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A GATEWAY TO UNIQUE BEAUTY

Kazakhstan is a spectacular touristic destination which may not have been discovered by many travellers yet. It has a unique mix of deserts, steppes, savannas, wild forests, pristine lakes and rivers as well as modern cities.

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Kazakhstan is a vast country, the ninth-largest in the world as well as the world’s largest landlocked

country, stretches from the Caspian Sea to Siberia and from the border with Russia to China.

Kazakhstan has a unique mix of deserts, steppes, savannas, wild forests, pristine lakes and rivers as well as modern cities, such as Almaty, a major commercial and cultural hub with leafy avenues, chic cafes, diverse dinning, stylish shopping centers and vibrant nightlife.

Kazakhstan is a spectacular touristic destination which may not have been discovered by many travellers yet. The Qataris should visit Kazakhstan and experience its unique beauty discovering its authentic national parks, peaceful protected areas, mountains, lakes and rivers which astounded its vis-itors in all its beautiful and spellbinding mysteries.

Kazakhstan is a nation in Cen-tral Asia known for its culture and heritage sources. The nation reflects a variety of ethnicities including

Kazakhs and Russians. Islam is the main religion followed by Christi-anity with a number of Jews and followers of other religions.

It is known as the land of 7000 lakes and rivers. It shares a 6467km border with Russia (the longest land border between two states in the world), a 2300km border with Uzbekistan, a 1460km border with China, a 980km border with Kyr-gyzstan and a 380km border with Turkmenistan. Its total border length equals 12187km.

Visit the land of mountains, lakes, steppes, forests, rivers and nice people with long, old and rich culture

The land of the rivers has plenty of mysterious secrets. For centuries it has been a pathway for many tribes. As a result, the Great Silk Road came into being the main line of the Silk Route on the territory lay across the country’s south. The route represents a unique complex of historical and architectural mon-uments, and a large variety of unique tourist attractions, which was formed in the Almaty region. Convenient tourist trails for nature lovers along Lake Issyk fed by the

Issyk River reveal a picturesque val-ley with beautiful landscaping, waterfalls and rivers.

Climb to Medeu and Shymbu-lak: High-mountain complex of winter sport games “Medeu” was built on the height of 1700m above the sea level and its ice cover serves as a skate rink for amateurs and

professionals for eight months a year. Here, the Medeu dam was built to protect Almaty from mud flows. An amazing view of Trans-Ili Alatau (ZaiilskyAlatau) mountain peaks open up from the dam. From Medeu take a trip to a mountain resort Shymbulak on the height of 2510m.

Unseen grandeur awaits Unseen grandeur awaits

you in the land of lakes you in the land of lakes

Take an exciting trip to a Big Almaty Hike: If you are in the Southern capital of Kazakhstan, then you must take this trip to the Big Almaty Gorge where the river Big Almatinka flows, where there is a Big Almaty Lake with a Big Almaty Peak above, seen even from the city. And this is only one-hour drive from Almaty.

See once the miracle Kolsai Lakes: Whilst you’re in the Almaty area it would be worth taking in the scenery of the Kolsai Lakes. The scenery is not too different from the lakes of Alaska, with snow-capped mountains reflecting in the clear blue water, contrasting with the bright green vegetation.

Breathe the unique clean air of pinewood in the park “Bura-bay”: Nature has made a royal gift to Northern Kazakhstan putting a beautiful place among yellow, sun faded, endless steppes; massive trees, mountain spines, fantastic curves of the cliffs and quiet and enchanting lakes full of fish.

Do you know the ancient Place of the first Apple in the World – the City of Almaty: Almaty is the big-gest city of Kazakhstan and is located between beautiful moun-tains and plains with modern architecture. Its streets are wide and laced with fountains, gardens, and square and are characterized by abundant scenery particularly in spring and autumn. It enjoys the greatest of Soviet architecture. The Ascension Cathedral also known as Zenkov Cathedral, is a Russian Orthodox cathedral located in Pan-filov Park in Almaty, Kazakhstan, it is claimed to be the second tallest wooden building in the world, Almaty›s tourist attractions include museums, galleries, theatres, and monuments including both histor-ical and contemporary.

You can feel yourself a cosmo-naut: It is possible by taking a trip to Baikonur, the place where the first space satellite was launched and the first person, Yuriy Gagarin, flew to the moon. In the last half century, there were more than 1500 spaceships launched from the cos-modrome. It still serves as a window to the space.

Visit Kazakhstan’s heart – the new capital city of Astana: This year Astana offers aSpecial

Highlight International Specialized Exhibition “The Astana Expo 2017” Exhibition starts on July 10, 2017, which will be opened in only a few months’ time, on July 10, and held until September 10.

Be peaceful and reconciling and visit the Palace of Peace and Rec-onciliation in Astana. The Palace of Peace and Reconciliation is a 77 m high building in Astana. The build-ing expresses the spirit of Kazakhstan, where cultures, tradi-tions and representatives of various nationalities coexist in peace, har-mony and accord. It›s golden and pale blue colours are taken from the Kazakhstan flag. It also houses an opera house, a national museum of culture, a new «university of

civilization», a library and a research center for Kazakhstan›s ethnic and geographical groups.

Don’t forget to visit for a pray The Hazrest Sultan Mosque and Nour AstanMosque of Astana.

July 6, 2012 the largest mosque in Kazakhstan and Central Asia

“Hazrat Sultan” was opened in the capital city of the country Astana. The building is constructed in the classic Islamic style using tradi-tional Kazakh ornaments. The mosque standing on the right bank of the Yesil River is located near the Palace of Peace and Reconciliation, and a monument “Kazakh Eli”

The Nour Astana Mosque is located in the city of Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan. It

is the second largest mosque in Kazakhstan and Central Asia. The mosque is located at the left river-bank in the city of Astana and construction first started in 2005. The mosque was a gift in accord-ance with the agreement of the Kazakhstan President Nursultan-Nazarbayev and the Father Emir of Qatar Hamad bin Khalifa. It has the capacity to accommodate 5,000 worshippers. Glass, concrete

If you are in Astana have just the access to the Steppe and Lakes of Northern Kazakhstancomprises two protected a namely Naurzum StateNature Reserve and Kor-galzhyn State Nature Reserve totaling 450K hectares. It fea-tureswetlands of outstanding importance for migratorywater birds, including globally threatened species.

These wetlands are key stopo-ver points andcrossroads on the Central Asian flyway of birdsfrom Africa, Europe and South Asia to theirbreeding places in Western and Eastern Siberia.The 200K hec-tares in the Central Asian steppe

includes two groups of fresh and salt water lakessituated on a watershed between rivers flowing-north to the North Pole.

There are so many places in Kazakhstan must see and for this purpose please visit this beautiful country.

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CAMPUS MONDAY 20 FEBRUARY 201704

Birla Public School accorded a warm reception, on Febru-ary 3, to Dr R Seetharaman,

CEO of Doha Bank, on his being awarded Pravasi Bharatiya Sam-man (PBS) 2017.

Lukose K Chacko, Chairman of the Birla Public school; Hassan Chougle, Balasubramaniyan Padh-manabhan, Ganesan Ramakrishnan, Radhakrishnan, Jayasankar, Gopal and leaders in various fields offered felicitation.

Dr Mohan Thomas, Founder Chairman of Birla Public school, welcomed and paid tributes to the glowing achievements of Seethar-aman. H E P Kumaran, Indian ambassador and chief guest at the function recalled the outstanding contributions of the awardee and referred to future synergies in the Indo –Qatar partnerships.

Dr R Seetharaman thanked the Birla public school Management for this felicitation. “India, today, is poised for a giant leap from the ranks of developing countries to developed countries. Indian citizens living outside India also have a responsibility on this progress and hence should look forward to con-tribute to the Welfare of India, he said.

He also added that this can be done through remittances, invest-ments, trade and other routes as well. “I believe that the Indian diaspora in GCC can play an impor-tant role on above areas and thereby promote bilateral relation-ships between GCC and India. This award further inspires me to con-tribute to the strengthening of bilateral relationships between GCC and India.”

“Birla public school promotes education beyond India borders and in Qatar as well. These kids are in the digital world and believe in

adopting global citizenship values. These are also vital for promoting cross border relationships between countries.”

Birla Public School fetes Dr R Seetharaman

The Gulf English School (GES) celebrated Qatar National Sport Day by hosting two exciting

and fun-packed sport days at Al Gharafa Sports Club last week. Also in the spirit of this national event, GES Infant School ran a fitness week for its youngest pupils.

The feast began on Monday with GES Secondary Girls bracing the rain to participate wholeheartedly into the day’s events.

Top performers again this year included Hissa Al Kubaisi, Mezna Al Hemeidi, Mariam Abuarab, Jennifer Owen and Aisha Al Kubaisi. During the sports day, school records were

shattered in the long jump, high jump and shot putt. “Our sports day cele-bration would contribute to promote the sport culture among our students and encourage them to do physical exercise on a regular basis, said David Frame, Head of Secondary at GES.

GES Secondary Boys had their day on Wednesday, a day that tested their performance. Top performers were Hassan Al Daffa, Nasser Al Hemeidi, ChijinduOmah, Hamza Tayeb, Mohamed Hadi, Abdulaziz Al Hatto and Jaber Al Kuwari. The sport celebration will continue next week when GES Juniors will demonstrate their sporting abilities.

GES organises two fun-packed sport days

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The Indian Doctors Club and Indian Medical Asso-ciation Qatar Chapter (IDC & IMA-Q), a non-profit association

affiliated to the Indian Cultural Center-Qatar, functioning under the aegis of the Embassy of India at the State of Qatar celebrated their fam-ily day titled “IDC KALAUTSAV”.

Dr Joji Mathews, President of IDC, said, “The objective of the function was to foster unity and subsequently this unity should be

the basis to pool talents to serve the society.”

General Secretary, Dr Biju Gafoor, compered the event which felicitated the outgoing President, Dr Sameer Moopan. On their fare-well, senior IDC members, Dr Vishnu Bhat and Dr Pusphalatha KS were awarded a shawl and memento in appreciation for their active participation during IDC activities.

Cultural Secretary, Dr Sreeku-mar along with Dr Anoj, Cherian

Executive Committee Member, in charge of culture presented the cul-tural programme on the theme

‘Incredible India’.Dr Sreekumar described, “It is

a journey across the country with a variety of culture and heritage and a tribute to our nation especially as we celebrate our Republic Day”.

The program showcased dances and songs from various states of India and culminated in a skit depicting the life of a soldier. Dr Sreekumar thanked the doctors,

their spouses and the children who practiced hard and made the event vibrant. In addition to the cultural activities the birthdays and anni-versary of all members that fell within the month were jointly cel-ebrated. The cultural programme was followed by a free to audience karaoke and a gala banquet. Many members opined that, “It was truly a fun filled event and a welcome break.” The event concluded with a vote of thanks proposed by Dr. Biju Gafoor.

IDC & IMA-Q celebrate family day

La Cigale Hotel has recently introduced ‘Grillies Night’ at Le Cen-tral Restaurant every Thursday. The evening is a good option for meat lovers as they offer five types of premium steak and one

type of chicken along with a rich salad bar, appetiser, dessert and 1 selected drink. Don’t indulge too much in salad and appetiser as you will need space to enjoy the great selection of succulent meat cooked to perfection by their chefs.

The menu for Grillies Night was designed by Chef, Luca Dal Col, to serve a contemporary twist of grilled meat with a wide array of delec-table appetisers; that also includes vegetarian options to please all palates.

La Cigale launches ‘Grillies Night’ at Le Central Restaurant

MARKETPLACE MONDAY 20 FEBRUARY 201706

In light of Qatar’s 6th National Sport Day (NSD), KidzMondo Doha offered children an oppor-

tunity to cultivate their sporting values and skills through various playing activities, games and com-petitions, that spread the theme

‘health and sport’, at the recently opened Edutainment City.

Presenting a variety of activi-ties for the National Sport Day’, the Edutainment City hosted football games, rock climbing sessions, Zumba sessions and a 5 lap race – to name a few of the frequented engaging activities – along with the ongoing role playing establishments available at KidzMondo Doha.

While children could continue to ‘live the role’ on National Sport Day, the designated exercises of the day were designed to energise the

youngsters mind and body for the day, emulating sports movements and the benefits leading a healthy and active lifestyle.

Marking their first year partak-ing in the national event, KidzMondo Doha made note of dis-tributing Sports Stations across the Edutainment City.

Their presence was found near the Fire Station, Race Track, Soc-cer Court, Police Station, Supermarket and Hospital, to ensure that while the eager Kidi-zens waited in line for their next activity, the ‘edutainers’ could detail to the children the type of sports played around the world, and pro-vide them with anecdotes of that sports’ origin, history and how that sport exists locally and regionally as part of Qatar’s sport culture.

‘A day of fun’ for kids at KidzMondo Doha

Mediaplus, a local advertis-ing and event management company, marked Qatar

National Sport Day with a number of sporting events.

Whole staff of the company joined the activities including a

‘walkathon’ and a friendly football match was held at the salatha foot-ball grounds. Shukkur Kinalur, Chairman of Acon Group Ventures, inaugurated the event. Mediaplus CEO, Amanulla Vadakkangara,

Manager (operations), Rasheeda Pulikkal, Manager (sales), Sharafud-heen Thangayathil , Consultant, Elias Jacob, marketing coordina-tor Muhammed Rafeeque, led the activities.

The event started with a walk-athon around the ground upholding the spirit of sports for life. Impor-tance of brisk walking for a healthy living was also underlined. It fol-lowed a group run involving all staff and families.

Mediaplus organises several sporting events

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In an emotionally surcharged atmosphere, Bhavan’s Public School Doha bid adieu to the

first batch of outgoing Class XII stu-dents at a grand function in Wakrah School campus.

The ceremony started with a prayer followed by welcome address by Academic Coordinator, Rangavalli. The Chief Guest, J K Menon, Acting Chairman of Bha-van’s Public School, in his address wished good luck to the outgoing students and encouraged them to focus on their goal in life.

Leading the candle ceremony the Principal of the school, M P Philip, urged the students to be the torch bearers of Bhavan’s ideals and values and wished all the very best in the future.

Baburajan, President, Manikan-tan, Vice-President, Anil Kumar,

Secretary, Arunan, Director, Anjana Menon, Director Administration, motivated the students to be daz-zling young men and women of sublime quality and make their alma mater be proud of their success!

The chief guest distributed the

hall tickets and the Guests of hon-our for the day distributed mementoes to the outgoing students.

After presenting the mementoes principal lit the lamp of knowledge and passed it on to students who then proudly took a pledge to carry

on the values of Bhavans and make positive contributions to society.

Headmistress, Shailaja Krishna-kumar, Chief Operating Officer, Joseph, Academic and Activity coor-dinators and teachers graced the occasion. Academic coordinator, Thomas, proposed vote of thanks.

Bhavan’s Public School bids adieu to Class XII students

SIS organised “Braingle-2017”, a brain teasing quiz staged every year at SIS, for students

from classes III to VII. Selected students from Blue,

Green, Yellow and Red Houses encountered some thought pro-voking questions from General Knowledge, Science, Mathemat-ics, English Literature, Social Studies and General Studies dur-ing the General, Audio, Visual and Rapid Fire rounds.

Contestants displayed a high level of competence during the whole event. In the closely con-tested quiz Blue House (Salma Ahmed, Lamiya Ibrahim, Fatima Al Walid and Abeer Bent) emerged

as winners. The contestants were inspired due to the presence of the Principal, Vice-Principals and Sec-tion Heads during the event. Parents showed great enthusiasm and spirit to encourage and sup-port their children in the preparation phase. The Quiz was conducted by Hannie and Giselle of class X (i). Principal, Dr Subhash Nair, praised the participants and the teachers for their hard work. Dudley O‘Connor, Vice-Principal, closed the event appreciating the hard work and sincere efforts of the Braingle Team. During his clos-ing speech, he recalled the challenges that students had to face to emerge as successful.

SIS holds ‘Braingle-2017’

LIFESTYLE MONDAY 20 FEBRUARY 201708

Ever wondered what are the exact dimensions of female lips that can be

called as the most attractive?According to a study, a 50

percent increase in lip size -- or in other words, the lips that made up about 10 percent of the lower third of the face was the most preferred. The faces of white women were ranked for attractiveness with varied lip surface areas created for the faces and upper to lower lip ratios manipulated.

Lips with a 53.5% increase in surface area with a one-to-two ratio of upper to lower lip that make up about 10 percent of the lower third of the face were deemed to be the most attrac-tive. “We advocate preservation of the natural ratio or achieving a 1:2 ratio in lip augmentation procedures while avoiding the overfilled upper lip look fre-quently seen among celebrities,” said Brian J F Wong, from the University of California.

QNA

Using smartphones, laptops and other technology to work from home may help

you do away with rush hour traffic, but also lead to longer working hours, higher stress and sleeping problems, according to a new UN study in 15 countries.

“This report shows that the use of modern communication tech-nologies facilitates a better overall work-life balance,” said Jon Mes-senger, co-author of the joint report by the UN International Labour Organisation (ILO) and Eurofund.

The study is based on inter-views with workers and experts in 10 European Union member states, Argentina, Brazil, India,Japan and the US. The study identified several types of employees using new

technologies to work outside the employer’s premises.

It highlights positive effects of teleworking, such as greater auton-omy on working time and better work-day organisation, and reduced commuting time resulting in a better overall work-life balance and higher productivity.

On the down side, teleworking “blurs the boundaries between work and personal life, depending on the place of work and the characteris-tics of different occupations,” Messenger said.

People teleworking have a ten-dency to work longer hours, and have higher levels of stress as a result of overlapping paid work and personal life. The analysis also shows that regular home-based tel-eworkers tend to be more likely to report sleeping problems in

general, when compared to those always work at the employer’s premises.

As telework becomes more prominent so too has the need to disconnect in order to separate paid work and personal life, with France

and Germany beginning to look at arrangements at the company level, and at existing and new legislation, such as the “right to be discon-nected” in the most recent revision of the French Labour Code, the report said.

Work from home may increase insomnia risk

Do you feel that your friends are getting bored while lis-tening to your stories or

personal experiences? If so, try say-ing things that are more familiar to them, suggests a research.

The study showed that although both speakers and listen-ers expected new stories -- such as ranging from exotic vacations to celebrity sightings -- to be more interesting, listeners showed more pleasure with familiar stories.

Hearing experiences one has not seen or known may leave the listener bored, confused and underwhelmed. The reason may be because the experiences shared are so complex that they are nearly impossible for an ordinary person to communicate well, the research-ers said.

“Our friends are actually a whole lot happier when we tell them what they already know because at least they understand what we’re talking about,” said Daniel T. Gilbert, psychological sci-entist at Harvard University.

“We worry too much about thrilling our listeners and not enough about confusing them,” Gil-bert added. For the study, published in Psychological Science, the team conducted a series of experiments.

In one of their experiments, the researchers assigned participants to groups of three, with one per-son acting as the speaker and the other two acting as listeners.

Speakers watched a video -- either a TED talk or an interview

with the owner of a specialty soda shop -- and then tried to describe it to the listeners. While some lis-teners had seen the video the speaker was describing, others had not. The results showed that the lis-teners responded much more positively when they had seen the video. When listeners had already seen the video that the speaker was describing, they were able to “fill in the gaps” in the speaker’s story, which made the story more enjoy-able to hear, the researchers noted.

Avoid becoming a boring speaker Lip dimensions

make face attractive

FOODMONDAY 20 FEBRUARY 2017 09

Dorie Greenspan The Washington Post

Although the bread comes in as many varieties as there are cheeses, the one I make

most often uses those not-at-all French classics, cheddar and Gouda, as well as meat, walnuts, very untraditional apple and, for a sur-prise, cumin.

I like to pack as much texture into the bread as I can, so I make the batter with grated cheddar and small chunks of Gouda; the ched-dar melts into the bread completely, and the Gouda half-melts and half keeps its form.

As for the cumin, it’s a new addition chez me, one I adopted after having Gouda that was made with cumin seed.

The bread is the kind of thing a resourceful French cook would make with whatever cheese was left over at the end of the week. This means that although you should respect the proportions of the

recipe, you can go your own way with the cheese. Pick one you can grate for the batter, then choose whatever you’d like for the chunky add-in.

When you’re combining the wet and dry ingredients, take it easy. There’s no need to get a perfect blend, because you’ll soon be stir-ring in the cheese cubes and their mates. With quick breads, under-mixing beats overmixing.

Cheese Apéro Quick Bread8 to 12 servingsLike the loaves baked in French

homes, this bread is just right for serving at the cocktail hour, or apéro, cut into finger-size batons that are just right for nibbling. Use the cheese called for here or what-ever you have on hand.

You’ll need an 8 1/2 -by-4 1/2 -by-2 1/2 -inch loaf pan.

MAKE AHEAD: Wrapped well, the bread can be kept overnight at room temperature; it can be frozen for up to 2 months.

From cookbook author Dorie Greenspan.

IngredientsUnsalted butter, for greasing the

pan1 3/4 cups flour1 tablespoon baking powder1/2 to 3/4 teaspoon ground

cumin (may substitute cumin seed or a combination of ground and seeds)

3 large eggs, at room temperature

1 teaspoon fine sea salt1/3 cup whole milk, at room

temperature1/3 cup grapeseed, canola or

olive oil4 ounces grated extra-sharp

cheddar cheese (1 cup)3 ounces bite-size cubes Gouda

cheese (3/4 cup)1/3 cup toasted walnuts,

coarsely chopped (See NOTE)4 to 6 slices meat, crisp-cooked,

cooled and chopped1 medium apple, peeled, cored

and cut into bite-size pieces

StepsPreheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Generously grease the loaf pan with butter. Whisk together the flour, baking powder and cumin (to taste) in a mixing bowl.

Use a whisk to beat the eggs and salt in a separate bowl for 1 minute. Pour in the milk and oil, whisking until blended. Pour this mixture over the dry ingredients and whisk gently, just to moisten the flour - there’s no need to be thorough. Switch to a spatula and stir in the cheeses, toasted walnuts, meat and apple to form a thick, spongy bat-ter. Scrape it into the pan, taking care to push it into the corners. Do the best you can to even the top, and don’t fret when it’s lumpy.

Bake (middle rack) for 45 to 55 minutes or until the bread is golden brown and a tester inserted deep into the center comes out dry. Transfer the pan to a wire rack and let it rest for 5 minutes. If needed, run a table knife around the edges of the bread before turning it out (right side up) and leaving it to come to room temperature.

To serve as a nibble with drinks, cut into thick slices, then into fin-gers or bite-size pieces.

NOTE: Toast the nuts in a dry medium skillet over medium-low heat for several minutes or just until fragrant and lightly browned, shak-ing the pan as needed to prevent scorching. Cool completely before using.

Nutrition | Per serving (based on 12): 250 calories, 8 g protein, 17 g carbohydrates, 16 g fat, 5 g satu-rated fat, 70 mg cholesterol, 340 mg sodium, 0 g dietary fiber, 2 g sugar.

Make the cheesy bread that

the French nibble nightly

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IANS

Just as most therapies have a dose-response relationship whereby benefits diminish at high doses and the risk of adverse events increases,

high level of intense exercise may also be bad for the heart, suggests a study.

The researchers looked into the relationship between exercise and heart problems and found that there is a growing evidence that high levels of intense exercise may be cardiotoxic and pro-mote permanent structural changes in the heart. There is already fairly compelling evidence sup-porting the association between long-term sports practice and increased prevalence of atrial fibril-lation -- abnormal heart rhythm characterised by rapid and irregular beating.

“Much of the discussion regarding the rela-tive risks and benefits of long-term endurance sports training is hijacked by definitive media-grabbing statements, which has fuelled an

environment in which one may be criticized for even questioning the benefits of exercise,” explained study author Andre La Gerche from the Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Mel-bourne, Australia. “This paper discusses the often questionable, incomplete, and controversial sci-ence behind the emerging concern that high levels of intense exercise may be associated with some adverse health effects,” La Gerche noted.

“The answers regarding the healthfulness of ‘extreme’ exercise are not complete and there are valid questions being raised,” La Gerche said.

“Given that this is a concern that affects such a large proportion of society, it is something that deserves investment. The lack of large prospec-tive studies of persons engaged in high-volume and high-intensity exercise represents the big-gest deficiency in the literature to date, and, although such work presents a logistical and financial challenge, many questions will remain controversies until such data emege.”

Too much exercise may be bad for your heart

An overweight youth in his early 20s is three times more at risk of

developing cancer of either the oesophagus (food pipe) or upper stomach in adulthood, researchers have warned.

The findings showed that those who are overweight at the age of 20 are nearly 60-80 per cent more likely to develop these cancers in later life, compared to those who maintained a healthy weight throughout life. Those who gained more than 20kg dur-ing adulthood were also twice as likely to develop oesopha-geal cancer compared to people who had little weight change.

Carrying excess weight can trigger long-term reflux problems and heartburn that can lead to cancer.

It can also change the lev-els of sex hormones, such as oestrogen and testosterone,

cause levels of insulin to rise, and lead to inflammation -- all of which are factors associated with increased cancer risk, the researchers said.

“The study highlights how weight gain over the course of our lives can increase the risk of developing these two can-cer types, both of which have extremely poor survival rate,”

said lead author Jessica Pet-rick from the National Cancer Institute in Maryland, US. Small steps like taking the stairs more often, keeping an eye on the quantity of food consumed and switching to sugar-free drinks are simple things we all can do to keep a healthy weight, the research-ers suggested.

Excess weight in youth can cause stomach cancer later Regular intake of Vitamin D supplements

may help protect against cold and flu, as well as tackle high levels of the vitamin’s

deficiency in countries like India, a study has said. The ‘sunshine vitamin’ as it known, not just improves bone and muscle health but also protects against respiratory infections by boost-ing levels of antimicrobial peptides -- natural antibiotic-like substances -- in the lungs. “Most people understand that Vitamin D is critical for bone and muscle health. Our analysis has found that it helps the body fight acute respiratory infection,...,” said Carlos Camargo from the Mas-sachusetts General Hospital (MGH).

The findings showed that daily or weekly supplementation halved the risk of acute res-piratory infection in people with most significant Vitamin D deficiency -- below 25 nanomoles per litre (nmol/L). Administering occasional high doses of Vitamin D did not produce significant benefits. People with higher baseline Vitamin D levels also benefited, although the effect was more modest (10 per cent risk reduction), the researchers noted, in the paper published in the journal BMJ. “Our study strengthens the case for introducing food fortification to improve Vitamin D levels in countries where profound vitamin D deficiency is common,” added lead researcher Adrian Martineau Professor at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL).

Fight cold and flu with Vitamin D

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Rajkummar Rao and Anjali Patel starrer political comedy “New-ton”, which had its world premiere at 67th

Berlin International Film Festival, won the Art Cinema award in the Forum segment. The festival started on February 9.

Sharing the news on Twitter, an excited Rajkummar tweeted on Sat-urday: “So happy to share ‘Newton’ has won the Art Cinema award for the Forum section at Berlinale. Con-gratulations team.”

Directed by Amit Masurkar, “Newton” revolves around a clerk placed on election duty in a con-flict-ridden area of Chhattisgarh. Some 43 films were screened in the Forum segment at the festival, which concludes on Sunday. In which 29 had their world premieres.

The film is produced by Manish Mundra of Drishyam Films, com-pany best known for bankrolling critically-acclaimed projects such as “Masaan”, “Ankhon Dekhi” and

“Umrika”.

‘Newton’ wins top honour at Berlinale

Malayalam actor Prithvi-raj says what the popular Malayalam

film actress has gone though is proof of the state of security of women in Kerala. As a man of the society, he says he hangs his head in shame.

On Friday, the actress was kidnapped and allegedly assaulted while on her way from Thrissur to Cochin. Her driver, suspected of involvement in the incident, has already been taken into custody. Prithviraj wrote: “Woke up to the horrifying news that has by now

been reported, misreported and sensationalised.”

Admitting that he was

disturbed by the news, he refrained from commenting because “I knew whatever I or anyone among our fraternity say, will only be fodder to click bites and TRP ongering.

By now, all that can be said about the security of women in our matriarchal/matrilineal God’s own country has already been said.”“As a man who has to share the responsibility of a society that bears this shame, I hang my head,” he said, request-ing everyone to respect the guts of the actress.

Prithviraj condemns kidnapping of actress

A cluster of films based on the biodiversity-rich Nagaland, showcased at the seventh

National Science Film Festival, have kick-up a debate on hunting prac-tices and conservation in northeast India’s tribal communities.

Revolving around the Yimchun-ger tribe of Nagaland in the state’s remote Fakim village, the 30-minute film “Point and Shoot” clinched three awards at the fest that concluded on Saturday.

“It explores the relationship of the hunting community with ani-mals and birds found in the forests around Fakim. My film documents

the pros and cons of hunting ver-sus conservation. It is debate for you to figure out what you would choose,” director Harsimran Kaur Anand said. Set in the same village, Savyasachi Anju Prabir’s “Miilelam Miiyoh” captures a “perceptive account of the changes in the tribe’s relationship with nature”. The film explores the “transition of an entire village from one that slaughtered hundreds and thousands of the winged visitors to their most fer-vent preservationist”. According to DST officials, the aim is to help India make a mark in the global science film festival scenario.

Popular singer Arijit Singh feels blessed to have good work in the industry. “I am very fortunate that

I get good songs. Above all, my songs are being well accepted. I would like to give all the credit to the music directors and the producers,” he said at the Mirchi Music Awards 2017 here yesterday. “I am try-ing to deliver the best I can and thankfully receiving the result. People aren’t tough but the journey isn’t the smooth one for sure and I faced ups and down too,” added Arijit, who had participated in the reality singing show “Fame Gurukul”.

Films on Nagaland tribes stir debate on hunting

Fortunate to get good

songs: Arijit Singh

HOLLYWOOD MONDAY 20 FEBRUARY 201712

IANS

Actor Shia LaBeouf has planned to relaunch his anti-US President Donald Trump art project, He Will Not Divide Us, about a

week after the project was shut down by the Museum of the Moving Image here.

The 30-year-old, alongside collaborators Rönkkö and Turner, spoke out against the museum in a statement on TheCampaignBook.com, revealing that the project will continue as of Saturday, relocating to the El Rey Theater in Albuquerque, New Mexico, reports etonline.com.

“From the outset, the museum failed to address our concerns about the misleading framing of our piece as a political rally, rather than as a par-ticipatory performance artwork resisting the normalisation of division,” read the statement by LaBeouf, Rönkkö and Turner.

“Nonetheless, there had been no incidents of physical violence at the site of our project that

we are aware of, nor that we had been informed of at any stage by the museum.”

The Museum of the Moving Image announced its decision to terminate the project last week

after experiencing disruptive protests since its opening. “The installation created a serious and ongoing public safety hazard for the Museum, its visitors, staff, local residents, and businesses,” the Museum of Moving Image said in statement.

“The installation had become a flashpoint for violence and was disrupted from its original intent.”

“While the installation began constructively, it deteriorated markedly after one of the artists was arrested on the site of the installation and ultimately necessitated this action,” the state-ment read, refering to LaBeouf’s January 25 arrest after allegedly attacking a 25-year-old man at a protest.

“Over the course of the installation, there have been dozens of threats of violence and numer-ous arrests, such that police felt compelled to be stationed outside the installation 24 hours a day, seven days a week,” the statement read.

Shia LaBeouf to relaunch anti-Trump art project

Singer Aaron Carter says he “didn’t get beat up” after he was attacked by a fellow

musician on stage over an allegedly racial comment.

The former child star was performing at the Looney Bin in Bradley, Illinois, on Friday when a member of Ill State, the group who preceded Carter’s set, jumped onstage and attacked him over an allegedly racial remark, reports tmz.com.

“I didn’t get beat up. I got a hit and pushed when I wasn’t look-ing and they ran out the club and I stood on the speakers waiting for them,” the 29-year-old tweeted on Saturday, reports eonline.com.

“Maybe he should’ve not been a fake security guard causing liability to the venue and antagonising me and my fans mid show...”

“This dude sized me up after I said he had to go and said bye

Felipe, like bye Felicia the male version. Friday? He needed to go,” Carter added. He then defended himself against accu-sations of racism, tweeting:

“News flash my band consists of three amazing black funk musi-cians and an Italian guitar player from Italy... They raised me and have been playing with me doing shows for 16 years.” According to tmz.com, which obtained video footage of the incident that was later shared to YouTube by Ill State, Carter requested a member of the

band be removed from the venue after he “was goofing, grabbing people’s cellphones and shooting video as Aaron tried to perform”. As the indi-vidual was being escorted out, Carter reportedly yelled, “Bye, Felipe,” his own version of the slang term, “Bye, Felicia”.

The member of Ill State then attacked Carter onstage, in the process allegedly dam-aging a computer and speaker.

Tmz.com reports Carter was left “bloody” and moved to a nearby hospital. He has since spoken out against Saturday’s events, claiming he meant no disrespect and that authorities are investigating the attack. Carter also shared a selfie with his dogs in bed that he cap-tioned: “Chilling with my boys before I finally get to bed... hos-pitals s**k. And so do bullies. My face is still pretty though and untouched.”

Carter defends himself after being attacked on stage

Chance the Rapper is reportedly turn-ing down some very generous record label offers after he achieved a historic

win at the 2017 Grammy Awards.He has turned down offers worth up to

$10m, after he beat Drake and Kanye West to win the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album, reports Independent.co.uk. “Every label is still trying to get him. He’s making too much on his own... He was turning down $5m advances before, and now it’s like $10m,” said a source. Chance the Rapper explained that he made his money from “touring and selling merchandise... and I honestly believe if you put effort into something and you exe-cute properly, you don’t necessarily have to go through the traditional ways”.

Chance the Rapper

turning down

offers worth $10m?

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGYMONDAY 20 FEBRUARY 2017 13

IANS

A team of scientists has developed small, soft biological robots -- bio-bots -- that can walk and swim on their

own or when triggered by electri-cal or light signals.

These tiny muscle-powered robots were first 3-D printed and then seeded with muscle cells. The cells self-organised to form func-tional tissues that made the bio-bots move.

“These machines are now viewed as partially living, with the ability to form, the ability to age and the ability to heal if there’s an injury,” Taher Saif, a professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, said in a statement.

“Now that we have got them working, we are beginning to look back and try to understand how the cells organise themselves and what language they use to communicate. This is the developmental biology of living machines,” Saif added.

The group developed multiple designs to make bio-bots walk in certain directions and to control their motion with light or electrical currents. “As engineers, we usually build with materials like wood, steel or silicon. Our focus here is to for-ward-engineer biological or cell-based systems,” added Rashid Bashir, head of the bioengineering department at the University of Illi-nois. “The design is inspired by the muscle-tendon-bone complex found in nature. There’s a skeleton or backbone, but made out of soft

polymers similar to the ones used in contact lenses, so it can bend instead of needing joints like the body does,” Bashir noted.

Saif said that the objective was

not to make a walker and a swim-mer, but to lay the scientific foundation so they have principles for building biological machines in the future.

Scientists develop humanlike biological robots

Researchers have developed an app that could help peo-ple speak the language of

eyes -- literally.The smartphone app that

researchers working with Micro-soft have developed can interpret eye gestures in real time, decode these gestures into predicted utterances, and facilitate communication.

Called GazeSpeak, the app would help people with amyo-trophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a condition resulting in individu-als gradually losing their strength and the ability to speak, eat or move.

As part of the Enable team at Microsoft Research, the scientists developed GazeSpeak to help people with ALS who can move their eyes but cannot speak.

ALS also causes other motor impairments that affect volun-tary muscle movement. According to the researchers, cur-rent eye-tracking input systems for people with ALS or other m o t o r i m p a i r m e n t s

are expensive, not robust under sunlight, and require frequent re-calibration and substantial, relatively immobile setups.

Eye-gaze transfer (e-tran) boards, a low-tech alternative, are challenging to master and offer slow communication rates.

“To mitigate the drawbacks of these two status quo approaches, we created GazeSpeak, an eye gesture communication system that runs on a smartphone, and is designed to be low-cost, robust, portable, and easy-to-learn, with a higher communication band-width than an e-tran board,” the researchers wrote in the abstract

of a paper scheduled to be pre-sented in May at the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems in Colorado, US.

“GazeSpeak can interpret eye gestures in real time, decode these gestures into predicted utterances, and facilitate com-munication, with different user interfaces for speakers and inter-preters,” the researchers said. GazeSpeak uses artificial intel-ligence to convert eye movements into speech, and runs on the listener’s device so that he/she can understand what is being said in real time, New Scientist reported.

This app helps to speak language of eyes

Researchers have iden-tified a genetic ‘switch’ that may help prevent

or delay the symptoms of Par-kinson’s disease. The study showed that a gene called ATF4 plays a key role in Par-kinson’s disease, acting as a

‘switch’ for genes that control mitochondrial metabolism for neuron health.

When the expression of ATF4 is reduced in flies, expression of these mito-chondrial genes drops.

This drop results in dra-matic locomotor defects, decreased lifespan, and dys-functional mitochondria in the brain. “Interestingly, when we overexpressed these mitochondrial genes in fly models of Parkinson’s, mito-chondrial function was re-established, and neuron loss was avoided,” said Miguel Martins from the Uni-versity of Leicester.

A genetic ‘switch’

that may prevent

Parkinson’s found

BABY BLUES

HAGAR THE HORRIBLE

Two friends, Ram Bharose and tech genius Cyberjeet, create a

website that helps lovers to elope. The site is an instant hit; young

couples line up for the opportunity to escape strict families and run

away with the ones they love.

Note: Programme is subject to change without prior notice.

RUNNING SHAADI

NOVO - Pearl ROYAL PLAZA

ASIAN TOWN

MALL

LANDMARK

John Wick 2 (2D/Action) 11:30am, 1:30, 2:00pm, 4:30, 6:30, 7:00, 6:00, 8:30 9:30, 11:30pm & 12:00amFist Fight (2D/Comedy) 11:00am, 12:30, 3:30, 5:00, 7:40, 9:30 & 11:00pmGold 10:00am, 11:00am, 2:30, 4:00, 7:00, 9:00pm & 11:30pmThe Lego Batman (3D Imax/Animation) 10:00am, 10:30am, 12:10, 12:40, 2:20, 2:50, 4:30, 5:00, 6:40, 7:10 & 9:20pmSplit (2D/Thriller) 11:30pm The Last Face (2D/Drama) 10:30am, 12:40, 2:30, 7:00. & 11:30pm The Lady Bloodfight (2D/Action) 12:30, 5:00, & 9:30pmThe Remains 12:40, 5:20 & 10:00pm Kung Fu Yoga (2D/Action) 11:00am, 3:20pm & 12:00MidnightRings 3 (2D/Drama) 1:10, 5:30, 9:50pmFein Qalby (2D/Arabic) 10:00am, 12:20, 2:40, 5:00, 7:20, 9:40pm & 12:00midnight La La Land (2D/Musical) 6:40, 9:10, 11:40pm

Munthirivallikal (2D/Malayalam/Comedy) 2:15 & 11:00pm Ballerina (2D/Animation) 5:00pmThe Lego Batman Movie (2D) 2:30 & 4:30pm Irada (2D/Hindi) 2:30 & 6:45pm Jolly LLB 2 (2D/Hindi) 8:45pm

Fist Fight (2D/Comedy) 8:15pm The Last Face (2D/Drama) 4:30pm The Remains (2D/) 6:30pm; My Ex And Whys (2D) 6:30pmSingam 3 (2D/Tamil) 8:45pm Fein Qalby (2D/Arabic) 9:00pm The Lady Bloodfight (2D/Action) 9:45pm Gold (2D/Thriller) 11:30pm John Wick 2 (2D/Action) 11:30pm

Running Shaadi.Com (2D/Hindi/Comedy) 2:00 & 11:15pmMunthirivallikal (2D/Malayalam/Comedy) 2:00 & 11:15pm The Lego Batman Movie (2D) 3:00 & 5:00pm The Lady Bloodfight (2D/Action) 6:15pmGold (2D/Thriller) 4:15pm Fist Fight (2D) 4:45 & 10:00pmThe Last Face (2D/Drama) 6:15pm Jolly LLB 2 (2D/Hindi) 8:30pm

My Ex And Whys (2D Tagalog) 7:00pm Fein Qalby (2D/Arabic) 8:00pm John Wick 2 (2D/Action) 9:15pm The Remains (2D/Tamil) 11:30pm

Munthirivallikal (2D/Malayalam/Comedy) 2:30 & 10:45pm Fist Fight (2D/Comedy) 3:00pmThe Lego Batman Movie (2D) 2:00 & 4:00pm Fein Qalby (2D/Arabic) 5:15 & 9:15pm The Remains (2D) 7:30pm Irada (2D/Hindi) 9:15pm The Lady Bloodfight (2D/Action) 5:00pm John Wick 2 (2D/Action) 6:00pm Gold (2D/Thriller) 7:00pm My Ex And Whys (2D/Tagalog) 8:15pm Singam 3 (2D/Tamil) 11:00pm The Last Face (2D/Drama) 11:15pm

Munthirivallikal (Malayalam) 4:30, 6:00, 7:00, 9:00, 10:30pm & 12:00midnight Jolly LLB 2 (2D/Hindi) 5:45pm Jomonte Suvisheshangal (Malayalam) 6:30pm Irada (Hindi) 8:30pm Singam 3 9:30pm

MONDAY 20 FEBRUARY 2017

VILLAGGIO & CITY CENTER

CINEMA PLUS14

AL KHORSingam 3 11:00am, 2:00, 5:00, 8:00 & 11:00pm Jolly LLB 2 12:30, 3:15, 6:00, 8:45 & 11:30pm Jo Monte 11:15am, 5:15 & 11:15pm Balu Mahi 2:15 & 8:15pm

ROXYThe Lego Batman 2:00, 4:00 & 6:00pm Singam 3 2:00, 5:00 & 11:30pm John Wick 2 (2D/Action) 2:00, 4:30 & 7:30pmMunthirivallikal Thalirkkumbol (Malayalam) 2:00, 12:30, 5:00, 8:00, 9:30 & 11:00pm

CROSSWORD CONCEPTIS SUDOKU

ALL IN THE MIND

08:00 News08:30 101 East 09:00 The Big Picture10:30 Inside Story11:00 News11:30 UpFront12:00 News12:30 Witness13:00 NEWSHOUR14:30 Inside Story15:00 Europe’s

Forbidden Colony

17:00 News17:30 Talk to Al Jazeera18:00 Newsgrid19:00 News19:30 Counting the

Cost20:30 Inside Story21:00 NEWSHOUR22:00 News22:30 The Stream23:00 Immigration

Nation

13:00 Welcome To The Ronks

14:05 Star Darlings

14:35 Jessie 15:00 Bunk’d 15:25 Kirby

Buckets 15:50 Rolling To

The Ronks 18:05 Bizaardvark18:30 Bunk’d 19:25 The Next

Ste 19:50 Austin &

Ally 20:20 Shake It

Up 20:45 Backstage 21:10 Liv And

Maddie 21:35 Cracke 22:05 Best Friends

Whenever 22:30 Jessie

13:50 Biggest And Baddest

14:45 Gator Boys15:40 Call Of The

Wildman16:35 Tanked17:30 River

Monsters18:25 Dr. Jeff:

Rocky Mountain Vet

19:20 Dr. Dee: Alaska Vet

20:15 Tanked21:10 Call Of The

Wildman21:35 Call Of The

Wildman23:00 Dr. Dee:

Alaska Vet23:55 Gator Boys00:50 River

Monsters01:45 Bondi Vet

13:14 Mythbusters14:50 Alien

Encounters15:38 Mythbusters16:26 How We

Invented The World

18:02 Alien Encounters

18:50 How We Invented The World

22:10 Close Encounters

22:35 Close Encounters

23:00 NASA’s Unexplained Files

23:50 How We Invented The World

00:40 Mythbusters01:30 How Do

They Do It?

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BRAIN TEASERSMONDAY 20 FEBRUARY 2017 15

Yesterday’s answer

Conceptis Sudoku: Conceptis Sudoku

is a number-placing puzzle based on a

9×9 grid. The object is to place the

numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so

that each row, each column and each

3×3 box contains the same number

only once.

BACCARAT, BACKGAMMON,

BINGO, BLACKJACK, BRIDGE,

CHECKERS, CHESS, CRIBBAGE,

CROSSWORD, DARTS,

DRAUGHTS, FANTAN, HALMA,

JIGSAW, KENO, LOTTO, LUDO,

MAHJONG, MARBLES,

MONOPOLY, NOUGHTS AND

CROSSES, PACHISI, PAPER

CHASE, PINBALL, POKER,

ROULETTE, SCRABBLE,

SLIDER, SNAKES AND LADDERS,

TANGRAM, TIC-TAC-TOE,

TREASURE HUNT, WHIST.