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BREAKING BARRIERS

For every two weeks over the past two semesters, around half a dozen students in Gaza and a handful of students in Qatar have sidestepped the barriers of borders and distance through the power of the internet, to create a communication channel.

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It is a typical sight in modern offices. People sitting around a large, institutional office table, looking into the digital camera

that sends images and voices across time and space through the conven-ience of video conferencing, to another group sitting around yet another large, institutional office table. But this isn’t any ordinary video conference. And these aren’t ordinary office workers. They’re Palestinian college students, huddled in a borrowed conference room at the UNDP building in Gaza, sharing their stories of struggle and survival under Occupation with their peers at Georgetown University Qatar (GU-Q).

The programme is called the Student to Student Dialogue Program, and for every two weeks over the past two semesters, around a half dozen students in Gaza and a handful of students in Qatar have sidestepped the barriers of borders and distance through the power of the internet, to create a communication channel that provides GU-Q students with a

different perspective on conflict and conflict resolution, and the Palestinian students a rare international platform to share their stories.

GU-Q junior Dana Qarout, who is herself Palestinian Jordanian, and the brainchild of the programme, got the idea while attending a university conference.

“There were NGO representatives sharing stories of teachers who had reached out to political refugees. So I got the idea to reach out to students in Gaza, to help us understand their day to day lifestyle, and to get to know the human side of the political situation,” said Dana.

To bring that idea to fruition, Dana contacted Al Fakhoura, a Qatar-based NGO that works to “secure the free-dom to learn for students under siege, with scholarships, training, improved healthcare and educational building reconstruction”.

They put Dana in touch with one of their coordinators in Gaza to organize sessions around the issues of conflict resolution.

Georgetown students connect with Gaza counterparts

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“The next step was to find support from Georgetown, so I asked Professor Elizabeth Andretta, who teaches a jus-tice and peace course at GU-Q. She gave us her full support, agreeing to supervise the program and attend each function.”

The university also provides the facilities for the teleconference, and has made the Student to Student Dialogue Program an official school club that is open to all of their students

The students come from a variety of academic backgrounds - from both sides of the call. GU-Q participants represent majors in International Politics, Culture and Politics, and International Economics. In Gaza, students studying medicine, engineer-ing, and literature, represent different schools, but are bonded by the common thread of geography, and the challenges that continues to bring.

“We’ve talked about a variety of topics, like prisoners rights, passive

aggressive protest, water resource issues, education, and movement under the blockade,” said Dana.

“For each session, we have a differ-ent topic. We take turns choosing one, but all of them are related to justice and peace.”

At a recent session, the topic is the continuing blockade, and the Georgetown students want to know how the Gaza students are coping. It is a two-way conversation, but more often than not, the Georgetown stu-dents, who have studied the issues at length in the classroom, listen in silent rapt attention as their counter-parts bring blunt statistics and factual essays, to life. “The mainstream media tries to place a terrorist image on us in Gaza, that all we do is bomb,” says Bilqees, a medical student.

“So through our stories and personal life, we try to tell them how we live. We try to change the idea through these messages.”

There is a question about peaceful resistance, and if any of the assembled youth are involved in that type of pro-test to try and break the blockade of Gaza.

“To send our voices across these bar-riers, is a tool. Speaking to you right now is breaking the blockade of Gaza.”

Dana, who is pursuing a Culture and Politics bachelor’s degree at GU-Q, will soon be graduating, with plans to con-tinue her studies in order to one day become a professor. She still hasn’t decided on a field of study, she is only sure she is not interested in studying conflict resolution.

“I didn’t start this project because I wanted to contribute to the Peace Process. I am interested in the human level, how people cope with these tre-mendous challenges, and the personal and cultural impact it has.”

Next semester, she will be taking on a younger volunteer to train, in order to insure the continuation of the program. There is also interest from the main campus in Washington, and Dana’s been asked to jumpstart the program there as well. And until the students can actually meet in person, it will be the virtual conference that brings the students together, again.

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I didn’t start this project because I wanted to contribute to the Peace Process. I am interested in the human level, how people cope with these tremendous challenges, and the personal and cultural impact it has.

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Qatar Academy Eravur school fundraising gets more creative

Qatar Academy Primary School Assistant Principal Joneen Walker calls it a “very, very generous community spirit” and in Senior

School it remains a significant “action” project for Model United Nations but in more ways than one, the continuous fundraising efforts for the Eravur Educational Development Institute (EEDI) has always been about students.

For instance, Early Education Centre students may be too young to fully comprehend that a class activity answering the question ‘What are hands for?’ resulted in a simple artwork that would directly help another student in Sri Lanka learn how to speak English or use a desktop computer. Student works were included in a special EEC Gallery Walk Event aimed at showcasing their progress and documenta-tion of learning.

Parents were invited to view and purchase art-works of their children with all proceeds going to the EEDI funds.

To further increase student participation, a new activity was introduced this year which aimed at combining fundraising and promoting healthy initiatives.

The result is ‘Try-a-Thon’ which “involved

children trying out some new physical education activities in their PE classes,” Walker said.

“Before the event children got pledges from fam-ily and friends to complete the tasks. When a task was completed and signed off by the PE teacher,

children took their pledge cards home and collected the money and brought it back to school. It was also great to see so many parents watching their children participate.”

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MES Indian School athletes bagged three first positions in the cross country team champion-ship under the aegis of School Olympic Programme for 2013–14. They won the first positions in the boys Level-1, preparatory and sec-ondary categories. Principal A P Sasidharan felicitated the athletes for their achievements. Akbar Ali and Steeson K Mathew, teachers, Department of Physical Education, trained the MES athletes.

Students orientation course concludes

The Students Orientation Course (SOC) conducted by Students Fraternity, the students’ wing of Qatar India Fraternity Forum (IFF), ended recently. The camp for students of classes 8 to 12 at British

International School, North Duhail, was termed a success by the organisers.SOC is a programme designed and promoted by Access India, a non-profit

organisation working in the fields of educational and career guidance, counsel-ling and informal education.

The SOC is designed to foster all-round development of students. The par-ticipating boys and girls totalling 40 and 30 respectively showed great promise with their skits and magazines prepared and showcased during intervals.

Interactive awareness classes were held on various topics by experienced trainers, including Dr Abdul Wahab, Dr Anas Nilambur, Dr C K Abdulla, Dr Saleena and A M Abbas while Shibu Shahul, a higher secondary teacher at Birla Public School Doha, directed the camp.

The closing ceremony was inaugurated by Sheikh Fahad Al Ruwaili, Head of the Communities Affairs Department at Fanar, the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs. A special awareness session was held as part of the concluding session. The session honoured the principal of British International School, trainers and the representative of Fanar. Zaafar Ahmed, General Secretary of IFF, presided over the closing ceremony while Sahal Abdulnasar and Hanan Nisar rendered welcome and thanksgiving notes, respectively. The Peninsula

5COMMUNITY / MARKETPLACE PLUS | TUESDAY 7 JANUARY 2014

Salam Stores kicks off winter promotion

Salam Stores has announced the launch of its winter promotion by offering shoppers an exclu-

sive incentive with their purchases. On every purchase of QR300 from Salam Stores or any of its fashion boutiques in The Gate Mall, The Pearl and City, cus-tomers will be rewarded with a QR100 voucher. Shoppers can immediately use the vouchers for other purchases at any Salam Stores. Running until January 19, this promotion is a chance for shoppers to get their hands on some good bargains after the holiday season.

Designers featured in this promotion include Temperley London, Elie Tahari, Hugo Boss, Zegna, Givenchy, Just Cavalli, Canali, Paul & Shark, Moschino, La Martina, Paul Smith, Monnalisa and many more.

Mövenpick Tower & Suites promisesnew surprises

Mövenpick Tower & Suites Doha has announced that it is undergoing

changes to enhance its lobby and dinning outlets throughout the hotel for 2014.

As part of the lobby expansion, the hotel will be replacing Wok Mee Noodle House with a new restaurant that will be opening and serving soon.

“This is an entirely different dining option,” commented Ghada Sadek, General Manager. “Something new and different that will bring a new atmosphere to the hotel.”

Fifty One East,Rolex support ExxonMobil Open

Fifty One East and Rolex together supported the star-studded Qatar

ExxonMobil Open 2014 for the fourth year in a row. The tournament was held at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex between December 31, 2013 and January 4, 2014.

Fifty One East congratulated Rafael Nadal, the winner of Qatar ExxonMobil Open 2014.

Bader Abdullah Al Darwish, Chairman of Darwish Holding, said: “The Qatar ExxonMobil has long been amongst QTF’s most awaited events and we’re very much honoured to be part of this prominent sports event that captivated the sports aficionados in Qatar for the fourth year in a row. Fifty One East is a key player in the retail industry in Qatar and therefore it is our duty to show com-mitment and support to such venerated initiatives that put the country on the international sports map, and we will make sure to continue to do so for the upcoming years.”

The two brands are Silver Sponsors for the 2014, 2015 and 2016 tournaments.

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The Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) pro-gramme of RasGas Company

Limited (RasGas) has gone overseas, opening a new chapter in the compa-ny’s commitment to making a differ-ence in the lives of many.

As part of 2013 CSR Year of Education campaign and the “School Fund” initiative, RasGas Korea Liaison Office provided a long-term tangi-ble contribution to Sung Eun School for Disabled in Seoul, South Korea recently.

The school, situated on the outskirts of South Korea’s capital, takes care of 200 students affected by physical and mental disabilities.

The funds were used for remodelling and upgrading the sports facilities of the school, including the refurbishment of outdoor playgrounds and setting up a

movie theatre. In addition, RasGas also purchased a new school van and winter clothes for the students.

The school held a special ceremony on the occasion, which was attended by RasGas officials, students, parents, dignitaries and media representatives.

Ali Zayed Al Marri, Public Affairs Manager at RasGas Headquarters in Doha, said: “At RasGas, we are com-mitted to supporting the communi-ties where we live and work, in Qatar and around the world. Especially, we feel it is our responsibility to con-nect with students and their teachers, who have the most important role of guiding them in the path to becoming adults, offering the best possible gift: education”.

He added: “It gives us great pleasure seeing the happy faces of these chil-dren; this is the best reward for us”.

An Jung il, principal of Sung Eun School for Disabled, added: ”RasGas’s support brings tangible benefits to our school for years to come. Our students deserve the best. With the renewed sports facilities and the new movie theatre, we will be able to enhance sports inclusion in their educational curriculum. We are very grateful for the friendship with RasGas”.

Keejong Chung, South Korean ambassador in Qatar, said: “I am proud to hear that the friendly ties between Qatar and Korea have developed into worthy projects in support of those in need in our community. I would like to see more business players follow-ing RasGas example, and building ties beyond commercial interests. The busi-ness world has a great potential to help build a better society”.

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RasGas supports disabled students’ school in S Korea

Air Arabia celebrates 10 years in Qatar with additional daily frequency

After completing a decade of operations in Qatar, Air Arabia has announced the expansion of its services to Doha. The airline has increased its

existing twice daily services between Sharjah and Doha to three times daily, becoming one of the frequent fliers between the two countries.

Air Arabia entered Qatar with a regular service to Doha on January 6, 2004. Over the past decade, the airline continued to enjoy good performance on the Sharjah-Doha route, which resulted in it expanding its services from a few weekly flights to three times daily. With the additional frequency, the number of weekly flights to Doha will go up to 21 non-stop services, which depart Sharjah International Airport daily at 08:20, 15:30, and 18:30. Return flights depart Doha daily at 09:20, 16:30, and 19:30.

Commenting on the occasion, Adel Ali, Group Chief

Executive Officer, Air Arabia, said: “We are delighted to celebrate the new year by launching an additional flight to Doha, which has always been a key market for us. Having completed decade-long operations in this very exciting market is a key milestone for us, and it is our ambition to further expand our services from Doha beyond Sharjah to connect Air Arabia’s other hubs.”

Ali added: “Since inception in 2003, we have been com-mitted to improve intra-GCC connectivity to most major destinations in the Gulf. As we continue to play a vital role in connecting the nations, we have ambitious plans to strengthen operations to all airports within the GCC, offering enormous choice for customers seeking to travel around the region, where air travel is the only viable mode of transport.” The Peninsula

PLUS | TUESDAY 7 JANUARY 20146 HERITAGE

A ship with oars, shaped like a fish.

Two kinds of ships

Aljasasyahrock carvingsA

ljasasyah mountain is the landmark to the rock carvings at Aljasasyah low out-crops, located nearly 100km northeast of Doha, and it is accessible by all means

of transportation.Parts of the site, which is nearly a kilometre

long and half a kilometre wide, contain 868 carv-ings. Chief among the nine things depicted are sail ships depicted from above and in profile, and holes shaped like cups, known as cupules, used as a game board down the ages in the Qatar peninsula and other Arabian Gulf states and known as Aila and Huwais.

The other depictions are of animals such as don-keys and camels, and of scorpions. In addition there are symbols of the sun, fertility and various unidentified marks.

The Aljasasyah carvings were revealed to the public after their discovery by a Danish archaeological team in the spring of 1956.

Between 1957 and 1965, the Danes did several field studies of the carvings but few details were released. Detailed studies took place when Kabul, former head of the Danish teams, and his son revisited the site and the few settlements around it in 1974.

The essence of their study was published in a local journal called Al Rayan in 1975. It was mentioned in that article that the depictions of some of the ships seem to be influenced by European ships dated to the 15th century AD. The symbols of the sun and fertility, which have no relation to Islam, can be attributed to earlier periods. They also indicated that the site was used down the ages as a quarry.

Primary field studies and recent technical studies, on the other hand, suggest that the carvings are no more than 250 years old.

The latter dating seems to fit well with the time when the economy of Zubara and its surrounding areas began to flourish in 1765. Consequently they needed a lot of stone and masonry to build forts, defensive walls, palaces, and religious, official and educational buildings.

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A ship in the form of a fish, and cup-like holes.

Dr Munir Taha

RECIPE CONTEST 7PLUS | TUESDAY 7 JANUARY 2014

Tasty Balsamic Chicken

Ingredients:• 4 boneless and skinless chicken breast halves• 1 tsp lemon juice • 2 tsp pepper powder• 5 tsp olive oil• 3 tsp vinegar(Balsamic)• 1/4 cup chicken broth• 4 cloves garlic • 4 tsp butter• Parley sprig• Few cherry tomatoes Method:Cut the chicken into four inch pieces.Sprinkle lemon-pepper seasoning evenly on both sides of

chicken.In a large frying pan, pour oil and heat to medium temperature.Add chicken pieces and cook on both sides by turning the

chicken until done.Remove chicken to warm serving platter (keep warm). In

medium bowl, mix together vinegar, broth and garlic; add to fry-ing pan. Cook over medium-high heat (scraping up brown meat bits) about 2-4 minutes or until mixture is reduced and syrupy.

Add butter and stir.Place chicken on serving dish and pour sauce over chicken.Garnish with parsley sprigs and cherry tomatoes and serve. Lakshmi

Ginger Chicken Soup

Ingredients• 2 tablespoon ginger• 1 cup boneless chicken (boiled with salt and turmeric

powder)• 1 spoon pepper• 2 spoons spring onions• Salt to taste• 1\2 cup mushrooms• 1 egg’s white• 1\2 cup water

• 1\2 cup coconut milk

Method:In a stove keep a vessel and pour water and milk. In a small bowl pour 3 tablespoons of hot water and put

the ginger in it for 10 minutes. Meanwhile put the chicken, pepper, spring onions, salt

and mushrooms in the vessel on stove. Beat the egg’s white finely and add it to the soup.

Finally add the ginger along with the water into the soup. After boiling, off the stove and eat hot.

Suha Faisal

Warm Sweet Potato and Apricot Cheesecake

Ingredients:• 500g sweet potatoes, boiled.• 100g dried apricots, chopped• 10-12 stem ginger cookies• 3/4 cup All Bran / Oats n Honey b’fast cereal• 2 tbsp unsalted butter, melted• 220g low-fat cream cheese• 1 cup plain yogurt• 1 egg• 2/3 cup sugar• 1 tbsp whole wheat flour• 3-4 cloves, ground• 1 inch piece cinnamon, ground• ground nutmeg, a pinch• 2 tsp vanilla extract• Salt, a pinch

Method:Preheat oven to 150 degrees Celsius. Coat a round baking

dish with a little butter and keep ready.Bring 1 cup water to a boil in a small saucepan. Remove

from heat, add the apricots and let stand for 10 minutes; drain. Meanwhile, peel and mash the sweet potatoes to a

smooth pureeIn a food processor, combine the cookies and cereal and

process until finely ground. Transfer to a bowl, add the butter and mix well. Press this mixture firmly and smoothly into the bottom of the prepared dish. Keep it in the freezer for 10 minutes.

Meanwhile, in the bowl of a electric mixer, placed mashed sweet potatoes, cream cheese, egg and yogurt and beat until smooth. Add the sugar, flour, spices, vanilla and salt and beat well. Add a little water if the mixture is too thick.

Sprinkle the apricots over the prepared crust. Pour the sweet potatoes mixture over the apricots.

Cover the oven tray with water and bake the cheesecake in the water bath. This prevents burning the crust and ensures the cake is baked gently. Bake for about 30 - 40 mins until the cake is set. Let it stand in the oven for about an hour for it to set completely. Warm slightly before serving. Serve on a cold winter evening and enjoy.

Ayesha Banu

Crab Omelette with Ginger Sauce

Ingredients• Meat of 1 crab• 25gm each red onion, leeks, tomatoes and green chillies

finely chopped• 1 tsp chilli and onion paste• 1 tbs soya sauce • 25gm flour• 4 eggsIngredients for the sauce • 1tsp ginger powder• 2tbs sweet and sour sauce• 4 cup water

Method:Beat the eggs well and mix in all ingredients, and make

into an omelette. Mix all the ingredients for the sauce bring to boil.Pour over the omelette and serve hot.

Shabi Fahmy

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Hearty WinterChicken Noodle Soup

Ingredients:• 12 fresh baby carrots cut to 1/2 inches pieces• 4 celery ribs cut to 1/2 inches pieces• 3/4 cup finely chopped onion • 1 tablespoon minced fresh parsley • 1/2 teaspoon pepper • 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper • 1-1/2 teaspoons mustard seed • 2 garlic cloves, peeled and halved • 1-1/4 pounds boneless skinless chicken breast • 1-1/4 pounds boneless skinless chicken thighs • 55 ounces chicken broth • 1 package 9 ounces refrigerated linguine

Method:In a 5-qt slow cooker, combine the first six

ingredients. Place mustard seed and garlic on a double thick-

ness of cheesecloth; bring up corners of cloth and tie with kitchen string to form a bag. Place in slow cooker. Add chicken and broth. Cover and cook on low for 5-6 hours or until meat is tender.

Discard spice bag. Remove chicken; cool slightly. Stir linguine into soup; cover and cook on high for 30 minutes or until tender.

Cut chicken into pieces and return to soup; heat through. Yield: 12 servings (3 quarts).

Dean Hadi

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Raspberry and White Chocolate Waffle Pudding

Ingredients• 480g (about 14) waffles• 300g raspberries • 200g white chocolate, chopped• 1/4 cup caster sugar• 1 tbsp plain flour• 3 eggs• 1 tsp grated lemon rind• 1 tsp vanilla extract• 2 cups thickened cream• 2 tbsp icing sugar

Method:Preheat the oven to 170 C. Butter a medium ovenproof dish. Cut waffles into 2cm cubes. Place half in

the dish, topped by half the raspberries, then half the chocolate. Repeat layers. Whisk together sugar, flour, eggs, lemon rind, vanilla and cream. Pour over

waffles and set aside for 10 minutes. Bake in the oven for 35 minutes until golden. Sprinkle with icing sugar. Serve with cream or ice-cream.

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Ginger Tea

Ingredients:• 4 cups of water• 2 cups of fresh milk• 6 tsp sugar• 3 tsp tea• 30gms fresh ginger grated• 4 piece cloves (crushed)• 12 black pepper(crushed)• 1 small spoon of cardamom powder

Method:Add grated ginger, crushed cloves and black pepper in boiling water, close the

lid and let them boil.After 2min open the lid, add tea, sugar, milk and cardamom powder, boil it once.Stain the tea and serve hot.Tea is very testy and also home remedy for cough, cold and head ache. Priya Gandhi

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y on

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l ventu

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it t

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lmm

aker,

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ns.

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t. B

ut

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early

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alk

about

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er fi

lm n

ow

as

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ele

ase

of

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ari

yan is

just

round

the c

orner,”

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ya s

aid

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rom

ot-

ing h

er fi

rst

movie

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ivya, w

ife o

f T

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s head h

oncho

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an K

um

ar,

is

keepin

g h

er fi

ngers

cross

ed a

nd h

opes

that

the a

udie

nce

apprecia

tes

the fi

lm.

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re g

oin

g t

o a

lot

of

TV

show

s,

doin

g inte

rvie

ws.

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o d

efinit

ely

prom

o-

tions

are in f

ull s

win

g.”

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just

hopin

g t

hat

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udie

nce g

ives

our fi

lm a

good o

penin

g o

n

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0 a

nd t

here is

a w

eekend a

fter t

hat.

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is a

very e

nte

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inin

g fi

lm,

the a

udie

nce w

ill enjo

y it

and it

will m

ake y

ou laugh a

nd c

ry,

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aid

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aa

riya

n i

s a c

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ance fi

lm a

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ark

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e d

ebut

of

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ansh

K

ohli a

nd R

akul P

reet

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gh.

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lso s

tars

vete

rans

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han G

rover a

nd D

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r an

opp

ortu

nity

to g

et

mor

e vi

ewer

s: A

amir

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n

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ood a

cto

r-p

roducer A

am

ir K

han

, w

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tays

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ay f

rom

aw

ard

functi

ons,

says

an O

scar n

om

inati

on p

rovid

es

an o

pportu

nit

y t

o a

film

to

get

more v

iew

ers.

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f th

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n fi

lmm

akers

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in a

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on

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d d

ram

a L

aga

an in t

he B

est

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n L

anguage F

ilm

cate

gory.

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e, th

e O

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s a w

indow

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our a

udie

nce i

ncrease

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see it

in t

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way o

nly

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am

ir, currentl

y b

ask

ing in t

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of

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oom

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ld r

eporte

rs

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group inte

rvie

w.

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ar c

an’t

tell m

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er m

y fi

lm is

good o

r b

ad a

nd I

am

not

inte

r-

est

ed in t

hat.

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rest

wit

h O

scar is

that

it’s

an o

pportu

nit

y f

or a

film

to

get

a larger w

indow

to a

larger a

udie

nce,” h

e a

dded.

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nce a

re u

naw

are o

f your fi

lm, but

if y

ou m

anage t

o g

et

nom

inate

d

then t

here i

s a w

hole

world

out

there w

ho w

ants

to s

ee y

our fi

lm,

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oth

erw

ise w

ould

not

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now

n a

bout

your fi

lm.

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an o

pportu

nit

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o

get

your fi

lm v

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ed b

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ore p

eople

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heth

er t

he fi

lm is

good o

r b

ad, th

is I

want

to h

ear f

orm

the a

udie

nce

and n

ot

from

anyone e

lse,” h

e a

dded.

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an to

hos

t TV

show

s on

soc

ial c

ause

s

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er s

uccess

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ost

ing four c

onse

cuti

ve s

easo

ns

of reality

show

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g

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, B

ollyw

ood s

uperst

ar S

alm

an K

han w

ill com

e o

n t

he s

mall s

creen

next

year a

s th

e h

ost

of

a n

ew

show

base

d o

n s

ocia

l cause

s and s

ays

it w

ill

be d

iffe

rent

from

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tya

mev

Jaya

te.

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012

, his

conte

mporary A

am

ir K

han l

aunched t

he 1

4-e

pis

ode t

alk

sh

ow

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tya

mev

Jaya

te, w

hic

h h

ighlighte

d iss

ues

like fem

ale

foeti

cid

e, evils

of

dow

ry a

nd m

alp

racti

ces

in m

edic

ine.

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re w

ork

ing o

n s

om

eth

ing w

hic

h i

s dif

ferent.

It

is n

ot

alo

ng t

he

lines

of

Sa

tya

mev

Jaya

te. W

e w

ill have a

lot

more e

nte

rta

inm

ent

in it.

We

will rock n

ext

year,”

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an s

aid

. T

he 4

8-y

ear-o

ld, w

ho h

ad a

lso h

ost

ed a

noth

er r

eality

show

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s K

a D

um

, added: “T

he s

how

that

we a

re d

oin

g w

ill change a

lot

of th

ings.

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a b

rand

new

show

alt

ogeth

er,

whic

h w

ill ta

lk a

bout

socia

l cause

s. I

will be t

he h

ost

and t

his

will definit

ely

change a

lot

(of

thin

gs)

.”C

urrentl

y, S

alm

an is

gearin

g u

p for t

he r

ele

ase

of

Jai

Ho!, a

n a

cti

on fi

lm

set

for a

January 2

4 r

ele

ase

.

Cow

ell o

ffer

s Ni

cole

£3m

for X

fact

orM

usi

c m

ogul S

imon C

ow

ell h

as

reporte

dly

off

ered £

3m

to s

inger N

icole

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cherzi

nger t

o r

etu

rn t

o T

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Fa

ctor

as

a judge f

or its

thir

d s

erie

s.S

he join

ed t

he s

ingin

g r

eality

serie

s in

2011

and n

early

pulled o

ut

last

year.

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nger i

s sa

id t

o b

e C

ow

ell’s

idea o

f th

e “

perfe

ct

judge”

and h

e i

s prepared t

o p

ay b

ig m

oney t

o c

onvin

ce h

er t

o s

tay o

n f

or a

noth

er s

erie

s,

reports

fem

ale

first

.co.u

k.

“Sim

on a

bso

lute

ly loves

Nic

ole

. S

he is

his

perfe

ct

judge. H

e is

gett

ing in

quic

k b

ecause

he d

oesn

’t w

ant

to lose

her t

o o

ther c

om

mit

ments

she h

as,

” S

unday P

eople

new

spaper q

uote

d a

source a

s sa

yin

g.

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s no o

bje

ct

to S

imon o

n t

his

one.

He k

now

s th

at

he a

lmost

did

n’t

get

her l

ast

year b

ecause

of

vario

us

dif

ferent

reaso

ns

but

he w

on’t

be m

akin

g t

hat

mis

take a

gain

,” a

dded t

he s

ource.

The s

ource a

lso s

aid

that

Cow

ell “

will

break t

he b

ank t

o k

eep h

er f

or

a t

hir

d s

erie

s. H

e k

now

s th

at

if h

e c

an t

hen h

e h

as

a v

ery g

ood X

Fa

ctor

serie

s la

ter t

his

year.

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no S

haron O

sbourne t

o p

ay t

his

tim

e a

round,

so t

here is

the b

udget

to g

ive t

o N

icole

.”It

is

believed t

hat

the form

er P

uss

ycat

Doll a

lso w

ishes

to r

etu

rn t

o t

he

show

, but

her h

ecti

c s

chedule

mig

ht

be a

proble

m.

“Nic

ole

loves

Sim

on a

nd T

he X

Fa

ctor.

To h

er,

they a

re f

am

ily,

parti

cu-

larly

in t

he B

rit

ain

where s

he d

oesn

’t h

ave h

er o

wn f

am

ily,

” sa

id a

source.

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roble

m f

or h

er i

s w

heth

er o

r n

ot

she w

ill

genuin

ely

be a

ble

to

spare t

ime f

or t

he a

udit

ions.

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s happy t

o w

ork

wit

h S

imon t

o fi

nd a

so

luti

on t

o t

his

,” a

dded t

he s

ource Gi

rls d

ay o

ut fo

r Ka

tie a

nd

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ess

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e H

olm

es

enjo

yed a

day

out

in M

iam

i w

ith h

er d

aughte

r S

uri

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e.

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es

an

d

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wh

o

have

been

on

vacati

on

in

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mi

for o

ver a

week,

reporte

dly

headed t

o P

aragon T

heatr

es

in C

oconut

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o w

atc

h T

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ecr

et

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e o

f W

alt

er

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ty, reports

people

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oth

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r d

uo “

sn

acked

on p

opcorn a

nd M

ilk D

uds”

durin

g t

he

screenin

g a

nd w

ere in a

great

mood.

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uri

was

dress

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p i

n a

pur-

ple

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pin

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pped s

weate

r, a

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leggin

gs

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ay o

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ld m

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ore jeans

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h a

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lock

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mes

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wer

s on

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r fi

cti

onal dete

cti

ve S

herl

ock H

olm

es

turned 1

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est

erday.

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dapta

tion

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haracte

r a

cross

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ge,

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ele

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com

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trip

s and r

adio

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ade it

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han lif

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London, w

hic

h t

oo i

s a

ficti

tious

address

, first

featu

red in n

ovels

by a

uth

or A

rth

ur C

onan D

oyle

. C

urrentl

y, t

he t

hir

d s

easo

n o

f th

e d

ete

cti

ve s

how

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erl

ock

is

bein

g a

ired

on A

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s first

epis

ode h

ad a

lmost

10 m

illion v

iew

ers,

said

a s

tate

ment.

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how

sta

rs

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t C

um

berbatc

h a

nd t

he a

cto

r is

surpris

ed w

ith

his

fan f

ollow

ing.

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been i

ncredib

le.

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ob-s

mackin

g t

hin

g a

bout

it i

s th

at

people

w

ho h

ave b

een icons

to m

e forever,

have b

een c

om

ing u

p t

o m

e t

o s

ay h

ow

m

uch t

hey a

dore it,”

said

Cum

berbatc

h.

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ther m

ost

rem

em

bered p

ortr

ayals

of H

olm

es

till d

ate

inclu

de t

he

one b

y R

obert

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ney J

r w

ho p

layed t

he d

ete

cti

ve i

n S

herl

ock

Holm

es

and S

herl

ock

Holm

es:

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am

e o

f S

ha

dow

s; a

nd B

asi

l R

ath

bone, w

ho m

ade

14 S

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ock

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es

movie

s betw

een 1

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nd 1

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e w

as

the o

nly

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r

in h

is t

ime t

o b

e c

om

monly

identi

fied a

s S

herlo

ck H

olm

es.

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Eastern U.S. braces for extreme cold

Source: National Weather Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)Data as of Monday, 0050 GMT

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HEALTH / FITNESS 11

High BP more dangerous in women than men: Study

Doctors may need to treat high blood pres-sure in women more fiercely than they do

in men.In a study, the researchers for the first time

found significant differences in the mechanisms that cause high blood pressure in women as compared to men.

“The medical community thought that high blood pressure was the same for both sexes and treatment was based on that premise,” said Carlos Ferrario, professor of surgery at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Centre and lead author of the study.

“This is the first study to consider sex as an element in the selection of anti-hypertensive agents or base the choice of a specific drug on the various factors accounting for the elevation in blood pressure,” added Ferrario.

“In fact, heart disease has become the lead-ing cause of death in women in the United States, accounting for approximately a third of all deaths. So why the discrepancy if men and women have been treated in the same way for the same condition?” asked scientists.

In the comparative study, 100 men and women age 53 and older with untreated high blood pres-sure and no other major diseases were evaluated using an array of specialised tests that indicated whether the heart or the blood vessels were pri-marily involved in elevating the blood pressure.

The tests measured hemodynamic - the forces involved in the circulation of blood - and hormo-nal characteristics of the mechanisms involved in the development of high blood pressure in men and women, said the study published in the journal Therapeutic Advances in Cardiovascular Disease.

The researchers found 30 to 40 percent more vascular disease in the women compared to the men for the same level of elevated blood pressure.

“We need to evaluate new protocols - what drugs, in what combination and in what dosage - to treat women with high blood pressure,” the study concluded.

Special immune cells keep TB in control: ReportA special class of immune cells called ‘invari-

ant natural killer T cells’ keep the deadly tuberculosis infection in check - a heartening news for India that has the most number of tuberculosis cases in the world.

“Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a major cause of death worldwide. Most healthy people can defend themselves against tuberculosis, but they need all parts of their immune system to work together. We were interested in identifying the mechanisms that different types of T cells use to control Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection,” said senior author Samuel Behar of University of Massachusetts Medical School, US.

His team found that when ‘invariant natural killer T cells’ encounter infected macrophages - the human target cells of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) - T cells somehow prevented Mtb from growing and multiplying inside the macrophages.

Using a number of cell culture systems and experiments in mice to dissect the interaction, they found that when T cells are confronted with Mtb-infected macrophages, they respond in two different ways.

Agencies

PLUS | TUESDAY 7 JANUARY 2014

By Kathryn Doyle

Older women with a history of heart trou-ble were more likely to develop thinking and memory problems than those without heart disease, it was found in a new study.

Women who’d had a heart attack, in particular, were twice as likely to see declines in their thinking and memory skills, researchers found.

Doctors had already suspected such a link existed, lead author Dr Bernhard Haring said.

“But our study provides new evidence on a broad scale including many different types of heart disease with a specific focus on postmenopausal women,” he said.

Haring is based at the Comprehensive Heart Failure Center at the University of Würzburg in Germany.

He and his colleagues used data from a long-term study of more than 6,000 women ages 65 to 79.

Researchers asked the women if they had ever been diagnosed with any heart problems. They also gave them a test of brain function at the beginning of the study and then once every year.

None of the women had thinking and memory problems at the outset. Close to 900 reported having heart disease.

About eight years later, more than 400 women showed signs of cognitive decline or dementia. Women who said they’d had heart disease were 29 percent more likely to have cognitive problems than those without heart disease.

Women who’d had a heart attack had the highest risk of developing thinking and memory trouble, the researchers reported in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

Those with a history of bypass surgery or periph-eral vascular disease - hardening of the arteries that bring blood to the legs and feet - were also at greater risk, Haring said.

But neither an abnormal heart rhythm nor heart failure was linked to a decline in brain function.

Regardless of whether women had heart disease,

those with high blood pressure and diabetes had a higher risk of cognitive decline. But no link was seen with obesity.

The new study is important because of the sheer number of women involved, Dr Richard O’Brien said. He is chairman of Neurology at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland, and wasn’t involved in the research.

Understanding the connection between heart disease and dementia is important because heart disease is reversible but Alzheimer’s disease is not, O’Brien said.

“Given that the number of individuals suffering from dementia is increasing in all developed coun-tries, it is important and necessary to first inves-tigate the reasons of why this is happening and to identify those particularly at risk and second to find measures on how to prevent and treat affected indi-viduals,” Haring said.

An aging circulatory system could lead to worsen-ing brain function in many ways, he said. Gradual buildup of plaque in the veins and arteries or inflam-mation may play a role, as could small bits of tissue death in the brain over time due to poor blood supply.

“Heart disease is more than just blocked arter-ies, it’s an inflammatory process as well and also affects the turnover of brain endothelial cells, cer-ebrospinal fluid production (which washes away bad things in the brain) - lots of things,” O’Brien told Reuters Health in an email. “Which exactly is the most important nobody knows.”

About 35 percent of people over age 80 have dementia, he noted.

Women with any kind of heart disease should see their doctor on a regular basis, Haring said.

“Cardiovascular risk factors such as hypertension and in particular diabetes should be managed ade-quately as these may provide a link between (heart disease) and worsening cognitive functioning over time,” Haring said.

SOURCE: bit.ly/1g6Brcc Journal of the American

Heart Association, online December 18, 2013.

Reuters

Heart disease could be tied to dementia for older women

TECHNOLOGYPLUS | TUESDAY 7 JANUARY 201412

By Malathi Nayak

Wearable computers like Google Glass and the Samsung Galaxy Gear watch may not have caught fire yet, but that hasn’t stopped mobile game develop-

ers from rushing to create apps for the new devices, eager to seize what they hope is the next big moment in consumer technology.

Niccolo DeMasi, the CEO of mobile games maker Glu Mobile, compares the potential of wearables to that of Apple Inc’s iPhone launch in 2007 — an event that was the catalyst to create much of the mobile app world that exists now.

DeMasi and others are betting that by developing compelling apps designed with the wearables’ spe-cial features in mind, they can create overwhelming demand for the products.

“A whole new app ecosystem is going to be born,” said Shawn Hardin, chief executive officer of Mind Pirate, which will release “Global Food Fight,” its first game for Google Glass, this month. “Those who are going to make that happen in a big way are going to be valuable companies because of it, and those who wait too late won’t be a part of it.”

The market for mobile game apps is expected to grow to $17bn this year from just $6bn in 2010, ana-lysts said, and wearables could fuel growth in the years to come.

An array of new smartwatches and devices like fitness tracker Fitbit will go on display this week at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, heralding a potential breakthrough for the devices in 2014.

Google Glass is expected to launch broadly some-time this year. So far, its user-testing version has only been available at a $1,500 price to about 15,000 developers and consumers who registered to be part of its early adopter program.

Galaxy Gear s m a r tw a t c h e s from Samsung have garnered mixed reviews s ince the ir September launch, and consumers have not warmed to them yet.

Despite the slow start, Juniper Research expects more than 130

million smart wearable devices will ship by 2018. Moreover, global shipments of wearable “smart glasses” alone will reach 10 million each year by 2018, compared with an estimated 87,000 in 2013, accord-ing to the research firm.

Wearable computing devices basically function as mini-computers, mainly strapped on a user’s wrist or face, though they may end up being worn on other parts of the body, too. In developing apps for them, programmers will focus on their voice-command features as well as GPS, gyroscope, compass and WiFi capabilities. Apps for more conventional mobile devices, by contrast, mostly use their touch-screen interface.

Fun And GamesGlu wanted to get a jump on its rivals by creating a

word puzzle game called “Spellista” for the prototype of Google Inc’s Glass.

Because Glass allows hands-free experiences, Spellista’s gameplay relies on voice commands and head movements that work with the device’s gyro-scope. With voice commands, a gamer can snap pic-tures on its 5-megapixel camera and create word puzzles to share with friends.

Another distinct feature of Glass is how it trans-mits sound. With Spellista, a user hears the game’s tutorial through sound vibrations traveling through

the skull behind the ear rather than traditional speakers. That lets the user simultaneously hear ambient sound.

Over 2,000 developers, including Glu, have access to the programming code and tools needed to design apps for Glass.

With Mind Pirate’s app, “Global Food Fight,” the Silicon Valley startup wants to demonstrate that wearable devices are well-suited for “micro-engage-ment” - or 30- to 90-second game sessions.

The three-dimensional app is designed for multiple players. Gamers can use head movements and taps on the Glass touchpad to virtually hurl tomatoes or gooey pies at one another and build obstacle courses to help them dodge hits.

“You could sit on a train and launch a food fight using voice commands, and you could be playing with multiple people” who could be virtually anywhere, Hardin explained.

Mind Pirate has set up an incubator program, providing resources to four developers to work on games and apps for Glass and other wearable com-puting devices in partnership with the Canadian Film Centre, a Toronto-based film training institute.

Timothy Jordan, senior developer advocate for Google Glass, said the game concepts that developers come up with need to be path-breaking.

“If something works well on another platform and you stamp it on Glass, you’re doing it wrong,” he said.

Games and apps have often popularized new hard-ware, helping to familiarise consumers with the technology. Rovio’s Angry Birds demonstrated the iPhone’s easy swipe and touch features, and the card game Solitaire made using the mouse on Microsoft Corp’s Windows operating software seem intuitive.

“It’s early days in wearables, but I would be unsur-prised if 2017 to 2027 turns out to be a great 10-year wave for all wearable computing, whether it’s watches or something like Glass,” DeMasi said.

Companies such as Qualcomm Inc and Fitbit will use the Consumer Electronics Show to showcase wearable fitness trackers and smartwatches, in addi-tion to single- and binocular-lens “glasses.”

“There’ll be a lot of competitive offerings - and I think some of these are going to be really, really well-suited for new kinds of entertainment and gameplay,” Hardin said, without providing details.

To be sure, not all developers think wearable devices are destined for glory any time soon. There are plenty of questions over the price point, limited battery life and other concerns.

Misha Lyalin, CEO of ZeptoLab, which created the hit mobile game “Cut the Rope,” says the category is mostly an R&D project for most game developers at this stage.

“In order for you to succeed as a developer, you have to have a platform that will be massive,” Lyalin said. “It’s too early to place a bet on.”

Venture capitalists are mostly taking a wait-and-see approach, though some want to make sure they are in a solid position, should the devices take off. Bessemer Ventures and Signia Venture Partners, for example, together have invested $2.5m in Hardin’s Mind Pirate.

Glass has not yet emerged as a mass consumer platform, said Jeremy Liew, managing director of Lightspeed Venture Partners, which joined some other investors to put a total of about $1m into Lark, a Silicon Valley startup that makes a smart wrist-band and an app to track sleep and exercise patterns.

“But if it becomes one, that next new billion-dollar company will be built on top of it, and that’s why it’s worth paying attention to,” Liew said. Reuters

App developers see wearable devices as next big thing

iOS app of the day

RepubliqueThe new standard for games on phones

The developers behind Republique aim to bring console-quality gaming to the small screen. And they’ve largely succeeded, with

this jailbreak story that asks players to help free a young girl from the stronghold of a dystopian surveillance state. It sets the scene with stunning graphics, simple but exciting game play and a story line that will grab you. Strong writing and voice acting bring the title home — not to mention that it’s just good, sneaky fun. The game is expensive for an app at $4.99, and folks might balk at the fact that you get only a few hours of game play at that price. (Further chapters of the game will come later, at an additional cost.) But it certainly sets a new benchmark for mobile game quality. $4.99, for iOS devices.

Wearable computing devices basically function as mini-computers, mainly strapped on a user’s wrist or face, though they may end up being worn on other parts of the body, too.

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1830: Mount Clare railway station, which claims to be the world’s oldest, opened in the U.S. city of Baltimore1844: Bernadette Soubirous, who claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary at Lourdes, was born1904: The shipping distress call CQD (seek you, danger) was introduced. It was replaced two years later by SOS1979: Vietnamese forces and Cambodian rebels captured Phnom Penh and ousted the Khmer Rouge

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ACCELERATE, BRAKE, CHAMPION, CHICANE, CIRCUIT, COCKPIT, COMPETE, CORNER, DISTANCE, DRIVER, ENGINE, EXHAUST, FLAG, FUEL, GEAR, LAPS, MACHINE, MOTORBIKE, MOTORCYCLE, OVERTAKE, PIT STOP, POSITION, RACING CAR, RALLY, RECORD, SPEED, SPEEDWAY, STOCK CAR, STRAIGHT, THROTTLE, WHEEL, WINNER.

LEARN ARABIC

Baby Blues by Jerry Scott and Rick Kirkman

Zits by Dennis Young and Denis Lebrun

Hagar The Horrible by Chris Browne

Verbs often used

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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

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only once. Otherwise, a Hyper Sudoku is

solved like a normal Sudoku.

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5 Short

8 ___ folder

12 Hard-to-tolerate sort

13 Allegheny plum, e.g.

14 Prevail upon

15 French cleric

16 Superior of a bos’n

17 Actress Sorvino

18 Beginning of

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“I hope teenagers aren’t watching this right now”

21 Fulfilled

22 Cerium and samarium are rare ones

23 Classic prize

25 It starts in March: Abbr.

26 It, in Italy

29 Showy bloom, to flower enthusiasts

30 Be half-asleep

32 Terrier on the silver screen

33 Middle of the quote

37 2009 “Star Trek” villain

38 Vertebral

39 Unites after a break

41 Assay, say

42 Old French coin

45 Like some media

47 Some electric cars

49 Golf club V.I.P.

50 End of the quote

53 Works at the National Gallery

55 Indian attire

56 Open a tad

57 Roof with removable panels

58 “… ___ the frumious Bandersnatch!”: Carroll

59 Italian port

60 “___ Smile” (1976 top 5 hit)

61 ___ Miss

62 Like plow horses

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3 See 18-Across

4 Kilt feature

5 John Paul II, for one

6 Pueblo people

7 1983 title role for Barbra Streisand

8 Tally

9 Flower from which an oil is derived

10 Accepted

11 Player of Eddie in “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”

13 One of three choices in a kids’ game

19 Consoling word that bears repeating?

20 Quick to the helm

24 Truck renter

27 Went 4-0, say

28 Actor Davis

30 Indian attire

31 See 18-Across

33 1940s quartet with the #1 hit “Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall,” with “the”

34 Eligible one in

El Salvador

35 French flag

36 Went out with

40 Went out with

42 Wood in Tolkien films

43 Sporty Chevy

44 Log-in need

46 Stockholder on a ranch?

48 Wild guesses

51 Comic who said “A conservative is someone who believes in reform. But not now”

52 Exact

54 Day ___

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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 61 62

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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.


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

• Some people demanded that the authorities give attention to big roundabouts that have not been converted to signals or intersections and beautify them with plants and flowers and fill up surrounding excavated areas that pose danger to motorists and pedestrians.

• Some people camping in Sealine and Al Udied complained about what they called an extraordinary increase in water prices and said a tanker of 1,000 gallons was being sold in Sealine at QR500 and QR1,000 in Al Udied. They said since tanker drivers only paid QR100 for 1,000 gallons, the authorities concerned should intervene to prevent exploitation to public needs.

• Some people said supermarkets and stores were advertising new products without licences for the purpose, or without checking their commercial

registrations and health and safety certificates and demanded a thorough investigation.

• Some citizens demanded that the government allows charities to build wedding halls to support the youth and break the monopoly of some big hotels that were asking for QR50,000 per hall.

• Authorities were urged to build a prayer room or place for women on the Corniche and said many were forced to offer prayers in open areas where visitors roamed.

• There was talk about the plan of the Ministry of Environment to inaugurate next Thursday a vegetable yard in Al Khor similar to Al Mazrouah in Umm Salal.

• Some people praised the initiative of the Traffic Department to prevent heavy vehicles, trailers and machinery from parking in Doha, its neighbourhoods and suburbs.

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One of the artefacts at the Museum of Islamic Art.

by Kalpesh Ahya

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

Jassim Mohammed Telefat Treasurer, Board of Trustees, QGBC; Director, Technical Affairs, Capital Projects, Qatar Foundation

He is the first Qatari Engineer to be an Accredited Professional in Leadership in Energy and

Environmental Design (LEED AP). He is part of the Group Founders of the Qatar Society of Engineers and also part of the Group Founders of Qatar Green Building Council (QGBC). He is now serving QGBC as Treasurer and is Director, Technical Affairs, Capital Projects, at Qatar Foundation. Jassim holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Architectural Engineering from Kansas State University.

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Public talk on: Globalization, Power Diffusion, and Turkish Foreign Policy When: January 8, 2014; 5pm-7pmWhere: Qatar Foundation, LASBuilding, B15 What: Talk by Professor Fuat Keyman, Director of Istanbul Policy Center and Professor of Political Science at Sabanci University, organised by Qatar Faculty Of Islamic Studies, Master’s Program In Public Policy In Islam. Free Entry

The Writing Exchange When: Jan 11, 5pm to 6pm.Where: Building no 5, Katara Cultural Village.

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