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At Google almost every benefit is broken down into crunchable, poll-able or graphicable data, including salaries, the length of maternity leave, the size of the plates used at the cafeteria or how much M&Ms employees should eat.

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By Cecilia Kang

Last year Google had an M&M problem. So as it does with most dilemmas, the Internet giant put its data wizards into

action. Employees were eating too much of the free candy and that, the firm surmised, might hinder efforts to keep workers healthy and happy.

So in what could be called Project M&M, a special ops force of behav-ioural science PhDs conducted sur-veys of snacking patterns, collected data on the proximity of M&M bins to any given employee, consulted aca-demic papers on food psychology, and launched an experiment.

What if the company kept the choc-olates hidden in opaque containers but prominently displayed dried figs, pistachios and other healthful snacks in glass jars? The results: In the New York office alone, employees consumed 3.1 million fewer calories from M&Ms over seven weeks. That’s a decrease of nine vending machine-size packages of M&Ms for each of the office’s 2,000 employees.

The titan of Internet data is tak-ing its own medicine, using the data analysis that has helped the company

produce $55bn in revenue each year to improve the morale and produc-tivity of its 40,000 employees. Many tech companies offer perks such as free snacks or cafeteria food. But at Google, almost every benefit is bro-ken down into crunchable, poll-able or graphicable data, including sala-ries, the length of maternity leave, the size of the plates used at the food bar

or even the squishy goal of workplace happiness.

Google says it’s too hard to prove that the M&M experiment directly led to a svelter staff or whether employ-ees felt happier just because they were eating less of the calorie-packed snack. It won’t talk about how many people leave the company each year.

But the Mountain View, California,

firm often ranks high on best places to work surveys by Fortune magazine and other business publications. And the company credits efforts like the M&M project as a testament to the benefits of science over feel-good ideas or gut instinct that have dominated human resource philosophy.

“Data can be a way at getting to the truth. When people talk about data, it becomes an abstract of machines, robots and terabytes of information. But really, it’s just facts; numbers that describe a reality,” said Laszlo Bock, senior vice president of People Operations, the group overseeing most human resource issues.

Of course, the use of data doesn’t negate a manager’s instinct or com-mon sense, he said. In August of last year, Google started giving death ben-efits because it was “the right thing to do,” Bock said — a decision that was not based on an in-depth data analy-sis. The benefit grants the partners of deceased employees half of that per-son’s pay for a full decade.

But too often, Bock said, leaders at other firms rely on what feels right without considering the truths that can be laid bare in the collection of data.

Google crunches data on munching in office

A microkitchen in Mountain View office of Google.

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Some workplace experts question the lengths that Google is going to ana-lyse every corner of its offices. Some of the lab experiments are remarkably obvious. If you put out more free fruit, of course it will be taken.

And some analysts question whether the free meals, napping stations and inexpensive massages make people stay in the office longer, perpetuating a work-obsessed culture that has eaten into family life and community.

“You have to question the expectations behind such perks. If they are giving you dinner and lunch, you are prob-ably not expected to leave at that time. Perks aren’t just about fun and games,” said Miriam Salpeter, owner of Keppie Careers, a job search and social media consulting firm. “They may have really good motives, but for a for-profit busi-ness, the motives are ultimately to make a profit, and everyone is a cog in that wheel for creating the good ideas, useful tools and other things the company is creating.”

Yet other experts say Google is trying to signal that it cares about employees. And in a dour economy where pensions, health care and other core benefits are being cut to the bone, Google’s efforts are welcomed by new employees.

“There may be a symbolic impor-tance in the M&Ms, where an employee could interpret the experiment as part of a culture that cares for them, where leaders are connected to its people,” said John Nelson, a career expert and author of What Color is My Parachute

for Retirement.For Google, it’s more than just the

candy that employees consume. In another case, the company tried to get workers to drink more water. So it stashed bottled water on eye-level shelves and behind clear glass. It then put sugary sodas on the bottom shelves of refrigerators and behind frosted glass. After several weeks, water con-sumption increased 47 percent while the calories consumed by drinking sug-ary beverages fell 7 percent.

Some of these results were displayed on signs in hallways and in the cafete-rias for Google’s stats-loving employ-ees. In a follow-up survey, Google said 70 percent of its 40,000 workforce said they like knowing nutritional facts.

In the New York office alone, there are four full cafeterias and 35 “micro-kitchens.” Co-founder Sergey Brin insists that every Google employee be no more than 200 feet away from free food. The idea is that eating brings

people together, and new products and services could be imagined when engineers and business leaders meet at kitchens and dining halls.

But even the plates at the food bars have been Google-ized. To get people to eat smaller portions, the staff experi-mented with plate sizes, providing a big one and a small one. Nearly one-third of employees chose the smaller plates and didn’t go back for more servings. When Google posted the result in cafeteria signs, the overall use of small plates increased a further 50 percent.

This helped the company’s goal of reducing the calories consumed by its workers.

“With a company as big as Google, you have to start small to make a dif-ference. We apply the same level of rigor, analysis and experimentation on people as we do the tech side,” said Jennifer Kurkoski, a PhD in organi-sational behaviour and a member of Google’s HR team commonly called “People Ops” within the company.

Engineering manager Mike Harm said he doubts the free banana chips and granola would make the difference in deciding where someone works.

But Harm, who has been working on Google’s cloud storage app for six years, admits he likes the paternal nudge of Google putting dried seaweed snacks and ripened pears within easy grasp. Chocolate peanut butter cups and potato chips are still available. But they are stashed in drawers.

“What I love is that I don’t have to ever think twice about the coffee beans in this machine being stocked,” he said, banging on a high-end Italian espresso maker in one of the New York office’s kitchens. “It’s removing the obstacles of my day to just let me focus on what I want to do.”

“It’s about the work, not the fact that I get free food. I have a Manhattan apartment; I can afford to buy Pringles

at the corner market,” he added, munching on air-popped plain popcorn.

Inside Google’s offices, the energy is as kinetic as the streets of Manhattan. Employees dart down halls on scooters. Hallways are busy with fast-walking employees cradling MacBooks in their arms.

In the Watertower Cafe, one of the cafeterias, murals of the cityscape blend with massive windows that open into views of Manhattan rooftops. Planters of live ferns and rocks are scattered throughout the dining area so that it feels like al fresco dining.

Even New York’s famously gritty subway air vents have been re-created. On one floor, designers put wads of chewed gum, dust and dirt under the ornamental vents to make them look authentic.

The company won’t say how much it spends on such perks. It’s guarded about its People Ops team, which began in 2006 as the company exploded in size. And it won’t disclose the number of people who worked on the M&M project.

Google spokeswoman Chrissy Persico said the company does not use such benefits to keep people in the office.

Yet the effects are clear to engineers such as Alex Golynski, who was grab-bing a heaping cup of raspberries and espresso from a Lego-inspired micro-kitchen near his cubicle on a recent afternoon.

Golynski darts around the office in one of the freely available Google scoot-ers. He would have picked fruit over M&Ms even if the candy were easy to reach, he said. And he’s never stopped to think much about the nutritional data displayed about the candy.

“The food is convenient,” said Golynski, who has worked on search engineering for five years. “So I spend time at my desk,” he added, scooting away.

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PLUS | TUESDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 20134 MARKETPLACE

Safari outlets have launched 10/20/30 promotion from September 2, with thousands of products in IT and electronics, garments, toys and sports goods, foot-

wear’s, cosmetics and household items, bakery and hot food, fruits and vegetables.

The eagerly awaited 10/20/30 promotion this month has very attractive and large variety of items. The victory of this promotion is in the support given by the patrons for getting quality products at lowest prices and there is a big

rush at all outlets,” said Zainul Abideen, General Manager, Safari Group. In addition for every purchase of QR50 and above a lucky coupon is issued with five BMW-5 Series cars as first prize.

This promotion is available at Safari outlets at Abu Hamour, Salwa Road and Umsalal. On account of this campaign Safari Group has arranged Musical Nights at Safari Mall, where singers from Doha will be entertaining the crowd with rocking melodies. The Peninsula

Qatar-UAE Exchange launches Click n’ Win photo contest

Qatar UAE Exchange has launched the Click n’ Win Photo contest for its Facebook

community. Customers portraying their relationship with Qatar UAE Exchange through a picture stand a chance to win prizes including Bravia 32” Internet LED TV, Apple iPad 2, iPad Mini, Home Theatre Systems, Sony Xperia J, Sony Handy cam, PlayStation Portable, Cyber-shot Digital Camera, Sony 2GB B Series MP3 Walkmanand DVD Player. The contest is valid from August 25 to October 23 and the results will be announced on October 28.

Edison Fernandez – Country Head, Qatar Operations, said: “We at Qatar UAE Exchange believe in reaching out to our customers through all medium and build a strong presence in the online sphere. Today we have an active fan following on Facebook and this contest is our way of thank-ing our customers for their continued patronage.”

Customers should upload and share their picture on Qatar UAE Exchange’s photo contest app on its Facebook page. The picture should depict the customer’s relationship with Qatar UAE Exchange and should also have the logo of the same. The photograph with the maximum votes will win prizes.

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Nakilat honours marine cadets

Nakilat celebrated the achievements of its first Qatari Marine Cadets pro-gramme and welcomed new

Qatari recruits at a ceremony held at the Four Seasons Hotel.

Marine Cadet Mohamed Hassan Al Shamlan won the prize for best aca-demic performance out of the Marine Cadets that have so far completed their first year of study under Nakilat’s sponsorship.

Nakilat’s new Marine Cadets were also welcomed at the ceremony and each of the second batch signed their joining contract. The new Marine Cadets, who were each presented with a laptop.

The new recruits will join Nakilat’s existing Marine Cadets to begin their studies in Oman on September 15. Nakilat is sponsoring the young Qataris through a four- to five-year degree course at IMCO, which includes 12 months of sea time that will be spent aboard vessels from Nakilat’s gas-carrying fleet. Upon completion of the course, the cadets will be qualified

deck officers or marine engineers with guaranteed jobs aboard Nakilat vessels.

Every year Nakilat selects a number of young Qataris to join its Marine Cadet programme. Nakilat conducts a vigorous annual awareness campaign throughout high schools in Qatar to promote this unique career opportu-nity to young Qataris.

Commenting on Nakilat’s Marine Cadet achievements, Muhammad Ghannam, Managing Director of

Nakilat, said: “This is a proud day for our Marine Cadets and their families, for Nakilat, and for Qatar. Nakilat is committed to the development of young Qataris and to the diversification of the country’s economy. The success of our Marine Cadets aids their personal development, benefits our company and further underpins the strong future of Qatar’s maritime sector.”

Eng. Abdullah Al Sulaiti, Deputy Managing Director, said: “Although only in its second year, entry into

Nakilat’s Marine Cadet program has become fiercely competitive. This demonstrates Nakilat’s dedication to promoting this opportunity to young Qataris and the enthusiasm of our younger generation for continuing Qatar’s maritime tradition. A suc-cessful marine industry is an essential building block for our country’s sus-tainable future and Nakilat is honored to be making this contribution towards the national vision for Qatar.”

The Peninsula

Nakilat officials with marine cadets

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The Gallery at Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar is hosting ‘My Rock Stars: Volume 1’, by acclaimed London-

based Moroccan artist/photographer Hassan Hajjaj. The exhibition is scheduled from September 4 to October 24 with an opening reception on Wednesday, September 4 at 6pm at the Gallery at VCUQatar. The event is open to the public.

‘My Rock Stars: Volume 1’ pays homage to tra-ditional African portraiture, while celebrating present-day pop stars, unsung artists and personal inspirations in Hajjaj’s life. Created using a pop up studio erected on the streets of Morocco, London, Paris and Kuwait, the series is simultaneously an haute-couture street experiment and a revival of African photography from the 1960s and 70s. Hajjaj’s subjects range from musicians, fashion designers, dancers to singers, capoeira masters, and boxers — all of whom are immortalized in a fleeting moment in time, sealing their muse-like qualities forever.

Much like Hajjaj’s personal exploration, the photographic series, is an on-going examination of belonging in an increasingly globalised society where boundaries of cultural identity – most nota-bly African, Arabic and Western – are constantly being pushed. Using traditional mats and fabrics as well as found objects that he sources in local markets of his hometown Marrakech, Hajjaj bridges the gap between past and present and various cultures, creat-ing pieces that seamlessly merge folkloric elements into Western contemporary art. This exhibition also features a film on the Rockstar Series which has been provided courtesy of Rose Issa Projects, London.

“Hassan Hajjaj has brought the most dynamic life,

energy and excitement to VCUQatar. And it’s an infectious energy - his work has the ability to affect you, and I have yet to see someone leave the gallery without smiling,” says Caitlin Doherty, exhibition and speaker curator at VCUQatar.

Born in Larache, Morocco in 1961, Hajjaj arrived in London in his teens and grew up amid the emerging club culture in the UK. Known as the “Andy Warhol of Marrakech” Hajjaj is very much a child of the pop art generation. His work encompass many techniques and fields, from designing and producing furniture including lamps, stools, poufs made from recycled North African objects such as upturned Coca-Cola crates as stools, road signs turned into tables tops

as well as custom made clothes and photography.Hajjaj is best known for designing the ‘Andy

Wahloo’ bar-restaurant in Paris in 2003, for which he decked out the entire establishment in his trade-mark style of recycled North Africa objects. ‘Andy Wahloo’ acknowledges one of his favourite artists, Andy Warhol, but also at the same time refers to a Parisian slang term meaning ‘I have nothing’ adopted by Hajjaj as a way of describing his work. Hajjaj’s designed spaces also include The Riad Yima guest house, an old funduq in Marrakesh in which five bedrooms, salon and terraces have been festooned in his furniture design and products.

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VCUQatar Gallery to host Hassan Hajjaj works

Yacine Rose — Metallic lambda print on dibond with tyre painted frame.

Clara Sanabras — Metallic lambda print on dibond with tyre painted frame and K Jones — Metallic lambda print on dibond with tyre painted frame.

Simo Lagnawi & Boubacar Kafando — Metallic lambda print on dibond with wood & found objects frame.

Luzmira Zerpa — Metallic lambda print on dibond with wood & found objects frame.

What: My Rock Stars: Volume 1,by Moroccan artist/photographer Hassan Hajjaj

Where: VCUQatar GalleryWhen: Sept 4-Oct24Entry: Open to public

More info at www.qatar.vcu.edu

PLUS | TUESDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 20136 RECIPE

Refreshing Berry Chia Fresca

Ingredients: • 2 cup water• 2 tsp chia seeds• 1/2 cup chopped strawberries• 1/2 cup raspberries• 1 tbsp fresh lime juice• 1 tbsp raw honey • Mint leaves, for garnishing

Method:Mix the chia and water together in a bowl and set in the fridge

to plump for 15 minutes. Remove from fridge, mix again, and combine strawberries,

raspberries, lime juice and honey in a blender. Puree until well combined. Adjust the sweetness if needed.

Serve in glasses garnished with berries and mint leaves.Chia fresca is a great source of sustained energy and super

refreshing too.Aysha Naeem

Pistachio

Ingredients:• 2 oz cold milk • 5 oz vanilla ice cream • 1 oz pistachio syrup • 2 oz pistachio nuts • 3 pieces lady finger biscuit • 2 oz whipping cream

Method:Take a blender and pour milk, vanilla ice cream, pistachio syrup pis-

tachio nuts and 2 lady finger biscuit. Blend all ingredients until smooth.Pour into a 12 ounces glass, keep 1/2 inch place for garnish.

Decorate with whipping cream foam, at lest 2 inches above the rim of glass and sprinkle with pistachio nuts. Drizzle pistachio syrup on top and serve with one lady finger biscuit.

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Tender Coconut Lychee Juice

Ingredients:• 1 tender coconut • 3 lychee (deseeded)• sugar as needed

Method:Scrape the flesh of tender coconut and keep the coconut water

separately.Cut the lychee to pieces and put in a juice jar along with tender

coconut water and flesh (keep aside some coconut flesh for gar-nishing). Add sugar as needed and make juice.

Garnish with finely chopped tender coconut flesh. Riyas KR

Fruity Punch

Ingredients:• 2 medium Apples • 4 kiwi• 1/4 lemon • 2 peeled oranges • 1 pineapple

Method:Process all ingredients in a juicer. Shake or stir and serve. Sheetal Joshi

Asparagus–Carrot Juice

Ingredients:• 1 cup (finely cut) asparagus • 1cup (grated) carrots • 1 stalk celery • 2 (crushed) cardomon • 4 tbs brown sugar • 2 tbs (grated) cucumber

• 1tps rose essence

Method:Mix all the ingredients except cucumber and blend it in a mixer

for two minutes.Pour in the glasses with ice cubes.Sprinkle it with grated cucumber and serve. Lakshmi

Golden punch

Ingredients:• 1cup nectarine fruit (skinned & chopped)• 1cup peach (skinned & chopped)• 2tsp lemon juice• 3 leaves (finely chopped) mint• 2 cups water • Sugar to taste

Method:Take the fruits in the big jar of a blender. Add water and sugar

and make smooth juice. Now add lemon juice to this. Pour in a glass and sprinkle the chopped mint on it. Decorate

with round shapely cut nectarine piece. Risna Riyas

Immunity Boosting Juice

Ingredients:• 1 (14-ounce) grapefruit, peeled and cut into chunks• 2 medium oranges, peeled and cut into chunks• 3 kiwis, peeled and cut into chunks

Method:In a blender, combine grapefruit, oranges, and kiwis; blend,

scraping down sides occasionally, until smooth. Strain juice and, if desired, thin with water.

Pour juice in serving glasses and garnish with orange or kiwi slices. You can also Refrigerate up to 2 days (shake before serving).

This vitamin-packed juice, which contains oranges, grapefruit, and kiwis, can help you keep your immune system in tip-top shape.

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Plum Magic

Ingredients:• 1 cup / 8 oz plum juice • 1/2 cup chopped red grapes and plums• 1/4 cup cherry syrup • 1/2 cup Ice cubes

Method:Mix all the ingredients in a shaker and serve in a tall glass. Garnish with mint shoot. Deepti Potnis

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Lemon-Saffron Juice

Ingredients• 1 litre water• 8 to 10 tsp lemon juice• 100gm sugar• 5-6 strings saffron• 4-5 cloves• 1 small spoon cardamom powder• 1 tsp rose water

Method:Sock cloves in water for 60 min and then remove them

from water. Make sugar syrup by adding sugar in same amount of

water over medium flame for 5min and allow it to cool. Add saffron strings, cardamom powder, rose water

,lemon juice and cloves dipped water in it. Mixed well.Pour crushed ice before serving. Priya Gandhi

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Australian doctors create history in IVF technology

A team at Melbourne IVF and the Royal Melbourne Hospital in Australia have achieved a breakthrough by helping an

infertile woman to conceive through an ovarian tissue transplanted into her abdomen.

The breakthrough, in a world first, has the potential to revolutionise the existing fertility treatment, reports the Sydney Morning Herald.

Twenty six-year-old Vali is 26 weeks pregnant with twins after previously being declared infer-tile because of a treatment for ovarian cancer.

The doctors managed to help the women pro-duce two healthy eggs after transplanting her own frozen ovarian tissue into her abdomen.

Gab Kovas, medical director of Monash IVF, said the breakthrough was very exciting.

“It makes me quite convinced that the optimal way for preserving fertility will be taking ovar-ian tissue,” the report quoted Kovas as saying.

“If I had a patient who was going to lose their fertility to cancer treatment, I would offer it from now on,” he said.

Kate Stern, Vali’s fertility specialist, said it had taken years of daily monitoring to achieve the pregnancy.

“When it happened, I think we all had a good cry together really,” Stern said.

“Vali had remained strong throughout. Never once did she waver and tell us it was too hard and she wanted to give up,” she added.

The sample of Vali’s ovarian tissue was kept frozen for seven years and was taken from her cancer-free ovary.

The new breakthrough could be a blessing for women with conditions such as ovarian cancer where the treatment could make them infertile.

New Daiichi drug vies for slice of clot prevention market

A new blood clot preventer from Daiichi Sankyo proved as effective as widely used warfarin in treating a dangerous condi-

tion known as venous thromboembolism and caused less bleeding, a large clinical trial found.

The Japanese drugmaker hopes the find-ing will help it take on rivals including Bayer, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer and Bristol-Myers Squibb in a growing market for novel pills to prevent blood clots, especially as the drug appears to work best in sicker patients.

Industry analysts believe modern blood thin-ners to replace warfarin could generate sales of more than $10bn a year.

Daiichi’s once-a-day drug, however, is the fourth new oral anticoagulant and doctors at the European Society of Cardiology congress, where the data were unveiled on Sunday, said it remained to be seen if it had an edge over competitors.

“I’m uncertain as to the degree to which it moves the needle forward,” said Dr Patrick O’Gara of Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital, who is also president-elect of the American College of Cardiology.

He wanted to see how the new medicine, known as edoxaban, performed once it was used more widely by doctors, while other cardiolo-gists said price would be an important factor in weighing up the competing therapies.

“The world is changing pretty fast on cost and I have hopes that part of that will mean com-petition brings the price down,” said American Heart Association President Dr Mariell Jessup.

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Height-boosting factors included higher per capita incomes, more sanitary housing and living conditions, better education about health and nutrition and better social services and health systems.

By Kate Kelland

The average height of European men grew by a surprising 11 centi-metres from the early

1870s to 1980, reflecting significant improvements in health across the region, according to new research published yesterday.

Contrary to expectations, the study also found that average height accelerated in the period spanning the two World Wars and the Great Depression, when pov-erty, food rationing and hardship of war might have been expected to limit people’s growth.

The swift advance may have been due to people deciding to have fewer children in this period, the researchers said, and smaller family size has previously been found to be linked to increasing average height.

“Increases in human stature are a key indicator of improvements in the average health of populations,” said Timothy Hatton, a professor economics at Britain’s University of Essex who led the study.

He said the evidence — which shows the average height of a European male growing from 167 cm to 178 cm in a little over a 100 years — suggests an envi-ronment of improving health and decreasing disease “is the single most important factor driving the increase in height”.

The study, published online in the journal Oxford Economic

Papers, analysed data on average men’s height at around the age of 21 from the 1870s up to around 1980 in 15 European countries.

The study only looked at men, the researchers said, because extensive historical data on wom-en’s heights is hard to come by.

For the most recent decades, the data on men were mainly taken from height-by-age surveys, while for the earlier years the analysis used data for the heights of military conscripts and recruits.

On average, men’s height had grown by 11 centimetres (cm) in just over a century, the researchers found, but there were differences

from country to country.In Spain, for example, average

male height rose by around 12cm from just under 163cm in 1871-1875 to just under 175cm in 1971-5, while in Sweden, men’s average height increased by 10cm from just over 170cm to almost 180cm in the same period.

The researchers found that in many European countries - including Britain and Ireland, the Scandinavian countries, Netherlands, Austria, Belgium and Germany — there was a “dis-tinct quickening” in the pace of advance in the period spanning the two World Wars and the Great Depression.

“This is striking because the period largely predates the wide implementation of major break-throughs in modern medicine and national health services,” they wrote.

Hatton said one possible rea-son, alongside the decline in infant mortality, for the rapid growth of average male height in this period was that there was a strong down-ward trend in fertility at the time - and smaller family sizes have previously been found to be linked to increasing height.

Other height-boosting fac-tors included higher per capita incomes, more sanitary housing and living conditions, better edu-cation about health and nutrition and better social services and health systems.

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Bigger and healthier: European men grow 11cm in a century

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n t

heatr

es.

For O

ne D

irecti

on,

Sony w

orked

wit

h sis

ter com

pany S

ony M

usic

, w

hic

h d

istr

ibute

s t

he g

roup’s

music

, to

make t

he fi

lm, and s

igned O

scar-

nom

inate

d d

irecto

r M

organ S

purlo

ck

to d

irect.

The c

lean

-cut

five-sin

ger g

roup,

whic

h fi

nis

hed t

hir

d i

n t

he B

rit

ish

versio

n o

f th

e m

usic

al

com

peti

tion

show

Th

e X

Fa

cto

r in

2010, has s

old

m

ore t

han 1

0 m

illion a

lbum

s a

nd 1

9

million s

ingle

s, accordin

g t

o its

man-

agem

ent

com

pany’s

websit

e.

“We a

re t

hrille

d w

ith o

ur r

esult

,”

said

R

ory

Bruer,

S

ony

Pic

tures’

presid

ent

of

world

wid

e d

istr

ibuti

on.

“It

exceeded our expecta

tion

s n

ot

on

ly d

om

esti

cally,

but

everyw

here,

world

wid

e.”

The fi

lm’s

open

ing l

ooked t

o f

all

just

shy o

f in

dustr

y e

xpecta

tions o

f $22m

in t

icket

sale

s o

ver t

he h

oliday

weekend,

wit

h H

ollyw

ood.c

om

’s b

ox

offi

ce d

ivis

ion

proje

cti

ng a

$20.5

m

tota

l.

The fi

lm a

dded a

noth

er $

14.5

m in

53 inte

rnati

onal m

arkets

, le

d b

y t

he

Unit

ed K

ingdom

.D

isn

ey’s

2008

film

H

an

na

Mon

tan

a/M

iley C

yru

s: B

est

of

Both

World

s

Con

cert

hold

s

th

e

record

open

ing f

or t

he g

en

re w

ith $

31.1

m,

accordin

g t

o H

ollyw

ood.c

om

. Ju

stin

Bie

ber:

Neve

r S

ay N

eve

r, r

ele

ased b

y

Param

ount

Pic

tures i

n 2

011, opened

wit

h $

29.5

m.

Walt

Dis

ney’s a

nim

ate

d fi

lm P

lan

es

was fo

urth

fo

r th

e w

eeken

d w

ith

ticket

sale

s o

f $7.8

m.

The fi

fth s

lot

was a

str

ong $

7.5

m

openin

g for I

nst

ructi

on

s N

ot

Inclu

ded,

starrin

g a

nd d

irecte

d b

y M

exic

an t

el-

evis

ion s

tar E

ugenio

Derbez.

It w

as

the b

iggest

Spanis

h-l

anguage o

pen-

ing e

ver in N

orth

Am

eric

a a

nd p

osi-

tioned t

he fi

lm t

o b

ecom

e o

ne o

f th

e

hig

hest-

grossin

g S

pan

ish-la

nguage

film

s e

ver,

Hollyw

ood.c

om

said

.T

he fi

lm w

as a co-ven

ture fo

r

Lio

nsgate

stu

dio

an

d M

exic

an

tel-

evis

ion n

etw

ork T

ele

vis

a.

“It

was a

perfe

ct

sto

rm

. A

huge

sta

r w

ith a tr

em

en

dous fo

llow

ing,

audie

nces l

ovin

g t

he fi

lm g

ivin

g i

t an A

+ C

inem

aS

core,

good r

evie

ws,”

said

David

Spit

z, e

xecuti

ve v

ice p

res-

iden

t of

theatr

ical

dis

trib

uti

on

for

Lio

nsg

ate

. “I

t w

as

a g

ood o

pportu

nit

y

to p

rem

ier t

he fi

lm in t

he U

S”

Anoth

er n

ew

film

openin

g w

idely

, G

eta

wa

y,

Warn

er B

ros.’

low

-budget

hig

h s

peed a

cti

on fi

lm s

tarrin

g E

than

Haw

ke a

s a

form

er r

ace c

ar d

riv

er

racin

g t

o s

ave h

is k

idn

apped w

ife,

managed o

nly

nin

th p

lace w

ith $

4.5

m

in ti

cket

sale

s,

accordin

g to

data

m

ade avail

able

by th

e H

ollyw

ood.

com

.M

orta

l In

stru

men

ts,

wh

ich

sta

rs

Lily C

ollin

s a

s a

teen g

irl w

ho w

orks

to p

rote

ct

the w

orld

from

dem

on

s,

had w

eekend s

ale

s o

f $5.2

m f

or t

he

No. 7 s

pot.

The m

ovie

, anoth

er b

id t

o

reach t

he t

een a

udie

nce t

hat

made

Tw

ilig

ht

a b

lockbuste

r, i

s b

ased o

n a

popula

r s

erie

s o

f young a

dult

novels

w

rit

ten b

y C

assandra C

lare.

Sony C

orp’s

m

ovie

studio

als

o

rele

ased M

orta

l In

stru

men

ts. W

arner

Bros is a

unit

of

Tim

e W

arner I

nc.

Re

ute

rs

HO

LLY

WO

OD

NE

WS

Acto

r M

ichael D

ougla

s is

confident

that

he c

an s

alv

age h

is m

arria

ge t

o

actr

ess

Cath

erin

e Z

eta

-Jones.

It

was

earl

ier r

eporte

d t

hat

Dougla

s and

Zeta

-Jones

have b

een liv

ing s

eparate

ly for m

onth

s, w

ith h

is r

eprese

nta

tive

confirm

ing t

hey a

re t

akin

g t

ime a

part.

But

the 6

8-y

ear-o

ld w

as

spott

ed w

earin

g h

is w

eddin

g b

and s

till a

t th

e

Deauville

Am

eric

an F

ilm

Fest

ival, r

eports

radaronline.c

om

.A

sked if he t

hought

he a

nd Z

eta

-Jones

could

work

out

their

dif

ferences,

he t

old

Brit

ain

’s S

un

da

y new

spaper,

“O

f course

!”D

ougla

s w

as

in F

rance t

o p

rom

ote

the t

heatr

ical

rele

ase

of

Beh

ind

th

e

Ca

nd

ela

bra

, film

base

d o

n t

he last

ten y

ears

of

pia

nis

t L

iberace.

“People

have b

een

kin

dly

ask

ing h

ow

I’m

doin

g.

Well I

put

on

a s

uit

to

nig

ht,

one I

can’t

com

e c

lose

to b

utt

onin

g, so

everyth

ing m

ust

be O

K,”

he s

aid

.

We

nee

d t

o lo

ok a

t m

usi

c as

a pro

fess

ion, s

ays

A R

Rah

man

Osc

ar-w

innin

g c

om

pose

r-s

inger A

R R

ahm

an s

ays

that

desp

ite I

ndia

bein

g a

musi

cal nati

on, m

usi

c is

yet

to b

e t

aken a

s a s

erio

us

profe

ssio

n.

He w

ill propagate

this

through h

is c

ity t

our “

Rahm

anIs

hq”

in O

cto

ber.

“We a

re a

great

musi

cal nati

on, but

we n

eed t

o look a

t m

usi

c a

s a p

rofe

s-si

on. T

his

tour w

ill sp

earhead a

nati

onw

ide m

ovem

ent

to b

uild t

he r

ight

kin

d

of

mom

entu

m in t

he liv

e a

ct

and m

usi

c indust

ry d

om

ain

,” R

ahm

an s

aid

.“I

t w

ill brin

g t

o lig

ht

how

as

a n

ati

on w

e a

re v

ery w

ell-e

quip

ped t

o p

ro-

mote

hom

e-g

row

n t

ale

nt

on local so

ils,

” he a

dded.

The c

oncerts

will

be h

eld

in c

itie

s like K

olk

ata

, V

isakhapatn

am

, Ja

ipur

and A

hem

dabad in O

cto

ber t

his

year.

Wit

h m

any h

it n

um

bers

ass

ocia

ted w

ith h

is n

am

e, fr

om

“T

anha t

anha

yahan p

e jeena, “C

haiy

ya c

haiy

ya”

to “

Taal

se t

aal

mila”,

“K

ay s

era s

era”

and “

Jai H

o”,

the c

oncert

will have s

om

eth

ing f

or e

very a

ge g

roup.

“It’s

more l

ike a

mash

-up. W

e a

re p

ackagin

g m

y h

its

from

the p

ast

20

years

and p

utt

ing i

t to

geth

er i

nto

a t

hree-h

our c

apsu

le f

or a

n a

udie

nce

that

will range f

rom

teenagers

to s

enio

r c

itiz

ens,

” he s

aid

.T

he c

om

pose

r h

as

wante

d t

o d

o s

om

eth

ing lik

e t

his

for a

while n

ow

.“I

have b

een d

esi

rous

of

executi

ng s

om

eth

ing o

f th

is m

agnit

ude s

ince a

w

hile n

ow

, but

since I

had m

y h

ands

full, I

was

unable

to. I

believe in g

ivin

g

my h

undred p

ercent

to e

very p

roje

ct

I im

ple

ment.

Each t

our b

rin

gs

forth

new

experim

ents

and c

ath

arsi

s,”

he s

aid

.

Big

B t

o in

trod

uce

Aksh

ay K

um

ar i

n B

oss

Bollyw

ood ‘khiladi’ A

ksh

ay

Kum

ar’s

characte

r i

n h

is

forth

com

ing fi

lm

Boss

w

ill

be

intr

odu

ced

by

megas-

tar A

mit

abh B

achchan

. F

or

Aksh

ay,

it

is a

n “

honour”

. “I

t’s

an h

onour a

nd a

priv

ilege t

o

have a

legen

d l

ike A

mit

abh

Bachchan intr

oduce m

y c

har-

acte

r in

B

oss

. I’

ve been

h

is

big

gest

fan

sin

ce ch

ildh

ood

and h

ave e

ven h

ad t

he p

leas-

ure o

f w

ork

ing w

ith h

im. H

e

is a

n i

nst

ituti

on b

y h

imse

lf,”

A

ksh

ay s

aid

in a

sta

tem

ent.

Aksh

ay a

nd A

mit

abh h

ave

earli

er

work

ed

togeth

er

in m

ovie

s li

ke

Kh

ak

ee an

d

Wa

qt:

Th

e R

ace

Aga

inst

Tim

e.

In B

oss

, A

kshay’s

characte

r

has

a h

uge b

uild-u

p b

efo

re h

e

makes

an e

ntr

y o

n s

creen a

nd

the m

akers alw

ays believed

that

no o

ne o

ther t

han

the

70-y

ear-o

ld c

ould

do j

usti

ce

to th

e in

troducti

on

of

such

a s

trong a

nd l

arger-t

han-l

ife

characte

r.A

lso,

when t

he s

crip

t w

as

sent

to B

ig B

, he l

oved t

he i

dea a

nd i

mm

e-

dia

tely

agreed t

o b

e a

part

of

the m

ovie

. “I

’ve k

now

n B

ig B

for y

ears

now

because

of

my journalism

background. B

ut

more i

mporta

ntl

y, I

’ve g

row

n

up o

n h

is fi

lms.

Probably

the r

easo

n w

hy I

am

in m

ovie

s to

day is

because

of

him

. W

hen I

called h

im a

nd r

equest

ed h

im t

o b

e a

part

of

Boss

, he a

greed,”

producer A

shw

in V

arde s

aid

in a

sta

tem

ent.

“It’s

like a

dream

com

e t

rue -

to h

ave a

legend lik

e h

im g

ivin

g a

n intr

o-

ducti

on t

o t

he fi

lm,” h

e a

dded.

The m

egast

ar w

as

giv

en a

scrip

t of th

e s

cenes

well in a

dvance. D

esp

ite h

is

busy

schedule

, he m

ade i

t a p

oin

t to

com

ple

te t

he d

ubbin

g a

t th

e e

arliest

. H

e a

lso im

provis

ed o

n t

he lin

es

much t

o t

he d

elight

of

the fi

lm’s

makers.

Dir

ecte

d b

y A

nth

ony D

’Souza

, B

oss

als

o s

tars

Mit

hun C

hakraborty

, S

hiv

P

andit

, A

dit

i R

ao H

ydari, D

anny D

enzo

ngpa, R

onit

Roy a

nd J

ohnny L

ever.

C

o-p

roduced b

y V

iacom

18 M

oti

on

Pic

tures,

Cape O

f G

ood F

ilm

s an

d

Ash

win

Varde P

roducti

ons,

Boss

will rele

ase

in O

cto

ber.

Kan

ye W

est

get

s $

3m

for

per

form

ance

Rapper K

anye W

est

was

rep

orted

ly

paid

$3m

for a

perfo

rm

-an

ce a

t th

e w

eddin

g o

f K

azak

hsta

n

Presid

en

t N

ursu

ltan

Naza

rbayev’s

gran

dso

n.

The 3

6-y

ear-

old

perfo

rm

ed a sele

c-

tion o

f his

hit

s in

clu

din

g

“Can’t

tell m

e n

oth

ing”,

and a

part

of

his

set

was

captu

red

on

vid

eo

by

a w

eddin

g guest,

w

ho

post

ed i

t on

In

stagram

, reports

tm

z.c

om

. T

he

weddin

g to

ok

pla

ce at

the H

ote

l R

oyal

Tuli

p

in A

lmaty

, th

e c

apit

al

of

Kaza

khst

an.

Mic

hae

l D

ougla

s co

nfi

den

tab

out

savi

ng m

arri

age

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DA

Y 3

SE

PT

EM

BE

R 2

013

One

Dir

ecti

on e

dges

But

ler,

si

ngs

its

way

to

box

offi

ce w

in

Nao

mi

Wat

ts w

as w

orri

edab

out

Pri

nce

ss D

iana

bio

pic

Actr

ess

Naom

i W

att

s sa

ys

she w

as

worrie

d a

bout

the r

eacti

on o

f P

rin

ce

William

and H

arry t

o D

ian

a, a b

iopic

on t

heir

moth

er,

the late

Prin

cess

D

iana. T

he 4

4-y

ear-o

ld a

ctr

ess

, w

ho s

tars

as

the late

Prin

cess

of

Wale

s in

th

e fi

lm, w

as

concerned t

hat

Dia

na’s

children m

ay n

ot

approve o

f th

e fi

lm,

whic

h i

s base

d o

n t

he r

om

anti

c l

ife t

hat

the l

ate

royal

shared w

ith h

eart

surgeon H

asn

at

Khan, reports

conta

ctm

usi

c.c

om

.“T

hat

was

anoth

er r

easo

n I

was

really h

old

ing b

ack b

ecause

you a

lways

wonder h

ow

they [

her b

oys]

feel

about

it.

That’s

alw

ays

the b

ig t

hin

g i

n

my m

ind, you k

now

, w

ould

they a

pprove,” I

nS

tyle

magazi

ne q

uote

d W

att

s as

sayin

g.

But

she h

as

cla

rifi

ed t

hat

no p

art

of

the m

ovie

is

off

ensi

ve.

“I k

now

for c

erta

in t

here’s

noth

ing o

ffensi

ve i

n t

his

movie

. It

’s r

eally

the r

ete

llin

g o

f her lif

e. T

he b

oys

are in it

for o

ne s

cene. T

heir

prese

nce is

there, but

it is

the f

ocusi

ng o

n t

hat

love s

tory,

” sh

e a

dded.

To just

ify h

er c

haracte

r a

s th

e p

rin

cess

, th

e a

ctr

ess

was

fixate

d o

n o

ne

of th

e P

rin

cess

’ in

tervie

ws,

whic

h o

rig

inally b

roadcast

in 1

995, to

the p

oin

t w

here s

he w

as

watc

hin

g it

even w

hile w

ork

ing o

ut.

“I r

an t

he M

arti

n B

ash

ir T

V i

nte

rvie

w s

o o

ften t

hat

it g

ot

to t

he p

oin

t w

here I

was

watc

hin

g i

t on m

y i

Phone w

hile I

was

out

joggin

g. I

had fi

ve

min

ute

s of

her w

alk

, five m

inute

s of

her w

ave,

five m

inute

s of

her l

augh

that

I’d w

atc

h a

gain

and a

gain

,” W

att

s sa

id.

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11FOOD PLUS | TUESDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 2013

By Elaine Gordon

When faced with a menu decision, many people believe a salad is the healthiest option. This is not always the case, as salads can be loaded with even more

calories and fat than other entrees. A lot depends on the ingredients.

For example, Corner Bakery’s Santa Fe Ranch salad contains 820 calories, 49 grammes of fat and 1,500mg of sodium (1,500 is the maximum the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US)recommends for most adults per day). Panera is known for its “hand-tossed and freshly prepared” salads. Its Fuji Apple with Chicken Salad does better in most categories, with 560 calories, 34 grammes of fat and 670mg of sodium, but it also packs in 21 grammes of sugar. Add the baguette that’s served on the side, and you’ve got another 140 or 150 calories.

Some of the worst offenders are from popular sit-down chains. The Carolina Chicken Salad at Ruby Tuesday contains a whopping 1,106 calories, 47 grammes of fat and 1,182 mg of sodium. And the Quesadilla Explosion Salad at Chili’s must be one of the unhealthiest salads out there, with 1,430 calories, 96 grammes of fat (28 grammes of saturated fat), and 3,090mg of sodium. (For reference, a Big Mac is 550 calories, with 29 grammes of fat and 970mg of sodium.)

So how do you make sure your restaurant salad is good for you?

Dressings are often a calorie culprit. Ask your server for your dressing on the side. Then you can control how much you use, or leave it out altogether. Instead, try adding lemon or lime juice to enhance the flavour and provide moisture without the saturated fat, sugar, sodium and calories in most restaurant dressings. Fresh garlic, onions or herbs also help to add flavour. And remember, fat-free or reduced-fat dressing doesn’t always mean low in calories, as it could still be high in sugar.

Order once, enjoy twice! This really can go for any menu item, but some restaurants’ supersized salads are more than you really need in a given meal. If you are a member of the clean-plate club, ask your server to package up half the salad before you eat so you can take some home for another meal. If you do this, make sure you ask for the dressing on the side so the salad does not get soggy. Or ask the server to divide a jumbo-size salad onto two plates to share.

If a restaurant allows substitutions, or if you’re at a salad bar, there are lots of ways to make smart menu decisions. Replace cheese with avocado for a more healthful creamy texture. Or opt for grated cheese, which helps distribute flavour lightly throughout the salad. You can also go for more healthful cheeses, such as low-fat feta. Ask for your cheese on the side so you can control how much you are eating. In a fruity salad, swap dried fruit for fresh to avoid extra calories and sugar.

Watch out for red-flag items. Things to look out for in general: nuts that are “candied,” protein that is “breaded” or “crispy” and dressings that are “creamy.” At home, you are in complete control. Try these tips for a more healthful homemade salad.

Go for dark leafy greens: There is more out there than iceberg lettuce. Try adding antioxidant-rich romaine (seven times more Vitamin A and C than iceberg), spinach (an excellent source of folate, Vitamin A, iron and Vitamin K) or kale (a go-to for calcium and the antioxidants lutein and zeaxanthin, which have been shown to promote eye health) to your salad for amazing health benefits. The darker the greens the better.

Load up on fresh veggies and fruit. Salads are an excellent way to meet your daily recommendation. The nutrients in fruits and vegetables vary with the type and colour, so explore the rainbow: grape tomatoes (red), shredded carrots (orange), yellow bell peppers, cucumbers (green), blueberries (blue) or beets (purple/red). Opt for seasonal ingredients. Now is a great time to add fresh nectarines or peaches for a splash of summer in your salad bowl.

Go nuts! Top your salad with heart-healthy nuts such as walnuts or almonds for added fibre, protein and healthful fat. Sunflower and pumpkin seeds are also good options.

Make your own salad dressing to control fat, calories, sugar and sodium. Citrus and vinegars make great bases, and low-calorie flavour can be found in onions, shallots, garlic, herbs and mustards. A light spray of olive oil adds healthful fats and helps nutrient absorption. If you prefer creamy dressings, try avocados or fat-free Greek yogurt.

Add fibre and lean protein: Sprinkle flax or chia seeds for added fibre and nutrients. And add a lean protein (fish, beans, chickpeas or skinless chicken or turkey) to make your salad more satisfying.

If there is one salad in need of a recipe makeover, it is the classic Caesar salad. Loaded with raw egg, creamy dressing and a mound of Parmesan cheese, it can pack in a surprising amount of fat, saturated fat, sodium and overall calories.

Given what is out there, it is definitely worth it to make this one at home. Try this guilt-free spin on the classic Caesar salad. It’s egg-free, with a gluten-free option for croutons, and it keeps sodium, cholesterol and saturated fat in check. Heart-healthy olive oil provides some healthful fat, and it can easily be turned into a main course by adding a lean protein such as skinless grilled chicken. WP-Bloomberg

This lighter spin on the classic Caesar salad is egg-free, with a gluten-free option for croutons. It can easily be

turned into a main course by adding a lean protein such as grilled chicken.

The white beans in the dressing add the creaminess you might expect in a Caesar salad. Plus, they offer fibre and protein, mak-ing the salad more satisfying. The sardine provides heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids as well as a novel way to appease those who don’t care for the taste of anchovies.

The salad pairs well with grape tomatoes and diced avocado.

MAKE AHEAD: Leftover dressing can be refrigerated for a day or two; bring it to room temperature and shake well before using. The croutons are best when prepared just before serving.

Tips for leftovers: Because this recipe uses a small amount of the cannellini beans from a can, you can top the salad off with some of the remaining beans. Another option is to reserve them for another healthful dish.Ingredients

For the croutons and salad

1 slice 100 percent whole-wheat bread, such as Safeway Country 100 Percent

Whole-Wheat Bread (see NOTE)1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil1 clove garlic, pressed through a garlic

press1/8 teaspoon sea salt1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper2 medium chilled romaine hearts, rinsed

and dried wellGrated or shaved Parmigiano-Reggiano

cheese, for garnish (optional)For the dressing

1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil3 tablespoons canned, no-salt-added can-

nellini beans, rinsed and drainedJuice of 1/2 lemon1 water-packed sardine fillet, drained1 or 2 cloves garlic, coarsely chopped1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauceSea salt

Freshly ground black pepper

Method:For the croutons: Preheat the oven to

350 degrees. Grease a rimmed baking sheet with cooking oil spray.

Cut or tear the bread into 1/2-inch cubes and place them in a mixing bowl along with the oil, garlic, salt and pepper. Toss to coat

evenly, then spread in a single layer on the baking sheet. Bake for 5 minutes, then turn over each crouton; bake for 5 minutes or until golden. Cool or cover loosely to keep warm.

Meanwhile, make the dressing: Combine the oil, cannellini beans, lemon juice, sar-dine, garlic (to taste), Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper in a mini food processor or blender. Puree to form an emulsified dressing. The yield is a scant 2/3 cup.

Tear the romaine hearts into bite-size pieces and arrange them on a platter or divide them between two wide, shallow bowls. Pour 6 to 8 tablespoons of the dressing evenly over the lettuce and toss to coat. Taste, and add dressing as needed. Top with the croutons and the Parmigiano-Reggiano, if using. Serve right away.

NOTE: To make this salad gluten-free, omit the bread and toss 1/2 cup of Rice Chex cereal with 1 tablespoon of extra-virgin olive oil, 1 pressed clove of garlic and salt and pepper to taste. Spread on a rimmed baking sheet and bake in a 350-degree oven for 3 to 5 minutes, watching closely to make sure the mixture does not burn. Cool completely before using.

WP-Bloomberg

What to toss from your salad

Lightened-Up Caesar Salad

TECHNOLOGYPLUS | TUESDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 201312

By Matt Townsend

Nike Inc says it can make a golf shirt that could replicate what a coach does. The world’s largest maker of sporting goods obtained about a dozen

patents on August 27, including one invention with the potential to irk golf pros.

“A coach or trainer can greatly improve an athlete’s form or body positioning, which can result in improved athletic performances,” Nike said in a patent filed with the US Patent and Trademark Office. “For most people, however, a coach or trainer is not always available” and there isn’t an easy way to check positioning on your own, Nike said.

Enter what the sponsor of Tiger Woods describes as “articles of apparel providing enhanced body position feedback.” The cloth-ing will have tighter material in areas key to a repetitive movement, like a golf swing. The snugger fit increases muscle stimulation, giving a better feel that will improve form, help a coach normally would provide by watching the golfer perform, the document said.

Nike has prospered even in hard times with a sustained focus on innovation, from air-pocket sneaker soles in the 1980s to last year’s Flyknit shoe, whose upper is woven like a sock. While these aren’t always the company’s best-sellers,

they give its brand credibility — as does paying the world’s most famous athletes to wear them on television.

That helps Nike charge a premium for its gear and allowed it to boost sales 8.5 percent to $25.3bn in the fiscal year ended May 31.

Obtaining a patent doesn’t mean for certain that the invention will be used in a product. Companies are granted millions of patents a year and many never become a reality.

In the golf patent, Nike describes thin elastic material embedded into the part of the garment that covers the lower back to heighten sensation. That part of the body is essential to a swinging motion and is impossible to see and difficult to feel while performing, which is why a coach is needed to give feedback, the document said.

Besides boosting performance, the shirt also could lower injury risk by keeping athletes in proper form as they swing a golf club or a base-ball bat over and over again, Nike said.

Mary Remuzzi, a company spokeswoman, declined to comment on the patent and when such products might go on sale.

Under US Golf Association rules, compres-sion and posture garments are allowed during competition while clothes designed to store and release energy aren’t, said Joe Goode, a spokes-man for the Far Hills, New Jersey-based group that governs golf rules in the United States and

Mexico. He declined to comment on whether a product based on the Nike patent would be permitted.

Nike has been much more active in securing US patents than competitors. It’s obtained more than 650 since the beginning of 2012, according to patent office data. Adidas, the second-largest sporting-goods maker with revenue of €14.7bn ($19.4bn) in the past four quarters, has 30 US patents in the same period. Under Armour Inc, which is a much smaller company, had 24. By comparison, tech giant Apple Inc was awarded almost 500 in the past three months.

Many of Nike’s latest patents integrate dig-ital technology into sports equipment so users can measure and improve results. Last year the company introduced the FuelBand bracelet. It tracks daily activity while sensor-equipped shoes record data such as how high a basketball player jumps during a dunk.

One of the patents obtained this week falls into that category. It’s a USB device embedded into a bracelet that uses a shoe sensor to determine how far the wearer has run. The device plugs into a computer to transfer and analyse data.

Golf is a major focus as the company tries to maintain last year’s 9 percent sales growth at its Nike Golf brand. It has filed about 70 golf-related patents this year. WP-Bloomberg

Nike patents golf shirt design that could double as coach

By Alexei Oreskovic

Facebook Inc is considering incorporating most of its 1 billion-plus members’ pro-file photos into its growing facial recognition database,

expanding the scope of the social net-work’s controversial technology.

The possible move, which Facebook revealed in an update to its data use policy, is intended to improve the per-formance of its “Tag Suggest” feature. The feature uses facial recognition technology to speed up the process of labelling or “tagging” friends and acquaintances who appear in photos posted on the network.

The technology currently automati-cally identifies faces in newly uploaded photos by comparing them only to pre-vious snapshots in which users were tagged. Facebook users can choose to remove tags identifying them in photos posted by others on the site.

The changes would come at a time when Facebook and other Internet companies’ privacy practices are under scrutiny, following the revelations of a US government electronic surveillance program.

Facebook, Google Inc and other com-panies have insisted that they have never participated in any program giv-ing the government direct access to their computer servers and that they only provide information in response to specific requests, after careful review and as required by law.

Facebook Chief Privacy Officer Erin Egan said that adding members’ public profile photos would give users better control over their personal informa-tion, by making it easier to identify posted photos in which they appear.

“Our goal is to facilitate tagging so that people know when there are pho-tos of them on our service,” Egan said.

She stressed that Facebook users uncomfortable with facial recognition technology will still be able to “opt out” of the Tag Suggest feature altogether, in which case the person’s public pro-file photo would not be included in the facial recognition database.

Facial recognition technology has been a sensitive issue for technology companies, raising concerns among some privacy advocates and govern-ment officials. Tag Suggest, which the company introduced in 2011, is not available in Europe due to concerns

raised by regulators there. Google’s social network, Google+,

also employs similar technology, but requires user consent. And it has banned third-party software makers from using facial recognition technol-ogy in apps designed for its Glass wear-able computer.

Egan said Facebook was not cur-rently using facial recognition tech-nology for any other features, but that could change.

“Can I say that we will never use facial recognition technology for any other purposes? Absolutely not,” Egan said. But, she noted, “if we decided to

use it in different ways we will continue to provide people transparency about that and we will continue to provide control.”

Facebook also amended its Statement of Rights and Responsibilities, adding and tweaking the language so that members under 18 years of age are deemed to have affirmed that a par-ent or legal guardian has agreed to allow marketers to use some of their personal information in ads.

The language was the result of a recent court-approved legal settlement regarding its “sponsored stories” ads.

Reuters

Facebook considersadding profile photosto facial recognition

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Hoy en la HistoriaSeptember 3, 1993

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Cambodia’s government agreed that the country should become a constitutional monarchy, with Norodom Sihanouk returning to the throne

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

ASTEROID, ASTRONAUT, ASTRONOMY, BETELGEUSE, BIG BANG, BLACK HOLE, CALLISTO, COMET, CONSTELLATION, CORONA, COSMOS, CRATER, EARTH, EUROPA, GALAXY, GANYMEDE, GRAVITY, JUPITER, LEONIDS, LIGHT YEAR, MARS, MERCURY, METEOR, MILKY WAY, MOON, NEBULA, NEPTUNE, NORTH STAR, OBERON, ORBIT, PHOBOS, PLANET, PLUTO, PULSAR, QUASAR, RED DWARF, SATURN, SIRIUS, SPACE, STAR, SUN, SUNSPOT, SUPERNOVA, TITAN, URANUS, VENUS.

LEARN ARABIC

Baby Blues by Jerry Scott and Rick Kirkman

Zits by Dennis Young and Denis Lebrun

Hagar The Horrible by Chris Browne

The Numbers:

One Wa�id

Two I�nan

Three �ala�a

Four Arbaça

Five �amsa

Six Sitta

Seven Sabça

Eight �amania

Nine Tisça

Ten Çašara

Eleven I�da Çašar

Twelve I�na Çašar

Thirteen �ala�a Çašar

Fourteen Arbaçata Çašar

Fifteen �amsata Çašar

Sixteen Sittata Çašar

Seventeen Sabçata Çašar

Eighteen �amaniata Çašar

PLUS | TUESDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 2013

Ninteen Tisçata Çašar

Twenty Çišroon

Twenty-one Wa�id wa Çišroon

Twenty-two I�nan wa Çišroon

Twenty-three �ala�a wa Çišroon

Thirty �ala�oon

Forty Arbaçoon

Fifty �amsoon

Sixty Sittoon

Seventy Sabçoon

Eighty �amanoon

Ninety Tisçoon

One hundred Mi'a

Two hundred Mi'atan

Three hundred �ala�mi'a

One thousand Alf

Two thousand Alfan

Three thousand �ala�at Ailaf

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PLUS | TUESDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 2013

HYPER SUDOKU

CROSSWORD

CROSSWORDS

YESTERDAY’S ANSWER

How to play Hyper Sudoku:A Hyper Sudoku

Puzzle is solved

by filling the

numbers from 1

to 9 into the blank

cells. A Hyper

Sudoku has

unlike Sudoku

13 regions

(four regions

overlap with the

nine standard

regions). In all

regions the numbers from 1 to 9 can appear

only once. Otherwise, a Hyper Sudoku is

solved like a normal Sudoku.

ACROSS 1 “Changing the subject

…” 7 Oscar winner who

appeared in a Snickers ad

15 Hold for questioning16 Money for a ride?17 Bit of riding gear on a

truck’s flatbed?19 Humane org.20 Parisian pastry21 Pampering place24 Crooked line?25 Verizon subsidiary27 PBS’s Science Kid28 Evidence of some

marksmanship?32 “Giant Brain” that

debuted in 194633 Doris Day hit “___ Magic”34 Cable channel owned

by Time Warner37 Lighting director’s woe?41 Bygone flier, for short42 Card game akin to euchre43 ___ four45 Baking hazard at a manger?

49 Series ender, often52 Block53 OPEC member, briefly54 1970s-’90s band with a

euphoric-sounding name55 Novelist Mary ___

Russell57 Old F.D.A. guideline59 Diagnosis for a stoned

viper?65 Atmosphere66 Grumble67 Place to walk a dog,

maybe68 Ones cast in “Wicked”

DOWN 1 Spots 2 “The Big Read”

sponsor, for short 3 Thus far, on a quarterly

stmt. 4 “If I ___ nickel …” 5 Film about the sea? 6 The first to go on a

strike, usually 7 Actress/country singer

Kramer

8 Published 9 Biblical suffix10 Kind of license11 Island off the coast of

Tuscany12 Climbs swiftly13 They have sticking

points14 Having tattoos18 “O.G. Original

Gangster” artist21 “That’s what ___ said”22 Skin care brand23 Name on a spy’s

passport, perhaps25 ___ lab26 Portmanteau, e.g.29 “Battlestar Galactica”

destination30 Tried to pick up31 Knockout number?35 Crow’s-feet treatment36 Circus clown prop38 ___ Ulyanov, Vladimir

Lenin’s father39 Film genre40 Hastens44 Pampering, in brief

46 Belittles47 Rear48 Old Turkish quarters49 “J. ___,” 2011 film50 Singer who co-wrote

“The Christmas Song”51 Beefs56 “That so?”57 Sch. whose fight song

is “Miners Fight”

58 Get in on the deal60 QB’s blunder61 Cpl. or sgt.62 Home of the Braves, on

scoreboards63 Kenan’s former

Nickelodeon pal64 Where you might see a

lot of chest-pumping, for short?

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

15 16

17 18

19 20

21 22 23 24 25 26 27

28 29 30 31

32 33 34 35 36

37 38 39 40

41 42 43 44

45 46 47 48

49 50 51 52 53 54

55 56 57 58

59 60 61 62 63 64

65 66

67 68

S R T A S E M U D E F O GQ U O T H L A N E L E C TU N S H A C K L E E L A T EA L S L O E W S P A RR E T O L D A C T S S A LE T O N G R O U P I N G S

E P P I E R A N O U TA S P I R I N I N C I T E SS P E D U P I N S E TI R R A D I A T E I S P SS Y S I T E S S P O T O N

E H S R O O T S A R AI S I A H A N D R E O T T IM E D A L T M I U S U A LS A S S Y E E N D U E L S

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

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

YESTERDAY’S ANSWER

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EASY SUDOKUCartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate

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

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Spartacus Ballet by Aram KhachaturianWhen: September 3,4,5; 7.30pmWhere: Katara Opera House–Building 16 What: Spartacus,The salve leader uprising against the Romans, Music of the Ballet is composed by the Armenian composer Aram Khachaturian.Entry: Tickets at Virgin Mega Store (QR100-QR250)

Tom Jones live in QatarWhen: September 17, 9pm Where: InterContinental Hotel - Doha

What: The Legendary superstar with over 100 million records sold live in Qatar for the very first time. Tickets: QR250-QR500. Available at Intercontinental Hotel Doha or Virgin Megastore

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection When: Public tours on Sundays and Tuesdays from 10am until 11.30am. Where: Qatar National Library’s Heritage Collection What: Qatar National Library’s remarkable Heritage Collection is a rare trove of manuscripts, books, and artefacts documenting a wealth of Arab-Islamic civilization and human thought. Among its more than thousands of works, the collection contains an edition of Ptolemy’s Geographia, which was printed in Rome in 1478 and is the oldest printed map showing the name of Qatar or referred to in Latin as ‘Catara’. Free Entry

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

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A view of the inside of Emiri Diwan mosque.

by Oscar Rialubin

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Minister of Foreign AffairsH E Dr Khalid bin MohamedAl Attiyah

He was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs on June 26, 2013. He was Minister

of State for Foreign Affairs from September 20, 2011. He started his career as Fighter Pilot in Qatar’s Emiri Air Force. Holds a degree in Aviation Studies from King Faisal Aviation College, degree in Law from Beirut Arab University, Masters in Public Law (BOT contracts) and Doctorate in Law (Tort Liability of Public Authorities in English Law, a comparative study) from Cairo University.

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By Yereth Rosen

A 10-year-old boy has won Alaska’s annual giant cab-bage contest, submitting a 92.3-pound (41.9 kg) speci-

men named “Bob” to officials at the state fair.

Keevan Dinkel of Wasilla, Alaska, produced this year’s winning entry, which was carried in by several Boy Scouts, in the Alaska State Fair’s Giant Cabbage Weigh-Off on Friday night.

His giant cabbage, which rose to about thigh height on a typical adult, and those of other contestants were weighed at the fairgrounds in Palmer, in a contest watched by hundreds of onlookers, attended by green-clad women dressed as “cabbage fairies” and monitored by a representative of the state Division of Weights and Measures.

Produce can grow to enormous sizes under Alaska’s summer midnight sun. Growing big cabbages is a tradition in this part of the state, just north of Anchorage, which is considered Alaska’s main farm belt.

This year was the first time in the

contest’s 18 years that a child has won the weigh-off, according to state fair officials. The fair offers a junior com-petition for growers 12 and younger, but Keevan’s entry was put into the adult open category because of its size.

Keevan, whose family operates a local farm, took home $2,000 for his prize-winner.

Keevan’s “Bob” fell short of the world-record 138.3-pound (62.7-kg) cabbage, called the “Palmer Pachyderm,” grown last year by Palmer greenhouse owner Scott Robb.

While the unusually hot and sunny summer was good for many crops, that was not the case for the traditional green cabbages, said growers attend-ing Friday’s fair weigh-in.

“Cabbages are a cold crop. They like their roots warm and their heads cool,” said Mardie Robb, Scott Robb’s wife.

Alaska’s giant vegetables also face hazards, including marauding moose that are fond of poaching would-be winners while they are growing in gardens, and flaws that might develop during growing can knock them out of contention.

Reuters

Ten-year-old boy wins Alaska’s contest for giant cabbages