Celebrations - Qatar Tribune
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Celebrations - Qatar Tribune
Issue No. 81 Thursday, 28 March 2013 Page 3 Harvesting Rhubarb, Caring For Teak, Cleaning Glasses Frames April 20 2013’s Page 5 Hottest Gadgets P Page 8 Chic Easter Essentials Page 7 New Ne ew Spring ew Makeup Colors: The Top 8 Trends to Try Celebrations In addition to the religious celebrations and observances of Easter, many countries also celebrate Easter with sweets and baked goods. Eggs, a traditional symbol of new life, are hard-boiled and dyed, chocolates and candies of all shapes and sizes are bought, cakes and breads are baked and kids are busy decorating their houses for the holiday. Whether for you Easter means an onslaught of chocolate bunny pregnancy cravings or navigating the many twist and turns of your pipsqueak’s personal Easter bunny myth, suffice it to say this holiday is a special time for families. And, adding a bit of holiday cheer to your Easter celebration shouldn’t take a month of Sundays. With bunny-shaped templates and simple eggcup upgrades, our ‘Last-Minute Easter Ideas’ helps you with quick, easy, and creative ways to get in the spring spirit! There’s more to the celebration …from fashionable wearables to special Easter delights, check out our 10 ‘Chic Easter Essentials’ that will make this springtime holiday memorable. You can even choose from a show-stopping line-up of main-dish recipes to star as the centrepiece of your spring feast from our ‘Everyday Food: Easter Main Dishes’ section. Meantime, you can read on our ‘Ask Martha’ section where Martha answers queries on harvesting rhubarb, caring for teak, cleaning glasses frames, and also have a look at the Science & Technology pages that include ‘Robots in aid of the autistic’ and ‘April 2013’s Hottest Gadgets’. Drop us a word at [email protected]. Your feedback is always welcome.So be it science, technology, lifestyle or fashion, take your pick right away. And Facebook users keep liking our page! Follow us on www.facebook.com/BloomQatar 2 Thursday, 28 March 2013 Energy Drinks Linked To Changes In Heart Rhythm Energy drinks boost blood pressure and may make the heart more susceptible to electrical short circuits, new research suggests. But it’s not clear how much of this effect on blood pressure has to do with caffeine, which also is found in coffee, or whether the effect significantly raises the risk of heart problems. So should you put down your Red Bull or Monster Energy Drink? Not necessarily, experts say. “I have no real concern that having an energy drink or two will negatively impact most people’s health,” said Dr. C. Michael White, a professor and head of pharmacy practice at the University of Connecticut. He has studied energy drinks and is familiar with the new review’s findings. However, he said, “there is enough information in this meta-analysis to make me concerned that there may be pockets of the population who may have an increased risk of adverse events, and more work needs to be done to see if this is true.” In other words, it’s possible that some people could be especially vulnerable to the effects of energy drinks. At issue are the caffeine-laden drinks that have become popular among people looking to stay alert, stay awake or get a jolt. Sixteen-ounce cans of drinks like Monster Energy Assault and Rockstar pack in about 160 milligrams of caffeine, compared with roughly 100 milligrams in a 6-ounce cup of coffee. Energy drinks also come with other ingredients like sugar and herbs, and medical experts have warned that they can spell trouble. Industry representatives defend energy drinks, saying they contain about as much caffeine by the ounce as coffeehouse drinks. But people often consume much more of the energy drinks at one time. In the new report, researchers looked at seven studies. Among them, a total of 93 participants drank energy drinks and had their “QT interval” measured, while another 132 underwent blood pressure measurement. In most of the studies, the participants -- aged 18 to 45 -drank one to three cans of Red Bull. The QT interval is an electrocardiogram (EKG) measurement of how the heart resets itself electronically while it beats. A longer interval raises the risk that a “short circuit” will develop in the heart and possibly kill a person. The review found that the QT intervals lengthened after people consumed energy drinks. Federal officials would raise an alarm if a medication produced this level of an effect, said review co-author Dr. Ian Riddock, a preventive cardiologist at the David Grant Medical Centre at Travis Air Force Base, in California. It’s not known if the culprit is the caffeine or the other ingredients, “although we tend to think it’s the latter,” Riddock said. One important question to answer, White said, is whether the effect on the heart goes up as people consume more of the drinks at a time or if it reaches a ceiling and stays there. The review also found that the systolic blood pressure -- the top number in a blood pressure reading -- jumped by 3.5 points after participants consumed the drinks. That’s not surprising considering the caffeine levels in the drinks, Riddock said. “But if this is going on [at] a chronic level, then it’s worrisome,” he said. So what should consumers do? 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(Th ta co in e m co n -i a e a ca ered middle did not prov s is consid United State ation.) . lationship n News) s, re high-income ie tr n u (HealthDay co st e rg la 0 3 Among the highest death rates e those with th scheduled to be presented last Thursday at an American Heart Association meeting in New Orleans. The report has not undergone the peer-review process that research must go through in order to be published in a scientific journal. (Randy DotingaNYT Service) HEALTH TIP: Help Stifle Allergies A thorough cleaning of common living areas can help reduce allergens in the home, improving allergy symptoms. The American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology offers these suggestions: • Use dust-proof covers on mattresses, box springs and pillows; wash all linens each week in hot water that is at least 130 degrees Fahrenheit. • Vacuum carpets at least once weekly; make sure your vacuum cleaner has a HEPA or small-particle filter. Your central heat and air systems also should have filters that are changed monthly. • Mop hardwood floors and wash any rugs each week; wash curtains each season. • Run the air conditioner and keep windows closed when pollen counts are high. Use a diluted bleach solution (wear a mask) to clean mould and condensation from window sills and frames. • Use plastic bins in which to store toys, games and stuffed animals. • Keep humidity in your home at no more than 50 percent, and keep the temperature no higher than 70 degrees Fahrenheit. • Control rodent and insect infestations. Fine Living Thursday, 28 March 2013 3 k, a e T r o F g in r a C , arb b u h R g in t s e v r a H s e m a r F s e s s la G Cleaning Harvesting rhubarb at its peak Q: I’ve heard that you shouldn’t harvest rhubarb after the Fourth of July. Is this true? If so, why? A: You should stop harvesting rhubarb once wide stalks give way to slim ones in the garden. In many regions of the United States, this occurs in early July. The slimmer pickings signify that the plant’s energy reserves are low. Rhubarb is a perennial, and it needs all its leaves for the rest of the season to gather energy so that it can produce an abundant crop the following year. So leave it alone. When winter comes, the plant will die back. New growth should appear the following spring. There’s another practice that will help rhubarb yield plentiful stalks year after year. If you’ve just added the plant to your garden, wait until its third season before you begin harvesting. And when the time comes to pick for pies or jams, limit your haul to no more than half of the plant’s stalks. (Never eat the leaves, which contain enough of the toxic substance oxalic acid to make them poisonous.) When a rhubarb plant starts to sprout skinner stalks, harvest time is over. Rhubarb loses its taste and suppleness as summer wears on, so these stalks will be tougher and less tasty than stalks picked earlier in the season. You can, however, keep stalks picked at their prime for two to four weeks in perforated plastic bags in your refrigerator’s crisper drawer. Cleaning glasses frames Taking care of teak Q: What’s the proper way to take care of my teak outdoor furniture? Should I oil it? A: To care for teak, remove accumulated dirt at the beginning of each season by cleaning with a plastic scrub brush and a solution of warm water and a capful of dishwashing liquid. Rinse well, and let furniture air-dry. Like all wood exposed to the elements, teak will gradually turn a silver-grey colour after six to nine months of sun and rain. This colour change is purely cosmetic and is not an indicator of deterioration. In fact, many people prefer this weathered look. Using teak products, such as oils, brighteners and sealers, isn’t necessary unless you’re determined to retain the wood’s original golden colour. If that’s your goal, wash it annually with a teak cleaner or brightener, and follow up with a teak sealer that contains ultraviolet-light protection, which will help slow (but won’t stop) greying. To maintain the colour, rewash and apply teak oil once or twice during the season. Last-Minute Easter Ideas Homemade Easter Grass Making homemade Easter grass is a great way to use leftover scraps of pretty wrapping paper. Tools and Materials: • Paper shredder • Container to gather the shredded paper • Scraps of pretty wrapping paper or coloured paper Easter Grass How-To: • Put the scraps through an ordinary paper shredder to create attractive packing paper that can be used in gift boxes, for delicate items, or as the grass in your Easter baskets. Daffodil Candy Cups Adding a bit of holiday cheer to your Easter celebration shouldn’t take a month of Sundays. With bunny-shaped templates and simple eggcup upgrades, here are few quick, easy, and creative ways to get in the spring spirit! Make daffodils from baking cups and flower cut-outs for your Easter or spring table. To use these as place cards, write names on the petals. Tools and Materials: • Daffodil template • Stiff, decorative paper, such as scrapbook paper • Mini baking cups, layercakeshop.com • Candies • Double-sided tape (optional) To prevent frames from turning Q: My glasses frames white in the first place, wash them have developed a white film. How do I remove it? regularly: Use cool water and mild A: A build-up of dirt and oils can cause plastic glasses frames to get filmy, but in most cases, it can be easily removed. Treat the frames with a fine-scratch remover for plastic to buff out the stains. If that doesn’t do the trick, take them to the store where you bought them and ask for a full-frame polish, which entails removing the lenses and going over the frames by hand. Daffodil Candy Cups How-To: • Print daffodil template, and trace onto decorative paper; cut out. Fill baking cups with candy, and place onto flowers. If desired, join cups to flowers with tape. Sticker Easter Eggs You can use any stickers to embellish eggs. Kids enjoy the activity, and stickers offer an easy way to seal a plastic egg or designate special eggs in a hunt. Tools and Materials: • 1/4-inch round stickers, avery.com (or 1/4inch hole punch) • Adhesive sheets, avery.com • Markers • Flower-shaped craft punch • Plastic eggs, orientaltrading.com • Treats to fill eggs, orientaltrading.com Sticker Easter Eggs How-To: • For polka dots, use round stickers, or punch circles from adhesive sheets. To make coloured dots, use a marker to colour in a section of the adhesive sheet, and punch circles from that section • For flowers, punch flower shapes from adhesive sheet, and use dots for centres. Adhere to eggs. Easter Favours Wooden or plastic baskets filled with goodies are an Easter classic. For an unusual variation on a beloved tradition, transform inexpensive peat pots into beribboned Easter “baskets.” The tiny connected cells, commonly used for starting seeds, are ideal for holding jelly beans and small chocolate eggs. hand or face soap for the frames and the lenses, says Amanda Browder of Selima Optique in New York City. Dry with clean cotton only – paper towels or tissues can leave minute scratches behind. The chamois cloth provided with most eyeglasses works well for occasional light cleaning, but be sure to launder it from time to time, or you’ll only be spreading around the build-up. Tools and Materials: • Tray of ten 1 3/4-inch cells (yields two “baskets”) • 1 3/4-inch-cell peat-pot tray • Scissors • 18-gauge paper- or cloth-wrapped wire • Needle-nose pliers • Craft glue • Ribbon • Easter grass (optional) • Candy (optional) Easter Favour How-To: • Cut tray into 2 sections, one with 6 cells, the other with 4 cells. Create 2 holes in each tray, at the centre of each side, for the handles. • Cut an 18-inch length of wire (for the large tray) and a 13-inch length of wire (for the small tray). Insert wire into holes, creating a handle, and bend back ends with pliers to secure. • Apply glue to each basket’s top edge, and affix ribbon. If desired, fill cells with Easter grass and candy. 4 Robots in aid of the autistic Thursday, 28 March 2013 | Vinodh K.Pisharom | Autism is a disorder of neural development that knows no of race or ethnicity. It affects people of all cultural and ethnic groups alike, yet the male populace is more affected than the females. Today, 1 in every 110 children (1 in every 70 male children) worldwide is diagnosed with autism, which makes the disability more prevalent than diabetes, paediatric cancer, and AIDS combined. To raise awareness and funds to support people with autism, April 2nd is celebrated as the World Autism Awareness Day by autism advocates and organisations around the world. Autistic children have impaired social interaction and communication skills, and they show restricted and repetitive behaviour. They find it extremely difficult to coordinate their attention with other people and objects in the environment. This social skill called joint attention comes naturally to normal children. Children with autism, however, have difficulty mastering it and that inability can compound into a variety of learning difficulties as they age. An interdisciplinary team of mechanical engineers and autism experts at Vanderbilt University have developed a system and used it to demonstrate that robotic systems may be powerful tools for enhancing the basic social learning skills of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Researchers found that children with ASD paid more attention to a robot and followed its instructions almost as well as they did those of a human therapist in standard exercises used to develop joint attention skill. The finding indicates that robots could play a crucial role in responding to the “public health emergency” that has been created by the rapid growth in the number of children being diagnosed with ASD. Nilanjan Sarkar, Professor of Mechanical & Computer Engineering, Vanderbilt, was the first to initiate this project. His original research involved the development of systems to improve the man-machine interface. He did so by outfitting computer/robot users with biosensors and analysing variations in various readings like blood pressure and skin response to evaluate their emotional state. The information was used to program computers and robots to respond accordingly. Six years ago, when visiting India, Sarkar learned that his cousin’s son had been diagnosed with ASD. “After I learned something about autism, it occurred to me that my research could be valuable for treating ASD,” he said. At the time, several experiments had been conducted that suggested young children in general, and young children with ASD in particular, found robots especially appealing. “We knew that this gave us an advantage, but we had to figure out how to leverage it to improve the children’s social skills,” Sarkar said. You can’t just drop a robot down in front of a child and expect it to work. A sophisticated adaptive system has to be developed around the robot before it will work. “This is the first real world test of whether intelligent adaptive systems can make an impact on autism,” said team member Zachary Warren, who directs the Treatment and Research Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorders (TRIAD) at Vanderbilt’s Kennedy Centre. To develop this structure, which they named ARIA (Adaptive Robot-Mediated Intervention Architecture), Sarkar and Warren assembled a team. The team decided that a robotic system had the greatest potential working with young Humanoid Robots Interviewing Children children, and early intervention, individualised to the learner’s needs, is currently the most effective approach for helping children with autism. So the researchers built an “intelligent environment” around NAO, a two-foot tall humanoid robot. NAO has been programmed with a series of verbal prompts, such as “look over here” and “let’s do some more,” and gestures such as looking and pointing at one of the displays, that imitate the prompts and gestures that human therapists use in joint attention training. The protocol begins with a verbal prompt that asks the child to look at an image or video displayed on one of the screens. If the child doesn’t respond, then the therapist provides increasing support by combining a verbal prompt with physical gestures such as turning her head or pointing. When the child looks at the target then the therapist responds with praise, such as telling the child, “good job.” As part of their research, NAO was made to stand on a table at eye-level with the child under study. The room was equipped with a series of cameras to track the child’s head movements so the system can determine where he or she is looking. This setup allowed the researchers to test the relative effectiveness of the robotbased system and human therapists in joint attention training with a dozen 2 to 5-year-old children, six with ASD and a control group of six typically developing children. They alternated short human-led and robot-led training sessions and compared how the children performed. The test found that the children in both groups spent more time looking at the robot than they spent looking at the human therapist. During the human-led sessions, the normal children spent significantly more time watching the therapist than the children with ASD did. In the robot-led sessions, however, both groups spent about the same amount of time looking at the robot. The robot is programmed to adapt its behaviour to each child automatically depending on how he or she is responding. “There is a saying in the field, ‘If you’ve seen one child with ASD, you’ve seen one child with ASD.’ So one size does not fit all. To be useful, the system must be adaptive,” Warren said. “ARIA is not designed to replace human therapists, who are in short supply, but to leverage their efforts. “A therapist does many The KASPAR humanoid robot, developed at the University of Hertfordshire has previously been used in studies of human robot interaction with normal and autistic children. In 2007 it was reported that KASPAR was used to teach social skills to autistic children. According to a recently released paper, KASPAR is now being used by researchers interested in finding out if children interviewed by a humandoid robot respond in the same way as to human interviewers. In particular they wanted to find out if children would be more or less willing to disclose information to robots. The results surprised the researchers, who had expected to see some preference in the children for either robots or humans. From the paper: The results were contrary to our expectations. Rather than having a clear preference, the children behaved very similarly towards either of the interviewers (human/ robot). The children used similar amounts of words, keywords and filler words when responding to both the robot and the human interviewer. There was also very little difference in the amount of words the children used relative to the amount of words the interviewer used. These findings illustrate that the children communicated with the robot in a similar way to which they did the human interviewer. They did find one interesting difference. Their measure of the children's eye gaze reveals they spent much more time looking at the robot's face during interviews than they did with human interviewers. For all the details, read the paper by Luke Jai Wood, Kerstin Dautenhahn, Austen Rainer, Ben Robins, Hagen Lehmann, and Dag Sverre Syrdal, titled RobotMediated Interviews - How Effective Is a Humanoid Robot as a Tool for Interviewing Young Children? things that robots can’t do,” said Sarkar. “But a robot-centred system could provide much of the repeated practice that is essential to learning. The cost of robotic systems like this will continue to come down in the future so it should easily pay for itself by supplementing human intervention.” Robotic systems are expected to act as an “accelerant technology” that actually increases the rate at which children with ASD learn the social skills that they need. Encouraged by the success of this current study, Sarkar and Warren have started developing robot-mediated autism intervention systems, which will address other deficits of children with autism such as imitation learning, role playing and sharing. The Pars Rescue Robot Won’t Let You Drown Amin Rigi of the RTS Lab in Tehran, Iran let us know about a new rescue robot they’re working on. The robot is named Pars. It’s a ship-based quadcopter that responds instantly when alerted to potential drowning victims in the ocean, locating them with FLIR, and dispensing life preservers directly over them. The current prototype carries one life preserver and they are working on a new model to carry three life preserver rings. Future models may dispense up to 15 selfinflating rings. A launching platform for use on ships has been designed but more intriguing is an idea for a stand-alone launching platform. From the website: A sea platform has also been designed for the robot. This platform used satellite data for its control and it uses solar energy for its energy. It is always in the water and the robots are ready for action. When a marine incident occurs it quickly operates and sends the robots to the event to help. In both cases, the launching platform also serves as a recharging station, keeping the robots in a continual ready state. This looks like a great project and we look forward to seeing future progress reports on the Pars robots. Technology April 2013’s Hottest Gadgets Thursday, 28 March 2013 5 Want to know what the hottest gadgets are this coming month? Read on, as we round up the best gadgets on the market right now. SmartSound Case Etón ZoneGuard Samsung T9000 Four-Door Refrigerator The lower-right side of the T9000 four-door refrigerator can switch from fridge to freezer. To convert the six-cubicfoot section, a user selects the mode on an LCD screen, signalling two compressors and three evaporators to adjust the temperature and humidity levels accordingly. ($3,999) The ZoneGuard is the first radio to translate NOAA weather alerts into both audio and visual warnings. When dangerous weather conditions approach a specified county, the half-pound radio flashes lights that correspond to the severity of the alert: green for advisory, orange for watch, and red for warning. ($40) The SmartSound Case amplifies a smartphone speaker without sapping any battery power. A flap unfolds from the back of the plastic case and, similar to a horn, passively increases sound by up to 10 decibels. It also doubles as a kickstand. ($40) THX’s tune-up app simplifies surround-sound setup. After connecting a smartphone to a stereo receiver, a user enters the number of speakers in his system. The app then displays the ideal speaker layout and sends test tones to each one to make sure it’s in the right spot. ($1.99) Kyocera Torque With the Kyocera Torque, callers will be able to hear their conversations anywhere—even in loud rooms. In place of the phone’s speaker, an actuator sends tiny vibrations through soft tissue in the face and directly to the eardrum. ($150; with two-year contract) THX Tune-Up Geospace Fly Max Football The 4.4-ounce foam Fly Max Football can soar 100 yards. A hollow centre allows air to move through the ball, minimising resistance. And adjustable fins increase spin and therefore distance. ($20) PLAiR Korkers KGB with Vibram OmniTrax The KGB boot adapts to varying terrains. It has swappable rubber soles, which stay in place with plastic teeth and have different treads for rock, snow, or ice. ($230) Moen MotionSense The MotionSense is the first kitchen faucet that cooks don’t have to touch to operate. Motion directly above a battery-powered infrared sensor on the top of the faucet turns the water on; the same motion turns it off. ($399) Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra >15,000 gauss The PLAiR streams any Web video to a TV. First, a user downloads the PLAiR app onto a WiFi-enabled device and plugs the accompanying dongle into a TV’s HDMI port. After the user selects a video, the app sends the relevant source URL to the dongle—a Wi-Fi receiver—which then streams the video itself. ($99) The Seamaster Aqua Terra is the first watch completely resistant to magnetism. Engineers made the watch from nonferrous metals, which are unaffected by magnetic fields that can interfere with accuracy. It can resist more than 1.5 Tesla—about the strength of an MRI machine. ($6,500; available fall) SteelSeries Apex The Apex keyboard will improve a gamer’s response times. Background software tracks a player’s keystrokes and generates a visual map that can be used to reprogram the keyboard. For example, by moving keys that are frequently pressed in tandem closer to one another, a player could speed up keystrokes. ($100) Sony Walkman Sports MP3 Player The waterproof Walkman Sports MP3 Player will play for eight hours at depths up to 6.5 feet. The earbuds contain both the player and battery, and an adjustable elastomer band holds them in place while swimming. ($100) (Courtesy: Popsci.com) 6 Life Style Thursday, 28 March 2013 Everyday Food: Easter Main Dishes Choose from a show-stopping line-up of main-dish recipes to star as the centrepiece of your spring feast. Oregano & Orange Rack of Lamb with Caramelised Fingerling Potatoes Ingredients: • 2 racks of lamb (8 ribs each), frenched • Coarse salt & freshly ground pepper • 1/2 cup plus 3 tbsps. extra-virgin olive oil • 3 pounds fingerling potatoes • 1/2 cup coarsely chopped fresh flatleaf parsley • 1 large shallot, minced • 1/4 cup red vinegar • 3 tbsps. coarsely chopped fresh oregano • 1 tbsp. minced garlic • 1 tsp. finely grated orange zest, plus 1/3 cup fresh orange juice • 1/2 tsp. crushed red-pepper flakes of the lamb reaches 130 degrees (medium-rare), 20 to 25 mins. • Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Season Transfer racks to a cutting board. lamb with salt and pepper. Heat a Return potatoes to oven. Roast until large skillet over high heat. Add 1 tender, about 15 mins more. tbsp. oil. Sear lamb on both sides • Combine remaining 1/2 cup oil, the until deeply golden, 4 to 5 mins. parsley, shallot, vinegar, oregano, • Transfer racks to a rimmed baking garlic, orange zest and juice, redsheet, fat side up. Toss potatoes with pepper flakes, and 1/2 tsp. salt. 2 tbsps. oil, and season with salt & Spoon some sauce over lamb. Carve pepper. Arrange potatoes around lamb into individual chops, slicing lamb. between ribs. Serve with potatoes • Roast until an instant-read and remaining sauce. thermometer inserted into the centre Directions: Butterflied, Rolled, and Roasted Leg of Lamb Ingredients: • 4 ounces pancetta, thinly sliced and finely chopped • Steamed garlic cloves • 1/2 cup finely grated Parmesan cheese (1 ounce) • 1/2 cup fresh plain breadcrumbs • 1/4 cup fresh mint, finely chopped • 3 tbsps. fresh lemon juice • Coarse salt & freshly ground pepper • 8 artichoke hearts (steamed-artichokeswith-lemon-garlicaioli), finely chopped • 1 leg of lamb, bone removed (7 to 8 pounds), butterflied • Extra-virgin olive oil, for rubbing • 2 cups water • Fresh-Mint Sauce Directions: • Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Pulse pancetta, garlic, cheese, breadcrumbs, mint, lemon juice, 1 tsp. salt, and some pepper in a food processor until combined. Add artichokes. Pulse a few times, keeping mixture chunky. • Lay lamb flat on a work surface, skin side down. Season with salt. Spread artichoke mixture over top, leaving a 1/2-inch border. Tightly roll lamb, and tie with kitchen twine at 2-inch intervals to hold. • Rub lamb with oil, and season generously with salt & pepper. Transfer to a roasting pan fitted with a roasting rack, and add water to pan. Roast for 30 mins. • Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees. Continue to roast until an instant-read thermometer reaches 130 degrees to 135 degrees (for medium-rare), 1 hour to 1 hour 15 mins. Let rest for 20 to 30 mins before carving. Serve with mint sauce. Marmalade-Glazed Ham Salmon with Cucumber-Radish Relish Ingredients: • 1 side of salmon (about 2 1/2 pounds; preferably wild), skinned • 1 tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil • Coarse salt & freshly ground pepper • 1/4 cup diced radish • 1/2 cup diced, peeled English cucumber • 1 tbsp. prepared horseradish • 3 tbsps. thinly sliced scallions (about 2) Directions: • Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Place salmon on a parchment-lined baking sheet, and drizzle with 2 tsps. oil. Season with salt and pepper. Roast salmon until just cooked through (it will be opaque around edges), 8 to 10 mins. • Meanwhile, stir together radish, cucumber, horseradish, scallions, and remaining tsp. oil until combined. Season with salt and pepper. Serve with salmon. Ingredients: • • • • 1 smoked bone-in ham (10 pounds) 1/2 cup orange marmalade (5 ounces) 3 tbsps. Madeira or dry sherry 1 tbsp. plus 1 1/2 tsps. fresh lemon juice • 1 navel orange Directions: • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cover ham with a large piece of parchment and then foil. Place ham, widest side down, on a heavy rimmed baking sheet. Bake for 1 hour. Heat marmalade, Madeira or sherry, lemon juice, and juice of 1/2 orange in a saucepan over medium heat until runny, about 5 mins. • Remove ham from oven, and uncover. Score ham all over in a diamond pattern. Brush 1/2 of the glaze over ham. Thinly slice remaining 1/2 orange, and arrange slices over glaze, covering the ham. Increase temp. to 425 degrees. Bake ham, uncovered, for 20 mins. Brush with remaining glaze, and bake until golden brown, 10 to 15 mins more. Let rest for 15 to 30 mins before slicing. Top with orange slices, and serve. Beauty Thursday, 28 March 2013 New Spring Makeup Colors: The Top 8 Trends to Try Seashell Pink Eyes & Cheeks “Iridescent golden pink adds a glow that’s clean and chic,” says Westman. But there’s a fine line between shimmery and frosty: To keep eyes from looking like the latter, define them first with black liner, spread a cream or powder shadow across lids, and then pile on mascara. Illuminate cheeks with a dab of pearly cream highlighter—it’s the perfect balance for bright lips. This season, nails are two-toned; eyeliner is worn in threes; and orange looks gorgeous all over. Makeup artist Gucci Westman explains how to wear spring’s most stunning shades. We saw plenty of blue on this spring’s runways—Christian Dior, Michael Kors, Stella McCartney— but our favorite new way to wear it? Blended with a bit of green. Once you’ve mixed your shade, brush it over the lids, fade it up to the crease, and soften the edges with a clean brush, says Westman. If you’re fair, dust bronzer onto cheekbones to warm up your complexion. Aqua Eyes 1. M.A.C. Cream Color Base in Shell 2. Benefit Girl Meets Pearl Liquid Pearl for Face 3. Almay Intense i-Color Shadow Stick for Hazel Eyes 4. Tarte Amazonian Clay Waterproof Cream Eyeshadow in Seashell Pink 5. Dior 5 Couleurs Designer Palette in Nude Pink Design 1. L’Oréal Paris HIP Studio Secrets Professional Bright Shadow Duo in Showy 2. Cargo Color Palette in Tahiti 3. Make Up For Ever Eye Shadow in 72 4. Urban Decay Eyeshadow in Deep End 5. Inglot Freedom System Eye Shadow Matte 322 Bright orange adds a juicy splash of color to lips, cheeks, and even eyes. “[It] gives a warm, sunny effect,” says Westman. Just stick with matte formulas, she notes—this shade is so intense, it doesn’t need any extra help to have an impact. To pull it off on eyes and cheeks, brush the color on just the lids and the apples; finish with brown liner and a dot of gold at the inner corners. Fresh, clean, and with the perfect dose of shine, this blend of pink and coral is spring’s sultriest color. Since gloss tends to wear off quickly, prep lips with a pink stain or nude lip liner. Keep the rest of your makeup simple and avoid anything shimmery, says Westman. “Glossy pink lips can easily look tacky and borderline Barbie doll, if you add sparkle.” 1. Senna Sheer Face Color in Terracotta 2. NYX Matte Lipstick in Indie Flick 3. Yves Saint Laurent Crème de Blush in 4 4. Kevyn Aucoin The Pure Powder Glow in Fira 5. Clarins Rouge Eclat in Juicy Clementine 1. Sisley Paris Phyto-Lip Éclat in 3 2. Topshop Glaze lipgloss in Bubblegum 3. BareMinerals Marvelous Moxie Lipgloss in Hot Shot 4. Becca Ultimate Color Gloss in Pink Lotus Orange All Over Color-Blocked Eyeliner No need to choose just one of these supersaturated hues: This cool, jeweltoned spectrum looks sexiest when worn in threes. Along the lower lashes, Westman suggests drawing gold pencil from the inner corner to the pupil and purple from the pupil to the outer corner. Line the upper inner rims with black, adding turquoise pencil above it, and apply mascara. Pink Grapefruit Lips Bronze Glow 1. Dolce & Gabbana Intense Liquid Eyeliner in Baroque Gold 2. Milani Shadow Eyez in Aquatic Style 3. Hard Candy Stay In Line Mechanical Eyeliner in Sigali 4. Sephora Retractable Eyeliner in Turquoise 5. Rimmel London Exaggerate Waterproof Eye Definer in Purple Shock 6. Estée Lauder Pure Color Intense Kajal Eyeliner Duo in Black Finally, a French manicure we can get behind: Basic pink nails get a cheeky makeover with a swipe of fuchsia across the tips. Start with a basecoat and two coats of opaque pale pink. Wait ten minutes for nails to dry, then adhere French manicure tip guides just below the tips, and add two coats of fuchsia above. 1. Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure in Tickle Me Pink 2. Maybelline New York Color Show Nail Lacquer in Chiffon Chic 3. Bobbi Brown Nail Polish in Pink Valentine 4. Revlon Colorstay Longwear Nail Enamel in Café Pink 5. Zoya Professional Lacquer in Layla 6. Priti NYC Polish in Ballerina Peony Two-Tone Pink Nails “Allover bronze has a sporty glamour,” says Westman. “It enhances your features in a natural way.” Line eyes with brown pencil before brushing on a shimmery shadow, extending it in a wing past the outer corners. Dust bronzer onto cheeks and swipe on a sheer, sparkling lip gloss. “Anything opaque will compete too much with the eyes,” she says. 1. Revlon Colorburst Lipgloss in Bronze Shimmer 2. NYX Eye Shadow in Deep Bronze 3. Rimmel London Stay Glossy in Everlasting Crush 4. Sonia Kashuk Monochrome Eye Quad in Textured Cocoa 5. Benefit Creaseless Cream Shadow/Liner in Busy Signal This deep berry shade is just as intoxicating as the drink (and assumes fewer repercussions). But this isn’t your heavy, wintery wine: “It’s all about the texture,” says Westman. “Cream for the cheeks and gloss for the lips.” Choose a shade that’s sheer and has a hint of red. The key to acing the look? Dewy skin: Top your cheekbones and Cupid’s bow with champagne highlighter. It’s that easy. Sangria Lips & Cheeks 1. Dior Addict Ultra-Gloss Flash in 982 2. Mary Kay Cream Blush in Cranberry 3. Jouer Lip Enhancer in Shiraz 4. Estée Lauder Pure Color High Gloss in Vixen Plum 5. CoverGirl & Olay Simply Ageless Sculpting Blush in Lush Berry 6. VS Brilliant Lip Shimmer in Untamed (Courtesy: allure.com) 7 8 Fashion Thursday, 28 March 2013 r e t s a E Chic s l a i t n e Ess From m fashionable wearable es to o spec cial Ea aster delig ghtts, here are e 10 chic items to o he elp you makke this spring gtime ho oliday mem morable. Marni Edition : Print Silk Dress Charged with cheeky print, Marni Edition presents silk with a sweet playfulness. Rich ivory awash with candy colours and an effortless cartoon design, this luxe, fun-filled, ladylike number is a wardrobe wish come true. Marc By Marc Jacobs: Drew Print Dress Victoria, Victoria Beckham: Lace Dress A darling combination to catapult your style status, this long-sleeved dress with its delicate nude underlay is a must for mastering a chic yet charming sensibility that will take you through summer and beyond. This pastel-hued floral-print dress with its distressed wash and figure-flattering peplum trim will take you through a season of warm weather and offer a charming alternative to lightweight summer linen. 3.1 Phillip Lim: Suede Dungarees Pink suede dungarees from 3.1 Phillip Lim comes with a square neckline, thick cross-back straps, zip pocket along the bust and belt loops. Two hip pockets with exposed zip closure & cropped legs with turn-ups gives it a funky look. Anndra Neen: Oval Open Cage Clutch Not for the faint of heart, luxe design team Anndra Neen’s Oval Cage Clutch is made for the trendsetting globetrotter unafraid to bare it all. A lattice of brass metal makes this one-of-a-kind piece both functional and fashion-forward. Vosges: Easter Birdcage Lady Dior: Light Coral Bag Meticulously crafted by hand, the light coral lambskin bag is accentuated by the ‘Cannage’ stitching emblematic of the House of Dior. Carry by hand, on the wrist or arm for unbeatable elegance. Faberge: Oeuf Pendants Each egg pendant, a wearable object of desire, involves a lengthy, exacting and in many cases pioneering fabrication process, pushing boundaries of both design and manufacture, and taking contemporary craftsmanship to a new level of sophistication. Coach: Saffiano Leather Mini Satchel Subtle custom hardware complements the sophisticated crosshatch texture of Saffiano leather on this lightly structured silhouette. Refined and remarkably durable, the compact design includes handles and a shoulder strap for multiple wearing options. Each metal birdcage arrives with one set of 3 Peanut Butter Eggs, one Peanut Butter Rabbit Lollipop, one set of 4 Enchanted Toadstools, one set of 5 Wandering Hare Caramel Bonbons and one Petits Chocolats Tin Egg, tied with Orchid Purple Grosgrain ribbon. Diane Von Furstenberg: Eva Suede Mules Add a pop of colour to minimalist looks with Diane von Furstenberg’s versatile citron suede mules. Style with the satin ankle wrap or on their own for a polished finish to an all-black outfit. Send your feedback and suggestions to [email protected] • Tel : 44666810, Fax : 44654975