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ABODE OF MANGA

Yokote Masuda Manga Museum has an ambition to gather the world’s biggest collection of original drawings and paintings from published manga. P | 3

THURSDAY 14 JANUARY 2016 | 03 COVER STORY Museum aims for world’s biggest manga art collection

The Washington Post surface area of the museum will be expanded more than tenfold. There will be a special exhibition room, a glass-walled archive and a cafe on the first floor, with five additional original manga art galleries else- he Yokote Masuda Manga Museum has an where in the facility. ambition to gather the world’s biggest collec- The renovation will cost 500 million yen and begin tion of original drawings and paintings from in fiscal 2016, with the newly refurbished museum Tpublished manga. scheduled to open in spring 2018. The museum in the Masuda district in Yoko- The annual number of visitors to the museum te recently announced that it wants to increase the peaked at about 138,000 in 1997. Since then, the number of pieces in its collection to 300,000. The number has declined and in recent years has hov- city of Yokote revealed the goal in December, along ered at about 60,000. On the other hand, in 2014, with a plan to promote sightseeing through combin- 136,000 people visited the center of Masuda, which ing the museum with the city’s historic townscape features the Kura-no-Eki tourist information centre known for traditional storage chambers called uch- and major uchigura storage chambers. The figure igura. was about twice as much as the previous year. Some of the ideas under this plan include using The museum is located about 700 metres from uchigura as venues for the exhibition of original man- the city centre. By combining the attractions of uch- ga artwork and discussion sessions with manga art- igura and manga, the city hopes to bring more tour- ists, as well as hosting an international manga con- ists to the museum. vention in the Masuda district. Though the programmes for the international In January last year, the city announced a reno- manga convention have not yet been determined, vation plan for the museum. At the time, the goal the city apparently wants to hold the event around was to have 100,000 pieces in the museum’s collec- summer 2018. An exhibition of original manga art- tion. The city since raised its goal to keep pace with work and artist discussion sessions will be key attrac- Tottori Prefecture, which has launched a campaign tions. to become known as the “manga kingdom” and has “We’d like to make the most of the two different made quite an effort to collect original manga art in cultures of our city, which exist next to each another, recent years. The prefecture is known as the child- museum, for its part, is quite certain it will be able to and make this place an integrated tourist hub,” Yoko- hood home of well-known manga artist Shigeru Mi- achieve its collection goal. te Mayor Dai Takahashi said. zuki, who died in November. The museum is part of the Masuda Fureai Plaza The Yokote Masuda Manga Museum is open from It is often difficult for both publishers and manga complex, which also houses a library and a commu- 9am to 5pm and closed on Mondays (except nation- artists to preserve original manga art due to space nity center. Under the renovation plan, these facilities al holidays) and Tuesdays following a national holiday. limitations, making it more important for museums will be moved to the nearby Masuda branch office Admission is free except for special exhibitions. For to acquire and preserve the works. Yokote’s manga building of the city’s municipal government, and the more information, please visit manga-museum.com. 04 | THURSDAY 14 JANUARY 2016 CAMPUS / COMMUNITY

PEC-Iranian Schools football match DeBakey students raise money for Syria

The Pakistan Education Centre (PEC) held a football match between the DeBakey High School–Qatar students raised money to aid children in Syria. Iranian School and PEC Housing Complex football team on the PEC football The money was donated to Red Crescent and followed by a tour of the ground. PEC Principal Nargis Raza Otho was the chief guest. The event Red Crescent headquarters in Doha to show the students the relief process opened with a formal introduction of the guest team and hoisting of the when a tragedy takes place. The picture shows, FROM LEFT: Senior Class flags of both countries. The chief guest presented PEC souvenir to the Iranian students Shaaden Salem and Reem Hamad; Saleh bin Ali Al Mohannadi, Red team as a goodwill gesture. The Iranian School won the match 3-1. Tariq Crescent Qatar Secretary-General, and Justin Mabrie, DeBakey Admissions Hameed was the referee. & Communications Director.

NIS holds workshop for teachers EMS takes part in cross country race

English Modern Schools (EMS) students from Al Wakrah and Doha campuses participated in the QPPSSA Cross Country event hosted by Dukhan English School. The event was attended by 24 schools. Al Wakra PE teacher Frank The Noble International School (NIS) conducted a workshop on stress busters Strydom said: “The weather was ideal for long distance race and the students for teachers to inculcate innovative ideas in classroom management. The enjoyed the experience. Although we tried hard to be competitive, we teachers were divided into teams and they took part in games such as unfortunately didn’t have any medal winners.” Student Khalid Al Shaaf of Connexion, Mind field, Lucky corner, Photo scavenger hunt, Balancing the EMS Doha came first in the year 5 boys 2km while his classmate Yamaan sugar cubes etc. The winning team was presented with gifts. Jarrar came fourth. THURSDAY 14 JANUARY 2016 | 05 COMMUNITY Q-Malayalam holds annual cultural conference

-Malayalam, a socio-literary organisation of Keralites in the Gulf, held Sargasayahnam, its Qannual cultural conference, at the Indian Cultural Centre recently. R Unni, a famous Malayalam writer and screen writer of several super-hit Ma- layalam movies, was the chief guest. Unni said communal intolerance has been growing in Kerala at an alarming rate and people have start- ed looking at things through commu- nal lens. He praised Q-Malayalam for bringing together people of all kinds, both men and women, and irrespec- tive of religious, sectarian and regional considerations. “It’s the absence of or- ganisations like this in Kerala which has resulted in an erosion of Keralites’ val- ues,” Unni said. forthcoming movie. He has won sev- as part of Sargasayahnam and also re- the first prize in a photography contest Unni’s notable short stories are eral prestigious awards including Tho- leased two books written by Namoos organised as part of Qatar Dhow Fes- Leela, Kalinadakam, Bahujeevithama mas Mundasseri Award and E P Sush- Peruvallur and Noufal Kattuppara. Q- tival. and Ozhivu Divasathe Kali. His nota- ma Endowment Award. Malayalam drama team of Pigman and The inaugural address was followed ble scripts are Munnariyippu, Chappa Unni distributed prizes to the win- photographer Shiraz Sithara were felic- by five hours of cultural shows includ- Kurishu, Big B and Charlie. Leela is his ners of poetry competition organised itated at the function. Shiraz had won ing songs, dance, skits and plays. Chaliyar Doha presents environment award

haliyar Doha announced the expressed his deep worry and appre- first annual KA Rahman Saheb hension about the current status of memorial Environment Excel- rivers, pollution and its consequenc- Clence Award for promoting es in the future . He also stressed the Environmental protection initiatives. important role of current generation In blazing memories of Chaliyar Agi- in protecting rivers and environments tation leader KA Rahman Saheb hun- for a better future. Popular Radio pre- dreds of expatriates gathered in Do- senter Reji Mannel also spoke about ha ICC hall to pay tribute to the Leg- the significance of rivers. end on his 17th death anniversary. ICC Mujeeb Rahman gave tribute President Girish Kumar distributed the speech on the KA Rahman Saheb’s first Annual KA Rahman memorial Envi- gave felicitation speech, while the pro- Award and inaugurated the Seminar life and days of Chaliyar agitations. ronment Excellence Award for his inno- gramme was chaired by Chaliyar Do- on “Rivers for Earth and Existence” in Representing various cultural organi- vative contribution in environmental pro- ha President Mashood Thiruthiyad. presence of various social and cultur- zations, Thomas Kannankara, Sindhu tection and betterment of work place by Chaliyar Doha General Secretary Abdul al leaders from various expatriate or- Ramachandran, EM Sudheer and Koya planting oxygen generating indoor plants. Latheef Feroke welcomed the audience ganisations. Habib Rahman Kizhishery Kondotty also gave speeches. Hyder Chungathara, Musthafa Sadia, and Keshavdas (Vice-President) pro- presented the seminar subject and Sunil Baby from Gulf times won the Firos Areacode and Sideeq Vazhakkad posed vote of thanks.

Indonesian envoy honoured

ndonesian Ambassador Deddy Saiful Hadi and his wife Endang Deddy Ha- di accompanied by Second Secretary for Information, Social and Culture of IIndonesian embassy, Nurwenda Sucipto, attended the first anniversary cel- ebrations of the Garuda Indonesia Riders Brotherhood of Qatar (GIRBOQ) at the ambassador’s residence recently. GIRBOQ has 20 members. This occasion was also a means for GIRBOQ to bid farewell to Ambassador Deddy who will be finishing his tenure in Qatar by the end of this month. He was presented with a memento by GIRBOQ members. Ambassador Deddy reiterated the im- portant roles played by GIRBOQ in enhancing the relationship among Indone- sian citizens in Qatar through active participation in various activities. 06 | THURSDAY 14 JANUARY 2016 MARKETPLACE Ritz-Carlton lobby gets a QR20m face-lift

he Ritz-Carlton, Doha’s Lob- warm beverage and welcome. Wil- by is a prestigious ambassa- lie, the florist participates in their sen- dor and symbol of the fame sory journey with the scent of beau- Tand friendship gained among tifully-themed flower arrangements the Middle East region after it has which have witnessed the most popu- welcomed dignitaries and travellers lar local celebrations of Qatar Nation- alike for the past 10 years. Following al Day, Ramadan and Eid. Soaring 115 a one-year and extensive QR20m in- meters above Qatar’s sea and desert vestment, the dedication shown in landscape, The Ritz-Carlton, Doha is proudly leading the highest standards an impressive symbol of the nation’s of hospitality in Qatar is now epito- emergence as a destination for trav- mised as guests enjoy walking-in the ellers to the Middle East. Grand Lobby with its imposing, spar- The 374-room, five-star hotel fus- kling, two-metre high Viennese Baa- es contemporary styling with classic kowitz Swarovski chandelier. The luxu- Arabic and European design. Located ry masterpiece is composed of 10,000 on its own exclusive island in the pres- crystals. tigious West Bay Lagoon district, the Upon entrance, guests enjoy the hotel has sweeping views, which over- genuine service of Gomaa, the tradi- look the turquoise blue waters of the tional Arabic Coffee Butler, for a very Arabian Gulf.

HBKU students back from Outward Bound Oman LG V10 smartphone proves a big hit Nineteen undergraduate and graduate students from across Education City recently returned from a challenging he LG V10 is outdoor adventure trip organised by one of the Hamad Bin Khalifa University’s Student best An- Life team in partnership with Outward Tdroid smart- Bound Oman. The trip was part of phones you can buy EBDA, a leadership development right now. Popular programme that takes students out of tech sites globally the classroom to teach them life skills have given it a posi- such as time management, working tive rating for its in- well in teams, and staying calm under novative use of a pressure. From December 12 to 16, two dual screen, manu- groups of students — male and female al modes in its cam- — trekked across the Jebel Samhan era, durability and mountain range in southern Oman. design. According to LG in a big market like the US, it has sold upwards of 450,000 V10 units in roughly 45 days after the initial launch of the phone. This translates to about 10,000 units sold per day. The company said the handset has proven most popular with the younger Qapco celebrates annual Qatarisation Day generation, with about 37 percent of its buyers falling between the ages of 25 and 34. This is perhaps par- tially due to the ease of creating high quality video con- tent on the V10, and the fact that it’s the first smart- phone to employ a manual video recording mode. Cer- tification firm MET Laboratories tested the LG V10 by dropping it from height of 48 inches repeatedly at dif- ferent angles and found it to be of Military standard “MIL-STD-810G Transit Drop Compliant” for shock. CV Rappai, Director & CEO of Video Home & Elec- tronic Centre said, “The V10 is popular amongst the Qatar Petrochemical Company (Qapco) celebrated its Annual Qatarisation Day for the sixth consecutive youth in Qatar too, particularly because of it’s mul- year. Qapco rewarded top Qatari achievers during the event, recognising their outstanding achievements timedia capabilities. Apart from featuring an im- and valuable contributions to the development of the company. Dr Mohammed Yousef Al Mulla, Managing proved camera set up, the phone also has best in Director and CEO of Qapco, said: “Since our inception in 1974, national leadership is one of the driving class sound as it has a 32 bit Hi-Fi DAC by ESS Tech- forces of Qapco and gives the company its cultural identity. Supporting national and sector employment nology. User’s today are constantly sharing photo’s objectives through direct employment of Qataris makes our company stronger. Our Qapco Family is the and video’s on social media or viewing them on large heart of everything we do and a force that has propelled us forward.” screen TV’s. As such the need to capture high quality photos and videos becomes imperative.” THURSDAY 14 JANUARY 2016 | 07 FOOD Breakfast that tastes like carrot cake

By Ellie Krieger The Washington Post

reakfast on a hectic weekday morning has a lot to accom- plish. It needs to be compellingly Bdelicious, energising, nourish- ing and convenient. This dish checks all those boxes, and then some. Baked oatmeal of any variety turns basic rolled oats into a heavenly bread- pudding-like dish by marrying them with milk, egg, some leavening and sweet, fragrant seasonings such as cinnamon, vanilla and maple syrup, and cooking it all in the oven. The accompanying recipe’s flavour inspiration comes from the iconic Morn- ing Glory Muffin, which brings carrot-cake appeal to the picture with shredded car- rots, coconut, pecans, raisins and apples. This truly glorious combination of tastes and textures alone makes it a breakfast worth waking up for, but the ingredients also provide plenty of the nutrition you need to fuel your morning. And because this dish can be made ahead and stored in the refrigerator for several days, then reheated in the micro- wave a portion at a time, it is incredi- bly convenient as well. Whip it up in the evening or during the weekend, when you have a little extra time, for something to 1 ½ teaspoons pure vanilla extract egg, oil and vanilla extract in a liquid meas- look forward to on those busy weekdays. This truly glorious 1 medium Golden Delicious apple uring cup. (unpeeled), cored and cut into ½-inch Pour the milk mixture over the oat Morning Glory Baked Oatmeal combination of tastes pieces (1 cup) mixture, stirring to combine, then mix in 8 servings (makes about 8 cups) and textures alone makes 1 or 2 medium carrots, scrubbed the remaining ½ cup of pecans and the MAKE AHEAD: The baked oatmeal can it a breakfast worth well, then shredded (1 cup) remaining 2 tablespoons of coconut, plus be refrigerated in an air tight container for ½ cup raisins the apple, carrots and raisins. up to four days. Cover with foil and reheat waking up for, but the Pour into the prepared baking dish. in a 350-degree oven for 20 minutes, or ingredients also provide Steps Top with the pecan-coconut mixture. Bake microwave individual portions on High Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. for 40 to 45 minutes or until golden at for one minute. plenty of nutrition Grease an 8-inch square baking dish or the edges and just set at the center. Serve From nutritionist and cookbook author you need to fuel your a 9-inch deep-dish pie plate with cook- warm. Ellie Krieger. morning. ing oil spray. Nutrition | Per serving: 340 calories, Mix together ½ cup of the pecans, 2 8 gram protein, 41 gram carbohydrates, Ingredients tablespoons of the coconut, ¼ teaspoon 18 gram fat, 4 g saturated fat, 25mg cho- 1 cup chopped pecans of the cinnamon, the brown sugar and a lesterol, 280mg sodium, 5 gram dietary ¼ cup shredded, unsweetened not use quick-cooking or instant) pinch of salt in a medium bowl. fibre, 23 gram sugar coconut 1 teaspoon baking powder Stir together the oats, baking powder, Krieger’s newest cookbook is You Have 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 2 cups low-fat milk (1 percent) the remaining ¾ teaspoon of cinnamon It Made: Delicious, Healthy, Do-Ahead Meals 1 tablespoon light brown sugar 1/3 cup pure maple syrup and the remaining ½ teaspoon of salt in (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016). She ½ teaspoon plus 1 pinch salt 1 large egg a mixing bowl. blogs and offers a weekly newsletter at 2 cups old-fashioned rolled oats (do 2 tablespoons canola oil Whisk together the milk, maple syrup, www.elliekrieger.com. 08 | THURSDAY 14 JANUARY 2016 FASHION Chequered coats: Wear them bright but right

By Ankit Sinha evolved due to “global trends”, says IANS designer Narendra Kumar, now the creative director of Amazon Fashion India. ”While slick and classy comfortable hequered designs, prints and office wear dressing is quite popular flashy colour combinations for among younger professionals, they also men’s jackets and coats are in have separate party and trendy casual Cvogue. Not everyone has the options in their wardrobe which didn’t demeanour to carry off chequers, but really exist before. They are also now the style is indeed worth experimenting looking to stand out in a crowd,” Kumar with, say designers and experts said. Also, the focus is likely to be “big “Well, personally speaking, very few on prints and boldness” in 2016, feels people have the demeanour to carry off Teena Kapoor, founder, thevipsale.com, chequers with panache and elegance. an online store for luxury Indian and So, my personal advice is to keep it western designer wear. simple while wearing a chequered “Prints in bright colours is something jacket,” Delhi-based designer Sameer to invest in for this year. For the winter Madan said. “Fashion is at a peak these wardrobe, concentrate on layering your days in terms of experimentation. More prints with a solid colour to neutralise and more people have been taking and highlight the print in question,” risks as there’s a lot of support and Kapoor said, adding that people can encouragement from numerous fashion indeed experiment with bold prints. bloggers,” he added. As far as trend spotting is concerned, Fashion sensibilities in India have Kumar says that bright colours are making their way through the regular monochromatic pattern. “Blue seems to be the strongest colour when we talk of chequered coats and jackets. However, now you find colours like red, maroon and purple added to the base of blue and grey chequered blocks. A lot more vibrant colours are coming in, breaking the norm of blue and grey combination,” he said. But how can men judge the best combination for their chequered jackets? “For maroon and blue chequered jacket, pair it with plain deep blue trouser or denim, light shade shirt and layer it with black pullover. Complete the look with tan boots. Here you can also opt for beige trouser, sky blue shirt and tan shoes,” Kumar said. For chequered jacket in shades of black, grey with a hint of light yellow, pair it with deep blue tailored trousers, sky blue shirt and tan boots. And for those in shades of purple and pink, pair it with a plain white shirt and light beige tailored trouser and tan shoes. Adding a light tone of white and beige colour will neutralise the entire combination, he added. THURSDAY 14 JANUARY 2016 | 09 HEALTH & FITNESS Got allergies? Blame the Neanderthals

By Sarah Kaplan The Washington Post

s recently as 2010, it was considered scientifically dubious and frankly somewhat indecent to suggest that humans might Aonce have interbred with Neanderthals. Our primitive, ancient cousins were, well, primitive and ancient. Whatever genetic similarities they may have shared with modern humans, they did not share our beds. Six years and several massive projects to map the Neanderthal and human genomes later, we now know that there was more than a little hanky panky going on some tens of thousands of years ago. Neanderthals and another ancient species, the Denisovans, not only interbred with modern humans, they did so frequently and successfully enough to give us roughly one to two percent of our DNA. That prehistoric inheritance has turned out to be both a blessing and a curse, according to a pair of studies published last week in the American Journal of Human Genetics. Based on one of the same genome mapping projects that helped prove how we’re related to Neanderthals in the first place, the studies found that three genes from Neanderthals and Denisovans are essential to our immune system — both when it’s at its best and when it’s acting up. In other words, if you’ve ever battled an infection, you have your distant Neanderthal relatives to thank. But if you wrestle with allergies, that’s their fault too. Nothing is ever simple, is it? Our Neanderthal and Denisovan legacy is something called “innate immunity,” one of the researchers, Janet Kelso of the Max Planck Institute in Germany, told NPR. “This is our very early immune response,” she said. “When the body detects that there is some foreign substance in the body, these are the guys that react immediately and it kind of calls in the big guns” to fight off the virus, bacteria or other pathogen. To Kelso, it makes a lot of sense that these are the genes that would linger in humans, long after able to take from a population that’s well-adapted in whose DNA they once found so helpful. our Neanderthal relatives died out. By the time their immunity,” Kelso told the science website STAT. But even long-dead species can exact revenge. In modern humans migrated out of Africa roughly two Since the superior immune system was an this case, in the form of hay fever and cat allergies. hundred thousand years ago, the Neanderthals and evolutionary advantage, those traits would have As Kelso explained it, the innate immunity that Denisovans had already been hanging out in Europe spread quickly throughout the modern human helped us withstand Europe’s foreign germs also and Asia for millennia. They knew the lay of the land, population. (The unlucky humans whose ancestors made our bodies more likely to overreact to things and even better, they knew the germs. didn’t interbreed with other species were more that are totally benign. “What you have is — you have Though relatively few humans are thought to have likely to die from disease). But the same cruel logic an increased reactivity to potential pathogens, but mated with Neanderthals, the offspring of those who of evolution also meant that the big brained, better you also have, as a kind of consequence of that, an did would have benefited from the other species’ adapted humans, armed with the immunity they increased reactivity to things that are not pathogenic, long-honed immunit y to European pathogens. “You’re inherited, ultimately drove to extinction the species things like pollen and pet hair,” she told NPR. 10 | THURSDAY 14 JANUARY 2016 ENTERTAINMENT

By Steve Dollar The Washington Post

iven the cruel specifics of its scenario, it might be easy to take Mustang at face value, as Ga dramatisation of real events intended as social commentary. The story, set in a remote Turkish village near the Black Sea, concerns the plight of five orphaned young sisters, whose uncle confines them to the family home after they are spied frolicking at the beach with their male schoolmates. The behaviour was innocent, but the patriarchal man- date insists they remain imprisoned for the sake of their virginity, and be mar- ried off as soon as possible — unwilling captives, as one character puts it, of a “wife factory.” Although the film explores conserva- tive traditions imposed by a male-domi- nated society, it also aspires to something more poetic and metaphorical. “It’s very much a fiction,” said Deniz Gamze Erguven, whose debut feature, a co-production between France and Tur- key, is the former country’s submission for the 2016 Academy Award for best foreign-language film. “I needed some- thing very far from any kind of naturalis- tic form. It has the quality of a (bedtime) story you would say to children.” Five young sisters determined The 37-year-old filmmaker, who has lived in both countries, was led to the nar- rative by a broader cultural perspective. “Growing up in France and Turkey, the to break free in Mustang experience of being a girl is just not the same,” Erguven said. “There is this filter of some kind of sexualization of women as the mysterious Ece, Erguven had the belong. “Film has this incredible power,” that starts off very, very early.” performer watch a pair of classic Euro- she said. “I always considered film as a She cited schools where boys and girls “Thousands of kilometres pean films that were provocative in their meta language, so it is so much stronger. take different staircases to their classrooms. of obstacles and with the day: Jean-Luc Godard’s Vivre sa Vie (“My We can generate empathy from people “It’s a way of every single moment in the determination she has ... Life to Live”) and Ingmar Bergman’s Sum- who would almost feel contested by the life of girls and women, whereas going to mer with Monika. film.” She reached for the right word to a math class at 8am is really nothing close everything crystallises. “They were two women characters describe her intended effect, and then to fun. That filter disturbed me the most.” It’s such a long way to who were acting in an unexpected way,” smiled. “It’s a robbery.” The Mustangs, as the girls are collec- walk in slippers. I relate Iscan said, referring to the iconoclastic Along with the Cannes Grand Prix win- tively known, are played by Ilayda Akdogan and sexually adventurous leads played ner “Son of Saul,” the film has the most (Sonay), Tugba Sunguroglu (Selma), Doga to it in a very mythical by Anna Karina and Harriet Andersson. name recognition on the Academy Awards’ Zeynep Doguslu (Nur), Gunes Nezihe Sen- way.” “They were having their own ways to do foreign-language shortlist. The timeless soy (Lale) and Elit Iscan (Ece) — the lat- things. You can’t understand why they nature of the story and the charisma of ter is the only young actress with profes- are doing something, but you feel sym- its cast would seem to transcend any lan- sional credits. escalates, the actions taken become more pathy and empathy at the same time.” guage barriers. “I had a very strong idea of one charac- desperate and extreme. Although the film was shot in a region “Even if they don’t live in Turkey, peo- ter with five heads, 10 arms and 10 legs,” One of the film’s most dramatic “that has been under glass for a very long ple really like the film because the sub- said Erguven, who spent nine months in sequences takes the form of a siege, time,” Erguven said, she experienced no ject is really universal,” said Iscan. “Peo- casting. In the script as on screen, Lale, the as the girls disrupt a wedding party by negativity from the community — even ple can find something of themselves in youngest, stands out. “She had this drive locking everyone else out of the house. when she chose to dine in a downstairs the movie.” the others didn’t have. She was this very Erguven said she took her cues from Don section of a restaurant reserved for men Most of all Erguven, who navigated exceptional figure among the others. But Siegel’s 1979 thriller Escape from Alcat- only. “There’s this natural authority that the stumbling blocks of making her first when they all came together, they all had raz, with Lale in place of Clint Eastwood. comes with your very presence to do a film while also pregnant. One scene in that. It was a very complex little group.” “I watched a lot of invasion movies,” the film, and people respect that,” said the particular has stuck close to her heart. There are two plot turns that can be filmmaker said. director. “Once in a while I could feel there “Lale escapes with her slippers and counted as spoilers, but it is safe to allow Sensoy, now 14, relishes her character’s was an issue about lack of respect, but she has this road in front of her,” she said. that the story progresses as the girls are ferocity. “She is a rebel and very smart,” that had as much to do with age, and “Thousands of kilometres of obstacles and married off, one by one, and that their the young actor said of Lale. “She’s try- came from another woman.” with the determination she has ... eve- makeshift prison compound grows more ing to solve the problem she’s facing, and Erguven offered her hope that Mustang rything crystallises. It’s such a long way fortress-like each time anyone slips free she fights for what she wants.” might likewise slip into places in Turkish to walk in slippers. I relate to it in a very for a day’s adventure. As the situation To help prepare Iscan, 21, for her role society where it might not be expected to mythical way.” THURSDAY 14 JANUARY 2016 | 11 ENTERTAINMENT Bollywood to treat buffs with melange of genres

By Sandeep Sharma IANS

azir and Chauranga; Ghayal Once Again and WChalk n Duster; Airlift and Kyaa Kool Hain Hum 3 — Bollywood’s slate for the first month of 2016 itself tells the myriad shades of cinema which will entertain and engage audiences this year. There’s a bouquet of commercial as well as content-oriented films in the first quarter of 2016, which trade pundits hope will not just rake in the moolah at the box office, but will give the year a“bright” and“big” start. In fact, there’s hope that the movie exhibition industry will mint bigger business this year as compared to 2015 as almost 20 big tickets movies, including those from Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Akshay Kumar, Salman Khan and two from Shah Rukh Khan, said Amit Sharma, managing director, Miraj Cinemas. Right from megastar Amitabh did well at the box office. This year, he Bachchan to Akshay Kumar, Shabana will be seen in Sultan, which will clash Azmi, Sunny Deol, Priyanka Chopra, on Eid with Raees, starring Shah Rukh, Manoj Bajpayee, Ritesh Deshmukh, who first has an April release of Fan. R. Madhavan, Sunny Leone, Sonam Also, Aamir, who was missing from Kapoor, Alia Bhatt and Katrina Kaif— action in 2015, will return to the silver these names will add their magic to screen withDangal. the silver screen in the first quarter Asked about number of films itself, with films of different genres. expected to cross Rs100 crore mark, “To start off, January is looking quite Thadani pointed out that as there is promising. In terms of first quarter, a big film releasing every Friday in the whatever releases we have in front of first quarter, most films “won’t have a us, we definitely see variety in genres long run in theatres to make big figures right from a niche film like Chauranga due to competition”. to action thriller Ghayal Once Again “But films with strong content will and adult comedy Maastizade. The be appreciated,” Thadani said. Saala Khadoos’ is a sports drama film. Sampat added: “Good content is “Also, in February we have romantic lined up throughout the year. Two films like Sanam Re and Sanam Teri weeks is a good time for a big release Kasam, biopic like Neerja and a strong to prove its mettle. If the content is undercurrent film like Bollywood good, then it can run for further five to Diaries. Then in March there is Jai six weeks like Baahubali: The Beginning Gangaajal and Great Grand Masti,” and Bajrangi Bhaijaan.” Girish Johar of Zee Studios said. Another interesting factor in the Mumbai-based trade expert Rajesh 2016 lineup is the increase in number Thadani believes there are various of films based on real-life incidents films “which look commercially viable” and biopics like Airlift, Neerja, Aligarh, in this leap year. Azhar, Udta Punjab, MS Dhoni: The “The first quarter slate looks good Untold Story and Dangal. as compared to last year, but obviously “All these films are quite different we have to wait and watch what better from each other. People talked about comes out (through the year),” Thadani in these films have big stories and said; while Devang Sampat, business history behind them. If the films are head — Strategy, Cinepolis, pointed out properly mounted and well-made, that as compared to three mainstream people would definitely look forward movies last January, 2016 has five of to them,” Johar said. them. So far, the year looks promising. But The year 2015 proved to be lucky whether they set the cash registers for Salman Khan as both Bajrangi ringing or touch a chord in the Bhaijaan and Prem Ratan Dhan Payo audiences’ heart, remains to be seen. 12 | THURSDAY 14 JANUARY 2016 TECHNOLOGY Replacement in works for climate-modelling computer

A more powerful computer will allow researchers to see results in higher resolution, like a higher density of pixels sharpens images on a television or a stronger telescope brings a greater number of far-off galaxies into focus, explained Rich Loft, NCAR’s Director of technology.

By Mead Gruver AP

ne of the mos t p ower f ul compu ter s in the world dedicated to climate change, weather and other earth Oscience research will be replaced in 2017 by an even faster machine, of ficials announced this week. The Yellowstone supercomputer in Wyoming currently ranks among the 60 fastest in the world. The new supercomputer, to be named Cheyenne, will be at least two-and-a-half times more powerful, the National Centre for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) said. Capable of 5.3 quadrillion calculations, or petaflops, per second, Cheyenne will be Matthew Hirschland, communications director for the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, stands at the end some 100,000 times faster than a typical of two rows of processors that make up a small part of the new National Centre for Atmospheric Research NCAR-Wyoming home computer. The speed provides Supercomputing Centre (NWSC) Yellowstone supercomputer on the outskirts of Cheyenne, Wyoming. One of the most unprecedented detail in climate-change powerful computers in the world dedicated to climate change, weather and other earth science research will be replaced predictions, including regional modelling in 2017 by an even faster machine. of effects, the centre said. A more powerful computer will allow How might climate change increase have used Yellowstone since 2012. researchers to see results in higher the likelihood of drought and change the Officials moved to replace the first resolution, like a higher density of pixels extent of arctic sea ice from decade to The Yellowstone Yellowstone computer so quickly because sharpens images on a television or a stronger decade? computer, located in a of the rapid pace of technology. telescope brings a greater number of far- The Yellowstone computer, located business park a few miles “Things get better, faster cheaper. off galaxies into focus, explained Rich Loft, in a business park a few miles west of That’s the whole story of computers,” the centre’s director of technology. Cheyenne, put Wyoming’s capital on west of Cheyenne, put Loft said. “Certainly you know, if you have Scientists since 2012 have been using the the map as a potential technology hub. Wyoming’s capital on a phone, it starts to feel clunky after a Yellowstone supercomputer near Cheyenne Facilities including a huge Microsoft data the map as a potential few years.” for a range of research that also includes centre have set up nearby since the centre The Cheyenne supercomputer will modelling air pollution and ocean currents. opened. technology hub. Facilities be about three times as efficient as The atmospheric research centre plans The old machine won’t shut down when including a huge Yellowstone, using 90 percent as much to install Cheyenne later this year and put it the new one boots up. The computers electricity but taking up to a third as to work early next year. Questions it might will be side-by-side for much of nex t year Microsoft data centre much space. The machine will be built by help answer include: but won’t operate in direct coordination. have been set up nearby Milpitas, California-based Silicon Graphics Is the California drought a fluke or due Time and bandwidth on supercomputers since the centre opened. International Corp. to global climate change? typically gets divvied up among researchers The University Corp. for Atmospheric Can scientists predict the intensity of and rarely goes to a single project at a time. Research, a consortium of more than solar flares — streams of radiation released “The machine is usually working on of the machine. Others might take only 1 100 North American universities and by the sun that can endanger satellites dozens of problems at the same time in a percent,” Loft said. colleges, oversees the National Centre for and astronauts — during an upcoming kind of mix of jobs that are running on it. More than 2,200 scientists from more Atmospheric Research. Both organizations solar cycle? Some of those jobs might take a quarter than 300 universities and federal labs are based in Boulder, Colorado. THURSDAY 14 JANUARY 2016 | 13 SCIENCE

By Sarah Kaplan The Washington Post 600 million years ago, a biological

f life is effectively an endless mistake changed everything series of photocopies, as DNA is transcribed and passed on Ifrom one being to the next, then evolution is the high-stakes game of through vast shallow seas covering to trade the rugged individualist life waiting for the copier to get it wrong. what are now continents. There’s pretty for the collaboration of a group. In Too wrong, and you’ll live burdened Cancer and many other much no fossil record from this period the wild world of pre-complex life, by a maladaptive mutation or genetic diseases can in some - what kind of fossil could be left by this development was orders of disorder. Worse, you might never live ways be thought of something smaller than a pinhead? - magnitude better than Twitter for at all. so insights into life at that time rely on getting organisms organised. Every But if the flaw is wrong in exactly as cells that forgot researchers’ imaginations and intense example of cells collaborating that has the right way, the incredible can that they’re part of scrutiny of modern DNA. arisen since - from the trilobites of 500 happen: disease resistance, sharper a multicellular being For this, the choanoflagellates were million years ago to the dinosaurs to eyesight, swifter feet, big brains, better perfect. They’re single-celled organisms, woolly mammoths to you - likely relied beaks for Darwin’s finches. and have stopped but they occasionally work together in on it or some other similar mutation. In a paper published in the communicating or taking groups, swimming into a cluster with their That single protein domain is now open access journal eLife this week, directions from the body. flagella (tails) pointing outward like the present in all animal genomes and their researchers say they have pinpointed rays of a sun. At the most basic level, this close unicellular relatives, according to a what may well be one of evolution’s If that’s the case, then coordination helps the choanoflagellates University of Oregon release. It’s probably greatest copy mess-ups yet: the understanding what eat certain kinds of food. But it’s also wiggling around in you right now, helping mutation that allowed our ancient an example of individual cells coming your various cells keep in touch. protozoa predecessors to evolve into equips a cell with the together to work as one unit, kind of like But the discovery of the protein complex, multicellular organisms. proteins to communicate - hey! - a multicellular organism. offers more than just a history lesson, Thanks to this mutation — which was might help suss out why Prehoda and his colleagues the researchers say. It may also have not solely responsible for the leap out began to look into what genes could ramifications for modern medicine. of single-cellular life, but without which they stop. be responsible for allowing the Cancer and many other diseases, you, your dog and every creature choanoflagellates to work together. Prehoda explained, can in some ways large enough to be seen without a “We were expecting many genes be thought of as cells that forgot that microscope might not be around — The discovery was made thanks to be involved, working together in they’re part of a multicellular being cells were able to communicate with to choanoflagellates — tiny balloon- certain ways, because (the jump to and have stopped communicating or one another and work together. shaped creatures that are our closest multicellularity) seems like a really taking directions from the body they And, incredibly in the world of living unicellular cousins — and a cool difficult thing to do,” he said. belong to. If that’s the case, then evolutionary biology, all it took was one bit of evolutionary time travel known But it turned out only one was understanding what equips a cell with tiny tweak. One gene, and complex life as ancestral protein reconstruction, needed: A single mutation that re- the proteins to communicate might as we know it was born. which allows scientists to resurrect purposed a certain type of protein. help suss out why they stop. “It was a shock,” co-author Ken the genomes of long-dead creatures Instead of working as enzymes “That’s a very different paradigm Prehoda, a biochemist at the University based on their modern descendants’ (proteins that facilitate reactions for thinking about diseases like cancer,” of Oregon, told The Washington Post. DNA. inside the cell) the proteins were Prehoda said. “It could allow us to think “If you asked anyone on our team if In this case, the reconstruction took now what’s known as an interaction about new ways to develop therapies they thought one mutation was going Prehoda and his colleagues back some domain. They could communicate by focusing on genes that are involved to be responsible for this, they would 600 million years, when ancient beings with and bind to other proteins, a in this unicellular to multicellular have said it doesn’t seem possible.” no bigger than a single cell swam useful skill for cells that have decided process.” 14 THURSDAY 14 JANUARY 2016 CINEMA PLUS

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