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CYBER SECURITY

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By Isabel Ovalle

The internet is a global com-puter network providing a variety of information and communication facilities,

consisting of interconnected net-works using standardised communi-cation protocols. This is the definition offered by the Oxford dictionary.

For most of us, the internet is an asset -- a tool that has become so much a part of our lives that we blindly share all kinds of professional and personal information on it.

Much has happened since ‘The Net’, starring Sandra Bullock, was released in 1995. In that hit film, the protagonist was the centre of a web of computer espionage. Back then the internet was new and few people owned a desktop or laptop. Ignorance was the key to wooing users.

Almost 20 years on, cybersecurity is still an issue. To address this mat-ter, Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMUQ) gathered a panel of experts yesterday at its Education City campus to discuss ‘The Role of Cybersecurity in Maintaining Public Security’, under the Patronage ofH E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani, Minister of State for Interior Affairs.

Dr Raj Reddy, Moza bint Nasser University Professor at Carnegie Mellon University, talked about the relevance of education in cybersecu-rity. “It depends on the awareness of

every citizen, without awareness in this field, we damage the rest of the users,” he said.

The keys to guaranteeing the safety of online navigation are in the hands of the user, who must review shared content, audit emails and be on the lookout for account alerts or account freezing.

On this basis, Dr Reddy enumer-ated some of the biggest threats an internet user can face, such as mal-ware or spyware, viruses, Trojans, worms (which can’t be easily found) and Distributed Denial of Service. In this context, the professor called for more awareness within governments and institutions as well.

The answer to these problems is a self-healing network, paired with cyber hygiene, explained Dr Reddy. The professor referred to some of the steps that must be taken to maintain cyber hygiene: enabling automatic updates, installing security soft-ware for USB sticks, having strong passwords, not opening files sent by unknown persons, backing up criti-cal information, not falling for hoaxes, and keeping in mind that what you do affects everyone else.

Dr Gordon Bell, a distinguished scholar from Microsoft Research, reminisced about his career: “I used to say, I’m not at all worried about security.” Fifteen years later, he pointed users to basic mechanisms to implement security: authenticating, authorising and auditing.

How safeare you

online?

Staff Major General Saad bin Jassim AL KhulaifiDr Raj Reddy

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The Microsoft researcher was surprised by the way youth share so much of their personal lives online, especially on social net-works, where, he joked, users fre-quently “say the wrong things, unaware that their comments are public.” On this basis, he referred to the recommendations of Microsoft founder Bill Gates, who pushes for “trustworthy computing.”

Dr Ahmed Elmagarmid, Executive Director of Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI), which focuses on Arabic language technology and content, cybersecurity and data analysis, among other areas, also offered his views on the subject.

Emgarmid said that in a “very digital” country like Qatar, many citizens feel that their systems aren’t secure. “Nevertheless, young people still put everything on social networks and feel secure. If you can feel secure when you’re not, you can be secured even if you don’t feel it,” he added.

There are sites like 123People or People Finder that compile infor-mation posted on various plat-forms by users in order to offer them for free to a third party. This information is accessible to schools or recruiters and can also reveal details about children or teenag-ers. “It’s a very scary prospect,” he concluded.

Staff Major General Saad bin Jassim Al Khulaifi, Director General of Public Security, talked about the most important pro-visions of the strategic plan for cybersecurity and combating cyber crimes.

The Ministry of Interior is

working to transfer and localise knowledge and experience from universities and international institutions, while simultaneously motivating research, creativity, innovation and development in this field.

The chief of police explained that the ministry had also estab-lished a cybersecurity system at the national level in cooperation with partners in the public and private sectors, with the aim of ensuring steady communications and information technology serv-ices in cases of emergencies and cyberattacks.

Al Khulaifi added that “the per-centage of cybercrimes is extraor-dinarily increasing, which requires intensive effort and cooperation of the community at all levels.” In response to this trend, the ministry has established a Cyber Crimes Investigation Center and Information Security Center.

On his part, Ilker Baybars, Dean of CMUQ, acting as moderator, commented that “many comput-ers get attacked and abused by both individuals and organisations. We have made a lot of progress in the area of cybersecurity; however people are still not aware of how to use these systems safely. Carnegie Mellon is at the forefront of this vital research.”

“This research becomes ever more necessary, as more teenagers trust social media sites and expose their personal information online. Through education we can raise awareness so that a strong mes-sage is delivered about how to use technology safely,” he added.

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Standards ofcyber hygiene

• Automatic updates• Security software of USB• Strong passwords• Don’t open files from unknown sources• Backup critical information• Don’t fall for hoaxes • Keep in mind that what you do affects everyone else

Do we add too much?

Figures facilitated by the Qatar Computing Research Institute identify the most popular social

networking sites in February 2013, based on estimated unique monthly visitors by eBizMBA Rank.

• Facebook: 750,000,000, the size of Facebook’s data in June 2012 was estimated at 100 petabytes, with 250 million photos uploaded daily. As of last year, 17 billion location-tagged posts and check-ins were logged, with 25 percent of users not bothering with any kind of privacy control.

• Twitter: 250,000,000• Linkedin: 110,000,000• Pinterest: 85,500,000• My Space: 70,500,000

Dr Gordon Bell Dr Ahmed Elmagarmid

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QU staff receivefire safety and emergency training

Staff at Qatar University took part in a fire safety awareness and evacuation training ses-sion recently.

Organised by the university’s Business Operations Department in coordination with IGTC-Chubb Fire, the session aimed to make staff aware of different types of fires and how to deal with them in an emergency situ-ation using extinguishers. They were also drilled in emergency procedures and issued with a new booklet Your Guide To Emergency Procedures which simply and clearly explains how to handle different types of emergency situations. QU’s Director of Business Operations Engineer Abdulla Yacoub Al Sayed said: “These sessions are crucial in helping raise awareness of fire safety and emergency procedures across the entire university. We take this sort of training very seriously — it really can help save lives — and will ensure that all the QU community have the chance to take part.”

CMUQ AssistantDean for Research

Professor Majd Sakr, founder of the Computing Cloud Lab (CCL) at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMUQ),

is no longer assistant dean for research at CMUQ. In September he decided to focus on research projects and new courses. This position is now occupied by Gordon Rule.

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As part of Qatar Petrochemical Company’s (Qapco) corporate social responsibility, the company

recently held a Leadership Workshop for senior pupils at the Omar Ibn Al Khattab Educational Complex. The workshop was also part of a recently signed memorandum of understand-ing between Qapco and the complex that will enable both to work more closely together to enhance students’ awareness about working in the oil and gas industry and contribute to their academic and social develop-ment in line with Qatar’s Vision 2030.

Nasser Al Hajri, Qapco’s Human Resource & Learning Manager,

thanked the school for allowing Qapco to deliver the workshop.

He said: “Leadership is one of the skills that is most in demand within Qatar. It is therefore vital that our new generation is able to learn and understand what is required to be a leader.

“This workshop concentrated on the fundamentals of leadership, and in a fun and interactive way, encour-aged the boys to think about them-selves and how they may become great leaders in the future.

“We also hope that this workshop will encourage the boys to consider a career with Qapco through our excellent Scholarship Programme”.

Hassan Al Buainain, School Principal, thanked Qapco for visiting the school.

He said: “We are constantly trying to improve the education of our stu-dents and one way to achieve this is to encourage them to learn occupational skills such as leadership.

“This requires a mutual approach between schools and the industry that will match academic qualifications to real life work skills and jobs in the industry.

“That is why we are so pleased to work with Qapco with this MoU, as it will provide some great experiences for our students.”

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Qapco holds workshop Qapco holds workshop at Omar Ibn Al Khattab at Omar Ibn Al Khattab Educational ComplexEducational Complex

Qatar Academy arranges Umrahtrip for students

As part of Qatar Academy’s continued efforts to strengthen the Islamic identity of its stu-dents, the Islamic Department organised an

Umrah trip from January 29 to February 3 2013. Forty-five students and six parents, accompanied by seven chaperons from the teaching staff, joined the trip that aimed to facilitate the students’ spiritual development as well as accommodating key com-ponents of the IB curriculum by engaging them in educational activities.

Aside from performing the rituals of Umrah, the trip included visits to some Islamic historical sites around Makkah and Medina.

Touring around Makkah and Madina, the stu-dents noticed the improved facilities and services that made the trip easier than how it used to be before introducing these creative solutions.

Such observations made the students value and realise the importance of inventions and the role of individuals in building their society.

The above example reflects the main goal of the trip which is to provide opportunities for students to apply what they have learned from the International Baccalaureate’s Areas of Interaction in their lives.

“Qatar Academy has been organising Umrah trips for years,: said Maha Al Romaihi, Assistant Principal of the Senior School.

“We are seeing an increase in the number of

registered students. We have a big number of Muslim students and providing this trip will help them meet their religious needs. It is an excellent opportunity to visit historical sites and nourish the good relation-ships they have built with their chaperon teachers. When they come back we will celebrate their return with a small lunch gathering”.

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Qatar Academy students and staff on their Umrah trip.

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Total to mark Sport Day

Total has geared up to celebrate the Second Annual National Sport Day today by organis-

ing a variety of sporting events at the Khalifa International Tennis & Squash Complex for its employees and families. The finals of the French company’s internal Men and Ladies tennis tournaments will also be held on the National Sport Day. The tour-nament commenced two weeks ago as part of Total’s winter games compe-titions. The winners of the tourna-ments will be commemorated by one of the top 10 seeded professional tennis players. Stephane Michel, Managing Director of Total E&P Qatar and group Representative, said: “Sports have been an integral part of our lives from early childhood, and no one can undermine their significance on our physical and mental health. Total is currently designing an internal sports campaign which is aimed at encouraging people to adopt a healthier lifestyle”.

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FROM LEFT: Candy Khemer, Business Development Director, Creative Design, Mounir Sheikh, representing Creative Design CEO Assem Sheikh, RTruth and Hamad Al Khajaih, head of event, Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA), at the WWE Raw press conference at the Grand Hyatt Hotel. WWE Raw 2013 will be held on February 21-22 at Khalifa International Tennis & Squash Complex. It is organised by Creative Design and sponsored by QTA. Grand Hyatt Doha Hotel is the official hotel sponsor. Pic: Qassim Rahmatullah

Qatar Toastmasters Club recently celebrated its 15th anniver-sary. The gala event at the

Diplomatic Club was themed “15 Years of Making a Difference”. Club mem-bers, their families and guests enjoyed an evening of entertainment, award ceremonies and inspiring speeches.

The evening’s highlights included a keynote speech by Doha Bank Group CEO Dr R Seetharaman, a stand-up comedy performance by Qatari come-dian Mohammed Fahad Kamal and an inspirational speech by Sarah Salah Elamin. Sarah is the Qatar Open Public Speaking Champion 2012.

“Public speaking makes a differ-ence to young people by building their communication skills, giving them the confidence to lead in the future,” said Qatar Toastmasters President, Juttas Paul.

Qatar Toastmasters is affiliated to Toastmasters International, the non-profit organisation dedicated to creating effective leaders and commu-nicators worldwide.

International Director of Toastmasters International and one of the founder members of Qatar Toastmasters, George Thomas, also addressed the audience.

The evening also saw the official re-launch of the club’s award win-ning website www.qatartoastmas-ters.net.

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Qatar Toastmasters Club celebrates 15th anniversary

Dr R Seetharaman with recipients of Qatar Toastmasters leadership awards.

Jaula Spa & Club offers 30 percent discount on yearly membership

In celebration of National Sport Day, Jaula Spa & Club is offering 30 percent discount on yearly gym membership. “Offering a fully equipped gymna-

sium with state-of-the-art cardio and strength equip-ment and a female-only aerobics studio, Grand Hyatt Doha’s fitness centre is sure to please even the most discerning fitness buff. Guests can also enjoy hotel’s steam room, sauna, whirlpool and inhalation rooms and our 25-metre indoor pool. Jaula Spa & Club offers a diverse range of group fitness classes, changing on a regularly basis. The offer is valid until this month-end. The Peninsula

A fleet of 40 Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles will add style and comfort to the players and

staff ’s stay during the Qatar Total Open 2013, cour-tesy of Alfardan Premier Motors Co. The tourna-ment began yesterday at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex and concludes on Sunday. Jaguar Land Rover remains the ‘Official Car’ for the prestigious tournament that brings together the world’s top women tennis players.

Rabih Ataya, General Manager of Alfardan Premier Motors, said: “We are very proud to be

part of this world class sport for the third year in a row, and we believe that an event of this calibre best reflects Alfardan Premier Motors brand image of class and luxury. Our continu-ing partnership with Qatar Tennis Federation highlights our commitment to partner with prestigious events that raise the global profile of Qatar as an all-round lifestyle destination.”

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WWE Raw 2013 in Doha

Jaguars, Land Rovers ferry Qatar Total Open players

PLUS | TUESDAY 12 FEBRUARY 2013 MUSIC6

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Album of the YearBabel, Mumford & Sons

Record of the Year Somebody ThatI Used to Know, Gotye featuring Kimbra

Song of the Year We Are Young, fun.

New Artist fun.

Pop Vocal Album Stronger,Kelly Clarkson

Country Album Uncaged,Zac Brown Band

Rap Album Take Care, Drake

R&B Album

Rock Album

Rock Song

Black Radio,Robert Glasper Experiment

El Camino, The Black Keys

Lonely Boy, The Black Keys

Indie pop band fun., rockers The Black Keys and Australian-Belgian singer Gotye shared the top prizes at the Grammys on

Sunday, in an eclectic year for the music industry’s biggest awards show.

New York-based fun. won Song of the Year for We Are Young as well as best new artist at the 55th Grammy Awards at the Staples Center amid tight security as Los Angeles police hunt a former cop wanted for multiple

murders. British rockers Mumford & Sons took Album of the Year with Babel, while Gotye won Record of the Year for Somebody That I Used to Know, featuring Kimbra.

“I feel like it’s my 21st birthday,” said fun. frontman Nate Ruess, noting that he was actually 30 years old and that the band had been going for 12 years, but had nothing against being named best new artist.

The night saw several pairings of the music world’s younger and older generations: Sting singing with reggae legend Bob Marley’s children; Elton John with fellow Brit Ed Sheeran; and Prince handing a prize to Gotye.

Overall The Black Keys won the most Grammys, with four — best rock performance, best rock song and best rock album for the band, and producer of the year, non-classical, for singer Dan Auerbach.

Gotye took home three trophies — Record of the Year, best pop duo/group performance and best alterna-tive album — as did Jay-Z and Kanye West, who triumphed for best rap per-formance, rap/sung collaboration and rap song.

Not only was Somebody That I Used to Know one of the biggest-selling singles of last year, it has also scored nearly 400 million views on YouTube, demonstrating the advertising power of the Internet platform.

“I’m really at a loss for what to say after receiving an award from the man standing behind us with a cane,” said Gotye, referring to pop star Prince, who announced the category winner.

“I feel blessed to be part of this award, and I couldn’t share it with anyone more amazing than this art-ist here,” added Kimbra.

Australian Prime Minister Julia

Gillard said Gotye was “an outstanding example of the quality of the artistic talent in Australia today”.

Taylor Swift opened the show as a ringmaster in white hot pants and a spangly top hat, with a circus-themed performance of her hit We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together.

On a night when performers and presenters were warned not to show too much skin, Jennifer Lopez provided the first fashion moment of the tel-ecast, baring a toned leg and shoulder in an asymmetrical black Anthony Vaccarello gown.

“As you can see, I read the memo!” she joked when she came on stage to present the first award of the night with Pitbull, referring to the leaked letter from broadcasters CBS about the dress code. British songstress Adele — who scored a clean sweep with six Grammys last year — won that first prize, for best solo performance for a live rendition of her hit Set Fire to the Rain.

“My good luck charm, J-Lo,” she said as she accepted the award from Lopez. “This is amazing. I wanted to come and be part of the night. I loved it last year, obviously.”

Other highlights of the three-and-a-half hour show included a rousing trib-ute to Marley, featuring Sting, Bruno Mars, Rihanna and Ziggy, Stephen and Damian Marley.

They segued from Hawaiian-born Mars’ hit Locked out of Heaven into ex-Police frontman Sting’s reggae-rhythmed Walking on the Moon, before breaking into Marley’s classic Could You Be Loved?

Heartthrob Justin Timberlake also brought the house down with a couple of songs from his new album The 20/20 Experience, starting with Suit and Tie — in which he was suitably attired.

As the telecast went briefly black and white, he was joined by Jay-Z to sing Pusher Lover Girl.

In a two-hour pre-telecast show, Paul McCartney won for best tradi-tional pop vocal album for Kisses on the Bottom, while Beyonce won best traditional R&B performance for Love on Top.

A frail-looking Beach Boy Brian Wilson was honoured for best histori-cal album and late Indian sitar legend Ravi Shankar won best world music album for The Living Room Sessions Part 1. In the main Grammy show’s tradi-tional In Memoriam segment, John, Mumford & Sons and others paid trib-ute to Levon Helm, the late drummer and singer with The Band.

Organisers hoped to avoid drama which the Grammys seem to attract — last year with the death of Whitney Houston on the eve of the show; and a few years before with the infa-mous Chris Brown-Rihanna domestic assault.

There was minor drama on the eve of the Grammys, when Brown wrecked his Porsche in Beverly Hills on Saturday, and blamed paparazzi.

The LA Police Department, as well as helping provide security for the Grammys, have been involved in a mas-sive manhunt for an ex-cop accused of killing three people and threatening to kill more officers.

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Grammys shared among many on music’s big night

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US indie pop band, Fun. hold up their award

Black Keys members Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney

HEALTH 7

Health Tipsfrom DOCTOR

When a child grows out of childhood and enters adulthood, his thinking process is subjected to a lot of changes, depending on his stimulation, environment, opportunities and hereditary factors. Some common indicators indicating a progression from more simple to more complex

cognitive development include the following:Early adolescenceDuring early adolescence, the use of more complex thinking is focused on per-

sonal decision making in school and home environments, including the following:• The early adolescent begins to demonstrate use of formal logical operations

in schoolwork.• The early adolescent begins to question authority and society standards.• The early adolescent begins to form and verbalise his/her own thoughts and

views on a variety of topics, usually more related to his/her own life, such as:• which sports are better to play.• which groups are better to be included in.• what personal appearances are desirable or attractive.• what parental rules should be changed.Middle adolescenceWith some experience in using more complex thinking processes, the focus

of middle adolescent often expands to include more philosophical and futuristic concerns, including the following:• The middle adolescent often questions

more extensively.• The middle adolescent often analyses

more extensively.• The middle adolescent thinks about and

begins to form his/her own code of ethics (ie What do I think is right?).

• The middle adolescent thinks about dif-ferent possibilities and begins to develop own identity (ie Who am I?).

• The middle adolescent thinks about and begins to systematically consider pos-sible future goals (ie What do I want?).

• The middle adolescent thinks about and begins to make his/her own plans.• The middle adolescent begins to think long term.• The middle adolescent’s use of systematic thinking begins to influence relation-

ships with others.Late adolescenceDuring late adolescence, complex thinking processes are used to focus on less

self-centred concepts as well as personal decision making, including the following:• The late adolescent has increased thoughts about more global concepts such

as justice, history, politics and patriotism.• The late adolescent often develops idealistic views on specific topics or

concerns.• The late adolescent may debate and develop intolerance of opposing views.• The late adolescent begins to focus thinking on making career decisions.• The late adolescent begins to focus thinking on emerging role in adult society.

What encourages healthy cognitive development during adolescence?

The following suggestions will help encourage positive and healthy cognitive development in the adolescent:• Include adolescents in discussions about a variety of topics, issues and current

events.• Encourage adolescents to share ideas and thoughts with you.• Encourage adolescents to think independently and develop their own ideas.• Assist adolescents in setting their own goals.• Stimulate adolescents to think about possibilities of the future.• Compliment and praise adolescents for well thought out decisions.• Assist adolescents in re-evaluating poorly made decisions for themselves.

Dr E V Kumar Specialist – Paediatrics

Healthspring World Clinic

By Andrew M Seaman

A nutritious diet that includes lots of fruits and vegetables might not be the greenest

in its environmental impact, according to a new study from France.

After analysing the eating habits of about 2,000 French adults, and the greenhouse gas emissions generated by produc-ing the plants, fish, meat, fowl and other ingredients, research-ers concluded that widely embraced goals for the health of people and for the health of the planet are not necessarily perfectly compatible.

Growing fruit and vegetables doesn’t produce as much green-house gas as raising cattle or livestock, the study confirms, but people who eat a primarily plant-based diet make up for that by eating more of those foods.

“When you eat healthy, you have to eat a lot of food that has a low content of energy. You have to eat a lot of fruits and vegeta-bles,” said Nicole Darmon, the study’s senior author from the National Research Institute of Agronomy in Marseille, France.

Greenhouse gases — which include carbon dioxide, meth-ane and nitrous oxide — are produced by machines that burn fossil fuels. That gas is then released into the atmosphere, where it contributes to climate change.

Food production — including the use of farming equipment and transportation — is esti-mated to be responsible for 15 percent to 30 percent of green-house gas emissions in developed countries, the authors write in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

Scientists have long advised people to switch to a plant-based diet to benefit the environment and their own health.

To more closely examine that premise, Darmon and her col-leagues used food diaries from 1,918 French adults to compare the nutritional quality of people’s real-world diets and how much greenhouse gas they produced.

From the diaries that were kept for seven days between 2006 and 2007, the researchers iden-tified the 400 most commonly consumed foods. They then used a database to find out how much greenhouse gas was emitted to produce each one — measured as the grams of carbon dioxide

equivalent per 100 grams of food.All aspects of a food’s lifecycle

were taken into account, includ-ing how it was cooked, Darmon said. “The only step that wasn’t taken into account was the transport from the supermarket to the home,” she added.

According to the US Environmental Protection Agency, the average car emits about 423 grams of carbon diox-ide every mile.

Overall, about 1,600 grams of carbon dioxide were emit-ted for every 100 grams of meat produced. That’s more than 14 times the amount of green-house gas emitted during the production of fruit, vegetables and starches. It’s also about 2.5 times as much greenhouse gas as that generated by fish, pork, poultry and eggs.

That gap narrowed, however, when the researchers looked at how many grams of carbon dioxide were emitted per 100 kilocalories (kcal) — a measure of energy in food.

The most greenhouse gas — 857 grams — was still emitted to produce 100 kcal of meat, but it was only about three times the emissions from a comparable amount of energy from fruit and vegetables.

Greens also ended up emitting more gas for the calories than starches, sweets, salty snacks, dairy and fats. It was also about as much gas as poultry and eggs.

And when Darmon and her colleagues looked at what peo-ple actually ate to get a certain amount of energy from food every day, they found that the

“highest-quality” diets in health terms — those high in fruit, veg-etables and fish — were linked to about as much, if not more, greenhouse gas emissions as low-quality diets that were high in sweets and salts.

Overall, the documented diets were responsible for around 5,000 grams of greenhouse gas emissions per day per person.

Darmon said that’s because people who eat a plant-based diet need to eat more produce to get the amount of energy they’d have in a piece of meat.

“I think to any reader it’s surprising. One of the stand-ard things we hear is that meat — particularly red meat — has the greatest greenhouse gas emissions,” said Roni Neff, who studies how food contributes to climate change but was not involved with the new study.

But Neff, the Director of research and policy at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Center for a Livable Future, cautioned against taking the findings too literally. “It’s a lot more complex than that,” she added.

For example, she pointed out that according to the study’s cal-culations, people would need to eat about nine pounds of fruit and vegetables to make up for a smaller serving of meat, and that may be unrealistic. But, Neff said, “I think they’re rais-ing a lot of important questions that need further investigation.”

SOURCE: bit.ly/W1KW2y The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, online January 30, 2013.

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ut

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chedule

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o t

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edia

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rst

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in

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eft

sid

e o

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face d

urin

g t

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akin

g o

f his

film

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rtn

er

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and

that

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ain

cam

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hile h

e w

as

shooti

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eer

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as

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ain

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nuousl

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ince last

year.

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sid

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film

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pik

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where m

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produced b

y S

ao P

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aranoid

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nd w

ill

focus

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nto

nio

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ess

ions

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desig

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fr

om

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lans

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rgan-

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fash

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how

here.

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igh w

inds

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everal in

ches

of sn

ow

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it t

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ity,

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as

refu

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alk

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ow

today,

reports

fem

ale

first

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k.

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8-y

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ost

ed s

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pic

tures

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rehearsa

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wit

ter o

n F

rid

ay a

nd late

r

wrote

: “M

odel

fitt

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andbag s

tills

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busy

day i

n N

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ll i

n fi

t-ti

ngs

for A

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RT

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ready-t

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ear).

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snow

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go o

n.”

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hael

Loh

an to

wri

te te

ll-al

l boo

k

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e Le

e sh

oots

foot

age

duri

ng

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val

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pite

hea

vy s

now

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ctor

ia to

hav

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shio

n sh

ow

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elle

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irb

on

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Affl

eck’s

Arg

o w

as

crow

ned

best

film

at

the B

AF

TA

s on

Sunday w

hile D

anie

l D

ay-L

ew

is

bagged y

et

anoth

er leadin

g a

cto

r

aw

ard f

or t

he t

itle

role

in L

inco

ln a

s an

increasi

ngly

fam

ilia

r a

wards

seaso

n s

crip

t unfo

lded in L

ondon.

Affl

eck

als

o w

on

th

e best

dir

ecto

r

trophy fo

r

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o,

about

the rescue of

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eric

an

hosta

ges i

n I

ran

durin

g t

he

1979 r

evolu

tion

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d t

he m

ovie

is n

ow

in

pole

posi

tion t

o w

in t

he b

iggest

movie

aw

ard o

f all o

n O

scar n

ight.

“You a

re r

em

ark

able

at

what

you d

o.

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e s

mart

an

d y

ou k

now

what

you

want

but

more im

porta

ntl

y y

ou love w

hat

you’r

e d

oin

g,” G

eorge C

looney,

one o

f th

e

film

’s p

roducers,

told

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eck o

n s

tage a

s th

ey a

ccepte

d t

he b

est

film

aw

ard.

Ste

ven S

pie

lberg’s

bio

pic

of

Abraham

L

incoln

was

nom

inate

d i

n 1

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ate

gorie

s but

wen

t aw

ay w

ith j

ust

on

e a

ward f

or

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ew

is,

follow

ing a

patt

ern

seen

at

the G

old

en G

lobes

and a

t oth

er p

rest

ig-

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US

aw

ard n

ights

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he reclu

siv

e D

ay-L

ew

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a m

eth

od

acto

r w

ell-k

now

n f

or s

tayin

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n c

harac-

ter d

urin

g t

he e

nti

re fi

lmin

g p

erio

d o

f his

movie

s, b

egan h

is v

icto

ry s

peech b

y

sati

ris

ing h

is o

wn w

ork

ing h

abit

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ust

on t

he c

hance t

hat

I m

ight

one

day h

ave t

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peak o

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n e

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uch a

s th

is, I’ve a

ctu

ally s

tayed i

n c

haracte

r a

s m

yse

lf f

or t

he l

ast

55 y

ears,

” he s

aid

to

laughs

from

the a

udie

nce a

t th

e R

oyal

Opera H

ouse

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very ti

me I

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e fr

om

a ch

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it

spon

tan

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leashes a

soun

dtr

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of

thunderous

appla

use

, w

ith a

few

boos

and s

om

e d

runken h

eckle

rs.

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mm

an

uell

e

Riv

a,

an

85-year-old

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ren

ch

actr

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won

th

e B

AF

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fo

r

leadin

g a

ctr

ess

for h

er p

art

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a r

eti

red

musi

c t

eacher s

truggling t

o c

ope w

ith t

he

aft

erm

ath

of

a s

troke, in

Aust

ria

n d

irec-

tor M

ichael H

aneke’s

Am

ou

r.T

he aw

ard fi

nally brin

gs a w

in fo

r

Riv

a w

ho w

as

nom

inate

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or a

BA

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ut

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rench-l

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ou

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o w

on t

he B

AF

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for b

est

film

not

in t

he E

nglish

language.

Anne H

ath

aw

ay w

on t

he B

AF

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for

best

supporti

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ess fo

r h

er sin

g-

ing role

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e tr

agic

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an

tin

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L

es

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era

ble

s, t

he m

ovie

versi

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f a g

lobal

hit

sta

ge m

usi

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“What

am

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hin

kin

g?

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ost

walk

ed

past

George C

loon

ey w

ith

out

huggin

g

him

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hat’s

just

stu

pid

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aid

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er

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rese

nte

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ith h

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tatu

ett

e b

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throb.

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ris

toph

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rm

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sla

very-e

ra W

est

ern

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ed,

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h a

lso w

on

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best

orig

inal sc

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AF

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as

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lays

spym

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apt

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cry o

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he a

ward w

as

announced

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the s

tart

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ight.

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h

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igh

expecta

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r t

he fi

lm a

nd I

thin

k i

t’s

fair

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ay

all o

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xceeded, and t

his

really i

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e i

cin

g o

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he c

ake,” s

aid

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M

endes,

the fi

lm’s

dir

ecto

r.S

kyf

all h

as

becom

e t

he m

ost

success

ful

film

in B

rit

ish b

ox o

ffice h

isto

ry,

but

ahead

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e c

erem

ony t

he o

dds

had b

een o

n L

es

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era

ble

s to

win

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ond franchis

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as

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isto

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appoin

tments

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hile L

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air

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popula

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n in

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rit

ain

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fan

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lm a

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bout

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an a

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iger lost

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sea, w

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wo B

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em

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he t

iger,

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enti

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ects

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tile

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Chili Shrimps inCucumber Cup

Ingredients: .• Shrimps: 300g• Parsley: 1 bunch• Crushed fresh red chilies: 3• Cucumber: 2-3• Crushed red chili: 1 tsp• Ginger garlic paste: 1 tbsp• Butter: 1 tbsp• Oil: 2 tbsp• Soy sauce: 2 tbsp• Tomato ketchup: 2 tbsp• Salt as requiredMethod:Cut the cucumber into 2, with the help of a teaspoon hollow out

one end to create a cup.In a medium bowl combine 1tbsp ginger garlic paste, 3 crushed

fresh red chilies, 1tsp crushed red chilies, salt as required, 2tbsp soy sauce and 300g shrimps. Toss together to combine.

Heat 2tbsp of oil in a wok and sauté the marinated shrimps for 2-3 minutes.

Finely chop the parsley and grease the sides of the serving platter with butter. Sprinkle the chopped parsley on the greased corners.

Arrange the cucumber cups on the serving platter and place 2 shrimps in each cup and enjoy.

Najma Rafiq

Lemon-Garlic Shrimpsand Vegetables

Ingredients:• 4 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided• 2 large red bell peppers, diced• 1 kg asparagus, trimmed and cut into 1-inch lengths• 2 teaspoons freshly grated lemon zest• 1/2 teaspoon salt, divided• 5 cloves garlic, minced• 400 grams raw shrimp, peeled and deveined• 1 cup reduced-sodium chicken broth• 1 teaspoon cornstarch• 2 tablespoons lemon juice• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley

Method:Heat 2 teaspoons oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high

heat. Add bell peppers, asparagus, lemon zest and 1/4 teaspoon

salt and cook, stirring occasionally, until just beginning to soften, about 6 minutes. Transfer the vegetables to a bowl; cover to keep warm.

Add the remaining 2 teaspoons oil and garlic to the pan and cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add shrimp and cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Whisk broth and cornstarch in a small bowl until smooth and add to the pan along with the remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt. Cook, stirring, until the sauce has thickened slightly and the shrimp are pink and just cooked through, about 2 minutes more. Remove from the heat. Stir in lemon juice and parsley. Serve the shrimp and sauce over the vegetables.

Mir Ali

Shrimp Bharta

Ingredients:• 1 heaped cup shrimps cleaned.• 1 tsp chopped garlic and ginger• 4-5 fresh red chillies, ground into a paste• 1 onion finely chopped • Salt to taste• 1 tsp vinegar • A pinch of sugar• ¼ tsp lemon zest.• 2 tbsp oilFreshly chopped coriander leaves

Method:Coarsely ground the shrimps and keep aside. Heat oil in a pan. Add chopped onions and garlic ,ginger and

stir well. Add the ground shrimps and give it a good mix. Now add the red chilly paste, salt, sugar and vinegar and

lemon zest.Stir well till the moisture is absorbed and flavours are mixed.

Add freshly chopped coriander and serve hot with boiled rice or chapattis .

You can also use this as a topping for spicy canapes This dish would be slightly hot owing to the red chillies. You can

adjust the heat according to your taste. Mehwish Mohammed

Shrimp Couscous

Ingredients: • Shrimp: 1 cup• Couscous: 1 cup• Pomegranate: 2 tbspn• Water: 1 cup• Salt: As needed• Butter/olive oil: As needed

Method: Mix shrimp and salt and keep for 10 minutes.Heat butter/olive oil in a pan and add shrimp and cook both the

sides. Remove shrimp and boil 1 cup of water in the same so that water takes up all the flavours of the shrimp from the pan.

Keep the boiled water and couscous in a bowl covered for 5-8 minutes. Combine shrimp and couscous together and put pome-granate above it.

Riyas K R

Shrimp Cevichewith Mango RelishIngredients:

• 1kg shrimp, peeled and deveined medium shrimp• Salt to taste• Freshly ground black pepper to taste• 3 large tomatoes, chopped • 1 medium green bell pepper, sliced thin• 1 medium red bell pepper, sliced thin• 1 medium yellow bell pepper, sliced thin• 1/3 cup fresh lemon juice• 1/3 cup fresh lime juice• 1/3 cup orange juice• 1 tsp prepared horseradish• 1 tbsp honey• 1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro• 1 red onion, sliced thin• 2 peeled, seeded and diced mangoes• 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil• 1/4 cup minced chives for garnish

Method: Cooking the shrimp: Fill a large saucepan

with water and bring to a boil over high heat. Add shrimp, salt and black pepper to taste, and cook for few minutes. Drain and dice shrimp into 3/4-inch pieces. Transfer shrimp to a bowl and cover and chill.

Make marinade: In a blender combine 2-1/2 cups tomatoes, 3/4 of each bell pepper, 1/2 cup of each juice, horseradish, and honey. Blend until smooth. In a large bowl, combine shrimp, marinade and 1/4 cup cilantro; toss to combine. Marinate for one hour, covered and chilled.

Make mango salsa: In a large bowl combine remaining bell peppers, red onion, mangoes, remaining tomatoes, remaining cilantro, olive oil, remaining juices, pinch of salt, and black pepper to taste. Toss to combine and set aside.

To Serve: Spoon shrimp mixture in cocktail glasses, top with mango salsa, and garnish with chives.

Ayesha Al Yousuf

Shrimp Korma Ingredients:

• 2 cups shrimps cleaned n washed.• 1/2 cup Curd, • 3 tbsp Cashewnuts .• 6 Green chilies.• 1 tbsp Ginger garlic paste.• 1/2 tsp Garam masala .• 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder. • 1 cup Coriander leaves, chopped.• 1 tsp mint leaves.• 3 tbsp Oil. • 2 Onions sliced• 1 tbsp Lemon juice.• 1 tbsp golden brown onions to garnish• Salt To tasteMethod:Grind the cashewnuts to a fine paste and

keep aside.Grind green chilies , corriander leaves.Marinate the shrimps with curd, ginger-garlic

paste, coriander & green chilies paste , tur-meric powder and salt for 1 hour.

Heat oil and fry sliced onions till light golden brown.

Add the cashew nut paste and fry for a few seconds ., then add the marinated prawns and cook till a thick gravy is formed.

Sprinkle in the garam masala powder and roasted cumin powder ,cook for a few seconds on slow flame.

Add Lime Juice and stir well.Garnish with chopped green corriander and chopped mint leaves and sprinkle brown golden onions on top. Serve Hot with Rice or paratha.

Aisha Rafiq

Shrimp and Pumpkin Mixed Gravy

Ingredients: • 2 tablespoons olive oil• 1 cup onion chopped.• 1 tablespoon minced ginger• 1 tablespoon minced garlic• 1 medium sized tomato, chopped• 1 cup minced pumpkin.• 1 cup unsweetened coconut milk• 1 teaspoons curry powder• 2 teaspoon pepper powder • 1 pound shrimp, peeled and shredded.• 1 1/2 teaspoon fresh lime juice• Cilantro for toppings.

Method:Heat olive oil in a large saucepan over

medium heat. Add onion and ginger; sauté until soft. Add garlic; cook for 1 minute.

Stir in the tomato and pumpkin and cook, stirring frequently, until pumpkin is golden brown, for about 10 minutes.

Add coconut milk, curry powder and pepper powder and simmer for 20 minutes.

Add shrimp and lime juice. Simmer until shrimp are cooked . Serve with steamed rice with cilantro

topping. Vijayalakshmi Kamalakkannan

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Shrimp in Fruit Sauce

Ingredients:

• Shrimp: 30 medium sized

• Paprika: 2-3 tbspn

• Cream: 4 tbspn

• Ginger paste: 1/2 tbspn

• Garlic paste: 1/2 tbspn

• Red Plum: 3

• Red grapes: 1/2 cup

• Butter

• Salt

Method:Marinate shrimp with paprika , cream, ginger and garlic

paste and salt and keep marinated for 2-3 hours.Puree the grapes in a blender and sieve the juice. Keep

this aside.Heat butter in a pan add marinated shrimp and cook both

sides and remove. To the same pan add butter (if required), add chopped plums, cook till it becomes soft. Mash plums lightly and then add grape puree and stir till a thick sauce is formed and add salt (if desired). Pour this over the prepared shrimp and sprinkle parsley leaves over it.

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By L V Anderson

For the longest time, I loathed making risotto. It wasn’t that I found it difficult — stirring, the primary activity required by risotto recipes, is not exactly rocket

science. It was that the rice seemed to take so long to get tender, if it ever got tender at all. No matter how much stock I added, and no matter how long I stirred and simmered the rice, I always seemed to end up with hard, chalky grains that stuck between the cusps of my teeth.

Reader, I was doing it wrong. My mistakes were twofold. The first, and most important, was setting the heat too high. Making risotto requires sautéing arborio rice in butter or oil — with onions or shal-lots and sometimes other vegetables — and then gradually stirring in stock, waiting for each addi-tion to be absorbed into the rice before adding the next. This slow, deliberate process simultaneously suffuses the rice with flavour and coaxes the starch out of it, giving the dish its signature creaminess. But if the heat’s too high, the liquid will evaporate instead of being sopped up by the rice, stymieing your efforts to get dinner on the table in a reason-able amount of time.

Instead, keep the heat somewhere between medium-low and medium — just high enough so the stock bubbles gently when you’re not stirring. Also, before you start, take note of the expiration date on your rice package — older rice tender to be drier and consequently takes longer to become tender.

My second mistake was expecting the rice to turn out perfectly soft. Risotto should be al dente, like pasta, with each grain offering a little resist-ance to your teeth. It is not some sort of savoury rice pudding, mushy and fatty. And in the interest of avoiding the pudding zone, I prefer to keep the

dairy content of my risotto in check, using olive oil instead of butter and not going completely over-board with high-fat cheese. You must add at least some Parmesan, but you should balance it out with soft, relatively lean goat cheese, which makes risotto silky and tangy rather than sticky and overly rich.

Because the splash-and-stir technique required for risotto doesn’t line up exactly with most con-ventional cooking techniques, it can be tricky to decide what vegetables to add to it, and when. Mushrooms are a no-brainer because they’re the Jimmy Buffett of the produce aisle, superbly laid-back. You can simmer them with rice for five min-utes or two hours, and their texture won’t suffer one bit. Peas are another good risotto add-in, for the opposite reason: They take only a few minutes to cook through, so you can just throw them into the pot once the rice is already done.

You can of course skip these additions and keep risotto simple — to use as a pillow for beef tender-loin, perhaps — but you must not neglect one final addition: lemon. It’s well established that lemon is a universally useful seasoning, but nowhere is it more useful than in risotto, where it single-hand-edly keeps wonderfully rich risotto from becoming excessively heavy.

MUSHROOM AND PEA RISOTTO• Yield: 6 servings• Time: About 1 hour• 6 cups vegetable, chicken, or mushroom stock• 6 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil• 2 large shallots, chopped• 12 ounces fresh mushrooms, preferably a mix-

ture, trimmed and thinly sliced• Salt and black pepper• 1 1/2 cups arborio rice

• 1/2 cup dry white grape juice (optional)• 1 cup fresh or frozen peas• 4 ounces goat cheese• 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese• 1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley, plus more for

garnish• Zest and juice of 1/2 lemon

METHOD:Put the stock in a medium pot over low heat.

Meanwhile, put 4 tablespoons (1/4 cup) of the olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. When it’s hot, add the shallots and cook, stirring occasionally, until they begin to soften, about 5 minutes. Add the mushrooms and season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until all the mushrooms’ liquid has evaporated, 8 to 10 minutes.

Add the rice and stir until it dries out and begins to stick together, about 5 minutes. Add the grape juice and cook, stirring once or twice, until it’s mostly absorbed into the rice. Begin adding the warm stock, about 1/2 cup at a time, waiting until each addition is mostly absorbed into the rice before adding the next. Stir frequently, and adjust the heat so the liquid simmers gently.

When the rice is plump and tender, after about 30 minutes of adding the stock, add the peas along with an additional 1 cup stock or water and cook, stirring frequently, until they’re tender, 7 to 10 minutes. Turn the heat to low and stir in the goat cheese and Parmesan cheese. Turn off the heat and stir in the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil, the parsley, and the lemon zest and juice. Taste and adjust the seasoning, and serve hot, garnished with additional parsley. (Store leftover risotto in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to a few days.) WP-Bloomberg

How to make the perfect: Risotto

PLUS | TUESDAY 12 FEBRUARY 2013 TECHNOLOGY12

(For Android users)

CRACKING SANDS (£3.11)Another game here: “An

action-packed racer featuring a band of merry lunatics driv-ing small vehicles fitted with big guns”. Which just about summa-rises it. The joy isn’t just in the racing, but in the customisation as you tweak your kart and its weapons for maximum speed and destruction.

APPLOCK PRO (£1.27)The free version of AppLock

has been really popular on Android, passing 5 million down-loads with its ability to lock indi-vidual apps on your device using passwords or patterns. This is the paid version, promising extra fea-tures and customisation.

CUBES VS SPHERES (£0.61)This shape-based physics-

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WHERESMYTIME (FREE)“Have you ever asked your-

self: where did I spend my time last month?” asks the Google Play listing for this app. In my case, the answer is invariably “digging through listings on Google Play and the App Store”. Enough flippancy though: this is a “time-tracking app” that runs in the background record-ing how much time you spend in specific locations, then displays it on a map.

KAL VIRTUAL TRAINER (£0.63)

The great big muscly arm on this app’s icon leaves you in no doubt about its fitness focus: it’s a workout app with 200 resistance, cardio and flexibility exercises, offering step-by-step text instruc-tions and video demos. A separate feature generates workout plans for you based on your goal, level of fitness, available equipment and available time, stringing exercises together accordingly.

DO NOT DISTURB (£1.57)Meet the “21st century answer-

ing machine” for Android, which intercepts incoming calls and texts when directed to send a text response explaining why you’re not picking up / replying. More than 150 reasons are grouped into categories to ensure people know exactly what you’re up to.

Prices mentioned are for UKSuart Dredge / The Guardian

Apps of the DAY

Software makers Microsoft Corp and Symantec Corp said they disrupted a global cyber crime operation by shutting down servers that

controlled hundreds of thousands of PCs without the knowledge of their users.

The move made it temporarily impossible for infected PCs around the world to search the web, though the companies offered free tools to clean machines through messages that were automatically pushed out to infected computers.

Technicians working on behalf of both companies raided data cen-tres in Weehawken, New Jersey, and Manassas, Virginia, accompanied by US federal marshals, under an order issued by the US District Court in Alexandria, Virginia.

They seized control of one server at the New Jersey facility and persuaded the operators of the Virginia data centre to take down a server at their parent company in the Netherlands, according to Richard Boscovich, assist-ant general counsel with Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit.

Boscovich said that he had “a high degree of confidence” that the opera-tion had succeeded in bringing down the cyber crime operation, known as the Bamital botnet.

“We think we got everything, but time will tell,” he said.

The servers that were pulled off line had been used to communicate with what Microsoft and Symantec estimate are between 300,000 and one million PCs currently infected with malicious software that enslaved them into the botnet.

HIJACKING SEARCHESThe companies said that the Bamital

operation hijacked search results and engaged in other schemes that the companies said fraudulently charge businesses for online advertisement clicks.

Bamital’s organisers also had the ability to take control of infected PCs, installing other types of computer viruses that could engage in identity theft, recruit PCs into networks that attack websites and conduct other types of computer crimes.

Now that the servers have been shut down, users of infected PCs will be directed to a site informing them that their machines are infected with malicious software when they attempt to search the web.

Microsoft and Symantec are offer-ing them free tools to fix their PCs and restore access to web searches via messages automatically pushed out to victims.

The messages warn: “You have reached this website because your computer is very likely to be infected by malware that redirects the results of your search queries. You will receive this notification until you remove the malware from your computer.”

It was the sixth time that Microsoft has obtained a court order to disrupt a botnet since 2010. Previous opera-tions have targeted bigger botnets, but this is the first where infected users have received warnings and free tools to clean up their machines.

Microsoft runs a Digital Crimes Unit out of its Redmond, Washington, head-quarters that is staffed by 11 attorneys, investigators and other staff who work to help law enforcement fight finan-cial crimes and exploitation of children over the web.

Symantec approached Microsoft about a year ago, asking the maker of Windows software to collaborate in trying to take down the Bamital opera-tion. Last week they sought a court order to seize the Bamital servers.

The two companies said they con-servatively estimate that the Bamital botnet generated at least $1m a year in profits for the organisers of the opera-tion. They said they will learn more about the size of the operation after they analyse information from infected machines that check in to the domains once controlled by Bamital’s servers.

Their complaint identified 18 “John Doe” ringleaders, scattered from Russia and Romania to Britain, the United States and Australia, who registered websites and rented servers used in the operation under fictitious names. The complaint was filed last week with a federal court in Alexandria and

unsealed on Wednesday.The complaint alleges that the ring-

leaders made money through a scheme known as “click fraud” in which crimi-nals get cash from advertisers who pay websites commissions when their users click on ads.

Bamital redirected search results from Google, Yahoo and Microsoft’s Bing search engines to sites with which the authors of the botnet have finan-cial relationships, according to the complaint.

The complaint also charges that Bamital’s operators profited by forcing infected computers to generate large quantities of automated ad clicks with-out the knowledge of PC users.

Symantec researcher Vikram Thakur said Bamital is just one of sev-eral major botnets in a complex under-ground “click fraud ecosystem” that he believes generates at least tens of mil-lions of dollars in revenue.

He said that researchers at will comb the data on the servers in order to bet-ter understand how the click fraud eco-system works and potentially identify providers of fraudulent ads and traffic brokers.

“This is just the tip of the iceberg in the world of click fraud,” said Thakur.

Boscovich said he believes the botnet originated in Russia or Ukraine because affiliated sites install a small text file known as a cookie that is written in Russian on infected computers.

The cookie file contains the Russian phrase “yatutuzebil,” according to the court filing. That can loosely be trans-lated as “I was here,” he said.

Microsoft provided details on the takedown operation on its blog: here

Reuters

Microsoft and Symantec disrupt cyber crime ring

COMICS & MORE 13

Hoy en la HistoriaFebruary 12, 2011

1973: The first group of U.S. prisoners of war were freed from North Vietnam1973: The first metric road signs in the U.S. were erected in Ohio, with distances in both miles and kilometres2001: A California court ruled that the online music sharing service Napster must stop trading in copyright material2003: Riots in the Bolivian capital La Paz, against a government plan for a graduated income tax, killed 27

NASA’s unmanned NEAR-Shoemaker probe touched down on Eros, 21 miles long and 8 miles wide, becoming the first space-craft to land on an asteroid

Picture: Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS

ALL IN THE MIND Can you find the hidden words? They may be horizontal,vertical, diagonal, forwards or backwards.

AMAZON, ARKANSAS, COLORADO, CONGO, DANUBE, ELBE,EUPHRATES, GANGES, HUDSON, INDUS, JORDAN, LIMPOPO,LOIRE, MEKONG, MISSISSIPPI, MISSOURI, MURRAY, NILE,ORINOCO, RHINE, RIO GRANDE, SEINE, SHANNON, THAMES,TIBER, TIGRIS, VOLGA, YANGTZE, YUKON, ZAMBEZI.

Baby Blues Jerry Scott and Rick Kirkman

Zits Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman

Hagar The Horrible Chris Browne

LEARNARABIC

Days of the week.

Al Ahad Sunday

Al Ith’nain Monday

Ath’ulatha Tuesday

Al Ar’biaa Wednesday

Al Khamees Thursday

Al Jumua Friday

As’sabt Saturday

Yawm A day

Us’bu’a Week

Shahr Month

Sanah Year

PLUS | TUESDAY 12 FEBRUARY 2013

PLUS | TUESDAY 12 FEBRUARY 2013

HYPER SUDOKU

CROSSWORD

CROSSWORDS

YESTERDAY’S ANSWER

How to play Hyper Sudoku:A Hyper Sudoku

Puzzle is solved

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numbers from 1

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cells. A Hyper

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unlike Sudoku

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overlap with the

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Aala Gosety (2D/Arabic) – 2.30 & 7.15pm

Broken City (2D/Crime) – 5.00pm

Bullet To The Head (2D/Action) – 9.30 & 11.30pm

ROYAL PLAZA

1

Aala Gosety (2D/Arabic)– 2.30pm

Broken City (2D/Crime) – 5.00pmCockneys Vs Zombies (2D/Comedy) – 7.15pm

Bullet To The Head (2D/Action) – 9.15 & 11.30pm

2

Mirror Mirror (Adventure) – 3.00 & 5.00pm

One For Money (Comedy) – 7.00pm

What To Expect When You’re Expecting (Comedy) – 9.00pm

Devil’s Double (Action) – 11.00pm

3

Ice Age 4: Continental Drift (Animation)– 2.30 & 4.30pm

The Bangbang Club (Drama)– 6.30, 8.30 & 11.00pm

LANDMARK

1

Special 26 (2D/Hindi) – 2.30 & 7.00pm

Bullet To The Head (2D/Action) – 5.15 & 9.45pm

The Final (2D/Horror) – 11.30pm

2

Cockneys Vs Zombies (2D/Comedy) – 3.00pm

Broken City (2D/Crime) – 5.00 & 9.15pm

Bullet To The Head (2D/Action) – 7.15pm

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (3D/Horror) – 11.30pm

3

The Guilt Trip (2D/Comedy)– 2.30 & 9.15pm

Aala Gosety (2D/Arabic)– 4.30 & 7.00pm

Cockneys Vs Zombies (2D/Comedy) – 11.15pm

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Rigoletto: The Met Live In HD When: Feb 16; 8.55pm-11pmWhere: Drama Theater, Katara What: Director Michael Mayer has placed his new production of Verdi’s towering tragedy in Las Vegas in 1960. In this production inspired by the antics of the Rat Pack, Piotr Bezcala is the womanising Duke of Mantua, Željko Lucic is his tragic sidekick, Rigoletto, and Diana Damrau is Rigoletto’s daughter Gilda.Ticket: QR50-QR100 available online and shops of Virgin Megastores

Forever NowWhen: Until March 31, 2013; 11am-6pmWhere: Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art

What: Forever Now proposes new readings based on the works of five artists from Mathaf’s permanent collection. This exhibition unpacks new narratives that posit a unique understanding of five diverse artists: Fahrelnissa Zeid, Jewad Selim, Saliba Douaihy, Salim Al Dabbagh and Ahmed Cherkaoui. Free entry

The FamilyWhen: Until Feb 28; 10am-10pmFriday: 2pm-10pmWhere: Anima Gallery, The Pearl-QatarWhat: First Guiragossian family exhibition. Despair, separation, re-union, love... Life in all its forms is portrayed in the works of Paul, Emmanuel, Jean Paul and Manuella Guiragossian. Free entry

Tea with NefertitiWhen: Until March 31, 2013; 11am-6pmWHERE: Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art WHAT: Offer a critical perspective on how to perceive an artwork, particularly in and from the Arab world. Free entry

Chamber Music at Museum of Islamic Art:Death and the MaidenWhen: March 7; 6pmWhere: Museum of Islamic Art Atrium

Encounter: The Royal Academy in the Middle East ExhibitionWhen: Until March 6; 10am-10pmWhere: Gallery 1&2 Building 19 and Katara Gallery Building 22 What: An exhibition featuring over 80 works of art in a wide variety of media by 25 Royal Academicians and 25 prominent artists from across the Middle East.Free entry

Events in Qatar MEDIA SCAN

IN FOCUS

• People have demanded a solu-tion to the problem of pedestrians crossing roads in groups without paying attention to traffic signals or using zebra crossings, particu-larly in areas around Souq Waqif.

• People have sought strict monitor-ing of those who sublet buildings after partitioning them into smaller units.

• There are discussions on Qatar’s achievements, with the coun-try having been ranked first in employment indicators, ahead of 150 countries.

• People have urged the Department of Customs to strictly monitor quality of imported goods, follow-ing seizure of poor quality electri-cal goods.

• People are talking about

Valentine’s Day as gold and gift shops are encouraging the cel-ebration by offering novel gifts.

• There are discussions about glo-bal organisations urging the gov-ernment to end the sponsorship system.

• People are complaining about call centres at some ministries and companies not answering calls.

• The quality and a variety of activi-ties at Souq Waqif Spring Festival have been praised by people.

• People say a lack of commercial outlets in outlying areas is forcing them to go to Doha or other places to buy essential items.

• There are discussions about whether the Muslim Brotherhood governments in Egypt and Tunisia have been successful.

A summary ofissues of the daydiscussed by the Qatari communityin the media.

A photo taken by a Peninsula Plus reader in Souq Waqif.

by Joel Harris

Skateboarderfaces dangerous driving arrest

One of South Africa’s top skateboarders is facing arrest over a video posted

on YouTube of him careering down a Cape Town street at a professed 110km/h to set off a speed camera, city officials said on Thursday.

The “Spoofing the Traffic Camera” video, which has notched up more than 200,000 YouTube hits, shows skater Decio Lourenco, hands folded behind his back to decrease wind resistance, hurtling down the mountain road in fading light.

Motorists on the opposite side have their headlines on.

Towards the bottom of the run, he throws his hands up in jubila-tion after a GPS system strapped to his foot showed he had clocked up 110km/h in a 60km/h zone, local media said.

“We have handed over the mat-ter to traffic officials and want him arrested,” JP Smith, the Cape Town official in charge of safety and security, said.

“The speed limit is irrelevant. He is seen careering down the road in a reckless and dangerous manner.”

Reuters

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