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Exploring ArtVCUQatar recently collaborated with the Ministry of Social Affairs and held a summer art and design programme. It was held for the third year and students with no background in art or design were offered a new learning opportunity.
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By Fazeena Salim
Young students who explored and devel-oped their skills in art and design in the summer programme of Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar
will showcase their works on Thursday.The exhibition of drawings, paintings, col-
lages and experiments with different materi-als by children aged eight to 10 years, titled ‘Mini Masterpieces’, will be held at room 370 of VCUQatar.
Their elder colleagues, in the age group of 11 to 12 years, will showcase their works on July 18 at room 390 at VCUQatar together with stu-dents from the Creative Discovery and Design Intensive programme.
‘Creative Discovery’ will showcase their paint-ings, drawings, illustrations, prints, and compu-ter graphics.
The ‘Design Intensive’ exhibition will show paintings, drawings, prints, mixed media works, dyeing, computer graphics and photographs.
VCUQatar recently collaborated with the Ministry of Social Affairs and held a summer art and design programme. It was held for the third year and attracted 20 young female Qatari students aged 14 to 20 years.
The students, with no background in art or design, were offered these programmes as a new learning opportunity.
VCUQatar alumni Yang Soon Ju (skill build-ing) and Esra Kazem (object transformation) and community class instructors Shamim Hatim Dalal (paper quilling), Sangeeta Deepu (clay jew-ellery) and Asha Mathews (non-traditional jew-ellery) conducted a two-week programme with two sessions each day. They were assisted by VCUQatar students Omaima Al Abdulla, Noor Suleiman, Rana Jubara and Geetha Rajeswar.
The skill building session involved the devel-opment of basic collage, drawing and colouring skills. The students could then choose to learn either two jewellery making techniques – clay jewellery and non-traditional jewellery—or two product design and production techniques – paper quilling and object transformation. They received brief introductions to the respective subjects and went on to create a final project on their own.
The instructors and teaching assistants agreed the programme was a welcome oppor-tunity to give back to the community and said sharing their passion with strangers was highly rewarding. They loved the fact that the students were interested and engaged in their work.
Developing skills in art & designDeveloping skills in art & designMini Masterpieces will showcase drawings, paintings, collages and experiments with different materials by children aged eight to 10 years on Thursday at room 370 of VCUQatar. Their elder colleagues, in the age group of 11 to 12 years, will showcase their works on July 18 at room 390 of VCUQatar together with students from the Creative Discovery and Design Intensive programme.
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“Although most of the students did a collage for the first time they explored their creativity with great enthusiasm, finding out that the process could be very useful for their future work and as a hobby. Understanding line weight, dif-ferent values and colours was challenging for the students, who, despite this fact, and in a very short time, produced successful work,” said Yang.
“Students started out by forming simple shapes from clay and went on to create coloured jewellery components,” said Deepu.
“The process of working with clay is very soothing and relaxing; the students did not want to stop,” she added.
Family members and friends were invited to an exhibi-tion of the final projects on at VCUQatar, where students proudly presented their works in a show combining ideas for jewellery, lamps, frames, bags and envelopes as well as collages and works of art.
VCUQatar Dean Allyson Vanstone presented certificates to the students in the presence of faculty, alumni, the students’ families, and representatives from the Ministry of Social Affairs—Noor Al Thani, trainer, Muneera Al Muraikhi, social programme specialist, and Abdul Hameed Al Mulla, public relations consultant.
“It was very a joyful experience, especially that the course took place at VCUQatar,” said Latifa Al Kuwari, a student participating in the programme.
“We learnt basic skills in sketching, colouring, product design, object transformation and paper quilling, and the skills we learnt were beneficial for everyday life. We would like to thank the Ministry of Social Affairs for offering us this opportunity and for being there at our exhibition.”
Another student, Sheikha Al Sulaiti, agreed. “The begin-ning was tough, and ideas did not flow easily,” she said, “but with practice, ideas started to flow and we were able to apply the skills we learnt more fluidly in our work. Even the assistants and instructor helped us throughout the course. I would highly recommend others enrol in this programme because I benefited so much from it, and so will they.”
The aim of the Community and Outreach Programme team is to make the programme one of several annual collaborations between the Ministry of Social Affairs and VCUQatar, promoting awareness of art and design in the community, providing a model for community engagement and learning opportunities for young Qatari students, who feel the need to develop their creativity.
The Peninsula
Salam Technology, in collaboration with ADabisc, has announced for the first time in Qatar new digital signage screens. Salam
Technology offers traditional digital signage solu-tions and also provides “Any Glass concept”, which can be offered to customers through broadcast-ing media into different end points such as iPads, iPhones, projectors, LED screens and video walls) through a centralised media management solution.
Salam Technology is utilising Cisco systems and AppSpace technology, and works on integrating both these platforms in digital signage screens. ADabisc will develop a creative and innovative touch on the content, which the consumer will receive on the screens through a complete and integrated system using its own unique content.
Hythem El Kabbany, General Manager for
Marketing and Sales at Salam Technology, stated: “Salam Technology is launching this one of a kind initiative in Qatar in partnership with ADabisc, CISCO, and AppSpace. We were able to combine the latest technology with creative content solu-tions in one of the most sophisticated devices. This comprehensive package will lead every consumer to experience the privilege of owning a customised system that reflects the essence and aspirations of its company, drifting away from the monotonous and traditional technical approaches.”
Luay Darwish, Managing Director at ADabisc, said: “Modern technology is no longer the only criterion that institutions and organisations look for these days. They strive for excellence and innovation in order to influence and encourage healthy competition. Within this framework, our
company has more than a decade of experience and professionalism in the field of creative con-tent and digital marketing. Today we are sharing our expertise with you to create a first of its kind experience in Qatar.”
The Peninsula
PLUS | TUESDAY 9 JULY 20134 COMMUNITY / MARKETPLACE
Safeeran-e-Watan, a Pakistani organisation, organised a dinner party in honour of Khalid Hameed, PIA Country Manager, and Syed Wajahad ul Hassan. Sardar Ashiq Hussain, chief patron, gave a welcome speech, and the chairman of the organisation, Malik Sarfaraz Khan, also addressed the gathering. Addressing the audience, Hameed said that he was proud and happy that he got posted in Qatar and would work hard for the welfare of Pakistanis living here. Noor ul Hassan, chairman of Muslim League Noon Society, and Ishtaq Bangsh and Zahid Rizvi from Descon, Abdul Hameed, Athar Hussain, Amjad Hussain, Abul Hassan, Majid Khan, Akram Nawaz and Kabir ul din Khan also participated in the function, which was held at Zoak Restaurant.
Institute of Internal Auditors Qatarhosts seminar
The Institute of Internal Auditors Qatar hosted a seminar with talks by two speak-ers on complimentary topics. The seminar outlined the expectations of regulators who
stress the importance of correct internal audit and identified challenges relating to developments in the legislation process in Qatar pertaining to IT security and protection mechanisms.
The first speaker, Ewald Muller, is a director at Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority. He focused on the role of internal audit in governance and regulation, with examples from banking super-vision. Referring to a study, Muller said: “Internal audit’s value will be measured by its ability to drive positive change and improvement”
The second speaker, Samir Pawaskar, a manager in cybersecurity strategy and policy at ICTQatar, took the audience through developments in Qatar relating to legislation for protection and control over critical information, respect for privacy and
overall IT security and protection. The speaker referred to cyber warfare and hacktivism as exist-ing phenomena.
In his address, Chris Adonis, a past president of IIA, referred to the characteristics of a professional, such as competence, skill and confidence.
Sundaresan Rajeswar, an election officer and past
president, concluded the event with a review of the existing board members’ portfolios and informing the meeting of co-opted board members.
The board’s term has been extended and an elec-tion will be held in the near future. Girish Jain coor-dinated the event
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Salam Technology launches new digital signage solutions
Al Mourjan Restaurants win international award
Al Mourjan Restaurants (Corniche Branch) received an international award of
excellence from the US Business Initiative Directions (BID), the worldwide organisation promoting quality culture in top businesses, at the “International Quality Summit” held in New York recently.
This award is a “very prestig-ious award” given to select business organisations from different indus-tries from around the world that have gone beyond the limit of excel-lence. “Al Mourjan Restaurants is proud to be the only restaurant in the region to have attained such a prestigious global award in recog-nition of its gourmet cuisine, track record of customer satisfaction and professional business practices,” a press statement said.
“Since the creation of Al Mourjan Restaurants (Corniche Branch), our vision was to create a restaurant in Qatar that can go globally and compete with the very best in the world. Today we have achieved that by putting Al Mourjan Restaurants on the world map of the ‘Best Restaurants of the World’,” added Mohamed Al Sadek, owner director of Al Mourjan International Group, after receiving the award in New York. The Peninsula
Al Mourjan official with the award.
An official showcasing the new signage solution.
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In celebration of the holy month of Ramadan, Consolidated Gulf Company (CGC), the Nokia
associate in Qatar, is offering Lulu Hypermarkets’ shopping vouchers worth up to QR200 on purchase of Nokia Lumia smartphones.
Anil Mahajan, COO, CGC, said: “We are delighted to once again partner with Lulu to bring an attractive value proposition to our esteemed custom-ers. Besides offering the latest Nokia Lumia smart devices, customers have the choice to use Lulu vouchers for any purchase in the Lulu outlets. Moreover, there is no limit on the number of pur-chases and the redemption period is also long enough to cover the entire festival season.
Nokia Lumia smartphones are on offer with Lulu vouchers, including Lumia 920 with QR200 in gift vouch-ers at QR1,999, Lumia 820 with QR150 in vouchers at QR1,299, Lumia 720 at
QR1,199 with QR100 in vouchers, Lumia 620 with QR100 in vouchers at QR879, while a QR50 gift voucher is given with each purchase of Lumia 520 at QR649.
This offer is available till July 31 at
all CGC and selected dealer outlets across Qatar. Customers can redeem the vouchers for any purchase at any Lulu outlet until August 31.
The Peninsula
CGC unveils new Nokia promotion
Qatar UAE Exchange has launched an awareness programme, Beat The Heat, with support from Aster Medical Center to provide basic information on healthy living during summer. The initiative aims to spread awareness among people, especially those who work outdoors, about the risks of exposure to sunlight and preventive steps to avoid sunstroke or any other clinical emergency during this season. The first seminar was held at the CCIC camp, Shahaniya, and was attended by 200 camp residents. Dr Sakkir from Aster Medical Center briefed the residents. Senior camp officials, marketing officers from Qatar UAE Exchange and Aster representatives shared their views with the audience.
Qatar UAE Exchange launches ‘Beat the Heat’ campaignQatar UAE Exchange launches ‘Beat the Heat’ campaignThe Torch Doha offers authentic Ramadan atmosphere
The Torch Doha has prepared special events for Ramadan. While dining and experiencing
The Torch’s services, guests can enjoy the cultural and family activities of Hayyakum B Aspire Ramadan Festival.
Guests can savour iftar and sohour buffet offerings at the Flying Carpet restaurant.
The iftar and sohour buffets offer an extensive range of Arabic delicacies to be enjoyed along with Ramadan bev-erages and culinary masterpieces. In addition, the live cooking station will serve a variety of dishes including tra-ditional lamb ouzi, fresh barbecue and shawarma complemented by authentic Arabian sweets.
The Arabian décor of the hotel lobby, with white and beige chiffon, enhances the warm atmosphere for guests dur-ing the holy month. The Flying Carpet restaurant features hanging carpets and Ramadan lamps along with a bev-erage trolley.
For private events, Aspire Ballroom and Torch Ballroom — adjacent to Aspire Ladies Club — are good options with a traditional Ramadan ambience and private service. Guests staying at the hotel during Ramadan and Eid Al Fitr can avail of a special pack-age available from QR750 per room per night, including overnight stay in a modern deluxe room, sohour, iPad in-room solution, 24/7 in-room iftar and sohour and use of Health Club facilities.
The iftar buffet is served daily in the Flying Carpet restaurant from Maghreb prayer until 8pm for QR195 per person, including Ramadan juices. The sohour buffet will be served from 11pm until 2am at QR175 per person, including Ramadan beverages. Dinner a la carte will be served in Doha’s only revolving restaurant, Three Sixty, located on the 47th floor at The Torch.
“We are glad to welcome our guests during this special time of the year with a spread of delicious Ramadan delica-cies and family activities happening in Aspire Zone. Ramadan Kareem to all,” said hotel manager Sherif Sabry.
The Peninsula
The Grand Prize winner of the NAS Stores raffle draw, Mohammed Juma Mohammed Dosari receiving a sym-bolic car key from Moath Al Qadi, Group Human Resources Manager of Nasir bin Abdullah and Sons. The sec-ond and third prize winners, Ghanshyam Chaudhary (right) and Mohammed Mazhar (second left), also received keys during the raffle draw ceremony at NAS Stores showroom in Doha yesterday. NAS Stores gave away three cars and electronic goods to 222 winners. The first prize winner received a Hyundai Santa Fe and the second and third prize winners got a Hyundai Accent each.
PLUS | TUESDAY 9 JULY 2013 RECIPE66
Crispy Potato Chips and Lettuce Salad
Ingredients:• 1 medium size potato• 1 medium size Onion• 1 small bowl red pepper cubes• 1 tsp chat masala• 1 tbsp corn flour• 1 tbsp flour• 1 tsp lemon juice• 4/5 lettuce leaves• Salt and red chilly powder for taste• Oil for deep frying
Method:Make thin slice of potato, sprinkle salt and red chilly powder.
Add chat masala. Mix it well. Take corn flour and flour in same proportion. Mix it well without adding water. Mix well potato chips to get coating with flour and deep fry it.
Cut onion. Add red pepper, lettuce, salt to taste, little red chilly powder and lemon juice. Toss it well. Arrange the fried chips on the lettuce. Serve in salad dish.
Anjali Pimple
Beet and Grilled Peach Summer Salad
Ingredients:For the Salad
• 2 medium beets, peeled, cooked, and diced into 1/2” cubes• 2 small moderately ripe peaches• 1 bunch baby arugula leaves• 1 small head butter lettuce• 2 tbsp roasted pine nuts• 2 tbsp crushed feta cheeseFor the Dressing
• 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar• 2 tbsp honey• 3 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil• 1/8 tsp ground black pepper• 1/4 tsp salt
Method:Wash the greens thoroughly and dry them. Chop the lettuce
into bite-sized pieces. Set aside.Bring vinegar to a boil in a small saucepan over medium-high
heat. Reduce heat, and simmer until vinegar is reduced to 2 tablespoons (about 2 minutes). Remove from heat; stir in honey. Cool to room temperature.
Prepare grill to high heat. Destone and slice the peaches into wedges. Drizzle with a little olive oil (or coat with cooking spray). Place peach wedges onto heated grill; grill 30 seconds on each side until grill marks appear but peaches are still firm. Remove from grill and set aside.
In a large bowl, combine oil, pepper, and salt while whisking. Add greens and cooked, diced beets, tossing gently to coat. Arrange the mixture on a platter. Top with grilled peach wedges. Drizzle with balsamic syrup; sprinkle roasted pine nuts and crushed feta cheese.
Mala
Healthy Salad
Ingredients: • 100 gms whole mung (green gram) • 100 gms white chick peas • 1 big tomato • 1 cucumber • 1 onion • 1 tbsp salt (as per taste) • 1 tbsp black pepper (as per taste) • 4 tbsp olive oil • 1 tbsp cumin powder • 1 cup chopped salad cabbage • 1 bunch of lettuce leaves
Method:First of all take whole mung and keep them in warm water for
7 hours (overnight). Remove the water next morning and put the mung in a white
cloth and tie the cloth. Put that cloth in a vessel and cover it.Next day morning you will have seeded mung. Now take the white chick peas and boil them for one hour and
remove the remaining water. Take a plate and decorate it with lettuce. On that put a layer of
seeded mung and then a layer of boiled white chick peas. On top of that put chopped onion, cucumber, salad cabbage and tomato.
Now put black pepper, salt, olive oil, cumin powder and mix eve-rything properly. Your healthy and delicious salad is ready to serve.
Enjoy healthy salad in the morning breakfast or afternoon lunch. Darshna Taylor
Fried Brinjal Salad Ingredients:
• 5 brinjals• 2 onions chopped• 1 tomato chopped• 2 green chilies chopped• 1/2 tsp chili powder• Salt to taste• 1/2 tsp lemon• Oil for frying
Method:Wash the brinjal and slice in to thin circles. Deep fry the sliced brinjals, until it is little brown and crisp.
Once fried drain the oil, and into that add the chopped onion, tomatoes, green chilies, red chilies, salt and lemon and mix well and serve.
Fathima Shabeena Fahmy
Chickpeas and Potato Salad
Ingredients: • 3/4 cup Chickpeas• 1 cup Chopped Boiled potato• ½ cup finely chopped onion• ¼ cup finely chopped green mango• ¼ cup finely chopped coriander leaves
• 2 tbsp finely chopped mint leaves• ½ cup fresh pomegranate seeds• 1 tbsp cumin powder• 2 tsp chat masala• Sugar-salt – as per taste• 1 tbsp oil • 1 pinch each asafoetida and Cumin• 1 tbsp green chilli paste• 2 tsp garlic paste
Method:Dip the chickpeas for 6-7 hours and boil it.Mix boiled chickpeas, potato, onion, green mango, coriander leaves, mint
leaves, half of Pomegranate seeds, cumin powder, chat masala, salt and sugar properly.
Heat the oil and once the oil is hot put asafoetida and cumin in it. Then put chilli and garlic paste in it, sauté it for few seconds and pour it in above salad mixture.
Let it cool. Garnish it with pomegranate seeds and coriander leaves. Madhavi Bhattad
Spiced Potatoes with Tomato Salad
Ingredients: • 6 tomatoes• 750g waxy potatoes peeled• 4 tsp olive oil• 2 cloves garlic, peeled & crushed• 4 tsp smoked Paprika
Method:Cut a cross in the base of each tomato, cover with boiling water and leave
for 1 minute. Remove from water and peel, then chop and set to one side. Cut the potatoes into bite-size chunks. Bring a large pan of water to the boil. Add the potatoes and bring back to boil. Reduce the heat a little and cover. Cook for 8 minutes and drain.
Heat the oil in large frying pan and add the potatoes. Cook over a moderate heat stirring from time to time for about 10 minutes, until potatoes start to turn golden in places.
Add the garlic, paprika and cook stirring, for 1 minute.Add the chopped tomatoes and continue to cook for a further 5 minutes,
stirring from time to time. Remove from the heat and serve. Nitin Vasant
WINNER
Healthy Crunchy Chickpea Spinach Salad
Ingredients: • Canned whole chickpeas (250g)• Canned mushrooms, sliced (100g)• 1 red bell pepper• 2 cups spinach leaves, chopped• 2 small stalks spring onions• A few rocket leaves• 1 cup walnuts, choppedDressing:
• 2 cloves of garlic.• 2 tbsp olive oil• 2 tbsp Balsamic vinegar
Method:Steam the spinach for about 20 mins.Wash and drain well the rocket leaves. Line the
base of a dish with the leaves.Crush the garlic cloves and mix well with the oil and
vinegar to make the dressing and set aside.Drain out the water from the chickpeas and mush-
rooms. Chop the bell pepper and the spring onions. Mix the chickpeas, mushrooms, red pepper, spring onions and the steamed spinach along with the dressing. Layer this mixture over the rocket leaves.
Sprinkle the chopped walnuts on top and serve.Ayesha Banu
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HEALTH 7
By Ben Hirschler
Belgian doctors have developed a low-cost version of test-tube baby technology for use in
developing countries, where sophisti-cated Western systems are unafford-able for most couples.
The researchers said their simpli-fied process cost around €200 ($260) per cycle of treatment and delivered results that were not much different to those seen with conventional in-vitro fertilization (IVF) programme.
The price is just 10 to 15 percent of the current cost of Western-style IVF and suggests infertility care could one day become universally accessible, Elke Klerkx from the Genk Institute for Fertility Technology told a medi-cal meeting.
Around 5 million babies have been born around the world since the birth of the first test-tube baby in 1978 - but the treatment remains largely the preserve of developed countries because of its high cost.
“Infertility care is probably the most neglected healthcare problem of developing countries, affecting more than 2 million couples according to the
WHO (World Health Organisation),” Klerkx said.
In order to slash the price, Klerkx and her colleagues used an embryo culture method that removes the need for much of the expensive laboratory equipment found in European or North American IVF clinics.
Results from a study showed simi-lar success rates between the standard and low-cost system - and two-thirds of the top quality embryos from 35 cycles as assessed by an independ-ent expert came from the simplified system.
“Our initial results are proof of principle that a simplified culture sys-tem designed for developing countries can offer affordable and successful opportunities for infertility treatment where IVF is the only solution,” said Klerkx. “This is a major step towards universal fertility care.”
Fertility experts attending the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) annual meeting in London, where her results were presented, said the system could bring IVF to many corners of the world, including much of Africa, where there is a huge unmet need.
But they cautioned that it had, as yet, only been shown to work in a developed world setting, using a lab-oratory in Belgium, and larger trials in one or more developing country were now needed to test the proc-ess fully.
Infertility is a serious problems in some countries in Africa and other resource-poor settings, where infec-tions are a common cause of tubal blockages in women, leading to often high rates of infertility and social iso-lation. Many cases of infertility in the
developing world are due to infectious diseases like chlamydia, gonorrhea or tuberculosis.
Richard Kennedy, general secre-tary of the International Federation of Fertility Societies, said the Belgian team’s work had great potential.
“Infertility is a disease which does not respect national boundaries. Until now it has been unaffordable for many in the developing world,” he said in a statement.
ESHRE estimates the prevalence of infertility that lasts for at least 12 months to be around 9 percent world-wide for women aged 20-44.
Klerkx and the Genk team are now working to build a low-cost IVF laboratory that could be a used as a template for use in poorer countries. The cost of setting up a high-quality IVF lab is between €1.5m and €3m, but she expects the low-cost version to cost less than €300,000.
Construction of the centre in Genk is expected to be completed by November this year and it will provide training for clinicians from developing countries.
Reuters
PLUS | TUESDAY 9 JULY 2013
By Dorene Internicola
Can’t take the heat? Fitness experts say one way for outdoor exercisers who dread the long, hot summer days of steamy runs and breathless aerobics during a heat wave is
to embrace it.“It takes most healthy people 10 to 14 days to fully
acclimate to exercising in the heat,” said Dr Cedric X. Bryant, chief science officer of the American Council on Exercise. “In order to achieve that you need to be exercising in heat.”
The heat-acclimated individual will sweat sooner and that sweat will be more dilute, Bryant said. There will be a lower risk for dehydration and a reduction in the heat gained through exercise that will help maintain a lower core temperature and heart rate response.
He said as much as 25 percent of the healthy population is estimated to be heat intolerant in an unacclimated state. Once they get acclimated that drops to 2 percent.
A 2011 report from the US Centers for Disease Control showed that about 6,000 people a year seek emergency treatment for heat illnesses suffered while playing sports or participating in other recreational activities outdoors.
While acclimating to the physiological demands of the heat, Bryant said, be sure to tone down your workout.
“Strictly adhere to the talk test (the ability to talk as a gauge of correct exercise intensity),” he said. “It’s not a time to do intervals or high-intensity exercises. Afterwards, when you’re fully acclimated, you can ramp up intensity.”
Connecticut-based fitness instructor Ellen Barrett said a daily dose of hot yoga primed her for the heat wave that slammed the US East Coast in June.
“I did the Bikram yoga challenge every day for a month, so when that heat wave hit I didn’t even notice it,” said Barrett, author of the upcoming book, The 28 Days Lighter Diet.
She said Swiss tennis ace Roger Federer trains in Dubai.
“He plays all day in the hot sun so when he’s at the US Open at the end of summer in New York City, he looks fresh as a daisy,” she said.
Exercise physiologist and running coach Tom Holland is a veteran of more than 60 marathons and 21 Ironman triathlons, many held in sweltering conditions including an Ironman in Malaysia, where the temperature soared to 104 degrees (40 Celsius) and humidity to 99 percent.
“I actually love running in the brutal heat and humidity and have trained myself accordingly,” said Holland, author of The Marathon Man.
When running in the heat, he recommends adjust-ing speed and goals and said runners should expect to run more slowly and should focus on covering the distance.
“I paced a 60-year-old client in the 2012 Boston
Marathon where the race hit 90 degrees,” he said. “When I saw how hot it would be, we adjusted his race goal from 3:40 (three hours, 40 minutes) to just finishing.”
Running in heat is difficult, Holland explained, because blood has two conflicting interests - sup-plying working muscles and going to the skin to cool the body down.
“So there is less blood for the muscles, our hearts have to work harder, our heart rate increases, and the relative intensity of the run increases,” he said. “You simply cannot run as fast in hot conditions.”
Bryant said that even the fully heat-acclimated exerciser reverts rapidly when the training stops.
“Unfortunately the benefits of heat acclimation are lost quite quickly,” he said. “For every two days an individual abstains from heat exposure, one day of acclimation is lost. So after two to three weeks you’re back to starting over.” Reuters
Easing into outdoor workouts on summer days
Health News
Doctors develop $260 test-tube baby system for poor world
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organis
e a
head o
f th
e
rele
ase
of
his
movie
Bh
aa
g M
ilk
ha
Bh
aa
g.
The 3
km
-5km
marath
ons
will
be h
ost
ed i
n
four c
itie
s —
Delh
i, C
han
dig
arh,
Ahm
edabad
and J
aip
ur.
Rele
asin
g
on
July
12,
dir
ecto
r
Rakeysh
Om
prakash
Mehra’s
Bh
aa
g M
ilk
ha
Bh
aa
g w
ill
see F
arhan a
s ath
lete
Milkha S
ingh. T
he b
iopic
is
a c
o-p
roducti
on b
etw
een M
ehra a
nd V
iacom
18
Moti
on P
ictu
res.
“The c
urio
sity
to s
ee F
arhan r
unnin
g a
mara-
thon is
at
its
hig
hest
. H
e h
as
been a
ble
to t
ran-
scend b
oundarie
s and h
as
becom
e t
he M
ilkha
Sin
gh o
f cellulo
id,” a
spokesp
erso
n from
Via
com
18
Moti
on P
ictu
res
said
in a
sta
tem
ent.
The a
cto
r w
ent
through r
igorous
physi
cal
train
ing i
n o
rder t
o g
et
the
perfe
ct
body lik
e t
hat
of
an a
thle
te a
nd f
ans
are e
ager t
o w
atc
h t
he a
cto
r
run liv
e.
“Ever s
ince t
he p
rom
oti
ons
starte
d, everyone h
as
been a
skin
g F
arhan
about
the p
racti
ce t
hat
went
into
pla
yin
g t
he r
ole
of
Milkha S
ingh. T
hat’s
why t
he m
akers
have d
ecid
ed t
o g
ive t
he a
udie
nces
a c
hance t
o w
atc
h h
im
run a
marath
on a
nd p
arti
cip
ate
wit
h h
im,” a
source s
aid
.“M
any s
chool
and c
ollege s
tudents
will
be r
unnin
g w
ith F
arhan. T
hey
were s
ele
cte
d v
ia c
onte
sts
held
by t
he m
akers
recentl
y,”
the s
ource a
dded.
The m
ovie
als
o f
eatu
res
Sonam
Kapoor.
Fam
ilie
s ca
n w
atc
h S
ixte
ento
get
her
: K
eith
Seq
uei
ra
Form
er m
odel and V
J K
eit
h S
equeir
a, w
ho w
ill so
on b
e s
een in S
ixte
en,
a fi
lm b
ase
d o
n t
eenagers,
says
even t
hough it
conta
ins
som
e p
rofa
ni-
ties,
it
can b
e e
njo
yed b
y p
arents
and c
hildren t
ogeth
er.
“There i
s n
o s
uch t
hin
g i
n t
he fi
lm t
hat
kid
s can
’t w
atc
h w
ith t
heir
parents
. A
s fo
r p
arents
, I
would
lik
e t
o s
ay t
hat
you w
ill fe
el com
forta
ble
w
atc
hin
g t
he fi
lm.
Yes,
the l
anguage i
s bad a
t so
me p
laces,
but
we h
ave
only
told
the t
ruth
,” K
eit
h s
aid
here in a
n inte
rvie
w.
“If
you w
on’t
accept
it, th
en y
ou w
ould
be lyin
g t
o y
ourse
lf. K
ids
do u
se
dif
ferent
language a
t hom
e a
nd o
uts
ide. W
e h
ave a
lso d
one it,
but
then w
e
realise
d a
nd c
hanged,” h
e a
dded.
Dir
ecte
d b
y R
aj P
urohit
, S
ixte
en a
lso s
tars
Izabelle L
eit
e, W
am
iqa G
abbi,
Mahak, H
ighphill. H
itti
ng t
heatr
es
on J
uly
12, it
talk
s about
teenagers
who
lose
their
way a
nd f
all into
wrong h
abit
s.K
eit
h a
lso a
dvis
es
parents
to g
ive t
ime t
o c
hildren for p
roper u
pbrin
gin
g.
“Paren
ts t
oday t
hin
k t
hat
they c
an
com
pen
sate
for t
he m
isse
d t
ime
wit
h w
ith m
obile, I-
pad o
r c
ars.
But
this
is
not
the r
ight
thin
g b
ecause
if
you d
on’t
find t
ime f
or y
our k
ids,
they w
ill
not
find t
he r
ight
dir
ecti
on,”
Keit
h s
aid
.
Th
e N
igh
t (A
l-Lail
)M
oh
am
mad M
ala
s, 1
99
3A
great
Syria
n fi
lm.
It i
s a
bout
the
dir
ecto
r’s
hom
e t
ow
n o
f Q
un
eit
ra,
on
the b
orders
of
the G
ola
n H
eig
hts
, w
hic
h
was
alm
ost
com
ple
tely
dest
royed b
y t
he
Israeli
s aft
er t
he 1
967 w
ar a
nd r
em
ain
s in
ruin
s. T
he fi
lm i
s a
his
toric
al-
auto
-bio
graph
ical
epic
of
three g
en
erati
on
s,
tak
ing y
ou f
rom
th
e S
yria
n fi
gh
t fo
r
indepen
den
ce a
gain
st t
he F
ren
ch
in
th
e
1930s,
th
rough
th
e 1
948 w
ar w
ith
Isr
ael,
an
d i
nto
recen
t ti
mes.
Mala
s i
s p
rob-
ably
th
e m
ost
hig
hly
regarded l
ivin
g
Syria
n d
irecto
r —
he i
s s
till
based i
n
Dam
ascus a
s f
ar a
s I
kn
ow
— a
nd t
his
fi
lm is h
eavil
y in
fluen
ced b
y T
arkovsk
y
in t
he u
se o
f lo
ng, con
tem
pla
tive d
ream
an
d m
em
ory s
equen
ces w
here t
ime i
s as i
mporta
nt
an
expressiv
e e
lem
en
t as
space, dia
logue o
r m
ovem
en
t.
Th
e M
um
my (
Al-
Mu
mm
ia),
aka T
he
Nig
ht
of
Cou
nti
ng t
he Y
ears
Sh
adi
Abdel
Sala
m,
196
9T
his
was t
he m
ost
successfu
l fu
ll-
len
gth
fe
atu
re fi
lm by S
hadi
Abdel
Sala
m,
wh
o s
tarte
d h
is c
areer a
s a
n
assis
tan
t to
Rossell
ini an
d M
an
kie
wic
z (on
Cle
op
atr
a) a
nd d
ied q
uit
e y
oun
g.
Set
in E
gypt
at
the en
d of
the 19th
cen
tury, it
tell
s o
f a p
easan
t fa
mil
y liv
-in
g o
ff t
he i
llegal
trade i
n p
haraon
ic
treasures.
Th
e t
hem
e h
ere i
s t
he c
on
-ti
nuit
y b
etw
een
an
cie
nt
an
d m
odern
Egypt
an
d t
he im
porta
nce o
f prese
rvin
g
ph
araon
ic c
ult
ure. A
bdel
Sala
m, als
o a
great
costu
me a
nd s
et
desig
ner,
based
everyth
ing on
m
eti
cu
lou
s research
. It
s a
esth
eti
c r
igour w
as n
ever a
gain
riv
all
ed i
n E
gypti
an
cin
em
a.
12
An
gry L
eb
an
ese
Zei
na D
acc
ach
e, 2
00
9I
was o
n t
he jury w
hen
th
is w
on
th
e
top docum
en
tary aw
ard at
Dubai
in
2009. T
he d
irecto
r is a
youn
g L
eban
ese
dram
a t
herapis
t w
ho p
ut
on
a p
roduc-
tion
of
12 A
ngry
Men i
nsid
e L
eban
on
’s
most
noto
rio
us p
ris
on
an
d fi
lmed t
he
lon
g
protracted
p
rocess.
Th
e
film
w
as p
artl
y a
n a
ttem
pt
to r
efo
rm
th
e
cou
ntr
y’s
crim
inal
an
d
pen
al
law
s an
d i
mprove p
ris
on
liv
ing c
on
dit
ion
s.
It als
o en
able
d D
accach
e to
exte
nd
her dram
a th
erapy w
ork
to
pris
on
s across L
eban
on
, an
d s
he h
ad s
tarte
d
work
ing in
S
yria
sh
ortl
y befo
re th
e
cu
rren
t con
flic
t began
. It
is
deeply
m
ovin
g a
nd f
ull
of
hum
an
ity,
parti
cu-
larly
in
th
e w
ay i
t describ
es t
he p
roc-
ess of
lift
ing m
en
fr
om
a profo
un
d
sta
te o
f despair
in
to a
ren
ew
ed d
esir
e
to l
ive a
nd b
uil
d a
dif
feren
t fu
ture f
or
them
selv
es.
Watc
h
ou
t fo
r Z
ou
Zou
(Kh
all
y b
all
ak m
in Z
ou
Zou
)H
ass
an
Al
Imam
, 19
72
I lo
ve m
usic
als
, an
d t
his
on
e i
s p
ar-
ticula
rly
good a
s i
t w
as w
rit
ten
by t
he
great
carto
on
ist,
poet
an
d s
ati
ris
t S
ala
h
Jah
een
. It
is a
com
edy o
f cla
ss c
on
flic
t —
Zouzou (
Soad H
osn
y) c
om
es f
rom
C
air
o’s
popula
r q
uarte
rs b
ut
is a
tten
d-
ing t
he l
iberal
world
of
un
iversit
y.
It’s
a s
ati
ric
al
film
but
lively
. If
you w
atc
h
this
, an
d t
hen
vis
it a
Cair
o u
niv
ersit
y
cam
pus t
oday, w
ith
its
veil
ed g
irls
an
d
bearded b
oys,
you w
ill
be s
hocked b
y
how
con
servati
ve a
nd r
eacti
on
ary A
rab
urban
socie
ty h
as b
ecom
e i
n t
he p
ast
40 y
ears.
Th
e C
ru
el
Sea (
Bas-Y
a-B
ah
ar)
Kh
ali
d A
l S
iddiq
, 19
72
Th
is,
I th
ink
, is
th
e fi
rst
featu
re
film
ever m
ade i
n K
uw
ait
by a
Kuw
ait
i dir
ecto
r. S
hot
in b
lack
an
d w
hit
e,
it
evokes t
he p
re-o
il d
ays w
hen
Kuw
ait
reli
ed a
lmost
en
tirely
on
th
e s
ea, eit
her
for tr
ade or fo
r pearl
fish
ing.
Men
would
go t
o s
ea f
or m
on
ths, le
avin
g t
he
wom
en
, ch
ildren
an
d e
lderly
to f
en
d f
or
them
selv
es.
Th
e s
ea i
s t
he m
ain
ch
ar-
acte
r h
ere —
in
itia
lly t
he s
ource o
f all
th
ings b
eauti
ful
but
equall
y a
mon
ste
r
that
destr
oys liv
es. T
he fi
lm is a
Greek
tragedy o
f sorts
, an
d d
espit
e its
form
al
sim
pli
cit
y,
it i
s t
ech
nic
all
y a
mbit
ious
an
d v
ery b
eauti
ful. I
als
o a
dm
ire t
he
spare a
cti
ng s
tyle
.
Ferti
le
Mem
ory
(Al
Dh
akir
a
al
Kh
asb
a)
Mic
hel
Kh
leifi
, 19
80
Th
e P
ale
sti
nia
n M
ich
el
Kh
leifi
is
probably
th
e fi
nest
Arab fi
lm-m
aker o
f h
is g
en
erati
on
. I
must
decla
re a
n in
ter-
est
here a
s w
e h
ave w
orked t
ogeth
er
for m
ore t
han
20 y
ears,
but
in t
ruth
I
adm
ire a
ll h
is fi
lms.
His
most
fam
ous
is
Wed
din
g i
n G
ali
lee, but
for m
e h
is m
ost
m
ovin
g a
nd e
xcit
ing w
ork
is t
he d
ocu-
men
tary t
hat
made h
is n
am
e.
Ferti
le
Mem
ory
is
a p
ortr
ait
of
two w
om
en
: on
e
a r
adic
al
youn
g P
ale
sti
nia
n n
oveli
st,
a
div
orcée,
livin
g w
ith
her d
augh
ters i
n
the O
ccu
pie
d T
errit
orie
s;
the oth
er
Kh
leifi
’s i
llit
erate
aun
t, w
ho l
ost
her
husb
an
d just
aft
er t
he 1
948 w
ar.
Th
is is
the fi
rst
fem
inis
t A
rab fi
lm a
nd i
t h
as
a v
ery k
een
sen
se o
f observati
on
an
d
poli
tical
en
gagem
en
t.
Ma
n o
f A
shes
(Rih
Ess
ed)
Nou
ri B
ou
zid,
198
6T
his
pow
erfu
l fi
lm about
work
ing-
cla
ss b
oys
grow
ing u
p in T
unis
ia c
ause
d
a s
tir b
ecause
it
deals
wit
h s
exual
har-
ass
ment
and h
om
ose
xuality
. A
carpen-
try a
pprenti
ce i
s about
to c
ele
brate
his
w
eddin
g b
ut
he a
nd h
is c
lose
frie
nd h
ave
both
been v
icti
ms
of
sexual abuse
, nota
-bly
by t
he m
on
str
ous l
ocal
carpen
ter.
T
his
dark
secret
threate
ns
to c
om
e o
ut
befo
re t
he y
oung m
an’s
weddin
g. S
everal
Arab fi
lms
in t
he m
id-8
0s
— a
noth
er i
s M
ichel
Khle
ifi’s
W
ed
din
g i
n G
ali
lee —
explo
red t
he c
lose l
inks b
etw
een
sex-
ual
oppress
ion
an
d p
oliti
cal
an
d s
ocia
l oppress
ion, w
heth
er i
n t
he f
orm
of
tra-
dit
ion
al
patr
iarchal
orders or fo
reig
n
milit
ary o
ccupati
on o
r e
ntr
enched c
lass
inte
rest
s. M
an
of A
shes does th
is b
rillia
ntl
y.
Th
e C
all
of
the N
igh
tin
gale
(D
oa
al-
Karaw
an
), a
ka T
he N
igh
tin
gale
’s
Prayer
Hen
ry B
ara
kat,
19
60
Barakat
was
the m
ast
er o
f cla
ssic
al
cin
em
a i
n E
gypt,
and t
his
film
is
base
d
on a
novel
by t
he g
reat
Taha H
uss
ein
. It
is
hum
ane a
nd b
eauti
fully m
ade. T
he
heroin
e,
a p
easa
nt
gir
l, d
ecid
es
to t
ake
revenge o
n a
handso
me e
ngin
eer w
ho h
as
seduced h
er s
iste
r a
nd c
ause
d h
er “
hon-
our”
killing b
y h
er u
ncle
. In
order t
o d
o
so, sh
e b
ecom
es
his
liv
e-i
n m
aid
but
soon
finds
herse
lf f
allin
g i
n l
ove w
ith h
im.
It
stars
a v
ery y
oung F
ate
n H
am
am
a, w
ho
went
on t
o b
ecom
e a
huge s
tar a
nd w
ho
pla
ys
every r
ole
wit
h g
race a
nd e
legance,
PLU
S |
TU
ES
DA
Y 9
JU
LY 2
013
Fift
y ye
ars
of m
ovie
mag
ic, f
rom
Tun
isia
toIra
q, a
s ch
osen
by
Om
ar A
l Qat
tan,
film
-mak
er a
nd c
hair
of S
hubb
ak –
A W
indo
w o
n C
onte
mpo
rary
Ara
b C
ultu
re.
The 1
0 b
est
Ara
b fi
lms
wit
hout
ever s
eem
ing c
ontr
ived o
r d
ull.
Chit
chat
on t
he N
ile (
Thart
hara
h
faw
q a
l-N
il)
aka A
dri
ft o
n t
he N
ile
Hu
ssei
n K
am
al,
19
71
Base
d o
n a
novel by N
aguib
Mahfo
uz,
th
is fi
lm’s t
hem
e is
decadence. It
is
set
on
an illic
it b
arge o
n t
he N
ile w
here d
isen-
chante
d g
overnm
ent
em
plo
yees
meet
to
get
dru
nk a
nd s
moke h
ash
ish. M
ade s
oon
aft
er
Pre
sident
Nass
er’s
death
, th
e fi
lm is
cri
tical of th
e o
ld “
socia
list
” bure
aucra
cy,
w
hic
h h
ad b
ecom
e e
xtr
em
ely
corrupt.
It
has
the f
oresi
ght
and c
ourage t
o m
ark
th
e e
nd o
f an e
ra, w
ith e
yes
keenly
lock
ed
on a
not-
very-p
rom
isin
g n
ew
one.
One
could
consi
der
the fi
lm o
verm
ora
lisi
ng in
that
it c
onflate
s fr
eedom
wit
h c
orr
upti
on,
but
it h
as
a g
reat
subversi
ve p
ow
er a
nd
is s
till b
anned in m
any A
rab c
ountr
ies.
Th
e D
up
es (
Al-
makh
du
’un
)T
ewfi
k S
ale
h,
197
3S
et
in I
raq,
shot
in S
yria
, base
d o
n
a f
am
ous
Pale
stin
ian
novel by G
hass
an
Kan
afa
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© GRAPHIC NEWSSources: Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Zacks Equity Research, PDXlight
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a rare sign that the global economy could be on the mend
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11FOOD
By Joe Yonan
Some nights, sandwiches seem like the easiest dinner possible — if you’re a meat eater and want to reach for the cold cuts.
For vegetarians, a little more planning typically is in order. I’ve made sand-wiches from combinations of raw or refrigerator-stable ingredients, such as a grilled “kimcheese” and one that layers thin slices of zucchini with radicchio and ricotta, but mostly I’m depending on leftovers.
An even better bet is to plan on those leftovers — that is, to get in the habit of making certain things in advance so you have them around to draw from. It’s especially helpful, obvi-ously, with ingredients that take a long time to cook.
Two such examples presented them-selves to me recently when I encoun-tered a delicious appetiser made by chef Cedric Maupillier at Mintwood Place in Washington. It’s a roasted beet, goat cheese and onion “moun-tain pie,” a white-bread sandwich he presses in a pie iron and cooks in the wood oven. (Traditionally it goes right in campfire embers, hence the name.)
Beets and caramelized onions can take up to an hour to make, but I’ve gotten in the habit of preparing batches of each every week or two to put on sal-ads, pizza and more. When I scrounged
around in my fridge recently for din-ner ideas, there they were, ready for me to combine with a schmear of soft goat cheese between slices of sprouted whole-grain bread. At home, I have neither wood oven nor pie iron, but a
skillet on the stove top helps me turn the lot into a simply grilled sandwich.
In the case of the beets, a super-market shortcut is available: cooked and refrigerated baby beets in the produce section. They’re a whole lot
more expensive than fresh ones, but sometimes — when I haven’t done the prep work myself — I’m willing to pay for the convenience. So far, I’m on my own when it comes to the onions.
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PLUS | TUESDAY 9 JULY 2013
Beet, Caramelised Onion and Goat Cheese Sandwiches
A quick-pickled beet lends a welcome tartness to offset the rich goat cheese and sweet onions. To save time, look for cooked, vacuum-packed beets in the supermarket produce section.
MAKE AHEAD: The caramelized onions can be refrig-erated for up to 2 weeks. The beets can be refrigerated for up to 1 week.
From Washington Post Food editor Joe Yonan, author of the upcoming Eat Your Vegetables: Bold Recipes for the Single Cook (Ten Speed Press, August 2013).
Ingredients1 tablespoon olive oil2 large yellow onions (1 3/4 pounds total), thinly sliced1/4 teaspoon sea salt, plus more to tasteWater (optional)4 small to medium beets (about 1 pound), stemmed and well scrubbed1 tablespoon red vinegar1 teaspoon honey4 ounces soft, spreadable goat cheese8 slices low-sodium whole-grain bread2 teaspoons canola oil
MethodHeat the olive oil in a large cast-iron or other heavy skillet over medium
heat. Add the onions and cook, tossing with tongs or a spatula, until they wilt and start to brown. Sprinkle with the salt, toss and reduce the heat to the lowest possible setting. Cook, stirring very occasionally, until the onions are deeply golden brown, soft and sweet, up to an hour or more. (If they start to dry out during cooking, stir in a few tablespoons of water at a time to keep them moist.) Transfer the onions to a bowl to cool, and wipe out the skillet.
Meanwhile, set a steamer basket in a medium saucepan filled with an inch or two of water, over medium heat. Bring the water to a boil, then reduce the heat so the water is gently bubbling and add the beets. Cover and steam until barely tender when pierced with a fork, 25 to 40 minutes (depending on their size). Remove from the heat, cool slightly, and slip off the skins under running water.
Cut the beets into 1/2-inch-thick slices. Place them in a medium bowl and toss gently to coat with the vinegar and honey.
To make the sandwiches, spread the goat cheese on one side of 4 bread slices. Top each with the sliced beets, caramelized onions and one of the remaining 4 bread slices. Press gently to compress each sandwich.
Brush the skillet with the canola oil and heat over medium-high heat. Once the oil starts to shimmer, lay the sandwiches in the skillet, working in batches if necessary. Cook, pressing gently with a spatula from time to time, until the undersides are golden brown, about 2 minutes. Repeat to brown the second sides. Serve warm.
NUTRITION Per serving: 420 calories, 17 g protein, 63 g carbohydrates, 13 g fat, 5 g
saturated fat, 15 mg cholesterol, 330 mg sodium, 12 g dietary fibre, 18 g sugar
Sandwiches, ready when you are
TECHNOLOGYPLUS | TUESDAY 9 JULY 201312
By Jia Lynn Yang
With Web giants such as Facebook and Twitter blocked by the Chinese govern-ment, an entire ecosystem of home-grown companies has flourished with
names that are unfamiliar to many outside China.Tencent, one of the country’s biggest tech firms, is
hoping to change that with a product that is already one of the fastest-growing mobile services in the world.
The company’s instant messaging product, WeChat, has amassed more than 300 million users — nearly equivalent to the US population — in less than three years. Tencent says there are more than 70 million users across southeast Asia, India and Mexico, with 30 million of those added in just the past three months. WeChat has also expanded into Saudi Arabia recently, and there are plans to open an office in the United States.
But WeChat’s Chinese origins could cause problems for the company worldwide, just as Chinese telecom-munications companies Huawei and ZTE have faced obstacles in the United States.
Top Web services enjoy extraordinary access to the kind of user data that is coveted by national security officials. China has long been seen as especially aggres-sive with cyber-snooping, and recent revelations about American Internet surveillance efforts have heightened global concerns about online privacy.
WeChat has already run into some resistance. India’s Intelligence Bureau has reportedly proposed a ban on WeChat’s services. Analysts predict a potential back-lash in the United States, too.
“It’s one thing when WeChat dominates in China, but when WeChat becomes popular outside China, suddenly China has this access that only the US had before,” said Christopher Soghoian, senior policy analyst on speech, privacy and technology for the American Civil Liberties Union.
Jeremy Goldkorn, director of Danwei.com and a Chinese media expert, said the political issue of where servers that store user data are physically located is going to become more common. “It seems to me many governments are going to want as much control as possible,” he said.
A spokeswoman for Tencent said that “we have taken user data protection seriously in our product develop-ment and daily operations, and like other international
peers, we comply with relevant laws in the countries where we have operations.”
In mainland China, WeChat is ubiquitous, used by everyone from teenagers and their parents to Tibetan activists.
It has been called the Facebook of China, but that comparison fails to convey all the things that WeChat can do. At its most basic, WeChat functions like a free text-messaging service on your phone. Beyond just texts, users can send short videos or voice messages back and forth, like a walkie-talkie. Each person can also set up a profile like the ones on Facebook.
Companies can also set up WeChat profiles to con-nect to customers. Have a question about a computer that needs to be fixed? Send the manufacturer your exact location via your smartphone, and an employee will tell you the nearest place to get your device repaired.
Tencent is already a $7bn company, with revenue up more than 50 percent last year. Pony Ma, Tencent’s
chief executive, has said he wants his company to go global.
“Successful or not, this is a once-in-a-lifetime oppor-tunity for Tencent,” Ma told CBN, a Chinese financial news network.
WeChat, whose rivals include the United States-based WhatsApp and Japanese Line messaging serv-ices, has been able to charge into new countries by using advertising that features local celebrities, including Bollywood actors and soccer players.
By doing this, Tencent is showing a level of savviness about how online services must often cater to local tastes and cultural norms. If Ma succeeds, it would be a breakthrough for Chinese tech firms.
“The Chinese market is both a curse and a bless-ing,” said Lee Kai-Fu, a longtime tech entrepreneur in China. “It’s a blessing because it’s big, but it’s a curse because the marginal cost of doing something more outside China isn’t that attractive.”
WP-Bloomberg
By Stuart Dredge
23-year-old Swedish gaming vlogger leaves Psy, One Direction and Miley Cyrus trailing in his wake.
Rapper Psy’s Gangnam Style video has now been watched more than 1.7 billion times on YouTube, and his channel has more than six million subscribers. But he’s still not the
king of Google’s online video service.A 23-year-old Swedish gamer named Felix Kjellberg,
whose PewDiePie channel is devoted to “sharing gam-ing moments on YouTube with my bros”, is currently the most-viewed channel on the service.
According to online video site Tubefilter’s latest Top 50 chart, PewDiePie generated just under 50 million views in the week between June 27 and July 3, putting it ahead of Turkish music videos channel Muyap (45.6 million) and another games channel, Sky Does Minecraft (35.5 million).
Psy’s 27.6 million weekly views secure him fourth spot on the chart, with the likes of Samsung Mobile USA (25 million), One Direction (22.3 million), Arab Idol (21.6 million) and Miley Cyrus (19.1 million) fol-lowing in his wake.
It’s PewDiePie’s success that should startle the
entertainment industry. Kjellberg added 349,000 new subscribers in the week covered by the latest chart, taking him to a total of 9.8 million overall.
He’s likely to pass the 10 million subscribers mile-stone sometime this month, and is catching up fast with comedy channel Smosh, whose 11.1 million sub-scribers make it the most subscribed-to channel on YouTube.
PewDiePie and SkyDoesMinecraft’s popularity is also a reminder of the attention-grabbing growth of games channels on YouTube, with 1.9 billion all-time views for the former and 892 million for the latter at
the time of writing. Both are part of larger “multi-channel networks” (MCNs) on YouTube: Maker Studios in PewDiePie’s case and Machinima for SkyDoesMinecraft.
MCNs are driving rapid growth for their stables of YouTubers, with subscriptions becoming an ever-more-important spur for views on the service. YouTube has made a number of changes in the last year to put more emphasis on channels and subscriptions rather than just individual videos.
YouTube now attracts more than a billion unique users a month, who watch more than six billion hours of video — with a million channel creators currently earning money from ads placed around their videos through the YouTube Partner Programme.
Channels like PewDiePie are also appealing strongly to younger viewers, a group Google refers to as “Gen C” for their habits of “creation, curation, connection and community”.
In a study published on its Think Insights website in March 2013, Google claimed that Gen C is “twice as likely to be a YouTube viewer than the general population — and 40 percent more likely to be only a light TV viewer”.
The study also suggested that these viewers are increasingly watching on their mobile devices. “YouTube has the same reach with Gen C on smart-phones as it does on desktop. In fact, 80 million of Gen C with a smartphone watch YouTube.”
The Guardian
PewDiePie is world’s most popular YouTube channel
Messaging app WeChat carries Messaging app WeChat carries Chinese firm’s global ambitionsChinese firm’s global ambitions
COMICS & MORE 13
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British scientists using DNA genetic fingerprinting tests identified the bones of the murdered Russian Tsar Nicholas II and members of his family
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ALL IN THE MIND Can you find the hidden words? They may be horizontal,vertical, diagonal, forwards or backwards.
ACCOUNTANT, ARCHITECT, ARTIST, ASTRONAUT, AUTHOR,BAKER, BRICKLAYER, BUILDER, BUTCHER, CARPENTER,CHEMIST, DENTIST, DOCTOR, DRIVER, ELECTRICIAN, FARMER,FIREFIGHTER, GLAZIER, HANDYMAN, JOURNALIST, LAWYER,MUSICIAN, NURSE, PHOTOGRAPHER, PILOT, PLUMBER,POLITICIAN, SAILOR, SCIENTIST, SOLDIER, TAILOR, TEACHER.
LEARNARABIC
How to Ask about verb:
Hel Ana Katabtu Did I wroteRemark: To ask about verbs we add hel
Hel Anta Katabta Did you wrote(m)
Hal Anti Katabti Did you wrote (f)
Hal Howa Kataba Did he wrote
Hal Hiyya Katabat Did she wrote
Baby Blues by Jerry Scott and Rick Kirkman
Zits by Dennis Young and Denis Lebrun
Hagar The Horrible by Chris Browne
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PLUS | TUESDAY 9 JULY 2013
HYPER SUDOKU
CROSSWORD
CROSSWORDS
YESTERDAY’S ANSWER
How to play Hyper Sudoku:A Hyper Sudoku
Puzzle is solved
by filling the
numbers from 1
to 9 into the blank
cells. A Hyper
Sudoku has
unlike Sudoku
13 regions
(four regions
overlap with the
nine standard
regions). In all
regions the numbers from 1 to 9 can appear
only once. Otherwise, a Hyper Sudoku is
solved like a normal Sudoku.
ACROSS 1 Either of two Syrian
presidents
6 “Spring forward” inits.
9 “Oleanna” playwright
14 Bather’s scrubber
15 When to observe 6-Across in France
16 Hoopster Stoudemire
17 Humanoid of Jewish folklore
18 Elbow-bender
19 ___ Hart (“Chicago” role)
20 Marsh rodents
23 Mil. headquarters
26 Country associated
with 38-/40-/
41-Across
27 They’re flashed at guards
30 “Babes in Toyland” composer
32 Wall St. stat
34 Wings, in zoology
35 Golfer Aoki and others
37 Comparative word
38, 40 & 41 18th-
century literary and musical movement
42 Aircraft velocity figure
45 & 47 Writer associated with 38-/40-/
41-Across
50 90° from Nord
51 Sirius
55 Vintner’s prefix
56 Permeate
58 GPS suggestion: Abbr.
59 What much space junk is in
61 Time for both hands to be up
62 Sen. Rubio
64 “All yours!”
65 Morales of “Caprica”
66 Worth a 10
67 ___ and terminer
68 Word before poor or cheap
69 Remainder, in Rouen
70 Moor growth
71 Radical org. of the ’60s
72 Camels’ pit stops
73 Sightseer’s ride
DOWN 1 “Solve for x” subj.
2 The Great Lakes’ ___ Locks
3 G, in the key of C
4 Not many
5 Price to pay, informally
6 Palm Springs paper, with “the”
7 With 36- and 53-Down, translation of 38-/40-/
41-Across
8 Four-footers
9 Joan of Arc, notably
10 Pal of Andy
11 Peak, slangily
12 “___ tu”
13 Pipe joint
21 Actress Polo
22 Hydrocarbon suffixes
23 Cartoonist Addams
24 Go soft
25 Place for an English king?
27 One of Sam’s tunes in “Casablanca”
28 Gorilla expert Fossey
29 “Yesterday” or “Tomorrow”
31 “It gets late early out there” speaker
33 “… poem lovely as ___”
36 See 7-Down
39 Earth, to the French
41 Río ___ (African region)
43 South American cardinal?
44 Links org.
45 Yoked
46 Absorption process
48 Paris Hilton, for one
49 Punches in, say
52 Egg rating
53 See 7-Down
54 Mexican beer brand
57 Rod and rad
60 Equilateral figure
62 “The Tilled Field” painter Joan
63 World Cup chants
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16
17 18 19
20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30 31 32 33
34 35 36 37
38 39 40 41
42 43 44
45 46 47 48 49
50 51 52 53 54 55
56 57 58 59 60
61 62 63 64
65 66 67
68 69 70
71 72 73
D I S H G L A M R A J A HA B L E D O P E E B O L AB E E R P L U S W E E K L YS T E A M S I C E O E
P L E A T M Y S H O R T SN E W D E L H I H O TO L E S P E L T H O P IP L A C E O F D I A M O N D SE A R L T E S L A C A L
A A H S C O R S E S EP L U N D E R T H E S E AI A M V E E H E G E LP L A C I D R A I N M A N EE A M E S U P D O T I V OS W I N E N E S T O N Y X
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
14
EASY SUDOKUCartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate
Easy 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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The Bling Ring (2D/Crime) – 7.00pm
Hammer of Gods (2D/Action) – 9.15 & 11.15pm
2
Man of Steel (3D/Action) – 2.30pm
Phantom (2D/Thriller) – 5.00 & 9.15pm
Officer Down (2D/Drama) – 7.00 & 11.30pm
3
The Bling Ring (2D/Crime) – 3.00pm
Policegiri (2D/Hinidi) – 5.00 & 11.00pm
Lootera (2D/Hindi) – 8.00pm
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Omar Khalifa – “Infinite”When: Until Dec 15; 10am—10pmWhere: Katara Cultural Village What: This outdoor photography installation examines ‘the nature of being’. Using digital multiple exposure techniques, an image is crafted that gives us a sense of other-worldliness and depth of perspective through the human form. Free Entry
Ferozkoh: Tradition and Continuity in Afghan Art When: Until July 20Sunday, Monday, Wednesday:10:30am - 5:30pmThursday, Saturday: Noon — 8pmFriday: 2pm — 8pm Where: Museum of Islamic Art What: An exhibition showcasing works created by Afghan artists inspired by masterpieces from the Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) collection Entry fee 25QR (free on Mondays and for children under 16 years)
Qatar National Library Heritage Collection When: Public tours twice every Sunday and Tuesday at 10am and 11:30am. Where: Qatar National Library What: Qatar National Library’s remarkable Heritage Collection is a rare trove of manuscripts, books, and artefacts documenting a wealth of Arab-Islamic civilisation and human thought. Among its more than 100,000 works, the collection contains an edition of Ptolemy’s Geographia, which was printed in Rome in 1478 and is the oldest printed map showing the name of Qatar or referred to in Latin as ‘Catara’. Free Entry
1st Red Bull Flugtag QatarWhen: November 1, 1pm Where: Museum of Islam Art Park,
What: Red Bull Flugtag, which means “flying day” in German, pushes the envelope of human-powered flight, but competitors need more than airtime to reach the podium. Teams are judged on three criteria: Flight distance, creativity of the craft, and showmanship. These criteria have inspired flying tacos, prehistoric pterodactyls, winnebagos with wings and even Snoopy and the gang to grace the Red Bull Flugtag flight decks! Free entry
Events in Qatar MEDIA SCAN
• Customers are complaining about
dealers in electronic goods refusing to
repair gadgets sold by them even when
they are under warranty, and asking
customers to get them repaired at their
expense.
• There are complaints about shortage
of health centres and delay in opening
new ones, while some of the existing
ones function only five days a week,
which causes crowding and long
queues.
• It has been suggested that solar power
be used to light buildings and public
parks, as is done in some countries to
reduce dependence on non-renewable
energy.
• Several parents are demanding that the
Supreme Education Council approve
‘enrichment classes’ in all schools to
curb the business of private tutoring.
• Many people are complaining about
worn off lane markings on roads in
residential areas, which is said to
be causing accidents because of
confusion created for drivers.
• There are demands that the authorities
issue directives to stop drivers from
suddenly pulling up in front of shops
to make purchases, which sometimes
leads to accidents, and the driver who
hits from behind is considered at fault.
• There is talk about the announcement
by Ashghal that it is building 44 schools
at a cost of QR1bn.
• People are demanding that the capacity
of slaughterhouses be increased to
cater to the increasing number of
customers and reduce crowds and
long waiting times.
A summary ofissues of the daydiscussed by the Qatari communityin the media.
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A view of the Tornado Tower.
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Smelly monster ‘corpse’ flower in bloom in Brussels
A Titan Arum, one of the world’s largest, rarest and smelliest flowers, is in bloom
in a Brussels hothouse for the third time in five years in a rare botani-cal feat for a plant that generally goes years without blooming.
Variously known as a “corpse flower” in Indonesia where first found, or its scientific name, “Amorphophallus titanum”, the strange but spectacular specimen began to bloom on Sunday in the national botanical gardens, the Jardin de Meise, on the outskirts of the Belgian capital.
“Flowering is very brief, three days at the very most. Afterwards it will die and it’ll be several years before it blooms again,” the spokesman for the gardens Franck Hidvegi said.
The plant, which looks a little like a giant ear of corn until the red-rimmed flower opens leaving a stench of rotting flesh or fish, stood 244cm (eight feet) high yesterday, attracting crowds.
Endangered in its natural habi-tat of the Sumatra tropical forest, Titan Arum is generally in flower every four or five years.
AFP
