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The Tokyo Motor Show kicked off with Japanese automakers showcasing their latest electronic technology and green cars aimed at the growing low-emissions sector.

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purchases of low-emission vehicles are forecast to grow due to increasingly strict emissions standards.

Tokyo Motor Show focuses on

eco-friendly cars

By Harumi Ozawa

Eco-friendly cars were in the spotlight as the Tokyo Motor Show opened yesterday, with Toyota unveiling a new model and Nissan touting its

aerodynamic BladeGlider for energy-con-scious drivers.

Toyota, a pioneer of hybrid vehicles, rolled out its FCV concept car, a four-seater sedan that has a range of 500km (310 miles) — longer than previous versions — and whose fuel cells can be recharged in just three minutes through hydrogen gas tanks stored inside.

The car, expected to go on commercial sale in about two years, seeks to jump key hur-dles that have hindered consumer buying of eco-friendly vehicles such as limited range and refuelling infrastructure. Relatively high prices and restricted model choices have also

hurt demand despite automakers’ big hopes for the sector.

But purchases of low-emission vehicles are forecast to grow due to increasingly strict emissions standards. “Reducing energy consumption is the key for automobiles to

survive,” said Osamu Honda, executive vice-president of small-car maker Suzuki.

“The demand for less fuel consumption is getting stronger and stronger.”

Toyota, the world’s biggest automaker, also showcased its futuristic scooter-like FV2 which allows standing drivers to change direction simply by shifting their weight. It is similar to the Segway although it can move at faster speeds.

The concept vehicle’s pop-up windshield can turn oncoming objects a distinct colour to alert drivers to their presence. Despite the show’s focus on eco-friendly vehicles, Toyota executive vice president Mitsuhisa Kato said automakers must still make vehicles that con-sumers want to buy. “We don’t want a car that people neither love nor hate,” he told report-ers. “We want to make cars that people fall madly in love with, cars that convince them they could never drive anything else.”

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The world’s leading automakers have long been eyeing a big-selling green vehicle, including Honda -- which already has a fuel-cell car, the FCX Clarity, available on a small scale in a limited number of markets.

Rival Nissan yesterday showed off its BladeGlider, an electric concept three-seater vehicle that is meant to give drivers a sense of piloting an airborne glider. The sleek, futuristic styling is squarely aimed at drivers who still want performance and styling in an environmentally friendly car.

But Nissan’s target for sales of its commercially available Leaf electric vehicle are way below the predictions of chief executive Carlos Ghosn, who said yesterday he remains hopeful especially if governments follow through on pledges to boost re-charging infrastructure.

“Electric cars is one of the pillars — not the only one — but one pillar of our technological development,” Ghosn said.

“We continue to believe that it will be a major component of the car industry.”

Nissan is also working on fuel-cell cars, but Ghosn said he was “frankly amazed” that rival automakers including Toyota see widespread commercial sales in the not-too-distant future given the lack of re-fuelling stations for hydrogen tanks.

“It’s very easy to have a prototype, but the challenge is the mass market,” Ghosn said.

Fuel cell vehicles are considered the holy grail of green cars because they emit nothing but water vapour from the tailpipe and can operate on renewable hydrogen gas.

The exhibition’s 43rd edition, which runs until December 1, features 177 exhibitors including parts suppliers from a dozen countries.

But major US automakers including General Motors and Ford, which have not attended since before the global financial crisis, are again staying away as are South Korean producers, with the exception of Hyundai.

The big European automakers will be looking to boost their presence in the world’s third-largest car market after China and the United States.

However, foreign brands hold a miniscule share — just 4.5 percent — of a market that saw more than 5.0 million vehicles sold in Japan last year.

That puny presence has long fuelled anger among US and some European automakers, which say they have been effectively shut out of Japan through tariffs and other barriers.

The issue is an obstacle in ongoing free-trade negotiations.Luxury German brands including Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Porsche,

which have achieved significant success in Japan, are among this year’s attendees, along with Audi, Volkswagen, Renault, Peugeot-Citroen, Britain’s Land Rover and Sweden’s Volvo. AFP

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Mesaieed International School to compete in BSME Games in Bahrain

Qatar Petroleum’s Mesaieed International School (MIS) will be competing for the first

time in one of the sporting events that will be held this year in Bahrain by the British Schools of the Middle East (BSME).

Speaking before their depar-ture to Bahrain, Mark James Prior, BSME Sports Coordinator at MIS, said: “The students are really, really excited about this trip! In reality, it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for them. Thanks to the generosity of the school’s owners, Qatar Petroleum, the students have been provided with their flights, accommodation, luggage, team uniforms and, just as impor-tantly, support throughout the time preparing for this event. Without this

assistance, we would never have been in a position to compete in an event such as this.”

“We have high hopes for our stu-dents in this competition,” said David Benfield, Head of Physical Education at MIS. “We have some very talented

individuals at MIS, but this is really a team event. Those same individuals have been moulded into strong teams by the school’s PE staff and regardless of the results achieved, I am sure that they will provide stiff competition for the other schools. With a bit of luck, we

might just surprise a few of the more established BSME schools and really put MIS on the map.”

The students of MIS will participate in football, volleyball, netball and ath-letics fixtures over the weekend.

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The Mesaieed International School team.

Birla Public School bagged second runners-up in the 18th inter-school competition conducted by

youth forum recently at Ideal Indian school. The competition included elo-cution, quiz, essay-writing, short film, group discussion, story-telling, painting and Quran memorisation, recitation and interpretation.

In the sub-junior category, Mohammed Hashim got first and second prize for Quran memorisation and recitation, respectively. Junior girls Hamna P K, Nasha Naureen and Aiman Parwez got third position in Islamic Quiz.

In story-telling, sub-junior girls Aliya Ali bagged first position and Anushka diwakar second. Tisha Jain bagged third position in painting sub-junior girls. Chrispa John came third in elocution junior girls.

In story-telling, sub-junior boys Syed Abdul Rasheed bagged third position and Prajwal Joseph Naronha got second. In the senior category for essay-writing, girls Sweta Grace Eapen got first posi-tion and for group discussion girls Irene Johns and Arya Panchbhai came third.

Elocution: Junior boys, Rohan Roy scored second position and Shourja Mukherjee third.

Painting: Senior boys Aby Abraham and Abu Amaan Pal came first and third, respectively.

Essay-writing: Baibav Pande got sec-ond position.

Group discussion: Aravind Kumaran and Aditya Karkera got first position.

The heart-touching short film Parent – A saga of abandoned made by Davis Paul claimed the second prize.

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BPS bags second runners-up trophy in inter-school contest

Garnet crowned championsat Stafford sports meet

The senior sports meet of Stafford Sri Lankan School was held at Al Ahli Sports Club premises recently. It was graced by

Chairman Kumudu Fonseka and several members of the Board of Trustees.

Students from year four upwards participated in various athletic events. Students of year three participated in drill display.

The school’s Western Band performed.Of the three school houses, Garnet was crowned

Champions while Topaz House clinched the run-ners-up trophy and Emerald came third.

The champion athletes were awarded for their sporting prowess.

The closing ceremony was headed by the Squads of all three houses marching before the specta-tors that consisted of parents and well-wishers. Emerald house won the squad championship.

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Darwish Luxury and Carolina Herrera announced the opening of the first “Carolina Herrera

New York” shop-in-shop in the Middle East at Fifty One East, Lagoona Mall.

The new shop-in-shop at Fifty One East, Lagoona Mall, is part of Carolina Herrera’s global retail expansion target-ing the Qatari market.

“We are extremely proud to be the paramount partner introducing the first Carolina Herrera New York, shop-in-shop in the Middle East, and specifically in the Qatari market. We developed a noble relationship with our clientele offering them luxurious goods, selectively sourced from acclaimed brands and eminent fashion houses, and Carolina Herrera is undoubtedly one of these rec-ognized houses for timeless elegance and femininity,” said a representative from Darwish Holding.

“We wanted Carolina Herrera New York’s shop-in-shop in Doha to have the same warm and welcoming environment

as in all of our Carolina Herrera bou-tiques while also reflecting the glamor-ous nature of the city.”

During the opening, the attendees had the chance to discover the Pre-fall and Fall 2013 collection that is already in-store. In addition, they had the oppor-tunity to place orders on the Resort and Spring 2014 “Carolina Herrera New York” Collections which were on display specifically for the launch ceremony.

The Spring 2014 Collection is inspired by the Kinetic Art movement and Venezuelan artists Carlos Cruz-Diez and Jesus Rafael Soto. Embracing the explo-ration of the optical effects of motion and the eye’s perception, Carolina Herrera applies that sensibility to mate-rial and silhouette. Through layering of geometric motifs on a range of fabrics from organza to Chiffon and voile, with touches of jewelled embellishments and appliques, the clothes in motion create a virtual, special experience for the viewer. The Peninsula

College of the North Atlantic–Qatar (CNA-Q) presented its 11th Annual Rewarding Excellence Awards Ceremony

recently, recognizing 109 students for exceptional performance during the 2012-2013 academic year.

Dr Ken MacLeod, President, CNA-Q, welcomed Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Secretary General of the Qatar Olympic Committee, as the evening’s keynote speaker, and award presenter Abdullatif Al Naemi, National Development Manager, ExxonMobil Qatar, Hissa Al Aali, Associate Director, CNA-Q’s Executive Committee, industry rep-resentatives, faculty, staff and family members.

Dr MacLeod remarked on the legacy of the honoured students. “Since 2002, CNA-Q has been educating the leaders of tomorrow. To date, more than 2,000 students have graduated from our pro-grams. Many of them have sat where you are tonight, being recognized for their hard work.”

Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani also recognized the impor-tance of hard work and persever-ance to ensuring a successful future. “True excellence is a result of how many times you have fallen down and had to get back up on your feet, by the distance you have to cross and compete with yourself, not how fast

but how far, by the dream that you have and how your follow it. You can be an excellent worker or an excel-lent leader. You decide. But know this, normally the things that make us excellent are the ones that we are afraid of, the ones that we don’t quite know how to reach, those that others may not understand.”

Presented by Hissa Al Aali, the CNA-Q Highest Achiever scholar-ship was awarded to Sai Samayam

Sandhya Rajan, a student of Business Administration – Accounting, who ended the 2012-2013 academic year with a 97 percent overall average.

A graduate of Commerce with Computer Science programme at the MES Indian School, Rajan was described by her instructors as having a tremendous thirst for knowledge, a progressive learner who thinks outside the box as well as a role model in both academics and attitude.

Dr MacLeod introduced a new award, the Emergency Medical Science Award. The QR5,000 award was cre-ated, and funded, by Dr MacLeod as recognition to the exemplary, and vital, work done by EMS workers.

Hussain Al Marri, Student Representative Council President, was the recipient of the final award of the evening, the Leadership Recognition Award.

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CNA-Q gives studentexcellence awards

Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani Sai Samayam Sandhya Rajan, CNA-Q Highest Achiever, with Hissa Al Aali

Carolina Herrera New York opens shop-in-shop in Lagoona Mall

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Today Nokia and Consolidated Gulf Co (CGC), the dis-tributor for Nokia in Qatar, revealed its product road map

for Qatar highlighting Nokia’s ongo-ing commitment to the Qatari market. Senior Nokia representatives outlined its regional strategy by showcasing six new products.

During the press conference, Nokia launched a portfolio of large screen Lumia smartphones: The Lumia 1520 and 1320, which will be available in CGC and all leading electronic retail outlets. Nokia also showcased it’s first-ever Windows tablet, the Nokia Lumia 2520.

The Qatar launch event also included three new Asha models – including the first 3G device in the Asha Platform family of smartphones, which deliver industry leading design, new vibrant colours and a more intuitive user inter-face, all at an accessible price.

Speaking at the press conference, Vithesh Reddy, General Manager, Nokia Lower Gulf, said: “Now more than ever, mobile devices are at the center of consumers’ lives. Especially in markets such as Qatar, consum-ers are looking to capture, curate and share experiences on the go. With our latest range of Lumia and Asha prod-ucts, we’re delivering industry leading design and imaging innovation to big-ger devices at more accessible prices.”

“Building on Nokia’s industry-lead-ing innovation in imaging, the latest range of Lumia and Asha products enables people to capture and share the world around them like never before. It’s an exciting phase and we look for-ward to working with Nokia on bring-ing the latest innovations to market,” said Tawfeeq Salem, CFO, CGC.

With a six-inch screen and the latest software advancements for Windows Phone, the Lumia 1320 and Lumia 1520 are perfectly suited for entertainment

and productivity. A new third column of tiles on the home screen means peo-ple can see and do more on a larger screen.

The Lumia 1520 offers the latest imaging innovation from Nokia — a 20mp PureView camera with optical image stabilisation (OIS) enabling sharp images even in the dark as well as over-sampling and zooming technol-ogy similar to the Lumia 1020.

The Lumia 1320 features many high-end Lumia innovations on a large 6-inch 720p display and extends the Nokia Camera app to another price range.

The Nokia Lumia 1520 will be avail-able in yellow, white, black and glossy red for QR2,599, while the Nokia Lumia 1320 will be available in orange,

yellow, white, and black for QR1,499, at CGC and all leading electronic retail outlets in the country.

Nokia’s first Windows tablet, the Lumia 2520, is designed to work any-where, with a vivid 10.1-inch HD dis-play that is designed to provide the best outdoor and indoor readability of any tablet. Building on Nokia’s rich mobil-ity heritage, the Lumia 2520 combines both 4G LTE and Wi-Fi connectivity, a 6.7MP camera, and for the first time ever on a tablet, ZEISS optics, letting people take beautiful pictures — even in low light. The Lumia 2520, runs on Windows RT 8.1 for a highly personal and easy to navigate experience, and also features multiple colour choices and fast-charging capability – providing up to an 80 percent charge in one hour.

The newest additions to the Asha Platform family of devices – the Nokia Asha 500, Asha 502 and Asha 503 – join the already successful Asha 501 in pushing the boundaries of afford-able smartphone innovation. All three handsets build on Nokia’s renowned design and feature a new crystal-clear look; a fusion of ice-like trans-parency and bold inner colour encases each phone to make it both elegant and more durable. Support for 3G is available on the Asha 503, which also includes a 5MP camera and comes with a Dual SIM option.

The Nokia Asha 500, Asha 502 and Asha 503 will be available in bright red, bright green, yellow, cyan, white and black, for QR269, QR345 and QR365; respectively. The Peninsula

FROM LEFT: Ahmad Almohannadi, Public Relations Manager, CGC, Tarek Zaki, Product Manager, Smart Devices, Nokia, Vithesh Reddy, General Manager, Lower Gulf, Nokia, and Henri Matilla, Head of Product Marketing, Nokia, with the new range of devices during the press conference at the Sharq Village and Spa.

Nokia unveils six new devices in Qatar

Air purifiers have become essential and basic home equipment’s for every

household. LG Electronics (LG) PH-U450/Aqua Air Purifiers pro-vide humidification which prevents the proliferation of dust, germs and viruses thereby preventing various respiratory diseases. Indoor air can also lead to dehydration due to lack of humidification which can cause issues such as dry skin, muscle pain, sore eyes and difficulty in concen-trating. This multiuse air purifier functions has three different air-solution devices: an air cleaner, an NPI (Nano Plasma Ion) steriliser and a natural humidifier.

LG’s Aqua PH-U450 is fitted with a deodourisation filter carbon

coated which removes odours and chemical vapours from the home. The air filters go through an advanced filtration process to cleanse the air in home in a five stage process.

The pre-filter removes the big particles in the air, allergy filter absorbs and decomposes allergen by cutting protein combination. Deodourisation filter offers quick removal of chemical and house odours. HEPA filter provides fil-tration for bacteria and viruses and removes all germs in under five minutes, while the water filter offers nearly perfect filtration by filtering particles that passed 4-step filters using the mechanism of nat-ural humidification. The Peninsula

LG’s air purifier promises healthy air Malabar Gold & Diamonds kicksoff ‘DiamondExchange Offer’

Malabar Gold & Diamonds announced the launch of ‘Diamond Exchange Offer’ at all its outlets in the GCC.

The promotion offers customers an opportu-nity to exchange their old diamond jewellery and buy new ones which are certified by IGI and GIA. The promotion will run at all of its stores until December 7.

“This is truly an exclusive offer which no other jewellery retailer has provided to customers and I recommend all customers who want to exchange and upgrade their old diamond jewellery to make full use of it,” said Shamlal Ahamed, Managing Director – International Operations, Malabar Gold & Diamonds. The Peninsula

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By L V Anderson

Wise journalists, students and trivia contest-ants know not to trust Wikipedia unthinkingly.

There is no better support for this rule of thumb than the open-source ency-clopedia’s entry for carrot cake, which currently begins:

Carrot cake is a cake or pie which con-tains carrots mixed into the batter. The carrot softens in the cooking process, and the cake usually has a soft, dense texture. The carrots themselves do not enhance the flavor, texture and appearance of the cake.

The misinformation contained in these three sentences boggles the mind. Carrot cake is self-evidently not a pie. Carrots absolutely enhance the flavour of carrot cake — it’s not like all their flavour compounds evaporate while the cake is baking. Furthermore, as sentence No 2 of the above paragraph attests, they affect the texture, too, lending the batter moisture and body. Carrots also quite obviously enhance the appearance of cake, assuming you consider bright, cheerful orange specks to be a visual enhancement. (I do, and freckle fetishists the world over agree with me.) To assert that the “carrots themselves do not enhance the flavour,

texture and appearance of the cake” is to inadvertently raise all sorts of trou-bling questions about the nature of per-ception and existence. (If a carrot falls into a cake batter and no one is around to taste it...)

Anyway, Wikipedia’s diligent volun-teer editors are clearly mistaken about carrot cake, which is a great foodstuff, and which needs carrots the way Ben

Folds Five needs Ben Folds. It needs other things, too, to be sure: Spices, like cinnamon, cloves and allspice, to offset the earthiness of the carrots. Shredded coconut, with its savoury edginess, adds another flavour dimension. (Walnuts are optional, and raisins do not belong in any cake that is not explicitly a fruitcake.)

And then there is the most important

component: the cream cheese frosting. I don’t know why cream cheese frosting isn’t standard on more cakes. Properly made, it’s devastatingly tangy and sweet, unlike plain buttercream frost-ing. But the method for making cream cheese frosting is the same as any other buttercream: You must whip copious amounts of air into it to make it smooth and cloudlike. WP-Bloomberg

Yield: 16 to 20 servingsTime: 1 1/2 to 2 hours, partially

unattendedIngredients

Oil or butter for greasing the pan2 cups all-purpose flour1/2 cup unsweetened shredded

coconut1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder1/2 teaspoon salt1 teaspoon ground cinnamon1/4 teaspoon ground cloves1/4 teaspoon ground allspice1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter,

softened1/2 cup canola or grapeseed oil

1 1/2 cups brown sugar4 large eggs1 tablespoon plus 2 teaspoons

vanilla extract8 ounces grated or shredded car-

rots (about 3 loosely packed cups)8 ounces cream cheese, softened2 cups powdered sugar

Method:Heat the oven to 350 degrees F and

grease a 9- by 13-inch pan. Put the flour, coconut, walnuts (if desired), baking powder, salt, cinnamon, cloves, and allspice in a large bowl and stir to combine. Beat 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) butter, the oil, and the brown sugar with the paddle attachment of a stand mixer (or with a handheld mixer) until light and fluffy. Add the eggs

and 2 teaspoons vanilla extract and beat for 2 minutes. Gently stir in the flour mixture, then fold in the carrots. Transfer the batter to the greased pan and bake until a knife inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, 30 to 40 minutes. Cool the cake.

Meanwhile, beat the remaining 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter and the cream cheese with the paddle attachment of a stand mixer (or with a handheld mixer) until well combined. Add the powdered sugar and beat on low speed to combine, then add the remaining 1 tablespoon vanilla. Beat for at least 10 minutes.

Spread the frosting on the cake and serve. (Store leftover cake in an air-tight container at room temperature for up to a few days.)

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his

tim

e.

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was

cin

em

a v

erit

e in t

hose

days,

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tew

art

said

aft

er t

he s

creenin

g. “A

t th

e t

ime R

om

an c

alled it

a d

ocudram

a

because

it

was

tellin

g a

true s

tory w

ith

death

bein

g p

art

of

our l

ife a

t th

at

tim

e a

nd w

e w

ere l

osin

g d

riv

ers a

ll

of

the t

ime.”

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lon

g befo

re safe

ty w

as

improved

to

today’s

stan

dards,

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ula

One r

acin

g w

as

a t

reacher-

ous

sport.

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I w

as

driv

ing a

racin

g c

ar,

as

I w

as,

for a

five-y

ear p

erio

d t

here w

as

a

two o

ut

of th

ree c

hance y

ou w

ere g

oin

g

to d

ie b

ecause o

f th

e l

ack o

f safe

ty,

whic

h you see all th

e w

ay th

rough

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an’s

film

,” s

aid

Ste

wart.

Ste

wart

lost

five c

lose

frie

nds

to t

he

sport,

inclu

din

g B

rit

on P

iers

Courage,

Germ

an

driv

er Joch

en

R

indt

an

d

Frenchm

an F

rancois

Cevert,

his

team

m

ate

who w

as

kille

d i

n 1

973 i

n w

hat

was

to h

ave b

een S

tew

art’s

last

race.

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e te

am

w

ith

drew

fr

om

th

e race

aft

er C

evert’s

accid

en

t as

a m

ark

of

resp

ect.

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e S

cots

man

w

on

th

ree w

orld

ch

am

pio

nsh

ips an

d 27 G

ran

d P

rix

ti

tles befo

re reti

rin

g at

age 34.

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severe d

ysle

xic

who s

ays h

e c

an

not

recit

e t

he a

lphabet,

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wart

cham

pi-

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cam

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n t

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prove s

afe

ty in

the s

port

and i

s credit

ed b

y F

orm

ula

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ne for s

avin

g m

any liv

es

through h

is

eff

orts

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lthough t

he fi

lm’s focus

is t

he s

port

that

both

men loved, it

is

als

o a

bout

a

frie

ndsh

ip t

hat

began w

hen P

ola

nsk

i and S

tew

art

met

in L

os

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s in

the

1960s.

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ike t

he b

it a

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d t

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wo o

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ein

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apart

from

anyth

ing e

lse,” s

aid

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tew

art.

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ters

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LLY

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OD

NE

WS

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ry S

tyle

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ld f

or £

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ger H

arry S

tyle

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ash

ed le

opard-

prin

t sh

irt,

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h w

en

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der t

he h

am

-m

er r

ecen

tly,

has

reporte

dly

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hed £

3,0

02

at

a c

harit

y a

ucti

on.

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hir

t’s

orig

inal proce is

£19

5.

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ucti

on w

as

organis

ed t

o r

ais

e funds

for

Unic

ef (U

nit

ed N

ati

ons

Children’s

Fund).

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One D

irecti

on m

em

ber s

old

his

shir

t th

rough

desi

gn

er d

iscoun

t w

ebsi

te h

ardly

everw

orn

it.

com

. A

fter 7

5 b

ids,

an u

nnam

ed T

exas

busi

-ness

man g

ot

hold

of

it, reports

mir

ror.

co.u

k.

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a to

pla

y co

p i

n M

r. Jo

e B

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valh

oA

ctr

ess

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li K

han

will be s

een a

s a c

op,

com

ple

te w

ith

a k

hak

i un

iform

, in

the o

pen

ing

sequence o

f her u

pcom

ing

movie

Mr.

Joe B

Ca

rva

lho.

She loved t

he e

xperie

nce.

As

Shanti

priy

a P

hadnis

, sh

e w

ill

be seen

beat-

ing u

pto

20 g

oons

in h

er

entr

y s

cene.

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m very excit

ed to

pla

y a cop fo

r th

e fi

rst

tim

e. I

loved w

earin

g t

he

police u

nif

orm

and b

eat-

ing u

p g

un

das

(goon

s),”

S

oha s

aid

in a

sta

tem

ent.

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inin

g t

he s

cen

e,

she s

aid

: T

he fi

lm’s

open-

ing s

cene h

as

me a

rriv

ing

in t

he jeep a

nd b

eati

ng u

p

20 m

usc

ula

r m

en

, th

at’s

what

moti

vate

d m

e t

o d

o

this

film

. Y

ou w

on’t

see m

e in a

norm

al cost

um

e in t

his

film

.”S

oha h

as

donned s

everal avata

rs

for t

he fi

lm.

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ither s

port

the a

ttir

e o

f a c

abaret

dancer,

a f

air

y s

uit

or a

bik

ini; i

t w

as

excit

ing f

or m

e t

o p

lay t

hese

dif

ferent

role

s in

stead o

f pla

yin

g a

sin

gle

role

as

the g

irl next

door,”

she a

dded.

Produced b

y B

hola

Ram

Malv

iya a

nd S

hit

al

Malv

iya a

nd d

irecte

d b

y

Sam

ir T

iwari, t

he fi

lm, st

arrin

g A

rsh

ad W

arsi

and J

aaved J

aff

rey,

rele

ase

s on J

anuary 3

, 2014

.

Krr

ish

3 se

ts n

ew b

ox o

ffice

rec

ord

Rakesh

Rosh

an

’s s

uperhero

off

erin

g K

rris

h 3

has

becom

e

the g

ross

er o

f all t

imes

by

earnin

g `

2.2

8bn in just

15 d

ays.

Confirm

ing t

his

, th

e fi

lm’s

dir

ec-

tor-p

roducer R

akesh

Rosh

an s

aid

: “T

his

F

rid

ay’s

coll

ecti

on

s

were

`24.4

m,

wh

ich

brin

gs

the

tota

l 15

-day c

ollecti

on t

o ̀

2.2

8bn. S

o y

es,

it

looks

like K

rris

h 3

has

broken a

ll

records.

”“R

ecords

are m

ade t

o b

e b

roken.

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re h

appy t

hat

the m

erit

and

pow

er o

f K

rris

h h

as

been e

ndorse

d

in just

15 d

ays.

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uch a

short

span o

f ti

me o

ur fi

lm h

as

begun a

jo

urney o

f se

ttin

g n

ew

records.

God

has

been k

ind.”

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ish

3 t

ook t

he s

tory f

orw

ard

wit

h H

rit

hik

Rosh

an

in

the t

itle

role

. T

his

tim

e i

t w

as

about

the b

ig b

ad w

orl

d o

f th

e d

ark

pow

er b

rokers

who w

ant

to r

ob o

ur e

arth

of

all its

beauty

.A

naly

sing t

he r

ecord-b

reakin

g s

uccess

of

Krr

ish

3,

trade e

xpert

Taran

Adars

h s

aid

: “T

he larg

e n

um

ber

of sc

reens

and t

he t

icket

rate

s have d

efinit

ely

help

ed K

rris

h 3

to u

nderta

ke i

ts r

ecord-b

reakin

g j

ourney.

But

eventu

ally

everyth

ing b

oils

dow

n t

o t

he q

uality

of

the c

onte

nt.

If

the s

crip

t is

solid,

there’s

no s

toppin

g a

film

. A

lso, it

must

be k

ept

in m

ind t

hat

if a

film

is

to

be a

univ

ersa

l hit

, it

must

cate

r t

o a

univ

ersa

l audie

nce.”

Kan

gan

a R

an

aut

an

d V

ivek O

beroi

join

ed t

he c

ast

this

tim

e,

while

Priy

anka C

hopra r

epris

ed h

er r

ole

as

Hrit

hik

’s love inte

rest

on t

he s

creen.

Trade p

undit

Am

od M

ehra s

aid

: “R

ecords

are m

eant

to b

e b

roken. W

ith

every n

ew

record, film

sta

rs

are a

skin

g f

or m

ore m

oney.

Exhib

itors

too a

re

gett

ing g

reedy.

They k

eep increasi

ng t

he t

icket

rate

s. L

et’s

see w

hat

strate

gy

Dh

oom

3 a

dopts

.”

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ll t

he

‘Mat

eria

l G

irl’

, Mad

onna

earn

s m

ore

than

Lad

y G

aga

on F

orbe

s li

st

The “

Mate

ria

l G

irl”

sti

ll h

as

it. M

adonna e

asi

ly s

urpass

ed s

inger L

ady

Gaga a

nd v

ete

ran r

ockers

Bon J

ovi as

the h

ighest

-paid

musi

cia

n in 2

013

, F

orb

es

said

. M

adonna e

arned $

125m

, m

ost

of

whic

h w

as

from

her h

ugely

su

ccess

ful M

DN

A t

our,

whic

h g

ross

ed $

305m

, as

well a

s m

erchandis

e s

old

at

concerts

and a

clo

thin

g lin

e a

nd f

ragrance.

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s livin

g u

p t

o h

er n

icknam

e: th

e M

ate

ria

l G

irl

tops

our l

ist

of

the t

op-e

arnin

g m

usi

cia

ns

by a

wid

e m

argin

,” F

orb

es

said

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econd-p

lace L

ady G

aga, 27,

earned $

80m

and B

on J

ovi, c

am

e i

n t

hir

d

wit

h $

79m

. L

ike M

adon

na,

55,

they a

ll h

ad h

eft

y e

arn

ings

from

tours.

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ady G

aga’s

late

st t

our b

rought

in $

168m

befo

re i

t w

as

cut

short

due t

o

her h

ip i

nju

ry t

hat

requir

ed s

urgery. B

on J

ovi’s

concerts

gross

more t

han

$3m

per c

ity.

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es

com

piled t

he l

ist

of

the 2

5 h

ighest

-paid

musi

cia

ns

by e

stim

ati

ng

incom

e for t

he 1

2 m

onth

s betw

een J

une 2

012

and J

une 2

013

usi

ng d

ata

from

th

e t

rade p

ublicati

on P

ollst

ar,

trade o

rganiz

ati

on R

IAA

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nfo

rm

ati

on

and s

ale

s tr

ackin

g s

yst

em

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lsen S

oundS

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he m

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ne a

lso c

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lted

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h indust

ry law

yers,

managers

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om

e o

f th

e m

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ns.

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ket

sale

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ies,

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ale

s and b

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ness

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res

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ded i

n t

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d p

re-t

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ncom

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efo

re d

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on

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ts,

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11FITNESS / HEALTH PLUS | THURSDAY 21 NOVEMBER 2013

Be cautious with antibiotics for children: Committee

Paediatricians should carefully evaluate kids with ear infections, runny noses and sore

throats before giving them antibiotics, doctors said. Antibiotics will only help shorten kids’ sickness if their symptoms are caused by bacteria and not by a virus, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Committee on Infectious Diseases noted.

Still, studies show many children and adults are given the drugs for coughs and colds caused by viruses. That increases the risk of antibiotic resist-ance, without doing patients any good.

“People tend to not recognize how big of a prob-lem this is,” Dr Theoklis Zaoutis said.

He is a member of the AAP committee and an infectious diseases specialist at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, at least 2 million Americans get infected with antibiotic-resistant bacteria each year and 23,000 die as a result. Any antibiotic use — appropriate or not — contributes to the risk of resistance.

Antibiotics can also come with side effects like diarrhea and rashes, which account for more than 150,000 doctor visits among kids each year. And they occasionally cause severe allergic reactions.

Symptoms of bacterial and viral respiratory infections can overlap, the committee said. So pediatricians should use strict criteria to decide when antibiotics are warranted.

For ear infections, toddlers who have severe pain and infections in both ears are most likely to benefit from the drugs, the AAP said. But in most cases, symptoms will go away on their own - so a wait-and-see approach is an option for older kids who are not in a lot of pain.

Antibiotics for runny noses and coughs should be used when symptoms are severe, have been around for a long time or are getting worse. When kids have a sore throat, pediatricians should test only those who have certain symptoms - such as swol-len lymph nodes or tonsils and a fever - for strep throat. When antibiotics are justified, the commit-tee recommended doctors prescribe amoxicillin or amoxicillin together with clavulanate to kids with ear infections and sinusitis.

The combination, in particular, causes diarrhea or other stomach problems among one-quarter to half of patients, Dr Jeffrey Linder said.

“If you’re going to take something that has that high a rate of adverse event, you should be pretty darn sure it’s going to help you,” he told Reuters Health. Linder, from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, has studied antibiotic prescrib-ing but wasn’t involved in the new research.

For strep throat, amoxicillin or penicillin is the best bet, the committee wrote in Pediatrics, the journal of the AAP.

Newer, so-called broad-spectrum antibiotics are more likely to cause resistance.

“You want to use the antibiotic that has the nar-rowest spectrum, meaning it will kill the germs that are causing the infections but not have collateral damage on all the other bacteria within our bod-ies,” Zaoutis said.

Linder said one thing doctors may need to work on is telling parents when they don’t need to come to the office. For colds and other viruses - even those that last a long time - there’s not much doc-tors can do except tell people to wait it out.

“We still have a lot, a lot of visits in healthcare for these acute respiratory infections and it’s not clear to me that we as doctors are really help-ing patients, and we’re wasting people’s time and money,” Linder said. Reuters

By Lenny Bernstein

Marian Goldberg grasps my head gently but firmly, her hands along my jawbones. Ever

so slowly, almost imperceptibly, she helps me rise from a chair in her home office until I’m standing.

That one simple movement, which I probably do a dozen times or more every day, feels slightly different this time. It’s difficult to pinpoint exactly why, but it does.

The reason, Goldberg explains, is that this time I more closely approximated the way nature intended for me to get up. I didn’t shove off with my hands after hours of slumping over a compu-ter. I didn’t lean forward with my torso and drag my lower half out of the chair. With my head and neck leading the way, I gathered myself a little better and stood up a little more naturally, one body part fol-lowing another, working together, a bit more in balance.

It’s impossible to reduce the Alexander Technique, a philosophy of movement more than a century old, to one simple rise from a chair, but at its core is a strikingly simple, easily understood concept: What ails us is the result of bad habits we’ve learned, from early in child-hood, about how we use our bodies. And the best way to rid ourselves of pains in our back, neck and else-where is to consciously unlearn those habits.

“This isn’t treatment in any conventional sense of the word,” says Goldberg, whose Alexander Technique Center of Washington is actually in McLean, Virginia. “We are re-educating.”

In that case, I’d probably qual-ify for remedial education. I am round-shouldered, a combination of genetics, tension and more than three decades hunched over com-puters, often under the pressure of newspaper deadlines. I find myself in all manner of slouches in my desk

chair, unconsciously seeking a posi-tion that will allow a little more time at the keyboard. I don’t have the strongest of core muscles.

None of that really matters to practitioners of the Alexander Technique, Goldberg says. Students — in the Alexander vernacular, we are not clients or patients — come to her all the time with severe back pain or posture problems, and all can improve. Some will take a hand-ful of “lessons” and find what they’re looking for; others may stay on for 20 or 30 sessions or more as they seek additional guidance in renovat-ing the way they move.

A 2008 study published in the British Medical Journal found the Alexander Technique to “have long term benefits for patients with chronic back pain,” and noted that six lessons followed by regular exer-cises were nearly as effective as 24 lessons. Goldberg charges $65 for a half-hour lesson.

She says most people feel bet-ter after the first session, as I did, though I definitely had some stiff-ness and discomfort the next morn-ing. My first lesson also included Goldberg stretching me on a mas-sage table and “lengthening” my neck and torso muscles, which reminded me of the goals of Pilates.

Repeated practice each day is critical, Goldberg tells me, so my neuromuscular system can learn new habits.

“It’s about non-doing,” she says. “It’s about not doing your habits,

learning to do less. Most things are about learning to do more.”

It’s not just work that imposes unnatural positions on our bodies. As children, we notice, perhaps unconsciously, that Mom tilts her head to the side or Dad dips his shoulders as he walks, and we tend to imitate them. In school we are crammed into small desks for hours at a time. Sports coaches teach us to gather ourselves for athletic effort. Maybe there’s a car accident or other trauma in our past.

Goldberg herself found the Alexander Technique in 1978 after she sought relief from back pain caused by an accident, not unlike the technique’s founder, Frederick Matthias Alexander. Born in Australia in 1869, Alexander was a successful actor and “elocutionist” — a kind of oratorical entertainer — when he began to lose his voice dur-ing performances. Doctors couldn’t help him, so Alexander began to use mirrors to observe himself deliver-ing his lines.

He noticed that he held his head and neck in a way that inhibited his delivery and set out to change it, ultimately developing his core theories about proper body align-ment and shedding bad habits as he made a successful return to the stage. Alexander’s work has been particularly useful to actors and musicians, and is more popular outside the United States, in places such as Great Britain.

Alexander’s technique isn’t the only one of its kind. The Feldenkrais method preaches a similar philoso-phy, and as Goldberg demonstrated and explained the Alexander Technique, I was reminded of the little I know about yoga.

All this bodily re-education takes time, patience and persistence, but it seems well worth it if you are suffering and have the inclination. The next time you get up from your chair, take a look at the way you move and see whether it’s time to go back to school.

WP-Bloomberg

Sit up and take noticeA 2008 study published in the British Medical Journal found the Alexander Technique to have long term benefits for patients with chronic back pain.

TECHNOLOGYPLUS | THURSDAY 21 NOVEMBER 201312

Samsung Electronics Co said its Galaxy Gear has become the world’s most popular smart-watch with sales reaching 800,000 since its

debut two months ago, defying some market con-cerns the accessory would fail due to a lack of com-pelling features.

The South Korean firm said Gear sales have been better than its own expectations and it would expand sales promotions for the wearable device for the crucial year-end holiday sales.

Samsung has poured marketing resources into the Gear with heavy advertisements and collabora-tions with fashion shows to seize leadership in the wearable computer market after the device got off to a rocky start after being critically panned by reviewers.

Well-known tech reviewer David Pogue, who recently left the New York Times to start a new consumer-tech web site at Yahoo, described its design “inconsistent and frustrating” and recom-mended nobody buy it.

The product marks Samsung’s latest attempt to prove that it is more than just a fast follower in innovation behind Apple Inc. The Cupertino California-based firm is widely speculated by media and analysts to be working on wearable device.

Priced at around $300, the Gear works as an

accessory to its market leading Galaxy smart-phone, with a small OLED screen offering basic functions like photos, hands-free calls and message notifications.

Market expectations on the device have been not so strong, as it has only around 70 dedicated applications.

UK retailer Phones4U offered the Gear for free to consumers buying the Galaxy Note3 on contract earlier this month, while earlier media reports said that the device was suffering some 30 percent of return rates in U.S. stores of Best Buy.

“It’s the most sold wearable watch available in the market place...and we plan to expand its avail-ability by expanding mobile devices that work with the Gear,” Samsung said in a statement. Reuters

By Hayley Tsukayama

Microsoft’s Xbox One is the clearest exam-ple of the firm’s belief that game con-soles must offer far more than games to succeed in a digital world.

Even the device’s name, which is admittedly a bit discordant for the third model in the Xbox line, ham-mers that point home. The “one” hints at the fact that Microsoft is looking to unify home entertain-ment around its console and make a clean break with old expectations about what a console should be.

It certainly makes an impression. The box looks mammoth, and is bigger than its predecessor, the Xbox 360, AND Sony’s competing PlayStation 4. Its beefy, almost aggressive exterior screams power rather than style. That’s not to say the console’s tex-tured shell doesn’t look good, but it’s certainly not going to win any prizes for portability.

That’s probably fine with Microsoft, which has done everything in its power to indicate that this device should be the immovable foundation of home entertainment. Not only does the Xbox One come with a suite of available entertainment apps, includ-ing Netflix, Amazon Instant Video, Hulu Plus, the NFL, and ESPN, it also plays live television by way of a hookup to a cable box. Microsoft built in a pro-gramming guide, aiming to keep users from ever switching their TV input away from the console.

Users can pin their favourite apps to their personal homescreens, and the Xbox One will support up to 16 logged-in users at once. In addition to video apps, the Xbox One shows off its pedigree as a Microsoft product, with its own branded music and video apps as well as SkyDrive for photos and Skype for vide-oconferencing. Skype, particularly, is an interesting and promising addition to the console; the app uses the camera on the Kinect controller and can follow users around the room and adjust its zoom based on how many voices it hears.

That’s certainly not the only trick the Kinect has up its sleeve either — in fact, it contributes most of the factors that may persuade consumers to opt for the Xbox One despite the fact that it’s $100 more than the PlayStation 4. Microsoft has built the entire console around its motion and voice controller, mean-ing that users can speak to the console to open apps, control video and even record games as they play.

The current Kinect is much more sophisticated than its predecessor, and can log in multiple users simply by reading their skeletal structure or hear-ing their voice. The included controller is also much better at reading voice commands, although it needs to have things repeated on occasion. Users can get

around a lot of repeats by going through a more in-depth setup for the accessory, but it’s still not 100 percent. That said, when it does work, it’s quick and easy — so easy that you’ll probably find yourself talking to your television out of habit, even when the Xbox is not on.

All of that is great, but the non-gaming features alone still can’t sell this device. So although it can be easy to overlook the Xbox One’s gaming capabilities, they’re still at its heart. And the specs are everything that you may expect of a next-generation console and well matched against newly released PlayStation 4. Xbox One graphics are smooth and fluid, with responsive game play and few glitches.

Microsoft does, however, arguably have a stronger launch lineup of games, bringing heavy-hitters such as Forza Motorsport 5 and Ryse: Son of Rome, which shows the promise and limitations of the Kinect’s

potential for gaming.Even here, however, the real “wow” factor on the

gaming front comes from the console’s ability to switch in and out of a game in progress. Players can pause to switch apps and come back largely without a hitch, or even opt to play a game while using another app to watch television, for example. As with the rest of the console, the gaming functions are most notable for how they fit into a larger picture of Microsoft’s vision for the living room.

Overall, the Xbox One boasts a stronger array of games than PlayStation 4, but that’s an advantage that probably will fade over time. Its greatest util-ity — and justification for your extra $100_ lies in its all-in-one entertainment approach rather than its games alone.

The Xbox One will go on sale Friday and costs $499. WP-Bloomberg

Xbox One: A family-focused console

Gear smartwatch sales hit800,000 in two months

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Hoy en la HistoriaNovember 21, 1783

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ALL IN THE MIND Can you find the hidden words? They may be horizontal,vertical, diagonal, forwards or backwards.

ABOMINABLE, ADEPT, ANGELIC, ATROCIOUS, AUSPICIOUS,AWFUL, BAD, BENEFICIAL, BETTER, CORRECT, DEPLORABLE,DIRE, DREADFUL, EVIL, EXCELLENT, EXPERT, FAIR, FINE,GOOD, HONEST, HONORABLE, HOPELESS, HORRENDOUS,INCOMPETENT, JUST, LAMENTABLE, MALEVOLENT, MEDIOCRE, MONSTROUS, PITIFUL, RESPECTABLE, RIGHT, SAFE, SECURE, SKILLED, SOUND, TERRIBLE, VIRTUOUS, WELL, WICKED, WORSE, WORTHY, WRONG.

LEARN ARABIC

Baby Blues by Jerry Scott and Rick Kirkman

Zits by Dennis Young and Denis Lebrun

Hagar The Horrible by Chris Browne

At the Bank

Bank Ma�rif

The check Šeek

Money Mal

Postal money order �awala

What is the exchange rate of the American dollar?

Ma houwa siçrou �arfi aldolari al'amreekiyy?

I want to but three shares Oureedou an aštaree �ala�at ashoum

Pay this check Idfaç ha�a šeek

The signature Al'im�a'

I want to cash this check Oureedou an a�orouf ha�a šeek

Where is the exchange of�ce? Ayna maktabou al�iraffa?

When does the bank open? Mata yafta�ou alma�rif

High intrest Fa'ida mourtafiça

PLUS | THURSDAY 21 NOVEMBER 2013

HYPER SUDOKU

CROSSWORD

CROSSWORDS

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.

ACROSS 1 “Hold on, why am I

being dragged into this?”

16 Last single blasts?17 Unlikely to develop

clothing lines?18 Filched19 2007 Oscar winner

Swinton20 Wildlife23 Twin or triplet26 San Francisco’s ___

Tower27 Bear in “The Jungle

Book”28 Resign30 Salem-to-Portland dir.31 Classic brand with a

bunny mascot32 Choices for poachers34 Crop-killing caterpillars36 Rock icon for whom

a Manhattan block is named

39 Key target of resolution43 Massachusetts’ Cape

___44 Filched

45 It’s lighter than mustard46 It has its limits, briefly48 Burn prevention meas.49 Like some debts50 “I’m gone!”52 It’s bound to leave the

field53 Does some flattering60 Poke on Facebook, say61 Relaxes

DOWN 1 Ring grp. 2 Part of a crack

response? 3 One in a pack 4 “No worries” 5 First European to cross

the Mississippi 6 Some spreads 7 Pennsylvania city or its

county 8 What to take the lead

from 9 Brown letters?10 When many fleurs

bloom

11 “… which ___ from heat did canopy the herd”: Shak.

12 Top web developer?13 “Big Momma’s House”

co-star, 200014 Going along15 Willing subjects20 Grilling subject,

informally21 What bateaux move

across22 “The Soul of a Butterfly”

autobiographer23 Pirate24 Line to wrap things up

with25 Brasserie offering28 Certain duster29 Floppy lid32 Some univ. entrance

exams33 Reaches, as a vacation

resort35 They have end-to-end

cars: Abbr.36 Iridescent green bird of

tropical America37 Like many new couples

38 Eschews the draft?40 Relative of a fjord41 Its 49-Down is about

200 meters42 Chose, perhaps45 Riots47 “Left” or “right” group,

in math49 Shooting statistic51 Lacking

52 Old 58-Down capital54 It’s “really lookin’ fine”

in a 1964 hit55 58-Down article56 Jack of “The Green

Berets,” 196857 Touchdown stat58 Eur. land59 Places with vital

monitors, in brief

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

16

17

18 19

20 21 22 23 24 25 26

27 28 29 30

31 32 33

34 35

36 37 38 39 40 41 42

43 44 45

46 47 48 49

50 51 52

53 54 55 56 57 58 59

60

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R A T T A T I C E D T E AI S E E N O W H O T D A M NB E A T S M E O A R S M A N

T H E B I GAP P L E P I ED D A Y B A L ER O S S S E A P E A LA N T H E L GAP I C T U R E SG U E V A R A C A R R A C ES T R I K I N GAP O S E D O L

E Y E S T H E P I L LG N A W R O I SO A K S I N GAP O R E A NL O R E L E I R E L I E V EE M O T I O N B E E S W A XM I N D T H E GAP S E E S T O

How 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 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.

YESTERDAY’S ANSWER

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EASY SUDOKUCartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate

Easy Sudoku PuzzlesPlace a digit from 1 to 9 in each empty cell so everyrow, every column and every 3x3 box contains allthe digits 1 to 9.


CINEMA / TV LISTINGS 15

TEL: 444933989 444517001SHOWING AT VILLAGGIO & CITY CENTER

12:00 Inter Channel

13:00 Golfing World

14:00 Omni Sport

14:30 Squash,

Psa World

Championships,

Finals

16:30 Tennis, Atp

Magazine

17:00 Swimming, Fina

World Cup,

Beijing

19:30 Transworld Sport

20:30 Rugby Internati-

onal; England V

New Zealand

22:15 Football Friendly;

England V

Germany

24:00 Futbal Mundial

00:30 Squash,

Psa World

Championships,

Finals

08:00 News

09:00 Al Jazeera

Correspondent

10:30 Inside Story

11:00 News

11:30 The Stream

12:30 People &

Power

13:00 NEWSHOUR

14:30 Inside Story

15:00 Witness

16:00 NEWSHOUR

17:30 The Stream

18:00 NEWSHOUR

19:00 News

19:30 Soapbox

Mexico

20:00 News

20:30 Inside Story

21:00 NEWSHOUR

22:00 News

22:30 The Stream

23:00 Al Jazeera

Correspondent

15:00 Football Greatest

Teams: Juventus

15:30 This Is Paris

16:00 Football Firendly:

England U-21 V

San Marino U-21

18:00 Sports News

18:30 English Premier

League Football


League

Netbusters


League, Season

Review 2011/12

22:00 The Football

League Show

13:30 Ek Mutthi

Aasmaan

16:00 Khelti Hai

Zindagi Aankh

Micholi

16:30 Qubool Hai

17:00 Punar Vivah

18:30 Ek Mutthi

Aasmaan

20:00 Pavitra Rishta

22:30 Silver Screen

(Tanu Weds

Manu)

13:00 A.N.T. Farm

15:00 That's So

Raven

16:10 Violetta

17:00 Dog With A

Blog

18:30 Good Luck

Charlie

22:00 Austin And Ally

22:25 A.N.T. Farm

23:10 Wizards Of

Waverly Place

14:00 Smooch

16:00 Today's Special

18:00 Wayne's World

20:00 Proof Of Love

22:00 Girl Walks Into

A Bar

00:00 Jackass: The

Movie

02:00 Proof Of Love

13:15 Mythbusters

15:20 World's Top 5

16:10 Overhaulin'

2012

17:00 Ultimate

Survival

18:40 Mythbusters

20:20 Storage Hunters

20:45 Dirty Money

21:10 How Do They

Do It?

21:35 How It's Made

22:00 Sons Of Guns

22:50 Amish Mafia

23:40 Inside The

Gangsters'

Code

13:20 Call Of The

Wildman

15:15 Ned Bruha:

Skunk

Whisperer

16:30 My Cat From

Hell

17:30 Most Extreme

20:15 Outback

Rangers

21:10 North America

22:05 Cheetah

Kingdom

11:00 A View From

Here

13:00 One Life

15:00 Arrietty

17:00 The Lucky One

19:00 The Girl

21:00 Mama

23:00 Violet & Daisy

01:00 Blue Lagoon:

The Awakening

03:00 The Girl

13:15 Jelly T

14:45 Luke And Lucy:

The Texas Rangers

16:15 Santa Paws 2:

The Santa Pups

20:00 Jumanji

22:00 Luke And Lucy:

The Texas

Rangers

INNOVATIONS

LIVE SHOWS Airing Time Programme Briefs

SPIRITUAL HOUR

6:00 - 7:00 AM A time of reflection, a deeper understanding of the teachings of Islam.

RISE 7:00 – 9:00 AM A LIVE 2-hour morning show hosted by Scott Boyes. It focuses on a wide array of topics from Weather, News, Health tips, Sports News and interactive bits with the callers.

INTERNATIO-NAL NEWS

1:00 PM The latest news and events from around the world.

DRIVE 3:00 – 4:00 PM A daily afternoon show broadcast at peak travel time. Nabil discusses upcoming events in Doha with Khalifa Haroon from I Love Qatar.

THINK ABOUT IT

6:00 – 6:30 PM Is a show about ‘Spoken Word.’ The audience is introduced to a new artistic piece. Created by our very own Nabil Al Nashar.

DECADES 6:30 – 7:00 PM A journey through time. The show reminisces at the music, the inventions, and the events that ensued during that era and defined modern history. Hosted by Ms. Laura Finnerty and Scotty Boyes.

Repeat Shows

LEGENDARY ARTISTS

10:00 – 11:00 AM The show tells the story of a celebrity artist that has reached unprecedented fame. Throughout the episode, the artists’ memorable performances/songs will be played to put listeners in the mood.

MALL

1

Gori Tere Pyar Mein (2D/Hindi) – 2.30 & 8.15pm

Irandam Ulagam (2D/Tamil) – 5.15pm

Nadodi Mannan (2D/Malayalam) – 11.00pm

2

Killer Joe (2D/Crime) – 3.00pm

The Hunger Games (2D/Action) – 5.00, 8.00 & 11.00pm

3

The Hunger Games (2D/Action) – 2.30pm

Free Birds (3D/Animation) – 5.15pm


The Pact (2D/Horror) – 9.00 & 11.15pm

LANDMARK

1


Irandam Ulagam (2D/Tamil) – 5.30pm

Gori Tere Pyar Mein (2D/Hindi) – 8.30pm

The Pact (2D/Horror) – 11.30pm

2



3






ROYAL

PLAZA

1

Irandam Ulagam (2D/Tamil) – 2.30 & 8.15pm


Gori Tere Pyar Mein (2D/Hindi) – 11.15pm

2



3




Killer Joe (2D/Crime)– 9.00 & 11.30pm


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Editor-In-Chief Khalid Al Sayed Acting Managing Editor Hussain Ahmad Editorial Office The Peninsula Tel: 4455 7741, E-mail: [email protected] / [email protected]

IN FOCUS

A picture taken at Qatar National Convention Centre.

by Srinivasan Subramani

Send your photos to [email protected]. Mention where the photo was taken.

MEDIA SCAN A summary ofissues of the daydiscussed by the Qatari communityin the media.

Hamad Ali Al Mannai, Director of the Office of The Minister of Business & Trade

He serves in the ministry with an Under Secretary status. He is a Board Member of Qnbn, Qatar Financial

Market Authority, Qatar Development Bank, Knowledge Ventures and an Executive Vice Chairman of Gulf Bridge International. He had also worked as a deputy CEO of Meeza and CEO of Knowledge Ventures. He holds academic degrees from George Washington University and Florida Institute of Technology with a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, a Master’s in Wireless Telecommunications Engineering, a Master’s in Engineering Management, and a Postgraduate Certificate in Public Policy and Administration.

Who’s who

• Some parents of students at the preparatory

level and their teachers are surprised by

the decision of the Institute of Evaluation,

which informed parents and teachers last

Tuesday that the first mid-term test for

Scientific English has been revoked. The

test was supposed to take place yesterday.

• Some citizens have urged the authorities to

develop tourism facilities in different areas

outside Doha to encourage people to spend

their leisure time in the country instead

of travelling abroad at the weekend and

during short vacations.

• There are suggestions that the Ministry

of Labour ask companies to produce a

certificate before launching new projects

or participating in tenders, to make sure

that they are not guilty of any violation of

labour laws, including complaints related

to delayed salaries, or of leaving projects

unfinished.

• Some people have demanded that the

authorities earmark a place in the Sealine

area where enthusiasts can practise stunt

driving, to reduce the risk of accidents.

They have said that such a place for driving

stunts and shows can be provided with

rescue and paramedical personnel, which

would make it safer compared to driving

in open areas, where it is difficult to know

the whereabouts of the victims in case of

accidents.

• There is talk in the social media about the

campaign to express solidarity with the

people of Somalia and the Philippines,

which has managed to collect more than

QR30m. People have demanded extension

of the campaign for raising more funds.

• Some people are surprised that some

students from a boys’ Independent school

were taken to a girls’ school for training in

preparation for the National Day.

If you want your events featured here, mail details to [email protected]

Jack and the BeanstalkWhen: Nov 28, 7pm; Nov 29, 2.30pm, 7pmNov 30, 2.30pmWhere: Qatar National Theatre

What: Doha Players are bringing the magic of the traditional pantomime with lots of laughter and especially written for the audiences of Qatar. There will be lot of audience participation. Tickets: QR75 (adults and children). Available at the restaurant of THE One in Landmark Mall and from THE One in Villaggio.

Relics — Damien HirstWhen: Until Jan 22; Sun-Wed: 10:30am–5:30pm. Tuesday ClosedThur-Sat: 12pm–8pm, Fri: 2pm–8pmWhere: Al Riwaq Exhibition Space What: The most comprehensive survey of Damien Hirst’s work ever shown and his first solo exhibition in the Middle East. Free Entry

L’âge d’or — exhibitionby Adel AbdessemedWhen: Till January 5Where: Atrium and ground floor of Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art What: Curated by Pier Luigi Tazzi, the exhibition will showcase recent works, including drawings, paintings, sculptures and videos, many created by Adel Abdessemed.Entry: Free, open to all

Ajyal Youth Film Festival When: Nov 26 - Nov 30; 4pm-10pm Where: Doha Film Institute What: The first Ajyal Youth Film Festival builds on DFI’s history of community-based programming. Ajyal continues to foster film appreciation among hundreds of young jurors and enhances film education by engaging families and educators through cinema.Free Entry

Omar Khalifa – “Infinite”When: Until Dec 15; 10am-10pmWhere: Katara Cultural Village What: This outdoor installation examines ‘the nature of being’. Using digital multiple exposure techniques, an image is crafted that gives a of other-worldliness and depth of perspective through the human form. Free Entry

Noon Reports:Qatar to South HookWhen: Till November 27, 10am - 10pm Where: Katara Gallery 2 - Bldg 18 What: British artist Ben Barbour travelled on the ‘Al Karaana’ Q-Flex LNG tanker from Ra’s Laffan, Qatar, to the South Hook terminal in Milford Haven, South Wales, documenting the twenty-day journey through drawing, writing and photography. Free Entry

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