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President Barack Obama, accom- panied by his daughters, Sasha and Malia, pardons Popcorn the turkey during the annual event in 2013. Why does US president pardon a turkey (or two)?

By Tim Carman by the president (or anyone else) this year. The activist-minded, of course, pounce on The pardoned pair will not exactly earn their the question as a way to underscore the schism very year for a quarter-century now, unconditional freedom, either: After the cer- between this intellectually convoluted ritual and the president of the has emony, the turkeys will go straight to Morven the reality of most farmed turkeys raised for the pardoned a turkey. Consider this for a Park in Leesburg, Virginia, to live as tourist Thanksgiving table. Emoment. Typically on the day before attractions, following almost the same path as The “pardon speaks to the conflict between Thanksgiving, the man who makes decisions last year’s poultry stars, Popcorn and Caramel. our human desire to act with kindness and about wars, virus outbreaks, terrorism cells and They’ll be there as long as the broad-breasted the violence associated with a holiday tra- other dire matters of state chooses to pardon a whites live, which typically isn’t long for a com- dition centred on the body of a dead bird,” single turkey (plus an alternate, which presum- mercial breed raised to be abnormally large. Such emails Gene Baur, co-founder and president ably takes the place of the officially pardoned bulk can be hell on a turkey’s legs and internal of Farm Sanctuary. It’s worth noting that the should he or she not be able to fulfill the duties). organs. nonprofit organisation promotes a meat-free The birds for this year’s ceremony are already “Popcorn passed away, unfortunately, in July on diet. bulking up for their moment in the Rose Garden one of those really hot days,” said a spokeswoman “It is a way to validate our humanity,” Baur with President Barack Obama. for Morven Park. “He just didn’t make it through adds, “while also enabling the brutal slaughter The two toms — their names still under con- the heat.” Caramel is doing great, thank you. of tens of millions of innocent animals.” sideration as of press time — were hatched in July This White House ceremony clearly is not for Bev Eggleston, president and founder of and raised at Cooper Farms in Ohio, a family- the benefit of the creatures receiving the pardon. EcoFriendly Foods, latches on to the term owned operation that processes about 4.6 mil- So, what is the point of the ceremony, and why “pardoned.” He points out that while the birds lion turkeys annually. The feathered duo, one have we paid attention to it every year since it bound for the White House are among a small could assume, are too young to have committed began — not with Abraham Lincoln nor with flock raised in Ohio, the millions of turkeys crimes requiring a pardon — such as, say, terror- Harry S Truman, but with George H W Bush in bound for our dinner tables are isolated on ising toddlers at a 4-H fair. In fact, at only a few 1989? It’s a question few seem to have considered, large industrial farms, where the creatures months old, they are roughly the same age as the as if the point were either self-evident or too silly are basically incarcerated and treated as pro- 46 million other turkeys that will not be spared to ponder in the first place. duction units, not animals of any sentience. PLUS | TUESDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2014 3

“I find it really interesting that we use the semantics of imprisoning,” Eggleston says. “What really needs a pardon is our social disgrace, that we accept the unacceptable.” Michael Pollan, a writer known for analysing the food industry from multiple perspectives, views the tur- key ceremony through an almost religious prism, as if it toys with the Old Testament ritual of animal sac- rifices, designed to atone for our sins. “It’s sort of an animal sacrifice in reverse — instead of killing the one to stand symbolically for the many, we free the one and kill the many,” Pollan offers in an email. She doesn’t come right out and drop the word “sin,” but Marion Nestle, author and professor of nutrition, food studies and public health at New York University, fig- ures the White House is applying balm to ease our troubled conscience. “I’m guessing that a lot of peo- ple feel vaguely guilty eating meat from animals and birds raised for food, and being responsible for their death,” Nestle writes via email. “The turkey pardon symbolically lets them off the hook. It lets everyone feel good about some meaning of Thanksgiving beyond an excuse for gluttony.” On November 22, 2000, the National Turkey Baur at Farm Sanctuary finds Federation presents a turkey to President Bill the practice of naming the turkeys Clinton that the president then pardoned. curious, an act designed to draw Americans closer to animals that will eventually land on our dinner “Still,” Baur adds, “a couple of group usually gives the president a and give a couple of turkeys to the plates. saved lives is better than no saved pair. president.” “Farmers often deliberately don’t lives.” “As this tradition observes the So, how can the average American name [or get close to] their animals He then puts in a plug for an opening of a season of thanks,” reconcile the perspectives of the because they don’t want to get emo- alternative to the pardon: Farm Williams notes in a statement, “we activist and the turkey farmer over tionally attached to them,” Baur Sanctuary’s Adopt a Turkey Project, come to reflect on the president’s this ceremony? For help on the mat- notes. “Naming these individuals which helps support the care of res- words of an America mindful and ter, I turned to Gregory Kaebnick, can be a way to personify the birds, cued animals, including 65 turkeys thankful of its history, purpose and a scholar at the Hastings Center, but within the context of a national at three shelters. “Our turkeys traditions.” a bioethics research institute in holiday that celebrates killing these live longer lives than most indus- This year’s federation chairman Garrison, New Yprk. Kaebnick animals by the tens of millions, it’s trial breeds,” e-boasts Susie Coston, is Gary Cooper, and he’s no actor. devotes significant brain power to painfully ironic.” national shelter director for the non- He’s the chief operating officer for pondering the moral issues around profit group. Some live to be 10 years Cooper Farms, a 76-year-old opera- our relationship with nature. He old, she adds. tion that’s raising the turkeys for finds value in the turkey pardon. (Other animal protection groups, the White House. At 59, Cooper has “There are a few small things such as the People for the Ethical spent his entire life on farms, amid to like about it,” Kaebnick emails. Treatment of Animals and the these squawking creatures of ques- “It’s a tiny signal of restraint and Humane Society of the United tionable temperament. He can talk moderation on a day that, at least States, take a different tack and sug- turkey. at my house, is about getting as gest Americans adopt vegetarian and As a major producer of turkeys — much as possible into the oven. It’s There are a few small vegan menus for the holiday, support a bird native to North America and live and let live, even if it’s just things to like about humanely raised foods or even rent symbolically aligned with our coun- turkeys.” it. It’s a tiny signal of the animated film “Free Birds” to try’s colonial roots — Cooper and When I mention that Kaebnick promote turkey compassion.) his family have played an integral is one of the few people I’ve inter- restraint and modera- Turkey producers, as you might role in the Thanksgiving holiday, viewed who are outside the tur- tion on a day that, at guess, don’t brood as darkly over bringing Americans together over key industry and still support the president’s poultry pardon as the table for decades. To Cooper, the the ritual, he types back another least at my house, is do the activists. Keith Williams, turkey pardon is a moment of pro- response: “I suppose it could be about getting as much vice president of communications fessional pride. It’s the fulfillment of adapted to accomplish something,” and marketing for the National his American dream: His farm will he offers. “Perhaps Michelle Obama as possible into the Turkey Federation, plays up the forever be a part of presidential and could use it to talk about industrial oven. It’s live and let group’s role in the ritual. Every Thanksgiving lore, no matter how animal farming and overall meat live, even if it’s just year since Truman was in office, small. consumption. But I doubt it does the federation’s chairman has pre- “I’m able to represent . . . that any great harm in its current form, turkeys. sented the president with a national these dreams really do come true,” and I end up thinking we should Thanksgiving turkey. Actually, that Cooper says in an interview. “It’s save our moral outrage for other should be turkeys, plural, since the great to go to the White House things.” WP-Bloomberg 4 PLUS | TUESDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2014 CAMPUS / COMMUNITY

Farewell meeting n honour of Indian Embassy IDeputy Chief of Mission P S Sasi Kumar a farewell meeting was arranged by Aligarh Alumni Association, Bazm-E-Urdu Qatar, Anjuman Muhibban Urdu Hind Qatar, World Bihar Organization, Kainat Foundation and Jamia Millia University Old boys and many other small organisations at Maza Restaurant recently. Mohd Habibun Nabi, Chief Patron of AMUAA, welcomed the gathering. All office-bearers of these groups lauded the work done by Kumar for the Indian community in Qatar. The Peninsula

ABP students attending Professor Ann Woodworth lecture at NUQ’s ABP students attend NUQ lecture Black Box Theater. ver 80 students from Qatar Foundation’s were quite positive. Academic Bridge Program (ABP) recently “I really enjoyed the lecture,” said Hissa Al Oattended a lecture on how to read, under- Mannai. “Professor Woodworth was very enter- stand, and appreciate the text of a play. “Bringing taining and she really got us engaged. She used Fiction to Life: Reading Drama as Performance” methods of performance, dialogue tasks, stories and was presented by Professor Ann Woodworth who even singing to get her message across. Her use works in the Communications Department at of humour was very effective as it helped cement Northwestern University in Qatar (NUQ). The ideas of how to deliver good play performances,” Al venue for the workshop was NUQ’s Black Box Mannai listed several of Woodworth’s examples, like Theater. using body language, being vocal, stage directions, During the lecture, Professor Woodworth offered getting into character, and how drama has changed ABP students a unique opportunity to learn how to over the years. read a play in an analytical and meaningful way. The “Professor Ann added so much to my learning,” lecture invited active audience participation in read- commented Sarah Al Khuzaei. “She pointed out all ing excerpts from two famous works, A Doll’s House the ways to analyse a play, like the tone and language (Ibsen) and Our Town (Wilder). These are plays that of the characters and the way it is used in dialogue the ABP students study in their Academic Literature to imply a hidden meaning.” classes. Shahad Abdulla noted that attending the lecture Professor Woodworth encouraged the students was extremely motivational for her. “The moment I to look closely into characters’ motivations and entered the studio,” she said, “I felt that it was the desires, the very things that drive their actions. place I wanted to be next year, and it’s the place She explained that, in a play, “the drama lies in what where I want to create a new production of my own.” is not said” and told her audience to pay attention Such collaborations are just one of the many ways to visual details of stage settings, language nuances, that the ABP and NUQ work together. Another and characters’ movements and actions. example is cross-registration classes. This semester, For most of the students, it was their first lecture for instance, 25 ABP students are taking one of their at a university and their responses to the experience classes at NUQ. The Peninsula

IIS honours teaching staff

deal Indian School honoured its staff Imembers teaching in Class XII for their contribution in producing excel- lent results in CBSE Examinations. The teachers received appreciation letter issued by Smriti Irani, Minister for Human Resources Development, Government of India, in regard to their performance in teaching Class XII students and obtaining high marks in CBSE Class XII examination held in March 2014. Earlier, they were hon- oured with Certificate of Excellence during the 30th Annual Day celebra- tions. The Peninsula COMMUNITY / MARKETPLACE PLUS | TUESDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2014 5

Senior category winners Shastrapratibhas with guests. Hundreds attend award ceremony of Science India Forum - Qatar

ver 800 people attended an Shreedevi Ananthakrishnan was the award ceremony organized moderator for the interactive session. Oby Science India Forum – Manoj Pillai, SIF-Q Chairman, wel- Qatar to felicitate the winners of comed the audience and the guests. Shastraprathiba and Shastrayaan con- Dinesh Udenia, First Secretary tests at Birla Public School recently. (Press and Education) Embassy of Chief Guest Dr V K Saraswat, an India, was the guest of honour. eminent scientist and President of Dr Mohan Thomas, founding chair- Aeronautical Society of India, delivered man of Birla Public School, Seenu Pillai, Junior category winners the key note speech. Honorary Chairman of the IIE- Qatar Earlier in the afternoon a one hour chapter, and P S Saseedharan, President of interactive session between students of Samanvayam, felicitated the various win- informative articles written by scien- Samanvayam, an organization affiliated various Indian schools and Saraswat ners and participants of Shastrapratibha tists, students and various faculty was to the Indian Cultural Center under drew huge applause as the latter and Shastrayaan contests held in May released on the occasion. D K Varma the aegis of the Embassy of India. responded very proactively to intelli- and October respectively. proposed vote of thanks. The function was anchored by gent questions raised by the students. A souvenir with interesting and SIF-Q is a science wing of Shweta Bharadwaj. The Peninsula

Kazema Supply & Parts launches Carlisle HVAC products in Qatar

azema Supply and Parts in part- “Carlisle HVAC products encom- Knership with Carlisle Company passes hard cast duct sealants and USA announced the immediate avail- adhesives, DynAir airflow hardware, ability of Carlisle HVAC Accessory and the Nexus 4 Bolt Flange Closure Products in the local market during an System. They’re not only a one-stop event held at the Crown Plaza Hotel shopping source for the contracting Doha. community; they’re also a leading pio- “Carlisle HVAC Products pro- neer in the HVAC sealant industry, vides high-performance solutions recently setting new standards with for the Heating Ventilation and the Spray-Seal Mobile Duct Sealant Air Conditioning (HVAC) industry, Delivery System and the ISAAC manufacturing rolled duct sealants, Robotic System. Spray-Seal is a duct “it is Kazema policy to partner with Al Kazemi closed the event say- mastics, adhesives, coatings and hard- sealant specially formulated for spray LEED and eco-friendly companies ing that Kazema will be committed ware as well as other accessories” applications on the jobsite can provide from all over the world and as a low- to deploying Carlisle HVAC Products said Rakesh Saxena, VP & General a labour and cost savings of over 50 VOC, water-based product, Carlisle targeting commercial and residential Manager. percent.” HVAC Energy Saving Sealants can construction for both new and retro- Eric Gordon, International Sales Fadhel Al Kazemi, President of also contribute toward LEED credit fits markets. The Peninsula Manager, Carlisle Company, said that Kazema Global Holding, stated that requirements.” New weight loss technology Obalon now available in Qatar

l Danah Medical Company (BSBC) is the distributor of Obalon condition, which is the appetite of a of fullness that can help people eat Aunveiled Obalon, a weight loss in the Middle East, and Al Danah person. This way, the weight loss hap- less. At least Two OBALON balloons technology, at a conference held at the Medical Company is the official part- pens more organically and naturally.” should be swallowed and inflated dur- Four Seasons Hotel. Camilo Docimo, ner and exclusive distributor of Obalon “We are the pioneers in introducing ing the treatment period and it may Medical director Europe and Middle in Qatar. breakthrough technology and Obalon, be increased to three balloons depend- East of Obalon Therapeutics, launched Dr Mohammed Afifi, General our latest offering, will change the lives ing on the response and needs of the the product. This technology treats Manager of Al Danah Medical of many,” he added. patient. At the end of the treatment overweight patients using Obalon Company, stated: “Most solutions to Docimo explained to the attendees period, the balloons are removed Balloon, which offers a quick, discreet, the overweight/obesity scenario are that the Obalon capsule contains a through a short endoscopic proce- non-surgical and fully reversible weigh surgical and address the problem balloon that is orally permitted and dure. The entire procedure takes only loss solution. more than the cause. Our product is inflated to occupy the upper space 15 minutes with no sedation required. Bader Sultan & Brothers Co. designed to target the origin of this in the stomach to create a feeling The Peninsula 6 PLUS | TUESDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2014 FOOD

WINNER Red Potato Salad RECIPE CONTEST Ingredients: Lajawab Potatoes • 3 red potatoes • Salt Ingredients: • 2 tbsp olive oil • 1 kg baby potatoes • 3 celery sticks • 4 nos green chilly • 1 red onion • 1 tbsp ginger paste • 1/2 bunch parsley • 2 tbsp garlic paste • 115 gram chedder cheese • Salt – as per taste • 2 tbsp sour cream • 2 tbsp red chilly powder • 2 tbsp mayonnaise • ¼ tbsp turmeric powder • Black pepper powder • ½ tbsp asafetida powder • ½ tbsp white til Method: • 8 tbsp olive oil Chop potatoes into medium pieces without removing peels. Mix Theme Nights All Nights including a glass of house beverage • Coriander – for garnishing salt and add olive oil. Arrange this in a baking tray and bake for Sundays - Turf Steak Night dinner buffet 40 minutes @218 degree Celsius. @ QR250 Method: Chop celery sticks in a bowl. Add sliced red onion and finely Mondays - Sushi Boutique @ QR225 The theme for this Boil baby potatoes and peel. chop parsley to it. 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Surround that tomato flower with red potatoes. • 1 sprig rosemary Potato Crougettes Surround red potatoes with yellowish green potatoes. • 20 ml cream Garnish the yellowish green potato with coriander. • 10 gm gruyere cheese Ingredients: “Lajawab Potato” is ready to serve. • 15 gm cheddar cheese • 5 boiled potatoes You can sprinkle slight lemon juice on top of these • 10 gm parmesan cheese • 1/2 tsp salt potatoes. Make salad of lettuce, onion and cucumber • 10 gm butter • 1/2 tsp white pepper powder along with it. The dish taste good when served hot. • 1/2 tsp nutmeg powder Darshna Taylor Method: • 3 tbsp dried Papaya Wash and peel the potatoes and cut into thin slices. Keep them • 1 finely chopped onion covered in water. • 1/4 cup processed cheese Pepper and Potato Tortilla Reduce the cream along with the garlic, a pinch of rosemary and • Batter thyme to about half. • 1 cup Punko breadcrumbs Ingredients: Grate the cheeses and set aside. Drain the potatoes and season with salt, pepper and nutmeg. Method: • 2 potatoes In a well greased baking dish, layer the potatoes neatly. Grate a boiled potato in a bowl, add salt, white pepper powder, dried papaya, nutmeg • 45ml/3tbsp olive oil Sprinkle the cheeses and some of the reduced cream. powder, onion and mix well . • 1 large onion, thinly sliced Top with another layer of potatoes followed by the cheeses and Make small roundels, make a small hole in the middle and fill it with processed cheese • 2 garlic cloves, crushed cream until it is almost full. piece and again make the round crougette. • 1 green pepper, thinly sliced Dot with butter and bake for 25 minutes at 180°C or until the Dip this into the batter and coat with breadcrumbs. Heat oil in a wok and deep fry the • 1 red pepper, thinly sliced potatoes are cooked and the surface is a beautiful golden brown. prepared crougettes. • 6 eggs beaten Althaha Najma Rafiq • 115g/4oz/1 cup grated • Mature cheddar or mahon cheese • Salt and ground black pepper Crispy Masala Potato slice Pretty Potato Roses Method: Ingredients: Ingredients: Do not peel the potatoes but wash them well. Par-Boil them • 3 medium size potatoes, peeled Serves 6; Cooking time 30 mins for about 10 minutes, then drain and, when they are cool • 1/4 tbsp turmeric powder • 6 small potatoes (about ½ kg), washed and thinly sliced enough to handle, slice them quickly. Switch on the grill so • Salt (as per requirement) • 50gms (1/2 stick) butter, melted that it warms up while you prepare the rest of the Dish. • 2 tbsp red chilli powder • 2gms dried thyme In a large non-stick or well seasoned frying pan, heat the • 1/4 tbsp asafoetida • 1gm salt oil and fry onion, garlic and pepper over a moderate heat for • 2 tbsp coriander leaves and mint leaves (finely chopped) • Pinch of black pepper or according to taste 5 minutes until softened • Oil for shallow fry • 12 large sized fresh basil leaves (optional)r Add the potatoes and continue frying,stirring from time to time • 1 1/2 tbsp chat masala until the potatoes are completely cooked and the vegetables Method: are soft. Add a little extra oil if the pan seems rather too dry. Method: Preheat oven to 220 degree C. Pour in half the beaten eggs, then sprinkle over half the Cut the peeled potatoes into medium thick slices and put in bowl. Coat 6 muffin cups with cooking spray. grated cheddar or mahon cheese, then the rest of the egg. Add two table spoon red chilli powder, 1/4 table spoon turmeric In a large bowl, combine all ingredients; mix well. Season with salt and pepper and finish with a layer of cheese. power, 1/4 table spoon asafoetida and salt as per requirement. Mix Place 3 potato slices in the bottom of each muffin cup. Continue to cook over a low heat,without stirring, half cover- well and let it settle down (keep aside) for 10-15 min. Place additional potato slices around the insides of the muffin cups, overlapping them ing the pan with a lid to help set the eggs. Heat oil in a nonstick pan. Place potato slices one by one and fry slightly to form rose petals. When the mixture is firm, flash the pan under the hot grill to them in low heat until it becomes brown colour. Continue adding potato slices to each cup until the center is filled and a rose has been formed. seal the top just lightly. Leave the tortilla in the pan to cool. Take out the slices and place on absorbent paper. Garnish with Bake 30 to 35 minutes, or until golden. This helps it firm further and make it easier to turn out. 2 table spoon coriander leaves and mint leaves. Its good to serve Using a serving spoon, carefully remove potato roses to dinner plates. Cut it generous wedges to serve. as breakfast. Serve each potato on two basil leaves placed to look like flower leaves. Riffat Taihra Dhanesvari K Joshi Karen FOOD PLUS | TUESDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2014 7

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akers across the world rejoice when Dorie Greenspan (pictured) comes out with a new cookbook. Her newest, Baking Chez BMoi (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $40), is the 10th one she has devoted to the magic synergy of oven, flour, sugar and butter. With the publications, her Baking with Dorie app and the devoted Web followers who bake their way through her books on the Tuesdays with Dorie site, you could argue that Greenspan has claimed the America’s carb-loving heart as her own. Greenspan lives in Paris, New York and Connecticut, and Baking Chez Moi is the work of her Paris persona. Despite what you probably think of French pastry, Greenspan maintains that French home baking is the opposite of fussy, demanding little time and a minimum of ingredients. Even so, readers might at first find these recipes daunting. Greenspan’s style is to test exhaustively: terribly hard on herself, but a boon to others. She offers meticulous instructions on what to watch, lis- ten and smell for so you don’t stray from the flour- strewn path of virtue. The recipes are long, but they hold your hand and go by quickly; if you pay attention, the rewards can Baking Chez Moi, be great. Moka Dupont is merely an icebox cake of petit beurre cookies, dipped in espresso, stacked up and mortared together with the world’s easiest butter- cream (no mixer!). Even if your frosting technique a crisp, filling effort is slapdash, everything’s hidden under an elegant scattering of chocolate curls. Equally easy are pailles made with store-bought puff pastry, slivered and arranged crosswise. If you’re comfortable with Legos, it’s no trouble at all. In the benzaldehyde sweetness of almonds in a tart; the egg I pulled out my thermometer, looking out for signs: end, you have little cross-grained pallets, which you white-almond topping bakes in a manner suggestive 180 degrees and the telltale bubbling of the curd. But sandwich together with jam. Eating pure puff pastry of nougat: sweet, crunchy yet also barely chewy, and the bubbling began at 160 degrees; what to do? I held might be a little one-dimensional, but that’s never almost obscene over the ripe, collapsing pears. Don’t my ground, stirring, till 170, at which point I lost my stopped me. be surprised if your pears don’t caramelise, or if after nerve and pulled it. Good thing, too, as the custard A mini-muffin, Greenspan observes, happens to look the prescribed five minutes in the pan they’re bathing showed traces of cooked egg when I strained it. Once like a very, very small pie. With a tiny mince of apples, in their own juice. (This might have something to do set, the filling was unctuous and barely solid, silky apricots and raisins within, and tiny vents in the top, with how your fruit is; better to choose pears that and magnificent on the tongue, but I’m still wonder- her Apple Pielettes are doll-size and charming, gone are firm, just shy of ripe.) Just keep reducing till the ing about those last 10 degrees. in two bites. The dough — a simple galette dough pan’s nearly dry, and all will be well. I can’t resist a financier (the confectionary kind, smoothed with the smashing hand motion known as A lime tart has only six ingredients (if you don’t not the human kind) and fell headlong for the Chez “fraisage” — threatens to misbehave, but it all comes count the sweet, yolky tart dough). Although the Moi pistachio and raspberry version, baked in mini- together in the end, in a mini-muffin pan. filling is just a simple lime curd, Greenspan’s instruc- muffin moulds instead of the traditional and hard-to- The heady perfume of pears blends with the tions are painstaking, and I second-guessed myself. find ingot moulds. Apart from a mysterious optional ingredient (raspberry) suddenly popping up in the middle of the instructions, the recipe behaved beauti- fully, yielding up a shiny batter thick enough to scoop when chilled and swooningly buttery when baked. Bubble eclairs are nothing but cream puff or choux dough, piped into little mounds of three. Despite a queasy moment when my piping went off course, the misshapen blobs took airy form, round and golden, just as they should have. I couldn’t tell whether they were hollow enough to fill in one smooth piping, so I hastily filled each segment with its own burst of cream. Moments later, they were demolished, anyway. Greenspan calls the dough for croquets — little more than egg whites and nuts — a “misbehaver,” but mine was, strangely, not. Did I over-chop the mac- adamias, so that their fine particles coated the dough and made it less of a sticky proposition? Regardless, the biscotti-like fragments made for a fine sweet nothing to nibble on with tea and coffee. By the end of a week, our house was stuffed with sweets. For a moment, I thought about packing some up for the Reserves — seasoned friends who have helped me clear out many an overdose of testing. Then I thought of the week ahead, and my kids load- ing up on candy while I watched. I kept the leftovers. In the end, Baking Chez Moi could be deemed a success. But Eating Chez Moi was even better. Chang is the author of A Spoonful of Promises: Stories and Recipes From a Well-Tempered Table (Lyons Press, 2011). WP-Bloomberg 8 PLUS | TUESDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2014 ENTERTAINMENT PLUS | TUESDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2014 9

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Sting to join Broadway cast I’ve written some bad films: Kashyap ritish rockstar Sting is all set to join the cast of his Broadway e it scripts or dialogues, Anurag Kashyap has written for many Bmusical The Last Ship next month in a bid to push up flagging Bdirectors like Ram Gopal Varma and Vikramaditya Motwane. ticket sales for the $15m show. But the filmmaker is not The 63-year-old will take over the lead role in his show from singer- particularly proud of some actor Jimmy Nail. He has confirmed that he will join the cast through- of his works created for fel- out the festive season from December 9 and will be performing eight low directors. “I’ve made shows a week until January 10. good movies, but I’ve writ- “I’ve been working on this show for five years and been at every ten some bad films. I won’t rehearsal, every performance, so it’s not like I’ve flown in from Planet take their names as they Rock Star to save the day...,” newspaper quoted are by some other film- Sting as saying. makers’ movies. But the “I didn’t assume it would be (a piece of) cake coming to Broadway ones the audience didn’t with an original musical. But it’s only become clearer to me that noth- like are the ones I am ing’s guaranteed... I know all the lines and lyrics after all these years... talking about,” the Gangs I want to have a hit. I want it to be hugely successful,” he added. of Wasseypur director said in a group interview. Hunger Games tops The filmmaker, who is set to release his directo- rial Bombay Velvet in 2015, It’s direction over acting for Jolie says he needs to make a film every year. ctress Angelina Jolie says she is now looking to focus on her direct- box office with “I’ve to make a film every year. If my previous work is successful, it Aing career. encourages me to experiment more. Every film gives you the freedom “I’ve never been comfortable as an actor — I’ve never loved being in to do more and freedom has to be earned,” he said at the Film Bazaar’s front of the camera. I didn’t ever think I could direct, but I hope I’m session titled “Master Class: How and Why to maximise your film. Is able to have a career at it because I’m much happier,” Jolie told luxury $123m opening there a formula?”. lifestyle magazine Du Jour, reports femalefirst.co.uk. During the session, he also rued the paucity of exhibition space in Jolie, who made just one big screen outing this year as she took on the the country. “We need more exhibition space and the Indian govern- title role in Maleficent, will be donning the director’s hat with Unbroken, ment should create it,” he said. a biopic about Olympian and prisoner of war Louis Zamperini. She has Kashyap also believes that some of the Marathi and Tamil films need just finished filming By The Sea, which will see her star and direct in By Ronald Grover and Chris Michaud to be discovered. “There are some great regional films. I think some of the same movie for the first time. post-apocalyptic society. , fell to fourth with $13.8m St Vincent, a comedy starring Bill the Marathi and Tamil films are better than Hindi movies, but they The film stars her husband Brad Pitt, whom she is directing for he Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Lionsgate, the studio behind The in ticket sales. Murray, Melissa McCarthy and Naomi don’t get discovered because of distribution issues in those regions,” the first time. Part 1 tallied $123m in ticket Hunger Games series, split author Director David Fincher’s hit Gone Watts, earned $2.4m in seventh place. said Kashyap, who feels filmmakers don’t encourage each other. sales to top weekend box office Suzanne Collins’ final book in her sci- Girl, starring Ben Affleck as a husband Brad Pitt’s World War II tank bat- “If a movie doesn’t release in a theatre, people download it from the Tcharts and score the year’s ence fiction trilogy into two movies, suspected of murdering his wife, took talion drama Fury dropped one place internet. Filmmakers don’t pay and watch,” he said. biggest US opening, according to stu- with the next set for release in 2015. in $2.8m to round out the top five. to eighth with $1.9m, just ahead He also wants people to take Indian film festivals “seriously”. “We Selena Gomez gets teary-eyed at AMAs dio estimates. The latest chapter received “fresh” Interstellar was released by of Michael Keaton’s dark comedy have to make festivals respectable. It is an exhibition space, not a place The third installment of the block- ratings from two-thirds of reviewers in Paramount Pictures, a unit of Viacom. Birdman. for competition,” he said. inger Selena Gomez got emotional during her performance at the buster Hunger Games action movie aggregator site Rottentomatoes, while , a unit of Comcast, Rounding out the top 10 was The S2014 American Music Awards (AMAs). It left her friend Taylor series starring audiences gave the film an A-minus distributed To. Theory of Everything starring Eddie Swift concerned. added a further $152m at overseas box rating, according to CinemaScore. Sixth spot was occupied by Beyond Redmayne as theoretical physicist The 22-year-old, whose latest single “The Heart Wants What It offices for a global opening weekend Last weekend’s top movie Dumb and the Lights, a romantic drama starring Stephen Hawking. The film earned Wants” is rumoured to be about her on-and-off boyfriend Justin Bieber, tally of $275m, tracking firm Rentrak Dumber To, a follow-up to 1994’s Dumb Gugu Mbatha-Raw as an up-and-com- $1.5m. appeared to be teary-eyed as she performed it live for the first time said. and Dumber starring and ing pop star. It earned $2.6m. Agencies I wish censorship was final: Johar here at the AMAs on Sunday, reports mirror.co.uk. Mockingjay took in $17m at Thursday Gomez looked emotional towards the end of the song and even night showings for the year’s best ilmmaker Karan Johar said the government should help the movie looked down to the ground, perhaps to avoid the cameras catching Thursday total, but the film fell short Findustry by making censorship the final law — especially for times her mid-sob. of industry forecasts for about $148m when some people stage protests even after a film has received the Her performance moved Swift, who appeared to be concerned for through Sunday. Priyanka Chopra picks garbage for Clean India campaign green signal from the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) her emotional friend as the camera panned to her following Gomez’s “This weekend will wind up down for release. moving performance. versus the same frame a year ago, ctress Priyanka Chopra took it upon herself to clean scene, and I remember there are people who live here, and “I wish censorship was the final In a prelude in the opening moments of the song, a tearful Gomez when the previous Hunger Games up a garbage-strewn neighbourhood in Mumbai as there are children who play on mounds of garbage here, and authority. I am fighting court cases said: “When I was on stage and I was thinking of... I felt like I know... I installment Catching Fire led with Apart of her efforts towards Indian Prime Minister that’s their life,” she recollected. that are ridiculous. I am still fight- know him, though, and I know his heart and I know what he wouldn’t $158.1m,” noted Paul Dergarabedian, Narendra Modi’s Clean India campaign. Her idea was not to just clean up the place, but rehabili- ing a case for Kabhi Khushi Kabhie do to hurt me.” senior media analyst at tracking firm “Gandhiji said ‘Be the change you want to see’ - thank you tate it. Gham. I wish there was a ruling Rentrak. @narendramodi for reminding me of that! #MyCleanIndia “That’s the best we can do and eventually then it’s up to finally and with the current gov- The first Hunger Games took in can happen! #ChangingMindsets,” Priyanka posted on them (the residents) to sustain it. I think the idea of doing ernance being so proactive, I hope $152.5m on its opening weekend in Twitter after sharing a video link. this is to create something which is long lasting. And I hope this is one of the things they should 2012, according to Boxofficemojo. The 11-minute video chronicles how the efforts began, how for the best, and that it stays this way (clean),” she said. look into and say that censorship is Walt Disney’s animated action film Priyanka herself picked up the garbage, how the place was Priyanka, who believes a change in mindset is the need the final law. Big Hero 6 was second, with ticket beautified, and how happy the residents were over the 16-day of the hour for a clean and green India, is seen slipping her “If it doesn’t happen, filmmak- sales of $20.1m for the three days from effort, which saw Priyanka along with her team cleaning up hands into a pair of pink gloves to pick garbage herself, and ers like me will be the soft target,” Friday through Sunday, pushing its an area in Versova here. she seeks the help of the neighbourhood’s children for the Karan said during a session titled three-week total to $135.7m. In the video, Priyanka also shared her idea of contributing activity. “An afternoon at Film Bazaar with Director Christopher Nolan’s space to the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan this way. At the end of it all, the place looks clean and colourful with Rajeev Masand” on the final day of adventure Interstellar was third with “It took me a little longer than I wanted, but when the some graffiti and some plants. Film Bazaar. $15.1m at US and Canadian box offices. prime minister asked me to be one of his ‘navratnas’, I was She said: “I wanted to do a bit more that just cleaning a Karan was reportedly charged It has taken in $120.6m since open- very excited. But I wanted it to be something that could be few piles of garbage.” with insulting the National anthem ing on November 5. sustained,” she said. Her effort was lauded by Modi in a tweet saying: “An in his 2001 directorial Khabhi Khushi In Mockingjay, Lawrence plays Priyanka chose a place in Versova which she had visited innovative effort by @priyankachopra. It is a wonderful way Kabhie Gham. Katniss Everdeen, the defiant during the shooting of her film Agneepath. to bring people together to create a Swachh Bharat. Kudos! young archer who becomes the face “We had put up a big set over there for the basti (village) #MyCleanIndia.” IANS of a mass rebellion in a dystopian 10 PLUS | TUESDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2014 TECHNOLOGY

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Unravelling the process Overweight cancer of going to sleep leeping is a gradual process and researchers Shave now developed a method to estimate the dynamic changes in brain activity and behaviour patients may be during the transition from wakefulness to sleep. The research could lead to new treatment for sleep disorders. malnourished “We now have the power to chart the entire trajectory of your neurological, physiological and behavioural activity as you transition from wake to asleep, rather than simply reporting the time it takes,” said lead study author Michael Prerau from the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in the US. Current clinical criteria define sleep as begin- ning when the power of an individual’s alpha- range brain waves disappear. The new study established that increasing power in two other brain waves — delta and theta frequencies — point towards the change in behaviour during the transition from wake- fulness to sleep. “These results suggest that it is the presence of delta and theta power, rather than the lack of alpha power, that is necessary for the cessation By Kathryn Doyle for the malnourished group. of behaviour,” Prerau added. Some overweight cancer patients who also have “We may need to carefully re-examine the verweight cancer patients may benefit from well-developed musculature will have a good progno- way sleep onset is defined, since behaviour is being tested for malnutrition, according to a sis, but those with excess fat and muscle loss, called an essential component of the story that is not Onew study. ‘sarcopenia,’ generally have a very poor prognosis, measured clinically,” Prerau said. Obesity increases the risk for cancer, so many Gioulbasanis said. For the study participants were asked to patients are overweight or obese at diagnosis, and Most of the undernourished obese people in this hold a small rubber “stress ball” in one hand are typically not screened for malnutrition because study probably had sarcopenic obesity, he said. and squeeze the ball with every intake of breath they appear to be well-nourished, the authors write “An obese or overweight patient who presents to and release it when exhaling. in the Annals of Oncology. a cancer centre may have been The researchers found that two of the nine Obese cancer patients also 50 pounds heavier four months participants continued to correctly time their tend to survive longer than Malnutrition in ago,” said Sarah Lowe, who ball squeezes for several minutes after alpha underweight patients and that researches nutrition and pub- levels had dropped. may further discourage nutri- cancer patients lic health at the University of Only when the power in their brain waves at tional screening, they add. North Carolina, Chapel Hill. the theta and delta frequencies had risen did But recent studies have found can increase the “The fact that they are still both the behavioural and physiological measures that overweight people can also overweight or obese may visu- indicate that they were asleep. be undernourished, said lead risk for infection, ally camouflage their compro- The findings appeared in the journal PLOS author Dr. Ioannis Gioulbasanis mised nutrition status, but Computational Biology. of the chemotherapy depart- treatment toxicity they are still likely nutrition- ment at Larissa General Clinic and healthcare costs ally depleted and at risk for in Thessaly, Greece. continued significant weight Trans fats bad for brain too “However, it was the percent- while decreasing loss.” age of those patients found to Malnutrition in cancer rans fats are bad not only for your waistline be at nutritional risk that was treatment response, patients can increase the risk Tbut also for your brain, shows a study. surprisingly high in our study, for infection, treatment toxic- Every gram of dietary trans fatty acids con- around 50 percent, and that was quality of life and life ity and healthcare costs while sumed in a day was linked with 0.76 fewer words at baseline, just after cancer diag- decreasing treatment response, recalled, which means 11 fewer words recalled nosis,” Gioulbasanis said. expectancy. quality of life and life expect- with the highest trans fat intake compared to He and his coauthors studied ancy, she said. those who consumed least trans fats. 1,469 patients with advanced “In my opinion, all cancer “Trans fats were most strongly linked to cancer in France and Greece. Of those, 594 were patients should ask to be referred to a dietitian,” worse memory, in young and middle-aged overweight or obese. Lowe said. “Many if not all treatments, whether it’s men, during their working and career-building With nutritional screenings and questionnaires, surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, or chemoradiation years,” said Beatrice A. Golomb, professor of researchers determined whether the overweight and can result in significant nutrition-related side effects medicine at University of California, San Diego obese cancer patients were well nourished, “at risk,” that can have a huge impact (on) patients’ quality of (UCSD). or malnourished. life and nutrition status.” For the study, presented at the American Screening included questions about weight loss, There are no specific guidelines or nutritional Heart Association (AHA) 2014 Scientific mobility, psychological stress, medical history, eating protocols designed for overweight cancer patients, Sessions recently, researchers analysed the habits and how they viewed their own nutritional Gioulbasanis said. cross-sectional relation between trans fat status. It is unclear whether obese cancer patients benefit intake and word memory test in 1018 adults, Almost half the overweight and obese cancer from maintenance of their heavy body weight or who had no previous history of coronary artery patients were “at risk” for being malnourished and whether some limited degree of weight loss could be disease. 12 percent were already malnourished, according in some way desirable, he said. “From a health standpoint, trans fat consump- to results. “In any case, adequate protein intake and preser- tion has been linked to higher body weight, more Researchers followed the patients through chemo- vation of muscle mass should be the target,” he added. aggression and heart disease,” said Golomb. therapy treatment and measured the period between Gioulbasanis said overweight cancer patients Foods have different effects on oxidative stress cancer diagnosis and death, which was available for should be included in nutritional screening, which is and cell energy and the trans fats do contribute 357 patients. usually done by a nurse. Those who are malnourished to oxidative stress, a process that damages cells, Well nourished patients survived an average of should then be referred for a nutritional consultation. researchers found. almost 18 months, compared to eight months for the SOURCE: bit.ly/11iHasH Annals of Oncology, online Agencies “at risk” group and between six and seven months October 30, 2014. Reuters 12 PLUS | TUESDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2014 TECHNOLOGY

The Note Edge is Samsung trying something a bit different, the first smartphone with a curved screen that’s actually useful. Samsung Galaxy Note Edge: Curved screen is more than a gimmick

By Samuel Gibbs Screen: 5.6in quad HD Super stocks and news. Samsung bundles modes. A heart-rate sensor sits just AMOLED + a 160 pixel curved screen 12 pre-installed edge apps, but more under the camera lens, which works amsung’s latest phablet is a Processor: 2.7 GHz quad-core can be downloaded from the Galaxy well for occasional use. modified Galaxy Note 4, but Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 app store. Swiping left or right on the The fingerprint scanner, like the the Note Edge’s has one cru- RAM: 3GB of RAM screen switches the app. Note 4’s, is very good with an accuracy cial difference: a screen that Storage: 32GB plus microSD slot When not running an app, the pane of around 95 percent in my testing, curves around the edge on supporting up to 128GB cards can be used as a dock for apps, a multi- making unlocking the phablet easier. Sthe right hand side. Operating system: Android 4.4.4 tasking switcher, or a notification tray It can also be used to secure apps like It isn’t the first curved screen phone with Samsung TouchWiz with calendar appointments and the LastPass, and authenticate purchases that Samsung has produced — the Camera: 16-megapixel rear camera, weather. The rolling ticker notifica- through Samsung’s app store. bowed screen Galaxy Round had that 3.7-megapixel front-facing camera tions normally displayed at the top honour — but it is the first smartphone Connectivity: LTE, Wi-Fi, NFC, of the screen on an ordinary Android Price with a rounded edge that increases func- Bluetooth 4.0 with BLE, IR and GPS phone roll down the side. The Note Edge costs approximately tionality and displays useful information Dimensions: 151.3 x 82.4 x 8.3mm Most apps ignore the screen, which £650 in UK. — such as news tickers or app controls, Weight: 174g shrinks a little, turns black and dis- acting in effect as a second screen. plays “Galaxy Note Edge” in white text. Verdict Almost everything about the Note Smooth running The pane also gives quick access to a The Samsung Galaxy Note 4 is one Edge matches the Note 4. It has The internal components of the Note ruler, stopwatch, timer, torch and voice of the best phablets available, which Samsung’s much-improved metal Edge are equally similar to the Note recorder. makes the Note Edge a very solid, well frames, solid build quality and keeps 4. The Edge has the same processor, Some of Samsung’s apps use the made and powerful device. the fake leather plastic back. 3GB of RAM and 32GB of storage with edge as a place to display icons. In the The edge screen is interesting, and At 5.6in versus 5.7in for the Note 4, a micro SD card slot, which means it camera app, for instance, the shutter I’m glad Samsung is trying something the Edge has a slightly smaller screen. performs equally as well. button and settings buttons sit on the innovative. Having virtual buttons and The display has the same resolution The Note Edge is a very capable edge out of the way of the viewfinder. quick-access apps, tickers and notifi- and looks just as crisp, bright and col- smartphone, running smoothly even It’s a useful addition, but not some- cations is handy, but it isn’t the next ourful as the Note 4, making it one of with two apps side-by-side on screen. thing totally revolutionary — a two- evolution of smartphone design just the best available at the moment. The battery, however, doesn’t last quite stage physical shutter button would yet. It does show what’s possible with The Note Edge is 2.2mm shorter, as long as the Note 4. The Note Edge have been better. alternative screen technology, though, 3.8mm wider, 0.2mm thinner and 2g will easily see out a day with heavy use, and one day soon phone screens could lighter than the Note 4. The dimen- but not two. Stylus, camera, heart rate sensor bend around both sides, possibly even sions make the smartphone difficult and fingerprint scanner the back too. to hold and use with one hand, as with Edgy software The Note Edge’s “S Pen” stylus and If you’re looking for a smartphone any large phablet, but the hard metal The Note Edge runs the same cus- camera are the same as the Note 4. that draws attention and is unique, the edges provide a solid grip for fingers tomised TouchWiz version of Android The stylus is decent, providing as good Note Edge is a great phone. But most and thumbs. 4.4.4 KitKat — not the latest Android 5 as a writing experience as can be had people should buy the excellent Note 4 The curved screen on the right hand Lollipop — as the Note 4, but has addi- on a relatively small screen. It docks instead, if you’re looking for a phablet. side is smooth and seamless with the tions for the curved screen including a neatly in the back and can be safely main screen, forming a pleasant-feeling left-handed mode that flips the screen ignored until the odd occasion where Pros: Fast, powerful, great screen, part of the grip area where a thumb and provides virtual Android buttons scribbling a note or drawing on a photo unique curved edge screen, great cam- or fingers rest. The stylus docks in to replace the hardware buttons. is required. era, good fingerprint scanner the back of the device just left of the The edge is used for a variety of The camera is equally solid. Images Cons: Too big for comfortable one- curved screen. functions. It can run apps, including a are sharp with good detail, with decent handed use, battery life not as good as word game, a Twitter ticker and some low-light performance and the inter- competition, left-handed use is awk- Specifications apps from Yahoo for sports scores, esting rear camera and wide selfie ward COMICS & MORE PLUS | TUESDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2014 13

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

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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 only once. Otherwise, a Hyper Sudoku is YESTERDAY’S solved like a normal Sudoku. ANSWER CINEMA / TV LISTINGS PLUS | TUESDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2014 15

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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay 1 (2D/Action) – 2.30pm 14:00 The Goldbergs 13:00 The Ellen 3 15:00 The Michael J. DeGeneres Hasslna Al Roab (2D/Comedy) – 4:45pm Fox Show Show The Babadook (2D/Horror) – 6.45 & 11.30pm 16:00 Colbert Report 14:00 Chicago Fire 18:00 Raising Hope 16:00 Emmerdale Al Jazeera 2 (2D/Action) – 8.30pm 18:30 Welcome To 16:30 Coronation The Family Street 71 (2D/Drama) – 2:30 & 11.30pm 19:00 Young & Hungry 17:00 The Ellen 1 19:30 The Michael J. DeGeneres Catch Hell (2D/Thriller) – 4:30pm Fox Show Show Vanmam (2D/Tamil) – 6:15 & 8.45pm 20:00 The Tonight 18:00 Chicago Fire Show Starring 19:00 The Fosters Big Hero 6 (3D/Animation) – 2:30pm Jimmy Fallon 21:00 The Voice 2 21:30 Colbert Report 23:00 Justified The Signal (2D/Thriller) – 4:30 & 11.30pm 22:00 Eastbound & 01:00 The Fosters LANDMARK The Hunger Games: Mockingjay 1 (2D/Action) – 6:15pm Down 03:00 Justified Al Jazeera 2 (2D/Action) – 8.30pm The Hunger Games: Mockingjay 1 (2D/Action) 3 – 2.45 & 9.00pm 13:00 Barbie Of Swan 13:00 Oh Christmas 13:00 Jamai Raja 13:05 Good Luck 12:20 The Impressions Lake Tree Hasslna Al Roab (2D/Comedy) – 5:00pm 13:30 Bandhan Charlie Show With 14:30 The Missing 15:00 Grand Piano 14:00 Doli Armaano Ki 13:30 Jessie Culshaw... 17:00 Everything The Babadook (2D/Horror) – 7.00 & 11.15pm Lynx 14:30 Jodha Akbar 14:20 Austin & Ally 12:50 Eastenders 16:15 Tony Hawk: Must Go The Hunger Games: Mockingjay 1 (2D/Action) 15:00 Kasamh Se 14:55 Gravity Falls 13:20 Doctors Boom Boom 19:00 96 Minutes 1 15:30 Kasamh Se 15:20 My Babysitter's A 13:50 Last Woman 21:00 August: Osage – 2.30 & 11.30pm Sabotage 16:00 Hum Paanch Vampire Standing 18:00 Everyone's County 15:45 Mako Mermaids Catch Hell (2D/Thriller) – 4:45pm 16:30 Hum Paanch 14:40 The Paradise Hero 23:00 4:44 Last Day 17:00 Teenovation 16:10 Violetta 15:30 The Cafe 20:00 Space Dogs On Earth Vanmam (2D/Tamil) – 6:45pm 17:30 Neeli Chatri 17:00 I Didn't Do It 15:55 Moone Boy 22:00 Barbie Of Swan 01:00 Everything Waale 17:25 Jessie 16:20 The Weakest Link Lake Must Go 71 (2D/Drama) – 9.30pm 18:00 Maharakshak 18:15 Dog With A Blog 17:05 Eastenders Aryan 18:40 Win, Lose Or 17:35 Doctors ROYAL Happy Ending (2D/Hindi) – 2:30 & 9:00pm 2 18:30 Bandhan Draw 18:05 Last Woman 71 (2D/Drama) – 5.00pm 19:00 Sapne Suhane 19:05 Liv And Maddie Standing 19:30 Violetta PLAZA Ladakpan Ke 18:55 One Foot In The 14:00 Keeping The 13:15 From Prada To The Signal (2D/Thriller) – 7:00 & 11.30pm 19:30 Jodha Akbar 20:20 Mako Mermaids Grave Faith Nada 20:00 Jamai Raja 21:10 Wolfblood 19:30 Last Of The 16:15 Incredible Burt 15:00 The Mortal Hasslna Al Roab (2D/Comedy) – 2:00pm 21:35 Suite Life On 3 20:30 Kumkum Bhagya Summer Wine Wonderstone Instruments: Pocket Listing (2D/Action) – 4:00 & 8.00pm 21:00 Qubool Hai Deck 20:00 The Paradise 18:00 Barbershop City Of Bones 21:30 Aur Pyaar Hogaya 22:00 Good Luck 20:50 Luther 20:00 Timer 17:15 Epic The Hunger Games: Mockingjay 1 (2D/Action) – 5.45pm 22:00 Doli Armaano Ki Charlie 21:45 Getting On 22:00 The Big Lebowski 21:00 Pawn 22:30 Sapne Suhane 22:50 Shake It Up 22:15 Southcliffe 00:00 Inappropriate 23:00 Zero Dark Thirty The Babadook (2D/Horror) – 9.45 & 11.30pm Ladakpan Ke 23:10 Wolfblood 23:05 The Weakest Link Comedy 16 PLUS | TUESDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2014 POTPOURRI

oy band One Direction took by selling two million copies in Events in Qatar home top prizes on Sunday One Direction, the United States in its first three Bat the American Music weeks. Awards as chart-topper Taylor Taylor Swift shine After the album came out, Swift The Sound of Music Swift used the platform to deliver pulled her entire catalog from Broadway theatrical show a staunch defence of traditional Spotify, accusing the fast-growing When: November 26-29; 7pm album buying. at American streaming service of devaluing music Where: Qatar National Convention The American Music Awards focus by not paying enough back to artists. Center on commercial success with fans vot- Music Awards Spotify’s Swedish founder Daniel What: The world’s most-loved musical ing for their favourites, in contrast to Ek hit back that the company has -The Sound of Music, comes to Doha. the older Grammy Awards in which Taylor Swift received a new award paid $2bn to artists and songwrit- This iconic broadway musical show will music industry professionals select for excellence named in honour of ers since its 2008 launch, creating be featuring lavish costumes and scenery, what they consider to be the year’s the American Music Awards’ late a rare source of new revenue in the a wonderful live orchestra and starring a top work. founder Dick Clark, a pioneer of beleaguered industry. cast of the very best of London’s West End One Direction, the heartthrobs music television performances with Swift opened the evening by per- performers, this award-winning critically who have released albums every his “American Bandstand” show. forming the album’s latest single acclaimed production is an emotionally packed extravaganza. year since 2011, won the biggest Accepting the award from Motown “Blank Space,” in which the 24-year- Entry: QR250-QR1200 prizes including Artist of the Year legend Diana Ross, Swift appeared old singer — playing at her reputation and Favorite Album with their latest to dish out a new round of criticism, for short-lived relationships — held a work, “Midnight Memories.” albeit obliquely, against the stream- burning rose as she pushed back suit- Shirin Neshat: Afterwards The British quintet flew into Los ing service Spotify from which she ors who pranced around her holding When: Till February 15, 2015 Angeles for the gala ceremony at has pulled her music. open picture frames. Where: Mathaf: Arab Museum of the Nokia Theatre, where the young Thanking her fans, Swift said: Hip hop bad boy Lil Wayne also Modern Art men thanked screaming fans for One “What you did by going out and took to the stage in a passion- What: The first solo exhibition in the Direction’s success in the United investing in music and albums is ate dance with actress and singer Middle East by internationally acclaimed States. you’re saying that you believe in the Christina Milian, his rumoured artist Shirin Neshat. Occupying the entire “It’s amazing because we worked same thing that I believe in — that girlfriend. ground floor galleries, the exhibition so hard on these last two albums,” music is valuable and that music They performed “Start a Fire” features existing and newly produced band member Liam Payne said. The should be consumed in albums, and -- with ABC television editing out works. Free admission five-piece band performed its latest albums should be consumed as art some lyrics from the broadcast. The single “Night Changes” against a and appreciated.” track is expected to be on Lil Wayne’s night-time forest backdrop. Swift’s latest album, “1989,” upcoming album “Tha Carter V,” Arabian Horse Exhibition Katy Perry also won three awards, enjoyed the highest sales of any US which is scheduled for release on When: November 27; 10am - 10pm Where: but did not attend the awards show album in its first week in 12 years. It December 9 after repeated delays. Qatar Photographic Society – because she is on tour in Australia. far outpaced industry expectations AFP Building 18, Katara What: The Qatar Photography Society in collaboration with the Arabian Horses organisation is hosting the “Arabian Horses” exhibition which is a collective IN exposition of the society members, and FOCUS by Bineesh Kumar includes 47 paintings featuring the beauty of photography and the splendour of the horses. Free entry

The Tiger’s Dream: Tipu Sultan When: Till January 24 Where: Museum Of Islamic Art What: This exhibition delves into the life of Tipu Sultan, the South Indian ruler, statesman, and patron. Drawn entirely from the MIA collection, and featuring many objects which have never been displayed in Qatar, the centerpiece is a group of 24 paintings showing Tipu’s victory at the Battle of Pollilur in 1780. Free entry

Yousef Ahmad: Story of ingenuity When: Nov 11- Feb14; 10am-8pm Where: Qatar Museums Gallery, Building 10, Katara What: As a pioneer of Qatar’s modern art movement, Yousef Ahmad’s artistic journey has spanned over three decades, and his work has been influenced by his surroundings and emotional ties with Qatar’s culture and traditions. It showcases three phases in his career, from the early oil paintings that include the depiction of Al Zubarah Fort, to mixed media calligraphic pieces to new conceptual artworks. Free Entry

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