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• Six SensesSpa holds ‘Runfor a Cause’

• Salam Internationala diamond sponsorof ‘Made in Qatar’

• Whole body vibrationmay help elderlyget up and go

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Lebanese Armenian painter Paul Guiragossian (1926-1993) and his wife came from artistic families. They were the seeds of a creative clan whose members, decades after the death of the patriarch, are bolstering his legacy with their own work.

All in the family

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By Isabel Ovalle

When art runs in the family, its call is difficult to ignore. For the

Guiragossians, the call of art was twice as powerful, given that both, Lebanese Armenian painter Paul Guiragossian (1926-1993) and his wife, came from artistic families. They were the seeds of a creative clan whose members, decades after the death of the patriarch, are bol-stering his legacy with their own work.

Paul Guiragossian produced approximately 5,000 oil paintings, which will soon be catalogued. Four of these pieces, painted in 1980, 1985 and 1987, are part of an exhibit, titled ‘The Family’, at Anima Gallery in The Pearl. The event is the first to bring Guiragossian’s work to Qatar and to feature the work of his two sons, Emmanuel and Jean Paul, and his daughter Manuella.

The life and work of the fam-ily have been shaped by migration, war and genocide, which forced the Guiragossians out of Armenia. Paul was always interested in themes that reflected the everyday life of the common man, as well as his own life and environment. Poverty is also a recurring theme in his work.

Paul Guiragossian, who was from

the fifth generation of a family of artists, musicians, iconographers and painters, was the first artist to hold a solo exhibition in Beirut.

His son Emmanuel, born in 1954, was the first to follow in his father footsteps and took up studies at the Academie des Beaux-Arts de Paris in 1972. He continued his studies at other prestigious European institu-tions, and later began working with his father. He organised his shows and founded a publishing house, Emmagoss, which produced a book on his father’s work in 1983.

Emmanuel, who lives in Berlin and has a son studying art in London, reminisced about his child-hood, when his grandmother told him stories about the Armenian genocide and the two World Wars. “This had a strong impact on my work, marked by tragedy from very early on,” he said.

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The FamilyWhen: Until Feb 28; 10am-10pmFriday 2pm-10pmWhere: Anima Gallery, The Pearl-QatarWhat: First Guiragossian family exhibition. Despair, separation, re-union, love... Life in all its forms is portrayed in the works of Paul, Emmanuel, Jean Paul and Manuella Guiragossian. Free entry

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Jean Paul revealed that at first none of them were open to the idea of having a joint exhibition. However, Ghada, the curator of Anima Gallery, approached them in Beirut and chose paintings for the show in such a way that they wouldn’t compete with each other.

“Our works compete with each other very strongly. It was very hard to choose the paintings, but Ghada selected pieces that not only would not compete against each other but would also help each other be seen better,” said Jean Paul.

“We grew up in a studio with our father; he taught us everything. If you have talent, you learn from whatever is around you,” he added.

Emmanuel, the firstborn child of Paul and his wife Juliette, recalled how his childhood revolved around his father’s studio. “We’re a family who worked together in a big house, and now we gather in Lebanon. Even though each of us lives in a different country, we always come back and meet my mother.”

The family also protects Paul Guiragossian paintings, organises exhibitions and does restoration work. “We grew up like this, as a family which didn’t know anything else,” he continued.

All the Guiragossians are into their own activities, but they still work together and, for the first time, considered holding an exhibi-tion that included the whole clan.

“The idea of Anima Gallery was to bring us together and I thought it would be difficult, to the point that when Ghada came to our study, I was not very convinced, because everyone has their own style. But it worked since the paintings were chosen well,” said Emmanuel.

The 17 paintings in the exhibi-tion all feature the human ele-ment with different points of view. For instance, Jean Paul reflects on women and the way they are

treated, while his brother and sis-ter have different approaches to a blank canvas.

The family, even though geo-graphically separated, meets in Lebanon during holidays and stays connected through the internet. Their children, Paul Guiragossian’s grandchildren, are also taking to art.

The twentieth anniversary of the patriarch’s passing away will fall this year. Almost coinciding with the date, the Guiragossian Foundation was established last year to protect his works, do research and gather images and paintings from all over the world in order to compile a cat-alogue of all his works.

“It’s a big challenge, because every day a new painting emerges in somebody’s collection,” said Manuella.

Emmanuel published a book in 1981 of a selection of his father’s work, and is working on the second volume, which will cover the final ten years of his life, from 1983 to 1993. The Peninsula

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The winners of the first Camlin-Ragam Library interschool painting competition seen with renowned Qatari artist Hassan Al Mulla, Yatheendran, programme director, Voice of Kerala Radio, Noufal Kattayat, managing director, Camlin Qatar and Ragam Libray, M Abdurahiman Harif, chairman of Pharmacare Group Qatar, and Shyam Vani, deputy GM, Kokuyo Camlin International, Mumbai, at Garden Village Restaurant on Friday. The painting competition was organised as part of the launch of Camlin, India’s largest stationery and art materials brand, in Qatar. Ragam Library is the distributor of Camlin in Qatar.

Camlin-Ragam painting contest winners

Six Senses Spa holds ‘Run for a Cause’

Six Senses Spa in partnership with Sharq Village & Spa Hotel organised ‘Run for a Cause’ event under the Volunteaming

programme of The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, where group of guests were invited to participate in different activities.

Participants were able to choose to walk or to run between 8km and 14km starting point was Sharq Village and Spa and circling the coastline of Doha along Corniche.

“It was a great celebration of spirit and fitness that underlines and showcases the passion and zeal of the members, and nowhere is it more visible than in the spirit of giving that accompanies all great city marathons.”

With over 115 participants the event was graced by the presence of a group of Six Senses Spa members, as well as Carsten Fritz, general manager of Sharq Village and Spa, and Joe Ghayad, hotel manager of Sharq Village and Spa. Run for Cause’s purpose was to raise awareness about environment and how each individual can be part of the change.

All proceeds collected will be donated to the Qatar Charity Foundation for the development of two water holes in Bangladesh and Indonesia for communities who do not have access to clean water.

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Participants in the Participants in the “Run for a Cause”“Run for a Cause”

Rebecca Botwright, winner in the female category

MES students win Qatar Airways art competition

MES Indian School stu-dents Sahal Rahman K V and Sanjay K have been selected as winners

of Qatar Airways Children’s Art C o m p e t i t i o n titled “The Future o f Travel”.

A l t o ge t h e r 400 students from various schools par-ticipated in the competition and MES’ young artists emerged winners.

The win-ners have been awarded a trip to the K i n d e r c i t y , Zurich in Switzerland by Qatar Airways.

The Principal AP Sasidharan felicitated the winners. Sageer P M, teacher of fine arts, is the mentor of these students. The Peninsula

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Afshad Kalapurayil, winner of the Lulu-Abu Issa Perfume Fiesta held at Lulu Hypermarket, D-Ring Road, receiving a symbolic key of a Toyota Camry 2013 from Shaijan M O, regional manager, and Mohamed Sainulabideen, general manager of Lulu Hypermarket Group, in the presence of Ranjith Sebastian, general manager, and Sajjath, brand manager at Abu Issa Marketing and Distribution. Other senior officials from Lulu Hypermarket Group were also present at the ceremony.

Lulu-Abu Issa Perfume Fiesta

THE One to host blood donation drive on Jan 24

In order to raise awareness of the urgent need for more blood donors and boost the Hamad General

Hospital’s blood supplies, THE One will be hosting a blood donation drive on Thursday, January 24 from 2pm to 7pm.

The hospital’s mobile blood donation clinic will be parked in the Landmark Mall parking area, which can be accessed from Gates 3 and 6. “If you would like to help THE One save lives by giving blood, register your details at their reception desk or email Qatar@theone.com by Wednesday, January 23,” said a statement from the company.

“We will be happy to treat you to a free ‘recovery’ cup of tea or filter cof-fee in THE One Restaurant as a ‘thank you’ for participating.”

Xpress Money launches loyalty card in Qatar

Xpress Money has announced the launch of its customer loy-alty programme, ‘Priceless’, in

Qatar. As part of the programme, cus-tomers will receive cashback of QR2 with every remittance transaction they make at any of the Xpress Money agent locations across Qatar, using the Xpress Money platform. Customers will be able to avail of the discount once they have completed three trans-actions and accumulated QR2 in their discount account.

UrbaCon receives ISO, OHSAS certification

UrbaCon Trading and Contracting, LLC (UCC), a con-struction company, announced

that it has received the ISO 14001:2004 and OHSAS 18001:2007 certification. Certification to ISO 14001:2004 is Environmental Management system compliance whereas OHSAS 18001:2007 is an Occupational Health and Safety certification. UCC had previously achieved ISO 9001:2008 certification in 2012.

“The certification of compliance with ISO 14001:2004 and OHSAS 18001:2007 recognises that the policies, practices and procedures of our company ensure con-sistent health, safety and environment within the organization,” stated Moutaz Al Khayyat, UCC Executive Director.

“The certifications are part of our constant commitment to the environ-ment and occupational health and safety. Our employees’ health, safety and well being are integral to the com-pany’s core values and sustainability ini-tiatives. This standard reinforces how we continue to adhere to the highest standards for safe and healthy work-place conditions for our employees, sub-contractors and visitors,” stated Ramez Al Khayyat, UCC Managing Director.

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Grand Hyatt Doha hosts ambassador’s special dinner

Grand Hyatt Doha hosted a special din-ner on January 15 to bid farewell to Garry

Friend and welcome Christoph K Franzen, who took over the posi-tion of the General Manager at Grand Hyatt Doha Hotel.

Many ambassadors to Qatar,

including Britain, Japan, Singapore, Poland, Thailand, Vietnam, Cuba, Malaysia, Pakistan Morocco and Kenya, attended the dinner at Rocca

During the event, Friend said, “I have immensely enjoyed my time in Qatar and it has been a great privilege to see the country

blossom as it has over the last five years,” Commenting about his appointment Franzen said, “This is an incredible opportunity which I am thrilled to have and I am looking forward to this exciting challenge to work across Qatar as General Manager of Grand Hyatt Doha.” The Peninsula

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Salam Internationala diamond sponsorof ‘Made in Qatar’

Salam Internat ional Investment Ltd. (SIIL) was a Diamond Sponsor of ‘Made in Qatar’, which aims to attract investment in the

manufacturing sector while promoting and showcasing locally manufactured products. Held under the patronage of the Heir Apparent H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Made in Qatar was held from January 16 to 18 at the Doha Exhibition Centre.

As a Diamond Partner of Made in Qatar, SIIL joined hands with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, who worked in cooperation with the Ministry of Energy and Industry to use the exhibition as a contributing fac-tor in building the national economy. SIIL backed the initiative, not just in its capacity as a Diamond partner, but also by participating as one of the key exhibitors at Made in Qatar.

Speaking to the media and confirm-ing this commitment, SIIL’s Board Member and Executive Director, Bassam Abu Issa said “At the out-set, let me say it was an honour for us to welcome the Heir Apparent to the SIIL booth at Made in Qatar. It is the steady vision of the leadership of this nation that is steering Qatar to greater heights and SIIL considers it a privilege to unhesitatingly contribute to that vision. This year at Made in Qatar SIIL showcased 12 of our man-ufacturing businesses. Out of a total

of 31 business units spread across 4 sectors of Energy & Industry, Luxury Retail & Hospitality, Technology and Contracting, which make up SIIL’s local and regional offering, SIIL was proud to introduce these 12 units which are totally focused on not just crafting and creating products but also raising the manufacturing standards of Qatari products, thereby attracting invest-ment at multiple levels. We are keenly aware that this is a critical factor

towards diversifying Qatar’s economy and we fully support the country’s leadership in their efforts towards it. Our participation and support of Made in Qatar is just one symbolic gesture of this commitment.”

SIIL’S Deputy COO, AbdulSalam Abu Issa went on to say that 2013 marks a special year for Salam as the company completes 60 years in Qatar. He said as a Qatari company it is a matter of pride and performance for

SIIL to enrich the economy by devel-oping Qatar-made products across its four business sectors; products known for quality, custom-made design, and quick delivery. Looking steadily towards the future, the Deputy COO mentioned that SIIL is focusing on uni-fying its offerings in order to utilise the company’s diverse strengths. In 2012, SIIL was awarded the honour of being the second leading Qatari company in the service sector. The Peninsula

Salam International officials in front of their booth at Made in Qatar exhibition.

Qtel brings backHala 15:15 offer

Qtel’s Hala customers are once again being treated with the return of the popular 15:15

bonus credit offer every day till February 15, 2013. Customers who spend QR15 in any one day during the promotional period will instantly receive a credit bonus of QR15 for use on that same day. This offer is available to all Qtel Hala customers, who can use free credit for local and international voice calls, text messages, video calls, col-lect calls, data usage and even when roaming overseas.

The instant extra credit is provided when customers have used QR15 from their Hala balance, after which they will receive an SMS notifying them of the free QR15 credit. The free credit can be used until midnight on the same day. The 15:15 promotion is a daily offer, starting at 12am and ending at 11:59pm. Hala customers who use Qtel’s eTopUp to recharge will con-tinue to receive a 10 percent extra credit bonus. In addition, all top-ups over QR 30 provide free international call min-utes and data allowances for browsing.

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Meeza, IT services and solutions provider, announced that the company has been certified with ISO 20000-1:2011 for its IT services standards.

To become certified, Meeza underwent an evaluation process by Bureau Veritas, for the scope of: IT services management, supporting the provision of managed services, data centre services, cloud services and workplace services to clients, and as defined in the Service Catalogue of Meeza.

ISO 20000-1:2011 is a Service Management System (SMS) standard. It specifies requirements for the service provider to plan, establish, implement, operate, monitor, review, maintain and improve an SMS. The requirements include the design and transition of new or changed serv-ices, Service delivery processes, Relationship processes,

Resolution processes and Control processes to fulfill agreed service requirements.

Commenting on the new certification, Ghada P. El-Rassi – Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Meeza, said: “The impor-tance of our new ISO certification lays in the fact that Meeza is now internationally recognized for its world-class standards. This certification is another proof of the contin-ual improvement and learning in the quality of IT services provided and will increase business and customer confidence in what we are offering as services. The new certificate will remain a drive for all of us at Meeza to continually improve and to present the latest breakthroughs to Qatar and the region.”

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Meeza awarded ISO 20000-1:2011 certification

Meeza officials receiving the ISO 20000-1:2011 certification.

HEALTH 7

Health Tipsfrom DOCTOR

What is otitis media and ear infection?

Otitis media refers to inflammation of the middle ear. When an abrupt infection occurs, the condition is called “acute otitis media.” Acute otitis media occurs when a cold, allergy, and the presence of bacteria or viruses lead to the accumulation of pus and mucus behind the eardrum, blocking the Eustachian tube.

When fluid sits in the middle ear for weeks, the condition is known as “otitis media with effusion.” This occurs in a recovering ear infection. Fluid can remain in the ear for weeks to many months. If not treated, chronic ear infections have potentially serious consequences such as temporary hearing loss.

Why do children have more ear infections than adults?

To understand earaches, and ear infections, you must first know about the Eustachian tube, a narrow channel connecting the inside of the ear to the back of the throat. The tube allows drainage of fluid from the middle ear, which prevents it from building up and bursting the thin ear drum. In a healthy ear, the fluid drains down the tube, assisted by tiny hair cells, and is swallowed. The tube maintains middle ear pressure equal to the air outside the ear, enabling free eardrum movement. When the tube becomes partially blocked, fluid accumulates in the middle ear, trapping bacteria already present, which then multiply. Additionally, as the air in the middle ear space escapes into the bloodstream, a partial vacuum is formed that absorbs more bacteria from the nose and mouth into the ear. Children have Eustachian tubes that are shorter, more horizontal, and straighter than those of adults. These factors make the journey for the bacteria quick and relatively easy. It also makes it harder for the ears to clear the fluid, since it cannot drain with the help of gravity. A child’s tube is also floppier, with a smaller opening that easily clogs.

How does otitis media affect hearing?

Most people with middle ear infection or fluid have some degree of hearing loss. The average hearing loss in ears with fluid is 24 decibels, equivalent to wearing ear plugs. (Twenty-four decibels is about the level of the very softest of whispers.) Thicker fluid can cause much more loss, up to 45 decibels (the range of conversational speech).Suspect hearing loss if one is unable to understand certain words and speaks louder than normal.

Types of hearing loss

Conductive hearing loss is a form of hearing impairment where the transmission of sound from the environment to the inner ear is impaired, usually from an abnormality of the external auditory canal or middle ear. This form of hearing loss can be temporary or permanent. Untreated chronic ear infections can lead to conductive hearing loss. If fluid is fill-ing the middle ear, hearing loss can be treated by draining the middle ear and inserting a tympanostomy tube. The other form of hearing loss is sensorineural hearing loss, hearing loss due to abnormalities of the inner ear or the auditory division of the 8th cranial nerve. Historically, this condition can occur at all ages, and is usually permanent.

When should a hearing test be performed related to frequent

infections or fluid?

A hearing test should be performed for children who have frequent ear infections, hearing loss that lasts more than six weeks, or fluid in the middle ear for more than three months. There are a wide range of medical devices now available to test a child’s hearing, Eustachian tube function, and flexibility of the ear drum. They include the otoscopy, tympanometer, and audiometer.

Dr Praveen D S Specialist – ENT, Head

& Neck Healthspring World Clinic

Hearing loss and ear infection

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By Kathryn Doyle

When the elderly can’t exercise, stints on a vibrat-ing platform may

help older adults become slightly stronger, faster and more agile, according to a small short-term study.

Exercise is the best option for good health in older age, lead author Alba Gómez Cabello said. But for those unable to perform aerobic exercise, this vibration technique “could be an easy and quick treatment to improve physical fitness.”

The method involves standing on top of a flat platform about the size of a boogie board that sends mild vibrations through the feet to the rest of the body, while the person does exercises such as standing or squatting. Bending the knees helps trans-mit the vibrations, said Cabello, who studies growth and exercise at the University of Zaragoza, Spain.

In the new Spanish govern-ment-funded study, 24 men and women over 65 performed 10 squats held for 45 seconds on the vibrating platform, with a minute rest in between, three times per week for 11 weeks. The study also included 25 people who did not take part in the vibration exercises.

There were some differences between the groups by the end

of the study, although they were small. Those who did the exer-cises were, on average, able to do two more reps of upper and lower body strength exercises, had almost half an inch more lower body flexibility, and walked 33 yards one second faster than before the vibration training, according to results published in the journal Maturitas.

“Whole body vibration is an easy and quick way of exercise that stimulates muscles and improves fitness,” said Cabello.

MIXED RESULTSIn theory, vibrations help acti-

vate muscles, strengthen bones and improve circulation in people of all ages - similar to the idea behind vibration belts marketed as weight loss tools in the 60s.

The vibration platforms, which cost between $150 and $3000, have shown mixed results in recent research, improving bal-ance and muscle tone in some studies but failing to prevent bone loss in postmenopausal women in another.

There still isn’t enough evi-dence to convince most exercise scientists to advocate the devices, according to Wojtek Chodzko-Zajko, who studies aging and physical activity at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

“We don’t say a single thing about whole body vibration,” he said of a position paper on aging and physical fitness he authored

for the American College of Sports Medicine in 2009.

“That doesn’t mean it’s a scam, it means there’s really been very little study of this kind of intervention.”

The vibration group did squat reps, while the comparison group did not, so some of the fitness improvements could have been due to the squatting exercises, rather than the vibration.

“This showed an improvement in motor performance on simple tasks,” said Chodzko-Zajko, who was not involved in the study. “That doesn’t necessarily corre-late with quality of life.”

A better assessment of the true health of older adults would take into account whether whole body vibration influences chronic conditions like heart disease, and mental health, depression and anxiety, he said.

Another recent study found the vibration platforms could be introduced to nursing homes and would benefit residents, at least for improved balance.

Chodzko-Zajko’s 82-year-old mother has a whole body vibra-tion machine in her bedroom, which she uses every morning to “loosen up her joints.”

He offers her the same advice he would offer anyone: “I don’t think it’s going to do you any harm, but don’t stop doing your regular exercise routine.”

SOURCE: bit.ly/WemU2M Maturitas, online January 4, 2013.

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Whole body vibration may help elderly get up and go

People who prefer to eat fruit and veg-etables are likely to be more optimis-tic thanks to higher levels of plant compounds called carotenoids in their

blood, says a new research.Previous studies have shown that high blood

levels of antioxidants, of which carotenoids are one form, may be a marker of good health.

A commonly-known carotenoid is beta-car-otene, found in high levels in orange fruit and green, leafy vegetables.

Antioxidants help keep other molecules in the body from producing free radicals, which can damage cells and contribute to disease.

“Individuals with greater optimism tended to have greater levels of carotenoids such as beta-carotene,” said Julia Boehm, of the Harvard School of Public Health, who led the study, the journal Psychosomatic Medicine reports.

“This is the first study of its kind to report a relationship between optimism and healthier levels of carotenoid concentrations,” she added.

One theory is that antioxidants might have a

de-stressing effect, according to the Daily Mail.The current study evaluated blood concentra-

tions of nine different antioxidants, including carotenoids such as beta-carotene and vitamin E in nearly 1,000 American men and women aged between 25 to 74 and 74 years.

Participants filled out a questionnaire about their life attitudes and provided blood samples to the researchers.

People who ate two or fewer servings of fruits and vegetables a day were significantly less opti-mistic than people who ate three or more serv-ings a day.

They also measured the degree of optimism in the same group.

Researchers found that people who were more optimistic had up to a 13 percent increase in carotenoid concentrations in their blood com-pared with people who were less optimistic.

The researchers believe that higher levels of fruit and vegetable consumption among more optimistic people may at least partially explain the results. IANS

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of Inkaar

are

mix

ed.

There a

re m

any t

hin

gs

about

me t

hat

off

end p

eople

. If you s

ee t

he

Nati

onal aw

ard

s,

my H

aza

aro

n K

hw

ais

hein

Ais

i w

asn

’t e

ven

ta

ken

into

the

seco

nd r

ound. B

asu

Chatt

erje

e w

as

the ch

air

man

of

the ju

ry th

at

year.

M

aybe h

e w

asn

’t e

ven s

how

n t

he fi

lm b

y t

he r

est

of

the j

ury

. H

ow

did

it

mat-

ter

that

it w

asn

’t e

ven i

n t

he c

onte

nti

on f

or

the N

ati

onal

aw

ard

? D

oes

anyone

rem

em

ber

the fi

lm t

hat

got

the N

ati

onal

aw

ard

that

year?

Mart

in S

corc

ese

, a

film

maker

I id

enti

fy w

ith, did

n’t

get

the O

scar

for

a v

ery

long t

ime.

Why

is n

atio

nal

reco

gnit

ion d

enie

d t

o yo

u?M

aybe b

ecause

my p

rota

gonis

ts a

re m

ora

lly fra

il, I

am

not

consi

dere

d e

ligib

le

for

award

s. P

eople

in t

his

countr

y o

ften c

onfu

se a

weak c

hara

cter

for

a w

eak p

er-

form

ance

. In

Ha

zaa

ron

Kh

wa

ish

ein

Ais

i, a

lot

of

people

pre

ferr

ed S

hin

ey A

huja

’s

perf

orm

ance

to K

ay K

ay M

enon’s

perf

orm

ance

for

this

reaso

n. A

udie

nce

s don’t

like t

o s

ee a

reflect

ion o

f th

em

selv

es

when t

hey g

o t

o c

inem

a.

Doe

s th

at b

other

you

?I

never

care

d f

or

reco

gnit

ion.

Look b

ack

at

som

e o

f th

e r

evie

ws

that

I had

got

for

Is R

aa

t K

i S

ub

ah

Na

hin

. I

don’t

obje

ct t

o c

riti

cs’ opin

ion. T

hey h

ave t

heir

ow

n r

easo

n f

or

what

they s

ee, and s

ay.

But

yes,

I a

dm

it a

t th

is p

oin

t of

tim

e, it

upse

ts m

e t

o r

ead s

om

e o

f th

e t

hin

gs

bein

g s

aid

about

Ink

aa

r. I

don’t

thin

k a

ll

the c

riti

cs a

re l

ookin

g a

t th

e fi

lm p

er

se. I

hope i

t does

well e

nough f

or

me t

o

conti

nue m

akin

g t

he fi

lms

I believe in.

How

do

you c

ompa

re Inkaar

wit

h y

our

best

wor

ks?

I am

not

too s

ure

where

I p

lace

In

ka

ar

am

ong m

y w

ork

s. I

’d s

ay it

com

pare

s w

ith C

ha

meli.

Ink

aa

r an

d C

ha

meli a

re b

oth

urb

an

fable

s. S

om

e p

eople

thin

k

Ink

aa

r is

my b

est

film

.Y

ou’v

e tr

eate

d th

e th

eme

of s

exua

l har

assm

ent

wit

hout

tak

ing

side

s ei

ther

w

ith

the

man

or

wom

an. D

on’t

you

thi

nk

fen

ce-s

itti

ng

is a

sig

n o

f w

eak

nes

s?N

o n

ot

at

all. I

hav

en’t

pulled

any p

unch

es r

egard

ing w

ho is

right

or

wro

ng. B

ut

I fe

el at

the e

nd o

f th

e d

ay,

the m

an is

more

wro

ng t

han t

he w

om

an. W

hate

ver

she d

id d

idn’t

giv

e h

im t

he r

ight

to b

ehave t

he w

ay h

e d

id. If

she h

ad f

org

iven

him

, it

would

’ve b

een a

tota

l co

p-o

ut.

Men a

nd w

om

en a

t w

ar

have t

o fi

nally

com

e t

o a

n u

nders

tandin

g, like I

ndia

and P

akis

tan.

How

much

did

rea

l-li

fe i

nci

den

ts i

nfl

uen

ce Inkaar?

There

were

Dav

id D

avid

ar,

Pra

deep S

hri

vast

ava, and m

any n

ot

so w

ell-k

now

n

inci

dents

that

were

suppre

ssed. I’ve t

alk

ed t

o w

om

en w

ho w

ent

thro

ugh t

hese

su

ppress

ed i

ncid

en

ts a

nd t

alk

ed t

o m

en

who h

ave l

eft

their

jobs

aft

er s

uch

inci

dents

. F

or

me,

Ink

aa

r is

an u

rban f

able

about

the m

an-w

om

an r

ela

tionsh

ip.

Do

you

thin

k u

rban

rel

atio

nsh

ips

hav

e be

com

e su

bser

vien

t to

am

biti

ons?

Yes,

subse

rvie

nt

to e

xtr

aneous

pulls

and p

ress

ure

s and t

o f

anta

sies

and d

elu

-si

ons.

People

in r

ela

tionsh

ips

seem

to v

alu

e m

ate

rialism

over

all e

lse. A

nd t

hat

wit

hers

aw

ay in a

while.

The s

urg

ing s

tream

beco

mes

a p

itia

ble

tri

ckle

. W

hat

then?

Today’s

avera

ge

am

bit

ious

20-s

om

eth

ing w

ants

to g

o u

p t

here

. W

hen h

e o

r sh

e g

ets

there

, only

em

pti

nes

s is

enco

unte

red. A

t th

e en

d o

f it

, w

e’re

fighti

ng im

agin

ary

wars

. A

ll t

hat

you a

re left

wit

h a

re s

hatt

ere

d d

ream

s. I

’ve s

een m

any lonely

men a

nd w

om

en a

t th

e t

op. L

ove is

the o

nly

solu

tion. N

ot

love in t

he w

ay w

e s

ee it

in A

rchie

com

ics.

It

can b

e love f

or

even y

our

work

.A

re y

ou l

onel

y?I

love m

akin

g fi

lms.

So I

am

not

lonely

. I’ve c

onquere

d loneliness

. I

love w

hat

I do. B

ut

I am

not

fallin

g i

nto

the t

rap o

f le

ttin

g a

mbit

ion o

verr

ide m

y l

ove f

or

film

makin

g. I

enjo

y t

he p

roce

ss o

f m

akin

g fi

lms.

I f

eel

connect

ed w

ith l

ife a

nd

people

when I

tell m

y s

tori

es.

The i

mperf

ect

ions

that

you s

ee i

n m

y c

hara

cters

are

my o

wn im

perf

ect

ions.

IA

NS

Audi

ence

s do

n’t l

ike

to s

ee o

wn

refle

ctio

n in

film

s: S

udhi

r M

ishr

a

Les

Mis

era

ble

s cast

mem

bers

are lik

ely

to p

erfo

rm

at

the O

scar a

wards

cerem

ony o

n F

ebruary 2

4.

An

ne H

ath

aw

ay is

expecte

d to

jo

in H

ugh Jackm

an

, A

man

da

Seyfr

ied a

nd o

ther s

tars

from

the a

ward-w

innin

g m

usi

cal. H

ow

ever,

exact

deta

ils

of

the p

erfo

rm

ance a

re y

et

to b

e d

ecid

ed, reports

dailym

ail.c

o.u

k.

One m

ight

see t

he c

ast

collaborati

ng for a

rendit

ion o

f so

me o

f th

e s

ongs

from

the fi

lm inclu

din

g “

One d

ay m

ore”

or “

Do y

ou h

ear t

he p

eople

sin

g”.

Police w

ere c

alled t

o a

cto

r T

om

Cruis

e’s

resi

dence follow

ing c

laim

s of

an a

lleged a

rm

ed intr

uder in h

is h

ouse

but

say it

could

be a

hoax.

The a

larm

was

rais

ed in a

call, w

hic

h is

now

believed t

o h

ave b

een

a p

rank a

fter m

em

bers

of

the L

os

Angele

s Police D

epartm

ent

(LA

PD

) arriv

ed a

t th

e B

everly

Hills

est

ate

to fi

nd n

oth

ing s

usp

icio

us,

reports

tm

z.com

.C

ruis

e a

nd h

is f

am

ily w

ere n

ot

at

hom

e a

nd p

olice w

ere g

reete

d b

y h

is

securit

y o

fficers

and c

hef.

Recentl

y a

12-y

ear-o

ld b

oy w

as

arrest

ed in r

ela

tion t

o s

imilar incid

ents

, w

hic

h o

ccurred a

t th

e h

om

es

of

Ash

ton K

utc

her a

nd J

ust

in B

ieber.

Police w

ere c

alled t

o K

utc

her a

nd B

ieber’s

house

s, a

long w

ith a

num

ber

of

oth

er c

ele

brit

y o

wned p

roperti

es

over t

he p

ast

few

month

s, a

fter t

hey

receiv

ed a

nonym

ous

calls

cla

imin

g t

he p

roperti

es

were b

ein

g r

obbed;

in

som

e c

ase

s vic

tim

s had b

een t

aken h

ost

age.

Sources

reveale

d t

hat

the b

oy,

who h

as

been

accuse

d o

f m

akin

g t

he

prank c

alls,

liv

es

wit

h h

is m

oth

er a

nd r

efu

sed t

o a

ttend s

chool. H

e p

refe

rs

com

munic

ati

ng w

ith o

ther h

ackers

on h

is c

om

pute

r b

ut

arrangem

ents

are

now

bein

g m

ade t

o m

ove h

im into

a m

ore s

table

fost

er h

om

e.

Acto

r R

uss

ell C

row

e t

hin

ks

Zack S

nyder’s

Ma

n O

f S

teel

is a

mult

i-la

yered fi

lm a

s th

e d

irecto

r h

ad a

huge r

esp

on

sibilit

y t

o b

rin

g

Superm

an b

ack t

o lif

e in a

modern d

ay w

orld

.T

he 4

8-y

ear-o

ld i

s se

t to

pla

y S

uperm

an’s

bio

logic

al

fath

er J

or-E

l in

th

e m

ovie

.“I

t’s

very c

om

plicate

d. It

’s r

eally c

om

ple

x. I

don’t

thin

k a

nybody h

as

really

trie

d t

o g

et

into

the p

sycholo

gy o

f w

hat

it m

ust

be lik

e t

o b

e S

uperm

an a

nd

what

people

would

really r

esp

ond lik

e in a

modern s

ocie

ty if so

mebody lik

e

that

just

popped u

p,” c

onta

ctm

usi

c.c

om

quote

d C

row

e a

s sa

yin

g.

“I t

hin

k Z

ack S

nyder w

as

giv

en a

great

deal

of

resp

onsi

bilit

y b

ecause

, w

hen i

t com

es

to c

om

ic b

ook h

eroes

and s

uperhero fi

lms,

the t

op o

f th

e

food c

hain

is

Superm

an,” h

e s

aid

.

Les

Mis

erab

les

cast

to p

erfo

rm a

t Osc

ars

Polic

e at

Tom

Cru

ise’

s ho

me

Crow

e fin

ds M

an O

f Ste

el d

ifficu

lt

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ND

AY

20 J

AN

UA

RY

2013

FB

I A

gen

t Joh

n B

an

nis

ter (F

orest

Whit

aker)

trie

s an

d f

ails

to c

aptu

re

or e

ven t

ail t

he c

ar,

a g

roup o

f su

spi-

cio

us

characte

rs

(made a

ll t

he m

ore

suspic

ious

because

their

le

ader

is

pla

yed b

y P

ete

r S

torm

are)

turn u

p i

n

Sum

merto

n a

nd k

ill

a f

arm

er (

Harry

Dean S

tanto

n, th

e n

ew

kin

g o

f th

e r

an-

dom

cam

eo).

By th

e ti

me R

ay an

d h

is m

otl

ey

bun

ch

of

deputi

es (i

nclu

din

g Z

ach

Gif

ford

an

d

Luís

G

uzm

an

)

figure

out

wh

at’s goin

g on

, it

’s cle

ar th

at

Sum

merto

n J

uncti

on’s

police force a

re

the o

nly

thin

g s

tandin

g b

etw

een C

orte

s an

d th

e border.

S

trapped fo

r m

an

-pow

er,

Ray i

s fo

rced t

o d

eputi

se l

ocal

gun

nut

Din

kum

(Jo

hn

ny K

noxville

) and w

ar-v

ete

ran-t

urned-t

ow

n-d

runk

Frank (

Rodrig

o S

anto

ro).

Wit

h t

his

str

ong c

rew

of

characte

r

acto

rs

(whic

h a

lso i

nclu

des

Ric

hard

Dilla

rd a

s th

e l

ocal

din

er o

wner),

Th

e

La

st S

tan

d s

eem

s like i

t’s

goin

g t

o

off

er s

om

e laughs

and a

str

aig

htf

or-

ward s

uccess

ion o

f acti

on s

et

pie

ces.

(The c

ar s

tuff

is

so e

xcit

ing, you’ll

wis

h t

here w

as

more o

f it

, no m

att

er

how

sham

ele

ss a

product

pla

cem

ent

it m

ight

be.)

But

the m

ovie

’s s

o t

onally a

ll o

ver

the p

lace —

and t

he m

any,

many g

un

batt

les

are s

taged w

ith s

uch l

ittl

e

aplo

mb o

r e

xcit

em

en

t -

that

the

movie

more o

ften t

han n

ot

feels

lik

e

it’s

just

goin

g t

hrough t

he m

oti

ons.

Th

e

sam

e

can

be

said

fo

r

Schw

arzen

egger,

who o

nly

rarely

fe

els

in

veste

d in

th

e goin

gs-on

. P

layin

g for n

eit

her laughs

nor g

rav-

itas,

he i

nst

ead fi

nds

a t

horoughly

dull m

iddle

ground a

nd i

nhabit

s it

fo

r n

earl

y t

he e

nti

re fi

lm. O

nly

in h

is

clim

acti

c m

ano-a

-mano s

how

dow

n

wit

h N

orie

ga d

o w

e g

et

a g

lim

pse

of

the a

cti

on h

ero o

f yore, but

by t

hat

poin

t w

e’v

e h

ad t

o s

log t

hrough a

very p

erfu

ncto

ry a

dventu

re.

Arnold

Schw

arze

negger m

ay s

till

have n

ew

and inte

rest

ing t

ric

ks

up

his

sle

eve a

s he c

om

mences

the t

wi-

light

phase

of his

screen c

areer,

but

there’s

lit

tle o

n d

ispla

y i

n T

he L

ast

S

tan

d t

hat

indic

ate

s h

e’s

all t

hat

thrille

d t

o b

e b

ack o

n t

he s

et. R

eute

rs

Pre

dic

tab

le

Ann

e H

atha

way

, Hug

h Ja

ckm

an a

nd A

man

da

Sey

frie

d

PLUS | SUNDAY 20 JANUARY 2013 FEATURE10

By David Robson

Anthropologist Franz Boas didn’t mean to spark a century-long argument. Travelling through the icy wastes of Baffin Island in northern Canada dur-ing the 1880s, Boas simply wanted to

study the life of the local Inuit people, joining their sleigh rides, trading caribou skins and learning their folklore. As he wrote proudly to his fiancée, “I am now truly like an Eskimo. . . . I scarcely eat any European foodstuffs any longer but am living entirely on seal meat.” He was particularly intrigued by their language, noting the elaborate terms used to describe the frozen landscape: aqilokoq for “softly falling snow” and piegnartoq for “the snow [that is] good for driving sled,” to name just two.

Mentioning his observations in the introduction to his 1911 book Handbook of American Indian Languages, he ignited the claim that Eskimos have dozens, or even hundreds, of words for snow. Although the idea continues to capture public imagination, most lin-guists considered it an urban legend, born of sloppy scholarship and journalistic exaggeration. Some have even gone as far as to name it the Great Eskimo Vocabulary Hoax. The latest evidence, however, sug-gests that Boas was right all along.

This debate has rumbled on partly because of a grammatical peculiarity of the Eskimo family of languages. Boas studied Inuit, one of the two main branches; the other is Yupik. Each has spawned many dialects, but uniting the family is a feature known as poly synthesis, which allows speakers to encode a huge amount of information in one word by plugging various suffixes onto a base word.

For example, a single term might encompass a whole sentence in English: In Siberian Yupik, the base angyagh (boat) becomes angyaghllangyugtuqluto mean “what’s more, he wants a bigger boat.” This makes compiling dictionaries particularly difficult: Do two terms that use the same base but a different ending really represent two common idioms within a language, or is the difference simply a speaker’s descriptive flourish? Both are possible, and vocabu-lary lists could quickly snowball if an outsider were to confuse the two — a criticism often levelled at Boas and his disciples.

Yet Igor Krupnik, an anthropologist at the Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center in Washington, believes that Boas was careful to include only words representing meaningful distinctions. Taking the same care with their own work, Krupnik and others charted the vocabulary of about 10 Inuit and Yupik dialects and concluded that they indeed have many more words for snow than English does.

Central Siberian Yupik has 40 such terms, while the Inuit dialect spoken in Canada’s Nunavik region has at least 53, including matsaaruti, for wet snow that can be used to ice a sleigh’s runners, and pukak, for the crystalline powder snow that looks like salt.

For many of these dialects, the vocabulary

associated with sea ice is even richer. In the Inupiaq dialect of Wales, Alaska, Krupnik documented about 70 terms for ice that mark such distinctions as: utu-qaq, ice that lasts year after year; siguliaksraq, the patchwork layer of crystals that forms as the sea begins to freeze; and auniq, ice that is filled with holes, like Swiss cheese.

It is not just the Eskimo languages that have colourful terms to describe their frosty surround-ings: The Sami people, who live in the northern tips of Scandinavia and Russia, use at least 180 words related to snow and ice, according to Ole Henrik Magga, a linguist in Norway. (Unlike Inuit dialects, Sami ones are not poly synthetic, making it easier to distinguish words.)

The Sami also have as many as 1,000 words for reindeer. These refer to such things as the reindeer’s fitness (leami means a short, fat female reindeer), personality (njirru is an unmanageable female) and the shape of its antlers (snarri is a reindeer whose antlers are short and branched).

This kind of linguistic exuberance should come as no surprise, experts say, since languages evolve to suit the ideas and needs that are most crucial to the lives of their speakers. “These people need to know whether ice is fit to walk on or whether you will sink through it,” says linguist Willem de Reuse at the University of North Texas. “It’s a matter of

life or death.”“All languages find a way to say what they need

to say,” says Matthew Sturm, a geophysicist with the Army Corps of Engineers in Alaska. For Sturm, it is the expertise these words contain that is of most interest, rather than the squabble about the number of terms. “These are real words that mean real things,” he says.

Sturm is particularly admiring of Inuit knowledge of the processes that lead to different snow and ice formations, mentioning one elder who “knew as much about snow as I knew after 30 years as a scientist.” In Sturm’s opinion, documenting this knowledge is far more important than finding out exactly how many words for snow there are.

Others also recognise the urgency of this work. As many indigenous people turn away from their traditional lifestyle, the expertise encapsulated in their vocabulary is fading. That is why researchers such as Krupnik are trying to compile and present their dictionaries to the local communities, as lasting records of their heritage.

“Boas only recorded a small fragment of the words available,” Krupnik says. In the intervening century, much has been lost. “At his time there would have been many more terms than there are today.”

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How many words do Eskimos have for snow and ice?

11BOOKS PLUS | SUNDAY 20 JANUARY 2013

By Kevin Nance

When you co-write a thriller novel with James Patterson, certain rules apply.

Rule No. 1 for col-laborating with the world’s best-selling author: Chapters must be short, with detailed descriptions, flashbacks or other digressions strictly forbidden.

Rule No. 2: The villains, who tend to drive the plots, must be at least as interesting and believable as the heroes, if not significantly more so.

Rule No. 3: If any disagreement arises, it’s Patterson who has the last word — literally and otherwise.

“He’s the boss, and I have no prob-lem with that,” says Mark Sullivan, 54, who has co-written three novels in Patterson's globe-trotting “Private” series about the intrepid agents of a high-tech investigative firm with offices in various world capitals. The next book in the series, Private Berlin, will be published by Little, Brown. “Jim is the smartest story person — the quickest read, the most insightful critic — I’ve ever been involved with. He has an amazing ability to see flaws in stories, or to come up with a way to take the story to a whole new level. He doesn't say much, but the stuff he says is just spot-on. I tell my wife, ‘It’s like going to study with Yoda.’”

Besides, Sullivan reasons, a writer who has sold 275 million books (includ-ing a world record 53 No. 1 best-sellers) has to be doing something right, even if the critics who wax rhapsodic over Lee Child, Walter Mosley, George Pelecanos and Dennis Lehane don't always agree.

“He knows more about the pub-lishing business than anybody I've ever known,” says Sullivan, a former investigative reporter at the San Diego Union-Tribune who has written eight novels on his own, including 2012’s Rogue. “There are people who criticise Jim, but I’m an ambitious guy, and I always believed that I could be a big, best-selling writer. I’ve had spurts of that, but not what I wanted. To use the analogy of tennis, I always wanted to play Centre Court at Wimbledon, and one day the world’s top-ranked dou-bles player called and said, ‘You want to play at Centre Court?’”

In a phone interview from his home in Palm Beach, Florida, Patterson bris-tles at criticism of his collaborative process, which some have suggested amounts to an assembly line in which the supervisor is minimally involved — “the factory and all that crap,” says the 65-year-old author.

“When people actually come up in my office and wander around here, looking at 40 manuscripts lying around, they see that it’s an artist’s studio, and all this stuff about it being

a factory goes by the wayside. They see how involved I am in these things, and what a maniac I am. . . . If it’s a fac-tory, it’s a factory where everything is hand-tooled.”

In most of his collaborations with about a dozen authors, Patterson says he begins the process by making a detailed outline of around 70 pages. After that, the collaborator sets about producing a draft, sending him pages about every two weeks for feedback. Finally, Patterson takes over, produc-ing one to five new drafts until he’s satisfied.

His partnership with Sullivan on the Private books — including Private No Prisoners, to be published later this year — is a bit unusual. Unlike most of the co-writers, Sullivan participated substantially in crafting the outlines; in the case of Private Berlin, he largely wrote the outline under his mentor's watchful eye.

“Mark is great to work with — very bright, very reasonable, and he works very hard,” Patterson says. “He gets in there and chops wood, and I really like that. I don’t like to work with lazy writers. That’s one of the problems I have with working with writers in Hollywood. Oh, man, they just want to have lunches and stuff! That’s not true of all the writers out there, but there's just so many who want to worry about stuff forever rather than just sit down and write the damn thing.”

That isn’t to say that the Patterson-Sullivan collaboration has been an entirely bump-free ride.

“He trusts me, and I’m flattered by that, but he has saved me multiple times from my own excess or my own

lack of insight,” Sullivan says by phone from his home in Bozeman, Montana. “At certain times when I’ve really been on, Jim’s turned me loose. He’ll say, ‘This is the story we envisioned — run, and just keep running with it.’ Other times, he’s had to step in and say, ‘This isn’t going to fly — we’ve got to go back and look at the outline again before this gets too far afield.’ Or there’ll be something missing about the charac-ters, usually the villains.”

Ah, the villains.“That’s sometimes difficult for the

co-writers to get a grasp on,” Patterson says. “There’s a tendency not to make the villains as flesh-and-blood as the other characters. There’s a tendency to caricature, and to me, even if the villains are doing outlandish things, I want to feel them as human beings. Otherwise it’s not as satisfying a read.”

In Private Games, for example, the obsessed, delusional villain needed to be humanised, at least to a point. This is a man who early in the novel favourably compares himself to “supermen” such as Julius Caesar, Abraham Lincoln “and Adolf Hitler” before cutting a man's throat “with such force that his head comes free of his neck all the way to his spine.”

It’s a weak spot for Sullivan, as he freely admits. “I met lots of criminals as a reporter, and talked to many of them, but to understand them? I really have to work hard to do that, in a way that I don’t have to work to under-stand heroes. I get heroes. But I’m not a criminal, and I don’t have that sort of background that leads you to criminal-ity. But as Jim will tell you, the villain has to be the equal or the better of the

good guy for the story to work.”In Private Berlin, the primary vil-

lain “originally didn’t have the kind of deep background that he eventually acquired,” Sullivan says. “To drive this kind of book, he has to be a phenom-enal villain, but he wasn’t as fascinat-ing as we wanted him to be, and Jim kept pounding that issue, kept push-ing me to figure out more and more about him. When I started writing him down and putting him on paper, it was really hard, because I had to get into the mind of a guy who’s a brutal tor-turer and murderer. But it’s what had to happen.”

Perhaps the biggest adjustment that any new coauthors has to deal with is Patterson’s insistence — some would say at the cost of literary values — on brief, streamlined chapters with a min-imum of descriptive prose. “I’m always looking for pace,” he says unapologeti-cally. “I always want to make sure that the book is moving along.”

This emphasis, which has become the author’s trademark, started many years ago when he stopped to re-read pages of an early draft of 1988’s The Midnight Club.

“I’d been planning to go back and flesh the book out a lot, but I realised that I kind of liked it without an over-abundance of detail, which was a con-vention of a lot of fiction,” Patterson recalls. “It was much more the way we tell stories colloquially: We just put in enough to keep the story moving, to keep people from walking away from us in the middle of a sentence. And I kind of adopted that as my style, using just enough detail to put you in the place or allow you to see the scene, convey the information that needs to be conveyed, and that’s it.”

Although Patterson didn’t give Sullivan “a straight formula,” as the latter puts it, there was a clear man-date for short chapters that typically consist of a single scene.

“The idea is to cut as close to the rising action of every scene, every chapter,” Sullivan says. “When you do that, and you're thinking of chapters as scenes, with a definite goal and pur-pose, the chapters tend to be shorter. It’s true that the chapters in my books tend to be longer, but I'm collaborat-ing with Jim, and that's his style. But I’ve talked to a lot people about Jim's books over the years, and that's one of the things they love about them. People are harried these days — even diehard readers don’t have the time they want — and they can work their way through one of these books in a way you couldn't if you were picking up an 800-page epic saga.”

Get in and get out, in other words. Then make your way straight to the bank.

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Manufacturing a best-sellerMark Sullivan has co-written three novels in James Patterson’s globe-trotting Private series about the intrepid agents of a high-tech investigative firm. James Patterson has sold 275 million books, including a world record 53 No. 1 best-sellers.

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Temple Run 2Temple Run 2 is out on iPhone and iPad, with

Android following swiftly

The original Temple Run game was (and still is) a phenomenon, with 170 million downloads so far across iOS and Android.

Its sequel is thus one of the key game releases of 2013 on any platform: big news for tens of mil-lions of people who couldn’t give two hoots about the next Call of Duty. Its sequel — out on iOS now with Android following in a week’s time — won’t disappoint them.

If you’re new to Temple Run, here’s a primer: it’s an “endless runner” game where your character has to run (and leap, turn and slide) for as long as possible without falling to their doom, smacking face-first into trees or bridges, or getting caught by the giant monkey that — for reasons unexplained – is chasing you. If you die, you go back to the start. Well, usually.

Temple Run 2 doesn’t mess with the successful formula, with a simple set of touchscreen gestures used to control your runner. Swipe up to jump, swipe left and right to turn and swipe down to slide. These are the basic tools for avoiding the obstacles in your path, while collecting coins and power-ups along the way — the former by tilting your device right and left to run over the lines of coins.

So what’s new? The graphics have been noticea-bly bumped up in quality, with the scenery around you noticeably richer in detail. Developer Imangi Studios used the Unity development platform for Temple Run 2, and has convincingly fleshed out the game’s world.

There is some obvious “pop-up” on display — rocky crags and scenery that seems to pop up out of nowhere — but there’s never any slowdown that impacts on the gameplay.

Also new: a mine-cart section where your char-acter reaches the mouth of a mine then leaps into a cart, which you then steer safely through forks by tilting left and right, while ducking under stray beams. If Temple Run already had a dash of Indiana Jones in its DNA, it’s even clearer here — and a welcome inclusion.

As before, there are several characters you can play. Four initially: Guy Dangerous, Scarlett Fox, Barry Bones and Karma Lee. Unlike the first game, the differences between them aren’t purely cosmetic, thanks to the use of power-ups.

Any character can grab power-ups within the game by jumping into the air when they spot one hovering, but each character also has one power-up built in, triggered by double-tapping when they’ve collected enough coins to fill up a coin meter on the left-hand side of the screen.

Temple Run 2 is a freemium game, like its pred-ecessor. This time round there are two separate virtual currencies: coins and gems.

Coins are used to unlock Scarlett, Barry and Karma and upgrade their abilities – increasing the distance and duration of their power-ups, making the coin meter fill faster, increasing their score multiplier and so on. Gems are the other currency, and these are used for consumable items, like restarting from the point you died rather than the very beginning, or one-time boosts of power-ups.

Some freemium games can be over-aggressive with their in-app purchases, actively making the experience frustrating if you try to play too long with-out paying. Temple Run 2 isn’t one of those: Imangi have judged the balance between free-play and paid features just about right.

Lots of people who don’t consider themselves gamers will love it. Kids will love it, but so will grand-parents. An excellent sequel.

The Guardian

App of the DAY

As a computer dummy, I can-not follow the directions to move My Documents from

disk C: to D: on Windows XP. How do I find D?

Ron Martin

A lot of laptops ship with the hard drive divided into two or probably three partitions, including a hidden “recov-ery” partition. Windows uses the C: drive for all programs and data, unless you tell it something different. As a result, C: fills up while the D: drive remains empty. Moving the special My Documents folder — along with its special subdirectories — is one way to do this. It’s not the approach I prefer, but I’ll talk you through the process for Windows XP.

1. Run Windows Explorer, go to the left-hand pane, and select My Computer. You should now be able to see all your hard disk drives and any optical drives (Blu-ray, DVD or CD-Rom) in the right-hand pane.

2. Double-click the D: drive icon to open that drive, and create a folder called ‘documents’ (or ‘my documents’, or whatever). You can either do this via the File menu, or by right-clicking in the right-hand pane and selecting New then Folder from the drop-down menu. Type in the folder name you have cho-sen (eg Documents) and press Return/Enter.

3. Click in the left-hand pane, and select Desktop, the top entry in the list. Now, the top entry in the right-hand pane is My Documents, the folder you want to move. Right-click on My Documents to get a drop-down menu and select the bottom item, Properties. This opens a properties sheet called My Documents Properties.

4. Click the button marked Move. This will bring up a dialogue box headed “Select a destination”. Click the plus sign (+) next to My Computer to show all your drives, then click the + for the D: drive, select your new folder (such as D:\Documents) and click OK. This should move your files. It may take a while.

Windows 7 works in a similar way except that Documents Properties has half a dozen tabs. You have to click the Location tab to find the Move button.

CREATE A FILE STRUCTURE

The problem with My Documents is that it starts with a number of sub-folders (My Pictures, My Stationery, My Videos) and you will probably add many more. If you happen to save com-plete web pages, each one will create its own subfolder, so the system can soon become unwieldy.

The idea behind having all your per-sonal files in one folder is that it’s easier to back up. However, if you take a lot of photos and use My Documents to store music and music, it can become very large. Separate folders may become too large to back up to CD or even

DVD. I prefer to use My Documents as a receiving and holding area, and move data from My Documents to a more structured set of folders on the D: drive.

For example, you can set up a series of folders on D: called audio files, doc-uments, downloads, graphics, music, my photos, my videos, photos, spread-sheets, videos, web pages, work and so on, depending on the kinds of files you create or save. Each folder can all have several subdirectories. For example, the music folder might have subdirec-tories for classical, jazz, pop, and so on, and each directory can have its own subdirectories. Finally, each album is stored in its own folder at the bottom of the tree.

Note that if you right-click on any folder, select Properties and click the Customize tab, you can custom-ise a folder to hold a particular type of file. The options include pictures, photo album and music artist – see the screen grab below.

In general, a folder should hold between a dozen and about 250 files. If a folder has more than 500 files, I usually look for a way to subdivide it. Windows Explorer lets you order things in different ways, which makes this easier than it sounds.

For example, if you go to the My Documents folder and click on the Type heading, it will sort the files by type. This will probably include bitmap, jpeg and other images, HTML docu-ments (web pages), Microsoft Office files, PDF files, text documents, zip archives and so on. This allows you to select all the HTML and MHTML files and move them to their own directory. (Their subdirectories will move along with them.)

Clicking on the Date Modified head-ing will sort files by age, so you could select all the Word documents created in 2009, 2010 and so on and put those in separate directories. Right-clicking on the title bar will also allow you to add other fields to sort, including author (for documents), album title (for music) and camera model (for photos).

Of course, you can also select groups of files by using the search function.

Press F3 and you can select files with certain words in the file name or con-tents. This is very handy if you have previously made good use of long file names.

No doubt there will be a few subdi-rectories that you use a lot. If so, add them to the favorites list in Windows Explorer. In XP, I moved the My Computer entry to the top of the list of favourites for quick access, with an Ask Jack folder at the top of the list. That could link directly to something like D:\My Work\Guardian\AskJack\2013 (it doesn’t quite). The trick is to cre-ate files in situ (eg File New, name it, double-click it to run Word) so you don’t have to file them later.

PROGRAMS AND LIBRARIES

Note that some Windows files are not so easy to move. When you install a program, for example, it registers the location of some files in the Windows registry, so if you move the program, you’ll break the links and it will stop working. You should also be wary of moving photos and music files if you use album software to organise and possibly annotate them. This includes Apple’s iTunes. You can always rec-reate a library, but you may well lose metadata such as ratings and access records (how often you played a song).

Apple has a support document: iTunes for Windows: moving your iTunes media folder.

I know this is old-fashioned: well, I’ve been doing it for decades. The modern idea is that users shouldn’t even know they have any files, let alone know what kind of files they have, or where they are stored. Your stuff gets tipped into a giant slopbucket, with a few folders/tags if you’re lucky, and you use search to find things. However, this works badly when you have hundreds or even thousands of very similar files, which I do, and when you want to proc-ess them in batches, which I also do.

In the long run, it’s better to start with a structured approach than to try to sort out the slopbucket when it becomes unmanageable.

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Hoy en la HistoriaJanuary 20, 1903

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The huge musical hit The Wizard of Oz opened on Broadway at the brand new Majestic Theatre. The classic film version was made in the 1930s

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

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YESTERDAY’S ANSWER

How to play Hyper Sudoku:A Hyper Sudoku

Puzzle is solved

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YESTERDAY’S ANSWER

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Tad, The Lost Explorer (3D/Animation) – 2.30pm

The Last Stand (2D/Action) – 4.15, 6.15 & 11.15pm

Diango Unchained (2D/Action) – 8.15pm

2

Hassal Kheir (Arabic) – 3.00, 5.00, 7.00 & 9.00pm

Jack Reacher (Action) – 11.00pm

3

The Hobbit: An Expected Journey (Adventure) – 2.30pm

Beat The World (Drama) – 5.30, 7.30, 9.30 & 11.30pm

LANDMARK

1

Great Expectations (2D/Drama) – 2.30pm

Chinese Zodiac (3D/Action) – 5.00pm

Diango Unchained (2D/Action) – 7.15 & 10.15pm

2

Tad, The Lost Explorer (3D/Animation) – 3.00 & 5.00pm

Life Of Pi (Action/3D) – 6.45pm

Hyde Park On Hudson (2D/Comedy) – 9.00pm

Chinese Zodiac (3D/Action) – 11.15pm

3

Les Miserables (2D/Drama) – 2.30pm

The Last Stand (2D/Action) – 5.30, 7.30, 9.30 & 11.30pm

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IN FOCUS

• People are complaining about the almost permanent traffic jam at Old Al Matar Street due to roadworks and excava-tions in the middle of the road, It is a key road with several shops and eateries on either side. The authorities have been urged to finish the roadworks as soon as possible.

• Citizens are expecting that the charges for recruiting housemaids will go down signifi-cantly once the GCC countries decide on a common job contract for housemaids.

• There are complaints about the worn-out upper layer in roads such as the one that leads to Qatar Foundation and the Qatar Centre for Conferences, where there are traffic jams during peak hours that requires the presence of traffic police.

• People are asking for tight monitoring of bakeries and check if they are maintaining the weight of breads.

• Some people are stopping their cars on the

road in front of eateries and shops for long time, waiting for their parcels and services, causing heavy traffic jams.

• There is a call for strict monitoring of Karwa taxi drivers because some of them do not use fare meters and demand a big amount from passengers for short distances.

• The shrill sound of microphones during celebrations is disturbing neighbours and those responsible must look into the problem.

• People are talking about the changes at a local Arabic daily where the editor-in-chief was fired recently.

• People are calling for reevaluating the safety and security of games at play areas and are asking if the operators are fol-lowing the necessary safety and security measures to protect children.

• Some of the trucks carrying containers are said to be in poor condition, with old tyres that can endanger the lives of people.

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

A photo clicked by a Peninsula Plus reader near the film city at Zekreet area.

by Alain Giard

Gangnam Styletakes top song prizeat K-pop Grammys

South Korean rapper Psy’s quirky viral hit Gangnam Style took the prize for top

song at the 27th annual Golden Disk Awards, a Korean pop event dubbed the “Korean Grammys.”

The two-day celebration of all things K-pop, including perform-ances by superstars such as the boy band Super Junior, was held in Kuala Lumpur before hordes of screaming fans, a testimony to the soaring popularity of Korean pop music around the world.

Nowhere has that been more apparent than with Gangnam Style, an infectious hit that made history last month when it became the first ever video on YouTube to reach one billion views, the lat-est record on the song’s surge into mainstream pop.

The tune won the Song of the Year award, the final prize.

The awards were only the lat-est accolades for Psy, 35, in what has been a whirlwind year for the chubby rapper, the first K-pop art-ist to achieve mainstream success in the United States as a result of “Gangnam Style.”

Reuters

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Message of HOPE 2012-13 Motivational workshopWhen: Feb 6; 8:30am–12 noonWhere: Qatar Foundation Education City’s HBKU Student Center Ball Room

What: In a workshop led by five handicapped artists who paint with their mouth and feet, corporate audiences will be challenged to overcome their challenges, and motivated to look at obstacles as opportunities. The session involves live painting by the handicapped artists, who will also share their life’s story on how they overcame their personal challenges to become successful. Participants will also learn techniques of painting without using hands. Entry by invitationFor information and invitation: www.hope-qatar.org

Forever NowWhen: Until 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

Art of Travel When: Until Feb 11, 2013(Sun, Mon, Wed: 10:30-5:30; Tue: closed; Thu, Sat: noon-8pm; Fri: 2pm-8pm)Where: Al Riwaq Hall next to the Museum of Islamic Art What: A watercolour album dated 1590 was commissioned by Bartholomäus Schachman, mayor of Gdansk in 1604. It documents what he saw during his travels through the Ottoman Empire in 1588-89, depicting costumes and people, scenes of everyday life, festivals and ceremonies. Pages of the album are on display along with related artworks and documents providing visitors with a fascinating and vivid view back in time to the 16th century. Entry: Children free, adults QR:25

The FamilyWhen: Until Feb 28; 10am-10pmFriday 2pm-10pmWhere: Anima Gallery, The Pearl-QatarWhat: First Guiragossian family exhibition. Despair, separation, re-union, love... Life in all its forms is portrayed in the works of Paul, Emmanuel, Jean Paul and Manuella Guiragossian. Free entry

Encounter: The Royal Academy in the Middle East ExhibitionWhen: Until March 6; 10am-10pmWhere: Gallery 1&2 Building 19 and Katara Gallery Building 22 What: An exhibition featuring over 80 works of art in a wide variety of media by 25 Royal Academicians and 25 prominent artists from across the Middle East.Free entry

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