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REVIEW / RESTAURANT
Last week I was at the 360 Degrees Mall with Food that I have tried myself and that I
my family. After the movie we were hungry recommend you try. I began with the bits of
and filled with the anticipation of trying a new everything which is something I suggest to
restaurant in the mall. I saw a huge banner start with and we ordered the Classic Buffalo
on the wall saying “Lets Burger – Like Never Wings which are my favourite. The wings were
Before, Level 3” We immediately thought of the best I had in town. The sauce was perfect
trying that. We took the escalators to the 3rd and made my day. Now for the main course we
level and immediately noticed the restaurant
finally decided and ordered the Stuffed Cheese
on our left. A friendly waitress welcomed us and
Burger which proves that they cook all their
asked for our seating preferences and guided
food homemade, a mouth watering Beef Patty
us to our table. As we walked, we were not sure
with the cheese put in between the meat, to top
if we were at a Burger joint because the place
was so big and spacious as compared to all it all off iceberg lettuce, pickles, and a tomato.
other burger restaurants in Kuwait. We also had the Philly Burger, to which it seems
Soon we had the menu given to us. Whilst the they use their own homemade barbecue sauce,
main dishes are hamburgers, but the variety of with tender meat and this burger is bound to
options really made it difficult for us to make hit the spot. My wife opted for the “Have It Your
our selection. Way" which allows you to choose your desired
The menu had over 17 options for starters, burger then you can go to the topping bar
9 kinds of salads, around 10 options for and choose what toppings you want in your
sandwiches, and over 24 different kinds of burger to make it the way you want it. There
burgers and not to mention they also have is also an array of over a dozen sauces that
dishes for non-burger lovers. you can help yourself to.
Lets Burger is an outstanding 70’s modern So I see you’re done with your appetizer
themed restaurant. Their uniquely crafted and your main meal. Feeling full? I hope
burgers will fill your every desire that you not, there’s still dessert left. Are you
crave for in a burger. Not even considering the ready for this? All of you American’s know
fact that everything except for the American apple crumble pie is a well loved homemade
fries is homemade and cooked to perfection. dish with a scoop of ice cream to top it off that
I guarantee that you will leave satisfied, just melt’s you inside. Well guess what, they
especially if you like a good home cooked have it and it’s exactly what you dream of your
meal, and you don’t feel like cooking yourself,
mother or grandmother cooking for you.
Lets Burger is the place to be.
Well then, I guess I’m done here; now all that’s
How’s the service at Lets Burger? The
left to say is get into your cars and take off to
waitress’s and waiter’s check up on you often
Lets Burger you won’t be disappointed. Wow,
to see if you have everything you need. Your
food comes out fresh and quickly and is bound writing this made me hungry, go go! What are
to leave you pleased. Right now I believe I you waiting for? Even if you have to wait to eat
have you craving for their food just as badly as they have a lovely cozy waiting area, and it’s
I am, at least I hope I do. all well worth it.

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April 2010

EVENTS

Proud to be Kuwaiti
I am sure you must have seen the advertisement on the roads
where young boys and girls are standing and looking up with
some Arabic text that goes with it. At least you must have not
missed the P2BK written on it as it was the only English text on
the advertisement. This was the campaign of P2BK to mark
their 2nd annual event.
P2BK stands for Proud To Be Kuwaiti. A non-profit national
organization that has been established by a group of
independent Kuwaiti youth for the love, devotion, and patriotism
to their beloved country. The Proud To Be Kuwaiti team strives
to enhance and develop the youth’s achievements and abilities
in all fields and activities, while embracing and catering to the
small and medium enterprises through continuous support and
guidance from their infancy stage to infinity.
Their aim is to support and highlight Kuwaiti youth’s energies
in various fields and levels by organizing activities, events,
and national contributions, while exposing and overcoming the
obstacles facing them during their inception and beginning.
Their mission is to promote the spirit of national belongingness
and adherence to the values of their customs, society, and
national spirit, as well as supporting youth projects through
training and ongoing guidance with the support of the media
exposure of their project.

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The event was organised at the Kuwait to display. We could see the pride on the face Other participants at the exhibitions were: Red
International Fairground (Hall 8), Mishref, of each young entrepreneur presenting the and Blue Agency, Mr. Delivery, Sambosa Box,
between 17th and 19th of March this year company and with full confidence explaining the Corn Dogs, The Cookie Bag, Zaatar Express,
under the patronage of H.H Sheikh Nasser mission to the visitors and providing additional Tarkeeb, Velvet Cup, Bevanda, Buongiorno,
Mohammed Al Ahmad Al Sabah, Prime Minister information. Bubbles Diving Center, Jersey Box, Kakaw, My
of Kuwait. CP team met with several young entrepreneurs Click, Twisty Crispy, Cookie Pop, J&A, Gavottees
and appreciated their initiatives. Another good Chocolate, Sparkle Events, Autozan, CF
CityPages (CP) team was looking forward
thing about the P2BK event was its sponsors Boutique, Angel Bags & Accessories, Decorado,
to attend this event and share it with all its
which were established companies, including and Capital District Clothing.
readers. The CP team planned to visit the event
on the last day which was Friday. The parking banks, airlines, telecoms, etc. The event It was getting more and more fun and we could
lots were already full as we reached around provided the perfect opportunity to recognise not realise that we had already spent a few
5:00pm and after a few rounds we managed to and support young business talent in Kuwait. It hours at the exhibition. The reason was that
get a parking place. introduced a dynamic group of budding young each booth was so engaging that we were
Kuwaiti entrepreneurs, the business leaders forced to spend several minutes at each booth.
As we entered the main gate, we could feel that
of tomorrow to seasoned business experts, Soon we realised that it would be impossible
the event was very well organised as we are not
such as those from Zain, Gulf Bank, Wataniya for us to spend more time at each booth and
used to good exhibitions in Kuwait. Everything
Airways, Ford, and several others in order decided to walk through and have a quick
seemed well organised. It surely was the result
to encourage and assist the growth of their glimpse at the exhibitors.
of strong leadership and teamwork. I could
businesses. Our team then decided to leave the exhibition
see that 99% of the visitors were Kuwaitis and
they were there to support the youth. A lot of great participants were on display. as it was getting more filled with visitors. As we
Some of them we visited were: AymStrong, were on our way out, we realized that the gates
I personally found this event to be the biggest
Evolution designs, My Spa, NJ, ART Deco, Zia were closed as there was a huge crowd outside
and most organised exhibition in Kuwait. The
Candles, Ride On, Breesam, Optimus Design, and it was difficult to accommodate them inside
lighting was so well done. It was dim lighting
Rashe Boutique, Mark Low, Memoire Studio, the exhibition hall. It clearly showed that the
in contrast to heavy lighting which we usually
Oishii Sushi, Design and Photo. people of Kuwait support their youth and
see in all exhibitions. The most amazing thing
their enterprises and P2BK is indeed a very
was a huge stage put up at the center of the
successful initiative for the future of Kuwait.
exhibition hall where a huge orchestra was
performing live. There was plenty of seating
so people could really be engaged and get
entertained.
Our team decided to start from the booths on
the left and try to visit and congratulate every
participant. Each booth was so well designed
with a perfect theme and was a piece of art.
I could not remember seeing any booth that
was just plain or done in a hurry. It seemed
that each participant really took great interest
to the finest details and brought out their best
April 2010

INSIGHT

Be Well & Stress Less

George Thomas

L iving in one of the GCC countries is a

stressful drama. However, I personally feel
that one could ride out of this lull by positive
smokers. Nicotine
dependency
eventually creates
actions. The 7 tips mentioned below have been stress & anxiety
very useful in creating happy endings to my life along with a host
on a daily basis. of preventable
diseases.
Pamper with a massage; Massage is a great
way to de stress a distressed body. It is the best Cut down on refined sugar & white breads
mode to relax the mind and allows the body The public here loves junk food which is
to have some much needed rest. Moreover, basically well processed and refined foods.
massage increases the amount of blood flow They are devoid of nutrients and are unhealthy
in the body & feel good hormones endorphins compared to whole or brown foods. Glucose
which is a big energy booster, akin to doing from these foods directly gets in to the blood
exercise. A word of caution, please try to visit a stream giving a quick high and a quick low;
certified and experienced massage therapist. creating lack of energy, stress and negative
emotions.
Breathe control While at work, being
bombarded with various chores is the norm Learn Arabic An expatriate at one stage or the
and this can easily make one go hyper. In such other has to deal with government & public
situations try to breathe in deeply and exhale sector while living in any of these countries;
slowly. Unfortunately due to our supersonic life and unfortunately very few officials in these
style, we have programmed our body to use areas can speak English. For someone in
the rib cage; to force the chest to breathe in need, this is frustrating and stressful. The
and out where as that ideal function belongs to best option, learn Arabic. Learning a new
the diaphragm. Diaphragmatic deep breathing language is the best form of exercise
greatly calms and reduces anxiety symptoms. one can give to the brain.
Calming effects of the sea GCC countries are My final word is 'life is what you
blessed with an excellent coast line. Chill out make it'. Place your attention on
by sitting on the sea side. The vast expanse being in perfect health, having
of sea is very soothing; moreover the salty a good relationship with people
air from sea is anti inflammatory and treats a around you and being grateful for
host of diseases from asthma to bronchitis to every day on this planet and you will
eczema. A dip would be even better. see yourself successful and stress free.

Quit smoking Lack of constructive activities As Freddie Mercury said "who wants to live
in this part of the world has created a sea of forever?" So while living; be well & stress less.

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 April 2010

Earth Hour / KUWAIT

Al Manshar Before Al Manshar After

AlKoot Before AlKoot After

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April 2010

LIFESTYLE

My Weekend
PhenoMenon

W eekend, even the mention of this word

makes me feel relaxed. Something that I
really look forward to, the very moment Sunday
is just not right for unleashing the creative
culinary antics. On Friday morning, right from
the breakfast to lunch it’s experimenting on
highlights of the week. Communication is the
key to a relationship and these days its difficult
to get that going much and weekend for me is
morning starts. Where I live, our weekend is various methods to enjoy a bon appetite. really a great time to strengthen this bond.
Friday and Saturday. We all are so caught up
in our daily race to earn our daily bread that Cleaning the house and rearranging the Eating out is always been a pleasure and with
our time is actually controlled. It is controlled house is another way for me to unwind on the variety of restaurants in Kuwait, it’s always
to the extent that when we wake up, when we the weekend. I have never been a late riser something we look forward to. Never try the
eat, when we come back home is all governed as I believe the best part of the day is the same restaurant again is our motto. My passion
by this monotonous routine. morning. It feels great to see the sun gleaming for food is well addressed on Friday night and
into your living room; sad part is, it probably thankfully it’s never been disappointing. That
For me weekend is strictly ‘My Time’. No other does that every single day. We are never there for me is the perfect time to meet friends and
factor can influence this, two beautiful days in to experience it except for the weekend. Just enjoy a great meal.
the week except me. It’s the time when I can open up the curtains and let that light shine
wake up without an alarm bell ringing in my into your rooms and into your life’s. It’s a great Saturdays are always laid back and getting
ears. It’s the time when I can have my breakfast relaxing feeling. ready for the week ahead. Then the whole cycle
with my legs resting on the center table and is repeated all over and on Sunday morning
soothing music to unwind everything that went Afternoons have been lazy for me and that is its again a long wait for the Thursday evening.
about in the week gone by. I enjoy cooking, as I when I try catching up on a power nap. That This is the driving factor in taking me over the
consider cooking as a great stress reliever and really energizes me for the rest of the day.
week one day at a time.
it really brings out the creative person in me. Start with an afternoon tea with light snacks
In the fast paced 5 working days, the mood with my wife and catch up on each others So how do you spend your weekend???.
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INSIGHT / CAREER

An ACCA is more relevant now than ever before

Tariq Maruf

As you may be aware, Ernst & Young Training has been offering training training is acknowledged around the world, which
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HOMEWORK FOR GROWN UPS

EVERYTHING YOU LEARNED AT SCHOOL... BUT CAN YOU REMEMBER?
1 Which metal is heavier? SCRAMBLED WORD
a) silver b) gold
2 How many legs do butterflies have? EO D W N R =
a) 12 b) 9 c) 6 d) 2
3 Which is the country with the most people? E G A S M =
a) China b) Russia c) Malaysia d) India
EE G D =
4 Which state is the biggest in the US?
a) Alaska b) Russia c) Malaysia d) India O R B N A I W =
5 Which country has the largest area of land?
a) China b) Russia c) Japan d) India
L O C C K =

6 Which is the sport wherein you would use a N R D G A E =

'sand iron'?
a) Golf b) Hockey c) Cricket d) Baseball P P R E A =
7 Which is the largest mammal in the world?
a) Shark b) Elephant c) Rhino d) Blue Whale
S M OE U =

8 Which is the country where reggae music Y SE K =

originated?
a) Egypt b) Australia c) Jamaica d) France A D N B =
9 Which is the smallest ocean in the world?
a) Arctic Ocean b) Pacific Ocean c) Indian Ocean
A T R C =
d) Atlantic Ocean E G R R U B =
10 What is the rhino’s horn made of?
a) Fiber b) Hair c) Skin
1. b, 2. c, 3.a , 4. a, 5. b, 6. a, 7.d, 8. c, 9. a, 10. b scrambled word DEBT, LAZY, EJECT, CABIN, JOKER, DAFT, OASIS,
ANSWERS: Solution to last month OBESE, ABHOR, BADGE, FANCY, MAGIC

Soduku How many words can you make from the word:

1 7 5 CARNATION
Each word must be a minimum of 3 letters. Example: CAR, …..

7 4 2 9 Solution will be provided in next month's issue

8 6 Last month Solution

2 7 9 3 1 6 8 5 4
4 5 3 8 5 2 7 4 6 1 9
1 8 1 4 6 8 5 9 2 3 7
7 2 4 5 9 1 3 8 6
7 6 9 3 8 7 6 2 1 4 5
7 3 6 5 1 4 3 8 9 7 2
5 9 2 1 8 7 4 6 3
9 5 8 1 8 6 3 9 4 5 7 2 1
3 9 6 4 1 7 6 2 3 5 9 8
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April 2010

TRAVEL

Trip to India
William Schuilenberg

W riting about my recent trip to India has

proven difficult. I only went to three
major places, New Delhi, Dehradun, and the
People here are predominately Indian, of
course, but the diversity in appearance, class
than any other means and their small size and
manoeuvrability definitely give the advantage.
and wealth creates another kaleidoscope for
mountain resort Mussoorie. India is so vast The area around New Delhi is flat and covered
the newcomer to attempt to absorb.
and incorporates so many differences that my with many tiny farms of corn, sugar cane and
short experience is not enough to be a fair Derelict buildings are cheek by jowl with rice. On the train moving north the farm land
judge, however my first impressions were “ I elegant edifices of the New Millennium, of changes into the forest laden foothills of the
love it here!!” which, India claims it will be the new leader. Himalaya Mountains. There is a density in the
On the roads the clashes continue with cars, forest which is also evident in all other aspects
The country is a vast array of clashing colour
scooters, buses, rickshaws and horse drawn of India that as a Westerner is strange to me.
and diversity. Several religions intermingle
carts all compete for each others space. I Crowded places, roads, and housing squeeze
as if their basic beliefs do not contradict
got the feeling that I was in a live exhibition the body and mind into a corner. After being in
each other. The religions here have impacted
culture so deeply that it would be impossible to of transport history rather than making my the desert of Kuwait the ever present greenery
function harmoniously without some degree of way down a city thoroughfare. There are is refreshing. Many fruits and vegetables grow
tolerance for other people’s religious habits. probably more two wheeled modes of motion easily in this soil and climate which makes

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 April 2010

India’s monetary and intellectual wealth,

cultural and religious diversity and immense
landscape have not yet been woven together
into a fabric which adequately provides for
herself. Her servitude to others for many years
has perhaps hindered her progress. I do not
think we have yet seen what India can do in the
world. Maybe the diversity is preventing the
unity or community ethos needed to care for
her children. I hope that the ‘Brave New India’
which is growing economically will also grow
life (barely) sustainable for many very poor
inwards towards caring for the less
people, however pollution and ‘big business can be quite messy for a rookie. Using a fortunate.
are both crowding out the land’s capacity to fork to load your hand feels akin to the
provide for its inhabitants. impracticality of carrying your bicycle.
The poverty of some is heart wrenching. Speaking of bicycles, there were many
Seeing people live, cook, and sleep on the side and how do you manage to get four
of the road or on the platform of the railway people on one without flattening the
station causes me to take a reality check about tires! Many scooters also appeared
my own wealth. People here are friendly to be the ‘family
but in crowded vehicle.’
places do not And how
seem to see do the
each other as cattle
people but rather seem to
as obstacles to know that they own
be negotiated in the road and that
order to get to the you must yield?
next place. The road up to
The British Mussoorie was
Colonial influence nerve-racking with
is still evident. It a rock wall on one
is slightly humorous to hear the Indians use side all covered in monkey infested vines and a
‘proper’ English terms and grammar – proper derelict guardrail holding back the foggy abyss
for the colonial era, that is. on the other side. The roads were narrow and
crowded with overloaded buses hogging all the
Indian food is delicious; eating with your hands space. The Himalaya Mountains are similar to
is the only way to ‘take the proper taste’ but the Andes in that they are steep and jagged
but overgrown with vegetation. Mussoorie was
a delightful reward for braving the roadway and
we found many shoes, shoals and sunglasses
for sale. Oh… and the view was astounding!
Like many other resource rich countries in
the world India’s social and political structures
enhance the wealth of a few and deepens the
abject poverty of the poor. There probably is
enough wealth here for everyone but it is just not
available to the disenfranchised, and outcast. Photos by Susannah-Joy Schuilenberg

17
April 2010

LIFESTYLE
Basic Principles in Table Setting
Siplever

A well-set table makes much difference when serving well-prepared, attractive, and appetizing dishes.
IT gives the right atmosphere for an enjoyable and pleasant meal. Table setting refers to the way the
table appointments and the food are arranged in the dining table. By knowing and following the rules,
you can enjoy your meals and impress your guests.
There are 7 Basic Principles in Table
Setting

1. Table appointments include materials for

setting the table such as the tablecloth, place
mats, napkins, china or dinnerware’s, flat wares
and glass wares. Table appointments that are
placed on the table for each person make up
an individual “cover”. At least 20 inches should
be allowed for each cover.

2. Tablecloth which should be placed evenly

over a silence pad may consist of linen, cotton,
nylon, plastic, and native materials such as
rattan, bamboo, cork and sinamay. It is a must
for every occasion and should hang 4 to 6
inches on all sides of the table for informal
occasions and 8 to 10 inches long for formal
occasions. If a place mat is used, it should
be about 16 to 18 inches long and 12 to 14 such as breakfast, lunch or dinner 17 x 17 bowls. Plates should be set at the center of
inches wide. When used, the long edge should
square inches may be used. Informal occasions each “cover” which is approximately 20-24
be aligned with the table.
require smaller napkins 12 x 12 inches long. It inches wide and 12-16 inches long. Salad
3. For formal occasions, napkins 24 x 24 square should be folded and placed with the open edge plates should be at the left of the dinner plate
inches are recommended. For informal meals nearest the left side of the fork 1 inch from the away from the forks. Place the cup and saucer
side of the table. For formal occasions, napkins at the right. The bread and butter plate should
may be placed on the service plate or on the be at the top of the fork.
goblet depending upon one’s taste.
6. Glass wares include tumblers, goblets, and
4. Table wares refer to the utensils used glasses. In the choice of glasses, think of the
for eating and serving, including flatware’s, flatware and dinner wares which will be used
dinner wares, and glass wares. Flat wares are with it. The water glass should be placed at
usually made of sterling silver steel or silver the top of the diner knife with the milk or juice
plated steel or plastic. Spoons, forks, knives, glass slightly to the right of the water glass.
teaspoons and serving pieces are flat wares.
Place the knife for and spoon 1 inch from the 7. A centerpiece is used to add color to the
edge of the table. table. The centerpiece may be placed anywhere
on the table. Fresh flowers, artificial flowers
5. Dinnerware’s refer to chinaware or dishes made of plastic, cloth or paper maybe used to
such as platters, dishes, saucers, cups, and add color to the table.
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 April 2010

Eostre
John MacArthur

I t's never easy to talk about religion, but, in a

multicultural world, it's probably OK to spend
a moment or two with the most important
Germany, a prize is awarded to the contestant
whose egg rolls fastest down a track. In Egypt,
children bowl red and yellow eggs towards
morning, she (or perhaps, he) gives three
joyful leaps, and dances for joy. Water drawn on
Easter morning is, like that at Christmas, holy
festival in the Christian calendar. I mean, of another row of eggs and whoever cracks one and healing. Maidens clothed in white, who
course, Easter. egg can claim them all. Perhaps Kuwait could at Easter, at the season of returning spring,
Every child who has ever attended Sunday develop its own variant – egg-bowling down show themselves in clefts of the rock and
School knows the Easter story. Jesus, crucified the Corniche from the Scientific Centre to
on mountains, are suggestive of the ancient
by the Romans on Good Friday rose from the Marina Mall.
goddess.
dead on Easter Sunday for the salvation of There was a tradition when I was a child that
mankind. eggs - or eggshells - were painted in bright The Christian Church - in need of seasonal
colours on Easter morning. The precise origin ritual - linked it to the Jewish Passover by much
Rumour has it that we can thank the Venerable of its symbolism, as well as by its position in
Bede, an eighth century monk whose writings of the ancient custom of colouring eggs is
not known, although evidently the blooming of the calendar. In most European languages, the
include references to the Anglo-Saxon
many flowers in spring coincides with the use feast called Easter in English is termed by the
Eosturmonath, the month of the goddess
Eostre for naming Easter. of the fertility symbol of eggs and eggs boiled words for passover in those languages and in
with some flowers change colour, bringing the older English versions of the Bible the term
A frequently repeated - but wholly unsourced spring into the home. Many Christians of the Easter was the term used to translate passover.
- story relates how Eostre found a wounded, Eastern Orthodox Church to this day typically The First Council of Nicaea (325) established
freezing bird and transformed it into a hare dye their Easter eggs red, the colour of blood,
to ‘save’ it. The hare continued to be able to the date of Easter as the first Sunday after the
in recognition of the blood of the sacrificed
lay eggs and did so each spring in gratitude to full moon (the Paschal Full Moon) following
Christ and of re-emergent life in springtime.
the goddess. A neat, if improbable conjoint, the vernal equinox, putting its date anywhere
Some also use green instead, reminiscent of
I think. Children eye up large chocolate eggs the green leaves emerging after a long, dead between March 22 and April 25. This year, it
in extravagantly beribboned packaging in winter. falls on April 4th.
the shops, traditionally given to them on Finally, the Paschal Greeting is used worldwide
Easter Sunday, often by relatives who are not German Protestants wanted to retain the
Catholic custom of eating coloured eggs for in various Christian denominations. On Easter
responsible for their dental health. The Easter
Easter, but did not want to introduce their Day, instead of saying 'hello' or some such, the
Bunny, legend has it, brings baskets filled with
coloured eggs to the homes of children on children to the Catholic rite of fasting. Eggs faithful greet each other with "Christ is Risen!"
the night before Easter. The Easter Bunny will were forbidden to Catholics during the fast of the response being "He is risen indeed!"
either put the baskets in a designated place or Lent, which was the reason for the abundance
So, here is the Paschal Greeting.. .
hide them somewhere in the house or garden of eggs at Easter time.
in Arabic
for the children to find when they wake up in In still older legend, Eostre (or 'Eostra') was al-Masih qam! Haqqan qam!
the morning. There are many variants. The 'the divinity of the radiant dawn, of upspringing
in Filipino
annual Easter Egg Roll on the White House lawn light, a spectacle that brings joy and blessing',
Si Cristo ay nabuhay! Siya nga ay nabuhay!
every Easter is a race involving children whose meaning was perhaps adapted for the
pushing an egg through resurrection-day of the Christian God, the in Korean
the long grass with ancients being notorious for hedging their bets Geuriseudokkeseo Buhwalhasheotne!
a spoon. In since allegiance to one deity invariably ticked and finally, just in case anybody had their
off the others - rather like supporting two doubts...
football teams at the same time. Bonfires were my own favourite, Klingon
lit at Easter and, according to popular belief, Hu'ta' QISt! Hu'bejta'!
the moment the sun rises on Easter Sunday Happy Easter, everyone.

19
April 2010

INSIGHT
A Shopaholic who never turns down
Fatima Qader

A shopping mall full of buzzing, enthusiastic,

fastidious buyers, majority among them is
‘shopaholics’, who are agile, never turn down
– those who do excess shopping. They are
indeed treated well by the experts and guided
by selling their own clothes and accessories or
There is one such inspiring great incident in
the lifetime of Syeda Fatima (Radi Allahu Anha)
and her whole family (including her servant).
anything which comes in their way for passion by donating those things to the charity. Those Once they gave up all their food to the beggars
of shopping. That’s not about one shopaholic are the planned strategies laid by expert and the prisoners who came at their house
who never turns down anything, but people psychiatrists to help them out. asking for food. Indeed the whole family was
across the world who are bitten by this buzz so benevolent that they gave up their food one
of shopping. Anything which comes in our In every religion and culture across the world by one to the needy people. Even the righteous
necessity of requirement must be acquired, irrespective of time and age, they have taught servant said ‘if you are giving your food to the
but every month if it comes in excess must be humanity how to spend their valuable money. poor, then how can I eat?’ she too gave her
abandoned. Islam is one great universal religion which food away to the needy. The whole family was
In so many markets, malls, shopping centers, teaches us how to spend our money wisely. empty stomach for three days and they first
boutiques, etc. , do we actually ask our Islam commands us to give charity (zakat and fed the poor.
conscience and say “Do I Really Need This?” sadaqa) regularly. Islam never asked Muslims This example is quoted because if not the
Definitely life teaches us to be self conscious to spend excess money on anything. great like them, atleast we can do our little
and prepared for the future. For that, we must Holy prophet Mohammed (Peace Be Upon bit to our society and country. Indeed Syeda
intelligently do our own need analysis. Shopping Him), his family, companions and the other Fatima (Radi Allahu Anha) was the daughter of
or purchasing is our necessity. We have to take great men of Islam have set a perfect example Holy Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him), a perfect
care of our needs, but anything which comes example in every context of life. She set forth
for us. Indeed their life was much simpler and
in bulk and excess (anything which we already her life to the people and led a very simple and
down to earth. They could have indulged in
have) has to be avoided for our good. noble life.
luxury and comfort, but they forgo every
That may be one of the reasons why in the thing and put their life first to Islam and to the Today in modern era of science and technology,
west, they have rehab centers for shopaholics Ummah. we see all sorts of people on television and
print media. We madly watch them and want to
be just like them. We simply forget our roots of
thinking and teaching. We forget the principles
and thoughts taught by our parents and
teachers. We see celebrities always admitting
being shopaholic and excess of money they
spent on their glamour. Indeed they earn a
million dollar money and over. They don’t have
to think and neither have a conscience to think.
They are a paradox to society.
But, indeed we have our lovely intellect to choose
between what is right and what is wrong. Even
the financial experts have concerns over the
global recession and have their own opinions
on excess of money spent every where.
I feel really its time now to think about our
financial expenditure and shopaholic adventure
across our world!!.
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 ‫‪April 2010‬‬

‫الصحة و اجلمال‬

‫اليوم العاملي للتوعية مبرض التوحد‪-‬‬

‫التوحد يتكلم باللون األزرق‬
‫انتصار السيف‬

‫مساعدة األشخاص املصابني بالتوحد‪.‬‬ ‫تشارك اإلنسانية جمعاء في اليوم العاملي للتوعية مبرض‬
‫التوحد والذي يصادف ‪ 2‬ابريل من كل عام والذي أقرته األمم‬
‫• ميكن أن يؤثر التعليم املتخصص و الدعم املنظم بصورة‬ ‫املتحدة في عام ‪ ٢٠٠٨‬كيوما َ عامليا َ للتوعية مبرض التوحد‬
‫فعلية فى حياة الشخص املصاب و ذلك مبساعدته فى زيادة‬ ‫والذي يعد إعاقة من أصعب اإلعاقات التطورية التي مازال‬
‫مهاراته و حتقيق أقصى حد من مقدراته عند بلوغه سن‬ ‫العلم حائرا ً حتى اآلن في معرفة أسبابها‪ .‬والذي يصيب ‪67‬‬
‫الرشد ألن الطفل املصاب بالتوحد يبدو "طبيعيا" فيفترض‬ ‫مليون شخص في كل أنحاء العالم وهي خطوة إيجابية‬
‫اآلخرون أنه طفل شقى أو أن والديه ال يتحكمان فيه‪ .‬و يعلق‬ ‫كبيرة نظرا لتزايد عدد مرضى التوحد سنويا ‪.‬‬
‫الغرباء مرارآ على هذا الفشل‪.،‬‬ ‫التوحد (باإلجنليزية ‪Autism‬‏) من اإلعاقات الصعبة و على‬ ‫ّ‬
‫• إن للدعم االجتماعي أهمية بالغة في تخفيف القلق‬ ‫الرغم من أنه قد مت التعرف على مرض التوحد فى سنة ‪,1943‬‬
‫النفسي واملعاناة التي مير فيها أهالي األطفال املصابني‬ ‫ما زال هذا املرض إعاقة غير معروفة نسبيآ‪ .‬فتشير االحصاءات‬
‫بالتوحد‪ ،‬فقد أثبتت األبحاث مدى أهمية اجملموعات الداعمة‬ ‫العاملية بظهور حالة توحد لكل ‪ 100‬مولود ويظهر في كل‬
‫في تزويد أهل الطفل املصاب بالتوحد بالدعم العاطفي‬ ‫األطفال بغض النظر عن اجلنس أو اللون أو املستوى االجتماعي‬
‫الصعاب التي تواجه املصاب التوحد‪.‬‬
‫والنفسي واملشاركة للمعلومات واملصادر مما يساعدهم‬ ‫والتعليمي والثقافي لألسرة ويظهر في اإلناث أقل من الذكور‬
‫بالضرورة على تخطي احملنة والتكيف معها ‪.‬‬ ‫عادة تواجه املصابني بالتوحد ثالثة أنواع رئيسية من الصعاب ‪:‬‬ ‫بنسبة ‪ 4 : 1‬وتظهر أعراض التوحد واضحة بعد ‪ 30‬شهر‬
‫و تعرف هذه الصعاب باإلعاقة الثالثية‪.‬‬ ‫تقريبا ً ‪.‬‬
‫التوحد يتكلم ‪autism speaks‬‬ ‫• التفاعل اإلجتماعى فقد يقضي الطفل وقته منفردا ً بدال ً‬
‫وهو ينتج عن اضطراب في اجلهاز العصبي مما يؤثر على وظائف‬
‫التوحد يتكلم من أكبر منظمات العالم املتخصصه‬ ‫من قضائه مع اآلخرين‪ ،‬أو يظهر القليل من االهتمام في‬
‫املخ‪ ،‬ويالحظ أن الطفل املصاب بالتوحد فقط يكون طبيعياُ‬
‫بالتوعية مبرض التوحد وميكنك زيارة موقعهم على األنترنت‬ ‫اكتساب األصدقاء‪،‬‬
‫عند الوالدة و ال يعتبر الشخص املصاب مبرض التوحد معاقا‬
‫‪ ، [Link]‬حيث تعمل هذه املنظمة مع‬ ‫• اإلتصال اإلجتماعى ‪ ،‬صعوبة فى اإلتصال الشفهى و‬
‫جسديآ فهم ال يحتاجون إلى كرسى متحرك و " تبدو" هيئتهم‬
‫اإلتصال غير الشفهى كأال يفهم متامآ معنى اإلمياءات‬
‫املدن واملنظمات األخرى في جميع أنحاء العالم للتوعية‬ ‫كهيئة أى شخص طبيعي‪ .‬و نظرآ لهذه الطبيعة الالمرئية‬
‫الشائعة و تعابير الوجه و نغمات الصوت‪.‬‬
‫مبرض التوحد من خالل عدة فعاليات ‪ ،‬على سبيل املثال اضاءة‬ ‫يصبح أمر رفع الوعى العام و فهم هذه احلالة أكثر صعوبة‪.‬‬
‫ • اخليال ‪،‬صعوبة فى تنمية اخليال و اللعب مع اآلخرين كأن يكون‬
‫املباني واملعالم الرئيسية بأضاءة زرقاء في ليلة ‪ 1‬ابريل ومن‬ ‫فيواجه األطفال واألشخاص املصابون بالتوحد صعوبات في‬
‫لديه عدد محدود من األنشطة اخليالية ‪ ،‬وعدم القدرة على‬
‫خالل حملة " أضيء باللون األزرق" ‪ ،‬و من املباني التي سوف‬ ‫مجال التواصل غير اللفظي‪ ،‬والتفاعل االجتماعي وكذلك‬
‫املبادرة بألعاب تتطلب من الطفل تقمص شخصيات أخرى‪.‬‬
‫يتم اضائتها باللون األزرق املطارات واجلسور واملتاحف وقاعات‬ ‫صعوبات في األنشطة الترفيهية‪.‬‬
‫• السلوكيات‪ :‬فقد يكون مفرط النشاط أو شديد اخلمول‬
‫احلفالت املوسيقية واملطاعم واحملالت ومن املباني الرئيسية‬ ‫ينفعل دون سبب واضح أو يتأثر في التعرف على أحد املواضيع‬ ‫مسببات مرض التوحد‬
‫مبنى امباير ستيت في نيويورك ويليس تاور في شيكاغو و برج‬ ‫أو األفكار أو األشخاص أو يعاني من فقدان واضح حلسن تقدير‬
‫األمور‪ ،‬أو يظهر سلوكا ً عدائيا ً أو عنيفا ً أو يؤذي نفسه‪.‬‬ ‫لم تتوصل األبحاث العلمية التي أجريت حول التوحد إلى‬
‫‪ CN‬في تورونتو وبرج اململكة في اململكة العربية السعودية‬
‫نتيجة قطعية حول السبب املباشر للتوحد‪ ،‬إن مسبباته ما‬
‫‪،‬باألضافة الى أكثر من ‪ 100‬معلم في أكثر من ‪ 16‬والية‬ ‫التشخيص‬ ‫زالت غير معروفة و لكن تظهر البحوث إلى وجود عامل جيني‬
‫من الواليات املتحدة وتسع دول حول العالم وذلك عشية اليوم‬ ‫تشخيص التوحد مهم جدا ً ألنه اخلطوة األولى واألساسية‬ ‫ذي تأثير مباشر في اإلصابة بهذا االضطراب‪ .‬كما تؤكد البحوث‬
‫العاملي للتوعية مبرض التوحد‪.‬‬ ‫لتحويل الطفل التوحدي للمكان التربوي املناسب وتصميم‬ ‫على أن التوحد ميكن ربطه مبجموعة من احلاالت التى تؤثر على‬
‫البرنامج التعليمي اخلاص به إذا مت التشخيص فى أقرب وقت‬ ‫منو الدماغ و التى حتدث قبل أو أثناء أو مباشرة بعد الوالدة مثل‬
‫مركز الكويت للتوحد‬ ‫إصابة األم باحلصبة األملانية واحلاالت التى لم تعالج من مرض‬
‫تكون فرصة الشخص أفضل فى احلصول على املساعدة و‬
‫أصبح مركز الكويت للتوحد الذي تأسس فى عام ‪1994‬‬ ‫الدعم املناسبني‪ .‬و ال توجد اختبارات طبية لتشخيص حاالت‬ ‫الفينيل كيتونوريا و نقص األكسجني " الوالدة املتعسرة " مما‬
‫فى ليكون أول مركز تعليمي تدريبي إلعاقة التوحد في الوطن‬ ‫التّوحد‪ ,‬ويعتمد التشخيص الدقيق الوحيد على املالحظة‬ ‫يؤثر على اجلسم والدماغ وتظهر عوارض التوحد‪.‬‬
‫العربي‪ ،‬و ليلبي حاجة العديد من األسر كمركز متخصص‬ ‫املباشرة لسلوك الفرد وعالقاته باآلخرين ومعدالت منوه‪ .‬ومن‬
‫أجل التوصل إلى تشخيص دقيق فإنه ينبغي أن يخضع‬
‫بعض أعراض مرض التوحد‬
‫يخدم األطفال الذين يعانون من إعاقة التوحد و يعمل املركز‬
‫فى جوانب عديدة ملساعدة املصابني بالتوحد للعيش بطريقة‬ ‫الطفل ملتابعة مختصني ماهرين في حتديد مستويات التواصل‬ ‫الصعوبة في االختالط مع غيره من األطفال و اللعب‬ ‫• ‬
‫والسلوك والنمو‪ ،‬وحيث أن الكثير من السلوكيات املرتبطة‬ ‫املستمر بطريقة غريبة أو غير مألوفة‬
‫مستقلة بقدر األمكان من خالل توفير خدمات التقييم و‬
‫بالتوحد هي أيضا ً أعراض الضطرابات أخرى فإنه ميكن للطبيب‬ ‫اإلصرار على ذات األشياء‪ ،‬ومقاومة التغيير في األمور املعتادة‬ ‫• ‬
‫التشخيص املتخصص و نشر الكتب و النشرات اإلعالمية‬
‫إخضاع احلالة الختبارات طبية مختلفة الستبعاد مسببات‬ ‫و عدم االستجابة لطرق التدريس التقليدية‪.‬‬
‫التي ترفع الوعى و تخلق فهمآ أفضل عن مرض التوحد‬ ‫محتملة أخرى‪ ،‬ومن أجل التوصل إلى تشخيص أكثر دقة‬ ‫الضحك والقهقهة بصورة غير مالئمة وتكرار املفردات أو‬ ‫• ‬
‫‪ ،‬ولزيادة الوعي بهذا املرض فقد اقام مركز التوحد في يوم‬ ‫ينبغي أن يتم تقييم الطفل من قبل فريق متعدد التخصصات‬ ‫العبارات بدال ً من اللغة الطبيعية‪.‬‬
‫السبت ‪ 6/3/2010‬سباق ماراثون التوحد اخلامس ‪,‬حيث انطلق‬ ‫يضم مختصا ً في األعصاب‪ ،‬وأحيانا ً نفسياً‪ ،‬وطبيب أطفال‪،‬‬ ‫انعدام اخلوف احلقيقي من األخطار وانعدام واضح لإلحساس باأللم‪.‬‬ ‫• ‬
‫املاراثون من أبراج الكويت إلى ساحة االلعاب الشاطئية‪-‬‬ ‫وأخصائي في عالج النطق‪ ،‬وأخصائي تربية خاصة وغيرهم من‬ ‫قلة االتصال البصري أو انعدامه كليا ً وتفضيل الوحدة‬ ‫ •‬
‫ملعب الطائرة بسوق شرق وذلك لزيادة الوعي بهذا املرض‪.‬‬ ‫اخملتصني ذوي العالقة بإعاقة التوحد ‪.‬‬ ‫والعزلة عن اآلخرين‪.‬‬

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‫‪April 2010‬‬

‫الصحة و اجلمال‬

‫بشرتك متعبة وشاحبة ؟؟؟‬

‫‪ 7‬مستحضرات جتميلية تضفي عليك مظهراَ مشرقاَ ونضراَ فوراَ‬
‫انتصار السيف‬

‫اذا كنت تشعرين بأن بشرتك متعبة وشاحبة وتبدو عليها عالمات االجهاد‪ ،‬فاليك سيدتي‬
‫مستحضرات التجميل هذه والتي من شأنها أن جتعل بشرتك تبدو نضرة ومشرقة فوراَ‪.‬‬

‫‪5‬‬ ‫‪1‬‬
‫إذا كنت بحاجة إلى تغطية الهاالت‬ ‫كرمي األساس املناسب ميكنه اضفاء احليوية والشباب‬
‫السوداء و إخفاء املناطق الغائرة حتت‬ ‫على بشرتك باألضافة الى إخفاء الشوائب‪ ،‬واضاءة‬
‫العني وتوحيد لون البشرة دون أن يكون ذلك‬ ‫الوجه و التخفيف من مظهر التجاعيد و احلصول‬
‫ظاهرا ً للعيان فقومي بتجربة ‪Touché‬‬ ‫على بشرة صافية ومتألقة بشفافية تامة‪ ،‬وقد‬
‫‪ Éclat radiant‬من ‪Yves Saint Laurent‬‬ ‫اخترنا لك ‪MAC 'Studio Fix' Fluid Foundation‬‬
‫الذي يساعد في توحيد لون بشرة الوجه واضفاء‬
‫الذى يأتى على شكل قلم خاف للعيوب‬ ‫التألق املطلوب‪.‬‬
‫يعمل على إخفاء ومتويه الظالل وهو‬
‫ضرورى للحصول على بشرة ذات مظهر‬
‫شاب ونضر‪.‬‬ ‫‪2‬‬
‫اختاري أحمر الشفاه أو اللمعه الوردي أو املشمشي‬
‫وجتنبي استعمال األلوان الغامقة وذلك للحصول على‬
‫‪6‬‬ ‫مظهر شاب وصحى فى ثوان معدودة‪ ،‬سيبدو اللون‬
‫لشعرك‬ ‫اختيار الشامبواملناسب‬ ‫الزهرى الفاحت أكثر جماال على ذوات البشرة الفاحتة‪،‬‬
‫سواء أكان جافا ً أم دهنيا ً أم عاديا ً يعد‬ ‫أما ذوات البشرة األغمق فيمكنهن استخدام اللون‬
‫شيئا ً مهماً‪ .‬وهناك الكثير من أنواع‬ ‫اللحمى أو املشمشى ‪ ،‬وقد اخترنا لك من ‪Bobbi‬‬
‫الشامبوهات في األسواق‪ ،‬وقد جتدين‬ ‫‪ Brown‬أحمر الشفاة ‪Creamy Lip Color‬‬
‫صعوبة في االختيار بينها‪.‬فمن الضروري‬
‫التخلص من تراكم الدهون بالشعر‪،‬‬
‫وبالتالي تقليل فرصة اتساخه و‬ ‫‪3‬‬
‫االهتمام بغسل الشعر بصفة منتظمة‬ ‫انثري طبقة من البودرة اخلفيفة على بشرة وجهك‬
‫لتخليصه من الدهون الزائدة‪ ،‬مما يضفي‬ ‫ألنها تخفي اللمعان املوجود نتيجة لتراكم الدهون‬
‫عليه مظهرا َ صحيا َ وحيويا َ وبالتالي‬ ‫التي تفرزها البشرة واستخدمي فرشاة كبيرة في‬
‫يضفي عليك مظهرا َ شابا َ ‪ ،‬وميكنك‬ ‫تسوية البودرة جيدا ً بحيث ال تكون ظاهره ألنظار‬
‫جتربة شامبو ‪Nuxe - Reve de Miel‬‬ ‫اآلخرين‪ .‬ولقد اخترنا لك بودرة ‪L’Oreal True Match‬‬
‫‪ Shampooing Soin‬بالعسل والليمون‪.‬‬ ‫‪ Minerals‬والتي يدخل في تركيبها املعادن الطبيعية‬
‫‪.‬‬

‫‪7‬‬ ‫‪4‬‬
‫بودرة اخلدود اختيار مناسب إذا إذا كان وجهك باهتا َ‬
‫اضفي ملعة وحيوية اضافية لشعرك‬ ‫بعض الشيء فيمكنك وضع ملسة خفيفة جدا‬
‫باستخدام ‪Wellaflex Shine Hair spray‬‬ ‫على العظام البارزة في اخلدين مع االجتاه إلى أعلى‬
‫عند خط الشعر في اخلدين وقد اخترنا لك بودرة‬
‫‪Guerlain Blush Eclat Cherry Blossom‬‬

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 April 2010

HEALTH / women
All About Headaches
Dr. Nazia Nausheen

L ife has become so busy and stress full that

everyone gets headache every now and then
headaches can be pounding, throbbing, splitting
food, yoghurt, or anything with a food additive
MSG
 Certain infections such as ear infection,
or just dull aches. However, it is very important viral like flu or cold, strep throat or sinus
to understand how to recognize whether it is just infections
an ordinary passing pain or something serious  Vision problems
that requires medical attention.
WHAT DIFFERENT TYPES OF HEADACHES
Types of headaches FEEL LIKE AND TREATMENT TIPS
When the International Headache Society TENSION HEADACHE MIGRAINE
published its classification of headache Throbbing on the sides of your head that’s
disorders it was 96 pages long, with 15 pages Mild to moderate pain or pressure around your
forehead or the back of your head and neck made worse by moving around, plus nausea
on MIGRAINE alone!!. I will not give you another or vomiting, sensitivity to light, noise or smells,
type of headache by telling you all about that so lasts from 30 minutes to a few days
stomachaches, seeing spots, flashing lights or
we will discuss only few most common types of TREATMENT TIPS -------------------------------- halos and dizziness.
headaches. Take over the counter pain reliever like Brufen,
TREATMENT TIPS --------------------------------
Before going into details about different types Aspirin, or Paracetamol as soon as you begin to
feel pain . A light scalp massage may also help. Take Aspirin, Brufen or Paracetamol but your
of headaches let me explain you triggers of
Most importantly find the cause for tension and doctor may prescribe a stronger medication.
headaches.
try to solve it!! Since migraines can be triggered by chemicals
TRIGGERS OF HEADACHES in food, try keeping a food journal as well.
SINUS HEADACHE
You may say, “I know what causes my headaches. MENSTRUAL MIGRAINE
Staying up late or drinking too much coffee will Pain in the bridge of your nose, forehead, or
under your eyes that is worse in the morning Symptoms are the same as those for migraine,
bring on a headache every time.” But a trigger
and intensifies when you move your head. but these headaches occur a couple of days
is not the same as a [Link] factors can
before your periods or during it.
trigger a headache but causes are actually TREATMENT TIPS --------------------------------
certain biochemical changes that take place in TREATMENT TIPS --------------------------------
A decongestant can relieve the sinus pressure
the nervous system. So the triggers are: Consult your doctor about medications, which
that causes these headaches. Inhaling steam
 Cigarette smoke and drinking hot drinks like green tea can also you would take only during your menstrual cycle.
help. If pain persists for more than a day, see Or if you are on the pill, reduce your number of
 Alcohol
your doctor to rule out an infection. periods by skipping the placebo pills.
 Excessive caffeine
 Bright sunlight

 Disturbed sleeping patterns

WARNING
NEVER GIVE ASPIRIN
 Skipping meals TO KIDS OR TEENS
 Becoming dehydrated UNLESS SPECIFICALLY
TOLD BY A DOCTOR.
 Being under a lot of stress
ASPIRIN CAN CAUSE
 Having a minor head injury REYE SYNDROME,
A POTENTIALLY
 Using computer or watching TV for a long time
LIFE THREATENING
 Taking long trips in a car or bus CONDITION!!
 Listening to really loud music This is a public education column and is not intended to be
diagnostic or therapeutic. If you have questions regarding
 Consuming certain foods such as aged cheese , health, email them to [Link]@[Link].
Responses will be published in subsequent issues.
nuts, pizza, chocolate, ice cream, fatty or fried
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April 2010

HEALTH & BEAUTY

Grooming Tips For Men
Beverly Smith
We live in a time when it pays to look younger, comfort. Follow with a moisturizer containing
whether it’s in the workplace or in the dating sunscreen for day and at night a moisturizer
world. One of the keys to success is good with AHAs to encourage skin regeneration.
grooming, experts say. Pay Attention to Hands and Feet
An increasing number of men are making Don’t forget to include your hands and feet
grooming a priority because they want to in your grooming routine. Well-manicured
maintain a youthful appearance and a winning nails and toes contribute to good hygiene and
edge. Statistics show that men in the United grooming habits. Make time to clip and file your
States are spending more than $4 billion a nails at home.
year on grooming products, such as haircolor Foot odour is a common problem among many
and facial scrubs, driven by their desire to look men, and is relatively easy to treat. Scrub your
and feel their best. The growth in grooming feet daily and dry them completely. Insert a
products is being fueled in part by baby pair of Odour-Eaters Insoles into your shoes,
boomers entering middle age. which will absorb wetness and odour.
Top Grooming Tips for Men Quick Grooming Tips
Get Rid the Gray Hair • If you don't iron your clothes, remove them
The fastest way to take years off of your look immediately from the dryer so wrinkles don't
is to get rid of gray hair. It’s less noticeable set.
and more natural to begin coloring your hair • In hot weather, wear light-colored, cotton
when you first begin to go gray. An easy-to-use clothing and socks. This will absorb less heat
product formulated specifically for men, such and "sweat stains" will be less visible.
as Just For Men Haircolor, can be used at home • Consider trimming your arm pit hairs in
to cover gray hair with natural looking results. warm weather. Less hairs, less bacteria, less
If your beard and mustache turns gray first, smell. Think about it.
the makers of Just For Men Haircolor have a • Don't be reluctant to trim or tweeze any
brush-in gel in a no-drip formula that’s perfect stray eyebrow hairs.
for covering facial hair. • Good dental hygiene means a dazzling
Go Short if You’re Balding smile.
• Open your eyes. If hair is the frame for
Balding is another common problem among
your face, the eyes are the windows. Use eye
men. Opting for a comb-over just dates your
drops to whiten the whites of your eyes for a
look. Get comfortable with your changing look
fresher, younger look.
and opt for a modern short haircut.
Extend the Life of Your Razor Blades
When men begin to lose the hair on their
heads, they may begin to notice unwanted hair All you need is a bottle of mineral oil and some
in other places, like their nose, ears or back. dettol.
Be sure to trim or wax unwanted hair for a After shaving, thoroughly clean and dry your
clean, contemporary look. razor blades and then completely immerse the
razor head in a shallow dish filled with mineral
Protect and Pamper Your Skin
oil. Use dettol to wash away the oil next time
The best way to prevent wrinkles and skin you need to use the razor.
cancer is to protect your skin from sun damage By immersing the blades in oil, you stop the
by using a daily moisturizer with sunscreen. oxidization process that dulls their sharp
A good daily skin care routine includes edges. A daily mineral oil soak can double or
cleansing, followed by a gentle facial exfoliant even triple the life of your cartridges.
scrub, which also enhances shaving ease and Happy grooming!

24
 ‫‪April 2010‬‬

‫حملات و تواريخ‬

‫شارك في" يوم األرض العاملي" – ‪ 22‬ابريل‬

‫ِ‬
‫انتصار السيف‬

‫الكيميائية واملشعة بالسرطان وكذلك العيوب‬ ‫شار َ َك سكان العالم في الساعة ‪ 8:30‬من ‪ 27‬مارس ‪ 2010‬في أحد أكبر األحداث العاملية وهو ساعة األرض حيث‬
‫اخللقية ‪،‬وكذلك فأن نوعية الهواء الغير مالئم ميكن‬ ‫مت إطفاء األضواء واألجهزة الغير ضرورية ملدة ساعة واحدة وذلك في شتى بقاع العالم وذلك بهدف رفع مستوى‬
‫أن تقتل العديد من الكائنات احلية مبا فيها البشر‪.‬‬ ‫الوعي بقضايا التغيرات املناخية‪ .‬كما يحتفل العالم سنويا َ بحدث مهم آخر يخص البيئة وهو يوم األرض‬
‫كما أن تلوث املياه يسبب ما يقارب من ‪ 14000‬حالة‬ ‫والذي يصادف ‪ 22‬أبريل من كل عام وهو اليوم الذي يكرسه العالم سنويا ً لالحتفاء بالبيئة و معاجلة أسباب‬
‫وفاة يوميا‪ ،‬معظمهم بسبب تلوث مياه الشرب غير‬ ‫ونتائج املشاكل البيئية و ما يتعني عليهم القيام به لصيانة موارد البيئة‪ .‬فأكثر من ‪ 1‬مليار شخص يشارك في‬
‫املعاجلة من قبل مياه اجملاري في البلدان النامية‪ ،‬كما أن‬ ‫أنشطة يوم األرض من مختلف بلدان العالم ‪.‬‬
‫انسكابات النفط ميكن أن تتسبب بااللتهابات اجللدية‬ ‫يحتفل العالم بيوم األرض العاملي سنويا أثناء فصل الربيع في النصف الشمالي وفي فصل اخلريف في النصف‬
‫والطفح اجللدي‪.‬أما التلوث الضوضائي فيسبب فقدان‬ ‫اجلنوبي‪ .‬حيث أسس هذا اليوم السيناتور األمريكي غايلورد نيلسون كيوم بيئي تثقيفي في عام ‪ ،1970‬ويحتفل به‬
‫السمع ارتفاع ضغط الدم و اضطرابات النوم‪.‬‬ ‫اليوم في بلدان كثيرة كل سنة‪ .‬بعد تزايد االهتمام العاملي بالبيئة ‪ ،‬وفي محاولة للحد من التلوث وتدمير البيئة‬
‫اللذين يهددان مستقبل البشرية ‪ ،‬فقد أ ُ ْعلِ َن أن تاريخ ‪ 22‬أبريل من كل عام يُخصص للنشاطات البيئية للفت‬
‫في ظل تفاقم ظاهرة تغير املناخ واألحتباس احلراري‬ ‫االنتباه إلى مشاكل البيئة التي تُعاني الكرة األرضية ‪ ،‬وقد أطلق على ذلك اليوم اسم "يوم األرض العاملي"‪.‬‬
‫يأتي "يوم األرض العاملي" هذا العام الذي يتطلب وقفة‬
‫جادة من جميع سكان الكوكب للحيلولة دون تفاقم‬ ‫فالببيئة تعني كل العناصر احلية وغير احلية التي توجد حول وعلى وداخل سطح الكرة األرضية من هواء وماء‬
‫هذه الظاهرة وازدياد مخاطرها‪ .‬يوم األرض خصص‬ ‫وتربة وما يعيش فيها من مخلوقات حية‪ .‬كل هذه العناصر تسمى مكونات البيئة‪ .‬ويتوقف مدى جناح اإلنسان‬
‫في احلياة على مدى تأقلمه مع مكونات البيئة و ما فيها من مقومات‪ . ،‬فإن أحسن استغاللها والتحكم في‬
‫جلذب اهتمام الرأي العام ألهمية البيئة واحلفاظ‬
‫مصادرها قدر له النجاح وإن أساء استعمالها أو فشل في السيطرة عليها كان مصيره الفشل‪ ،‬وقد أصبحت‬
‫عليها وإبراز قضية البيئة كإحدى القضايا األساسية‬
‫مشكلة تلوث البيئة خطرا يهدد اجلنس البشرى بالزوال بل ويهدد حياة كل الكائنات احلية والنباتات ‪ ،‬فالتل ّوث‬
‫في العالم ‪.‬‬ ‫البيئي هو أخطر كارثة يواجهها اإلنسان‪ ، ،‬واكتسب التلوث صفة العاملية بسبب أن املل ّوثات تنتقل الى جميع‬
‫شبكة يوم األرض ‪ Earth Day Network‬هي أحد‬ ‫أنحاء العالم‪ ،‬فهي ال تعرف حدودا ً إقليمية لها‪ .‬فهناك العديد من الدول التي ال متارس نشاطا ً صناعيا ً لكنها‬
‫املنظمات العاملة في هذا اجملال والتي تعمل على‬ ‫تعاني من التل ّوث ‪ ،‬فالرياح والسحب والتيارات املائية تساهم في نقل املل ّوثات من بلد آلخر وذلك نتيجة للتقدم‬
‫التنسيق بني نشاطات يوم األرض حول العالم‪ .‬فيوم‬ ‫التكنولوجى والصناعى واحلضارى لالنسان ‪.‬‬
‫األرض نشاط ال تشرف على أمره منظمة مركزية‪ ،‬وإن‬ ‫عد اإلنسان هو السبب الرئيسي واألساسي في إحداث عملية التل ّوث في البيئة وفي ظهور املل ّوثات بأنواعها‬ ‫ويُ ّ‬
‫كانت عدة منظمات غير حكومية تعمل على تسجيل‬ ‫اخملتلفة سواء كان تل ّوث الهواء أو التل ّوث بالنفايات أو تل ّوث املياه أو التل ّوث السمعي أو تل ّوث التربة أو التل ّوث‬
‫اآلالف من النشاطات احمللية التي تنظم في املدارس‬ ‫الغذائي‪ .‬فاإلنسان هو الذي يخترع و هو الذي يصنع و هو الذي يستخدم ‪ ،‬فالتقدم العلمي السريع والتقدم‬
‫واحلدائق العامة مبناسبته‪ .‬وقد تأسست شبكة يوم‬ ‫الصناعي وبناء املصانع اخملتلفة التي تصب يوميا مقادير هائلة من اخمللفات والنفايات فى مياه األنهار واحمليطات‬
‫األرض لتشمل جميع سكان الكرة األرضية بغض‬ ‫مما يفسدها ويجلعها غير صاحلة لالستعمال األدمى او لنمو الكائنات احلية ‪ .‬فالسيارات والطائرات و الصناعات‬
‫النظر عن العرق أو اجلنس أو الدخل أو اجلغرافيا ‪ ،‬حيث‬ ‫التي يقوم بها االنسان لراحته ورفاهيته وتقدمه و عملية قطع األشجار حيث ينقص عدد األشجار مما يعني‬
‫تقوم بنشاطات مكثفة مع ‪ 20،000‬من شركائها ومن‬ ‫تقلص مساحة الغابات والتي متد الكرة األرضية بكميات كبيرة من األكسجني وتخلصها من غاز الكربون‪ .‬حيث‬
‫املنظمات في ‪ 190‬بلدا َ حول العالم‪.‬‬ ‫أثبتت الدراسات أن السبب الرئيسي النقراض مجموعة من الكائنات يعود إلى تدمير مواطنها‪ ،‬بسبب تدخل‬
‫االنسان في الطبيعة بشكل سلبي‪ ،‬حيث تواجه تلك الغابات حملة هائلة لتدميرها وتقطيع اشجارها‪ ،‬ما يؤدي‬
‫ملزيد من املعلومات عن يوم األرض ميكنكم األطالع‬ ‫إلى انهيار نظم حيوية بأكملها‪ ،‬وضمنها األنواع احل ّية التي تعيش فيها‪ ،‬كل هذا كان على حساب البيئة‪.‬‬
‫على موقع منظمة يوم األرض الرسمي على ‪[Link]
‫صحة اإلنسان أيضا َ تاثرت بالبيئة ‪ ،‬فقد مت ربط الزئبق بالقصور في النمو وباألعراض العصبية لدى األطفال‬
‫‪/[Link]‬‬
‫‪،‬كما تبني أن الرصاص و غيره من املعادن الثقيلة يسبب الكثير من املشاكل الصحية‪ .‬وميكن أن تسبب املواد‬
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INTERVIEW / FASHION
The Icelandic Unnur Fridriksdottir, founded the company UNNURWEAR, in 2006, making
unnur w w w . u n n u r. c o m
high quality handbags, accessories and clothing for fashion forward women all over the
world.
Unnur has in this short time won innovation awards for her entrepreneur visions and designs.
In summer 2007 Unnur’s handbags were displayed in Iceland’s largest design exhibition to
date, Magma/Kvika, at Kjarvalsstadir Art Museum in Reykjavik.
Unnur’s specialty is using sea-leather in her handbags...yes FISH! The fish being used in
the current collections is farm grown Icelandic Salmon and farm grown African Perch. After
all the name UNNUR means in Icelandic "the waves of the ocean".
In using sea-leather UNNURWEAR is contributing to sustainable fashion, and not endangering
any species. There is nothing fishy about that!
The sea-leather smells like regular leather, and the more it’s worn - the better it looks!
UNNURWEAR is about global consciousness of culture, nature and comfort. After all, we
are just natural.

Tell me something about your life and the What’s unique about your designs? fish skins into usable sea-leather. I contacted
educational background. them right away. Soon after, we prototyped
I won an innovation award from the Iceland
a collection of bags made from sea leather.
I come from a very artistic family. My sister is Design Forum in 2006 based on the overall
Today, I create quality pieces that will be passed
a musician, one of my brothers is an architect design of my bags and how I managed to use
on from mother to daughter. Sea-leather ages
while the other is a philosopher and painter. the fish in such a structured way in luxury
amazingly!
My parents are both very creative, and have products. Sea-leather, particularly stingray
skin, has already been used, but for souvenir I know that hearing the word “sea-leather”
always been extremely supportive to me.
items mostly. No one had ever done a full sounds new – so I want to emphasize that
Since I was very young, I drew clothes, knitted collection based around the incredibly beautiful sea-leather smells like regular leather, just like
and made accessories. sea-leather in luxury good. any other exotic leather; ostrich, crocodile or
I studied natural sciences in College, art history snake.
What materials do you use to design
and fine arts – but only to realize that fashion bags? When and how did you start your
is where I excel. business?
My collections are made from Italian leather
Why did you choose to design and sea-leather. The sea-leather I use is farm One could say I started my business when I was
handbags? grown Atlantic salmon and farm grown African little and people started buying my creations – but
perch, both extraordinarily exotic and incredibly I founded my company UNNURWEAR in 2006.
Handbags have always occupied an important
part of my creations. eye-catching. What was the motivation behind a career
Why sea-leather? in designing?
I can’t imagine our lives without fun and
functional accessories! Can you? In reality, it was the day where I fell upon the For me the motivation is simply the need for
sublime fish skins of the most unlikely colors creating. I never thought of having a designer’s
What else do you design? career – rather to do the things that I love most
that I got the idea. It clicked. It was about 15
I’ve designed women’s wear for as long as I can years ago, I had found a summer job in a fish- and make a living from it.
remember as well as jewelry. At the moment, my factory. I saw the fashion potential right away. Where are your stores located?
collection consists of bracelets, belts, journals
I looked into the feasibility of using the fish The UNNUR brand is sold in small exclusive
and handbags, for both women and men.
as traditional leather and created some boutiques throughout the world as well as in
My custom made clothes and one of a kind prototypes. It’s only a few years later while several online outlets the main one being www.
jewelry are only available upon request, but studying fashion design in Europe that I heard [Link]/onlinestore - where we offer free
can be seen in all our ad campaigns. about an Icelandic tannery transforming the worldwide shipping.
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 When did you introduce yourself in the
Middle-east? April 2010

In the beginning of 2009 UNNURWEAR teamed

up with KHT International, a very versatile and
strong business partner in the Middle-east to
distribute the UNNUR brand. Together we are
just getting started to explore the market.
Do you have any presence in Kuwait?
We are working on establishing our presence
in Kuwait. In the meantime the beautiful people
of Kuwait can easily get our products through
our UNNUR online store.
What are you currently working on?
New and exciting products! We just launched
a beautiful mini clutch, STINA, which many of
our clients use as a cosmetic bag to match
their larger bags, and then we also launched
an incredible tote, KRISTIN, which can be worn
in many different ways.
What is the ultimate goal that you wish
to achieve?
My ultimate and every day goal is to be happy,
stay healthy and to become a better human
being.
How often do you travel?
It really varies. I travel a lot both for inspiration
and work but also a lot to see my family and
friends. I’ve lived in 3 different continents in
the past 10 years, America, Europe and Asia
and travel there often.
What’s your favorite food?
Vegetables and goat cheese followed with
Icelandic candy and ice-cream for dessert!
What’s your favorite color?
I really don’t have one favorite, but I’m often
drawn towards strong bold colors.
My collections often reflect my favorite color of
the moment.
What are your hobbies besides
designing?
I love to go running and I also do a lot of yoga.
I also like to watch movies and read to relax.
But my all time favorite is to catch up with my
friends and loved ones. What kind of music you listen to? Which new markets would you like to
enter into in the near future?
What new experiments would you like to Music is such an endless ocean of inspiration
try with your designing? to me. I listen to anything from Arabic lounge I’d like to continue exploring the markets we
to Lady Gaga. Lately I’ve been listening a lot are currently in further, as well as designing
I’m constantly pushing my boundaries as a
designer. Last year I did a men’s collection to the Australian band “The Cat Empire” and new products for our costumers. If we strive to
and many collaborations in different fields, art, Sergio Mendes featuring the Black Eyed Peas. get better in what we do, new opportunities will
music and of course fashion. I’m obsessed present themselves for UNNUR within fashion,
What’s your zodiac?
with lights of all kinds, and am very interested interior design automatically as well as other
in exploring the design of lights further. My zodiac sign is cancer. creative fields.
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April 2010

INTERVIEW
Before your current position, what were
you doing?
I have been with Hilton Hotels for 35 years. Before
coming to Kuwait in September 2005, I was working
for Hilton Hotel in Brisbane.
35 Years! That's a lot. Why Hilton?
Well, Hilton has always given me what I expected
and I saw no reason to change.
Can you describe Hilton Kuwait and tell
us more about it?
It is a very distinguished project. Hilton Kuwait
offers several different types of rooms to suit all
kinds of customers. We have the standard hotel
rooms, studios which are very popular, we have
chalets, presidential villas and super royal villas.
The resorts spans over an area of approximately
250,000 square meters of land which makes it the
largest in Kuwait. Hilton Kuwait is lucky to have 1.6
km. of exclusive beach front.
That's huge. How is the hotel organised?
We have split the resort into 5 beaches as:
Beach 1 is the Main building, Beach 2,3 & 4 is for
Villas and Chalets, Beach 5 has a huge outdoor
tent for parties.
We have recently renovated and extended the
capacity of the tent and it now accommodates
around 800 guests. The tent is fitted with all
modern facilities and state of the art safety and

Andreas Bossard
security equipment.
Who are your customers and where do
they come from?

"Constant Innovation is the Key" Our visitors are many and varied, whom we might
classify as follows:
Commercial Visitors, here for business, especially in the

I t's always instructive to get to meet influential, dynamic people who are passionate
about what they do and this month presented me with a perfect opportunity.
From a close friend, I came to know about this month's interview guest and when
nearby oil related companies and stay at our hotel.
Local Leisure customers who usually visit on the
weekends and sometimes on weekdays and public
holidays, often occupying our villas and chalets.
he mentioned his passion for work and working style, I immediately seized the
Long-term customers who work in Kuwait and stay
opportunity and asked to interview him. He's a very busy man, so I was fortunate in at our hotel.
that my request was accepted and I got to meet him and talk to him for you. Visitors who come for short meetings in Kuwait
Mr. Andreas Bossard has been the General Manager of the Hilton Kuwait Resorts Meetings and Seminar customers who usually come
to conduct corporate events and stay at the hotel.
since September 2005. Prior to this, he was General Manager of the Hilton Hotel in
Long-term customers? How long do they
Brisbane, Australia, and has been with the Hilton Hotels for almost 35 years.
stay?
He attended Swiss Hotel School at Lucerne (Switzerland) and over the years has We have customers who have been with us since
become fluent in German, English and French. In between the demands of a punishing the opening of the hotel in August, 2002.
work schedule, Mr. Andreas loves to play golf and is passionate about cooking. Why do companies select your hotel for
meetings?
What was most fascinating and the hallmark of an excellent manager was the control We offer a large variety of meeting rooms. Our
of small detail he had at his fingertips. Despite managing such a big resort, he meeting rooms provide a modern environment with
knows everything there is to know about, from the plants, the food, its construction flawless views. Also, we are away from the noise
of the city, making it an unbeatable combination.
and design, you name it, Mr. Andreas knows it.
In addition, we offer a variety of restaurants and
outdoor facilities.
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What is the hardest part about being I then have other meetings scheduled but most of
General Manager? the time I am on the move. I'm ideologically hands-
The hardest part is to constantly innovate, keeping on and go for several inspection rounds to ensure
up to speed with the latest ideas. I believe in change everything is working harmoniously.
and how it will impact on the future of our business. How do you maintain the trees and plants
When I first came, Beach 5 was abandoned, a at the resort?
dumping ground for construction material. I made We take full advantage of our location and have
some changes and installed the tent which is very planted substantial number of trees - in fact - over
popular for male wedding parties. We are just finishing 6,000. Additionally, we have recently expanded
the Beach 1 area and renovating it, but here's still a the green area with the help of our small army of
lot of work to be done. Hilton is a family resort and gardeners who take good care of the plants.
we want to make absolutely sure that it has all the Tell me about your hobbies?
facilities our customers expect and look for. I play golf and love to cook. I work with the chef to
What do you consider is the best room in create new dishes.
the hotel? Do you have a low season?
It's difficult to answer that, but our Super Royal Villas We are lucky that even during summer when other
are unique and very popular. They are designed hotels fall to 20% occupancy, we are running full.
and furnished by Armani Casa and each villa has its Even on holidays we're pretty full.
own private gym and swimming pool. What about the future?
(Wow! Ed) We have currently 5 projects going on, all due for
Could you give us a hint about famous completion this year. The development plans are:
guests who have stayed in the hotel, or 1- Landscaping, 2- Renovation and extension
perhaps regulars that return periodically? of the main lobby area, 3- Conversion of the
I am sorry, it would be quite wrong of me to fail Mezzanine floor to an executive lounge, 4- Ballroom
to protect the privacy of our guests, however, renovation, 5- Coffee Shops renovation
members of prominent Kuwaiti families stay with Goals for the future?
us and many members of the royal family regularly We are the best resort in Kuwait. We want to remain
stay at our hotel. the best, stay ahead of the competition and new
Can you share some of the important developments by constant innovation.
events hosted at your hotel?
We host many important events such as the Mr. Andreas then offered me a tour of the
International Bankers Conference and we are a hotel, which I was happy to accept. He
host to several national days such as:
Irish Ball, Rugby Ball, Caledonian Ball, and Australian
started his electric car and took me over
National Day. each of the five beaches we had talked
Tell me more about your gym and spa? about. I felt really privileged sitting next
Our gym facility has over 1000 members, thus is to such an important person and listened
very important to us. The gym has been recently carefully as he described each part of the
upgraded and we now have available some of the
latest equipment from the United States and now resort. I was amused as he pointed out an
have a separate weight room. Our spa is very area and said "That's our Mini Shuwaikh"
popular; it has also been upgraded and expanded This was the maintenance and storage ares
with new showers and facilities for Aromatherapy with
where damaged furniture and equipment
an Ice Room and Sauna. It's a challenging market,
so we believe in constant review and upgrading. was housed.
How do you manage your day? Mr. Andreas wanted me to see everything.
We have two briefings every morning. I really believe
He showed me Chalets and Presidential
that it's very important that information flows to all
members of the team and it helps in ensuring all Villas also the Super Royal Villas, actually
the teams are prepared for every eventuality. taking me inside one of them to admire
The first briefing is with the three key areas (Human their beautiful design.
Resources, Finance & Operations and Business
As I thanked him, Mr Andreas' parting
Development) The second briefing is with the Sales
team and Department heads. The information is remark was, "if innovation stops, everything
then cascaded to the other team members. stops." I was inclined to agree.
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April 2010

PEOPLE
Kuwait Science Fair
Nourishing Kuwait's future scientists
Excellence in math and science education is directly correlated to the ability of countries to successfully compete and prosper in
the 21st century. The Kuwait Science Fair competition aims to encourage students to take an active interest in math and science
education, and eventually a career in these fields, in addition to motivating students to learn and perform well in such classes.
The Kuwait Science Fair (KSF) is a competition in which students can use their arithmetic and scientific skills to come up with a
project that will not only interest others, but also interest them. To qualify, students must be enrolled in a Kuwaiti high school, and
submit a full KSF application form.
This month Citypages meets with Aseel Al-Turkait (Managing Director) of the Kuwait Science Fair and learnt more about the
background of the Science Fair. Here are the questions that we asked and Aseel answered them for you:
What is the aim or purpose of the teachers and schools. We’ve also had middle by one of the KSF team members. At the end
Kuwait Science Fair? school students wishing to participate; although of the experimental phase, students have to
the competition is reserved for high school defend their projects in front of six expert
ExxonMobil Exploration & Production Kuwait
students, we have started to open it up to 7th judges during a three-day judging period prior
Limited and Kuwait Energy launched the
& 8th graders, provided they understand that to the final ceremony.
Kuwait Science Fair competition back in 2008
they are entering a competition of high school The results are only announced during the
in a shared commitment to generate student
level. awards ceremony. The awards recognize
interest and excitement in science and math
and to inspire Kuwait’s future scientists and Do you see an increase in
top ten projects, winning school, special
innovators because a very small percentage number of participants this year?
recognition projects and winners of each
of students are pursuing science careers. scientific category.
Yes, the number of students has doubled from
Scientists and engineers are vital for our day
last year to this year. We even had students Who can participate in the KSF?
to day activities and we depend in one way or
from last year re-applying this year. We had What is the criteria?
another on them.
150 projects submitted at the start of our To participate, students must be enrolled
When was the KSF organized? second year with over 220 students from 46 in a high school in Kuwait and submit the
different schools. registration application as well as their science
The Kuwait Science Fair was launched in 2008
and is held annually. We are currently preparing fair proposal. We are still contemplating
Can you explain the different
for the launch of the third competition in opening the competition to 7th & 8th graders
phases of the event?
next year.
October 2010.
The competition is divided into two main
phases. In the first phase, the application What motivates students to
Who's idea was it originally to
phase, students that want to participate in participate in the KSF?
organize such an event?
the competition must submit application forms The prizes of course!
The competition was founded by both and their science fair proposal. More than one
ExxonMobil Exploration & Production Kuwait All projects accepted in to the competition will
science fair proposal can be submitted. We’ve
Limited and Kuwait Energy. receive a participation prize and a certificate.
had students submitting up to eight!
This year, the first prize winner received a
How would you rate the After this first phase closes, the Kuwait Science
scholarship in the discipline of the student’s
response of this event? Fair team chooses the ‘Best 100’ project
choice from Gulf University for Science and
Great response! In the first year of the ideas that will compete in the next phase, the
Technology (GUST), in addition to KD750 in
competition, students were more or less experimental phase.
cash, two certificates for participation and
hesitant, however after its first success, we’ve The experimental phase is reserved for the ranking, KD100 in vouchers, the first place
seen a much bigger response from students development of each student or group of trophy, as well as an internship at Schlumberger.
and a lot of encouragement from parents, students’ science project, with the follow up The finalist’s school will receive a computer
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April 2010
into Schlumberger’s Excellence in Educational
Development program (SEED), which aims to
promote the learning of science in educational
institutions across the globe.
The second prize winner was awarded an
internship at Schlumberger and will receive
KD500 in cash, two certificates for participation
and ranking, KD100 in vouchers and the
second place trophy.
The third prize winner received KD350 in cash,
two certificates for participation and ranking,
KD100 in vouchers and the third place trophy.

What is your evaluation

process?
Projects are evaluated in two main phases, the
first being the written process where a student
or group of students must prepare a written
project plan, a notebook, and a science fair
paper in addition to their already submitted
science fair proposal.
All these documents are explained in detail in
the Kuwait Science Fair guidebook. The written
process counts as 55% of the over-all grade.
This assessment is done by the supervising
KSF team member that follows the student or
group throughout the experimental phase.
The second assessment phase is the verbal
presentation where students must defend their
project in front of expert judges. Students are
assessed based on originality, the experimental
process and their analytical thinking.

What support does KSF provide

to the participants?
Participants qualified into the experimental
phase are entitled to KD100 to purchase their
required tools, a supervising teacher from the
KSF team, workshops to help them jumpstart
and finalize their project, and of course, 24
hours hotline via e-mail or phone to answer
their enquiries.

Are schools in Kuwait

supporting KSF? Did you face any
hurdles?
We have received a lot of support from schools,
whether private or public; however, there are
still many that need extra nudge. We only

ASEEL AL-TURKAIT
received entries from students registered in
46 schools. Kuwait has over 150 high schools
throughout the country.
This year, we awarded the ‘best school’ to
the Kuwait English School (KES) because of
"Students can look forward to a bigger and their huge support of the Kuwait Science Fair
greater Kuwait Science Fair next year, with and their students who participate. KES also
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brought in the largest number of participants
more valuable prizes and more competition". in the last two years of the Kuwait Science
Fair.
April 2010

a KSF supervisor who will keep in contact

and check up on the group at least once a
week. We always follow up with students when
we haven’t heard of where they are with the
development of their project and we make What message would you like to
sure that students meet deadlines and have give to students for the next KSF?
the answers to the problems they might be
facing in their experiments. The Kuwait Science Fair is a great opportunity
for you as a student to develop what you deem
Where do you feel the support as a solution to a challenge we face in our
What about parents? Do they was minimal and would like to see everyday lives. It can be as simple as testing
support KSF? more support in the future? different oils with water! You don’t need to have
Yes, they do and all the way. We had situations KSF has had great support since its launch aced your biology or physics classes, but rather
where parents were even more stressed than and the more support we get from companies, want to prove that your can make a difference,
their children during the final evaluations. We educational institutions and volunteers to expand and we all can do that!
thank them all for supporting their children’s our KSF team the better and greater it will be. I
interests. would like to see more local companies supporting
Who supports or sponsors KSF? this competition in the years to come.

For the last two years, the competition has

been under the patronage of His Highness,
Sheikh Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah,
Minister of Oil & Information, and Chairman of
Kuwait Petroleum Corporation. He has been a 2009
tremendous support throughout all our stages
and we thank him dearly for his continuous What are your future plans for
endorsement and encouragement. KSF?
What are the prizes for the The third annual Kuwait Science Fair competition
Our sponsors this year were Kuwait Petroleum winners? How many winners do
Corporation (KPC), Kuwait United Facilities is set to launch on October 10th and we are
you select? working on making it even bigger with great
Management Company (KUFM), Cinescape,
Marina Hotel and our partners Schlumberger Each of “The Best 100” receives a prizes awaiting students and schools.
and Gulf University for Science and Technology participation certificate in addition to KD100 in
vouchers. We also have prizes for the top three What new changes are you
(GUST). planning for the next year's event?
ranking projects which I mentioned earlier. We
We are very proud of our sponsors and also reward the top ten winners, the special The competition process will stay the same;
partners and we thank them for their support recognition prize winners and the scientific however, we are planning on bigger and better
and for making KSF even bigger this year. category winners. challenges and surprises for students!
Who is part of the KSF team?
Our KSF team comprises teachers, science
professionals and volunteers from different
backgrounds.

Is the KSF team approaching

students who are participating? How?
As soon as a project has been accepted to
be part of “The Best 100” it is assigned to

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 April 2010

INSIGHT

A Case of writing madly!

Mariam Sami Al-Murjan

" Good morning," she was already sitting behind my desk, wearing my This morning I am delighted, happy, and
glasses, and taking the role that she probably dreamed of. She's just a joyful. in my lap, there sits the queen
of my heart. A little girl you know I
kid, and I, no doubt, am just a kid too. " I wanna be a compooter!". adore from the depth of my heart. But
that doesn't seem to be enough. So tell
"You've got a great imagination kid, but you can't be a compooter. By the me, spring, what is enough love?
way, it's a compuooter!"
Thank you!
The cute little kid didn't mind that. She insisted that she wanted to Then I waited a little, looked in her round bright brown eyes, and began
become a computer, and she began with the key board. thinking of a response that spring can give me. I asked myself: If spring
The key board is her favorite, it's like it does make her feel comfortable, can talk about love, what can it say?
and confidant because of all the power she can exert to change the Then the responses came to me in the form of a book.
world; at least mine, using only her little thumb. I opened Born For Love, a book about love by Dr. Leo Buscaglia.
" No, kid, this is my article! Don't you mess with my article!" In that book, the spring spoke:
Even though I was loud enough, my face was blank, and didn't convey a "The years have convinced me that there is a streak of madness in even
message beyond my complete indifference. the most sane among us and that if we don't act upon this madness in
the fanciful sense, we will surely go mad, in the classical sense."
I soon joined her in the game of messing up my article altogether. She
sat on my lap, relaxed in my embrace, and watched me playing the game I was amazed by the answer, because it wasn't as direct and clear as I hoped.
I knew not very well. I wrote:" ...So, Spring, are you telling me to be mad?!"
I wrote: I looked at the face of the kid, and she broke into a grin.
A letter to the long waited spring. I grinned too.
Dear spring 2010, I love you! I finally wrote:" There you go, brother, we've become mad too!"
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INTERVIEW / MANAGEMENT

Ken Lodi's Bamboo Principle

Jameel Arif

A fter being planted, timber bamboo

plants are hardly noticeable above the
ground for nearly four years. But once their
The best way to figure this out is to mentor
and coach your employees. You need to
figure out what their values and goals are,
roots are fully formed around the four-year and modify their roles as needed to leverage
mark, they can grow a remarkable 80 feet them. When meeting with employees ask
in just six weeks. open ended questions (not just "yes" and
"no" questions). For example, ask "if you
The key to their amazing growth is their
could spend the majority of your work day
extremely solid foundation. To learn about
doing just one thing, what would it be?"
how emerging companies can create a
solid foundation for their businesses, the Employees too must figure out what they
other day, I interviewed Ken Lodi, creator value and enjoy and make sure their
of The Bamboo Principle. job roles are in line with this. This is the
key to improving employee productivity,
What Ken explained to me is that the
satisfaction and performance. It's called
solid foundation of a company is rooted
"making a vacation out of your vocation."
around its employees. But, importantly,
Ken explained that a company's greatest Both employees and entrepreneurs/
resource is NOT its employees. business owners should develop a fresh
assessment of themselves. What do you/
Rather, the greatest resource is the TALENT they like to do most in their jobs? What
of its employees. makes you/they say "cool?" And, ask
The fact is this - most companies have some yourself, "if money wasn't an issue and you
great employees that are underutilized. could do one thing with your work life, what
Conversely, great entrepreneurs and would it be?"
business owners are able to figure out what Success requires a solid foundation. Six
their employees like to do. Interestingly, minute abs don't work. Nothing is fast
what they like to do is oftentimes what and easy. You need to work hard to build
employees are best at, and what they will a solid foundation from which you can
achieve the best results at. build success. And this foundation is your
Ken equated this to sports. Players on your employees. And making sure you are
team, he explained, don't necessarily have leveraging your employees to their best
to be great at everything. For example, on potential.
a football team, the quarterback doesn't So make sure you quarterback is not
need to be a great punter. And the punter playing defense. Talk to your employees.
doesn't need to be a great quarterback. Find out what they value and enjoy doing.
The problem arises when your quarterback And create a workplace that supports
is spending his days punting. The business their values, leverages their talents, and
owner must figure this out and make the achieves massive and successful growth -
requisite changes. just like the timber bamboo.
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What is the best way to employee talents with jobs and assignments. It
describe you? enables people to match talents with a career
I am an author, speaker , consultant who path.
leverages talent at a variety of organizations
How do you define
through my speeches training programs.
success?
What books have you
authored? Success is the progressive realization of your
I have authored Tapping Potential: Achieving dreams and your “happiness factor” along
What You Want with the Abilities you Already your journey.
Have; Front and Center: Presenting Ideas
How can companies in
Clearly, Concisely and with Confidence; The
Bamboo Principle: The Roots Beneath Kuwait benefit from your
Results. workshops?
What kind of seminars/ Companies in Kuwait can benefit from my
workshops have you training by utilizing a proven process for
conducted? leveraging employee talents to achieve their
I have conducted a variety of workshops on goals.
the topics of Productivity, Sales Training, and
Communication. According to you, what is
Who are your clients? the greatest resource for an
organization?
Our clients include Automotive, Banking and
Entertainment. A company’s greatest resource is not its
In which environment can employees; it is the talents of its employees
the bamboo principle best and their still-untapped-potential.
fit?
How did you come with
The Bamboo Principle is an effective training the concept of bamboo
program at any organization seeking to align
principle?
I discovered the concept of the bamboo
principle after I purchased a bamboo cutting
board. It had the manufacturers tag attached.
It detailed the benefits of bamboo. I researched
bamboo and discovered an accurate metaphor
for what makes bamboo the strongest grass
in the world and companies / high achievers
succeed: strength / versatility / contribution.

What kind of skill sets

are improved with your
seminars?
People in my workshops revisit the fundamentals
of achievement. They are reminded of the
“foundation first” philosophy of skills that
synergize to enable lasting success.
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HEALTH
"Looking At the Sky" the London skyline after just one brief helicopter trip
along the Thames - and did it in only five days. On a
huge curved canvas, almost every major building in the
John MacArthur city was drawn to scale - from the Swiss Re Tower (better
known as the Gherkin) to the high rises of Canary Wharf
- with the number of floors and architectural features all
recaptured in precise detail. The drawing is all the more
miraculous because it is not an exact representation -
there is artistic licence in what he does. Sizes of buildings
change without compromising detail and heights also,
indicating that the skill is not some kind of superlative
mental photography, but creative genius also - as if he
thinks the buildings really ought to be this size and in
this location - not the work of a performing chimp.
Autism is a spectral disorder, meaning that it can
affect people in different degrees. A colleague related
the story to me of a child she was tutoring - perhaps
an undiagnosed autistic. She likened the tutorial to
walking around a building having many doors, all of
which seemed locked. The child was unable to sit still
or concentrate, busying himself instead with tasks and
activities unrelated to the lesson, seemingly in a world
of his own until 'Titanic' was mentioned, and a door into
his mind opened. Not the film, or the disaster, simply the
T he 1988 film 'Rain Man' starring Dustin Hoffman,
both raised the profile of autism and some suggest
gave it rather a bad press. Hoffman's character suffers
I imagine a traffic signal computer controlling a citywide
system of traffic lights. Something goes wrong with the
software and the result is traffic chaos, with paralysis in
ship itself. When asked to draw the ship, he produced a
drawing of startling accuracy, conversing all the time to
himself about the minutiae of the ship, its dimensions,
from Savant syndrome which is a rare, but extraordinary, some areas and motorists taking shortcuts in others.
and crew, length, draught and engine capacities. He had,
condition in which individuals with a serious autistic
In other words, and putting it simply, the brain of an it seemed, a memory like flypaper for anything to do with
disorder have some 'island of genius' that stands in
autistic child is wired up differently. The symptoms are this tiny window of knowledge - a shortcut to clarity.
marked, incongruous contrast to their overall handicap.
most prominent in social interaction and problem solving
Perhaps as many as one in ten autistic people have Here's a little game which might be used by a professional
because they require the highest degree of interaction
such remarkable abilities in varying degrees and one psychologist. It involves arranging for a child whom
with the world around them. Autism sufferers with
in every hundred shows some autistic tendencies. In the we'd like to test to observe a scenario like this. A girl
normal IQ's can have the emotional mentality of a seven
film, Raymond, the autistic inheritor of $3million, has puts her doll into a box. She then leaves the room. Her
year old. Those more mildly affected - after all we are
phenomenal mathematical skill. brother moves the doll to a drawer. The girl returns and
talking about a spectrum of disorders - tend to be over-
wants her doll back. The child under test is asked where
Nobody knows for sure what causes autism, that curious direct, almost rude in conversation, have particular and
they think the girl might look. Typical four-year-olds will
spectrum of conditions where a person seems divorced exclusive interests which they may or may not share with
realise that the girl does not know that the doll has been
from external realities. Many researchers worldwide are others and poor non-verbal communication. Perhaps we
moved, and will expect the girl to look in the box but
looking into this disorder, often with inadequate funding know someone like this - it is by no means uncommon.
an autistic child will suggest looking in the drawer, on
and few breakthrough ideas at this time, but some
Autistic people think and perceive differently - the world the assumption that another person's knowledge, or
common threads are emerging leading to the tentative
around them looks and feels very strange, frighteningly perception will be the same as their own. In other words,
conclusion that autism is a disorder of the cortex, the
different from ours and they appear to have trouble there is no awareness of the other person's point of
folded, outermost part of the brain. Its cause has been
making sense of it. Nursing mothers have recorded that view.
attributed to 'maternal rubella', 'genetics, 'heavy metals'
to their dismay, their infant is apparently not interacting
and 'nutrition', but the truth so far is that results are There are sixty million people worldwide who are
with them and appropriately bonding during the feeding
unclear. Promising research from the USA indicates that affected by autism. The United Nations General Assembly
process, instead is just 'looking at the sky'. Since the
a possible placental abnormality - a 'foetal window'- may unanimously declared 2 April as World Autism Awareness
ability to either block or effectively process sensory
be linked to autism. Day and this year will be its third anniversary, when the
input is impaired, this almost random neural firing
UN reaffirms its commitment to all those with disabilities.
The cortex is the proverbial "grey matter": the part causes stress which often results later on in challenging
– a commitment rooted in its fundamental principle of
of the brain which is largely responsible for higher behaviour, which in turn exerts emotional and social
human rights for all.
brain functions, including sensation, voluntary muscle pressure on those around them.
movement, thought, memory and reasoning. In autistic Since 1994, Kuwait has led the Gulf in diagnosis
While social and communication skills may be
people, it's not so much that these don't work at all;they and treatment of autism and autistic disorders.
compromised by unique wiring in the brain, other
just seem to work differently to everyone else. In many, For information, contact Reach_autism@[Link],
abilities are actually enhanced. For example, people with
it seems that the brain develops too quickly, beginning website:[Link]
autism have often a phenomenal ability to use the visual
at about a year old. By age ten, their brains are of
parts of the right side of the brain to compensate for Address - Mubarak Al-Abdulla Al-Jaber Area, Block 5
normal size, but the routing diagram has gone haywire.
problems with language processing, which means they (next to Mishref Exhibition Halls)
Autistic brains grow too fast at the wrong time, and early
can process detail with almost unbelievable accuracy.
development is consequently disturbed so problems in Reach is also on Facebook - search 'reach autism
London-born artist Stephen Wiltshire drew a 4m long
the cortex compromise language and reasoning abilities. kuwait' from your home page.
panorama in pen, ink and pencil of a 10km stretch of

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Emergency 112
Fire Brigade 100, 105
Traffic Violation Inquiry 198
Consumer Protection Hotline 24820281 / 25720252
Labour Complaints Hotline 24344954 Fax: 24347562
The Scientific Center 1848888

MINISTRIES Jahra................................. 24570583

Mubarak Al-Kabir.............. 25311437
Awaqaf & Islamic Affairs.........22480000
Sabah................................ 24815000
10TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION Commerce & Industry............22480000 Salmiya.............................. 25739011
Communications.....................24819033 Shuaiba............................. 23261927
On 16th April, The Scientific Center will celebrate its 10th Anniversary. Defence.................................. 24848300
All are invited to attend the celebration where variety of programs, Education............................... 24817702 Public Hospitals
folk dances, laser show and much more awaits you. Don't miss the Health.................................... 24877422
amazing firework display. Adan.................................. 23940600
Higher Education...................22401300 Allergy............................... 24849252
Electricity & Water..................25371000 Amiri.................................. 22450005
The Scientific Center Finance.................................. 22480000
Foreign Affairs.......................22425141
Amiri Casulty..................... 22450005
Blood Bank....................... 25336538
Housing.................................. 25301000
The Scientific Center of Kuwait, located in Salmiya, Kuwait, serves Burns Centre..................... 24840300
Information............................22415301
as a center for environmental education of the gulf region. Initiated Cancer Control Centre....... 24849100
by the late Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, KSC spans Justice, Legal & Chest Diseases...24838990/24849400
over 80,000 square meters with the building covering over 18,000 Administrative Affairs.............22480000 Drug Control..................... 24837245
square meters. The center also houses the largest aquarium in the Energy................................... 22415201 Farwaniya....... 24883000/24888000
Middle East, holding over 100 different species of animals. Along with Planning................................. 22425200 Ibn Sina............................. 24840300
the aquarium, it also contains an IMAX theatre, a harbor of historic Social Affairs & Labour..........22480000 Infectious Dieseases......... 24870351
dhows, and a gift shop among other contents. Public Works.................................25385 Islamic Medical Centre...... 24849000
Jahra................................. 24575300
The Scientific Center, as it is locally referred to, is home to one of IMMIGRATION OFFICE Kidney Centre.................... 24840027
the largest aquariums in the Gulf region with the capacity of one of Maternity........................... 24848067
Farwaniya.......................... 24341770
the tanks at 1.5 million liters. It also has coffee shops and a food Military............................ 247299911
Shuwaikh........24839380, 24839607
court along with a walkway that shows the more scenic views of the Mubarak Al-Kabir...........25312700/9
Hawally...........25712537, 25712635
coastline of Kuwait. The center also attracts hundreds of students Opthalmology.................... 24840300
Jahra................................. 24555600
each year on field trips, organized by schools and the Scientific Center. Psychiatric Centre............. 24843900
Ahmadi.............................. 23986761
The aim of the Scientific Center is to spread awareness to the people Quarantine........................ 24873272
of Kuwait and visitors alike about the different ecosystems of the Mubarak Al-Kabeer........... 25415071
Razi................................... 24846000
region as well as the history of the country, while also encouraging MEDICAL SERVICES Sabah...................... 24812000/5000
the preservation of said goals. Sulabikhat Orthopedic...... 24874240
Central………….24722000
The Scientific Center has three main sections; Aquarium, Discovery Transplant Centre............. 24840300
Place and IMAX theater. Ambulance
Central Ambulance Private Hospitals
Tickets can be purchsed on location or online from the websit:https:// . ..................... 23940600/23941455 Ahmadi.............................. 23985174
[Link] Amiri Hospital.................... 22422366 Dar Al-Shifa....................... 22423151
Imax - (Adult) 3 KD, (Child) 2 KD Da'iya................................ 22510854 Hadi................................... 25312555
Fahaheel........................... 23919098 Mowasat............................ 25711533
Discovery Place - (Adult) 2 KD, (Child) 1.5 KD
Farwaniya.......................... 24883000 Rashed.............................. 25624000
Aquarium - (Adult) 3 KD, (Child) 2 KD Farwaniya.......................... 24725149 Salam...................... 25333177/3254

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MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATION Jleeb Al-Shouyoukh........... 24311234 PRIVATE CLINICS Dr. Vincenza A. Tiberia, Ph.D..............
TELEPHONE TEST & COMPLAINTS Keifan................................ 24832839
Andrology, Male Infertility and . ........................................ 99816522
Mina Abdullah................... 24722590 Impotence Specialist Soor Center....................... 22901677
Jabriya (Surra).................. 25310000
Nugra................................ 23261144 Abdullatif A. Al Salim......... 25334438 Dr. Kazen Abal................25711411 /
Jleeb Al Shuyoukh............. 24310000
Omariya............................. 24742160 . ........................................ 25737773
Old Jahra........................... 24770000 Dentists & Oral Surgeons
Qadsiya............................. 22574386 Ahmed Al Balool................ 22622211
New Jahra & Abdaly.......... 24570000 FOREIGN EMBASSIES IN KUWAIT
Qurain............................... 25423772 Badri K. Al Rayes.............. 25742557
Hawally.............................. 22610000
Rabiah............................... 24742160 Duha Al Shaqan................ 22644614
Ras Al-Salmiya.................. 25710000 AFGHANISTAN.............................. 25329461
Rawda............................... 22560058 Ebraheem Behbehani....... 25730000
Al-Riqa............................... 23940000 ALGERIA....................................... 25323014
Riqqa................................. 23941958 Farida Al Herz................... 22573883
Salmiya.............................. 25610000 ARGENTINA...............................25323014/5
Rumaithiya........................ 25624123 Maria Blanaru................... 25730000
Shuwaikh........................... 24810000 Najat Essa-Bahman.......... 22624595 AUSTRIA....................................... 22552532
Sabah Al-Salem................. 25517229
Sabah Al-Salem (Messila).25510000 Najeeb Kassim.................. 25739277 BAHRAIN...................................... 25318530
Sabahiya (Kuwait City)...... 22427157
Sulaibiya............................ 24670000 Salwa A. Abdulsalam......... 25730000 BANGLADESH...........................25316042/3
Salmi................................. 24576576 Kuwait Medical Center..25759044 / 5
Sulibikhat.......................... 24870000 BELGIUM...................................... 25722014
Salmiya.............................. 25726950
South Sabahiya................. 23610000 Endrocrinologists BHUTAN....................................... 25331506
Salwa................................. 25626950
Fintas................................ 23900000 Latifa Al Dowaisan............. 25728004 BOSNIA & HERCEG....................... 25392107
Shamiya............................ 24845953
Zoor.................................. 23950000 Kamal Abdulaziz Al Shome.25329924 BRAZIL......................................... 25328610
Sharq................................ 22442566
Ahmadi.............................. 23980000 BULGARIA.................................25314458/9
Sulaibia Ind. Area.............. 23261789 Ear, Nose & Throat Surgeons
Ardiya................................ 24880000 Hossan Eldin Abdulfattah.. 25745056 CANADA....................................... 22563025
Shuwaikh........ 24813726/24844842
Fahaheel........................... 23910000 Abdulmohsen Mousa Jafar.25655535 CHINA........................................... 25333340
Sulaibekhat....................... 24876555
Farwaniya.......................... 24710000 CYPRUS........................................ 22433075
Sulaibiya............................ 24670672 Dermatologists & Venereologists
Kuwait City......................... 22400000 Fahad I. Al Othman........... 22665166 CZECH REPUBLIC......................... 22529018
Sulabia Ind. Area............... 24672728
Mishref.............................. 25380000 Taibah M. Almonayes........ 25737477 DENMARK.................................... 25341005
Surra................................. 25312220
Mangaf.............................. 23710000 Dr. Mohamed Bo Hamra... 22665166 EGYPT.......................................22519955/6
Tayma'a............................. 24571700
Nuzha................................ 22510000 ERITREA....................................... 55317426
Wafra................................. 23810421
Umm Al-Haiman & Wafra... 23280000 Gastroenterologists ETHIOPIA..................................... 25330128
Waha................................. 24557902
Shuaiba............................. 23260000 Mohamed A. Al Shimali.............25322030 / FINLAND...................................25312890/1
Zour.................................. 23950160 FRANCE.....................................22571061/2
22639955
POLICE STATIONS GERMANY..................................... 22520832
CAR RENTAL Eurologists
Abu Halifa.......................... 23717656 GREECE........................................ 24817102
Ahmadi.............................. 23980304 Europcar........................... 24842988 Fawzi Taher Abul............... 25650064
HUNGARY..................................25323901/2
Ardiya................................ 24881273 Al-Mulla............................. 22421660 Ali Yousef Mehdi................ 25333501 INDIA............................................ 22530600
Bayan................................ 25387762 Avis................................... 22465282 INDONESIA................................... 24839953
General Practitioner
Dahar................................ 23830500 Budget.............................. 24810844 IRAN............................................. 22560694
Dina Al Rifai.. 25333501 / 25333502
Dahiya............................... 22560855 Al-Sayer............................. 22441425 ITALY............................................ 24817400
Dasma............................... 22531917 Rent a Honda.................... 24838470 Obstetricians & Gynecologists
JAPAN........................................... 25312870
Fahaheel........................... 23912959 Hertz................................. 24319326 Samira Al Awadi................ 25738055
Faiha................................. 22552693 JORDAN........................................ 25312293
Sanbouk............................ 22446297 Ma'asouma Maksheed...... 25731275
Farwaniya.......................... 24711977 KOREA (SOUTH).......................... 25339601
Autoleas............................ 24846999 Mohamed Gamal............... 25349077
Fersous............................. 24890583 Mai Al Snan....................... 25321171 LEBANON..................................22562103/4
United Hospitality
Fintas................................ 23904388 LIBYA........................................... 22575183
for Limousine.................... 22407777 Psychological and Sociological
Hawally.............................. 22641116 MALAYSIA..................................... 25342091
National............................. 24343139 Services
Jabriya............................... 25315855 MAURITANIA................................. 25312943
Jahra Ind. Area.24575565/24587392 International Car Rental Co. .22453827 Fahad Mubarak &
MOROCCO.................................... 25312980
Jahra North....................... 24552295 Al-Zamel Auto Est. ........... 24832626 Nisirine Aboul-Hosn................. 25659800 NETHERLANDS.........................25312650/2

Capital : Kuwait City Time : GMT +3

Emir : HH Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Electricity : 240 Volts at 50 Hertz; single phase
Crown Prince : HH Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Geographic coordinates : 29o22' 11"North, 47o58'42" East
Independence : June 1961 Kuwait Islands : Failaka, Bobyan, Meskan, Garoh, Om
National Day : 25 & 26 February Almaradem, Om Alnamel, Kubar, Warba
38 Area : 17,818 sq km (6880 sq miles) Land boundaries : Iraq 240 km, Saudia Arabia 222 km,
Populations : 3,328.136 million Coastline: 499 km
Governorates : (Al Ahmadi, Al Farwaniyah, Al Asimah, Al Jahra, Natural resources : Petroleum, fish and natural gas
Hawalli, Mubarak Al-Kabeer
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NIGERIA....................................... 25320794 Al-Shameia Public.................... 24818343 Thai Pizza Express.......................... 22560273

NIGER........................................... 25652943 Al-Sabaheia Public................... 23619658 Spago........................................ 1808060
OMAN........................................22561956/7 Hawally Public.......................... 22644738 Tosca......................................... 1824060
PAKISTAN................................25327649/51 Kaifan Public............................ 24815724
PHILIPPINES................................ 25325167 Kheitan Public.......................... 24712691 Sea Food
Tel: 22256222
POLAND.........................................25311571/2/8 Al-Babtain Central Library....... 22474010 Al Boom................................... 25673000
Thai Chi................................. 22253120.1
QATAR.......................................... 22523107 Al-Marsa.................................. 22510999
MUSEUMS
ROMANIA..................................... 24845079 Pizza Danah...................................... 25756284
RUSSIA......................................... 22560427 Bait Al-Bader Est..................... 22429158 Peppe's Pizza.......................... 25744442 Totally Fish............................... 22244960
SAUDI ARABIA.............................. 22550021 Kuwait House Museum............ 24846336 Pizza Express.......................... 23719866
International
SENEGAL...................................... 22573477 Kuwait National Museum......... 22451195 Pizza Inn.................................. 24924400
Al Bustan................................. 25673000
SOMALIA...................................... 25394795 Mohd Al-Shaybani Museum..... 25320901 Prego....................................... 25737500
SOUTH AFRICA............................. 25617988 Astra Lounge........................... 22629779
Tareq Rajab Museum............... 25339063 Sbarro's................................... 25743180
SPAIN........................................... 22550021 Avenue Restaurant.................... 1844444
Educational Science Museum .22421268 The Pizza Company................... 1800400
SRI LANKA................................... 25339140 Bays......................................... 24610033
Dar Al Athar Al Islamiyah......... 22400992 Villa Pizza................................ 25715452
SWEDEN....................................... 25321485 Beit 7....................................... 22450724
KOC Display Centre.................. 23982393
SWITZERLAND............................25340172/4/5 Bredz....................................... 22407707
Popular Traditional Museum.... 22429158
SYRIA.......................................... 25396560/59
Bayt Al-Qurain......................... 25430343
Greek Fresh....................................... 25625838
THAILAND.................................... 25317530 Zorba's Greek Taverna............ 25715124 Jeans Grill................................. 22409846
TUNISIA........................................ 22542144 THEATERS La Marina................................. 22426672
TURKEY........................................ 22531785 Mexican
Abdulaziz Hussein Lamarine.................................. 22426672
UAE.............................................. 22528544 Burrito..................................... 22552233
Cultural Center...................... 1804500 Lebresserie.............................. 22455550
UK.............................................22403335/6 Castello...................................... 1806666
Al Dasma Theater.................... 22521059 Ola's Restaurant........................ 1830083
USA...........................................25395307/8 Chi-Chi's................................... 25625811
VENEZUELA..............................25324367/9 Al-Shameia Theater................. 24845737 Richoux.................................... 22244815
Al-Tahreer Theater.................. 24813376 Spanish Ritz........................................... 25755668
YUGOSLAVIA................................. 25327548
ZIMBABWE................................... 25621517 Kuwait Public Theater.............. 24816222 Viva Espanole.......................... 25755668 Sea Shell.................................... 1844444
Kuwait Elizabethans................. 25631725 Indian Square..................................... 22437680
LIBRARIES Kuwait Players......................... 25625316 Teatro..................... 23725500 Ext. 7309
Asha's.....................................2244502/3
Kuwait National Public Library.22415181 The Little Theater.................... 32952680 The Jungle................................ 25750647
Caesar's................................... 22411711
Kuwait University Library......... 24816497 Sha'ab Theater........................ 25613777
Document Center..................... 25320900
Dawat....................................... 22411685 American
Sha'ab Leisure Park..................... Ext.228 Mughal Mahal.......................22425131/2
British Council.......................... 22515512 Kuwait Theater........................ 25720983
Library Gulf University............. 22645806 Rangoli..................................... 25673000 360O Mall
Taal.......................................22253142/3 Level 3
Al-Ahmadi Public...................... 23987086 DINING Tel: 25309903
Al Dae'ah Public....................... 22515686 Winner's................................... 25739954
Japanese
Dahiyat Abdulla Al-Salem Public Bonsai Japanese Restaurant.225109999 Applebee's............................... 22407536
Italian
................................................ 22548878 Edo.......................................... 22659590 Buffalo's Cafe.......................... 25728989
Biella........................................ 22244662
Al-Dasma Public (Woman)....... 22530842 Kamikaze................................... 1824060 Burger Boutique...................... 22997775
Ciro's Pomodoro...................... 22424004
Al-Faiha'a Public...................... 22540898 Kei J.W. Marriott..................... 22422650 Chili's....................................... 22452200
Al-Farwaniya Public.................. 24720570 Kei Marina Cresent................. 22244630 Johnny Carino's........................ 22663050 Fuddruckers............................ 22407103
Fahaheel Public....................... 23913810 Maki......................................... 25733561 La Pizza................................... 22426639 Hard Rock Cafe.....................25710004/5
Al-Khaldia Public...................... 24813331 Sakura..................................... 25744447 Loranzo................................... 22400747 Johnny Rockets........................ 25754040
Al-Qadseia Public..................... 22515298 Sushi Club................................ 25712144 Nino......................................... 22541900 Ruby Tuesday........................... 24444454
Rumaitheia Public.................... 25610399 Wasabi..................................... 22494000 Piano Piano............................. 22533993 Subway.................................... 25748974

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TGI Friday's.............................. 22544300 Jamaica Blue.........25747656, 22412114 Safir Al Bastaki Suites Hotel.... 22555081 KOREA (SOUTH)................................ +82
The Burger Hub....................... 22464818 Lazord..................................... 22420837 Safir Heritage Village................. 1881118 LEBANON........................................ +961
Lina's Cafe............................... 22244966 Safir International Hotel Kuwait.22530000 LIBYA ..............................................+210
Steak House Sheraton Hotel.......................... 1835555 MALAYSIA . ........................................ +60
Milano Plazz............................ 25727172
Cascade..................................... 1831831 Swiss Inn Plaza Hotel Kuwait... 22436686 MAURITANIA . ..................................+222
Numi Rea House...................... 25725870
Le Entrecote............................ 25729600 The Palms Hotel & Spa.............. 1824060 MOROCCO....................................... +212
Shay W Nanaa.......................... 22452055 NETHERLANDS ................................. +31
Ponderosa............................... 23983113
Terrace Grill............................. 22455550
Song Bird Cafe......... 23725500 Ext.7314 Suites NIGERIA........................................... +234
Starbucks Coffee...................... 22409755 Carlton Tower........................... 22452740 NIGER .............................................+227
The Gaucho Grill...................... 25667370
Tea Lounge.............................. 24610033 Kuwait Continental................... 22527300 OMAN.............................................. +968
Arabian The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf.... 25714174 Refad Palace Suite Hotel......... 23908630 PAKISTAN.......................................... +92
Al-Bustan................................. 25652589 Ritz Salmiya Boutique.............. 25711001 PHILIPPINES . ................................... +63
Zahra Cafe............................... 25717064 POLAND . .......................................... +48
Al-Safadi.................................. 25753555 Second Home.......................... 22532100
Arabic Cafés QATAR . ...........................................+974
Al-Saraya Palace...................... 25711101 Hotel Apartments ROMANIA.......................................... +40
Balbak Cafe & Restaurant........ 25750588
Awtar........................................ 22244815 Farah Motel............................. 22442104 RUSSIA . .............................................. +7
Classical Cafe & Restaurant..... 25740055
Berdawni Palace...................... 25661117 Hala Motel................................ 22560927 SAUDI ARABIA................................. +966
Latino Cafe............................... 25652770
Burj Al-Hamam........................ 22550965 Mirage Hotel Apartment.......... 25750001 SENEGAL ........................................+221
Port Cafe.................................. 22456651
Classical Cafe & Restaurant..... 25740077 Motel Maha House................... 22523211 SOMALIA......................................... +252
Puerto Banus.......................... 22456650 SOUTH AFRICA . ................................ +27
Fircej Suweileh......................... 25755991 Royal Residence....................... 25710057
Veranda Cafe & Restaurant..... 25727120 SPAIN . .............................................. +34
Kababji.................................... 22550964 Sadari House........................... 22443136
SRI LANKA ........................................ +94
Masi Al Ghanim........................ 22460456 Lodging
International Dialing Codes SWEDEN . .......................................... +46
Palm Palace............................. 25715283 SWITZERLAND . ................................. +41
Tel: 22256222 AFGHANISTAN ................................... +93
Ruby Tuesday........................... 23734440 ALGERIA.......................................... +213 SYRIA ..............................................+963
Sarai.....................................22253180/1 [Link] ARGENTINA . ..................................... +54 THAILAND ......................................... +66
Veranda Cafe & Restaurant..... 25727120 AUSTRIA . .......................................... +43 TUNISIA........................................... +216
Costa Del Sol Hotel.................... 1830083 BAHRAIN . .......................................+973 TURKEY............................................. +90
Villa Fayrouz............................ 22652030
Courtyard by Marriott Hotel.... 22997000 BANGLADESH ................................. +880 UAE . ...............................................+971
Yaldez Palace........................... 22455212 UK . ................................................... +44
Crowne Plaza........................... 24742000 BELGIUM . ......................................... +32
Zaatar W Zeit........................... 22244944 USA ..................................................... +1
Four Points Sheraton Kuwait... 22242205 BHUTAN ..........................................+975
VENEZUELA ...................................... +58
French Hilton Kuwait Resort................ 22256222 BOSNIA & HERCEG .........................+387
BRAZIL.............................................. +55 YUGOSLAVIA.................................... +381
Dalloyau Paris.......................... 25712541 Holiday Inn Down Town.............. 1841000 ZIMBABWE...................................... +263
Holiday Inn Salmiya.................... 1847777 BULGARIA .......................................+359
Le Notre..................................... 1805050
Paul.......................................... 22244588 Imperial Hotel.......................... 22528766
CANADA .............................................. +1
CHINA ............................................... +93 HOME DELIVERY
PQ (Le Pain Quotidien)........... 25633684 J.W. Marriott Hotel Kuwait City.. 22455550
CYPRUS . .........................................+357 Burger King 1844466
Kempinski Julai's Hotel & Resort.1844444 CZECH REPUBLIC............................ +420
Cafés Kuwait Palace Hotel................. 22571030 Domino's Pizza 1800800
DENMARK ......................................... +45
Astra Lounge........................... 22629779 Le Meridian Kuwait Hotel......... 22510999 EGYPT . ............................................. +20 Hardee's 1888333
Cafe Blance.............................. 22244644 Le Meridien Tower Kuwait.......... 1831831 ERITREA . .......................................... +29
Cafe Rio................................... 25732226 Movenpick Hotel Kuwait........... 24610033 ETHIOPIA ........................................+251 KFC 1888666
Cafe Supreme.......................... 25758858 FINLAND .........................................+358
Kabab-ji 1861616
Casper & Gambini's...............22430054/6 FRANCE............................................. +33
Chateau Cafe............................ 22426802
GERMANY........................................... +49 Little Caesar's Pizza 1888855
Tel: 22253100 GREECE.............................................. +30
Chocolate Bar.......................... 22244880 [Link]
HUNGARY . ........................................ +36 Pizza Hut 1815050
Columbus Cafe......................... 25720186 New Park Hotel........................ 25634760 INDIA................................................. +91 Shrimpy's 1802662
Costa Coffee............................. 25728199 Oassis Hotel............................. 22465489 INDONESIA ....................................... +62
Danish Cafe................................ 1805544 Radisson Blu Hotel.................. 25673000 IRAN ................................................. +98 Chicken Tikka 1822833
Ramada Kuwait Hotel................ 1821111 ITALY ................................................. +39
Diva's Restaurant & Cafe......25723083/4 Turkish Grill 25654402
Ritz Sharq Boutique................. 22499911 JAPAN . .............................................. +81
Hangout Lounge...................... 25755588 JORDAN........................................... +962 Zaatar W Zeit 1800333
Safir Airport Hotel................... 24722670

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INSIGHT

The “Green Effect” in our lives

Rupali Behl Bhagat

T he world has so many colors to offer, however my

favorite color is the color of earth. Hey what are you
thinking, I’m talking about the color green, popularly
of we know that different varieties of materials ranging
from paper, furniture and thousand more items of our
daily use are invented from the woods. Without these
“Only when the last tree has died
and the last river been poisoned
known as the color of envy. Let me share with you a little things it is hard to even imagine a living. Well that’s the and the last fish been caught will
anecdote from my childhood. One day my mom asked green knowledge I got from my family but the serious
me, do you know what’s the color of earth? Without even question here is, are we passing the same knowledge
we realize we cannot eat money.”
scrapping my little head answered its green. The reason to the generation next. I am skeptical as even I have no Cree Indian Proverb
of my answer was simple; I have grown up with trees and more plants in my luxurious apartment and I no more last tree is being cut? Now only one thought comes to
plants all around me. The color I actually grew up with tell kids in my family to water the plants and now if my mind that instead of changing the world, instead of
is undoubtedly green in dominance. As a toddler I spent they never love and like green, its not they but we are changing everyone let’s just begin by bringing a change
my time lying on the green grass, looking at the trees to be blame. I must agree that I am so busy imparting in ourselves. This sounds easy; I can surely take my
and flowers around. I am thankful to my dad who always them the knowledge of how to use internet, video games responsibility. I am going to take a pledge now that on
uses to tell me that how essential trees are. He never etc. that I forget to tell them the importance of being my birthday I am going to plant a tree. I heard someone
appreciated when we siblings use to get some flowers green. Now, when they don’t even have the knowledge saying if you start a work believe it’s half done.
for him, as he said the flowers look good on the plants of the plants, the trees, the flowers, the water and other
not in our hands, they are not accessories with which we natural resources, how can we expect them to talk Recently, I received an invitation to attend a grand
should decorate our home. It was just like a custom to about saving the trees, or debating over global warming function marking the 40th anniversary of earth day on
water plants in our home garden every alternative day. issues? Aren’t we becoming too demanding here? April 22 in 2010. I was glad that at least in one form
My dad made me learned that when a plant smiles and or other we are doing something. It will surely help in
creating awareness to some extent, and even if events
when it cries. I still believe that the nature has their own Instead of changing everything like this helps in influencing mind of an individual,
language which is understood by few. I have seen the
plants, the trees smiling at me when I use to water them
and everyone on this earth, let’s believe me the job is well done. Without the participation
in scorching heat. I have seen them rejoicing when I use think of changing ourselves. of masses nothing big can be achieved. All result well
to clean their leaves. Otherwise, if we talk practically all when we have maximum participation. I hear people say
and spread that it’s too late too save the earth at this
I am sure that every one of us has pass school, read crossroads but the truth is, there is still a future to look
the geography and economics of the world. So, we at and many more generations to come.
all understand the simple law, that the resources are
scarce and the means are limited. Now, let me ask Often I have seen my friends; my colleagues holding
everyone including myself, Are we going to use any of discussion over topics like global warming, rising
that knowledge or we are going to leave nothing for the temperature, frequent quakes, Tsunami and so on but
generation next. They have the right to cherish the same my concern has always remained how I can contribute
things in life as we did and are still doing. Are we really as an individual. We can just commence by following
going to wait till the last drop of water finishes or the little steps like planting trees, keeping the environment
clean, using paper bags, and creating awareness with
the aid of media. Isn’t there so much to do? These minor
beginnings could actually mark the beginning of a whole
new world; it could be the onset of a new revolution.
I think the main concern is that we always criticize the
world, the mankind, the humanity but we never realize
that we are also the part of the same mankind. If,
everyone takes their responsibility the world will be a
new world to live in. We will thus not only survive but will
live. Let’s pledge today that we will support our earth,
like we support everything we love. We will do at least
something which will make our earth the most beautiful
and live able planet. Shall I take the privilege in asking
you, are you going green this 2010?
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INTERVIEW

The Scientific Center Jameel Arif

Mijbil Sulaiman Almutawa is the Chairman & Managing Director of The Scientific Center, Kuwait. Originally
appointed as Project Manager, he has gone through all the phases of its development right from the beginning.
A great leader and decision maker, he takes a genuine interest in the people who work with him and takes
pride in operating and maintaining a great scientific attraction for citizens, residents and visitors to Kuwait.
CityPages was privileged to have the opportunity to meet him at his office and learn more about the Scientific
Center in an exclusive interview …

What was the idea behind the So the bar was set even higher, with the next needs, so we have to ensure we provide
Scientific Center? target set to achieve 700,000 visitors. We attractions that will engage their interest now
Conceived in 1992 by the late Amir of Kuwait, developed an aggressive marketing plan and will encourage them to come back again
H.H. Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, which resulted in around 730,000 visitors for and again.
the idea was to create a scientific center for the year 2009... and so the success continues. Can you tell us about the Annual
families, with no particular details, so that the In total, during the 10 years that we’ve been Membership?
people of Kuwait can increase their knowledge open, we have already welcomed almost 5.5 It is an amazing membership with a number of
in an interesting way. I was delighted to be million visitors and, of course, we look forward benefits. We are currently reviewing it to make
appointed as the Project Manager for this to welcoming many more in the coming years. sure it is reasonably priced, and that it offers
initiative by KFAS (Kuwait Foundation for the How unique is the Scientific Center? great value for money. The membership allows
Advancement of Sciences). We were the first scientific center in the Middle- unlimited visits to the Center, including entry to
East and are still unique in the sense that we The Aquarium and The Discovery Place and,
Tell us more about the early
development stages? in addition, to 2 or 3 IMAX films per year. As
It took us time to research and to gather all the an added bonus, the package also entitles
information we needed to develop a plan for members to discounts on food and other
the Center. Careful selection of the consultants services at the Center.
and designers was undertaken from mid 1994 Who are your guests and visitors?
until 1995 and, once they had been engaged, The Scientific Center is a place all Kuwaitis and
serious construction started. The Center was resident expatriates like to visit. In addition, we
ultimately handed over towards the end of attract a lot of visitors who travel to Kuwait to
1999 so, effectively, it was a gift to the people of visit their families or friends, and who make it a
Kuwait in celebration of the new millennium. host three different attractions (Aquarium, point to visit the Center while they’re here.
Discovery and IMAX) in just one building.
The Scientific Center, Kuwait was officially Most guests that visit the Amiri Diwan, the Crown
What challenges do you face? Prince and the Prime Minister are treated to a
opened on 17th April 2000, which means that
Our greatest challenge is to maintain peoples’ visit to The Scientific Center. In addition, all the
it celebrates its milestone 10th Anniversary on
interest. Kuwait’s population is small and Heads of State and Prime Ministers who come
17th April this year.
tourism is minimal. The Scientific Center has to to Kuwait have visited us - usually accompanied
How many visitors did you receive in continue to be a great attraction for everyone, by a number of journalists!
the first year? so we regularly change our programs and
Therefore it is a great responsibility and
Our initial target was to receive around constantly introduce new ideas to maintain the
obligation on us to keep the building looking
400,000 visitors per year, but within the first interest. We regularly have new workshops and
at its best - fresh and clean all the time. We
year we surpassed this target with a total of exhibits. We are now focussing on attracting
actually spend a lot of money to ensure the
432,632 visitors. We then raised the target repeat visitors and, to do so, we have to find
building is maintained in perfect condition.
to achieve half a million visitors in a year, and new attractions. After all, someone who visited
once again the visitors came to the Center in the Center ten years ago is now ten years older I saw a lot of students at the Center
numbers which exceeded our expectations. and has different interests and educational when I arrived. What are they here for?

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MUSIC. It will be an exhibition of all the science

related to music so, for many people, it will be
very interesting and very educational.
We will continue to search for new and interesting
exhibitions that we can bring to Kuwait, and will
be visiting the ECSITE (European Network of
Science Center and Museums ) in Europe and
the ASTC (Association of Science-Technology
Centers) in the US to see and evaluate new We recently held a competition to name the
exhibits. We are members in both organizations penguins which attracted around 1,300
and accredited by them. We are also a member participants with over 8,000 names suggested.
It is not unusual for us to host between 1000 of Giant Screen Cinema Association. A committee of 5 judges have now completed
and 1500 students per day from both private short-listing the names, and the selected
I came here to see the Penguins last
and government schools. Our team enjoys names will be announced during our 10th
summer. Can you tell us more about them?
giving them useful information to make their Anniversary celebration on 16th April.
We believe that people are always eager for new
trips interesting and meaningful. On an annual things and, since we are a member of EAZA What new attractions do you have in
basis, representatives from the Ministry of (European Association of Zoos and Aquaria) IMAX?
Education meet with us to plan and schedule we made a request to them for the penguins. On 24th June we will be launching the movie
all the school visits across the academic year. After fulfilling all their strict requirements, we ‘ARABIA 3D’ in which I have been personally
We are proud to say that the Scientific Center welcomed the penguins to our Center last July. involved for the past 3 years. I am one of
is an integral part of the infrastructure within Indeed, they were such a big attraction that fifteen members from different countries on
the educational pyramid of Kuwait, and such the advisory panel. We have been reviewing
responsibility demands great planning and different aspects of the movie, including
preparation. picture, locations, and script. It’s a wonderful
Can you tell us about the exhibits? movie revealing a unique culture, a history
We started working on a new strategy last full of adventure, an environment of extreme
October to keep changing the exhibits every six challenges, a people of strong faith, and
months. We introduced the concept of travelling a chance to bridge cultures and reduce
exhibitions, and we are currently hosting a flight misunderstanding between peoples. I am sure
exhibition from Sweden, which has proved to this will be a hit in Kuwait. The movie will be
be very popular. We have another interesting we had around 91,000 visitors during the first exclusively shown at the Scientific Center.
exhibition on display soon, which will be arriving month they were here, which was the highest What message would you like to
in Kuwait from the Chicago Field Museum. The attendance for any month since the Center convey to young people?
Dinosaur called T-Rex (Tyrannosaurus Rex, opened. I believe it is a great opportunity for My message to the youth is to read, because
which means tyrant lizard king) will soon be in everyone to see the penguins, and I am sure reading is very important. It is the first order
residence in Salmiya. Discovered by a scientist there are millions of people who have never revealed in the Holy Quran. Unfortunately,
in North-West America, this T-Rex exhibit has seen penguins in reality. Until their arrival, the many young people today do not read. I love
already been on display in a number of cities Shark had been the star of the Aquarium, but my computer and use it frequently, but that
across the United States and will open in Kuwait now I believe the penguins have relegated the does not stop me from reading!
on 2nd May at the Scientific Center. shark to a supporting feature!
Finally, can you tell us about your
For later in the year, starting 14 November, we We have 8 African penguins (4 males and 10th Anniversary celebrations?
have plans to host a very unique exhibition on 4 females). There are around 24 different Yes, the celebration is on 16 April. Everyone
species of penguins and, although our general is invited! It will be lots of fun for everyone,
perception is that all penguins live on ice, in fact and especially for families and children. We
it is only one of the species that live on the ice. will have special band performances and a
All penguins live in the southern hemisphere. laser show. The whole building will be lit, and
We feed them with local sardines. We tried to the celebration will conclude with an amazing
give them the local Maide (mullets) but they firework display.
did not like it. They also like cuttlefish. They eat
2 to 3 times a day, and each penguin consumes
around 1 to 2 kilos of fish every day.
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Psychology Clinic
Bibi Sabahat Shah is a psychologist practicing
in Kuwait. Her area of speciality is child and

Your Questions Answered

adolescent psychology. She earned her
Masters in Counseling Psychology and then
her Ph.D in Child/Adolescent Psychology from
the City University of New York.

Dr. Bibi Sabahat Shah

Q: I am a 20-year-old college student and I have Answer: Firstly, your husband doesn't cause you conversation that solves problems instead of one
bad sleep and study habits. My main problem is to eat. You cause yourself to eat because you in which you inflict pain on each other. Sometimes
procrastination- I put things off and have trouble have yet to find an alternative to do in a moment doing all this is very difficult and seeking the help
keeping up with classes. I also sleep only 2 hours of emotional pain. What your husband is doing is of a marriage counselor may be a good idea.
a night. I have trouble staying asleep and getting causing you the emotional pain which causes you Q. I am very concerned about my daughter. She
into a good sleep routine. Am I just lazy or is this to react and eat. is only 6 years old and has a weight problem. I
a disorder? Secondly, you also have to figure out what am worried about her health and the problems
Answer: Sleeping two hours a night can certainly feelings you're trying to ignore by eating rather she faces at school. Her doctor is also worried
wreak havoc on your day and keep you from than deal with directly. But let me assure you, and wants me to help her lose weight. I am
performing at your best. There may be many reasons food doesn't make any problems go away. trying to help her but when I am not around or
why you are not sleeping well. It’s important to first You have an argument with your husband and while I am at work, she sneaks and eats food
consult your physician to check out various physical it upsets you; perhaps it makes you angry or that she is not supposed to eat. She also doesn’t
issues, such as too much caffeine or refined sugar, frustrated or fearful of what might happen get the exercise she needs. How can I help her
difficulty breathing or something biochemical. All of to your marriage in the future. Food is always understand that I am only trying to help her? She
these can make it hard to sleep and cause insomnia. going to be there to comfort you, probably very has been called "fat" at school and this hurts her
If once you go to sleep, you sleep well, the problem nearby. Unfortunately, the core problem and feelings.
may be getting to bed. A good nighttime sleep resulting feelings remain unaddressed. You then
routine can help. Try to begin your routine half an Answer: There is only one way to make a six
compound the difficulty by eating; you wind up
hour before your bedtime every night. Think of your feeling worse about yourself, which then puts year old--or a 60 year old--understand you are
routine as the way for you to unwind and get your you at a disadvantage in the relationship by trying to help. By actively helping. There is no
body into sleep mode. You can start dimming lights, influencing your own state of mind. need to explain that you're trying to help, just
turn down or turn off TV, drink milk or have a light be helpful without announcing it. No speeches.
Some short-term suggestions. Make a list of
snack, read in bed, etc. No forbidding of food. What your daughter
other things in your life you can do besides
needs most is exercise, not just to burn off
It does not sound like you're lazy. You might be eating that make you feel good, and put whatever
calories but to safeguard her health and prevent
anxious, depressed or thinking obsessively. You equipment is required in a very handy place so
might have a problem with procrastination or with you can resort to a better source of comfort in a diabetes. Every day, take your daughter out for
relating to the structure or authority of school. moment of crisis. Maybe it's going out for a half- a 45-minute walk or active play. Teach her how
Or you may just need better self-direction, time- hour walk. Or working out in your room with the to jump rope. Play hide and seek. Allow her to
management or study skills. I would recommend door closed. Putting on some music you like, or experience the pleasure of movement and do
talking to a counselor at your university and taking calling a friend. Writing your feelings in a journal it so regularly it becomes a habit she can't live
the first step towards a better self-direction. They can also be immensely helpful and insightful. without. Make this a special time to spend with
can help you set up a study schedule and help you These are things that truly nourish you. They your daughter, so she looks forward to exercising
with time management. Remember that all of these also help clarify the mind. with the added incentive of having time with you.
steps are for your self-improvement and while they For the long term, you have to learn how, and Exercise combats the inertia that is driving your
may seem difficult at first- the end result is going to probably when, to talk to your husband about daughter to eat and is in danger of compromising
be a happier and healthier you- both physically and anything. If you don't like the way he talks to you, her physical health. It's also affecting her social
psychologically. you must tell him. Do it kindly; tell him that when life, which will only make everything worse. Keep
Q: I am a mother of two and am eager to work he talks to you like that it makes you feel unloved healthy foods on hand, most of all plenty of
out, diet and lose some weight. The problem and scares you. And then address the problem- fresh fruit like grapes, apples, oranges, sliced
is my husband and family. They cause me to solving part of the conversation for a time when cantaloupe, etc. Don’t buy or keep any foods
overeat and don’t take my diet or healthy eating you can both talk reasonably. that are not good for her at home. End meals with
habits seriously. I am more tempted to eat the Have you given any thought to why he is so willing fresh fruit, too, as it provides a satisfying sense
wrong foods because of the food choices they to drive you crazy? What in the relationship isn't of closure that could help prevent snacking. See
make. Everytime we argue, I want to forget about working for him? What is he feeling resentful that your daughter drinks plenty of water and
everything and so I just sit down and eat. How about? If you think about the relationship from just don't buy soda. Instruct all others in the
can I try to stay healthy and eat better? his perspective, you may just be able to have a home to do the same.

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INTERVIEW
"Veni, vidi, vici" is a famous Latin phrase reportedly written by Julius Caesar in
the year 47 BC as a comment on his short war with Pharnaces II of Pontus, which
translates as “I came, I saw, I conquered”.
CityPages conqueror for the month of April is a person of similar inclination, since
Paul Tunbridge he is among those people who love to win in crunch times. The Mercedes Trophy,
Kuwait, was an amateur golf tournament played at the Sahara Golf and Country Club
in March in which more than 112 players battled for golfing supremacy. Players were
divided into three categories according to their golfing skills. They were all teeing
off with the intention to lift the trophy, but there was one man who was to stand
between them and their prize. Nadeem Shafi was participating for the first time in
a Golf Tournament and, like the others, he was competing to win. He knew he could
be victorious because he had a determination - he had belief in himself and he was
focused towards his target. So it was no surprise that ultimately he was the winner in
his category. But he is not going to stop here - in September he will be representing
Kuwait in Stuttgart, Germany, at the World Finals, and we have a strong belief that he
will win that title for us too. For many of you the name of Nadeem Shafi will be strange
as any reference to Golf, but all of our readers must be aware of the name of Ernst &
Young, one of the world’s leading auditing and professional services firms. As well as
excelling on the golf course, Mr. Nadeem Shafi is a partner in this firm.
CityPages Team had a chance to meet Nadeem Shafi and conduct an exclusive interview
for our readers. It was an honor for us to be greeted at the door by our host, who took us
to his drawing room where his trophies and certificates were on display. After the formal
greetings we engaged in an exclusive interview for all of you, which is as follows;

How long you have been living in

Kuwait?
I’ve been in Kuwait for the past six years,
but overall I’ve been in the Gulf Countries for
fourteen years.
How did you feel when you won the
Mercedes Trophy 2010?
Winning something will always make anybody
feel good, but this was a special occasion for
me as it was the first time I had participated in
this event.
Apart from golf, do you play any other
sport?
Funnily enough, squash is my passion … and
I have been in Division 1 in Duffer’s League for

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Nadeem Shafi
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five consecutive years. Other than this I was What are the criteria to become a our reporting deadlines, provide coaching and
Pakistan junior no.3 position holder in Snooker partner of Ernst & Young? counseling to our audit staff throughout the
during my school/college years , I was Captain Understandably the criteria are really tough, and audit process, provide formal written feedback
of my college cricket team, I have played the only way of entry has to be through achieving on performance to audit staff, ensure audits
league cricket in the U.K. for seven years extremely high levels of technical and personal are conducted in an efficient and effective
during my student /professional training years skills such as people handling, and communication manner, obtain feedback from our clients on
skills and contribution towards the growth of the our performance and then always ensuring
and recently I was shortlisted for the trials for
companyalong with practical demonstration of to deliver the highest level of quality in all
Kuwait’s Cricket Team. But my professional
these skills over a period of time. our actions and deliverables. In addition to
work commitments mean that it’s really hard
What do you consider to be your this there is a whole host of internal practice
to find time for all my sporting interests. management aspects of the business of
greatest achievement to date?
Therefore, I am moving now to Golf as it is less running a professional services firm that I
Professionally the greatest achievement was
time consuming and less physically demanding have to deal with. For example, adherence to
to become a partner in Ernst & Young. And
as compared to squash and cricket. as a Person to continue to be a good son, independence and ethical requirements, office
Can you tell us more about yourself, supportive brother, loving husband, caring finances, staff training and counseling, etc.
and especially about your educational father and last but not least to contribute to How do you select your clients?
background and professional life? the social welfare of the community and needy. As one of the largest and highly reputable
I am a Chartered Accountant and qualified I am also on the Board of Trustee of Diya professional services firm in the World we
with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Pakistan ([Link]). The mission of have to maintain our high standards, because
England and Wales (ICAEW); now I am a Fellow Diya is to help alleviate poverty by promoting no client is worth more than the name and
of ICAEW. Before this I completed my education literacy through merit based scholarships. reputation of Ernst & Young. So a company
in the U.K. and did my Foundation Course from Who are your prominent clients in must fulfill certain criteria before becoming our
University of West minister(London). At the Kuwait? client. We also formally document this process
time I had started applying for internships Ernst & Young is one of the largest professional at the start and then on an annual basis we
but only achieved success when I passed the services firm in the world, so you would expect assess and document if we can continue to
foundation exams with distinction. that we have numerous important companies provide our professional services to our clients.
How will you define that period? amongst our clients. In Kuwait we are the Independence is critical to the integrity and
Those were really testing days because I had largest professional services firm and a large reputation of the auditing profession and is
to work from 9am to 5pm, and then over time number of reputed Kuwaiti companies are our the core to our Code of Conduct. We have strict
plus finding time for my studies as well. But audit and non-audit clients. rules and regulations in this area which have to
be adhered to on an ongoing basis and there
whatever I am today is a result of hard work What is your role as a partner in Ernst
is formal monitoring and check on this.
and dedication in those early days. & Young?
When did you join Ernst & Young? As a Partner my role is quite wide and covers What motivates you on a day-to-day basis?
I joined Ernst & Young as a staff in 1996 and multiple tasks and responsibilities. For Every day is a new day and every day is a different
was admitted as a partner in 2004, and at example, on my audit clients I have to ensure day. There are different challenges to be faced
that time I was one of the youngest persons that we meet all internal and external audit each day, and especially in my profession where
and accounting regulations in the conduct of urgent and critical decisions are often needed,
to become a partner; in one of the leading
an audit, deal with the audit client staff and so it is difficult to describe just one motivational
professional services firm in the world.
executives in a very professional manner, meet force. However, I have some great friends,
colleagues, staff and senior partners who make
this process quite manageable because of the
culture of continuous consultation and support
to each other so that you are never left alone in
difficult situations.
What is your opinion on current
economic crises, especially with
reference to Kuwait?
I believe that Kuwait’s economy can be divided
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oil sector which is owned by the Kuwaiti limited opportunities to get quality education
Government, and this sector has its unique while living in Kuwait
ST ION OF TH
challenges. The second is the private sector, What sort of response are you getting U E E
which has been affected badly by the recent

CityPages Q

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from the market?
global economic crises. One of the reasons We are getting a tremendous response from

NTH
is that a lot of these companies had diverted the market .Currently we have more than 75
from their main business and had undertaken students for the ACCA June 2010 session on
activities (eg. investing in stock exchange, real board and we are hoping to create a market
estate etc.) which was not their core business for these qualifications. Other than this, only in
and did not have the right risk management Kuwait over the last two years,Ernst & Young
systems and policies in place to prevent such training has trained more than 900 delegates
actions. from 100 different organizations, including
What other services does your government institutes, banks, investment
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auditing? industries, automobiles, oil and gas industry,
Ernst & Young is a global leader in professional petrochemical, transport, leisure industry etc.
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Are there opportunities for these
across all industries. Our 140,000 people,
students in the current job market?
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Of course there are. And we will also provide

If a turtle
worldwide can implement a broad range of
our successful students with the opportunity to
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What advice was given to you when

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other critical business-performance issues.
you were travelling to the U.K.?
How do you manage your
My father told me two things which I still
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remember and work towards. His first piece
Although I have been putting in a lot of hours
towards work and routinely put in 60+ hours
per week at work, I do try to keep a balance
of advice was that “Hard work has never
killed anyone” so I never try to shy away from
a shell,
is he homeless
difficult tasks. The second was “Never keep an
between my social and work lives. But this is
eye on someone else’s wealth” because what
achieved purely by sticking to the principles
is written for you by Allah is bound for you.
of good project management. In addition to
that I am lucky to have a very supportive wife
and family which understands my commitment
What sort of person do you consider
yourself to be?
I am a self-made person. I never take anything
or naked?
& dedication to my work and is always there
supporting me with full flexibility. for granted. Whatever I am today is due to my
own hard work, prayers of my parents. and.
Tell us about the training facility which
you have recently initiated in Kuwait.
support of my wife and family.
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Three years back when I formally took have for the finals in September?
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 Earth Day
Earth Day World Ladder World Search
Make your way from GREEN to EARTH by changing
just one letter on each step to make a new world!
ANIMALS G L C O N S E R V E H
G R EEN Forest Colour CONSERVE
Y C W S R S A E E P T
GR Never enough EARTH
EE Wooded ECOLOGY E Q O E O N U C R L W
ENVIRONMENT
T R Attempted L A U L I I U Y E A O
GROWTH
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R I Vacations RECYCLE
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REUSE
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SOIL
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I S Stops and pauses
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b. 27th March
c. 5th April
2. Glass Decomposes in landfills after how many years?
a. 5
b. 20 000
c. 1 Million
3. For every ton of paper recycled, we save:
a. 1 tree
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c. 32 trees
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c. The Bathroom
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lights
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6. Planting just one ____________ can save the sky from smoke from factories. cans recycle
7. Turn off the __________ and ______ when you are not in the room. TV
water
8. Keep the oceans clean so the fish will stay ___________ and safe.
lunch box
9. Make a _____________________. The birds in the city have a hard time finding enough food to eat.
10. Recycle your plastic and __________ .
11. Use a ______________ instead of a paper bag.

Earth Day, Every Day What is Earth Day?

Earth Day was started in 1970 by a man named John
Mc Connell from the United States. It was originally
held on the annual celebration of the March Equinox
and still is by many people. However, it is generally
Earth Day is on April 22nd every year. Earth Day is a day to remember to take celebrated on April 22. Earth day is now celebrated
care of our planet, Earth. We can take care of our planet by keeping it clean. worldwide.
We can keep Earth clean by following the rule of “reduce, reuse, recycle”. Reduce
When is Earth Day and Earth Month?
means use less. We can reduce our use of resources like water or gasoline. Reuse
means use again, rather than throw things away. We can reuse many things, such The UN designated April 22 Earthday and April
as jars, plastic bags, and boxes. Recycle means to make something new from earth month.
something old. We can keep Earth clean by recycling materials such as aluminum, What is the History of Earth Day?
paper, and plastic. If we take these materials to a recycling center, they can be
used again in a different way. Earth Day is a very special day specifically designed
for all of us to think about earth issues . It is not only
On Earth Day, we remind ourselves and everyone on Earth that we must do these
a special day in the town where we live, but a day
things. We must do these things every day, not just on Earth Day. We must all do
that the whole world participates in! Often there are
our part, and we can make a difference. On April 22nd, remind everyone you
celebrations, events or campaigns that concern us
know that Earth Day is every day!
with earth matters.
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Some towns have Earth Day celebrations, and some
1. What is the purpose of this essay?
people and groups participate in Earth Day projects
a. to entertain
such as:
b. to inform
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d. none of the above or start one of your own. Perhaps a small project
with your mom or dad such as planting a tree, or a
2. In which month is Earth Day celebrated?
large project with your classroom or neighborhood
a. February
friends such as a park clean up. The possibilities are
b. March
endless. Try to think of something you would like to
c. April
do-you too, can make a difference!
d. May
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Christopher Columbus set sail from Spain in 1492.
Festivals (fiestas) are extremely popular! Notable events include the Running of the Bulls in
Pamplona and the world’s largest tomato fight, La Tomatina, in Buñol.
The capital, Madrid, is located in the center of the country.
Although Spanish is the official language, other languages spoken are Catalan, Basque, and
Galician.
People in Spain enjoy: Flamenco dancing, Bullfighting, Soccer
Famous artists include Velázquez, Goya, Picasso, Dalí, Miró
Buen provecho = Good appetite!
Small plates of food, called tapas, are often served in restaurants.
Lunch is the largest meal of the day. Most people eat lunch with their family, then they take a
nap (siesta)—even the adults!
The Mediterranean climate supports foods such as olives (used to make olive oil), peppers,
grapes, citrus fruit, almonds, honey, cumin, and saffron.

Tortilla Española
METHOD:
 PARENT & CHILD: Peel onion and cut in half, lengthwise. Cut
into thin slices and set aside.
 PARENT & CHILD: Carefully peel potatoes.
 PARENT: Using a sharp knife, thinly slice potatoes.
 PARENT: In a large skillet over medium heat, add 1/2 cup
of oil. When hot, add potatoes and onions, season with salt
and pepper, and cook, stirring occasionally for about 15 to
20 minutes, or until potatoes are tender. Drain oil and cool
slightly.
 PARENT & CHILD: Meanwhile, crack eggs into a medium
bowl, add a pinch of salt and pepper, and whisk.
Eat this potato omelet for breakfast, lunch, or  CHILD: Gently stir the potato-onion mixture into the eggs.
dinner; it’s irresistible to taste buds young and old!  PARENT: Return skillet to stove over medium-high heat and add 2
Tbsp. oil. Add egg mixture, spread evenly with a spatula, reduce
Similar to an Italian frittata, the omelet is quick and heat to medium-low, and cook 8 to 10 minutes. Occasionally
easy to make and it can be served warm or at room shake the skillet slightly and run spatula around edge.
temperature. Cut the round, cake-shaped dish into  PARENT: Take a plate that’s larger than the skillet and carefully
wedges and serve on its own, or make a sandwich set it upside-down atop of the pan. Quickly flip skillet over so
tortilla is on plate. Slide the tortilla back into the skillet to
out of a slice. cook the bottom, over low heat, an additional 2 to 3 minutes.
Shake the pan occasionally to ensure tortilla doesn’t stick.

INGREDIENTS:  CHILD: Slide tortilla back onto the plate. Let rest 10
minutes, cut into wedges, and serve.
 3 medium potatoes, preferably Yukon Gold
Serves 6
 1 onion salt and pepper, to taste
NUTRITION FACTS:
 1/2 cup plus 2 Tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil
 Per serving: calories 232, fat 13g, protein 8g, carbohydrates
 6 eggs 22g, dietary fiber 3g
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April 2010

AUTOMOTIVE
Dubai, 14 March 2010 - According to the World Health
Organization’s (WHO) most recent report, road traffic Volkswagen Golf is Safest Car of 2009
accidents rank as the 10th leading cause of mortality
and burden in all WHO member states, which includes Successful model from Wolfsburg wins top EuroNCAP honours
all countries of the GCC and Levant. With these
statistics in mind, the need for safer vehicles is fast
becoming a necessity on Middle Eastern roads.
To support safety for road users, Volkswagen has
produced the safest car for 2009. These efforts have
now been recognised by the EuroNCAP Institute in
Brussels. After compiling all crash test results for the
year 2009, EuroNCAP has named the Volkswagen
Golf “Safest Car of 2009”, winning out against the
competition with a total of 103 points.
Commenting on the award, Stefan Mecha, Managing
Director of Volkswagen Middle East, said, “The
Volkswagen philosophy is to always ensure our
customers are safe. Stricter EuroNCAP testing criteria
were introduced at the beginning of 2009, and the
Golf performed impressively in all four categories:
Occupant protection of adults, protection of children,
pedestrian protection and supporting safety and
driver assistance systems.”
The bestseller from Wolfsburg attained the coveted
five-star rating for the second consecutive year with a
top score of 103 points, earning it the title of “Safest
Car of 2009”. In total, 33 cars were tested last year
under the new, stricter and more extensive EuroNCAP 2009 ‫ السيارة األكثر أماناً لعام‬،‫فولكس واجن غولف‬
crash testing procedure. EuroNCAP ‫الطراز الناجح من وولفسبورغ يفوز بأعلى تصنيف للسالمة من برنامج‬
The Golf had already attained a five-star EuroNCAP
rating in 2008. Initially, this testing programme,
conducted since 1997, only assessed frontal crashes,
side crashes and pedestrian protection. Electronic
safety and assistance systems that help prevent
accidents and serious injuries are now incorporated
in the rating of the new, stricter assessment method.
The Golf offers maximum safety with standard safety
features that include ESP with counter-steer assist,
ABS with braking assistance, anti-slip regulation
(ASR), electronic differential lock (EDS), engine
drag torque control (MSR), trailer stabilisation,
Isofix mounting brackets for two child seats on the
rear bench as well as airbags for driver and front
passenger with passenger-side deactivation, including
knee airbag for the driver and a head airbag system
for front and rear passengers with side airbags for
front passengers.
The Golf not only fulfils European safety standards.
In 2008, the compact car earned the prestigious title
of “Top Safety Pick” - awarded by the independent
US safety institute “Insurance Institute for Highway
Safety” (IIHS). In this evaluation, vehicles were tested
in a frontal crash at 64 km/h and in a side crash at 50
km/h with a movable barrier shaped like the front end
of an SUV. In addition, seat behaviour was studied in
a rear-end crash.

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‫دبي‪ 14 ،‬مارس ‪ 2010‬ـ تبعا ً ألحدث التقارير الصادرة عن‬

‫منظمة الصحة العاملية (‪ ،)WHO‬احت ّلت حوادث السير‬
‫املرتبة العاشرة ضمن األسباب الرئيسية للوفاة واخلسائر‬
‫في جميع الدول األعضاء في املنظمة املذكورة مبا فيها‬
‫دول مجلس التعاون اخلليجي واملشرق العربي‪ .‬وبأخذ تلك‬
‫النتائج في عني االعتبار‪ ،‬أصبحت احلاجة لصناعة مركبات‬
‫ملحة في منطقة الشرق األوسط‪.‬‬ ‫أكثر سالم ًة ضرورة ّ‬
‫ودعما ً ملستوى سالمة مستخدمي الطرق قامت فولكس‬
‫واجن بإنتاج أكثر السيارات أمانا ً في عام ‪ 2009‬وهي‬
‫سيارة غولف التي نالت تقدير "البرنامج األوروبي لتقييم‬
‫السيارات اجلديدة" (‪ )EuroNCAP‬في بروكسل‪ .‬فبعد‬
‫جمع كافة نتائج اختبارات التصادم خالل عام ‪ ،2009‬منح‬
‫برنامج (‪ )EuroNCAP‬سيارة فولكس واجن غولف لقب‬
‫"السيارة األكثر أمانا ً في ‪ "2009‬لتتغ ّلب على منافساتها‬
‫من السيارات بـ ‪ 103‬نقاط‪.‬‬
‫وتعليقا ً على الفوز باجلائزة‪ ،‬قال ستيفان ميكا‪ ،‬املدير‬
‫اإلداري لـ فولكس واجن الشرق األوسط‪" :‬تكمن فلسفة‬
‫فولكس واجن في ضمان سالمة عمالئها على الدوام‪ .‬لقد‬
‫مت اإلعالن عن معايير جديدة ومشددة الختبار السيارات‬
‫من برنامج (‪ )EuroNCAP‬في بداية عام ‪ 2009‬واستطاعت‬
‫عال من األداء حازت‬
‫سيارة غولف أن تظهر في مستوى ٍ‬
‫من خالله على اإلعجاب في جميع الفئات األربع‪ :‬حماية‬
‫الركاب البالغني‪ ،‬وحماية األطفال‪ ،‬وحماية املشاة‪ ،‬فضالً‬
‫عن أنظمة دعم السالمة ومساعدة السائق"‪.‬‬
‫وحصلت غولف والتي تعد أفضل سيارات فولكس واحن‬
‫مبيعا ً في العالم على تصنيف الـ ‪ 5‬جنوم‪ ،‬للعام الثاني‬
‫على التوالي بأعلى مستوى من النقاط بلغ ‪ 103‬نقطة‬
‫لتحصد بهذا لقب "السيارة األكثر أمانا ً لعام ‪ ."2009‬وفي‬
‫اجملموع‪ ،‬مت اختبار ‪ 33‬سيارة في العام املاضي ضمن برنامج‬
‫اختبارات التصادم األحدث واألكثر صرامة وشمولية من‬
‫برنامج (‪.)EuroNCAP‬‬
‫وكانت غولف قد حصلت أصالً على تصنيف الـ ‪ 5‬جنوم‬
‫من برنامج (‪ )EuroNCAP‬عام ‪ .2008‬وبصورة مبدئية‪ ،‬يقوم‬
‫هذا البرنامج الذي مت تطويره منذ عام ‪ 1997‬بتقييم األداء‬
‫في حالة التصادم األمامي‪ ،‬واجلانبي‪ ،‬وحماية املشاة فقط‪.‬‬
‫أما أنظمة األمان اإللكتروني وأنظمة املساعدة التي‬
‫تساعد في منع وقوع احلوادث واإلصابات اخلطيرة فقد مت‬
‫إحلاقها اآلن ببرنامج التقييم اجلديد األكثر صرامة‪.‬‬
‫وتوفر غولف أقصى مستويات السالمة مبا حتتويه من‬
‫مواصفات سالمة قياسية ومن ضمنها برنامج الثبات‬
‫اإللكتروني (‪ )ESP‬مع مساعد التوجيه العكسي‪ ،‬ونظام‬
‫الكبح املانع لالنغالق (‪ )ABS‬مع مساعد الكبح‪ ،‬والنظام املانع‬
‫لالنزالق (‪ ،)ASR‬والقفل التفاضلي اإللكتروني (‪ ،)EDS‬ونظام‬
‫التحكم في عزم السحب (‪ ،)MSR‬ونظام استقرار املقطورة‪،‬‬
‫وخطافات إيزوفيكس (‪ )Isofix‬لتركيب اثنني من مقاعد‬ ‫ّ‬
‫األطفال على مقاعد الصف اخللفي إضاف ًة إلى تو ّفر وسادات‬
‫هوائية للسائق والراكب األمامي مع وجود ميزة إيقاف فتحها‬
‫من اجلهة اجلانبية للراكب‪ ،‬مبا في ذلك نظام الوسادة الهوائية‬
‫لركبة السائق ووسادة الرأس للراكبني في الصفني األمامي‬
‫واخللفي مع وسادات جانبية لركاب الصف األمامي‪.‬‬
‫وال تتوافق سيارة غولف مع معايير السالمة األوروبية‬
‫فقط‪ ،‬فقد حصدت السيارة املدمجة عام ‪ 2008‬على‬
‫لقب "اختيار السالمة األفضل" (‪ )Top Safety Pick‬املهم‬
‫من قبل منظمة السالمة األمريكية املستق ّلة "منظمة‬
‫التأمني لسالمة الطرقات العامة" (‪ .)IIHS‬وفي ذلك‬
‫التقييم‪ ،‬يتم اختبار املركبات في حالة التصادم األمامي‬
‫بسرعة ‪ 64‬كم‪/‬ساعة‪ ،‬والتصادم اجلانبي بسرعة ‪50‬‬
‫كم‪/‬ساعة مع وجود حاجز أمامي على شكل الواجهة‬
‫األمامية لسيارة الـ "‪ ."SUV‬وباإلضافة إلى ذلك‪ ،‬مت أيضا ً‬
‫دراسة أداء املقاعد في حالة التصادم اخللفي‪.‬‬

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8. Tik Tok Ke$ha 28. Whatcha Say Jason Derulo
9. Today Was A Fairytale Taylor Swift 29. Young Forever Jay-Z & Mr Hudson
10. How Low Ludacris 30. Say Something Timbaland & Drake
11. In My Head Jason Derulo 31. I Made It (Cash Money Heroes) Kevin Rudolf
12. Your Love Is My Drug Ke$ha 32. Never Let You Go Justin Bieber
13. Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart Alicia Keys 33. My Chick Bad Ludacris & Nicki Minaj
14. Blah Blah Blah Ke$ha 34. Life After You Daughtry
15. Hey Daddy (Daddy's Home) Usher & Plies 35. All The Right Moves OneRepublic
16. Bad Romance Lady Gaga 36. New Temporary Home Carrie Underwood
17. Sexy B**** David Guetta & Akon 37. Hillbilly Bone Blake Shelton & Trace Adkins
18. Over Drake 38. New I'm Back T.I.
19. Haven't Met You Yet Michael Buble 39. New Everything To Me Monica
20. Why Don't We Just Dance Josh Turner 40. Run This Town Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West

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ENTERTAINMENT / HOLLYWOOD
Director: Louis Leterrier, Cast : Sam Worthington, Gem- Why Did I Get Director: Tyler Perry, Cast : Tyler Perry, Janet Jackson,
Clash of the Titans ma, Arterton, Alexa Davalos, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes , Married Too Tasha Smith, Malik Yoba, Sharon Leal, Genres: Drama
Genres: Action/ Drama Release Date: 02nd April 2010 Comedy Sequel, Release Date: 02nd April 2010
Synopsis: In "Clash of the Titans," the ultimate struggle Gathered together in the Bahamas for their annual
for power pits men against kings and kings against one-week reunion, four close couples eagerly recon-
gods. But the war between the gods themselves nect, sharing news about their lives and relationships.
could destroy the world. Born of a god but raised But their intimate week in paradise is disrupted by the
as a man, Perseus (Sam Worthington) is helpless to unexpected arrival of Sheila’s ex-husband, Mike, who
save his family from Hades (Ralph Fiennes), vengeful hopes to break up her new marriage with Troy and win
god of the underworld. her back.

Director: eter Chan Wai-Man Chan, Cast : JJet Li, Andy Director: Shawn Levy, Cast : Tiny Fey, Steve Carell,
Warlordsd Lau, Genres: Action, Release Date: 02nd April 2010
Date Night Mark Wahlberg, James Franco, Kristen Wiig, Genres:
Comedy Romance Release Date: 09th April 2010
Set in the midst of war and political upheaval during
the Taiping Rebellion of the 1860s, "Warlords" stars Claire and Phil Foster (Tina Fey and Steve Carell) are
Jet Li as General Pang, who barely survives a brutal a typical suburban couple whose lives have become
massacre of his fellow soldiers by playing dead, and routine. To reignite the marital spark, they visit a
joins a band of bandits led by Er Hu (Andy Lau) and trendy Manhattan bistro where a case of mistaken
Wu Yang (Takeshi Kaneshiro). After fighting back at- identity turns their evening into the ultimate date
tackers from an helpless village, the three men take an night-gone-awry. But as Claire and Phil take their un-
oath to become blood brothers, pledging loyalty to one expected walk on the wild side, they begin to remem-
another until death. ber what made them so special together.

Director: Matthew Vaughn , Cast :Nicolas Cage, Chris- Director:Derrick Borte, Cast : ZDavid Duchovny, Demi
Kick-Ass topher Mintz-, lasse, Mark Strong, Aaron , ohnson, The Joneses Moore, Amber Heard, Gary Cole, Glenne Headly, Gen-
Lyndsy Fonseca, Genres: Action Adventure Superhero res: Drama , Release Date: 16th April 2010
Adaptation Release Date: 16th April 2010
We meet Steve Jones (David Duchovny), his wife,
"Kick-Ass" tells the story of average teenager Dave Kate (Demi Moore), and their children Jenn (Amber
Lizewski (Aaron Johnson), a comic-book fanboy who Heard) and Mick (Ben Hollingsworth) as they move
decides to take his obsession as inspiration to be-
come a real-life superhero. As any good superhero into their monster home in an affluent suburb of a
would, he chooses a new name -- Kick-Ass -- assem- city somewhere in America. Friendly, confident and
bles a suit and mask to wear, and gets to work fight- very good-looking, they are also loaded with the
ing crime. There’s only one problem standing in his coolest, newest stuff.
way: Kick-Ass has absolutely no superpowers.

Director: Alan Poul, Cast : Jennifer Lopez, Alex O'Loughlin, Director: Sylvain White, Cast : Columbus Short, Jeffrey
The Back-Up Plan Michaela Watkins, Noureen Dewulf, Melissa McCarthy, Genres:
The Losers Dean Morgan, Jeremy Renner, Idris Elba (In Talks), Zoe
Comedy Romance, Release Date: 23rd April 2010 Saldana, Genres: Action Adventure Thriller Superhero
Release Date: 23rd April 2010
After years of dating, Zoe (Jennifer Lopez) has de-
cided waiting for the right one is taking too long. De- An explosive tale of double cross and revenge, "The
termined to become a mother, she commits to a plan, Losers" centers upon the members of an elite U.S.
makes an appointment and decides to go it alone. On Special Forces unit sent into the Bolivian jungle on a
the day of her artificial insemination, Zoe meets Stan search and destroy mission. The team--Clay, Jensen,
(Alex O’Loughlin) – a man with real possibilities. Roque, Pooch and Cougar --find themselves the tar-
get of a lethal betrayal instigated from inside by a
powerful enemy known only as Max.

A Nightmare Director: Samuel Bayer, Cast :Jackie Earle Haley, Kyle Director:Daniel Barber, Cast : Michael Caine, Emily
On Elm Street Gallner, Thomas , ekker, Rooney Mara, Connie Brit- Harry Brown Mortimer, Iain Glen, Liam Cunningham, Amy Steel, Gen-
ton, Genres:Suspense Horror Remake Teen Release res: Drama Western Crime, Release Date: 30th April
Date: 30th April 2010 2010
Freddy Krueger (Jackie Earle Haley) returns in "A Night- Michael Caine stars as a vigilante in an "urban western"
mare on Elm Street," a contemporary re-imagining of the setting. The movie will focus on Caine's character, who
horror classic. A group of suburban teenagers share dispenses vigilante justice in a crime-infested neigh-
one common bond: they are all being stalked by Freddy borhood after his best friend is killed.
Krueger, a horribly disfigured killer who hunts them in
their dreams. As long as they stay awake, they can protect
one another...but when they sleep, there is no escape.

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ENTERTAINMENT / BOLLYWOOD
The Great Director: Sarthak Dasgupta Pankh Director: Sudipto Chattopadhyay
Indian Butterfly Cast : Sandhya Mridul, Koel Puri, Aamir Bashir Cast : Bipasha Basu, Mahesh Manjrekar, Ronit Roy
Plot:Krish and Meera, form a young Indian couple climb- The film, Pankh zeros in on the psychological burden at-
ing the ladder of the corporate rate race in a nation tached to stardom, especially when it starts young. Pankh
hurtling forward at a rate unprecedented in its long his- is the story of a pushy mother (Lilette Dubey), who thrusts
tory. Stressed, frustrated and unable to come to terms her child (Maradona) into the film industry at an early age
with the sacrifice required for success, they go in search and forces him to act the part of a little girl in films. Baby
of a legendary magical insect - The Great Indian But- Kusum is a child star, a cute little girl. In reality, Baby Kusum
[Link] seen by the unknown Portuguese explorer is boy, masquerading as a girl. He was christened Jerry, and
then named Master Jai for the movies. He and his mother
Carodiguez, in a remote valley located in erstwhile ...
Mary (Lilette) ...

Banda Yeh Director: Ravi Chopra

Tum Milo Toh Sahi Director: Kabir Sadanand
Bindaas Hai Cast : Govinda, Lara Dutta, Tabu, Boman Irani, Rajpal Yadav Cast : Nana Patekar, Dimple Kapadia, Rehan Khan, Sunil Shetty, Vidya
Malvade, Anjana Sukhani, Mohnish Behl, Amit Behl, Vrajesh Hirjee
Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai” is the upcoming comedy movie of
Bollywood. This film tells the story of a middle aged lawyer Tum Milo Toh Sahi is a film about ordinary people who be-
who has to fight his first case, a murder case ever with the come extraordinary with the strength of love. A film about
help of his girlfriend against a seasoned and sexy lawyer love at different ages. The meeting of hearts, the meeting
and win that case. He also saves young boys caught up in of minds and the meeting of souls. Tum Milo Toh Sahi is
legal trouble. But they refused this role by calling it was a about how these ordinary people find their true calling in
weak role, but Tabu take it as a challenge of attempting life by saving an old Irani caf against all forces that stand
something which she has never done before in Bollywood. against us and our traditions

Director: Kookoie V Gulati

Hook Ya Crook Director: David Dhawan Prince Cast : Vivek Oberoi, Aruna Shields, Nandana Sen, Niroo Singh, San-
Cast : John Abraham, Kay Kay Menon & Shreyas Talpade jay Kapoor, Dalip Tahil, Rajesh Khattar, Mohit Chauhan

Hook Ya Crook is a thriller involving comedy and One of the savviest thieves in the world commits the
[Link] Abraham is learning cricket under Dinesh biggest heist of his life. He wakes up next the morning
(Raju) Lad who is also the coach for Rohit Sharma. to realize he has a gunshot wound on his arm that he
John will be playing the fame with national level crick- doesn't remember getting. In his quest to find answers
eters like ... he discovers his name is Prince, he used to work for a
man named Sarang and his girlfriend's name is Maya.
He is being hunted by the secret service of India- I
Grip, the CBI and the biggest white collared

Jaane Kahan Director: Milap Zaveri

Apartment Director: Jagmohan Mundhra
Cast : Rohit Roy, Tanushree Datta, Neetu Chandra, An- Se Aayi Hai Cast : Ritesh Deshmukh, Jacqueline Fernandes, Vishal
upam Kher, Bobby Darling Malhotra, Sonal Sehgal, Ruslaan Mumtaz, Farah Khan,
Satish Shah, Supriya Pilgaonkar,
They share a nice 2BHK apartment in the northern sub- Rajesh Parekh (Ritesh Deshmukh), a simple gujrati boy
urbs of Mumbai and are befriended by their elderly neigh- who's been looking for love since he was a baby. Thoroughly
bor Madhusudan Tanha (Anupam Kher), a struggling poet unsuccessful in his endeavors, he nearly gives up till he
and lyricist. Tanha is a loner living with his only companion, meets Natasha (Sonal Sehgal), the girl of his dreams. Desh
a Persian cat whom he lovingly calls Shehzadi. (Ruslaan Mumtaz) is the youngest superstar in the coun-
Preeti is possessive and has issues with trust. When try. Mothers want to adopt him and their daughters want to
she mistakenly suspects her boyfriend to be ... marry him. But when will he find the girl of his dreams?

Director: Ram Gopal Varma

Paathshaala Director: Milind Ukey Phoonk 2 Cast : Sudeep , Neeru Bajwa, Amruta Khanvilkar, Ash-
Cast : Nana Patekar, Ayesha Takia, Shahid Kapoor wini Kalsekar, Ahsaas Channa, Amit Sadh
Amidst the current dismal situation of the Indian educa- Phoonk 2 is a sequel to the blockbuster hit film 'Phoonk'.
tion system, Paathshaala could well be an eye opener for Writer Milind Gadagkar's directorial debut film PHOONK 2 is
educationists & parents as the film depicts the various ready and slated for release on 9th of April, 2010. Shoot-
issues faced by children today.
Starring Nana Patekar, Shahid Kapoor and Ayesha Takia ing and post production of the film is complete. The film
in pivotal roles, 'Paathshala' is a film with a message that is presented by Ram Gopal Varma, produced by Prashant
tries to answer several questions related to the sanctity of Burra and P. Chandrashekhar and Co-Produced by Riaz
today's education system. It sheds light on the shortcom- Hyder. Phoonk 2 is a horror film and one of the scariest
ings and wrong doings in today's schools where the ... films ever to be made in Bollywood

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BOOK RELEASES
Imperfect Birds Deliver Us from Evil 'The 9th Judgment' The Lake Shore Limited Every Last One
Anne Lamott David Baldacci James Patterson Sue Miller Anna Quindlen

After two nonfiction books Deliver Us from Evil by The 9th Judgment, Lindsay The Lake Shore Limited by Anna Quindlen is back with
on faith, Anne Lamott David Baldacci is a fast boxer is trying to solve two Sue Miller is a post-9/11 another novel about family
returns to fiction with paced thriller with action novel about a playwright,
Imperfect Birds. In Imperfect murder mysteries -- one Billy, who writes a play dynamics. Every Last One is
that takes place around the
Birds, protagonist Rosie about a mother and infant entitled "The Lake Shore the story of a mother whose
Ferguson from Rosie and world. While photojournalist Limited" about a terrorist
Katie James is working on who are gunned down in teenage son becomes
Crooked Little Heart is back. bombing of that train and
She is now seventeen and an important story, she is a parking garage and one the hours when a man waits depressed. When an
about to enter the summer smuggled unconscious in an about the murder of a to hear from his wife who
before college. Her parents unimaginable act of violence
airplane to an undisclosed famous actor's wife. She is was traveling on it. Through
are proud of how well she's location. Meanwhile, Shaw the writing and production of occurs, the mother -- Mary
working with her partner,
doing, but then something (from The Whole Truth), the play, Billy's own feelings Beth -- must face "every
clues them into the fact that Rich, and her feelings for about her boyfriend, who was
witnesses a murder and last one" of her fears as she
Rosie might have been lying him threaten her marriage killed on 9/11, are revealed.
to them for a while. She may barely escapes with his life. The novel also looks deeply
Katie and Shaw become and her relationship with the holds onto love and pursues
be involved in drugs and at three other characters
alcohol, and they have to reunited and must take on a Women's Murder Club. whose lives are revealed in hope and healing.
face her deception. dark enemy together. and around the play.

Savor the Moment The Double Beatrice and Virgil 'The Hope You Need' Burned
Nora Roberts Comfort Safari Club Yann Martel Rick Warren P.C. Cast
Alexander McCall Smith

Savor the Moment by Nora The Double Comfort Safari Beatrice and Virgil is Yann Rick Warren is best known Burned by P.C. Cast and
Roberts is the third book in Club by Alexander McCall Martel's second novel. His for his bestselling Christian Kristin Cast is the seventh
Nora Roberts' Bride Quartet. Smith is the eleventh book in first, Life of Pi, was published devotional, The Purpose
Each of the books in the book in the "House of Night"
Smith's popular No. 1 Ladies' in 2001 and received the Driven Life, which has sold
quartet focuses on one of Detective Agency series. Man Booker Prize. Martel more than 30 million copies. series -- a series of young
four friends: MacKensie, The series stars protagonist studied philosophy at Trent Warren is also the pastor adult vampire books in the
Emma, Laurel, and Parker. Precious Ramotswe, University in Ontario, and his of Saddleback Church in
fantasy and romance genre.
The friends always dreamed Botswana's first and only writing reflects philosophical Southern California and one
of their own weddings, and themes. Beatrice and Virgil of the best known evangelical The House of Night series
"lady detective." Each novel
now work in the wedding is a conversation between leaders in America. His follows Zoey Redbird, a
contains a series of Agatha
planning business, making a monkey and a donkey on newest book, The Hope sixteen-year-old fledgling
Christie-style mysteries, with
others' dreams come true. a man's dress shirt, and is You Need, delves into each
In time, though, each finds one overarching mystery supposed to deal with the phrase in The Lord's Prayer vampire who attends a
romance where she least per book. They are light, fun Holocaust in a philosophical in order to help people apply vampire boarding school in
expects it. reads. way. it to their lives. 65
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April 2010

GADGETS
Philips Fidelio
Philips has launched a new iPod and iPhone dock, the Philips Fidelio DS9000,
and as you can see from the photos it looks very stylish. The Philips Fidelio
DS9000 is made from a combination of wood, fabric and metal.
According to Philips, the Fidelio DS9000 iPod dock is designed to
deliver high quality sound, and the sound design is based on true
stereo architecture with isolated acoustic chambers.
The Philips Fidelio DS9000 features one midrange driver and one
tweeter per channel, and it uses audiophile quality drivers with a
passive crossover design.
Panasonic Lumix G2 It features a total power output of 100 Watts, and it has a backlit
Panasonic is pleased to announce the new DMC- control panel that features a built in proximity sensor, plus an intuitive
G2 from Lumix G Micro System as the world’s remote.
first interchangeable lens system camera with The Philips Fidelio DS9000 is compatible with all models of the Apple
touch-control shooting*1. The LUMIX G Micro iPhone and iPods and it even comes with a free iPhone application
System has been sparking revolutions in the which is available from the App Store.
market as its name “New-Generation System
Camera” suggests.
Ever since the release of DMC-G1, the first
Pentax Optio W90
interchangeable lens system camera based on Extraordinary Camera / Extraordinary Lives
the Micro Four Thirds System standard with Adventure photography doesn’t get any better than this. Waterproof,
dramatic downsizing of the body adopting shockproof, dustproof and coldproof plus an inventive LED lens
the mirrorless structure. The GH1 realized lighting feature for unparalleled macro photography from a compact.
1920x1080 full HD (High Definition) movie The way bad PENTAX Optio W90 adventure cam looks every bit as
recording and the GF1 brought an innovation tough as it is.
even in the viewpoint of design with a flat, slim 12.1 megapixel, Rugged, Waterproof, Shockproof, Coldproof, 5X wide
profile. optical zoom

Tefal Toast'n'Egg
What a great invention, this new toaster from Tefal will toast 2 slices of bread
and at the same time cook you an egg, either poached, boiled or even fried.
The toaster has wide compartments which also allows you to cook muffins,
bagels and croissants, it also has a high lift system which helps to get the
hot toast out of the machine. The body of the toaster remains cool to the
touch when it is switched on which is also a good safety feature.

Cisco revamps routers

with easy-setup Valet, more Suunto
Cisco completely overhauled its router lineup on Wednesday with seven new models, Elementum
Minimalist, modern and utilitarian,
including its first purely Cisco-branded routers for the home. The 100Mbps Ethernet and Suunto’s Elementum is a digital
802.11n-equipped Valet and the gigabit-toting Valet Plus both avoid the network setup watch geared towards active wearers
process entirely through their namesake valet key: a small USB adapter plugs into a Mac with Aqua (for divers), Terra (for
or PC and cuts the setup process down to three steps. They keep the connection data explorers) and Ventus (for sailors).
intact and can port over to other computers….

Elgato Eye TV
Netstream DTT ([Link])
TV for your entire home network
EyeTV Netstream DTT is a dual network tuner for digital TV. It connects to your TV
antenna and to your Ethernet network router/switch to stream digital television in
full HD to your Macs and PCs. If you have a Wi-Fi network you can watch TV wirelessly
on a portable computer, free from cables.

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Latest iPad orders after April 12 Asus to launch

It looks like some US customers who preorder Apple Inc's new iPad Windows, Google
tablet computer now may have to wait a bit longer to get the device,
as the company appears to be having a hard time keeping up with
tablets
demand. It’s been pretty clear for the last few months that
Apple began taking preorders for the iPad on March 12, promising Asus is working on a tablet PC or two… and
to ship the touchscreen device to buyers on the official sales launch now Forbes has confirmed that the company
date of April 3, when the iPad will hit U.S. retail store shelves. will put out “at least two” tablets soon. Forbes
spoke with Asus chairman Jonney Shih recently,
But the company may have sold out its initial inventory, as Apple's
who told the magazine that one will likely run
website now promises a shipping date of April 12 for customers
ordering the iPad. BlackBerry Windows 7 while the other will probably run
Customers who placed their orders earlier this month will still get Jawbone Icon either Google Chrome OS or Google Android.
their devices by April 3, an Apple spokesman said. Both tablets will be designed to handle
Introducing the newest addition to the Aliph multimedia content, but there’s a pretty big
The new April 12 shipping date indicates that the company has Jawbone series, the ICON Bluetooth Headset. difference between a tablet running Windows
seen robust early demand for the iPad. Analysts have said that
Originally developed for use in tanks and and one running Chrome or Android.
Apple is having some difficulty ramping up production due to issues
in its supply chain, but that several hundred thousand iPads have
helicopters, Jawbone ICON's NoiseAssassin An Android tablet would be most like the
already been preordered.
is a proprietary technology that eliminates Apple iPad it will likely compete with, since
background noise from mobile phone both platforms offer a smartphone-like user
The iPad -- which resembles a large iPhone with a 9.7-inch (25-cm) conversations. Jawbone is the only Bluetooth
screen designed for Web surfing, games and media consumption -- experience and the ability to run third party
headset with a Voice Activity Sensor (VAS) that apps from an app store (although Google
is Apple's biggest product launch since the iPhone in 2007. actually feels your speech, which helps Jawbone doesn’t officially make the Android Market
It goes on sale next Saturday in the United States, starting at $499 distinguish your voice from background noise. available for Android devices that aren’t
for the basic Wi-Fi model. The high-end model tops out at more As a result, Jawbone offers better audio quality smartphones). Google Chrome OS is primarily
than $800. than any other headset on the market. a web-centric platform, as the operating system
There’s a Voice Activity Sensor that feels your is built around the Chrome web browser and
speech which allows the Jawbone to distinguish most apps will be web apps.
your voice from the background noise. Basically Windows 7 tablets, on the other hand, have the
you’ll be offered a flawless conversation when on advantage (and disadvantage) of being able
the phone in noisy areas. Noise cancellation has to run virtually any Windows program. While
been a huge issue for me lately as many Bluetooth there are millions of apps available, they aren’t
headset makers do have that equipped, but just necessarily designed for finger or stylus input,
doesn’t work as smoothly since they’re all on which can make the user experience on Windows
different technology strategies. tablets a bit more hit or miss.
The Jawbone ICON is very comfortable on the ear
and doesn’t have all the crazy ear penetration
and bands to go all over your ear. It’s time
BlackBerry for a sleek small shape with some comfort at
Music Gateway last. It may seem complicated to put on in the
beginning, but that’s just the intense engineering
The BlackBerry® Music Gateway is designed of the headset as it’s very easy to put on, and
to enable you to wirelessly transmit music sits firmly in the ear. And of course, black is not
from your BlackBerry device to your home or mandatory. In fact, the Jawbone PRIME comes
portable stereo. The BlackBerry Music Gateway in six different colors as seen above, all really
does not use a battery; it is powered by the sleek with different textures for each one.
BlackBerry® Travel Charger.
The BlackBerry Music Gateway uses
Bluetooth® technology to establish a wireless
connection with your BlackBerry device. After
you pair the BlackBerry Music Gateway with
BlackBerry Presenter
Leave your laptop behind and use BlackBerry® Presenter to present
your BlackBerry device, you can connect to Microsoft® PowerPoint® or Adobe® PDF files - directly from your
the BlackBerry Music Gateway when it is within BlackBerry smartphone. Simply plug BlackBerry Presenter into a
range of your BlackBerry device (a typical projector or monitor and select “Present” from the wizard on your
range is approximately 10 meters). BlackBerry smartphone. Simply plug BlackBerry Presenter into a
It does not wirelessly transmit calls that you projector or monitor and select “Present” from the wizard on your
receive on your BlackBerry device to your BlackBerry smartphone.
stereo.

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PRESS RELEASEs
360 MALL Celebrates Mothers Day With Style

Specially designed floral booths by Flower Story offered a great selection of the ultimate gifts for mothers
as well as the mall’s guests

Kuwait - 21 March, 2010: 360 MALL, Kuwait’s latest luxury shopping centre have celebrated Mother's Day
and is welcoming families on the 21st of March to experience a wide range of striking gifts for mothers.

Floral booths were designed by renowned Flower Story to offer unique and classic gifts for mothers that
include unique flower arrangements using rare and beautiful blooms, handmade chocolates truffle &
Cupcakes specially made & designed for Mother’s Day from Jujus cupcakes.

Claudia Lopusinska, 360 MALL’s Marketing Manager said: There is a nearly endless stream of ideas that
can help mothers feel appreciated. 360 MALL is offering simple, yet memorable ideas that will delight and
inspire our guests. 360 MALL’s unique selection of luxury brands will serve as the ideal gift of choice for
mothers.”

In addition to the wide range of shopping choices, the mall’s attractions that include the gardens and main
Atrium continue to attract visitors. The gardens offer a living wall of greenery inside a shopping centre.
The charming green oasis is created by over 20,000 fresh plants growing on walls along with Japanese KOI
fish swimming in reflective pools. The mall’s Main Atrium invokes the spirit of a large hotel lobby that invites
family and friends to relax and enjoy three of the most unique cafes amongst several water features.

‫"اخلطوط الوطنية راعياً رسمياً لـ "كويتي وتفتخر‬

،‫ شركة الطيران الكويتية ذات اخلدمات املتم ّيزة‬،‫اعلنت اخلطوط الوطنية‬:2010 ‫ مارس‬21 ،‫الكويت‬
‫ "كويتي وافتخر" الذي يقام حتت رعاية‬P2BK ‫عن مشاركتها في فعاليات الدورة الثالثة مللتقى‬
‫سمو رئيس مجلس الوزراء سمو الشيخ ناصر احملمد األحمد الصباح ويتيح بدوره للشباب والطلبة‬
‫الكويتيني فرصة عرض أعمالهم احلرفية وشركاتهم الصغيرة باإلضافة إلى التعرف على قطاع‬
.‫األعمال عن قرب ويوفر لهم البيئة التي تساعدهم في حتقيق طموحاتهم‬
‫ويهدف امللتقى إلى منح الشباب الكويتي فرصة االلتقاء والتفاعل مع املهنيني ذوي اخلبرة ورجال‬
‫األعمال الناجحني واإلنخراط في بيئة األعمال بشكل عملي خالل فترة املعرض واإلستفادة من‬
‫خبراتهم و اإلطالع على سبل مواجهة أهم التحديات الرئيسية في كيفية إدارة مشروع جتاري‬
.‫ مما يتيح لهم نقل أعمالهم الصغيرة إلى مشاريع أكبر حتقق طموحاتهم‬،‫ناجح‬
‫وتعليقا ً على مشاركة اخلطوط الوطنية في هذا املعرض قال مدير العالقات العامة في اخلطوط‬
‫ "لدينا كشركة كويتية ثقة كاملة في ما ميلكه شبابنا من مواهب‬:‫ جاسم القامس‬،‫الوطنية‬
‫ لذا فإن‬،‫ فالشباب هم بناة املستقبل وأمل الوطن‬،‫ومهارات وقدرات إبداعية ميكن أن تفيد الوطن‬
‫دعم هذا امللتقى كان أمرا ً البد منه خصوصا ً ونحن شركة طيران كويتية نفتخر بانتمائنا لهذا‬
‫ فكان من الطبيعي أن نساهم في دعم مشروع "كويتي وافتخر" كمساهمة منا في إبراز‬،‫الوطن‬
."‫إبداعات الشباب الكويتي‬
‫هذا ومت تنظيم ملتقى "كويتي وافتخر" من قبل مجموعة من الشباب الكويتي الذين يتمتعون‬
‫جتمع للشباب الكويتي يتيح لهم فرصة االلتقاء والتفاعل مع‬
ّ ‫باخلبرة واملهنية بهدف توفير‬
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Gulf Bank Celebrates Kuwaiti Entrepreneurship Arabian Travel market to be a

Gulf Bank concludes its sponsorship for the annual ‘Proud 2 Be Kuwaiti’ Forum key driver in Kuwait's tourism
growth strategy
Speaking at a press conference in Kuwait City, Ms Majda Behbehani, Director
of Marketing & Foreign Relations (Tourism Sector), Ministry of Commerce and
Industry said this year's show is widely anticipated within the tourism industry as
Arabian Travel Market – the Middle East’s largest premier travel & tourism event
– is a key pillar in the State’s strategy of diversifying the national income and
creating new jobs for Kuwaitis.

“Attending exhibitions gives us the opportunity to introduce Kuwait to potential

visitors as an inbound GCC tourist destination with a strong emphasis on business
traveller meetings, and as an excellent family holiday destination for GCC residents.
Surour Alsamerai, General Manager of Human Resources at Gulf Bank with H.H. Sheikh Nasser Mohammed
The government of Kuwait is also keen to develop and improve domestic tourism.
Al Ahmad Al Sabah, Prime Minister of Kuwait and Hadeel Al-Fadhli from Gulf Bank at the opening day Last year’s Arabian Travel Market was a huge success and I have no doubt that this
year will once again prove to give an invaluable boost to our aspirations."
Kuwait – 25 March, 2010: Gulf Bank recently hailed the success of its sponsorship
of the “Proud to be Kuwaiti” (P2BK) Forum, which was held at the Mishref Mark Walsh - Group Exhibitions Director of Reed Travel Exhibitions, which stages
International Exhibition Fairground. The opening ceremony was held on the 16th the international show – said that historically Kuwait has been a staunch supporter
March, under the Patronage of H.H. Sheikh Nasser Mohammed Al Ahmad Al Sabah, of the Arabian Travel Market and both the government and the private sector have
Prime Minister of Kuwait, and the closing ceremony on the 19th April was under the for some time realised the potential it commands as a key business vehicle.
auspices of H.E. Sheikh Ahmad Fahad Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah.
"Kuwait is growing in strength – of that there can be little doubt," he said. "Its
A competition was held during the P2BK forum to recognise the best idea and businesses are thriving and its economy is expanding. Infrastructure developments,
the best marketing plan, with the judging panel announcing the results during the urbanisation and a new port at Bubiyan Island are all signs of this – and its
closing ceremony. The Arabian Motors Group-Ford also organized a competition location on the edge of the more populous northern regions of the wider Middle
and distributed awards East will support its future.”

H.E. Sheikh Ahmad Fahad Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah, Deputy Prime Minister,
Minister for Economic Affairs, Minister of State for Housing Affairs and Minister
of State for Administrative Development, and Dhari Al Wazzan, founder of P2BK ‫مشاركة كلية بوكسهل مبلتقى اإلجتماع السادس‬
honoured all sponsors by handing them mementos as a token of appreciation. "‫بعيون قضايانا األسرية‬.. ‫"مجتمعنا‬
Commenting on Gulf Bank’s sponsorship of the Forum, Fawzy Al - Thunayan,
General Manager – Board Affairs of Gulf Bank, stated: “Gulf Bank is honored to
sponsor the “Proud to be Kuwaiti” P2BK Forum, for the third time. The Forum is
one of the most prominent events that encourage giving, self-achievement, and
translation of ambitions into reality.”

“As a Kuwaiti bank, we are proud of our youth and their small projects, which
we aspire will develop into great companies and businesses in the future. We
diligently endeavor to convert the culture of the Kuwaiti youth from consumption
into production, deriving this tendency from the Kuwaiti business heritage, which
was propelled by the spirit of initiatives and private projects.” Mr. Al -Thunayan
elaborated.
‫حرصا" من كلية بوكسهل وإهتمامها بالتنمية اجملتمعية الشاملة وإميانا" منها بأهمية‬
“We do aspire that eventually this will lead to a prosperous future for the Kuwaiti ‫مشاركة الهيئات التعليمية مبثل هذه امللتقيات التي تهتم بدراسة ومعاجلة القضايا‬
economy, and to a developed intellectual community that is capable of realizing . ‫املتعلقة بالبناء األساسي للمجتمع وهو األسرة‬
the hopes and dreams of the future generations; a society that always seeks to ‫قامت سعادة وزيرة التربية ووزيرة التعليم العالي الدكتورة موضي احلمود بإفتتاح معرض‬
upgrade living styles in all aspects.” He continued. ‫ وجالت الوزيرة احلمود في أرجاء املعرض والذي شهد مشاركة كبيرة من مؤسسات‬. ‫امللتقى‬
“Today, we can witness a strong economic leap towards a promising future for our ‫ حيث توقفت الوزيرة في الركن اخملصص لكلية بوكسهل وعبرت‬، ‫حكومية وأخرى خاصة‬
‫عن إعجابها برسالة الكلية الفريدة من نوعها حيث أنها الكلية االسترالية اخلاصة‬
young generations. This can only be achieved with the support by all the institutions
.‫الوحيدة في الكويت لتعليم البنات‬
and individuals of our society. Let us join hands to activate the development,
towards a more developed, more prosperous Kuwait.” He concluded. ‫ عبداهلل الفهيد‬.‫وأكتظ املعرض بحضور الفت كان في مقدمته مدير جامعه الكويت د‬
‫ ولم يقتصر امللتقى‬.‫وسفراء عدد من الدول اخلليجية والعربية والصديقة و أكادمييون زائرون‬
“Gulf Bank’s sponsorship of P2BK Forum is part of its commitment to building a ‫على املعرض فقط بل شمل على ورش عمل وبرامج خاصه اختصت بقضايا األسرة والتي من‬
prosperous Kuwait, helping support young Kuwaitis develop professional business ‫شأنها حتفيز اجلهود نحو تقوية البرامج والسياسات القائمة والعمل على إستحداث األنظمة‬
skills and to give them the opportunity to become the successful entrepreneurs of ‫والسياسات احلديثة ملواكبة مستجدات احلقل األسري وهو ما أشارت إليه الوزيرة احلمود بأن‬
the future”. Mr. Alsamerai concluded. .‫هذا النوع من امللتقيات يجسد محاور لقضايا و جوانب مهمة مرتبطة باالسرة وافرادها‬

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April 2010

Horoscopes &
April Planet Overview: In April, ambitious souls battle to make financial dreams a reality. Beginning April 3, when Venus, the planet of financial affairs, engages in a fierce interchange
with Mars, the action hero (newly energized after a four-month nap), there is no stopping the enterprising spirit. With the go-getter New Moon in daring Aries on April 14, it's going to be
hard to stop the onward march to your goal. With Jupiter in spiritual Pisces, expansion and courage permeate the air. Mercury retrogrades on April 18. There could be unforeseen delays,
but nothing is insurmountable this month with the Full Moon in determined Scorpio on April 28.

This month will be a positive time for you,

Aries, due to strong influences in your
sign. The Sun will be in Aries until April 20,
A r i es

adding confidence and motivation. You'll

make positive changes and decisively
begin new initiatives over the first few
(Mar 21 – Apr 19) days. Love may be difficult during the
Venus/Mars square around April 3. A
New Moon on April 14 in your sign will herald a new beginning.
You'll start fresh and take action decisively into May. Mars in
Leo, another Fire Sign, will lift your spirits and help you enjoy life,
especially around April 21 and 22.

The Sun, Venus, and Mercury will all move

through your sign this month. You'll be
relaxed and enjoy all of your relationships.
Tau r u s

There may be some stress at home or

with a parent, though. Mercury and Venus
will be in Taurus for most of the month,
emphasizing friendships and loving
Kate Hudson
(Apr 20 – May 20) communication. The Sun will move to your
19 April - Kate Garry Hudson (born April 19, 1979) is an
th
sign on April 20, bringing an added boost
of confidence and charisma, and you'll be in your element. A Full
American actress. She came to prominence in 2001 after
Moon in Scorpio on April 28 may bring difficult emotional issues. bringing in several awards and nominations for her role in Abraham Maslow
Mercury will turn retrograde in your sign on April 17, creating
Almost Famous 1st April
misunderstandings.

Three planets in Taurus this month will

urge you to relax and slow down. The
G em in i

Sun, Mercury, and Venus will bring out an

appreciation of art, music, and nature,
as well as your sensual side. However,
the Sun will be in Aries until April 20.
(May 21 – June 20) This will be an opportunity to pursue new
initiatives and start projects. A New Moon
on April 14 in Aries will reinforce this idea. The planets transiting
in Taurus will help you be methodical and work hard to achieve Victoria Beckham Carolyn Johnson Carmen Electra
your goals. Saturn will move back into Virgo on April 7, creating 30th April
17th April 20th April
fresh challenges.

The Sun in Aries until April 20 will kick- Your energy will be high and vitality strong this Pluto in Capricorn will continue to shake up your
start your initiatives. You're usually month with Mars in your sign and the Sun in world. By now you're getting used to the chaos
hesitant about trying new things and
C an c er

Aries until April 20. You can expect to have a and finding new ways to cope. The Sun, Mercury,
Vi r go
L eo

taking risks. A New Moon in Aries on April and Venus will move through the sign of Taurus
lot of confidence and start new projects as of
14 will give you further impetus to test during the month. The Sun will join them there on
the New Moon in Aries on April 14. Take a few
your limits. The Sun will join Mercury and April 20. This influence will increase your desire
(June 21 – July 22) Venus in the sign of Taurus on April 20. (July 23 – Aug 22) risks, be decisive, and initiate change for the (Aug 23 – Sept 22)
to do good work and be diligent and trustworthy.
For the rest of the month, enjoy the finer rest of the month. The Sun will eventually join
You'll have good relations with other people
things in life, relaxing activities, and good times with people you Mercury and Venus in the sign of Taurus. This Taurus energy might
and get in touch with your sensual side during these transits. Saturn
like. Try to get outside and enjoy nature and perhaps do some create tension and stress if you refuse to slow down and relax.
retrograde will move back into your sign around April 7. This could
gardening. This will help you to feel grounded. Keep generosity You'll enjoy the company of others but you could argue
in check this month. affect your confidence in a negative way.

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FAMOUS BirtHdays With permission from

The Sun in Aries for the first three weeks

this month will push you to take the lead
and take risks. Your energy will be strong

Sagittarius
and your confidence elevated. A New Moon
in Aries on April 14 will bring out this gutsy
energy even further and inspire you to
(Nov 22 – Dec 21) make significant changes. Be active and
keep busy all month. Mars in Leo will also
Jackie Chan Andre Agassi Uma Thurman give you an added boost when you need it. All of these Fire
7th April 29th April 29th April Sign influences will feel great. The Sun, Mercury, and Venus will
also move through the sign of Taurus, bringing the need to relax
periodically.

This month three planets transiting in

Taurus will increase your productivity and

Capricor n
enjoyment in life. You'll feel grounded and
able to relate well to others. The Sun will
be in the sign of Aries until April 20. You
may feel rushed or bullied at times, but this
(Dec 22 – Jan 19) influence will give you the push you need
to make changes. A New Moon in Aries on
April 14 will help you be more decisive and start new initiatives

Eddie Murphy Colin Powell Mandy Moore in spite of hesitation. A Full Moon in Scorpio on April 28 will stir
up buried emotional baggage and negativity. Try to face your
3 April
rd 5th April 10th April
inner world.

Expect a bit of tension and stress with

three planets transiting the sign of Taurus
Aq u ari u s

this month. You may become inpatient

with other people or feel bored. The Sun,
Mercury, and Venus will all be in this Earth
(Jan 20 – Feb 18) Sign, bringing self-indulgence but also the
chance to relax. The Sun will be in Aries
until April 20 and there will be a New Moon in Aries on April 14.
This fiery energy will get you moving and help you start new
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projects. Be careful not to waste time or get distracted. Neptune
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in your sign will enhance your creativity and intuition.

You'll find that Saturn, the planet of limitations, You'll feel more grounded and relaxed with Motivating energy from Aries this month
will still influence your general outlook on life three planets moving through the sign of will inspire you to be more active and
P is c es

Taurus this month. Force yourself to slow assertive. The Sun will be in this sign
Sc o r pi o

this month. You may be less confident or

Li b r a

willing to experience life fully. The Sun will be down, appreciate what you have, and enjoy until April 20, urging you to experience
in the sign of Aries until April 20, helping you good times. A New Moon in Aries on April 14 life to the fullest. A New Moon in Aries
will help you be assertive into May. Mars in on April 14 will bring added confidence
be more proactive and assertive. However, (Feb 19 – Mar 20)
(Sept 23 – Oct 25) (Oct 23 – Dec 21) Leo will bring confrontations with people who and courage. You just need to believe in
Saturn will cause you to hold back, and you
are more extroverted and bossy than you yourself in order to be successful. Saturn will move back into the
might fear change. A New Moon in Aries on
are. You might not like this brash and showy behavior and become
April 14 should help mitigate somewhat your reluctance to grow. sign of Virgo around April 7, causing some tension and worry
defensive and withdrawn. A Full Moon in your sign on April 28 will
Under this influence, you should face your fears and do things anyway. for the rest of the month. You may have concerns about shared
make you even more moody, introspective, and emotional. Feelings
Mars in Leo will bring fun and good times with friends. resources or joint finances. Mars in Leo this month will help you
of jealousy or obsession could become problematic.
stand up for yourself.

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