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CREATING CONNECTEDCREATING CONNECTEDSMART CITIESSMART CITIES

As part of a broader vision to make cities smart, connected and environmentally sustainable, innovators are working on creative ideas to update the urban streetscape for today’s digital lifestyle.

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By Dominic Basulto

As part of a broader vision to make cities smart, connected and environmentally sustainable, innovators are working on creative ideas to update the urban streetscape — think trashcans, street lamps, bicycle counters, bus stops and

parking garages — for today’s digital lifestyle. Case in point: a new plan from New York City announced this month to transform the city’s outdated pay phone booths into a citywide network of 10,000 futuristic pillars that will give New York City residents and tourists free, super-fast and reliable Wi-Fi coverage.

1. New York City’s WiFi pillarsThe Mayor’s Office of Technology and Innovation has partnered

with a consortium of tech companies known as CityBridge to radically transform the city’s streetscape. By the end of 2015, CityBridge plans to replace the city’s outdated public pay phones with 400 super-thin Wi-Fi “Links” capable of delivering Gigabit Wi-Fi speeds to New Yorkers. And within a few years, that number could reach as high as 10,000 Wi-Fi “Links” located throughout the five boroughs, including many in residential neighbourhoods.

According to CityBridge, each “Link” will also offer residents the ability to charge digital devices, look up directions on touch screens, and provide civic feedback on specific issues. New Yorkers will also be able to make free phone calls anywhere within the United States. And best of all, these WiFi “Links” won’t cost city taxpayers a dime — the plan is to serve up ads on the Wi-Fi pillars, transforming citywide WiFi into a free municipal service subsidised by advertising sponsors. Over the first 12 years of operation, says CityBridge, this network will generate over $500m in advertising-related revenue.

Three brilliant ideasfor giving ageingurban streetscapesa modern facelift

New York City’s new Wi-Fi “Links” are coming to residential neighbourhoods like this one in Brooklyn.

By the end of 2015, CityBridge plans to replace New York’s outdated public pay phones with 400 super-thin Wi-Fi “Links.”

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2. Boston’s device-charging park benches

In a first-of-its-kind rollout, Boston is now experimenting with a new form of mobile experience: a dozen solar-powered park benches placed in select parks, playgrounds and sports fields throughout the city. By converting this solar power into electricity, these “Soofas” offer charging capabilities for multiple digital device owners, making them a social experience for mobile users as much as a technological experience. This “smart urban furniture” idea, which originally started as a project by the MIT Media Lab before being spun off as the company Changing Environments, is so creative that it was even featured at this year’s White House Maker Faire in June.

Eventually, say the three co-founders of Changing Environments, the plan is to expand the network of Soofas to build a smart energy infrastructure that collects urban data and informs citizens and city planners about everything from air quality to noise level by connect-ing to the Internet. In a statement about the launch of Soofas, Boston Mayor Martin J Walsh pointed to the potential of smart benches for Boston: “Your cell phone doesn’t just make phone calls, why should our benches just be seats?”

3. Singapore’s supertreesIn Singapore, the vision for the

city of tomorrow extends beyond just physical objects found on urban streets. Singapore has been experi-menting with innovative ways to update the look and feel of the city that fully integrates technology with

the surrounding natural environ-ment. In June 2012, for example, the city launched its “supertrees” — a set of 18 man-made, 164-foot-high trees that are capable of absorbing and dispersing heat, collecting rain-water and generating solar power. The “supertrees” themselves contain vertical gardens and at night, they even light up with digital displays. For now, these trees are part of the vast Gardens by the Bay landscaping project, but it’s easy to see how simi-lar types of supertrees might become

stand-alone objects beautifying grim urban streets while simultaneously functioning as nodes of urban sensor networks.

The next step, of course, is to con-nect all those man-made trees to the Internet. As a preview of what might happen in the future, Israeli company Sologic announced in late October the launch of “solar-pow-ered trees,” in which the “leaves” of the tree are actually solar panels that provide energy for WiFi connec-tions, while the “trunk” of the tree

contains outlets for electric-powered and USB devices. You can literally surf the Internet while connected to these eTrees. This concept, of course, is still in the experimental stage, but according to Sologic, both France and China are considering potential acquisitions of these solar-powered trees, each of which costs $100,000. The eTree was invented and devel-oped by solar energy expert Michael Lasry and designed in collaboration with artist Yoav Ben Dov.

These three ideas hint at the vast potential of transforming outdated urban infrastructure into smart, connected networks. Giving urban streetscapes a facelift is just the start. New “smart city” innovations promise to improve urban lives in tangible ways via cost savings, new ways to empower citizens and new types of apps and services offered to city dwellers. Across the world, the race is on to become a model “smart city.” And now with the Internet of Things, those cities might become smarter than ever.

Basulto is a futurist and blogger based in New York City.

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Singapore has been experimenting with innovative ways to update the look and feel of the city that fully integrates technology with the surrounding natural environment. In June 2012, for example, the city launched its “supertrees” — a set of 18 man-made, 164-foot-high trees that are capable of absorbing and dispersing heat, collecting rainwater and generating solar power.

The soofa is a solar-powered, device-charging park bench that promises to create new types of social experi-ences in Boston.

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SIS holds ‘My Traditional Day’Shantiniketan Indian School (SIS) KG and Primary Wing celebrated “My Traditional Day” recently. Students of KG I to class II wore traditional attire and ethnic jewellery. The students were led through a series of presentations and Mime Shows on a journey of diverse culture and traditions. The presenta-tions highlighted the impact of unity in diversity. Principal Dr Subhash Nair and Vice-Principal Shihabudeen Pulath honoured the talents of KG and Primary Wing for their performance in the school Annual Day.

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Students from Qatar Foundation’s Academic Bridge Program (ABP)

celebrated National Day with tradi-tional dances, modern technology, some poetry, and a sea of burgundy flags. The ABP held the event early so that students could celebrate this important occasion and express their patriotism before they begin semes-ter examinations on December 10. Students begin winter break on December 16.

The celebrations started with an introductory welcome by ABP stu-dent Ibtisam Al Kuwari followed by Quran recitation from ABP students Jaber Al Tamimi.

Then, Moza Al Boainain, ABP Assistant Director for Student Services, addressed the gathering.

The event was organized by the ABP Student Services department in collaboration with the ABP Student Association and a number of enthu-siastic student volunteers. Faculty, staff and ABP students flocked to experience the traditional Qatari setting. The festivities included a poetry recitation by ABP alumnus

and Texas A & M freshman, Suhaim Al Qarni; a brief history of the State of Qatar presented by ABP student and Student Association President Wadad Al Jassim; and the traditional Arda (sword dance) performed by ABP students.

New this year was a live Twitter feed displayed on a huge monitor. It

allowed students to interact with one another during the event. They could tweet messages of congratulations and pass along best wishes to oth-ers whether they were in attendance or following online. Such technology allowed more individuals to partici-pate directly in the celebration.

Among the other attractions was a

traditional sadu tent furnished with traditional Qatari furniture, coffee, some local dishes, henna painting, a bouncy castle, a classic car show, and the traditional game of “keeram.” Patrons even brought a number of traditional animals such as Arabian horses, camels, and a falcon.

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IIS team claims football titleIdeal Indian School (IIS) team won the 7-A-Side Asian Countries School Football Tournament organized by Friends Circle Qatar and Fahad Event Management held at Al Jazeera Academy recently. IIS team emerged as the champions defeating MES Indian School in the final scor-ing 1-0. The team captain Faheem Faisal was awarded Man of the Final. The other team members are Mohammed Shimark, Sahal Siraj, Hisham Abdul Hakeem, Fawaz, Zacharie Arash Ghavami, Khalid Ahmed, Amro Hassan, Hassan Safdar and Amal Shahid. The team was accom-panied by the Coach Vijayant Thapa. Principal Syed Shoukath Ali congratulated the team for winning the tournament.

ABP celebrates Qatar National Day

A student official addressing the gathering. Right: Students performing the traditional dance.

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Nehmeh has opened a new mobile service centre for Makita tools

repair and services near the old air-port in Doha Metro Red Line South Project. Makita is a manufacturer of power tools offering a wide range of industrial accessories.

The opening of the new mobile service for Makita tools is to focus on reducing the turnover time of the tools coming in for repair.

Commenting on the launch of the cen-tre, Emil A Nehme, CEO, said: “Makita is renowned worldwide for manufac-turing the best industrial tools for pro-fessional use. The tools are extremely durable and also standup to harsh work-ing conditions and various climatic con-ditions. To ensure the tools last even

longer, it is important to get periodic service and repairs done. At Nehmeh, we offer a comprehensive service centre exclusively for Makita tools servicing.”

“The aim behind opening of the mobile service centre for Makita tools was to provide easy access and much better services to the customers. We are also very proud to offer the service facility which understands the impor-tance of quality and efficient service. The power tools are repaired by our qualified technicians,” he added.

The most striking feature of the Makita service centre is the flexibility in the working hours according to the customer’s needs. In the future, the service centre plans to extend further to the fast repair products.

The service centre meets high qual-ity standard servicing with factory trained technicians and ensures genu-ine quality Makita replacement parts.

The service center ensures most of the tools are repaired within 48 hours

and values the customers’ expenses by making sure that the cost of repair is minimized. The service centre also provides educational support on proper care of the tools.

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Nehmeh opens new mobile service centre for Makta tools

Giordano eyes opening 10 stores by 2016

Giordano is expanding in Qatar aiming to have at least 10 stores by 2016.

“We are growing from strength to strength in Qatar. We have recently confirmed a shop in the Mall of Qatar adding to the current six stores and on track to have 10 by 2016. Being in a fast-changing world, Giordano is also quick in adapting as we update our look via renovations of our stores and offering essential but fashionable products. We have just completed the renovation of one of our popular stores in Doha City Centre. With Qatar’s economy also growing fast, Giordano hopes to open more stores to serve the growing population of the state,” said Ishwar Chugani, Managing Director of Giordano Middle East FZE and Executive Director of Giordano International.

Apart from its stores, Giordano has also rolled out its online shopping at www.giordano-me.com to extend availability of products to custom-ers. With the convenience of shop-ping from home or office, Giordano customers are offered options to pay with credit cards or cash on delivery.

“We want to bring Giordano closer to our loyal customers and the expansion of our store locations and online shopping complement very well. Giordano will continue to operate and expand to bring our products that are known for its qual-ity, simplicity and innovative fabric. Another key element to our success is the excellent customer service pro-vided by our staff on ground who are knowledgeable about our products and more than happy to assist a customer in making their choices,” concluded Chugani. The Peninsula

A technician working in the new service centre.

Printemps and Burberry has joined hands to present an exclusive col-

lection for Printemps — “The Magical Christmas Journey by Burberry”.

Burberry brings London icons to Paris with an exclusive collection designed for Printemps that cel-ebrates six British inspired themes across ready-to-wear and accessories.

“English Rose” plays with honey tones, floral motifs and soft textures.

The “Punk” brings us black leather and metal studs, and a mini “Punk” character charm. The “Ribbon Knot” theme takes its inspiration from the Burberry Sandringham trench coat belt knot. The “Pillar Box” leads to a range of stylised city skylines of London and Paris in the distinctive glossy red of London’s post boxes. Finally, the

“Grenadier“ theme references the renowned hats of Buckingham Palace’s guards.

Pieces inspired by the illustration of “The Magical Christmas Journey by Burberry” and a Snow Globe featur-ing the little boy and his bear sailing on an upturned Burberry umbrella, become special gifts and collectors items.

The exclusive Burberry collection for Printemps also offers beauty gifts

including the new iconic My Burberry fragrance with a red gabardine hand-tied knot, an Illuminating Crocus fra-granced candle and the iconic colours of London make-up box set for nails and face. The Peninsula

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Poetry collection Dastras released

World Bihar Organization (WBO) organized the book release func-

tion of poetry collection Dastras and Annual Mushaira recently at the Maza Restaurant.

The programme was presided over by Patron in Chief of Bazm e Urdu M S Bukhari, Managing Director, Satco Group. Habibun Nabi and Shakil Kakvi were Guests of Honours.

Welcome address was presented by Aqueel Ahmed, General Secretary of WBO. Sarfaraz Khan, Chairman of WBO, addressed the gathering.

Nadeem Mahir compered the func-tion. Shakil Kakvi, Sharjeel Kakvi, Mahfooz Ahmad, Amjad Ali Srawar,

Bilal Khan and Dr Ataur Rahman spoke about the book and author Ahmed Ashfaque. All speakers appre-ciated the book for choosing common issues of the people and describing them nicely in a poetic way.

Annual Mushaira with local poets Amjad Alisarwar, Shafiq Akhtar, Fartash Syed, Shaukat Ali Naz, Aziz Nabeel, Nadeem Mahir, Ijaz Haider,

Faizi Azmi, Qaisar Masood, Athar Azmi, Athar Zia, Tahir Jamil, Anwar Karim and RaqimAzmi was also held during the function.

Dastras was presented to Ahmed Ashfaque by Bukhari. Ashfaque thanked all who helped him in print-ing the book.

Gauhar presented the vote of thanks.The Peninsula

M S Bukhari presenting Dastras to Ahmed Ashfaque as other guests look on.

PLUS | TUESDAY 9 DECEMBER 20146 FOOD

WINNER

Quick Shami Kabab

Ingredients• 1 kg minced mutton• 1 cup masoor dal (red lentils) / chana dal (split

shickpeas)• 6 dry red chillies• 4 black cardamom• 2 sticks cinnamon • 10 black peppercorns• 6 cloves • 10 garlic cloves, minced• 1 tbsp ginger paste• ½ tsp turmeric powder• Salt to taste• 1 tsp cumin powder• 1 tsp coriander powder• 1 egg, beaten• Oil for shallow frying• Garnish: chopped onions, tomatoes, lime wedges

Method:Pressure cook meat and dal with water, red chillies, cin-

namon, cardamom, peppercorns, cloves, garlic, ginger, turmeric, and salt. Cook it for 15min at least. Release pres-sure and cook off excess water if any. Let the mixture cool.

Add cumin and coriander powder. Grind it all in mixer to a smooth paste. Add the beaten egg and mix well.

To make the kababs, divide the meat mixture into lime-sized balls. Wet your hands, smooth the balls, and flatten.

Heat oil in a shallow frying pan and shallow-fry the kababs. Since the meat is already cooked, you just need to cook till the kababs are a nice golden brown on both sides. If you want, you can deep fry too. Serve the kababs with chopped raw onions, tomatoes and lime wedges on the side.

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Kashmiri Yakhni

Ingredients:• 1/2kg mutton• 1kg fresh yogurt• 2 onions,large sized• Dried mint leaves• 1tsp anise seeds• 1tsp ghee or oil• 3 cardamon pods• 3 cloves• 1 cinnamon stick• Salt to taste

Method:Cook mutton in 4 To 5 cups of water, salt and anise (seeds)

till done.In a pan fry onion till brown.Blend the onion with a small quantity water in a blender. In

a separate pan take oil and yogurt, cinnamon, cardamom, and cloves. Keep stirring till it boils.

Add the onion paste to the yogurt mixture. Reduce the vol-ume to half.

Now transfer this yogurt mix to the vessel containing mutton.Cook for sometime and serve hot with rice. Sajad Ahmad Bhat

Mutton Maharani

Ingredients:• 1 kg MuttonFor Marination:• 10-15 cloves Garlic• 2-inch piece Ginger• 4 tsp chili powder• 2 tsp garam masala• 1-1/2 tbsp coriander powder• 1 tsp cumin powder• 1 tbsp powdered carom seeds• 2 tbsp dry fenugreek leaves• 2 tbsp corn flour

• 2 tbsp rice flour• Lemon juice of 2 lemons• Salt to taste• 1 tbsp soya sauceOther Ingredients:• 4 onions (sliced) • 6 green chilies• 1/2 tsp soya sauce• 1/2 tsp black pepper• Curry leaves few• 2 tbsp chopped coriander

Method:Grind the ginger and garlic. Marinate mutton with all the above

ingredients for 2 hours in a refrigerator. Deep fry the marinated mutton a little at a time in hot oil on a

low flame and set aside. In the same oil, fry the onions and green chilies till onions turn

a light brown. Add soya sauce and pepper. In another pan, fry a few curry leaves and set aside. Add the curry leaves to the fried onions, add the fried mutton, chopped coriander and mix well before serving.

Zuhaib

Spicy Masala Mutton Kofta Curry

Ingredients:• 200gm minced meat• 4-5tbs roasted gram• paste of 2 onions• 2tsp ginger garlic paste• 1-1/2tsp coriander powder• 2tsp red chilli powder• 1/2tsp garam masala powder• 1/4tsp turmeric powder• 2tsp coconut powder• 3 green chillies• few coriander leaves, oil

• 1 bay leaf• 15 black pepper• 3 cloves• 2 green cardamom

Method:Grind dry the roasted gram, coconut powder, 3 green chilies and

few coriander leaves. Now grind the minced meat and mix it with the above prepared

mixture. Now add in it salt (according to your taste), little red chilli powder, 1/4tsp of garam masala powder, 1tsp ginger garlic paste and also add little bit of oil. After adding mix all the things.

Now take I glass of water in a frying pan. Make small balls with the above prepared mixture boil them in the boiling water. Then add 2tsp of oil to it and let the water completely dry.

Now heat 2tsp of oil in a frying pan to prepare the gravy. Add 1 bay leaf, black pepper, cloves and green cardamom to the oil. Then add in it onion paste and cook it till it is brownish in colour. After that add 2tsp of ginger garlic paste, 1/2 tsp of coriander powder, turmeric powder, red chilli powder (according to your taste), 1/2 tsp of garam masala powder and salt (according to your taste). Cook it well.

Add 1 glass of water in small amounts. Add the koftas to it and allow it to cook for 3-4min. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve it hot.

Priyanka Yadav

Oatmeal and Herb Rack of Lamb

Ingredients:• 2 Best end necks of lamb (about 900kg/2lb each)• Finely grated rind of 1 lemon• 60ml/4 tbsp medium Oatmeal• 50g/2oz/1 cup fresh white bread crumbs• 60ml/4tbsp/chopped fresh parsley• 25g/1oz/2 tbsp clear honey salt and ground black pepper• Roasted baby vegetables and gravy to serve• Fresh herb sprigs, to Garnish

Method:Preheat the oven to 200*C/400*F.Using a small sharp knife,cut

through the skin and meat of both pieces of lamb about 2.5 cm/1in from the tips of the bones.Pull off the fatty meat to expose he

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bones,then scrape around each bone tip until completely clean.Trim all the skin and most of the fat from the meat,then lightly score the remaining fat

with a sharp knife. Repeat with the second Rack.Mix together the lemon rind,oatmeal,breadcrumbs, the parsley and seasoning,then stir

in the melted butter.Brush the fatty side of each rack of lamb with honey,then press the oatmeal mixture

evenly over the surface with your fingers until well coated.Place the racks in a roasting tin with oatmeals sides uppermost. Roast for 40-50

minutes,depending on wether you like rare or medium lamb. Cover loosely with foil if browning too much. To serve,slice each rack into three and accompany with roasted vegetables and gravy made with pan juices. Garnish with Herb sprigs.

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Mutton Pickle

Ingredients:• 500 gms Boneless mutton cut into small pieces and pressure-cooked with salt • 3 Dried red chillies• Oil 3-4 tablespoons + for deep-frying• 2 tsp Mustard seeds • 20 Curry leaves • 6 Cloves • 2 inch Ginger sliced• ½ tsp Turmeric powder • 1 tbsp Cumin powder • 1 tbsp Mustard powder • 1 tsp fennel seeds• 1 tsp onion seeds• Salt to taste• Red chilli powder 1 tablespoon + 2 teaspoons• Juice of 1 lemon• Vinegar 1/4 cup

Method:Heat 3-4 tbsps oil in a non-stick pan. Roughly chop dried red chillies. Add mustard seeds,

curry leaves, cloves and ginger to the pan and mix well. Add fennel seeds and onion seeds .Add red chillies and mix well. Add turmeric powder and mix again. Switch off the heat, cool down the mixture to room temperature and add cumin powder, mustard powder, salt and 1 tbsp red chilli powder and mix well.

Deep-fry the mutton pieces in hot oil till crisp. Drain and add the mutton pieces to the pan and mix well. Adjust salt and add remaining

red chilli powder and mix well. Take out 2-3 ladles full of hot oil from the wok and add to the pan and mix well. Cool down

the mixture to room temperature. Add lemon juice and vinegar and mix well.Transfer the mutton pickle into a sterilized bottle and pour another 1-2 ladles full of hot

oil from the wok on top. Screw on the lid and store. Serve as required. Aisha Mohammed Rafiq

FOOD 7PLUS | TUESDAY 9 DECEMBER 2014

By Ellie Krieger

My take on shepherd’s pie has everything you want from the classic casserole: a layer of savory lamb under a

blanket of creamy mashed potatoes, all baked until bubbling with undeniable comfort appeal. But there is more to this version than meets the eye. Here, each luscious layer has a helping of vegetables.

Chopped sautéed mushrooms add meaty texture and flavour that meld with the lamb, allowing for crumbles of meat in every bite, yet a more modest helping of animal protein.

The potato layer incorporates cau-liflower, which blends seamlessly into the mash, lightening it almost unde-tectably. No extra effort is involved, because the potatoes and cauliflower are steamed in the same pot before they are whipped together.

I’m not in the camp that says you need to hide vegetables to get people to eat them. Rather, I think they should be celebrated front and centre, and eaten because they are appealing. But vegetables also happen to blend well into so many traditional dishes, like this one, and research indicates that sneaking them in really works to boost nutrition and reduce calories.

I know it did the trick for my fam-ily. When I served this at home for the first time, my meat-and-potatoes

husband was practically giddy with surprise when I told him how many vegetables were in the dish.

Shepherd’s Pie8 servings (makes about 12 cups)Both layers of this classic casserole

have a hidden helping of vegetables: The lamb is cooked with meaty sautéed mushrooms, and the mashed potatoes on top are blended seamlessly with cau-liflower. Together they give you all the flavour and comfort appeal you crave, in a lighter and more healthful way.

Make Ahead: The unbaked cas-serole can be refrigerated for up to 2 days. Add 15 to 20 minutes’ baking time when the shepherd’s pie goes straight from the refrigerator to the oven.

From nutritionist and cookbook author Ellie Krieger.

Ingredients1 1/2 pounds (unpeeled) Yukon Gold

or creamery potatoes, cut into 2-inch pieces

1 small head cauliflower (1 to 1 1/2 pounds), cut into florets

2/3 cup low-fat milk (1 percent)2 tablespoons unsalted butter1 1/4 teaspoons kosher salt1 pound lean ground lamb2 teaspoons olive oil1 large onion, chopped8 ounces white button mushrooms,

stemmed, cleaned and finely chopped

2 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme (may substitute 1 teaspoon dried)

2 tablespoons flour1 cup no-salt-added beef broth1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black

pepper1 cup frozen green peas

Method:Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.

Have a 9-by-13-inch baking dish or casserole at hand.

Place the potatoes in a large steamer basket over boiling water in a pot; cover and steam for 10 minutes on medium-high heat. Add the cauliflower to the basket; cover and steam for about 15 minutes, until the potatoes and cauli-flower are tender when pierced with the tip of a knife.

Remove the steamer basket and drain the pot; return the pot to the stove top (off the heat). Transfer the still-hot vegetables to the pot; use a potato masher to mash them to the consistency you prefer.

Combine the milk and butter in a microwave-safe measuring cup; micro-wave on LOW just until heated through and the butter has melted (do not boil). Stir into the mashed mixture, along with 3/4 teaspoon of the salt.

Meanwhile, cook the ground lamb in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until browned, about 5 minutes. Transfer the meat to a plate. Drain/wipe out any fat remaining in the skillet.

Heat the oil in the (same) skillet over medium heat. Add the onion, stir-ring to coat; cover and cook for about 8 minutes, until softened. Add the mush-rooms and thyme; cook uncovered, stir-ring occasionally, until the mushrooms are soft and their released moisture has evaporated, about 8 minutes.

Return the ground lamb to the skil-let. Sprinkle the flour over the skillet mixture; cook over medium heat, stir-ring, for 2 minutes, then pour in the broth and add the remaining 1/2 tea-spoon of salt and the pepper, stirring to incorporate. Once the mixture is barely bubbling, use a spatula to dislodge any browned bits from the bottom of the pan, then stir in the peas. Remove from the heat.

Distribute the meat mixture evenly in the bottom of the baking dish or casserole, then spread the potato-cau-liflower mash evenly over the meat-mushroom filling, making sure to cover it completely. Place the baking dish or casserole on a baking sheet (to catch any drips from bubbling filling); bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until the mix-ture is heated through and the top is lightly browned.

Nutrition | Per serving: 280 calories, 17 g protein, 28 g carbohydrates, 12 g fat, 5 g saturated fat, 45 mg cholesterol, 115 mg sodium, 5 g dietary fiber, 5 g sugar

Krieger’s most recent cookbook is Weeknight Wonders: Delicious Healthy Dinners in 30 Minutes or Less.

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Snowden film wins top award

CitizenFour, filmmaker Laura Poitras’s documentary about National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden, was given the top

award for best feature by the International Documentary Association on Friday.

The IDA award for CitizenFour follows the film’s best documentary win at the New York Film Critics Circle Awards this week. It was also nominated for an Independent Spirit Award last month and is among 15 films advancing in the Oscars best documentary race.

CitizenFour gives a fly-on-the-wall account of Snowden’s tense days in a Hong Kong hotel and encounters with journalists as newspapers published details of NSA programmes that gathered data from the Internet activities and phone records of millions of Americans and dozens of world leaders.

US filmmaker Poitras shared a Pulitzer Prize this year for her role in publicizing the Snowden documents. She was awarded IDA’s Courage Under Fire award last year for her “conspicuous bravery in the pursuit of truth.”

The IDA, a 30-year-old non-profit organization that aims to sup-port documentary films and culture, also bestowed honors on veteran actor-filmmaker and Sundance Institute founder Robert Redford, who was given the career achievement award.

Cable network Show time’s Time of Death was named best limited series, while best short documentary went to HBO Films’ Tashi and the Monk, about a Buddhist monk and his 5-year-old charge Tashi.

Last year’s IDA best feature winner, Jehane Noujaim’s The Square, was nominated for an Oscar this year, losing out to 20 Feet From Stardom.

Angelina got skinny during Unbroken

Japanese singer-actress Miyavi, who plays a prominent role in Angeline Jolie directorial Unbroken, says the actress-filmmaker

became skinny because of her irregular eating habits during the shoot-ing of the film.

The film also features Garrett Hedlund, Jack O’Connell and Finn Wittrock.

Miyavi says that she felt great working with the Oscar winner Jolie, reports huffingtonpost.com.

“It was surprising how much she trusted me, all of us, on the set. She was so determined. I was also surprised how skinny she got. You know, she was not eating much. I felt so bad I was the only one who got fat during filming,” said Miyavi during an interview with HuffPost Live.

Kidman says 2014 has been really hard

Actress Nicole Kidman says 2014 has been a tough year for her professionally and personally after the death of her father.

The 47-year-old, who was here Sunday for the Australian premiere of Paddington, admitted that 2014 has not been her “favourite year”, both as an actress as well as personally following the death of her father Anthony Kidman from a heart attack in August, reports hol-lywoodreporter.com.

“Personally (it’s been) really really really hard,” she said.“My family underwent a massive tragedy. So not my favourite year.

But I try not to be ungrateful — I’m grateful to be alive.”Kidman said she would be spending more time in Sydney with her

mother and sister after losing her father.“We’ve gone through a really tough time this year as a family. It’s

so nice to be able to take care of each other,” she added.On the big screen, Kidman’s year has been mixed with Grace of

Monaco widely panned, The Railway Man receiving muted praise and Before I Go To Sleep also dividing critics and stalling at the box office.

Parineeti Chopra hopes 2015 is ‘better’

Of Parineeti Chopra’s three releases this year, two bombed at the box office. However, the actress says ups and downs are part of everyone’s

life and she hopes the new year will be better for her. In all of her three releases this year — Hasee Toh Phasee, Daawat-e-Ishq and Kill Dil — the 26-year-old played different characters.

While Hasee Toh Phasee showed her in a quirky character of a mad scientist, in Daawat-e-Ishq and Kill Dil, she was seen as a con girl and a bar dancer respectively. Out of these, only Hasee Toh Phasee had a fair box office performance. “Year 2014 had many ups and downs for me in everything — be it my personal life or professional, but I think that is what an actor’s life is,” Parineeti said here in an interview.

“You never get a consistent year every time. Sometimes it is good and sometimes it is not, and I think I was somewhere in the middle. But that’s okay,” she added. Now the actress has pulled up her socks for next year and says “2015 will be better”. As of now, Parineeti has not taken on any new project and she is busy reading scripts.

Shabana Azmi finds Sharmila ‘most gorgeous’ 70-year-old

On the birthday of Sharmila Tagore, veteran actress and activist Shabana Azmi described the Kashmir Ki Kali star as “most gorgeous”.

Sharmila, who was often seen on the big screen with late actor Rajesh Khanna in movies like Aradhana, Amar Prem and Daag: A Poem of Love, turned 70. The mother of actors Saif and Soha Ali Khan and designer Saba was one of the top Bollywood actresses who flaunted a bikini on screen in An Evening In Paris.

“Sharmila Tagore is the most gorgeous 70-year-old I know. Happy birthday Rinkudi and have a super year,” Shabana tweeted.

The two actresses worked together in films like Doosri Dulhan and Namkeen.

Actor Prosenjit Chatterjee too sent out birthday wishes, tweeting: “Happy Birthday to one of the most beautiful and gorgeous actresses Sharmila Aunty. Many many happy returns of the day. Love.”

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By Ronald Grover and Chris Michaud

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1, starring Jennifer Lawrence as the young archer

who rallies the downtrodden citizens of a dystopian society, collected $21.6m to lead the box office charts for a third consecutive weekend.

DreamWorks Animation’s Penguins of Madagascar was second with $11.1m at US and Canadian theatres during a slow post-Thanksgiving weekend, when moviegoers traditionally turn their attention toward shopping.

“This weekend will wind up down versus the same weekend a year ago, when Frozen topped the chart with $31.6m,” said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst at tracking firm Rentrak.

Horrible Bosses 2, starring Jason Bateman, Charlie Day and Jason Sudeikis as entrepreneurs who help to stage a kidnapping to get ahead, was third with $8.6m in sales for the three days from Friday through Sunday, according to Rentrak estimates.

Mockingjay has collected $257.7m since its November 21 release, accord-ing to Rentrak. Based on author Suzanne Collins’s best-selling book, the movie has a global total of more than $560m. The film’s performance put it on track to become the year’s second-highest grossing film, behind only Guardians of the Galaxy, early this week, Rentrak said.

But Mockingjay will likely finish below last year’s The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, according to Box Office

Mojo, which said November’s overall box office total was down 4 percent from 2013’s. For the year it forecast a 3 percent drop from the $10.6bn recorded last year.

Rounding out this week’s top five, Disney’s Big Hero 6 was fourth with $8.1m. It has totalled $177.5m since its November 7 release. Director Christopher Nolan’s space adventure Interstellar was fifth with $8m. The film starring Matthew McConaughey has total domestic sales of $158.7m.

The box office is expected to pick up significantly next week with two widely anticipated releases, comedian

Chris Rock’s Top Five which he also directed and wrote, and Ridley Scott’s epic Exodus: Gods and Kings.

Lionsgate distributed The Hunger Games: Mockingjay-Part 1. The Penguins of Madagascar was released by Fox, a unit of Twenty-First Century Fox. Disney released Big Hero 6. Interstellarwas released by Paramount Pictures, a unit of Viacom. Warner Brothers, a unit of Time Warner, distributed Horrible Bosses 2.

Screwball comedy sequel Dumb and Dumber To, starring Jeff Daniels and Jim Carrey, stayed in sixth place with a $4.2m haul.

The life story of theoretical physi-cist Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything also was a non-mover, sticking in seventh place with a take-in of $2.7m.

The thriller Gone Girl starring Ben Affleck pulled in $1.5m this week for eighth spot.

Horror flick The Pyramid, about a group of archeologists exploring a cursed tomb, debuted in ninth place with a haul of $1.4m.

Rounding out the top 10 was dark comedy Birdman starring Michael Keaton, which pulled in another $1.2m.

Agencies

Ajay Devgn-starrer Action Jackson has collected `280m in three days in India, but its sustainability is doubtful, says a trade analyst.

Made on a budget of about `750m, Prabhudheva’s latest directorial had minted around `190 in its first two days when it released on December 5.

“Considering the budget, the movie should’ve got a jump of minimum `150m or `200m, but that didn’t happen. It earned only `280m in three days. It might not sustain for long,” Rajesh Thadani of Multimedia Combines said.

Trade analyst Komal Nahta had earlier described the actioner, which also stars Sonkashi Sinha, as “too routine and hackneyed”.

Sulemani Keeda, an independent comedy which also released along with Action Jackson, couldn’t do good busi-ness at the box office.

“Its figures are negligible,” said Thadani. IANS

MockingjayMockingjay rumbles on rumbles on to lead slow weekendto lead slow weekend

Action Jackson mints `280m in opening weekend


Aamir buys Banarasi sari for Anushka

Superstar Aamir Khan, who recently visited Banaras to promote his forthcoming film PK, purchased a sari from there for his co-

star Anushka Sharma. The actor wanted to take a special souvenir for Anushka from Banaras. After going through a huge collection of saris, he shortlisted one. In fact, he spent about an hour selecting his favourite sari.

“Varanasi is Aamir Khan’s mother’s home town. He always starts his promotional tour from either Patna or Varanasi. He is well versed with the weavers and makers there. He made a special attempt to buy a sari for Anushka,” said Aamir’s spokesperson. Directed by Rajkumar Hirani, the movie will hit the screens December 19.

TOYSPLUS | TUESDAY 9 DECEMBER 201410

HEALTH / FITNESS 11

Obesity may cut lifespan by up to eight years

Being overweight and obesity have the poten-tial to decrease life expectancy of individuals

by up to eight years, says an alarming study, adding that being overweight could be as bad as cigarette smoking.

“In terms of life-expectancy, we feel being overweight is as bad as cigarette smoking,” said lead author Steven Grover, professor of medicine at McGill University in Canada.

What is more, the study demonstrates that as obese and overweight individuals may also develop diabetes or cardiovascular disease earlier in life, this excess weight can rob them of nearly two decades of healthy life.

“Our team has developed a computer model to help doctors and their patients better under-stand how excess body weight contributes to reduced life expectancy and premature develop-ment of heart disease and diabetes,” Grover said.

The researchers used data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (from years 2003 to 2010) from almost 4,000 individuals.

Their findings estimated that individuals who were very obese could lose up to eight years of life, obese individuals could lose up to six years, and those who were overweight could lose up to three years.

In addition, healthy life-years lost were two to four times higher for overweight and obese individuals compared to those who had a healthy weight, defined as 18.5-25 body mass index (BMI).

“The pattern is clear - the more an individual weighs and the younger their age, the greater the effect on their health,” Grover added.

The study was published in the journal The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology.

Neutralising allergen can better treat asthma

Scientists have devised a new approach to defeating asthma by targeting the trigger —

allergen — before it can spark an attack.Current asthma treatments can alleviate

wheezing, coughing and other symptoms felt by the patients, but they do not get to the root cause of the condition.

“To prevent many health problems, the ideal approach to treatment or prevention involves getting to the cause of a condition and targeting it directly,” said Clive Robinson from St George’s, University of London.

Scientists have found that dust mites are one of the most important triggers of allergic asthma.

So Robinson and his team wanted to find a way to neutralise mite allergens.

They identified a compound that binds to a major dust mite allergen and turned it into an inhalable powder.

They tested it on rats and found that it signifi-cantly dampened the animals’ immune response when they were exposed to a variety of allergens.

This compound and other similar inhibitors could hail a new direction in asthma treatment, concluded the research.

They findings appeared in the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry.

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By Ronnie Cohen

Older adults who undergo intensive brain training may be able to reverse so-called distractibility, a new study suggests.

“Older adults are more distractible than younger adults when we look at any task,” neurosci-entist Jyoti Mishra, the study’s lead author, said. “It turns out that, with training, older adults can surpass younger adults.”

Mishra of the University of California, San Francisco led a team of investigators who used sounds of varied frequencies to train aging rats and people to focus on a specific tone and ignore distractions.

The inability to focus on one goal among other options can create daily challenges for older people, the researchers write.

The 47 older adults who participated in the study, with an average age of 69, received 12 half-hour train-ing sessions at their homes over four to six weeks.

Fifteen younger participants, with an average age of 24, did not receive training.

The sessions required the older participants to focus on a specific tone from progressively more chal-lenging frequencies, the authors write in Neuron.

Training led to fewer distraction-related errors, and trainees’ memory and attention spans improved, the researchers write. In addition, recordings of the participants’ brain electric activity showed reduced responses to the non-target tones.

Similar results were observed in the study of rats, the researchers write.

As for the humans, older adults first scored 14 percent worse than the younger participants on a test of distractibility, Mishra said. After training, the seniors scored 31 percent better than their untrained younger participants, she said.

“One thing we really learned from the study was how to focus,” Mishra said. “By focusing the challenge on the distractions and by making the distractions more difficult, we could really change how the brain responds to distractions.”

Mishra and her colleagues are doing similar stud-ies with children diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Those results are not yet published.

“We’re developing the tools and technology to help

people keep their brain sharper, but we’re not saying any such technology is available,” Mishra said.

But the study authors do appear to have positioned themselves to use the research in the marketplace, Zachary Shipstead said.

A cognitive psychologist and professor at Arizona State University in Phoenix, Shipstead noted that one of the authors, Michael Merzenich, lists himself on the paper as the president and founder of Brain Plasticity Institute, Posit Science, which markets brain-training exercises and partially funded the new study.

The senior author, Dr Adam Gazzaley, is listed as the chief science advisor of Akili Interactive Labs, which sells “electronic medicine,” “cognitive thera-peutics, assessments, and diagnostics that look and feel like high-quality video games.”

In addition, all four study authors have a patent pending for “Methods of Suppressing Irrelevant Stimuli, which was inspired by the research pre-sented” in the current study, the authors acknowledge.

Shipstead, who was not involved in the study, praised it for raising worthwhile questions, but cautioned that consumers should be aware that the questions need more study before the research can be used as a treatment.

“It’s the kind of research we should be doing,” Shipstead said. “We should be trying to come up with mental exercises that are going to help people out.”

Though trainees reduced their distraction-related mistakes, he said, he questioned whether their improvement transferred to more meaningful skills.

“The question is did top-down executive function improve,” Shipstead said. “Is the brain changing in a meaningful way, or are these changes just specific to the task?”

The study found that trainees increased the number of letters and numerals they could remem-ber, Mishra said.

“We’re really trying to figure out, what does the training do to the brain,” she said.

Her advice to aging adults trying to stay sharp: “If you’re paying attention really hard but being chal-lenged, you’re probably going to keep a really strong brain.”

SOURCE: bit.ly/1r65Pr7 Neuron, online November 20, 2014.Reuters


Seniors might be Seniors might be trained to ignore trained to ignore distractionsdistractions

TECHNOLOGYPLUS | TUESDAY 9 DECEMBER 201412

By Taro Koyano

With Christmas approaching, many children are filled with joyful expectations for this year’s presents. But today’s toys

have become increasingly high-tech, attracting not only kids but adults as well.

One popular item is “Kinetic Sand,” a toy that makes it possible to play with sand indoors.

The sand is made by mixing Swedish sand and a silicon-based polymer, which then undergo special processing techniques. Unlike natural sand, which is dry to the touch, Kinetic Sand has a tackiness to it and feels solid when grabbed or molded.

“Parents worry about hygiene when they let their kids play outside, so I’m sure there’s a place for it [in the market],” said Miki Kobayashi, chief executive officer of Rangs Japan Inc, a distributor based in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo. When the company started to sell the product at the end of 2013, sales reached 60,000 packs in only a month. The sand has been a hit not only with children, but also adults, who say it feels like tororo konbu sticky seaweed, which makes it soothing.

Tomy Co released two models of toy robots this summer. Priced at 15,000 yen (about $123) excluding tax and targeted at children 8 years and older, “Hello! Mip” can move upright on two wheels thanks to a inverted pendulum sen-sor. The humanoid robot can avoid obstacles with the help of an infrared light and dance in response to hand-clap commands. When linked to a smartphone, its movements can be synchronised with phone functions.

“Hello! Zoomer,” a robot dog that sells for 15,000 yen excluding tax and is targeted at children 6 years and older, can recognise about 30 Japanese commands such as “Osuwari” (sit), and respond with more than 40 types of actions. It can even react to about 15 English phrases.

Remote-controlled aircraft have gained the attention of boys.

Recognised by Guinness World Records as the world’s smallest infrared remote-control-led helicopter, “Nano-Falcon” measures 81 mil-limeters (about 3 inches) in length. It is made by CCP Co, a subsidiary of Bandai Namco Holdings Inc. based in Tokyo’s Taito Ward.

The aircraft is equipped with a gyro sensor, which is used in handheld digital cameras to minimize the effects of shaking. The miniature helicopter has many advanced features that go beyond what you might expect to see in a toy, including a flight stabilizer function that uses an added pair of propellers that rotate in the reverse direction.

Measuring only 59 millimeters long, the new “Pico-Falcon” is 30 percent smaller. The toy company plans to update the current Guinness record with the latest model, which went on sale in early December.

Some of the toys that kids play with nowa-days are modern versions of what their par-ents’ generation played with when they were younger.

Tamagotchi is an egg-shaped game gadget in which the toy’s owner raises an on-screen character. It was first released in 1996 by Bandai Namco Holdings Inc, formerly known as Bandai Co, and became a big hit. The lat-est version, named “Tamagotchi 4U,” has a local area network function that allows for

data exchange among the devices. Special “hot spot” terminals are set at shops across the nation, including toy stores, to offer special add-ons for the game that can be downloaded by touching the device to the terminal. Women in their 20s and 30s have reportedly accounted for about half of the toy’s buyers.

Toys have become more and more high-tech recently as prices of parts such as sensors have dropped. Moreover, consumers have been seek-ing higher-quality goods.

“Children can enjoy playing with only one toy by creatively coming up with their own ways to have fun. If they receive new toys one after another, they can get bored before they ever get absorbed in playing with them,” said Fumiaki Ibuki, the chief editor of Toy Journal, a toy industry magazine. “So you have to pay attention to how you’re giving them toys.”

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High-tech toys attract adults as well as kids

Facebook unbundles its Groups function

GroupsFacebook unbundles its Groups functionIn some ways, Facebook is returning to its roots by breaking

out the Groups function, a key feature from the earliest days of the site. This feature has always been on Facebook, but it has been buried. Therefore, the app brings back some of the inti-mate feel of the social network before it grew into a behemoth.

Users can make private groups for sharing posts, pictures and videos, or opt for a public group to share with everyone.

Still, the app lacks features that would be nice to have. Sure, group administrators can change cover photos and descriptions. But you can’t do basic things such as edit posts. You also can’t search for members or see who’s viewed a post — all features that you can use on Facebook’s full site. Groups is a good browsing tool and supplement to Facebook, but not necessarily a full-fea-tured stand-alone app. Free, for iOS and Android. WP-Bloomberg

Tomy Co’s robot dog Hello! Zoomer (left), and humanoid Hello! Mip robots.

COMICS & MORE 13

Hoy en la HistoriaDecember 9, 1934

1824: Spanish forces were heavily defeated at the battle of Ayacucho in the Peruvian War of Independence1884: Ball-bearing roller skates were patented in Chicago1994: The British government and Sinn Fein, the political wing of the Irish Republican Army, held their first formal talks for more than 70 years2004: New Zealand passed a law giving same-sex couples equal civil rights as married couples

Oscar-winning British actress Judi Dench was born. A stage and screen star for over 50 years, she reached mass audiences as spy chief M in seven James Bond films

Picture: Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS

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

BOISTEROUS, BUMPY, BURNISHED, COARSE, CRUDE, FLAT,FLOWING, FLUENT, FLUID, GLOSSY, GRATING, HARSH,IRREGULAR, JAGGED, LEGATO, LIQUID, PUGNACIOUS,REFINED, RIDGED, ROCKY, ROUGH, SATIN, SERRATED,SILKY, SLEEK, SLICK, SMOOTH, STACCATO, SUAVE, WRINKLED.

Baby Blues by Jerry Scott & Rick Kirkman

Zits by Jerry Scott & Jim Borgman

Hagar The Horrible by Chris Browne

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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 Retreat

9 “3 O’Clock Blues” hitmaker, 1952

15 “Obviously …”

16 Uses, as a chaise

17 Particle ejected from an atom during ionization

18 Home of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

19 “Star Wars” villain name

20 Identify

21 Celebration of the arrival of spring

22 Blew out

24 Eastern hereditary title

26 Specks

27 Things worn at home?

31 Like some details

32 Maddeningly surreal

33 “Girls” home

34 Some adoption candidates

35 Address found online

36 Ones unlikely to drag their feet

38 ___ Ruess, lead singer of Fun

39 Weep

40 Order of ancient Greeks

41 There might be a battery of them

42 Rid (of)

43 Matt’s onetime “Today” co-host

46 Runs the show, for short

47 Like prosciutto

48 Way over the top

50 Head of the Catholic Church when Luther’s “95 Theses” was posted

53 Daddy Warbucks’s henchman

54 “Gracious me!”

55 Completely safe, as a proposition

56 Lecture series with well over a billion views

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2 Something in that vein?

3 Line outside a club, maybe

4 Erode

5 Leaves of grass

6 Ran

7 High-level appointee

8 It has all the answers

9 Alternative to cords

10 Bowls, e.g.

11 Mauna ___

12 “… and who ___?”

13 Network connection

14 Part of a moving cloud

20 Foe of the Vikings

22 Tour parts

23 Bigwig

24 High beams

25 Orders in a restaurant

27 Millionaires and billionaires

28 Theodore Roosevelt’s domestic program

29 Rapper ___ Blow

30 Elite

32 Part of a TV archive

34 Model introduced in the 1990s

37 Target of a 1972 ban

38 “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” for one

40 Plain-spoken

42 Took in

43 Routing aid: Abbr.

44 Big Apple neighborhood next to the Bowery

45 “Christians Awake,” e.g.

47 Semaphore signals, e.g.

49 Asian path

50 Hog roasting locale

51 Planet whose inhabitants age backward

52 Pair of Dos Equis

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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.


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7Mindscape (2D/Thriller) – 10:50am, 2:50, 6:50 & 11:20pm

Death Squad (2D/Action) – 12:50 & 4:50pm

Dumb & Dumber To (2D/Comedy) – 9:00pm

8Wahed Saaidy(2D/Arabic)– 11:20am, 3.30, 7.40 &11.50pm

Northmen: Viking Saga (2D/Action) – 1:20, 5:30 & 9:40pm

9Penguins of Madagascar (IMAX/3D/Animation)

– 10:00am, 12:00noon, 2:00, 4:00 & 6:00pm

Interstellar (2D/Adventure) – 8:00 & 11.15pm

10Horrible Bosses 2 (2D/Comedy)

– 10:30am, 3:00, 5:15, 9:45pm & 12:00midnight

The Pyramid (2D/Horror) – 1:00 & 7.30pm

MALL

1Penguins of Madagascar (2D/Animation) – 2:30 & 4:15pm


Reclaim (2D/Drama) – 7.45 & 11:15pm

2Action Jackson (2D/Hindi) – 2:30 & 10.45pm

Nightcrawler (2D/Drama) – 5:00pm

The Hunted (2D/Thriller) – 7:15 & 9.00pm

3Nightcrawler (2D/Drama) – 2:15pm

Rampage: Capital Punishment (Action) – 4:30 & 9.45pm

Wahed Saaidy (2D/Arabic) – 6:15pm


LANDMARK

1Action Jackson (2D/Hindi) – 2:30 & 10.45pm



2Penguins of Madagascar (2D/Animation) – 2:30 & 4.15pm


Reclaim (2D/Drama) – 7:45 & 11.15pm





ROYAL

PLAZA

1Penguins of Madagascar (2D/Animation) – 2:30 & 4.15pm


Reclaim (2D/Drama) – 7:45 & 11.15pm

2Death Squad (2D/Action) – 3:00pm

Reclaim (2D/Drama) – 5:00pm








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Events in Qatar

Confluence When: Till December 24 Where: VCUQatar GalleryWhat: ‘Confluence: photographic based works from the Contemporary Middle East’ brings together for the first time in Qatar the work of Atfal Ahdath, George Awde, and Ali Cherri. This exhibition of contemporary photography and video installation from across the Middle East demonstrates thematic diversity. It also explores the medium itself – the richness of possibilities, directions and journeys that are open to the artist who uses photography in its broadest sense as a starting point or confluence in his/her work.Free Entry

Shirin Neshat: Afterwards When: Till February 15, 2015 Where: Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art What: The first solo exhibition in the Middle East by internationally acclaimed artist Shirin Neshat. Occupying the entire ground floor galleries, the exhibition features existing and newly produced works. Free admission

Oscar Della Lirica When: December 12; 9pm-10pmWhere: Katara Amphitheater What: The 4th edition of Oscar Della Lirica, the international opera and classical music Awards, an initiative by well-known Italian artist and manager Alfredo Troisi is being held for the first time in the region, at Katara Amphitheatre. The event introduces internationally renowned artists to spectators of the regionTickets: QR200-QR500 (available at www.virginmegastore.me)

The Tiger’s Dream: Tipu Sultan When: Till January 24Where: Museum Of Islamic Art What: This exhibition delves into the life of Tipu Sultan, the South Indian ruler, statesman, and patron. Drawn entirely from the MIA collection, and featuring many objects which have never been displayed in Qatar, the centerpiece is a group of 24 paintings showing Tipu’s victory at the Battle of Pollilur in 1780.Free entry

Yousef Ahmad: Story of ingenuity When: Nov 11- Feb14; 10am-8pmWhere: Qatar Museums Gallery, Building 10, Katara What: As a pioneer of Qatar’s modern art movement, Yousef Ahmad’s artistic journey has spanned over three decades, and his work has been influenced by his surroundings and emotional ties with Qatar’s culture and traditions. It showcases three phases in his career, from the early oil paintings that include the depiction of Al Zubarah Fort, to mixed media calligraphic pieces to new conceptual artworks.Free Entry

A chlorine gas evacu-ation turned a sub-

urban Chicago hotel into what looked like a car-toon come to life, as peo-ple dressed in brightly coloured rabbit, fox and dragon costumes were moved across the street to a convention centre.

The attendees of the Midwest FurFest were celebrating anthropomor-phic animal characters — meaning they’ve been given human character-istics — through art, lit-erature and performance.

But many others who were part of the evacuation but not dressed as animals wondered: Who are these characters?

Some questions about FurFest:

What is the FurFest?The annual convention draws thou-

sands of “furries” who come together in the Chicago suburbs to celebrate furry fandom or art, literature and performance based around anthro-pomorphic animals, according to the

FurFest website.Attendees said they came for fun,

but also for the spiritual and artistic aspects of the convention that have them celebrating animal characters from movies, TV shows, comic books and video games. Some also create their own characters.

How did it start?The festival’s roots go back to

the furry programming track of

Duckon, an annual sci-ence fiction convention. The furry track eventually grew enough to support its own convention. In 1999, Midwest Furry Fandom Inc. was created. FurFest was born shortly after and took place in November 2000 on the weekend before Thanksgiving. That date became tradition, until this year — the event’s 15th year, according to the website.

What goes on at these conventions?

In many ways a FurFest is like other conventions. There are panel discussions about costume design and other cartoon and character-related presentations, as well as dances and life performances. There are art and jewellery displays. Attendees go to dances and take part in dance contests inside the hotel and aerobic dancing outside. The festival also raises money for wildlife- and animal-related chari-ties, according to its website.

AP

FurFest draws many in animal costumes

People attending FurFest in animal costumes.

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