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Dhaka Tribune Wednesday, December 25, 2013 Volume 1, Issue 36

Tales From the City Episodes 33: 32: The THe Family family

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Jonaki's Headquarters Hey friends, It’s Christmas! You know what that means; today is the birthday of Jesus Christ. The year is coming to an end, bringing you a bright new year ahead.

We’ve got some pretty cool stuff for you this week. Comic fans, be sure to check out Aquamans profile on Discobang’s pad. If you’re a big fan of One Direction don’t miss out on their movie review on Speedy’s Zone. Yup, that’s right, your

favourite boy band are about to become movie stars. Want a sneak peak of what’s cooking in Dr Meows Lab? We’ve got an experiment called the “ringing fork.” A big thank you to our friend Lamisa Binte Ashik for introducing us to her pet kitty Ishaan. Let us know how 2013 was for you, and what your plans are for the coming year. We love hearing from you. Send us your poems,

doodles and jokes to treehouse@ dhakatribune.com Merry Christmas, and Happy Holidays!

Love Jonaki

A weekly production of

DhakaTribune Editor Zafar Sobhan

Magazine Editor Sabrina Fatma Ahmad Treehouse Team Sabiha Mahmud Sumi Rubab Nayeem Khan Munira Fidai Natasha Rahman Saudia Afrin Tahsin Momin Baizid Haque Joarder Contributor Rad Sharar Sama E Deen Lamisa Binte Ashik Syed Azraf Zaman Solution: If Sir Percival had been duck-hunting less than ten minutes ago the lake would have been empty as the shooting would have scared away all the ducks and other birds for quite some time. Also if you hear a shot from your house you wouldn’t bother to take the ptey with you. Sir P. confesssed the murder. He had shot the two ducks a couple of hours earlier and tried to use them as part of his alibi after having shot his wife in a boisterous quarrel.

Cartoonist Syed Rashad Imam Tanmoy Rio Shuvo

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Graphics Sabiha Mahmud Sumi Mohammed Mahbub Alam Colour Specialist Shekhar Mondal Kazi Syras Al Mahmood Production Masum Billah Advertising Shahidan Khurshed Circulation Wahid Murad Email treehouse@dhakatribune.com Website www.dhakatribune.com

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Teacher of the week Ronald Cruise Superhero of the week Aquaman Sports star Andrew Barron Murray Word on the street Activities at Jaago

3 Tales from the city The family

4 Bhootum’s Classroom

Amazing facts; Jokes Colour it Learn English kids Tongue twisters

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Book Inhuman Movie One Direction: This Is Us TV Animal Atlas Music The Incredible Flexible You Videogame Angry Birds Star Wars

6 Dr Meow’s Lab

My pet story Kittie in trouble DIY Winter sock wreaths Fun science Forking in for a chime Animal facts Irrawaddy Dolphins

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Discobang's Pad

Teacher of the week

word on the street

ITS MY WAY OR the HIGHWAY

Kit Kite-ing!

sports star

Andy Murray

Full name Andrew Barron Murray Born May 15, 1987

Glasgow, Scotland Career Singles Career record 422-131 Career titles 28 Highest ranking No 2 Current ranking No 4 Doubles Career record 52-57 Career titles 2 Highest ranking No 51 Current ranking No. 108 Andrew Barron “Andy” Murray is a Scottish professional tennis player, currently ranked no 4 in world ranking and was titled BBC’s sports personality of the year 2013. He is also ranked as Britain’s number one.

Tahsin momin

Tasmia Nehreen Ahmed Tahmeed Shadab

Source: Jaago Foundation www.jaago.com.bd

Who doesn’t like little colourful blocks of paper flying all over the sky? The rooftops at Rayer Bazar are filled with children, enthusiastically setting off a flock of kites! And what a sight it is! There’s so much fun and amusement in watching as the kites wrestle, one cutting the other off and perhaps, one or two do fall down to the ground. It goes on as long as the fun continues and till the sky darkens.

A man with a firm and a mission to accomplish, Ronald Cruise is a teacher, a student will never forget. A teacher of Physics for classes 8 to 12, in SFX Greenherald school and classes 11 and 12 in Oxford International school, Cruise is best known for his firm ideologies in teaching and is noted for his remarkable sincerity in his profession. “ In my very first class, I tell all my students that this is how I am, these are my likes and these are my dislikes. This is how I teach and these are my goals to fulfill. If you want to do my class, follow and get along with me, if not, find your own way. In an institution like this where you are supposed to make your parents proud, there are no compromises with studies.

So either it’s my way or the highway.”

Besides teaching, Cruise spends his free time sky watching since astronomy is his main interest.He leads the Bangladesh Team under the flag of Bangladesh Astronomical Association, to countries like Thailand, Indonesia, Greece and Brazil for the International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astro-Physics.

Cruise is also a scout, registered by the Bangladesh Scouts who organized the first English medium scout camp for students at Gazipur. From what his students say, in his eyes, it is not only studies that make a good student. The extracurriculars besides studies makes a student complete.

Sama E Deen

Superhero of the week Courtesy

AQUAMAN Real Name Arthur Curry Alias Aquaman, Dweller in the Depths Affiliation Justice League, Aquaman Family, Atlantean Royal Family Base of Operations Poseidonis, Atlantis Powers Atlantean biological adaptation, can survive in land and water, enhanced five senses, superhuman endurance, can talk and connect with fish Abilities Master swimmer, expert fighter and mastermind Sama E Deen

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Treehouse Comics

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Created by Sabrina Fatma Ahmad Story by Sabrina Fatma Ahmad Illustration by Syed Rashad Imam Tanmoy Colour by Rio Shuvo

Tales From the City

Episode 33: The family

The story so far Jonaki has been caught by the Evil Human Boy, and today we get to meet his family. What will happen to our favourite firefly?

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Bhootum's Classroom

ROFL Q. Why did the spider use the internet?

A. To make a webpage Q. Why doesn’t the skeleton go to disco?

A. He had no body to go with.

Q. What do you find when you cross a potato with an onion?

A. A potato with watery eyes.

Q. What games do elephants play?

A. Squash.

Q. What kind of candies do you get in school?

A. Nerds, dummies, smarties.

COLOUR IT

tongue twisters Tongue twisters are difficult to say.

How fast can you say it without making any mistakes?

‘A tricky frisky snake with sixty super scaly stripes.’

You can see this activity and more online at: www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglishkids

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Speedy's Zone

From Brilliance to Stardom From humble singers in a British television show called X Factor to singing sensations with their concerts selling out in mega arenas, One Direction is world famous, stealing hearts of many young viewers, especially girls. They are popularly known as 1D featuring Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Zayn Malik.

Performing songs so musical they capture hearts. They are back with their documentary movie “This is us,”

book

When Darkness Falls Author Kat Falls Genre Science Fiction THE STORY The United States has been hit by a disease. “Ferals” or human-animal crossbreeds have taken over the east of the Mississipi, and the people who are still healthy and human have been forced to hide behind a massive wall built along the river. But some of the survivors, both human and crossbreed remain captured in the east by the

Music

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Syed Azraf Zaman

video game

Feathers and Snout

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consists of various kinds of music. It tells us the significance of having an open mind. It encourages you to be nice and friendly with others. The album, as a series of songs, can stand alone with valuable messages that you will enjoy dancing and singing to.

Avita maheen

Welcome to the jungle Here’s an easy way to learn all the fun basics, without watching the discovery channel all day. Animal Atlas is a TV show that takes you to the corners of the Earth showing every animal from the biggest, smallest, hairiest, and the wildest.

Don’t be fooled, this has no boring fellow going on for hours about every single fact and figure. Apart from showing how many hours a koala sleeps

casting their journey to success with a lot of backstage scenes and highlights of their first international tour. The documentary also covers other tours in many European countries, including the O2 arena in London.

This is bound to be a great watch for all of you out there, especially, if you are a big fan of their music. Grab a copy of the movie from a nearby CD store in Dhaka before they sell out!

ANY GOOD? A great page turner. With realistic and bright descriptions, a great deal of suspense, drama and action with a strong story plot, this book ticks all the points for a good sci-fi read.

Get your feet tapping “The Incredible Flexible You” is an album by Tom Chapin. The album was created to help you understand the principles of social thinking. Featuring 12 catchy songs, these songs make learning experiences more memorable, enjoyable, and fun. This album is as entertaining as it is educational. It

TV

invaders and the heroine of the story, Lane has got to save her father’s life no matter what. Will Lane give in to the danger waiting outside the walls or will she fight to win till the end?

MUST watch movie

and other facts that get you yawning, the episodes are short, very enjoyable and actually interesting. Moreover, the animals they show are different and special, some of which you may have never heard of.

Animal Atlas has a channel of its own. If you don’t have it, ask your cable provider to set it up for you and learn about the world’s wilder side, in a fun way. Syed Azraf Zaman

The Angry Birds is now out on handheld consoles. The Winged Warriors are calling for revenge against The Mean Pigs in a totally different style. Angry Birds Star Wars (iOS|Android|Windows Phone) is a sequel that continues the “Star Wars” theme as you fling birds at evil pigs, but this time the game explores the prequel movies, with new birds like Jango Fett, a young Obi-Wan Kenobi, and even characters from the “Pork Side.” You’ll use slingshots to fire birds into structures and try to kill all of the enemies in the fewest shots to get the perfect three-star rating. If you were looking for something completely new, this game is not going to blow your mind. avita maheen

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Dr Meow's Lab animal facts

Irrawaddy Dolphins •

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Forking in for a chime

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Irrawaddy dolphins are also known as Orcaella Brevirostris Some people of Laos still believe them to be reincarnated humans These dolphins can spit water to herd fish They are also known to paralyse large fish with their lower jaw, and play with them Their blowhole is U-shaped Bony fish are their preferred food They have round heads, small eyes and large flippers They look a lot like Voldemort Rad sharar

my pet story

Kittie in Trouble

Science can be fun right? If it happens to be your passion, you need to experiment more to learn better. We have one such experiment for you to try out at home. It’s called the ringing fork. Make sure you have a guardian to help you with this.

What you need • String or thread (varying from two to three feet in length) • Fork • Spoon • Scissor What’s happening First, you tie the fork to the centre of the string. Then, tie one end of the string around your right index finger and the other on your left index finger. Bring your fingers close to your ears and let the fork swing in front of you. Get someone to tap the fork with the spoon to finally hear a loud ringing in your ears.

My kitten is a 3 month old, golden brown male with pure hazel eyes. After convincing my parents about keeping him, I came up with the name “Ishaan.”

He was fully trained within a month and learnt some new tricks too. As I am an only child, and my parents work all day, Ishaan was just what I need in my life. He too, responded.

He has had two major accidents in his life. Once Ishaan fell from my balcony four stories down and broke his right leg. Before he could heal properly, he went missing. We couldn’t find him for four days. On the 5th day we found him alive at the bottom of the hill behind our

house. I was happy and thankful to Allah.

Ishaan was almost missing his left leg this time. Probably the foxes that live up the hill had bit him. I couldn’t stop my tears watching him trying so hard to jump into my arms. The doctor amputated his leg and he was brought back home. I sat beside him hearing him breathe softly, waiting for him to wake up. When he finally did, he tried to move and then growled with pain. My heart broke every time I heard him scream but thankfully he healed within 2 weeks! He is a 3 legged cat now but still better looking to me than any other cat!

Lamisa Binte Ashik

DIY

WINTER SOCK WREATHS There is chill in the air; winter is here.

Even though Christmas isn’t our festival, with December, comes the essence of this big holiday. To celebrate this occasion, why not make some very cool sock wreaths to decorate your house?

You need Cardboard Colourful old socks Scissors Bows

Instructions Take a long sheet of cardboard and cut a circular donut out of it with the help of an adult. Take your old socks and cut them at the heels and toes. Next, cut the longest sections of your socks into half.

Cut the donut at the top for a place to slide your socks on. When you are done, roll up your socks and slide them on the donut one by one. After all your sock sections have covered the donut, spread the socks evenly and maybe place a bow at the top. Your sock wreath is done. sama e deen

Syed Azraf Zaman

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