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By Fazeena Saleem

Muslims today begin fasting at the start of Ramadan, the holiest month in Islam. It is a time of spiritual reflec-tion when the faithful are

expected to put more effort into following the teachings of Islam.

However, emergency cases at hospitals increase, at least in the first few days of Ramadan, mainly due to gastric problems and wrong eating habits. It is important to have correct food habits, take plenty of liquids to beat the heat, and seek a doctor’s advice for any health problems.

Fasting has health benefits, but if the right foods are not consumed after the fast, it can have negative consequences. To get the best physical and spiritual results from fasting, it is important to have a simple, balanced diet. Balanced food and fluids are important during Ramadan, says an expert.

“It is very important for people who fast to take less salt and sugar in and between

iftar and suhour meals,” said Dr Saad Abdulfattah Al Nuaimi, senior consultant at the Emergency Department of HMC.

“They should also take more food like beans, which contains fibre,” he added.

At least 225 people reported to the Emergency Department of HMC for treat-ment on the first day of Ramadan last year. Of them, 103 complained of an upset stomach while 25 reported problems like inflammation of the intestines.

In 2011, the Emergency Department had received more than 7,700 cases during the first week of Ramadan. The majority of these were fasting-related ailments which occurred after iftar.

The iftar meal taken after a 14-hour-long fast should be a balanced one that the body can easily accept, according to Dr Nuaimi.

Water replenishes the body’s fluid content, and dates contain potassium and magnesium, some of the minerals lost when the body becomes dehydrated, as well as tannin and fibre to counter gastric problems, and sugar to restore the blood sugar level to normal.

The iftar meal taken after a 14-hour-long fast should be a balanced one that the body can easily accept. Water replenishes the body’s fluid content, and dates contain potassium and magnesium, some of the minerals lost when the body becomes dehydrated, as well as tannin and fibre to counter gastric problems, and sugar to restore the blood sugar level to normal.

Maintain a balance in food and fluids

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Fresh fruits, juice or vegetables should be followed with cereal or milk for the body to get proteins and energy. Cooked or warm food is advised to be taken only after some time.

Plenty of seasonal fruits which contain about 95 percent water, and dates are recommended during Ramadan.

The timing of the meals also matters. Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) urged the faithful to have suhour if they intended to do obligatory or vol-untary fasting. Urging Muslims to have suhour, he said, “Have suhour, as indeed there is a bless-ing in it.” [Al Bukhaari and Muslim].

Having suhour early, a few hours before dawn, is not correct. The Prophet said, “Hasten to (eat) iftar and delay (eating) suhour.” [At Tabaraani]. It is ‘sunnah’ to have suhour just before dawn (approximately half an hour before it.

While observing the fast this time of the year, it’s important to take precautions against high humidity and temperatures, and health experts counsel avoiding heat exhaustion.

“People shouldn’t expose themselves to heat, and drink plenty of water when they are not fasting. If they have to go out, they should have a cover,” said Dr Ahmad M Zarour, director of Trauma Critical Care at HMC.

Symptoms of heat exhaustion include profuse sweating, weakness, nausea, vomiting, head-ache, light-headedness and muscle cramps. If these symptoms occur, people are advised to seek medical help immediately.

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Aspetar launched a Ramadan guide to raise awareness.

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Ramadan offers from Mövenpick Tower & Suites

Mövenpick Tower and Suites Doha is organising many Ramadan promo-

tions, including special buffets at Animato restaurant, from sunset to 8pm. Overnight accommodation starts from QR700.

During the season, guests will be greeted with complimentary Arabic coffee and dates at Lime Café. Ramadan in-room dining menus are likewise available, fea-turing traditional Middle Eastern favourites.

“Feast on the decadent flavours of Arabia at Animato restaurant with loved ones at sundown. Hot and cold mezze selections, refresh-ing salads and traditional fare such as the hearty Ouzi and the clas-sic shawarma are available. An array of authentic Iftar favour-ites and delicacies are likewise in store, complimented by traditional Ramadan juices such as Qamar El Din and Jallab. The Iftar buffet rate is set at QR145,” a hotel press statement said. The Peninsula

Q-Malayalam holds annual cultural fest

Q-Malayalam, a socio-cul-tural organisation of Kerala natives i n

Qatar, con-ducted i ts annual cultural festival for this year — ‘Sargga Sayahnam-2013’ — at Ashoka hall in ICC, in associ-ation with Morris Garages Qatar.

Families turned up in big numbers to enjoy various artistic performances, including clas-sical dances, folk dances, oppana and a concert.

‘Q-Ma laya l am Sah i thee Puraskaaram 2013’ for the best

Malayalam poem from Qatar was announced during the programme and was awarded by Kuzhoor Wilson, well-known poet and journalist, to Jithin Chembil for his poem Vilaasam Vekkaatha Ezhuthu Kuthukal.

Wilson, the chief guest, commented on the remarkable contribution of expatriate writers to literature and shared his worries about the lack of concern among new expatriate poets for making their contribution.

He released the book Narakakkozhi, a collection of short stories by Ismail Kurumbadi, and presented a prize to Haseena Razi for ‘Best Logo Design’ for Q-Malayalam.

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Jithin Chembil

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The American Chamber of Commerce in Qatar (AmCham Qatar) recently hosted its first traditional

American barbeque for Chamber members, their families and friends celebrating America’s independence day. Rock, blues and jazz favourites filled the Doha Rugby Club as The Guy Turner Band performed live for guests.

Attendees also had the chance to participate in raffle draws throughout the evening, with prizes ranging from lunch and dinner to overnight stays

offered by AmCham member hotels. AmCham Qatar, the first foreign

Chamber of Commerce established in Qatar, is a key access point and advocate for American business lead-ers in Qatar with over 122 members spanning the financial services, engi-neering, energy, health and education sectors.

The July 4 BBQ is the latest in a series of increasingly popular AmCham events, including its pop-ular Distinguished Speaker Series, Annual Golf Tournament and Back-to-Business Networking event.

“We are hopeful that AmCham’s July 4 barbecue will grow into a highly-anticipated annual get together that our members look forward to each year,” AmCham Qatar Executive Director Theresa Backus Dunn said of the inaugural event.

“Amidst an active year of network-ing, knowledge-sharing and nego-tiation aimed at strengthening trade ties between the US and Qatar, we are proud to bring current and pro-spective members, their friends and families together for a night of food, fun and music.” The Peninsula

AmCham Qatar hosts July 4 celebrations Live band performing during the celebrations.

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To celebrate its 30th anniversary, Police has launched a special edition of eye-wear. The special edition sunglasses — Police Aviator — are available in gold and silver with leather detailing and polarised lenses. The launch was held at the Lagoona Mall branch of Al Jaber Opticians recently. Managing Director Fahad Jassim Hassan Al Jaber and the advisor of the company, Mukhtar Mohiyuddin, were present at the event. “A must-have collection because of extra special details and unmistak-able winged logo on the temples for those who are looking for a classic style that never fades.” These special edition sunglasses are available in all their branches.

Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG), a loyalty pro-gramme from Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, has announced its new “Triple

Benefits” programme for members. For three months, starting July 1, SPG members will enjoy three exclu-sive benefits whenever they dine at one of 650 par-ticipating restaurants in Starwood hotels and resorts around the globe. Starwood’s properties in Qatar — Sheraton Doha Resort and Convention Hotel, The St Regis Doha and W Doha Hotel and Residences — will be participating with discount offers and exclusive benefits across seven restaurants in the country.

Each participating venue will offer three food and beverage benefits, including a 10-30 percent discount, during the three-month period. Starwood’s proper-ties in Qatar will also offer extra benefits such as free meals for kids under six and 50 percent savings for kids under 12, additional Starpoints to members who dine with three or more guests, a free entrée after the purchase of three, and further discounts on future meals at the hotels.

The participating restaurants in Starwood hotels in Qatar include:

Sheraton Doha will kick off the campaign with two participating outlets for Ramadan, Al Hubara, the hotel’s all-day dining restaurant serving a variety of international cuisines, and La Veranda, offering Italian comfort food.

Following Ramadan, the hotel will also offer the benefits in Lebanese restaurant Al Shaheen.

The St Regis Doha will participate in the pro-gramme with its speciality restaurant, Opal by Gordon Ramsay.

Vine, the hotel’s all-day dining restaurant, will participate in the programme post-Ramadan.

W Doha will be running the programme across three of its outlets throughout summer. Participating outlets at the hotel include Spice Market, the sig-nature restaurant by three Michelin-starred chef, Jean-Georges Vongerichten and W Café, which offers light all-day dining, pastries and cupcakes.

The programme will also include W Doha’s latest addition La Spiga, which will open this summer and bring the famous Italian cuisine from Paper Moon Milan to Qatar.

“The Triple Benefits campaign is SPG’s first global

food and beverage marketing campaign offering exclusive dining benefits to our SPG members both in their home cities and when travelling around the world,” said Steven Taylor, Vice President, Marketing, Starwood Hotels and Resorts, Europe, Africa and Middle East. “We are delighted to introduce this campaign in conjunction with Ramadan, giving fam-ily and friends more opportunities to celebrate the special occasion together at our hotels.”

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Starwood Preferred Guest offers triple benefits

Qatar Petroleum’s Offshore Operations recently honoured its department manag-ers and employees at its Annual Awards and

Recognition Ceremony, which was held at the Al Ghazal Club.

In his keynote address, Mubarak Awaida Al Hajri, Operations Manager-Offshore Fields, distributed Certificates of Appreciation and gifts to offshore managers and employees in recognition of their

outstanding performance and valuable contribu-tion in achieving the department’s business and safety targets in 2012. Among those awarded were offshore employees who participated in QP events as well as the members of the Offshore Operations Specialised Team, Plant Change Request team and Continual Improvement team.

Offshore Operations also honoured the manage-ment of Bul Hanine and Maydan Mahzam fields for

completing the 2013 major shutdown within the allo-cated time frame without incident. During the event, Al Hajri emphasised that health, safety and environ-mental protection were always a priority and fully integrated into the operations. He also announced that a number of Offshore Operations’ departments had already achieved over one million man-hours without a lost time incident.

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PLUS | WEDNESDAY 10 JULY 2013 FOOD66

By Sara Moulton

This is the perfect dish for a weeknight dinner in late summer, particularly as the kids start heading back to school and family

schedules get crazy again. The recipe calls for just a handful of ingredients that can all be pulled together in the time it takes to boil water.

Tomatoes are the star of this show, as they should be this time of the year. A fresh local tomato at the height of ripeness is one of those things that make life worth living.

Indeed, they’re so good as is they don’t even need to be cooked. Obviously, we could cook them and turn them into a sauce, but we’d be kissing off some of their freshness and all of their crunch. Instead, we salt them, lightly, which intensifies their flavour and pulls out some of their liquid. This “tomato juice” becomes part of the sauce.

After the tomatoes have marinated in salt for 10 minutes, we season them with a little freshly grated lemon zest, a single tablespoon of extra-virgin olive oil (this is a dish that requires the really good stuff), and some freshly ground black pepper.

Next it’s time to reach for the goat cheese. Combined with hot pasta and a little of the pasta cooking liquid, the cheese melts into a richly creamy sauce

without any additional thickener. And I’m talking about full-fat goat cheese, which is relatively lean even as it boasts big flavour.

I recommend using whole-wheat pasta in this recipe, but you’re cer-tainly welcome to explore some of the other whole-grain pastas that are now available. Kamut or spelt would be great. If you’re gluten-intolerant,

you can swap in quinoa, brown rice or buckwheat. (Its name notwithstanding, buckwheat isn’t wheat, it’s a grass.) Even so, you’ll want to check the label to make sure the pasta is completely gluten-free.

I finished this dish with a liberal sprinkling of herbs. And truth-fully, there’s scarcely a fresh herb around that doesn’t play nicely with

tomatoes. So feel free to recruit any and all of your own favourites. You can’t lose.

APSara Moulton was executive chef at

Gourmet magazine for nearly 25 years, and spent a decade hosting several Food Network shows. She has written three cookbooks, including Sara Moulton’s Everyday Family Dinners.

Fast and Fresh Summer PastaIngredients (servings: 4)

3 cups chopped fresh tomatoes (about 1-inch pieces)

Kosher salt and ground black pepper1 teaspoon grated lemon zest1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil5 ounces fresh goat cheese, crumbled8 ounces whole-wheat penne or fusilli pasta1 cup mixed chopped fresh herbs (such

as parsley, basil, oregano, mint, dill, chives, cilantro and tarragon)

MethodBring a large pot of salted water to a boil.Meanwhile, in a large serving bowl toss the

tomatoes with a few hefty pinches of salt and some black pepper. Let stand for 10 minutes, then add the lemon zest, oil and goat cheese and toss well.

Add the pasta to the boiling water, stir and cook according to package instruc-tions until just al dente. Drain the pasta (it’s fine to have some water still clinging to the pasta), then add it to the bowl. Toss until the cheese is melted. Taste and sea-son with salt and pepper to taste. Divide the pasta between 4 serving bowls, then sprinkle each portion with some of the herbs. Serve immediately.

Nutrition information per serving: 360 calories; 110 calories from fat (31 percent of total calories); 12g fat (6g saturated; 0g trans fats); 15mg cholesterol; 51g carbo-hydrate; 7g fiber; 5g sugar; 17g protein; 390mg sodium.

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HEALTH 7

By Genevra Pittman

Close to half of two-month-olds have a flat spot on the back of their heads, accord-ing to a new Canadian study

that suggests changes in parents’ hab-its may be a cause.

Although not thought to be medi-cally dangerous, the flattened head shape can become permanent, researchers said — which can have psychological implications for kids as they grow up.

“This is super common,” said Dr Lisa Stellwagen, a neonatologist from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, who has studied what’s known as plagiocephaly.

“With the Back To Sleep (cam-paign) and the overuse of car seats, and people not holding their babies like they used to, we’ve sort of redis-covered this problem with infants’ head shapes,” Stellwagen, who wasn’t involved in the new study, said.

Paediatricians in the early 1990s

began telling parents to put their babies to sleep on their backs, in an effort to prevent Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), also known as crib death.

That campaign was “enormously successful,” Stellwagen said — and the new findings do not mean par-ents should stop following that advice.

But there are steps they can take — such as holding their baby as often as possible and having “tummy time” when the baby is awake and super-vised — to limit skull deformations, she added.

For their study, Aliyah Mawji from Mount Royal University in Calgary, Alberta, and her colleagues examined the heads of 440 healthy infants seen

for their two-month well-child visit at one of four clinics.

They found that 205 babies, or about 47 percent, had some sort of head deformation visible to the naked eye. More than three-quarters of those were mild, the researchers wrote Monday in Pediatrics.

Prior studies suggested that any-where from three percent to 61 per-cent of babies have a flat spot on their head, Mawji and her colleagues noted.

Some research has tied plagi-ocephaly to delayed crawling or roll-ing over, but babies tend to catch up by 18 months, Mawji said — so it’s the potential for being bullied as a child that’s more of a concern.

She said the deformation can be

corrected with a helmet — but those typically cost $1,000 to $3,000, so they should only be a “last resort.”

For young babies, treatment for a flat spot looks a lot like prevention, researchers said.

“You want to vary the side of the head that you’re putting your infant to sleep on,” Mawji said.

“If their head automatically turns to the right … what you need to do the next night is turn their head to the left.”

Like Stellwagen, Mawji recom-mended parents keep their baby out of a car seat when they’re not driving. She also said they should alternate the hand they hold the baby in while feeding.

Parents might not notice a small head deformation because they get used to how their baby looks, Stellwagen said, so it’s important for doctors to take a close look at the skull at early well-child visits.

SOURCE: bit.ly/cxXOG Pediatrics, online July 8, 2013.

Reuters

Sleep research finds that lack of routine, which might impair early development, affects girls more than boys.By Ian Sample

Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits.

Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bed-time, researchers found.

The effect was most striking in three year olds, where boys and girls scored lower on reading, maths and spatial skills tests than children of the same age who kept to a more rigid schedule.

Scientists at University College London said the lack of routine might impair early development by disrupting the body clock, or through sleep depriva-tion, which affects the brain’s ability to remember and learn new information. “Age three seems to be where you see the largest effect and that is a con-cern,” said Amanda Sacker, professor of lifecourse studies at UCL.

“If a child is having irregular bedtimes at a young age, they’re not synthesising all the information around them at that age, and they’ve got a harder job to do when they are older. It sets them off on a more difficult path,” she added.

While the differences in test scores were mod-est — only a few points in many cases — irregular bedtimes throughout childhood appeared to have a cumulative effect, leading to greater problems later on.

Sacker and her colleagues drew on information in the UK Millennium Cohort Study (MCS), a long-term record of UK children who are now in or

approaching their early teenage years. They looked at how the children’s performance fared on tests at various ages, and whether bedtime had any impact.

Parents who took part in the MCS were asked whether their children went to bed at a regular time on weekdays. Those who answered “always” or “usually” were put in the regular bedtime group in Sacker’s study, while those who answered “sometimes” or “never” were put in the irregular bedtime group.

The hour that children went to bed had little or no effect on their performance on different tests, including basic number skills, reading out word cards, and constructing designs from flat or solid shapes. But having no set bedtime often led to lower scores. The greatest dip in test results was seen in

girls who had no set bedtime throughout early life, at three, five and seven years old. The study found the same for boys who had irregular bedtimes at any two of these ages.

Writing in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, the authors suggest that irregu-lar bedtimes affect the brain’s “plasticity”, or ability to store and learn new information.

“Early child development has profound influences on health and well-being across the life course. Therefore, reduced or disrupted sleep, especially if it occurs at key times in development, could have important impacts on health throughout life,” the authors write.

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Irregular bedtimes may affect children’s brains

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11ETIQUETTE PLUS | WEDNESDAY 10 JULY 2013

By Mary M Mitchell

Lunch or just a little snack at your desk? It’s rude to eat in front of someone else who is not partaking. On the other hand, nobody expects you to share your Philly cheesesteak should they walk in

on you grabbing a quick bite to eat in the office. Unless you want the other person to sit down,

stand up (or at least make like you would like to, were your lap not filled with food particles of vary-ing sizes), and ask if you can get back to them when you’re finished.

Give a time-frame, and stick to it. Try: “I’ll be finished in another 10 minutes and will come by then.”

There are a few other caveats to remember.Your lunch should not smell so much it attracts

attention, negative or positive. It’s not bait for a visit. Nobody should be able to hear you chomp-ing it, either, or slurping your soup or beverage. Otherwise, you may well end up the brunt of office jokes, and deservedly so.

When the office has a communal kitchen, some rules for peaceful coexistence should apply.

First and foremost spell out who is in charge of the kitchen and has the authority to determine when and how it is cleaned. Post the rules clearly (together with whatever rule you might have about kitchen postings). Is the refrigerator door fair game for announcements beyond the cleaning schedule?

If it is off limits, let everybody know that that is the case. Otherwise the next thing you know it will be festooned with family photos, want ads, for sale signs, etc.

Refrigerators need to be cleaned out every week, and food should not be stored there over weekends. Never bring smelly food to the fridge in the first place.

Whatever you bring, make sure it’s in airtight containers labelled with your name. More than likely, there will be some unlabelled food; do not consider this fair game for you to scarf up (or down, as it may be). When in doubt, ask.

Better still, if you are bringing something in for the entire department to enjoy, put a note on it that says so.

Don’t be a space hog, monopolizing the fridge with your colossal container that is sure to flatten everybody else’s focaccia. And make sure to close the refrigerator door.

If, although your lunch had been clearly labelled, some fledgling criminal element has stolen it, ask around without making a fuss. Give the miscreant the benefit of the doubt — this one time. Mention it to your department head, without mention-ing names of potential suspects so that it can be brought up at the next office meeting.

You also could send an inter-office email or text

with a little humour (at least the first time), offer-ing a reward to the person who brings the goodies back, no questions asked.

Microwaves are not for cooking at the office. They are only for heating food, so don’t monopolise them, and don’t walk away and leave them while something of yours is being heated.

Wipe off the exploded pieces of casserole as soon as you discover that you forgot to cover the dish.

Be careful what you prepare so that your food doesn’t leave the entire office redolent of eau de popcorn, or worse. In fact, some offices have rules against popcorn because of the smell and also the likelihood of setting off the smoke alarm.

Many offices are using single-serving coffeemak-ers. While this eliminates the hassle of who cleans the coffeepot, it still means that whoever drinks last, cleans up after himself and gets the machine ready for the next person.

So dispose of the used container, and be sure to wipe up any drips. If your office has a regular coffee pot, the same consideration applies.

The well-known Boy Scout rule to leave the campsite cleaner than the way you found it can and indeed should be applied to office kitchen sinks and counters.

Crumbs, human or otherwise, have no place on counters or in the sink. Wash your own mug, plate, silverware, glasses, and put them in the drainer right away. No fair leaving dirty dishes in the sink. If that doesn’t work with your mother, you can be sure that it won’t fly with your co-workers.

Whether it’s your desk, the office refrigerator, the coffeepot, the counter, the sink, or the floor: if you spill something, clean it up. Your colleagues are not your servants; nor are you theirs.

Think égalité and fraternité; you may choose to ignore the accents, but you must be accountable for the accidents.

(Mary M Mitchell has written several books on the subject of etiquette, now in 11 languages, most recently The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Modern Manners Fast Track and Woofs to the Wise. She is the founder of executive training consultancy The Mitchell Organization.)

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Grabbing a bite to eat at your office desk

TECHNOLOGYPLUS | WEDNESDAY 10 JULY 201312

By Takeshi Ezawa

As smartphones become more com-mon, games for the multifunc-tional devices have turned into a

hot commodity, with some logging huge download numbers and game makers for traditional cell phones shifting course toward what seems to be the future of gaming.

Perhaps the best-known smartphone game is Puzzle & Dragons, released in February 2012 by Tokyo-based GungHo Online Entertainment Inc. Domestically, the game has been downloaded more than 16 million times as of this month.

GungHo logged a consolidated operat-ing profit of 18.6bn yen in the final quar-ter of fiscal 2012, a whopping 75 times more than in the same period last year. The firm’s stock has also surged, and at one point in May, bypassed industry giant Nintendo Co in terms of market capitalisation.

Smartphone games, which do not require a special console like regular video game systems, can be played casu-ally whenever the gamer has a break, like on the train to work or during lunch.

Another difference with traditional video games is the maker’s ability to analyse usage data, update the game’s design at any time or regulate when play-ers encounter enemies.

According to industry magazine Enterbrain, the Japanese video game market in 2012 was worth 977.6bn yen ($9.6bn). Online sales accounted for 494.3bn yen of this figure, a 35.5 percent

rise from the year before, indicating that half the market is Internet-based and dominated by smartphone games.

“Google and Apple [which run sites that sell smartphone applications] have realized how profitable video games are, so they will probably add more game apps this year,” said Atsuo Nakayama, a consultant who specialises in the video game industry at Deloitte Tohmatsu Consulting Co.

The market for social games, which enable players to face off against each other or team up to topple enemies, has been mainly geared toward traditional cell phones. But DeNA Co and other makers are hurrying to establish them-selves in the smartphone market.

Developing games for overseas markets can also be lucrative. DeNA’s February 2012 release of an English version of Rage of Bahamut, developed by Cynagames Inc, hit No. 1 in total sales in both Google and Apple Inc.’s app stores. The firm has had other successes in foreign markets, and hopes to make half of its 400bn yen sales target for fiscal 2014 abroad.

Gree Inc — known as the maker of Tsuri Star (fishing star), the first social game for traditional cell phones — was faced with a declining market for tra-ditional cell phones in the latter half of fiscal 2012. The firm decided on a strat-egy of “selection and concentration” that includes accelerating its move toward smartphone games, investing in new games mainly for the North American market and phasing out unprofitable games. WP-Bloomberg

Half-Life 2 (Valve, 2004)Although scientist Gordon Freeman accidentally let a few

aliens on to Earth in Half-Life, it wasn’t until Valve’s brilliant sequel that marauding space bullies The Combine squirmed through en masse and took over the planet. This game has everything, from the nightmarish post-apocalyptic setting of City 17, to astonishing extraterrestrial beasts, brilliant phys-ics, compelling characters and a riveting resistance narrative.

UFO Enemy Unknown (Microprose/Mythos Games, 1994)

The original X-COM title is a strategy masterpiece in which players lead a crack international defence team against swarms of alien aggressors. The genius is in its dual set-up – during the home base sequences you must manage resources, employ team members and research new technologies; then you send squads down to battle invading aliens in tense turn-based skirmishes. Fraught, challenging and hugely atmospheric, it was followed by several sequels and more recently, a great console reboot.

Mass Effect 3 (BioWare, 2012)The computerised Reaper empire finally reaches Earth,

intent on spreading its unpopular message of universal mega-destruction. BioWare’s vision of a destroyed planet, in which gigantic lander craft stomp over skyscrapers while laser blasting everything that moves, is truly awesome, set-ting in motion an epic Magnificent Seven-style story of galac-tic war and brotherhood.

Resistance Fall of Man (Insomniac, 2006)Insomniac’s now criminally overlooked trilogy kicks off

with this intriguing sci-fi chiller, in which an alien force known as the Chimera decimates Europe, turning everyone into violent servile monsters. But all is not lost as Sgt Nathan Hale turns up with a US task force to lead a fight back. The gritty British locations, post-WWII setting and sinister nature of the Chimeran threat make this an altogether darker adventure.

Contra III The Alien Wars (Konami, 1992)While the previous titles in Konami’s legendary scrolling

shooter series featured minor alien squabbles, Contra III has an all-out invasion force — and it cranks up the difficulty level accordingly. With its perfectly balanced weapons upgrade system, challenging co-op play and beautiful 2D visuals (including Mode 7-powered overhead sequences) it provides one of the highlights of the run-and-gun genre.

Duke Nukem 3D (3D Realms, 1996)Forget the horrendous Duke Nukem Forever and instead

let us recall this trashy, politically incorrect but horribly com-pelling first-person gun-n-gag romp, where the eponymous idiot dispatches as many action movie cliches as he does alien scumbags. Rampaging through a futuristic Los Angeles

consisting entirely of strip clubs, prisons and subways, the game’s anarchic humour and raw action put it up beside Doom as a seminal first-person shooter.

Perfect Dark (Rare, 2000)Rare’s follow-up to the classic N64 shooter GoldenEye

was this paranoid thriller in which shady corporation data-Dyne is suspected of facilitating a potential alien invasion in exchange for advanced technologies. Enter secret agent Joanna Dark who, like James Bond, uses a range of cool weapons and gadgets to take out foes – very stylishly. Featuring a similar multi-task structure to the GoldenEye campaign, Perfect Dark cleverly rewards thorough explo-ration and player mastery, adding innovative co-op and competitive modes to the astonishing multiplayer array.

Halo 2 (Bungie, 2004)In the 26th century, mankind has colonised the galaxy

thanks to faster-than-light travel, but a powerful alien force known as the Covenant sees humanity as a horrendous heretical blot on the universal landscape (fair enough) and decides to eradicate it. Bungie’s sequel to the epoch-shat-tering Xbox blaster, Halo: Combat Evolved centres on the Covenant invasion of Earth, with Master Chief once again in the midst of the carnage. The premise is made more interest-ing by the political intrigues within the Covenant collective, presenting a more complex narrative than the usual Alien-hive-mind-destroys-planet-because-of-reasons set-up.

By Keith StuartThe Guardian

Eight greatest alien invasion games

Smartphones dominant force in game industry

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Hoy en la HistoriaJuly 10, 2003

138: The Roman Emperor Hadrian, who built a wall across Britain to keep out the Scots, died1962: Volvo engineer Nils Bohlin patented the three-point car seat belt, which has saved many lives2003: The Hubble Space Telescope detected a planet twice the size of Jupiter in the constellation of Scorpius2006: Some 1,300 letters written by Albert Einstein to his family, wives and lovers were released

The first new mosque in Spain since the end of Muslim rule in 1492 opened in the city of Granada, once the capital of Moorish Spain

Picture: Associated Press © GRAPHIC NEWS

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

ARCHERY, ATHLETICS, BADMINTON, BASKETBALL, BEACH VOLLEYBALL, BOXING, CANOEING, CYCLING, DIVING, EQUESTRIAN, FENCING, FOOTBALL, GYMNASTICS, HANDBALL, HOCKEY, JUDO, MODERN PENTATHLON, ROWING, SAILING, SHOOTING, SWIMMING, SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING, TABLE TENNIS, TAEKWONDO, TENNIS, TRAMPOLINE, TRIATHLON, VOLLEYBALL, WATER POLO, WEIGHTLIFTING, WRESTLING.

LEARNARABIC

How to negate verbs

Ana Ma Katabtu I did not writeRemark: To negate we just insert Ma

Anta Ma Katab’taYou did not write (m)

Anti Ma Katab’tiYou did not write (f)

Howa Ma Kataba He did not write

Hiyya Ma Katabat She did not write

Baby Blues by Jerry Scott and Rick Kirkman

Zits by Dennis Young and Denis Lebrun

Hagar The Horrible by Chris Browne

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HYPER SUDOKU

CROSSWORD

CROSSWORDS

YESTERDAY’S ANSWER

How to play Hyper Sudoku:A Hyper Sudoku

Puzzle is solved

by filling the

numbers from 1

to 9 into the blank

cells. A Hyper

Sudoku has

unlike Sudoku

13 regions

(four regions

overlap with the

nine standard

regions). In all

regions the numbers from 1 to 9 can appear

only once. Otherwise, a Hyper Sudoku is

solved like a normal Sudoku.

ACROSS 1 Director Roth

4 Biblical word on a wall

8 Something hidden, perhaps

14 Edna Ferber novel

16 Multitude

17 Effrontery

18 A speedster may do it

19 About

20 Lug

22 N.L. East city: Abbr.

23 Bat wood

24 AOL, for one

27 Mères’ charges

31 Buddyroo

33 Gossip

35 Still

37 ___ sleep

39 Fails to be

40 Title on certain language videos … with a hint to entering six answers in this puzzle

43 Digging

44 Cuisine whose staple food is sticky rice

45 Competition for truckers

46 Butterfingers

48 Walk-___

50 Liquid fat

51 Gift that’s hard to believe

52 Kind of card

54 Slalom path

56 Offer unwanted advice

58 “Now!”

62 So very very

66 Shoot the breeze

68 Genre for Q-Tip

69 Bubble makers

70 Size up

71 Concordes, e.g.

72 Lick, say

DOWN 1 Parrot

2 “A ___ should have a good memory”: Quintilian

3 Some World of Warcraft figures

4 Villain player in “Rocky III”

5 Go off

6 Worthless, as an assistant

7 Abbr. on a business letter

8 Smart ___

9 Woman with many fans?

10 Item in a spoon race

11 Fed. research org.

12 Modern address feature

13 “___ advice?”

15 Kind of dye

21 ___ Joel Osment of “The Sixth Sense”

22 Part of A.M.A.: Abbr.

24 Like some pitched balls

25 Martial arts instructor

26 Popular programming language

27 Locale of some Mayan ruins

28 Caterers’ bookings

29 Ragged

30 Sign up

32 .93% of the earth’s atmosphere

34 Like some pools

36 It may be struck in a field

38 It spent 5,519 days in orbit

41 Biblical woman who changed her name to Mara

42 Ski-___

47 Buzzers

49 Grabs

53 Sporty car roofs

55 Article of female tennis attire

57 Arthur and Benaderet

58 Qty.

59 Look pregnant

60 Israeli port

61 “Hey you!”

62 Cry made with a raised index finger

63 Fleur-de-___

64 CD predecessors

65 Café alternative

67 Alliance created in ’48

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14 15 16

17 18

19 20 21

22 23 24 25 26

27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34

35 36 37 38 39

40 41 42

43 44 45

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51 52 53 54 55

56 57 58 59 60 61

62 63 64 65 66 67

68 69

70 71 72

A S S A D D S T M A M E TL O O F A E T E A M A R EG O L E M S O T R O X I E

W A T E R R A T SC M D G E R M A N Y I D SH E R B E R T P E R A T I OA L A E I S A O S T H A NS T U R M U N D D R A N G

G R O U N D S P E E DJ O H A N N G O E T H EO S T D O G S T A R O E NI M B U E R T E O R B I TN O O N M A R C O H E R EE S A I I D E A L O Y E RD I R T R E S T E M O S S

S D S O A S E S B U S

How to play Kakuro:The kakuro grid, unlike in sudoku, can be of any size. It has rows and columns, and dark cells like in a crossword. And, just like in a crossword, some of the dark cells will contain numbers. Some cells will contain two numbers.However, in a crossword the numbers reference clues. In a kakuro, the numbers are all you get! They denote the total of the digits in the row or column referenced by the number.Within each collection of cells - called a run

- any of the numbers 1 to 9 may be used but, like sudoku, each number may only be used once.

YESTERDAY’S ANSWER

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EASY SUDOKUCartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate

Easy Sudoku PuzzlesPlace a digit from 1 to 9 in each empty cell so everyrow, every column and every 3x3 box contains allthe digits 1 to 9.

MALL

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Officer Down (2D/Drama) – 12.00midnight

2

Hammer of Gods (2D/Action) – 9.00pm

Singam II (2D/Tamil) – 11.00pm

3

World War Z (3D/Action) – 9.15pm

White House Down (2D/Action) – 11.30pm

LANDMARK

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Monster University (3D/Animation) – 9.00pm

Lootera (2D/Hindi) – 11.00pm

2

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White House Down (2D/Action) – 11.15pm

3

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2

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Lootera (2D/Hindi) – 11.15pm

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World

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14:35 Border Security

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Hunters

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Hunters

21:00 Flip Men

21:30 Spider-Man

Tech

23:20 Mythbusters

00:15 Spider-Man

Tech

13:00 Seinfeld

13:30 Arrested

Development

14:00 Raising Hope

14:30 Men At Work

15:30 Daily Show

16:30 Hope & Faith

18:30 The Simpsons

19:00 Modern Family

22:00 Malibu Country

22:30 The Neighbors

23:00 The Office

13:00 Shake It Up

14:10 A.N.T Farm

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22:25 A.N.T Farm

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Charlie

23:35 Wizards Of

Waverly Place

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Montana

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Christmas

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20:00 Failure To

Launch

22:00 Flypaper

00:00 Under New

Management

14:20 Gadget Show

14:45 Tech Toys 360

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18:35 Through The

Wormhole

20:20 How The

Universe Works

21:10 Gadget Show

21:35 Tech Toys 360

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22:50 How The

Universe Works

14:00 C.S.I. Miami

15:00 Drop Dead

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17:00 The Ellen

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22:15 Bargain Hunt

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Omar Khalifa – “Infinite”When: Until Dec 15; 10am—10pmWhere: Katara Cultural Village What: This outdoor photography installation examines ‘the nature of being’. Using digital multiple exposure techniques, an image is crafted that gives us a sense of other-worldliness and depth of perspective through the human form. Free Entry

Ferozkoh: Tradition and Continuity in Afghan Art When: Until July 20Sunday, Monday, Wednesday:10:30am - 5:30pmThursday, Saturday: Noon — 8pmFriday: 2pm — 8pm Where: Museum of Islamic Art What: An exhibition showcasing works created by Afghan artists inspired by masterpieces from the Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) collection Entry fee 25QR (free on Mondays and for children under 16 years)

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection When: Public tours twice every Sunday and Tuesday at 10am and 11:30am. Where: Qatar National Library What: Qatar National Library’s remarkable Heritage Collection is a rare trove of manuscripts, books, and artefacts documenting a wealth of Arab-Islamic civilisation and human thought. Among its more than 100,000 works, the collection contains an edition of Ptolemy’s Geographia, which was printed in Rome in 1478 and is the oldest printed map showing the name of Qatar or referred to in Latin as ‘Catara’. Free Entry

1st Red Bull Flugtag QatarWhen: November 1, 1pm Where: Museum of Islam Art Park,

What: Red Bull Flugtag, which means “flying day” in German, pushes the envelope of human-powered flight, but competitors need more than airtime to reach the podium. Teams are judged on three criteria: Flight distance, creativity of the craft, and showmanship. These criteria have inspired flying tacos, prehistoric pterodactyls, winnebagos with wings and even Snoopy and the gang to grace the Red Bull Flugtag flight decks! Free entry

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Snake slipsout of French postal packetA French post office employee

had the fright of her life when a meter-long (3.3-foot) python slith-ered quietly out of a parcel and rubbed against her.

The woman was alone in the post office in the village of Blenod-les-Pont-a-Mousson in eastern France on Friday evening when she felt the chilling caress and screamed for help.

Firemen caught the fugitive reptile and discovered a second one in the parcel. The pair were identified by a vet as ball pythons — non-aggressive snakes that coil up into a tight ball when threatened — and donated to a nearby zoo.

“They’re not dangerous but they’re very impressive,” an officer said.

Ball pythons are popular with snake enthusiasts as pets but are also a pro-tected species for which owners need a legal certificate stating they have not been taken from the wild.

Customs officers raided the home address, in France, of the parcel’s sender, where they found no certifi-cates but two other snakes, a stuffed caiman and a stuffed turtle which the owner had been trying to sell over the

Internet. The post office stressed that its terms and conditions clearly forbade the shipping of animals, live or dead.

Hot enough to fry an egg? Don’t try it in Death Valley Death Valley National Park has

asked tourists not to test out the reputation of the world’s hottest spot by frying eggs on the ground, citing a growing litter problem at the popular US landmark.

“An employee’s posting of frying an egg in a pan in Death Valley was intended to demonstrate how hot it can get here, with the recommenda-tion that if you do this, use a pan or tin foil and properly dispose of the con-tents,” the park said on its Facebook page last week.

“However, the Death Valley NP maintenance crew has been busy cleaning up eggs cracked directly on the sidewalk, including egg cartons and shells strewn across the parking lot.

“This is your national park, please put trash in the garbage or recycle bins provided and don’t crack eggs on the sidewalks,” it said.

Death Valley, located in California and Nevada, will soon celebrate the 100th

anniversary of its posting the world heat record -- 134 degrees Fahrenheit (57 degrees Celsius) -- on July 10, 1913.

The US Southwest has been in the grip of a massive heat wave in recent weeks, with temperatures at the park in the high 120s.

Glendale tries humour to keep butts out of parksIt’s not the kind of sign you usu-

ally see at a park: “’’Our deer don’t smoke in your backyard. Please don’t smoke in theirs.”

But the Los Angeles foothill suburb of Glendale hopes such jokes will do a serious job and keep smokers from trashing local parks and trails.

The Los Angeles Times says 18 humorous signs were put up in April throughout the Verdugo and San Rafael mountains, at the Glendale Sports Complex and Deukmejian Wilderness Park.

Other samples: “Do not throw ciga-rette butts on the ground. Our squir-rels are getting cancer” and “Smokers will be fed to the bears.”

Smoking is banned on city trails and parks but the city doesn’t have enough workers to patrol every trail.

Agencies