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Footballer Xavi Hernandez joins hands with the team delivering the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar as he became an official ambassador for Generation Amazing, the flagship CSR programme of the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC).

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COMMUNITY

Lead the lifestyle you dream ofBy Amna Pervaiz Rao

The Peninsula

Qatar Professional Women’s

Network (QPWN) hosted a

‘Healthy’ seminar for all work-

ing women and housewives,

as it is hard to stay healthy while lead-

ing a busy life in searing temperatures

and dusty air.

Saima Bukhari, Founder and CCO

of Crunch Doha, and Roufaida Thabti,

freelance personal trainer, talked about

how we can create healthy habits for

ourselves and our families, at Rotana

City Center recently.

QPWN is an informal women’s net-

work for both Qatari and expatriate

women, established in early 2010 by

several professional women living in

Doha. The Qatar Professional Women’s

Network’s mission is to promote and

facilitate the professional development

and advancement of women in Qatar.

To achieve that mission, QPWN fo-

cuses essentially on three key areas:

Networking events to help members

expand their network of contacts and

facilitate cross-cultural sharing, out-

reach to like-minded organisations in

the Gulf as well as public and private

bodies in Qatar with a view to provid-

ing guidelines on female professional

advancement and Mentoring (Circle of

Pearl) to refine and expand members’

professional skills.

The team of QPWN has four core

committee members — Rita di Anto-

nio, the QPWN Leader; Paula Shaw,

the leader of operations; Willemijn van

der Krogt, the Leader of the digital and

social media, and Emma Morrell, the

leader of the events which are hosted

by QPWN.

Her journey started in 2013 when

she got her certification from IFA — In-

ternational Fitness Alliance. She cov-

ered all the courses which IFA offered

to become the personal trainer. The

tough part that she quoted was “to get

herself in shape.” She got her first cli-

ent 3 years ago and now 99 percent of

her clients are Qataris. Most of them

have big homes that she goes to train

them at.

She added that while 80 percent of

her clients are serious with the train-

ing that she gives them, 20 percent of

the clients are trying to be fit. She has

been training two of her clients since

2 years as they just want to maintain

themselves. These clients think if their

trainer leaves them, they won’t have

anybody to guide them. Such emotion-

al attachment tends to happen with

few clients. She charges QR250 per

month for the training. However, the

charge also depends on how far the

client lives from her home. She has di-

vided her training sessions in blocks

of 12 and reduces the price to QR200.

“It’s not about money, it’s ‘what they re-

ally want,’” Roufaida Thabit told The Peninsula.

The event was hosted by (Lead-

er of QPWN) Rita Di Antonio, which

started with a warm welcome to all

the ladies present. It was followed by

a brief introduction of the planned

changes and exclusive events com-

ing up. The discussion started with

a question-and-answer session with

speakers.

“I’ve seen people becoming overam-

bitious and trying to do it all but they for-

get to factor in many different aspects of

life. Kids, family, spouse, social life and

so on. It only adds up. You have to build

a healthy lifestyle around your priori-

ties and routine. If you wish to wake up

one day and say, that’s it, I’m going to

be healthy from today, it’s possible but

challenging,” said Saima Bukhari.

“If you have the motivation and de-

termination it’s a lot easier to do so be-

cause for eating better or working out

you feel a sense of achievement. How-

ever, if this is lacking, you are likely to

fail within the week. Instead build up

on small habits which amount to your

bigger goals. Personally, I find setting

small milestones easier as they seem

more attainable.

“This also gives me a sense of con-

trol over my day. If I know I am going

to be eating out in the night, I manage

my portions and quality of food for the

rest of the day. It’s all in the balance,”

she added.

There will always be temptations

The advice on how to handle weekends,

parties, and all day business meetings

and travel were all about balance.

Saima Bukhari said: “It’s all about

balance. It sounds like I’m saying a

cliché almost ‘oh everyone says that.

But how do I do it?’ Being realistic

and planning takes you a long way. I

have friends who prepare their meals

on Friday or Saturday for the entire

week. This frees up time on their cal-

endar to go out, meet friends, and

spend quality time with the family

and so on. If I know I have a wedding

to attend in a month, I will ensure to

eat clean to either get in shape be-

fore the wedding or at least lose a lit-

tle bit of fat so that I can indulge and

not have to worry during the celebra-

tory period.”

She said: “The industry is so vast

there are so many ways to be associ-

ated with it or be a part of it. You have

people aspiring to be fitness models

or pro body builders, nutritionists, PTs,

supplement experts, health coaches,

and gym owners and so on. Find what

interests you and either get certified

or at least research topics that inter-

est you.”

Talking about the facts of diet

plans that would be preferable, Sai-

ma Bukhari said: “What are carbohy-

drates? It’s our daily bread, rice, pas-

ta & potatoes. But the question is why

do we need carbohydrates? It’s an en-

ergy source. How do we expect our

body and more importantly our brain

to function when it’s being deprived

of the natural energy source? Energy

drinks, coffee are not natural energy

sources and not what our bodies were

designed to fuel from, we need food.”

While addressing the gathering,

she added: “We can work with low car-

bohydrate diets to achieve the goal

in weight loss. Again, how much the

carbohydrate intake reduces should

be balanced. Don’t live on 2 slices of

bread a day for 3 months! It has to be

gradually reduced. You can’t say one

size fits all.”

When it comes to sugars, it’s great

to consume a safe amount of natural

sugars like honey or fruits. The only is-

sue with sugars including fructose is

the spike in energy it brings. When you

are committed to a weight loss journey,

sugars trigger cravings as it creates a

hike and plunge. Overall, we should

prefer to stay away from most proc-

essed products because we just don’t

feel good after having them.

Avoid processed foods. Eat Fre-

quent meals — Maintaining about 5

meals in the day to keep your metab-

olism charged up and your digestive

system smooth. When you’re eating

frequently, you aren’t having large por-

tions, so enjoy it. We are sure many of

us are foodies so get creative with your

meal preparation.

Try different ingredients, experi-

ment with low calorie sauces every

now and then. Find a routine that suits

you and the lifestyle you dream of.

Audience at the seminar on health organised by Qatar Professional Women’s Network in Doha.

Pic: Abdul Basit/ The Peninsula

COVER STORY

04 | THURSDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 2016

Over an unparalleled career

spanning two decades with

Barcelona and Spain, Xavi

Hernandez has won more

than the 28 titles which make him

one of the most decorated players in

world football — he has also become

a role model with the trademark hu-

mility and respect which have in-

spired millions of youngsters around

the world.

This week, the FIFA World Cup win-

ning midfielder joined forces with the

team delivering the 2022 FIFA World

Cup Qatar as he became an official

ambassador for Generation Amaz-

ing, the flagship CSR programme of

the Supreme Committee for Deliv-

ery & Legacy (SC). Through football

for development workshops and vis-

its to different Generation Amazing

projects in Qatar and the Middle East,

Xavi will begin working with school-

children, refugees and migrant work-

ers to use the power of football to in-

spire social change within communi-

ties.

“I’m very excited to be joining this

programme, which really inspired me

through the fantastic work they are

doing with different groups within so-

ciety,” Xavi told www.sc.qa.

“I try to help as much as I can

and have done so in all my life, both

in Spain through my academy for

youngsters and now here in Qatar.

For that reason joining the Genera-

tion Amazing programme, and help-

ing children, migrant workers, refu-

gees and the people who most need

it is a real privilege for me.”

Xavi will this week visit a Genera-

tion Amazing pitch in Jordan and con-

duct football for development training

sessions with the youngsters in a refu-

gee camp, to the backdrop of the U-17

FIFA Women’s World Cup.

The former FC Barcelona midfielder

will meet Generation Amazing ambas-

sadors and attend the opening match

of the tournament between Jordan

and Spain tomorrow.

“I’m very excited to be heading to

Jordan, as my first trip and my first ac-

tivity with Generation Amazing. I look

forward to meeting the young Gen-

eration Amazing ambassadors there

and seeing the difference they are

making to their communities.

Football for social change

Xavi will this week visit a Generation Amazing pitch in Jordan and conduct football for development training sessions with the youngsters in a refugee camp.

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After a glittering career which saw him lift the 2010 FIFA World Cup, two UEFA European Championships, four Champions League titles and eight Spanish La Liga titles, Xavi wants to use his experience on the pitch to show how football can change people’s lives. Xavi will be accompanied on his first visit as a Generation Amazing ambassador by SC Secretary General Hassan Al Thawadi, and SC Assistant Secretary General Nasser Al Khater.

It will also be great to see how

girl’s football is developing and I will

attend a game of the Under 17 World

Cup. It gives me great pleasure to be

travelling to Jordan, to be there for

two days to enjoy the time with the

youngsters.”

After a glittering career which saw

him lift the 2010 FIFA World Cup, two

UEFA European Championships, four

Champions League titles and eight

Spanish La Liga titles, Xavi wants to

use his experience on the pitch to

show how football can change peo-

ple’s lives.

“Football is a fantastic tool to unite

people, societies, it crosses cultures

and religions, and unites everyone

who tries to employ the game in a

positive manner. Here in Qatar and in

Jordan and the other countries where

Generation Amazing is present and

has opened pitches, we can use foot-

ball to unite people. Of course I will

also learn from the kids. In life you al-

ways have to try and learn things, and

improve as a person.”

Xavi will be accompanied on his

first visit as a Generation Amazing

ambassador by SC Secretary General

Hassan Al Thawadi, and SC Assistant

Secretary General Nasser Al Khater.

“We are honoured to have the glo-

bal icon, Xavi Hernandez, represent

the Generation Amazing programme,

which means so much to our organ-

isation and to the 2022 FIFA World

Cup,” said SC Secretary General, Has-

san Al Thawadi.

“When Qatar bid to host the FIFA

World Cup, the Generation Amaz-

ing programme made a commit-

ment to use the power of football to

change lives. It will continue to do so

until 2022 and beyond, and we be-

lieve Xavi will be a fantastic ambas-

sador for the programme with all of

the positive values he represents. We

look forward to visiting Jordan and

inspiring the kids and refugees that

we meet there through the power of

football.”

COMMUNITY / MARKETPLACE

06 | THURSDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 2016

North Indian Association celebrates HindiThe Peninsula

North Indians’ Association (NIA)

recently celebrated Hindi to

commemorate ‘Hindi’, the na-

tional language of India, in

L’etoile Hotel.

Various interactive activities were

organised by NIA Managing Commit-

tee to generate a spirit of enthusiasm

in the audience towards the language.

NIA Chairman Advisory, Harish Kan-

jani and NIA Chairman Mukesh Kumar

Singh received the guests. NIA Vice-

President Sanjay Arora welcomed the

guests and introduced the programme.

Two skits performed by kids were

the main attraction of the programme.

All attendees witnessed an amazing set

of talent as children performed the skit.

“With such talent, NIA can now proudly

say that our next generation is devel-

oping an appreciation for what it tru-

ly means to have an Indian heritage. It

is important that our kids connect with

that aspect beyond movies and songs

and truly appreciate what it means to

be an Indian,” a NIA press release said.

NIA also announced launch of NIA

toastmasters club in English and Hin-

di the details of which are available on

the association website.

Anchoring by Devendra Mishra was

worth watching. Like previous years

it was a pleasure to watch the splen-

did performance by all ‘Hasya Kavi’

participants. All participants enjoyed

the games organised for children and

adults.

NIA President Praveen Sharma co-

ordinated the entire show while Gener-

al Secretary Durgesh Gupta and Cultur-

al Secretary Abhijit Sarkar coordinated

the cultural programme. The games

were conducted by Chandra Gururani

and Shivani Mishra with support from

Kuldeep Kour Bahl. NIA member Sunita

Chaturvedi conducted special games

which was highly appreciated. Admin-

istrative work was handled by Anil Me-

hta. NIA also announced the schedule

of the major upcoming event ‘Deepot-

sava’ scheduled for November 4, 2016

at Hotel Radission Blu.

The St Regis Doha to launch three food outlets T

he St Regis Doha, the finest

address in Qatar, continues to

grow its impressive concept

portfolio with three new out-

lets due to launch in the last quarter

of this year, reaffirming once again

the position of the hotel as Doha’s su-

preme leisure destination.

As part of its commitment to di-

versifying Doha’s music scene, The St

Regis Doha announced the opening

of its new venue “The Club” on Sep-

tember 12 this year. By offering world-

class live music, lively performances

and delicious soul food at The Club,

music lovers and guests will be able

to enjoy a truly unforgettable music

experience every Tuesday through

to Saturday, as globally renowned ar-

tistes take to the stage creating an

electrifying and buzzing atmosphere

every single time.

The Club will cater to a multi-

tude of diverse music genres across

Soul, Blues and Bossa Nova and R&B

and will feature a roster of world re-

nowned artists including soul vocal-

ist, Judi Jackson; the smooth sound

of funk and soul vocalist, Tasha Dan-

ae; drummer, Michael Pignéguy; pi-

anist, Davis Whitfield; who will all be

joined by tenor saxophonist and sea-

soned performer, Jonathan Beshay;

and seasoned bassist Gilard Lopes.

Gregory Generet made a special ap-

pearance from September 20 to 24

and will also do so from September

27 until October 1.

Meanwhile, The St Regis Doha

will also debut their latest concept,

The Raw Bar. In an intimate dinning

setting, with only 11 seats available,

The Raw Bar will feature an exquisite

menu of sushi, sashimi and seafood

including oysters and caviar, with a

greater emphasis on fresh, raw food.

The Raw Bar is expected to open its

doors on October 1.

Rounding out the list of new con-

cepts will be Oyster Bay Live which

will be presenting La Noche de Doha

and was launched on September 21;

to be open every Tuesday to Satur-

day from sunset until late. With a new

Cuban band playing crowd-favourites

and signature music styles including

rhumba, Afro-Cuban jazz, salsa, sou-

kous as well as Spanish fusion gen-

res, guests can look forward to relax-

ing at the beach side bar, with lounge

music, authentic Cuban treats and re-

freshing drinks by the pool all as the

sun goes down as the temperature

at Oyster Bay rises. The artists who

bring their magic to La Noche de Do-

ha currently are Gerardo Contino and

Jenny Sotolongo on vocals, Axel Tosca

on the keyboard, Israel Cedano on

bass & Yusnier Bustamante on con-

ga drums.

Commenting on the launch of the

new concepts, Tareq Derbas, Area

General Manager of Lebanon, Syria,

Pakistan, Iran and Iraq for Starwood

Hotels & Resorts Middle East and

General Manager of The St Regis Doha,

said: “Launching three new concepts

at the St Regis Doha is an important

pillar in our strategy for growth and

diversified offering to Doha. With our

exciting new concepts, we are very

well placed to offer our guests greater

choice and world-class dining and en-

tertainment options. Being the finest

address in Qatar, The St. Regis Doha

prides itself on providing world-class

service and offerings and proves once

again its commitment to catering to

all tastes and preferences.”

The St Regis Doha has furthermore

introduced more enhancements to its

existing offerings.

In collaboration with Café Mambo

Ibiza, the Rooftop is getting one in-

ternational DJ per month from 22nd

September 22 and featuring John

Jacobsen. The Rooftop will also offer

House Music on Thursday and Ret-

ro night on Friday with Retrofusion

Nights.

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CAMPUS/ COMMUNITY

DPS-MIS alumnus guides students

The Peninsula

Vatsal Patel, the Head Boy and

school topper of the 2013

batch, proved his love and

loyalty for his alma mater —

DPS-MIS— when he enlightened stu-

dents of classes 11 and 12 on the ad-

mission process in US universities. He

is pursuing an undergraduate pro-

gramme in Mechanical Engineering at

the University of California, Berkeley.

The video conference with Vatsal

threw light on the US curriculum.

A world of opportunities with the

best faculty and resources, the uni-

versities let one pursue the subjects

that interest him. Moreover, they let

students get involved in clubs and or-

ganisations as their interests, sched-

ule, and scholastic pursuits permit.

His interaction threw light on the

fact that scoring in the school exams

is equally important as participating

in extra-curricular activities. He made

students aware of the right moment

to begin their preparations like writ-

ing the essays. Patel concluded by

saying that students could contact

him for further guidance.

Urdu awards for Indian

and Pakistani poetsThe Peninsula

The 20th annual Aalmi Frogh-e-

Urdu Adab Awards will be pre-

sented to India’s Javed Akhtar

and Pakistan’s Amjad Islam Am-

jad by Majlis Frogh-e-Urdu Adab, a

leading Qatar-based literary forum on

October 28.

The event is being organised under

the patronage of the Ministry of Cul-

ture and Sports. “We are proud and

very pleased that the Ministry is con-

tinuing to extend its support and coop-

eration to us, which it has been doing

for the last many years,’’ Majlis Chair-

man Mohammad Atiq said.

Launched in 1996, the Aalmi

Frogh-e-Urdu Adab Awards (Interna-

tional Award for promotion of Urdu lit-

erature), which comprises a gold shield

and cash award of Rs.150,000 is given

annually to two Urdu writers, one from

India and the other from Pakistan, for

their life-time achievements in creative

fiction, research or critical works.

The 20th Awards were decided by

two independent juries, headed by Prof

Dr Gopi Chand Narang, former Chairman,

Sahitya Academy of India (with Prof

Shafey Qidwai, Prof Dr. Abdus Samad

and Haqqani Al Qasmi as members) and

Dr Khurshid ul Hasan Rizvi noted Urdu

scholar, educationist and poet from Pa-

kistan (with Prof Dr Saleem Akhter, Prof

Khawaja Mohammad Zakaria and Prof

Tehsin Firaqi as members).

Prof Dr Gopi Chand Narang, reput-

ed Urdu critic and research scholar,

Prof Dr Pirzada Qasim, well known ed-

ucationist and poet and Shabana Azmi,

leading actress and human rights ac-

tivist, will be the guests of honour.

After the awards presentation cer-

emony, an international Mushaira will

be held, which will feature top poets

from Pakistan, India, USA, UK, Germa-

ny and UAE. The award winner from In-

dia, Javed Akhtar, will preside over the

Mushaira.

Majlis will also release a special sou-

venir on the occasion.

This year’s Mushaira has been des-

ignated as “Bayad (meaning, in mem-

ory of) Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi’’, whose

birth centenary is being celebrated in

Pakistan and all over the world this year.

Qasmi, who was born in November,

1916 and died in July, 2006, was one of

the greatest poets, writers, journalists

and scholars of Pakistan. That was why,

when Aalmi Awards were launched

by the Majlis in 1996, the Pakistan ju-

ry, headed by renowned satirist, hu-

mor writer and Urdu scholar, Mushtaq

Ahmed Khan Yousufi, decided to confer

the first Aalmi Award upon Ahmed Na-

deem Qasmi from Pakistan.

Guest poets from India for this

year’s Mushaira are Javed Akhtar, Has-

an Kazmi, Prof Muzaffer Ali Shahmiri,

Khursheed Alam and Aleena Itrat Riz-

vi. The guest poets from Pakistan are

Pirzada Qasim, Amjad Islam Amjad,

Shoaib bin Aziz, Ayoub Khawar, Qaiser

Wajdi and Khalid Masood Khan.

Javed Akhtar Amjad Islam Amjad

HEALTH & FITNESS

08 | THURSDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 2016

Why does your knee hurt? Figure outBy Jill U Adams

The Washington Post

I started running again this spring.

I began slowly, with intermittent

walking. All was good until the day

both my knees started complaining.

A twinge of pain accompanied every

footfall.

This new-to-me pain came from in-

side the knee, not below the kneecap,

my usual sore spot. The other move-

ment that gave me a flash of pain was

the deep knee bend I did every morn-

ing to scoop the dog’s food.

I knew enough to stop doing the

things that cause pain; I quit running

and I leaned over on straight legs to

reach the dog food. Other movements

— walking, stairs — didn’t trigger the

sharp pain, but my knees would get

achy later in the day. Aspirin helped.

Self-treatment is appropriate for

minor knee pain, according to the

presidents of the American College

of Physicians and the American Acad-

emy of Family Physicians, Nitin Dam-

le and John Meigs, respectively. How-

ever, if there’s redness or if you have

trouble with stability or walking, see

a physician.

Another worry entered my mind —

and that’s what sent me to the doc-

tor. I live in New York’s Hudson Valley,

which harbours some of the highest

rates of Lyme disease in the nation.

My doctor accommodated me with a

Lyme test, but she also examined me

and asked a lot of questions.

General practitioners see a lot of

people with knee pain, says Meigs,

who has a private practice in Cen-

treville, Ala. “It’s one of the most

common complaints family physi-

cians get.”

Faced with a painful knee, doc-

tors will take a history: Did you injure

yourself? Did you change your exer-

cise regimen? “All can lead to inflam-

mation of the knee,” says Damle, who

has a private practice in Wakefield, RI.

Your doctor will examine the knee.

“You might see fluid buildup, a de-

crease in the range of motion or dif-

ficulty bearing weight,” Damle says.

These symptoms may indicate a se-

rious injury such as a ligament tear,

which may prompt an MRI scan and

a referral to an orthopaedic surgeon.

If you didn’t injure your knee out-

right, your doctor will look for oth-

er problems. Mild swelling and pain

can arise from what are called over-

use injuries. “Sometimes people take

up jogging or walking or whatever,

and they do a little too much too fast,”

says Meigs, who has a private practice

in Centreville, Ala.

I swear I didn’t do too much too

fast. And yet, there are numerous

structures in the knee that can be-

come injured or inflamed. The most

serious things are a fractured knee-

cap; a torn ACL (anterior cruciate liga-

ment); and a torn meniscus, the car-

tilage cushion inside the knee. The

more run-of-the-mill things are bursi-

tis, a swelling of the small sacs of fluid

that cushion the outside of the knee

joint, and tendinitis, irritation and in-

flammation of the tendons that attach

your leg muscles to your leg bones.

Runners, skiers and cyclists are all

susceptible to bursitis and tendini-

tis. The treatment is straightforward:

rest, ice, brace and anti-inflammato-

ry medicine. That means you need to

stop doing anything that causes pain,

ice your knee (most helpful in the first

two days after an injury), use athlet-

ic wrap or a knee brace to protect

against a move that may reinjure the

joint, and take ibuprofen or naproxen.

My doctor told me that if I was

negative for Lyme and the pain con-

tinued, I might consider seeing a spe-

cialist to check for osteoarthritis. The

diagnosis becomes increasingly com-

mon with age; studies have found

nearly 20 percent of people older

than 45 and more than a third of peo-

ple older than 60 have osteoarthritis

of the knee.

“Sustained pain in both knees in

older adults: One does think osteoar-

thritis,” Damle says. An X-ray can help

confirm osteoarthritis by document-

ing bony outgrowths and/or narrow-

ing of the joint space.

A week after my doctor’s visit, an-

other possibility presented itself. A

friend told me she had taken her

daughters — two tween gymnasts —

to the paediatrician with knee pain.

They were diagnosed with parvovirus,

which in their case was not accompa-

nied by the telltale rash or fever. “It’s

going around,” my friend’s doctor re-

ported, adding that the symptoms

should go away in a week or two.

In an online search, I discovered a

syndrome called viral arthritis, which

often causes pain in the large joints,

such as the knees, and can be trig-

gered by parvovirus, even in adults,

and a handful of other viruses includ-

ing hepatitis (B and C), enterovirus

and rubella. Perhaps I had a risk factor

my doctor hadn’t asked about - living

with a preadolescent child in a town

where parvovirus was prevalent.

Bacteria can infect knees as well,

Meigs says. “A hot knee will be red,

swollen and tender,” he says, and war-

rants a doctor’s visit. Antibiotics can

clear bacterial infections, but not vi-

ral ones. Those tend to clear with time.

Sure enough, my pain resolved in

about two weeks. But did I have par-

vovirus? I cannot say.

The good news is that I started run-

ning again this week, and I am pain-

free. If my pain reappears, I may look

into specific stretching and strength-

ening exercises to help better support

my knees while running and walking.

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth emerges from the King Edward VII hospital after surgery

on her knee in London on January 14, 2003. The Queen was operated on for a

torn cartilage in her right knee.

FOOD

10 | THURSDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 2016

In the UK right now, the Cronut isn’t the hottest topic in baking. It’s the Great British Bake Off, a much-loved TV show that recently jumped from the BBC to Channel 4, but without some of its hosts.

Manhattan’s cronuts ready to devour London

By Richard Vines

Bloomberg

Brits, be prepared to queue.

The Cronut — the croissant-

doughnut hybrid — lands in

London tomorrow when the

new Dominique Ansel Bakery opens at

precisely 8am.

In New York, people were lining

up ‘round the block in Manhattan’s So-

ho within days of the pastry being in-

troduced on May 10, 2013. This sweet

monster was supposed to be just a

Mother’s Day special, but everything

changed after a blogger published a

preview the night before the debut.

“He called me about 6pm, and he

told me his article had gone viral,” An-

sel says. “I said, ‘I am happy for you.’

And he was like, ‘No you don’t under-

stand: This is going crazy. You should

be ready to make some more tomor-

row.’”

Ansel made 25 the first day. And 35

the next. Eventually the line stretched

more than two blocks. Some people

started to resell pastries on the Cronut

black market for a steep markup.

“I only had four employees,” he says.

“We couldn’t keep up.”

Three years on, the Cronut is a

trademarked phenomenon. Ansel now

has four stores worldwide: Two in New

York, one in Tokyo, and one in Lon-

don, where he is adding pastries and

tweaking his range.

Ansel changes the flavour of the

Cronut monthly. In London, it will de-

but with salted butterscotch and cocoa

nib as a cost of £4 ($5.19), compared

with $5.75 in New York.

Other options on the menu will in-

clude the Paris-London, a twist on the

traditional Paris-Brest, a wheel-shaped

pastry created more than a century

ago to celebrate a cycle race. In Lon-

don, it’s made with Earl Grey mousse,

blackberry, and lemon. It sports a shirt

collar, a moustache, and a monocle,

and costs £6.20.

Or how about the Eton Mess Lunch-

box (£7.50)? This features “straw-

berries” (made with mousse and jel-

ly) atop crème fraiche with small me-

ringues in a clear plastic box that you

shake to create a mess. “It’s inspired by

Korean lunchboxes in New York, where

they put in the rice and the eggs and

then shake,” Ansel says.

The Banoffee Paella (£6) is a banof-

fee pie made in a paella pan with car-

amelised bananas. You flip it over and

serve with dulce mousse and passion

fruit. “There are a lot of Spanish influ-

ences in London, and I take that as an

inspiration,” Ansel says.

He grew up in the northern French

city of Beauvais and started working in

a restaurant when he was 16 to earn

money for his family, who couldn’t af-

ford to pay for higher education. “My

mom was a terrible cook,” he says. “It’s

what got me in the kitchen: I wanted

better food.”

After military service, he bought

a car with his savings, drove to Paris,

and got a job in a bakery. He worked

in the city for eight years before chef

Daniel Boulud invited him to New York

to work at Daniel. Ansel spent almost

six years in charge of pastry at the

Midtown restaurant, which won three

Michelin stars while he was there. He

left in 2011 and opened his own New

York bakery on Spring Street.

But in the UK right now, the Cronut

isn’t the hottest topic in baking. It’s the

Great British Bake Off, a much-loved

TV show that recently jumped from the

BBC to Channel 4, but without some of

its hosts.

“I watched one, and it is very excit-

ing to me that people are so excited

about baking,” he says.

“If people try to remember the first

thing they ever made in the kitchen, 95

percent will tell you baking — a cook-

ie or a cake that they made with their

mom, with their grandma.”

Cronuts are filled with cream and rested on a tray at the Dominique Ansel Bakery in Manhattan in 2013. Ansel is opening

a new bakery in London tomorrow.

FASHION

| 11THURSDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 2016

Rihanna’s stiletto sneaker hype leaves Paris dazed

AFP

Before she even set foot

on the Paris catwalk yes-

terday singer Rihan-

na was making headlines

with her second collection for Pu-

ma, sending supermodel Gigi Had-

id off sprinting in a pair of stiletto

sneakers.

In pictures released on Instagram,

Hadid was shown running and jump-

ing in high-heeled trainers in a long

dress with a swimsuit-like bodice.

Another had her stretched out in

a skin-tight body suit like a sprinter

set to speed off down the track in the

same white stilettos with the German

brand’s trademark black stripe.

The carefully choregraphed series

of leaks to hog the maximum of social

media attention, also hinted that the

Barbadian star is finally bringing col-

our to her Puma x Fenty (ccrt) range,

after a debut show based solely on

black and white.

Another mustard and white tunic

dress gives Hadid much more room

for manoeuvre.

Behind-the-scenes videos show

the 28-year-old star preparing for

her Paris debut in a light pastel pink

shift dress.

The show, in a mansion close to

the Champs Elysee, will be streamed

live on the rapper Jay-Z Tidal plat-

form.

Rihanna’s first collection for Puma

was shown in New York last autumn

and was heavy on sportwear and re-

worked jogging gear.

This is far from the first time that

designers have given sneakers a bit

of a life. Several has given them a

high heel including New York-based

Donna Karan in 2012.

Despite its new-found hipness

Puma, which is owned by the French-

based fashion conglomerate Kering,

has struggled to compete with ri-

vals Nike and Adidas. It does however

make Usain Bolt’s running shoes.

ENTERTAINMENT

12 | THURSDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 2016

Fear gives way to hope in ‘Queen of Katwe’

By Kristen Page-Kirby

The Washington Post

We’ve all seen movies

where a poor kid uses an

unlikely talent to escape

to a better life. In “Stand

and Deliver” it was calculus; in “The

Blind Side” it was football.

In Disney’s “Queen of Katwe,” a

girl in a Ugandan slum thinks a board

game could be her ticket out. Despite

the long odds, these stories almost al-

ways have happy endings — but that

doesn’t mean a mom can’t worry.

The apprehensive mother in the

fact-based “Queen of Katwe” is played

by Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o, who

understands the risks of letting a child

even begin to dream there’s a way out

of poverty.

“You can open a child’s mind to

another world, to other possibilities,

but how do you ensure that they can

achieve those things? And what hap-

pens when they have to deal with the

disappointment of not being able to

achieve those things?” Nyong’o says.

“They are left in limbo, because the

world that they have come from is no

longer good enough, and the world

that they are seeking to attain is not in

their grasp.”

In the film, Nyong’o plays Harriet,

the mother of young, illiterate Phiona

Mutesi (Madina Nalwanga). Scraping

out an existence by selling maize in the

crowded city streets of Katwe, Phiona

is all but resigned to her situation un-

til she stumbles across a chess club run

by Robert Katende (David Oyelowo).

Chess creates a space where Phiona

can dream — and that scares Harriet.

“Wanting to have a life outside of

poverty is something that Harriet has

not seen as possible as a woman in this

community,” Nyong’o says, “so how can

she possibly instill with confidence that

dream in her daughter?”

As Phiona becomes a major player

in the world of youth chess, her tour-

naments take her to places unimagi-

nable to her mother. In the course of

a day, Phiona can move from a luxury

hotel with a swimming pool and an all-

you-can-eat buffet back to a one-room

house with no running water and not

enough food. The trophies and medals,

tangible signs of Phiona’s gift, seem to

belong to a different world.

“You see the baby (brother) using

a trophy cup as a plate, because they

need a plate,” Nyong’o says. “You are

constantly being faced with the im-

practicality of this pursuit.”

Nyong’o, who won an Academy

Award for her performance as the en-

slaved Patsey in 2013’s “12 Years a

Slave,” spoke with the real-life Harri-

et to try to understand why Phiona’s

hope eventually overcame Harriet’s

fear. She discovered it was something

so simple that any mother could un-

derstand it.

“Her first reason was Robert Ka-

tende provided [Phiona] with a cup of

porridge every day” at the chess club,

Nyong’o says.

Nyong’o appreciated the arc of her

character. “She gets to a place where

she realises that her daughter’s life

does not have to look like hers,” she

says. “Her journey is one where she has

to learn that the best way to show her

daughter love is to act out of radical

hope rather than out of fear.”

Lupita Nyong’o plays the mother of newcomer Madina Nalwanga in Disney’s “Queen of Katwe”.

Madina Nalwanga is Phiona Mutesi in “Queen of Katwe”.

The apprehensive mother in the fact-based “Queen of Katwe” is played by Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o, who understands the risks of letting a child even begin to dream there’s a way out of poverty.

| 13THURSDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 2016

SCIENCE

Musk plans to send people to Mars The Washington Post

By Christian Davenport

Elon Musk’s Falcon 9 rocket is

grounded, after blowing up for a

second time. The maiden flight of

its more powerful Falcon Heavy

has been delayed again and again.

But Musk, never one to shy away

from grand pronouncements, intro-

duced SpaceX’s conceptual plans Tues-

day for a rocket and spacecraft de-

signed to start a “self-sustaining city on

Mars” that he said could be achieved

within 40 to 100 years.

In an hour-long speech titled “Mak-

ing Humans a Multiplanetary Species”

at the International Astronautical Con-

gress he said his goal was to “make

Mars seem possible. To make it seem

like it’s something we can do in our

lifetimes. That you can go.”

Musk, the billionaire co-founder of

PayPal, who also runs Tesla Motors,

knows how to attract attention, and

thousands of people packed the con-

ference hall in Guadalajara in Mexico,

cheering on his much-hyped and long-

anticipated presentation.

Wearing a suit and open collar,

Musk stood before a large orb of Mars

that over time morphed into a habit-

able planet with oceans and greenery.

And he showed a tantalizing video of

the rocket taking off from the Kennedy

Space Center in Florida with 100 peo-

ple on board, refuelling in orbit and

then landing on the surface of Mars.

The design of the Mars rocket

shows that it is a towering 400-feet

tall, far more powerful than the Sat-

urn V that took the Apollo astronauts

to the moon. He acknowledged the

immense, if quixotic, challenge he was

undertaking would begin not just with

creating a spacecraft that could keep

dozens of humans alive for extended

periods but with producing rocket fu-

el from the resources on Mars. And he

acknowledged the difficulties of lower-

ing the cost of the flights from $10bn a

person to $200,000 or less, in part by

reusing rockets to fly repeat missions

ferrying lots of people.

But less clear was how SpaceX

would pay to get to that point, and

outside of the technical details of the

rocket and spacecraft he offered few

specifics on how a city on Mars would

get built.

“In terms of the presentation today,

I was particularly keen to learn about

[research and development] costs,

venture capital and other investments,

returns on investments, manufacturing

costs, and why and how one sustains a

population on Mars,” said Phil Smith, a

space analyst at the Tauri group, a con-

sulting firm. “Musk did provide some in-

sight into manufacturing costs, pricing,

and sources of funding, but I need to

study those to see if they are realistic.”

Musk said he would “make the big-

gest contribution I can” of his own

wealth, and at one point he joked that

the company might have to use Kick-

starter, the online fundraising platform,

to raise money.

“As we show this dream is real. . .I

think the support will snowball over

time,” Musk said.

He said ultimately it would have to

be a “public-private partnership” but

while Nasa is partnering but offering

no funds on a first SpaceX mission, it

has its own plan to get to Mars by the

2030s. Budget limitations could make

even the agency’s mission difficult.

Musk has also outlined an incred-

ibly ambitious timeline, starting with

the first launch of an unmanned craft

as soon as 2018. That mission would

be on the Falcon Heavy, which has yet

to fly. And he conceded that he isn’t “al-

ways the best” at hitting the aggressive

timelines he lays out for his dreams.

Getting to Mars is exceedingly diffi-

cult. On average, it’s 140 million miles

from Earth, though the planets come

to within about 35 million miles of each

other every 26 months. Even under the

best circumstances it takes months to

get there, Musk said SpaceX could do it

in 80 days and eventually in 30.

The deep space environment can

also be tremendously harsh. Of the 43

robotic missions to Mars, including fly-

bys, attempted by four different coun-

tries, only 18 have been total successes.

Musk didn’t address the explosion

that blew up one of its rockets earli-

er this month. He has previously said

the incident, which occurred while the

rocket was being fuelled ahead of an

engine test firing, was the most “diffi-

cult and complex” the company has

ever faced. It follows another Falcon 9

failure last year, when it blew up a cou-

ple minutes into flight.

The Falcon 9 remains ground-

ed while the investigation continues,

meaning SpaceX’s government and

commercial customers have to endure

yet another costly delay.

Still, while the plan may remain

in the realm of science fiction, Musk

has reignited interest in space, inspir-

ing another generation of enthusiasts

who believe in Musk’s vision. One of his

questioners even asked if she could

come up on stage to give him a “good

luck kiss.”

“Musk’s Mars vision, if realised,

would be transformational for all hu-

mankind,” said Alan Stern, a former

Nasa official and leader of the New Ho-

rizons mission to Pluto. “And given his

talents, drive, and many past accom-

plishments, I wouldn’t bet against him.”

In a statement, Nasa said: “Nasa

applauds all those who want to take

the next giant leap — and advance the

journey to Mars. We are very pleased

that the global community is working

to meet the challenges of a sustaina-

ble human presence on Mars.”

While Nasa has not flown people

beyond what’s know as low Earth orbit

in decades, Musk and the New Space

movement he leads has proven that

space no longer is the exclusive do-

main of governments. Several compa-

nies are currently pursuing their own

visions of space travel.

Musk said SpaceX’s spacecraft, with

its huge windows, would make the trip

an adventure.

He talked lightly about how the

journey has “got to feel fun and ex-

citing. It can’t feel cramped.” He said

there would be games passengers

could play in zero gravity and a res-

taurant on board as it sped at 62,634

mph to Mars.

John Logsdon, the former director

of George Washington’s Space Policy

Institute said that Musk has become

bigger than SpaceX. “His job is to pro-

vide inspirational leadership not just for

SpaceX but for the larger space com-

munity,” he said. “There hasn’t been

someone like that for a very long time.”

Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk speaks about the Interplanetary Transport System

which aims to reach Mars with the first human crew in history, in Guadalajara,

Mexico.

Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk at a press conference during the 67th International

Astronautical Congress in Guadalajara, Mexico.

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Yesterday’s answer

Conceptis Sudoku: Conceptis Sudoku is

a number-placing puzzle based on a 9×9

grid. The object is to place the numbers

1 to 9 in the empty squares so that each

row, each column and each 3×3 box

contains the same number only once.

Yesterday’s answer

MEDIUM SUDOKU

ALL IN THE MIND

CROSSWORD

BRAIN TEASERS

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CLASSICAL, COMBO,

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FOLK SONG, GOSPEL

MUSIC, GROUP, OPERA,

HIP HOP, HYMN, JAZZ,

KARAOKE, LULLABY,

MADRIGAL, MUSICAL,

NEW WAVE, POP SONG,

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REFRAIN, RHAPSODY,

ROCK, SERENADE,

SONATA, SOPRANO,

SWING, SYMPHONY,

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