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A SCHOOL FOR LATECOMERS

Thirty years of war has affected the Afghan diaspora in many ways, at the heart of which, unfortunately, lies education. In a crucial step, the community is

planning to launch the first Afghan school in Qatar.

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by Azmat Haroon

Himmatullah at 14 years of age can neither write nor count. He stands shy in a class of some 20 chil-dren from age nine to 15,

who are still learning to read and write alphabets.

The young boy is one of the many children from Afghanistan living in Qatar who have never been to school.

Thirty years of war have affected the Afghan diaspora in many ways, at the heart of which, unfortunately, lies education.

The number of Afghan nationals in Qatar – those with the Afghani

passport, is about 2,500. There are also those who have Pakistani passports and are in the midst of exchanging their passports for Afghan ones.

“There are 3,500 to 4000 Afghans in Qatar,” Khaled Ahmad Zekriya, the ambassador of Afghanistan, told The Peninsula.

Although many of them have lived here for over two decades, and are rea-sonably well-off, there has been a lack of continuity in their lives, which has affected children the most.

“We have to understand that this is a manifestation of what’s going on in Afghanistan. Most of the members of our community have a number of problems,” Zekriya said, explaining the lack of education in the Afghan community.

“The number one problem is the exchange of Pakistani passports. In order for you to enroll your kids in schools, you need a proper ID and many are still on the waiting list,” he said, adding that returning to their home-land remains a priority for Afghans.

The close-knit community has also developed a lack of trust for the private and community schools here over the years.

“Afghan community has always felt that they don’t have a proper venue to send their children. There seems to be a lack of trust when sending chil-dren to schools here,” the envoy said in presence of some 20 Afghan elders who sat down to discuss the issue at the Study and Education Success Center recently.

The centre, which is a coaching facility run by Zahur Ahmed Sheriff and his wife, caters to some 40 Afghan children.

Better late than never

Khaled Ahmad Zekriya, the ambassador of Afghanistan, with Zahur Admed Sheriff (second left) and Afghan citizens and their children.

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by Azmat Haroon

Himmatullah at 14 years of age can neither write nor count. He stands shy in a class of some 20 chil-dren from age nine to 15,

who are still learning to read and write alphabets.

The young boy is one of the many children from Afghanistan living in Qatar who have never been to school.

Thirty years of war have affected the Afghan diaspora in many ways, at the heart of which, unfortunately, lies education.

The number of Afghan nationals in Qatar – those with the Afghani

passport, is about 2,500. There are also those who have Pakistani passports and are in the midst of exchanging their passports for Afghan ones.

“There are 3,500 to 4000 Afghans in Qatar,” Khaled Ahmad Zekriya, the ambassador of Afghanistan, told The Peninsula.

Although many of them have lived here for over two decades, and are rea-sonably well-off, there has been a lack of continuity in their lives, which has affected children the most.

“We have to understand that this is a manifestation of what’s going on in Afghanistan. Most of the members of our community have a number of problems,” Zekriya said, explaining the lack of education in the Afghan community.

“The number one problem is the exchange of Pakistani passports. In order for you to enroll your kids in schools, you need a proper ID and many are still on the waiting list,” he said, adding that returning to their home-land remains a priority for Afghans.

The close-knit community has also developed a lack of trust for the private and community schools here over the years.

“Afghan community has always felt that they don’t have a proper venue to send their children. There seems to be a lack of trust when sending chil-dren to schools here,” the envoy said in presence of some 20 Afghan elders who sat down to discuss the issue at the Study and Education Success Center recently.

The centre, which is a coaching facility run by Zahur Ahmed Sheriff and his wife, caters to some 40 Afghan children.

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never

Khaled Ahmad Zekriya, the ambassador of Afghanistan, with Zahur Admed Sheriff (second left) and Afghan citizens and their children.

PLUS | WEDNESDAY 7 NOVEMBER 2012 COMMUNITY4

Mangalore Cricket Club to hold throwball tournament for ladies

Mangalore Cricket Club (MCC), Qatar will hold 11th Annual MCC Ladies Open Throwball

Tournament during the coming week-end, November 8-9 at the old Ideal Indian School grounds, near Midmac Roundabout, Salwa Road.

This year 7 teams – Tulu Koota, Karavali, Karnataka Sangha, Al Maha Club, Konkan Stars and host teams MCC and MCC Colts will be vying for the MCC Rolling Trophy.

League matches will start on Thursday, November 8 at 6pm and continue on Friday, November 9, at 7am.

Semifinal matches will start at 4pm followed by the final match and prize dis-tribution ceremony.

MCC officials urged all sports lovers to attend tournament and cheer the teams. For more information call 55878329 or 55860965. The Peninsula

Indian Women’s Association plans‘Diwali’ celebration

Indian Women’s Association is organ-ising its monthly get-together on Thursday, November 8, at Indian

Club. A touch of skill will be shown by the

members who will participate in Rangoliand Diya decoration competitions.

There will be added attraction of a Diya dance, raffle, music and the main attraction of the evening – Dandiya – a type of traditional folk dance from India – to celebrate Diwali – the festival of lights. IWA urged members and guests to join and enjoy the evening between 5:30pm to 9:30 pm. For more information call 44438523 or 66783969. The Peninsula

Institution of Engineers (India), Qatar chapter, Adviser U U Menon presenting a memento to the guest speakerDr Nagaraja, founder and managing director of Power Research & Development Consultants, Bangalore, as other members look on. A technical seminar on “Understanding Protection through Simulation” was held at Asiana Resturant recently.

Talent showPreparatory class of DPS-MIS celebrated their ‘Talent Show’ with great enthusiasm and spirit on four days. On the first day ‘Singing’ talent was show-cased, on second day ‘Dance’ talent was displayed and during other days children appeared in ‘Fancy Dress’ and spoke a few words about the character they were dressed as. All children were clad in colourful costumes depicting different characters from history, story books and mythology.

Birla Public School marks Kerala Day

The culture and tradition of the South Indian State reverber-ated at the Birla Public School

campus as it celebrated Kerala Formation Day. The ceremony organised at the school auditorium was witnessed by students who learn Malayalam as their second language.

The Chief Guest of the day – K Joseph, Administrative Manager of the school, inaugurated the func-tion. Speaking on the occasion, he reminded the students that while they identify themselves as Keralites they should always remember that they belong to a larger entity that binds and unites them in a common

bond – India. Principal of the school A K Shrivastava addressed the gath-ering. A vibrant cultural show was presented by the students depicting the culture and traditions of the State.

The day’s proceedings began with reciting verses from a popular

Malayalam poem. The gathering was welcomed by Mohana Kumar, the Malayalam Club secretary of the school. He educated the students about the legend associated with the formation of Kerala. Sindhu Manoj, Head of Malayalam Department,

opined that the values imparted by the forefathers have passed down from generation to generation through the medium of language and these values ought to be inculcated in the youth of the present day for a better living.

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Students performing traditional folk dances from Kerala.

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PLUS | WEDNESDAY 7 NOVEMBER 2012 5MARKETPLACE

Gulf Air, the n a t i o n a l carrier of

Bahrain, has intro-duced mobile check-in facility. Customers can check in using their internet-ena-bled mobiles from 24 hours in advance to until 90 minutes to their flight departure; no more queues to check-in.

All that customers need to do is to log into www.gulfair.com from their internet-enabled mobile phones, enter booking details, choose their seats and confirm. A barcode will appear on the mobile screen, which the custom-ers can show at the boarding gate after completing the immigration checks.

Gulf Air Director Information Technology Dr Jassim Haji said, “Launching mobile check-in comes as a part of Gulf Air’s business strategy to be on top of the latest trends and technologies so that we can provide our pas-sengers with the most innovative self-service facilities. The mobile check-in facility is linked to the latest airport check-in systems, which Gulf Air has deployed at select airports that are being expanded. As people are becoming more reliant on mobile devices in their day-to-day life, the

mobile check-in facility, I am sure, will be well received.”

Added Gulf Air Senior Manager Marketing Shehab Saeed, “The mobile check-in facility is one more addition to our line-up of improve-

ments towards making our passengers’ travel experience easier, faster and more enjoyable, following the recent re-launch of our website www.gulfair.com with improved features. “Busy and time-conscious travellers do not like to waste time standing in queues to check in at airport counters; the mobile check-in facility not only saves time but also allows customers the freedom to arrive at the airport just in time for the scheduled boarding time” Saeed concluded.

Currently the mobile check in facility is available in Bahrain, Copenhagen, Doha, Dubai, Frankfurt, London, Larnaca and Paris CDG airports only. More stations will be added as soon as permissions are received from respective airport authorities.

The mobile check-in boarding pass is valid only after the travel documents are checked, verified and stamped at designated immigration counters. The Peninsula

Gulf Air launches mobile check-in

Mannai Corporation, Networks & Telecom Division (NTD) won Panduit Partner of the

Year Award 2012 for EMEA region in the recently concluded Global Systems Integrators Congress 2012 held in Cannes France. The crite-ria for deciding the award included parameters such as - number & scale of projects executed, complexity of projects, deployment of latest technol-ogy, number of Panduit and Industry Certified professionals.

Panduit is in the forefront of launch-ing Cabling solutions which comply with the latest industry standards.

Mannai-NTD has a team of over 200 certified cabling professionals

ably led by 3 BICSI Certified RCDD Professionals. The division has suc-cessfully executed large scale IT Infrastructure projects in partnership with Cisco and Panduit.

Congratulating the Mannai team, Bassel Halabi, Panduit Regional Manager for Middle East and Pakistan said “Mannai is a very valued Panduit Partner. The award was presented to Mannai to particularly recognize their outstanding performance and exceptional commitment to delivering Panduit solutions and services. They utilise all resources available to help deploy end-to-end Panduit solutions and this has been demonstrated in the customer Briefing Center they built with Cisco

and EMC, to promote Panduit’s complete solution capabilities. Congratulations to Mannai on this excellent achievement”.

Prakash Mohapatra, General Manager Mannai- Networks & Telecom said " Our association with Best of breed solution vendors such as Panduit, Cisco and EMC makes us the only System Integrator in Qatar capable of delivering assured Quality of Service to its customers for their Voice, Video and Data Traffic right from Physical Layer to Application Layer. We trust Panduit's quality and innovative solutions for building a strong foundation for our customers IT Infrastructure."

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Mannai wins Panduit ‘Partner of the Year’ awardPanduit and Mannai officials at the award function.

American designer Diane von Furstenberg is set to design the evian Natural Mineral Water

bottle. evian’s latest limited edition bottle by

Diane von Furstenberg will be available in the Middle East from November for a limited period, and reflects a playful celebration of life and features a nod to the designer’s iconic mantras with, “Water is Life is Love is Life is Water is…,” gracing the bottle in her distinct handwriting.

Von Furstenberg drew inspiration from her personal relationship with evian water and her own love of life. The result is a unique design that combines evian’s commitment to purity with DVF’s youthful and optimistic philosophy.

evian’s limited edition bottle by Diane von Furstenberg is printed in organic ink and features the designer’s ubiquitous heart DVF logo in a special hue of red, created exclusively for the evian col-laboration. The bottle, composed of 100 percent recyclable packaging, is sealed with evian’s new screw cap design.

“I am so excited about this collabora-tion because I have always loved evian and I think drinking water is one of the most important things we can do to love ourselves and love is life!” said Diane Von Furstenberg. “To me it is all about living life to the fullest and I am so proud to work with evian to spread such an important message.”

“Diane von Furstenberg is a glo-bally-recognised pioneer in the fashion industry through her eponymous DVF brand and has also established herself as an icon through her philanthropic ventures and mentorship as president of Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA),” says Martin Renaud, President of evian Volvic World. “Her design for evian’s latest limited edition bottle symbolizes von Furstenberg’s youthful mindset and inspirational way of life, while perfectly embodying evian’s Live Young attitude and brand values.”

Diane von Furstenberg is the first American and female designer to be appointed for this bottle design col-laboration. The Peninsula

Diane von Furstenberg to design limited edition evian bottle

PLUS | WEDNESDAY 7 NOVEMBER 2012 MARKETPLACE6

Hema Malini, Bollywood actress and brand ambas-sador of Malabar Gold & Diamonds, unveiled the

festive collection of Malabar Gold & Diamonds at their outlet in Deira City Centre, Dubai, recently.

The jewellery chain unveiled an exclusive collection of diamond necklace set and three diamond pendant sets under its brand, Mine- Diamonds unlimited. They also launched a necklace set and a pendant set under the brand Era- Uncut Diamond collection. Malabar Gold & Diamonds announced many offers and promotions to add more glitter to this Diwali - Indian festival of lights. Customers who purchase any of these sets will receive a 1 gram gold coin free till November 14. They will also get a Precia pendant set crafted in 22K gold and precious stones.

Adding extra shine to this sea-son, they are also offering their customers’ special pearl diamond sets free with every purchase of dia-mond jewellery. This offer is valid till November 14 at all their outlets in GCC. To top it all customers will receive free gold coin with every purchase of gold ornaments worth QR3000 from November 7-14.

“Diwali is more than just a tra-ditional festival for me. It is a great time that brings back fond memories.

I am glad to celebrate this Diwali with Malabar Gold & Diamonds, by unveiling their festive collection,” Hema Malini said.

The event was attended by M P Ahammed, Chairman, Malabar Group of Companies, Shamlal

Ahamed M P, Managing Director, International Operations, Abdul Salam K P, Group Executive Director, Mayin Kutty C, Director, Ameer C M C, Director- Finance & Admin and company officials.

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Hema Malini and Malabar Gold & Diamonds offi-cials unveiling the festive collection.

Sharp along with its partner Al Muftah Trading intro-duced Qatar’s first com-mercially available 80 inch

Aquos LED TV and Sharp’s latest Double French Refrigerators.

The full HD Japanese made panel, Sharp’s flagship 80 inch model LC-80LE940X provides more than twice the screen area of an average 55-inch TV. It features Sharp’s 4th Generation Quattron technology for better 3D viewing, plus direct LED backlighting and Aquo-motion Pro (240Hz) to decrease blur during fast-moving videos. It also boasts advanced Wi-Fi capabilities, which are further strengthened by Sharp’s smart TV interface, allowing cus-tomers to enjoy applications such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. The interface also allows custom-ized preferences which allow users to send photos, music and videos wirelessly.

“Our Big Aquos series fulfills the demand for bigger screens while maintaining affordable prices and energy-efficiency,” said Fred Yamaguchi – Group GM and MD of

From left: Fred Yamaguchi, Managing Director, Sharp MEA, Ibrahim Al Muftah, Managing Director, Al Muftah Group (Al Muftah), and Khalid Al Muftah, Finance Director, Al Muftah, and other officials at the launch of Sharp 80-inch AQUOS LED TV and Sharp Double French Refrigerators in Qatar at a function held at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Doha on Monday.

Sharp Middle East FZE. “The 80-inch Aquos LED TV meets the consumer’s need for bigger flat panel TV. It is stylish, offers stunning picture qual-ity, sound quality and we are proud to introduce it for the first time to the Middle East”, continued Yamaguchi.

“Qatar is at the forefront of socio-cultural development in the region and this is leading to rapid moderni-zation of the typical Qatari household,” said Ibrahim Al Muftah – Group MD of Al Muftah Group.

“Sharp has always been a brand

of choice for our customer’s looking for lifestyle upgrades and the 80 inch AQUOS LED is another first from Sharp that promises real-as-life entertainment and sports right in your living rooms,” added Al Muftah.

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Malabar Gold unveils festival collection

Sharp launches 80-inch LED TV

McDonald’s Qatar to treat 50,000to breakfast

In an effort to encourage Qatar res-idents to enjoy a satisfying kick-start to the day – McDonald’s will

give away 50,000 free breakfasts this month.

Kamal Saleh Al Mana, Managing Director of Al Mana Restaurants and Food Company commented: “We rec-ognise the value and importance of a nourishing morning meal, and are incredibly proud to make this fresh and delicious line of menu items available to our loyal customers in Qatar. This is why - this month - we are giving away 50,000 breakfast meals as a reminder of how delicious, satisfying, fresh and easy our morning meals really are.”

Served daily from 5am until 10am daily and until 11 am on weekends, 23 McDonald’s outlets across the country offer breakfast items.

“As is the case with all McDonald’s products, our breakfasts are built using farm fresh ingredients sourced from our network of trusted suppliers – like our eggs, which are sourced locally and cracked to order,” explained Al Mana.

The McDonald’s breakfast menu includes lighter options, such as orange juice and coffee, as well as more sub-stantial meals like the signature Big Breakfast that includes eggs, sausages, hash browns and a toasted English muffin. The Peninsula

PLUS | WEDNESDAY 7 NOVEMBER 2012HEALTH 7

Health Tipsfrom DOCTOR

You may be wondering how does the sleeping posture of baby matters, as long as the baby is sleeping well. The sleeping posture for babies less than one year old and more so for babies less than six months is

of paramount importance because by adopting one sleep-ing posture the risk of one extremely frustrating and dreadful condition can be minimised if not avoided. The name of this condition is “Sudden Infant Death Syndrome” ( SIDS) or cot death. As the name indicates, it is a condition where a healthy baby dies suddenly in cot after sleep for no apparent reason.

Who are most vulnerable?1. Babies less than six months.2. Low birth weight babies. 3. Premature babies.4. Sleeping on stomach.5. Smoking mothers.6. Multiple birth babies like

twins.After extensive research it has

been suggested that the follow-ing preventive measures are to be taken namely.,

1. Always put the baby to sleep on its back. Do not put the baby to sleep on its stomach. Side sleep-ing is unstable and should be avoided. This single most impor-tant step has drastically reduced the incidence of this dreadful condition.

2. Do not allow baby to sleep with other children or adults and do not put them to sleep on sofas.

3. Avoid soft bedding materials. Babies should be placed on firm, tight fitting crib mattress with no comforter. Use a light sheet to cover the baby. Do not use pillows, comforters and quilts in the crib.

4. Make sure that the room temperature is not too hot. The room temperature should be comfortable for a lightly clothed adult. A baby should not be too hot to touch.

5. Keep baby in smoke free atmosphere.6. Pacifiers at the time of sleep after one month of age are

helpful as pacifier might allow airway to open more or pre-vent the baby from falling into deep sleep. A baby that wakes up more easily may automatically move out of a dangerous position.

Lastly, share this information with your near and dear ones.

by Marilynn Marchione

Multivitamins might help lower the risk for cancer in healthy older men

but do not affect their chances of developing heart disease, new research suggests.

Two other studies found fish oil didn’t work for an irregular heartbeat condition called atrial fibrillation, even though it is thought to help certain people with heart disease or high lev-els of fats called triglycerides in their blood.

The bottom line: Dietary sup-plements have varied effects and whether one is right for you may depend on your personal health profile, diet and lifestyle.

“Many people take vitamin supplements as a crutch,” said study leader Dr Howard Sesso of Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. “They’re no substitute for a heart-healthy diet, exercis-ing, not smoking, keeping your weight down,” especially for low-ering heart risks.

The studies were presented Monday at an American Heart Association conference in Los Angeles.

A separate analysis released in connection with the meeting showed that at least 1 in 3 baby boomers who are in good shape will eventually develop heart problems or have a stroke. The upside is that that will happen about seven years later than for

their less healthy peers.The study is “a wake-up call

that this disease is very preva-lent in the United States and even if you’re doing a good job, you’re not immune,” said Dr Vincent Bufalino, a Chicago-area cardiologist and spokesman for the American Heart Association.

The findings came in an analy-sis of five major studies involving nearly 50,000 adults aged 45 and older who were followed for up to 50 years.

The research was published online by the Journal of the American Medical Association, along with the vitamin paper and one fish oil study.

Multivitamins are America’s favorite dietary supplement. About one-third of adults take them. Yet no government agency recommends their routine use for preventing chronic diseases, and few studies have tested them to see if they can.

A leading preventive medicine task force even recommends against beta-carotene supple-ments, alone or with other vita-mins, to prevent cancer or heart disease because some studies have found them harmful. And vitamin K can affect bleeding and interfere with some com-monly used heart drugs.

Sesso’s study involved nearly 15,000 healthy male doctors given monthly packets of Centrum Silver or fake multivitamins. After about 11 years, there were no differences between the

groups in heart attacks, strokes, chest pain, heart failure or heart-related deaths.

Side effects were fairly similar except for more rashes among vitamin users. The National Institutes of Health paid for most of the study. Pfizer Inc. sup-plied the pills and other compa-nies supplied the packaging.

The same study a few weeks ago found that multivitamins cut the chance of developing cancer by 8 percent — a mod-est amount and less than what can be achieved from a good diet, exercise and not smoking.

Multivitamins also may have different results in women or people less healthy than those in this study — only 4 percent smoked, for example.

The fish-oil studies tested prescription-strength omega-3 capsules from several companies in two different groups of people for preventing atrial fibrillation, a fluttering, irregular heartbeat.

One study from South America aimed to prevent recurrent epi-sodes in 600 participants who already had the condition. The other sought to prevent it from developing in 1,500 people from the U.S., Italy and Argentina hav-ing various types of heart sur-gery, such as valve replacement. About one third of heart-surgery patients develop atrial fibrillation as a complication.

Both studies found fish oil ineffective.

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Dr E V Kumar Specialist – Paediatrics

Healthspring World Clinic

What’s newNew tool developed to diagnose cancer cells

A new tool known as MS-Chip can instantly tell cancerous cells from normal cells by having them go through microscopic barriers, say researchers who developed it.

The flexible cancerous cells can navigate through the tool’s microscopic holes easily. But the rigid benign cells have trouble squeezing through them because of their well-developed cytoskeleton, a network of tiny but strong rod-shaped proteins that give cells their shape and structure.

In their feverish drive to divide, cancer cells may be diverting resources away from developing a cytoskeleton in favour of division, hence the squishiness, the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reports.

“We have created many pathways for cells to cross barriers,” said Lidong Qin, nanomedical scientist and the project’s principal investigator from the Methodist Hospital, who worked with the Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center to test the device, according to a Methodist statement.

“The throughput of a MS-Chip is at the level of one million cells. When a stiff cell blocks one par-ticular barrier, many other bypasses will allow flexible cells to flow through,” adds Qin.

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es b

ack

by

Mik

i Tu

rne

r

When it

com

es

to p

layin

g

com

ple

x

ch

aracte

rs,

there are fe

w acto

rs

wh

o

have

as

mu

ch

sw

agger

as

Den

zel

Wash

ingto

n.

It’s

h

is w

alk

, th

e w

ay h

e

talk

s and h

ow

he m

akes

that

one t

eardrop

desc

end f

rom

his

rig

ht

eye.

That’

ll g

et

you e

very t

ime.

And, of course

, he’s

not

too h

ard o

n t

he

eyes,

eit

her -

- esp

ecia

lly w

hen h

e’s

in u

ni-

form

. In

Fli

gh

t, w

hic

h o

pens

this

weekend,

the t

wo-t

ime O

scar w

inner u

ses

all o

f his

to

ols

to p

lay W

hip

Whit

aker,

a c

om

mer-

cia

l air

line p

ilot

whose

cocky d

em

eanor is

enhanced b

y a

cocain

e-a

nd-J

ack D

anie

ls

chase

r.W

hip

, h

ow

ever,

m

an

ages to

pull

a

“Sully”

an

d s

afe

ly l

an

d a

mechan

ically

malf

uncti

onin

g p

lane in a

n o

pen fi

eld

dur-

ing a

sto

rm

. T

he g

ood n

ew

s is

that

only

si

x liv

es

are lost

. T

he b

ad n

ew

s is

that

one

of

the f

ata

liti

es

is a

flig

ht

att

endant

wit

h

whom

Whip

was

rom

an

tically i

nvolv

ed

on t

he D

L. B

y t

akin

g t

heir

secrets

to h

er

grave, sh

e h

as

ess

enti

ally s

aved h

is c

areer.

In t

he e

nd, he n

ails

him

self

.B

ut

even t

hough F

ligh

t --

whic

h is

equal

parts

thrille

r a

nd c

om

pellin

g d

ram

a -

- is

so

mew

hat

predic

table

, W

ash

ingto

n a

ppre-

cia

ted t

he a

mbig

uit

y o

f th

e s

crip

t. I

t w

as

on

e o

f th

e l

ast

on

es

his

agen

t, t

he l

ate

E

d L

imato

, gave h

im b

efo

re h

e d

ied. T

he

film

als

o s

tars

John

Goodm

an

, M

eliss

a

Leo a

nd N

adin

e V

ela

zquez

and r

eunit

es

Washin

gto

n w

ith D

on

Cheadle

for t

he

first

tim

e s

ince 1

995, w

hen t

hey s

hot

Devi

l in

a B

lue D

ress

, a fi

lm a

dapta

tion o

f W

alt

er

Mosl

ey’s

myst

ery-c

rim

e n

ovel.

“The c

om

ple

xit

y w

as

wonderfu

l to

pla

y,”

Washin

gto

n s

aid

. “T

ough s

pots

for m

e

are p

ictu

res

I don’t

want

to b

e o

n. [B

ut]

th

is w

as

an a

dventu

re. S

tarti

ng w

ith t

he

screenpla

y a

nd t

he c

ollaborati

on w

ith t

he

film

maker,

gett

ing a

chance t

o fl

y a

round

in fl

ight

sim

ula

tors,

hangin

g u

psi

de d

ow

n

in a

pla

ne a

nd p

layin

g a

drunk . . . “

While it’s

hard n

ot

to r

oot

for W

hip

--

his

courageous

acti

ons

do s

ave 1

00 s

ouls

an

d t

he c

rash

isn

’t t

echn

ically h

is f

ault

--

Wash

ingto

n s

aid

he w

ould

n’t

have h

ad

much e

mpath

y f

or a

pilot

flyin

g h

igh.

“I beli

eve h

e deserved m

ore pris

on

tim

e,”

W

ash

ingto

n said

adam

an

tly.

“I

thin

k h

e s

hould

have g

ott

en

at

least

20

years.

”S

peakin

g o

f w

hic

h,

that’s

exactl

y h

ow

lo

ng i

t’s

been

sin

ce W

ash

ingto

n p

layed

perhaps

his

most

iconic

characte

r t

o d

ate

, in

the fi

lm M

alc

olm

X. T

he 1

992 S

pik

e L

ee

join

t w

as

nom

inate

d f

or t

wo O

scars

the

follow

ing y

ear.

Wash

ingto

n n

abbed o

ne

for b

est

acto

r, a

nd R

uth

E C

arte

r g

ot

the

oth

er for c

ost

um

e d

esi

gn. L

ee a

nd t

he fi

lm

were s

nubbed, but

the d

irecto

r h

as

oft

en

said

that

Wash

ingto

n, w

ho w

as

up a

gain

st

oth

er h

eavyw

eig

hts

lik

e C

lint

East

wood,

Robert

Dow

ney J

r, S

tephen R

ea a

nd e

ven-

tual

win

ner A

l P

acin

o, w

as

the o

ne w

ho

was

truly

robbed.

“Wow

, it

’s b

een 2

0 y

ears?

” W

ash

ingto

n

said

. “Y

ou k

now

, I

rem

em

ber t

he fi

rst

tim

e l

an

din

g i

n A

fric

a w

as

1986,

an

d I

w

as

doin

g a

movie

called C

ry F

reed

om

. A

nd t

he fi

rst

tim

e l

andin

g i

n E

gypt

was

on M

alc

olm

X i

n ‘91

or ‘92. It

was

just

a

pow

erfu

l fe

eling t

o b

e a

ble

to m

ove a

round

wit

h t

he p

eople

, and I

never f

elt

threat-

ened o

r a

nyth

ing lik

e t

hat.

Wow

, th

at

was

20 y

ears

ago .

. .

I w

as

12 w

hen I

made

that!

”A

lth

ough

W

ash

ingto

n

decli

ned

to

com

ment

on h

ow

he felt

about

the X

snub

(“T

hat’s

old

new

s”),

he h

ad a

lready w

on

an O

scar for h

is s

upporti

ng r

ole

in 1

989’s

G

lory

--

the fi

rst

tim

e w

e s

aw

that

on

e

tear f

all.

He w

ould

n’t

win

the b

ig p

riz

e

unti

l 2002, fo

r h

is r

ogue c

op p

erfo

rm

ance

in T

rain

ing D

ay,

on

the s

am

e m

em

ora-

ble

nig

ht

that

Halle B

erry b

ecam

e t

he

first

Afr

ican

-Am

eric

an

wom

an

to w

in

best

actr

ess

, and S

idney P

oit

ier,

the fi

rst

broth

er t

o w

in b

est

acto

r, w

as

hon

ored

wit

h a

lif

eti

me-a

chie

vem

ent

gold

en b

oy.

“I d

on’t

get

all c

aught

up in t

hat,”

said

W

ash

ingto

n,

who p

robably

should

have

won

for T

he H

urr

ica

ne,

a fi

lm t

hat

was

rele

ase

d a

year b

efo

re T

rain

ing D

ay

(in

w

hic

h h

e p

layed t

he t

itula

r b

oxer w

rongly

convic

ted o

f m

urder w

ho f

ought

to p

rove

his

innocence).

“T

he a

wards

are n

ice, but

it’s

about

the w

ork

. It

’s v

ery r

are -

- and I

read a

lot

of

scrip

ts -

- but

this

one, I

felt

like I

read it

in 1

4 m

inute

s because

I w

as

turnin

g t

he p

ages

so f

ast

. I

could

n’t

wait

to

see w

hat

was

goin

g t

o h

appen. T

his

was

one o

f th

ose

scrip

ts, I

had t

o b

e a

part

of

it. It

was

on t

he p

age -

- th

e g

uts

, th

e p

ain

, th

e t

ears.

”W

P-B

LOO

MB

ER

G

Superm

odel

Kate

Moss

lik

es

to u

se a

pair

of

scis

sors

on h

er o

utfi

ts

to c

ust

om

ise t

hem

, but

adm

its

her 1

0-y

ear-o

ld d

aughte

r L

ila G

race

isn’t

alw

ays

impress

ed.

“I c

ut

up loads.

I a

lways

want

everyth

ing s

horte

r, s

horte

r, s

horte

r. L

ila

had t

o s

top m

e t

he o

ther d

ay,

cutt

ing a

dress

up. ‘M

um

my,

don’t

cut

it.

It looks

really n

ice lik

e t

hat’

,” c

onta

ctm

usi

c.c

om

quote

d M

oss

as

sayin

g.

“I g

ot

Fifi

(her p

erso

nal

ass

ista

nt)

to c

ut

a £

40,0

00 c

oat

once. B

ecause

it

was

mid

-calf

. I

can’t

do m

id-c

alf

. I

have g

ot

bow

legs,

so if I

do a

mid

-calf

lo

ok, I

look b

andy. I

mean, I

know

my length

s,”

she s

aid

.D

esp

ite b

ein

g a

hugely

success

ful

model, M

oss

, 38, adm

its

she d

oesn

’t

know

the b

est

way t

o p

ose

.“I

t’s

an inst

inct.

I m

ean, th

ere’s

a c

erta

in b

reakdow

n n

ow

, aft

er a

ll t

his

ti

me. I

can p

ut

on a

dress

, but

still

I don’t

know

. N

obody t

ells

you w

hat

to d

o.”

“So I

have t

o f

eel, w

ithout

any w

ords,

what

they w

ant

and w

here t

he

light

is, and w

hat

the m

ake-u

p’s

doin

g, and h

ow

I’m

goin

g t

o m

ake it

work

. It

is

a p

uzz

le a

ll t

he t

ime, I

thin

k. T

hat’s

what’s

good a

bout

it,” s

he s

aid

. Mos

s lik

es to

cut

her

clo

thes

My

fight

not

agai

nst

Shah

Rukh: A

jay

Dev

gn

Acto

r-p

roducer A

jay D

evgn,

who h

as

file

d a

com

pla

int

wit

h t

he

Com

peti

tion C

om

mis

sion o

f In

dia

(C

CI)

allegin

g t

hat

the m

akers

of

Jab

Ta

k H

ai Ja

an h

ave b

een b

lockin

g t

he r

ele

ase

of his

film

Son

of

Sa

rda

ar

in t

heatr

es,

says

his

fight

is n

ot

again

st S

hah R

ukh

Khan w

ho is

pla

yin

g lead in t

he m

ovie

.“T

he fi

ght

is n

ot

betw

een S

hah R

ukh a

nd A

jay D

evgn a

nd t

here is

no fi

ght

betw

een b

oth

of us.

This

is

unnecess

arily p

eople

has

create

d. B

oth

of us

are

acto

rs.

This

is

Aja

y D

evgn a

s a p

roducer,

fighti

ng f

or h

is r

ight

wit

h s

om

e

oth

er p

roducer a

nd if people

are p

layin

g w

ith it

then it'

s w

rong,” s

aid

Aja

y.D

irecte

d b

y A

shw

ni

Dhir

, S

on

of

Sa

rda

r fe

atu

res

Aja

y, S

an

jay D

utt

, S

onaksh

i S

inha,

and J

uhi

Chaw

la,

while J

ab

Ta

k h

ai

Jan s

tars

Anush

ka

Sharm

a a

nd K

atr

ina K

aif

alo

ng w

ith S

RK

.T

he c

om

pla

int

was

file

d b

efo

re Y

ash

Chopra's

death

and a

ccordin

g t

o

ass

ocia

tion's

rule

, one c

annot

back o

ut

aft

er fi

ling t

he c

om

pla

int.

“We fi

led t

he c

ase

on

Octo

ber 1

8 w

hen

we h

adn

't e

ven

thought

that

Yash

ji w

ill be h

osp

italise

d. M

ain

proble

m w

as

that

the t

imin

g w

ent

wrong.

We fi

led t

he c

ase

long b

ack a

nd a

s per t

he law

you c

an't

wit

hdraw

the c

ase

file

d w

ith t

he C

om

peti

tion C

om

mis

sion.

My fi

ght

is n

ot

wit

h t

hem

; it

is

just

again

st r

ight

and w

rong.

Again

I a

m t

alk

ing a

bout

it,

but

I am

not

suppose

d t

o t

alk

about

it."

Aja

y m

oved t

he C

CI,

cla

imin

g t

hat

YR

F w

as

usi

ng its

dom

inant

posi

tion

to a

sk e

xhib

itors

to d

edic

ate

more s

creens

to J

ab

Ta

k H

ai

Jaa

n inst

ead o

f his

movie

Son

of

Sa

rda

ar

- both

are c

om

ing o

ut

on D

iwali o

n N

ovem

ber 1

3.

It's

do a

nd d

ie s

ituati

on f

or A

jay.

"If I

rele

ase

the fi

lm o

n t

he s

am

e d

ay,

then p

eople

will call m

e v

illa

in a

nd

if I

don't

rele

ase

it,

it'

s a m

ajo

r loss

for u

s,"

he s

aid

."S

adly

, post

Yash

ji's

death

many p

eople

press

uris

ed m

e t

hrough m

edia

and s

aid

Aja

y D

evgn s

hould

dela

y h

is fi

lm. T

ill now

`800m

to `

900m

have

been p

ut

in t

he fi

lm. C

orporate

s are i

nvolv

ed a

nd t

hey a

re a

nsw

erable

to

share-h

old

ers.

So w

ith a

ll d

ue r

esp

ect,

I t

hought

of rele

asi

ng it

on t

he s

am

e

day,

" he a

dded.

Once t

he r

ele

ase

date

is

decid

ed, it

is

not

easy

for a

nyone t

o c

hange i

t.

Aja

y s

ays

that

when h

e a

sked o

thers

to d

ela

y t

he r

ele

ase

of

their

film

s,

they s

aid

it'

s not

feasi

ble

.“W

hen I

said

ask

Aam

ir K

han t

o r

ele

ase

his

film

(T

ala

ash

) aft

er t

wo

weeks

and a

sk A

ksh

ay K

um

ar t

o r

ele

ase

his

film

(K

hil

ad

e 7

86)

on C

hris

tmas

or a

sk S

alm

an K

han t

o g

o f

or J

anuary r

ele

ase

(fo

r D

ab

an

gg 2

). S

o p

eople

sa

id t

hat'

s not

poss

ible

. S

o, w

hy o

nly

Aja

y w

ill have t

o s

acrifi

ce?

I don't

feel

any p

ress

ure w

hen I

gave t

his

opti

on -

sab c

hup h

o g

aye n

a."

Urgin

g m

edia

to s

upport

him

in h

is fi

ght

for just

ice, A

jay s

aid

he is

very

confident

about

SO

S.

"It'

s not

just

a c

om

edy,

it'

s a b

ala

nce o

f everyth

ing...o

nce y

ou s

ee t

he fi

lm,

you w

ill sa

y S

anja

y D

utt

is

the h

ighlight

of

the fi

lm,"

the 4

3-y

ear-o

ld s

aid

.IA

NS

Denz

el o

n th

e gu

ts, p

ain,

te

ars

of F

light

PLUS | WEDNESDAY 7 NOVEMBER 2012 FOOD10

Mushroom Manchurian Ingredients:

Onion: 1 cup dicedSpring onion: 1/2 cupGinger-garlic paste: 2 tspGreen chilly chopped: 1 tspTomato: 1 medium Mushroom: 2 cupsFlour: 1/2 cupCornflour: 4tspPepper powder: 2tspCelery chopped: 3tspTomato sauce: 3 tbspSoysauce: 2 tspRedchilly powder: 3tspGaram masala powder: 1tspSugar: 1 tspVinegar: 1 tspSalt: as per requirement, Oil

Method: Clean the mushrooms and cut them into half.

Make a batter with flour, 2 tsp cornflour, 1tsp each of redchilly powder and pepper powder, salt, garam masala powder. Dip the Mushrooms into the batter and deep fry the mushrooms.

Blanch tomato and grind it into a paste with 1 tsp each of pepper powder, sugar, red chilly powder and vinegar. Keep this aside.

In a wok, add 3 tbsp of oil and once the oil becomes hot, add the springonions and onions and saute them, add the chopped green chillies and gingergarlic paste and saute them well.

Once they are sauted well, add the chopped cel-ery and then add salt and 1 tsp of red chilly powder. Saute well and add the tomato paste and saute. Add 1/2 cup water with 2 tsp ofcornflour mixed in it to the wok. As it begins to simmer, add the fried mushrooms, let it cook for a few more minutes and then add the tomato sauce and soysauce.

Creamy Mushroom Soup Ingredients:

1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil1 1/2 pounds mushrooms, thinly sliced1 medium onion, diced3 tablespoons all-purpose flour2 tablespoons paprika2 tablespoons dried dill4 cups mushroom broth or reduced-sodium beef broth2 cups low-fat milk1 1/2 pounds russet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch pieces1/2 cup reduced-fat sour cream3/4 teaspoon salt

Method: Heat oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add mushrooms

and onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until most of the liquid evaporates, 10 to 15 minutes.

Reduce heat to medium and cook, stirring frequently, until the mushrooms are very soft, about 3 minutes more. Add flour, paprika and dill and cook, stirring, for 15 seconds. Add broth, milk and pota-toes; cover and bring to a simmer. Reduce heat to maintain a lively simmer and cook, uncovered, until the potatoes are tender, about 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in sour cream and salt.

Mohammed Aslam

WINNER

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ingredients in metric

measurements). Winner will

receive a dinner voucher.

To claim your prize

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Add the spring onion leaves once removed from the stove. Mushroom Manchurian is ready.

Joy Mary Ninan

Garlic mushrooms Ingredients:

60ml (1/4 cup) extra virgin olive oil500g cup mushrooms, thinly sliced

3 garlic cloves, finely chopped1 tbs fresh lemon juicePinch of dried chilli flakes1 tbs chopped fresh continental parsley

Method: Heat a large frying pan over high heat. Add the

oil and swirl to coat. Add the mushroom and garlic,

and cook, stirring often, for 2 minutes.Reduce heat to medium. Add the lemon juice

and chilli. Season with salt and pepper. Stir to combine. Cook for 2 minutes or until the

mushrooms are soft.Stir in the parsley. Divide among serving dishes

to serve. Mathew Jones

by L V Anderson

Though pasta is more central to most of our diets and pesto is associated in certain snooty minds with ‘80s-era fondness for now-passe Italian dishes (tiramisu, anyone?), it’s fairly

indisputable that pesto wins the edible paste contest hands down. It’s flat-out brilliant. The only way to get more of that heady aroma out of fresh basil is to smash it, and the only way to improve on that aroma is to add luxurious ingredients with a fattiness that will intensify the herbal essence: olive oil, Parmesan cheese and pine nuts. (Garlic doesn’t hurt, either. Garlic never hurts.)

The problem with homemade pesto is the tendency many people have to focus on the basil at the exclusion of the other ingredients. If you want a truly excep-tional sauce, and not merely a suspension of herb flecks in olive oil, you must not be shy about add-ing plenty of cheese and nuts - and you need not be strict about hewing precisely to tradition. Parmigiano Reggiano is the classic in pesto Genovese, but a decent pecorino Romano makes a respectable substitute without doing quite as much damage to your bank statement. Likewise, walnuts have a crunchy-yet-waxy texture similar to that of pine nuts, and they can cost half as much as pine nuts by weight.

It goes without saying that you can put pesto on pretty much anything: sandwiches, vegetables, meats, fish. But my favourite way of serving it is the Ligurian way: with

both pasta and potatoes. (Traditional pasta alla ligure includes green beans, too, so throw a few handfuls into your pot of boiling water a few minutes before draining the pasta and potatoes, if you like. Broccoli and aspara-gus are nice verdant additions, too.) There’s something ridiculously indulgent about eating pasta and potatoes together in the same dish, and the soft edges of the boiled potatoes blur into the pesto to create a sauce that’s even creamier and richer than pesto by itself.

PASTA WITH PESTO AND POTATOES1/2 cup pine nuts or walnutsSalt1 pound waxy potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch chunks1 pound penne, cavatappi, or other cut pastaLeaves from 1 medium bunch fresh basil2/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil1/2 cup grated Parmesan or pecorino Romano cheese, more for serving

3 garlic clovesMETHOD:

Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Meanwhile, put the nuts in a large skillet over medium heat and toast, shaking the pan occasionally, until fragrant and lightly browned, about 5 minutes.

When the water comes to a boil, salt it generously and add the potatoes. The potatoes should cook for 15 minutes total, so add the pasta to the water about 5 to 10 minutes later, depending on the package instructions, so the potatoes and pasta finish cooking at the same time. While the potatoes and pasta cook, put the basil, olive oil, nuts, cheese, garlic, and a large pinch of salt in a food processor or blender and process until smooth.

When the potatoes are fully tender and the pasta is al dente, scoop about a cup of their cooking liquid out of the pot, and then drain the potatoes and pasta. Toss the potatoes and pasta with the pesto, addingthe reserved cooking liquid as needed to thin out the sauce. Taste and adjust the seasoning, and serve immediately, topped with additional grated Parmesan or pecorino Romano, if desired. WP-Bloomberg

How to make the perfect: Pesto

PLUS | WEDNESDAY 7 NOVEMBER 2012MUSIC 11

by Emma Charlton

“Saudi Arabia is a very conservative coun-try -- that’s where we are from,” the 35-year-old Qusai

Kheder said before performing to a crowd of mostly Arab, largely female, young fans at the Arab World Institute in Paris this month.

“This is our culture, our heritage, and we have reasons to respect it,” said the Riyadh-born young man in leather jacket, grey snood and clipped goatee, whose stage name is simply “Qusai”.

“But at the same time, we don’t have freedom of expression, freedom of speech, so we set up limitations in

whatever we do -- some people for the fear and some people for the respect.

“I do a little bit of both,” he said with a laugh.

Qusai cut his teeth as a member of Saudi Arabia’s tiny hip hop under-ground, becoming the first Saudi to make a rap recording in 1994, earn-ing him the status of “outcast, a black sheep, till one day I felt like, they are out to get me.”

So in 1996 he left to study in the United States, making a name as a DJ and radio personality.

Ten years on he returned to a changed Saudi Arabia, he says, where he now runs his own studio in Jeddah -- though with music still viewed as a sin by the country’s Islamic leaders, it is a “miracle” to be able to perform

in public.And when it comes to content, Qusai

must tread a fine line.“In Arabic the majority if not all the

songs are talking about love -- habibi this, habibi that,” he said smiling. Whether in Jeddah or Chicago, hip hop’s subject matter is everyday life, he adds.

“You want to party with your friends, talk about it. You see some bad news on TV, you’re going to express how you feel.

“Our number one subject, for all Arabic rappers is Salaam. Peace. Because it’s a never-ending battle, and we are going to continue singing about peace until we at least smell it.”

Peace is the theme of his new album, whose title The Inevitable Change is an

Rapping with‘fear and respect’in Saudi Arabia

Making hip hop in Saudi Arabia is a bit of a tightrope act, says

Qusai Kheder, self-styled ambassador for the genre

who has built a niche following for his violence free brand of rap music.

explicit nod to the Arab Spring and its aftermath across the region.

One track called Arab World Unite warns that “most of our wounds are from friendly fire”.

But this is no political manifesto: any allusions to demands for greater democracy are veiled, or generic, such as: My Arabic people are waking up/Trying to see a better day so we can live it up.

“I am not a politician,” Qusai said. “I don’t attack social issues, that’s not my place. I drop subliminal messages for the smart people, whoever reads between the lines.”

Signed in 2008 to Platinum records, part of the Saudi-owned, Dubai-based broadcaster MBC, Qusai shot to tel-evised fame as co-host of the network’s Arabs Got Talent, the hugely success-ful Middle East spin-off of the global franchise.

He has no qualms about having joined the musical mainstream -- and relishes the freedom it has given him.

“It’s not an everyday thing in Saudi Arabia to find a hip hop artist becom-ing a public figure. The people that used to reject me, despise me, and hate me, I guess they love me right now!” he joked.

He says he used the television fran-chise -- broadcast from Beirut to tens of millions across the Arab world -- as a launch pad, both for hip hop and his own career.

“Arabs Got Talent was the break-through of my life,” he said. “And it was a chance to introduce that hip hop culture -- because it does exist in the Middle East, strongly, but underground.”

Nominated for this week’s MTV Europe awards in the best Middle Eastern Act category, Qusai switches seamlessly in his lyrics from English to Arabic, injecting riffs of traditional Arabian instruments.

“I would say it’s safer in English,” he says -- allowing him to slip under the radar since the language is still not widely spoken on the Arab street.

Still, when it comes to romance, Qusai keeps things strictly above the belt.

“Sex is always going to be there -- but if I touch on it, I touch on it in a nice, entertaining way, not degrading, not insulting, not X-rated.

“I respect my culture, I respect my women, period. I was raised in a house-hold full of women so I don’t look at them from that angle. It’s just not me -- and in my culture, this is not some-thing I should focus on.” AFP

PLUS | WEDNESDAY 7 NOVEMBER 2012 FASHION12

Models displaying designs by Malaysian designers Hajaba, Zleqha and Syaiful Baharim and Indonesian designers Paul Ropp and Tuti Adib Bilqis as part of the Islamic Fashion Festival in Kuala Lumpur.

A gust of wind in her skirts worked for Marilyn Monroe, but aides to Queen Elizabeth II take care to avoid any such

incident for the monarch by sewing weights into her dresses, one of her aides revealed.

“The queen undertakes a wide range of engagements, many of which take place in the open air, where a sudden breeze could cause embarrassment,” writes Angela Kelly, the queen’s per-sonal assistant, adviser and curator, in a new book.

“If we think this is a possibility, we will very occasionally use weights, discreetly sewn into the seams of day dresses.”

The glossy hardback opens the door on the work involved in creating the 86-year-old monarch’s famously immaculate style, which saw her voted one of the world’s most glamorous

women by British Vogue magazine in 2007.

It reveals the two years of prepa-rations for the Diamond Jubilee in June, including how the queen’s white

outfit worn to the river pageant was inspired by Elizabeth I and designed to stand out against the deep reds of the royal barge.

Kelly also describes how palace

dressmakers were asked to make two identical versions of the crystal and lace peach cocktail dress the queen wore to the opening ceremony of the London Olympic Games in July, with-out knowing why.

One was worn by the monarch and the other by the stunt double who jumped out of a plane alongside James Bond, in one of the highlights of the night.

“Dressing the Queen: The Jubilee Wardrobe”, which features lavish photographs and design sketches, also reveals how the queen uses her clothes to make a diplomatic point.

This included wearing Irish green on her historic visit to the repub-lic in May 2011, and having one of her outfits on a tour to Canada in 2010 embellished with beads by women from the Mi’kmaq indigenous community.

British Queen’s wardrobe secrets revealed

A Royal dressmaker creating an outfit for Queen Elizabeth. RIGHT: The book cover.

Islamic Fashion Festival

PLUS | WEDNESDAY 7 NOVEMBER 2012 COMICS

Baby Blues Jerry Scott and Rick Kirkman

13

Hagar The Horrible Chris Browne

Slylock Fox Bob Weber

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

ASSAIL, ATTACK, BATTLE, CHALLENGE, CHAMPION, CLASH,COMBAT, COMPETITION, CONFLICT, CONQUEST, CONTENDER, CONTEST, DEFEAT, DEFEND, DRAW, ENEMY, FIGHT, GAME, MATCH, OFFENSIVE, OPPOSITION, OUTDO, OUTFLANK, OVERCOME, OVERPOWER, PARRY, PLAYER, PROTECT, REPEL, RESIST, RIVAL, SPORT, STRUGGLE, TRIUMPH, VANQUISH, VICTORY, WARRIOR, WITHSTAND.

Zits Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman

Blondie Dennis Young and Denis Lebrun

PLUS | WEDNESDAY 7 NOVEMBER 2012

HYPER SUDOKU

CROSS WORD

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 Semidomed area 5 Constellation with the

star Rigel10 Smidgens14 Mecca for oenophiles15 Like a drag revue16 ___-B17 Fabric store

employees?19 “Me neither”20 “Nixon in China” role21 Sculptor Jean22 Fed in pursuit of

counterfeiters23 Repair for a torn

pullover?27 ___ esprit (witty one)28 Set of parts awaiting

assembly29 Bothersome30 Org. that oversees

American athletes32 Gunk34 Bro’s sibling

35 Attend a tennis tournament because one is a fan of?

41 “La Femme Nikita” director Besson

42 Serengeti herd member

43 Vostok 1’s Gagarin44 Slanted columns?47 Dallas is in it, for short49 Kicker50 Cookies baked by

Satan?55 Ocean predator56 Back-to-school night

grp.57 E.M.T. hookups58 Mineral suffixes59 Arrest made on a side

street?64 Online destination65 Sierra ___66 Grumpy67 Muscular jerks68 Harmonizes, as digital

devices69 Form of fencing

DOWN 1 All of the above, e.g.:

Abbr. 2 Claw holder 3 2005 Broadway hit

based on a 1974 film 4 Vex 5 Edinburgh exclamation 6 Turncoat 7 “To clarify …” 8 Eye-straining exhibit 9 Young termite, e.g.10 Advice to an introvert11 Airborne stimuli12 President after George13 Toy consisting of 80

feet of wire18 One making a wake-

up call?23 Money across the

border24 Feat for a soprano25 Plains native26 Monumental27 Flu31 Dead-ended

investigations

33 Text messager’s “Wow!”

34 Cram36 Heinie37 ___ Domini38 Period39 Oka River city40 Semi44 Wind section player45 Trilogy’s midsection46 Yadda, yadda, yadda48 Fashionable

51 Milky gems52 Five-time All-Star

second baseman Chase ___

53 Avian gripper54 Sidestep60 S.A.S.E., for one61 “Getting to ___”

(best-selling business book)

62 What a walk-on awaits63 Bygone Eur. realm

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

14 15 16

17 18 19

20 21 22

23 24 25 26

27 28 29

30 31 32 33 34

35 36 37 38 39 40

41 42 43

44 45 46 47 48 49

50 51 52 53 54

55 56 57

58 59 60 61 62 63

64 65 66

67 68 69

F A S T C A R L A S T A BA S H E A L T E R P E N AT H I N K P I E C E O A T HC O N N I E T A C K P I NA R E I N A T E L E AT E R S E L A R G E R H O

P R I O R R O T T E NA S T R T E P E E H Y P EC H O O S E I N G L ET E M A M I T Y A M P L E

P A R N S A B E L E MT H E P I P S R E P A V EH A T S T E A M P L A Y E RA S T I A C L A M R I N GW H Y S S T E P S K N E E

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

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

YESTERDAY’S ANSWER

14

EASY SUDOKUEasy 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.

PLUS | WEDNESDAY 7 NOVEMBER 2012 CINEMA / TV LISTINGS

SHOWING AT CITY CENTER10:00 Champions

League Milan V

Malaga

12:00 Champions

League Real

Madrid V Borussia

Dortmund

14:15 Champions

League Shalke

V Arsenal

16:15 Fa Cup

Boreham Wood

V Brentford

18:15 Basketball

Nba Toronto @

Oklahoma

20:15 Rugby Aviva

Premiership

Leicester V

Northampton

22:00 Champions

League Celtic V

Barcelona

01:30 Rugby Aviva

Harlequins V

Gloucester

10:00 News

10:30 Inside Story

11:00 News

11:30 People &

Power

12:00 News

12:30 Surprising

Europe

13:00 NEWSHOUR

14:00 News

14:30 Inside Story

15:00 Al Jazeera

World

16:00 NEWSHOUR

17:00 News

17:30 101 East

18:00 NEWSHOUR

19:00 News

19:30 People &

Power

20:00 News

20:30 Inside Story

21:00 NEWSHOUR

22:00 News

22:30 The Stream

23:00 Witness

12:20 Body Invaders

13:15 Ultimate

Survival

14:10 Border Security

14:35 Dirty Money

15:05 Auction Kings

16:25 Street Customs

17:20 Extreme Fishing

18:15 Mythbusters

20:05 Border Security

21:00 Auction Kings

21:30 Dynamo:

Magician

Impossible

22:25 Mythbusters

13:00 Nordic Wild

16:00 Dangerous

Encounters

With Brady Barr

17:00 Monster Crocs

18:00 Hunter Hunted

19:00 Untamed

Americas

20:00 World’s

Deadliest

21:00 Ultimate Vipers

22:00 Striker!

23:00 Warrior Bees

13:15 The Marvelous

Misadventures...

16:35 Powerpuff Girls

17:00 Angelo Rules

18:00 Level Up

18:50 Johnny Test

19:15 Adventure Time

21:20 Grim

Adventures Of...

22:10 Courage The

Cowardly Dog

23:00 Ben 10

12:00 Baby Geniuses

14:00 Austin Powers

In Goldmember

16:00 The Marc Pease

Experience

18:00 The Trip

22:00 The Men Who

Stare At Goats

15

13:20 Vet On The

Loose

13:50 Wildlife SOS

14:15 Shamwari: A

Wild Life

17:00 The Really Wild

Show

17:30 America’s

Cutest...

20:15 Monkey Life

20:40 Shamwari: A

Wild Life

22:05 Wildest Africa

23:00 The Magic Of

The Big Blue

10:05 Charge Of The

Light Brigade

12:15 Fatal Memories

13:45 The Great Train

Robbery

15:35 The Mechanic

17:15 Saved

19:00 Oleanna

20:30 Marked For

Murder

22:00 Fatal Instinct

23:30 Madonna: Truth

Or Dare

11:10 Carbine

Williams

12:45 Little Women

14:40 The Sandpiper

16:35 What’s Up,

Doc?

18:10 Summer Stock

19:55 Elvis On Tour

21:25 That Midnight

Kiss

23:00 How The West

Was Won

14:30 Turandot

16:00 Queen Of The

Swallows

18:00 Princess Lillifee

20:00 The Search For

Santa Paws

22:00 The Adventures

Of Don Quixote

GULF CINEMA

1

Rush (2D/Hindi) – 2.30pm

Student Of The Year (2D/Hindi) – 5.00 & 8.00pm

Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana (2D/Hindi) – 11.00pm

2

Maatran (2D/Tamil) – 2.00 & 5.15pm

Ayalum Njanum Thammil (Malayalam) – 8.30 & 11.00pm

MALL CINEMA

1

Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted – 2.30 & 4.30pm

The Expendables 2 (Action) – 7.00, 9.00 & 11.15pm

2

Battlefield America (2D/Drama) – 2.30pm

The Sweeney (2D/Action) – 4.30pm

Hotel Transylvania (3D/Animation) – 6.30pm

Alex Cross (2D/Action) – 8.30pm

Here Comes The Boom (2D/Comedy) – 11.00pm

3

Chasing Mavericks (2D/Drama) – 3.00pm

Skyfall (2D/Action) – 5.15, 8.00 & 11.00pm

ROYAL PLAZA

1

Hotel Transylvania (3D/Animation) – 2.30pm

Wreck - It Ralph (3D/Animation) – 4.30pm

Alex Cross (2D/Action) – 6.30pm

Skyfall (2D/Action) – 8.30 & 11.00pm

2

Brave (Animation) – 3.00 & 5.00pm

Ted (Comedy) – 7.00am

The Expendables 2 (Action) – 9.00 & 11.15pm

3

Paranorman – 2.30pm

Ice Age 4: Continental Drift (Animation) – 4.15 & 6.00pm

The Bourne Legacy (Action) – 8.00 & 11.00pm

LANDMARK

1

Battlefield America (2D/Drama) – 2.30pm

Wreck - It Ralph (3D/Animation) – 4.30 & 6.45pm

Alex Cross (2D/Action) – 9.00 & 11.15pm

2

The Sweeney (2D/Action) – 3.00pm

Hotel Transylvania (3D/Animation) – 5.30pm

Chasing Mavericks (2D/Drama) – 7.30pm

Here Comes The Boom (2D/Comedy) – 9.30 & 11.30pm

3

Sa’a Winos (2D/Arabic) – 2.30pm

Skyfall (2D/Action) – 5.00, 8.00 & 11.00pm

PLUS | WEDNESDAY 7 NOVEMBER 2012 POTPOURRI16

Today in Qatar

‘The UP Factory’ ExhibitionWHERE: VCUQatar Atrium & Gallery, Education City, Doha. WHAT: Co-founder and director of Droog, Renny Ramakers initiates projects, curates design exhibitions, and lectures worldwide.

Kimiko Yoshida WHEN: 10am - 10pmWHERE: Katara Gallery 1, Building 19 WHAT: Japanese photographer Kimiko Yoshida studied photography in Japan as well as in France, where she lives and works since 1995. For the Katara Galleries exhibition the curator has selected works where the artist features her interpretation of Middle Eastern, Arab and North African traditional dress and accessories.Free entry

“Elizabeth Taylor in Iran, 1976” Firooz Zahedi WHEN: 10am - 10pmWHERE: Katara Gallery 1, Building 19 WHAT: Firooz Zahedi was a personal friend and confidant of Elizabeth Taylor, as a friend and a photographer he accompanied the movie start in her visit to Iran in 1976. This exhibition will bring to Doha the photographs taken during that visit.

MEDIA SCAN

IN FOCUS

• Many people are complaining about how some drivers, especially expatriates, keep their children on their laps while driving.

• People are suggesting that the anti-smok-ing campaign should be active in schools, especially to target students who are smoking.

• Many are happy over the opening of the new road in Sealine but drivers using the road have to restrict their speed to prevent accidents.

• People are surprised to see some drivers of trailers using mobile phones while driving.

• Many are asking why they don’t see Qatari doctors at Hamad Hospital. Is it due to the management?

• There is a discussion on why Qatar doesn’t have evening/night classes in universities

in order to give a chance to those people who want to study but have to work in the morning.

• People are surprised at the quick reply from Qatar Airways about the issue of not allow-ing people to pray during long-distance flights. The company has said that they are not against praying itself.

• Many are wondering about who is control-ling the Qatarisation process in the govern-ment and private sector.

• Some people are complaining about cars being abandoned in residential areas and in front of homes. They don’t know which government agency is in-charge for taking these abandoned vehicles away and where they are taking them.

• There is a question in the community about why Qataris don’t like to wear seatbelts.

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

A couple stroll past autumnal trees on a sunny autumn afternoon in a park in Vienna.

by Peter Bader

Actor Brad Pitt has turned his talents to creating furniture for a luxury design house with a high-

end collection inspired by both Art Nouveau and Art Deco, according to Architectural Digest.

Pitt, who collaborated on the col-lection with US furniture designer Frank Pollaro, discussed his inspi-rations for the capsule collec-tion in the December issue of the magazine.

“I’m drawn to furniture design as complete architecture on a minor scale,” Pitt said. “I am obsessively bent on quality, to an unhealthy degree.”

Pitt said it was his obsession that introduced him to Pollaro, whom he said embodies the “same mad spirit of the craftsmen of yore, with their obsessive attention to detail.”

The dozen-piece collection, which will be unveiled by the Pollaro fur-niture house in New York between November 13 and 15, will include tables, chairs, an elaborate bed and a bathtub made of marble.

The 48-year-old “Fight Club”

actor said he was influenced by Scottish architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s Glasgow Rose, drawn with a continuous line. He designed his collection with the fluidity of a single line, be it geometric or circular.

“There is something more grand at play, as if you could tell the story of one’s life with a single line — from birth to death, with all the bloody triumphs and perceived humiliat-ing losses, even boredoms, along the way,” the actor said.

Pitt has previously worked with well-known architects for his Make It Right foundation to create afford-able quality housing for the vic-tims of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. He also designed a diamond ring for his partner, Angelina Jolie, when the couple got engaged earlier this year.

The actor also became the latest and first male face of Chanel’s iconic women’s fragrance Chanel No.5 last month, mystifying critics and fash-ionistas with an enigmatic video commercial.

Reuters

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