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The exhibition features an exhibition of conceptual Emirati artist Has-san Sharif, titled: “Hassan Sharif: Objects and Files”. The exhibition includes a selection of artist archives and object installations from be-

tween 1981-1987, during which time Sharif established new, self-imposed systems of repetition, duration and chance in the execution of his work.

Sharif’s works is showcased alongside four significant and influential artists from across the Arab world, including Faraj Daham (Qatar), Saloua Raouda Choucair (Lebanon), Inji Efflatoun (Egypt) and Farid Belkahia (Morocco).

Each of the five galleries on the ground floor exhibition is dedicated to a pioneering solo artist, touching upon specific themes in their practice and allowing visitors to experience their work through various curatorial interpretations of historical contexts, materials and aesthetics.

Where: Ground floor of Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art in DohaWhen: Until September 4Time: 11am-6pm, Fri: 3pm-8pm, Monday closed Ticket: Free entry

Focus: Works from

Mathaf Collection, vol. 2

Katara Art Studio will host documentary photographs representing 11 Latin American countries in five catego-ries namely the country capital, national animal, national

plant or flower, national dish and the historical monument.

Where: Katara Art Studio B19 When: Until March 15Time: 10am to 10pmTickets: Free entry

Symbols of Latin America

and the Caribbean

Every Thursday Aspire Park is organising outdoor sport fun ac-

tivities, including football, volleyball, tournaments and games

for boys and girls. Head to the park along with your family and

friends for an activity-filled day.

Where: Aspire Park When: Every Thursday until April 24Time: 4pm to 9pm

Aspire Winter Weekends

California Tortilla Reverse Walk

This weekend burn

those calories

and head for a

reverse walk at Aspire.

For the first time in

Qatar, California Tor-

tilla Reverse Walk will

be held for the ben-

efit of Qatar Diabetes

Association.

In the modern

world, it’s become

quite the rage in Japan,

China and parts of Eu-

rope, where people use it to build muscle, improve sports performance,

promote balance and more.

Where: Aspire Zone Doha When: March 12; 10am to 5pmGo to http://reversewalk.com/ for registration

03

EVENTS


The Peninsula Celebrating the 20th Annivarsary

Scan the QR code to watch videos from The Peninsula newspaperScan Watch&

An Animal Park featuring 15 animals, including animatronic dinosaurs, mam-moth and King Kong, has opened besides the Qatar Sport Club in West Bay. With the gigantic animals moving and creating sounds, the edutainment

park is brought to Doha by CAC Events, in collaboration with AJ Entertainment company and Qatar Tourism Authority. There is also a kids’ arena which features entertainment and rides.

Where: Beside the Qatar Sport Club in West Bay When: Until April 2Time: From 4pm to 11pm and on Saturday from 10am to 11pm.Ticket: QR15 for children and QR25 for adults; QR10 per ride for two to five minutes.

Animal Park

Some events mentioned here are for next week. We are giv-

ing you headstart so that you book your tickets in advance.

Arab-Ottoman Classical Music

As part of it’s exchanging of experiences and musical

programmes, Qatar Music Academy’s Arab Music De-

partment will hold its annual concert at Katara on March

12, 2016.

Where: Katara Cultural Village, Drama Theatre When: March 12; 4pm Ticket: Free admission

Based on the DreamWorks blockbuster which has enchanted millions of audi-ences of all ages form across the world,

Shrek The Musical is now set to entertain fami-lies in Qatar with its lavish costumes and great music.

Where: Qatar National Convention CentreWhen: March 9-19Ticket: Tickets are on sale on www.ticketmaster.qa/etkinlik-grup/592040/ALL/enTickets are also available in Ticketmaster booths in Carrefour stores in City Center, Villagio and Landmark malls.

Shrek The Musical

TRAVELABBA the Museum opened in 2013 on Djurgarden near Stockholm’s history, modern art and wildlife museums.


By Dina Mishev The Washington Post

ABBA is looking for a fifth member and hold-

ing open auditions. I have no intention of

auditioning, but, nonetheless, I step into the

sound booth and up to the microphone. Just

to see what it feels like. I swish the velvet

curtain behind me closed.

I scan the list I was given. Wannabe fifth members can

choose one of five hits from the Swedish pop quartet’s

1970s heyday: “Waterloo,” “Dancing Queen,” “Mamma

Mia,” “Money, Money, Money” and “Winner Takes It All.”

I hit the touch screen, and the infectious, driving

melody of “Money, Money, Money” starts. My palms are

clammy. I can feel my pulse in my eyeballs. My stomach

tightens. There are few things I fear more than singing.

This is because I am tone-deaf. My choir director told me

as much just before I went onstage for a second-grade

holiday concert: “Move your lips, but don’t let any words

come out,” she said.

As an adult, I don’t even sing in the shower or the car.

And I especially don’t audition to join Swedish superstar

pop groups, not even in a fake recording booth at a

tourist attraction. If I did sing, though, it would probably

be ABBA songs.

ABBA the Museum opened in 2013 on Djurgar-

den, across from the Grona Lund theme park and near

Stockholm’s history, modern art and wildlife museums,

to celebrate the biggest cultural export ever to come out

of Sweden. Between 1975 and 1982, Agnetha Faltskog,

Bjorn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad,

all native Swedes with the exception of Anni-Frid, who is

Norwegian, sold out concert venues around the world.

By some estimates, the band has sold as many as 500

million records worldwide.

The museum is the permanent home for the ABBA-

WORLD exhibit that toured Europe and Australia between

2009 and 2011. A 180-degree projection screen showing

ABBA music videos greets visitors at the entrance. From there,

the experience only gets more immersive, with interactive

singing and dancing exhibits and recorded interviews with

band members, their clothing designer and their manager.

I’m at the museum because, even though I was born

too late to enjoy the band during its AM-radio prime, I

still know the words to more songs by ABBA than any

other group. I saw both the musical and movie versions

of “Mamma Mia!” I can’t remember anything else about

senior prom but have a startlingly clear memory of “Danc-

ing Queen” playing as I lip-synced the words. Also, I’ve

heard from locals that the museum, which is attached

to the Swedish Music Hall of Fame, is more fun than a

spandex bodysuit.

Back in the booth, I miss my cue. There’s no option

to start over. Not that I want to. The music presses on,

backing vocals coming in to ostensibly join me for the

chorus. I watch silently as the lyrics to “Money, Money,

Money” scroll across the screen in front of me. A purple

ball bounces along to indicate when to sing each word.

Take a chance onTake a chance onStockholm’s immersive Stockholm’s immersive

ABBA MuseumABBA Museum

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The ABBA museum has exhaustive histories of each member, and recorded commentary by all four members.

At the end, the screen flashes my score. I expect

a zero since, well, I didn’t sing a single word. But the

ABBA museum is a kind judge and employs a scoring

system somewhat similar to the SAT. Evidently, just for

walking into the booth I get a base score of 54. Maybe

the mic registered some background noise?

In addition to bright lights, spunky music, the most

glittering-est and spandex-y of ABBA’s original con-

cert costumes, exhaustive histories of each member,

and recorded commentary by all four members - it’s

worth the extra money for the audio guide - the ABBA

museum has a half-dozen interactive exhibits that, like

the audition booth, invite you to be part of the group.

But don’t run right to the high-tech exhibits or you’ll

miss the rooms devoted to band memorabilia. Near

the museum’s entrance, where there are baby and

childhood photos of each of the ABBAs, wall text de-

scribes Benny’s first band, the Hep Stars, as “Sweden’s

wildest pop band,” although cuddly song titles such as

“Farmer John” and “Sunny Girl” belie that description.

All text is in Swedish and English.

Standing in front of a re-creation of one of the

band’s studios, I read that the black upright piano

against the wall is self-playing and connected to Ben-

ny’s present-day studio in Skeppsholmen. “When Benny

starts playing, you will be able to listen,” a sign says.

Benny isn’t playing, so I move across the room to

try my hand at mixing one of the band’s songs. I’m

lighter on the keyboards and choir than the band’s

real sound engineer, Michael Tretow, and get a score

of 4,625. High scores are not listed, so I have no idea

whether this is good or bad.

Deeper in the museum, I select the “easy” level

ABBA quiz and find the questions decidedly not easy.

For “Who did ABBA need to get the permission from

for their name?” I guess “toy company.” I am wrong. The

correct answer is a fish canning company. My answers

to 11 of the other 15 questions are incorrect, too. Still, I

score 1,500. The ABBA museum’s scoring is as uplifting

as the band’s music.

If you want, your score and whatever you did to

earn it can be stored online via the bar code on your

entrance ticket. Later, you can relive each of the in-

teractive exhibits - your audition, your mixing, your

dancing, the quiz - by logging in at the museum’s

website.

Past the impressively realistic life-size waxworks

of Benny, Frida, Agnetha and Bjorn, installed last year

with serious pomp and circumstance and helicopters,

is the Dancing Queen disco room, complete with spin-

ning disco balls, a flashing floor, and wall-mounted

televisions and screens playing footage of the band

performing “Dancing Queen.”

Less self-conscious about my dancing than singing,

I give 110 percent here.

Sadly, this activity is not scored.

Pumped full of positive energy, I leave the museum

still swaying. It’s not until I’m half a mile away, walking

- still with excess exuberance and swagger - past the

cathedral-esque, decidedly un-ABBA Nordic Museum,

that I realize I’m also singing.

Yes, it’s barely above a whisper. But I bet if I had

been able to do even this much in my earlier audition,

I could have at least doubled my score.

TRAVEL

ABBA the Museum

Djurgardsvagen 68, Stockholm

011-46-8-121-328-60

abbathemuseum.com/en

Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. daily; $23 for adults, $7.64

for kids ages 7 to 15, free for age 6 and younger.

Mamma Mia! The Party

Lilla Allmanna Grand 9, 115 21, Stockholm

mammamiatheparty.com

Not part of the museum, but associated, this

dinner theater picks up where the musical and

movie ended, in Nikos Taverna. Must be 13 or

older to attend. Open July 27 to Aug. 21. Tickets

go on sale online March 10 at $157 a person.

IF YOU GO

Sometimes the keys on this upright piano in the ABBA museum start playing by themselves. That’s because they’re connected to Benny’s Skeppsholmen studio. “When Benny starts playing, you will be able to listen,” a sign says. (Photo by Dina Mishev)

Singing or whistling or barking sand are those that produce sound caused by wind passing or by walking on sand. Find out more.


YOUNG EDITORS

By Julie Zauzmer

Forget the campaign going on in

the rest of the country. Jesse and

Jennifer Nielsen are in the midst

of a presidential election within

their own household.

Should they vote for Reagan? Opt for

Kennedy?

The Arlington couple needs to choose

a presidential namesake for their fourth

child.

The Nielsens have three children, all

named for presidents: Grant, 4, for Ul-

ysses S., who was in the White House

from 1869 to 1877; Madison, 2, for our

fourth president, James; and little girl

McKinley, 1, named for William, who was

elected in 1896.

They’re expecting their fourth in May.

Since five presidents have shared sur-

names with a predecessor, the Nielsens

are down to just 36 options to choose

from.

Some names are clearly out: Can

you imagine baby Fillmore, Van Buren

or Buchanan? Not hardly.

This baby will be a girl, which rules

out more. A boy could be named for

President Arthur (21st president Chester

A., that is) or Jackson (Andrew, seventh

president) or Harrison (either Benjamin,

No. 23, or William Henry, No. 9). But not

a daughter.

“There’s no one choice, really, that

we’re like, ‘Oh, we really like that one,’ “

Jennifer Nielsen said.

And everywhere they turn, they get

more advice.

One friend pointed out that presi-

dents Grant, McKinley and Madison,

appear on the $50, $500 and $5,000

bills, respectively. He opined that 50-cent

coin Kennedy would be the best fit for

an obscure monetary theme.

Even Grant’s preschool class has

gotten in on the task. The 4-year-

old’s teacher went through the list of

presidents of the United States, asking

the children which name they preferred

for Grant’s baby sister.

Grant, Madison and McKinley Nielsen

are still a bit young to understand the

weight of history that comes with their

names. They have received books about

presidents for birthdays, and their par-

ents have taken them to the White House

for family photographs, dressed in red,

white and blue.

“Who lives in the White House?” Jen-

nifer asks, and Grant responds, “Bock

Obama!”

“Everyone that lives in the White

House, you guys have a name similar to,”

his mom tells him. Grant, unmoved, keeps

playing Minecraft on an iPad.

Madison babbles on about her new

sister as she snacks on popcorn and rai-

sins. “I want it to be a girl. I’m gonna be

a big sister. My baby. I’m gonna paint

her room.”

Her mother asks her what the baby’s

name should be, and Madison responds

with her favorite theme: “Princess!”

Grant chimes in with a name sugges-

tion, too: “Doo Gada.”

The Nielsens didn’t set out to sad-

dle their children with presidential

expectations.

In fact, Civil War general Ulysses

wasn’t on their mind at all when they

named their first son. Grant was simply

the only name that Jesse, who owns a

government contracting firm, and Jen-

nifer, who works a few hours a week at

an organization that deals with refugee

issues, could agree on.

Jesse, 35, and Jennifer, 33, did have

James Madison in mind when they

named their now-almost-3-year-old

daughter, who usually goes by Maddie.

The couple met at James Madison Uni-

versity and wanted to pay tribute to the

institution.

Only after baby Madison was born did

their friends point out that Grant was a

president, too.

At that point, a presidential name

still wasn’t a mandate. They debated

when they were expecting their third

child - stick with the theme? Or give her

a nonpresidential name?

The theme won.

They named her McKinley, the most

obviously presidential name yet.

“The first thing my brother said was,

‘Oh, McKinley was assassinated,’ “ Jen-

nifer said.

That was going to be true no matter

what they named their third child - they

would have gone with Lincoln if they had

had a boy.

Now they’ve marked themselves as

the presidential family. Everywhere she

goes, Jennifer says, acquaintances ask

which president’s name this fourth baby

will get. Friends have suggested Taylor

(Zachary, No. 12). Ford (Gerald, No. 38).

Tyler (John, No. 10).

“So many people are into this now,

and they come up with facts and tell us,”

Jennifer said.

One consideration is off the table:

the president’s politics. The Nielsens,

who are Republicans, decided when

McKinley was born that if they were com-

fortable naming their daughter after a

man whose life ended in assassination,

then they were comfortable naming her

for a Democrat.

“We already decided, there’s too few

names to be that selective,” Jennifer said.

“It has to be about what we want to call

the kids, not who the presidents were.”

For the moment, Reagan seems to be

ahead in the family’s polling, followed by

Kennedy and Monroe. Or maybe Pierce,

Jennifer adds.

At least they know they won’t be

combing the list of the 44 presidents’

names a fifth time. After baby Reagan

- or Kennedy, or Pierce - is born, their

presidential family will be complete.

In one Virginia family, all kids

are named after US presidents

Did you know that some sand dunes sing?

Scan to watch video

A screenshot of the video.

Singing or whistling or barking sand are

those that produce sound caused by

wind passing or by walking on sand.

These sounds with frequency close to 450HZ

are similar to loud low-pitch rumble.

Such phenomenon occurs in about 30

desert locations around the world with one

of them being in Qatar. No guesses needed,

such sound has been heard in Mesaieed.

Scan the QR code to watch a six-minute

video on the science behind the sounds

of sand.

07

YOUNG EDITORS


Oranges usually float in water, find out why and learn how to make them sink.

By Howard Bennett The Washington Post

When kids think about

saliva, it’s often in the

context of how far they

can spit or the way sa-

liva changes colour

if they’ve been eating something like

Skittles. And while I agree that the aero-

dynamics of spit is fun to watch, saliva has

a loftier goal than being launched through

the air in search of a target.

Your body is loaded with glands. Some

produce tears. Some produce sweat.

Some produce oil. Your mouth is home to

six large and more than 750 small glands

that make saliva. The large salivary glands

come in pairs:

- Parotid glands are located inside

your cheeks near the ear.

- Submandibular glands are located on

the floor of your mouth by the lower jaw.

- Sublingual glands are located under

the front of your tongue.

The small salivary glands are one or

two millimeters in size. They can be found

within the “mucosa” of your cheeks, lips,

soft palate, hard palate, the floor of your

mouth and even your throat. Mucosa is

the scientific name for the moist tissue

that lines the inside areas of your body:

mouth, throat, nasal passages, etc.

Saliva is 99 percent water. The rest

is composed of mucus, salts, enzymes,

protein and antibodies (chemicals that

help your body fight infection). A small

amount of saliva is continually secreted

into your mouth, but 90 percent of it is

released in response to eating or drinking.

The average adult makes about a quart

of saliva daily.

Saliva has many jobs:- It keeps your oral mucosa moist.

- It helps prevent cavities. (But you still

need to brush your teeth!)

- It mixes with food, making it easier

to swallow.

- By liquefying food, saliva makes it

easier to taste what you’re eating.

- The parotid gland makes amylase

(pronounced AM-uh-lace), an enzyme that

begins digesting starch in your mouth.

Before a vaccine was developed in the

1960s, thousands of American children

came down with the mumps every year.

The mumps virus mainly attacks the parot-

id gland. Kids who get the mumps develop

a low-grade fever, muscle aches, fatigue

and very swollen parotid glands. Imagine

a hamster whose cheeks are bulging with

food, and you’ll have a picture of what

kids look like with the mumps. Nowadays,

getting the mumps is rare, but other vi-

ruses can occasionally infect the parotid

glands. As a pediatrician, I see a case of

parotitis, or inflammation of the parotid

gland, about once a year.

Here are some other cool facts about saliva:

- You produce less saliva while you

sleep. That’s why your mouth is dry

when you wake up.

- The venom glands of poisonous

snakes and Gila monsters are modified

salivary glands.

- Two bird species in the swiftlet

family build their nests completely from

saliva. Bird’s nest soup, which is made

from these nests, is a delicacy in China.

The empty nests are harvested from

the walls of high caves. They are then

cleaned and cooked in broth. I hear that

it’s an acquired taste.

Ever wondered about saliva?

COLOUR MEDo try this at home!

Oranges usually float in water but we are going to make them

sink. For this you need two oranges, two large glasses or jars,

and water. Pour water into both the glasses and put one of the

oranges in them. It naturally floats. Take the second orange and

peel the skin off and then place it carefully in the water. Voila, it

sinks!

Why? The orange with the peel has air in it and so it floats, in

spite of it being heavy.

Scan the QR code given here to view an interesting video on

“Why does the heavier orange float?”

Scan to watch video

WHEELSThe Concept_One accelerates from zero to 60 mph in 2.6 seconds. It reaches 120 mph in 6.2 seconds and has a top speed of 221 mph.


By Matt McFarland

Amid a whirlwind of interest around self-driving

cars, companies are sharing flashy videos and

prototypes of what they believe the car of the

future will look like. Some are small and podlike. Others

are sleek sedans covered in chrome. The interiors of

these vehicles generally look drastically different than

what we’re seeing today.

But one thing generally has gone unchanged on

these vehicles -- the tyres.

Goodyear, however, changed that this week at the

Geneva International Motor Show, revealing spherical

tires as its vision for the tires of future autonomous

vehicles. The tires, called the Eagle-360, are essential

large rubber balls.

These tires wouldn’t connect to the vehicle’s axles;

instead they would magnetically levitate under the

vehicle. A battery inside the wheels would power their

movement. These batteries would charge wirelessly

from the car body as well as regenerative braking.

The tire treads would also have unique designs

based on a vehicle’s location and habits. Does a car

drive a lot in the city or on highways? A pattern would

be selected to provide the best performance for those

circumstances.

The tires would also include sensors that commu-

nicate road and water conditions to other vehicles. So

the wheels on one car might rotate to use a different

part of their tread -- perhaps one built for wet condi-

tions -- after receiving word from a car ahead of an

approaching slick patch.

The tires would also monitor their own wear and

tear, so the 360-degree tires would rotate regularly to

spread wear evenly in order to maximize the tire’s life.

And for the record, the wheels wouldn’t even turn in

a traditional sense. The balls would just begin rolling in

a different direction. Goodyear points to benefits such

as more efficient, densely packed parking lots because

cars could turn at 90-degree angles rather than the

traditional wider turns that require broader lanes.

Goodyear's radical idea of what

driverless car tyres will look like

By Matt McFarland The Washington Post

Move over Tesla. A new option

has emerged for the driver who

craves an absurdly fast electric

car — the Concept_One from Croatian

automaker Rimac Automobili.

The Concept_One accelerates from

zero to 60 mph in 2.6 seconds. It reach-

es 120 mph in 6.2 seconds and has a

top speed of 221 mph. Quite simply, it

will leave a Tesla in the dust.

The car isn’t just fast. A quick look

at the Concept_One gives away the

fine craftsmanship. No parts in the

interior are plastic. Rimac opted for

carbon, aluminum and alcantara, a

high-end fabric found in yachts and

Formula 1 cars.

Rimac hails its new creation as the

super car of the 21st century. There’s just

one problem — we have a very suspect

definition of what a “supercar” really is.

The Concept_One caters to the

wealthiest of the wealthy. It’ll cost you

about $933,000 before taxes, and only

eight will be made. What’s so super

about that? The positive impact will

be felt in an extremely small slice of

society.

The Concept_One emerges not

long after Faraday Future released its

own electric super car, boasting 1,000

horsepower. (No price was mentioned

— so count on it being expensive.)

While the speed of these vehicles

is impressive, these automakers are

solving a minor problem and ignoring

a massive one. Slightly better accelera-

tion is nice, but is that really the part of

your driving experience that needs to

be improved?

The typical urban auto commuter

spends 42 hours stuck in traffic, a fig-

ure that has doubled since the 1980s.

Commutes are getting increasingly

longer, according to US Census data.

These so-called super cars do nothing

to address that growing problem. A car

with a top speed of 221 mph goes just

as fast as every other vehicle stuck in

a traffic jam or at a red light. Tesla is

promising a $35,000 vehicle this year,

but even it will have to face congestion.

If there was an affordable vehicle

cleverly built to get us safely to our des-

tination without sitting in traffic, now

that would be super.

Only eight $1m electric

supercar will be made

The Eagle-360 tire looks like a large rubber ball with a tread on it. Handout photo by Goodyear.

09FRIDAY 11 MARCH 2016

No longer will we be nipping, sucking and tucking at 60. Not when middle-income, yoga-loving women could be filling, peeling and “sub-dermal heating” at 35. WOMEN

By Lavanya Ramanathan The Washington Post

The modern war against aging - against tiny

furrows, laugh lines and muffin tops - will be

bloodless. Now, we’re microneedling, subject-

ing our jowls to the prick of a hundred pins in

the hopes that this will prod our collagen to

flow the way it did when we were 25. We’re basking in

the clarifying glow of intense pulsed light and letting

ultrasounds wash over our chubby parts.

No longer will we be nipping, sucking and tucking at

60. Not when we middle-income, yoga-loving women

could be filling, peeling and “sub-dermal heating” at 35.

“Twenty-five, 30 years ago, everybody thought of

dermatology as psoriasis, eczema, acne and warts,”

said a high-profile Washington dermatologist Tina Al-

ster. These days, dermatology is as much the pursuit

of a future free from having to age like our mothers.

“What are cosmeceuticals about?” most want to

know.

Cash, the doctors whisper. Doctors sell the products

in their offices to patients who’ve had procedures -

procedures that doctors are now performing all the

time. Which are also about cash.

According to data compiled by the American So-

ciety for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Americans spent

more than $12bn on cosmetic procedures in 2014, and

some doctors estimate that half that figure is spent on

the non-invasive stuff, including fillers and fat injec-

tions. And the number of men looking to flatten their

crow’s feet with a little hyaluronic acid or tighten up

their man-handles using radio frequencies rose at a

rapid clip: Procedures among men rose 43 percent

between 2013 and 2014.

Alster, one of the world’s leading experts on cos-

metic lasers, has been in the field for decades, and she

sees her clientele changing as fast as the technology.

“The younger age groups are much more accepting

of this,” she said. “They don’t really see this as being

abnormal. It’s like getting their hair cut.”

It’s the gray-hairs, the Dad Bods, who fret about

the stigma of paying a visit to the doc and fear ending

up looking plastic.

“The baby boomers and older age groups - who

need it, right? - they’ve been the ones who’ve been

the most reluctant to embrace these procedures,” said

Alster. “There’s still that element of it being so vain.

The younger people are like ‘Hey, I had Fraxel today.’ “

In patients’ minds, “it goes hand-in-hand with

eating kale and going to spin class,” confirmed Ivona

Percec, associate director of cosmetic plastic surgery

at the University of Pennsylvania, in a phone interview.

As with eating kale, of course, before you can feel

good, you must first feel bad. When you are in the

midst of many peddlers of youth, beauty and true

happiness, it is almost impossible not to feel slightly

bad - like the kind of bad where you have leprosy but

don’t worry, because it’s gonna be okay.

“Do you want to get your lips done?” a chipper

fellow in a lab coat asked a woman at a recent der-

matology convention centre who had meekly entered

his booth. Ooh, injectables! The woman nodded and

took a seat while he pulled out a lip brush and began

tracing her pout with a cherry-hued lipstick. “That,” he

announced, “is called Passion Pop.”

“Passsssion Popppp,” she repeated as she eyed

herself in the mirror, pleased.

Oh, right: This is a Clinique booth. It’s just makeup.

But it’s hard to tell, given the lab coats and the scientific

air of it all. But this is where we also spied an actual

doctor, Sophia Reid, a medical resident.

“Everyone wants to do the safest, cheapest thing

possible. And no one wants to go under the knife,” she

said as she rushed to her next lecture. “Body contour-

ing, CoolSculpting, face-sculpting . . . .” She ticked off

all the procedures in her professional future. The non-

invasive stuff is “one of the attractions of dermatology.

A lot of people will pay out-of-pocket.”

Patients talking up the work they’ve had done, said

many doctors, is one element driving the non-invasive

boom. The other is how many new tools are available,

and how little bloodletting many of them require.

This spate of new technology is more than the

field has seen “at any point in cosmetic medicine,” said

Percec, of U-Penn., which has even opened a research

center dubbed the Center for Human Appearance to

study the trends. Manasi Ladrigan, a dermatologist

from Rochester, NY, confessed that although she’d

trained in using the cosmetics technology as part of her

schooling, it never crossed her mind that she’d actu-

ally perform those procedures as much as she does.

Now, she says, “Everybody comes in saying, ‘Don’t

touch my lips, but make them look better.’” They want

the work, but they want it to be natural-looking.

Ah, yes, the “I woke up like this” look.

But this brave new world has also required her to

pick up a new skill: managing expectations.

“People will come in and pull their face back, and

say, ‘I want this,’” she said “And I’ll say, ‘What you’re

looking for is a facelift.’”

Having a little work done:

Now as routine as ‘eating

kale and going to spin class’

Twenty-five, 30 years ago, everybody thought of dermatology as psoriasis, eczema, acne and warts. These days, dermatology is as much the pursuit of a future free from having to age like our mothers.

DESIGN


Though white remains the best selling colour for most categories of home furnishings, gray is catching up.

By· Katherine Salant The Washington Post

If you ask a thousand people to name their favorite

colour, you might get one that would say gray. But

look at any lifestyle or shelter magazine and you’ll

see that gray is hot and seemingly here to stay.

Though white remains the best selling col-

our for most categories of home furnishings, gray is

catching up.

Not only have homeowners embraced gray for

things that are easy to change - such as wall colors

or throw pillows - they also have embraced gray for

things they expect to be using 10, 20 and even 30

years from now, including kitchen cabinets and bath-

room fixtures.

Gray has even gone global, influencing traditional

crafts that most of us assume to be impervious to fash-

ion and trends. For example, carpet weavers in Tibet,

Nepal and Northern India are still producing patterns

that are hundreds of years old, but now the colors

are contrasting shades of gray. These same weavers

also produce contemporary designs with a strong gray

presence, said Salesh Adhikhary of Globalcraft Rugs, a

carpeting wholesaler based in Houston.

How could a color more often associated with

bad weather, somber moods and illness acquire such

broad appeal? Its astonishingly broad range, design

experts said.

As a color, gray encompasses everything from a soft

silver to a stark, dark charcoal. It’s the perfect neutral

because it’s compatible with almost every other color,

and it folds easily into every style of decor. Dee Schlot-

ter, color brand manager for Glidden Paints, succinctly

summed it up: “Gray plays well with other colors.”

Though most people think of gray as a 50-50 mix

of equal parts black and white, most grays are actually

a mix of other colors that give it a unique chamele-

on-like quality. A gray wall paint that appears to be

slightly greenish when upholstered furniture with a

strong green theme is placed against it will acquire a

slightly bluish cast if the furniture is reupholstered in

blue tones.

All this has obvious advantages: As London-based

interiors blogger Kate Watson-Smyth pointed out, “You

don’t have to worry about redecorating every time you

change a piece of furniture.”

Scott Bodenner, a Brooklyn-based textile designer

(who said of himself: “I am that one in a thousand who

says that my favorite color is gray”) explained that when

gray is the backdrop, small changes can produce a big

effect. “It gives people the ability to change the mood

of a space by changing the accent colors of small things

like throw pillows and small rugs,” he said. “Switch out

a soft, calming blue for bright colors like red, yellow or

orange and you add pop and action.”

Watson-Smyth, whose affection for gray is evident

in nearly every room in her own London home, offered

yet another reason to favor it: “Gray gives life to eve-

rything in a room. Gray makes everything look more

modern and fresh. Gray makes all your possessions

pop out. It gives them presence. A good picture on a

gray wall - it’s amazing!”

Gray’s trajectory toward a central position in the

home-decorating pantheon began about six or seven

years ago as a desire for a “new neutral.” After nearly

two decades of nothing but “beige, beige, beige,” said

Jackie Jordan, director of color marketing at Sherwin-

Williams, “We were beiged out.”

Gray was first promoted by celebrity interior design-

ers, whose work was widely published in the shelter

magazines that focus on upscale interiors. This initial

coverage conveyed an important truth long known

by colorists like herself, Jordan said. It showed that

gray can be inspiring. “They showed that gray is not

cold, industrial or boring, that it can be calming and

sophisticated,” Jordan said.

For a change of kitchen pace, investigate shades of gray

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DESIGN


Combining dark charcoal cabinets with white cabinetry and counters and lighter grays for walls, backsplashes and an island counter produces a “happy” kitchen.

And that began to change the thinking of the gen-

eral public as well as the larger design community.

Gray began to appear in fashion and hospitality

settings (hotels and restaurants) and eventually in the

editorial pages of magazines that more closely mir-

ror the preferences and aspirations of the average

homeowner. As editorial exposure to gray increased,

the more comfortable people became with the idea

of incorporating gray into their own houses, Jordan

said. At the same time, home-furnishing stores such

as Ethan Allen, West Elm and Restoration Hardware

began to include gray in their furnishing vignettes, and

this showed consumers - in a very hands-on way - how

to work with gray, Jordan said.

A desire to connect with nature and bring the colors

of the outdoors inside and timing also account for

gray’s increasing popularity, said Lita Dirks, an inte-

rior designer based in Greenwood, Colo. “As we got

through the recession, people wanted to ‘open the

window’ and make a more efficient cleaner look that

went in another color direction. All the softer colors

of nature come from the family of gray, so it was an

obvious way to go.”

In many cases, Dirks said, homeowners are incor-

porating nature into their living rooms in the literal

sense by using old barn wood and repurposed wood

for floors or furniture.

An indication of gray’s increasing acceptance with

the general public is their purchase of gray “investment

pieces” like sofas, said Jill Waage, executive editor of

Better Homes and Gardens Brand and a keen observer

of American interior trends for more than 20 years.

Though she still sees a lot of white in kitchens and

bathrooms, “Gray is common now,” she said, adding,

“When we see gray cabinets, that’s a huge impact on

color. It’s here to stay.” The most common use of gray

that Waage has observed is flooring.

Indeed, Jackie Dettmar of the Mohawk Group, one

of the largest carpeting manufacturers in the country,

noted that in residential carpeting, their top sellers for

the last five years have been shades of gray. Melanie

McGeehan of Forbo, the top selling linoleum brand in

the United States, said that beige colors are still their

“strongest sellers,” but grays are a “strong number two.”

Because consumers expect to use “hardscape”

items like cabinets and bathroom fixtures for two or

three decades, manufacturers do not make the deci-

sion to offer gray lightly, said Nancy Yusko, a design

manager for kitchen and bathroom fixtures at Kohler.

“We would never launch a color we didn’t feel had

staying power because a homeowner puts our product

in and expects it to stay for 20-plus years.”

To distinguish a fad that comes and goes within one

or two years from a trend that lasts for 10 to 20 years,

Yusko said her firm “tracks across multiple industries.”

“We watch fashion, architecture, the auto industry,

interior design. We also reflect on the zeitgeist as well,”

Yusko added. “When we actually look across industries

and reflect on historical data, we find a lot of indica-

tions on what is penetrating culture and what’s on

the surface.”

Kohler currently offers five shades of gray in its lines

of plumbing fixtures for both bathrooms and kitchens.

Yusko also pointed out that, in a bathroom, the

color of the fixture itself can enhance the relaxation

that comes with a long soak in the tub or a few minutes

under the pounding jets of a multi-showerhead shower.

Most people assume that the benefits of the “spa expe-

rience” come from their contact with water, but when

you reduce contrast by replacing standard white fixtures

with ones in a softer color like gray, you will feel calmer

whether you are in the tub or not, she said.

Jennifer Gilmer of Gilmer Kitchen & Bath in Bethes-

da, Md., said many of her clients are interested in a

gray kitchen but fearful that it will make a kitchen feel

and look dark. They become convinced that it’s a great

idea when she shows them examples that combine

gray with other colors.

For example, combining dark charcoal cabinets

with white cabinetry and counters and lighter grays

for walls, backsplashes and an island counter produces

a “happy” kitchen, she said.

Katherine Salant has an architecture degree from Harvard University. A native Washingtonian, she grew up in Fairfax County and now lives in Ann Arbor, Mich. www.katherinesalant.com.

FILMS


ROYAL PLAZA

ASIAN TOWN

NOVO

MALL

LANDMARK

PUTHIYA NIYAMAM

BABY BLUES

ZITS

The story unfolds the life of family court lawyer Adv. Louis Pothen and his wife and dancer Vasuki. An unexpected problem affects the whole family and the consequent efforts of Louis Pothen to solve the issue form the the plot of the movie.

VILLAGGIO & CITY CENTER

List of movies running in Qatar cinemas. Get your friends or families together, grab a bucket of popcorn and enjoy a weekend flick.

Note: Program is subject to change without prior notice.

Zootropolis (Animation) 3D 1:10 & 5:30pm 2D 10:00am, 11:00, 12:10, 2:20, 3:20 & 4:30pmThe Other Side of The Door (2D/Horror) 7:40, 9:40 & 11:40pm The Divergent Series: Allegiant (2D/Action) 11:15, 11:30am, 2:00, 4:15, 4:30, 7:00, 9:15, 9:30pm & 12:00midnight Triple 9 (2D/Action) 11:00am, 1:30, 1:45, 4:00, 6:30, 6:45, 9:00, 11:30 & 11:45 pmMartyrs (2D/Drama) 7:15, 9:15 & 11:15pmLondon Has Fallen (2D/Action) 10:00, 11:00am, 12:00noon, 1:00, 2:00, 3:00, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00, 7:00, 8:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 & 11:55pm13 Hours: The Secret Soldier of Benghazi (2D/Action) 2:00, 7:00 & 11:45pmZoolander 2 (2D/Comedy) 11:45am, 5:00 & 9:40pmDeadpool (2D/Adventure) 10:00am, 2:40, 7:20 & 11:55pmKings of Egypt (2D/Action) 12:10, 4:50 & 9:30pmThe Divergent Series: Allegiant (2D IMAX/Action) 11:00am, 1:30, 4:00, 6:30, 9:00 & 11:30pm

Puthiya Niyamam (2D/Malayalam) 2:30 & 10:30pmThe Other Side of The Door (2D/Horror) 5:00 & 11:30pmTriple 9 (2D/Action) 7:00 & 9:15pmZootropolis: Zootopia (2D/Animation) 2:30 & 4:30pmLondon Has Fallen (2D/Action) 6:30 & 8:30pmMartyrs (2D/Horror) 9:30pmThe Divergent Series: Allegiant (2D/Action) 5:00 & 7:15pmKadhalum Kadanthu Pogum (2D/Tamil) 2:30 & 11:15pm

Puthiya Niyamam (Malayalam) 12:30, 1:15, 2:30, 3:00, 3:45, 5:00, 5:30, 6:15, 7:30, 8:00, 8:45, 10:00, 10:30, 11:15pm, 12:30, 01:00 & 02:00amAction Hero Biju (Malayalam) 3:15 & 8:45pm Kadhalum Kadanthu Pogum (2D/Tamil) 12:45, 6:00 & 11:30pm

Martyrs (2D/Horror) 2:30 & 7:00pmThe Other Side of The Door (2D/Horror) 5:00 & 11:15pmThe Divergent Series: Allegiant (2D/Action) 6:45 & 9:00pmZootropolis: Zootopia (2D/Animation) 3:00 & 5:00pmTriple 9 (2D/Action) 7:00 & 11:00pmLondon Has Fallen (2D/Action) 5:00 & 9:15pmPuthiya Niyamam (2D/Malayalam) 2:30 & 8:45pmKadhalum Kadanthu Pogum (2D/Tamil) 2:30 & 11:15pm

Zootropolis: Zootopia (2D/Animation) 2:30 & 4:30pmTriple 9 (2D/Action) 6:30, 9:00 & 11:30pmLondon Has Fallen (2D/Action) 3:00, 7:45 & 11:00pmThe Divergent Series:Allegiant (2D/Action) 5:00, 7:00&9:00pmThe Other Side of The Door (2D/Horror) 2:30, 6:00 & 9:30pmMartyrs (2D/Horror) 4:15 & 9:30pm

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PUZZLES


EASY SUDOKU

Yesterday’s answerEasy Sudoku Puzzles: Place a digit from 1

to 9 in each empty cell so every row, every

column and every 3x3 box contains all the

digits 1 to 9.

Yesterday’s answer

How to play Hyper Sudoku:A Hyper Sudoku Puzzle is solved by filling the numbers from 1 to 9 into the blank cells. A Hyper Sudoku has unlike Sudoku 13 regions (four regions overlap with the nine standard regions). In all regions the numbers from 1 to 9 can appear only once. Otherwise, a Hyper Sudoku is solved like a normal Sudoku.

HYPER SUDOKU

Yesterday’s answerHow to play Kakuro:The kakuro grid, unlike in sudoku, can be of any size. It has rows and columns, and dark cells like in a crossword. And, just like in a crossword, some of the dark cells will contain numbers. Some cells will contain two numbers.

However, in a crossword the numbers reference clues. In

KAKURO

ACROSS

1 Meows : cats :: ___ : dogs

5 Locale 9 “Me too”

14 “F” on a gas gauge

15 Downright nasty

16 Dark, as a room

17 Where ships go

18 Ship’s pole

19 Bright night lights

20 Gershwin composition in United Airlines ads

23 Fort Collins sch.

24 City south of Utah’s Arches National Park

25 “That’s overly personal about yourself,

don’t you think?!”

27 Lively, as colors

31 Person who regularly cleans his plate?

34 ___ of Sandwich 36 Pillage

37 Perfects, as one’s skills

39 Person about town

42 “___ words were never spoken”

43 Fret (over) 44 Classic clown name

45 Bro’s sibling 46 “Naked” rodent

49 Genre of 50 Cent and André 3000

50 Winnie-the-Pooh’s Hundred ___ Wood

51 Not share

53 Ascending in economic class

60 Put in a row

61 “Mon ___!” (French cry)

62 Stratford-upon-___

63 Walked like an expectant father, say

64 Slippery fish

65 Griffin who created “Wheel of Fortune”

66 How singers should sing

67 “Collect $200 after passing Go,” e.g.

68 “Toy Story” boy … or, with the circled

letters, a hint to 20-, 39- and 53-Across

DOWN

1 Way off

2 Surge of adrenaline

3 Sideshow act that features “the

smallest performers in the world”

4 Three Stooges’ hits?

5 Bullets, informally

6 Enjoy literature

7 Simple 8 “Star Trek” warp drive fuel

9 Lie on the beach

10 16 oz. 11 Baseball’s Felipe

12 See 13-Down

13 With 12-Down, “Gimme that!”

21 Hyundai’s Santa Fe or Tucson

22 Sine qua ___ 25 Exams

26 Like about 15% of New Zealanders

28 Bedridden, say

29 Winter Olympian who may go 90 m.p.h.

30 Mail deliverer’s assignment

31 1992 Clint Eastwood western that

won Best Picture

32 ___ toast

33 Military initiative that seeks to influence

the enemy’s mind, informally

35 Falsehood

38 Planet, to Shakespeare

40 Attractive companion on the red carpet

41 Old “Up, up and away” carrier

47 Bobby who won three straight N.H.L.

M.V.P. awards

48 Howe’er

50 Words before “You shouldn’t have”

52 Only U.S. president whose surname is

more than 50% vowels

53 ___ Bator, Mongolia

54 What may help break the ice

55 Stead

56 Raise one’s voice

57 Ponder, with “on”

58 Word before “have mercy!”

59 One of the seven deadly sins

60 Abbr. in a military address

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CROSSWORD

a kakuro, the numbers are all you get! They denote the total of the digits in the row or column referenced by the number.Within each collection of cells - called a run - any of the numbers 1 to 9 may be used but, like sudoku, each number may only be used once.

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Feeling lazy to go out? Stay inside with a hot karak, some healthy chips and start solving these puzzles. We have some number crunching ones and also the traditional crossword.


PARENTINGI learned the importance of keeping my cool and counting to 10: a lesson that could have come at a much higher price and one that we all need to embrace.

By Lisa Rene LeClair

The Washington Post

I’ve been frustrated most of my life. It doesn’t

matter where I am or what I am doing; irritation

simply follows me. On the outside, I am engaging

and good-humoured, but beneath the surface

is a pinched up shrew with the patience of a

2-year-old.

One of my many hidden talents is the ability to

roll my eyes without splitting a nerve. It is a skill that

requires equal amounts focus and fury, and one that

I’m sorry to admit I have mastered.

Whether I am standing in line at the grocery store

or sitting in the doctor’s office, my cuckoo clock eyes

are perpetually in motion. For the most part, I keep

the verbal anger to a minimum, which explains the

pulsating vein on the side of my face and the reddish

hue of my cheeks. But every so often I snap, causing

a whirlwind of impetuous behaviour.

We were living in Florida when I was eight months

pregnant. It was mid-July and hotter than hell. I was

on my way home from the gym when I saw an SUV in

the rear view mirror speeding toward me. I assumed

he would drive around since we were on a two-lane

bridge, but instead he sped up and revved his engine

directly behind my car.

I could feel the blood boiling in my hormonal face

when I glanced up and saw him pounding his fists on

the steering wheel. He was testing my patience, which

was destined for failure, but I rejected his challenge

and gestured for him to pass.

When he pulled alongside my car with a mouthful

of contempt, I exploded. It was the only time I had ever

unleashed that kind of fury on a total stranger, and I

let him have it all. I was so angry that my hands were

shaking. There were two of them, and two of me; one

of which was still in the oven, yet I couldn’t let it go.

We continued the charade until the next light,

which happened to be red. There was nowhere for

me to hide and no one around to witness the insanity

that was about to ensue. I was trapped, alone, and

very much afraid.

I could hear them screaming at me from their win-

dows as I eased my way toward the light, and watched

in horror as their car shook to a stop. When the driver

stepped out, he slammed his door shut and began

stomping his way over in my direction; by now my

heart was beating out of my chest and I could not

catch my breath.

To this day, I honestly believe he might have killed

me right there on the spot had his friend not pulled

him away when light turned green. I had allowed

myself to become totally unhinged for the first time

in my life, and it easily could have been my last. What

a foolish thing to do, particularly for an expectant

mother, and I am thankful my child wasn’t around

to see it.

When I got home that day, I could not stop crying.

I felt like the worst soon-to-be mother in the world

and was too ashamed to tell anyone what had hap-

pened, so I didn’t - until now. The thing about losing

control is that it makes you realize how swiftly it can

materialize.

Looking back, it’s probably a good thing that it

happened before my daughter was born. It allowed

me to see the dynamics of anger and taught me how

to stop myself from taking it one step further.

I have a strong-willed child. She is the spitting im-

age of her temperamental mother, minus the elevation.

When she was little, every request was an invitation

to push my buttons, and she pecked at them with

everything she had. If I asked her to do something,

she would puff out her tiny body and challenge me

to a verbal joust. If I told her not to touch something,

she would ease her way over to it with the grace of a

swan and throw a finger on top of it while giving me

a side eye. She was relentless, and I was beginning to

lose control.

We had just finished finger-painting in the kitchen

one afternoon when I asked her to help me clean up.

As expected, she dismissed my request by running to

her room for cover, but this time I followed behind. I

wanted to set an example for future behaviour, and

I wasn’t taking no for an answer. We bickered back

and forth until the conversation became heated and

a familiar feeling began to build up inside of me. My

hands were shaking - just as they were on that hot

summer day - and I was afraid of what would happen

if I stayed.

I knelt down on the floor with tears in my eyes and

hugged my little girl. I told her to stay in her room and

think about her behaviour while I went into mine to

do the same. Then I ran to my bedroom closet, closed

the door, and sobbed my way back to sanity.

It’s hard being a parent at times. Children can push

you to the ends of the earth and all you want to do

is scream. You repeat yourself 10,000 times a day as

if no one is listening, but they are. . . and they hear

everything. It only takes a second to reach the point of

no return, yet finding your way back can last a lifetime.

When I lost my temper that day on the road, intoler-

ance rattled my foundation and awakened self-control.

In one thick moment, I learned the importance of keep-

ing my cool and counting to 10: a lesson that could

have come at a much higher price and one that we

all need to embrace.

Lisa Rene LeClair is a writer, humorist, social media junkie and mom. She blogs for your amusement at sassypiehole and she tweets @sassypiehole.

How letting go of anger helps

you to become a better mom

I have a strong-willed child. She is the spitting image of her temperamental mother, minus the elevation. When she was little, every request was an invitation to push my buttons, and she pecked at them with everything she had.

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Rising sun seen from the Industrial Area.

By Bonnie S Benwick

When’s the last time you made wraps at home?

If you can’t remember, perhaps it’s because the

sandwiches have devolved into predictable,

overstuffed vehicles for chicken Caesar salad or thin slices

of ham and turkey and limp green spinach leaves. This

rendition might help return them to your lunch or quick-

dinner rotation; the chicken is flavorful, and there’s color

and crunch.

Serve with apple wedges.

Ingredients (Serves 4)

2 cloves garlic

2 small shallots

3 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves (6 ounces

each, tenderloins removed)

4 sprigs thyme

1/4 cup olive oil, plus more for the tortillas

Kosher salt

Freshly ground black pepper

2 tablespoons Sriracha sauce

4 tablespoons hoisin sauce

1 medium carrot

2 ribs celery

4 whole-wheat or brown-rice flour tortillas

2 tablespoons low-fat mayonnaise (do not use nonfat)

1 cup fresh mung bean sprouts

Method:

Thinly slice the garlic and shallots, placing them in a

large zip-top bag as you work. Trim any visible fat from the

chicken breast halves. Use a sharp knife to score a shallow

crisscross pattern on the top of each chicken breast half

before adding it to the bag. Toss in the thyme sprigs and

pour in the 1/4 cup of oil; seal the bag, pressing out as much

air as possible. Massage to coat the chicken thoroughly; let

sit for 20 minutes at room temperature.

Meanwhile, preheat a grill pan over medium-high heat

(or preheat a gas grill to 375 degrees). Whisk together the

Sriracha and hoisin in a small bowl.

Remove the chicken from the bag, discarding the mari-

nade. Season the chicken all over with salt and pepper,

then place it in the pan; cook for 4 minutes, scored side

down, until lightly charred, then turn the chicken over and

spread with most of the Sriracha mixture. Cook on the

second side for 4 to 5 minutes or until the thermometer

registers 165 degrees when inserted into the center of the

meat. Transfer to a plate.

While the chicken’s cooking, peel the carrot (and the

tough strings on the celery, if desired). Cut the vegetables

into matchsticks.

Brush one side of each tortilla lightly with oil; warm each

tortilla, oiled side down, on the grill pan for about 1 minute,

just until softened. Place one on each plate, oiled side up.

Combine the mayonnaise with the remaining Sriracha-

hoisin mixture, to create a spread for the wraps. Spread it

over each warmed tortilla.

Cut the chicken into strips, placing them evenly at the

center of each tortilla. Top each portion of chicken with

the carrot and celery matchsticks and the bean sprouts.

Fold each tortilla by bending in the sides by an inch or so;

quickly fold up the side closest to you so it covers the filling,

then roll and continue to fold in the sides to complete the

wrap. Cut in half and serve right away, or wrap each roll in

aluminum foil to keep warm.

Adapted from Good Fat Cooking: Recipes for a Flavor-Packed, Healthy Life, by Frankin Becker & Peter Kaminsky.

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