the road. screen iPhone as a threat to its core ruptcy protection. that is). Google’s founders have had a good eye business. Yet BlackBerry’s global market None of this has been lost on the While Google’s internal R&D has not for imagining what technologies will be share collapsed from nearly half of all founders of Google, with their dominant created the next YouTube (Google Plus, significant in the near future. No one smartphones sold in 2009 to less than 3 position in search. Their acquisitions and anyone?), it has put together a very good asked Google to develop self-driving cars, percent today. research and development actions sug- track record of acquisitions that enhance but it helped them with street views for Microsoft offers a similar cautionary gest that they are cognizant of how easy its core business. YouTube has grown into Google Maps. Nor was there a clamour tale. A monopoly market share combined for an alternative platform for mobile, with an arrogant CEO — Steve Ballmer but they turned this into a tremendous refused to let his kids have an iPod or asset and created competition in the use Google — left the software giant Google to buy artificial intelligence firm DeepMind space. The same can be said of purchases blindsided by threats to the core busi- oogle Inc said it had agreed to acquire privately held artificial intelligence in email security or local advertising or ness. Indeed, hubris led the makers of Gcompany DeepMind Technologies Ltd. even robotics. the world’s dominant operating system to Technology news website Re/code, which reported news of the deal earlier, Might Google be wrong that the con- miss or ignore many tech developments: said the price was $400m, without disclosing where it got the information. nected home is the next new thing? social networking, search, cloud comput- A Google spokesman declined to comment on the price. DeepMind rep- Certainly. Perhaps nothing of great value ing, smartphones, tablets, MP3 players, resentatives could not be immediately reached for comment. will develop from this purchase. But if user-generated content, blogging, micro- Founded in London in 2012 by Demis Hassabis, Shane Legg and Mustafa Larry Page and Sergey Brin believe this blogging (Twitter) and location-aware Suleyman, DeepMind uses general-purpose learning algorithms for applica- could be a significant technology, then apps. But it was Apple’s iPad (along tions such as simulations, e-commerce and games, according to its website. it is a small price for Google to pay to with other tablets such as those using Google, which is working on projects including self-driving cars and robots, ensure it participates in the integrated- Android) that became the biggest threat has become increasingly focused on artificial intelligence in recent years. smart-home market. to their basic Windows laptop/desktop In 2012, it hired Ray Kurzweil, considered one of the leading minds in If not, what’s $3bn to a $390bn com- PC business. the field, and in May it announced a partnership with NASA and several pany sitting on $55bn generating $5bn Perhaps the granddaddy of caution- universities to launch the Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab. Reuters per quarter in cash flow? Consider it a ary technology tales is Eastman Kodak. small insurance payment. 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LEARN ARABIC Reptiles and Insects

Serpent ouçban Scorpion Çaqrab Spider Çankaboot Cricket aroor Hoy en la Historia Locust Jarada January 28, 2010 Ant Namla Teenager Darlene Etienne was the last survivor pulled from the Beetle ounfousa rubble of Port-au-Prince 16 days after a massive earthquake ç = ‘a’ in ‘agh’ when surprised devastated the Haitian capital 814: Emperor Charlemagne, king of the Franks from 768-814, and often called the “Father of Europe”, died Baby Blues by Jerry Scott and Rick Kirkman 1939: Nobel prizewinning German chemist Otto Hahn revealed he had discovered how to split the atom 1944: General de Gaulle made his landmark appeal for a new relationship between France and black Africa 1997: In South Africa, five former police officers admitted killing black activist Steve Biko while in custody 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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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 solved like a normal Sudoku. ANSWER CINEMA / TV LISTINGS PLUS | TUESDAY 28 JANUARY 2014 15

SHOWING AT VILLAGGIO & CITY CENTER Ezhu Sundara Rathikal (2D/Malayalam) TEL: 444933989 444517001 – 2.15 & 10.30pm 13:30 European Tour 08:00 News 1 Weekly 09:00 Al Jazeera Jai – Ho (2D/Hindi) – 5.00 & 7.45pm 14:00 Omni Sport World 14:30 Transworld Sport 10:30 Inside Story 15:30 Nba Basketball, 11:30 The Stream The Nut Job (3D/Animation) – 2.30 & 6.15pm Minnesota @ 12:30 The Cure Chicago 13:00 NEWSHOUR Frozen (3D/Animation) – 4.15pm 17:30 Fa Cup 14:00 News Highlights 14:30 Inside Story 18:00 The Football 15:00 Orphans of the The Numbers Station (2D/Action) League Show Sahara 2 18:30 Spanish League, 16:00 NEWSHOUR – 8.00 & 9.45pm Real Socidad V 17:00 News MALL Elche 17:30 The Stream Devil’s Due (2D/Horror) – 11.30pm 20:15 Scottish League, 18:00 NEWSHOUR Hibernian V 19:00 News Celtic 19:30 Risking It All Devil’s Due (2D/Horror) – 3.00pm 22:00 Scottish League 20:00 News Highlights 20:30 Inside Story How I Live Now (2D/Drama) – 5.00pm 22:30 The Football 21:00 NEWSHOUR League Show 22:00 News 23:00 Copa Del Rey, 22:30 The Stream Ride Along (2D/Comedy) – 7.00pm Real Madrid V 23:00 Al Jazeera 3 Espanyol World The Legend Of Hercules (2D/Action) – 9.00 & 11.15pm 15:00 Fa Cup, Steve- 13:15 Ice Cold Gold Jai – Ho (2D/Hindi) – 2.30, 5.15 & 11.00pm nage V Everton 14:05 Border Security - 17:00 English Premier Series 6 Specials League Playlist 14:30 Auction Kings Ezhu Sundara Rathikal (2D/Malayalam) 18:00 Sports News 15:20 Alaska: The 1 18:15 English Premier Last Frontier – 8.00pm League Profile, 16:10 Fast N' Loud Cardiff 17:00 Ultimate Survival Justin & The Knights Valour (3D/Animation) 18:30 English Premier 19:30 Sons Of Guns League Football 21:10 Auction Kings – 2.30pm 20:30 English Premier 21:35 Baggage League Goals Battles Of The Season 22:00 Bear's Mission The Nut Job (3D/Animation) – 4.15pm 21:30 The Football Everest League Show 22:50 Driven To Frozen (3D/Animation) – 6.00pm 22:00 Fa Cup Extremes 2 Highlights 23:40 River Monsters LANDMARK Devil’s Due (2D/Horror) – 7.45pm The Numbers Station (2D/Action) 11:30 4 For Texas 13:00 My Dog Ate – 9.45 & 11.30pm 13:25 Invasion What? Quartet 15:00 World's How I Live Now (2D/Drama) – 3.00pm 15:05 All The Toughest Fixes Fine Young 16:00 Engineering Cannibals Connections The Legend Of Hercules (2D/Action) 17:00 Seven Women 17:00 World's Deadliest 18:30 Marlowe Animals – 5.00 & 9.00pm 20:25 North By 18:00 Lion Army 3 Northwest 20:00 Aftermath Ride Along (2D/Comedy) – 7.00pm 23:00 Splendor In 21:00 Raptor Force The Grass 23:00 World's Devil’s Due (2D/Horror) – 11.15pm Toughest Fixes Ezhu Sundara Rathikal (2D/Malayalam) 11:50 Return Of A 13:20 Swamp Brothers 13:00 Do Dil Bandhe Ek – 2.30 & 8.00pm 13:00 Shake It Up 14:30 2 Broke Girls Man Called 15:40 Wildest Africa Dori Se 14:10 Good Luck 15:00 Trophy Wife Horse 16:30 My Cat From Hell 1 14:00 Doli Armaano Ki Charlie 15:30 The Daily Show 13:55 The Raven 17:30 Wildest Islands Jai – Ho (2D/Hindi) – 5.30 & 11.00pm 14:30 Jodha Akbar 14:35 Dog With A Blog Global Edition 15:25 Clifford 18:25 Growing Up... 15:00 Snack Attack 15:00 Wolfblood 16:00 The Colbert 16:55 The 20:45 Nature's 16:00 Aur Pyaar Hogaya 16:10 Violetta The Nut Job (3D/Animation) – 2.30 & 6.15pm Report Global Organization Newborns 16:30 Qubool Hai 17:00 A.N.T. Farm Edition 18:45 Italian Movie 21:10 America's 17:00 Doli Armaano Ki 17:45 Gravity Falls 16:30 Two And A Half 20:20 Alphabet City Cutest Pets Frozen (3D/Animation) – 4.15pm 17:30 Pavitra Rishta 18:30 Good Luck Men 22:00 Walk Like A 22:05 Wildest Africa 18:00 Bollywood Charlie 17:00 Late Night With Man 23:55 Steve Irwin's ROYAL Business 18:55 Dog With A Blog 2 The Numbers Station (2D/Action) – 8.00pm Jimmy Fallon 23:25 The Boost Wildlife 18:30 Ek Mutthi 19:20 Violetta 18:30 Melissa & Joey Aasmaan 20:05 Jessie 19:00 The Crazy Ones PLAZA Devil’s Due (2D/Horror) – 9.45 & 11.30pm 19:00 Do Dil Bandhe Ek 20:30 My Babysitter's A 19:30 Trophy Wife Dori Se Vampire 20:00 The Tonight Show 19:30 Jodha Akbar 20:50 Wolfblood With Jay Leno 10:00 Another Stakeout 12:00 Gaturro Ride Along (2D/Comedy) – 3.00 & 11.15pm 20:00 Pavitra Rishta 21:15 Gravity Falls 21:00 The Daily Show 12:00 A Kiss For Jed 13:30 Eleanor's Secret 20:30 Sapne Suhane 21:40 Shake It Up With Jon Stewart Wood 14:45 The Land Ladakpan Ke 22:00 Austin And Ally 21:30 The Colbert How I Live Now (2D/Drama) – 5.00pm 14:00 Falling Star Before Time 21:00 Qubool Hai 22:25 A.N.T. Farm Report 16:00 Another Stakeout 16:00 Santa's Magic 21:30 Aur Pyaar Hogaya 22:50 Good Luck 22:00 Girls 3 18:00 Hit List Crystal The Legend Of Hercules (2D/Action) 22:00 Doli Armaano Ki Charlie 22:30 Family Guy 20:00 Superbad 18:00 Fly Away Home 22:30 Do Dil Bandhe Ek 23:10 Wizards Of 23:30 Late Night With 22:00 Jason Manford 22:00 The Land – 7.00 & 9.00pm Dori Se Waverly Place Jimmy Fallon Live 2011 Before Time 16 PLUS | TUESDAY 28 JANUARY 2014 POTPOURRI

Who’s who China’s ‘Big Stomach King’ Events in Qatar

Willaim Close eater hungers for more When: Jan 30-Feb 2, 8pm -10pm fter swallowing two dozen bowls said. Now he competes in a country Where: Drama Theater, building 16 of noodles, the surprisingly lean where 30 percent of the adult popula- Katara. man described as China’s “Big tion is overweight and nearly 13 percent What: World renowned installation artist A and musician and his unique, one of a kind Stomach King” had barely broken sweat considered obese, according to state-run and entirely original musical instruments. and announced his hunger for more. media. Willaim has created 100 types of “I can continue,” said Pan Yizhong, Pan realised that he had an eating tal- instruments. His work explores connection fragments of noodle visible at the edge ent when he took on a female Japanese between architecture and music. of his mouth, as challengers at an eating eater in 2006. Even though he lost, he Entry: QR75-QR100-QR200 competition fell away one by one in the consumed a mountain of noodles, fol- face of his relentless appetite. lowed by 36 sticky rice cakes. “Come on, Big Stomach King!” the “That was the moment I realised I Sarah Brightman In Concert When: Feb 9, 7pm-11pm Dr Mohammed Asad Shareef Al audience shouted at the event, held in could eat three kilograms of noodles,” Where: Qatar National Conventional Center Emadi, Group CEO, Doha Group a kung fu school, while its straggle- he said matter-of-factly. What: International superstar Sarah e has served as CEO of National bearded headmaster looked on. “Since then my ability has increased Brightman is the worlds biggest selling Leasing Holding and Group Once he passed the 25th bowl, there significantly, because I purposefully eat CEO of Barwa Real Estate Soprano. She pioneered the classical H were no more opponents and the cheers at self-service buffets.” crossover music movement and is famed Investment Company, Chief Investment fell away into awed silence. A former meat factory worker but for possessing a vocal range of over 3 Officer at Qatari Diar, as well as Visiting “The Big Stomach King is our hero,” now unemployed, he keeps in shape by octaves. Sarah has been the first to be Professor and Adjunct Professor at said Lu Nan, one of Pan’s defeated com- swimming in a river near his home. invited to perform at the Olympic Games California State University. He got his petitors. “He has magic powers.” “For us big stomach kings, you have on two occasions. Doctorate in Management from the Pan, 45, is the most celebrated expo- to use up a lot of calories, or you’ll get Entry: QR290 to QR1200 executive leadership programme at nent of the art of competitive eating fat,” he said. Before competitions he does in China -- although he says his gut- not eat for 24 hours, “so my stomach is the George Washington University, his Cinderella Ballet Master’s degree in Accounting from busting quest has cost him his marriage. empty, and I feel hungry”. When: Feb 5-Feb 8; two shows will be He has previously dispatched 147 China has a long history of big eaters, the University of St. Thomas, and his held per day: From 4 pm till 5 pm and 7pm dumplings in a single sitting and once with accounts of an 18th century min- Bachelor degree from the University of till 8pm polished off 40 bowls of noodles in 15 ister eating 36 bowls of rice in a contest Arizona. Dr Al Emadi holds a Certified Where: Katara Drama Theatre minutes. with an army general, while records say Public Accounting (CPA) from the What: Moscow State Academic Dance “I grew up in the time of the planned a legal official, Xu Ganxue, ate 50 bread California Board of Accountancy. Theatre “Gzhel’s” Cinderella is performed economy, when good food and meat was buns and 100 eggs in one sitting a cen- to the choreography of Konstantin only available on special occasions,” he tury earlier. AFP Sergeyev, under the revision of Natalia Permyakova. Tickets: QR50-QR75 (available at Virgin) IN FOCUS by Mohamed Nijas Souq Waqif Spring Festival When: Jan 24-Feb 6 Where: Souq Waqif What: The entire Souq is sprawling with shows for everyone, some of which are Winter Wonderland birds, LED sparklers, Comedy Waiters, Men in Coats etc. The venues for these activities are The Souq Alley, Art Gallery, Main Parking and Outdoor Theater. Free Entry

Sheikh Abdullah bin Jassim: A Leader’s Legacy When: Until Jan 30 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

Second World Trade Festival When: Until Feb 5 Where: Al W’aab area What: A big tent has been built in Al W’aab area for families to enjoy the world trade festival that has various items such as clothing to accessories and food as well. The tent also has a fun area for kids. Free Entry

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