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The Golden Globes saw American Hustle rack up some big wins while 12 Years a Slave went home with just best drama, but there’s still no dominant contender for the Oscars.
Golden Globes kicks off awards season
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American Hustle,12 Years a Slave take
top Golden GlobesThe Golden Globes are often seen as a cheerfully rackety outfit
given colossal importance simply by preceding the Oscars, but they are also an institution that, in specifically honouring
comedies, favours that lighter kind of movie which can be overlooked in the general solemnity of awards season.
Leonardo DiCaprio Cate Blanchett
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Best film – drama12 Years a Slave
Best film – musical or comedyAmerican Hustle
Best directorAlfonso Cuaron, Gravity
Best actor – dramaMatthew McConaughey,
Dallas Buyers ClubBest actress – drama
Cate Blanchett, Blue JasmineBest actor – musical or comedy
Leonardo DiCaprio,The Wolf of Wall Street
Best actress – musical or comedyAmy Adams, American Hustle
Best supporting actorJared Leto, Dallas Buyer's Club
Best supporting actressJennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
Best foreign language filmThe Great Beauty (Italy)
Best animated feature film: FrozenBest screenplay: Spike Jonze, HerBest original song: Ordinary Love,Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Best original scoreAlex Ebert, All Is Lost
By Peter Bradshaw
The Golden Globes are often seen as a cheerfully rackety outfit given colossal impor-tance simply by preceding
the Oscars, but they are also an insti-tution that, in specifically honouring comedies, favours that lighter kind of movie which can be overlooked in the general solemnity of awards season.
So maybe it is appropriate that the madcap black crime comedy American Hustle has emerged as the big winner of the Globes with its three awards: for best comedy or musical, and best actress and best supporting actress (comedy or musical) for Amy Adams and the all-conquering Jennifer Lawrence.
The much anticipated landslide for Steve McQueen’s powerful slavery drama 12 Years A Slave did not mate-rialise, although it gained a single and respectfully prominent win as best film (drama).
This was really a very “open” awards evening. The Globes are always the most watchable sort of television enter-tainment (far superior to the Oscars because of the more intimate setting, and the recent excellent hosting by Amy Poehler and Tina Fey), but they don’t necessarily give any real clue as to how the academy awards are going to go, other than, surely, to shorten the odds still further on 12 Years A Slave getting the best film prize — and per-haps nothing else. Maybe that extraor-dinary film will be cordoned off into that one big prize while slighter pieces of work will be garlanded elsewhere? There is no doubt that American Hustle has hustled its way into the limelight in this season, riding a self-created wave of hipness, an irresistible comedy riff of a film.
Martin Scorsese was not nominated as director for his crazily energised decadence epic The Wolf Of Wall Street, but perhaps he should have been. His star Leonardo DiCaprio took the prize for best actor in the comedy category, as the crooked broker Jordan Belfort. This was a picture comparable to Scorsese’s 1990 masterpiece Goodfellas, which was also so clearly a model for American Hustle. At 71 years old, the director’s vigour and influence are absolutely undiminished.
The space thriller Gravity — recently hailed as a British technical success at the Bafta nominations — has earned its director Alfonso Cuarón the direct-ing prize, a category which, perhaps bafflingly, is not divided into “comedy” and “drama”, and so Cuaron was able to beat McQueen, Alexander Payne, Paul Greengrass and David O Russell, a result which many will find a surprise.
Gravity was a huge, old-fashioned spectacle of a film, a terrific experi-ence, superb in its simplicity and Barnumesque flair for movie show-manship, but it has been dismissed in some quarters (rather condescend-ingly) because of the alleged hokiness of its dialogue and characterisation. Well, perhaps these are broad. But it is all part of the brash and brilliant melo-drama. For my money, and specifically
in terms of direction and shaping actors’ performances, Alexander Payne was arguably the winner, but Gravity was still a formidable achievement. It gave the evening’s hosts the night’s best gag, noting that George Clooney would rather float away into space rather than spend one more minute with a woman his own age.
The worthiest and most satisfying acting award was to Cate Blanchett for her performance as an impossibly haughty, damaged and heartbreakingly ruined socialite, Jasmine, in Woody Allen’s excellent Blue Jasmine, a film which really deserved to get Allen a direction or screenwriting nomination but didn’t.
Blanchett brilliantly showed how Jasmine is in denial about what has happened to her, and how she herself has helped to bring about her own downfall. It is an overtly and unfash-ionably theatrical performance in many ways, a performance you might expect to see on stage, with mannerisms and vocal tics designed to reach the back row of a hushed and expectant theatre auditorium. It will be interesting to see if this success carries forward any fur-ther from here.
The two acting prizes for Jean-Marc Vallée’s Dallas Buyers Club will be a heads-up for British cinema audiences — this heartfelt drama has not yet had its UK release. Matthew McConaughey has the best actor (drama) prize in the real-life story of Ron Woodroof, the straight man with Aids in the 1980s who pioneered the search for alterna-tive therapies and treatments when a
bureaucratic and often openly homo-phobic political establishment dragged its heels. Jared Leto wins the support-ing actor prize for playing the gay man he befriended and made a comrade in his battle. It’s a role which required McConaughey to lose an awful lot of weight, which is something that does always impress awards electorates — and he was still markedly gaunt for his cameo in Scorsese’s The Wolf Of Wall Street as the cynical trader who mentors DiCaprio’s still uncorrupted broker in the ways of un-righteousness.
It’s an awards-bait film in many ways, with an easily digestible “issue” and reassuringly heterosexual lead character in a heartfelt and approach-able drama. Again, however, I have to say Chiwetel Ejiofor was the more deserving winner in that category, and Jared Leto was not obviously bet-ter in his own category than contend-ers including Michael Fassbender and Barkhad Abdi who was excellent as the terrified pirate in Paul Greengrass’s Captain Phillips. But Leto’s win is a sen-timental pleasure to those of us who remember his teen debut in the 1990s TV cult classic My So-Called Life.
So movies like August: Osage County, Philomena and Saving Mr Banks may conceivably be fading, while Gravity, 12 Years and American Hustle pull ahead. But there is still no clear dominant contender. There is still a chance that a movie like Alexander Payne’s poign-ant Nebraska, with its wonderful lead performances from Bruce Dern and June Squibb will break through at the Oscars. The Guardian
Amy AdamsMatthew McConaughey
PLUS | TUESDAY 14 JANUARY 20144 CAMPUS / COMMUNITY
MES pupil winsliterary award
MES Indian School pupil Afeeda Fermis won ‘Sahiti Puraskaram’,
a literary award for her story Gamanam in the short story con-test recently. The competition was conducted for the Indian expatriate schools in Qatar under the auspicious of ‘Samanvayam’, an Indian expatri-ate forum. Ashtamoorti, a well-known Malayalam writer presented the award to Afeeda Fermis in a colourful func-tion organized by the Indian Cultural Centre (ICC) of Qatar. Principal (Acting) Hameeda Kadar, felicitated the award winner.
The Press Club of Bhavan’s Public School conducted its 5th Mock Press Conference recently. The personality chosen for the month was Nelson Mandela. The students from class VI-VIII contested for both, the role of the first South African President and as mock press reporters from various print media. The session started with the student reporters who asked many questions to the president contestants like the reasons for his visit to Qatar and in particular to Bhavan’s Public School, anti-apartheid protests, his long years of imprisonment and on winning the elections as the first Black President and and many other ques-tions related to politics, social & economic aspects of South Africa that generated interest among the audience. After the mock conference, Helmin of Std VII was declared the winner as best contestant for the personality of the month followed by Rohan T Thomas of Std VII and Fathima of Std VII. The results of student reporters will be declared later after the submission of their reports for judgement. Prabhavathy Nambiar gave away the prizes to the winners.
Birla Public School organised a Dental Camp for the student of KGI at BPS Kids Valley in co-ordination with Dr Princy George from Family Medical Clinics.
Pak Pakhtu Adabi Tolana Doha Qatar, a literary organisation of expats from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, under the patronage of Pakistan embassy, elected its new office bearers for the year 2014-2015. A meeting was held at the residence of former president Omat Hasan Bangush, where a committee of three senior members — Wazir Badashah Janan, Feroz Khan Afridi and Omata Hasan Bangush — conducted the election. Following members are elected for 2014-2015: Mukaram Khan Bangush as Chairman; Delawar Khan Lewaney as Vice chairman; Niaz Muhammad Mohmmand as President; Multan Khan Hemat is Sr Vice President; Bakhtiar Shakir is Vice President, Liaqat Ali Qurban is General Secretary; Laiq Aseer is Dupty General Secretary and Afzal Khan is Joint Secretary.
Liaqat Ali Qurban, Niaz Muhammad Mohmmand, Laiq Aseer and Delawar Khan Lewaney
5MARKETPLACE PLUS | TUESDAY 14 JANUARY 2014
Qatar UAE Exchange bags the Award for Best Customer Service given by International
Finance Magazine, UK. Edison Fernandez, Country Head, Qatar UAE Exchange, received the award in an event held at Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel, Dubai, recently.
Fernandez said: “It is a very euphoric moment for all of us at UAE Exchange, especially the
Qatar team. UAE Exchange has always kept ‘customer experience’ at the forefront of all its efforts, and to get acknowledged and appreci-ated for the same is a like a dream come true. We take this opportu-nity to thank International Finance Magazine for this recognition and will work harder to further enhance our customer service experience.”
The Peninsula
Qatar UAE Exchange bags ‘Best Customer Service’ award
Edison Fernandez receiving the award.
International Bank of Qatar (ibq) is sponsoring the Master Cricket Tournament for the 9th year
running. This year’s edition brought together 32 teams, including the ibq team.
The event kick-started on Friday in the Doha West Bay Cricket Complex. Andrew Ball, Head of Retail Banking, Chandramohan Pilliai, Head of Admin. & Facilities at ibq were the chief guests for the occasion.
The tournament will culminate with the final on February 21. The Crickets Masters has been organised by the Qatar Veterans Cricket League since 1988.
Jabra Ghandour, Managing Director of ibq, said: “We are pleased to sponsor
the Masters Cricket Tournament for the 9th consecutive year. Our long-term partnership with Qatar Veterans’ Cricket League underlines our objective aiming at supporting the promotion of sports in Qatar and ibq’s firm commit-ment to the community in Qatar. We are also glad to see this event gaining more success year on year.”
Mohamed Ikhlas Farid, founder of the Qatar Veterans’ Cricket League, said: “We continue to be encouraged and inspired by the remarkable atten-tion the Cricket Masters has been receiving over the past nine years. It has truly established its position on Qatar’s sports calendar and has received wide acclaim.”
The Peninsula
IBQ sponsors Masters Cricket Tournament
ibq team with bank officials.
LuScent luxury candles at City Lifestyle stores
Elegantly styled designer can-dles LuScent from Flashpoint
are now available across at all City Lifestyle stores. Crafted with a European terracotta vessel and metal like finishes, these candles are designed with four wicks to maximize glow. They can provide the perfect ambience for upto 60 hours whilst maintaining its allure.
Find solace with ‘Gardenia The Blanc’ — garden fresh with a whiff of white tea or simply go spa-static with ‘Cucumber Nesia’ — a refined blend of steeped cucumber water and fresh garden mint with a hint of spice. The Peninsula
Chef Gordon Ramsay visits his restaurants
Eager guests gathered at The St Regis Doha this weekend for an exclusive evening of
culinary delights with Chef Gordon Ramsay, whose restaurants have earned numerous Michelin stars. The event offered food connoisseurs in Qatar the opportunity to meet the master and savour some of his famous dishes.
Visiting his two restaurants in Doha, the celebrity chef provided his fans with a meal to remember, as they dined in Opal by Gordon Ramsay and in Gordon Ramsay, the signature fine dining restaurant located at The St. Regis Doha.
“I am delighted by the support the Gordon Ramsay restaurants have received in Doha. We had a success-ful launch and an exciting first year,” said Ramsay. The restaurants, located at The St. Regis Doha, are the only Middle Eastern Gordon Ramsay branded restaurants, and have been popular since opening in 2012.
“The Gordon Ramsay partnership has been met with great success, said Tareq Derbas, General Manager, The St. Regis Doha.
“We are delighted to welcome Gordon back to see how well the Gordon Ramsay brand is resonating with our customers here in Doha. We had an extremely successful opening, which has everything to do with select-ing world-class brands that share the same passion for quality and excellence in service. We are proud to offer a
diverse range of dining choices at The St. Regis Doha, as they add to the dynamic atmosphere of the city while
giving locals, expatriates and visitors a genuinely cosmopolitan experience”.
The Peninsula
Chef Gordon Ramsay (right) and Chef Gilles Bosquet
PLUS | TUESDAY 14 JANUARY 20146 WHEELS
Ford packsF-150 with loads of new features
Ford yesterday introduced the all-new Ford F-150, the reinvention of America’s favour-ite truck. F-150 is part of the Ford F-Series truck lineup, America’s best-selling trucks
for 37 consecutive years and America’s best-selling vehicles for 32 years.
“F-150 is well-known for being Built Ford Tough. Now, it is both tough and smart,” said Mark Fields, Ford Motor Company chief operating officer. “The all-new F-150 redefines the future of trucks, and it is yet another example of our One Ford plan producing vehicles that serve customers with a commitment to the very best quality, fuel efficiency, safety, smart design and value.”
“We have a unique connection with our customers,” said Joe Hinrichs, Ford executive vice president and president of The Americas. “Time and again, F-150 has delivered the tougher, smarter features they want along with the capabilities they need for work or play. We build our trucks to their high standards.”
In designing the backbone of the F-150, Ford engi-neers improved the truck’s signature fully boxed ladder frame. It is all-new with more high-strength steel than ever – making it stronger and lighter. High-strength, military-grade, aluminium alloys are used throughout the F-150 body for the first time, improving dent and ding resistance and also saving weight. Overall, up to 700 pounds of weight have been saved.
“More than ever before, customers want a truck that is a dependable partner, mobile office and a go-anywhere workshop,” said Raj Nair, group vice president, Global Product Development. “To meet the needs of our truck customers, we created smart new features and a whole new approach to using advanced materials and engines to improve capabil-ity and efficiency.”
Several new productivity features debut in the all-new F-150. They include:• 360-degree camera view, using exterior cameras
to create a bird’s-eye view of the truck to help the driver park, maneuver in tight spots and navigate down narrow roads and trails.
• Integrated loading ramps, which enable easy load-ing of ATVs, motorcycles and mowers.
• BoxLink, which is a combination of metal brackets and custom cleats used to secure a variety of acces-sories in the cargo box, from ramps to storage bins to bed dividers.
• LED headlamps and taillamps, which provide excel-lent nighttime visibility.
• Trailer hitch assist, a new rear view camera feature
that adds a dynamic line based on steering wheel angle in the display to help customers line up truck and trailer without requiring a spotter or having to get in or out of the vehicle.
• Smart trailer tow module, using an all-new smart trailer tow wiring harness that helps identify and inform the driver of potential trailer connectivity issues, burned or unlit trailer marker lamps, and brake lights and trailer battery faults.
• Remote tailgate, allowing for the tailgate to be locked, unlocked and released with the key fob – eliminating manual locking and increasing con-venience and security. The tailgate also is damped, dropping down gently, hands-free, to a flat position when opened. The Peninsula
Mercedes-Benz holds driving event at Losail Circuit
Select customers and fans were invited to Losail Circuit recently for the AMG Driving
Experience Qatar 2014 event. Organised by Nasser Bin Khaled Automobiles (NBKA), the dis-tributor of the Mercedes-Benz, and AMG, the occasion brought together customers, fans and media representatives for an exclusive driving event.
They had the opportunity to drive each of the models on the racing circuit, experience the per-formance capabilities of a range of Mercedes-Benz AMG models and examine the many possibilities for bespoke customisation of these vehi-cles. Participants were coached and assisted by Mercedes-Benz AMG professional performance driv-ing instructors who arrived from Germany especially for the event. They also staged a demonstration of the many aspects of performance and
diverse capabilities of the full array of models on different sections of the racing circuit.
NBKA teams were present dur-ing the entire afternoon to assist the attendees.
Vehicles representing the most popular Mercedes-Benz AMG models were available for the participants to experience during the event, includ-ing the SLK 55, C 63, E 63, GL 63, SL
63, CLS 63 and SLS AMG models.“NBK Automobiles had the pleas-
ure to host Mercedes-Benz AMG aficionados to this exclusive event at Losail Circuit, a perfect setting where the discerning enthusiasts had the opportunity to truly com-mand the full power and experience the extraordinary performance of Mercedes-Benz AMG models. In the end, there is no better argument than
what your own senses tell you while driving on a proper driving track. We also informed our guests of the wide range of possibilities for adapting the characteristics of each of these mod-els to the requirements, preferences and tastes of the customer, practically creating a bespoke vehicle tailored to each individual,” said Khalid Shaaban, General Manager, NBK Automobiles.
The Peninsula
RECIPE CONTEST 7PLUS | TUESDAY 14 JANUARY 2014
Spinach Cheela
IngredientsFor the dough• 3/4 cup whole wheat flour,• 3 tbsp spinach chopped fine,• 1 green chili chopped fine,• 1/3 cups curds,• salt to tasteFor stuffing• 1 cup spinach chopped fine,• 2 tbsp Bengal gram flour,• salt to taste,• 1 green chili chopped fine,• 1/3 milk.For topping• 2 tbsp bean sprouts,• 2 tbsp tomatoes chopped fine• 2 tbsp or more grated/processed cheese• 1 tbsp sesame seeds• 2 tbsp oil for cooking
Method:Combine all the ingredients and knead into a soft dough
using a little water if required.Divide into 4 equal portions and keep asideCombine all the ingredients stuffing with 1/3 cup milk and
mix well. Keep aside.Roll out each portion of the dough into circle of 100 mm.
(4”) diameter.Place all 4 cheelas on a large non-stick pan and cook using
a little oil till one side is slightly cooked.Upturn the cheelas and spoon out the stuffing mixture on
them.Top with the bean spouts, tomatoes ,cheese and sesame
seeds and slightly press with a back of a spoon.Cook on both sides using a little oil. Makes 4 open cheelas.
Serve hot. Abid
Spinach Lasagna
Ingredients:• 2 pounds of spinach, rinsed, steamed and chopped• 2 garlic cloves (minced or pressed)• Vegetable oil• 6 cups milk• 1 cup butter• 1 cup all purpose flour• ½ cup cooking cream• ½ tsp nutmeg• 1 tsp parsley• 2 cups shredded cheese (emmental, mozzarella or
parmesan)8 ounces pre cooked (oven ready) lasagna Method:First, prepare a bechamel sauce: Put the butter in a sauce-
pan until it melts, then add the flour and stir until no lumps. Add milk and continue stirring, put the cooking cream ant the half of the cheese. Season with nutmeg, parsley, salt and pepper. Continue stirring until the mixture begins to boil, then turn off heat and keep covered.
Prepare the spinach: sauté the spinach with the garlic in a sauce pan, season with salt and pepper. Add the cooked spinach to the bechamel sauce and stir well.
Then, prepare the lasagna: Preheat the oven to 180° C. Put some oil in a baking dish or lasagna pan, then add a layer of lasagna, then the bechamel sauce, then again some lasagna and so on. Sprinkle the rest of the cheese on top.
Bake covered with foil for 45 minutes, then uncover and continue cooking for about 15 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.
Julie Dalcourt
Creamy Spinach Dip
Ingredients:• 1 bunch fresh Spinach or packet frozen Spinach• 1 small onion• 2-3 pods garlic• 1 cup fresh milk
• 4 tbsp fresh cream• 2 tsp pepper powder• 2 tsp cheese powder• Pinch of nutmeg powder• 3tbsp olive oil• 2tbsp chilli sauce• 2tbsp lemon juice• Salt and sugar to taste
Method:Blanch spinach with little water and make puree out of it,Finely chop onion and garlic and keep aside.Take olive oil in a pan. Make sure not to overheat.Put chopped onion and garlic. Toss well till transparent.Add Spinach puree, salt and sugar, pepper powder.Keep stirring in low heat for 3-4 minutes.Add cup milk and cook for another 4-5 minutes.Mix green chilli sauce and cheese powder.Remove from fire. Fold in fresh cream and nutmeg powder.Just before serving add lemon juice.Serve with carrot/cucumber sticks along with potato wafers,
papads or tortillas. Riniki Ghosh
Spinach Chicken
Ingredients• 2 bunches Spinach• Chicken, cut into 12 pieces 1 kilogram• 6 tbsp Oil• 8 Black peppercorns• 2 Bay leaves• 8 Cloves• 5 Green cardamoms• 2 medium Onions, finely chopped• 8 cloves Garlic, finely chopped• 1 inch piece Ginger, finely chopped• 2 tsp Cumin powder
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Turkish Lemon Spinach Cake
Ingredients:• 8 cups fresh spinach (you need about 1 cup puree)• 3 eggs• 1 1/2 cups sugar• 1 tsp vanilla• 1/2 cup olive oil• Juice and zest from 1 lemon (about 1/4 cup lemon
juice)• 2 cups flour• 3 tsp baking powder• Pinch salt
Method:Preheat oven to 350. Lightly spray a 9 x 13 pan with
cooking spray. Line with parchment paper and then spray parchment paper again with the cooking spray. (Fold the excess parchment paper over the sides to form handles)
Remove stems from spinach. Puree spinach in food processor until liquidy (consistency of baby food). This takes FOREVER so be patient! (I think it took me about 15 - 20 minutes)
In a large bowl, beat eggs and sugar until light and creamy. Add vanilla, oil, lemon juice and rind, and pureed spinach until well blended.
In a different bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and salt.
Stir dry ingredients into wet ingredients until just combined.
Pour into prepared pan.Place in oven and bake for about 30 minutes or until
toothpick inserted near center comes out clean.Remove from oven and let cool on wire rack. Use parch-
ment paper handles to lift cake out of pan.Top with whipped cream or cream cheese frosting. (I
used cream cheese frosting). Dean Hadi
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• 1 tsp Coriander powder• 3/4 tsp Red chilli powder• Salt to taste• 5 tbsp Yogurt• 1/4 tsp Garam masala powder Method:Wash and finely shred spinach, chop onion, ginger and garlic and keep aside.Heat oil in a thick bottomed vessel, add peppercorns, bay leaves, cloves, cardamoms and sauté
for a minute. Add finely chopped onions, ginger and garlic and sauté till onions turn light brown.Add chicken pieces, cumin powder, coriander powder, red chilli powder and a little salt. Stir-
fry for a minute, add one tablespoon of yogurt. Stir-fry for a minute, add one more tablespoon of yogurt. Repeat this till all the yogurt has been used up and the chicken turns light brown.
Add spinach and a little more salt to taste. Mix well and stir-fry till the spinach gets well mashed. Cover and cook till the chicken is tender. Remove the cover, add garam masala powder and cook till the gravy is thick. Serve hot.
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Hot Spinach Sauce
Ingredients:• 200g Spinach• 2 Tomatoes• 4 Green Chilies• 6 Curry Leaves• 2 tsp Urad Dal (Black gram)• 2 tsp Chana Dal (Bengal gram spilt and skinned)• ½ inch Ginger• 2 tsp Tamarind Paste / 1 Lemon• 50 ml Water• 1 pinch Asafetida• 3 tbsp Oil• Salt to Taste
Method:Wash tomatoes, spinach thoroughly.Pre-heat a pan and add oil. After the oil is heated add Urad Dal, Chana Dal. Then roast them
till they achieve a light brown colour.After roasting, add curry leaves, asfetida, green chilies, ginger (small pieces). Fry them
for two minutes. Then add tomatoes (pieces) and fry them for two minutes and add finely chopped spinach.
Mix the mixture continuously and let it cook for 2 minutes. (Cook spinach to just remove it’s rawness) After the spinach is cooked, turn off the gas and let it cool down. Then grind the mixture to make sauce.
Now add lemon juice in it and 50ml of water. Mix it well and pour it in a bowl. Spinach sauce is ready.
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exceeded
indu
str
y
proje
cti
on
s
of
about
$23m
in
dom
est
ic s
ale
s, in
clu
d-
ing th
eatr
es in
th
e U
nit
ed S
tate
s an
d C
an
ada.
It w
as t
he s
econ
d b
ig-
gest
January o
pen
ing w
eeken
d e
ver,
beh
ind o
nly
Clo
verfi
eld
, w
hic
h m
ade
$40m
, accordin
g t
o R
en
trak
.
“Y
ou
can
’t m
ak
e predic
tion
s on
film
s li
ke th
is,”
said
N
ikk
i R
occo,
Un
iversal’s presid
en
t fo
r dom
esti
c
dis
trib
uti
on
, addin
g “
You j
ust
don
’t
kn
ow
h
ow
th
e pu
bli
c is
goin
g to
em
brace i
t.”
Bu
t decen
t revie
ws
alo
ng
wit
h
wh
at
Rocco c
all
ed “
a g
rass
roots
cam
-paig
n t
o t
ell
Am
eric
an
s th
at
this
is
a
story o
f patr
ioti
sm a
nd h
erois
m, an
d
you’r
e g
oin
g t
o w
an
t to
be a
part
of
the w
ate
r c
oole
r c
onversa
tion
about
it
on
Mon
day,
” se
nt
its
box o
ffice s
ale
s so
arin
g.
Th
e fi
lm r
eceiv
ed a
73 r
ati
ng f
rom
aggregato
r w
ebsi
te R
ott
en
Tom
ato
es.
A
udie
nces
gave t
he fi
lm a
n A
+ g
rade,
accordin
g to
C
inem
aS
core,
wh
ich
measu
res
ticket
buyer r
eacti
on
s.T
he L
egen
d o
f H
erc
ule
s, w
hic
h w
as
forecast
to h
ave t
icket
sale
s of
$8m
, is
th
e fi
rst
of
two fi
lms
base
d o
n t
he
son
of
the G
reek
god Z
eus.
Th
e s
econ
d
Herc
ule
s sta
rs p
rofe
ssio
nal
wrestl
er
Dw
ayn
e J
oh
nso
n,
als
o k
now
n a
s T
he
Rock
, an
d i
s sc
hedule
d f
or r
ele
ase
on
July
25.
Th
e H
ob
bit
: T
he D
eso
lati
on
of
Sm
au
g
was s
ixth
wit
h $
8m
in
tic
ket
sale
s.
Aft
er l
eadin
g t
he d
om
est
ic b
ox o
ffice
durin
g t
he l
ast
th
ree w
eek
s of
2013
, th
e m
ovie
, th
e s
econ
d o
f a t
hree-p
art
adapti
on
of
J R
R T
olk
ien
’s 1
937 n
ovel,
has
haule
d in
$242m
dom
est
ically a
nd
$809m
glo
bally.
Via
com
In
c’s
Param
oun
t P
ictu
res
rele
ase
d W
olf
of
Wa
ll S
treet. W
arn
er
Bros,
a un
it of
Tim
e W
arn
er In
c,
rele
ased
Th
e
Hob
bit
. S
on
y
Corp’s
m
ovie
stu
dio
dis
trib
ute
d A
meri
ca
n
Hu
stle
.R
eute
rs
HO
LLY
WO
OD
NE
WS
BO
LLY
WO
OD
NE
WS
Lone
Sur
vivo
rLo
ne S
urvi
vor
outm
usc
les
outm
usc
les
Her
cule
sH
ercu
les
to w
in U
S b
ox o
ffice
to
win
US
box
offi
ce
By
An
juri
Nay
ar
A grip
pin
g s
torylin
e,
stron
g c
ast
an
d d
ialo
gues
laced
wit
h U
rdu s
eem
to h
ave w
ork
ed i
n f
avour o
f D
ed
h
Ish
qiy
a in P
akis
tan. D
istr
ibuto
r R
ehm
at
Fazl
i of
Geo
TV
said
the fi
lm is
doin
g w
ell d
esp
ite a
“haphaza
rd r
ele
ase
” and a
dded t
hat
late
nig
ht
show
s are r
unnin
g h
ouse
full t
oo.
The fi
lm h
it t
he s
creens
on F
rid
ay.
“We g
ot
the p
rin
ts o
nly
by F
rid
ay a
fternoon a
nd t
he c
enso
r
board g
ave u
s th
e c
erti
ficate
by s
even i
n t
he e
venin
g.
The
theatr
es
were n
ot
sure if th
ey w
ill even g
et
to s
how
the fi
lm,
so t
here w
ere n
o p
ost
ers,
” F
azl
i sa
id.
“We h
ad a
1am
show
and it
was
house
full,” h
e a
dded
In P
akis
tan, th
e fi
lm is
bein
g s
how
n o
n 3
5 s
creens,
inclu
d-
ing s
ingle
screen
s. H
ow
ever,
the f
ootf
all i
n m
ult
iple
xes
is
overw
helm
ing c
om
pared t
o t
he s
ingle
screen t
heatr
es,
said
F
azl
i.“D
urin
g w
eekend, th
e m
ult
iple
xes
were f
ull a
nd a
ll s
how
s in
clu
din
g t
he n
ight
show
were r
unnin
g h
ouse
full. H
ow
ever,
th
e fi
lm d
id n
ot
do w
ell i
n s
ingle
screen t
heatr
es,
” he s
aid
and a
dded t
hat
Monday a
nd T
uesd
ay a
re p
ublic h
olidays
in
the c
ountr
y.
A s
equel
to 2
010
Ish
qiy
a,
dir
ecto
r A
bhis
hek C
haubey’s
sm
all-t
ow
n s
aga s
ees
Nase
eruddin
Shah a
nd A
rsh
ad W
arsi
repris
ing t
heir
role
s of
Khalu
jaan a
nd B
abban, resp
ecti
vely
,
from
the p
revio
us
movie
. If
Vid
ya B
ala
n s
urpris
ed w
ith h
er
sensu
ous
portr
ayal in
the o
rig
inal, M
adhuri D
ixit
has
bow
led
audie
nces
over a
s m
anip
ula
tive B
egum
Para i
n t
he s
equel.
Anoth
er t
ale
nte
d a
ctr
ess
Hum
a Q
uresh
i jo
ins
her in t
he c
ast
.T
he m
akers
are “
thrille
d”
wit
h t
he r
ave r
evie
ws
and v
iew
-ers’
resp
onse
to D
ed
h I
shqiy
a in P
akis
tan, w
here it
rele
ase
d
on t
he s
am
e d
ay a
s In
dia
.“W
e w
ent
through t
he n
ecess
ary a
pprovals
of gett
ing c
lear-
an
ce f
rom
the r
egula
tory b
odie
s an
d c
en
sor b
oard,”
said
H
iren G
ada, dir
ecto
r S
hem
aroo E
nte
rta
inm
ent
Ltd
, on t
he
Pakis
tan r
ele
ase
. H
e h
as
co-p
roduced t
he fi
lm w
ith fi
lmm
aker
Vis
hal B
hardw
aj.
“There w
ere c
hallenges.
How
ever,
we h
ad v
ery g
ood s
up-
port
from
our local dis
trib
uto
r in P
akis
tan. W
e a
re t
hrille
d
wit
h t
he r
esp
on
se i
n P
akis
tan
, even
show
s at
1.30am
are
goin
g h
ouse
full,” h
e s
aid
.G
ada s
ays
they w
ere c
onfident
about
the fi
lm’s
perfo
rm
-ance in P
akis
tan.
“The I
shqiy
a franchis
e is
base
d o
n K
halu
jaan a
nd B
abban’s
naughty
and q
uir
ky c
hem
istr
y a
nd t
he b
old
fem
ale
charac-
ters.
Hence, w
e w
ere c
onfident
of
its
success
,” h
e s
aid
.“I
ndia
n c
inem
a i
s popula
r i
n P
akis
tan a
nd t
he a
udie
nces
look forw
ard t
o w
atc
hin
g B
ollyw
ood fi
lms,
sin
ce t
he c
ult
ures
are s
imilar.
We t
hin
k t
hat
good fi
lms
will have a
good m
ark
et
there,” h
e a
dded.
IAN
S
Bei
ng a
mbit
ious
puts
pre
ssure
on
rela
tion
ship
s, s
ays
Chit
rangad
a
Actr
ess
Chit
rangada S
ingh, w
ho is
in t
he
show
biz
for t
he p
ast
eig
ht
years,
feels
a p
erso
n’s
am
bit
ion d
oes
impact
his
or h
er
rela
tionsh
ips.
How
ever,
the a
ctr
ess
says
one
has
to m
ake a
dju
stm
ents
and c
om
prom
ises
to d
eal w
ith it.
“Everybody i
s so
career-o
rie
nte
d,
every-
body i
s goin
g t
hrough t
heir
ow
n p
ress
ures.
N
ot
just
in B
ollyw
ood, I
thin
k it’s
everyw
here.
You h
ave p
eople
work
ing, gett
ing a
mbit
ious,
w
anti
ng s
o m
uch m
ore in lif
e, th
en y
ou h
ave
to m
ake y
our a
dju
stm
ents
and c
om
prom
ises,
” C
hit
rangada t
old
reporte
rs
here a
t an e
vent.
“So it
does
have a
press
ure o
n y
our r
ela
tion-
ship
s. B
ein
g a
mbit
ious
is l
ike a
fad a
nd t
hat
brin
gs
wit
h it
so m
uch m
ore t
hat
you h
ave t
o
handle
,” a
dded t
he a
ctr
ess
, w
ho is
marrie
d t
o
golf
er J
yoti
Randhaw
a.
Rem
o w
ants
know
n a
ctor
in A
BC
D 2
Choreographer-fi
lmm
aker R
em
o D
’Souza
, w
ho
is a
ll s
et
to s
tart
AB
CD
2 s
hooti
ng, w
ants
to
cast
a k
now
n a
cto
r t
o p
lay t
he lead in t
he s
equel.
There a
re r
eports
that
Stu
den
t O
f T
he Y
ea
r fa
me a
cto
r V
arun D
haw
an h
as
been a
pproached
to p
lay t
he l
ead i
n t
he s
equel
to I
ndia
’s fi
rst
3D
dance fi
lm A
BC
D -
An
yBod
y C
an
Da
nce
.“F
or t
he l
ead a
cto
r (
for A
BC
D 2
), t
alk
s are
still
goin
g o
n (
wit
h a
cto
rs)
...
We a
re s
earchin
g
for a
know
n a
cto
r,”
Rem
o t
old
reporte
rs
here a
t an e
vent
organis
ed b
y J
osh
Foundati
on for N
GO
kid
s. “
Lets
see w
ho a
grees
to it,”
he a
dded.
AB
CD
- A
nyB
od
y C
an
Da
nce
, w
hic
h r
ele
ase
d
last
year,
was
a h
it a
nd featu
red c
horeographers
like P
rabhudheva, G
anesh
Acharya a
nd S
alm
an
Yusu
ff K
han. R
em
o s
aid
the s
equel w
ill have t
he
orig
inal
cast
an
d s
om
e n
ew
acto
rs
will
als
o b
e
roped in.
“If
I ta
lk a
bout
its
cast
then y
ou w
ill
get
to s
ee P
rabhudheva,
Ganesh
A
charya,
Dharm
esh
, L
auren (
Gott
lieb)
and P
unit
(P
ath
ak)
again
in t
he
part
two. S
om
e n
ew
acto
rs
will
als
o b
e r
oped i
n. T
he t
alk
s are g
oin
g o
n,”
said
Rem
o.
Big
B d
ubs
for
K A
Abbas
tr
ibute
Megast
ar A
mit
abh B
achchan s
tarte
d h
is d
ay
yest
erday w
ith d
ubbin
g f
or a
trib
ute
to
late
dir
ecto
r-s
creenw
rit
er K
A A
bbas,
who g
ave
him
his
first
break.
The a
cto
r t
ook t
o T
wit
ter
to e
xpress
his
grati
tude t
o t
he d
irecto
r for S
aa
t H
ind
ust
an
i.“(
I) h
ad s
tarte
d d
ay a
t 7:3
0am
... dub for a
trib
-ute
to K
A A
bbas,
for h
is c
ente
nary. K
A A
bbas
gave m
e m
y fi
st fi
lm,”
Am
itabh p
ost
ed o
n t
he
mic
roblo
ggin
g s
ite.
Abbas als
o h
elm
ed fi
lms li
ke
Sh
eh
ar
Au
r S
ap
na
, D
ha
rti
Ke L
al and R
oop
Lek
ha.
I’d l
ove
to w
ork w
ith B
achch
an:
DiC
apri
o
Hollyw
ood’s
ace a
cto
r L
eonardo D
iCaprio
had h
is w
ay,
he w
ould
love t
o
team
up w
ith I
ndia
n m
egast
ar A
mit
abh B
achchan o
n s
creen a
gain
aft
er h
avin
g s
hared s
creen s
pace w
ith h
im i
n T
he G
rea
t G
ats
by.
He fi
nds
the v
ete
ran a
n im
press
ive t
ale
nt
and a
“gentl
em
an”.
Recentl
y, w
hile D
iCaprio
was
bein
g i
nte
rvie
wed f
or h
is l
ate
st fi
lm T
he
Wolf
Of
Wa
ll S
treet, h
e w
as
quest
ioned w
heth
er if
an o
pportu
nit
y t
o w
ork
w
ith B
achchan w
ould
com
e u
p a
gain
, w
hat
would
he d
o. H
e e
xpress
ed a
n
inte
rest
in it,
read a
sta
tem
ent.
The T
ita
nic
sta
r s
aid
: “B
achchan im
press
ed m
e im
mense
ly b
y n
ot
just
his
ta
lent
and h
is a
bilit
y t
o a
ct,
but
what
a g
entl
em
an h
e w
as.
I w
as
honoured
to w
ork
wit
h h
im. It
was
great
seein
g t
hat
enth
usi
asm
he b
rin
gs
to e
ven
the s
mallest
of
role
s and I
’d love t
o w
ork
wit
h h
im in t
he f
utu
re.”
Am
itabh,
71,
made h
is i
nte
rn
ati
on
al
debut
wit
h T
he G
rea
t G
ats
by,
dir
ecte
d b
y B
az
Luhrm
ann. B
ig B
pla
ys
the r
ole
of
Meyer W
olf
sheim
in
the $
125m
3D
proje
ct,
an a
dapta
tion o
f F
Scott
Fit
zgerald
’s n
ovel
of
the
sam
e n
am
e.
Anis
ton-T
her
oux
‘str
onger
than
eve
r’
Acto
rs
Jen
nif
er
An
isto
n
an
d
Justi
n
Theroux a
re “
stronger t
han e
ver”
aft
er
their
New
Year v
acati
on
in
Mexic
o w
hic
h
allow
ed t
hem
to r
ela
x a
nd s
pend t
ime w
ith
each o
ther.
The c
ouple
were a
way f
rom
each o
ther
tow
ards
the e
nd o
f th
e last
year d
ue t
o t
heir
w
ork
com
mit
ments
so t
heir
trip
to C
abo S
an
Lucas,
Mexic
o g
ave t
hem
a c
han
ce t
o p
ut
their
rom
an
ce b
ack o
n t
rack,
reports
con
-ta
ctm
usi
c.c
om
.“T
hey’r
e s
tronger t
han e
ver a
nd t
he c
on-
necti
on t
hey h
ad in C
abo is
proof. T
he v
aca-
tion w
as
just
what
they n
eeded,
rela
xati
on
and lots
of
laughs.
Jen a
nd J
ust
in m
ake e
ach
oth
er s
mile a
nd e
veryone c
om
mente
d o
n h
ow
m
uch t
hey’r
e b
ack o
n form
. T
hey’r
e in a
really g
ood p
lace,” s
aid
a s
ource.
The c
ouple
got
engaged o
n T
heroux’s
41s
t bir
thday in A
ugust
2012
.
Kan
ye W
est
wan
ts t
o hon
eym
oon i
n s
pac
e
Rapper K
anye W
est
wan
ts t
o g
o f
or h
is h
on
eym
oon
in
space w
ith
fian
cee-s
ocia
lite
Kim
Kardash
ian
. H
e i
s ready t
o p
ay a
reporte
d
$1m
per n
ight.
The 3
6-y
ear-o
ld i
s obse
ssed w
ith a
ll s
ci-
fi t
hin
gs
and h
as
convin
ced
Kim
to c
ele
brate
their
marria
ge w
ith a
n i
nte
rgala
cti
c h
oliday,
reports
conta
ctm
usi
c.c
om
. “K
anye is
obse
ssed w
ith s
pace a
nd a
nyth
ing s
ci-
fi -
he’s
sh
ot
many s
pacesh
ip-t
hem
ed v
ideos
and h
e e
ven c
onsi
dered t
rain
ing a
s an a
stronauti
cal engin
eer.
Now
he’s
fixate
d o
n t
he idea o
f honeym
oonin
g
in s
pace,” a
source s
aid
.“A
pparentl
y, K
im w
asn
’t k
een a
t first
but
Kanye h
as
talk
ed h
er r
ound
and t
here’s
even t
alk
it
will be c
hronic
led o
n h
er r
eality
show
,” t
he s
ource
added.
Kanye a
long w
ith K
im w
ants
to g
o into
the C
SS
Skyw
alk
er,
an inflat-
able
sta
tion b
ein
g c
reate
d b
y B
igelo
w A
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PLUS | TUESDAY 14 JANUARY 2014 TENNIS610
Serena Willams (USA)Five-time champion in dominant formafter winning four of last six Slams.Suffered surprise quarter-final exit toSloane Stephens in Melbourne in 2013
Victoria Azarenka (BLR)Both her Grand Slam titles have comein Melbourne – now aiming for thirdconsecutive victory after wins overSharapova in 2012 and Li Na in 2013
Maria Sharapova (RUS)Champion here in 2008. Returnedfrom latest injury setback in Brisbanethis month, losing in semis to Williams,whom she has not beaten for 10 years
Li Na (CHN)Two-time finalist returns to favouritesurface hoping to continue strong finishto 2013 – made U.S. Open semi-finaland World Tour final for first time
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HEALTH / FITNESS 11
When stomach would turn green for ulcer diagnosis
Soon, get stomach ulcer diagnosed with-out that painful endoscopy session. Researchers have developed a safer and
non-invasive diagnostic technique for detecting ulcers in the stomach.
How?By sending some molecules to the gut to
make the ulcer-causing bacteria light up in flu-orescent green, said scientists from University of Southern Denmark.
“Early diagnosis does not only prevent ulcers from developing, it can also prevent the development of cancer,” said lead author Silvia Fontenete at University of Southern Denmark.
Ulcers are often caused by the bacte-ria Helicobacter pylori in the stomach or duodenum.
“Our laboratory experiments suggest that one day, it would be possible for doctors to send some specially designed molecules down in the stomach, where they will make H pylori glow brightly green,” explained Fontenete.
To see the green light, the doctor would send a small micro-camera into the stomach - so no need for retrieving a tissue sample from the stomach, said the study published in the journal PLOS ONE.
The scientists made H pylori glow green in artificial tissue in the laboratory.
“We believe that the same can happen in a real human stomach,” added Fontenete.
The researchers faced two challenges.First was to create special molecules that
can both detect H pylori bacteria and function at the temperature (37 degrees Celsius) of the human stomach.
Second challenge was that the molecule should be able to function in the extremely acidic environment of the stomach.
Both challenges were solved by working with the so-called Locked Nucleic Acid (LNA) - special synthetic molecules that are extremely stable and can operate at lower temperatures and in acidic environments, added the study.
New mechanism to cure depression found
The malfunctioning brain cells are not the only ones to be blamed for depression. Other non-neuronal brain cells also play
a key role in depression - a discovery that may go a long way in understanding, and curing, depression.
Researchers have shown that changes in one type of non-neuronal brain cells - called microglia - underlie the depressive symptoms brought on by exposure to chronic stress.
“In addition to the clinical importance of these results, our findings provide the first direct evidence that in addition to neurons, disturbances in the functioning of brain microglia cells have a role in causing psycho-pathology in general, and depression in par-ticular,” said professor Raz Yirmiya, director of Psychoneuroimmunology Laboratory and lead researcher.
“This suggests new avenues for drug research, in which microglia stimulators could serve as fast-acting antidepressants in some forms of depressive and stress-related condi-tions,” he added.
Agencies
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By Andrew M Seaman
Insomnia treatment that’s delivered through a Web-based program or videoconference may help people feel less tired during the day, accord-ing to a small study from Canada.
Researchers found over half of people who had chronic insomnia at the start of the study no longer had severe difficulty functioning after receiving therapy through one of those methods.
“I think the biggest takeaway is . . . cognitive behav-ioural therapy (CBT) for insomnia can be delivered effectively in a variety of formats — not just face to face but also using different technologies and even self-directed,” Maxine Holmqvist, the study’s lead author, said.
She is an assistant professor at University of Manitoba in Winnipeg.
More than one-quarter of people in the US report not getting enough sleep every now and then, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. About one in 10 Americans reports chronic insomnia.
Symptoms of chronic insomnia include regularly having trouble falling asleep, waking up too early in the morning and waking up in the middle of the night. This often results in people feeling tired dur-ing the day.
One treatment for chronic insomnia is CBT, which consists of therapist-guided sessions that teach peo-ple methods to help them get better sleep. Those sessions include lessons about insomnia, relaxation techniques, ignoring stimuli and creating good sleep-ing habits.
People who live in rural areas may not have access to such therapy, however.
For people without easily accessible treatment, videoconferencing (also known as telehealth) is sometimes used in Canada to bring together patients and doctors, write the researchers in the journal Sleep Medicine.
There is also some evidence, they write, that CBT can be delivered through the Internet.
For the new study, the researchers recruited 73 adults living in a rural Canadian province and ran-domly assigned them to either receive CBT through
an Internet-based program or through a group vide-oconference at clinics near their homes.
At the start of the study, all of the participants had insomnia, according to a questionnaire that scores how well a person functions during the day.
After six CBT sessions delivered over six weeks, the researchers found that 55 percent of the tel-ehealth group and about 62 percent of the Web-based treatment group no longer scored high enough on the questionnaire to be considered to have insomnia.
The researchers write that the difference in results between the two delivery methods could have been due to chance. With more people they may be able to say whether one works better than the other.
“Overall, our study suggests that both Web- and telehealth-based treatments of insomnia show promise and are worthy of further development and study,” they write.
Philip Gehrman, who is certified in behavioural sleep medicine but wasn’t involved in the new study, said he is not surprised by the new results. He has been using telehealth to see patients within the US Veterans Affairs Health System. But he said it’s not necessarily accessible to the average person.
“In terms of traditional in-person treatment, there are directories of people who specialize in this type of treatment,” Gehrman, from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, said. “For a lot of people, there might be people in their area who might be able to do it in person.”
As for Web-based treatments, he said there are some commercial products available.
In addition to people knowing there are insomnia treatments besides sleeping pills, “the take-home message of this article is that treatment doesn’t necessarily have to be a one-size-fits-all approach,” Gehrman said.
Holmqvist said the same may be true for an increasing number of treatments.
“I think people who are seriously looking at these questions - not just in sleep - are finding that some of these technologies work for other methods,” she said.
SOURCE: bit.ly/1cL3A72 Sleep Medicine, online January 2, 2014.
Reuters
Web, videoconference insomnia therapies show promise
TECHNOLOGYPLUS | TUESDAY 14 JANUARY 201412
By Brian Fung
The world’s top tech companies are plac-ing big bets on curved screens. At the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Samsung launched a 105-inch
behemoth that displays ultra-high definition. Its fel-low South Korean rival, LG, announced both a curved TV and a curved smartphone, the G Flex. Both com-panies are showing off HDTVs whose screen you can bend on demand.
Whether there’s actually a market for these devices, or if they’re just outlandish proofs of concept, is anyone’s guess. For how much they’re likely to cost (they won’t say, but Samsung’s 55-inch curved screen retails for $9,000), the bendy screens don’t seem very worth it. But gimmickry aside, the technology behind these devices is the real achievement, because they point to a future where flexible materials have become a common fixture everywhere — and not just in the living room.
“It’s a big leap forward,” said John Richard, the global business manager of DuPont’s displays division.
Let’s start with the resolution. Your 1080p high-definition TV is peanuts compared with Samsung’s monster, which features 2160p displays. Sure, it’s a bit of overkill, particularly since even the newest consoles like the Xbox One top out at 1080p. The best gaming equipment on Earth can’t take advantage of what Samsung has to offer here — not yet.
But the most mind-boggling part? With the touch of a remote, the ends of Samsung’s highest-end pro-totype pop out of its housing and bend toward the viewer.
Anyone who’s played a first-person shooter or a racing game knows that peripheral vision can provide a big advantage — which is why many gamers set up triple-monitor displays. Samsung’s new TV promises to provide the same immersive experience as three monitors on one, single, gigantic screen and with much better image quality.
“The wider field of view and panoramic effect draws viewers in,” said Joe Stinziano, the senior vice president of sales for Samsung’s consumer electron-ics division.
How does this stuff actually work? To get a basic grasp, it helps to draw a distinction between curved displays and flexible ones. Curved displays, said Richard, generally involve a standard flat panel dis-play that’s been bent permanently after being manu-factured. Flexible ones, meanwhile, offer a lot more promise because they’re capable of bending back and
forth more than once, allowing users to adjust the screen to their preferences.
The key to making both is glass. For centuries, glass has been a rigid product that breaks at the slightest pressure. Yet recent advances mean engi-neers can now embed bendy glass right into the innards of a device.
There are two types of display technology: LCD screens and OLED screens. This is the stuff that forms the images you see on your smartphone or
tablet, or watch on your television. It generally has to be applied on a layer of glass and buried behind other additional layers before being covered up by the main piece of glass you touch with your fingers.
Until recently, LCDs and OLEDs could only be applied to flat surfaces. Then, in 2012, Corning — the company behind Gorilla Glass and your par-ents’ kitchenware — unveiled a flexible kind of glass called Willow. Willow is about as thin as a piece of paper and comes off the production line in gigantic, 300-meter-long rolls.
It’s been chemically coated to conduct electric-ity and enhance transparency. According to Vinita Jakhanwal, an industry analyst at IHS, these and similar types of glass make it possible to build rounded surfaces that can accept LCD or OLED layers.
“What they’re trying to do is make glass that is very thin,” Jakhanwal said. “The thinner you get the glass, the more you can get a curvature in the glass itself.”
It’s not clear whether Samsung and LG’s TVs at CES just use a flat display technology with a curved piece of glass in front of it, or if the inner layers themselves were designed using curved materials. Certainly the prototypes that can bend on demand could have some kind of flexible glass in them.
There’s still a limit to how far this stuff can bend; you can’t crumple it up like paper. Nonetheless, once you’ve figured out how to manufacture the stuff, it’s an easy jump to the next level.
“All you have to do is apply pressure using a motor,” said Brian Blau, an analyst at Gartner.
The curved screens offer a glimpse into a future where bendy displays are everywhere — not just in your palm or in your living room. And when our gaming technology catches up, “Call of Duty” won’t ever be the same again.
WP-Bloomberg
Samsung, LG get aheadwith bendy screens
COMICS & MORE 13
Hoy en la HistoriaJanuary 14, 1984
1814: Under the Treaty of Kiel, Denmark ceded Norway to Sweden1935: The Lower Zambesi railway bridge, one of the longest in the world, was opened1954: Baseball star Joe DiMaggio married Marilyn Monroe. Although divorced after nine months, they remained friends1989: Angry British Muslims in Bradford burned copies of Salman Rushdie’s book The Satanic Verses
McDonald’s founder Ray Kroc died, by which time some 8,000 restaurants around the world were turning over more than $10 billion a year
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ALL IN THE MIND Can you find the hidden words? They may be horizontal,vertical, diagonal, forwards or backwards.
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LEARN ARABIC
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HYPER SUDOKU
CROSSWORD
CROSSWORDS
YESTERDAY’S ANSWER
How to play Hyper Sudoku:A Hyper Sudoku
Puzzle is solved
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ACROSS 1 Speak carefully
16 One of Disneyland’s original attractions
17 Part of a modern address
18 Bloom who played Mary in “The Last Temptation of Christ”
19 Communicated without saying anything
20 “Not in eine Million Jahre!”
21 “Gotcha”
22 Forest climbers
23 “Hey-y-y-y!” sayer of sitcomdom, with “the”
24 The Big Red Machine, on scoreboards
25 Maisons, across the Pyrenees
26 Alternative to gunpowder
27 Charm
29 Urquhart Castle is on it
31 One often duped: Abbr.
33 Reason for denying entry, maybe
34 Attack as a cat might
38 Actress Landi of “The Count of Monte Cristo,” 1934
42 ___ hammer (Mjolnir)
43 Gets something off one’s back, say
45 Long, for short: Abbr.
46 Quiet
47 Swamp birds
48 Like some statues and book spines
49 Lo-___
50 Front-page New York Times addition of 1997
51 Hoops Hall-of-Famer Baylor
52 Slant in print
55 Topiary figures
56 Hoped for a miracle, maybe
DOWN 1 Ice climbing hazard
2 Bore down (on)
3 Instrument whose name means “little goose”
4 Clearing
5 Actress Ward
6 Wheels-up announcement, briefly
7 Mexican Indians
8 Like some fees
9 Electrically neutral subatomic particle
10 Starts suddenly
11 Go along, as one’s way
12 Every, in an Rx
13 The Star City of the South
14 It carries out many orders
15 Has a cold reaction?
22 Flier to Rio
23 Big name in handbags
25 Podiatric problems
26 N.L. East team, informally
28 Silk selection
30 Future alumnae, quaintly
32 Substance used in fillings?
34 Rock collections may sit beside them
35 Daughter of King Minos
36 “La Cenerentola” composer
37 Distinctive parts of some hummingbirds
39 Elegantly attired
40 Certain telecom technician
41 Suitability
44 It’s turned down for extra warmth
47 Existentialist Kierkegaard
48 Blazingly bright
50 “Till the End of Time” singer
51 “___, Red-Hot & Live” (1982 blues album)
53 Jot
54 Digital ___ (high-tech shooter)
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M A R X A D O S B E T S
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 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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Editor-In-Chief Khalid Al Sayed Acting Managing Editor Hussain Ahmad Editorial Office The Peninsula Tel: 4455 7741, E-mail: [email protected] / [email protected]
MEDIA SCAN A summary ofissues of the daydiscussed by the Qatari communityin the media.
• Some residents of Ain Khaled complained about heavy vehicle drivers and said they were using internal roads to reach the Industrial Area, posing danger to residents, especially children playing outside their homes.
• There was talk about the Food Supply Department which began to distribute full quota to citizens. Several people suggested the establishment of large warehouses to store food supply for at least one year.
• People demanded that authorities control the recruitment of foreign workers by manpower agencies which were bringing in unskilled workforce to do technical work. They said due to lack of skills and experience, such workers cause damage and loss to clients. People said authorities should put in place more restrictions and give opportunities only to workers after they
fulfil requirements, including skills and efficiency required for various jobs.
• Some people urged authorities to return signals and boards to their former places on various streets after finishing infrastructure projects and said motorists were confused without them.
• There was suggestion to set up a specialised centre for rehabilitation and care for people with special needs. It was also suggested that the centre find jobs for them, integrate them in their communities and make them productive instead of leaving them as dependants.
• Some citizens demanded that the Tourism Authority and other agencies encourage internal tourism by organising cultural events and entertainment and tourism programmes especially when schools close for vacation.
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by Abir
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Fawzi Ali Al Ajji, Head of Qatarization,Maersk Oil Qatar
He has more than 15 years of expe-rience in Drilling and Petroleum Engineering and in the field of
education. He graduated from Texas A&M University in Kingsville-Texas with a BS degree in Natural Gas Engineering and an MS in Mechanical Engineering. He joined Maersk Oil Qatar in 1997 and progressed to a Senior Petroleum Engineer. In 2004, he joined Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar and worked for 4 years as an Associate Director of Admission. In 2008, he returned to Maersk Oil Qatar to head their Qatarization efforts. He is Advisory Board member of Mechanical Engineering Department of Texas A&M University at Qatar.
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Fathi Hassan : The Depth of HopeWhen: Jan 15-Feb 27 Where: VCQ Qatar Gallery What: Egyptian -Sudanese artist Fathi
Hassan presents his latest exhibition. With the invented, Kufic-inspired scripts, he plays with symbols, textures and calligraphy of his Nubian heritage to explore the space between graphic symbolism and literal meaning vibrantcolours and collage.Free Entry
Selam Mekan When: Jan 23 -Feb 22Where: Katara Gallery 2 building 18
What: Exhibition by Canan Dagdelen, a native of Istanbul. The focal point of her work is architecture although historical part of writing also forms part of her research. She is interested in relationship between time and memory photographic images.Free Entry
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
Rose Issa : Crossing BoundariesWhen : Jan 15, 6pm.Where: VCQ Qatar AtriumWhat : A lecture by Rose Issa who is a curator, writer and producer who has championed visual art and film from the Arab and Iran for nearly 30 years.
Free Entry
Sheikh Abdullah bin Jassim: A Leader’s Legacy When: Until Jan 30, 2014Where: QMA Gallery, Katara What: This exhibition presents new insights into Sheikh Abdullah’s life and legacy to Qatar’s people through exceptional artifacts, historic photographs, oral history interviews and original films. Free Entry
‘Our Qatar’ ExhibitionWhen: Till Jan 18, 10pm to 10pm Where: Katara Gallery 2 - Bldg 18 What: A community photography installation project. You can contribute one photo that expresses the way you feel about Qatar and their life in the country. Maximum Size accepted is A3. For more info mail [email protected] Entry
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