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Tedesco is a cultural heritage programme manager tasked with identifying ancient Afghan sites in need of restoration.

While US invests in restoring ancient sites around Afghanistan as a tenet of the agency’s public diplomacy

mission, the Department of Defence employs archeologists to teach soldiers how to avoid destroying them.

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Restoring artefacts and optimism in war zonesBy Katherine Boyle

Laura Tedesco hasn’t seen the film yet. But the US State Department’s ‘Monument Woman’ knows exactly

what she would do if rockets rained down on the National Museum of Afghanistan.

“If I were at the museum and it were being rocketed, you better believe I’d be like, “Wait! I’ll get the Kanishka, you get the Buddha!’ “ Tedesco said. “All the other people at the museum would say the same thing.”

The Monuments Men is a love letter to the Laura Tedescos of yesteryear, featuring perfectly-honed talking points about the importance of pre-serving world cultures. But Tedesco’s work at the State Department illus-trates the modern saga that accom-panies preserving culture during a prolonged and complicated war.

Tedesco, 44, is a cultural heritage programme manager, the bureau-cratic title for an archeologist tasked with identifying ancient Afghan sites in need of restoration. And she’s not alone in her work. While State

invests in restoring ancient sites around Afghanistan as a tenet of the agency’s public diplomacy mission, the Department of Defense employs archeologists to teach soldiers how to avoid destroying them.

For archeologists, these jobs are rich and rewarding missions, but the modern story of cultural preserva-tion during war is far less glamorous than George Clooney’s dramatization of events during World War II. Brave curators in The Monuments Men save Renaissance paintings from Nazis, but the State Department now must pick and choose between countless ancient sites that have weathered civil war, extremism and neglect. Although the Monuments Men got their Hollywood ending, archeolo-gists in Afghanistan know they’re confronting a different enemy, one that doesn’t need an army of uni-formed soldiers to cause monumen-tal damage to culture. And as US combat troops withdraw from the country this year, dangerous pres-ervation work will continue in vola-tile regions such as Kandahar and Ghazni. Although some worry that ancient sites there will be destroyed

after US troop withdrawal, fear doesn’t preoccupy Tedesco.

“I can’t predict whether the Taliban will come and mess this up,” she says of sites the State Department has successfully restored since she arrived, in 2010. “But if we don’t do something because we’re afraid they might

destroy things, then why are we here? I might as well go home.”

Tedesco was at a deli in Charleston, South Carolina, when she received the first call.

“It was someone from the US Department of State, and they asked, ‘Can you be on an interview in 30 minutes?’” she says.

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Months earlier, she had fired off a resume through USA Jobs to be the embassy’s archeologist and assumed it “went into the ether.” But after a few interviews, she got another call. The job was hers if she could be in Kabul in two weeks. She dropped eve-rything and moved to Afghanistan for 16 months.

For Tedesco, an archeologist who fell in love with the region during graduate school, it was an unpar-alleled career opportunity. Before Afghanistan, she was employed by corporations seeking to avoid con-structing buildings on sensitive sites in South Carolina.

“I wasn’t too thrilled with that job,” she said.

So the then-40-year-old mother of two young children prepared for a position that had always been out of reach, a mission to protect ancient sites she had never seen up close. She had never worked in a war zone, but she took to the work quickly, meeting with village elders and Afghan part-ner groups to identify important cul-tural sites. Much of the job began with “drinking a lot of tea and smoking a lot of cigarettes,” she says, listening to locals discuss their needs.

“I once asked an Afghan man from Bamian about the destruction of the Buddhas,” she said of the 6th-century statues the Taliban blew up with dynamite in 2001. “He teared up when I asked . . . it shocked him to his core. It shocked Afghans and the world.”

After Tedesco’s listening tour, she helped choose and manage the sites that the State Department has invested in. Over 12 years, the department has invested $15m in archeological and cultural preservation in Afghanistan, funding projects alongside interna-tional partners, including the German government and private foundations. One of its large-scale projects was the restoration of the Herat Citadel, an impressive monument that dates to 330

BC. Over five years, the United States invested $1.2m to restore a site the size of a football stadium.

“The governor of Herat said that it was one of the most important things the Americans had done for the city,” Tedesco said. “It’s a world monument.”

“This is such an important tool of foreign policy,” says Evan Ryan, assist-ant secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs. “The US is

playing a part in protecting another coun-try’s cultural identity, and in Afghanistan,

preserving cultural identity helps to counter violent extremism.”

She also notes that there’s often a direct connection to economic growth in the countries, either through tour-ism or training programmes that work with local populations. And archeological preservation is a logi-cal fit for Afghanistan, because it has countless ancient sites that have been ravaged not only by the Taliban, but also by civil war.

Going forward, Tedesco says she’s uncertain how much the federal gov-ernment will invest. But she is certain work will continue.

“The projects we’re engaged in are multiyear projects,” she says. “They know we’re in it for the long haul. You can’t go in and shore up a falling-down minaret and then say, ‘Alright, now we’re out of here!’ “

While the State Department aims to preserve sites, the US military has another job: to avoid them. Laurie Rush, an archeologist working for the Army, began developing training pro-grammes for soldiers at Fort Drum, New York, in 2006. Cultural heritage became a priority for the US military after the ancient Iraqi city of Babylon was damaged by a Marine base built on the sensitive site in 2003.

“After Babylon, we realised we could do a better job of supporting personnel by offering more informa-tion about the heritage of ancient Mesopotamia,” Rush said. “We want to make sure deploying personnel are as knowledgeable as possible, and that their radar will go off if they see something.”

Rush’s programmes have dual missions: the Army teaches troops about the ancient histories of Iraq and Afghanistan and that they might encounter ancient artifacts or sites that should be treated with care in conflict. At Fort Drum, 10,000 deploy-ing soldiers each year get to practice bedding down on a 19th-century archeological site that Rush over-sees. The Army is also investing in mapping initiatives to keep track of archeological sites in regions where troops are deployed. Rush hopes the Army’s programme, which has been replicated throughout the military, reminds troops that preserving cul-tural heritage is a valuable part of their mission.

“It’s not unusual to find people who have risked their lives to save herit-age,” Rush said. “The heroic museum staff at the National Museum of Afghanistan put their lives on the line to hide the most valuable objects. In Mali, curators evacuated ancient Islamic manuscripts out of Timbuktu on their backs or in canoes. It’s really important for US personnel to have an appreciation for how much heritage matters to communities and people.”

And Rush doesn’t let them forget it: She designed and distributed 40,000 decks of playing cards with photos of important archeological sites on the back, organised thematically to remind troops of lessons they learned in training.

“Spades reminds them to be careful where they dig,” she says. “They’re a valuable teaching tool.”

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DMIS KG students stage show on ‘Eat Healthy Grow Healthy’

The tiny tots of DMIS Kindergarten (KG II), put up a very informative and enthral-ling show on the topic ‘Eat Healthy Grow

Healthy’ as part of their class project on ‘Fruits and Vegetables’. Moushumi, the KG Coordinator, wel-comed the parents and teachers and spoke about the importance of such activities for kindergarten students. The Principal Madhukar Jha, parents and teachers were present on the occasion.

A large group of Kindergarten students in their colourful costumes of different fruits displayed their talents in front of the audience. They staged a skit on a stage decorated like an Eden with creepers, plants, vegetables and green trees laden with juicy fruits. They enacted how the lack of a healthy diet affects children and concluded the skit with a message for all. They also presented a delicious fruit salad emphasizing the need to include fruits and vegetables in our diet. The little ones displayed amazing confidence in delivering their dialogues with sweet expressions and the performance was breathtaking. The Peninsula

Farewell for DPS-MIS Grade 12

The students of Grade XI, staff and management of DPS-Modern Indian School bid adieu to the Grade 12 students (2013-14), at a farewell func-

tion held at its auditorium recently. The function was attended by Chief Guest Yasir Nainar, Vice President DPS-MIS and Director IT, Sonny Varghese, Director Public Relations, Azim Abbas, Director Transport, Principal Asna Nafees, Vice Principal (Junior wing) G Mala, Headmistress Activities Mou Bera and teachers.

A cake was cut to mark the beginning of a new chap-ter in the lives of Grade 12 students. Mementos were presented to all the outgoing students by guests.

Vatsal Patel (Head Boy) and Farha Khan (Head Girl) in their speeches spoke about their time as young stu-dents, the ups and down and failures and successes and stressed on the importance of school life in shaping one’s destiny. An audio-visual presentation showcased the achievements of Grade 12 students. The rock stars of Grade 11 maintained a lively mood by their foot tap-ping musical and dance performances along with the students’ band. The Peninsula

Forty-six grade 8 and 9 students from Qatar’s independent mid-dle schools are participating

in the three-day first Texas A&M University at Qatar and Maersk Oil Qatar Engineering Explorers STEM — science, technology, engineering and math Development Program at the University’s Engineering Building at Education City.

The University designed the pro-gram to familiarize young students with the different engineering disci-plines offered at Texas A&M at Qatar. The program entails science activities, hands-on engineering projects and contests to challenge students’ math and science skills. Of the 46 partici-pants, 20 are female and 26 are male.

The University’s STEM develop-ment programs teach basic principles

of science and engineering, but more importantly they are designed to stimulate students’ interest in pursu-ing engineering studies, said Dr Hamid Parsaei, associate dean for academic affairs at Texas A&M at Qatar.

“Engineering Explorers teaches young students that Qatar’s growth and development require talented engineers,” Parsaei said. “We hope to inspire them to develop the skills they will need to help build their country’s future.”

Sheikh Faisal bin Fahad Al Thani, deputy managing director of Maersk Oil Qatar, said, “Maersk Oil Qatar rec-ognises the importance of nurturing and developing interest in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, which is why we are delighted to work with Texas A&M

University at Qatar on the Engineering Explorers STEM Development Program. Through initiatives such as this we are working to attract more young Qataris into the sciences, and

inspire the next generation to follow a technical educational track that can lead to successful and rewarding careers in industries like oil and gas.”

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SLMQ conductscricket tournament

The Sri Lankan Majlis–Qatar (SLMQ) organised a seven a side cricket tournament

among the Sri Lankan community associations to mark the National Sport Day at the Old Ideal Indian School Grounds.

The tournament was conducted between 16 teams representing Sri Lankan Majlis Qatar (SLMQ), Sri Lanka Islamic Center (SLIC), Al Huda Foundation, Sri Lanka Sports Club (SSC), Zahira College Colombo Qatar OBA, Lucky Star, Country Club, Gampola Aharadi, Team Kia, Zahira College Mawanella Qatar OBA, and Uyanwatta Brotherhood.

Lucky Stars won the SLMQ Challenge Trophy 2014. The Man of the Match in the Final was Mohamed Rafi, The Best Bowler of the Tournament was Fauzul Mubeen, The Best Batsman of the Tournament was Mohamed Nihar and the Man of

the Series was awarded to Mohamed Arif.

The chief guests were Captain Khalifa Mubarak Al Kaabi, Community Policing Officer, Capitol Police Department at the Ministry of Interior and Wansekara, Counsellor

for Labour Relations of Sri Lanka Embassy, who was present on behalf of the Ambassador of Sri Lanka. The Public Relations Officer from the Ministry of Interior Faisal Hudawi was also present at the presentation ceremony. The Peninsula

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Qatar-UAE Exchange opened a new branch in Al Kharatiyat yesterday, making it the ninth branch in the country. Edison Fernandez, Country Head, Qatar Operations, said: “We have come a long way since our inception in 2007. Inauguration of the 9th branch in the country is another step towards our goal of being accessible to all our customers. Our customers have always recognised our efforts which in turn, inspires us to serve better with enhanced products, services and promotions, making us the favourite amongst them.”

As part of the ongoing campaign “Health in 4 dimensions” FOCUS Qatar conducted two medical camps at worksites of WCT Doha and Hyundai. More than 600 employees from both companies benefitted from the Camps. The checkups included early evaluation of kidney diseases, blood pressure and diabetics. Ooredoo representative Abdulla Muhammed Ibrahim and FOCUS Admin Manager Askar Rahiman inaugurated the camp at Hyundai worksite at Bin Umran. Malabar Gold Regional Head Santhosh TV inaugurated the camp at WCT worksite at Bin Umran.

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Qatar-based poet unveils new book

Guzergah-e-Khayal Forum hosted the book launch-ing ceremony of Qatar-based Indian Poet Iftekhar Raghib at Ibn-e-Hajr Library in Bin Omran. The

ceremony was attended by all notable literary personalities in Qatar and a large number of Urdu enthusiasts.

The book is titled Ghazal Darakhat, meaning a ‘Chandelier of Couplets’. It is Iftekhar Raghib’s third book of poetry collec-tion after Lafzon Mein Ehsas (Emotions in Word) and Khayal

Chehra (Face of Imagination).The Programme was presided over by M S Bukhari.

The Chief Guest was Rizwan Ahmed, professor at Qatar University. Programme was conducted by Fartash Syed, a poet and Urdu teacher at the Pakistan Educational Center. Abul Khair and Ghufran Siddiqui recited ghazals from Ghazal Darakhat. Shaad Akolvi presented the vote of thanks.

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Mini concert at IAID

It’s been a year since Maya Mason began her journey as a full time

student of Sylvia Young Theatre School in London. She started her musical training as a Western Vocals and Piano student of IAID under the curriculum of the London College Music (LCM). Maya received dis-tinction remarks in all her LCM examinations making her as one of the outstanding students of the Academy. IAID will stage a mini concert to celebrate her quest on February 20, 6pm at IAID Center Stage. The Peninsula

PLUS | TUESDAY 18 FEBRUARY 20146 FASHION

Paul Smith brought Paisley prints and pyja-mas to the catwalk at London Fashion Week, while Vivienne Westwood took a look through her back catalogue for a thoroughly English collection.

On a day filled with shows by established British names, Greek designer Mary Katrantzou also showed her maturing style with a line of clothes drawing on symbols from around the world — including road signs.

To the soundtrack of a mash-up of Fleetwood Mac’s greatest hits, Paul Smith’s autumn/winter 2014 collection was a mix of printed silk dresses, pyjamas and jumpsuits, soft grey suits and cosy fur gilets in blue and bright red.

There were Paisley prints — in black and white on a coat, in muted colours on flowing silk dresses, or on neckscarves worn with simple suits — as well as striped pyjamas.

Stripes were also a feature of Westwood’s Red Label show, where pinstripes adorned skirts, dresses and trousers, matched with a clean white shirt, yet more stripes or a jacket in bright red — a colour that struck a bold chord across the collection.

The designer drew on her archive for this season’s quirky take on aristocratic English style, which used Harris tweed for swaying coats and skirt suits with matching pillbox hats, and black velvet for jodhpurs cut off at the knee.

There were sophisticated outfits worn with pearls and court shoes, but also fur-edged berry hot pants, the imagined wardrobe of a privileged, adventurous woman.

Speaking backstage before the show, Westwood pointed to the “swagger and volume” of a fitted black tweed coat worn over a frilly shirt.

“This girl is going somewhere. She cares about the world and she wants to find out about the culture of

the past, and about the future and to help save the planet,” the designer said.

Westwood is a committed campaigner for action against climate change, and dedicated Sunday’s show to her fight against shale gas exploitation in Britain.

Textures at Mary KatrantzouIt was a day of classic British brands, including

Pringle of Scotland, Margaret Howell and Temperley London, which showcased some beautiful prints in blue, one of the season’s key colours.

But day three of London Fashion Week also saw shows by Unique, the high-end label of British high-street chain Topshop, and one of the young stars of the event, Mary Katrantzou.

Katrantzou made a name for herself with stunning dresses adorned with tromp l’oeil prints of oversized jewellery, but now in her fifth year at London Fashion Week, she is expanding her repertoire.

Staying feminine with sweeping gowns and short shift dresses, the designer played with texture, over-laying pleats, intricate laces, applique and brocades and a shimmering chain-mail that clinked as the models walked down the runway.

Katrantzou drew on historic and modern symbols for her embellishments, including road signs — a web of No U-turn signs and warning triangles were applied to fragile lace dresses.

“I love prints, and so many people know my work through print, but I felt this season I could diver-sify,” the designer said backstage, still buzzing after the show.

Creating her famous graphic prints has in the past taken up much of her time, but “this season it felt

right for me to free myself up a little” to work on other areas, she said.

Among the models walking at Katrantzou’s show were two older women, who she said reflected a “more complete collection” offering a range of clothes for customers young and old.

As romantic destinations go, Iceland probably ranks pretty low down most lists.

But John Rocha — one of London’s most roman-tic designers — said his experiences of the North Atlantic island nation’s ever-changing light and natu-ral wonders were the inspiration behind his latest womenswear collection, shown Saturday on Day 2 of the style extravaganza.

“There’s a certain part of the year when it’s all dark, and then it’s all bright. I love the transition and all the different textures there,” he said after the show.

Rocha opened his showcase with a series of all-black outfits adorned with huge billowing clouds of ruffles, both worn as sculptural hats and as collars. The collection had many of Rocha’s trademarks: oversized ruffle flowers, voluminous layers of light chiffon and tulle, and lace or crochet fabrics so intri-cate they are more works of art than wardrobe items.

Classic red and dark forest greens injected some color, and patent leather shoes with chunky heels balanced the femininity of the fabrics.

Not everything was dark and dramatic. A few of the see-through black organza ballgowns were embroidered with a sprinkling with colorful 3D flow-ers, as if the model had just rolled around in a flower bed and the petals had stuck to her dress.

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Pyjamas and traffic signs at London Fashion Week

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Pasta with Maple Mustard Chicken

Ingredients:• 2 tbsp olive oil• 1 large garlic clove, minced• 1 tbsp chopped fresh rosemary• 1 tbsp chopped fresh chives• 1 tbsp apple vinegar• 2 1/2 tbsp maple syrup• 2 tbsp spicy brown mustard• 3 skinless boneless chicken breast halves• 1 cup chicken stock• 3/4 cup roasted red peppers, diced• 1/4 cup sun-dried tomatoes, chopped• 1/4 pound peas,lightly steamed• 1/2 pound pasta, cooked

Method:Make a marinade for the chicken by heating 1 tbsp of the olive

oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Saute the garlic in the oil for just 30 seconds. Add the herbs and vinegar and cook for 30 seconds more. Pour the mixture into a small bowl to cool, then whisk in the maple syrup and mustard.

Place the chicken in a glass baking dish and pour in the mari-nade. Turn the meat once to coat it. Cover the bowl and chill the chicken for at least 1 hour. Heat the remaining tbsp of oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.

Meanwhile, remove the chicken from the glass dish, saving the marinade, and sprinkle it with salt and pepper. Add the chicken to the skillet and sauté it for 2 minutes on each side to seal in the juices. Reduce the heat to medium and continue heating the chicken until it is cooked through and browned, about 6 minutes.

Then transfer the chicken to a cutting board and cut it into bite-size cubes. Add 1/2 cup of the chicken stock to the skillet and simmering it until it reduces by half. Add the remaining chicken stock and the reserved marinade and bring the mixture to a boil. Continue cooking at a simmer until the liquid has thickened, for about 5 minutes.

Combine the chicken cubes, roasted red peppers, sun-dried tomatoes, peas, and cooked pasta in a large bowl. Pour in the sauce and toss the pasta to combine. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Serve.

Naeem Pervaiz

Baked Chicken Pasta

Ingredients:• 500 grams pasta (either penne, farfalle, shell or macaroni)• 300 grams minced chicken• 1 piece garlic - fine chopped • 1 onion - fine chopped • 100 grams tomato puree• 100 grams button mushrooms• 1 piece capsicum, 1 piece carrot, 1 piece celery- diced cut• 1 cube chicken stock - diluted with some water• 1 tsp dried Oregano • 1 piece dried bay leaf• 200 grams of shredded Cheddar/ Mozzarela or Parmesan• 3 tbsp olive oil• Salt and sugar to tasteWhite sauce ingredients:• 2 tbsp butter• 1 tbsp wheat flour• 1 liter of full cream milk• A pinch of salt and pepper

Method:Boil pasta in a pot and add some salt and olive oil (to avoid

pasta from being sticky). Strain the pasta after they become soft.For the chicken fillings: fry onion and garlic until they become

withered. Add minced chicken into it and fry until it become brownish. Add carrot, mushroom, capsicum and celery. Stir to mix. Add tomato puree in and add some water if it looks too dry.

Add the diluted chicken stock, oregano and bay leaf. Let them boil. Add half teaspoon of salt and 1 teaspoon of sugar. Remove from flame when it becomes a bit dry and thick.

For the white sauce: put butter in a pot with a small flame. When the butter melt and bubbling, add wheat flour and stir up to 3-4 minutes. Then add milk into it.

Add salt and pepper and stir until the mixture sticks to the cooking scoop (thicken). Remove from the flame. Layering: using a heat resistant container (pyrex) start layering

the white sauce and follow by the chicken fillings. Keep layering and ending with the shredded cheese on the last top?.

Bake in the oven with 190’C for 30 minutes or until the cheese melt and become brownish. Serve while hot.

Ainuddin Abd Hadi

Fresh Salad Pasta Ingredients:

• 1\4 bowl capsicum (red,yellow,orange)• 2 tablespoon parsley • 2 table spoon coriander• 1 tablespoon vinegar• 1\2 tablespoon soya sauce• 2 tablespoon tomato sauce• 1 tablespoon seasoning oil• 1 spoon garlic • Salt to taste

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Pasta Delight

Ingredients:• 400g pasta • 1 cup (grated) mozzarella cheese For Masala• 3-4 onion (medium sized) chopped • 1 tsp each ginger & garlic paste • 1 or 2 chopped green chilli • 2 tomato • 500g (boneless) chicken • 1 cup carrot, beans, capsicum — all together• 2 or 3 long strips (optional) sausage• 1 1/2 tbsp chilly powder• 1/4 tsp turmeric powder • 1 tbsp coriander powder • 1 tsp garam masala powder• ketchup• cooking oil• 1/2cup chopped coriander leaves For White Sauce• 50g butter • 1 1/2 cup milk • 1 1/2 tbsp flour • salt & pepper Method:Boil pasta in enough water, add salt, cook well. Drain

water and keep aside. (Add a little oil to the water while cooking so that the pasta don’t stick together)

Marinate chicken and sausage (sliced) with chilli pow-der, turmeric and salt. Keep it covered for some time. Fry in oil and shred the chicken and keep them aside. (Keep little pieces of chicken and sausage aside for garnishing)

Now in the same oil sauté onion, tomatoes, ginger&garlic paste, green chilly all one by one. Then add the chopped veggies and salt, turmeric, coriander powder and garam masala to it. Saute well. Add little hot water if the masala is too thick. Now add shredded chicken and sausage to it (add little pepper powder if you want the masala to be more spicy). Cook in low flame for some time. Add little ketchup, mix well and finally the chopped coriander leaves.

Now add the pasta to the masala, mix well and keep aside.

White SauceMelt butter in a pan and add flour. Stir continuously

so that no lumps should be left. Now add milk, continue stirring and add salt and pepper. Stir well till it reaches the desired thickness.

LayeringTake a beautiful bowl, better transparent. Fill the first

layer with pasta, then pour some white sauce, then again pasta and then again white sauce. Now add the left over chicken, sausage, little veggie and chopped coriander leaves for garnishing. Finally add the grated cheese in such a way that it fully covers the top part of bowl. Bake in oven till the cheese melts. Serve hot.

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oil and put the vegetables into it. When fried slightly add the pasta. Add the salt and pepper. Add all the sauces.

Take another pan and fry the egg. Add it to the pasta. Off the stove. Now chop the onions finely and add it to the pasta. (Do not cook the onions).

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Mixed Vegetable Pasta

Ingredients:• 2 cups whole grain pasta• 8 tomatoes [grind it ]• 4 tbsps olive oil• ½ cup French beans (cut into 1 inch pieces)• ½ cup carrot [1 inch pieces]• ½ cup capsicum [1 inch pieces]• 1 cup mushrooms [each cut into two pieces]• 2 tbsp corn flour• 1 tbsp sugar• 2 tbsp flour• 2 tbsp cheese• 1tsp Italian herbs• ½ dry basil• 1 tbsp black pepper• 1tsp red chilli flakes• 1 tbsp chopped coriander leaves• Salt to taste

Method:Cook pasta according to instructions on the package. Make sure the water is salted.

Remove pasta from heat and strain when pasta is cooked. Keep aside.Take 2 tbsp oil in pan. Take all vegetables, mushrooms and red chilli flakes into the pan.

Add salt to the taste. Fry in low flame till vegetables turns into light brown colours (completely fired). Switch off the flame. Keep aside.

Take another pan, put in the 2 tbsp oil. Put flame in medium heat and add flour. Heat till it turns light brown colour. Add now red chilli flakes, tomato paste, cheese, sugar, pepper, Italian herbs, basil, and chopped coriander leaves. Add salt to the taste.

Bring to a boil about 5 minutes and then add fried vegetables. Cook 2 minutes now and add cooked Pasta mixture. Switch off flame. Mix well and serve hot and garnish with chopped mint leaves.

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st

ars

an

d an

oute

r sp

ace

sett

ing, rais

ed a

few

eyebrow

s w

hen i

t w

as

inclu

ded i

n t

he b

est

Brit

ish fi

lm

cate

gory.

Neverth

ele

ss,

it f

ulfi

lled t

he

rule

s and d

uly

won.

Gra

vity

’s h

aul

was

impress

ive,

only

one s

hort

of

the s

even B

aft

as

won b

y

Th

e A

rtis

t in

2012

and T

he K

ing’s

Speech

in

2011

. T

he record of

nin

e,

held

by

Butc

h C

ass

idy a

nd t

he S

undance K

id,

was

never in jeopardy.

Its

Brit

ish p

roducer, D

avid

Heym

an,

said

win

nin

g w

as

“beyond b

elief”

and

paid

trib

ute

to t

he U

K c

om

pany b

ehin

d

the a

mazi

ng s

pecia

l eff

ects

, F

ram

est

ore

, w

hic

h b

rought

appla

use

from

the a

udi-

ence. T

hose

eff

ects

got

their

ow

n a

ward

, best

sp

ecia

l vis

ual

eff

ects

, beati

ng a

shortl

ist

that

als

o inclu

ded T

he H

ob

bit

:

the D

eso

lati

on

of

Sm

au

g,

Iron

Ma

n 3

, P

aci

fic

Rim

and S

tar

Tre

k I

nto

Da

rkn

ess

.T

he fi

lm a

lso w

on for b

est

sound, best

ci

nem

ato

gra

phy a

nd b

est

ori

gin

al m

usi

c,

the l

att

er b

y B

rit

ish c

om

pose

r S

teven

Pric

e.

He t

hanked h

is “

mum

and d

ad

for

havin

g s

uch a

gre

at

record

collecti

on

when I

was

a k

id”.

Accepti

ng th

e best

film

aw

ard,

12

Yea

rs a

Sla

ve d

irecto

r S

teve M

cQ

ueen

said

: “T

here a

re 2

1 m

illion

people

in

sl

avery n

ow

as

we s

it h

ere. I

just

hope

that

150 y

ears

from

now

our a

mbiv

a-

lence w

ill not

allow

anoth

er fi

lm-m

aker

to m

ake t

his

film

.”E

jiofo

r b

eat

fellow

shortl

iste

d a

cto

rs

Bruce D

ern,

Chris

tian B

ale

, L

eonardo

DiC

aprio

and T

om

Hanks.

He t

hanked

McQ

ueen f

or “

your w

ork, arti

stry a

nd

pass

ion in t

his

proje

ct”

. A

ddress

ing h

im

he s

aid

: “T

his

is

yours

, I

know

that

… y

ou

know

that.

I’m

goin

g t

o k

eep i

t, t

hat’

s th

e k

ind o

f guy I

am

, but

it’s

yours.

”E

jiofo

r w

as

vis

ibly

moved a

nd a

lit

tle

nervous.

Few

people

will be s

urpris

ed if

the L

ondon-b

orn a

cto

r is

not

havin

g t

o

do i

t all a

gain

at

next

month

’s O

scars

cerem

ony.

Cate

B

lan

ch

ett

w

as

nam

ed

best

actr

ess

for t

he W

oody A

llen fi

lm B

lue

Ja

smin

e a

nd s

he d

edic

ate

d t

he a

ward t

o

the late

Philip

Seym

our H

off

man. “Y

ou

rais

ed t

he b

ar a

nd a

ll w

e c

an d

o in y

our

abse

nce i

s to

conti

nue r

ais

ing i

t.”

She

added:

“Phil,

buddy,

this

is

for y

ou,

I hope y

ou’r

e p

roud.”

Som

e o

f th

e e

venin

g’s

big

gest

cheers

cam

e a

s new

com

er B

arkhad A

bdi

was

nam

ed b

est

supporti

ng a

cto

r f

or h

is

portr

ayal of

a S

om

ali p

irate

in C

apta

in

Phillips.

He

triu

mph

ed

in

an

extr

em

ely

st

rong c

ate

gory

whic

h inclu

ded M

ichael

Fassben

der,

Bradle

y

Cooper,

Matt

D

am

on a

nd D

anie

l B

ruhl. A

bdi th

anked

his

co-s

tar T

om

Hanks

and t

he d

irecto

r

Paul

Greengrass

“fo

r b

elievin

g i

n m

e

befo

re I

believed in m

yse

lf.”

Abdi w

as

a

lim

ousi

ne d

riv

er in M

inneapolis,

whic

h

has

a large S

om

ali c

om

munit

y, w

hen h

e

turned u

p o

n a

whim

at

an o

pen a

udi-

tion a

nd w

as

cast

.B

az

Luhrm

an

n’s

Th

e G

rea

t G

ats

by

pic

ked u

p t

wo a

wards

wit

h C

ath

erin

e

Mart

in a

nd B

everl

ey D

unn w

innin

g b

est

pro

ducti

on d

esi

gn a

nd M

art

in b

y h

ers

elf

w

innin

g b

est

cost

um

e d

esi

gn.

Marti

n

thanked h

er

team

of 300 w

ho w

ork

ed o

n

the fi

lm b

ut,

merc

ifully, not

indiv

idually.

Ru

sh, t

he d

ram

ati

sati

on o

f N

iki L

auda

and J

am

es

Hunt’

s F

orm

ula

1 r

ivalr

y,

won

the b

est

edit

ing a

ward a

lthough

the e

dit

ors

Dan H

anle

y a

nd M

ike H

ill

could

not

be t

here b

ecause

dir

ecto

r R

on

How

ard s

aid

they w

ere b

usy

edit

ing h

is

next

movie

. “I

thin

k t

hey’d

thank t

he

hell o

ut

of

me,”

he joked.

Am

eri

can

Hu

stle

, D

avid

O R

uss

ell’s

19

70s

grif

ting c

aper, w

on t

hree a

wards.

Jennif

er

Law

rence w

as

nam

ed b

est

sup-

porti

ng a

ctr

ess

, and fi

ttin

gly

for a

film

w

ith s

o m

an

y a

larm

ing h

air

cuts

an

d

sideburns,

it

als

o t

riu

mphed in t

he b

est

m

ake-u

p a

nd h

air

secti

on

. It

s dir

ec-

tor,

Russ

ell,

and E

ric

Warren S

inger

were t

he r

ecip

ients

of

the b

est

orig

inal

screenpla

y a

ward.

Ste

ve C

oogan a

nd J

eff

Pope w

ere t

he

surpris

e w

inners

in t

he b

est

adapte

d

screenpla

y s

ecti

on, beati

ng J

ohn R

idle

y

who w

rote

12 Y

ea

rs a

Sla

ve. C

oogan s

aid

he w

as

insp

ired t

o a

dapt

the b

ook,

Th

e

Lost

Ch

ild

of

Ph

ilom

en

a L

ee b

y M

arti

n

Six

smit

h, aft

er h

e r

ead a

n a

rti

cle

in t

he

Gu

ard

ian f

our y

ears

ago.

There w

ere

man

y th

an

ks

alt

hough

C

oogan

sa

id

there w

ere s

till a

noth

er 6

0,0

00 w

om

en

who h

ad n

ot

trace

d t

heir

childre

n, ta

ken

from

them

by n

uns

and p

ut

up for

adop-

tion, and “

their

sto

ry isn

’t y

et

over”.

Th

e so

meti

mes

con

troversi

al

an

d

alw

ays

dis

tin

cti

ve

dir

ecto

r

Pete

r

Green

aw

ay,

whose

film

s in

clu

de T

he

Cook, T

he T

hie

f, T

he W

ife a

nd

Her

Love

r and T

he P

illo

w B

ook,

receiv

ed a

n o

ut-

standin

g B

rit

ish c

ontr

ibuti

on t

o c

inem

a

aw

ard.

Greenaw

ay, never s

hy in c

om

ing for-

ward –

in 2

002 h

e a

ccuse

d fi

lm-m

akers

of killing c

inem

a w

ith c

ynic

ism

and lazi

-ness

– f

ollow

s in

the f

oots

teps

of

dir

ec-

tors

such a

s K

en L

oach,

Mik

e L

eig

h,

Dere

k J

arm

an a

nd A

lan P

ark

er.

He s

aid

he w

as

“very, very s

urpris

ed”

to g

et

the

aw

ard a

nd r

egarded i

t as

“an e

ncour-

agem

ent

for t

he c

onti

nual

rein

venti

on

of

cin

em

a”.

Dam

e

Hele

n

Mir

ren

w

as

giv

en

Baft

a’s

hig

hest

accola

de,

a f

ellow

ship

. S

om

ew

hat

appropria

tely

, si

nce s

he h

as

portr

ayed t

he r

eal

Queen o

n b

oth

film

and s

tage, it

was

giv

en t

o h

er

by a

mem

-ber o

f th

e r

oyal

fam

ily i

n t

he s

hape o

f P

rin

ce W

illiam

. G

ivin

g h

er t

he f

ellow

-sh

ip t

he p

rince joked: “I

should

pro

bably

call h

er g

ranny.”

In her accepta

nce sp

eech M

irren

paid

trib

ute

to a

teacher w

ho i

nsp

ired

her a

nd a

ll t

eachers

who i

nsp

ire, ask

-in

g p

eople

to a

ppla

ud. S

he q

uote

d from

T

he T

em

pest

: “W

e a

re s

uch s

tuff

as

dream

s are m

ade o

n a

nd o

ur l

ittl

e l

ife

is r

ounded w

ith a

sle

ep,”

she s

aid

. “M

y

litt

le lif

e is

rounded w

ith t

his

honour.”

The o

nly

aw

ard v

ote

d o

n b

y t

he p

ub-

lic, th

e E

E R

isin

g S

tar a

ward, w

ent

to

Will P

oult

er

who fi

rst

cam

e t

o a

ttenti

on

as

Lee C

arte

r i

n t

he 2

007 fi

lm S

on

of

Ra

mb

ow

and l

ast

year s

tood o

ut

in t

he

com

edy W

e’r

e t

he M

ille

rs.

The fi

lm n

ot

in t

he E

nglish

language

aw

ard w

ent

to P

aolo

Sorrenti

no’s

Th

e

Gre

at

Bea

uty

.T

he o

uts

tandin

g B

rit

ish d

ebut

aw

ard

was

prese

nte

d by S

teve C

oogan

to

K

ieran E

vans,

the w

rit

er a

nd d

irecto

r

of

Kelly +

Vic

tor,

a L

iverpool-

set

love

story.

Oth

er w

inners

inclu

ded a

harrow

ing

film

exam

inin

g t

he I

ndonesi

an d

eath

-sq

uads

of

the m

id-s

ixti

es.

Th

e A

ct o

f

Kil

lin

g w

on in t

he d

ocum

enta

ry s

ecti

on

and i

ts d

irecto

r J

osh

ua O

ppenheim

er

use

d h

is s

peech t

o a

ccuse

Brit

ain

and

the U

S o

f acti

vely

supporti

ng t

he 1

965

genocid

e i

n I

ndonesi

a a

nd t

he r

egim

e

whic

h f

ollow

ed.

Th

e best

an

imate

d fi

lm w

en

t to

D

isney’s

Froze

n,

als

o o

ne o

f th

e m

ost

su

ccess

ful. I

t has

gross

ed n

early

$1b

n

world

wid

e a

nd b

eat

Desp

ica

ble

Me 2

and

Mon

sters

Un

ivers

ity

to t

he B

aft

a.

The w

inner

in t

he b

est

short

film

cat-

egory w

as

Room

8 a

nd S

leep

ing w

ith

th

e

Fis

hes

won in t

he b

est

short

anim

ati

on

secti

on.

Th

e aw

ards,

a dry run

fo

r n

ext

mon

th’s

O

scars,

att

racte

d m

an

y big

H

ollyw

ood n

am

es

inclu

din

g D

iCaprio

and B

rad P

itt,

and f

or t

he fi

rst

tim

e in

years

guest

s arriv

ed o

n t

he r

ed c

arpet

under a

fadin

g b

lue s

ky.

The c

erem

ony w

as

once a

gain

am

i-ably

and w

itti

ly h

ost

ed b

y S

tephen F

ry

who d

ecla

red h

imse

lf “

hum

ble

d,

hon-

oured a

nd in t

he b

est

sense

of th

e w

ord,

paid

to b

e h

ere.”

Th

e even

ing w

en

t sm

ooth

ly an

d

there w

ere w

as

precio

us

litt

le g

ush

ing

and r

am

bling f

rom

aw

ard g

ivers

and

recip

ients

alt

hough t

here w

ere a

few

grim

aces

at

som

e o

f F

ry’s

att

em

pts

to

hurry t

hin

gs

alo

ng.

The

Gua

rdia

n

BO

LLY

WO

OD

NE

WS

Than

k y

ou f

or a

ll t

he

love

: S

RK

to

fans

Su

persta

r

Sh

ah

R

uk

h

Khan

, w

ho t

ook t

o t

he

stage i

n K

uala

Lam

pur f

or

his

T

em

pta

tion

R

elo

aded

tour,

was

overw

helm

ed w

ith

the lo

ve th

at

he receiv

ed

from

his

fans

there.

“M

ala

ysia

, you

wil

l be

mis

sed.

The b

est

two d

ays

I h

ave h

ad in

spit

e of

the

inju

ry.

The love m

ade it

pos-

sible

. T

hank y

ou,” S

RK

, w

ho

is r

ecoverin

g from

the inju

ry

he

recen

tly

susta

ined

on

the s

ets

of

Ha

pp

y N

ew

Yea

r,

tweete

d M

onday.

His

fo

rm

er

co-stars

Madhuri

Dix

it

an

d

Ran

i M

ukerji alo

ng w

ith

sin

ger

Arij

it

Sin

gh

an

d

rapper-

musi

c c

om

pose

r Y

o Y

o H

oney

Sin

gh a

lso p

erfo

rm

ed a

t th

e

Tem

pta

tion

R

elo

aded 2014

concert

in M

ala

ysi

a.

Kap

il t

o m

ake

film

deb

ut

wit

h B

ank

Cho

r

Sta

nd-u

p c

om

edia

n K

apil S

harm

a,

who i

s ready t

o m

ake a

film

debut

wit

h Y

ash

Raj F

ilm

s’ (

YR

F)

Ba

nk

-Ch

or,

says

his

role

in t

he m

ovie

defies

the s

tereoty

pic

al portr

ayal of

a c

om

edia

n.

The 3

2-y

ear-o

ld h

as

signed a

three-fi

lm c

ontr

act

wit

h Y

RF.

Ba

nk

-Ch

or

will be p

roduced u

nder t

he p

roducti

on b

anner’s

Youth

Film

s D

ivis

ion Y

-Film

s, w

hic

h m

ade M

ere

Da

d K

i M

aru

ti.

“It’s

a p

riv

ilege a

nd a

dream

to b

e p

art

of

the Y

RF

fam

ily a

nd h

ave m

y

laun

ch w

ith t

heir

Youth

Film

s S

tudio

, Y

-Film

s. T

he s

crip

t is

the m

ost

excit

ing p

art

since it’s

the k

ind o

f role

that’s

very u

nlike t

he s

tereoty

pe o

f a c

om

edia

n o

r w

hat

people

could

typecast

me a

s,”

Kapil s

aid

in a

sta

tem

ent.

He s

ays

that

he h

as

alr

eady s

tarte

d “

work

ing o

n t

he n

uan

ces

of

the

characte

r”.

“I’v

e a

lways

loved a

nd w

atc

hed t

hrille

rs

and t

his

is

a t

hrille

r c

om

edy,

so

it’s

even b

ett

er,”

said

the s

tar c

om

edia

n, w

ho h

as

becom

e a

rage c

ourte

sy

his

hit

chat

show

Com

ed

y N

igh

ts W

ith

Ka

pil.

He is

excit

ed a

bout

turnin

g o

ver a

new

leaf

wit

h t

he m

ovie

.“I

’ve d

one s

erio

us

theatr

e f

or y

ears

befo

re c

om

edy. F

inally w

ith Y

RF

’s

vis

ion,

I’ll g

et

to d

o t

his

again

aft

er a

12-y

ear b

reak a

nd t

his

scrip

t has

equal sc

ope o

f com

edy. It

’s s

ure t

o s

urpris

e m

y f

ans,

” he s

aid

.B

an

k-C

hor,

dir

ecte

d b

y B

um

py a

nd p

roduced b

y A

shis

h P

ati

l, is

a c

om

ic

caper t

hat

tells

the s

tory o

f th

ree p

eople

who p

ick a

wrong d

ay t

o r

ob a

bank. W

hat

happens

when t

he t

rio

is

inadverte

ntl

y c

aught

in a

cross

fire

of

cops,

indust

ria

list

s and c

orrupt

politi

cia

ns,

form

s th

e r

est

of

the s

tory.

Raa

z 4

on h

old, 3

am o

n:

Mah

adkar

Film

maker V

ishal M

ahadkar s

ays

the fourth

inst

alm

ent

of hit

Bollyw

ood

franchis

e R

aa

z i

s currentl

y o

n h

old

. H

e i

s now

putt

ing a

ll h

is f

orces

behin

d a

noth

er h

orror e

nte

rta

iner 3

am

.

“We a

re n

ot

makin

g R

aa

z 4 a

nym

ore. It

has

been p

ut

on h

old

,” M

ahadkar

said

.“R

aa

z 4

was

suppose

d t

o b

e t

he r

em

ake o

f (H

ollyw

ood fi

lm)

Th

e O

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HEALTH / FITNESS 11

Restless sleep causes widespread pain: Study

In your 50s and suffer from widespread pain? Restless sleep may be the reason

behind this.Researchers say non-restorative sleep is

the strongest predictor of widespread pain onset among adults over age 50.

Anxiety, memory impairment and poor physical health among older adults may also increase the risk of developing widespread pain.

Muscle, bone and nerve (musculoskeletal) pain is more prevalent as people age, with up to 80 percent of people 65 years of age and older experiencing daily pain.

Widespread pain that affects multiple areas of the body — the hallmark feature of fibromyalgia — affects 15 percent of women and 10 percent of men over age 50, according to previous studies.

Led by John McBeth from Keele University in Staffordshire in Britain, the study iden-tified factors that increase the risk of the development of widespread pain in older adults.

The team collected data on pain, psy-chological and physical health, lifestyle and demographic information from 4,326 adults over age 50.

These participants were followed up three years later for the development of widespread pain. Analyses determined that pain status, anxiety, physical health-related quality of life, cognitive complaint and non-restorative sleep were associated with increased risk of widespread pain development.

The study was published in the journal Arthritis and Rheumatology.

Metal implants hold ray of hope for cancer patients

In a ray of hope for cancer patients, harm-less metal implants at the cancer site can

reduce side effects from chemotherapy.The discovery could make treatment more

targeted than existing therapies, avoiding unwanted side effects - such as hair loss, tiredness and nausea.

These occur when chemotherapy drugs carried in the blood kill healthy cells as well as cancer cells.

“We are hopeful that this approach would lead to better tolerated cancer therapies in the future,” said Asier Unciti-Broceta from Edinburgh Cancer Research UK Centre, who led the study.

The scientists found that they could alter the chemical composition of commonly used chemotherapy drugs so that they only become active when they come into contact with a metal called palladium.

By implanting small devices coated with palladium into patients’ tumours, the drugs would become activated only where they are needed, causing minimal damage to the rest of the body.

The research, led by scientists from the Edinburgh Cancer Research UK Centre at the MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, was published in the journal Nature Communications.

Agenices


By Allison Bond

Drab olive cigarette packs bearing a prominent quit-smoking helpline number, introduced

more than a year ago in Australia, had a sizeable and sustained effect on interest in quitting, research-ers say.

Just one of many controls imposed on cigarette marketing and sales over the past decade in that country, the plain packaging was linked to a 78-percent spike in calls to territorial quitlines within a month of its introduction.

“The results suggest the legis-lation does have a positive early impact (on smokers) and so other countries could feel more confi-dent in introducing similar legis-lation,” said Jane Young, a cancer epidemiologist at the Sydney School of Public Health, who led the study.

The plain packages, imple-mented in October 2012, mean that every brand’s cigarettes look nearly identical, with the brand name relegated to a small, stand-ardized font.

In March 2006, cigarette packaging with graphic health warnings including photos of cancer-riddled lungs and gan-grenous limbs was introduced in Australia.

“(The labels) inform consum-ers about what might happen to them when they use the product,” said Joanna Cohen, director of the Institute for Global Tobacco Control at the Johns Hopkins

Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland.

“The plain and standardised packaging is meant to reduce the appeal of the package and show the warning. Hopefully current smokers will quit because they are more aware of the health impacts, and fewer people will start,” said Cohen, who was not involved in the new study.

Young’s team wanted to isolate the impact of just the switch to plain packaging on interest in quitting.

They looked at the number of calls in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory to the national quitline before and after introduction of the plain packages.

Calls jumped from 363 a week before the packaging change to a peak of 651 calls a week four weeks after the new packages were introduced, Young and her colleagues report in the Medical

Journal of Australia.The study also compared those

results to the number of calls received by the Quitline after Australia’s addition of graphic warning labels. That change was linked with a jump from 910 calls a week to a peak of 1,653 calls 12 weeks afterwards, representing an 84 percent increase.

The effect of the graphic warn-ings only lasted an estimated 20 weeks, however, whereas the researchers estimate the effect of plain packaging to have endured 43 weeks.

They also adjusted their results

for other potential influences on interest in quitting smoking, such as cigarette pricing, limits on smoking in public and on the display of cigarettes at points of sale, as well as the New Year’s resolution effect.

Between 2006 and 2011, Young’s team notes, smoking rates in New South Wales had already dropped from 17.7 percent of residents to 14.7 percent.

Australia is the only country that has implemented the plain packaging thus far, but public health experts say others likely will — and should — adopt the policy.

“Anything that we can do to better communicate that the product is deadly is a good thing,” Cohen said.

Britain announced late last year that plain tobacco packaging was under review, with the option of mandating the packaging change if evidence showed it would cut down on smoking. The European Union has also moved to insti-tute graphic health warnings on cigarettes and measures to ban menthol-flavored cigarettes.

Changing cigarette packaging can take years, often because it means squaring off in a legal bat-tle with cigarette companies.

“Many countries are in line to follow with the plain and stand-ardized packaging once the legal issues get resolved,” Cohen said.

SOURCE: bit.ly/1bPRV7O The

Medical Journal of Australia, online

January 13, 2014.

Reuters

Plain cigarette packs spur Plain cigarette packs spur interest in quitting: Studyinterest in quitting: Study

TECHNOLOGYPLUS | TUESDAY 18 FEBRUARY 201412

New skills are needed to work on Internet of ThingsBy Mohana Ravindranath

The “Internet of Things” — technologists’ vision of a net-work of billions of connected devices — has attracted the

attention of tech giants including Cisco, Intel and General Electric, all of whom have internal business units dedicated to building the infrastruc-ture for that network.

The market could also create demand for a new kind of IT special-ist — those who can both engineer new products and process the data they col-lect, analysts and industry experts say.

A 2011 McKinsey report estimated that the United States faces a shortage of 140,000 to 190,000 people with deep data analytics skills, and 1.5 million managers and analysts to make busi-ness decisions based on their findings.

In response to this shortage, GE has been training data specialists internally for the past few years, GE’s chief econ-omist, Marco Annunziata, said. In 2011, the company opened a software center in San Ramon, California, where hun-dreds of new employees were hired and trained to consult on Internet projects across the company.

For instance, a specialist from the centre might help employees in GE’s aviation subsidiary collect and ana-lyse data from jet engines to improve

production and fuel efficiency.Until the global IT workforce pro-

duces enough people who specialise in both data science and software or hardware engineering, “we need to start developing them, to some extent,” Annunziata said. GE hopes to train about 1,000 of these specialists.

The company also looks for these interdisciplinary skills in new hires, Annunziata said.

“We will have more and more need for people who are a combination of data scientists and operation manag-ers — people who have both an under-standing of how to use data, how to use analytics, and also an understanding of their own business lines,” he said.

Cisco, which recently announced plans to develop “fog computing,” or a network to collect data from devices making up the Internet of Things, is also looking for similar hires, said Joseph Bradley, managing director of Cisco’s Internet of Things division. But the company is also looking for candi-dates who can collaborate with people in other industries, even outside the company, he said, to ensure Cisco’s net-works are supported.

“If you looked 10 years ago, across enterprises, 80 to 90 percent of inno-vation came from within the company. If you think about that now, it’s close to 50-50. In some cases the majority

of innovation comes from outside the company” as start-ups, hardware manufacturers and developers all seek to take advantage of the Internet of Things.

Each point in the network is produc-ing large volumes of data that need to be processed in real time, and many IT training programs do not yet train graduates to analyse these streams of information, McKinsey Global Institute analyst Michael Chui said.

A handful of universities have designed data-science programs to prepare students to work on Internet of Things projects. For instance, in September, the University of California at Berkeley’s School of Information unveiled a master’s degree in informa-tion in data science. All classes are held online; the program’s first cohort is learning advanced statistics, software programming and how to process the data collected from sensors and mobile devices, among other skills. The stu-dents are also required to study ethics and data privacy.

Carnegie Mellon University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Columbia University, among other schools, have introduced similar data-science programs.

Whenever large companies like Intel and Cisco mention new Internet of Things initiatives, it is a reminder that

technology curriculum must evolve to meet the growing demand for IT skills, said AnnaLee Saxenian, dean of Berkeley’s School of Information.

“People need to be able to work with data — often unstructured data at very large scales, and need to be able to explore it,” Saxenian said. “Then they need to be able to communicate it with decision-makers.”

Almost all in the 28-person pilot class are working professionals who are completing the degree in their free time, Saxenian said, and it could take 12 to 18 months to do so. Most are 10 to 15 years out of college, and many have PhDs, she said.

But specialised data-science pro-grams like these are not yet common-place. Until IT training programs can churn out candidates skilled in both data science and engineering, those who specialize in each separately will need to work together, said Gartner analyst Hung LeHong.

“What we are recommending is for [operational technology] and IT to work together,” he said. “An IT person has excellent discipline and method-ology, and can share that with their [operational technology] counterparts. IT needs to understand machines. We feel the first step is convergence, collaboration.”

WP-Bloomberg

Slappy Shark, Floppy Penguin, Flappy Cat, Flappy Puppy, Scrappy Fish, Flying Cyrus... make it to stores.

By Stuart Dredge

Apple and Google are report-edly cracking down on apps that are simply clones of

recently-deleted mobile gaming phe-nomenon Flappy Bird. Judging by the weekend’s crop of new titles on the former’s App Store, though, there are gaps in the policy big enough for a few more to fly through.

The Verge reported on the crackdown, suggesting that sev-eral developers have had games rejected by Apple’s approvals team on the grounds that “your app name attempts to leverage a popular app”,

while another was pulled from Android’s Google Play store for flout-ing rules on “irrelevant, mislead-ing, or excessive keywords in apps descriptions, titles, or metadata”.

This, despite the fact that a number of Flappy Bird-a-like games — some with “Flappy” in their titles — were approved and released over the weekend. Take a bow, Flappy Cat: Pirate, Flappy Puppy and Flap Copter Flap, not to mention Slappy Shark – Crazy Obstacle Dodge, Floppy Penguin Birdie, Scrappy Fish, Flashy Fish and Desert Bird.

Oh, and not to forget Flying Cyrus — Wrecking Ball, which combines Flappy Bird and a disembodied, extra long-tongued Miley Cyrus head. Meanwhile, a Google Play search for Flappy Bird turns up pandas, mice, pigs, cows, frogs, bats, fish, Nyan Cats, dragons, doges and several piles of faeces paying flappy homage.

As crackdowns go, this one is cur-rently looking rather lax, although it has been suggested that Apple and Google may be focusing their atten-tion on games that risk fooling people into thinking they are the original Flappy Bird, or at least connected to it.

The game’s developer, Dong Nguyen, removed it from both app stores earlier this month, after Flappy Bird’s sharp rise to glo-bal popularity, and heated online debates about the game’s influences and quality.

Since then, there have been critical

reappraisals, a Flappy Jam with developers creating nearly 300 games inspired by Flappy Bird to show sup-port for Nguyen, a tribute from the developer of critically-acclaimed mobile game Super Hexagon, and a massively-multiplayer online version for up to 1,000 players at once.

If Apple and Google are serious in their desire not to be overrun by Flappy Bird games, it may be Flappy Jam that gives them the most head-aches, given that many of its devel-opers are now looking to release the games they coded in a matter of days as part of the project. The Guardian

Apple and Google cracking down on Flappy Bird clones

COMICS & MORE 13

Hoy en la HistoriaFebruary 18, 1954

1930: Astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovered the planet Pluto1994: Phoolan Devi, India’s “Bandit Queen”, was released from jail after serving 11 years. She then went into politics but was shot dead in 20012001: Stock-car racing driver Dale Earnhardt was killed in a last-lap crash at the Daytona 500 race in Florida2010: U.S. President Barack Obama met with the Dalai Lama despite opposition from China

U.S. actor John Travolta, star of the 1970s hit musicals Saturday Night Fever and Grease, and later Quentin Tarantino’s 1994 movie Pulp Fiction, was born

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

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22 Crispy Twister offerer

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Editor-In-Chief Khalid Al Sayed Acting Managing Editor Hussain Ahmad Editorial Office The Peninsula Tel: 4455 7741, E-mail: [email protected] / [email protected]

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

• Several animal farm owners in Al Khor complained about the increasing problem of insects and rodents. They demanded that authorities deal with the problem and said insects and rodents were causing death of birds and animals and transferring diseases to livestock.

• People complained that many motorists park randomly in front of tea shops and cafeterias on commercial streets and near petrol stations, causing traffic problems for others. They said authorities should monitor such behaviour, especially during weekends when people sit in their cars with their tea and snacks on roadsides.

• Some farmers demanded that authorities provide adequate insecticides and said farming areas are expanding in different parts of the country and stocks available in the local market are not enough to meet their requirements. They said due to short supply they are forced to meet their

needs from neighbouring countries or buy insecticides at higher prices.

• There was talk on social media about Ashghal, which has begun to provide Civil Defence and Ambulances with devices to enable them to automatically change traffic signals in case of emergency instead of waiting until signals turn into green.

• There was discussion about a circular the Qatar Central Bank (QCB) has sent to banks asking them not to allow their clients to use debit and credit cards through the Internet. As Internet sites charge for payment and transfer services, banks have been asked to advise clients to use the QCB payment portal known as QPAY.

• Many students complained about lack of guidance at the Qatar university Registration Section, and said they could not find any one who can help them or answer or explain to them about courses they are supposed to choose while registering.

IN FOCUS

A seagull in flight at Doha Corniche.

by Vishal Chandrashekar

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Professor Hissa Mohammad Sadiq, Dean, College of Education, Qatar University

Professor Hissa is a Professor of Education Administration at Qatar University. She has

made her career at Qatar University, beginning as a teaching assistant. In 2006, Professor Hissa received prestigious Qatar Excellence Award from the Qatar National Council for Culture, Arts and Heritage for her contribution to the field of educa-tion. Professor Hissa received a BSc degree from Qatar University in Chemistry Education; she received her MSc degree and her PhD in Educational Administration from Ain Shams University in Cairo.

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Entertainment in the parkWhen: Wed Feb 19, 7pm -8pm.Where: Museum of Islamic Arts ParkWhat: The museum of Islamic Art presents local artist Dana in concert at Museum of Islamic Arts Park, as a part of Museum of Islamic Arts’s free music programme. Free Entry

Fathi Hassan: The Depth of Hope When: Until Feb 27 Where: VCUQatar Gallery

What: With invented, Kufic-inspired scripts, Egyptian-Sudanese artist Fathi Hassan plays with the symbols, textures and calligraphy of his Nubian heritage to explore the space between graphic symbolism and literal meaning in vibrant colours and collage. Free Entry

Radiant When: Until Mar 29Where: Museum of Islamic Arts What: The Museum of Islamic Arts in partnership with East Wing, presents a contemporary photographic exhibition featuring artwork by German artist Antje Hanebeck. Free Entry

Behind the Veil When: March 9 - April 12; 10am-10pmWhere: Katara Building Number 12 What: A tribute to the grande dame of photography, Eve Arnold, and celebrates her legendary career that spanned nearly half a century as a photojournalist social commentator and documentor. She is known for her portraits of Hollywood heavy weights such as Joan Crawford and Marilyn Monroe.Free Entry

Massimo Banzi: Crossing Boundaries When: Mar 26Where: VCUQatar AtriumWhat: Massimo Banzi is the co-founder of the Arduino project. He is an interaction designer, educator and open source hardware advocate. He has worked as a consultant for clients such as: Prada, Artemide, Persol, Whirlpool, V&A Museum and Adidas.Free Entry

Selam Mekan When: Until Feb 22Where: Katara Gallery 2 building 18

What: Exhibition by Canan Dagdelen, a native of Istanbul. The focal point of her work is architecture although historical part of writing also forms part of her research. She is interested in relationship between time and memory photographic images.Free Entry

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