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MONDAY 8 APRIL 2013 • plus@pen.com.qa • www.thepeninsulaqatar.com • 4455 7741
WHEELS
MARKETPLACE
HEALTH
MOVIE
TECHNOLOGY
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• Porsche unveilsnew Caymanand Cayman S
• QTA showcasesnew opportunitiesat career fair
• Avoid the sourside of asweet tooth
• Roger Ebert: Stimulating film critic with formidable internet presence
• New apps transforming remote parts of Africa
• Apps for the day
• Learn commonlyused Arabic wordsand their meanings
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Cambodia: A land of contrasts
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This year’s World Health Day was dedicated to hypertension, a condition which affects about 33 percent of the Qatari population.
A DAY FOR A DAY FOR HEALTHHEALTH
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By Isabel Ovalle
The World Health Organization (WHO) com-memorated World Health Day yesterday. This year’s
celebration was dedicated to hyper-tension, a condition which affects approximately 33 percent of the Qatari population, according to the latest Qatar Statists Authority’s sur-vey on this issue.
This medical condition is chronic and silent, given that it doesn’t have any apparent symptoms. According to Dr Hashim Al Sayed, many patients underestimate this illness, allowing it to become “a time bomb waiting to explode.”
One in three adults world-wide has high blood pressure. However, studies completed by WHO reveal that this proportion increases with age, from one in 10 people in their 20s and 30s to five in 10 people in their 50s. In Qatar, this condition is mostly rela-ted to obesity.
Al Sayed, an Assistant profes-sor at Weil Cornel Medical College
in Qatar and Senior Consultant of Family Medicine, added: “We recom-mend these patients to lose weight, but most of them fail and prefer to use medication.”
Of the 2,496 Qataris aged 18 to 64 years surveyed by QSA, 33 percent were suffering from high blood pres-sure, 16,7 percent from diabetes and some 21,9 percent from higher-than-normal cholesterol levels.
In this context, experts suggest people to go for a checkup if they’re over 40, smoke, lead a sedentary life or have diabetes. After three consecutive measurements of blood pressure, if the patient registers con-tinuous high levels, he or she will be diagnosed with hypertension.
At this point, explained Dr Deepak Chandramohan, Internist at Naseem Al Rabeeh Medical Centre, before prescribing any medication, we advise patients to introduce changes in their lifestyle during at least three months. These changes are: reduce salt intake, eat a balanced diet, avoid harmful use of alcohol, regular physical activity,
maintain healthy body weight and avoid tobacco and shisha.
The specialist also highlighted the symptoms that, if presented together, can be a sign of hypertension. These include headache, dizziness, tired-ness, abnormal vision and ringing in the ears, among others. If these symptoms show up it’s suggested to consult a physician and have a blood pressure reading.
Dr Chandramohan also stated that hypertension comes with a whole bouquet of other diseases and can lead to other complications such as heart attacks, artery damage and narrowing or aneurysm.
Some patients have isolated epi-sodes of hypertension due to stress or lack of sleep. To avoid wrongful diagnosis, at least three consecutive readings should be done.
The expert noted that blood pres-sure can appear at any age. “I have patients as young as 24 years. It’s important for this condition to be diagnosed as early as possible. Patients need to be aware and have their condi-tion followed up,” concluded the doctor.
CHANGE YOUR
LIFESTYLELIFESTYLE
Dr Hashim Al Sayed
Dr Deepak Chandramohan
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Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC) supported the WHO campaign
by encouraging the commu-nity to change behaviors that can lead to hyperten-sion. To do so, PHCC deci-ded to let students know about the causes and risk factors of high blood pres-sure, encouraging them to regularly check their blood pressure, avoid tobacco use, take regular physical acti-vity, mantain a healthy body weight and reducing salt intake.
Eight of its most active Health Promotion Schools in health activities, four intermediate schools and four secondary schools were selected by PHCC to commemorate the day by raising awareness of the causes and consequences of high blood pressure and
encourage them to change their lifestyles.
The activities included presentations and educa-tional sessions led by the school nurses, who distribu-ted flyers and offered blood pressure checkup for the students and staff of their schools.
PHCC’s Health Promotion Manager, Yousra Hammad, said: “Non-communicable diseases, including high blood pressure, are the major cause of death in Qatar, accounting for 51 percent of classified deaths in 2010. Up to 80 percent of non-com-municable diseases can be prevented, mainly by adop-ting healthier lifestyles.”
Hammad urged everybody to learn and explore more about high blood pressure. “World Health Day gives us a great opportunity to promote physical health
amongst community mem-bers. Our focus this year was school students that represent 25 percent of the community but our ulti-mate aim is to encourage the whole community in Qatar to change behaviors which could have a negative impact on their health and to get their health checked regularly”, she concluded.
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Prevention begins in schools
Non-communicable diseases, like high blood pressure, are the major cause of death in Qatar, accounting for 51 percent of classified deaths in 2010. Up to 80 percent of non-communicable diseases can be prevented, mainly by adopting healthier lifestyles.
Hypertensionin the world(WHO’s factsand figures)
• Prevalence of hyperten-sion is highest in Africa (46 percent of adults) while the lowest pre-valence is found in the Americas (35 percent of adults). Overall, high-income countries have a lower prevalence of hypertension (35 percent of adults) than low- and middle-income groups (40 percent of adults).
• More than one in three adults worldwide has high blood pressure, with the proportion going up to one in two for people aged 50 and above.
• The number of people with hypertension rose from 600 million in 1980 to 1 billion in 2008.
• Complications of high blood pressure account for more than 9 million deaths worldwide every year. This includes 51 percent of deaths due to strokes and 45 percent of deaths due to coro-nary heart disease.
• The prevalence of high blood pressure is highest in the African Region at 46 percent. The lowest prevalence is in the Americas Region at 35 percent. Globally, overall prevalence of high blood pressure in adults aged 25 and older was around 40 percent in 2008.
PLUS | MONDAY 8 APRIL 20134 WHEELS
Porsche Centre Doha yesterday unveiled the new generation two-seater Cayman and Cayman S at a ceremony here yesterday. The new Cayman is — after the 911 Carrera
and Boxster — the third sports car model line from Porsche to feature innovative lightweight body design. Porsche’s latest model is up to 30kg lighter, depending on the specific model and equipment, and consumes up to 15 percent less fuel per 100km than the predecessor — despite higher engine and driving performance.
Salman Jassem Al Darwish, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Porsche Centre Doha, Al Boraq Automobile Co WLL, said: “The new Cayman is built for driving through bends like few other sports cars can: The mid-engine sports coupé sets new standards in its class for driving performance with a longer wheelbase, all-round new chassis and lower weight.”
The Cayman has been completely redeveloped. It is lower and longer, lighter and faster, more efficient and more powerful than ever. A longer wheelbase, wider track and larger wheels enhance the driv-ing performance of the mid-engine sports car to an unparalleled level in its competitive class.
Featuring a new lighter design and powered by a 2.7-litre flat-six cylinder engine, the Cayman sports coupé produces 275 horsepower. It accelerates from zero to 100km/h in 5.4 seconds, depending on the equipment, and reaches a top speed of 266km/h. Its fuel consumption (NEDC) is 7.7 l/100 km when equipped with Porsche Doppelkupplungsgetriebe (PDK).
Its bigger sibling, the Cayman S makes use of a 3.4-litre naturally aspirated flat-six cylinder engine for an output of 325 horsepower. Acceleration time from a standstill to 100km/h time is 4.7 seconds with a top speed of 283 km/h. The NEDC fuel consump-tion value is 8.0 l/100km with PDK.The new model features an extended wheelbase with shorter over-hangs. The standard 18- and 19-inch Cayman wheels give it not only a sportier appeal but also better lat-eral stability and handling properties.
From the front end, the new Cayman is marked by its dominant cooling air inlets, which increase in size towards the sides of the car. Integrated in them are the round front lights with four-point daytime running lights or position lights — an unmistakable
identifying feature of the new Cayman. Al Darwish added: “Our two-seater sports coupé
is a genuinely new car featuring drastic changes in the design, but without losing its valuable Porsche identity. I am convinced that the Cayman will be a real sight on our roads.”
The new generation also comes with new optional features. Customers can now order Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) ) — a system that controls the dis-tance to the car ahead in traffic and vehicle speed. Also Porsche Entry & Drive is being offered for the first time in the class of the Cayman. The system
enables keyless and convenient unlocking and lock-ing of the doors and bootlid as well as engine start-ing. As soon as the driver touches the door handle, the Porsche Entry & Drive queries an access code that is saved in the key. If it is correct, the door is unlocked. Similarly, when the driver approaches the sensor zone at the front or rear of the car, the boot lid in that zone is unlocked and can be opened. Other options include a specially developed Burmester sound system. The basic retail price for the new Porsche Cayman is QR199,800 and for Cayman S at QR226,200. The Peninsula
Th e Fo r d Mustang will soon become the newest member
of a very exclusive club – vehicles in continuous production for 50 years. To help mark this mile-stone, 50 companies will sell products including watches, T-shirts, model cars and more that cel-ebrate the Mustang’s first 50 years.
“During its first 49 years of production, Mustang has come to evoke a variety of emotions in our customers — freedom, independence and being true to one’s self – just to name a few,” said John Nens, Ford’s team lead for Global Brand Licensing. “We’re marking this Mustang milestone with a distinctive collection of licensed products from select manufacturers
that will carry the unique Mustang 50 Years logo.”
All of the new merchan-dise will be easily identified with a custom logo that cel-ebrates 50 years of Mustang.
The logo was crafted by Ford designer Michael Thomson. It features the Mustang’s trademark gal-loping pony in silhouette over the characters “50 YEARS.”
Only 50 companies will be licensed to create products bearing this special logo including high-quality die cast models, videogames, watches and apparel. “We’re working closely with our licensees to ensure every item reflects the unique qualities of Mustang,” said Nens. “Like the car itself, we want our licensed products to convey an attitude of strength, passion and the highest quality.”
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Porsche unveils new Cayman and Cayman S
Mike Ellenthorpe, Regional Operation Manager of Porsche Middle East and Africa, and Salman Jassem Al Darwish, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Porsche Centre Doha, with the new Cayman S.
Ford marks countdown to 50 years of Mustang
5MARKETPLACE PLUS | MONDAY 8 APRIL 2013
Al Khayarin Group hosted annual din-ner for its staff recently. The event coin-cided with the distribution of annual increments and performance bonuses to deserving employees. Mohammed Idrees Anwar, CEO and Managing Partner, was Chief Guest. Also present were M Tahir Chouhan, Group Finance Manager, Kamran Azmi, General Manager (KG Interiors), Vinay Mishra, General Manager, M Tariq Hanif, BDM (KG Electrical Trading), Imran Chughtai, General Manager, Mar Maaz Kola, Operation Manager, Muhammad Iqbal, BDM (KG Travels & Tours), Shree Kumar, General Manager, KG Switchgear, Manoj Kumar Joshi, Operation Manager, and Mudassar Raza, Contracts Manager (KG Group ).
Techno Q takes part in consumer engagement technology conference
Techno Q has recently taken part in the Customer Engagement Technology (CET) Middle East conference in Dubai, which it also sponsored.
Techno Q Co-founder and Executive Director Abdulla Alansari took part in a panel discussion, tackling the topic about the effects and opportunities for digital signage solutions to expand and capture the Middle Eastern markets.
“With the rise of digital signage, self-service kiosks, mobile media and other customer engage-ment technologies, digital media is transforming the way organisations communicate with their customers and stakeholders,” said Alansari.
He said digital signage is making the shift into more ‘non-traditional’ areas such as education and corporate environments.
“In recent years, our company has designed and installed digital signage systems for clients in various sectors ranging from digital installations for corpo-rate internal communication purposes to information and way finding systems for university campuses to name a few.
“The year 2012 was a breakout year in the dig-ital signage industry,” Alansari said, “with success
driven in large part by countless vertical markets that embraced digital signage as a way to engage their target audiences.”
“Everywhere throughout the region digital signage installations are becoming more and more evident, so much so that it is now seen as a very positive trend. The industry has been growing at a 40 percent compounded annual growth rate and it is predicted
that 22 million digital signs will be active by 2015. By 2016 this sector of the industry will be worth some $4.5 billion. Retail, corporate, and transportation will continue to be the top three sectors worldwide, but sectors such as education, healthcare and hospital-ity are seeing tremendous growth in the region,” Alansari concluded.
The Peninsula
ibq unveils loan promotion
International Bank of Qatar (ibq) launched a new loan promotion
offering customers dig-ital handsets and tablets such as a mini iPad, iPad 4 or an iPhone 5.
The campaign run-ning until May 31 also features attractive inter-est rates, great flexibility with repayment terms and fast approvals. Andrew Ball (pictured), Head of Retail Banking at ibq said: “This is a great promo-tion for those who look for convenience, ease and overall value. We are here to surprise and delight both new and existing customers. This is nothing less than you would expect from ibq. We are in tune with our customers’ wants and needs and strive to develop smart solutions and competitive services that are both efficient and rewarding.” The Peninsula
Marketing experts Appropriate Innovative Marketing Solutions (AIMS) and Think Big Qatar (TBQ) have launched a new integrated
system to develop business to business marketing potential.
Designed to provide cost effective professional marketing for businesses in Qatar, this new approach enables businesses to benefit from marketing and control costs. AIMS have based the new offer on years of integrated B2B marketing campaigns for companies ranging from blue chip organisations to small and medium enterprises.
Sonia Waters, Managing Director of AIMS, said: “Marketing is essential to promote businesses and AIMS understands the need for business leaders to control expenditure. Our new services enable companies of all sizes to benefit from effective marketing campaigns that will raise their profile, increase business and control costs — a one-stop-shop providing real marketing value.”
The goal is to design unique marketing packages
for the particular needs of each business, comprising business cards, logo design, web design and an opportunity to promote the business on Think Big Qatar platform.
A total of three different Marketing Packages are offered. The Bronze package, featuring a three page static website, logo design and business card design and 500 printed cards and a 30 second video and two weeks subscription on Think Big Qatar
The Sliver package includes a five page static website, logo design, business card design and 1,000 printed cards, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn setup and a 30 second video and four weeks subscription on Think Big Qatar.
Finally, the Gold package offers a 10 page static website, logo design, business card design and 1,000 printed, letter head and complimentary slip design, leaflet or poster design, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn setup, PowerPoint template, brochure design, and 45-second video and two months subscription to Think Big Qatar.
The Peninsula
AIMS, TBQ launch system to develop B2B marketing potential
PLUS | MONDAY 8 APRIL 2013 MARKETPLACE66
Acon Travels Al Khor branch was inaugurated by Khalaf Bjoomhoor Al Mohannadi in the pres-ence of Abdul Kader, Managing Director, Naser Karukapadath, General Manager, and Qatar Airways Sales Manager Johney Arbaham.
The Minister of Energy and Industry H E Dr Mohamed bin Saleh Al Sada visited Total E&P Qatar’s booth in the Qatar Career Fair at the Qatar National Convention Center.
The French oil and gas company was a gold sponsor of the event, in support of the initiative to create a dynamic Qatari future workforce.
Total is offering career development programmes and opportunities to prospective Qatari candidates, in the fields of accounting, communications and institutional relations, administration, electrical engineering, environmental engineering, drilling, reservoir engineering, telecom engineering, material
management, and logistics. Many Qatari visitors have expressed their interest in the sponsorship and schol-arship programmes, which Total provides in partner-ship with leading institutions in Qatar and France.
Stephane Michel, Managing Director, and other managers were present at the booth during the Minister’s visit.
“Total E&P Qatar is delighted to be associated with the Qatar Career Fair every year, and looks forward to its participation in similar ventures that will help in contribution to human development in Qatar,” said Michel after the Minister’s visit.
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Minister visits Total’s booth
QIB wins excellence award from IAIR
Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB) has been awarded the title of Excellence in Banking from the International Alternative Investment Review (IAIR).
The IAIR Awards is a prize for excellence in global finance, put together by a team of legal, economic and financial journalists in over 50 countries worldwide. This year’s award ceremony was held in Hong Kong.
QIB won the award for providing innovative Shariah-compliant financial solutions that meet international banking standards, high-end qual-ity services and for a long-term strategic vision of investments adopted at a global level.
Over the past year, QIB has won a number of awards, including “Best Islamic Bank in Qatar” by Islamic Finance News (IFN), Euromoney, The
Asset magazine, and World Finance, together with “Best Islamic Financial Institution in Qatar” from Global Finance, and “Best Sukuk Deal 2012” — also from World Finance. The Peninsula
Officials with the award.
QTA showcases new opportunities at career fair
Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA) has suc-cessfully concluded its participation in the Qatar Career Fair 2013 which was held from April 1 to 6 at the Qatar
National Convention Center. QTA’s involvement with the event was a success,
with 657 job applications received for different employment positions throughout the authority, catering for intermediate and graduate level posi-tions, a company press release claimed.
Ismael bin Mohamad Al Sayed, Shared Services Director at QTA, expressed delight at the QTA’s participation in the fair, stressing that partici-pation in such events forms part of a significant effort QTA provides to support the community.
He said: “Qatar Tourism Authority’s partici-pation in the Qatar Career Fair reflects QTA’s commitment in line with the country’s National Vision 2030, to develop human capital to achieve a knowledge-based economy. We are committed, as well, to providing Qatari youth with suitable career opportunities as a priority for a brighter future, which will in turn reflect on the future development of Qatar.”
QTA and Stenden University Qatar have recently signed a memorandum of understand-ing to initiate a new Tour Guide License Program to develop professional tour guides for Qatar that are knowledgeable about the nation’s rich past and history, its culture and heritage as well as tourist and historical sites.
The aim is to train tour guides to have in-depth knowledge of Qatar’s heritage, history and culture as well as its many museums, theme parks and nature attractions. The Peninsula
An official explaining opportunities at QTA.
New branch of Acon Travels
HEALTH 7
Health Tipsfrom DOCTOR
Helicobacter pylori is a bacteria found in the stomach. It was present in patients with chronic gastritis and gastric ulcers,
conditions that were not previously believed to have a microbial cause.
Researchers investigated the link between H. pylori infection and iron levels in non-iron-deficient preschool and school age children and found the infection causes a decrease in the lev-els of iron in children who do not have anaemia or an iron deficiency. The bacterium H. pylori infects the lining of the stomach resulting in chronic swelling of tissue, a condition known as gastritis. H. pylori is also a major cause of peptic ulcer disease and the cause of most cancers of the stomach, according to the World Health Organization.
At least half the world’s populations are infected by the bacterium, making it the most widespread infection in the world. Actual infec-tion rates vary from nation to nation; the devel-oping world has much higher infection rates than the. The age at which this bacterium is acquired seems to influence the pos-sible pathologic outcome of the infection: People infected with it at an early age are likely to develop more intense inflamma-tion that may be followed by atrophic gastritis with a higher subsequent risk of gastric ulcer, gastric cancer or both. Acquisition at an older age brings different gastric changes more likely to lead to duodenal ulcer. Infections are usually acquired in early childhood in all countries.
Several investigations to detect H. pylori infection exist. One can test noninvasively for H. pylori infection with a blood antibody test, stool antigen test, or with the carbon urea breath test (in which the patient drinks 14C- or 13C-labelled urea, which the bacterium metabo-lizes, producing labelled carbon dioxide that can be detected in the breath). However, the most reliable method for detecting H. pylori infec-tion is a biopsy check during endoscopy with a rapid urease test, histological examination, and microbial culture
If you are found to have H. pylori infection, you may wish to have antibiotic treatment of some kind. Treatment of H. pylori is usually simple & straight forward. After treatment of H. pylori, it is necessary to repeat the investi-gation done to detect the H pylori infection to see if the germ has been killed or eradicated for good. Cure of H. pylori infection is associated with recovery from iron deficiency anaemia if it was the underlying cause.
Dr. Iman AbdEl-Mohsen Shaheen
Laboratory MedicineHealthspring World Clinic
H. pylori infection
By Gabriella Boston
Have you ever had a sugar-crash? You know that sudden fatigue, headache or irritability you might feel after eating, oh, a hundred jelly beans?
If so, you are probably not alone.The American Heart Association recommends
women consume no more than 100 calories daily from refined sugar, 150 calories for men.
That translates, using our jelly bean currency, into 10 jelly beans for women and 15 for men.
And that is your entire allotment for the day of refined sugar.
“Many Americans eat about five times the amount of sugar they should consume,” says Natasa Janicic-Kahric, an associate professor of medicine at Georgetown University Hospital.
That means that instead of the AHA-recommended six teaspoons, many women are consuming as much as 30 teaspoons of sugar; and men are consuming 45 teaspoons of sugar instead of nine.
High levels of sugar flood the blood and create sudden spikes and drops in blood sugar levels. This can — but doesn’t necessarily — cause a “sugar crash” (sudden headache, fatigue, irritability, increased heart rate, anxiety), says Janicic-Kahric, though it’s not known how many people experi-ence this problem.
In fact, some in the medical community are even sceptical of its existence, Janicic-Kahric says. “But I see patients with these symptoms and would estimate that about 5 percent of Americans expe-rience sugar crash,” she says.
Normal blood sugar levels can range pretty widely, so it’s possible to rapidly yo-yo between these numbers without the symptoms of sugar crash. But if you do experience sugar crash symp-toms — or if you just generally want to stave off having fluctuating blood sugar because it’s taxing on the body — eat your small portion of sweet treats after a meal, says Cheryl Harris, registered dietitian in Fairfax, Virginia, and owner of Harris Whole Health.
“It really helps to have fiber and protein along with sugar,” Harris says. “It slows things down.”
Even fat helps blunt the blow of pure sugar into the blood stream, she says.
In other words, if you eat the jelly beans after dinner, you are less likely to experience a blood sugar roller-coaster and a subsequent crash.
This probably is why blood sugar crash is more
widely reported among children, Harris says, as kids are more likely to ingest pure sugar, in the form of soda or candy on an empty stomach.
And it doesn’t take much soda to get up to the AHA guideline: A 12-ounce Coca-Cola, for exam-ple, is the equivalent of 10 teaspoons of sugar — already more than the daily recommended intake.
But what about sugar-packed fruit?Fruit is different, says Angela Ginn, a
Baltimore-based nutritionist and spokeswoman for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
“I like to focus on foods that have natural sug-ars — like fruit,” Ginn says. “And at the same time limit the added, refined sugars.”
In other words, you are not likely to experience a crash from eating too many apples because of the fibre. Apple juice, on the other hand, lacks fibre, so you could sugar crash from drinking too much, Janicic-Kahric says.
But back to candy: Is it better to eat, say, choc-olate-covered nuts than Skittles?
“From a sugar crash standpoint, yes,” Ginn says. “Anytime you can bring fibre and protein into the mix, it helps,” she says.
So, is it dangerous to experience sudden blood glucose highs and lows?
“It’s disputable,” Janicic-Kahric says. “Does too much insulin cause heart disease? Is a surge of insulin bad?”
It’s not clear, she says.What we do know is that too much sugar can
cause weight gain, and weight gain causes a whole host of health problems including diabetes, she says.
So, how should we monitor how much sugar we consume?
If you like to add sugar yourself, such as with coffee or tea, Ginn suggests monitoring the amount by using sugar cubes (15 calories of sugar per cube). “If you use sugar in your coffee or tea, this is a way to keep an eye on exactly how much you are using,” Ginn says. It gets harder when refined sugar is already added into a food product, especially those without nutrition labels.
In the end, refined sugar is a relative new-comer on the human dietary scene. It’s seductive and sweet, but maybe the human body isn’t yet equipped to deal with large amounts, Harris says.
“When we evolved it wasn’t common that we knocked down a beehive to access pure sugar. We got sugar through fruit and berries,” Harris says.
“We didn’t evolve for jelly beans.”WP-Bloomberg
Avoid the sour side of a sweet tooth
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es
Note
book i
n m
y
top 1
0 l
ist
of
books
about
the C
an
nes
fest
ival
— i
t’s
a t
rem
en
dousl
y e
ngag-
ing a
nd r
eadable
mem
oir
about
Cannes
and t
he s
outh
Of
France; in
cid
enta
lly,
it
inclu
des
Ebert’s
ow
n l
ine d
raw
ings.
“I
h
ope C
haz an
d I
run
in
to you at
Can
nes
in M
ay,
” he w
rote
— C
haz
of
course
bein
g h
is w
ife, and t
he a
bso
lute
bedrock o
f his
pers
onal and p
rofe
ssio
nal
life
. S
adly
I n
ever d
id g
et
to s
ee h
im, or
rath
er I
saw
him
only
from
afa
r, in t
he
Cannes
Pala
is, su
rrounded a
s he a
lways
was
by a
gaggle
of fr
iends
and a
dm
irers
.It
soun
ds
desperate
ly
naïv
e,
but
Ebert’s
death
is
a t
errib
le s
hock.
He
had seem
ed so in
dom
itable
, an
d h
is
form
idable
web p
rese
nce —
as
well a
s revie
win
g f
or p
rin
t and o
nline, he h
ad
becom
e a
gran
dm
ast
er o
f tw
eeti
ng –
had m
ade i
t lo
ok a
lmost
as
if n
oth
ing
was
am
iss.
He h
ad,
as
I put
it a
t th
e
tim
e,
dig
itally r
efa
bric
ate
d h
is p
res-
ence a
s a c
rit
ic:
Ebert
was
once a
TV
st
ar a
s w
ell a
s a s
yn
dic
ate
d c
rit
ic f
or
the C
hic
ago S
un
-Tim
es,
an
d w
as
net-
tled w
hen t
he r
evie
w s
how
he o
nce c
o-
host
ed w
ith G
en
e S
iskel
was
can
ned.
But
then h
e g
rasp
ed t
he o
pportu
nit
ies
of
a n
ew
mediu
m, and r
em
inded u
s all
that
he w
as
a w
rit
er a
nd journalist
as
well a
s a b
roadcast
er.
The I
nte
rnet
had
giv
en
him
a n
ew
lease
of
life
, an
d h
is
archiv
ed r
evie
ws
invaria
bly
cam
e t
op
of th
e lis
t in
each e
ntr
y o
n t
he I
nte
rnet
Movie
Data
base
(IM
Db),
whic
h m
ade
him
an
d h
is m
em
ory of
the m
ovie
s prett
y w
ell a
glo
bal reso
urce.
He r
eveale
d t
his
week t
hat
the r
ecur-
ren
ce of
can
cer on
ly m
ean
t th
at
he
was
goin
g t
o t
ake a
“le
ave o
f prese
nce”
— i
ndic
ati
ng a
lig
hte
r w
ork
load,
wit
h
som
e r
evie
ws
dele
gate
d t
o o
ther w
rit
-ers,
but
wit
h a
whole
new
raft
of
ideas
about
dig
ital pla
tform
s fo
r c
rit
icis
m. H
is
online J
ournal w
as
of cours
e a
viv
id fl
ow
of
perso
nal im
press
ions
and ideas.
This
was
the E
bert
“prese
nce”
we h
ad
grow
n u
sed t
o: E
ndle
ssly
insi
ghtf
ul and
stim
ula
ting.
Roger E
bert
sure d
idn
’t f
ade a
way.
He r
em
ain
ed a
tough,
shrew
d,
hugely
in
tellig
en
t crit
ic w
hose
auth
orit
y j
ust
grew
and g
rew
. E
bert
had t
he s
ensi
bili-
ties
of a c
inephile, but
the e
ssenti
al gif
ts
of
a p
opula
r j
ournalist
who k
new
how
to
make a
connecti
on w
ith h
is r
eaders.
Here is
Ebert
on z
om
bie
film
s: “
I am
fa
scin
ate
d b
y D
arw
in’s
theory o
f evo-
luti
on
as
it a
pplies
to z
om
bie
s. S
ince
Ric
hard D
aw
kin
s te
aches
us
that
the
only
concern o
f a s
elfi
sh g
ene is
to s
ur-
viv
e u
nti
l th
e n
ext
gen
erati
on
of
the
organis
m t
hat
carrie
s it
, w
hat
are t
he
prosp
ects
of
zom
bie
gen
es,
whic
h c
an
presu
mably
be t
ransm
itte
d o
nly
by t
he
dead?
And h
ow
do z
om
bie
s reproduce,
or s
pread? W
hy m
ust
they e
at
flesh
?
Why n
ot
a w
hole
foods
die
t of
fruit
s,
vegeta
ble
s an
d g
rain
s? M
aybe a
lit
tle
fish
. I
know
this
has
noth
ing t
o d
o w
ith
film
crit
icis
m. I
am
blo
wn a
long b
y t
he
win
ds
of m
y o
wn z
eal. I
f a g
ood v
am
pir
e
or z
om
bie
movie
com
es
alo
ng, I
do m
y
best
to p
lay f
air
wit
h it…
”I
loved t
hat
kin
d o
f guit
ar s
olo
from
E
bert.
It
incid
en
tally c
am
e f
rom
his
coll
ecti
on
of
thum
bs-d
ow
n revie
ws,
en
titl
ed:
A H
orrib
le E
xperie
nce O
f U
nbearable
Length
: M
ore M
ovie
s T
hat
Suck —
a g
reat
titl
e a
nd a
great
phrase
. A
s a f
ellow
revie
wer,
I w
as
jealo
us
of
him
for h
avin
g t
hought
of
it,
and y
ou
can’t
say f
air
er t
han t
hat.
Here,
on
the o
ther h
an
d,
is a
pas-
sage f
rom
his
laudato
ry r
evie
w o
f C
lint
PLU
S |
MO
ND
AY
8 A
PR
IL 2
013
HO
LLY
WO
OD
NE
WS
MO
VIE
89
BO
LLY
WO
OD
NE
WS
Cha
shm
e B
addo
or r
emak
e w
orks
By
Su
bh
ash
K J
ha
Film
: Cha
shm
e Ba
ddoo
rCa
st: R
ishi
Kap
oor,
Lile
tte
Dub
ey, A
li Za
far,
Sidd
hart
h, D
ivye
ndu
Shar
ma,
Taa
psee
Pa
nnu
and
Anup
am K
her
Dire
ctor
: Dav
id D
haw
an
Du
m
ha
i,
Bo
ss!
—
the
perk
y
you
ng
Mis
s C
on
gen
iali
ty
in
David
D
haw
an
’s
Ch
ash
me
Ba
dd
oor,
a far c
ry from
the
shast
riy
a s
an
geet
train
ee
tutt
i fr
uti
-eati
ng D
eepti
N
aval
in S
ai
Paran
jpye’s
fi
lm,
excla
ims w
hen
ever
sh
e is
im
pressed by h
er
loverboy’s
dia
logue-b
aazi
.E
xcla
mati
on
mark
s are
the on
ly pun
ctu
ati
on
s in
th
is s
eam
less
com
edy o
f courts
hip
pla
yed a
t an
im
poss
ibly
hig
h o
cta
ve,
wit
hout
gett
ing s
hrill.
‘Farce’ th
ings
firs
t. B
arrin
g t
he c
ore t
hem
e o
f tw
o frie
nds
malicio
usl
y n
ip-
pin
g t
he t
hir
d frie
nd’s
rom
ance in t
he b
ud, and s
om
e m
ischie
vous
sequences
and c
haracte
rs
from
the o
rig
inal, w
hic
h h
ave b
een e
nti
rely
re-i
nte
rprete
d
as
‘sw
ines
of
the t
imes’
, D
haw
an’s
Ch
ash
me B
ad
door
is f
ar(c
e)
rem
oved
from
Paranjp
ye’s
orig
inal.
Those
were d
ays
of
rela
tive i
nnocence. W
his
tlin
g a
t gir
ls a
t bus
stops,
chasi
ng u
nw
illing g
irls
to t
heir
hom
es,
and l
andin
g u
p a
t th
eir
doorst
ep
under a
ssum
ed identi
ties
were a
ll c
onsi
dered innocuous
bachelo
r b
accha-
nalia. In
Paranjp
ye’s
Ch
ash
me B
ud
door,
it
was
a b
ig d
eal th
at
Rakesh
Bedi
managed t
o g
et
into
Deepti
Naval’s
bath
room
prete
ndin
g t
o b
e a
plu
mber.
In D
haw
an’s
film
, th
e v
ery g
ifte
d D
ivyendu S
harm
a,
who p
lays
Bedi’s
part,
just
can’t
prete
nd t
o k
now
the p
erk
y g
irl next-
door inti
mate
ly b
y h
er
bath
room
decor.
He m
anages
to t
ake a
pic
ture o
f a t
att
oo o
n h
er w
ais
t to
convin
ce h
is love-s
mit
ten p
al S
id (
Ali Z
afa
r)
that
the g
irl is
... w
ell, not
chast
e.
A t
ongue-i
n-c
heek v
irtu
osi
ty r
em
ain
s th
e fi
lm’s
greate
st t
riu
mph. S
ajid-
Farhad’s
writ
ing is
wild, naughty
and w
itty
, but
never v
ulg
ar.
The w
him
si-
cal
word-p
lay fl
ow
s fr
om
a t
ap-d
ance o
f prankis
h I
nte
rnet-
style
d b
ante
r
whic
h i
s border-l
ine s
illy
but
noneth
ele
ss v
ery e
ngagin
g i
n a
n o
ff-h
and-
edly
sm
art
way. If
anyth
ing, th
e r
eparte
es
flow
much t
oo f
urio
usl
y. F
rom
A
nupam
Kher’s
slap-h
appy m
oth
er B
harati
Achrekar (
eff
ortl
y r
epla
cin
g
Leela
Mis
hra f
rom
the o
rig
inal)
to G
oan c
afe
ow
ner R
ishi
Kapoor’s
uni-
denti
fiable
ass
ista
nt
— e
veryone is
a c
erti
fiable
quip
ster in t
he n
ew
film
.A
mong t
he t
hree p
rota
gonis
ts,
Div
yendu,
pla
yin
g a
n a
wfu
l se
lf-s
tyle
d
shaayar,
gets
the m
ost
taw
dry lin
es
of
bum
per-s
ticker w
isdom
, w
hic
h t
he
acto
r d
elivers
wit
h s
uch p
unctu
ate
d p
anache, w
e c
an’t
help
guff
aw
ing o
ut
our im
plicit
‘ir
shaad’.
Com
ic t
imin
g i
s of
vit
al
importa
nce t
o t
his
film
. A
nd e
very a
cto
r g
ets
it
rig
ht,
dead-o
n s
om
eti
me d
ead-p
an. T
o m
e, th
e fi
lm’s
most
natu
ral-
born
scenest
eale
r is
the s
outh
ern s
tar S
iddharth
. S
een late
ly in D
eepa M
ehta
’s
Mid
nig
ht’s
Ch
ild
ren, S
iddharth
nails
his
characte
r’s
film
y fl
am
boyance. M
any
would
say S
iddharth
has
gone o
ver t
he t
op. B
ut
to s
ust
ain
that
hig
h-p
itched
level of
crazy
energy t
hroughout
the fi
lm is
no laughin
g m
att
er.
Or,
on s
econd t
houghts
, th
is t
ale
nte
d a
cto
r’s
perfo
rm
ance i
s in
deed a
la
ughin
g m
att
er.
Ali Z
afa
r i
s fa
r m
ore s
ober a
nd c
ontr
olled t
han h
is c
o-
stars.
It
takes
som
e d
oin
g t
o r
em
ain
ste
adfa
st i
n y
our s
tipula
ted s
obrie
ty
while a
ll y
our c
o-s
tars
pull o
ut
all s
tops.
The laughs,
so r
efr
esh
ingly
lib
erate
d o
f le
wdness
flow
alm
ost
non-s
top.
Addin
g a
dollop o
f sp
ice t
o t
he o
rig
inal
scrip
t is
an e
nti
rely
unsc
hedule
d
love a
ngle
betw
een R
ishi
Kapoor a
nd L
ilett
e D
ubey. L
allan M
iya (
Saeed
Jaff
rey),
who p
layed R
ishi’s
characte
r in P
aranjp
ye’s
film
would
have loved
that.
Outs
tandin
g b
oth
, K
apoor a
nd D
ubey m
ake t
heir
onsc
reen r
om
ance
look w
arm
, cuddle
som
e a
nd c
redib
le.
Audacio
usl
y, D
haw
an a
nd h
is w
rit
er S
ajid-F
arhad h
ave t
ransf
erred t
he
cele
brate
d ‘cham
ko’ dete
rgent
dem
onst
rati
on-s
equence b
etw
een F
arooque
Sheik
h a
nd D
eepti
Naval
in S
ai
Paran
jpye’s
film
to t
he R
ishi-
Lilett
e
characte
rs.
Just
when m
y f
ait
h i
n r
em
akes
had b
een s
haken b
y H
imm
atw
ala
last
w
eek, D
avid
Dhaw
an h
ad m
e s
hakin
g w
ith laughte
r t
his
week.
IAN
S
Kat
ie P
rice
’s h
usb
and
take
s ca
re o
f ex
pen
ses
Model K
ati
e P
ric
e s
ays
her n
ew
hus-
band K
ieran H
ayle
r n
ever t
rie
s to
“s
croun
ge o
ff m
e”
an
d “
pays”
for
everyth
ing.
The 3
4-y
ear-o
ld g
ot
marrie
d t
o H
ayle
r, a
st
rip
per,
in J
anuary t
his
year a
nd s
aid
she
never f
eels
that
he m
arrie
d h
er f
or m
oney.
“I don
’t fe
el
a vib
e th
at
he is
out
to
scrounge o
ff m
e,” t
hesu
n.c
o.u
k q
uote
d P
ric
e
as
sayin
g.
“If
we g
o t
o t
he c
inem
a,
he p
ays.
If
we
go t
o d
inn
er,
he p
ays.
He e
ven
goes
to d
o
a s
uperm
ark
et
shop w
ithout
ask
ing m
e f
or
money,
” sh
e a
dded.
This
is
Pric
e’s
thir
d m
arria
ge.
She w
as
earlier m
arrie
d t
o s
inger P
ete
r A
ndre a
nd
late
r t
o c
age fi
ghte
r A
lex R
eid
.
Vic
tori
a B
eckham
turn
s te
acher
Sin
ger-f
ash
ion d
esi
gner V
icto
ria
Beckham
will so
on g
ive lectu
res
on
current
fash
ion t
rends.
Vic
toria
, 38, w
ill
teach b
uddin
g d
esi
gners
at
the V
ogue F
est
ival
here late
r t
his
month
, reports
mir
ror.
co.u
k.
“Vic
toria
can’t
wait
to s
hare w
hat
she k
now
s about
the fash
ion indust
ry.
S
he h
as
alw
ays
loved f
ash
ion,” s
aid
a s
ource.
“When s
he d
ecid
ed t
o m
ake a
career o
ut
of
it s
he h
ad a
lot
to l
earn
so s
he f
eels
lucky t
hat
she h
ad p
eople
to t
each h
er.
Now
she t
hin
ks
it’s
ti
me t
o g
ive s
om
eth
ing b
ack,” a
dded t
he s
ource.
The d
esig
ner w
ill
be t
alk
ing a
bout
vario
us a
spects
of
the f
ashio
n
indust
ry.
“She w
ill
be r
evealing a
ll a
bout
the b
usi
ness
and h
and o
ut
advic
e t
o
those
youn
gst
ers
who h
ope t
o h
ave a
career i
n t
he f
ash
ion
in
dust
ry,
” sa
id t
he s
ource.
Ro
ger
Eb
ert:
R
og
er E
ber
t:
Sti
mul
atin
g,
Sti
mul
atin
g,
auth
ori
tati
ve
auth
ori
tati
ve
film
cri
tic
film
cri
tic
Har
din
g a
rres
ted f
or
usi
ng p
hon
e w
hile
dri
ving
Sin
ger S
arah H
ardin
g w
as
reporte
dly
arrest
ed f
or u
sing h
er m
obile p
hone
while d
riv
ing.
She a
lso d
id n
ot
stop
the c
ar w
hen t
he p
olice t
rie
d t
o b
rin
g h
er
to a
halt
.T
he
incid
en
t to
ok
pla
ce
wh
en
th
e
31-
year-o
ld w
as d
riv
ing o
n t
he C
harin
g
Cross
Road in L
ondon.
“Sarah w
as
driv
ing a
4x4 (
four-w
heel-
driv
e v
ehic
le),
when a
policem
an o
n a
bic
y-
cle
saw
her a
nd t
rie
d t
o m
ake h
er s
top.
He w
as
tryin
g t
o fl
ag h
er d
ow
n b
ut
she
carrie
d o
n a
bit
dow
n t
he r
oad w
here s
he
was
pulled o
ver a
couple
of
min
ute
s la
ter,”
mir
ror.
co.u
k q
uote
d a
source a
s sa
yin
g.
“She w
as t
alk
ing t
o t
he p
olice b
y t
he
side o
f th
e r
oad f
or a
while b
efo
re s
he w
as
arrest
ed. A
pparentl
y, S
arah w
as
very u
pse
t w
hen s
he w
as
arrest
ed a
nd c
harged.
The
off
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By Isabel Ovalle
The Kingdom of Cambodia has a rich and tragic his-tory that visitors will feel every step along the way during their visit. The
capital, Phnom Penh, offers a mix of modernism and tradition, with clear strokes of its French heritage.
The number of people that travel to Cambodia has increased noticeably in the last three years. Europeans and Chinese visitors are among the most numerous. The growing arrival of tour-ists has impacted the capital and tour-ist destinations like Siam Reap and Sihanoukville, in the coast.
Located at the confluence of three rivers — the Mekong, the Bassac and Tonle Sap-, the capital is divided into three sections: The north, an attractive residential area, the south part where the ministries, banks and colonial houses are located, and the centre or heart, with its narrow lanes, markets, food stalls and shops.
First rate and affordable hotels mix in a country with good food and good-hearted smiley and welcoming people
which have hoped into the tourism development train, leaving many stuck in poverty for years to come.
During their stay in the city visi-tors must stop by the Royal Palace and the National Museum, after tak-ing a walk along side Mekong River, the longest of South East Asia that begins in Tibet.
Must-sees include the Tuol Sleng Museum, a former high school taken over by Pol Pot’s security force and turned into a prison known as Security Prison 21 (S-21). Over 17,000 peo-ple held at S-21 were taken to the extermination camp at Choeung Ek to be executed. It’s important not to miss the National Museum and the Independence Monument as well.
For shopaholics, the Central Market is an obligation, allowing the visitor a total immersion in the Cambodian way of life and traditions. From fish to bags, everything can be found in this bargaining paradise. The visitor will be welcomed by the strong smell of the foods displayed in the section dedicated to local products, were citizens often spend the day having lunch and chat-ting with friends.
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Unless your trip is organised and includes transportation, the wide-spread and cheapest way to move around is the famed tuktuk, as well as motorcycles or bicycles for the brave ones.
The offer of high range hotels has grown in the last few years, with three five star establishments: Sofitel, Intercontinental and Raffles.
When planning a trip it’s inter-esting to be informed about seasonal events, such as the New Year that the Cambodian people celebrate during three days in April after the end of the harvest.
From Phnom Penh, travellers can fly to Siam Reap, only 45 minutes flight from the capital. This well-known province of Cambodia, has a colonial and Chinese architecture. There are Apsara traditional dancing perform-ances, craft shop, silk farms, rice-paddy countryside, fishing villages and a bird sanctuary in this area.
The province is also a very popular
tourist destination and has a large number of hotels and restaurants. Visitors are specially attracted by the numerous Buddhist and Hindu temples (about 100).
However, the Angkor complex is def-initely the most popular, comprising Angkor Thom, Angkor Wat, Ta Promo Temple and other historical sites for an
unforgettable sightseeing tour.Regarding the climate, Tourism
Cambodia informs that it can gener-ally be described as tropical. As the country is affected by monsoon, it is hot and humid with an average tem-perature of 27C.
There are two distinct seasons: The rainy season and the dry season. The
dry season is divided into two sub-seasons, cool and hot. These seasons are: the rainy season from June until October (27-35C), the dry season (cool), from November till February (17-27C) and the dry season (hot) from March till May (29-38C).
For most visitors, visas are obtain-able upon arrival at Phnom Penh and Siem Reap International Airports. At land crossing from Thailand, visas are available at Poipet Banteay Meanchey and Cham Yeam (Koh Kong providence).
Visitors who enter from Vietnam through Bavet or Ka-Om Samnor will need to have already obtained their visas prior to their arrival through a Cambodian Embassy or Consulate overseas.
Some nationalities are required to get visa in advance, such as Afghanistan, Algeria, Bangladesh, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Sudan and Nigeria.
The Peninsula
How to get there:Qatar Airways inaugurated its first flight to Cambodia recently, marking the career’s 125th destination and becoming
the only Gulf airline to operate at Phnom Penh International Airport. Potential visitors from Qatar, as well as those travelling from other corners of the world, can now take advantage of this new route and get to know a small and
green country that has seen a tourism boom in the last three years.
TECHNOLOGYPLUS | MONDAY 8 APRIL 201312
NIMBLE QUEST (FREE)Having made its name with
Tiny Tower and Pocket Planes, Nimblebit’s latest freemium game is more of an action title, blending Snake gameplay with RPG-style characters and upgrades. You swipe your party of heroes to guide them through levels of increasing difficulty. It’s genuinely addictive. iPhone / iPad
POEMS BY HEART FROM PENGUIN CLASSICS (FREE)
Book publisher Penguin’s new app offers poems from Shakespeare, Shelley, Kipling and other famous authors, chal-lenging you to recite them from heart and share the record-ings with friends. Two poems are included free, with others available in packs for 69p a pop.
iPhone / iPad
VDIO (FREE)Vdio is an app for buying or
renting streaming films and TV shows, which launched in the US and UK earlier in the week as a “special preview” for subscrib-ers to its sister music service Rdio. The slick iPad app is used to browse and watch shows and movies either on-screen, or (via AirPlay) on the TV set. iPad
MITTENS (£0.69 / £1.99)Disney’s second game to debut
an entirely new character (fol-lowing Where’s My Water?) stars Mittens the cat, who has to make his way through 75 phys-ics-puzzle levels with overtones of Cut the Rope as you chop through scenery on his behalf. iPhone / iPad
HAKITZU CODE OF THE WARRIOR (FREE)
How to get children inter-ested in coding? Hakitzu wields giant fighty robots for the cause, teaching JavaScript skills in a game that involves battling the cyborgs built by friends. An inventive blend of gaming and education. iPad
THE VOICE UK PREDICTOR GAME (FREE)
BBC talent show The Voice is back for a second series, com-plete with this companion app that aims to get fans predicting which contestant will make it through each week’s auditions. It can be played in the week lead-ing up to each episode, but also during the show itself to guess which judges will spin their seats in approval. iPhone / iPad
by Stuart DredgeThe Guardian(Prices mentioned are for UK)
Apps for the day
By Sudarsan Raghavan
For generations, breeding cows in the rural highlands of Kenya has hinged
on knowledge and experience passed down from parents to children. But Mercy Wanjiku is unlike most farmers. Her most powerful tool is her cellphone, and a text mes-saging service called iCow.
The service informs her when her cows are in heat, which feed might boost their milk output and what their fair market price is. And when she needed a veterinarian recently, she relied on the service’s extensive database. “Otherwise, it would have been hard to find someone qualified in my area,” said Wanjiku, a 29-year-old farmer in Mweru, a village about 100 miles north of the Kenyan capital, Nairobi.
Across sub-Saharan Africa, technol-ogy, particularly mobile technology, has transformed the lives of digital-savvy entrepreneurs. While many are forg-ing successful high-tech businesses in urban centres, others are finding ways to help people such as Wanjiku prosper in more traditional, low-tech professions such as farming and fish-ing. Digital tools are also being used to overcome the continent’s obstacles to growth, such as corruption and weak health care, social services and educa-tion. In recent months, text messaging was a crucial tool in monitoring elec-tions in Kenya and Ghana.
“In Africa, we have too many prob-lems, which provide [so] many oppor-tunities for technology,” said Bitange Ndemo, Permanent Secretary, at Kenya’s Ministry of Information and Communications. “Today, there are multiple options to address these prob-lems. If Plan A doesn’t work, there’s Plan B and Plan C.”
Sub-Saharan Africa is the fastest-growing mobile market in the world, increasing an average of 44 percent annually since 2000, according to the GSMA, a global body representing cell-phone operators, as competition among providers has lowered costs, creating tens of millions of users. With the advent of cheaper smartphones, many predict a surge in mobile apps in the years ahead.
In Kenya, a well-known example of how mobile technology has altered the economic and social landscape is M-Pesa, a cellphone-based money transfer service used by millions that has become the biggest such service in the world. Its success has inspired thousands of software developers
across the continent, including Su Kahumbu, the founder of iCow.
“M-Pesa has done amazing things for this country. It has taught farmers the value of cellphones and SMSes,” said Kahumbu, an organic farmer, referring to text messaging. “Our sys-tem is piggybacking on this.”
In a nation where 80 percent of the population farm their land, iCow started off with a simple premise: The creation of a gestation calendar would increase the productivity of the cows and, hence, food production and the wealth of individuals and communities.
Farmers can register their cows by sending a text message to iCow. That allows them to receive cellphone mes-sages tailored to their needs. They get alerts, for example, on feeding sched-ules, on when to expect their cows to be in heat or on disease outbreaks. The service also functions as a Craigslist of sorts for farmers looking to connect with their peers to buy and sell cattle.
Kahumbu said 42,000 farmers have signed up for iCow, a tiny percentage of Kenya’s farming millions. The poten-tial, though, is enormous.
Mobile connections have risen to 475 million across the continent. Among African nations, Zimbabwe and Nigeria have some of the highest levels of mobile Internet usage globally, accounting for more than half of both countries’ Web traffic, compared with a global average of 10 percent. Across the continent, the GSMA reports, more than 50 “innovation” centres have been started, including Hive Colab in Uganda, Limbe Labs in Cameroon and iHub in Nairobi. American and European firms such as Google and Nokia are encouraging African app developers to invent through contests and financial incentives.
Kahumbu said she has received requests to launch iCow in nearby countries such as Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda, as well as from Malaysia, Russia and China. Common to all the requests is the desire to find ways to create sustainable supplies of food — in particular, milk and other dairy products.
“It’s becoming a problem in develop-ing nations because the food chain is
under pressure,” she said. “Every time we have a drought, our food resources dry up. We are driving towards disaster if we don’t do anything about it.”
The desire to solve the devel-oping world’s problems is a thread running through many of the new digital tools. Many are funded by nonprofit or social development organizations. For example, there’s Maisha, an app
that helps pregnant women and first-time mothers with the health of their children. There’s also Get H2O, a game that educates players on chronic water shortage.
Mobile technology is improving the lives of some of Africa’s poorest people, in some of the continent’s most remote areas. Ndemo said Kenyan fishermen are using text messages to set up mar-kets along the shores of Lake Victoria and negotiate prices with buyers, which helps them sell more fish.
The technology has also reduced opportunities for abuse, especially among farmers. “We can generally say that it has improved efficiency, in some cases productivity,” Ndemo said. “Middlemen used to exploit the farmer. Now, the farmer has more information about retail and wholesale prices. They know precisely what things cost.”
For Kahumbu, iCow is a way to make money. Each message costs the farmers 5 Kenyan shillings, or about 5 cents. Kahumbu also hopes to make money through advertising and strategic partnerships with cellphone operators. Depending on government or nonprofit groups to run iCow, she said, would open the door to manipulation.
Wanjiku and her family don’t mind the costs. She said the service is afford-able and has helped her gain income. There also are some drawbacks, she said. The text messages are in English, but her 74-year-old grandmother speaks only Swahili and her tribal tongue.
Still, the veterinarian used by Wanjiku helped her artificially insem-inate Baraka, one of her cows. And when Baraka gave birth, the text mes-sages helped Wanjiku feed the calf and watch out for diseases.
Recently she sold Baraka for the princely sum of 38,000 Kenyan shil-lings, or about $450. At first, the buyer low-balled her. But then Wanjiku checked the market prices with iCow and demanded the fair price. Her grandmother approved.
“It’s much easier to do the work now,” said her grandmother, whose name is also Mercy, standing next to their three cows.
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New apps transforming remote parts of Africa
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Hoy en la HistoriaApril 8, 1973
1838: Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s steamship Great Western left Bristol on her maiden voyage to New York 1913: The opening of China’s first parliament took place in Peking 1953: Jomo Kenyatta was sentenced to seven years in jail for involvement in Kenya’s Mau Mau insurrection 2005: More than 200 world leaders, together with millions of pilgrims from around the world, attended the funeral of Pope John Paul II in Rome
Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter, sculptor and pioneer of Cubism, died. His most noted works were Demoiselles d’Avignon and Guernica
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ALL IN THE MIND Can you find the hidden words? They may be horizontal,vertical, diagonal, forwards or backwards.
ALTO, ANTHEM, ARIA, BALLAD, BAND, BARITONE, BASS, BLUES, CHOIR, CHORISTER, CLASSICAL, COMBO, CONTRALTO, COUNTRY MUSIC, DUET, ETUDE, FOLK SONG, GOSPEL MUSIC, GROUP, OPERA, HIP HOP, HYMN, JAZZ, KARAOKE, LULLABY, MADRIGAL, MUSICAL, NEW WAVE, POP SONG, PSALM, RAPPER, REFRAIN, RHAPSODY, ROCK, SERENADE, SONATA, SOPRANO, SWING, SYMPHONY, TENOR.
Baby Blues Jerry Scott and Rick Kirkman
Zits by Dennis Young and Denis Lebrun
Hagar The Horrible Chris Browne
LEARNARABIC
General questions about verbs
Aina Where Remark: In Qatari
dialect they use Aish
instead of Ma’zha,and
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instead of Aina
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Kaifa How
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HYPER SUDOKU
CROSSWORD
CROSSWORDS
YESTERDAY’S ANSWER
How to play Hyper Sudoku:A Hyper Sudoku
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charges33 Alter35 Assumes, as costs38 The Lizard
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1960s TV46 Bouquets50 Hard to find in Latin?52 Cure again, as leather54 All-night party55 Sacked out56 “The Heat ___”57 Modern home of
ancient Elam58 Batman’s home60 Being borrowed by63 Pupil surrounder64 1997 Carrey comedy65 Spanky or Alfalfa66 Words after “Que”
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heavyweight champion Johansson
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10 “How was ___ know?”
11 Home of MacDill Air Force Base
12 Part of many a convent
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14 “And so on”21 Violinmaker Amati24 Raiment27 Many a classical
sculpture29 Soapbox derby
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factory45 First47 1964 Hitchcock
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D A R T B O A R DE S T O P S A L G U Z I SS P O U T F L A G L E N ST A U T G O L F C O U R S EE T S S I C R E M O PF U L L O F H O L E S I O SA L E A S T M O A T N R AN A D I A Y O K O G T O
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.
YESTERDAY’S ANSWER
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EASY SUDOKUEasy Sudoku PuzzlesPlace a digit from 1 to 9 in each empty cell so everyrow, every column and every 3x3 box contains allthe digits 1 to 9.
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Hey’Ya: Arab Women in Sport When: March 7-Jun 16 Monday–Thursday, Saturday: 9am-8pmFriday; 3pm-9pm (Sunday closed)Where: QMA Gallery, Bldg 10 What: The Qatar Museums Authority will exhibit ‘Hey’Ya: Arab Women in Sport’ at QMA Gallery in Katara Cultural Village. The exhibition was first held in London during the 2012 Olympic Games. The exhibit originated in Qatar, beginning at the Arab Games’ Athletes Village in December 2011, where photographer Brigitte and documentary filmmaker Marian Lacombe set up an outdoor studio, working with female athletes. They then travelled to 20 Arab countries from the Gulf to North Africa, documenting images and videos of 70 Arab sportswomen. Free entry
“Paper Trail” Works from the Collection of the Barjeel Art FoundationWhen: Until April 20; 10am-10pmWhere: Katara Cultural Village, Bldg 22
What: A curated exhibition by Barjeel Art Foundation featuring selected works from the collection of Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi. The exhibition interrogates ideas of what is ‘real’ in ways that highlight how histories are guided by carefully selected narratives that apply meaning to what we see and hear.There will be an extensive educational program and visiting artists talks complementing this exhibition Free entry
Designed To WinWhen: Until June 23; 10am-10pm Where: Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art What: Katara Exhibition in Collaboration with the Design Museum in London.Designed to Win celebrates ways in which design and sport are combined, pushing the limits of human endeavour to achieve records and victories of increasing significance and wonder. There will be an extensive educational programme and visiting artists’ talks complementing the expo.
A Bridge to the MoonWhen: Until April 27; 10am-10pmWhere: Katara Gallery 2 - Bldg 18 What: Amal Al Aathem is one of the most prominent and proactive Qatari artists today, her reputation as a Qatari artist with a real voice and message has won her respect internationally. Her work has been widely exhibited in the region and in different parts of the world. Al Aathem believes that old philosophies have linked the moon, nature and the woman in a symbolic way, believing that the moon is the centre of the universe and the woman is thecentre of society.
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