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Forty years on, what drives Bruce Springsteen

Desert Bridges, an NGO founded in Geneva and now in Qatar, is an ongoing experimental music initiative created by the talented couple, poet Cheo Jeffery Allen Solder and singer-professor Dr Anna Grichting Solder after decades of musical journey around the world individually and together.

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By Raynald C Rivera

Through the universal lan-guage of music promoting understanding among people is no big challenge and cre-

ating harmony even amid chaos not impossible.

This is what musician and poet Cheo Jeffery Allen Solder believes in and tries to accomplish through an NGO that he, together with his wife singer-professor Dr Anna Grichting Solder has established.

Desert Bridges, an NGO founded in Geneva and now in Qatar, is an ongo-ing created by the talented couple after spending decades of musical jour-ney around the world individually and together.

“Desert Bridges is our formal attempt to establish something what we have been doing informally for a while. For the last few years we have been going to different festivals around the world playing with musicians from different cultures. So we decided to establish a non-profit organization in Switzerland,” said Solder.

Initially, the purpose of the NGO was to gather musicians from differ-ent cultures and discover a new kind of music, he explained, and what ensued

was a mélange of music unidentifiable to any genre but which everyone from any culture appreciates because the musicians creating the music come from various cultural backgrounds.

“People talk about fusion music; I don’t like that word necessarily

because I think we don’t really have to fuse, it’s more about the bridge and the encounter. It’s about keeping each other’s identity and creating new lay-ers of music, new forms of blending,” Dr Grichting explained.

She is particularly interested in

discovering more of the kind of music resonating from this region because it brings something new.

The couple’s encounter with the desert which inspired the establish-ment of the group began when they attended the Characters of Egypt fes-tival in Fustat Wadi El Gemal which brought together Bedouin tribes from around Egypt. Then they played with Gnawa musicians in the Rendezvous de la Musique Festival in Morocco.

“When we came to Qatar where I am presently working at Qatar University, we were continuing our encounter with the desert and the idea of building Desert Bridges had even acquired more meaning,” said Dr Grichting.

For their first project, they collabo-rated with 10 artistes which resulted to a stellar performance applauded by the audience who filled the 500-seater Qatar National Theatre in April last year.

“It’s possible for people who come from different backgrounds to find a way of dealing with each other if they deal with each other respectfully and with their hearts. There were 12 of us onstage who all came from differ-ent countries playing beautiful music,” said Solder.

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Dr Anna Grichting Solder and Cheo Jeffery Allen Solder

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With an excellently presented show, which took limited time to prepare, the ensemble showed it is possible for the world to get along if they just look at each other’s similarities than differences.

“Music is a universal language. If we listen with our hearts then we will find some place where we come together,” said Solder, who wrote poetry for the concert which “spoke about the fact that we are one world and one family and the world is what we make it.”

“If I’m going to speak as an artist what I’m going to convey is that it’s one world, we can call it nations but I prefer to call it ‘imaginations.’ That’s what we imagine; we think we come from various countries but we all come from Earth and it’s not that big.”

“The world is what we make it. If we treat

each other as family, how can we have strife?

How can we have starvation? That’s the message we are trying to convey through our music and the actions that we take now and in the future.”

It is not easy to be part of Desert Bridges as it takes more than skill in playing an instrument but cour-age to go out of one’s comfort zone and embrace an entirely fresh take in music making.

“It takes musicians who have a lot of courage. We look for musicians who are willing to try. Sometimes it’s chaos but we come to a point when we produce music that’s so beautiful that every-one’s crying.”

The first major concert of Desert Bridges; which was a collaboration between the Swiss Embassy and the Ministry of Culture, Arts and Heritage; resulted to the release of a live CD and DVD recently made available at Virgin Megastores and Falcon stores.

It was a breakthrough concert in Qatar as it was not merely music per-formance but also included poetry, storytelling and even live painting. The well-applauded concert brought together Swiss, African-American, Syrian, Indian, Qatari and Egyptian performers.

For their next project, Desert Bridges will perform an East meets West meets Flamenco concert prob-ably in April or May this year. This project, Solder revealed, will incorpo-rate new elements including dance and visual art.

“There will be around 12 to 14 musi-cians, some flamenco dancers and an art exhibit that would showcase the brilliant artists from this part of the

Music is a universal language. If we listen with our hearts then we will find some place where we come together.

For their next project, Desert Bridges will perform an East meets West meets Flamenco concert probably in April or May this year. This will incorporate new elements including dance and visual art.

world,” said Solder, adding there are also plans to stage a number of per-formances in other countries.

It is also Desert Bridges’ goal to establish an annual festival here which will witness people from all corners of the world singing about unity, he added.

People who take to the arts have many reasons, some want to be a star and there are those who want to talk

about human condition they face in their journey.

“And I think we fit in the latter category. Desert Bridges is not about sensation, it’s about statement. Yes, we hope the audience enjoys what we do, but more importantly is the audi-ence gets what we do and why we do it because that encourages everybody to do something that shows that we can come together.” The Peninsula

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Students of Stafford Sri Lankan School Doha participated in the 8th World Youth Scrabble

Championship tournament, which was held at Etisalat Academy, Dubai, recently.

The event, organised annually by WESPA-World English-Language Scrabble Players’ Association, saw 136 players from 20 countries gather to test their word power.

“This was the best experience that I ever had after joining Scrabble. I have played with players from other schools in Doha and it has always helped me in my mathematics, science and English. Even though I am sitting for IGCSE this year, I have no plan to

stop playing Scrabble,” said the team’s top player, Azam Fahmy, who won 13 games and placed 51st at WYSC.

The team comprised 16 players belonging to different age categories, starting from age eight.

Minuki Satharasinghe’s name was specially mentioned at the WYSC awards ceremony for her excellent performance. She was placed sec-ond in the Under-9 category and she also won the award for the youngest player who won the highest number of practice games.

SSLSD introduced Scrabble in the school more than a decade ago and it hosts the annual Inter-School Scrabble Tournament, which sees participation

by expatriate schools in Doha. “We are confident that our play-

ers will perform well in future and I am proud watching these little buds blooming in the field of world Scrabble,” said SSLSD Scrabble

Coordinator Samanthi Gamage. Stafford Sri Lankan School Doha

is planning to host its next Qatar Inter-School Scrabble tournament in the first week of March 2014.

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‘Staffordians’ take part in international scrabble meet

Carnegie Mellon’s new technology teaches kids fus-ha

A team of researchers at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar has developed a new way to teach fus-ha — Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) — using interactive tech-

nology. The project, “Advancing Arabic Language Learning in Qatar,” was funded by a Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) grant in 2009, and this year the Carnegie Mellon researchers partnered with Qatar Academy to bring their technology into kindergarten classes.

Before starting school, most Arab children do not realise that there are two variants of the Arabic language: the local dialect they speak at home and the formal version called Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). While rarely used for day-to-day interac-tions, MSA is the variety used in writing and formal speech.

To address the pressing need to introduce students to MSA, the team of researchers created a series of activities based on the Middle Eastern folk tale Aladdin, which they presented on large, interactive surfaces called Microsoft PixelSense. The 40-inch displays allow children to interact with the pro-gramme — and each other — at any one time.

Among the activities are an alphabet bingo, where students score points by pairing objects with their first letters, and a storyboard, where students recre-ate the Aladdin tale by placing scenes in the right order. While the lessons conform to Qatar’s Supreme Education Council Arabic curricula, this is the first time such an approach has been used in Qatar.

The researchers set out to not only help students learn to read and write, but also to build a positive attitude toward MSA and highlight the relationship between MSA and the local dialect. To be success-ful, Ibrahim knew they would need to look beyond traditional teaching methods.

“When I interviewed older students about their experiences learning formal Arabic they said it was like going back a century, so we knew we’d have to get creative to capture children’s interest,” said Zeinab Ibrahim, a professor of Arabic at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar and a renowned sociolinguist.

Jameela Al Shammari, an Arabic and Islamic

Studies teacher at Qatar Academy, said the Aladdin Project, as it’s referred to in the school, has made a big difference in her kindergarten class.

“I’ve been teaching here for four years, and I always try to make my classes interesting and interactive, but it can be challenging since there are very few digital resources out there for teaching Arabic. This project has really captured the students’ interest, and working around the large screens has helped them listen, share and work in teams,” she said.

The project stemmed from a multidisciplinary team, including Ibrahim, Pantelis Papadopoulos, a research associate in computer science who spe-cialises in educational technology, and Andreas Katatsolis, a professor of communication and design. Supporting them were Ezzohra Moufid, a research assistant at Carnegie Mellon University Qatar, Sara Shaaban, a freelance designer, and Abbas Al Tonsi, a senior lecturer at Georgetown University of Foreign Service in Qatar and a consultant on the project.

The programme is also tracking the students’ progress, allowing the researchers to do an in-depth

analysis at the end of the semester. There are hopes of offering workshops next year to train the other Arabic teachers at Qatar Academy, and other local schools in future. The Peninsula

The team behind the initiative.

Carnegie Mellon's new technology teaches children fus-ha.

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Artist holds exhibitionTranslucence, an exhibition of watercolour paintings of Doha-based Indian Artist Sanjay Chapolkar, was organ-ised at Indian Cultural Centre. Dr Mohan Thomas, the chief patron of Visual Arts Forum of India (Vafi), inaugu-rated the exhibition in the presence of an array of digni-taries, including ICC President Tarun Kumar Basu, Vice President Gireesh Kumar, General Secretary Seenu Pillai, Cultural Secretary V A Gopinath, Thirumuttam chief patron Zainudheen Vanneri, Karishma Arts General Secretary Mohamedali Quilandy, Anti-Smoking Society President Dr Abdul Rasheed, Acon group Managing Director Shukkur Kinalur, Incas advisory board chairman K K Usman, Falih Nasser Falih Foundation General Manager K V Abdulla Kutty, human resources consultant Dr Justin Antony, KMCC secretary Nihmathullah Kottakkal, Vafi president Dr Sreekumar Padmanabhan, vice president Mahesh B P, secretary Patric Rozario, treasurer Smita Aloni, Karnataka Sangha president Deepak Shetty, Milan Arun, and a large number of art-loving people. Translucence, is Chapolkar’s first solo exhibition.

Josoor Institute hosts second set of short courses

A centre of excellence for the sports and events industries, the Josoor Institute launched its second set

of short courses at the Ritz-Carlton, Doha.

The Josoor Institute’s short courses, which ran for two days, targeted profes-sionals who wish to develop new skills and gain an awareness of new career opportunities in the sports and event industries. The first course was held under the title “Career Management for Athletes”. Simultaneously, the second course was held under the title “Major Events and Sport Marketing and PR”.

Many delegates came from organisa-tions in Qatar, including the Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee, Qatar Tourism Authority, Qatar Football Association, Qatar Stars League and Qatar Olympic Committee. In total, more than 80 del-egates came from countries across the Middle East and North Africa, including,

Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Lebanon Jordan, and Egypt.

Fifteen speakers contributed to the two Josoor Institute courses, including the former Dutch international foot-baller Aron Mohammed Winter; Richard Motzkin, Managing Executive and EVP of Global Football Group, Wasserman Media Group; Arab professional triath-lete Omar Nour; Ian Burrows, Director of F1 Racing Group, Haymarket; Dr Mike Cantlay, Chairman of Visit Scotland; Nick Thain, CEO of social media

specialists Sports New Media, and sen-ior lecturers from Georgetown and Leeds Metropolitan Universities.

Launched in December 2013, the Josoor Institute will train many of the people who will play an integral role in Qatar’s hosting of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Hassan Al Thawadi, Secretary General of the Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee, said: “We are delighted to welcome the next set of participants to the Josoor Institute and are particularly pleased to see the diverse set of nationalities from

across the Middle East and North Africa taking part. The Josoor Institute will play a key role in helping us build a sustain-able sporting industry across the region and help to deliver an amazing 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar.“

The Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee is a founding partner of the Josoor Institute.

Georgetown University is working with the Josoor Institute to provide an academic framework and endorsement for courses.

The Peninsula

Qatar Academy Sidra (QA Sidra) was filled with aspir-ing doctors, engineers, artists

and football players as it hosted its second annual Career Day for stu-dents. The students dressed up in uniforms representing the occupa-tions which they aspire for, and par-ents and other community members were invited to speak to students about their own careers.

Elementary school students partici-pated in career bingo, where teachers described careers and the students had to select the career which was being

spoken about. Middle school students had to research a career based on their completed interest questionnaire and then gave a presentation about that career to their peers.

QA Sidra’s counsellor, Jennifer Bieck, helped organise the Career Day and said: “Career exploration is important, even for elementary and middle school students. The younger they are when they connect the importance of education to the world of work, the more successful they will be, in and out of the classroom.”

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Qatar Academy hosts Career Day for students

Steff Gaulter from Al Jazeera English Channel speaking to students of Qatar Academy Sidra.

PLUS | SUNDAY 26 JANUARY 20146 MARKETPLACE

Al Jaber Opticians opened their 19th branch, in Ezdan Mall, recently. The inau-guration was done by Ahmad Jassim Al Jaber and Mohamed Jassim Al Jaber, two of the owners of the company. Dr Mukhtar Mohiyuddin was also present at the event. They are planning to open more branches soon.

Ellora Technical Services, a part of Ellora Group, will open its doors today at Wakalath Street, Industrial area. The showroom is set up on 17,000 sqft and offers a wide variety of tools and accessories from international brands like Unika Japan, Ampro, Sakura, Alco, Bando, TVS, Spartan, SKF, Koyo and NSK. “We also provide three 24x7 on-site van services that are assembled with hydraulic hose crimping machines all over the Qatar,” said Managing Director Murshid Keeranthodi and Director Abdurahiman Ambalakandy.

Mannai Auto Group has estab-lished a partnership with the InterContinental Doha The

City to deliver an enhanced experience to Cadillac enthusiasts in Qatar. The cars will be on display until February, with one new model on display at the hotel each week. The display will fea-ture Cadillac’s latest line-up of vehicles – which includes the ATS, XTS, SRX and the Escalade. The 2014 ATS will be the first to go on display.

Ivor D’cunha, General Manager, Operations, Mannai Auto, said: “Our objective through this partnership is to further cement the Cadillac brand’s unwavering commitment to the high-est standards of design excellence,

which is showcased perfectly at this destination. Guests and visitors to the InterContinental Doha The City can speak to the hotel’s concierge and book test drives. Mannai Auto will, in turn, deliver the test vehicles to the regis-tered individuals.

Chris Jung, General Manager of The InterContinental Doha The City, said: “The InterContinental Doha The City stands for the val-ues of traditional hospitality, luxury and service quality in modern, styl-ish and highly sophisticated settings. It was a logical consequence for us to pair with Cadillac, a brand that has excited generations, has evolved and developed without forgetting its

traditions, and is stronger than ever before. Both are known for leaving a flawless first impression and creating passion and relationships. The con-cierge at InterContinental Doha The

City is always happy to share the best things to see and do in Qatar, and will make arrangements for those seeking a test drive.”

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Mannai Auto Group, InterContinental Doha The City in test drive deal

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Doha launches Ghost V-Specification edition

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Doha has announced the launch of Ghost V-Specification, a lim-ited series of Ghost and Ghost Extended

Wheelbase motor cars that will be available for customers in Qatar to commission from January to June 2014.

Mohamed Kandeel, General Manager of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Doha, said: “Customers in Qatar have a high appreciation for limited-edition bespoke vehicles and for engine power, which makes the Ghost V-Specification the perfect fit for this mar-ket. It is the most powerful Ghost ever and is only available for production for a limited window, so we expect strong demand for it and are excited about its imminent arrival here at Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Doha.”

At the heart of the Ghost’s driving experience is its hallmark V12 engine. Acceleration is delivered with a characteristic immediacy and smoothness,

propelling occupants from 0 to 100 km in just 4.7 seconds with 80 percent of power available from idle. This unique powertrain is celebrated with a 30bhp/22kw power increase to reach 593bhp on all Ghost V-Specification motor cars.

Elegantly applied design touches hint at Ghost V-Specification’s inherent dynamism.

V-Specification motif coachlines finish the exterior paint-scheme whilst customers can either choose from five specially selected exterior colours, or from Rolls-Royce’s 44,000 hue palette. Optional visible chrome exhausts and 21” part-polished wheels add further expression to the car’s dynamic promise.

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By Ellen Freilich

Some fathers are in the delivery room when their children

are born and some pace outside, but actress Anjelica Huston’s dad learned of his daugh-ter’s birth by telegram in the Belgian Congo where he was filming The African Queen.

That circumstance foreshadows an extraordinary child-hood with an often absent father that Huston, who won the best supporting actress Academy Award in 1986 for Prizzi’s Honor — a film directed by her father, shares in her memoir, A Story Lately Told: Coming of Age in Ireland, London, and New York.

If a storytelling gene exists, Huston, 62, inherited one from her father, the Oscar-winning director John Huston, and another from her mother, the ballet dancer Enrica Soma, who nurtured in her children a love of books and a gift for observation.

Huston spoke about her childhood, growing up in a rambling 18th-century estate in Ireland that her father had purchased, and writing her memoir by hand.

In your memoir you quote an excerpt from one of your mother’s letters. “The sky has blazed blue, the remaining few Beech leaves are brazen against the sky,” she writes to your father. She was a wonderful writer.

Yes, her language is so beautiful - and so unu-sual. It’s incredibly reminiscent of her. That’s why it was such a pleasure to be around her and have her point things out to us.

Her exceptional gift for language seems to have influenced you.

I certainly hope so. I think it came from both of my parents, my mother and also my father, who wrote on every screenplay that he directed. He was tremendously aware of language and a very literate person.

My mother, though, was there much, much more during my childhood than my father. She nurtured me and my love of literature and books and poetry. She had a great sense of humour and made great selections. She really formed the way that I think and respond to things. ... She was always telling us, “Look at this. Look at that.” Life was a big feast for her and she really enjoyed it.

What were some of the books you read as a young girl?

Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats was huge. Grimm’s Fairy Tales, Orlando (The Marmalade Cat), the Madeline books, the Tolkien books, though I

never responded to The Hobbit. I was a Louisa May Alcott girl: Little Women, Little Men, Jo’s Boys, An Old Fashioned Girl. Also, Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Garden. I loved those Gothic romances.

My mother gave me the French writer Colette when I was 13. The Vagabond, Cherie, those were my coming-of-age books. That was a rare and wonderful thing.

It was interest-ing to read how your parents restored the estate in St Clerans (in Craughwell, County Galway) and the care your mother took designing its interior. Given her own theatrical expe-rience as a dancer in the New York City Ballet, it almost seems as if she was designing a stage set.

What’s slightly extraordinary in retrospect was her deep understanding of period, of colour, of con-trast. How did she know how to do all of that? I don’t know because she didn’t have any training in that area. She made the most beautiful house for my father. It was a set, but it was more than that. The house was really comfortable and luxurious.

You wrote your memoir in longhand. Why?There’s something about the brain-to-hand con-

nection that really works for me. The amount of time it takes for a thought to transfer to my hand is good timing. The brain-to-hand thing is a little bit of a dance. It works. It’s rhythmic, and it flows.

How did you deal with your father’s long work schedule?

We hated it when he left. I remember my brother and I dreading when that awful day would come. Usually it was around Christmas because that’s when we’d see him. If we were lucky — and he’d finished the movie he was directing — we’d get a glimpse of him in the summer. But when he left after coming home for Christmas, it was connected to the sadness of Christmas being over.

I remember us clinging to his legs as he made his way to the car which would take off down the driveway and we would hear that gravel crunch. It was really upsetting. We hated it. And you’d be in a funk for a day. ... His absence made it seem as if the shine had gone off the silver.

You recount that Peter O’Toole visited your home when you were a child. You recently met him again. Now that he has died, what do you remember most about him?

The remarkable vulnerability of those blue eyes, the soul of a poet and one of the most beautiful voices in the English language.

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tape

facto

ry

in

Freeh

old

, N

ew

Jersey.

Tw

en

ty con

-certs

fo

r A

mn

esty

In

tern

ati

on

al

in

1988,

in c

itie

s fr

om

Buen

os

Air

es

to

New

Delh

i, w

ere f

ollow

ed b

y a

benefit

for S

ting’s

Rain

forest

charit

y i

n 1

995.

He c

am

paig

ned f

or J

ohn K

erry o

n t

he

Vote

for C

hange t

our d

urin

g t

he 2

004

US

presi

denti

al

ele

cti

on,

appeared a

t B

arack O

bam

a’s r

allie

s fo

ur y

ears

late

r,

an

d p

erfo

rm

ed a

t an

Auti

sm S

peaks

fun

drais

er a

t C

arn

egie

Hall i

n 2

009.

The f

ollow

ing y

ear h

e c

ould

be s

een

on t

ele

thons

rais

ing m

oney for v

icti

ms

of

the H

ait

ian

dis

ast

er —

more t

han

$60m

— a

nd H

urric

ane S

andy. In

2012

he join

ed t

he O

bam

a r

e-e

lecti

on b

and-

wagon

. A

fter l

ast

year’

s bom

b e

xplo

-si

on

durin

g t

he B

ost

on

marath

on

he

help

ed a

local punk b

and, th

e D

ropkic

k

Murphys,

to r

ais

e funds

for t

he v

icti

ms.

He a

nd t

he E

Str

eet

Ban

d a

re i

n

Cape T

ow

n f

or t

he fi

rst

of

17 d

ate

s ta

kin

g th

em

fr

om

S

outh

A

fric

a to

A

ustr

alia a

nd N

ew

Zeala

nd.

This

is

call

ed th

e H

igh

H

opes to

ur,

n

am

ed

aft

er h

is n

ew

alb

um

. H

is 1

8th

stu

dio

alb

um

sin

ce h

is d

ebut

in 1

973 c

om

es

at

a t

ime w

hen h

e is

expecte

d t

o p

roduce

som

eth

ing t

hat

politi

cia

ns

are r

elu

c-

tan

t or t

oo e

mbarrass

ed t

o p

rovid

e:

an

hon

est

ass

ess

men

t of

the s

tate

of

thin

gs.

“I d

on’t

have s

om

e b

ig idea,” h

e s

aid

in

1996.

“I d

on’t

feel

like I

have s

om

e

enorm

ous

politi

cal m

ess

age I

’m t

ryin

g

to d

eliver.

I t

hin

k m

y w

ork

has

to c

om

e

from

the insi

de. I

don’t

sta

rt

from

the

outs

ide -

‘I

have a

sta

tem

ent

to m

ake,

ladie

s an

d g

en

tlem

en

!’ -

I d

on

’t l

ike

the s

oapbox t

hin

g, so

I b

egin

inte

rnally

wit

h t

hin

gs

that

matt

er t

o m

e p

erso

n-

ally a

nd m

aybe w

ere a

part

of

me i

n

som

e f

ash

ion.”

Neverth

ele

ss W

reckin

g B

all f

aced

that

challenge h

ead o

n, drip

pin

g w

ith

anger a

nd i

rony i

n s

ongs

such a

s W

e

Take C

are o

f O

ur O

wn (

“From

Chic

ago

to N

ew

Orle

ans/

From

the m

usc

le t

o

the b

one/

From

the s

hotg

un s

hack t

o

the S

uperdom

e/

There a

in’t

no h

elp

, th

e cavalr

y sta

yed h

om

e”)

; Jack

of

All T

rades

(“T

he b

an

ker m

an

grow

s fa

t/ T

he w

ork

ing m

an g

row

s th

in/

It’s

all h

appened b

efo

re/

And i

t’ll h

appen

again

”);

an

d A

meric

an

Lan

d (

“They

trie

d t

o g

et

here 1

00 y

ears

ago/

They’r

e

still

dyin

’ n

ow

/ T

he h

an

ds

that

built

the c

oun

try/

We’r

e a

lways t

ryin

’ to

keep o

ut”

).H

is m

oral

com

pass

first

cam

e i

nto

vie

w on

D

ark

ness on

th

e E

dge of

Tow

n,

the 1978 alb

um

in

w

hic

h h

e

transf

orm

ed h

imse

lf f

rom

a c

ele

brant

of

a s

em

i-m

yth

ical

neon

-lit

Am

eric

a

of

strip

ped-d

ow

n h

ot

rods

an

d h

igh-

sch

ool

sw

eeth

earts

in

to a k

ind of

path

olo

gis

t of

the A

meric

an

dream

, in

vesti

gati

ng it

s corroded hulk

an

d

exam

inin

g t

he l

ives

of

the d

ead a

nd

inju

red.

In 1

982 a

harsh

, bare-b

on

es

solo

alb

um

called N

ebrask

a t

ook i

ts

ton

e

from

T

erren

ce

Mali

ck

’s

film

B

ad

lan

ds,

the s

tory o

f te

enage k

ille

rs

insp

ired b

y t

he C

harlie S

tark

weath

er

murder s

pree o

f th

e 1

950s.

Tw

o y

ears

late

r h

e w

as

outr

aged w

hen t

he t

itle

tr

ack o

f B

orn i

n t

he U

SA

, w

rit

ten i

n

the v

oic

e o

f an

em

bit

tered V

ietn

am

vete

ran

, w

as

appropria

ted

by

the

Republi

can

party

, w

ho m

isto

ok

it

s decepti

vely

exult

ant

chorus

and t

rie

d

to u

se i

t as a

flag-w

avin

g c

am

paig

n

anth

em

for R

onald

Reagan. T

hat

sort

of

mis

underst

andin

g, he v

ow

ed, w

ould

never h

appen a

gain

.In

1995 h

e w

on a

Gram

my for S

treets

of P

hiladelp

hia

, a s

ubdued s

ong w

rit

ten

for J

on

ath

an

Dem

me’s

Philadelp

hia

, th

e fi

rst

main

stream

Hollyw

ood fi

lm

to c

onfr

ont

the A

ids

epid

em

ic.

Th

e

sh

ooti

ng

of

the

un

arm

ed

Am

adou D

iallo,

an

im

mig

ran

t fr

om

G

uin

ea, by four N

YP

D o

fficers

insp

ired

his

1999

son

g

Am

eric

an

S

kin

(4

1 S

hots

), costi

ng h

im support

am

on

g

those

who h

ad m

isconst

rued h

is m

usi

c

an

d t

aken

him

for a

sym

bol

of

beer-

drin

kin

g,

gun

-ow

nin

g all

-Am

eric

an

manhood. In

The R

isin

g, w

hic

h c

am

e

a y

ear a

fter 9

/11,

he m

ade t

he s

ignifi

-cant

gest

ure o

f addin

g a

group o

f qaw

-w

ali s

ingers

from

Pakis

tan t

o o

ne s

ong,

World

s A

part.

In 2

006 h

e r

enew

ed h

is

creati

ve s

park

and p

aid

hom

age t

o t

he

folk

hero P

ete

Seeger b

y a

ssem

bling a

new

band t

o p

lay t

radit

ional

folk

and

prote

st s

ongs

on a

n a

lbum

called W

e

Shall O

vercom

e: T

he S

eeger S

ess

ions,

a m

ove s

o s

uccess

ful

that

the r

aucous

sponta

neit

y a

nd h

om

e-m

ade t

extu

re o

f th

e m

usi

c w

as

allow

ed t

o influence a

ll

his

subse

quent

eff

orts

.H

igh H

opes,

ass

em

ble

d f

rom

cover

versi

ons,

songs

left

off

recent

alb

um

s an

d n

ew

versio

ns of

old

fa

vourit

es,

appears

on t

he s

urfa

ce t

o h

ave n

o c

en-

tral

mess

age t

o i

mpart.

But

its

indi-

vid

ual

son

gs,

alt

hough d

raw

n f

rom

a

varie

ty o

f so

urces,

neverth

ele

ss c

onvey

an i

mpress

ion o

f a c

onfu

sed A

meric

a

lick

ing it

s w

oun

ds an

d lo

ok

ing fo

r

salv

ati

on

. S

everal

son

gs,

in

clu

din

g a

st

orm

ing r

em

ake o

f T

he G

host

of T

om

Jo

ad, f

eatu

re T

om

Morello, t

he 4

9-y

ear-

old

sin

ger a

nd g

uit

aris

t fo

rm

erly

wit

h

Rage A

gain

st t

he M

achin

e, a p

oliti

cal

acti

vis

t w

hose

prese

nce s

eem

s to

have

provid

ed h

is t

em

porary e

mplo

yer w

ith

a b

urst

of

fresh

energy.

Sprin

gst

een

loves

his

job,

whic

h i

s on

e o

f th

e r

eason

s h

is c

on

certs

are

such d

elirio

us

fun, but

he is

well a

ware

that

his

chose

n m

ilie

u, th

e e

nte

rta

in-

ment

busi

ness

, is

“a w

orld

of

illu

sions,

a w

orld

of

sym

bols

”. N

everth

ele

ss h

is

new

alb

um

fi

nis

hes w

ith

a sti

rrin

g

cover of

a great

son

g,

Dream

B

aby

Dream

, w

rit

ten a

nd r

ecorded 3

5 y

ears

ago b

y t

he N

ew

York

ele

ctr

o-p

unk b

and

Suic

ide. Y

our fi

nest

dream

s, h

e is

say-

ing,

don

’t h

ave t

o b

e i

llusio

ns.

They

really c

an c

hange t

he w

orld

.T

he G

uard

ian

HO

LLY

WO

OD

NE

WS

BO

LLY

WO

OD

NE

WS

Bom

bay

Sam

urai

a w

hack

y fil

m: K

aree

naA

ctr

ess

Kareena K

apoor,

who i

s excit

ed a

bout

work

ing w

ith F

arhan

Akhta

r i

n t

he fi

lm B

om

ba

y S

am

ura

i, s

ays

it w

ill

be a

very w

hacky

one a

nd s

he w

ill be s

een in a

role

unexpecte

d f

rom

her.

“The d

irecto

r i

s fr

om

New

York

who h

as

made s

lightl

y i

nte

rnati

onal

cin

em

a —

Dev B

enegal. S

o, it

’s a

very inte

rest

ing c

oncept,”

the 3

3-y

ear-

old

said

here d

urin

g t

he m

akin

g o

f a g

reen t

ea a

d fi

lm.

“It’s

not

a t

hrille

r, i

t’s

a v

ery w

hacky fi

lm, so

meth

ing w

hic

h m

y f

ans

would

not

expect

me t

o d

o,” s

he a

dded.

Benegal is

know

n for fi

lms

like R

oa

d, M

ovi

e, S

pli

t W

ide O

pen

and E

ngli

sh

Au

gu

st. K

areena a

dded t

hat

Bom

ba

y S

am

ura

i w

ill

be t

he fi

rst

of

its

kin

d

film

whic

h w

ill have b

oth

an inte

rnati

onal and a

com

mercia

l rele

ase

.“I

am

doin

g a

very inte

rest

ing fi

lm w

hic

h is

goin

g t

o s

tar F

arhan A

khta

r

and m

e. I

have n

ever w

ork

ed w

ith F

arhan, he d

irecte

d m

e in D

on w

hen I

did

the s

ong. It

’s a

lso g

oin

g t

o b

e a

n inte

rnati

onal film

whic

h is

goin

g t

o

be t

he fi

rst

of it

s kin

d, w

hic

h w

ill get

an inte

rnati

onal rele

ase

apart

from

rele

asi

ng in m

ain

stream

cin

em

a h

ere,” s

he s

aid

.K

areena is

currentl

y s

hooti

ng f

or R

ohit

Shett

y’s

Sin

gh

am

2.

Ayus

hman

n te

ams

up w

ith J

ohn

Acto

r-s

inger A

yush

mann K

hurrana h

as

team

ed u

p w

ith m

ento

r J

ohn

Abraham

for a

perio

d d

ram

a.

John

had l

aun

ched T

V V

J A

yush

man

n i

n B

ollyw

ood w

ith h

is m

aid

en

hom

e p

roducti

on V

ick

y D

on

or

and t

he f

un fi

lm t

urned o

ut

to b

e a

roarin

g

hit

in 2

012

.“W

e a

re c

om

ing u

p w

ith 1

911

wit

h J

ohn a

nd S

hoojit

Sir

car.

John a

nd m

e

are p

layin

g a

parallel le

ad in t

he fi

lm. It

’s a

perio

d d

ram

a. T

he fi

lm w

ill be

shot

wid

ely

in K

olk

ata

,” A

yush

mann s

aid

. A

footb

all d

ram

a, 19

11 is

base

d o

n b

oth

the p

opula

r footb

all c

lubs

— M

ohun

Bagan a

nd E

ast

Bengal. J

ohn h

as

said

that

the fi

lm w

ill go o

n t

he fl

oors

in

Octo

ber a

nd d

esc

rib

ed it

as

a c

om

bin

ati

on o

f L

aga

an a

nd C

ha

k D

e!

Ind

ia.

Mar

riag

es d

on’t

have

sid

e ef

fect

s: F

arha

n F

arhan A

khta

r, w

ho is

on a

prom

oti

onal sp

ree f

or h

is n

ext

film

Sh

aa

di

Ke S

ide E

ffect

s, s

ays

marria

ges

don

’t r

eally h

ave a

ny s

ide e

ffects

as

long a

s you k

eep s

ight

of th

at

quality

of your p

artn

er y

ou feel in

love w

ith.

“To b

e h

onest

, th

is t

hin

g a

bout

side e

ffects

of

a m

arria

ge i

s not

a v

ery

serio

us

issu

e. It

depends

on e

ach i

ndiv

idual

and h

ow

they w

ant

to c

arry

the r

ela

tionsh

ip. T

he o

nly

thin

g (

requir

ed)

is a

lways

rem

em

ber t

hat

thin

g

(quality

) w

hic

h m

ade y

ou f

all in love w

ith y

our p

artn

er,”

the 4

0-y

ear-o

ld

who a

cts

in t

he fi

lm s

aid

at

a p

ress

confe

rence.

Farhan h

as

been m

arrie

d t

o h

air

sty

list

Adhuna for a

lmost

14 y

ears

and

has

two k

ids

— S

hakya a

nd A

kir

a.

“Bein

g b

usy

wit

h w

ork

and h

om

e, you a

ctu

ally l

ose

sig

ht

of

what

was

actu

ally s

o a

ttracti

ve a

bout

the p

erso

n a

nd t

o r

em

em

ber t

hat

thin

g is

very

importa

nt,”

he a

dded.

Farhan s

tars

opposi

te V

idya B

ala

n in S

ha

ad

i K

e S

ide E

ffect

s w

hic

h h

as

been d

irecte

d b

y S

aket

Chaudhary. It

hit

s th

eatr

es

February 2

8.

Radc

liffe

to p

lay

civi

l eng

inee

r on

scr

een

Big

screen w

izard D

anie

l R

adcliff

e h

as

signed o

n t

o p

lay a

str

ess

ed-o

ut

civ

il e

ngin

eer i

n a

perio

d d

ram

a a

bout

the b

uil

din

g o

f th

e B

rook

lyn

B

rid

ge.

The H

arr

y P

ott

er

star w

ill

pla

y W

ash

ingto

n R

oebling,

a “

brilliant

but

inexperie

nced e

ngin

eer”

who o

versa

w t

he c

onst

ructi

on o

f th

e fam

ous

New

Y

ork

brid

ge t

hat

links

Brookly

n t

o M

anhatt

an, reports

dailyst

ar.

co.u

k.

In t

he fi

lm, R

oebling i

s fo

rced t

o t

ake o

ver t

he c

onst

ructi

on w

hen h

is

archit

ect

fath

er p

ass

es

aw

ay.

“Bese

iged b

y c

ala

mit

y, d

anger a

nd d

oubt,

Wash

ingto

n’s

obse

ssio

n t

hreat-

ens

his

healt

h”,

said

a p

ress

rele

ase

from

Gold

crest

Film

s.T

he fi

lm w

ill begin

shooti

ng in A

ugust

and w

ill be d

irecte

d b

y D

ougla

s M

cG

rath

.“H

avin

g D

anie

l’s

involv

em

ent

is a

mass

ive c

oup f

or t

he fi

lm, not

only

is

he p

erfe

ct

for t

he r

ole

, but

he’s

consi

stentl

y p

roved h

imse

lf t

o b

e o

ne o

f th

e v

ery f

ew

acto

rs

who i

s genuin

ely

a m

ass

ive d

raw

for a

udie

nces

of

all

ages,

” sa

id P

asc

al D

egove, m

anagin

g d

irecto

r, G

old

crest

Film

s.

Mos

s in

spir

es V

icto

ria

for

birt

hday

bas

h

Sin

ger-t

urned-f

ash

ion d

esi

gner V

icto

ria

Beckham

is

insp

ired b

y s

uper-

model K

ate

Moss

to o

rganis

e h

er 4

0th

bir

thday p

arty

.S

he w

ill tu

rn 4

0 in A

pril t

his

year a

nd is

keen t

o h

ave a

“hig

h q

uality

” sp

read a

fter s

eein

g t

he s

uperm

odel go a

ll-o

ut

on h

er m

ilest

one b

irth

day

last

weekend, reports

conta

ctm

usi

c.c

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© GRAPHIC NEWSSources: FIA, Autosport, Renault

Front wing: Widthreduced by 150mm

to 1,650mm. Change willsignificantly affect airflowaround both insideand outside offront wheels

Nose tip: Heightreduced to 185mm –

365mm lower thanin 2013

Engine: Turbocharged 1600cc90-degree V6, capped at

15,000rpm, 3,000rpm lessthan outgoing 2.4-litre V8.

Engine plus turbochargerwill produce more than600 brake horsepower(608PS, 447kW) –three times morepower than 1600ccstreet car engine

EnergyStore (ES):

Decides whenand how muchfuel to use.Also controlstwo motor generatorunits – MGU-H andMGU-K – which convertheat and kinetic (mechanical)energy to electrical energyand vice versa

MGU-H: Motorgenerator unit-heat

converts excess energy fromspinning turbine shaft toelectricity to charge batteryor to drive MGU-K.Also acts as motor to speedup turbo during acceleration,to avoid turbo lag

MGU-K: Motorgenerator unit-

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Sidepods: Wider toaccommodate extra

turbocharger and EnergyRecovery System radiators

Front bulkhead:Lowered to 525mm

to increase safety

Fuel: Limited tomaximum of 100kg

per race, down from150kg average in 2013.Fuel flow limited to100kg/h – currentlyunlimited. Changesrequire 30% improvementin engine efficiency

Lower beam wing: Downforce-producing

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Gearbox: Eightforward gears –

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HEALTH / FITNESS 11

By Kathryn Doyle

To prevent a second sprained ankle, wear-ing a brace may be more effective than neuromus-

cular training, but neither method is foolproof, say Dutch researchers.

They found that study par-ticipants who had sprained their ankles were about half as likely to suffer a second sprain when they wore a brace, compared to those who only got neuromuscular training.

This doesn’t mean people with sprained ankles should go for braces and forget about neu-romuscular training, the study’s senior author Dr Evert A L M Verhagen said.

The results could be due to chance, he said. And since past research shows that both the braces and the training offer some protection, the researchers couldn’t ethically include a test group that got neither measure, said Verhagen, who studies pub-lic and occupational health at VU University Medical Center in Amsterdam.

Originally Verhagen’s team thought both methods would be equally effective, and only wanted to see which cost more money in the long run, he said.

Ankle sprains represent one quarter of all sports injuries, the researchers note in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.

In The Netherlands, costs associated with every sprained ankle are close to €390 ($500), which translates to nearly €208m ($286m) spent annually just in that country, they write.

For the study, 380 adult ath-letes under age 70 who played a sport for at least one hour weekly

and had recently sprained an ankle were separated into three groups: one group got a two-month neuromuscular training program, one wore a semi-rigid ankle brace for 12 months and the third group tried both training and a brace at the same time for two months.

People in the training group performed special ankle exercises at home for 30-minute sessions three times a week. The training includes using a balance board and watching an instructional DVD that demonstrated the exercises.

The brace group was given an Aircast A60 Ankle Support, avail-able online for between $40 and $50.

In the yearlong study, 69 par-ticipants reported another sprain of the same ankle. Those who wore a brace were less likely to suffer a sprain than the training group, with 15 percent of the brace wear-ers and 27 percent of the training group reporting a sprain.

Of the group that got both training and a brace, 19 percent had a second sprain in the same ankle.

No one group lost more time or spent more money on their sprain injuries — all “second sprains” seemed to be roughly as severe in all groups.

“Based on my experiences I assumed that a combination of bracing and exercise would be best,” said Timothy A McGuine, senior scientist in the department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison.

Though the results are sur-prising, McGuine, who was not involved in the research, said he believes them since the study was

well done and the authors are quite respected in the field.

Verhagen cautioned, “We have only established an effect on the prevention of secondary injury.”

His group also did not consider other important complaints like pain, instability or performance. Other studies have found that neuromuscular training might help with those other aspects of recovery, he said.

“Each injury and patient situation is unique, and a good therapist or athletic trainer will tailor post injury treatment for a particular situation,” McGuine said.

“You have to remember that neuromuscular training has the potential to also lower the risk of other knee and lower leg injuries — bracing affects the ankle but will not reduce the risk of injury to other leg structures.”

Past research suggests the risk of a second ankle sprain goes up by 50 percent in the year following a first sprain.

Sports with lots of jumping, and certain positions like playing at net in volleyball are especially prone to sprains.

Certain individuals suffer from many recurrent ankle sprains and researchers still can’t say for sure why, Verhagen noted. In his study, those with many past sprains had basically the same recovery, but did seem to follow directions - for the brace or the training program - a bit better than others, he said.

For all preventive measures, braces or training, they can only work if you actually use them, Verhagen said.

SOURCE: bit.ly/1dyopj2 British Journal of Sports Medicine, online January 7, 2014.

Reuters

Ankle braces may be best after a sprain: Study

PLUS | SUNDAY 26 JANUARY 2014

Air pollution linked to heart attack: Study

There is a certain link between long-term exposure to air pollution and heart attacks

and angina, shows research.Long-term exposure to particulate matter in

outdoor air may heighten the risk of developing acute coronary events, said researchers.

An international team of researchers, coor-dinated by the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands, set out to study the effect of long term exposure to airborne pollutants on acute coronary events in 11 groups participating in the European Study of Cohorts for Air Pollution Effects (ESCAPE).

The study involved over 100,000 people with no history of heart disease enrolled from 1997 to 2007 and followed for an average of 11.5 years.

After taking account of several other risk fac-tors, including other illness, smoking and socio-economic factors, the researchers found that a 5 g/m3 increase in PM 2.5 levels (fine respir-able particles) was associated with a 13 percent increased risk of coronary events and a 10 g/m3 increase in PM10 particulate matter was associ-ated with a 12 percent increased risk of coronary events.

A total of 5,157 participants experienced coro-nary events during the follow-up period, said the study published on the website of British Medical Journal.

“Our study suggests an association between long-term exposure to particulate matter and incidence of coronary events,” said the authors.

Sit less, exercise more to reduce heart failure riskSitting idle for long period increases heart fail-

ure risk in men, even for those who exercise regularly. “Be more active and sit less. That’s the message here,” warned the researchers.

“The study is the first to examine the link between heart failure risk and sedentary time,” said Deborah Rohm Young, lead researcher and a senior scientist at Kaiser Permanente in Pasadena, California.

To understand the link, researchers followed a racially diverse group of 84,170 men aged 45 to 69 without heart failure.

Exercise levels were calculated in METs (metabolic equivalent of task) - a measure of the body’s energy use - while sedentary levels were measured in hours.

After an average of nearly eight years of follow-up, researchers found that men with low levels of physical activity were 52 percent more likely to develop heart failure than men with high physical activity levels, even after adjusting for differences in sedentary time.

Outside of work, men who spent five or more hours a day sitting were 34 percent more likely to develop heart failure than men who spent no more than two hours a day sitting, regard-less of how much they exercised, said the study published in the American Heart Association’s journal titled Circulation: Heart Failure.

Heart failure risk more than doubled in men who sat for at least five hours a day and got little exercise compared to men who were very physi-cally active and sat for two hours or less a day.

“People get at least 150 minutes a week of mod-erate-intensity aerobic activity to reduce their risk for heart failure and other cardiovascular diseases,” Young said

Agencies

TECHNOLOGYPLUS | SUNDAY 26 JANUARY 201412

By Lily Hay Newman

The discussion surrounding smartwatches this year is all about aesthetics. Who can make a smartwatch

that people actually want to wear? And as these and other wearable sensing devices proliferate, the ten-sion between looks and performance is intensifying. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the June brace-let, which was announced at the Consumer Electronic Show this month on and is out later this year. The device tracks a user’s sun expo-sure and syncs with an app on iDe-vices via Bluetooth to monitor UV intensity, recommend appropriate SPF, give skincare advice based on how much time a user spends in the sun, and even give warnings when a user has caught too many rays.

Created by Netatmo, the sensor company known for smart home devices such as weather monitors and thermostats, June exempli-fies tradeoffs in form and function. The device was designed by Camille Toupet — a veteran of Louis Vuitton and Harry Winston — and it has a photovoltaic gem centerpiece which can be either worn as a bracelet or taken off the band and clipped onto clothing. It costs $100 and comes in platinum, gold, and gun metal. It’s an unusually attractive, even fashionable, wearable that

actually looks like statement jewel-lery instead of a piece of technology.

But it really only does one thing: It measures sun exposure. It’s a single-use device that syncs to a single-use app. Perhaps it foreshadows a world where we each customise our array of wearable sensors by picking and choosing among single-focus gadgets from day to day. Which sensors we want and how we want to look would both play a part in dictating how we dressed and accessorized.

Wearables certainly would be a lot more attractive if they weren’t crammed with maximal function-ality. But this is also wildly inef-ficient, and previous technologies haven’t evolved this way. Cameras, MP3 players, calculators, notebooks, calendars, phones, and everything else eventually collapsed into smart-phones: one device. No matter how attractive a sensor-turned-bracelet is, there’s a limit to how many wear-ables one person can actually, you know, wear.

The June is also interesting because it’s marketed specifically to

women. Most smartwatches and fitness monitors at the moment are gender-neutral, though some smart-watches are still pretty large and therefore fit more comfortably on men’s wrists.

According to Netatmo’s website, the June “is meant to help women know when and how to protect

their skin every day from sun damage.” And that’s fine. But men need to protect themselves from sun damage, too, and women may not require their sun exposure sensor to look like designer jewelry.

Since the aesthetic direction of wearables is still undetermined, and is currently dictated by the tech inside, the devices present a good opportunity to move away from traditional, often reductive, male and female marketing, which can be particularly blatant in tech.

Example: the EPad Femme tablet for women. Alternate example: The Honda Fit She’s. It’s a tall order, but balancing form and function is the crux of the uncertainty in wearables right now.

WP-Bloomberg

Is a bracelet that measures your sun exposure actually useful?

South Korea’s already impres-sive internet speeds are about to pull even farther ahead of the rest of the world with

plans to introduce a next-generation 5G wireless service capable of down-loading full-length films in a second.

The country’s science ministry said on Thursday it would invest 1.6t won ($1.5bn) with local firms in the serv-ice, with a view to making it com-mercially available by the end of the decade.

The 5G network will enable users to download an 800-megabyte movie in one second, compared with 40 seconds on the current 4G network — already the fastest in the world.

That would mean passengers on high-speed trains would be able to access the internet even at speeds of 500kmh (310mph), compared with the current limit of 300kmh.

“Bullet trains around the world keep getting faster, with some in China running as fast as 500kmh and 600kmh,” a ministry official, who declined to be named, said in Seoul. “If we have the technology to allow fast internet access in these trains, it can open new opportunities for us

globally.”South Korea is determined to pro-

tect its position as a global leader in super-fast internet connections. More than 78 percent of South Korea’s 50 million people use smartphones; among 18-24 year olds, the proportion rises to a staggering 97 percent.

Regular upgrades to the country’s mobile network have been instrumen-tal in fuelling economic growth, start-ing with the 2G service in the 1990s through to the introduction of the 4G service in 2010.

“Countries in Europe, as well as China and the US are making aggres-sive efforts to develop 5G technology ... and we believe there will be fierce competition in this market in a few years,” the science ministry said in a statement.

The ministry estimates the project will generate about 331t won in 5G-related mobile devices and infra-structure between 2020 and 2026, with a focus on new features such as ultra-HD and cutting-edge social net-working services. The new network will generate a domestic telecom mar-ket worth 68t won, it said.

The ministry said it would develop

5G with expertise and investment from mobile carriers and handset makers such as LG and Samsung, the world’s biggest maker of smartphones.

While South Korea, led by Samsung, dominates the global mobile device market with a 30 percent stake, its share of the telecom infra-structure market is just 4.4 percent. The ministry said it hoped increase that share to one-fifth by the end of the decade. Rivals such as the Chinese

firm Huawei, which also plans to roll out a 5G service by 2020, have much bigger shares of the telecom infra-structure market.

The 5G service will be tested on social networking services as early as next year before expanding to include 3D images and cloud services in 2017, the ministry said. The full range of services will be tested at the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang in 2018.

The Guardian

S Korean 5G internet move to further increase download speeds

COMICS & MORE 13

Hoy en la HistoriaJanuary 26, 1905

1500: Spain made landfall in Brazil but was unable to claim it due to a treaty between Spain and Portugal dividing the New World along geographical lines1904: A fire at the National Library in Turin, founded in 1720, destroyed thousands of books and manuscripts1994: Romania signed a partnership document with NATO2009: Iceland’s coalition government collapsed in the wake of the country’s deep financial crisis

The Cullinan diamond, the world’s largest at 3,106 carats, was mined in South Africa. Two of the nine large gem-quality stones cut from it are pictured above

Picture: Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS

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

ANKLET, BALMORAL, BLUCHER, BROGUE, BUSKIN, CALCEUS, CHOPINE, CLOGS, COWBOY BOOT, DESERT BOOT, ESPADRILLE, FLIPPER, FOOT, GETA, GILLIE, GUMBOOT, HEEL, INSTEP, LOAFER, MOCASSIN, PATTEN, PLATFORM, PUMPS, RIDING BOOT, SABOT, SANDAL, SCUFFER, SHOE, SLIPPER, SNEAKER, SOCK, STILETTO, STOCKING, TALARIA, TRAINER, WELLINGTON.

LEARN ARABIC

Baby Blues by Jerry Scott and Rick Kirkman

Zits by Dennis Young and Denis Lebrun

Hagar The Horrible by Chris Browne

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18:55 Gravity Falls


20:30 Good Luck

Charlie

21:40 Shake It Up


22:25 A.N.T. Farm

23:10 Wizards Of

Waverly Place

12:00 Two And A Half

Men

13:30 Friends

14:00 Baby Daddy

14:30 That Mitchell And

Webb Look


Men

15:30 The Daily Show

With Jon Stewart

16:00 The Colbert

Report


Men

17:00 Late Night With

Jimmy Fallon

18:00 Arrested

Development

18:30 The Simpsons

19:00 2 Broke Girls


Men

20:30 Web Therapy

23:00 Weeds


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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.

• There are demands to replace the rope barrier around the lake in Aspire Park with a glass barrier for the safety of visitors, especially children.

• There are complaints against soaring prices of toys. Prices have increased about 60 percent, shops do not have toys for children of all ages, and some of them do not meet safety specifications.

• There are complaints about some truck drivers entering Ras Abu Aboud tunnel at the Corniche, in spite of a board outside clearly saying that entry of trucks is prohibited. The trucks might hit cars inside the tunnel.

• There are demands for more dustbins in densely populated areas like Najma, Al Mansoura, Umm

Ghuwailina, Ain Khalid and Al Rayyan. Bigger trash containers are needed in these areas because of their growing population.

• There are demands for building entertainment cities and water parks for singles and families and keeping them open throughout the year to encourage people to spend their vacations in the country instead of travelling abroad

• There are demands to fence off deep roadside excavations to prevent vehicles and pedestrians from falling into them.

• There are demands that the authorities take action against some eateries and shops in downtown Doha that reserve parking spaces at the front and back of the shops for their customers.

IN FOCUS

Two birds enjoying the evening weather at Al Khor community.

by Meena Gemini

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

Saif Al Madfaa, Director of Internal Audit Department, Qatar Investment Authority

He worked as senior auditor at the State Audit Bureau. He then joined the Supreme Council for

Economic Affairs and Investment in Qatar as Head of Employee Affairs. In 2006, after formation of the Qatar Investment Authority, he was appointed as the Head of Payments at the Finance Department before tak-ing on his present role in 2011. He is Non-Executive Member of al khaliji board. He is also a Board member in Pavillion Reit Management SDN BHD listed in Bursa Malaysia and Dhofar Tourism Company SAOG, a public joint stock company in Oman. He holds a Bachelor Degree in Commerce from the University of Cairo.

Who’s who

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Willaim Close When: Jan 30-Feb 2, 8pm -10pm Where: Drama Theater, building 16 Katara.What: World renowned installation artist and musician and his unique, one of a kind and entirely original musical instruments. Willaim has created 100 types of instruments. His work explores connection between architecture and music. Entry: QR75-QR100-QR200

Sarah Brightman In Concert When: Feb 9, 7pm-11pmWhere: Qatar National Conventional Center

What: International superstar SarahBrightman is the worlds biggest sellingSoprano. She pioneered the classical crossover music movement and is famed for possessing a vocal range of over 3 octaves. Sarah has been the first to be invited to perform at the Olympic Games on two occasions.Entry: QR290 to QR1200

Cinderella BalletWhen: Feb 5-Feb 8; two shows will be held per day: From 4 pm till 5 pm and 7pm till 8pm Where: Katara Drama Theatre What: Moscow State Academic Dance Theatre “Gzhel’s” Cinderella is performed to the choreography of Konstantin Sergeyev, under the revision of Natalia Permyakova.Tickets: QR50-QR75 (available at Virgin)

Souq Waqif Spring FestivalWhen: Jan 24-Feb 6Where: Souq Waqif What: The entire Souq is sprawling with shows for everyone, some of which are Winter Wonderland birds, LED sparklers, Comedy Waiters, Men in Coats etc. The venues for these activities are The SouqAlley, Art Gallery, Main Parking and Outdoor Theater.

Free Entry

Sheikh Abdullah bin Jassim: A Leader’s Legacy When: Until Jan 30Where: 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

Second World Trade Festival When: Until Feb 5 Where: Al W’aab area What: A big tent has been built in Al W’aab area for families to enjoy the world trade festival that has various items such as clothing to accessories and food as well. The tent also has a fun area for kids.Free Entry

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