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Qatar Steals the Show at Special Family Event at Tribeca Film Festival
Apr 07, 2010 — Film Festival
One of Qatar's bright young creatives, AlDana Mohammed AlDosari, the winner of the Doha Tribeca Film Festival's writing competition, arrived in New York City and attended a special screening of the new film Shrek Forever After during the opening week of the Tribeca Film Festival.
Her Excellency Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, who was the brainchild of the cultural partnership between Doha and New York's Tribeca Film Festival, was also present at the event, and met the Fourteen-year-old AlDosari with her family.
The co-hosted event in New York is part of DTFF's international activities designed to raise awareness of the growing cinema scene in Qatar and the wider Arab world. H.E. Nassir Al-Nasser, Ambassador Ext. & Plen and his family also attended the event.
AlDana Mohammed AlDosari, won a family trip to the Tribeca Film Festival and a place at the special screening for her fictional account of Shrek's adventures in Qatar, which incorporated characters from local fairy tales.
Joined by her family and hundreds of children, AlDosari walked a green carpet on her way into the theater. Inside, all of the children present were given pairs of Shrek's trademark ears to wear as they enjoyed treats such as green candy-floss. As a special treat, guests were able to take photos with Shrek character cut-outs, and actors Whoopi Goldberg and Tribeca Film Festival co-founders Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff also attended the family event.
Before the screening began, AlDana Mohammed AlDosari welcomed the audience to the event and told them about her winning essay and the wonderful opportunity she was given to attend the Festival. AlDosari encouraged New Yorkers to visit Doha and the 2010 Doha Tribeca Film Festival and taught the audience a few common Arabic phrases. The audience enjoyed seeing a trailer promoting DTFF called "Shared Memories" which featured Qataris sharing iconic lines from their favorite films.
Executive Director Amanda Palmer, who joined AlDana, her brother and her parents on the green carpet said, "We are very proud that Qatar's community includes young, creative Qataris who reach out to us with their ideas, and we're proud that Doha Tribeca Film Festival's co-hosted event with our cultural partners, the Tribeca Film Festival, has enabled us to show some of the work and vision that is coming out of the Middle East." Maggie Kim, Managing Director Tribeca Film Festival, said: "We're very pleased to welcome our guests from Qatar, who were able to share their experiences and their love for film with others at the event. DTFF's support for this children's premiere, and their work promoting films from the Middle East at Tribeca, has added an important element to the festival's vibrant cultural mix."
The AlDosari family called their entire Tribeca Film Festival experience "unforgettable".
"We had a great day at Times Square and the Shrek premiere, with its 3D technology, completed our joy," she said. AlDana added that she couldn't wait to get back to Doha and tell her friends of her adventures in New York, including a carriage ride around Central Park.
In addition to the hosting of the Shrek Forever After family event, DTFF will present a number of special screenings of films from the Middle East at TFF, including the West Bank-based Budrus and the comedy documentary Just Like Us.
About DTFF
Doha Tribeca Film Festival was launched in 2009. DTFF was Doha's first international film festival to celebrate the best of Arabic and international cinema. Its ongoing aim will be to inspire, engage and educate a new generation of cinema appreciation locally; discover, mentor and fund regional filmmaking talent; foster a community through art and entertainment; and encourage open discussion and debate. The 2010 edition of DTFF will run from 26-30 October.
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HOT OFF THE PRESS: emotional intelligence daimler financial services invests in soul machines
"It will be a game changer,' says CIO Udo Neumann
By Sara Castellanos and Kim S. Nash | The Wall Street Journal | Mar 1, 2018
Udo Neumann, global chief information officer for Daimler Financial Services, standing next to Sarah, the 'digital human,' at 2018's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Photo: Daimler AG
Digital assistants on the market now can help customers with tasks like finding the right pair of jeans and making payments to credit cards, all while being polite, helpful and sometimes witty.
Udo Neumann, global chief information officer for Daimler Financial Services, is exploring how digital assistance could go even further.
An assistant with a human-like "face," with instant access to helpful data and programmed to detect how people are feeling and respond accordingly, could help gain customer and employee trust, Mr. Neumann said. "It's clearly the next step in the development of an evolving technology, (where) emotions come into play."
Daimler Financial's Sarah can react to spoken and typed words as well as non-verbal queues. Photo: Daimler AG
Daimler Financial Services, a division of Daimler AG, announced this week it's partnering with New Zealand startup Soul Machines on a proof-of-concept project to see how a digital assistant with a face and a name could give personalized help to employees and customers.
The companies, which have worked together for several months, are developing a "digital human" built with AI software from IBM Watson that can be programmed to answer questions related to car financing, leasing and insurance, and capabilities to recognize non-verbal cues using face recognition technology.
"It will be a game changer. I think we humans love to have interactions on an emotional basis," Mr. Neumann said.
Neural networking and machine learning tools lets an early version, named Sarah, react to spoken and typed words as well as non-verbal queues such as a loud noise or a nodding head in agreement.
Sarah can be programmed with highly specialized knowledge about, for example, the latest Mercedes models and information about leasing options, said Greg Cross, chief business officer at Soul Machines.
"They learn to recognize you, learn about your personality type and respond and create conversational content that matches you," Mr. Cross said.
The project is in the early stages of development, with no date set for when Sarah could be deployed to employees or customers, Mr. Neumann said. "We want to combine artificial intelligence and emotional intelligence and see how these capabilities come together," he said.
The digital human could eventually act as a "companion" for employees at a call center or training center, he said. For customers, talking to such an avatar might increase purchases among those who feel intimidated by high-pressure sales staff, said Mr. Cross.
"Some people don't feel comfortable in a sales room. They will have a conversation in their living room," he said.
Then, when a customer visits a dealership for a test drive, the customer and the salesperson could converse with the avatar at a kiosk, sharing information, Mr. Cross said.
Unlike humans, Soul Machines' digital assistant can be programmed only with traits that help it perform a job, he said. Anger and frustration, for example, will not exist. "The digital sales person simply will not have these traits," he said.
The goal isn't to replace a human salesperson, though. "It becomes another way a customer can interact with the company," he said.
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GE Commits to $100M Factory
General Electric on Tuesday committed $100 million to open a factory in upstate New York to manufacture batteries for hybrid locomotives and other industries such as power grid storage.
CEO Jeffrey Immelt dedicated the facility at a press conference at GE's Niskayuna, New York research and development facility along with New York governor David Paterson and other politicians.
GE has been testing sodium-metal chloride batteries for heavy-duty industrial applications, such as hybrid locomotives and trucking equipment in mining. The technology can also be used for back-up power in data centers, plug-in electric vehicles, and to smooth electricity flow across the grid, GE executives said during the press conference.
GE has already invested $150 million in developing sodium battery technology, which it says can store a large amount of energy in a relatively small space. Because it uses relatively common materials--sodium and nickel--the cost is competitive with other battery technologies, said Mark Little, director of GE Global Research.
"It's very sophisticated, very high-end manufacturing technology with very simple materials, giving you low cost," Little said.
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I didn't divide the music in today's column evenly between the two Parts that I'd originally planned. There was significantly more in the second Part than in the first one, not only because there were two more bands there but also because many of the items were full releases rather than advance tracks from forthcoming records.
I'm using the past tense, because, as you can see, I've decided to divide Part 2 into two parts as well, which means there will be a Part 3 of this Sunday's column. I hope the total magnitude of what I'm spreading before you today won't deter you from checking out everything, because everything here is well worth the time.


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Users have discovered that printing certain pages is not possible, and having simplified one such page down to its core components I have found that it is a trivial piece of HTML causing this - it does not break IE7 or IE8 - is this a bug in IE6 and is there a way round it?  I would rather not release a new version of the software and distribute it, but it seems I may have to.
The HTML is below - the problem is caused by the height:100% in the inner table, and while I agree this is not the most elegant HTML, bear in mind this is a massively simplified version just to demonstrate the problem in it simplest form.

Viewing a print preview of this page in portrait mode doesn't give a problem, but switching to landscape causes a blank page to be shown, and at the top the page counts states "Page 1 of x" where x is a continually increasing number.  The images blank650x408 and blank364x405.gif are just black rectangles of the dimensions indicated by their name.

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Mattel, Inc. (NYSE:MAT) opened its showroom today showcasing the strength of its power brands -- Barbie(R), Fisher-Price(R) and Hot Wheels(R) -- while also highlighting new entertainment properties and extensions of proven success stories. Technology is seamlessly integrated throughout the various product lines reflecting the way today's children play, imagine and learn through toys, interactive media and technology.
With more than $3.6 billion in annual retail sales worldwide, Barbie outsold the nearest competitor two to one in 2003 continuing to stand as the top girls brand in the world. In 2004, the Barbie(R) brand will surround girls with worlds filled with fantasy, hot trendy fashions, entertainment, technology and age-appropriate aspiration.
Barbie(TM) actually sings for the first time as she takes on the dual roles of princess and pauper in her own lyrical twist on the classic in her fourth feature film, Barbie(TM) as The Princess and the Pauper. Little girls will delight in hearing Barbie(TM) sing, and will be fascinated by her talking pet cat Serafina(TM), which features cutting edge technology that allows Serafina(TM) to react to the story while the movie is playing. And Barbie(TM) and her friends beat the winter blues in the hot-selling tween-targeted brand, My Scene(TM) with their first-ever full-length DVD Jammin' in Jamaica(TM). Back in the U.S.A., the girl who owns California cool is also putting her indelible Barbie(R) signature on West Coast beach chic -- complete with ear piercing fun for girls -- in the new line of Cali Girl(TM) dolls. But wait, call the paparazzi ... where's Ken(R)???
Fisher-Price expands its learning initiative in 2004 with a comprehensive line of distinct learning toys that are developed for the way children learn best, beginning in infancy through grade school. InteracTV(TM) is yet another breakthrough learning platform that enables children to interact and learn with their favorite characters from popular TV shows, right on their own TVs. This innovative learning system uses a child-friendly InteracTV controller and DVD software that can be played on a home DVD player. For infants as young as six months, the experientially-based Laugh & Learn(TM) collection rewards baby's natural curiosity with learning and musical activities. The Laugh & Learn(TM) Home, for example, combines academic and experiential learning with 26 everyday experiences, such as ringing the door bell, flipping a light switch and opening doors, to create an enriching play experience for baby.
Also, the hugely successful interactive learning platforms from 2003, PowerTouch(TM) Learning System, Learn Through Music and Kasey the Kinderbot(TM) will continue to sizzle in 2004 with rapidly expanding libraries of new books and software.
Since kids naturally learn while they play, Fisher-Price provides a broad array of toys outside of the learning category that will keep kids playing, laughing and growing. In 2004, Fisher-Price enters the building set category with Pop-Onz(TM), a brand new building system with a unique, simple, open pop-on connection method that makes it especially easy for toddlers and preschoolers to build.
For kids five and up, the ESPN(R) GameStation is a six-in-one indoor game center featuring the most popular sports today: baseball, basketball, football, hockey, golf and soccer. There's non-stop action and excitement with 21 arcade-style games, sound effects, SportsCenter theme music and commentary by ESPN SportsCenter anchor Stuart Scott.
While Barbie and her friends will provide girls with plenty of entertainment in 2004, Mattel has also teamed up with a combination of proven blockbuster licenses and highly anticipated new programming to create an all-star line-up of entertainment-based products. The new stars in Mattel's portfolio of hot licenses include Batwave Batman(TM), Shaman King(TM) and MegaMan(TM) with repeat performances by Justice League(TM), Yu-Gi-Oh! (TM), and of course Harry Potter(TM).
The Batwave Batman(TM) VEIL (Video Encoded Invisible Light) technology-enabled lines of toys will merge action figure and vehicle play with interactive television to create the next generation of toys.
Kids can earn the title of Shaman King by acting out their favorite scenes with the Deluxe Battling Figures based on the hit animated series which has humans battling against shamans and spirits. Or have their very own MegaMan(TM) Personal Terminal, as seen in the new anime-adventure series, MegaMan: NT Warrior, to battle against virtual computer virus, chaos-causing villains.
The Winx Club(TM) is the hot new entertainment property that tells the story of the magical world of Magix(TM), where five teenage friends attend the Alfea College of Fairies(TM), a school for training aspiring fairies. It debuts in the U.S. this spring on Fox Television's "FoxBox." Based on the hip, fashionable teens with bewitching talents that make up the Winx Club, Mattel's line-up of dolls and accessories will delight girls who share in the Winx Club characters' love of friendship, fashion and music.
Pop culture is often defined by the entertainment world. Mattel pays tribute to the comic-inspired vixen, Catwoman(TM), with a purr-trayal that will have no need to claw for attention. This summer, the hottest feline to scratch her way across the silver screen will be Halle Berry as Catwoman. Look for the upcoming collector doll by Mattel in the likeness of Halle Berry's movie character, to be unveiled later this year.
Finally, for preschoolers Fisher-Price delivers all the best-loved, familiar characters. From Little People(TM) and Rescue Heroes(TM) to the casts of Dora the Explorer(TM), Sesame Street(TM), Winnie the Pooh(TM), Disney My First Princess(TM), Barney(TM) and Blue's Clues(TM), Fisher-Price brings them all to life in brand new ways with innovative toys, plush and playsets. One very famous preschool personality, E-L-M-O(TM), gets kids up and dancing once again -- this time with his very own rendition of a hot '70s classic. And Dora has her very own non-traditional, adobe-style dollhouse with Dora's Talking House(TM), chockfull of interactive play with a focus on family while incorporating bilingual phrases.
Tied specifically to the storylines of the current television season or upcoming movies, Mattel delivers exciting toys that allow children to continue to play out their favorite stories or invent new character plots when the TV is on -- or off.
Wheels for Guys of Every Age: Mattel's 2004 Fleet of Vehicles Has Arrived!
Speed, power and performance have always been the hallmark of Mattel's line of Hot Wheels(R) cars, but this year, the goal is to push those wheels even harder. Mattel is letting kids under the hood to do just that. The 2004 Hot Wheels(R) line is adding a little bit of science with Formula Fuelers(TM) vehicles, a dash of humor with Incredible Crash Dummies(TM) figures, and a bit of Slime(R) compound with the Slimecano(TM) playset. It's a mix that will add even more fuel to Hot Wheels(R) success.
Hot Wheels(R) Formula Fuelers(TM) vehicles run on special formulas that kids make themselves, using the included Nitrox2(TM) liquid, tablets and powder. The better the fuel, the faster the car!
The Incredible Crash Dummies(TM) figures engage a new generation of kids with new humor-inspired episodes and cool figures, vehicles and playsets that illustrate the benefits of "buckling up."
In the Lava Land(TM) adventure, a seemingly safe trip becomes a dangerous jungle mission as kids encounter a number of different obstacles that will require skill, strategy and a little luck to survive. Slime(R) compound enters the Lava Land(TM) adventure, providing a daring challenge against an angry volcano that is ready to erupt in the Slimecano(TM) playset. Within the Matchbox(R) brand, the world of Hero City(TM) is a fantastic place where talking cars and trucks of every shape and personality live together in a peaceful, engine-driven community. Matchbox(R) Hero City(TM) Ready-Play inter-connecting playsets come partially pre-assembled and completely pre-labeled to drive kids imaginations right out of the box. And the Matchbox(R) Ultra Heroes(TM) Vehicles add even more fun and imagination to the Hero City(TM) play center, with exciting new styles including a police car shaped like a whistle and a helicopter designed like a firefly.
Tyco(R) R/C, the country's leading name in radio control, is all about radical thrills and big challenges. The brand's newest "groundbreaking" innovation, the Terrain Twister(TM) vehicle, features exclusive power-pivoting pontoons with unique corkscrew treads, making it virtually unstoppable as it twists and churns its way over grass, sand, pavement, water and even snow.
The number-one selling small doll, Polly Pocket!(TM), leads girls on a furry fun-filled adventure with the new Dazzlin' Pet Show. The spotlight is on the stage as Polly dresses up her three pups -- and herself -- in fun fashions that are dog-gone fun.
Meet Shorties! A new line of dolls that let girls experience a humorous world where everyday life has an exaggerated, unexpected twist. There is nothing like these dolls in the market today. In short, tall is sooo last year; and changing outfits is a matter of changing your whole body!!
Thanks to a special "Fairy Dogmother" and Mattel, the most loveable, huggable plush pups from the 80s are back! Proving once more that what is old is new again, Pound Puppies(R) are the cutest retro toy to make a comeback.
From off-board gaming for kids and families to a multi-sensory game play experience, Mattel's 2004 assortment of games takes playing to a new interactive level for the interactive kid in all of us. This year, multi-dimensional games such as Scene It?(TM) Jr. and Scene It?(TM) Disney Family Game use DVDs packed with Optreve(TM) technology and time elements to engage and keep game play as fresh, entertaining and challenging as the first time it is played.
The popular DVD interactive game Scene-It?(TM) makes its debut for juniors this year with its combination of classic board game and always-fresh DVD clues -- which are never in the same format twice. Simply set up the board and DVD, role the die and on command, access a TV clue to play the game. A family-oriented Disney version of the game, based on the same play combination, also will be released in 2004.
And finally in 2004, Skip-Bo(R) celebrates its 40th anniversary with a commemorative version of the game.
Mattel, Inc., (NYSE:MAT, www.mattel.com) is the worldwide leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of toys and family products, including Barbie(R), the most popular fashion doll ever introduced. The Mattel family of toys and games is comprised of such best-selling brands as Hot Wheels(R), Matchbox(R), American Girl(R), and Fisher-Price(R), which also includes Little People(R), Rescue Heroes(TM), Power Wheels(R), as well as a wide array of entertainment-inspired toy lines. With worldwide headquarters in El Segundo, Calif., Mattel employs more than 25,000 people in 36 countries and sells products in more than 150 nations throughout the world. The Mattel vision is to be the world's premier toy brands -- today and tomorrow.
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