ARAB TIMES, SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 2012

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Wish for city of the future takes shape at TED

Website lets people shine light on dark secrets

LONG BEACH, California, March 2, (AFP): People around the world share their deep secrets with Frank Warren and he, in turn, reveals them to all. Confessions drawn, pasted or written on postcards flow relentlessly into his mailbox and Warren provides as many as possible with time in the spotlight at his website, PostSecret.com. Ive never been a person growing up that people told their secrets to, Warren told AFP after a presentation at the prestigious TED conference that wraps in southern California on Friday. In my life now, people dont walk up to me and tell me secrets, but I never get tired of getting postcards. I still go to the post box early. The Maryland man described himself as a typical suburban dad and small business owner whose life was turned around by a project launched in 2004 as a diversion from his lucrative but unsatisfying document delivery company. Warren began by printing 3,000 postcards and handing them out in the Washington DC area, asking people to anonymously share a heartfelt secret they had never told anyone. The idea spread virally, with people making or buying their own postcards and sending them to PostSecret from countries around the world. Warren showed a postcard made from half of a Starbucks coffee paper cup and bearing the message I give decaf to customers who are rude to me. Another postcard was from someone who confided I used to work with a bunch of uptight religious people so sometimes I didnt wear panties and just smiled and chuckled to myself. One confession arrived in the form of a sealed envelope bearing a message that inside were the torn bits of a suicide note I didnt use - I feel like the happiest man on Earth now. A postcard bearing a collage of pictures of Hollywood actors bore a message that one of them was the father of my son, he pays me a lot to keep his secret. Many secrets sent to the website involve loneliness, self-harm, or eating disorders, according to its creator. One of the biggest surprises is that when we find the strength to share a deep secret, instead of making us weird it connects us to our deepest humanity, Warren said. Everyone has a secret that could break your heart. Warren displayed a picture of him next to a pyramid of a half million postcards bearing secrets. He updates PostSecret.com every Sunday, trying to create a theme with the confessions. I tapped into something full of mystery and wonder, Warren said. Secrets can remind us of the countless human dramas playing out in the lives of people around us. PostSecret claims the distinction of being the most visited advertising-free blog on the Internet and is credited with inspiring a student in Canada to launch IFoundYourCamera.net website that connects people with lost pictures. Warren supports the website with money from his document shipping business, and successful books featuring collections of confessions. Some PostSecret postcards have made it to the Museum of Modern Art.

A woman uses her iPhone on March 1, in Washington, DC. More American adults now own smartphones than basic mobile phones, according to a survey released on Thursday. The Pew Research Centers Internet & American Life Project survey found that smartphone penetration has increased significantly among nearly every major demographic group in the United States. According to the survey, nearly half or 46 percent of Americans aged 18 and older owned a smartphone as of February while 41 percent owned a basic mobile phone and 12 percent did not own a mobile device. (AFP)

The innovation group TED has given its coveted annual prize for the first time to an idea the city of the future. The $100,000 prize money, normally awarded to an individual, will be divided into 10 grants allocated for the top ideas submitted at thecity2.org, a platform where organizers hope to develop

an earth-friendly City 2.0. Many of us in the TED community dont want this thought of as talk, TED curator Chris Anderson told the conference late Wednesday. We try to turn one of these ideas into a spectacular piece of action... An idea on which, arguably, a sustainable future depends. More than half the worlds population resides in cities, where living close together in smaller spaces means reducing the energy used for driving and homes while more easily making per-

sonal connections, according to economist Edward Glaeser, a TED member who collaborated on the idea. Cities are no enemies of the environment, they are friends of the environment, Glaeser reasoned. Rio de Janeiro mayor Eduardo Paes took part in the TED Prize session, sharing his set of commandments for a city of the future. Such a city must be environmentallyfriendly, have high-capacity transportation, integrate people from all demographics, and use innovative technolo-

gy. IBM has worked with Rio de Janeiro to use technology to better handle the challenges of running the city, whether managing traffic flow, coordinating public works crews or anticipating disruptive storms. A city of the future is a city that cares about its citizens, Paes said. At the end of the day, when you talk about the city, you talk about a gathering of people. The prize wish that emerged was to give people living in cities the power to change them for the better, according to Anderson. To that end, TED launched the website thecity2.org as a platform where citizens can form local groups, share ideas, and connect with companies large or small that can provide resources for plans that emerge. I think we are about to see urbanization happen at an unprecedented rate, said Autodesk chief executive Carl Bass, who offer to supply free software tools for engineering or designing cities of the future. By the end of the session offers from TED members included eco-friendly home designs, connections to venture capitalists, and even free space in a building Keen Footwear bought to house its headquarters in Portland, Oregon. The idea of the platform is to involve people on the ground in everything, Anderson said. We steered away from utopian ideas gone wrong.

Engineering professor Donald Sadoway on Thursday used an oldschool chalk board at the prestigious TED gathering to write the formula for a liquid battery that could one day cut the need for new power plants.

The way things stand, electricity demand must be in constant balance with supply, Sadoway told the techsavvy audience in southern California. Inexpensive batteries made from liquid metal could store electricity from solar panels, wind farms, or existing generation facilities and save it for when it is most needed. That would be a major change from todays consume-it-now-or-lose-it systems. The battery is the enabling device here, he said. With it we could draw electricity from the sun even when the sun doesnt shine. Sadoway and his team of students at Massachusetts Institute of Technology were so confident in their creation that they started Liquid Metal Battery Corporation and plan to have bistrotable size models out in two years. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is among the companys backers. The company plans to eventually bring to market a liquid battery the size of a 40-foot shipping container and capable of holding enough electricity to serve the daily needs of 200 typical US households. You could have these batteries in the basements of buildings drinking up power in the wee hours, Sadoway said. It means we dont have to build more plants, power lines just for peak use, he continued. The limits are way out there, not only in terms of what it can do for renewables. The key metals in the battery are common vanadium and magnesium, the professor explained as he chalked a basic chemical equation on the board. TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design) is a series of conferences designed to present cutting-edge ideas. Speakers are given only 18 minutes to give deliver their pitch.

Cinema
Cinema programme from Thursday 01/03/2012 to Wednesday 07/03/2012

Gone
(Amanda Seyfried, Jennifer Carpenter)
Sharqia 1 12.30, (Thu, Sat, Mon) 19.30 (Daily) 23.45 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon) 13.30, 00.45 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon) 20.30 (Daily) 12.45 (Thu, Sat, Mon) 17.15, 22.00 (Daily) 20.00 (Daily) 00.15 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon) 12.45 (Thu, Sat, Mon, Tue) 15.00, 17.15, 19.30, 21.45 (Daily) 00.05 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon) 12.45 (Thu, Sat, Mon, Tue) 15.00, 17.15, 19.30, 21.45 (Daily) 00.05 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon) 14.00 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon, Tue) 16.15, 18.30, 20.45, 23.00 (Daily) 01.15 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon) 12.30 (Thu, Sat, Mon) 16.45, 21.00 (Daily) 01.15 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon) 13.30, 20.00 (Daily) 00.05 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon) 18.00 (Daily)

Bairaq 3

15.45, 22.00 (Daily)

Tere Naal Love Hogaya (Hindi)

Amphibious: 3D Digital
(Mohammad Aditya, Bambang B.S.)
Sharqia 2 Fanar 2 00.15 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon) 21.00 (Daily) 01.00 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon) Marina 3 15.00 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon) Avenues 11 17.00 (Daily) 360 5 13.15 (Thu, Sat, Mon, Tue) 15.15 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon, Tue) 21.45 (Daily) Al-Kout 1 00.30 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon) Granada 20.00 (Daily)

How to find us
1. 360 2. Ajial 3. Al Bairaq 4. Al Fanar 5. Al Kout 6. Al Muhalab 7. Al Sharqiya 8. Granada 9. Laila Gallery 10. Marina 11. Metro 12. Plaza 13. The Avenues
Zahraa Area, South Surra, 6th Ring Road, corner of King Faisal Highway Ajial Complex, Fahaheel Between Jaber Al Ali East & Al Agalia West Al Fanar Complex, Salem Al Mubarak Street, near Sultan Center, Salmiya Al-Kout Complex, at the end of the Coastal Road, Fahaheel Al Muhalab Complex, Behind Hawalli Clinic, Hawalli Arabian Gulf Street, Souq Sharq, near the Amiri Hospital Abraq Khaitan, off the Old Airport Road Salem Al Mubarak Street, near Sultan Center, Salmiya Marina Mall, Between Salem Al Mubarak Street & Arabian Gulf Street, Salmiya Metro Complex, Farwaniya, near Crowne Plaza Hotel & Farwaniya Garden Salem Al Mubarak Street, near Sultan Center, Salmiya The Avenues Mall, Al Reggai near Al Rai, 5th Ring Road & Ghazali Road Intersection

(Riteish Deshmukh, Genelia)

Metro 2 18.45 (Daily)

Muhalab 1

Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Eppadi (Tamil)

(Sidharth, Amala Paul)
Metro 2 21.30 (Daiy)

Fanar 1 Marina 1 Avenues 3

Poola Rangadu (Telugu)

(Sunil, Isha Chowla)
Granada 21.45 (Daily)

IMAX
Imax film programme at The Scientific Center

Act of Valor
(Alex Veadov, Roselyn Sanchez)
Sharqia 1 Muhalab 1 Fanar 1 Marina 1 Avenues 2 14.45, 21.30 (Daily) 16.00, 22.30 (Daily) 15.00, 19.30 (Daily) 00.15 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon) 15.45, 22.00 (Daily) 13.00 (Thu, Sat, Mon, Tue) 15.15 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon, Tue) 17.30, 19.45, 22.00 (Daily) 00.15 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon) 14.15 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon, Tue) 16.30, 18.45, 21.00, 23.15 (Daily) 14.30, 18.45, 23.00 (Daily) 21.15 (Daily) 16.45 (Thu, Mon)

Avenues 4

Sunday
Showtime Available for Groups 09:30 am The Last Reef 3D 10:30 am, 1:30 pm, 3:30 pm, 6:30 pm, 8:30 pm Into The Deep 3D 11:30 am Born to be Wild 3D 12:30 pm, 7:30 pm, 9:30 pm Journey to Mecca 2:30 pm Arabia 3D 4:30 pm Sea Rex 3D 5:30 pm

360 11

Al-Kout 2

360 3

Bairaq 3 Laila Sharqia 3

Omar Wa Salma 3
13.30, 00.45 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon) 15.45, 20.15, 22.30 (Daily) Muhalab 2 13.00 (Thu, Sat, Mon) 18.00, 20.00, 22.00 (Daily) 00.15 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon) Fanar 5 13.45, 23.45 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon) 15.45, 17.45, 19.45, 21.45 (Daily) Marina 2 16.00, 20.15, 22.15 (Daily) 00.30 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon) Avenues 5 13.30 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon, Tue) 15.45, 18.00, 20.15, 22.30 (Daily) 00.45 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon) Avenues 6 13.30 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon, Tue) 15.45, 18.00, 20.15, 22.30 (Daily) 00.45 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon) Avenues 10 12.30 (Thu, Sat, Mon, Tue) 14.30 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon, Tue) 16.45, 19.00, 21.15, 23.30 (Daily) 13.45 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon, Tue) 360 2 16.00, 18.15, 20.30, 22.45 (Daily) 01.00 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon) 360 8 12.30 (Thu, Sat, Mon, Tue) 14.45 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon, Tue) 17.00, 19.15, 21.30 (Daily) 23.45 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon) 360 9 12.30 (Thu, Sat, Mon, Tue) 14.45 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon, Tue) 17.00, 19.15, 21.30 (Daily) 23.45 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon) Al-Kout 3 13.45, 00.15 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon) 15.45, 19.45, 22.00 (Daily) Bairaq 2 13.45, 00.45 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon) 15.45, 18.00, 20.15, 22.30 (Daily) Plaza 18.15, 22.45 (Daily) Laila 16.00 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon) 20.15 (Daily)

Al-Kout 2 Ajial 2 Ajial 4

14. The Scientific Center Opp Holiday Inn, Salmiya, Gulf Road IMAX
NB: Friday no show before 1:30 pm On Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday no show before 3.30 pm and after 11.15 pm in Sharq, Mohalab, Fanar, Marina, Al Kout, Bairaq, 360 and Avenues. On Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday no show before 5:30 pm in Plaza, Laila, Ajial, Metro and Granada. Regular show KD3:000; 3D-Digital KD3.500; VIP show KD6.000. On Monday, price is KD1.500 except Digital movies. Movies inquiries and Fax Back hotline 1803456

Monday
Showtime Available for Groups 09:30 am The Last Reef 3D 10:30 am, 1:30 pm, 3:30 pm, 6:30 pm, 8:30 pm Into The Deep 3D 11:30 am Born to be Wild 3D 12:30 pm, 7:30 pm, 9:30 pm Journey to Mecca 2:30 pm Arabia 3D 4:30 pm Sea Rex 3D 5:30 pm

The Awakening
(Rebecca Hall, Dominic West)
Sharqia 1 Fanar 3 Avenues 7 17.00 (Daily) 18.00, 22.30 (Daily) 13.45 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon, Tue) 16.00, 20.45 (Daily) 01.15 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon) 12.45 (Thu, Sat, Mon, Tue) 15.00 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon, Tue) 17.15, 21.45 (Daily) 00.05 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon) 12.45 (Thu, Sat, Mon) 19.30 (Daily) 00.05 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon) 16.15 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon)

360 14

360 1

Al-Kout 4

Ajial 2

360 5 Al-Kout 1 Bairaq 1 Ajial 3 Metro 1

We Bought a Zoo: 2D Digital

(Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson)
Sharqia 2 12.45 (Thu, Sat, Mon) 17.15, 21.45 (Daily) Muhalab 3 14.45, 23.45 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon) 19.15 (Daily) Fanar 4 13.00 (Thu, Sat, Mon) 17.30, 20.00 (Daily) 00.30 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon) Marina 3 12.30 (Thu, Sat, Mon) 16.45, 21.15 (Daily) 23.45 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon) Avenues 11 14.00 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon, Tue) 19.00, 21.30 (Daily) 00.05 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon) 360 10 14.00 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon, Tue) 16.30, 19.00, 21.45 (Daily) 00.15 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon) 360 12 13.00 (Thu, Sat, Mon, Tue) 15.30, 18.00, 20.30, 23.00 (Daily) Al-Kout 1 17.30, 22.00 (Daily) Bairaq 1 14.30, 19.00 (Daily) 23.30 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon) Plaza 20.15 (Daily) Laila 22.30 (Daily) Ajial 3 19.45, 22.15 (Daily) Metro 1 15.30 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon) 20.00 (Daily)

13.00 (Thu, Sat, Mon, Tue) 15.15 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon, Tue) 17.30 (Daily) 19.30 (Daily) 13.30 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon) 15.30 (Daily) 12.30 (Thu, Sat, Mon) 17.00 (Daily) 15.45 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon) 17.45 (Daily) 18.00 (Daily)

The Grey
(Liam Neeson, Dermot Mulroney)
Muhalab 1 Fanar 3 18.15 (Daily) 13.30, 00.45 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon) 20.15 (Daily) 14.30 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon, Tue) 16.45, 19.00, 21.15 (Daily) 23.30 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon) 13.30 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon, Tue) 15.45, 18.00, 20.15, 22.30 (Daily) 00.45 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon) 15.00 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon) 21.45 (Daily) 17.45 (Daily)

Fanar 3 Avenues 7 360 14 360 15

Avenues 8

Al-Kout 4 Metro 2 Granada

15.45 (Daily) 18.15, 23.00 (Daily) 19.30 (Daily) 13.15 (Thu, Sat, Mon, Tue) 15.30, 22.45 (Daily) 01.00 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon) 17.15 (Daily) 16.30 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon) 17.45 (Daily)

Tuesday
Showtime Available for Groups Into The Deep 3D Born to be Wild 3D The Last Reef 3D Arabia 3D Sea Rex 3D 09:30 am 10:30 am 11:30 am, 8:30 pm 12:30 pm, 6:30 pm, 9:30 pm 5:30 pm 7:30 pm

360 7

Albert Nobbs: 2D Digital

(Glenn Close, Mia Wasikowska)
Avenues 9 360 5 20.45 (Daily) 17.15 (Daily) 23.45 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon)

Wednesday
Showtime Available for Groups 09:30 am Born to be Wild 3D 10:30 am, 6:30 pm The Last Reef 11:30 am, 5:30 pm, 7:30 pm, 9:30 pm Into The Deep 3D 12:30 pm Sea Rex 3D 8:30 pm

The Woman in Black: 2D Digital

(Daniel Radcliffe, Janet McTeet)
Sharqia 2 Muhalab 3 Fanar 4 Marina 3 Avenues 9 360 1 Al-Kout 1 Bairaq 1 Ajial 1 Metro 1 19.45 (Daily) 21.45 (Daily) 15.30, 22.30 (Daily) 19.15 (Daily) 18.30, 23.00 (Daily) 01.00 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon) 19.45, 22.00 (Daily) 00.15 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon) 20.00 (Daily) 21.30 (Daily) 16.30 (Thu, Mon) 22.30 (Daily) Al-Kout 4 Bairaq 3 Muhalab 2 Avenues 1 360 6 Plaza Ajial 2

Big Miracle
(Drew Barrymore, John Krasinski)
360 4 Granada 16.45 (Daily) 15.30 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon)

X-Large
15.15 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon) 20.00 (Daily) 15.45, 18.30, 21.15 (Daily) 15.30 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon) 18.30 (Daily)

Thursday
Showtime Available for Groups 09:30 am The Last Reef 10:30 am, 6:30 pm, 8:30 pm Sea Rex 3D 11:30 am Journey to Mecca 12:30 pm Born to be Wild 3D 5:30 pm, 9:30 pm Into The Deep 3D 7:30 pm

Dream House
(Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz)
360 6 13.45 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon, Tue) 00.15 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon)

Safe House
(Denzel Washington, Ryan Reynolds)

Journey 2: The Mysterious Island

(Josh Hutcherson, Dwayne Johnson)
360 13 12.45 (Thu, Sat, Mon, Tue) 17.30, 22.15 (Daily)

Friday
Fires of Kuwait The Last Reef 3D 2:30 pm 3:30 pm, 7:30 pm, 9:30 pm Journey to Mecca 4:30 pm Born to be Wild 3D 5:30 pm, 8:30 pm Sea Rex 3D 6:30 pm

Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol

(Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner)
360 13 14.45 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon, Tue) 19.30 (Daily) 00.15 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon)

London Paris New York (Hindi)

(Ali Zafer, Aditi Rao)
360 15 18.00, 20.30 (Daily)

Saturday
Showtime Available for Groups 09:30 am The Last Reef 10:30 am, 1:30 pm, 3:30, 6:30 , 8:30 pm Into The Deep 3D 11:30 am Born to be Wild 3D 12:30 pm, 7:30 pm, 9:30 pm Journey to Mecca 2:30 pm Arabia 3D 4:30 pm Sea Rex 3D 5:30 pm Note: All films are in Arabic. For English, headsets are available upon request. Film schedule is subject to changes without notice

Young Adult
(Charlize Theron, Patrick Wilson)
Sharqia 3 Fanar 2 Marina 1 Avenues 1 18.00 (Daily) 18.45, 22.45 (Daily) 13.30 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon) 18.00 (Daily) 13.15 (Thu, Sat, Mon, Tue) 15.30, 17.45, 22.45 (Daily) 00.45 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon) 14.30 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon, Tue) 19.00, 21.15, 23.30 (Daily) 17.45 (Daily)

Dr Seuss The Lorax: 3D Digital

(Zac Efron, Taylor Swift)
Sharqia 2 Muhalab 3 Fanar 2 15.15 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon) 12.45 (Thu, Sat, Mon) 17.15 (Daily) 12.30 (Thu, Sat, Mon) 14.30 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon) 16.30 (Daily) 13.45 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon) 18.15 (Daily) 14.00 (Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon, Tue) 16.15 (Daily)

Second Show (Malayalam)

(Dulquar Salman)
Ajial 1 15.30 (Fri, Sat) 18.30, 21.30 (Daily)

Aravaan (Tamil)
(Aadhi, Pasupathy)
Ajial 4

Marina 2 Avenues 9

360 4 Al-Kout 3

We Bought a Zoo starring Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson and Thomas Haden Church is now showing in Kuwait cinemas.

16.00 (Fri, Sat) 19.00, 22.00 (Daily)