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• In India, everybody knows this healthful one-pot dish

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The North American International Auto Show begins this week in Detroit with media and industry previews. Here are some of the new cars and experimental concept vehicles unveiled at the show.

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The North American International Auto Show begins this week in Detroit. Here are some of the new cars and experimental concept vehi-

cles unveiled at the show:

Ford GTFord stunned the crowd with its new GT, a high-

performance supercar. The lightweight, carbon fiber GT has a twin-turbocharged 3.5-litre EcoBoost V6 engine that produces more than 600 horsepower. The two-seater has deep, dramatic scoops in the hood and the sides and advanced aerodynamics, including a deployable rear spoiler. It’s Ford’s first GT in more than a decade and one of 12 new Ford performance vehicles coming to market by 2020. The GT honours the 50th anniversary of the original GT40’s 1966 vic-tory in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Ford Executive Chairman Bill Ford says the new GT will go on sale late next year, first in the US Production will be limited. Pricing will be announced later, but Bill Ford says it will in the range of other exotic supercars like the $200,000 Lamborghini Gallardo.

Acura NSXThe production version of Acura’s NSX got a boost

from Jerry Seinfeld, who was in Detroit promoting the supercar. Featuring a twin-turbocharged V-6 engine and a three-electric motor hybrid system, it promises total power output of more than 550 horsepower. In a video before the car was revealed, Seinfeld and fellow comedian Jay Leno joked about who would be getting the first one. The NSX can run in four modes that offer different performances, as well as variations in the engine’s sound level. A team of 100 workers will build the car in Marysville, Ohio. Acura plans to start accepting orders starting this summer and the first NSXs are expected to be on the road later in the year. The starting price is seen in the mid-$150,000 range.

Hot cars at the Detroit auto show

Ford GT

Alfa Romeo 4C Spider

Volkswagen Cross Coupe GTE concept

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Alfa Romeo 4C SpiderA convertible version of the 4C coupe with a removable carbon-

fiber hard top. It has a 1.75-liter turbocharged engine that puts out 237 horsepower mated to a six-speed dual-clutch transmission. The Spider and the 4C will be difficult to get. FiatChrysler says only 3,000 will be built by hand in Italy, and fewer than half of those will be convertibles. Pricing hasn’t been announced, but expect the Spider to run between $60,000 and $85,000.

Porsche 911 Targa 4 GTS and Cayenne Turbo SPorsche unveiled a pair of new offerings, including the 911 Targa

4 GTS that packs 430 horsepower and promises zero-to-60 mph acceleration in 4.1 seconds — a hair faster than the current Targa S model. The sports car maker also showed off a Turbo S version of its Cayenne that it says completes the new range of offerings of the SUV, bringing 507 horsepower to the table.

Volkswagen Cross Coupe GTE ConceptIt’s Volkswagen’s third concept previewing a seven-passenger

midsize SUV. The goal is to start producing it in the US at the end of 2016. Volkswagen says the five-passenger plug-in hybrid Crosse Coupe GTE, with its upscale, muscular design gives the clearest idea yet of the SUV’s styling. Among its most prominent features is a wide, aluminum-framed air inlet below a narrow, two-bar grille. Under the hood is a 276-horsepower 3.6-litre V6 and two electric motors, which can power the car in electric mode for up to 20 miles or can combine with the gas engine for a total of 355 horsepower.

Mercedes GLE450 AMG Sport Coupe/ AMG GLE63 Coupe Mercedes takes on the BMW X6 SUV with its four-door GLE

Coupe, a crossover version of the midsize E-Class sedan. It has a coupe-like roofline and a wide, tough stance. In the US, the GLE 450 AMG 4Matic Coupe will go on sale with a 362-horsepower V6, a nine-speed transmission and all-wheel drive. It’s Mercedes’ first AMG sports model, and promises features such as variable controls depending on road conditions at a lower price point than the traditional AMG. At the top of the line is the Mercedes-AMG GLE63 S Coupe, powered by a 577-horsepower, 5.5-liter V8. Look for both versions in the US in August.

Mercedes-Benz F015 Concept, C450 AMG 4MATIC, C350 Plug-In Hybrid:

Mercedes is taking the idea of a self-driving car to a new, luxu-rious level with the F015. The car resembles a silver capsule and made its debut at the consumer electronics show in Las Vegas. It’s on display in Detroit as the automaker pushes into what Dieter Zetsche, leader of Mercedes-Benz, calls “the hottest next wave” in the auto industry. The roomy, lounge-like interior is loaded with high-resolution touch screens and offers an adjustable seating sys-tem with four rotating chairs that allow the occupants to sit face to face (like in the days of horse-drawn carriages, Zetsche notes).

Infiniti Q60 ConceptInfiniti previewed the design of its upcoming Q60 coupe with a

concept car. It’s got sharper, more precise styling than the current Q60, along with a more aggressive grille and narrowed headlights. Infinit says the Q60 that will go on sale next year will be strongly influenced by the Q60 concept. With sales lagging, Nissan’s luxury brand could use the boost. AP

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Porsche 911 Targa 4 GTS

2015 Acura NSX

Infiniti Q60 Concept

Mercedes Benz F015 Luxury in Motion

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MES Indian School Athletic Team has emerged over all champions, with eighteen

medals (one gold, ten silver and seven bronze) in under-16 boy’s category and over all runners up in the CBSE National Athletic Meet held at Divine Child School, Mehsana, Gujarat, India, recently. The meet was conducted for all the CBSE affiliated schools in India and abroad from January 9 to 12.

MES Indian School is the only school to win medals in the National Athletic

Meet from the CBSE affiliated Schools in Qatar.

Mohammed Faaz, who had won four gold medals consecutively in the CESE Nationals, won gold medal in the triple jump, boys’ under- 19 cat-egory while Mohammed Arshad won bronze in Javelin Throw, boys’ under -16 category.

In the relay competitions 4X100 meters boys’ under -16, MES team won silver medal while under boys’ 19 team won silver medal in 4X100

meters relay and bronze medal in 4X400 meters relay. MES relay team also came fourth in 4X400 meters relay in boys’ under 16 category.

All the CBSE National medal win-ners will be provided with sports schol-arship for a full academic year by the school management.

“MES Athletic Team has again proved the real metal in the CBSE nationals and this victory will be written in the annals of the school”, said Principal Sasidharan A P, while

felicitating the MES Athletic Team and the Department Of Physical Education.

“It is a proud moment for MES Indian School to win laurels in the nationals and indeed it is the fruits of the commitment and hard work of the students and the teachers as well,” remarked Ezekiel Balraj, Head, Department of Physical Education.

Steeson K Mathew, Akbar Ali and Rajani T trained MES Athletic Team.

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MES emerges champions in CBSE National Athletic meet

MES athletes displaying their medals as school officials look on.

Ideal Indian School bagged overall championship in the 21st Siratun-nabi Elocution and Quran recitation compe-tition organised by MES Indian School recently. In the elocution competition, Bilal Ahmed Moosa of class VIII stood first and Rafia Islam of Class X won third prize. In the Quran Recitation competi-tion, Bilal Mohammed Hashim of class X and Shaikh Mohammed Yousuf of class VIII won the first prize in the Junior and Senior categories respectively. Principal Syed Shoukath Ali Khan congratulated the winners. Pictured are the champi-ons Bilal Ahmed Moosa, Rafia Islam, Bilal Mohammed Hashim and Shaikh Mohammed Yousuf with the Principal and the HOD Arabic Dr Syed Abdul Hai.

Birla Public School (BPS) con-ducted a two-day Young Leadership Conclave for the

students in classes IX to XII recently.Asha Fenn and Dewaker were the

resource persons. Backed up by their expertise and

experience, they were able to engage the students fruitfully and got the stu-dents reorient their goals and ambi-tions in the light of their engagement.

The students responded to the call to take stock of their talents, abilities,

strengths and weaknesses and revi-talise themselves to work towards fulfilling their goals with unrelenting motivation and unceasing endeavour.

The conclave does not end with the two-day programme but aims to sustain the motivation gener-ated with continual interaction with the students until such times as the students/resource persons feel that objectives are fulfilled to each other’s satisfaction.

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BPS holds Young Leadership Conclave

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Bharathi holds DJ nightBharathi, the Indian Association of Al Khor community, celebrated the New Year with a DJ night on January 2 at the Ball Room of Al Waha Club. The evening was filled with music by DJ Samim. More than 400 members participated in this event. Bharathi General Secretory Magi Srinivasan said that the DJ night gave much needed opportunity to relax for the members after a hectic year. Special lighting and audio system were arranged by Excom members Madhukar Kalmady, Kenet Coelho, Vinod Koyiparambath and Milind Athavale.

Adagio Premium gets new GM

Aparthotel Adagio Premium West Bay Doha has appointed Jules-

Henri Edouard (pictured) as the hotel’s new General Manager.

He brings more than 30 years of hospi-tality experi-ence to his new role, and will be focused on the brand’s vision, focusing on key issues such as the increment of sales and training the staff on quality and driving revenue for the property.

Commenting on his appointment Edouard said: “It is an honour for me to drive this new Accor project, the creation of the Adagio Premium, Doha will be the first of this upscale apartho-tel brand. The objective is to provide the same high standard and personal-ised service that a 5-star hotel offers.” French national Edouard has a back-ground in the field of hospitality and he has worked in managerial positions in North America, Caribbean, Europe, Africa and Indian subcontinent.

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Q-Auto has launched the new Audi A7 at their main showroom on Salwa Road. The spacious five-door coupe is now even more powerful and attractive – thanks to new

engine configurations, new transmissions, new head-lights, taillights and new infotainment systems. The model combines the emotional appeal and sportiness of a coupe with the comfort of a sedan and the func-tional benefits of an Avant.

The new Audi A7 embodies the design and lead-ership of the Audi brand. Back when the A7 first debuted in 2010, Audi was already setting new stand-ards in automotive design, embracing an athletic aesthetic and elegance in grand style. Its long engine hood, sporty, flowing C pillars and the sharply drop-ping rear end create a dynamic overall impression. The revised version of the five-door model, measuring 4.97 meters in length, now has additional striking, sporty features.

The most striking changes are to the Single frame grille, bumpers, tailpipes and headlights. LED tech-nology is now standard; upon request, Audi can sup-ply Matrix LED headlights, which light the road optimally without causing glare for other road users. Combined with the Matrix LED headlights, dynamic turn signals are also installed at the front; they come standard at the rear.

The sporty style of the exterior is echoed in the car’s interior. The dominant element is the horizontal line surrounding the driver and passenger. The dash-board gives an impression of lightness and elegance. The new interior materials, including the aluminum/Beaufort walnut inlay and standard Valcona leather, are impressive for their finish. The color palette has been redesigned, offering six color options even for the seats.

In addition, the TFSI technology employed in the latest model, allows for better fuel utilization and reduced consumption. The engine is paired with the S tronic® transmission and quattro® permanent all-wheel drive, allowing the car to sprint from 0 to

100 km/h in 5.3 seconds.“We are excited to be bringing the new Audi A7 to

Qatar,” said Ala Makey, sales manager. “This model gives ‘sedan’ a new meaning, offering customers elegance and convenience through exclusive Audi features. Its innovative design integrates the classic

proportions of a large, sporty sedan with modern luxury and pioneering technology. The model is one of the most eagerly anticipated models of 2015 in the Audi range, and we’re certain that its indistinguish-able features will stand out in the local market”.

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New Audi A7 hits Doha roads

Ala Makey with new Audi A7.

The concept of the symposium and the conference organised by NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) and Unesco were under the theme of Integral Study

of the Silk Road: Roads of Dialogue. During the conference Federico Mayor, Director

General of the Unesco, delivered this message: “The events are bold and ambitious venture that set to reopen doors of the past, thus shedding new light on the present. Through a vast programme of research that has mobilised scientists, academics and media worldwide, and that has included five expeditions mapping out again both land roads and sea routes, the Silk Roads study has forcefully disproved those concepts and visions that today stand as obstacle to the harmonious coexistence of peoples.

“The Silk Roads have highlighted the fruitful dia-lectic and give and take in the unending dialogue between civilizations and cultures. They show how the movement of people, and the flow of ideas and values, have served to transform cultures, and even civilisations, whether it be through the spread of Buddhism, Christianity or Islam between East and West, the transfer of technologies or the dissemina-tion of scientific knowledge.

“Through this project, Unesco has sought to shed light on the common heritage, both material and spiritual, that links the people of Eurasia. To generate an awareness of the different civilizations shed roots and to foster the concept of a plural world of heritage that embraces the masterpieces of nature in all countries is, in the final analysis, to encourage attitudes of openness and toler-ance, so necessary in an essentially inter-dependent world.

“The fundamental issue at stake in the Roads of Culture approach is to highlight the significance of pluralism in culture, no

less vital than that of biodiversity in nature”. When I arrived in Nara after a long flight from

Baghdad to Tokyo I found it a city of beauty and calm, a green city full of Japanese traditional build-ings — among them were high temples attributed to various historical periods of Japan. The oldest attributed to the time of its establishment by the Chinese in 710AD.

The next day, NHK took all the participants of the symposium and conference for a tour around the city of Nara. Each place seems to be celebrating the occa-sion in different ways and means. However, they were all under one slogan — The Silk Road between East and West End in Nara. In some corners of the city they were exhibiting antiquities from different parts of the world related to the Silk Road to commemo-rate this occasion. In addition to this, there were traditional performances such as singing dancing and fashion shows. They all represented the cultural heritages of the Silk Road countries and locations.

NHK introduced the participants and the schol-ars, who will participate in live panels broadcasting through NHK mass media, and commentators began to give out information regarding the Silk Road like the history of the Road, the advantages of the Silk Road and the main and sub routes. One of the com-mentators added a new dimension to the Silk Road

when he stated that the Silk Road used to begin and end in Nara City and how the study of the Silk Road will eventually lead to ‘Roads of Dialogue’.

Thereafter each participant gave a short account about their work related to the Silk Road Trade or Cultural Integrations. My subject was about ‘The Role of the Arabian Gulf in the Silk Road Trade’. I gave a short account about the results of excavation in Ras Al Khaymah and

Dubai emirates. I reached a conclusion based on the unearthed tangible material such as Chinese porce-lain, Thailand Celadon, Afghani and Indian semi-precious stones, and coloured glass bracelets that the Arabian Gulf was a moon like many other moons orbiting the Silk Road Trade System.

During the beginning of Ming Dynasty the impor-tance of overland trade route countries located in central and western parts of Asia diminished due to the new sea trade along the so-called Spice Road explored by the Chinese in the very beginning of the fifteenth century, which was highly developed over time. Consequently, a number of locations was gradually deserted in later days of Ming Dynasty.

The Maritime Silk Route project continued for few years to come. Among the researches, for exam-ple, was ‘In Search of Sinbad’, which was held at the Museum of Maritime in Paris from March 18 to June 15, 1994. In the introduction in the cata-logue, the director of the museum wrote: From the magic of the seas skirting the land routes, universal nautical was born. From China to Arabia, through the Indonesian archipelago, ships all kinds manned by crew speaking every language and from every culture opened up the high sea routes, carrying the fabulous cargoes the West dreamed of. Plying the routes of incense, jade, perfume, gems, exotic woods, silk, spices, porcelain, and tea, the fleet of the eastern seas, of which only a few astonished voyageurs ever caught at glimpse and which were practically ignored until the Renaissance, estab-lished a classic commercial monopoly more impor-tantly, they developed an advanced naval science at a time when Europe was living in dread of the murky depth….Striving to reconstitute the mate-rial and the cultural aspects of the Maritime Silk Routes; “In Search of Sinbad” also pays tribute to the millions of unknown sailors who sailed with silk fleets”. The Peninsula

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Dr Munir Taha

Silk Road: Road of dialogues

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By Emily C Horton

We all ask for different things from our food in the name of comfort. We look for that glint of a certain place or time, or of a particular person or

group of people. Others of us might look to dishes that skirt the edges of familiarity yet sate a yearn-ing for something new and stimulating: the familiar yet unfamiliar.

I seek out food that’s also nourishing, because what is more comforting than being truly well-fed in every way? There’s also something to be said for postpran-dial smugness.

Trying to light on a meal that hits most of those points, I’ve been turning lately to Indian kitchari (aka kichadi or kicheree or khichdi), a one-pot dish of grains and legumes scented with spices and cooked until each component breaks down into the other. Likening it to risotto is only a little bit of a stretch. Kitchari is creamy and fragrant, filling without being heavy, deceptively rich-tasting and supremely health-ful at the same time.

In India, kitchari is home cooking: a dish everyone knows, and everyone knows how to make. That is partly why, though on the subcontinent you might occasionally find kitchari in a restaurant, it is not commonly served at restaurants in the United States. Traditionally, kitchari hasn’t been something you go out for.

“It’s sort of unglamorous food,” said Mumbai native and District of Columbia resident Vaishali Honawar, who blogs about vegan and Indian cooking and has posted a couple of kitchari variations on her web-site, Holy Cow! “It’s what you make when you’re in a hurry or a rush or in mourning, or when you’re sick. It gets made out of necessity. But at the same time, it’s filling and nutritious.”

At its simplest and most traditional, kitchari employs long-grain white rice and yellow moong dal — tiny green moong (mung) beans split and skinned. The result is a savoury porridge, easy on the palate and the digestive system. Minimally seasoned, it’s what mothers give their children when they’re ill, and often one of the first foods fed to a child. DC resident Kshitij Patkar, also originally from Mumbai, told me how a relative, rather than buy baby food, pureed kitchari for her infant.

For its easy digestibility, kitchari is also highly valued in ayurveda, India’s traditional science of medicine and healing, whose practitioners say it has detoxifying, restorative properties as a cleanse.

Seasoned more generously, kitchari might be a simple lunch on a winter afternoon, made with lots of ginger to ward off chills or with ghee (clarified butter) for extra strength; or served, as Patkar

remembers, with a brothy tomato soup or a carrot slaw. Every community or household, he adds, has its own version. Though in India kitchari is most often accompanied by other dishes, with the addition of a few vegetables it has all the trappings of a meal in itself. Some cooks, said Anupy Singla, author of Indian for Everyone (Agate Surrey, 2014), cook the dish over a fire until the bottom caramelises into crisped, cherished bits.

There are special variations, such as sabudana kitchari, made with tapioca pearls and served on fasting days, or the celebratory south Indian vari-ant pongal, spiced with mustard seed, curry leaves, cumin, cashews and ginger, and enriched with plenty of ghee.

“It is India’s chicken soup for the soul,” said Rano Singh, owner of Washington’s Pansaari, an Indian spice shop and cafe, where she plans to begin serving a couple of versions of kitchari as a light meal and to include it in a new cooking class series.

Honawar echoed: “Even for those of us who grew up with it not being a particularly exciting food, it’s become a warm, fuzzy reminder of home.”

For home cooks without roots in kitchari, the dish still has appeal to spare. It comes together largely in one pot and turns out flavours far more complex than you’d expect, considering the amount of time required to produce it. You can even make it in a slow-cooker; in her first book, The Indian Slow Cooker, Singla included two recipes for kitchari.

It is also endlessly variable, a veritable mix-and-match for all manner of grains, dals and greens.

In Hindi, kitchari means “a mess” or “all mixed up.” By that translation, suggests Singla, you can interpret the dish however you want.

Take that to heart, and kitchari will never bore you.

Some tips: It’s common in Indian households to replace the husked moong dal with unskinned moong dal, or even whole moong beans, for extra fibre and substance. But other dals will work, too.

Don’t be tempted to substitute your fancy black beluga or French green lentils here. They might be prettier, but they won’t break down in the way that Indian dals do, providing the starch that creates the creaminess essential to kitchari. (Dal, inciden-tally, is an umbrella term for “legumes,” which could include lentils, split peas or beans. Most familiar dals — channa, which are split black chickpeas, moong dal, urad dal and toor dal — are split versions of peas or beans. One familiar exception is the red or orange masoor dal, which is a true lentil.)

The lentils’ starchy properties are especially valu-able when you choose to substitute different grains for kitchari’s traditional rice. Millet and quinoa, nutty and earthy-tasting, are lovely in kitchari, but they don’t contribute much binding starch on their own. Amaranth is nice if you combine it with less-starchy grains: Its tiny seeds become porridge-like as they cook and contribute a light, grassy flavour that can be overwhelming on its own. Toast rice or other grains with the oil and spices for the first few minutes of cooking, before adding water, to coax out their flavour.

As the weather warms, changing kitchari’s tone is easy. Broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, turnips and shreds of kale are perfect now, but in spring, look to asparagus and peas; in summer, yellow squash or zucchini, green beans and tomatoes. Add them mid-way through or near the end of cooking, depending on their sturdiness.

The soul of your kitchari is the spicing, and

changing that will alter the dish’s character entirely. Choose a few spices and aromatics or many; as long as you use them properly, moderation will reap rewards. You can add them at the beginning of cook-ing or toward the end, although you’ll do the kitchari a service by introducing onion, ginger, garlic and turmeric in the beginning, to better infuse the grains and legumes as they cook.

One rule: Saute your spices in oil first to release their flavour. That is what’s called a tarka and is so essential to building flavour in Indian cooking.

Traditionalists often serve kitchari with a few accompaniments. Singla brings pickle, papadums and an onion or tomato salad to the table. Delhi native Gita Pande, a wellness consultant in Washington, recalls pairing hers with a red onion, homemade yogurt and chopped cucumber. But a simple dol-lop of yogurt or drift of chopped avocado makes a fine garnish as well. Some cooks, including Honawar, maintain that kitchari needs no embellishments.

As you become more confident making kitchari, don’t be afraid to take your eyes off the recipe and make it your own. As with comfort food, we all have our own versions. When it comes down to it, that is the inestimable comfort of the kitchen. Knowing what you crave and being able to sate it — anywhere, anytime, with self-assurance — is when you really have what you need.

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In India, everybody knows this healthful one-pot dish

For its easy digestibility, kitchari is also highly valued in ayurveda, India’s traditional science of medicine and healing, whose practitioners say it has detoxifying, restorative properties as a cleanse.

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By Lisa Richwine and Chris Michaud

US and Canadian filmgoers turned out for a third time to see Liam Neeson in his action movie franchise Taken, which

led box office charts over the weekend with $40.4m in ticket sales.

Civil rights film Selma finished in second place with $11.2m from Friday through Sunday as the awards contender expanded to more theatres.

Disney’s film version of the dark Broadway musical Into The Woods came in third with $9.8m, according to estimates from tracking firm Rentrak. The Golden Globe-nominated film starring Emily Blunt and Meryl Streep has now totaled more than $105m since opening on Christmas day.

Taken 3 stars Neeson as former CIA agent Bryan Mills, a role that has helped establish the 62-year-old as an action star. In the third installment, Mills is on the run after he is accused of a murder he didn’t commit.

The movie, which cost $48m, opened far stronger than the $28m forecast by Box Office Mojo and also expected by 20th Century Fox, the unit of 21st Century Fox which released it.

Chris Aronson, president of domestic distribution at Fox, said the brawny result spoke to the popularity of the Mills character, who he said had proven to be “compelling to both men and women.”

Releasing it after the onslaught of prestige year-end films also helped, said Aronson, who noted, “This is the first popcorn, escapist film of the year, and audiences were absolutely primed for that.”

Selma stars David Oyelowo as Martin Luther King Jr in the story of the 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, for black voters’ rights. The $20m movie opened in a limited release in December and expanded this weekend to nearly 2,200 theatres.

The movie distributed by Viacom

Inc’s Paramount Pictures has won widespread critical acclaim and is a nominee at Sunday night’s Golden Globe awards for best film drama. Oprah Winfrey was a producer and plays a supporting role.

Fantasy epic The Hobbit slipped down to fourth place after three weeks in the number one slot.

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, by Oscar-winning director Peter Jackson, is the last of six films adapted from J R R Tolkien’s books and the third and final installment based on the author’s novel The

Hobbit. It took in $9.4m over the weekend, for a total of $236.5m since its release four weeks ago, according to box office tracker Exhibitor Relations.

Fifth place was occupied by Unbroken, the Angelina Jolie-directed drama about Louis Zamperini, an Olympic athlete taken captive by the Japanese during World War II. The movie took in $8.2m.

The Imitation Game, about a code-cracking mathematician and logician during World War II, rose to sixth with $7.2m, beating out Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, which slipped to seventh.

The family comedy, the third in the Ben Stiller franchise about a museum security guard trying to keep track of exhibits that come to life, took in $6.7m.

Annie, about the adventures of an orphan girl starring Quvenzhane Wallis in the title role and Jamie Foxx as the tycoon who takes her under his wing, brought in $4.8m, good enough for eighth place.

And rounding out the top ten were horror flick The Woman in Black 2, in ninth with $4.6m, and Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1, which fell to tenth with $3.8m.

The third instalment in the hugely popular series starring Jennifer Lawrence, has racked up a whopping $329.5m since its debut eight weeks ago. Agencies

Liam Neeson wins boxoffice again with Taken 3

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Lena Dunham to quit Twitter

Actress Lena Dunham has vowed to quit micro-blogging site Twitter after receiving insults and death threats.

Speaking on the red carpet of Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Sunday, she said: “I’m trying to create a safer place for myself. People threaten my life and tell me what a cow I am,” reports femalefirst.co.uk.

The 28-year-old admits she is not a regular visitor on the site and doesn’t check her mentions and interactions quite often because of the scale of negative comments she’s received.

She added: “I check it occasionally but it’s not the same co-depend-ence. A lot of people I love on the internet but you can’t read those

without reading deranged neo-cons telling me I should be buried under a pile of rocks.”

Despite saying that she might leave the site, Dunman con-tinued to post updates through-out the award ceremony and joked that actor Mark Ruffalo had caught her searching her name online.

She tweeted: “Oh don’t worry @markruffalo just caught me googling myself #goldenglobes (sic).”

Blanchett trusts Emu oil for skin

Actress Cate Blanchett, 45, says she swears by the power of Emu oil for keeping her skin in check.

“I tend to use really basic creams, and I like to put an oil on, like an emu oil from Australia. It’s from the Emu (bird) and it’s really nour-ishing. I prefer an oil to a cream,” dailymail.co.uk quoted her as saying.

“In indigenous Australian culture, that’s the first oil they put on a baby because it’s so hydrating. It’s all pretty basic,” she added.

The product is made from oil taken from the fatty tissue on an Emu’s back.

Gunshots fired at Brown’s concert

Singer Chris Brown’s concert was cut short when gunshots were fired in the middle of his performance, sending the crowd into panic. The

25-year-old was performing his song “Loyal” on stage at Fiesta Nightclub in San Jose, California on Sunday when the incident happened leaving at least five people injured — all were rushed to hospital, reports aceshowbiz.com.

Brown was not injured and was quickly rushed to safety by his entourage as chaos broke out on the dance floor.

As per reports, no suspects have been named. Police were questioning a number of people to investigate the motive behind the shootings.

However, it’s not Brown’s first brush with club violence.In August 2014, an event hosted by him also ended in violence. Gunshots

rang out when the singer hosted a pre-VMAs party at 1Oak in Los Angeles, injuring music producer Suge Knight.

He was also involved in a 2013 infamous brawl with Drake over former girlfriend Rihanna.

BOLLYWOOD NEWS

Mary Kom is for my dad: Priyanka

Mary Kom was one of the top gainers at the Renault Star Guild Awards 2015 and actress Priyanka Chopra, who played the main

lead in the film, has dedicated its success to her late father Ashok Chopra.“Thank u #starGuildAwards for the acknowledgements

tonight...#MaryKom is for my dad.. Thank you for watching over me,” tweeted Priyanka, who walked away with the best actress award for the film.

P r i y a n k a always found a great sup-port system in her father, who passed away after a battle with cancer in 2013. A doctor by profession, he had retired from the Indian Army in 1997 as lieu-tenant-colonel.

The Fashion actress also has a tattoo of “Daddy’s Li’l Girl” on one of her forearms.

Directed by Omung Kumar, the film was released September 5.Priyanka, who has earlier called Mary Kom her toughest film ever,

credited the film’s team for the success of the film.

Taapsee to miss beau’s Indian tour

Danish badminton player Mathias Boe, who is coming to India for a badminton tournament, will not be able to spend time with his

girlfriend, actress Taapsee Pannu due to her busy schedule.Boe will be visiting Lucknow for the tournament which will start on

January 17.Tapsee is busy travelling to different cities to promote her forthcom-

ing film Baby and because of her hectic schedule she won’t attend Boe’ tournament.

“Yes he will be in India. But I will be promoting ‘Baby’ on those same dates,” Taapsee said in a statement.

The two met during the inaugural Indian Badminton League last year where Boe was part of the Lucknow-based team Awadhe Warriors while Taapsee was the brand ambassador of champions Hyderabad Hotshots.

The film, which also features Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar, will release on January 23.

I share work, love life with father: Sonam

Actress Sonam Kapoor is certainly a daddy’s girl as she shares eve-rything related to her work and love life with her father, actor-

filmmaker Anil Kapoor.“I am very close to my dad. He is a good adviser and not strict at all. I

share about my work, love life with my father and he doesn’t share these secrets even with my mom,” Sonam told reporters in a group interview.

The actress is currently busy promoting her film Dolly Ki Doli. where she plays the role of outspoken and fun-loving girl.

Talking about her role in the film, Sonam said: “I prepare for each film but for this film, I read a lot of books. Also, I read lot of books based on con.”

Directed by Abhishek Dogra and produced by Arbaaz Khan, the film also features Pulkit Samrat, Rajkummar Rao and Varun Sharma.

It is releasing on January 23.

PK scores big at Star Guild Awards 2015

Filmmaker Rajkumar Hirani’s PK won the Best Film along with Best Director, Best Dialogue, Best Sound Mixing and a special award for earning over ̀ 1bn at the the Renault Star Guild Awards 2015.

The awards ceremony took place on Sunday night at Reliance Mediaworks in Film City and it was PK that took the maximum awards at the gala night. The film stars Aamir Khan and Anushka Sharma in the lead roles.

The Film & Television Producers Guild of India and Wizcraft International Entertainment announced the winners in Film & Television for the year 2014.

Actor Shahid Kapoor won the award for best actor for his performance in Haider while Priyanka Chopra walked away with the best actress award for her role in Mary Kom.

Taking the podium as host, the inimitable Kapil Sharma brought his own brand of humour to the night as he enthralled audiences with his quick wit.

While megastar Amitabh Bachchan performed at Piddly song from his upcoming movie Shamitabh, Priyanka Chopra kicked off the night with a stunning perform-ance on Asalaam e ishqum and Ram chahe leela chahe.

Alia Bhatt created magic on the stage with a performance on Phataaka gudiand Radha on the Dance floor. Other performances included Jacqueline Fernandes and Shahid.

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Be optimistic to have a healthy heart

The more optimistic you are, the better it is for your health. Those who have an upbeat

outlook on life have significantly better cardio-vascular health than that of the pessimists, new research has found.

Optimism boosts overall health but its posi-tive impact on the heart is even greater, the findings showed. “Individuals with the highest levels of optimism have twice the odds of being in ideal cardiovascular health compared to their more pessimistic counterparts,” said lead author Rosalba Hernandez, a professor of social work at the University of Illinois.

“This association remains significant even after adjusting for socio-demographic character-istics and poor mental health,” Hernandez added.

The study examined associations between optimism and heart health in more than 5,100 adults. Participants’ cardiovascular health was assessed using seven metrics: blood pressure, body mass index, fasting plasma glucose and serum cholesterol levels, dietary intake, physi-cal activity and tobacco use.

They also completed surveys that assessed their mental health, levels of optimism and phys-ical health. People who were the most optimistic were twice as likely to have ideal cardiovascu-lar health, and 55 percent more likely to have a total health score in the intermediate range, the researchers found.

The study appeared in the journal Health Behavior and Policy Review.

How proteins disable bacterial toxins

New research shows that small proteins called defensins, which are active in the immune sys-tem, neutralise toxins released by bacteria.

These proteins, the first line of defence when a pathogen invades the body can disable bacterial toxins by exploiting a property that makes the toxins — which are also proteins — effective but also turns out to be their weakness.

This makes defensins a potentially promising model for the development of drugs that could mimic their activity and reduce a pathogens’ infectious power. “An important part of our find-ings is that defensin offer universal protection. Not every single toxin will be affected but many toxins will,” said Dmitri Kudryashov, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry at the Ohio State University in the US.

These toxins, which are released by bacteria, have malleable surfaces that allow them to move through porous areas of host cells to pave the way for bacteria to stay alive. But that same malleability makes the toxins vulnerable to these immune system proteins which bind to the tox-ins and render them useless.

In a previous paper, Kudryashov and col-leagues described how the toxins’ lack of struc-tural rigidity is a secret to their success - they can unfold themselves to cross a host cell mem-brane and then refold into their toxic structure on the other side, within the cell.

Defensins can exploit the toxins’ ability to change their structure by attaching to specific locations on these proteins, triggering misfolding to occur at an inopportune time. The research team is now test-ing defensins’ effectiveness against viral proteins.

The research appeared in the journal Immunity.

Agencies

By Shereen Lehman

People who ate the most fibre were less likely to die of any cause during a recent study of nearly

one million people.The finding might be explained

by fibre’s potential to lower the risk of chronic diseases includ-ing heart disease, stroke, diabe-tes and several types of cancer, researchers say.

Individuals should be encour-aged to increase their dietary fibre intake “to potentially decrease the risk of prema-ture death,” Yang Yang, of the Shanghai Cancer Institute in China, and colleagues write in the American Journal of Epidemiology.

They pooled data from 17 previous studies that tracked 982,411 men and women, mostly in Europe and the US, and recorded about 67,000 deaths.

Yang’s team divided partici-pants into five groups based on their daily fibre intake. Those in the top fifth, who ate the great-est amount of fibre daily, were 16 percent less likely to die than those in the bottom fifth, who consumed the least amount of fibre.

In addition, eight studies showed a 10 percent drop in risk for any cause of death with each 10-gramme per day increase in fiber intake.

The US Department of Agriculture recommends that adults consume 14 grams of fibre in every 1,000 calories they take

in, the authors point out. That translates to approximately 25 grams a day for women and 38 grams daily for men.

“On average, intakes of die-tary fibre in the US and other economically developed coun-tries are much lower than rec-ommended goals — in the US, about half of what is advised,” said Victoria Burley, a nutrition researcher at the University of Leeds in the UK, who was not involved in the study.

These study results are “very much in line with earlier pub-lished meta-analyses of the rela-tionship between dietary fibre and risk of major chronic dis-eases such as cardiovascular dis-ease, and cancers,” Burley said.

She said the benefits of con-suming fibre-rich foods have been known for decades, includ-ing lowering of blood cholesterol, blood pressure, blood glucose and insulin, and possibly reducing inflammation.

High-fibre foods may also make people feel full sooner, and for longer, which helps curb overeating and weight gain, she added. “Some or all of these fac-tors may underlie the reduction in mortality observed here.”

It’s not difficult to consume an extra 10 grams of fibre per day, Burley said. “This can come from two servings of whole grain foods, such as breakfast cereal and two servings of fruit or veg-etables, for example.”

She cautioned, however, that the current study does not prove that eating more fibre is

the reason some participants lived longer. Their reduced risk of death might be due to some other shared characteristic, like an overall healthier lifestyle, or perhaps some other property of the high-fibre foods, which tend to be nutritious in general.

Little is known about the best sources of fibre for reducing dis-ease risk — whether the best sources are fruit and vegeta-bles, legumes or grains, Burley pointed out. “Although there is increasing evidence that cereal grains may offer the best risk reductions for colorectal and cardiovascular disease,” she said.

Burley said the study findings do not suggest taking dietary fibre supplements will have the same impact as eating fibre-rich foods.

Jessica Shapiro, a wellness dietitian at Montefiore Medicine Center in New York, suggests reading labels and choosing foods with at least three grams of fibre per serving. She also encourages eating a variety of foods that are high in fibre at each meal and snack, such as fresh fruit and vegetables, whole grains, beans, legumes, seeds and nuts.

Shapiro said to be careful when going from a low-fibre diet to a high-fibre diet.

“Your body needs time to adjust, so increase fibre content slowly and make sure to con-sume extra water while doing so to help with digestion,” she said.

SOURCE: bit.ly/1zRqnHa American Journal of Epidemiology, online December 31, 2014.

Reuters

Higher-fibre diet linked to lower risk of death


TECHNOLOGYPLUS | WEDNESDAY 14 JANUARY 201512

By Nicholas Tufnell

1) Settings Search BarSettings now has its own dedicated search bar.

While this may seem like a very minor addition, it’s actually a great timesaver when you know exactly what you’re after. For example, let’s say you want to change your network settings, but you don’t know where to look. Just head to settings and search for “network” and you’ll find what you need almost instantly. This is one of many neat little features in Lollipop that really helps to increase efficiency in a simple and intuitive way.

2) Swipe Twice For New Notification BarLollipop comes with a new notification bar — sim-

ply swipe down once from the top of your screen to look at your notifications and swipe down once more to access your quick settings. As in previous versions, it’s still possible to access your quick set-tings with a little more speed by swiping down with two fingers instead of one. From here you can access all the usual and familiar Android features, with a few new options introduced with the new OS, such as flashlight.

3) FlashlightAndroid finally has its own built in flashlight but-

ton, which can be found in your notification screen. This feature, which has been on iOS and Windows Phone for some time now, uses your phone’s LED flash as a torch at the touch of a button. Previously, Android owners were forced to download a separate flashlight app, which if you’re upgrading, you can probably go ahead and delete now unless you’re after specific third party features, such as strobe lighting or timed flash effects.

4) Data Usage NotificationThis is a handy feature if you’re on a strict data

plan and you have a tendency to go a bit overboard. Use the two fingered downward swipe to access your quick settings before tapping on your phone’s signal symbol. A new screen will appear displaying the amount of mobile data you’ve used. Tap More Settings and you can set a specific data warning as well as a data limit, making it almost impossible to veer outside of your contract and saving you from racking up some unsightly bills. For instance, if you have 5GB of data a month, you can set the warning at 4GB and the limit at 5GB. Once you reach 5GB of data usage, your phone will turn off all data.

5) Hide Or Disable Sensitive NotificationsNotifications have received a lot of special atten-

tion in Lollipop. Not only do you have more control over them (such as double tapping to open the app associated with the notification), but they’re now also displayed on your lock screen, allowing you to see what’s happening on your phone at a glance. The downside to this however is that so can anyone else. If you’re receiving notifications that display sensi-tive content, you can make sure this is kept hidden until you enter your passcode. Just head to Settings > Sound and Notifications and under the setting that says ‘When device is locked’ select ‘Hide sensitive notification content’. You can also hide all notifica-tions if you wish.

6) Long Press To Remove Notification SpamWith a lot of apps come a lot of notifications.

Sometimes these are helpful, such as weather updates or chat notifications, but other times they’re a pain in the neck, such as software updates or intrusive games urging you to buy upgrades. Next time you receive a notification you don’t want, tap and hold it until a small ‘i’ appears on the right hand side. Tap the ‘i’ button and you can either block the app from sending notifications in the future, or set it as a priority, so that it’s always at the top of your list and will come through even when your phone is set to silent.

7) Do Not DisturbLollipop’s do not disturb features are incredibly

easy to set up. Turn your volume up or down using the rocker switch on the side of your device and a small window will pop up with the options None, Priority and All. Tap None and no notifications will wake up your phone, this includes calls, texts, updates and even alarms. Tap Priority and only spe-cific interruptions will be allowed through — to set these up, tap the little cog wheel on the top right hand corner. Finally, All will allow all notifications to come through. Each of these setting can be assigned to work for a specific amount of time or indefinitely.

8) Create Profiles, Limit FunctionalityYou can now create custom and guest profiles

in the latest Android update. Swipe down on your notifications bar and tap the profile icon in the top right hand corner to view the user profiles currently available. If you haven’t used this before, you will see your own profile and the option to log in as a guest or create a new profile. Logging in as a guest is a quick way to share your device with limited functionality — perhaps if you’re loaning your phone to a friend or a co-worker for a few hours. Creating a new profile however will provide the user with their own space, which can be customised with more features that are not available in a guest profile.

9) Pin Your ScreenWhile separate user and guest profiles are great

for loaning your phone to friends, it’s possible to limit the functionality of your device further by pin-ning your screen. Go to Settings > Security and turn Screen Pinning on to activate this feature. Now you can pin a single app to your screen by switching to the multi-task view and selecting the green pin

button on the bottom right corner of your selected app. The specified app will stay open while all other functionality on your phone will be disabled unless you type in your passcode. This is great if you wish to lend your phone to someone who wants to make a quick phone call or search for something online, but you don’t want them nosing through your device.

10) High Contrast TextA number of experimental features have been

added to Lollipop. One of these includes the intro-duction of high contrast text. Head to Settings > Accessibility and you’ll find it under the System sub-heading. The effect is actually quite subtle, but if you’re struggling to read some of the text on your Android device, it could make all the difference. At the time of writing, it doesn’t seem like all of the text is affected. However, this is marked as experimental, so various inconsistencies should be expected.

11) Colour Inversion And Colour CorrectionIf you’re colour blind or your vision is impaired

then these features could improve your experience with Android’s new OS. Go to Settings > Accessibility and scroll to the Display sub-heading at the bottom. Turning Colour Inversion on will dramatically change the look of your device and may be more soothing on the eye for some people. Selecting Colour Correction will allow you to choose from three different colour modes - Deuteranomaly (red-green), Protanomaly (red-green), Tritanomaly (blue-yellow) - which may be beneficial to some colour blind users. As with the high contrast text, this is an experimental feature and may slow down your system.

12) New Lock Screen Swipe OptionsThe lock screen has undergone some small but

pleasing changes with the introduction of Lollipop. You’ll notice there are now three icons at the bottom of your screen when you wake up your phone. These include a phone, a padlock and a camera. Swipe directly upwards and you’ll unlock your phone just as you normally would. However, swipe from left to right and you’ll not only unlock your phone, but you’ll be taken to your contacts list. Swipe from right to left and you’ll go straight to your default camera app. These features are fairly minor and hardly ground-breaking, but they’re a nice addition that can really help to increase overall efficiency.

The Guardian

Tips, tricks and shortcuts for Android Lollipop The innermost secrets of Android’s new operating system: psychadelic colour schemes, enhanced privacy and how to unlock your phone with your face.

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Hoy en la HistoriaJanuary 14, 1990

1875: German missionary Albert Schweitzer, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1952, was born1925: Yukio Mishima, Japanese novelist and triple nominee for the Nobel Prize for literature, was born1970: The drug L-dopa was reported to aid around 5% of patients in reversing the progress of Parkinson’s disease2011: Over 5,000 people protested across Jordan as the Arab Spring spread around the Arab world

The Simpsons, America’s longest-running animated sitcom, made its TV debut. It features a dysfunctional family in the fictional town of Springfield

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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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Zits by Jerry Scott & Jim Borgman

Hagar The Horrible by Chris Browne

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HYPER SUDOKU

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How to play Hyper Sudoku:A Hyper Sudoku

Puzzle is solved

by filling the

numbers from 1

to 9 into the blank

cells. A Hyper

Sudoku has

unlike Sudoku

13 regions

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nine standard

regions). In all

regions the numbers from 1 to 9 can appear

only once. Otherwise, a Hyper Sudoku is

solved like a normal Sudoku.

ACROSS 1 Tears

9 Philatelist’s

abbr.

13 Blow up

15 Zero, for one

16 When Winesap apples ripen

18 Genesis source

19 Weapons in Olympic

shooting events

20 Actress in a best-selling

1979 swimsuit poster

22 Braves’ division, briefly

23 Make less attractive?

24 Mythical hunter

25 Notable buried

at the Cathedral of Lima

26 Inside opening?

27 Downs rapidly

28 N.F.L. positions: Abbr.

29 Blew away

30 Ottawa

electees, for short

33 Flusters

34 Existed

35 Bungler

36 Soda, at times

37 Tattooed temporarily

38 Red-eye

remedy

39 Mitsubishi

model whose name means “huntsman” in Spanish

40 Describing an ancient

tragedian

41 One of the

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Mormon

42 Rosalind

Russell title

role

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45 Lied

46 Filmmaker

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47 Worker who often takes leaves

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3 Camp David

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4 Purple-flowered perennial

5 Patriotic chant

6 Means of attracting publicity

7 Takes courses?

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9 Affected sorts

10 Extremely

11 Fulminates

12 Kind of jacket

14 Crooked bank manager, maybe

17 Arizona city across the

border from a city of Sonora with the same name

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23 Confused

25 Solve

27 Ben of “Run for Your Life”

29 Moon of Saturn

30 Latin America’s northernmost

city

31 Matthew, Mark, Luke and John

32 Least flustered

33 Life insurance plan

34 Member of a biblical trio

35 Kitchen bulb?

36 Democrat in the Bush cabinet

37 It’s a long shot

38 “Casablanca” actor Conrad

39 Emulate Eeyore

40 Capital of France’s Manche department

43 Head, in slang

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How to play Kakuro:The kakuro grid, unlike in sudoku, can be of any size. It has rows and columns, and dark cells like in a crossword. And, just like in a crossword, some of the dark cells will contain numbers. Some cells will contain two numbers.However, in a crossword the numbers reference clues. In a kakuro, the numbers are all you get! They denote the total of the digits in the row or column referenced by the number.Within each collection of cells - called a run

- any of the numbers 1 to 9 may be used but, like sudoku, each number may only be used once.

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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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Zulu (2D/Crime) – 11:30pm

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Tom Little & The Magic Mirror (2D/Animation) – 5:15pm

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Shankar's "I" (2D/Tamil) – 10:15pm

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(2D/Animation) – 2:30 & 4:15pm

Shankar's "I" (2D/Tamil) – 6:00pm

Seventh Son (2D/Adventure) – 9.30 & 11:30pm

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ROYAL

PLAZA

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The Woman In Black (2D/Horror) – 2:30pm

Seventh Son (2D/Adventure) – 4:30, 6.30 & 8:30pm

P.K. (2D/Hindi) – 10:30pm

2

Tom Little & The Magic Mirror (2D/Animation) – 2:30 & 4:00pm

Zulu (2D/Crime) – 5:30 & 11:30pm



3Legend of The Never Beast (2D/Animation) – 3:00pm

Vice (2D/Action) – 5:00pm

Automata (2D/Thriller) – 7:00 & 11:30pm


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A Beverly Hills rare coin dealer purchased a 1792 American penny for nearly $2.6m, the

most ever paid for a one-cent piece at auction.

Named after its engraver, Robert Birch, the so-called “Birch Cent” was among the first pennies struck for the United States, part of a series of prototype coins. Only 10 are believed to exist and collector Kevin Lipton said the coin he purchased is in the best condition of those 10.

“I felt elated, just wonderful,” Lipton, 55, of Lipton Rare Coins Inc said on Monday of his winning bid made last Thursday at the Heritage Auctions sale in Orlando, Florida. “I thought the coin would bring more money. This was a really good buy.”

One side of the Birch Cent fea-tures the profile of Lady Liberty with flowing hair and the motto “Liberty Parent of Science and Industry.” The other side says “United States of America” and gives the denomi-nation “One Cent” within a wreath.

“It’s a gorgeous coin, breathtak-ing,” Lipton said. “And the history is

important. This is our earliest depic-tion of what we thought of ourselves as a nation.”

Jim Halperin, co-chairman of Heritage Auctions, said the $2,585,000 Lipton paid for the coin tops a record set the day before at the same auction: $2.35m for a 1793 “chain cent,” named after the chains around the denomination.

Before that, the record was $1.38m, also for a “chain cent,” in 2012, Halperin said.

Halperin said the auction brought in a total of $80m over five days, with rare coins a hot commodity these days.

“The economy is pretty good right now and there isn’t a lot of other things to put your money in. People recognise that diversity is a very good financial strategy. And coins are just cool,” he said.

Lipton, who plans to hold onto his new purchase for himself for now, said he was so excited to get the coin that the next day he spent another $2,232,500 for the “Wright quarter,” America’s first quarter.

“For 26 cents,” he said, “I spent $4.8m.”

Reuters

Rare American penny sold for nearly $2.6m

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Mal Lawal BiennaleWhen: Till February 28Where: Doha Exhibition Center What: Spread over 5,000sqm space, the expo is divided into 11 categories and offers a feast to the eyes and intellect of visitors with a diverse array of objects.There has been a rise in the number of participants from 90 in the first edition to 152 this year, 110 of whom are from Qatar and 42 from other GCC countries.Free entry

Family Art Workshops When: Till March 31, 2015 Where: Katara Art Studios - Bldg 19What: Katara Art Studios is hosting a series of Diverse Family Art Workshops from September 2014 to March 2015. They invite families to attend with their children aged between 5 years old to 10 years old.The cost of each workshop is QR150

Shirin Neshat: Afterwards When: Till February 15, 2015 Where: Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art What: The first solo exhibition in the Middle East by internationally acclaimed artist Shirin Neshat. Occupying the entire ground floor galleries, the exhibition features existing and newly produced works. Free admission

The Tiger’s Dream: Tipu Sultan When: Till January 24Where: Museum Of Islamic Art What: This exhibition delves into the life of Tipu Sultan, the South Indian ruler, statesman, and patron. Drawn entirely from the MIA collection, and featuring many objects which have never been displayed in Qatar, the centerpiece is a group of 24 paintings showing Tipu’s victory at the Battle of Pollilur in 1780.Free entry

Yousef Ahmad: Story of ingenuity When: Nov 11- Feb14; 10am-8pmWhere: Qatar Museums Gallery, Building 10, Katara What: As a pioneer of Qatar’s modern art movement, Yousef Ahmad’s artistic journey has spanned over three decades, and his work has been influenced by his surroundings and emotional ties with Qatar’s culture and traditions. It showcases three phases in his career, from the early oil paintings that include the depiction of Al Zubarah Fort, to mixed media calligraphic pieces to new conceptual artworks.Free Entry

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