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Automakers want to turn back the clock to a time when performance and speed trumped concerns about energy and the environment. A look at some of the hot wheels at North American International Auto Show in Detroit.

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By Paul Lienert

To look over the roster of racy new and future vehicles at the 2014 North American International Auto Show

here, the initial impression is that US, European and Asian automak-ers want to turn back the clock to a time when performance and speed trumped concerns about energy and the environment.

So-called green cars — electric vehi-cles, hybrids and hydrogen fuel cells — are being heavily overshadowed at the Detroit show by sports cars, in a broad spectrum of sizes, shapes and price segments, from Ford Motor Co’s redesigned 2015 Mustang to Kia Motors’ zippy GT4 Stinger concept.

“Speed sells,” said Michael Tracy, principal at Michigan-based consul-tancy the Agile Group. “People don’t talk about wanting to buy a Camaro because the base V6 gets great mileage.”

A Hint Of GreenIn fact, there is more than a hint of

green lurking in even the glamorous sports cars at this year’s Detroit auto show. Take the new Mustang, which this fall will offer buyers the choice of a 420-horsepower 5.0-liter V8 - a throwback to the classic street cars

of yesteryear - or an economical 2.3-liter four-cylinder EcoBoost engine that still cranks out an impressive 305 horsepower.

“We’re seeing a new era of perform-ance cars that are very safe, very fuel-efficient and more mainstream,” said industry consultant Lincoln Merrihew, of Millward Brown Digital.

Evolving DefinitionThe definition of “performance” is

evolving, from the old-school values of straight-line acceleration and corner-ing capability. As with the Mustang and the Golf, engines are getting

smaller to improve efficiency, but devices such as turbochargers provide more power, so there is less tradeoff between going faster and going farther.

Perhaps the epitome of the modern sports car is Kia’s GT4 Stinger, a com-pact, low-slung four-passenger model fitted with a 315-horsepower turbo-charged 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine that hints at a future rear-wheel-drive performance model from the Korean manufacturer.

Makers of traditional sports cars are reducing weight, which further enhances both sides of the power ver-sus economy equation.

Even the 2014 Chevrolet Camaro Z28, which goes on sale this spring, has benefited from General Motors Co’s “lightweighting” efforts. GM engi-neers shaved mass from the $75,000 muscle car by using a smaller battery and thinner rear glass, as well as elimi-nating the trunk carpet and the tire-inflator kit.

The Fun FactorChevy also aims to amp up the fun

quotient for Corvette owners. Later this year, the 2015 Corvette will offer an optional Performance Data Recorder — essentially a built-in high-def videocam and microphone that will enable drivers to record up to 13 hours behind the wheel and play it all back on the car’s in-dash touchscreen or upload it to Facebook and other social media sites.

Five years ago, during the depths of the US auto industry’s recession, “excess went out of fashion,” said con-sultant Merrihew, as auto companies parked their performance models to focus on greener technologies.

Now that the economy has rebounded and automakers are rede-fining performance as a combination of speed, safety and efficiency, “that stigma is starting to fade,” he said, “and performance cars are OK to buy again.” Reuters

Performance meets green at Detroit auto show

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Here are some of the new cars and experimental concept vehicles unveiled at the show:

Porsche 911 Targa: Porsche is dialing up the 911 with two new mod-els, the Targa 4 and 4S. As with the original 1965 Targa, the new models feature a roof bar, movable front roof section and wraparound rear window. The new roof can open and close at the push of a button and stow behind the rear seat. Porsche said they are aiming for a “sporty and low-slung profile.” The Targa 4 accelerates from zero to 60 mph in 4.6 seconds, the 4S slightly quicker with an optional package. The Targa 4 has a sticker price of $101,600 and the 4S is at $116,200. Deliveries are scheduled to start this summer.

Corvette Z06: General Motors rolled out a hot new version of the Corvette Stingray, called the Z06, with a staggering 625 horsepower super-charged V8 engine. The company says the performance of the 2015 Z06 will rival the best supercars in the world. The car gets a new 6.2-litre engine and a new eight-speed automatic trans-mission. A seven-speed manual also is available. The standard corvette has a six-speed automatic. The Z06 — and the Corvette Racing CR7 — gets an aluminum frame. The car also has a removable top. No performance times or prices were released. The standard Corvette starts around $52,000.

Mercedes-Benz S600: The top model from Mercedes-Benz is get-ting an upgrade. The S600 sedan features a 12-cylinder, 6.0-litre twin-turbocharged engine that packs 523 horsepower. With the look and feel expected from the highest tier of the luxury brand, it seats four or five and features touchpad controls that allow letters, numbers and special charac-ters to be entered in handwriting in nine languages. It’s scheduled to go on sale in the spring. Pricing is yet to be announced.

BMW 2 Series Coupe, M3 Sedan, M4 Coupe: The two-door, four-seat, rear-wheel drive 2 Series Coupe — the replacement for the 1 Series Coupe — will come in a 228i version, which fea-tures a 240 horsepower, 2.0-litre V4 engine, and the M235i version, which features a 322 horsepower, 3.0-litre V6 engine. The 228i promises offers 22-23 mph in the city and 34-35 mpg on the highway, depending on the transmission. The M235i gets 19-22 mpg in city driving and 28-32 mpg on the highway. Scheduled to go on sale starting in March, BMW plans to sell the 228i for $33,025 and the M235i for $44,025. BMW also is showing its new 2015 model M3 Sedan and M4 Coupe. Plans call for the cars to go on sale in early summer, with pricing and options announced in the coming months.

Volkswagen Golf R: The compact Volkswagen Golf is getting a power-ful boost. Its latest incarnation packs a 290 horsepower, 2.0-litre turbocharged engine that improves on past fuel effi-ciency. The all-wheel-drive Golf R promises zero to 60 mph acceleration in 4.9 seconds with the automatic trans-mission version. Sporty touches include a leather-wrapped three-spoke steering wheel, as well as a two-branch exhaust with four chrome tips. And it features a series of performance modes, including

“normal” and “race.” Volkswagen esti-mates highway fuel economy around 31 mpg with the six-speed manual trans-mission, up from 27 mpg. The Golf R is scheduled to go on sale in the US as a four-door model only in the first three months of 2015. Pricing will be announced later.

Toyota FT-1: This vehicle’s devel-opment started two years ago, and

the car was devised first in the Sony PlayStation Gran Turismo game envi-ronment. The automaker says FT-1 will be available as a downloadable vehicle for PlayStation 3 Gran Turismo 6. The physical car is designed to stir emotions and push limits with Toyota design, according to Kevin Hunter, president of Toyota’s Calty Design Research facility in Newport Beach, Calif. AP

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International Week is an annual celebration for the many cultures hosted within the American School of Doha’s (ASD) campus. The ASD com-munity takes pride in the fact that it comprises

over 2,100 students from 75 countries. The opening ceremony saw speeches from student

council presidents of the high school, middle school and elementary school. As Aisha Javaid, high school student council president, said: “It isn’t every day that when you walk into a classroom you see children from every corner of the world working together. This diversity and richness of cultures is the gift of ASD to all of us in preparation for the increasingly globalised world.”

ASD’s middle school president Omar Mardini shared his experience with the full student body for “Week Without Walls” and stated: “Last week, I had a chance to go to Sri Lanka for Week Without Walls. I learned more about the Sri Lankan culture. We stayed in the centre of the green country, Sigiriya. As a service project, we fixed up the school, played with the kids that were almost the same age as me… 14. We learned more about the different cultures and the diversity of Sri Lanka… it opened my eyes to see the different situation these kids live in… and how lucky we are to be going to a school like this. Different cultures? Different lives? That is what International Week is all about… Diversity.”

The opening ceremony also hosted a parade of flags; the youngest and eldest student from each country walked together holding their country’s flag while being introduced by different students with key facts about their country. Over 70 flags were paraded.

An international buffet, sponsored by the Parent Teacher Association, consisted of dishes cooked by volunteer parents for over 2,500 people. The gym was filled with people and food from all over the globe.

The Arab Mothers Association (AMA), a group of volunteers aiming to bridge Arabic culture with other cultures at ASD, also contributed to making this year’s International Week a success with interactive activities showcasing Arab traditions. The AMA put

up a large traditional Qatari tent that consisted of a majlis, Arabic delicacies, henna, paintings, handicraft artists and a live falcon, a symbol of hunting in some Arab countries. Professional dancers performed the traditional dance (dabkeh).

Closing ceremonies were held individually for each division. Students performed traditional dances from Peru, Qatar, Arabic Dabkeh, Zumba and the Philippines. The Sri Lanken School performed for

the middle school. ASD percussionists played an Australian song while pre-k students sang in seven languages.

The middle school announced the winners from each grade’s video for the “One Tribe Campaign”; a community building project focused on encouraging positive behavioural changes through kindness and compassion.

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ASD celebrates its diversity

The Gulf English School (GES) has launched its Week Without Walls programme 2014, which for

the first time will include the involve-ment of every student in the school, from infants up to 18-year-olds. During the week, pupils get involved in a host of activities outside their classroom, which encourages teamwork, leadership skills, technical skills and crafts, taking risks, community involvement and personal and group challenges, in Doha and abroad.

From April 27 for one week, pri-mary pupils at GES will take part in a range of activities in the school and across Doha — from needlework to healthy-living workshops, kayak-ing, sailing, cookery lessons, environ-mental trips such as beach clean-ups, an overnight camp on a farm outside Doha where students will learn about Qatar’s culture and history, and an adventure holiday to Manchester in the UK. Options for secondary school

pupils include international excursions such a trips to Ras Al Khaimah in the UAE, an Umrah trip, a cultural visit to London, participation in a Model United Nations event and a trekking adventure in Malaysia.

Melvin Jones, Head of Secondary at GES, said: “We have always had strong participation in our Community Action Service (CAS) initiatives throughout the school but this is the first time we have united the whole school in a Week Without Walls.”

The launch of Week Without Walls coincides with the recent return of 20 Year 12 students from an 11-day trip to Malaysia, where the students planned and executed every aspect of their trip – being responsible for their budget, logistics, transport, accommodation and communications. The group, led by teach-ers Graeme Webster and Sarah Williams, trekked and white water rafted in the Cameron Highlands before volunteering at an orphanage for disabled and under-privileged children, repainting the centre and its play area and finding out more about the lives of the children there.

Year 12 student Khalid Al Musleh was transportation coordinator for the

student group on the trip. He said: “It was the trip of a lifetime. It taught us about what other people don’t have, how we can contribute and what we can prac-tically do to help them. We learned a lot – it was truly a privilege to take part.”

He added: “We didn’t stay in five-star hotels – we were in hostels, basic accommodation. We saw how simply other people live. Coming back home, I felt like a king.”

Dareen Al Awfey, also from Year 12, was the student group leader. She said: “This is an experience we will so rarely have in our lives. I was outside my comfort zone, and outside of my parents’ protection with people I didn’t know. The Malaysia trip was an experi-ence which has helped me to become more independent and to understand myself better. It was a once-in-a-life-time experience.”

Teacher Sarah Williams, Community Action Service coordinator at GES, who accompanied the students on the trip, said: “Students gain a better understanding of the world they live in. It really broadens their minds aca-demically but also socially.”

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GES students with Malaysian kids during their trip.

The Gulf English School launches Week Without Walls

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PepsiCo and Americana renew partnership deal

This week saw representatives from PepsiCo and Americana Group come together to renew their partnership agreement and to celebrate

40 years of working together in the region. At a celebratory dinner meeting at the Burj Al

Arab, Dubai, hosted by Omar Farid, President, Middle East and Africa region for PepsiCo, and Moataz Al Alfi, CEO of Americana, the two com-panies celebrated their long-term partnership and also discussed growth opportunities throughout the GCC and the wider region.

Speaking at the dinner, Farid commented that the continuing growth of the Middle East offers enormous opportunities for PepsiCo and Americana to strengthen their relationship and drive regional expansion.

Farid said: “The renewal of our agreement with Americana reflects a historical alliance of 40 years. It is not a standard partnership but a very special one which brings together two giants in the food and beverage industry to continue growing their footprint further and to leverage the full potential of their partnership to delight consumers.”

He added: “It’s not often that two companies

work together so efficiently for such a long period of time, and this is due to the strong commitment from both companies, which have helped us foster a positive relationship. We look forward to that rela-tionship continuing for many more years to come”.

“As a Middle East, North Africa and Caspian Sea leader in food and beverages, Americana is delighted to continue its relationship with Pepsi Cola, the world’s favourite soft drink brand,” said Al Alfi. “As

one of the largest and most successful corporations in the region, Americana’s market dominance will gen-erate an unrivalled level of brand exposure for Pepsi Cola, cementing its position as the region’s number one choice for refreshment. This strategic alliance is one that will continue to grow over the years and we look forward to an even longer and more fruitful partnership with the brand.”

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PepsiCo and Americana officials at the function.

OSN launches Sundance Channel HD in MENA

OSN has signed a deal with Sundance Channel Global, the international division

of AMC Networks, to launch its flagship Sundance Channel HD in the Middle East and North Africa region. The new channel, which celebrates independent feature films, world cinema, documenta-ries, short films, series and original programmes, will be available exclu-sively on OSN from today.

This latest channel takes the total number of HD channels now available on OSN to 37. David Butorac, Chief Executive Officer of OSN, said: “Our partnership with AMC/Sundance Channel Global highlights our commitment to con-tinuously enhance the TV choices we provide through original and differentiating content.”

Bruce Tuchman, President of AMC/Sundance Channel Global, said: “This exciting launch will significantly extend the reach of Sundance Channel into new terri-tories throughout the Middle East and North Africa for the first time. We’re looking forward to working closely with OSN, the premier pay TV platform in the region, to deliver original dramatic series alongside the best independent cinema.” Sundance Channel will be available both in the content’s original lan-guage and with Arabic subtitling. The new channel will be available to OSN subscribers on the Platinum HD and Premier HD packages and movie buffs can access Sundance Channel HD’s award-winning con-tent anytime, anywhere via OSN Play, the region’s first online TV viewing platform. The Peninsula

Next, ADabisc’s digital and interactive unit, is now a certified Google Partner. This

achievement for ADabisc, a Qatari company, has earned it a place among over 5,000 other Google Partner com-panies around the world. Next has received a badge that will indicate that it is a trusted Google Partner, being the only one in Qatar so far. Partner companies are required to be in the know about the latest Google tools and products by passing a certi-fication exam every 18 months.

Managing Partner of ADabisc, Luay Darwish, commented on how

it will help ADabisc serve its clients more effectively. “ADabisc has grown considerably since its inception in 2003 in terms of the services we pro-vide as well as the size of our team. Getting certified by Google is a step in the direction of success, as the resources that we will have access to from Google will help us immensely in many avenues. The purpose of our existence as a company is to honour our commitments to our clients and to maximise their ROI. This certifica-tion will help us do just that as we can use Google best practices to manage campaigns to focus on helping them

get the most out of their marketing budget.”

Echoing these thoughts, Director of ADabisc Next, Mohamed Mansour added “This is a huge achievement not just for our team at Next but for the entire company. With this certifica-tion, our clients or prospective clients can be assured that they will receive only the best services and support from us. We always strive to serve our clients with the most innovative ideas and now we can take bigger steps in that direction with support from Google.”

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ADabisc Next becomes a Google Partner

A section of the audience at the technical seminal organised by Electrosteel, manufacturers and exporter of ductile iron pipes and fittings in India, held at Radisson Blu Hotel Doha. INSET: Indian ambassador Sanjiv Arora speaking in the presence of Electrosteel Vice Chairman Piush Lohia (third right) Director M K Jalan (fifth right) and other company officials.

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By Kristin Hohenadel

The long-established trend toward loft-like living means that having a bed in the middle of your living space is now considered a lifestyle choice, like an open kitchen or a wall-free bathroom.

Cohabitation-related sound and privacy issues not-withstanding, many one or two-person households now prefer to keep their interior spaces open plan with an integrated sleeping area instead.

For years, one of the best ways to achieve the open-plan bedroom has been to install a Murphy bed — a hinged bed that folds vertically into a wall closet when not in use. Various legends have it that in the early 20th century, William Lawrence Murphy applied for a patent on the device, which he devised to turn his bedroom into a parlour to make it socially acceptable for him to entertain ladies. (Or maybe the idea was for him and his wife to entertain in their modest home.) Either way, the Murphy bed surged in popularity in the ‘20s and ‘30s when buildings like those in Tudor City on the far east side of Manhattan were developed; special Murphy bed closets made these diminutive studio apartments more livable during waking hours. But these clever beds, which were often uncomfortable and shabbily made, lost their allure after World War II as people flocked to houses in the suburbs.

Nevertheless, the fold-up wall bed has quietly been making a resurgence in recent years, as the world’s population becomes increasingly urban, family sizes are shrinking, more people are choosing to live alone, and the price of real estate in crowded cities becomes more and more unaffordable. Companies around the world are designing beds that disappear into walls, can be stowed via remote control, or are even stored on the ceiling.

Even in super-sized North America, the so-called micro-condos popping up in cities like New York, Washington, San Francisco, Toronto and Vancouver have become an archetype for the ruthless space planning required to make modest spaces not only livable but enjoyable.

And a growing number of these projects are installing upscale wall beds that turn back into sofas (or dining tables, or desks, or bookshelves, or wall-storage units) by day, giving the small-space dweller the equivalent of a secret room. The design leader of cleverly engineered, high-end, top quality transformable furniture is Clei, the family-owned, Brianza, Italy-based company that celebrated its 50th anniversary last year.

Graham Hill, the Treehugger founder who now runs Life Edited, an interior design specialty con-sultancy that focuses on intelligently designed small

spaces, said by phone that he stumbled across the furniture when looking to equip his own company prototype apartment in New York. At 420 square feet, it can sleep four, seat 12 for dinner, and serves as a home office.

“The Murphy bed is a key part of the design,” Hill said. “But there are so many that are cheesy and low-quality ... . We’re trying to create something really compelling and sophisticated, that doesn’t feel like you’re sacrificing anything. These don’t feel gimmicky or cheap but like a great bed, and a great piece of machinery.”

Clei beds are the closest thing I have ever seen to furniture performance art. Thanks to sophisti-cated engineering, they can be opened and closed in seconds with almost no effort, a huge part of their appeal.

The beds are made from quality materials and offer ultra-sleek contemporary Italian design. Much of the hardware is hidden and the units housing beds are only 12 inches deep. One detail they are working on is finding a way to hide the buckled straps that hold the mattress in place while the bed is being opened and stowed.

But Clei beds also take months to produce and ship from Italy and cost a fortune, from $3,000 for a transformable child’s bed to more than four times

that for higher-end models or those with integrated storage.

The dedicated bedroom is actually a fairly recent phenomenon, according to British curator and his-torian Lucy Worsley, who wrote If Walls Could Talk: An Intimate History of the Home. Medieval servants often bunked together in a shared hall, she points out. It wasn’t until Victorian times, it seems, that dedicated bedrooms became the norm.

But not having a bedroom still carries a stigma in mainstream circles. I asked Hill, who is currently developing projects in Brooklyn and São Paulo that incorporate Clei beds and other space-saving wiz-ardry, about the biggest obstacles he faced evangeliz-ing about the merits of small-space design.

Hill said that it was hard to convince status-con-scious humans that it’s OK to give something up. Or of the wisdom of investing in a large, expensive piece of furniture on the front end that would save them the cost of an extra room down the line. “We have super-sized ourselves, and it’s just not working for us,” Hill said. “Our vision is to help convince people that a simpler life is a happier life.”

Kristin Hohenadel is a Paris-based writer and editor whose work has appeared in publications including The New York Times, Fast Company, Vogue, Elle Decor, Lonny and Apartment Therapy. WP-Bloomberg

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By Sara Moulton

Is there a chip dip in the world that isn’t won-derful? No matter what the flavour, at heart most are tubs of sour cream or melted cheese. Few foods are more satisfying.

Of course, most dips also are notoriously

heavy with fat and calories. Indeed, that’s why we love them. Still, I figured there must be ways to lighten them up while retaining their luxurious texture.

I started by bulking up on the vegetables — in this case, artichokes and spinach. Artichokes hap-pen to contain many nutrients and a ton of fibre. I

chose canned artichokes rather than frozen because the canned are packed in citric acid, which gives them a lemony kick. But if you prefer frozen, you’ll need two cups thawed.

But why frozen spinach instead of fresh? Because you’d need to cook down a bathtub full of fresh spinach — or pretty darn near it — to end up with the equivalent of a cupful of frozen spinach. No one wants to do all that work before even starting to mix the dip. Also, a cup of frozen spinach boasts more than four times the nutrients of a cup of fresh spinach. It’s kind of hard to beat. And all I had to do was defrost it and squeeze it out. Easy.

Now, how to conjure up that rich, cheesy texture without employing a boatload of cheese? I started with Neufchatel, a French cream cheese that has one-third less fat than the full-fat version, but more flavour than the no-fat version. Then I added some low-fat sour cream for tang and a tiny bit of low-fat mayonnaise for the oil. You’re welcome to substitute extra-virgin olive oil, if you’d like.

Finally, there’s some Parmigiano-Reggiano, which bristles with so much flavour and salt that just a little bit of it — an ounce in this case — will do the trick. The full-fat version of this dip usu-ally includes mozzarella, but I didn’t miss it, so I didn’t use it.

All these veggies and cheese cried out for some heat. I ended up using red pepper flakes and Peppadews. Peppadews are pickled red peppers from South Africa, hot and sweet and about the size of cherry tomatoes. If you don’t find them in the market, you can swap in pickled cherry peppers or even roasted red peppers. As an added bonus, any of these red peppers will brighten up the dip’s complexion. The finishing touches? Caramelized onions and garlic. Please take the time to cook the onions slowly, which brings out their natural sugar. It adds a nice depth of flavour to the mix.

Serve this dip with a healthy cracker (just read the label) or make your own pita crisps. To do so, just separate some two-layered pita bread pockets into single layers, spray them lightly with oil, cut them into triangles, and bake them at 400 F for 10 to 12 minutes, or until crisp. Then go ahead and indulge yourself.

Rethinking a fatty dipto have a healthier side

Start to finish: 55 minutes (35 active)Makes about 4 cups

Ingredients1 tablespoon olive oil1 1/2 cups finely chopped yellow onion1 tablespoon minced garlic13.75-ounce can artichoke hearts, drained10-ounce box frozen chopped spinach, thawed

and squeezed dry4 ounces Neufchatel (low-fat cream cheese)1/2 cup low-fat sour cream2 tablespoons low-fat mayonnaise1 ounce freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano

(about 3/4 cup grated using a wand-style grater)1/2 cup medium chopped mild Peppadew

peppers (about 2 ounces), or medium chopped roasted red peppers

1/2 to 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes, or to tasteKosher saltCrackers or low-fat pita crisps, to serve

Method:Heat the oven to 375 F. Coat an 8-inch square

baking pan with cooking spray.In a medium skillet over medium-low, heat

the oil. Add the onion and saute, covered, stir-ring occasionally, for 8 minutes. Uncover the pan and continue cooking, stirring occasionally, until the onions are golden brown, about another 5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Remove the pan from the heat and set aside.

In a food processor, pulse the artichokes until they are medium chopped, then transfer them to the skillet.

In the food processor combine the spinach, cream cheese, sour cream, mayonnaise and half of the Parmigiano-Reggiano, then process until mixed. Add the mixture to the skillet, along with the peppers and pepper flakes. Stir well, then season with salt.

Transfer the mixture to the prepared pan, sprinkle the remaining cheese over the top and bake on the oven’s middle shelf for 15 to 20 min-utes, or until it is bubbling at the edges. Serve immediately with crackers or low fat pita crisps.

Nutrition information per 1/2 cup: 150 calories; 80 calories from fat (53 percent of total calories); 9 g fat (4 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 20 mg cholesterol; 13 g carbohydrate; 4 g fiber; 2 g sugar; 7 g protein; 540 mg sodium.

Hot and Spicy Artichoke Spinach Dip

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ia W

oolf

in 1

926. N

ot

that

her h

esi

tati

on m

att

ered —

the B

T

had t

aken o

n a

life o

f it

s ow

n.

An

d it

has sta

rte

d to

w

ork.

Last

week

, V

ersh

a

Sh

arm

a

an

d

Han

na

Sender a

t V

ocati

v looked a

t th

e 5

0 fi

lms

that

raked i

n t

he m

ost

box o

ffice g

old

in

2013

and d

iscovered t

hat

the b

iggest

blo

ckbust

ers

cle

ared B

echdel’s

bar.

Of

the 5

0 h

ighest

gross

ing m

ovie

s of

the

year,

17 c

learly

aced t

he t

est,

seven

inch

ed across th

e th

resh

old

—

th

e

wom

en d

iscuss

ed t

hin

gs

that

weren’t

m

en, but

barely

— a

nd t

he r

est

failed.

(Gra

vity

wasn

’t c

ounte

d, because

only

tw

o c

haracte

rs

got

subst

anti

al

screen

tim

e.)

But

even t

hough just

36 p

ercent

of

the c

oronate

d 5

0 fi

lms

pass

ed “

wit

h

flyin

g c

olo

urs,”

the B

echdel-

posit

ive

pic

tures e

arn

ed w

ay m

ore t

han

the

Bechdel-

negati

ve o

nes:

a t

ota

l of 4.2

2bn

versu

s 2.6

6bn.

This

is

happy n

ew

s, m

ost

ly. It

dem

-onst

rate

s th

at

audie

nces

have a

n a

ppe-

tite

for w

ell-d

raw

n, m

ult

idim

ensi

onal

fem

ale

ch

aracte

rs an

d it

sen

ds an

importa

nt

mess

age t

o t

he fi

lm i

ndus-

try.

As S

harm

a an

d S

en

der w

rit

e,

“Dear H

ollyw

ood:

We k

now

how

you

can

make m

ore m

on

ey i

n 2

014

. P

ut

more w

om

en o

nsc

reen.” B

ut

the e

xer-

cis

e is

als

o —

let’s

be h

onest

— a

bit

of

a letd

ow

n. In

2014

, w

e a

re s

till w

hoop-

ing w

ith d

elight

when

movie

stu

dio

s depic

t a w

om

an

sharin

g a

sn

ippet

of

non

-dude-f

ocuse

d c

onversa

tion

wit

h

anoth

er w

om

an?

This

is

not

exactl

y a

hig

h b

ar.

And t

he t

est

(w

hic

h,

again

, B

echdel never inte

nded t

o b

e t

he o

nly

w

ord o

n t

he m

att

er)

seem

s pote

nti

ally

mis

leadin

g.

Wom

en

can

com

e o

ff a

s hum

an

on

screen

wit

hout

pass

ing (

if,

say,

“C

harlo

tte”

talk

s to

“E

llen”

about

a m

an

nam

ed K

ierkegaard),

or t

hey

can

in

habit

film

s t

hat

pass t

he t

est

and s

till t

reat

them

lik

e m

annequin

s (C

harlo

tte:

“I l

ove y

our p

ink h

eels

!”

Ellen: “T

hey m

atc

h m

y u

nderw

ear!”

).

Is it

tim

e t

o u

pdate

the s

tandard?

I reached o

ut

to s

om

e w

om

en c

rit

-ic

s and w

rit

ers

to g

et

a s

ense

of

what

their

revis

ed B

T m

ight

look lik

e. W

hat

should

we a

sk o

f m

ovie

s in

term

s of

depic

ting w

om

en c

reati

vely

, resp

onsi

-bly

, com

pellin

gly

? O

ne t

hem

e I

heard

repeate

dly

was

that

the c

urren

t B

T

rem

ain

s a u

sefu

l dia

gnost

ic t

ool. “

I do

thin

k t

hat

it’s

such a

low

bar f

or g

ood

reaso

n,” w

rit

er M

ichelle D

ean e

mailed

to m

e.

“If

movie

s can’t

even m

eet

that

low

sta

ndard,

that

says s

om

eth

ing.

An

d

most

movie

s don

’t m

eet

the B

echdel

test

now

, so

I’m

not

sure t

he t

hin

g i

s rip

e f

or a

revis

ion.” Y

et,

as

film

crit

ic

Karin

a L

ongw

orth

argues,

the c

rit

eria

are “

too e

asy

to s

ati

sfy i

n a

superfi-

cia

l w

ay.

Just

because

a fi

lm i

nclu

des

a s

crap o

f conversa

tion

betw

een

tw

o

wom

en a

bout

som

eth

ing o

ther t

han a

m

an

does

not

necess

arily m

ean

that

the fi

lm h

as

any m

ean

ingfu

l in

terest

in

wom

en.”

For S

late

’s A

manda H

ess

, th

e p

rob-

lem

lie

s in

tryin

g t

o d

eriv

e b

est

prac-

tices fr

om

w

hat

was,

orig

inally,

“a

hilario

us

and e

ye-o

penin

g p

oin

t about

the l

ack o

f fu

lly-r

ealize

d f

em

ale

char-

acte

rs

on

film

,” n

ot

an

earn

est

solu

-ti

on

. “T

he p

oin

t of

the B

echdel

test

has

been l

ost

in [

the t

est

’s]

obse

ssiv

e

applicati

on,” w

hic

h n

ow

“com

es

across

as

arbit

rary.”

So w

hat’s a bett

er m

easure? “I

’d

like t

o s

ee m

ore a

bst

ract

dis

cuss

ion

am

on

g w

om

en

in

film

, about

books,

politi

cs,

philoso

phy,

anyth

ing b

ut

the

nurtu

rin

g s

ide o

f fe

male

exis

ten

ce,”

said

Dean

. “I

f th

ere’s

a s

ingle

thin

g

I’d l

ike t

o s

ee m

ore fi

lms

do, it

would

be to

ta

ke fe

male

desir

e serio

usly

,”

added L

ongw

orth

. H

ess

made a

pit

ch

for m

ore v

isib

le P

lato

nic

male

-fem

ale

rela

tionsh

ips:

“A

s im

porta

nt

as

it is

for

film

s to

featu

re w

om

en t

alk

ing a

mong

them

selv

es,

I t

hin

k i

t’s

just

as

crucia

l to

fe

atu

re m

en

an

d w

om

en

ta

lkin

g

to e

ach o

ther f

or r

eason

s u

nrela

ted

to e

ventu

ally h

ookin

g u

p,” s

he w

rote

.

(Als

o, w

om

en s

hould

talk

to t

hem

selv

es

more o

nsc

reen

: “S

an

dra [

Bullock,

in

Gra

vity

]… t

alk

s to

herse

lf a

lot.

That

should

count!

”)W

rit

er R

oxane G

ay w

ent

full-o

n fan-

tasy

league i

n a

wis

h l

ist

for a

revis

ed

test

, reproduced b

elo

w.

1. A

wom

an’s

sto

ry is

bein

g t

old

. S

he

is n

ot

rele

gate

d t

o t

he r

ole

of si

dekic

k,

rom

anti

c inte

rest

, or b

it p

layer.

2.

Her

world

is

popula

ted

wit

h

inte

llig

ent

wom

en w

ho a

lso h

ave s

to-

rie

s w

orth

tellin

g, even if

their

sto

rie

s aren’t

the f

ocus

of

the m

ovie

.3. If

she m

ust

engage i

n a

rom

anti

c

storyline, sh

e d

oesn

’t h

ave t

o c

om

pro-

mis

e h

er s

anit

y o

r c

om

mon s

ense

for

love.

4. S

he c

annot

live in a

n inexplicably

perfe

ct

apartm

ent

in a

n e

xpensi

ve c

ity

wit

h n

o v

isib

le m

eans

of aff

ordin

g s

aid

in

explicably

perfe

ct

apartm

ent.

5. S

he d

oesn

’t h

ave t

o l

ive u

p t

o a

n

unrealist

ic fem

inis

t st

andard. S

he c

an

and s

hould

be h

um

an. S

he just

needs

to

be inte

llig

ent

and w

itty

and inte

rest

ing

in t

he w

ay w

om

en, th

e w

orld

over a

re,

if w

e e

ver g

ot

a c

hance t

o r

eally k

now

th

em

on t

he s

ilver s

creen.

Soun

ds

like a

great

movie

. A

nd a

very h

igh b

ar.

As

for m

e, like t

he o

ther

wom

en I

talk

ed t

o, I

don’t

thin

k t

here

can

really b

e o

ne r

ule

to d

ete

rm

ine

wheth

er o

r n

ot

a m

ovie

pass

es

mus-

ter.

The a

im, I

thin

k, sh

ould

be v

arie

ty.

Fem

ale

characte

rs

should

not

all l

ook

the s

am

e, act

the s

am

e, have t

he s

am

e

needs,

desi

res,

tic

s, jobs,

str

ength

s, v

ul-

nerabilit

ies

an

d p

reoccupati

on

s. J

ust

sh

ow

us

thin

kin

g a

bout,

talk

ing a

bout,

en

gagin

g i

n m

any d

iffe

ren

t ty

pes

of

thin

gs

— a

s w

e a

re w

ont

to d

o —

and

your m

ovie

should

make g

azi

llio

ns.

WP

-Blo

om

ber

g

HO

LLY

WO

OD

NE

WS

BO

LLY

WO

OD

NE

WS

Whe

n w

omen

get

to

play

W

hen w

omen

get

to

play

ac

tual

hum

an b

eing

sac

tual

hum

an b

eing

s

I’m

pla

ying

a c

op in

Gho

omke

thu:

Kas

hyap

Film

maker A

nurag K

ash

yap w

ill

be s

een

in

a f

ull-fl

edged c

om

edy r

ole

of

a p

olice o

fficer

in G

hoom

keth

u.

“As

an a

cto

r y

ou m

ust

learn t

o

laugh a

t yourse

lf.

People

ten

d t

o b

lackm

ail m

e

em

oti

onally t

o a

ct

in t

heir

film

s. W

e h

ave s

hot

alm

ost

the e

nti

re fi

lm, except

for f

ew

porti

ons.

I

am

pla

yin

g a

lazy

cop in t

he fi

lm,” K

ash

yap, w

ho

will sp

ort

a n

ew

look in t

he fi

lm, .

Kash

ayp f

eatu

red a

s a c

hild a

buse

r i

n O

nir

’s

2010

film

I A

m. D

irecte

d b

y P

ush

pendra M

ishra,

Gh

oom

keth

u a

lso featu

res

Naw

azu

ddin

Sid

diq

ui as

the p

rota

gonis

t. R

eporte

dly

, A

mit

abh B

achchan

may a

lso b

e s

een in t

he fi

lm a

nd w

hen a

sked a

bout

the s

am

e K

ash

yap s

aid

: “W

e w

ant

him

in t

he fi

lm,

but

noth

ing is

confirm

ed y

et.

...w

e a

re t

ryin

g o

ur level best

.”

Gul

aab

Gan

g w

as m

y la

st c

han

ce t

o w

ork

w

ith M

adhuri

Dix

it, s

ays

Juhi

Chaw

la

Actr

ess

Juhi C

haw

la, w

ho w

ill be s

een w

ith M

adhuri D

ixit

for t

he fi

rst

ti

me i

n “

Gula

ab G

ang”,

says

she d

oesn

’t t

hin

k t

hey w

ill

get

anoth

er

chance t

o w

ork

togeth

er in futu

re. M

adhuri and J

uhi w

ere c

onte

mporarie

s in

the 1

990s

but

they n

ever w

ork

ed t

ogeth

er d

urin

g t

heir

prim

e.

“I t

hin

k t

his

(G

ula

ab

Ga

ng)

was

the l

ast

chance I

got

to w

ork

wit

h h

er

(Madhuri

Dix

it)

an

d I

don

’t t

hin

k w

e w

ill

again

get

a c

han

ce t

o w

ork

togeth

er i

n f

utu

re,”

Juhi

told

reporte

rs

on

Mon

day a

t th

e s

creen

ing o

f B

engali m

ovie

Ja

tish

wa

r here.

Gu

laa

b G

an

g h

as

a v

ery s

trong s

crip

t and J

uhi fe

els

that

such s

torie

s are

not

churned o

ut

in b

ulk

, th

erefo

re, sh

e i

sn’t

so h

opefu

l of

seein

g h

er a

nd

Madhuri

on t

he b

ig s

creen t

ogeth

er a

gain

. “I

t happens

once i

n a

lif

eti

me

when w

e g

et

such a

good s

crip

t and w

here w

e c

an w

ork

togeth

er w

ith s

uch

dedic

ati

on. S

o, I

don’t

im

agin

e t

hat

we w

ill

again

be w

ork

ing (

togeth

er).

T

hat’s

why t

he fi

lm is

excit

ing f

or u

s as

acto

rs,

” sa

id J

uhi.

Juhi

recalls

the t

ime w

hen

she m

isse

d t

he o

pportu

nit

y t

o w

ork

wit

h

Madhuri

because

of

riv

alr

y.

“There w

ere t

imes

when I

had a

chance t

o

work

wit

h M

adhuri, b

ut

at

that

tim

e w

e w

ere r

ivals

and I

was

like, ‘I

will

not

work

wit

h M

adhuri at

all’,”

Juhi sp

oke c

andid

ly.

“Now

I a

greed t

o d

o t

he fi

lm (

Gu

laa

b G

an

g)

as

I fe

lt it

would

be a

n a

maz-

ing c

ast

wit

h s

uch a

n a

weso

me s

crip

t,”

she a

dded.

Gu

laa

b G

an

g, co-w

rit

ten b

y d

irecto

r S

oum

ik S

en a

nd p

roducer A

nubhav

Sin

ha, is

insp

ired b

y a

group o

f w

om

en a

cti

vis

ts in t

he B

undelk

hand r

egio

n

and t

alk

s about

wom

en e

mpow

erm

ent.

It

featu

res

Juhi

and M

adhuri

in

com

ple

tely

opposi

te r

ole

s. W

hile M

adhuri

stands

for j

ust

ice, Ju

hi

stands

for p

oliti

cal pow

er a

s sh

e p

lays

a s

tubborn p

oliti

cia

n.

Gula

ab G

ang is

slate

d t

o r

ele

ase

on M

arch 7

, a d

ay b

efo

re I

nte

rnati

onal

Wom

en’s

Day. Ju

hi is

eager t

o t

alk

about

the m

ovie

.“I

am

wait

ing f

or t

he p

rom

oti

ons

to s

tart.

I w

ill

be h

appy t

o t

alk

about

the fi

lm. It

was

a u

niq

ue e

xperie

nce w

hile w

ork

ing i

n t

he fi

lm. I

enjo

yed

it,” s

he s

aid

.

Sunil

Gro

ver

has

suppor

ting r

ole

in G

abba

r

Sta

ndup c

om

edia

n S

unil G

rover,

know

n for p

layin

g G

utt

hi in

hit

TV

show

C

om

ed

y N

igh

ts w

ith

Ka

pil,

will

pla

y a

supporti

ng r

ole

in fi

lm G

ab

ba

r,

dir

ecto

r K

ris

h s

aid

. C

ontr

ary t

o t

he r

um

ours

that

Sunil h

as

a p

arallel le

ad

alo

ng w

ith A

ksh

ay K

um

ar,

the d

ebuta

nte

dir

ecto

r c

larifi

ed t

hat

it i

s “a

n

out-

and-o

ut

Aksh

ay fi

lm”.

“Let

me c

larif

y t

hat

Sunil o

nly

has

a s

upporti

ng p

art,

but

it w

ill

be a

n

importa

nt

one t

hough,” K

ris

h s

aid

in a

sta

tem

ent.

“The fi

lm i

s a m

ix o

f com

edy a

nd d

ram

a.

It’s

too e

arly

to r

eveal

the

intr

icacie

s of

the c

haracte

r,”

he a

dded.

Meanw

hile S

unil, w

ho w

ill be s

een in a

new

TV

show

as

Ch

utk

i, r

efu

sed

to e

laborate

on h

is r

ole

in G

ab

ba

r. “

I can’t

talk

about

the fi

lm y

et

since I

have b

een a

sked n

ot

to,” h

e s

aid

and a

dded t

hat

he h

ad n

o r

ole

in r

um

ours

about

him

pla

yin

g t

he p

arallel le

ad.

Ga

bb

ar

is t

he H

indi

rem

ake o

f T

am

il b

lockbust

er R

am

an

na a

nd w

ill

als

o featu

re S

hruti

Haasa

n, P

rakash

Raj and S

onu S

ood. A

ctr

ess

Kareena

Kapoor w

ill m

ake a

specia

l appearance in a

dance n

um

ber in it.

Mic

hal

e D

ougla

s ro

ped

in A

nt M

an

Hollyw

od a

cto

r M

ichael D

ougla

s has

join

ed

the c

ast

of upcom

ing s

uperhero fi

lm A

nt-

Ma

n. H

e w

ill ess

ay s

cie

nti

st H

enry ‘H

ank’ P

ym

in

the m

ovie

. D

ougla

s, 6

9,

who w

on t

he b

est

acto

r a

ward i

n m

ini-

serie

s or m

oti

on p

ictu

re

made for t

ele

vis

ion c

ate

gory a

t th

e 7

1st

Gold

en

Glo

be A

wards,

was

pursu

ed e

arly

on

for t

he

part,

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By Andrew M Seaman

Reinforcing an already common practice, a US government-backed panel says women should be screened for gesta-tional diabetes after 24 weeks of preg-

nancy even if they don’t have symptoms.The US Preventive Services Task Force

(USPSTF) says all pregnant women who have not been previously diagnosed with diabetes should be given a blood test for the condition, which increases the risk of complications during and after birth.

“Gestational diabetes is an important condition to consider,” Dr Wanda Nicholson said. “It affects two people — a mother and her offspring.”

Nicholson is an immediate former member of the USPSTF and an associate professor in the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine.

“It doesn’t really say anything different than what’s already out there, but it’s going to be one more piece of support to the practice that’s already in place,” Dr Yvette LaCoursiere said of the guideline.

LaCoursiere is the director of the University of California, San Diego’s Maternal Weight and Wellness Program and was not involved with the recommendation.

Like other types of diabetes, the gestational form occurs among pregnant women whose bod-ies can’t make or use enough insulin, a hormone that gives glucose — or blood sugar — access to the body’s cells to be used as fuel.

“It’s a really interesting thing,” Dr Loralei Thornburg said. “The baby and the placenta kind of want to make you diabetic.”

Thornburg was also not involved with mak-ing the new recommendation. She is a high-risk pregnancy expert at the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York.

“They (the baby and placenta) try to drive the maternal blood sugar up to drive more glucose into the baby to feed the growing baby,” she said. “The mother’s body balances this with increased insulin and other hormones. When the body is unable to keep up with this, and the maternal glucose becomes out of balance (too high), you have gestational diabetes.”

The condition affects approximately 18 per-cent of pregnancies, according to the American Diabetes Association.

Women who are obese, older, members of an eth-nic group with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes and who have a history of gestational diabetes or

a family history of diabetes are at increased risk for developing gestational diabetes, according to the USPSTF.

If left untreated, gestational diabetes can lead to a larger-than-normal baby, which can cause prob-lems for the mother later in pregnancy and during delivery. The baby can also suffer nerve damage from pressure on its shoulders during delivery, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The USPSTF writes in the Annals of Internal Medicine that it found with “moderate certainty” that there is a net benefit to screening for ges-tational diabetes after 24 weeks of pregnancy to reduce complications.

The new recommendation is an update to a 2008 statement by the panel, which concluded there was not enough evidence to recommend for or against screening.

The panel still says there is not enough evidence to recommend for or against screening for gesta-tional diabetes before 24 weeks.

“What’s happened between 2008 and 2013 is that there have been several large randomised trials that have found some substantial reduc-tions in pregnancy-related outcomes,” Nicholson said.

In the review the panel used as the basis of its recommendation, researchers found there were fewer cases of high blood pressure among pregnant women who were treated for gestational diabetes. There were also fewer larger-than-normal babies and fewer cases of babies’ shoulders getting stuck during delivery among those women.

LaCoursiere said women who are diagnosed with gestational diabetes are more likely to develop 2 diabetes later on.

“It’s a glimpse into someone’s future,” she said. “Maybe it’s the window of opportunity that will allow women to change their behaviour to avoid type 2 diabetes down the road.”

Treatment for gestational diabetes includes diet and lifestyle changes. If those fail, medication may be necessary.

“It gets to the point that nutrition in pregnancy is important and everyone should be following a diet of less ice cream and more vegetables,” Thornburg said.

Screening for gestational diabetes is covered by insurance under the 2010 Affordable Care Act - better known as Obamacare - according to Nicholson.

SOURCE: bit.ly/SQRXAa Annals of Internal Medicine, online January 13, 2014.

Reuters

Adhering to medicine key for heart attack survivors

For heart attack survivors, sticking to prescribed medication is critical to avoid another heart attack. The researchers, however, don’t think this is the case with the most and var-ies according to race and gender. The odds that an patient is still taking the medications as

prescribed within a year vary significantly depending on race and gender, and black and Hispanic women are the least likely to adhere to their regimen, says a new study by the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill.

The research, led by Gang Fang, assistant professor at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, suggest that while cardiologists are prescribing preventive medications for heart-attack patients at the time of discharge, more needs to be done to help patients stay on those medications.

The researchers examined prescription records and looked at three types of medications - statins, beta blockers and ACEIs/ARBs - for over 85,000 patients.

The results, published in the journal Circulation, showed that although there is little racial and gender disparity in getting the patients started on preventive medications, keeping them on those medications long-term is a different story. “Adherence is a two-dimensional behaviour - the physician has to prescribe the medication and the patient has to fill the prescription,” said Fang.

The study found adherence was worse among racial minorities. Black and Hispanic patients had the lowest likelihood of adherence to beta-blockers and statins, said the study.

The study also found that women, who have worse outcomes than men after heart attacks, had worse adherence within each race group, especially in blacks and Hispanics.

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Screen pregnant women for gestational diabetes: US panel

TECHNOLOGYPLUS | WEDNESDAY 15 JANUARY 201412

By Alexei Oreskovic and Poornima Gupta

Google Inc took its biggest step to go deeper into consumers’ homes, announcing a $3.2bn deal to buy smart thermostat and smoke alarm-maker Nest Labs Inc, scooping up a promis-

ing line of products and a prized design team led by the “godfather” of the iPod.

Nest will continue to operate as its own distinct brand after the all-cash deal closes, Google said.

The deal is the second largest in Google’s history after the $12.5bn acquisition of mobile phone maker Motorola in 2012.

Like the Motorola deal, which marked Google’s first major foray into hardware, the Nest acquisition gives Google a stepping stone into an important new market at a time when consumer appliances and Internet services are increasingly merging.

“Nest Labs appears to be focused on thermostats and smoke alarms, but it’s not far-fetched to see Google expanding this technology into other devices over time,” said Shyam Patil, an analyst at Wedbush.

“Home automation is one of the bigger opportuni-ties when you talk about the Internet of everything and connecting everything. This acquisition furthers their strategy around that,” he said.

Nest gained a large following with its first thermo-stat — a round, brushed-metal device with a convex glass screen that displays temperature and changes hue to match the colour of the wall it attaches to. It also tracks usage and employs that data to automati-cally set heating and cooling temperatures.

With the acquisition, Google gets Tony Fadell, a well-connected and well-respected Silicon Valley entrepreneur credited with creating Apple Inc’s iconic iPod music player, along with co-founder Matt Rogers and a host of talented engineers and designers.

According to a search on professional network LinkedIn, roughly 100 of Nest’s 300 employees have worked at Apple in the past.

Google, the world’s largest online search engine, is increasingly expanding into new markets, with efforts ranging from a high-speed Internet access business to advanced research on self-driving cars and robotics.

But while Google’s engineering expertise has gen-erated major advances in technology, the company has at times struggled to create hardware products that resonate with consumers as much as Apple’s products do.

The consumer experience of Nest’s products “is Apple-like and it gives Google that,” said Pat Moorhead, an analyst at Moor Insights and Strategy.

“What Google wants to do is be the backbone for your home, how you consume energy, how you con-sume content like music through your entire house,” said Moorhead.

Some commenters on Twitter expressed concerns about the privacy implications of the deal for Google, which collects scads of personal data about its users’ online habits.

“Not content with your personal data, Google now wants your home data by buying Nest,” read a Tweet by Irene Ng.

“So basically Google will know when homeowner is away, when they’ve had a fire & what the power bill is?” Tweeted Brian Makas, who appended the hashtag #creepy to his comment.

In an interview, Nest’s Fadell said the company spent a lot of time discussing privacy issues with Google during talks that led to the deal.

“The reality of the situation is inside of Google they take privacy so incredibly seriously you have no idea,” Fadell said, noting that Nest’s terms of service would not change after the deal.

Google said the deal is expected to close in the next few months pending regulatory approval.

Early BetsGoogle has tried to gain a foothold in the smart

home market before, launching the PowerMeter service in 2009. The service let consumers use the Web to monitor their home electricity consumption, but Google shut it down in 2011, noting that it hadn’t caught on as much as Google hoped.

It was that same year that Nest’s Fadell met with Google co-founder Sergey Brin at a TED confer-ence, showing him a prototype of the thermostat. Google’s venture capital arm, Google Ventures, made an investment in Nest not long after that.

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, the venture-capital firm that started backing Nest in 2010, made

a return of 20 times on the $20m it has put in over the years, for a return of around $400m, a person familiar with the situation said. Shasta Ventures, which invested at the same time as Kleiner, stands to make a similar rate of return on its investment, a person familiar with the matter said.

Fadell said the deal with Google was the culmi-nation of “countless” discussions that began in the summer of 2013.

“It took us months to get comfortable that they are going to bring to the table the things we need for scale and to realise our decade-long vision and that they really truly respected what we did,” he said.

While Fadell’s expertise in mobile products could be a boon to Google and its money-losing Motorola smartphone division, he stressed that his focus was on home automation products.

“That was one thing I was very clear about. I said ‘Larry, I have already built all kind of mobile prod-ucts, I have done all those things. I am not here to build those,’” Fadell said, referring to Google CEO Larry Page.

“I am here to build out this vision. Not to go and build the other things I have already built in the past,” said Fadell. Reuters

Google gains entry to homes and prized team with $3.2bn Nest deal

By Samuel Gibbs

Motorola’s Moto X flagship smartphone goes on sale in the UK and Europe in February,

part of its attempt to return to profit-ability since being acquired by Google.

Motorola hopes that the launch of the £380 Moto X, which originally went on sale in the US in August 2013, will help move the company back into the black after recording six quarters of losses since it was acquired in May 2012.

“Google wants Motorola to be able run as a stand-alone business without subsidy,” James Soames, Motorola UK’s director of marketing said.

“At the end of the day we’ve launched a brand new business in the last 18 months,” Soames said. Motorola has reduced its staff levels by around 30 percent from 20,000

employees and reduced its product line-up from 30 devices to just “two flagship smartphones aimed at differ-ent audiences”.

Motorola has made an operating loss almost every quarter over the past five years. Since being acquired by Google its losses have totalled $1.6bn on revenues of $8.1bn in the period to the end of September 2013.

The Moto X faces an uphill battle against very stiff competition from Samsung, Apple, Sony and HTC, while a February release — after the Christmas splurge when a significant number of new smartphones are bought — is unlikely to help.

Motorola’s share of the UK market

is minuscule compared to the likes of Apple and Samsung, as highlighted by recent trade-in data from UK site CompareMyMobile. There, Samsung and Apple devices make up the major-ity of smartphone trade-ins, with the iPhone and Samsung’s Galaxy S line among the most traded as people seek to unload old phones and get cash for new ones. Data from the site shows that while 48.3 percent of all trade-ins are Android phones, Motorola devices are only 0.26 percent of the total - which could suggest relatively few owners fol-lowing the relatively limited exposure for the Motorola brand in the past two years.

Despite garnering praise from critics,

the Moto X sold just 500,000 in its first three months on sale in the US, com-pared with 10m Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphones sold in its first month of release, according to data from Strategy Analytics.

Soames said Motorola is “very pleased with” the US sales figures.

The Moto X also sees Google compet-ing with itself, as the Google Nexus 5 smartphone – another flagship Google phone, made by LG and priced at £300 – is a direct competitor to the Moto X.

Touting “touchless” control that allows a user to command it by voice alone, even when the screen is off, the Moto X is made with “premium mate-rials” but priced below the premium smartphone competition, including the £500-plus Samsung Galaxy S4 and Apple iPhone 5S.

The Guardian

Motorola hopes Moto X smartphone will steer it towards profit for Google

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How to play Hyper Sudoku:A Hyper Sudoku

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Editor-In-Chief Khalid Al Sayed Acting Managing Editor Hussain Ahmad Editorial Office The Peninsula Tel: 4455 7741, E-mail: [email protected] / [email protected]

IN FOCUS

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by Alungal Abdulrasheed

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Rashid Sultan Al Kuwari, Corporate Planning Manager,RasGas Company Limited

He is the Vice-Chairman of Texas A&M Mechanical Engineering Department Advisory Board.

Before becoming Corporate Planning Manager, he has held positions like Learning and Development Manager, and Human Resources Manager. He is a member of Qatar National Oil and Gas Committee and Steering Committee member of the Qatar Mobility Innovations Center “Masarak Traffic–Enabled Services”. He is a member of the Chartered Management Institute (UK). He holds an MBA and a BSc in Engineering from Qatar University.

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Fathi Hassan : The Depth of HopeWhen: Jan 15-Feb 27 Where: VCQ Qatar Gallery What: Egyptian -Sudanese artist Fathi

Hassan presents his latest exhibition. With the invented, Kufic-inspired scripts, he plays with symbols, textures and calligraphy of his Nubian heritage to explore the space between graphic symbolism and literal meaning vibrantcolours and collage.Free Entry

Selam Mekan When: Jan 23 -Feb 22Where: Katara Gallery 2 building 18

What: Exhibition by Canan Dagdelen, a native of Istanbul. The focal point of her work is architecture although historical part of writing also forms part of her research. She is interested in relationship between time and memory photographic images.Free Entry

Relics — Damien HirstWhen : Until Jan 22; Sun-Wed: 10:30am–5:30pm. Tuesday ClosedThur-Sat: 12pm–8pm, Fri: 2pm–8pmWhere: Al Riwaq Exhibition Space What: The most comprehensive survey of Damien Hirst’s work ever shown and his first solo exhibition in the Middle East. Free Entry

Rose Issa : Crossing BoundariesWhen : Jan 15, 6pm.Where: VCQ Qatar AtriumWhat : A lecture by Rose Issa who is a curator, writer and producer who has championed visual art and film from the Arab and Iran for nearly 30 years.

Free Entry

Sheikh Abdullah bin Jassim: A Leader’s Legacy When: Until Jan 30, 2014Where: QMA Gallery, Katara What: This exhibition presents new insights into Sheikh Abdullah’s life and legacy to Qatar’s people through exceptional artifacts, historic photographs, oral history interviews and original films. Free Entry

‘Our Qatar’ ExhibitionWhen: Till Jan 18, 10pm to 10pm Where: Katara Gallery 2 - Bldg 18 What: A community photography installation project. You can contribute one photo that expresses the way you feel about Qatar and their life in the country. Maximum Size accepted is A3. For more info mail [email protected] Entry

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By Kevin Murphy

Southwest Airlines suspended two pilots from flying on Monday after their jetliner with

124 passengers landed at the wrong airport near Branson, Missouri, late on Sunday, a spokeswoman said.

A Southwest captain, who has worked 15 years for the airline, and a first officer were removed from flying duties pending a federal investigation of the landing, said Michelle Agnew, a Southwest spokeswoman.

The Boeing 737-700 landed at M Graham Clark Downtown Airport instead of at Branson Airport, the main commercial air strip near Branson, which has a much longer runway, Southwest said in a state-ment. The airports are about 7 miles apart.

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the mistaken landing but had no other comment, spokeswoman Elizabeth Isham Cory said.

The plane left Chicago Midway Airport on Sunday on a flight to Dallas Love Field with a planned first stop in Branson, a musical

entertainment and tourism mecca in southwest Missouri.

Southwest is looking into “all the circumstances” that led the captain to land at the wrong airport, Agnew said.

After landing at the wrong airport, passengers were taken by ground transportation to the correct airport and then were flown to Dallas on another jet later on Sunday, she said. Southwest apologized to passengers, is refunding the cost of their tickets and giving them travel credits, she said.

The airplane took off on Monday afternoon with a new flight crew, Agnew said. It was bound for Tulsa, Oklahoma, for refuelling and would go back in service, she said.

The Branson landing marked the second time in less than two months that a pilot landed a jetliner at the wrong airport in the Midwest.

On November 21, a Boeing 747 cargo plane flown by Atlas Air that was supposed to land at McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita, Kansas, instead landed on the much shorter runway at Colonel James Jabara Airport, a Wichita city airport.

Reuters

Airline grounds pilots who landed jet at wrong airport

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