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Meet glow painter Kharelly O Sakilan, who devised her own way of creating wall paintings out of the UV body paints, takes the medium to a new level.

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by Raynald C Rivera

Works of art are appreciated when perceived in their entirety by the

beholder and for many artists art is synonymous with light, but there is one artist here whose paintings are best admired in the dark.

Meet glow painter Kharelly O Sakilan. Unlike other painters who use glow-in-the-dark paints as body paint for parties and fashion shows, Kharelly recently devised her own way of creating wall paintings out of the UV body paints taking the art medium to a new level.

“My friend, who works for a company which offers glow-in-the-dark products for home and garden accessories, gifts and party gadgets including glow paints, told me they were looking for an artist who could do glow painting for a client who would like to sample the product and she encouraged me to try,” she relates.

She finally accepted the offer in order to help her friend and at the same time for fun trying her hand again on painting because it had been her hobby even back in the Philippines, where she has been away for almost three years now.

After the client approved her proposal, she created the wall painting - her first ever using the medium- which she found was not that easy.

“Since the glow paint I was using was meant for the body thus easy to wash away, I thought of a technique experimenting on how to use it on the wall in such a way it would last for a long time, like any other painting.”

Kharelly has also showcased her skill in body painting in fashion shows and parties here, but com-pared to body painting, wall paint-ing is much difficult to do since it is done on a bigger scale which involves a more complex process.

“It’s quite tiring and I had some adjustments to do but this is all part of the art and I have come to love and get used to.”

In just five days, during the Eid Al Fitr holidays, Kharelly was able to execute her proposal which the client liked so much.

“It was the first wall painting I have created using the medium. It was approximately 8sqm and depicts a party mood with people dancing and a DJ playing music.”

The painting which was done on a corner wall of a majlis was a big success that everyone who sees even just the photo of the painting wishes to have a glow painting on the wall of his or her house.

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Her work has generated a lot of interest with many inquiries but she has been very busy with her job so she could not devote her time on her hobby that much.

An architect by profession, Kharelly works for a company called Kasian, a new Canadian architectural consultant company here.

Her portfolio of architectural renderings is vast and comprises unique models, some of which have already been completed in Qatar while others are still in progress. They all reveal her technical acumen which is also reflected in her artworks which she consider closely akin to her profession.

“Like in architecture I ask the client what he wants then I internalise it to come up with a good concept,” she explains on her process of creating an artwork for other individuals.

Her penchant for art goes back when she was a child when she proved her exceptional hand and imagination winning many com-petitions leading to having been declared Artist of the Year in her native city of Zamboanga in the Philippines.

“I have some works back in the Philippines mostly charcoal portraits and architectural

renderings,” she said, adding she is also flu-ent in other mediums including charcoal, watercolour and pastel, “but glow paint is something new and I am excited of the chal-lenge of perfecting it.”

She predicts this new art form will gain ground in Qatar having generated interest from many people wishing to have some of Kharelly’s works decorate the walls of their homes, restaurants and hotels.

“What attracts people to this art is that it is visually striking as it glows in the dark even with dim lighting and that makes it unique compared to other mediums,” she said adding many of those who are inter-ested come from the younger segment of the community and the usual concept they want are party.

“Qatar is an arid country. Its landscape comprises mostly deserts and it is during nighttime that it becomes colourful because of the lights at the exterior of buildings and on streets. This kind of art could see a good future because it is glowing and adapts to their needs making interior of homes cou-lorful at night.”

The Peninsula

Kharelly O Sakilan with one of her creations.

PICTURES: SHAIVAL DALAL

PLUS | TUESDAY 27 NOVEMBER 2012 COMMUNITY4

Malabar Gold & Diamonds in association with Aster Medical Center, Well Care

Group and Kerala Muslim Cultural Centre (KMCC) will hold a free one day medical camp – “Care & Aware” – on November 30 at MES Indian school from 6.30am to 11am to raise awareness about diabetes.

“Care & Aware” Medical camp is aimed at reaching out to the under-privileged strata of the society to ensure that quality healthcare is accessible to all. Malabar Gold and Diamonds is planning to organise atleast one such medical camp every quarter in different parts of Qatar as a part of their ongoing CSR activities. This endeavor is the first among the series of upcoming medical camps.

Through this camp, the resi-dents can check blood sugar, blood pressure, lipid profile and undergo physical examination. The patients in chronic conditions will also be sup-ported through the camp. Diagnosis and free consultations by expert doc-tors including general physicians, dermatologists, orthopedicians and ENT specialists will also be available at the medical camp.

“For accurate medical results, it is necessary that the participants come empty stomach and ensure that their last meal was 12 hours prior to the check up at the medical camp. The attendees will be provided with breakfast and free medicines. Apart from the general check-ups and healthcare advisory services, seminar

sessions on diabetics are also arranged for the participants.”

The registration forms for the medical camp will be available at

all Aster clinics, various Wellcare pharmacies and through volunteers of KMCC.

The Peninsula

Free medical camp on Nov 30

Malabar Gold & Diamonds, Aster Medical Center, Well Care Group and Kerala Muslim Cultural Centre officials announcing the medical camp at a press meet.

The International Bank of Qatar (ibq) and the ICC-ONE Toastmasters announced the final winners of the 7th ibq

Communicator Awards that wrapped up on November 24, at the Radisson Blu Hotel.

The list of winners of included Mou

Bera, who claimed the first place for the international category, with Carol A Moss and Clarivic Mendiola Vistal following in second and third place con-secutively. First winner of the humor-ous category was Mohammed Shuhaib Liyakath Ali with Aloris Salvador Dias and Surendra Kumar claiming second and third places.

The communicator competition saw the participation of 46 of Qatar’s best speakers. 33 talents showcased their communications skills for the International Category during the

pre-qualifying rounds in October while 13 speakers competed to move on to the top six finalists in the Humorous Category.

The ibq Communicator Awards is organised by the ICC-ONE Toastmasters Club under the patron-age of ibq to encourage and promote communication and leadership skills in the local community. The Awards are open to all residents aged above 18 years old.

Jabra Ghandour, Managing Director of ibq, commented: “We were very impressed with growing number of talented speakers in Qatar, who all showcased superior speaking and pres-entation skills. ibq’s ongoing partner-ship with the ICC-ONE Toastmasters is in line with the company’s com-mitment towards contributing to the growth and development of the local

community. ibq’s Corporate Social Responsibility strategy is focused on initiatives that contribute and promote education and academic excellence. This program is a perfect fit to help promote public speaking, communica-tions and leadership which are pre-requisites for success.”

Saquib Raza Khan, Chief Coordinator of the ICC-ONE Toastmasters, said: “We congratulate all the winners and all the participants that contributed to the success of this year’s competi-tion. The ibq Communicators awards, now in its 7th year, is recognized as one the country’s most pre-eminent competitions as it drives young people to develop and enhance their commu-nication skills. We would like to thank ibq for their continuous support and their dedication towards the success of this competition.” The Peninsula

IBQ announces communicator awards winners

ibq and ICC-ONE Toastmasters officials with the winners.

QU launches computing contest

Over 50 teachers and edu-cators from schools across Doha attended the recent

launch of Qatar University’s 6th Computing Contest (QUCC), an annual initiative organised by the department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) in the College of Engineering (CENG).

The briefing panel at the launching ceremony included CSE Head Prof Sebti Foufou, CENG Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies Prof Abdelmagid Hammuda, Acting VP for Academic Affairs Dr Mazen Hasna, ConocoPhillips IT Manager Mr Ammar Moustafa, QUCC Committee Head Dr Sayed El Sayed, and several CENG faculty.

The competition requires stu-dents to programme a robot that will perform tasks within a lim-ited time. Student projects will be conducted under the supervision of teachers and in coordination with the contest committee.

Prof Foufou thanked ConocoPhillips for its third year sponsoring the competition.

Dr El Sayed explained that the top three projects will be hon-oured in the closing ceremony on March 23 next year. First-place winner will be awarded QR10,000 and a scholarship to study at CSE, while QR6,000 and QR4,000 will be awarded the second and third-place winners respectively.

Two workshops will be held on December 22 and 29 to explain competition guidelines to teachers and students, and to provide them with techniques that will help them with programming the robots, Dr El Sayed said. The Peninsula

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Bhavan’s Public School conducted its 3rd Kindergarten Talents

Day recently in commemoration with World Children’s Day. The programme started with a welcome dance and a group song by the kindergarten students. Lilly Josephine Beck, 2nd Secretary, Embassy of India, inaugurated the programme and in her inaugural speech stressed on the importance of such programmes to develop the innate talents of children. She applauded the school for the efforts taken to recognise and develop these talents.

Principal Dr G Manulal welcomed the gathering and Headmistress Prabhavathi Nambiar proposed a

vote of thanks. This was followed by competitions in various cultural events like folk dance, action song, fancy dress, memory test etc taking place simultaneously at different venues set up for the occasion, within the campus.

In the closing ceremony on November 21, results of the competitions were announced and prizes were distributed to the winners by the members of the Board of Directors of Bhavan’s. Saleem Ponnambath, President of Bhavan’s Public school, in his closing address thanked the Principal, the members of the judging panel, teachers, parents and children for their tireless effort in making the programme a grand. The Peninsula

Ideal Indian School honoured stu-dents for their outstanding per-formance in the CBSE examination

and teachers were presented teaching excellence and long service awards in the “Felicitation Eve” conducted on November 22.

Gold and Silver medals were awarded to the school rank holders and individual subject toppers in classes X and XII examinations held in March 2012.

In his Presidential address Hassan Kunhi, President, School Managing committee congratulated the students on scaling greater heights year after year.

He expressed his gratitude to the teachers for bringing excellent results

in the CBSE examinations. Principal Syed Shoukath Ali also congratu-lated the students and teaching staff for maintaining a high standard of education.

Vice President Syed Abdul Hye, General Secretary Moiduppa A, Head of Administration Abdurahim P P, Assistant Administration Dr V K Mohanan, Head of Transport Yasir Abdulla, Head of Health & Hygiene Dr Abraham Kollamana were also present on the occasion and took turns pre-senting the awards.

Dhanya Joppachen received a gold medal for securing the top rank in class XII in school level as well as in Qatar.

The Peninsula

Students at Qatar Foundation’s Academic Bridge Programme made history recently by elect-ing the ABP’s first ever female

Student Association President. For the first time in the ABP’s 12-year history, Qatari student, Aisha Al Muhannadi, beat off stiff competition from male rivals during a vigorously fought ABP Student Association Election Campaign.

“It was incredibly hard to digest at first, as I was being heralded as the first female president in ABP’s history. I felt an out-of-body experience real-izing that I was not only the president, but a special president as well,” Aisha said.

In total, 18 students ran for 5 posi-tions on the 2012-13 ABP Student Association - the ABP’s student government. Four candidates ran

for the position of President, seven ran for the position of female vice-President, four for the post of male Vice-President, one for treasurer and two for the secretary positions, respectively.

The newly elected members include President Aisha Al Muhannadi, Vice-President (female) Roudha Al Maadeed, Vice-President (male) Abdulaziz Saifadeen, Treasurer Khalid Al Reyahi and Secretary Mohammed Al Boainain.

ABP Student Services Officer, Nihan Mirajkar, said, “Members of the Student Association were elected after going through a vigorous cam-paign where they prepared speeches to convince their peers that they are the best contestants and they should be elected.”

The Peninsula

ABP gets first ever femalestudent association president

Ideal Indian School honours students

Kindergarten Talents Day at BhPS

Officials felicitating one of the student achievers.

Tiny tots performing at the event

Members of the student association

PLUS | TUESDAY 27 NOVEMBER 2012 MARKETPLACE6

Informatica Qatar along with Huawei Group has announced the launch of their latest Android hand-held Ascend

series and the world’s first 10 inch quad-core tablet with full HD res-olution. Informatica Qatar is the distributor for Huawei mobiles in Qatar.

Unveiling Huawei’s new line up, Yexi, Country Manager of Huawei devices in Qatar, said: “The new Ascend lineup offers a record breaking technology, state-of-the-art functions and features. Both the Ascend D1 quad XL and the Media Pad 10 FHD exceed all these expectations while expand-ing the realm of possibilities for consumers with Huawei’s own super-fast processor, extended battery life, and high-quality audio visual capabilities.”

Breaking the industry mold, Huawei has selected to run both devices, Ascend D1 quad XL and the Media Pad 10 FHD, with its own proprietary quad-core chipset, becoming one of the only two ven-dors globally, to fully develop their own quad-core processors.

Wissam Costandi, General Manager, Informatica Qatar, said:

“Huawei has launched twelve hand-set models in Qatar since their launch in November last year. Huawei is a best affordable choice for a smart phone available in mar-ket which also provides customers with one year warranty. In the Ascend series Huawei also launched its other models Ascend G300, Ascend Y200 and Ascend Y100.”

“Huawei is one amongst the few companies that provide both 4G LTE TDD and 4G LTE FDD end-to-end solutions in product

categories such as mobile phones, wireless internet card and modems. Huawei has already suc-cessfully launched the fastest 4G USB modem and mobile Wi-Fi hotspot worldwide with speed up to 150Mbp. Also in the upcom-ing month, Huawei will bring the fastest 4G tablet to the market. Informatica Qatar is willing to cooperate tighten with Huawei to putting great technology in the hands of more people,” Wissam further added. The Peninsula

Huawei unveils first 10-inch quad-core tablet with full HD resolutionASCEND D QUAD XL SPECIFICATIONS

Operating System: Android Ice Cream SandwichDisplay: 4.5 inch (IPS+) TFT LCD, HD (1280X720), Corning’s Gorilla GlassProcessor: K3V2 Quad-1.4GHz, 1GB RAM/8GB ROMCamera: 8MP, AF, Dual-LED flash, Front-facing 1.3 MP cameraConnectivity: Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi – Hotspot, Bluetooth, GPS, Micro USB, DLNA, HDMI via MHL, Compass, GyroscopeSize: 129.9mm x 64.9mm x 11.5mmBattery: 2600 mAh Li-IonMemory: Micro SD (upto 32GB)

ASCEND P1 SPECIFICATIONS

Operating System: Android Ice-cream Sandwich (4.0)1670 mAh.Display: 4.3inch Super AMOLED display, Gorilla Glass.Processor: 1.5GHz Dual Core CPU, 1GB RAM.Camera: 8MP AF, BSI camera sensor and HDI, Front camera.Connectivity: Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi–Hotspot, Bluetooth, GPS, USB.Size: 129 x 64 x 7.69 mm.Weight: 110gm.

Battery: 1670mAh.Audio: Dolby Stereo Audio with Headset.

MEDIA PAD 10 FHD SPECIFICATIONS:

Operating System: Android 4.0 Ice Cream SandwichDisplay: 10.1-inch 1920 x 1200 FHD IPS display, supporting multi-touch (10 point)Processor: Cortex-A9 quad-core 1.4GHz processor (quad-core 1.2GHz for Simplified version)Camera: 8-megapixel BSI rear-facing camera with AF, 1080p FHD video capture, 1.3-megapixel HD front-facing camera, 720p HD video capture, Dual flash LED and HDR effect optimization Connectivity: Supports LTE Cat 4 (DL 150Mbps / UL 50Mbps) and DC-HSPA+ (DL 84Mbps / UL 11Mbps) high speed wireless access, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0Size: 257 × 176 × 8.8mmWeight: 580gBattery: Li-Poly 6600mAhMemory: 8 / 16 / 32GB memory options

Huawei and Informatica Qatar officials at the launch.

Qatar oil and gas opera-tors and contractors came together at Sharq Village on Wednesday

for the 31st Drilling Operations Incident Review Committee (DOIRC) meeting. A biannual event coordinated by the Drilling Department of Qatar Petroleum; aim to share learning and infor-mation on HSE incidents and practices in drilling operations amongst industry operators and contractors in Qatar.

Talib Abdulla Al Mehana Al Murri, Qatar Petroleum Operations Manager-Drilling, chaired the event.

Pictured are QP officials with oil and gas operators and contractors.

Qatar Chapter of the Institution of Engineers (India) organised a warm reception for its founder Chairman John Mathew at Asiana Restaurant on November 18. Members of the past and present executive commit-tees, Engineers’ Day organizing commit-tee and Schools Environmental Program – Project 5 S organising committee of the Qatar Chapter attended the function with their families.

Health and safety in focus at drilling event

Qatar Chapter of theInstitution of Engineers (India)

by Ben Hirschler

An experimental vaccine based on a molecule related to DNA protects ani-

mals against influenza and may one day offer an ultra-rapid way to develop new shots for humans, German scientists reported.

Assuming it also works in people, the new approach could allow commercial flu vaccines to be designed and manufactured in weeks rather than months.

Making vaccines quickly is critical in fighting flu, par-ticularly during a pandemic when health authorities and drugmakers are in a race to keep up with mutating strains of virus.

Flu vaccines have tra-ditionally been produced in chicken eggs, a tricky and lengthy process. More recently some firms have started using animal cell cultures, with Novartis on November 20 winning the first US approval for such a product.

Both approaches, however, still involve virus cultivation, which can result in variable yields and production delays.

The new vaccine devel-oped by Lothar Stitz of Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut and colleagues uses a quicker approach. It is made solely of messenger RNA (mRNA) - a single-stranded molecule that carries information tell-ing cells which proteins to make.

“The only thing we need is the sequence of the relevant genes,” Stitz said. “It’s a new option and it doesn’t take long to do.”

His team vaccinated mice, ferrets and pigs with an mRNA vaccine and found that the immune response was similar or better than that found with conventional vaccines. What is more, the new vaccines showed high efficacy in very young and very old animals, which can be a problem with current flu shots.

Reporting their results in the journal Nature Biotechnology, the scientists calculated that a completed vaccine could be produced within six to eight weeks of the genetic code of a flu virus strain being published.

In contrast growing vac-cines in fertilised chicken eggs can take up to six months, while using cell cul-tures may reduce that by up to eight to 10 weeks.

Another potential advan-tage of mRNA vaccines is the fact that they do not need to be refrigerated.

A human vaccine based on the research is still years away, since extensive clini-cal trials will be needed to test safety and efficacy, and the job of taking the work forward now rests with CureVac, a privately owned biotech company.

CureVac, backed by bil-lionaire German investor and business software firm SAP’s co-founder Dietmar

PLUS | TUESDAY 27 NOVEMBER 2012HEALTH 7

Health Tipsfrom DOCTOR

Stress and oral health is an entirely new ballgame for most people. Unfortunately, our mouths have just as much of a chance of being affected by stressful

situations as our bodies and minds do. Researchers have found a significant link between stress and oral health, helping us better understand what part anxiety and depression take in the development of dental problem.

Stress is a contributing factor to the following conditions:

Bruxism: Stress can cause us to grind our teeth at night, leading to tooth damage. If you’re diagnosed with bruxism, a night guard can be prescribed to protect your jaw.

Canker Sores: No one quite knows what exactly causes canker sores, but they are sometimes brought on by stress. Although harmless, these small sores can be painful.

Dry Mouth: When the mouth doesn’t produce enough saliva, it can experience chronic dryness. Not only does dry mouth result from conditions caused by stress, but it is also a common side effect of drugs used to treat depression.

Bur n ing Mou th Syndrome: Psychological problems are just one of the many factors known to cause burning mouth, which is identi-fied by a burning sensation on the tongue, lips, gums or palate.

Lichen Planus: Lichen planus of the mouth is char-acterized by white lines, sores and ulcers in the oral cavity. Some experts believe lichen planus is a reaction to viral infections caused by stress.

Gum Disease: Studies have shown that long-term stress affects our immune systems, increasing our sus-ceptibility to infections such as periodontal disease.

As you can see, stress and oral health often go hand-in-hand, but stress also takes indirect paths to affect your dental health. Patients who are under stress tend to neglect their oral hygiene routines -- when you have so much going on, it’s hard to remember to brush and floss correctly. Poor diet is also a result of stress -- sug-ary and carbohydrate-laden foods that promote tooth decay might be consumed on a more frequent basis when we are busy or depressed.

There is yet another significant correlation between stress and oral health -- stress not only causes dental conditions, but painful dental problems can also increase our levels of stress and anxiety.

If you’re feeling stressed, don’t forget about your den-tal health. Take the time to focus on your oral hygiene regimen, and don’t use smoking or alcohol to relieve stress. These habits are highly addictive, and they have damaging effects on your oral cavity. Instead, take proper measures to reduce stress in your life, such as eating well, exercising and getting plenty of sleep. If you suffer from extreme anxiety or depression, seek professional help. If you’re worried that stress is affecting your teeth or gums, see a dentist.

Dr Amit K Walvekar Specialist – Dentistry –

Periodontics Healthspring World Clinic

De-stress for better oral health

German research points way to faster flu vaccines

© GRAPHIC NEWSSource: Self-reporting of diet by 37,698 men and83,644 women over 28 years

A diet high in red meat can increasethe risk of death from cancer and

heart problems, according to astudy by researchers at Harvard

Medical School

Processed meat: Daily serving– equivalent to two slices of baconor one hot dog – increased risk ofdying from heart disease by 21%and from cancer by 16%

Steak: Cutting amount to 42 gramsa day – equivalent to one largesteak a week – could preventalmost one in 10 early deaths inmen and one in 13 in women

Hopp, is already developing a therapeu-tic mRNA vaccine for prostate cancer in human trials.

The firm also has a vaccine for lung cancer in development and is working on prophylactic vaccines against several unnamed infectious diseases in a collabo-ration with Sanofi. Sanofi is a major sup-plier of flu vaccines, along with Novartis and GlaxoSmithKline. Reuters

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PLUS | TUESDAY 27 NOVEMBER 2012 MUSIC10

© GRAPHIC NEWSPicture: Associated Press, Electric Ladyland cover Polydor

Nov 27, 1942: JohnnyAllen Hendrix born inSeattle, United States.Parents divorce when heis nine years old

1958: Hendrix joins his firstband, The Velvetones

1962-65: After year in U.S.Army, Hendrix works as sessionguitarist under name Jimmy James.Performs in backing bands for soul,blues and R&B artists includingSam Cooke and Wilson Pickett.Forms his own band, Blue Flame

1966: Hendrix moves to London,forms Jimi Hendrix Experiencewith drummer Mitch Mitchell andbass player Noel Redding.Debut single, Hey Joe, reachesnumber 6 in British charts

1967: First album Are YouExperienced shoots to number 2������������� ���������������Groundbreaking album combineswah-wah, fuzz, feedback and othercutting-edge effects

1968: Hendrix records Axis: BoldAs Love and Electric Ladyland –third and final album of new materialby Jimi Hendrix Experience

1970: Hendrix records live album,Band of Gypsys

1969: His rendition of The StarSpangled Banner at WoodstockFestival whips mud-soakedaudience into a frenzy

Sep 18, 1970: Jimi Hendrixdies from drug-related asphyxiaat age of 27

Unable to read or write a noteof music, Jimi Hendrixbecame one of the mostinnovative musicians ofthe 20th century,capturing the zeitgeistof the Sixties

Once more, the world is to to discover the new musi-cal direction Jimi Hendrix would have taken had he

not died in September 1970, aged 27. March next year will see the release of People, Hell and Angels, a collec-tion of previously unreleased songs, which – according to the guitarist’s sister Janie – indicate that he was gravitating towards a sound that prefigured Earth, Wind and Fire.

“What he was trying to do was create this new sound,” she recently told KISW. “He was bringing all these instruments like he did at Woodstock … He told my dad: ‘You’re going to be doubly proud of me.’”

The dozen tracks on People, Hell

and Angels – recorded in 1968 and 1969 – include songs for a proposed double-LP called First Rays of the

New Rising Sun. However, much of the First Rays … material has already been released – on 1971’s albums The Cry of Love and Rainbow

Bridge, 1972’s War Heroes and the 1997 album that was released under the title First Rays of the New Rising

Sun. In fact, People, Hell and Angels is the 11th posthumous Hendrix stu-dio album, in addition to an enor-mous array of live albums, official bootlegs and compilations. During his lifetime, Hendrix released just three studio albums with the Jimi Hendrix Experience and one live album with Band of Gypsys.

While some tracks on People,

Hell and Angels were recorded with Mitch Mitchell and Noel Redding of the Experience, others show Hendrix experimenting with dif-ferent musicians. The compila-tion includes songs recorded with Stephen Stills, saxophonist Lonnie

Youngblood, and some with Billy Cox and Buddy Miles, who later joined Band of Gypsys.

More than straight rock’n’roll and blues, this music incorporates horns, keyboards, percussion and a second guitar, Rolling Stone reported. Janie Hendrix compared it to the sound of one of the 70s great fusion bands:

“The way [Jimi] was describing it in 1969 was what Earth, Wind and Fire became,” she said. “That’s what we would have had: richer, bigger bands with more sounds and more cultures. There would have been a definite evolution.”

Before People, Hell and Angels is released on 5 March, the Hendrix

estate will mark what would have been his 70th birthday by organising screenings of his 1969 Woodstock appearance. The legendary set will be shown at dozens of cinemas across the UK, from 29 November to 4 December, based on original 16mm footage from the festival.

The Guardian

Jimi Hendrix album to reveal new sound

Guitarist’s sister says People, Hell and Angels shows the creation of a new direction ‘with more sounds and more cultures’

The Peninsula / Graphic News

PLUS | TUESDAY 27 NOVEMBER 2012FOOD 11

Sweet and Spicy Tomato Pancake

Ingredients: • Rice flour: 2 cups

• Tomato: 2 roughly chopped

• Garlic: 4 chopped finely(optional)

• Coconut: 1 tbsp

• Red Chillies: 1

• Cumin: 1 tsp

• Curry leaves: few torn into pieces

• Red chilli powder: 1/2 tsp

• Butter: 2tbsp

• Sugar: 2tsp

• Salt: 1/2tsp

Method: Before staring the procedure, mix rice flour

with little water, melted butter, 2tsp Sugar and

keep aside.

Saute the tomatoes in a tsp of oil until mushy

and raw smell leaves.

Allow it to cool and grind the tomatoes with

coconut, garlic and red chillies to a fine paste

with little water.

Now add cumin, curry leaves, red chilli pow-

der and tomato coconut paste to the rice flour

which is kept ready and mix well by adding

a little salt.

Heat a shallow pan, keeping in low medium,

flame take a laddle full of the batter and spread

it evenly starting from the sides slowly inwards

in circular motion and cover it..

Let it cook for two minutes.

Take it out and serve hot with honey.

VIJAYALAKSHMI KAMALAKKANNAN

Chicken & Feta Stuffed TomatoesPreparation time: 20 minutes

Cooking time: 35 minutes

Ingredients (serves 6):• 200ml single cream

• 30g butter

• 6 large tomatoes

• 500g chicken breast

• 125g feta

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• 70g stale bread

• 1 clove of garlic

• 1 spring onion

• 10 sprigs of parsley + 1 small bunch

of basil

• 1 egg

• Salt and pepper

Method:Preheat oven to 180°C (Gas Mark 6).

Wash the tomatoes then slice off the top

(about 2cm down) and set the tops aside.

Cut the bread into small cubes.

Scoop out the juice from the tomatoes.

Pour the cream into a bowl and add the

bread and seasoning.

Dice the chicken breast into chunks. Peel

and cut the garlic and onion into small

pieces.

In a frying pan, brown the chicken, garlic

and onion in the butter. Leave to cool.

Cut the parsley and basil, beat the egg

and dice the feta.

Add the herbs, chicken, feta and egg

to the cream-bread mixture and mix it all

together.

Fill each tomato with the mixture then

replace the tomato tops. Add salt and pep-

per then cook for 30 to 35 minutes.

KAREN KUMAR

WINNER

Tomato Potato GaletteIngredients:

• 1-1/2 cups (375 ml) all-purpose flour

• 1/4 tsp (1ml) salt

• 1 pinch cayenne pepper

• 1/3 cup (75ml) cold butter

• 1/3 cup (75ml) cold shortening

• 1 tsp (5ml) white vinegar

• 1/4 cup (50ml) cold water, (approx)

Filling:• 3 Yukon Gold potatoes, (625g total), peeled

• 6 plum tomatoes

• 1 tsp (5ml) salt

• 1/2 tsp (2ml) pepper

• 1 tbsp (15ml) extra-virgin olive oil

• 2 onions, sliced

• 2 cloves garlic, minced

• 1/2 tsp (2ml) crumbled dried rosemary or aniseed, crushed

• 1-1/2 cups (375ml) grated Asiago cheese

• 2 eggs, beaten

• 1 tbsp (15ml) grated Parmesan cheese

Method:In bowl, stir together flour, salt and cayenne pepper. With pastry blender or 2

knives, cut in butter and shortening until mixture is in fine crumbs with a few

larger pieces. Stirring with fork, pour in vinegar and enough of the water to

make dough hold together. Press into disc; wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate

until chilled, at least 30 minutes.

Filling: In large saucepan of boiling salted water, cover and cook potatoes

just until tender, about 20 minutes. Drain and let cool. Thinly slice crosswise;

transfer to large bowl.

Meanwhile, cut tomatoes lengthwise into 1/2-inch (1 cm) thick slices; place

on foil-lined rimmed baking sheet. Sprinkle with pinch each of the salt and

pepper; broil, turning once, until slightly shrivelled and edges are blackened,

about 10 minutes. Let cool.

Meanwhile, in skillet, heat oil over medium heat; cook onions, garlic, rose-

mary and remaining salt and pepper, stirring occasionally, until onions are

golden, about 10 minutes. Add to potatoes along with Asiago cheese and all

but 1 tbsp (15 mL) of the eggs; toss gently to combine.

On lightly floured surface, roll out pastry to 16-inch (40 cm) circle; place on

pizza pan. Spread potato mixture over pastry, leaving 2-inch (5 cm) border

uncovered. Arrange tomatoes on potato mixture; sprinkle with Parmesan

cheese. Fold border over top, pleating to fit. Brush pastry with remaining egg.

Bake in bottom third of 400°F (200°C) oven until pastry is golden, 40 to

45 minutes. Let stand on rack for 10 minutes before cutting. (Make-ahead:

Let cool. Cover and refrigerate for up to 6 hours. Rewarm before serving.)

KAVITHA

RECIPE CONTEST

Nespresso reveals three new coffee discoveries

The wait is over for Nespresso coffee lovers as the company reveals its annual varia-tions; the specially created Limited Edition Grands Crus for the festive season, which

this year offer three different notes of nut: Coconut, Hazelnut and Macadamia.

Nespresso’s coffee experts adopted a new approach, working with just one “family” to pro-vide three unique coffee experiences. Each of the Variations 2012 are 100 percent natural origin and contain only roast and ground coffees mixed with natural flavours which are free from food allergens.

Subtly blending the much-loved smoothness of permanent Grand Cru Livanto – the Grand Cru possessing the optimum profile for complementing different flavours – the experts added the highly individual notes and natural aromas of the three gourmet nuts. Each of the three Variations for 2012 has an intensity level of six on a scale of one-to–ten and with their delicious aroma.

Limited Edition Variations 2012 by NespressoHazelnut: The combination of lightly roasted

hazelnut notes with the Livanto Grand Cru reveals praline flavours, giving it a fine balance. Hazelnut provides a delicious latte macchiato revealing hazel-nut praline flavours and soft notes of caramel and roasted nuts.

Macadamia Nut: The rich flavours of the mac-adamia nut combined with the roundness of the Livanto Grand Cru give a surprising freshness and reveal citrus notes. Cappuccino drinkers can enjoy the rich notes of macadamia nut as it merges into

the smooth milk froth giving a delicate Cappuccino with lightly roasted notes.

Coconut: A perfect harmony between the coco-nut notes and the Livanto Grand Cru creates a gourmand experience reminiscent of coconut maca-roons. Enjoy the soft and smooth texture of a Latte Macchiato for the perfect harmony between coconut notes and milk.

The Variations 2012 are best served alone as a 40ml espresso, allowing coffee lovers to indulge in each different note, but can also be enjoyed as a cappuccino or latte.

PLUS | TUESDAY 27 NOVEMBER 2012 TECHNOLOGY12

by Jack Schofield

My daughter uses Blogger to keep a wonderful record of her toddler’s “Life and Times”. This is all the more precious to those with whom

she shares it as she lives abroad. I worry about future-proofing this material and wonder if you have any advice on capturing the blog and perhaps saving it in more tangible formats.

David Marshall

This is a great use of a blog, and there are lots of different ways you could preserve it. For example, you could save each page as file and print the result-ing files in colour. This would make the blog acces-sible offline and sharable in much the same way as snapshots, with the files you have saved providing a separate backup. Every browser should have a “File Save” routine somewhere, or a “Save page as…” com-mand like Google Chrome.

Both Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and Opera provide a handy way to do this: they let you save pages in a standards-based MHTML format. In IE, use the Save option called “Web archive, single file (*.mht)”. This saves a page as a single file rather than saving the page’s HTML as one file and all the other elements — images, scripts etc — in a sepa-rate folder. (HTML, HyperText Markup Language, is the language used to create most web pages. The M comes from MIME, or Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions. MHTML is shortened to .mht to identify these files.)

There’s also a Firefox extension called UnMHT, which adds MHT file support to Firefox. Another extension, Mozilla Archive Format, will save pages in either MHT or MAFF (Mozilla Archive Format File). You can get similar plug-ins for most popular browsers.

Another quick way to make a tangible record is to select and copy a hefty chunk of the blog and paste into a Microsoft Word document (docx). This will copy panels and pictures as well as text. The results tend to be a bit mixed, but sometimes it works very well. You can also try capturing each page as an image, if you have an image capture program that will snapshot whole web pages, not just the parts currently on screen.

Of course, if it’s a large blog, saving or copying one page at a time soon becomes tedious. Also, sav-ing individual pages loses the structure of the blog. Programs known as “site rippers” solve both prob-lems by copying (ripping) whole sites and download-ing them to a folder on your PC’s hard drive.

Site rippers were in vogue in the early days of the web, when people were paying by the minute to dial up and read web pages online. It was relatively quick and easy to rip a small website so that you could read it offline. Thanks to ubiquitous broadband, there’s not much call for that nowadays. Also, today’s bigger and more complicated websites are harder to rip than simple HTML sites.

One survivor is HTTrack Website Copier, an open source site ripper that works on Microsoft Windows and Linux. There’s a YouTube video that shows how to use it. Spadix Software’s BackStreet Browser 3.2 for Windows looks easier to use. There’s also the WinWSD WebSite Downloader, which you can down-load from CNet and other sites, but the author’s home page no longer works.

Things are different if you own a Blogger blog, or at least have a password to access the dashboard. In this case, you can go to Settings (the spanner icon),

click on Other, and then choose “Export blog”. This will save a back-up copy of the whole blog to your hard drive in XML (Extensible Markup Language) format.

It’s important to do this in case you inadvertently run into a dreaded “policy violation” and Google deletes your blog. Note that to get a proper backup, you have to download a backup copy of your blog’s Template as well.

A Blogger backup isn’t very useful, but if you double-click the .xml file, it will load into a browser, such as IE. If you scroll down past the confusing headers, you should find the readable text of each post, but it’s no substitute for the original blog. And while you could import your .xml file into Blogger or the WordPress blogging system, you could still only read it online.

At this point, I’m stuck for a suggestion. One idea, which I haven’t tried, would be to install a copy of WordPress on your PC and import the Blogger backup into that. It’s quite a lot of work and might not be worth the effort.

Finally, there are online services that will back up a blog, or convert it into an ebook or even a printed book. Again, there may be limits on what you can do unless you have access to the Blogger dashboard.

The BlogBackupr website will back up a blog on a daily basis, using its RSS feed.

ZinePal will convert a blog into a PDF file and into an ebook in the Amazon Kindle, Mobipocket and

ePub formats. However, it will only convert five blog posts unless you sign up for the Pro version, which will convert 50. One ebook costs $5.

BookSmith will convert up to 100 posts from Blogger or WordPress into an ebook, and offer you the chance to buy a printed copy. However, you have to give it your logon and password.

BlogBooker will convert a Blogger, WordPress or LiveJournal blog into a PDF ebook. This looks a decent bet because you can upload your Blogger backup (.xml) file. However, the site is “donation-ware” and, quite reasonably, requests a donation if you want to include images.

I tried BlogBooker with an old blog and the result is quite book-like with an index at the front, dif-ferent chapters for different years, left/right page spacing, headers/footers and so on. It also included comments. With an automated spacing and layout system, there are bound to be errors that a human editor would correct, but still, if you like the result, you can get the PDF printed by Lulu. Either way, it’s better than nothing.

I also tried PDF my URL, because it only involves pasting in the blog’s web address. Almost instantly, the site created a paginated PDF copy that looked like my original Blogger site, with colour panels etc. However, it only picked up the last 15 of 67 posts, and no comments. If you want to modify the settings, you have to sign up for a paid subscription.

The Guardian

How to back up a blog

App of the day

TRIPITSimplified trip-planningTripit is useful for fre-

quent flyers who are always juggling appointments, din-ner reservations, confirma-tions — especially if they need to share information with co-workers or family. The idea behind Tripit is pretty simple: Any time you receive a confirmation email, you forward it onto Tripit and the app will organize it into a single agenda for the trip. Flight times are just part of the lineup; Tripit will also remind you when to pick up rental cars, check in

or out of hotels and provide you with maps.

The schedule you make will sync with your calendar apps and is easy to forward to others. The app is prob-ably most useful for those planning multiple trips at once or those who have a multi-step trip planned. For really serious travel-ers, there is a $49-per-year pro service that will inte-grate with frequent-traveler cards and give you rebooking options in case something goes awry.

Free, for iOS, Android, Windows and BlackBerry devices; $3.99 for an ad-free app.

PLUS | TUESDAY 27 NOVEMBER 2012 COMICS

Baby Blues Jerry Scott and Rick Kirkman

13

Hoy en la HistoriaNovember 27, 1942

1701: Anders Celsius, Swedish astronomer and inventor of the Celsius temperature scale, was born1967: President de Gaulle of France vetoed early British entry to Europe’s Common Market1992: Venezuelan government forces put down a coup attempt by rebels in which up to 50 people died1999: Northern Ireland’s Ulster Unionist Party agreed to take part in the government with the Sinn Fein

U.S. guitarist, singer and songwriter Jimi Hendrix was born. Widely considered to be one of the greatest guitarists in the history of popular music, he died aged 27

Picture: Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS

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

ALLOSAURUS, ANKYLOSAURUS, APATOSAURUS, BRACHIOSAURUS, CAMPTOSAURUS, COMPSOGNATHUS, CORYTHOSAURUS, DEINONYCHUS, DIPLODOCUS, EORAPTOR, HADROSAUR, HETERODONTOSAURUS,IGUANODON, ORNITHOLESTES, PENTACERATOPS, PLATEOSAURUS, PTEROSAUR, SCELIDOSAURUS, STEGOSAURUS, TRICERATOPS, TYRANNOSAURUS REX, VELOCIRAPTOR.

Zits Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman

Hagar The Horrible Chris Browne

Blondie Dennis Young and Denis Lebrun

Slylock Bob Weber

PLUS | TUESDAY 27 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 Actress Stone and

others 6 “Just playin’ with ya”10 Base characters?14 Meccan, e.g.15 Ones sitting on pads16 Cut off one’s ears?17 One asking questions

he already knows the answers to

19 Cousin of contra-20 Highness21 “Figures I’d have this

problem!”23 French expert in body

language?24 Draw back25 Education

dissemination locations

30 Solidifying agents31 Vase lookalikes35 Bouncing off the

walls

36 Enclosure … and an alphabetical listing of letters not appearing elsewhere in this puzzle’s answer

37 Sylvester’s “Rocky” co-star

38 A Ford39 “___ Girl” (“Bells Are

Ringing” tune)40 One swimming with

flippers46 Logical ending49 Accessible for

shooting50 Like pool racks52 Host of PBS’s

“Scientific American Frontiers”

56 Baseball All-Star Kinsler and others

57 “1984” shelfmate59 Ordeal for jrs.60 Part of some pools61 Rose partially62 Clinic shipments63 Henry James

biographer

64 Least desirable parts

DOWN 1 A.B.A. members’ titles 2 Wailuku’s county 3 California’s ___

Woods 4 Wood shop shaper 5 “Scrooge” star, 1951 6 “Likely story” 7 Lawn flamingos and

such 8 Pop alternative 9 With 12-Down,

lidocaine delivery option

10 Risk board territory11 Stack at IHOP, say12 See 9-Down13 Like some punk

hairstyles18 Cracked open22 Stocking-up time?23 Lay claim forcibly25 Weak26 Quaint euphemism27 Film holders

28 True companion?29 Pundit32 Highness: Abbr.33 Mass action34 Mosel tributary41 Begin a conversation

with42 Cut back43 Contact liquid44 Nail topper45 Home to a much-

visited tomb

46 Sticks in a makeup bag

47 Sweep the board?48 Mosul money51 The Charleses’ pet52 Not close53 Like fashionable

partygoers?54 It may knock you out55 Concert pieces58 54-Down for a trip

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

C H A D A D A P T S I D SA I D E L O R R I E N I LS T A L L F O R O N E T V AH A G U E M E T E A H E M

T E X A S S T R A N G E R SE D U A R O A R

O H O C N B C T S A R SJ A C K T H E S T R I P P E RO S C A R V A S E Y D S

U T U B E B A MS T R I K E R S I S L A N DP U R E A M A N O D E O NR B I S T I L L A T E A S EE E N P I N S O N U T E SE R G A T D A W N P O S T

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.

Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate

PLUS | TUESDAY 27 NOVEMBER 2012 CINEMA / TV LISTINGS

SHOWING AT CITY CENTER09:30 Omni Sport

10:00 The Serie A

Show

12:30 The Football

League Show

13:00 Global Game

14:15 Italian League

Cagliari V

Napoli

16:00 Basketball Nba

Portland V

Detroit

18:00 English Sports

News

18:15 Serie A Show

18:45 Rugby Friendly

International

England V

South Africa

20:30 Liga World

21:30 Copa Del Rey

Real Betis V

Valladolid

23:30 Copa Del Rey

Real Madrid V

Alcoyano

08:00 News

09:00 The Fight for

Amazonia

10:30 Inside Story

11:00 News

11:30 The Stream

12:00 News

12:30 Witness

13:00 NEWSHOUR

14:00 News

14:30 Inside Story

15:00 Al Jazeera

Correspondent

16:00 NEWSHOUR

17:00 News

17:30 The Stream

18:00 NEWSHOUR

19:00 News

19:30 Fault Lines

20:00 News

20:30 Inside Story

21:00 NEWSHOUR

22:00 News

22:30 The Stream

23:00 The Fight for

Amazonia

13:15 Earth 2050

15:30 Ultimate Survival

16:25 Wheeler Dealers

17:20 Hillbilly

Handfishin’

19:40 How It’s Made

20:05 Border Security

20:35 GI Dough

21:00 Auction Kings

21:30 You Have Been

Warned

22:25 Masters Of

Survival

23:20 Ultimate

Survival

12:00 Wild

Mississippi

14:00 Planet

Carnivore

18:00 Big Cat

Odyssey

19:00 Wild

Mississippi

20:00 Monster Fish

21:00 Planet

Carnivore

22:00 Animal

Intervention

13:15 The Marvelous

Misadventures...

16:35 Powerpuff Girls

17:00 Angelo Rules

17:40 Hero 108

18:50 Johnny Test

20:05 Green Lantern:

Animated Series

20:55 Generator Rex

22:10 Courage The

Cowardly Dog

23:00 Ben 10

10:00 The Ladykillers

12:00 Little Fockers

14:00 How The Grinch

Stole Christmas

16:00 The Ladykillers

18:00 Due Date

20:00 The Men Who

Stare At Goats

22:00 Held Up

15

13:20 Shamwari: A

Wild Life

14:45 Animal Cops

Philadelphia

16:35 Going Ape

17:00 Really Wild Show

19:20 Dogs 101:

Specials

20:15 Monkey Life

20:40 E-Vets: The

Interns

21:10 Deep Into The

Wild With Nick

Baker

21:35 Going Ape

10:50 Mission Of The

Shark

12:25 Tom Sawyer

13:55 Carry On

Columbus

15:25 Futureworld

17:10 Shark

18:45 Billion Dollar Brain

20:30 Shadow Of A

Stranger

22:00 Running

Scared

23:45 Child’s Play

09:50 Gun Glory

11:20 Manpower

13:05 To Have And

Have Not

14:45 Quo Vadis

17:35 The Big Sleep

19:25 The Charge

Of The Light

Brigade

21:20 What’s Up,

Doc?

23:00 Fame

13:00 Mia And The

Migoo

14:30 Marco Antonio

18:00 Cher Ami

20:00 The Hairy Tooth

Fairy 2

22:00 Teo: The

Intergalactic

Hunter

GULF CINEMA

1

Thuppakki (2D/Tamil) – 2.00, 7.30 & 10.45pm

Podaa Podi (2D/Tamil) – 5.15pm

2

Son Of Sardaar (2D/Hindi) – 2.00 & 11.15pm

Jab Tak Hai Jaan (2D/Hindi) – 4.45 & 8.00pm

MALL CINEMA

1

Paranorman (Comedy) – 3.00 & 5.00pm

The Dragon Pearl (Adventure) – 7.00pm

The Keeper (Action) – 9.00 & 11.15pm

2

Cinderella (3D/Animation)– 2.30, 4.15 & 6.00pm

The Man With The Iron Fist (2D/Action) – 7.45 & 9.30pm

Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn 2 (2D/Adventure) – 11.15pm

3

Argo (2D/Drama) – 2.30 & 7.00pm

Silver Linings Playbook (2D/Comedy) – 4.45pm

Twilight Saga 2: Breaking Dawn 2 (2D/Adventure) – 9.15pm

Grabbers (2D/Comedy) – 11.30pm

ROYAL PLAZA

1

Cinderella (3D/Animation)– 3.00 & 4.30pm

Grabbers (2D/Comedy) – 6.00pm

The Man With The Iron Fist (2D/Action) – 7.45 & 11.30pm

Twilight Saga 2: Breaking Dawn 2 (2D/Adventure) – 9.30pm

2

Ice Age 4: Continental Drifts (Animation – 2.30pm

Jab Tak Hai Jaan (2D/Hindi) – 4.00, 7.15 & 10.30pm

3

Safe (Action) – 2.30 & 6.45pm

Hunger Games (Thriller) – 4.15 & 8.30pm

Battleship (Action) – 11.15pm

LANDMARK

1

Cinderella (3D/Animation)– 2.30, 4.00 & 5.45pm

Al Anessa Mammy 2 (2D/Arabic) – 7.30 & 9.30pm

Silver Linings Playbook (2D/Comedy) – 11.15pm

2

Grabbers (2D/Comedy) – 3.00 & 7.15pm

Silver Linings Playbook (2D/Comedy) – 5.00pm

Twilight Saga 2: Breaking Dawn 2 (2D/Adventure) – 9.15 & 11.30pm

3

The Man With The Iron Fist (2D/Action) – 2.30, 7.00 & 11.15pm

Argo (2D/Drama) – 4.30 & 9.00pm

PLUS | TUESDAY 27 NOVEMBER 2012 POTPOURRI16

Today in Qatar

Kimiko Yoshida When: Till Dec 1, 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: Till Nov 30, 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.Free entry

Constantin Boym Exhibition : Learning From MabkharaWhen: Till Dec 1, 10am-10pmWHERE: Gallery 2 Building 13 WHAT: Featuring unique and exquisite shapes and designs, Mabkhara is a traditional Arab incense burner, an authentic object typically used as daily domestic activities in the Arab world. Free entry

Yan Pei-Ming“Painting the history”When: 9am-8pm, Till Jan 12, 2013Friday 3pm to 9pmWHERE: QMA Gallery, Bldg 10 WHAT: Curated by Francesco Bonami, this exhibition profiles three types of history-makers and highlights the power of painting as a medium for recording historical events. Free entry

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

Forever NowWhen: Till March 31, 2013; 11am-6pmWHERE: Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art WHAT: Forever Now proposes new readings based on the works of five artists from Mathaf’s permanent collection. This exhibition unpacks new narratives that posit a unique understanding of five diverse artists: Fahrelnissa Zeid, Jewad Selim, Saliba Douaihy, Salim Al–Dabbagh and Ahmed Cherkaoui. Free entry

MEDIA SCAN

IN FOCUS

• There are complaints about the quality and con-tinuity of services provided by Qtel through the USB Internet service.

• Residents have expressed their appreciation of the new bylaws issued for consumer protection and they hope it will help to stabilise prices in the markets. The Minister of Business and Trade issued on Sunday executive regulations to help implement the Consumer Protection Law of 2008.

• Many citizens are campaigning through the social media networks to make the National Day which falls on December 18 an accident-free day.

• Some residents are urging everybody to keep drinking water tanks clean at homes and offices to keep ourselves healthy. They have urged the concerned authorities to monitor the cleanli-ness of tanks.

• People are worried about their safety because

of many teenagers who drive at high speed on main roads.

• People are complaining that a large number of trucks are parked in old Al Ghanim area and have sought urgent action.

• Residents have praised the availability of ambulances at main roundabouts, junctions and on main roads and are happy at the quick response from the ambulance services in case of accidents.

• There is a discussion about the possibility of merging civil associations into four from eight associations.

• Some car rental agencies are using public parking areas to park their vehicles, which is causing a lot of inconvenience to people.

• Despite the law banning the hanging of clothes outside houses and in balconies, many people are still violating the law.

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

Rams fight as spectators take pictures during a game at a park in Hefei, Anhui province, China. If you want your events featured here mail the details to plus@pen.com.qa

Editor-In-Chief Khalid Al Sayed Acting Managing Editor Hussain Ahmad Editorial Office The Peninsula Tel: 4455 7741, E-mail: plus@pen.com.qa / editor@pen.com.qa

Gold Christmas tree for $4.2m in Tokyo

For those seeking a glow to their Christmas this year, a jewellery store in downtown Tokyo has

just the answer: a pure gold revolving “tree” covered in Disney characters such as Mickey Mouse, Tinker Bell and Cinderella.

The tree-like ornament is made of 40kg of pure gold, standing about 2.4m high and 1.2m in diameter. It is decorated with pure gold plate sil-houette cutouts of 50 popular Disney characters and draped with ribbons made of gold leaf.

The price tag? A mere 350m yen ($4.2m).

But the ornament is actually a deal, said Tomoko Ishibashi, in the marketing department of Tanaka Kikinzoku Jewellery, which runs the Ginza Tanaka jewellery store.

“Right now gold is over 4,400 yen per gram. We used pure gold and had an expert craftsman form each Disney character by hand,” she said of the decoration, which took 10 craftsmen two months to complete.

The combination of gold and Disney characters had spectators mesmer-ised. “It is very vivid and the gold is very pretty,” said Takashi Miura, a 36-year-old jeweller. “The characters on it are also really cute and it really looks like a Christmas tree.”

Reuters