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Oscar nominees hobnobthree weeks ahead ofHollywoods big night

Highly paid employees are pushing up rents nearthe Googles California headquarters, forcinglocals out and destroying communities, sayactivists. Now Oaklands residents are fighting

back hard. But are they too late?

OAKLANDOAKLAND:THE REVOLT G INSTTHE REVOLT AGAINSTBIGBIGTECH COMPANIESTECH COMPANIES


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By Rory Carroll

If pushing your enemy into the sea

signifies success, then Googlesdecision to start ferrying work-ers to its campus by boat suggests

the revolt against big technology com-panies is going well. Standing on thedocks of Oakland, on the east side ofSan Francisco Bay, last week, you couldwatch the Googlers board the ferry, oneby one, and swoosh through the chill,grey waters of the bay towards the com-panys Mountain View headquarters, 30or so miles to the south.

Not exactly Dunkirk, but from afaryou might have detected a whiff of evac-uation, if not retreat. The ferry fromOakland a week-long pilot programme joined a similar catamaran servicefor Google workers in San Franciscolaunched last month. The search enginegiant is not doing it for the bracing seaair. It is a response to blockades andassaults against buses that shuttleemployees to work.

Many fear fresh attacks. A youngsoftware designer waiting for a Googlebus on the corner of seventh andAdeline street in west Oakland flincheswhen I approach him. A few weeksearlier, activists here s lashed tyres andhurled rocks through windows. Sincethen a police car has kept watch, butthe Googler remains wary. A reporter?Can I see some ID? He scrutinises mypress card and sighs. We dont knowwhats going to happen. Anarchists aredriving this.

An eclectic range of motivations

are behind the wider backlash againsttechnology companies in their Bay Areahome turf as well as globally. Fair-taxcampaigners complain that they abuse

their clout in order to dodge paymentsand rewrite rules in their favour. Privacyadvocates say they pillage customers

data and facilitate, willingly or not,government mass surveillance. Othersaccuse them of worsening inequality byenriching plutocratic backers.

Bay Area activists started targetingthe fleets of air-conditioned, Wi-Fi-equipped buses last year as symbols oftech-driven gentrification, a processwhich is fuelling rent increases andevictions. The protests made headlinesaround the world, seeding hope in somecircles, and anxiety or even panic inothers.

There is no denying that the homeof the summer of love is now experi-encing a winter of fear and loathing.Those people on the buses are quitescared, they feel threatened. Now they

want to hide their faces, says JonathanChin, the co-founder of a new securitystartup, Bannerman, which rents body-guards and bouncers, many of them vet-erans of Afghanistan and Iraq. Techies

comprise a third of clients. They likeus because there is no need to sign ayear-long contract. You pay when you

need us, says Chin.Watching Googles ferry steam out of

Oakland docks beyond rock-throwingrange it can seem as if here the anti-techrebellion has found a bastion. It makessense: Oakland, a gritty, industrial portcity of 400,000 souls just across the bayfrom San Francisco, has been Americascrucible of leftwing radicalism formore than a century, home to social-ists, trade-union agitators, poets, jazzmusicians, rabble-rousers, civil-rightsleaders, Black Panthers and anarchists.Occupy activists clashed with police andstormed city hall here in 2012. A bronzesculpture of Oaklands most famouswriter and activist, Jack London, over-looks the bay like a sentinel. You havemismanaged the world, he once told awealthy, frock-coated audience in NewYork, and it shall be taken from you.

Stirring, prescient words for an erascarred by the recklessness behind theeconomic crisis. But in Oakland thebold prediction of a reckoning, of thehave-nots prising power and wealthfrom the elite, remains wishful think-ing. In reality, there is no insurrection.The bus protests are sporadic and fleet-ing. They worry but do not repel techsettlers. Googles use of ferries is a tac-tical tweak, not a retreat. Resistanceto technology workers, corporations orreal estate developers ranges from punyto non-existent. Wealthy outsiders aretaking and reshaping the city, gentrify-ing former ideological cauldrons. This

should not really be a surprise. It is apop-culture truism that the geeks shallinherit the earth, and that includesOakland.

Oakland The city thatOakland: The city thattold Google to get losttold Google to get lost

Watching Googles

ferry steam outof Oakland docksbeyond rock-throwingrange it can seem asif here the anti-techrebellion has found abastion.


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Theyve kicked out thousands.Theyre the kick-out kings, saysKokavulu Lumukanda, 67, observing astreet of Victorian-style houses fromthe top step of his wooden porch. Aformer bookshop owner who has seenneighbours evicted and forced out byrising rents, he is referring to cor-porate landlords, but in his view theyoung techies who subsequently movedin were equally culpable. They comehere to play the cultural poseur. Itslike dominos falling. Whites move in,

blacks move out. (Oakland has losta quarter of its black population overthe past decade, though on the whole ithas been latinos, not whites, who havereplaced them.)

Google, which declined to be inter-viewed for this article, rejects the accu-sation. In a statement, it says: Googlestrives to be a good neighbour in thecommunities where we work and live.In the last year we volunteered thou-sands of hours with local organizationsand gave more than $19m to Bay Areanon-profits. One employee says he andhis colleagues help generate jobs andopportunities in the communities theysettle unlike nihilist critics who per-petuate desolation.

Oaklands poverty, decay and mur-der rates deterred all but the hardi-est would-be gentrifier during thedotcom bubble. But from 2007 theforeclosure crisis hit like a Greektragedy, according to a 2012 report

from the Urban Strategies Council, alocal thinktank. What began with anover-inflated housing bubble and thetargeting of predatory loan productsto homeowners of colour has ulti-mately peaked with the displacementof thousands. Some 10,508 homes wereforeclosed between 2007 and 2012,with poor, black families bearing the

brunt. This cre-ated a colos-sal opportunity

for wealthy indi-viduals and

corporations to snap up real estate,said the report.

Around the same time, a new techboom driven by the likes of Facebook,Apple, Twitter and Google floodedSilicon Valley with cash and talent.Rather than live in sterile valley towns,much of the influx opted for the brightlights of San Francisco, driving up rents and evictions. With prices there nowrivalling Manhattan, even well-paidtechies view Oakland, just a few stopseast on the local Bart railway system,as a more affordable, spicier alternative.So now condos pop up like toast.

The foreclosure crisis createdthis void that global capital filled,says Steve King, author of the Urban

Strategies Council report. And itcertainly wasnt taking cues fromlong-term residents over what thatinvestment should look like.

Gentrification hums through north-ern and western Oakland: U-haul vansspilling furniture on to lawns, ADT secu-rity signs sprouting alongside bike lanes,hubs of yoga studios, music venues, bou-tique hotels, miniature parks. All brush-ing up against slums and grime.

Andre Ernest, 47, an Oakland nativewho opened a bike shop four years ago,says tumbleweed used to roll past hisdoor. Now Ive got people walking inevery few minutes. Most are whitetechies conscious about their healthand carbon footprint, he says. Ernestrecoils, however, at the coach-loads of

business types who regularly cruisedown his street taking photographs.Investors on field trips scouting outthe area. In five years this area willcompletely change. Good for business,but for the people who dont want tobe forced out it s horrible.

Ernests neighbour, Revolution cafe,a joint too grubby and grungy for thenew settlers, recently closed. In itsplace, a few blocks north, is 10th &Wood, a smart new cafe with Wi-Fiand artisan burgers. Not long ago thearea was riven by gangs, guns anddrugs, but new residents are renovat-ing homes and opening businesses,beams the owner, Vladimir Levitansky,39. Its a renaissance.

A former Cirque du Soleil clown, henow hosts geeks, hipsters and assorted

bohemians at his pavement tables .Despite a pie hat and check trousers,

Levitansky sounds more DonaldTrump than Marcel Marceau. I dofeel bad for the person who is being dis-placed, but on the other side thatscut-and-dried capitalism. The personwho bought and improved (things)should be rewarded for taking thatrisk. If you dont have enough moneyto live in a certain neighbourhood, yourchoice is to make more money or livein another neighbourhood.

Jack Londons spirit is not extin-guished. Rio Scharf, a young tenantorganiser for the East Bay Solidaritynetwork, is helping people to fight evic-tion. We supply legal advice and usepeople power, pickets and phone callsto wring concessions. It is ominous,

says Scharf, that some arrivals havecoined the term Broakland, a nod togentrifications poster child, Brooklyn.

The headquarters of another group,Causa Justa Just Cause, brims withenergy and campaigns, including one toput an anti-displacement initiative ona November ballot. Gentrification doesnot solve poverty, it merely shunts thepoor out of the city, says the executivedirector, Maria Poblet. She lamentsthat resistance has long been a los-ing battle given proximity to SiliconValley, which activists refer to onlyhalf-jokingly as the Death Star. Werenot in a moment where everyday peo-ple can rein in corporations. You canonly start from where you are.

Oaklands activists also despair overthe citys plan to integrate hundreds ofcameras, sensors and data feeds in anew Domain Awareness Center, callingit a tool of mass surveillance masked asan anti-crime measure. Adding insultto injury, the police department, whichwas fined $1m for brutalising Occupyprotestors, hosts an annual event,called Urban Shield, which showcasestactics and technology for crowd con-trol to other police forces.

Street activism stands little chanceagainst amorphous economic forces,says King, the thinktank author. Idont know how much of that resist-ance remains.

Militancy in Oakland is not dead. Ithas deep roots and regenerates. There

will be more protests, new causes,other battles. But as sure as the tiderolls into the bay, the geeks are hereto stay. The Peninsula

PLUS |THURSDAY 13 FEBRUARY 2014

Militancy in Oaklandis not dead. It

has deep roots

and regenerates.

There will be

more protests,

new causes, other

battles. But as sure

as the tide rolls into

the bay, the geeks

are here to stay.


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PLUS |THURSDAY 13 FEBRUARY 20144 NATIONAL SPORT DAY

Focus Qatar, an expatriate youth organisationin Qatar, organised a walkathon on the DohaCorniche on National Sport Day. The walkathon

was organised as part of the ongoing campaign, H4D Health in Four Dimensions. More than a hundredpeople participated in the walkathon. Focus Qatarmembers and Malabar Gold and Diamonds volunteersdistributed thousands of booklets explaining the mes-sage of the campaign in three languages Arabic,English and Malayalam.

The walkathon was flagged off by Qatar Indian IslahiCentre General Secretary Abdul Ali Chalikkara and

focus Qatar Advisory Board member Abdul LatheefNallalam.Focus Qatar Admin manager Askar Rahman, act-

ing CEO Shaheer Muhammed, programme managerImtyas Anachi, sports manager Jashmeer, MalabarGold and Diamonds branch head Noufal Thadathil,marketing executive M V Vinod, Focus Qatar financemanager Ashif Aziz, Nunooj Yusuf, Zanjabeel Misri,Riyas Vanimel and Shahid led the walkathon andbooklet distribution. Ooredoo and Malabar Gold andDiamonds were the sponsors of the campaign. Theclosing ceremony will be held on February 21 at QatarSports Club. The Peninsula

McDonalds Qatar joined inthe fun and games on thisyears National Sport Day

(NSD), sponsoring two events, theWomens Sports Committee and theWe are all at risk of disability ini-tiative, as part of its ongoing effortsto encourage active and healthylifestyles.

The group gave away more than1,000 meals and giveaways and keptchildren entertained with the popularRonald McDonald Show at the dedi-cated women and childrens sportsand health programme hosted by theWomens Sports Committee at theAspire Park.

McDonalds Qatar also sponsoredthe We are all at risk of disability, a

six-day sports event at Katara CulturalVillage that aims to raise awarenessof disabilities in the local community.

The initiative demonstrates howpeople with disabilities can lead activeand healthy lives, and encouragesQatar residents to work together tocreate a strong community to supportthose with a disability.

Commenting on McDonalds par-ticipation in NSD, Kamal Saleh AlMana, Managing Director of AlMana Restaurants and Food Co, theowner and operator of McDonaldsrestaurants in Qatar, said: We areproud to partner with and be asso-ciated with Qatars National SportDay, the leading event on Qatarssporting calendar. Highlighting theimportance of sports for both able-

bodied people and those with dis-abilities in leading a healthy life is

an important pillar of McDonaldscorporate social responsibilityand a positive way we can give

back to the communities in whichwe operate. This partnership is

just one of the many ways we are

inspiring our customers to leadactive l ives.

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Focus Qatar organises walkathon

McDonalds Qatar joins in the fun

Mvenpick Tower & Suites Doha celebratedNational Sport Day with an active and fun-filled day for employees. Employees were able tochoose from a variety of activities to get their

blood flowing, work out, spend time with theircolleagues and celebrate a day of fitness.

In addition to the regular sport choices of foot-ball, basketball and volleyball, team members hada chance to participate in a few extra fun gamesincluded weightlifting, chess and darts to showcasetheir skills outside the hotels confines. They alsoheld a running waiters competition.

The days activities came to a close with trophiesand medals presented to the winning teams andindividuals.

This has been a great day for our team, com-mented Ghada Sadek, general manager. This is a

fantastic way for us to enhance our team-buildingand strong spirit, and what better way to do sothrough Qatars National Sport Day.The Peninsula

Mvenpick Tower & Suites Dohaholds running waiters competition

UBL staff took part in various National Sport Day competitions.

UBL


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Regency Travel & Tours cel-ebrated National Sport Daywith great enthusiasm. On

the occasion, Regency Travel & ToursCEO Tareq Abdullatif Taha stated:The immense benefits of an activeand healthy lifestyle, and importanceof sports in developing positive per-sonal traits cannot be undermined. Weat Regency encourage our employeesto achieve work and personal life bal-ance, and include sports in their dailyroutine.

All staff and management weredressed in red and blue, the colourson the companys logo. A brief on theimportance and benefits of physicalexercise through outdoor sports, andhealthy living and eating habits wasdelivered to all employees.

The Intertec Group family members celebrated the National Sport Day at their premises in the presence of George Thomas, Group CFO and advisor to the chairman.

More than 2,200 runners crossed the finishline at the second annual Dolphin EnergyDoha Dash yesterday.

Held in celebration of Qatar National Sport Day,the Dolphin Energy Doha Dash enabled runners of allabilities, ages and nationalities to follow in the tracksof Moto GP stars and run at the Losail InternationalCircuit.

Cheered on by hundreds of spectators, includingfriends, family and colleagues, the participants com-peted in four categories, including a 5km and 3kmrace, a 1km Mini Doha Dash and a 1km ladies walk.

First place in the 5km race was awarded to TomWhateley and Eva Parris, with times of 17 minutesand 9 seconds and 21 minutes and 34 seconds, respec-tively. In a super-human effort, Tom Whateley alsotook first place in the 3km race with a time of 9minutes and 50 seconds, alongside 12-year-old HollyMcWilliam, who finished in 11 minutes and 42 sec-onds. The winners of the 1km Mini Doha Dash wereMohammed Ashaq and Roisin Browne, who tookfirst place in the womens category the second time.

In support of Shafallah Center, the Doha Dashpledged 25 percent of all registration proceeds tothe organisation, with a total donation of QR100,000.

Adel Ahmed Albuainain, General Manager,Dolphin Energy, said, This is the second year of theDoha Dash, and we are absolutely delighted to see somany runners taking part across all race categories.

The event allows us to re-emphasise our commit-ment to the importance of a healthy lifestyle for ouremployees and the citizens and residents of Qatar.

On behalf of Dolphin Energy I would like to

extend my gratitude to everyone who joined us, andalso to the other event sponsors: Vodafone Qatar,DHL Express, W Doha Hotel & Residences and DohaStadium Plus.

Organised by Professional Sports Group, the eventtreated runners and spectators to a day of fun andactivities in the Race Village, including trainingand exercise routines; a speed running bleep test;a speed shot radar challenge; and professionally-led

recovery sessions.In addition, warm-ups were performed before each

race by professional fitness instructors from FitnessFirst at the City Center Mall.

Jamie Cunningham, Chief Executive Officer,Professional Sports Group, said: The second DolphinEnergy Doha Dash has been even bigger and betterthan last year and is fast becoming a key fixture inthe Qatar National Sport Day calendar.

We are delighted to see the number of runnersincrease significantly from the 1,300 participantsthat took part in 2013, and extremely proud of ourpartnership with Dolphin Energy and the other event

sponsors who make this event possible.Congratulations to all those who crossed the fin-

ish line today we look forward to welcoming youall back in 2015. The Peninsula

Regency Travel & Tours

The Intertec Group

Over 2,200 runners take part in 2014 Doha Dash


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PLUS |THURSDAY 13 FEBRUARY 20146 MARKETPLACE / SPORT DAY

Chinese Food Festival

at Lifestyle Restaurant

Lifestyle Restaurant at Barwa Villageis launching a Chinese Food Festivaltoday. The menu will feature more than

40 varieties of vegetarian and non-veg-

etarian dishes.

The chefs of Lifestyle Restaurant have

created a menu that brings together all

the traditional Chinese avours. Special

dishes in the menu include Tomato Egg

Drop Soup, Dragon Whisker Prawns,

Crispy Konchee Beef, Singapore Crab,

Sea Treasure Stir Fry, Vegetable Kung

Pow, Thupka Noodles and dates pan-

cakes. Even the weekend buffet would

have some of these Chinese dishes from

the chefs reserves.

The festival will run till February 25

and is open from 6.30pm to 11.30pm onweekdays and 11.30am to 3.30pm and

6.30pm to 12 midnight on weekends.

During the festival, limited regular menu

will be served. The Peninsula

W Doha gives away2,000 lunch boxes

WDoha Hotel & Residences cel-ebrated National Sport Day bysupporting the local community that

participated in The Dolphin Energy Doha

Dash at Losail International Circuit. The

hotels Outside Catering team provided

2,000 lunch boxes to participants in the

event. The Peninsula

Sky Jewellery is introducing a PolkiLoveee Pendant as part of itsValentine collection at all outlets. Thedesigns for the Valentines Day rangein price from QR849 to QR1,699.

Collections suiting all wallets isthe strategy behind the varied choicesduring the season, said Babu John,Chairman and Managing Director ofSky Jewellery.

As part of the seasonal promotion,Sky is offering a gold chain free withevery limited0edition Valentine dia-mond design. There is also a discounton diamond jewellery at all outlets.

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Fraser Suites Doha hostsLes Clefs dOr Qatar meeting

Fraser Suites Doha (FSD) hosted the

first Les Clefs dOr Qatar (Golden

Keys of Qatar) meeting in Doha, led by

Mustapha Henini, FSD General Manager,

and Senada Ramic, FSD Director of

Sales, and attended by a delegation of

25 chief concierges from different hotels

in Doha. Les Clefs dOr Qatar has been

officially recognised as the 44th inde-

pendent country section to be part ofUnion International, a globally-recog-

nised professional association of hotelchief concierges. At the event, Les Clefs

dOr Qatar was represented by RyanSantos, founder of Les Clefs dOr Qatar.

Apollo Enterprises manage-

ment organised an inter-divi-

sion cricket tournament for its

employees at the Lusail cricket

grounds to mark the National

Sport Day. The Industrial

Coatings Division Team,Scaffolding Division Team and

Group Corporate Office Teamcompeted with each other.

The Apollo Industrial Coatings

Division Team emerged

winners.

Oryx Rotana celebrated Qatars National SportDay by organising a number of activities at therunning track in Ras Abu Abboud, in the hotels

fitness centre and the hotel lobby to mark the occasion.The programme of events started in the morning witha 5km mini-marathon. This was followed by a the 100/5Treadmill, Plank Challenge, and Jumping Jacks competi-tions in the hotels fitness centre and a Sport Flash Mobin the hotels lobby. We are the first country to have sucha national day and we are very proud of it, and we aresure that we will participate in this every year, KevorkDeldelian, general manager of Oryx Rotana, said.

We will make sure that every year, and we will makesure that all the members of the Oryx Rotana Doha par-

ticipate in it, he said, adding We have to be prepared it is not just about being able to play sport, it is aboutthe culture and philosophy of sport. The Peninsula

Limited-edition Valentine collection at Sky Jewellery

Apollo Enterprises management

Oryx Rotana Doha


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FASHION 7PLUS |THURSDAY 13 FEBRUARY 2014

By Robin Givhan

First lady Michelle Obama eschewedChanel, bypassed Dior and said no tothe allure of Balenciaga. Instead, as shestood alongside her tuxedo-clad hus-band to greet French President Franois

Hollande, she celebrated American style at Tuesdaynights state dinner in honour of fashions heartland.

She selected a ballgown by the New York-baseddesigner Carolina Herrera. The bodice of the dress,which was sewn by hand in Herreras New York atel-ier, was crafted of black lace beaded, embroideredand appliqued. It formed a delicate scrim over a cor-set in a pale, dusty blue that the designer describedas liberty blue. The elegant skirt, with its invertedpleats, flowed into a modest train.

Known for an aesthetic that combines elegancewith ease, Herrera, 75, was born in Venezuela andbecame a naturalised American citizen in 2009. Thedesigners work appears regularly on the red carpeton actresses such as Rene Zellweger, and the firstlady has worn Herreras feminine dinner dresses onmultiple occasions in the past.

The lines of the state dinner gown, with its rathersimple skirt and restrained almost T-shirt-like bodice, call to mind the quintessential ease ofAmerican sportswear. For all the dresss floor-length,glittering formality, it is neither stuffy nor over-wrought. It exudes a confident casualness that is thehallmark of American style.

For this first lady, whom the American fashionindustry has come to see as its ambassador on theworld stage, few other wardrobe decisions, outsidethe selection of the inaugural gown itself, carried asmuch baggage.

The American fashion industry has a historicalinferiority complex when compared to its Frenchcounterpart. It is a low-grade paranoia, based ona history of operating in Pariss shadow, one that

does not exist in relation to designers of Italian orBritish descent.

Even today, the self-doubting persists. Americandesigners from Zac Posen to Ralph Rucci continueto go to Paris as a way of testing themselves. Ithink with France, there is a special sensitivity,said Hamish Bowles, international editor-at-largefor Vogue. France is still the fashion capital. Itsstill a center for innovation and excellence andcraftsmanship.

So it meant something that on a night when theWhite House set out to dazzle its French guests,Michelle Obama elevated American fashion, plac-ing it alongside other defining aspects of Americanculture that were in the spotlight. Instead of anhomage to French culinary might, the White Houseoffered the best of American food. Mary J Blige, whocame out of hip-hop the music born in Americascities, created by its striving underclass per-formed for the French dignitaries. And instead ofgiving a nod to French fashion, Obama turned toSeventh Avenue.

Until Jacqueline Kennedy arrived in the WhiteHouse in 1961, the question of American design vsFrench was not such a fraught consideration inthe East Wing. But Kennedy was part of a groupof women women of a certain class who wereaccustomed to the precise fit, the clean lines andthe aloof grandeur of French style. She was a prod-uct of her demographics, but she was also especiallyproud of her French heritage. Other women in hersocial circle mentored her on French style. And theyhelped to orchestrate the memorable wardrobe forKennedys trip to France in 1962, during which shewowed guests at a dinner at Versailles with her ivoryembroidered Hubert de Givenchy gown, recalled

Bowles, who was curator of Jacqueline Kennedy: TheWhite House Years at the Metropolitan Museumof Art in 2001.

With an American industry now churning out

designer fare and with women taking a keen inter-est in Kennedys clothes, it was expected that thefirst lady would wear American. Ultimately, OlegCassini became Kennedys official dressmaker, inlarge measure because he was skilled at re-inventingthe French style she loved so much.

Nancy Reagan, whose affinity for fashion was wellknown, felt a similar pressure and relied on the deansof American design such as James Galanos, Bill Blassand Oscar de la Renta for her wardrobe.

Michelle Obama, at times ambivalent about theimportance placed on her fashion choices and oper-ating in a far more global economy, has not wornAmerican designers exclusively, although that hascertainly been her emphasis. During a visit to Spainin 2010, she wore the work of French designer JeanPaul Gaultier. And on numerous public occasionshere in the United States, she has worn designsfrom the Italian brand Moschino. Her decisionto wear a dress from the British label AlexanderMcQueen to the state dinner for China sent rip-ples of outrage and disappointment down SeventhAvenue. And her choice of a dress by the Paris-based designer Azzedine Alaia for the recent Stateof the Union address raised a few eyebrows, eventhough she had worn his work on many publicoccasions.

In large measure, the fashion economy is so glo-bal that it takes a veritable international village ofcraftsmen to make a high-end garment or a luxuryhandbag. While there is a significant movementwithin the American fashion industry toward bring-ing more production to New York, the work newlylocated there is often at the highest level. The moremodestly priced a garment is, the greater likelihoodthat it is manufactured abroad.

But for a state dinner, price becomes a churlishrumble, taking a back seat to glamour, prestige politics and a dress that will make America proud.

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HEALTH / FITNESS 11

By Shereen Jegtvig

For people with osteoar-thritis of the hip, pain

levels tracked with theweather over the courseof a small two-year study, Dutchresearchers say.

They looked at reported painlevels in a previous study of arthri-tis, then went back to weatherrecords to document the condi-tions each day.

It turns out the participantsaches were just a little worse and

joints just a little stiffer whenhumidity and barometric pressurelevels rose.

This is something thatpatients talk about all the time,Dr Patience White said. A rheu-matologist and vice president forPublic Health Policy and Advocacyfor the Arthritis Foundation, shewas not involved in the study.

Osteoarthritis affects about 27million Americans. Common riskfactors include getting older, beingobese, having previous joint inju-ries, overuse, weak muscles andgenetics.

White said she often seespatients who say they are sensi-tive to the weather.

Nobodys bedridden by theweather change, she said, Its notsevere pain, they just ache more.

More than 60 percent ofpatients with osteoarthritis saythat weather conditions, such asrain, barometric pressure and

temperature have an impact ontheir pain and stiffness, accordingto the study team, which was led

by Desire Dorleijn, of Erasmus

MC University Medical CenterRotterdam.

Past research attempting toinvestigate the weather connec-

tion had yielded inconsistentresults, so Dorleijn and her col-leagues looked at self-reported hippain and function in 222 osteoar-thritis patients who participatedin a glucosamine sulphate study.

The patients enrolled in thestudy filled out questionnairesevery three months for two years,including the Western Ontarioand McMasters UniversityOsteoarthritis Index (WOMAC),which is scale for self-assess-ment of pain and function. TheWOMAC scores range from 0 to100, with 0 indicating no pain.

The researchers gatheredweather reports for the days thepatients filled out the question-naires. The information gath-ered from the Royal NetherlandsMeteorological Institute includedaverage temperature, wind speed,hours of sunlight, rainfall, humid-ity and barometric pressure.

Patients who underwent sur-geries for their arthritis weredropped during the study; so 188participants completed the fulltwo years of monitoring.

About 70 percent of partici-pants were women, averagingabout 63 years old.

The average starting WOMACpain score was 23.1 and the func-tion score was 35.1. Those scoresimproved slightly each by about

2 points throughout the study.But when the researchers com-

pared weather conditions to painand function scores, they found

that pain scores worsened by 1point for each 10 percent increasein humidity. Function scoresworsened by one point for every

10 hectopascals (0.29 of an inch)increase in barometric pressure.For a change to be considered

clinically relevant, it has to alterthe WOMAC score by at least tenpoints, Dorleijns team writes inthe journalPain.

Since variations in humid-ity and barometric pressure arelimited, they could account forchanges of 5 to 6 WOMAC pointsat the most, they write.

White agreed that requiringa 10-point change to be signifi-cant is the accepted approach tousing the WOMAC scale. But thatdoesnt mean the pain wasnt real,she said.

This is about people seeing alittle bit of change, whether its thehumidity or barometric pressureor function or pain, White said.

Apart from its small size, thestudy did have some limitations,White noted. For instance, thepatients didnt have severe oste-oarthtitis and the pain was onlyin one joint. Still, she thinks it wasa good study.

They did the best they cando, and they did find a little bitof change. They decided it wasntsignificant. She said.

But, she said, just because find-ings didnt reach statistical signifi-cance from the researchers pointof view, they can be significant

from the patients point of view.SOURCE: bit.ly/1ofAKlo Pain,

online January 24, 2014.Reuters

Imaging technique holds

hope for heart conditionsAnew imaging technique holds promisefor people suffering from a common con-genital heart abnormality. The technique formeasuring blood flow in the heart and vesselscan diagnose bicuspid aortic valve and maylead to better prediction of complications,shows research.

In the study, the authors demonstrated forthe first time a previously unknown relation-ship between heart valve abnormalities, bloodflow changes in the heart and aortic disease.They showed that blood flow changes weredriven by specific types of abnormal aorticvalves, and they were able to directly associ-ate blood flow patterns with aortic diseases.

We hope that this imaging technique wouldfacilitate early identification of high-risk blood

flow patterns associated with progressive aor-tic enlargement, improving the allocation ofhealth care resources in caring for patientswith this prevalent condition, explainedMichael Markl, associate professor of radiol-ogy at Northwestern Universitys FeinbergSchool of Medicine.

With the 4D flow MRI (magnetic reso-nance imaging), the researchers found bloodflow in patients with bicuspid aortic valveswas significantly different compared to thatin patients with normal valves.

We now have evidence that bicuspid valvesinduce changes in blood flow and that the type offlow abnormality may contribute to the develop-ment of different expressions of heart diseasein these patients, Markl added. Bicuspid aorticvalve is a heart condition in which the aortic

valve only has two leaflets, It is the most com-mon congenital cardiovascular abnormality.

Despite the absence of symptoms, the con-dition can lead to significant and potentiallylife-threatening complications. In addition,the knowledge of abnormal blood flow patternscould be important to better identify patients atrisk for the development of heart disease, addedthe study published in the journal Circulation.

Blocking key molecule to curb

autoimmune disease: Study

Scientists have discovered a key moleculethat holds promise for people who sufferfrom chronic inflammation as their immunesystems overreact to self tissue.

Known as Interleukin 21, it is one of a groupof chemical messengers known as cytokineswhich affect the behaviour of immune cells.

There are many people with chronicinflammation caused by defective T cell regu-lation and this research suggests that block-ing IL-21 with drugs might help them, saidimmunologist Cecile King, associate professorat Garvan Institute of Medical Research inSydney.

IL-21 is already well known to play animportant role in autoimmune diseases suchas Sjogrens syndrome and type 1 diabetes.

In experiments on mice, the findingsshowed how important it is to remove IL-21to reduce inflammation even where there areother severe immune defects present.

When IL-21 is blocked, the huge inflamma-tory response is greatly subdued, although not

entirely eliminated, said the study publishedin the Journal ofImmunology.

Agencies


Weather maytruly affectarthritis pain


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TECHNOLOGYPLUS |THURSDAY 13 FEBRUARY 201412

By Samuel Gibbs

Korean giant Samsung isdue to unveil its high-endGalaxy S5 Android smart-phone on February 24 in

Barcelona, using a big budget event toshowcase a device expected to have abigger screen and a metal body.

The Galaxy S5 will replace the 5inSamsung Galaxy S4, which garneredmixed reviews on its release in Aprillast year. Critics focused on Samsungsbloated, gimmicky software and plas-tic construction, which detracted froman overall solid high-end Androidsmartphone.

The launch event, at the annualmobile industry conference MobileWorld Congress (MWC) in Barcelona

at the end of February, is expected tobe a much more low key affair than the2013 launch of the Galaxy S4, whichsaw Samsung take over part of NewYorks Times Square.

Among other devices, it is widelyexpected that Samsung will announcethe Galaxy S5 at the event with alarger 5.25in screen, improved cam-era, as well as the option for a metalbody. There is also the possibili ty thatSamsung will follow Apples lead and fitthe Galaxy S5 with a 64-bit processorallowing for more memory.

Were not as good as we are in

hardwareThe key development for Samsungs

next flagship smartphone is expectedto be in software.

Samsung admitted that its mobilesoftware, including that found on the

Galaxy S line of phones, was poor inNovember, and pledged to work veryhard to produce improved software.The electronics company dedicatedhalf of its research and developmentworkforce to the software issue,with software engineers numberingaround 40,000 of its 326,000 employeesworldwide.

Even though were doing thesoftware business, were not as goodas we are in hardware, said KwonOh-hyun, vice chairman and chiefexecutive of Samsung Electronics.

Dismissed as gimmicks

Samsung has attempted todifferentiate its Android smartphones

and tablets from the competition bypacking them with features, part ofthe software customisations made tothe standard Android experience calledSamsung TouchWiz.

These additional features such asair gesture (to move pages withouttouching the screen), air view (toenlarge previews without touchingthe screen) and smart scroll(to scroll through pages using eyemovement) have been dismissed asgimmicks critics, who dont see thembringing any value to users.

The TouchWiz software additionsclutter the Android experience, makingusing the smartphones far morecomplicated and leading to confusedusers. The bloated software has alsoimpacted the battery life of Samsungs

devices, with many of the featurestaking their toll on the battery without

significantly adding to the experienceand slowing the smartphones andtablets down.

Many users of Samsungssmartphones and tablets have takento removing the software by rootingor significantly modifying their devices,risking voiding their warranty, as theTouchWiz software is not removablewithout modifying the underlyingAndroid software.

Flatter, more standard Android-like appearance

The Galaxy S5 is expected tobenefit from Samsungs reworkingof its software, although the extentto which TouchWiz will have been

modified is unknown. Recent allegedleaked images of Samsungs upcomingsoftware indicate that it will take aflatter, more standard Android-likeappearance.

A simplified approach to theadditional software and removal of thegimmicky features in preference of onesthat provide a genuine enhancementto everyday usage would go some wayto making Samsungs Android phonesmore user friendly.

Samsung has brought forward thelaunch of the Galaxy S5 as sales ofits predecessor have failed to live upto expectations. The Galaxy S4 onlymanaged to keep pace in terms ofsales in 2013 year-on-year comparedwith the Galaxy S3 from 2012. Thesmartphone market as a whole

expanded by around 50 percent overthe same period, while Apples iPhone

sales grew by 16 percent to 102m in thefirst nine months of 2013.

While Samsung makes a large rangeof smartphones and tablets, includingbudget offerings like the Galaxy Aceline, a lot is riding on the success ofthe Galaxy S5. The larger GalaxyNote 3 with a 5.7in screen, althoughplagued with similar software issuesto the Galaxy S4, has been outsellingthe smaller device recently, despitethe phablet being considered a nicheproduct by many.

More business than extravagance

The smaller event planned bySamsung at MWC indicates a morelow-key approach for the Korean

company; somewhat of a comedownfrom its 2013 marketing budget whichexceeded the GDP of Iceland at $14bn.

Samsung could be learning fromfailures in last years marketing bonanza,which did not always pay off. Productplacement on ITVs popular X-Factortalent show brought complaints fromUK viewers, while a Samsung-sponsoredshort-film contest finale at the SydneyOpera House was criticised heavily forblatant product placement in a string ofbehind the scenes videos.

Last years New York launch of theGalaxy S4 was also criticised for beingsexist, spurred by its portrayal of womenwho simply chatted about jewellery andnail polish while the men in the displaydiscussed the new Samsung phone.

The Guardian

What SamsungsGalaxy S5 really needsis less bloated softwareEven Samsung says that good hardwarecannot make up for poor software, as itprepares to launch its flagship smartphone.

Google took aim at officemeeting rooms with therelease of a Chromebox for

videoconferencing.These days, we often connect with

each other from far-flung locations,coordinating time zones and dialinginto conference calls from our phones,product management vice presidentCaesar Sengupta said in a blog post.

Meetings need to catch up with the

way we work -- they need to be face-to-face, easier to join, and availablefrom anywhere and any device.

Chromebox-for-meetings is avail-able in the US at a starting price of$999 and is to be released later thisyear in Australia, Britain, Canada,France, Japan, New Zealand, andSpain.

The first model box comes with ahigh-definition camera and a speakerwith a microphone. A monitor mustbe provided.

There is an annual management

fee of $250 for the videoconferencingsetup.

As many as 15 people can take part

in a Chromebox video conferenceusing smartphones, tablets, laptopsor other Internet linked computers.

Google has been working to expandits business beyond online search andinto businesses with a productivityand collaboration software offered asservices in the Internet cloud.

The California technology titanalso continues to promote Chrome-powered boxes and laptops that push

computing power to servers in Googledata centers.

Google introduced the first

Chromebook in mid-2010 in a chal-lenge to Windows operating softwareat the heart of Microsofts empire.

The array of Chromebook mak-ers has grown to include Acer, Asus,Lenovo, Samsung and Hewlett-Packard, with many models offeredat bargain prices when compared tohigh-end laptops.

Shifting operating software tobanks of servers online means that

Google updates programs and fendsoff hackers and malicious software.

AFP

Google Chromebox aims at conference room


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COMICS & MORE 13

Hoy en la HistoriaFebruary 13, 1974

1969: Human eggs were fertilised in atest-tube for the first time

1990:Nelson Mandela, newlyreleased from jail, received a heroswelcome on his return to the blacktownship of Soweto

2001: Leading Palestinian Massoud

Ayyad was killed by an Israeli gunship2008: Australias parliament issued aformal apology to the AboriginalStolen Generation, forcibly takenfrom their families as children

Nobel prize-winning authorAlexander Solzhenitsyn wasstripped of Soviet citizenship anddeported following the publicationof The Gulag Archipelago

Picture: Getty Images GRAPHIC NEWS

ALL IN THE MINDCan you nd the hidden words? They may be horizontal,

vertical, diagonal, forwards or backwards.

BEERENBERG, COTOPAXI, EREBUS, ETNA, FUJI, HEKLA,HUALALAI, IZALCO, KILAUEA, KILIMANJARO, KRAKATAU,LLAIMA, MAKUSHIN, PINATUBO, POAS, POPOCATEPETL,SANTORINI, STROMBOLI, TAMBORA, VESUVIUS.

LEARN ARABIC

Baby Blues by Jerry Scott and Rick Kirkman

Zits by Dennis Young and Denis Lebrun

Hagar The Horrible by Chris Browne


The Dates

Daily Yawmiy

Leap year Sana kabeesa

Sunrise ourooqi Alams

Sunset ouroobi Alams

Tomorrow adan

Yesterday Albaria

Yearly Sanawiy

Weekly Ousbooy

Note: = a in agh when surprised = sh as in ship


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HYPER SUDOKU

CROSSWORD

CROSSWORDS

YESTERDAYS

ANSWER

How to

play HyperSudoku:

A Hyper Sudoku

Puzzle is solved

by lling 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 issolved like a normal Sudoku.

ACROSS

1 Onetime co-host ofThe View

10 Seen-it-all

15 Did some undercoverwork

16 Like opals

17 Archie Bunkers Placeactress

18 No-handedskateboarding trick

19 Cash in Cambodia

20 Some cornbreads

22 Base fare

23 Creole, e.g.

25 When repeated,response to Whowants dessert?

26 AARP focus: Abbr.

27 PCBs, e.g.

28 Zoom ___

29 Kind of column

30 Forever Your Girlsinger, 1989

31 Lawsuits

34 Royal personage

36 Arizona player, for short

37 Poke

38 One of the Jetsons

39 Viagra maker

41 Kind of animation

44 Potato chip brand45 Blasted

46 It might be spun arounda campfire

47 Major educationsupporter

49 Some Spanish dates:Abbr.

50 Purport

51 The Book of Eliactress

54 Rigels constellation

55 1985 Dennis Quaid sci-fi film

56 ___ Hope

57 Band leader of the1960s

DOWN 1 A lot

2 More stylish

3 Marshal Dillon portrayer

4 Cinephiles collectibles

5 Printer malfunctions

6 Not be square with

7 Actress Peeples

8 Unpredictable

9 TV set?10 Quad standouts

11 Lee of silent films

12 What it often takes, itssaid

13 Hit a lazy

pop-up, say

14 Dossier stamp

21 Greetings

23 YouTube no-no

24 1940s ___ Pact

27 Bamboozled

28 Su-u-ure

29 Make mincemeat of,say

30 Wearing the face thatshe keeps in ___ bythe door (Beatles lyric)

31 Professional claimsexaminer

32 Many a toy powerer

33 Land on the IndianOcean

34 Feature on some placemats

35 Not up

37 Cursing

39 Way to stand40 Purchase at an

opticians

41 Mint family plant

42 Lady of Arthurianlegend

43 Inferior

45 Hollywood father anddaughter

46 Supersede

48 Bugs, e.g.49 ___ terrier

52 Do-over, of a sort

53 Electrical unit

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

C O S M O S M I S F I T

C A S T I L L O A P I E C E

O C C A S I O N D O N N E D

W H A T S O P E R A D O C

S E R E H E M E M S

H R O S S P E R O T

G M C P E A R L U A N A

A I R P O R T S E C U R I T Y

B L A B S E X A M L Y S

L O B S T E R P O T

E S A S O L G E L T

P R E S T O C H A N G E O

I M P A L A W H O C A R E S

C A L M L Y S A U N T E R S

C R E P E S W R E S T S

How to play Kakuro:

The kakuro grid, unlike in sudoku, can be

of any size. It has rows and columns, and

dark cells like in a crossword. And, just like

in a crossword, some of the dark cells will

contain numbers. Some cells will contain two

numbers.

However, in a crossword the numbers

reference clues. In a kakuro, the numbers

are all you get! They denote the total of the

digits in the row or column referenced by thenumber.

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.

YESTERDAYS ANSWER

14

EASY SUDOKUCartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate

Easy Sudoku PuzzlesPlace a digit from 1 to 9 in

each empty cell so every

row, every column and

every 3x3 box contains all

the digits 1 to 9.



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

INFOCUS

A blue parrot spotted in a home garden in New Salata.

by Shaji Panicker

Send your photos to [email protected].

Mention where the photo was taken.

Dr Saif Said Al Sowaidi,

VP, Institutional Planning &

Development, Qatar University

He is also a Professor of

Economics in the College of

Business and Economics.

He has been working at QU since

1982. Dr Al Sowaidi has a BS in

Economics from the University of

Oregon (USA); an MA in Economics

from Ball State University (USA),

and a PhD in Economics from the

University of Durham (UK). He is

the Vice Chairman of Al Meera. He

has published books Introduction

to Economics(Arabic) and Money

and Banking (Arabic).

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If you want your events featured here,

mail details to [email protected]

Fathi Hassan: TheDepth of Hope

When:Until Feb 27Where: VCUQatar Gallery

What : With invented, Kufic-inspired

scripts, Egyptian-Sudanese artist Fathi

Hassan plays with the symbols, textures

and calligraphy of his Nubian heritage

to explore the space between graphic

symbolism and literal meaning in vibrant

colours and collage.

Free Entry

RadiantWhen:Until Mar 29Where: Museum of Islamic Arts

What :The Museum of Islamic Arts in

partnership with East Wing, presents a

contemporary photographic exhibitionfeaturing artwork by German artist

Antje Hanebeck.

Free Entry

Let us Make Each Day CountWhen: Feb 10, 17, 24; 3.30pm - 5pm;

for 16-18 years old.

Where: Museum of Islamic Art

What: Inspired by a Turkish calender

dating back to 19th century, learn about

difference bet ween 19th century and 21st

century calender. You will use printmaking

techniques to create your antique

calender with a 21st century twist.

Free Entry

Massimo Banzi:

Crossing BoundariesWhen:Mar 26Where: VCUQatar Atrium

What :Massimo Banzi is the co-

founder of the Arduino project. He i s

an interaction designer, educator and

open source hardware advocate. He has

worked as a consultant for clients s uch

as: Prada, Artemide, Persol, Whirlpool,

V&A Museum and Adidas .

Free Entry

Selam MekanWhen:Until 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 betweentime and memory photographic images.

Free Entry

Disney live Mickey

Mouse Music FestivalWhen:Feb 13: 7pm, Feb 14: 3pm & 7pm,Feb 15: 11pm, 3pm & 7pm.

Where: Qatar National Convention

Center

What :The fab four will be performing a

mashup of mega proportions where

concert goers will here the greatest hits

from Disney blockbuster movies.

Entry: QR150 - QR1000

Events inQatar

Acomposer known asthe Beethoven ofJapan said he had

regained some of his hearingability, a week after settingoff a furor by admitting hehad used a ghost writer forhis popular symphonies andother music.

Mamoru Samuragochi(pictured), a classical musician,

became known as an inspirationalgenius for composing despite losinghis hearing.

Samuragochi said that he had suf-

fered hearing loss and was not ableto hear when he began paying a part-time university professor to writemusic under his name, a collaborationthat went on for 18 years.

But the situation had improved.The truth is that recently I have

begun to hear a little again, he saidin a statement reported by Japanesemedia, adding that for the last threeyears he has been able to follow con-versations under certain conditions.

Samuragochi, 50, apologized to fanslast week for paying Takashi Niigakito write compositions under his name.

Niigaki told reporters thathe had also wondered aboutthe extent of the compos-ers hearing loss.

Samuragochi acknowl-edged he had not beentruthful about his hearingwhen the scandal emerged.

I was thinking only ofwhat would happen after

news broke about Mr. Niigaki writingmy music, and was unable to tell thetruth due to fear, he said.

He said he would appear in publicsoon to apologize and offered to have

his hearing tested by experts.German composer Ludwig van

Beethoven began suffering hearing lossfrom about age 30 and withdrew frompublic performances while continuingto write music. He was almost totallydeaf for the last decade of his life.

Samuragochi gained internationalfame for his Hiroshima Symphony,a tribute to the victims of the 1945atomic bombing of the Japanese city.

Niigaki said last week that hereceived more than 7 million yen($68,000) for over 20 songs he wrotefor Samuragochi. Reuters

Beethoven of Japan

says he can hear again

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