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BY FAZEENA SALEEM and found that their condition was no different from that of Dipendra. ipendra Kawari did not know Most small construction companies here what was in store for him when he provide their watchmen accommodation took up a watchman’s job in Qatar with poor living conditions. Some companies Din 2006. For the past six years, the let their watchmen stay inside small shelters Our whole life here 45-year-old worker from Nepal has lived in made to keep equipment. Others are allowed small concrete block rooms close to construc- to stay in a small portion of the building once tion sites in Doha. construction starts. A sleeping mattress, a bag is confined to these “I live in this type of rooms wherever my of clothes and a few pots and pans make up all company is constructing a building. Earlier, the possessions of these workers. shelters. We work I was in Abu Hamour and other areas,” said “I’m working for this company for five years. Dipendra, who is now living in the Hilal area. Accommodation is moved to wherever a build- The room he lives in has no electricity or ing is being constructed. We are not given and live here. Friday water supply, not even proper sanitation facili- any permanent place to stay,” said Bikash, a ties. He depends on the nearest mosque for watchman at a construction site in the Matar is supposed to be a drinking water and to charge his mobile phone. Qadeem area. The phone provides him some light inside the Without basic amenities, their day-to-day holiday, but it makes room at night. life is a challenge. They can’t afford to eat out During summers, Dipendra rigs up a make- on their meagre income, and cooking inside shift hut out of wood and cloth next to this their rooms is also difficult. no big difference as room as it is too hot to sleep inside the con- “There is power supply when work is going crete structure. He earns QR700 a month on, then it stops as it is a temporary connec- we have to look after and sends the major portion of his salary tion. We can use the water brought to con- home, with plans to give his four daughters struct the building, but for drinking water we in marriage. go to the nearest mosque,” Bikash said. the equipment and the “I have gone home only once during these six “We have to cook in daylight, that too inside years, and then also the company deducted my this room. We cook, eat and sleep here,” he building all the time.” salary. I have commitments to my family, so I said. continue to work here,” said Dipendra, who is Life for these watchmen is tougher than illiterate and could not read his job contract. that of other construction sector workers, who The Peninsula visited some of the places work for about eight hours and then go back where watchmen at construction sites live, to their accommodation. PLUS | TUESDAY 25 DECEMBER 2012 3

“Our whole life here is confined to these shelters. We work and live here. Friday is supposed to be a holiday, but it makes no big difference as we have to look after the equipment and the building all the time,” said Bikash. “If something is lost, we will be questioned and blamed first, so we are here most of the time. Some weekends, we go to a friend’s accommodation during the day and return quickly,” he added. Most of the watchmen at construction sites in Doha are from Nepal or Bangladesh. They are paid less than QR1,000 a month, and many work for several years in Qatar, often without going home on vacation. “We have hardly anything left after sending money home and buying food. So it’s better to remain here than go on a vacation,” said Mahmud, another construction site watch- man in the Matar Qadeem area. According to a construction industry professional, poor living conditions are common among these watchmen, espe- cially those working for small companies. The big com- panies hire personnel from security firms to guard their construction sites. “Some lucky ones get a job with the same company which owns the building. They get their visa changed and are also paid more. But this happens only in a few cases. The others work in the same routine and most of them don’t go on vacation,” he said. (Names have been changed as the workers requested ano- nymity.) The Peninsula 4 PLUS | TUESDAY 25 DECEMBER 2012 COMMUNITY Qatar students shine at international abacus and mental arithmetic meet

he Global Ucmas, Malaysia conducted its 18th Ucmas TInternational Abacus & Mental Arithmetic Competition in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, recently. Around 3,000 students from differ- ent parts of the world took part in the competition. Loukas Kyprianou with Ioannis Kasoulides The competition tested the caliber of students in two categories – Visual Competition: To test the speed and Georgetown SFS-Q accuracy of calculation, where in stu- student interns with dents have to solve 150 to 200 arith- metic calculations including addition, European Parliament subtraction, multiplication and divi- sion of varied difficulty level depend- eorgetown University School of ing on their level of training and Foreign Service in Qatar (SFS- Listening Skill Competition: Where GQ) secured a summer 2012 irrespective of the level of training, internship at the European Parliament students are required to calculate in Brussels for one of its third-year mentally (addition and subtraction) students, Loukas Kyprianou. The out- with increasing level of difficulty as standing Cypriot student was chosen the rounds progress. for the once-in-a-lifetime opportu- Twenty-three students from vari- nity, despite the fact that his age did ous schools in Qatar took part in not fulfill the minimum requirement different levels of the International for the internship at the European Abacus Championship. Parliament in Brussels. “They told me Students from Qatar secured the I was chosen because I was studying at third position in the Arab World and a world-renown institution for politi- fifth worldwide. cal studies which is of great impor- Aged between 5 and 13, the stu- tance in a region,” Loukas said. dents were trained extensively for As part of the internship, four months by Ucmas Abacus, a pro- Loukas worked with one of the gramme which helps children calcu- highest-ranking members of the late fast and accurately with abacus. Cypriot delegation to the European Saad bin Saffer was declared a People’s Party (EPP) Member of ‘Champion’ in the basic level of the the European Parliament (MEP) The winning students from Qatar with Ucmas-Qatar officials. Visual Competition. The Peninsula Ioannis Kasoulides, who previously held the positions of Member of Cypriot Parliament, Government Spokesperson and Minister of Foreign Affairs. Through this expe- rience, Loukas is now able to secure a job with the Cypriot embassy in Qatar. The Peninsula Vodafone Qatar appoints head of fixed services odafone Qatar has appointed VSimone Eliantonio (pictured) as the new Head of Fixed, as the company ramps up its entry into the Fixed services market in Qatar. Eliantonio joins Vodafone Qatar from Vodafone Group Technology Networks where he was the Principal Manager for Fixed Mobile Bazm-e-Urdu Qatar members and guests at the annual poetry symposium. Convergence Service Delivery. Niraj Singh, Director of Vodafone Bazm-e-Urdu Qatar organises annual poetry symposium Business Services at Vodafone Qatar, commented “I am delighted to wel- azm-e-Urdu Qatar (BUQ), BUQ patron presided over the pro- of board of patrons was the guest of come Simone to Vodafone Qatar who the oldest Urdu liter- gramme. Dr Faisal Hanif, founder honour. Iftekhar Raghib, the gen- brings with him a wealth of expertise ary organisation in Qatar, of Guzergah-e-Khayal Urdu Forum eral secretary of BUQ welcomed in the fixed services field. I look for- Borganised its annual and patron of BUQ, and Shahab the guests and poets, while Afroz ward to working with him to deliver Mushaira (poetry symposium) at Shahrwardi, an Urdu poetry Alam, a Doha-based poet con- Vodafone Groups’ world class fixed Asiana Restaurant, recently. enthusiast, were chief guests while ducted the programme. services to homes and corporates in Syed Muhammad Sabih Bukhari, Rana Muhammed Ayub, a member The Peninsula Qatar.” The Peninsula COMMUNITY PLUS | TUESDAY 25 DECEMBER 2012 5

Global Compact Network - Qatar chooses Al Sadd as Steering Committee Member he Global Compact Network in Qatar has selected Al Sadd TSports Club as a member of the Steering Committee of the network. The step transpired after the official acceptance of Al Sadd by the UN-Global compact last October. This nomination confirms the efforts of Al Sadd Club in the area of social responsibility that manifested itself in the framework of an integrated and consistent strat- egy through four various areas: mar- ketplace, workplace, community, and environment. Inclusive of this decision was the appointing of Dr Mohammed Jassim Al Meslamani for General Secretary of the Global Compact Network in Qatar. The local network will be officially Maersk Oil Qatar officials at the launch function. launched next February to coincide with the 4th Corporate Social Responsibility Conference. The role of the members is to provide advice, create plans and Maersk Oil launches Achievers strategies for the deployment and devel- opment of social responsibility therefore setting forth a culture in Qatar. In this regard, Jassim Al Rumaihi, Scholarships for Qatari students the General Secretary of Al Sadd Sports Club commented: “We appre- aersk Oil Qatar has launched that the knowledge and expertise they The programme is open to all ciate the selection of Al Sadd Club as Maersk Oil High Achievers will acquire will benefit our country Qatari students entering higher a member of the Steering Committee MScholarship Programme for a very long time to come is beyond education for the first time and of the Global Compact Network - targeting high achieving Qatari stu- gratifying to us”. to those already enrolled in lead- Qatar. And we confirm our continuing dents pursuing higher education in “We’ve implemented many initia- ing institutions. Selection will be responsible approach towards society the Engineering, Law and Business tives to help our recruitment, retention assessed on the grade point aver- like the international sports clubs”. Administration disciplines. and employee development - but also to age, area of study, to be on the list Dr Mohammed Al Meslamani , the Sheikh Faisal bin Fahad Al Thani, achieve our goal of providing our employ- of the Supreme Education Council General Secretary of Qatar’s Global Deputy Managing Director of Maersk ees with a good work-life balance. As a universities, reputation of prospec- Compact Network, said: “The selection Oil Qatar, said: “The Maersk Oil High result of our efforts 180 Qatar nationals tive university, and to pass the com- of Al Sadd Club is a recognition of their Achievers Scholarship Programme now work for Maersk Oil Qatar, which pany’s internal tests .Recipients will social responsibility efforts and active has been tailored to become one of our represents around 25 percent of our total be announced in June and December participation to establish the Global most valuable contributions targeting workforce,” added Sheikh Faisal. of every year. Compact Network in Qatar. This choice our young and ambitious. It is our way “We’re working hard with local For more information, students can assures the progress of Al Sadd in the of acknowledging our brightest and schools and universities to encourage enquire directly at the Qatarisation transition of its responsibilities from the most hardworking students deserving the youth of today to take science and Office at Maersk Oil Qatar where fur- voluntary commitment to the actual the means and opportunities to attend engineering disciplines – so they can join ther and specific advice will be given. accession within the UN-Global com- the best universities - and knowing us in the future” added sheikh Faisal. The Peninsula pact professional system.” The Peninsula Grand Hyatt Doha celebrates year of success rand Hyatt Doha celebrated partnered with Qatar Cancer Society a year of success with many in a fundraiser to raise awareness for Gawards. Grand Hyatt Doha breast cancer. was awarded ‘Best Business Hotel In December 2012, Grand Hyatt in Doha’ at the Business Travellers Doha hotel was the host of the press Awards ceremony held on April 29. conference announcing the launch The Business Traveller Awards are of the nation-wide campaign “Think voted for by readers of the magazine Again”; the new awareness campaign with the results authenticated by an aims to dispel myths around Cervical independent audit. Cancer organised by The Qatar Cancer Trip advisor granted Grand Hyatt Society (QCS) and GlaxoSmithKline Doha the award of excellence, which (GSK). is given to hotels with the best guests’ Grand Hyatt Doha was the hotel experience. sponsor of the “Back to Business” The Grill Restaurant was awarded networking event; Qatar’s number “The Best Brunch in Doha” by Time one networking business event which Out Doha. In addition to the awards hosted over 700 guests from different the property’s Sales and Marketing Qatari business communities. Grand Hyatt Doha sales and marketing team. team have exceeded expectations by Grand Hyatt Doha marked Global performing the best in the competition Earth Hour 2012 by a special candle- Hyatt Doha organised in 2012 to provide a greener environment throughout 2012. light dinner. In addition, to help chil- a 30 square meters tree-planting for children. In October, Grand Hyatt Doha dren learn about nature; Grand event for Bonaparte School in Doha The Peninsula 6 PLUS | TUESDAY 25 DECEMBER 2012 FEATURE World’s first underground railway marks 150th birthday M/89-8:0 R:->:? T:0@ OCOMOTIVE 2 Diverted ("/011      from cylinders      !! > 2(       F2 Keeps of small < "

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Health Tips Mother loses legal fight in UK to from DOCTOR stop son’s cancer radiotherapy mother in Britain, who was so desperate to stop her cancer-stricken son having to Best sleeping postures for undergo conventional medical treatment A that she went into hiding with him, lost a babies aged less than one court battle to prevent him receiving radiotherapy.The case of Sally Roberts (pictured), 37, a New Zealander ou may be wondering how does the living in Brighton, southern England, and the plight of sleeping posture of baby matters, her seven-year-old son has made headlines in Britain. as long as the baby is sleeping well. Roberts wants to try alternative treatments first, YThe sleeping posture for babies less including immunotherapy and photodynamic ther- than one year old and apy for her son Neon. She has been told the boy more so for babies less needs treatment fast but fears the side-effects of than six months is of conventional medicine. paramount impor- Doctors treating the boy had warned that with- tance because by out radiotherapy he could die within three months adopting one sleeping Judge David Bodey told the High Court in London posture the risk of one the life-saving radiotherapy treatment could start despite opposition from his mother, who found he extremely frustrating against the mother’s wishes, the Press Association appeared to be recovering after what she said was and dreadful condition reported. a “heartbreaking” stay in hospital. can be minimized if “The mother has been through a terrible time. not avoided. The name Dr E V Kumar This sort of thing is every parent’s nightmare,” the “EXPERIMENTAL AND UNPROVEN” of this condition is S p e c i a l i s t – P a e d i a t r i c s judge said.“But I am worried that her judgment has “Sudden Infant Death Healthspring World Clinic gone awry on the question of the seriousness of the Surgeons said Neon’s operation had been success- Syndrome” (SIDS) or threat which Neon faces.” ful but that radiotherapy was needed to ensure no cot death. As the name The story of the sick blue-eyed blonde boy came residual tumour was left behind. indicates, it is a condition where a healthy baby to public attention earlier this month when Roberts Neon’s father Ben, who lives in London and is dies suddenly in cot after sleep for no appar- prompted a nationwide police hunt by going into separated from Roberts, has sided with his son’s ent reason. hiding with Neon for four days to stop him from doctors. But his wife suggested exploring several Who are most vulnerable? undergoing the treatment. alternative treatments, including immunotherapy, 1. Babies less than six months. The mother’s relentless battle in court also cast a which mainly consists of stimulating the body’s 2. Low birth weight babies. light on the dilemmas parents can face when deal- immune system to fight cancerous cells, and pho- 3. Premature babies. ing with the illness of a loved one, considering the todynamic therapy, which uses a photosensitizing 4. Sleeping on stomach. short-term and long-term risks of a treatment and agent and a source of light to kill malignant cells. 5. Smoking mothers. handling conflicting medical information available The hospital treating Neon slammed “experi- 6. Multiple birth babies like twins. at the click of a mouse. mental and unproven” methods which entered After extensive research it has been sug- Roberts said in court she had researched on the “unchartered territory”. The hospital, which cannot gested that the following preventive measures Internet her son’s condition - a fast-growing, high- be named, also questioned the credentials of some of are to be taken namely., grade brain tumour called medulloblastoma - and the private specialists contacted by Roberts’s team. 1) Always put the baby to sleep on its back. sought advice from specialists around the world The court heard that at least one of these could Do not put the baby to sleep on its stomach. because she did not trust British experts. not even correctly spell medulloblastoma. Side sleeping is unstable and should be avoided. She feared radiotherapy would stunt the boy’s Radiotherapy is used to prevent cancer from This single most important step has drasti- growth, reduce his IQ, damage his thyroid and spreading or striking back after surgery but it can cally reduced the incidence of this dreadful potentially leave him infertile. damage nerve tissue and healthy brain cells. condition. Earlier this week, a judge ruled that Neon could Long-term side effects tend to be more common 2) Do not allow baby to sleep with other chil- undergo emergency surgery to remove a tumour in children, whose nervous systems are still devel- dren or adults and do not put them to sleep which had resisted an initial operation in October, oping. Reuters on sofas. 3) Avoid soft bedding materials. Babies should be placed on firm, tight fitting crib mat- enal denervation, a of the population suffer from tress with no comforter. Use a light sheet to minimally invasive sur- Minimally invasive high BP and of that group, 15 cover the baby. Do not use pillows, comforters Rgery, can lower blood surgery could cure percent are resistant to tradi- and quilts in the crib. pressure (BP) that refuses to tional therapies, according to 4) Make sure that the room temperature is yield to drugs, according to the high BP: Study the Heart Institute statement. not too hot. The room temperature should be results obtained from a study The results are drawn from comfortable for a lightly clothed adult. A baby that was conducted over a supply to the kidneys. These Symplicity HTN-2, an ongo- should not be too hot to touch. year-long period. nerves contribute to high BP, ing, multi-centre, international 5) Keep baby in smoke free atmosphere. The findings build on results the journal Circulation reports. study sponsored by device 6) Pacifiers at the time of sleep after one released in 2010. It showed Murray Esler, professor manufacturer Medtronic to month of age are helpful as pacifier might allow that six months of treating and senior director at the evaluate renal denervation for airway to open more or prevent the baby from the arteries around the kid- Melbourne-based Baker IDI the treatment of hypertension. falling into deep sleep. A baby that wakes up neys with radio waves lowered Heart and Diabetes Institute, The study found that 83 per- more easily may automatically move out of a drug-resistant high BP. who led the study, said the cent of the treatment group dangerous position. Results show that risk of findings could have significant experienced a drop in hyper- Lastly, a request is being made on behalf of heart attack and stroke could public health implications in tension at six months, and Healthspring world clinic’s Pediatric depart- be reduced by 40 percent. the treatment of resistant nearly 79 percent of the group ment to share this information with your near Renal denervation involves hypertension, which is often maintained such reductions at and dear. inserting a catheter through a cause for heart attack and 12 months. an artery located near the stroke. Critically, the study found groin. Once there, a tip at the High BP is a major health that the participants’ kidneys end of the catheter emits a problem worldwide, causing were not damaged or function- radio frequency to deactivate debilitating health problems ally impaired and there were hyperactive sympathetic nerves and even sudden death. It is no ill effects on long-term in arteries that deliver blood estimated that 30-40 percent health from the procedure. IANS 8 PLUS | TUESDAY 25 DECEMBER 2012 MOVIE PLUS | TUESDAY 25 DECEMBER 2012 9

HOLLYWOOD NEWS BOLLYWOOD NEWS Gaga’s The Fame named Tarantino Dabangg 2 going strong, most popular perfume spells profit for all inger Lady Gaga’s perfume unchained: SThe Fame, which she launched this year, has been named as the most popular in the celeb- rity scent market Quentin in Britain by The Fragrance Shop. It was also named the country’s best- selling celebrity fra- grance this Christmas. unleashes It got 19 percent of sales in the country’s high street stores, reports contactmusic.com. New James Bond fragrance 007 came in second, while Britney Spears’ Midnight Fantasy is on third spot. Other perfumes in the top 10 list includes Madonna’s Truth or Dare and Django pop group Steps’ Guilty Pleasure.

by Jake Coyle abangg 2, the last big release of 2012, seems to cap the year on a profitable note. The Salman Khan-starrer opened with a record- ofFor time Tarantino, in the course whose of aown life personalof a movie.” film school was Dbreaking collection of `211m on the first day and trade pundits Scary Movie 5’ producers annoy Lohan uentin Tarantino enters a West Village Italian famously had as a video store clerk in Los Angeles, inspi- predict it will enter the `1bn club. restaurant through the back, a quiet arrival ration always starts with other films. Django Unchained Rajesh Thadani of Multimedia Combines said that Dabangg 2 has ctress Lindsay Lohan, who features in “Scary Movie 5”, is appar- for a filmmaker who is anything but stealthy. was motivated by Spaghetti Westerns, particularly those opened “exceptionally well at the box office on Friday” and on Saturday ently annoyed with the producers for inserting a joke about her More than most any other director working of the Italian director Sergio Corbucci, whose 1966 film “collected around `170m and is going housefull on Sunday”. Aprobation in the movie. today, Tarantino’s movies are propelled by a Django is a godfather to “Django Unchained.” According to him, it is a record breaking opening and that Dabangg 2 The movie’s new clip that released on Friday shows the troubled 26-year- ceaselessQ urge to entertain, both the audience and him- Samuel Jackson, who describes his conniving house serv- has broken the record of Rowdy Rathore that opened with `151m. old actress screaming in horror while watching a fake news clip of her self. In richly comic dialogue, gleefully splattered violence ant character as the future “most hated black person in the A sequel to Abhinav Kashyap-directed 2010 blockbuster Dabangg, the probation being revoked. But Lohan says the clip, which mirrors her real and vibrant bombastic colour, they announce themselves history of cinema,” has worked on nearly all of Tarantino’s part two, said to be made at a budget of `500m, marks Arbaaz Khan’s life troubles, wasn’t approved by her. brashly. films. He says Tarantino’s interest in race comes less from directorial debut and repeated the lead pair of Salman and Sonakshi It was supposed to show her watching one of her old movies Herbie: His latest, Django Unchained, a kind of Spaghetti life than from the movies. Sinha, while Prakash Raj replaced Sonu Sood as the villain. Fully Loaded. Western set in the antebellum South, is brazen even by “It’s not like Quentin grew up in the hood,” says Jackson. Brijesh Tandon said: “In Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, Dabangg 2 has col- According to tmz.com, producers assured Lindsay that she’d have the Tarantino standards. Starring Jamie Foxx as a slave taken “He went to a lot of Blaxsploitation films and his computer- lected around `34m on Friday which was quite expected from Salman’s final say on what jokes went in -- so she was livid when she saw the pro- under the wing of a bounty hunter (Christoph Waltz), like knowledge of cinema allows him to go to that space.” film. We hope the film gets bigger and better tonight.” bation joke instead. the film’s strange mix of surrealist comedy, bloody action Still, actually reenacting life on a pre-Civil War Anand Verma of DT Cinema informed that at their centres it has got a “Lindsay feels this final joke was meant as payback from producers, all and brutal depictions of slavery make Django arguably Mississippi plantation was jarring for some of the cast. “phenomenal response” despite a slow start on Friday morning and most because they blame her for holding up the shoot and trashing her trailer. Tarantino’s most audacious movie yet. Quentin Tarantino Foxx says wallowing in that world was sometimes painful. of the shows have been “housefull”. She plans to speak to her team this week over the alleged breach of con- “There is a committed showman aspect to my film that I “You stop and think, ‘Wow, that’s what they did to us. However, Vinay Choksey of VIP Movies feels that Monday will be tract,” said a source. relish in,” says a sweatshirt-clad Tarantino as he settles in They made us animals,’” says Foxx. “So what am I? They’re crucial to the movie. The working script for the movie is said to make fun of Lohan and her behind a table. “I want the audience to have a wild experi- giving me Evian water and heated tents. It’s like: OK, I’m He said: “Today (Sunday) the film is going housefull and it should col- revenge tales, only for women hunting patriarchal stere- multiple brushes with the law. ence at the movies and know that they left their house otypes. Yet from the banter of Pulp Fiction to the romance tripping a little bit.” lect around `200m to `230m. We are only concerned about the Monday and did something with their night. I like torturing them of Jackie Brown, race has clearly emerged as a dominant After the first screening of Django drew a positive reac- morning collections. We hope there won’t be any dip on Monday.” from time to time, but also getting them off.” theme in Tarantino’s films. tion, Foxx breathed a sigh of relief. The film has since been In Mumbai, according to Manoj Desai, executive director of G7 multi- Django Unchained not only plunges Tarantino back into “It’s the most important subject in America, both from nominated for five Golden Globe awards including best plex and Maratha Mandir: Dabangg 2 was housefull at G7 and Maratha the racially sensitive territory that has brought him criti- a historical perspective and in our day to day lives,” says dramatic picture. Mandir on Friday and Saturday. Even on Sunday the film is going house- Rihanna donates $1.75m to hospital cism in the past, it essentially explodes it. The n-word is Tarantino. “There are a whole lot of white filmmakers that It has also driven some black viewers to tears. Though full. Now let’s see how the film does on Monday.” used more than 100 times in the film. Two especially vio- might wish to venture into this area but they’re afraid. producer Harvey Weinstein had suggested breaking the Will Dabangg 2 break the record of Salman’s earlier release, Ek Tha lent scenes of slavery — one a Mandingo brawl, the other They’re afraid of being criticised.” lengthy film into two parts like Kill Bill, Tarantino wanted Tiger, which earned `330m on its opening day? inger Rihanna has donated $1.75m to a Barbados hospital in memory involving a dog — even Tarantino calls “traumatising.” Tarantino was memorably chastised by Spike Lee after to preserve it as one experience, to hopefully have the same “I don’t think Dabangg 2 will break the record of Ek Tha Tiger, but the of her late grandmother Dolly. Rihanna was devastated when her It’s a revenge fantasy that, depending on your perspec- the n-word laden Jackie Brown for being “infatuated” with stricken moviegoers cheering by the end. film will certainly cross `1bn without any doubt. Besides, Tuesday is a Sgrandmother Clara ‘Dolly’ Braithwaite lost her cancer battle in June tive, makes this either the rare film to honestly present the expression. Tarantino says he was “done wrong” by Lee, “What I tell people, I say: You’re not going to have (X-Mas) holiday, so the film will collect enough on Christmas.” 2012. the ugliness of slavery, or one that treats atrocity as a and that while he doesn’t care what Lee thinks of Django, the same reaction to this movie as a white person would Sunil Bansal of Yash Raj Jai Pictures Pvt Ltd said that in Rajasthan, She visited the radiotherapy department at Queen Elizabeth Hospital backdrop for genre movie irreverence. It’s probably both. liking it would be “a nice olive branch.” because they don’t have that struggle,” Foxx says. Dabangg 2 amassed around `12.5m on day one. On Saturday, the film (QEH) in Bridgetown, which is to be renamed the Clara Braithwaite Centre “If the only purpose of this movie was to make a shock- Django Unchained, which Weinstein Co is releasing, Tarantino, 49, has always been particularly aware of his collected around `9m”. for Oncology and Nuclear Medicine, Saturday. ing expose about slavery ... that would be well and good. You has made an effort to reach out to the black community. filmmaking legacy, as if imagining his shelf in a video store. Opening in Orissa has been average, according to Jeetu Khandelwal of Rihanna was there with her mother Monica Fenty and Dolly’s husband could definitely do that,” says Tarantino. “But this movie Three of the film’s stars — Foxx, Leonardo DiCaprio (who He says that he expects to stop making movies by the time Movie Pioneers, who informed that “the film collected around `3m, but Lionel to make the donation. wants to be a little more than just that.” plays a villainous Mississippi plantation owner) and Kerry he’s about 60, not wanting to dilute his filmography with it is going housefull on Sunday”. “This was my way of giving back to Barbados, in a form of philanthropy, It’s ironic that Tarantino is now unleashing a movie Washington (Django’s wife in need of rescue) — grace the lesser films of old age. He takes the long view on “Django,” “Nobody will ever face any loss with a Salman Khan film. But Ready and by assisting the QEH in its continued modernisation programme... I believe boasting of historical realism after his last film, Inglourious cover of a recent issue of Vibe magazine. Oprah Winfrey too, knowing it won’t seem contentious when, in a year, it’s Bodyguard opened with better collection compared to Dabangg 2,” he added. that this will have a huge impact on the people of Barbados. This was all Basterds (the hit of his career, with global box office of has endorsed it, though she also called it “provocative” on cable TV in the afternoon: “It becomes less controversial Manoj Desai, executive director of G7 multiplex and Maratha Mandir done to save lives or at least extend them,” Rihanna told eonline.com. $321.5m and eight Oscar nominations) rewrote history and “twisted.” by being made. It already exists.” said: “Dabangg 2 was housefull at G7 and Maratha Mandir on Friday and The 24-year-old is spending Christmas in her native Barbados with her by killing Hitler. Django, similarly revels in the catharsis Tarantino is prepared for any coming controversy. History, in the end, has nothing on movie history. Saturday. Even on Sunday the film is going housefull. Now let’s see how family. She was recently spotted supporting local businesses by picking up of seeing the evildoers of history get their comeuppance. “Not to sound too full of myself, but I guess I have the “I’m always aware I’m watching a movie when I’m watch- the film does on weekdays.” trinkets in a number of small shops on the Caribbean island. “With black audiences, they laugh, they just get it,” says shoulders to carry it,” he says. “You just have to be able to ing a movie,” Tarantino says. “As great as the movie is, Made at a budget of `400m, Dabangg had collected `1.45bn. She was mobbed by locals as she browsed boutiques in Bridgetown. Tarantino. “Part of the humour is stemming out of: ‘We walk the walk and carry it. I’ll take the stones that come I’ve never forgotten I was watching a movie. It’s not the were afraid of these idiots?’” my way for it. There might be some controversy right now windshield of your car.” Tarantino’s two-part Kill Bill and Death Proof were also but then that goes away. Frankly, it’s a very short amount AP 10 PLUS | TUESDAY 25 DECEMBER 2012 FOOD

WINNER • 2 tsp of red chilly powder RECIPE CONTEST • ½ tsp of turmeric powder • 1 pinch of asafetida Banana-Coco Granita • 1 tsp of coriander powder Daily at • 2 tsp of gramflour (besan) Ingredients: • 1 tsp of suji (semolina) Seasons • 1 fresh young Coconut • 1 tsp of ginger garlic paste Restaurant • 250 gms ripe Banana • ½ tsp of green chilly paste • 1 drop of Banana essence • ½ cup of coriander leaves • 200 gms White Sugar • 1 lemon juice Introducing an enticing dining • 1 tbsp Lemon juice • Salt to taste, oil to fry experience each night of the • Lemon zest from one lemon week: • Mint leaves to garnish Method: Monday - Italian night. Remove banana peels and cut banana into half and again Tue sday - Swiss night. Method: cut (long) into medium slice, add chilly powder, turmeric pow- Wednesday - Asian night. Make an incision from the coconut, take out the juice der, asafetida, coriander powder, ginger-garlic-green chilly Thursday - Seafood night. and pour in a blender. paste, salt, lemon juice and coriander leaves and marinate Friday - Steak night. Cut into half the husk and scrape the coconut meat. it for 15-20 minutes. Saturday and Sunday Cut banana into small slices and add coconut meat, Mix gram-flour and suji together. Add a pinch of salt to it. – International. lemon zest, lemon juice, sugar, and finally banana essence. Take a pan and pour some oil to shallow fry. Take a mari- Opening hours Blend, transfer into a pan and bring to boil. Strain the nated slice banana coat it with the above mixture and shallow Dinner 06.30pm – 11.00pm mixture and transfer in a container and keep for one hour fry 2-3 slice and serve hot. Location: Mövenpick Hotel Doha, and half in a freezer. Namrata Tawde Corniche Road. For more Using a fork scrape the Granita and keep in a glass and information call 4429 1111. garnish with leaves. The theme for this week is Marietta Pueda Banana Spice Cake CHICKEN. Ingredients: (Send in your recipe with • 2¾ cups Sifted flour ingredients in metric Peninsula Plus • 2 teaspoon Baking powder measurements). Winner will PO BOX 3488, Doha, • 1 teaspoon Baking soda receive a dinner voucher. Banana and Pecan Bread [email protected], To claim your prize • 1 teaspoon Salt [email protected] call 44557837. Ingredients: • ¼ teaspoon Cloves • 100 gms butter, softened. • 1½ teaspoon Cinnamon • 150 gms sugar • ¾ teaspoon Nutmeg • 2 large eggs, beaten • 2/3 cups Shortening • 3 ripe bananas • 1 1/3 cups Sugar • 75 gms pecan nuts, coarsely chopped • 2 Eggs, well beaten • 140 gms demerara sugar • 2 teaspoons baking powder • 225 gms self raising flour • 1 2/3 cups Mashed bananas • 140 gms butter melted •1/4 teaspoon salt • 1/2 tsp baking powder • 2 teaspoon Vanilla •1 egg, beaten • 1/2 tsp ground mixed spice/pumpkin spice Method: • 1 cup milk Method: Heat oven to 160C/gas 4. Thickly slice the •2 tablespoons vegetable oil Method: Sift flour, baking powder, soda, salt and spices together bananas into a wide, shallow 20cm circular •2 ripe bananas, mashed Preheat oven to 160 degrees celsius. Grease a medium loaf three times. dish. Scatter the raspberries over the top. • 2 shakes of cinnamon tin and keep ready. Cream shortening with sugar until fluffy. Crush the biscuits until reduced to crumbs. •1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract Cream the butter and sugar together in a large bowl until light Add eggs and beat thoroughly. Put the crumbs into a saucepan. Stir in the and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating until well combined. Add sifted dry ingredients and bananas alternately in sugar, then the butter, making sure all the Method: Peel, mash and add bananas to the creamed mixture. Then small amounts, beating well after each addition. crumbs are well coated. Scatter evenly over Combine flour, white sugar, baking powder, add the pecan nuts and beat together. Stir in vanilla. the fruit. cinnamon and salt. In a separate bowl, mix Sift together flour, baking powder and spice and fold into the Pour into greased pans and bake in a 350 degree oven for Bake for 20-25 mins, until just beginning together egg, milk, vegetable oil, vanilla and banana mix. Spoon into the tin and bake for about 40 mins or 35 minutes to colour. Leave to stand for at least 10 mins bananas. until a skewer inserted into middle comes out clean. Mir Afroze Ali for the topping to crisp up. Stir flour mixture into banana mixture; . Cool and Remove from tin. Serve as a tea bread with cream Serve with cream or custard. Heat a lightly oiled griddle or frying pan cheese/ jam or as a dessert with whipped cream. Tejas K over medium high heat. Pour or scoop the Ayesha Banana Berry ginger Crunch batter onto the griddle, using approximately Ingredients: Egg-Banana Pancakes 1/3 cup for each pancake. Cook until pan- Banana Crispy • 5 bananas Ingredients: cakes are golden brown on both sides; serve Ingredients: • 350 gms frozen or fresh raspberries •1 cup all-purpose flour hot. • 2 raw bananas • 250 gms ginger biscuits •1 tablespoon white sugar Vijayalakshmi.K

Spice Boat to open soon at West Bay ocated on the ground level of the LAl Maha Twin Tower, West Bay, Spice Boat will open doors to public on January 11. The multi-cuisine res- taurant can accommodate 70 people indoor and another 120 in the open air dining area. Indian actress Mallika Sukumaran and her sons, actors, Indrajith and

FROM LEFT: Sreekanth Manikoth, Vice chairman, COO, Spice Boat, Supriya Prithviraj, Prithviraj Sukumaran, Director, Spice Kammutty VP Prithviraj are promoters of this fine Boat, Sheikh Ahmad Ali Faleh Naser Al Thani, Chief Patron, Spice Boat, Indrajith Sukumaran, Director, Spice Boat, Mallika dining restaurant. Sukumaran, Executive Chairman and CEO, Spice Boat, and Poornima Indrajith at a press conference to announce the launch Spice Boat will serve Indian, Mexican of Spice Boat, a multi-cusine restaurant, at Al Maha Twin Tower, West Bay. and Italian delicacies. The Peninsula FOOD PLUS | TUESDAY 25 DECEMBER 2012 11 It never hurts to have a plan for a single pan

By Joe Yonan a cup of seafood or vegetable broth, usually of my own making. The technique is the ll cook, you clean. That’s something same as for the larger paellas. single folks don’t get to say unless In some ways, paella has more in com- they’re hanging out with friends. mon with risotto than with most baked rice I’When the sole beneficiary of your dishes, such as pilafs. You build flavour by kitchen time is looking back at you in the sauteing garlic, onion (or, in single-serving mirror, you become cook and dishwasher style, shallots) and a spice such as Spanish in one. smoked paprika in olive oil, then you coat This double duty can affect your appe- the rice in this mixture, helping seal it so tite. Not your appetite for good food, but it doesn’t leak starch and get mushy. The your appetite for recipes that require you short-grain rice slowly swells as it absorbs to use this pan and that pot and that dish, the broth on the stove top, never covered, recipes that make you think too much but rather than constantly stirring and about the cleanup part and not enough gradually adding broth, you pour in all the about the cooking — and eating — part. hot liquid at once and occasionally swirl And that’s before you’ve even so much as the pan as the paella gently bubbles. You reached for a cutting board. finish it in the oven, still uncovered, then I’m guilty of writing those recipes from cover with foil only once it’s out, letting time to time. I get excited about a tech- the rice finish cooking as the paella rests nique or a combination, and one pan leads and cools. To get that crispy layer on the to another. Even the simplest of dishes, bottom, you put it back on the stove top such as pasta with a quick pan sauce, can for a final couple of minutes. violate the one-pot rule. At least the stock- My favourite personal paella for a while pot I boiled the pasta in usually needs little used squid, scallions and cherry tomatoes. more than a good rinsing afterward. Some Now that I’m eating a mostly vegetarian of my favourite dishes, though, are far diet, it has been helpful to remember that more streamlined. Stir-fries, soups, sand- in Spain, paella includes all manner of wiches, salads and pizza typically use just ingredients. What unites them is the rice one cooking implement — if that. And then and the pan. there are the single-pan dishes that seem I flipped through Paella! and Paella and much more complex than they really are. found ideas in both. Herraiz’s book, which Which brings me to paella. I can has a nifty cover made to look and feel like hear the cries already: Paella for one? the cloth bag that traditional Bomba rice Blasphemy! “Paella is a sociable dish,” is sold in, has very few vegetarian recipes. writes Alberto Herraiz in a cookbook But I did see a mullet and roast pumpkin called, simply, Paella (Phaidon, 2011). And paella that inspired me to use small cubes indeed, exhibition-size paellas abound; Jose of butternut squash, cooking them in the Andres and his Jaleo team make an annual rice instead of roasting them separately. appearance at a DC market, among other Casas’ book has a take on a simple vegetar- places, to make paella for, oh, 300 or so ian paella that features spinach, chickpeas of their closest friends. It involves tubs of and pine nuts; I simplified it even further cast-iron or other heavy, ovenproof skillet over chicken, bushels of vegetables, gallons of and used the very non-Spanish flavour Spinach and medium heat. Cook, shaking the pan frequently to stock, bag upon bag of short-grain rice and of Madras curry instead of my beloved toss the pine nuts, until they are brown and fragrant, an oar-size stirrer. smoked paprika. Traditionalists would be Chickpea Paella a few minutes. Immediately transfer them to a small When my sister and I travelled to Spain horrified, but Herraiz is not one of them; plate so they don’t continue cooking and burn. almost a decade ago, we made a pilgrim- his book, in fact, includes a recipe for a This is a hearty portion, so it can serve two with Return the skillet to medium heat and pour in the age to the birthplace of paella. There, we “Return to India” paella that uses not just the addition of a salad. oil. Once the oil is hot enough to shimmer, sprinkle tasted an iconic iteration of it in a seaside curry powder, but tamarind paste and Ingredients in the curry powder and let it sizzle and bloom for restaurant outside the city. The standard coconut milk. Perhaps I could be forgiven. • 1 cup homemade or no-salt-added vegetable broth a few seconds, then add the shallot and garlic and offering served two. Just two. As Spanish One thing most Spaniards would prob- Kosher or sea salt saute until tender, a few minutes. Add the rice and cooking authority Penelope Casas writes ably not forgive is my choice to make my • 1 tablespoon pine nuts cook, stirring, for another minute or two, until the in Paella! (Holt, 1999), “Although it makes personal paellas in a small steel pan I • 2 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil rice grains are well coated. Add the spinach and a splendid party dish (for which most of bought in Paris. It’s not considered techni- • 1/2 teaspoon Madras curry powder chickpeas and cook, stirring, until the spinach wilts, the preparation can be done in advance), cally correct to refer to any dish as paella, • 1 large or 2 small shallot lobes, thinly sliced a minute or two. it is just as appropriate for quiet nights in fact, if it’s made in anything but that • 2 cloves garlic, thinly sliced Pour in the hot broth and bring to a low boil. at home.” traditional, shallow pan. The word, like a • 1/3 cup uncooked arborio, bomba or other Reduce the heat to medium-low so the liquid is Hear, hear. The day after we tasted that Moroccan tagine, refers to both the pan short- grain rice gently bubbling. Taste the liquid and add salt as revelatory paella in Valencia — the pan and the dish. But my paella pan is too big • 1 cup (about 2 ounces) packed baby spinach needed, then cook, swirling the pan occasionally to was bigger around than I had expected, for a single-serving approach, so I and the leaves, chopped keep the rice hydrated, until the rice has swelled and the rice shallower (and crispy on the bot- Spaniards are just going to have to agree • 1/2 cup cooked chickpeas, drained (or if absorbed much but not all of the liquid (it should be tom), the other ingredients sparser — we to disagree. canned, use no-salt-added, drained slightly soupy), 8 to 10 minutes. bought carbon-steel paella pans outside Or so I thought. My paella pan is 13 and rinsed) Scatter the red pepper strips on top of the paella. the city’s fabulous Mercado Central. Since inches in diameter, making it appropri- • 2 tablespoons roasted red peppers, cut into strips Transfer to the oven and bake, uncovered, until the then, I’ve made paella for dinner parties ate for four or six. The paella for two we Method: rice is al dente, or mostly tender but with a little at least a few times a year for six or eight ate in Valencia came in a 10-inch pan. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. resistance at the center of the grain, about 10 min- guests, not 300. But I also like to go to I’ve always assumed that was the small- Combine the broth and salt to taste in a small utes. Remove from the oven, cover with a lid or the other extreme. Paella may be sociable, est size available. But recently I logged saucepan over medium heat until barely bubbling aluminum foil, and let it sit for about 5 minutes. but sometimes I’m not, so I make paella on to LaTienda.com, a favourite source at the edges; reduce the heat to very low and cover. Uncover and return it to the stovetop over medium- for one. It’s satisfaction, not precision, I’m of all things Spanish, and noticed that I (Or mix the broth and salt in a microwave-safe glass high heat and cook for 2 minutes, to brown and crisp after. Paella delivers, especially for a rice was wrong. There, for just under $13, was measuring cup, microwave on HIGH until boiling, the bottom. Scatter the toasted pine nuts on top. fiend like myself. a carbon-steel paella pan measuring just about 1 minute, and cover to keep hot.) Spoon the paella out onto a plate, or eat it from Once I figured out the right amounts, under eight inches, designed to serve one. Sprinkle the pine nuts into a small (8-inch) the pan. everything else fell into place: one-third I clicked, I bought and I felt blasphemous cup of Bomba, Calasparra or Arborio rice; no longer. WP-Bloomberg 12 PLUS | TUESDAY 25 DECEMBER 2012 TECHNOLOGY

By Terence Chea

ngineer Dallas Goecker attends meetings, Telepresence robots let jokes with colleagues and roams the office building just like other employees at his company in Silicon Valley. But Goecker isn’t in California. He’s employees ‘beam’ into work Emore than 2,300 miles away, working at home in Seymour, Indiana. It’s all made possible by the Beam — a mobile video-conferencing machine that he can drive around the Palo Alto offices and workshops of Suitable Technologies. The 5-foot-tall device, topped with a large video screen, gives him a physical presence that makes him and his colleagues feel like he’s actually there. “This gives you that casual interaction that you’re used to at work,” Goecker said, speaking on a Beam. “I’m sitting in my desk area with everybody else. I’m part of their conversations and their socialising.” Suitable Technologies, which makes the Beam, is now one of more than a dozen companies that sell so- called telepresence robots. These remote-controlled machines are equipped with video cameras, speakers, microphones and wheels that allow users to see, hear, talk and “walk” in faraway locations. More and more employees are working remotely, thanks to computers, smartphones, email, instant messaging and video-conferencing. But those tech- nologies are no substitute for actually being in the office, where casual face-to-face conversations allow for easy collaboration and camaraderie. Telepresence-robot makers are trying to bridge that gap with wheeled machines — controlled over wireless Internet connections — that give remote workers a physical presence in the workplace. These robotic stand-ins are still a long way from Bo Preising, Suitable Technologies’ vice president of engineering, talks with fellow engineers, Josh Faust, center going mainstream, with only a small number of on screen, and Josh Tyler, on screen at right, both using a Beam remote presence system in Palo Alto, California. organisations starting to use them. The machines can be expensive, difficult to navigate or even get stuck if they venture into areas with poor Internet overseas factories, salespeople greet store custom- A few years ago, he moved back to his native connectivity. Stairs can be lethal, and non-techies ers, family members check on elderly relatives or art Indiana to raise his family, but he found it difficult to might find them too strange to use regularly. lovers tour foreign museums. collaborate with engineering colleagues using existing “There are still a lot of questions, but I think the Some physicians are already seeing patients in video-conferencing systems. potential is really great,” said Pamela Hinds, co- remote hospitals with the RP-VITA robot co-devel- “I was struggling with really being part of the director of Stanford University’s Center on Work, oped by Santa-Barbara, California,-based InTouch team,” Goecker said. “They were doing all sorts of Technology, & Organization. “I don’t think face-to- Health and iRobot, the Bedford, Massachusetts- wonderful things with robotics. It was hard for me face is going away, but the question is, how much based maker of the Roomba vacuum. to participate.” face-to-face can be replaced by this technology?” The global market for telepresence robots is So Goecker and his colleagues created their own Technology watchers say these machines — some- projected to reach $13bn by 2017, said Philip Solis, telepresence robot. The result: the Beam and a new times called remote presence devices — could be used research director for emerging technologies at ABI company to develop and market it. for many purposes. They could let managers inspect Research. At $16,000 each, the Beam isn’t cheap. But Suitable The robots have attracted the Technologies says it was designed with features that attention of Russian venture capi- make “pilots” and “locals” feel the remote worker is talist Dimitry Grishin, who runs physically in the room: powerful speakers, highly sen- a $25m fund that invests in early- sitive microphones and robust wireless connectivity. stage robotics companies. The company began shipping Beams last month, “It’s difficult to predict how big mostly to tech companies with widely dispersed engi- it will be, but I definitely see a neering teams, officials said. lot of opportunity,” Grishin said. “Being there in person is really complicated — “Eventually it can be in each home commuting there, flying there, all the different and each office.” ways people have to get there. Beam allows you to His Grishin Robotics fund be there without all that hassle,” said CEO Scott recently invested $250,000 in a Hassan, beaming in from his office at Willow Garage startup called Double Robotics. in nearby Menlo Park. The Sunnyvale, California,- Not surprisingly, Suitable Technologies has fully company started selling a Segway- embraced the Beam as a workplace tool. On any given like device called the Double that day, up to half of its 25 employees “beam” into work, holds an Apple iPad, which has a with employees on Beams sitting next to their flesh- built-in video-conferencing system and-blood colleagues and even joining them for lunch called FaceTime. The Double can in the cafeteria. be controlled remotely from an Software engineer Josh Faust beams in daily from iPad or iPhone. Hawaii, where he moved to surf, and plans to spend So far, Double Robotics has sold the winter hitting the slopes in Lake Tahoe. He can’t more than 800 units that cost play pingpong or eat the free, catered lunches in Palo $1,999 each, said co-founder Mark Alto, but he otherwise feels like he’s part of the team. DeVidts. “I’m trying to figure out where exactly I want to The Beam got its start as a side live. This allows me to do that without any of the project at Willow Garage, a robot- instability of trying to find a different job,” Faust Senior software engineer, Josh Faust, seen on screen, navigates his com- ics company in Menlo Park where said, speaking on a Beam from Kaanapali, Hawaii. pany’s office using a Beam remote presence system. Goecker worked as an engineer. “It’s pretty amazing.” AP COMICS & MORE PLUS | TUESDAY 25 DECEMBER 2012 13

HOW TO USE DEMONSTRATIVE ADJECTIVES IN QUESTIONS: LEARN Na’am, Hazha La,Hazha,Mush kitabi ARABIC Hal, Hazha Kitabuka? Kitabee Hal ,Hazhi’hi sayyaratuki?

Hal zhalika Baituka? ======Hal Tilka Sayyaratuki? ======

GENERAL QUESTIONS WITH DEMONSTRATIVE ADJECTIVES: Man Hazha? Man hazhi’hi? Who is this? Ma hazha? Ma hazhi’hi? What is this? Liman Hzhi’hi Liman Hazha al kitab? Whose book /car is this? as’sayyara Hoy en la Historia Hal anti..Fee Hal anta.Fee..Doha? Are you in Doha/ Qatar? Qatar..? December 25, 1818 The Christmas carol Silent Remark : we can ask Night, now translated into over 140 about many things in languages, was sung for the first Hal Huwa...... ? Hal Hiy’ya.....? this way, for example, adjectives , nationalities, time at the Church of Saint places: fee, Huna, Hunak, Nikolaus in Oberndorf, Austria /In, here, there,.. etc. 1926: Emperor Hirohito acceded to the throne of Japan 1989: Romanian dictator Nicolae Baby Blues Jerry Scott and Rick Kirkman Ceausescu and his wife were executed for genocide after a secret trial 1990: British ScientistTim Berners-Lee made the first internet communication via the World Wide Web 1991: The Soviet Union officially ceased to exist with the resignation of President Mikhail Gorbachev Picture: Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS ALL IN THE MIND Hagar The Horrible Chris Browne Can you find the hidden words? They may be horizontal, vertical, diagonal, forwards or backwards.

Zits Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman

APPLE, APRICOT, ARTICHOKE, ASPARAGUS, AUBERGINE, BANANA, BEAN, BEETROOT, BROCCOLI, CABBAGE, CARROT, CAULIFLOWER, CELERY, CHERRY, CUCUMBER, DATE, EGGPLANT, FIG, GRAPE, GRAPEFRUIT, LEEK, LEGUME, LEMON, LIME, MANDARIN, MELON, MUSHROOM, OKRA, OLIVE, ONION, ORANGE, PARSNIP, PEA, PEACH, PEAR, PINEAPPLE, POTATO, PRUNE, PUMPKIN, RHUBARB, SPINACH, SPROUT, SQUASH, STRAWBERRY, TARO, TOMATO, TURNIP, YAM. 14 PLUS | TUESDAY 25 DECEMBER 2012 CROSSWORDS

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

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Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate How to EASY SUDOKU play Hyper Easy Sudoku Puzzles Sudoku: Place a digit from 1 to 9 in A Hyper Sudoku each empty cell so every Puzzle is solved row, every column and by filling the every 3x3 box contains all numbers from 1 the digits 1 to 9. to 9 into the blank cells. A Hyper Sudoku has unlike Sudoku 13 regions (four regions overlap with the nine standard regions). In all regions the numbers from 1 to 9 can appear YESTERDAY’S only once. Otherwise, a Hyper Sudoku is solved like a normal Sudoku. ANSWER CINEMA / TV LISTINGS PLUS | TUESDAY 25 DECEMBER 2012 15

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Jack Reacher (2D) (Action) – 6.45pm 16:35 Rescue Vet 16:00 GI Dough 17:00 Rescue Vet 16:25 GI Dough 17:30 Too Cute! 16:55 Border Security The Reef 2 (3D) (Animation) 19:20 Call Of The 18:45 Border Security – 2.30 & 6.45pm Wildman 19:10 Mythbusters 19:45 Call Of The 3 20:05 Mythbusters Wildman Jack Reacher (2D) (Action) 21:00 Deception With 20:15 Gator Boys – 4.15, 8.30 & 11.00pm Keith Barry 21:10 In Search 21:55 Walking The Of The Giant Amazon Anaconda The Reef 2 (3D) (Animation) 22:50 Curiosity: 22:05 Biggest And – 2.30, 4.00, 5.30 & 7.15pm X-Ray: Baddest Yellowstone 23:00 Shamwari: A 1 23:45 Superhuman Wild Life The Impossible (2D) (Action) – 9.00 & 11.15pm

ROYAL Vamps (Comedy) – 2.30pm PLAZA 14:00 Built for the Kill 13:05 Golden Seal 16:00 Hunter Hunted 14:40 It’s A Mad, 2 17:00 Kalahari Mad, Mad Jack Reacher (2D) (Action) Supercats World – 4.00, 6.30, 9.00 & 11.15pm 18:00 Wild Case 17:10 Still Of The Files Night 19:00 Hidden Worlds 18:40 Rage My Boss (2D) (Malayalam) 20:00 Monster Fish 20:10 Valkyrie: The 3 – 2.30, 5.15, 8.00 & 10.45pm 21:00 Built for the Kill Plot To Kill 22:00 Asia’s Hitler Deadliest 22:00 Cadillac Man Jack Reacher (2D) (Action) Snakes 23:35 Longtime – 3.00 & 5.30pm 23:00 Hunter Hunted Companion

The Impossible (2D) (Action) 1 – 8.00pm 16:00 Angelo Rules 11:30 Julie 16:50 Thundercats 13:05 The Trouble With Girls The Hobbit: An Expected 17:15 Generator Rex 14:45 The Outriders Journey (Fantasy) – 10.30pm 17:40 Eliot Kid 18:30 Regular Show 16:15 Honky Tonk 19:15 Ed, Edd n Eddy 18:00 The Oklahoma The Reef 2 (3D) (Animation) 20:10 Johnny Test Kid – 2.30, 4.15 & 6.00pm 20:35 Ben 10: Alien 19:20 Little Women Force 21:20 The Wizard Of LANDMARK 2 22:15 Grim Oz Jack Reacher (2D) (Action) Adventures Of... 23:00 Ben-Hur – 8.15 & 11.00pm 23:00 Ben 10

Rise of the Guardians (3D) Animation – 2.30 & 4.15pm 12:00 12 Dates Of 13:00 Princess Christmas Sydney: Three The Impossible (2D) (Action) 3 14:00 How The Grinch Gold Coins – 6.15 & 11.30pm Stole Christmas 14:30 Wild Thornberrys 16:00 Desperately 16:00 Arrietty Seeking Santa 18:00 A Very Fairy The Hobbit: An Expected 18:00 Mrs. Miracle Christmas Journey (3D) (Fantasy) – 8.15pm 22:00 40 Year Old 19:30 Treasure Buddies Virgin 21:30 Arrietty 16 PLUS | TUESDAY 25 DECEMBER 2012 POTPOURRI

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Magida El Roumi Concert When: 10 Jan 2013, 8pm - 11pm WHERE: Katara Amphitheater WHAT: Internationally renowned Lebanese singer Magida El Roumi will perform a unique concert in Katara’s Amphitheater, singing from her new album and a bouquet of her gold hits.

Yan Pei-Ming “Painting the history” When: 9am-8pm, Till Jan 12, 2013 Friday 3pm to 9pm WHERE: QMA Gallery, Bldg 10 WHAT: Curated by Francesco Bonami, this exhibition profiles three types of history- makers and highlights the power of painting as a medium for recording historical events. Free entry

Forever Now When: Till March 31, 2013; 11am-6pm WHERE: Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art WHAT: Forever Now proposes new readings based on the works of five artists from Mathaf’s permanent collection. This exhibition unpacks new narratives that posit a unique understanding of five diverse artists: Fahrelnissa Zeid, Jewad Selim, Saliba Douaihy, Salim Al–Dabbagh and Ahmed Cherkaoui. Free entry

Art of Travel WHEN: Till Feb 11, 2013 (Sun, Mon, Wed: 10:30-5:30; Tue: closed; Thu, Sat: 12noon-8pm; Fri: 2pm-8pm) WHERE: Al Riwaq Hall next to the Museum of Islamic Art WHAT: A watercolour album dated 1590 was commissioned by Bartholomäus Schachman, mayor of Gdansk in 1604. It documents what he saw during his travels through the Ottoman Empire in 1588-89, depicting costumes and people, scenes of everyday life, festivals and ceremonies. The pages of the album are on display along with related artworks and documents providing visitors with a fascinating and vivid view back in time to the 16th century. Entry: Children Free, adults QR:25

Mathaf Student Art Exhibition: Transform When: Till Jan 13, 11am - 6pm Where: Mathaf, Museum of Modern Art What: Exhibition showcases students’ work, ranging from installations, videos, paintings and mixed media sculptures to photographs.

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