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GROWING GREENER

In the rocky and arid

desert land of Qatar,

children are learning

how to grow food

sustainably.

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Qatar Tourism Authority brings Ustad Rahat to Doha

TECHNOLOGY

| 03TUESDAY 5 JANUARY 2016

Why the dream of flying car hasn’t panned outBy Matt McFarland The Washington Post

If you’re ever bothered by the blind

spots in the typical car today, then

you would hate to drive a flying car.

But a new Toyota patent offers a solu-

tion to a classic flying car problem — awful

blind spots and a vehicle that’s too wide

for roads, parking spaces and garages.

Flying cars are rare, but you can find

a few in the wild. A handful of companies

around the globe are developing them. A

long list of challenges has held back flying

cars since their initial creation almost a

century ago. One problem is putting the

wings on the side of the car, which blocks

driver sight lines and makes the vehicle

so wide that it’s difficult to park and drive

on roads.

Toyota’s patent calls for stackable

wings on top of a flying car. “It’s a very

innovative idea,” said Pete Schumacher,

professor of aerodynamics at the Univer-

sity of North Dakota. “Will there be other

problems? Yeah.”

Stacking wings makes them less ef-

ficient. Wings work because the pressure

is higher below than above them, which

creates lift. But the high pressure beneath

the top wing on Toyota’s patent will inter-

fere with the desired low pressure below

the second highest wing.

“It’s incredibly inefficient,” said John

Brown, a project manager at Carplane,

a German company developing its own

flying car. “And it may actually be too

inefficient. You’d have to put it in a wind

tunnel and see just how efficient it is.”

Early planes such as the Wright Flyer

had two wings. But as materials become

stronger, the bi-wing approach was

abandoned because of the efficiency

advantages of a single wing.

Toyota did not respond to requests

for comment.

While automakers such as Toyota are

exploring new mobility services, car ana-

lysts don’t expect flying cars to be on the

market anytime soon.

“Flying cars are certainly an interest-

ing concept, but are further away from

realization than many of these concepts,

for example autonomous vehicle sharing,”

said Thilo Koslowski, an automobile ana-

lyst at Gartner, a technology research firm.

Toyota has long invested in research

and development. In November, it an-

nounced plans to invest $1 billion over

five years in artificial intelligence, which

could prove invaluable as autonomous

vehicles arise. It’s also bet on hydrogen

fuel-cell cars as an alternative to internal

combustion engines and once invested

in Tesla Motors. Additionally, Toyota has

ventured into nontraditional businesses

such as home building.

There are other big challenges that

would be issues for a flying car with wings

on its roof. Melding two transportation

forms — a car and a plane — creates

problems.

“When I started out I thought, ‘pretty

simple problem, an automobile has an

engine, an airplane has an engine. An

automobile has a body, an airplane has

a body,’ “ said K.P. Rice, a flying car de-

veloper and retired Marine pilot who has

been devoted to the field for 35 years. “In

the end, it gets to be quite a problem.”

A car needs weight on its front and

back wheels so that it can turn safely.

But a plane needs its weight on its back

wheels so it can take off and land safely.

Aircraft engines are air cooled, so they

can’t sit in traffic without overheating,

whereas car engines are water cooled,

which adds weight that’s prohibitive to

flying.

Flying cars are generally too wide

for roads and can have stability issues

while driving on highways because of

crosswinds.

Rice is developing a flying car where

the plane components detach and can

be towed by the vehicle when driving on

roads.

While work continues on the perfect

form for a flying car, another huge issue

comes up: price. Flying cars can cost 10

times as much as a traditional vehicle.

“One might argue that flight is the only

solution to congestion,” said Roger Lanc-

tot, an auto analyst at Strategy Analytics.

“But I think we can safely call this a niche

market.”

While Toyota’s patent seems to solve

the parking problem for flying cars, a lot

of other questions remain before these

vehicles really get off the ground.Toyota received a patent for a stackable wing that sits on top of a flying car.

Flying cars are rare, but you can find a few in the wild. A handful of companies around the globe are developing them. A long list of challenges has held back flying cars since their initial creation almost a century ago.

COVER STORY

04 | TUESDAY 5 JANUARY 2016

Students learn to grow with educational gardens By Laura Ball The Peninsula

In a dry, desert land like Qatar, people

seem to long for greenery and wildlife.

Aspire Park, Dahl Al Hammam Park,

The Corniche, Barzan Park, and many

other smaller ‘pocket parks’ and tree-lined

roads are very popular places to sit when

the weather becomes cool enough to ven-

ture outside. So perhaps this desire for

beauty and coolness contributes to the

new trend, over the last few years, of es-

tablishing educational gardens in Qatar- in

Education City, in schools, compounds and

even at Qatar University.

The much talked about Quranic Botan-

ical Garden (QBG) is being planned and

prepared by the Qatar Foundation, and

some schools have become interested in

having mini Quranic gardens. Doha Col-

lege aims to have a ‘Permaculture garden,’

as does Qatar University, and at Newton

International Lagoon Primary School an

‘Eco-garden’ is quickly taking shape. Doha

British School is also communicating with

parents about their new garden project.

The Quranic Botanical Garden vision

is to display 51 species mentioned in the

Holy Quran, along with 350 plants indig-

enous to Qatar, including many medicinal

species, in a beautiful, 24 hectare, tradi-

tional Islamic style paradise-like garden,

in a location near the Sidra Medical Re-

search Center, Education City. The stated

mission of the QBG is to promote knowl-

edge of the plants, botanical terms, and

conservation principles mentioned in the

Holy Quran and Sunnah (way of life of

Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon

Him)). Schools sometimes visit the Qatar

Botanical Garden offices, at The Qatar

Foundation, or request presentations and

workshops about how to set up a Quranic

Botanical Garden at their school, accord-

ing to Fatima Al Khulaifi a central figure

of QBG. Seedbanks and nursery of plants

and trees exist, but the garden itself has

not yet been established.

Newton International School Lagoon

has, however, made great strides in the

last year, since a budget was approved by

the school owners for their ‘Eco garden’.

Progress is steered by the Head Teach-

er, and an Eco-Committee made up of

Teachers, primary school students, and

parents- all volunteering their time and

efforts to get the Eco-Garden established.

Classes take turns in using their new tools

bench to plant and water the beds.

The garden is sheltered from the

scorching, humid, windy and dusty sum-

mer months in Qatar, part of the day by

the tall school buildings, and specially

constructed roof and walls of green net-

ting and pergolas, over which climbing

plants are being grown. Trees in pots

add to the shade. In order to keep many

smaller trees and plants alive throughout

the year, shade and shelter are a neces-

sity. Unfortunately no large trees could

be planted in the ground, as underneath

the brick-lined garden is an underground

car park.

Already the Eco-garden has troughs

and glass tanks with plants inincluding

small papaya trees, tomato plants and

marigolds which can show the roots of

the plants and how these hold onto the

soil. These can also be used to show the

different stages of the life cycle of plants,

including germination, growth, flowering

and fruit bearing, and the needs of plants.

A beetle house hangs on a wall, hop-

ing to attract beetles and other insects to

make a home in it. A ‘wormery’ or ‘worm

farm’ has recently been delivered, as well

as some Doha-sourced earthworms and

other soil dwelling creatures, to show the

children, through the glass or plastic, how

fertile soil is made. A plastic ball shaped

container is to be used to make compost

from recycled school fruit and vegetable

scraps and grass cuttings from the playing

field, to show how nutrients can be added

to soil. Recycling banks are planned, to

teach about the separation of materials,

and try to get children into good habits

from a young age.

The enthusiastic Head Teacher, appro-

priately named ‘Miss Farmer’ described

plans for a tank with ants, a bird table

attract birds to feed on, and frogs for the

pond at the base of a recently installed

large ceramic fountain. They may soon

have problems controlling all this wildlife!

Hopefully the food chains generated eg.

insects being eaten by frogs and lizards,

which are eaten by birds and possibly local

stray cats, will ensure the Eco-garden does

not get too overcrowded as the animals

multiply, illustrating natural pest control

at work!

Students of Newton International School Lagoon help in the Eco-garden at their campus.

A ‘wormery’ or ‘worm farm’ has recently been delivered, as well as some Doha-sourced earthworms and other soil dwelling creatures, to show the children, through the glass or plastic, how fertile soil is made.

Children from Waab Oasis Compound gardening club with Paige and her husband.

COVER STORY

| 05TUESDAY 5 JANUARY 2016

Miss Farmer was asked what her

motivations for starting the Eco- garden

were. She replied immediately that it was

‘for the children’, to help them to have

an (enjoyable and interesting) ‘hands on

education’ about ecology and sustain-

ability, something now required by the

British Curriculum for Primary Schools.

Also the school were hoping that they

might eventually qualify for ‘The Inter-

national Eco-School Award’.

With such demands and encour-

agements being offered, other British

Curriculum Schools are making efforts

to establish their own gardens. Doha

College, a model school run by the Brit-

ish Embassy has allocated a ‘budget’ of

80 000 QR for its long-awaited garden

project. It is now planned as a ‘Perma-

culture Garden’, which grows food and

other raw materials by working with na-

ture and natural principles, to benefit

rather than harm biodiversity of wildlife

and the environment- i.e. to be more

sustainable.

The garden is designed to encour-

age efficient use, re-use and recycling of

resources available, such as waste ma-

terials, eg. old pallets used to contain

raised beds; and food waste, through

composting. They hope to have a small

‘farmer’s market for any produce, in

which parents and staff could buy the

harvest from the children, who can see

the whole process from seed planting to

packaging the cleaned produce.

Paige Tantillo, an American ex-pat

and 4 year resident of Doha, is the

Permaculture consultant for the Doha

College project. ‘Doha College has for

sometime been aware of the importance

of a garden for the children’s education,

and of the school becoming more ‘green’.

Her proposal is rapidly taking shape on

the ground, through the involvement of

committed teachers and their students.

In the generousopen space allocated,

two large pergolas, to train plants up

later creating shade, have recently

been constructed by a local company-

Q-Art, and drip irrigation put in. Small

trees have been planted such as Date

palms, Lemons, Chico trees, and Papaya,

which will be mulched to minimize water

evaporation.

Together with Paige the children

have planted a butterfly-shaped garden

full of butterfly-attracting plants, and

herb spiral- a mound of herbs divided

and stabilized by a climbing spiral of

stones. The aim of these stylized and

beautiful imitations of natural ecosys-

tems are to maximise the number and

diversity of edible and medicinal plants

and habitatsin a small space, thereby

increasingthe diversity of wildlife, espe-

cially pollinating and pest-eating insects.

Paige has also initiated a food gar-

den in the primary school where she

currently teaches- Al Bateel Interna-

tional Kindergarten, and a Permaculture

community garden in her compound in

the Waab area- aptly called ‘Al Waab

Oasis’, which gardeners, children and

adults from the compound and even

an orphanage have regularly helped

out in, again with educational ben-

efits. Other projects have received her

input, including a Permaculture Edible

Boulevard garden project proposed for

Qatar University;and Qatar Green Build-

ing Council’s Passive House garden in

Barwa City.

Neighbours and other interested

visitors havealso learned from Page’s

own backyard and roof permaculture

gardens. Paige seems to be a well-loved

member of the community there- culti-

vating caring attitudes and knowledge!

Sadly she is moving out of her com-

pound, but hopes the community

garden will be kept alive.

Although many people, ideas

and projects come and go in Doha

due to the temporary nature of most

work contracts, the most sustainable,

long-lasting type of community envi-

ronmental project in Qatar could be

environmental education of the com-

munity through school gardens. Schools

are vital institutions andcommunity

hubs, kept going by new generations

of teachers, school children, administra-

tors, caretakers and parents, who can

all help care for the gardens. School-

sin Qatar usually have good financial

resources and a strong motivation to

compete with other schools in providing

the best education.

The British Curriculum and interna-

tional ‘Eco-Schools Award’ have added

to the push towards educating children

in sustainability. The British Ecological

Society is also encouraging the use of

school grounds to facilitate educational

fieldwork type activities within schools

linked to the British curriculum. Here

are some useful links: http://www.

ecoschools.org.uk/aboutecoschools/

theprogrammehttp://www.britisheco-

logicalsociety.org/education/

http://www.gettingpractical.org.uk/

documents/SSRBIologyfieldwork.pdf

Through creating and using educa-

tional gardens effectively, a love and

understanding of nature may be culti-

vated in Qatar’s children, who it is hoped

would then take greater care over the

impact that their daily lives have on

the environment. They can become the

sustainable designers, planners and

managers of tomorrow, and perhaps

the Qatar of the future will not have the

second largest ecological footprint and

carbon footprint in the world. Let us

hope that these gardens continue to

grow with Qatar’s children, and receive

community support into the future. May

more schools follow suit, and the trend

spread its branches!

New pergolas from Q-Art help to shade food and medicine plants in the Permaculture garden at Doha College.

Pic/Abdul Rasheed (of Q-Art)

Paige Tantillo, Master Gardener and

Permaculture Consultant, showing off

rich compost made from kitchen and

garden waste.

Head Teacher Miss Farmer (left)

Mohammed, Asma and Mr O’Brien (right)

of the Eco Committee coordinating NIS

Lagoon Eco Garden.

CAMPUS

06 | TUESDAY 5 JANUARY 2016

Chevron Phillips Chemical Qatar donates QR180,000 to ASD

Chevron Phillips Chemical Com-

pany Qatar (Chevron Phillips

Chemical Qatar) is pleased to

announce a donation of near-

ly QR180,000 to The American School

of Doha (ASD) to support its Science,

Technology, Engineering and Math

(STEM) programmes across all grade

levels.

The donation made by Chevron

Phillips Chemical Qatar will allow ASD

to purchase new equipment and make

technological upgrades to current

equipment. For example, the school can

now purchase a wireless data-collecting

device for classrooms. This system col-

lects sensor data through its built-in

graphing and analysis application, mak-

ing it easy to collect, analyse, and share

data from experiments. Technology like

this also encourages teachers to fur-

ther develop their teaching methods

and make learning fun and exciting for

students.

Chevron Phillips Chemical Qatar

representatives Darren Ercolani, Finance

Manager, and Ricardo Costa Almeida,

Human Resources Specialist, present-

ed a check to Dr Tom Hawkins, ASD

Director at the school. “This donation

deepens our long-standing relationship

with ASD and aligns well with our desire

to support STEM programmes globally,”

said Ercolani. “We support ASD’s charge

to inspire and empower students to

pursue STEM-based careers. We believe

this donation will provide students with

the opportunity to learn and use tangi-

ble skills, behaviours, and mindsets that

will serve them well as they prepare

to enter their careers.”After present-

ing the check, ASD 4th gradestudent

Claire Reksulakgave a demonstration of

her electrical toy project to show how

the donation will fund more students’

STEM-based projects.

“The American School of Doha

would like to thank our friends at

Chevron Phillips Chemical Qatar for

their continuous commitment to the

school, students and community,” said

Dr Tom Hawkins. “The relationship

between ASD and Chevron Phillips

Chemical Qatar is fantastic. This latest

gift will enhance our STEM education

for students for years to come. Chevron

Phillips Chemical Qatar’s contribution

aligns with ASD’s mission to inspire and

empower students to become positive,

active global citizens.”

Birla Public School celebrated its 12th Annual Sports Day recently at

Primary Annex. The guests for the day were school Chairman Lukose

K Chacko and Vice-Chairman Gope Shahani, Academic Sub-Commit-

tee members Chindhu Antony Rappai and Maria Thomas, Principal A

K Srivastava, Administration Manager Joseph K, Headmistress of International

Curriculum Durga Shri Mavuru, Junior Headmistress Shruthi Chauhan and Ac-

tivity Headmistress Sindhu Manoj.

The Sports Day began with a colourful mass drill and a march past by the

children of class I and II. Lukose K Chacko declared the meet open. He spoke

about the fun in sports and the learning of values through sports like forgiveness,

love, hard work and harmony. Many other eye-catching displays and activities

were lined up all of which were enjoyed and appreciated by the audience. The

Kho-Kho match and the skating display were cheered by all. Competitions for

parents were also conducted to involve them and allow participation in our

school programmes. Prizes were distributed to all the winners.

Sports Day at Birla Public School

Balavelicham (the light for youngsters) is a programme of learning the

Holy Quran for younger people, especially for those from Kerala. The

Management of MES Indian School extended its full support for the

organisers of ‘Balavelicham’ and the School Principal Professor Mo-

hammed Haroon Khan inaugurated the opening session of the programme last

week. Professor Haroon said that “when coming up with a virtue, one should

not bother about what others would say, but should mind that how he the Al-

mighty will consider it. Then only the real virtue would have existence and its

aims would have been fulfilled”.

ulaiman Melpathoor, a renowned Educational Counselor from Kerala, gave

the key note speech in the closing session. Sulaiman requested the parents

who consider the brilliance of their children are the measuring tools of their

prestige, to look to the deficiency or incapability of the children with love and

care. Children have to be inspired and to be supported to bring their in-born

talent out and thus enjoy the life with its blessings, no matter how bad their

scholastic performances are. It is parents who to be the models of their children.

Balavelicham event at MES Indian School

ExxonMobil Qatar has announced

a host of entertainment and ac-

tivities available for visitors of the

Qatar ExxonMobil Open 2016. As the title

sponsor of the tournament, ExxonMo-

bil Qatar organises a series of creative

events at its stand in the Public Village

each year, carefully designed to be ap-

pealing to visitors of all ages.

“We are thrilled to share yet another

Qatar ExxonMobil Open with our es-

teemed partner of 22 years, the Qatar

Tennis Federation, under the leader-

ship of Nasser Al Khelaifi,” said Alistair

Routledge, President and General Man-

ager for ExxonMobil Qatar.

“The Qatar ExxonMobil Open is a

sought-after and prestigious tourna-

ment that features prominently on the

international calendar of sporting events,

and we are proud to have played a part

in its journey of growth and success. The

tournament truly showcases the energy

of Qatar and its appeal as an attractive

destination for tourists and business peo-

ple alike.

As part of the multitude of activities

at its stand in the Public Village, and due

to popular demand, ExxonMobil Qatar

has brought the Mercedes Car Simula-

tor, which will provide visitors with an

interactive and realistic racing experi-

ence based on a full-size specification

racing car. With an authentic, padded

cockpit headrest, four-point racing har-

ness, gear lever paddles, and a quick

release carbon fibre steering wheel, the

Mercedes Car Simulator will allow drivers

to experience the unique movement of

the car under realistic acceleration, brak-

ing and cornering conditions. A built-in

5.1 surround sound system will also pro-

vide users with a full-sensory experience.

In addition, ExxonMobil Qatar has

brought back the “ExxonMobil Minute” at

this year’s tournament. Throughout the

tournament, lucky spectators will have

the chance to catch tennis balls served

randomly into the crowds by tennis stars,

following each match. The winners can

then head to the ExxonMobil Qatar stand

at the Public Village to claim their valu-

able prizes. Visitors of the stand also

have the opportunity to pick up tennis

balls signed by tennis players who drop

by the stand on a daily basis.

COMMUNITY

| 07TUESDAY 5 JANUARY 2016

ALF Foundation holds skills development workshop for school children

With a focus on providing in-

novative developmental

opportunities for young

students in Qatar, the Al

Faisal Without Borders (ALF) Founda-

tion has taken the initiative of conducting

skills development workshops in elec-

trical engineering, technology, theatre,

project management, photo editing, cos-

tume creation and scenery creation.

Assisted by 33 volunteer presenters,

57 workshops were conducted among

900 students from various Independ-

ent and international schools, including

those participating in the Destination Im-

agination programme. The workshops

were hosted by Stenden University and

by the Qatar National Convention Centre

(QNCC) in collaboration with Carnegie

Mellon University.

“The ALF Foundation is steadfast in

actively promoting education and youth

enablement,” said Sheikh Faisal bin Qas-

sim Al Thani, ALF Foundation’s Founder

and Chairman. “Our goal is to provide

additional learning opportunities that will

empower the youth to positively contrib-

ute towards the betterment of humanity

and society.”

On December 12, 19 workshops were

conducted in English at Stenden Univer-

sity for 240 students. From December

13 to 15, 38 workshops were conducted

at QNCC in Arabic for 660 students.

These included workshops for boys from

independent schools, for girls from in-

dependent schools and extra workshops

for all other students who missed out on

the previous sessions.

“Education and skills development

are key components in the realisation

of a knowledge-based and sustainable

economy in Qatar as contained in the

country’s National Vision 2030 Plan,”

said Abdullatif Al Yafei, General Man-

ager of the ALF Foundation. “Within our

mission of developing, employing and

managing programs including in the area

of education, we aim to offer programs

that can help remedy any skills gaps or

deficiencies.”

Among the volunteer presenters of

the workshops were Ammar Khorshed,

Derick Osayormwanbor, Fahed Al Baker,

Hossein Heyder, Mohammed Al Jarrah,

Abdelrahman Romaihi, Saber Harkati,

Don Rikley, Trish Slade, Nickil Ravi, Dr

Fuad Abdelaziz, Meriem Boudoukha,

Noorul Firdhouse, Sinchai Zonputh,

Mohana Rajakumar, Nirmala Shanmuga-

pandian, Lina Lotfi, Maryam Nasser, Leila

Al Haj, Ahmed Ali, Mahmoud Elkhishy, Ai-

sha Ghaleb, Rawan Ismail, Noor Qussini,

Waleed Hassan, and Ahmad Hassan.

“The ALF Foundation brought the DI

programme to Qatar in November 2013

because it shares the program’s philoso-

phy of providing a quality platform that

encourages inquisitive thinking and crea-

tive problem solving skills,” said Ali Talal

Al Mar’e, ALF Foundation’s Executive Di-

rector. “Accordingly, we have conducted

these workshops in order to promote

independent learning and skills devel-

opment among students, particularly to

those who need them most.

“I therefore wish to thank the QNCC,

Carnegie Mellon University and Stenden

University for generously hosting the

workshops,” he added. “I also would

like to thank the volunteer presenters

who contributed their valuable time and

knowledge, and made our skills develop-

ment workshops a huge success.”

Slew of entertainment activities for Qatar ExxonMobil Open visitors

MARKET PLACE

08 | TUESDAY 5 JANUARY 2016

Qatar Tourism Authority bringing Ustad Rahat to Doha

Qatar Tourism Authority is bring-

ing a live concert of Ustad Rahat

Fateh Ali Khan in Qatar”. This is

will be a magical performance

by one of Asia’s biggest music sensation.

Diamond Sponsor of the event is Do-

masco and Platinum Sponsors are: GAC

Motors, Honda, Malabar Gold & Diamonds.

The event will be held at the Asian Town

(old West End Park) on January 29.

Apex Events have planned this spec-

tacular show to promote multi-cultural

activities in Doha. This will be the first one

in our calendar and many more to come in

this year Said Managing Director of Apex

Events Jawed Khatri.

Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan was born

in 1974 in Faisalabad, Pakistan. He is the

son of Farrukh Fateh Ali Khan, nephew

of the legendary Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali

Khan and grandson of the Qawwali mas-

ter, Fateh Ali Khan. He is from a family

whose name has become synonymous

with South Asian musical tradition. It is

six centuries old and in recent years has

captured the imagination of listeners in

the West. He was chosen at birth by his

uncle Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan for tu-

toring in the traditions of Qawwali music

and trained with his uncle and father from

the age of 3. His formal training with his

uncle began at the age of 7 and he per-

formed on stage for the very first time at

the age of 9 at the death anniversary of

his grandfather. From the age of 15, he

was made an integral part of Nusrat Fateh

Ali Khan’s Qawwali party travelling the

world and gaining recognition globally.

Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan had years

of training and relentless practice, and

this background served him well. He

mastered the art form of classical vocal

improvisations, sargam and taan runs and

raags (scales). He can pull unrehearsed

passages out of thin air with vehemence,

burning through numerous octaves, and

taking on mind-blowing melodious and

musical phrases.

In modern times, Ustad Nusrat Fateh

Ali Khan emerged as an imposing new

figure in Qawwali music destined to carry

the music to new audiences and for the

first time, beyond the borders of lands

of its origin. Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

was one of the only great artists of Sufi

music and an ambassador of peace. Six

weeks after Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s

passing, Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s

family passed the mantle of leadership of

his group to Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan

in a ceremony in Faisalabad. He took on

the challenge after the untimely death

of Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and as

his successor carried out the traditional

music of Hazrat Amir Khosroo. With his

Sufi music he built bridges between the

East and the West, and mesmerized mil-

lions of followers of sufi music around the

world. Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan carries

a message of love, peace and spiritual-

ism. Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan took over

Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s legacy and

continues to perform Qawwalis across the

globe.

Gold Sponsors of the programme are

Qalco – Qatar Lubricant Company and

Dania Group while Al Muftah Rent a car,

Mosafer travels, Pepsi, Habib’s Hair &

Beauty, Zaffran Dining, Sapphire Plaza

Hotel , Baskin Robbins and Dunkin Do-

nuts are Associate Sponsors.

UCGT launches two

Eneos products

United Cooperation Gener-

al Trading (UCGT) and JX

Nippon Oil & Energy Mid-

dle East & Africa FZE (

NOEMA) jointly held a Eneos new

product launching seminar at Crown

Plaza —The Business Park. NOEMA

introduced two new Eneos products.

Eneos lubricants was launched in Qa-

tar in April, 2013

NOEMA’s Managing Director

Tomohiko Kagawa and General

Manager Teruhiko Suzuki along with

Abdul Rahman Al Ansari, Chairman

and MD of UCGT received custom-

ers at the hotel. During the event

the fully synthetic oil Eneos 5W30

SM and high quality Eeneos EP and

MP Grease products were launched.

Eneos brand is owned by JX Nip-

pon Oil & Energy Corporation, which

is the No.1 oil company in Japan and

is now available in more than 50

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FOOD

| 09TUESDAY 5 JANUARY 2016

Here’s proof: Cauliflower

can be lusciousBy Ellie Krieger The Washington Post

If you’re going to do one thing to get

on a healthy track for 2016, it should

be: Eat more vegetables. Happily, that

resolution can be an exciting invitation

rather than a boring chore, thanks to reci-

pes like this one.

Here, cauliflower is turned into a luxu-

riously creamy puree with the help of a

splash of milk, a smidge of butter and a

whir in the food processor. I used low-

fat milk, but you could use unsweetened

almond milk or another nut milk if you

prefer.

You can also get a tasty result mash-

ing it with a hand masher, but for the

smooth, whipped texture that makes

this recipe really luscious, the processor

makes all the difference.

The puree is flavoured simply, but

deeply, with freshly grated Parmesan

cheese and a pinch of nutmeg, which

amplifies the cheese flavour and brings

out its nutty undertones.

It is showered at the end with fresh

parsley and black pepper for a dish that

will make you doubly glad you are eating

your vegetables, because they can both

taste this good and be good for you.

Parmesan Cauliflower Puree

4 servings (makes about 3 cups)

From nutritionist and cookbook author

Ellie Krieger.

Ingredients

1 medium head (2 pounds) cauliflow-er, cored and cut into 1 ½-inch florets (7 cups)

1/3 cup low-fat milk (1 percent), plus more as needed

1 tablespoon unsalted butter¼ teaspoon salt, plus more as neededGenerous pinch freshly grated

nutmeg¼ cup freshly grated Parmigiano-

Reggiano cheese, plus 4 teaspoons for garnish

1 tablespoon chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley

Freshly ground black pepper

Steps

Place the cauliflower florets in a steam-

er basket set over a pot of boiling water.

Cover and steam until the cauliflower is

just tender, five to seven minutes.

Transfer the cauliflower to a food proc-

essor along with 1/3 cup of the milk, the

butter, the ¼ teaspoon of salt and the

nutmeg; puree until very smooth. You will

need to stop the processor once or twice

to scrape the sides with a spatula. Add ex-

tra milk a tablespoon at a time, as needed.

Immediately add ¼ cup of the cheese and

pulse just until the cheese has melted and

is incorporated.

(If you’ve allowed the puree to cool,

transfer it to a medium saucepan over

low heat, then add the ¼ cup of cheese,

stirring until it has melted.)

Transfer the puree to a serving bowl.

Taste, and season with more salt, as

needed. Garnish with the remaining 4

teaspoons of cheese, plus sprinklings of

parsley and pepper. Serve warm.

Nutrition | Per serving: 120 calories,

7 gram protein, 13 gram carbohydrates, 6

gram fat, 3 gram saturated fat, 15mg cho-

lesterol, 240mg sodium, 5 gram dietary

fiber, 5 gram sugar.

Harmful bacteria can survive in cookies for monthsIANS

Pathogens, like salmonella, can

survive for at least six months in

cookies and sandwich crackers,

new research has found.

The recent study was prompted by an

increased number of outbreak of food-

borne diseases linked to dry foods, said

the researchers who wanted to see just

how long bacteria that cause food-borne

illness can survive in certain foods.

”There have been an increased

number of outbreaks of diseases associ-

ated with consumption of contaminated

dry foods. We would not expect salmo-

nella to grow in foods that have a very

dry environment,” said lead researcher

Larry Beuchat from University of Georgia

in the US.

The researchers found that not only

can harmful bacteria survive in dry foods,

like cookie and cracker sandwiches, but

they can also live for long periods of time.

For the study, researchers used five

different serotypes of salmonella that

had been isolated from foods involved

in previous food-borne outbreaks.

”Isolates were from foods with very

low moisture content,” Beuchat said.

Focusing on cookie and cracker

sandwiches, the researchers put the sal-

monella into four types of fillings found

in cookies or crackers and placed them

into storage.

The researchers used cheese and

peanut butter fillings for the cracker

sandwiches and chocolate and vanilla

fillings for the cookie sandwiches. These

“are the kind that we find in grocery stores

or vending machines”, Beuchat said.

After storing, the scientists deter-

mined how long salmonella was able to

survive in each filling. In some cases, the

pathogen was able to survive for at least

to six months in the sandwiches, the find-

ings showed.

LIFESTYLE/FASHION

10 | TUESDAY 5 JANUARY 2016

Amid Cuba opening, Havana quinceanera business thrivesAP

Up a winding flight of stairs at a

beach side Havana home, Cam-

ila Lopez Rivas lies on the tile

floor, smiling mischievously into

a video camera circling overhead.

Tossed around her are layers of a blue

and aqua taffeta dress, the first of nine

outfits the 14-year-old will pose in, from

colonial ball gowns to a neon green mod-

ern dress.

Camila lives in Miami, the daughter of

a truck driver who left Cuba when she was

a baby. She doesn’t remember the island,

but wanted to return for the photographs

and videos that Latin American girls typi-

cally take for their 15th birthdays.

“I left very young,” Camila said be-

tween a halt in the taping. “But I’m from

here.”

Such voyages back to Cuba are be-

coming increasingly common for girls who

find that marking the milestone on the

island is both appealing and economical.

Cuban reforms permitting small-scale, pri-

vate businesses and the re-establishment

of US-Cuban diplomatic relations have en-

couraged new photo and event planning

businesses for events such as girls’ 15th

birthdays.

The complicated networks connect-

ing Cubans in Miami and Havana feed the

growth: Camila learned about Marbella

Studio, the business she hired, from an-

other girl in Florida who had her photos

taken there.

Marbella Studios in Guanabo, a

30-minute drive from Havana, is located

in an Art Deco-style home and employs

12 photographers, stylists and videogra-

phers. There are more than 500 outfits to

choose from in three dressing rooms and a

calendar full of appointments with clients.

Owner Sarah Medina Vigor said about 60

percent of the 500 or so girls her studio

photographs each year travel here from

other countries, with July and December

being the peak months.

Celebrations known as “quinceaneras,”

marking a girl’s 15th birthday and recog-

nising her transition to womanhood, date

back centuries in Latin America. Some

vestiges of the older celebrations remain,

with Latin American girls performing tra-

ditional waltzes. But in Cuba, photographs

are the main focus.

Signs for new photo businesses that

document 15th birthdays line the door-

ways of decrepit Havana buildings and

advertisements abound on websites such

as Revolico.com, an underground Cuban

Craigslist. Many studios are run by former

state sector professionals who purchased

cameras with the help of US relatives

and have found taking pictures far more

profitable than the average monthly gov-

ernment salary of $20.

Alberto Gonzalez, owner of Aladi-

no photo studio, said he saw an equal

number of clients from Cuba and abroad

over the summer. “This year, more came

than any other,” he said of the visitors.

But the daughters of workers in Cuba’s

emerging private sector are also helping

fuel business. With the economic re-

forms, many families on the island now

have extra cash to spend for quniceanera

celebrations.

They include 14-year-old Dachely Silva,

who sat at Aladino one afternoon before

a gold-rimmed mirror as a makeup artist

layered mascara onto her eyelashes. Her

mother, Mayelin Alfonso, recalled posing

in just one dress for her own 15th birthday.

Now, her husband has a business driv-

ing tourists around in a restored classic

American car. Without the business, “we

would not be able to afford this,” Alfon-

so said. Quinceanera packages at most

studios start around $150 and include pro-

fessional hair and makeup artists, scenic

Havana backdrops and multiple wardrobe

changes — a bargain compared to similar

services in the US that typically start at

about $1,000.

In the past, quinceanera photos typi-

cally featured girls in poufy dresses and

crowns. But at many Havana studios,

there are now punk-rock style sneakers

and miniskirts among the rows of high

heels and gowns. The girls also pose in

feathered boas and little else for photos

that would raise eyebrows back in some

parts of the US.

Some girls hold their quinceanera par-

ties in Cuba as well. On one fall evening,

dozens of teens stood outside a new party

hall in a restored colonial building where a

woman who lives in the US was throwing

her sister a 15th birthday party.

A guest, 14-year-old Maria Fernandez

of Havana, said it was “very emotional”

to see friends come back to the island

for their 15th birthday celebrations. “They

have friends and an entire life here,” she

said.

Daniela Santos Torres, 14, left Cuba

when she was 3, returning in December

for her quinceanera photos and party. She

now lives in Glendale, Arizona, where her

father runs a home remodelling business.

She said returning to Cuba for her cel-

ebration was “a dream,” allowing her to

include her extended family and friends

on the island.

Estefania Hernandez Perera, 14, who lives in Cuba, is photographed by FotoEcos, a studio that specialises in quinceaneras,

along the Malecon in Havana, Cuba.

HEALTH & FITNESS

| 11TUESDAY 5 JANUARY 2016

Forgot that car key

again? Check for early

signs of dementiaBy Nishant Arora IANS

When 36-year-old Latha

could not any more take

the embarrassment of daily

episodes of forgetfulness

— recalling where she kept her money

or forgot to pick up children from school

— she finally decided to visit a good neu-

rologist.

Blamed by her family for being irrita-

ble and short tempered at times, she was

later diagnosed with early signs of demen-

tia — a chronic syndrome characterised by

a slow decline in memory, personality and

overall functioning of an individual and on

the rise among young Indians.

“There is a definitive surge in the

number of young Indians diagnosed with

dementia at an early age. Depression is

setting at a young age in Indians which

results in less interest in work and dis-

turbance in the food and sleep patterns

leading to memory decline,” Dr Mohinish

Bhatjiwale, Director (neurosurgery and

neurosciences) at Nanavati Super Spe-

cialty Hospital in Mumbai, said in an email.

Dr Atul Prasad, Director and Senior

Consultant (neurology) at BLK Super

Specialty Hospital in New Delhi, agreed:

“Yes there is a surge in young patients

— both men and women with memory-

related problems.”

Latha, who often complained about

fatigue, poor memory and feeling low,

was prescribed a small mood stabiliser

dose by Dr Prasad along with some life-

style changes.

Within weeks, her mood swings im-

proved and in a span of six months, there

were no further complaints of memory

disturbances.

According to Dr Sunil Mittal, Director

at Cosmos Institute of Mental Health and

Behavioural Sciences (CIMBS), in New

Delhi, many factors contribute towards

dementia, some being genetic, others

environmental.

”While we have little control over our

genetic predisposition, what we certainly

can do is to make the best of what we

have in our hands,” Mittal said.

A recent US study found that women

who reported problems with their mem-

ory were 70 percent more likely to be

diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment

or dementia decades later.

Normal memory problems include tak-

ing several minutes to recall where the car

is parked, forgetting to call a friend back,

putting things down and being unable

to find them soon after or forgetting the

name of someone you have just met.

”Stress, grief and lack of sleep can also

affect memory, as can trying to do too

many things at once,” said the authors in

the journal Neurology.

Dementia, however, is not a specific

disease. It is an overall term that describes

a wide range of symptoms associated with

a decline in memory or other thinking skills

severe enough to reduce a person’s ability

to perform everyday activities. Alzheimer’s

disease accounts for 60 to 80 percent of

such cases.

If you have symptoms like finding

multi-tasking increasingly difficult, prob-

lems negotiating familiar places, such as

you regularly can’t find your vehicle in the

car park, forgetting the names of close

relatives and friends or problem in recog-

nising faces, colours, shapes and the like,

it needs to be attended. ”It is important to

detect early signs of mild cognitive impair-

ment which can be a red flag for onset

of dementia. Once detected, to prevent

progression of dementia is also impor-

tant,” Mittal noted.

Keeping the mind active with attention

enhancing tasks and cognitive tasks goes

a long way in preventing dementia.

Leading a healthy lifestyle with bal-

anced diet, moderate exercise and healthy

coping with stress can go a long way in

preventing dementia.

”Certain other medical conditions like

obesity, high blood pressure, high choles-

terol, heart disease and stroke can also be

risk factors for dementia,” Mittal stressed,

adding: “Therefore, it is extremely im-

portant to keep them under check with

regular follow-up and proper treatment.”

”After all, a healthy mind and healthy

body go hand-in-hand,” he said.

”Children are affected more owing to

parental conflict at home and emotional

disturbance which renders them emotion-

ally dry. It is extremely important to have

a mix of positive environment, emotions

and lifestyle to develop a strong and long-

lasting memory,” Bhatjiwale suggested.

Can singing improve memory in

youngsters already diagnosed with early

stages of dementia?

”Participating in musical activities can

help individuals with dementia boost their

self esteem and prevent social isolation.

Musical tasks can be a healthy exercise

for the mind while being a pleasant and

enjoyable experience at the same time,”

explained Dr Shobhana Mittal, a Consult-

ant Psychiatrist at CIMBS.

The mind is like your body and it is

up to you how much you make it work.

“Playing Sudoku, Bridge and other such

mind-related games helps sharpen your

mind and memory,” advised Dr Rajshek-

har Reddi, a leading neurologist from Max

Hospitals.

Women who reported problems with their memory were 70 percent more likely to be diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment.

ENTERTAINMENT

12 | TUESDAY 5 JANUARY 2016

The Revenant is turning DiCaprio into a legendBy Stephanie Merry The Washington Post

Not even Chuck Norris could

have endured the kinds of hor-

rors frontiersman Hugh Glass

survived. In 1823, Glass was

mauled by a grizzly bear but managed to

crawl 200 miles — with a broken leg and

gangrenous wounds — to exact revenge

on the men who took his weapons and

left him for dead. He ate berries to stay

alive and used maggots to treat the deep

gashes on his back. That’s some pretty ex-

treme Eagle Scouting.

The whole harrowing ordeal is the sub-

ject of Alejandro Iñárritu’s Golden Globe

nominee and likely Oscar contender The

Revenant. And that means that the di-

rector (who won some Academy Awards

earlier this year for Birdman) is reacquaint-

ing the masses with a folk hero whose

name used to be synonymous with feats

of impossible outlandishness. He was the

original Bill Brasky.

But Glass isn’t the only legendary char-

acter to emerge from the movie. The other

is Leonardo DiCaprio, the Oscarless ac-

tor who plays Glass. With each interview,

some new tidbit seems to emerge about

the extent of the torturousness of making

The Revenant. It just keeps getting worse

and worse.

How bad was it? Let’s take a look

at eight of the trials (in order of least to

most taxing) that DiCaprio had to survive

in order to make the movie and maybe —

finally — score that Oscar.

He lived with a bedraggled beard for

a year-and-a-half.

So this isn’t particularly difficult,

though it probably got a bit itchy. But like

all great legends, the Tale of the Beard

took on a life of its own. DiCaprio’s un-

ruly facial hair was pretty gross, so it was

only a matter of time before the National

Enquirer published gossip about fleas

forming a community inside of Leo’s hair

nest. (And poor New Regency actually had

to field questions about and dispute the

absurd claim.)

The actor told Variety that his beard

became “like a spouse,” which ... what?

Because it was always around? Because

it was a deterrent to finding female com-

panionship? Because it gave him the

silent treatment? Who knows? But get-

ting rid of the thing was like “shaving off

dreads,” according to the actor.

He had to travel for hours to remote

locations for bite-sized shoots.

Iñárritu isn’t one to do anything half-

way. He wasn’t going to use a soundstage

or greenscreen, and he wanted to convey

the awesome power of nature by film-

ing in relatively untouched places, which

meant — for the most part — Alberta,

Canada.

The cast and crew stayed in a hotel

that was about a two-hour drive on un-

paved roads from the shooting location,

according to Men’s Journal. And once

there, time was limited because cin-

ematographer Emmanuel Lubezki shot

using only natural light. So if any of the

highly-choreographed scenes didn’t go

according to plan, there was’t always time

for a reshoot, and that day basically ended

up being a big, freezing cold waste of time.

“The sun hits only where you need it to

be for about 20 minutes a day,” DiCaprio’s

costar Domhnall Gleeson told the maga-

zine. (This is possibly a bit of hyperbole,

as other interviews peg the amount of

time to more like 90 minutes, which is

still a tiny window.) “If you don’t get the

shot during that 20 minutes, then you’re

back the next day. We had one absolutely

nutty scene that involved running in and

out of water and getting onto a boat, and

a lot of guys on horses coming toward us,

and arrows and guns going off. That was

all in one shot. Your nerves are absolutely

shredded.”

Given that DiCaprio had to look like

a man recovering (barely) from a grizzly

attack while also weathering extreme ele-

ments, he had to wear a lot of makeup.

In fact, he donned 47 different prosthet-

ics over the course of the shoot. And in

order to be ready for the perfect window

of natural light, DiCaprio had to be up by

3am some days to sit through four or five

hours of makeup application, according to

makeup artist Sian Grigg.

Iñárritu told Variety that he really, re-

ally wanted to show DiCaprio with ants

all over him. But, insects being scarce on

location, the director had to fly them in

from British Columbia on two different

planes. (The first group of tiny travellers

didn’t fare so well.)

While being covered in creepy crawl-

ies sounds unsavoury, this bit of misery

is especially sad; neither I nor my movie

companion could even recall seeing the

ants, so it clearly didn’t make an impact

worth all the trouble.

DiCaprio says he came down with the

flu a few times while filming, which is no

surprise given the subzero temperatures

(but more on that in a bit). On the plus

side, he got to take his method acting

to the next level by using his sickness to

make his performance seem more au-

thentic. The awful cough you hear coming

from DiCaprio when he’s being carried on

a stretcher post-bear attack wasn’t just

inserted to legitimize the character’s mis-

ery. That was DiCaprio’s actual, phlegmy

misery.

After a recent screening, DiCaprio’s

co-star Will Poulter said that many view-

ers ask if the bear attacking DiCaprio was

real. Nope, although it certainly looks ter-

rifyingly true to life. The bear itself is the

product of CGI, but all the moments in

which DiCaprio gets thrown, dragged,

stomped and smooshed? Those really

happened and it’s probably safe to say

that none of it was very pleasant.

DiCaprio is reportedly a vegetarian, so

when his character bites into a raw bison

liver, you would think the actor would go

with what the prop department gives him

— some jelly-like replica of an organ. But

DiCaprio didn’t think it looked authentic

enough, so he decided to go with the real

thing.

“The bad part is the membrane around

it,” DiCaprio explained to Variety. “It’s like

a balloon. When you bite into it, it bursts

in your mouth.”

Now that is disgusting.

Spending ample time out in the freez-

ing cold elements is dangerous, but not as

scary as jumping into freezing cold rivers.

“I had elk skin on and a bear fur that

weighed about 100 pounds when it got

wet,” DiCaprio told Wired. (He also told

Men’s Journal the fur weighed 50 pounds,

so who knows what his next interview will

say.) “And every day it was a challenge not

to get hypothermia.”

The good news is there were EMTs

around, plus a giant heated dryer to thaw

the actor’s fingers and toes.

The actor told Men’s Journal that the

temperature got as low as 40 below zero.

“At that point we couldn’t really open our

eyes,” he said. “And our fingers locked

together and the camera gear locked

together, and I just looked at Alejandro

and said, ‘I’m all for enduring realism,

but there comes a point when nothing

is operable.’”

So they took a break. Even Bill Brasky

would probably say that was a smart call.

DiCaprio is reportedly a vegetarian, so when his character bites into a raw bison liver, you would think the actor would go with what the prop department gives him. But DiCaprio didn’t think it looked authentic enough, so he decided to go with the real thing.

ENTERTAINMENT

| 13TUESDAY 5 JANUARY 2016

Festival films are

celebrations of artistic

excellence: Sanjay Suri

IANS

Films that are screened at mul-

tiple festivals are a celebration

of artistic excellence, says ac-

tor-producer Sanjay Suri, whose

new project Chauranga has been laud-

ed at film galas in the country as well

as abroad.

Chauranga was released in theatres

on Friday.

The movie, directed by debutant

Bikas Ranjan Mishra, won the Golden

Gateway of India Award for Best Film

(India Gold 2014) at the 16th Mumbai

Film Festival, and was also lauded at the

13th Indian Film Festival Of Los Angeles.

Sanjay, who has himself starred in

offbeat movies in the past, says there

has to be a shift in mentality towards

festival films.

”Few people feel that ‘It’s a festi-

val film, so let’s not watch it’. But, a

festival film is a celebration of artistic

excellence. Festival films are an eye

into another world of cinema... these

films take you to a different world. The

mature audience wants to see such

films,” the actor, who has produced

Chauranga with Onir, said.

He says that while these films

“entertain in a different way”, it is not

proven that “if a film goes to festival, it

will work or it will not work”.

“But if you get appreciation, the

film gets a good start and its journey

begins,” added the 44-year-old.

Chauranga, which stars Sanjay, Tan-

nishtha Chatterjee and Anshuman Jha

in key roles, speaks about the violence

of class oppression that continues to

exist in rural India.

The actor says he himself has been

a huge victim of discrimination.

Asked if he has ever faced any dis-

crimination in his life, Sanjay said: “I am

a huge victim of discrimination. I am

from Kashmir and my father was killed

there because we are Hindu. So, I have

faced that discrimination, but still I am

very secular. In the film Firaaq, I played

a Muslim character.”

“Cinema is a powerful medium and

I personally feel films like Chauranga

have an audience for sure.”

Talking of the relevance of Chauran-

ga in today’s time, Sanjay said: “I could

relate to this film Chauranga. Discrimi-

nation is here in urban India as well... If

we want to buy a house, we are asked

to fill a form in the society and asked

about your caste. So the discrimination

is there all over.”

Why does he often choose offbeat

films like My Brother... Nikhil, Firaaq and

I Am?

“I don’t choose films as commercial

or offbeat. I do films that I like. What-

ever scripts I like, I do them. It’s not a

conscious decision on a specific kind

of film. When I read a script, it’s very

important for me to know how much I

engage myself with the story.”

Kriti enjoys summit on women’s leadership

Dilwale actress Kriti Sanon was happy

to be part of a summit which re-

volved around how women should

push themselves to achieve their goals. Be-

ing an outsider in Bollywood, and one who

has made a mark in the industry with her

talent, Kriti was glad to be a panel mem-

ber amongst other women who have proved

their mettle in various fields. Kriti represented

Bollywood at the discussion, which was held

at the 10th annual Global Healthcare Summit

(GHS) 2016, organised by the Association of

American Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) in New Delhi. “It was a very good

experience to be on the panel with such wonderful women who have achieved

so much and made a place for themselves in different fields. The discussion

was absolutely enriching,” Kriti said.

Abhishek not doing Aankhen 2

Actor Abhishek Bachchan is not part of

Anees Bazmee’s sequel to Aankhen,

says his father Amitabh Bachchan,

who is on the project. ”Abhishek is not in

Aankhen 2. The film will start shooting by

the end of March,” Amitabh said here.

The 73-year-old, who’s awaiting the re-

lease of Wazir, says his work kitty is full of

projects as of now.

”Between January and March, I’ll be

working on Shoojit Sircar’s film in Delhi. Cur-

rently, I am shooting for Te3n. Once I finish

shooting Te3n, will start work for Shoojit and then Aankhen 2. I have one more

project that I can’t talk about right now.

”By the end of December, I will be working again in Shoojit’s directorial

too. Perhaps, I will be working in television too.” Aankhen was directed by

Vipul Shah, but the sequel will be directed by Bazmee. The sequel will mostly

have new actors.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens (3D/Action) 10:00am, 3:20 & 8:45pm 2D 12:40, 6:00 & 11:30pmExtraction (2D/Thriller) 10:00am, 12:00noon, 2:00, 4:00, 6:00, 8:00, 10:00 & 11:55pmPoint Break (3D/Action) 11:00am, 4:00 & 9:00pm 2D 1:30, 6:30 & 11:30pmJoy (2D/Comedy) 10:30am, 1:00, 3:30, 6:00, 8:30 & 11:00pmSavva: Heart of The Warrior (2D/Animation) 10:00, 11:50am, 1:40 & 3:30pmBone Tomahawk (Adventure) 5:20, 8:00 &10:45pm Snowtime (2D/Animation) 10:15am, 12:10, 2:00, 3:50 & 5:40pmThe Good, The Bad And The Dead (2D/Action) 7:35, 9:30 & 11:30pmThe Peanuts Movie (2D/Animation) 10:00, 11:50am, 1:40 & 3:30pm Bleeding Heart (2D/Drama) 5:20, 7:10, 9:00 & 11:00pmSanta Claws (2D/Family) 10:10am, 12:00noon, 1:50 & 3:40pmDilwale (2D/Hindi) 5:30, 8:30 & 11:30pmStar Wars: The Force Awakens (3D IMAX/Action) 10:15am, 12:45, 3:30, 6:15, 9:00 & 11:45pmExtraction (2D/Thriller) 10:30am, 3:00, 7:30 & 11:55pm Point Break (3D/Action) 12:30, 5:00 & 9:30pm

Santa Claws (2D/Family) 2:30pm The Big Short (2D/Drama) 4:30 & 8:45pm Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens (2D/Action) 6:45pm Extraction (2D/Thriller) 9:00pm Ho Mann Jahaan (2D/Pakistani) 10:30pm Snowtime (2D/Animation) 3:00pmThe Good Dinosaur (2D/Animation) 4:45pm Joy (2D/Comedy) 6:30pm Bone Tomahawk (2D/Adventure) 11:15pm The Peanuts Movie (2D/Animation) 2:30pmSavva, Heart of The Warrior (2D/Comedy) 4:15pmBleeding Heart (2D/Drama) 5:45pmThe Good, The Bad And The Dead (2D/Drama) 7:15pm 9:00pmSu Sudhi Vatmeekam (2D/Malayalam) 9:00pm

Joy (2D/Comedy) 2:30 & 9:15pm Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens (2D/Action) 4:45pm The Big Short (2D/Drama) 7:00 & 11:15pmThe Good, The Bad And The Dead (2D/Drama) 11:30pmThe Peanuts Movie (2D/Animation) 3:00pm Savva, Heart of The Warrior (2D/Comedy) 5:00pm Extraction (2D/Thriller) 7:00 & 11:15pm Bone Tomahawk (2D/Adventure) 9:00pmThe Good Dinosaur (2D/Animation) 2:15pm Snowtime (2D/Animation) 3:45pm Santa Claws (2D/Family) 5:15pmBleeding Heart (2D/Drama) 7:00pm Su Sudhi Vatmeekam (2D/Malayalam) 8:45pm

ROYAL PLAZA

Santa Claws (2D/Family) 2:00pm

Snowtime (2D/) 3:45pm Extraction (2D/Thriller) 5:15 & 10:00pm

The Big Short (2D/Drama) 7:00 & 11:30pm

Bone Tomahawk (2D/Adventure) 9:15pm Savva, Heart of The Warrior (2D/Comedy) 2:30pm The Good Dinosaur (2D/Animation) 4:15pm The Good, The Bad And The Dead (2D/Drama) 6:00pm Joy (2D/Comedy) 7:45pm Bleeding Heart (2D/Drama) 11:30pm

Dilwale (Hindi) 4:00pmPasanga 2 (Tamil) 5:45 & 10:45pmThanga Magan (2D/Tamil) 8:15pmBajirao Mastani (2D/Hindi) 6:15pmSu Sudhi Vatmeekam (2D/Malayalam) 5:45, 7:00 & 8:15 9:15 & 10:45pm

ASIAN TOWN

NOVO

MALL

LANDMARKVILLAGGIO & CITY CENTER

JOY

BLONDIE

ZITS

Joy is the story of the title character, who rose to become founder and matriarch of a powerful family business dynasty.

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CINEMA PLUS

EASY SUDOKU

15TUESDAY 5 JANUARY 2016

Yesterday’s answerEasy Sudoku Puzzles: Place a digit from 1

to 9 in each empty cell so every row, every

column and every 3x3 box contains all the

digits 1 to 9.

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.

HYPER SUDOKU

Yesterday’s answerHow 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

KAKURO

ACROSS

1 Folk legend Guthrie

5 “Moby-Dick” captain

9 Between-meals bite

14 Jacket

15 “I bet you won’t dive off the high board with your eyes closed,” e.g.

16 Supermodel Kate

17 As close as close can be

20 Log-in info

21 LG and RCA products

22 Shoe’s end

23 Manager Hodges of the Amazin’ Mets

24 Actress Brennan of “Private Benjamin”

27 Goalie’s jersey number, often

29 “How’s it going?,” in Paris

34 Mafia V.I.P.

35 Dog in “Garfield”

36 Place to get a perm

37 Underground metals

39 Comedy’s counterpart

42 In the center of

43 Baltimore footballer

45 California wine valley

47 World Cup cry

48 Stock quotes

51 Rapper with a Harvard hip-hop

fellowship named in his honor

52 140-character messages

53 Part of E.S.T.: Abbr.

55 “Thar ___ blows!”

58 Bygone cross-Atlantic jet, for short

59 “Will it play in ___?”

62 What the first words in 17-, 29- and 48-Across are

66 Instagram posting

67 Derrière

68 It follows a curtain-opening

69 Hunky-dory

70 Domesticated

71 Where Vientiane is the capital

DOWN

1 Grp. that heralded Edward Snowden as a patriot

2 French kings

3 Body of water on the French/ Swiss border

4 Former “S.N.L.” regular Cheri

5 Adderall target, for short

6 Japanese for “yes”

7 Paintings, e.g.

8 Classic VW

9 Beautiful sights at dusk

10 Broadcaster that relies on listener contributions

11 Going ___ (fighting)

12 Designer Chanel

13 Banjo’s place in “Oh! Susanna”

18 “Consider it done”

19 Pizzeria fixture

24 Kuwaiti leader

25 “Seriously!”

26 Sports org. with divisions I, II and III

27 Nose wrinklers

28 TV journalist O’Donnell

30 Strange

31 Popular chocolate-covered toffee

32 Exclamation often following “Et”

33 Range through Chile

38 “American Progress” muralist

40 Alternatives to PCs

41 Gibbon, e.g.

44 Old-time crier of “Extra! Extra!”

46 Something positive on the balance sheet

49 Mexican money

50 Comeback 54 Sum

55 Bay Area law force inits.

56 Audible “LOL”

57 Supply-and-demand subj.

59 Unsullied

60 Wild about

61 Yard sale caveat

63 When a plane is due to take off, for short

64 Hawaii’s Mauna ___ volcano

65 Crash sound

ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE

C A S H E S I N L O G J A MA L L I N O N E S E R E N AN B A D R A F T D R A W E RD E B O M E G A M I M EI N T L I S A S I M P S O ND I O R T I T L E S O N GE Z P A S S N I L E N E O

M I C E R I S EA N T G A U L N E X X U SC O U G H D R O P P A N TI M N O T S O S U R E M B AD I A L S T R I P O R RI N C A S E D I D S Q U A TT E A S E R O N E O U N C EY E N T A S G A S M E T E R

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

CROSSWORD

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.

BRAIN TEASERS

Hoy en la HistoriaJanuary 5, 1933

1896: The first public account of Wilhelm Roentgen’s discovery of X-rays was published in Austria1941: British aviation pioneer Amy Johnson died after her plane crashed in the Thames estuary1993: The oil tanker Braer ran aground on the Shetland Islands2001: The Beatles’ landmark album Revolver was judged the best album in rock ‘n’ roll history in a poll of more than 500 industry executives

Construction work began on the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, the first bridge in the U.S. to span the outer mouth of a major ocean harbour

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