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GOLDEN GLOBES BECOME PART OF The Golden Globes 2018 tackle more than just ACTIVISM entertainment. Celebrities show a united front through fashion for the #MeToo movement. P 4-5

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Pulmonologist asks BPS students to practice self-sacrifice & perseverance here is no magic and no man- tra but the key to success lies Tin perseverance and self-sac- rifice’, was the advice Dr Udaya B S Prakash gave to the students of Birla Public School. Doctor Prakash is Scripps pro- fessor of medicine, Mayo Medical School and Mayo Post Graduate School of Medicine and Consultant emeritus in pulmonary disease, crit- ical Care , and internal medicine and director emeritus of bronchos- copy and interventional pulmonology at the Mayo clinic and Mayo Medical Centre , Minnesota, USA. Highlighting the importance of reading Dr Prakash exhorted the children , ‘to read, read and read, as when reading stops learn- Mentioning the examples from succeeded, they never gave up. B that astound the world even ing stops’. Quoting George the lives of Usain Bolt, Martina G Harindranath, Law Secretary, today’. The address was animated Santayana, Spanish philosopher, Navratilova, Subramanyam Chan- government of Kerala, also by a question – answer session. he told the children if you do not drasekharan, Dr Prakash addressed the students. Drawing Many a student expressed satis- read ‘Those who cannot remem- highlighted the lessons of perse- examples from the life of King faction and fulfillment and said ber the past are condemned to verance and self-sacrifice. While Solomon, he told students that ‘it they were inspired to define their repeat it’ and ‘you will then will Martina and Bolt persevered was keen observation of life and future goals pretty well. Mohan have the spectre of reinventing the against obstacles and challenges its intricacies that made King Thomas, Director and former wheel’ and failed more times than they Solomon pronounce judgments Chairman, attended the session. Rajagiri Public School celebrates New Year

grand celebration was New Year prayer and then the wonders of the world in the New special assembly was conducted organised by the students resolutions, followed by the cel- Year. by the students of Grade 2 D, A of Rajagiri Public School ebration. The programme helped The children to try and be on guided by Rani Thomas, their to welcome the New Year on the students get enlightened by the their best behaviour throughout class teacher and Sally Thomas first working day of January 2018. divine light to be friendlier, more this new year and avoid misbe- and Reema Sumesh, the They began with a special responsible and more open to the having as often as they can. A coordinators. 04 COVER STORY TUESDAY 9 JANUARY 2018

Golden Globes pair fashion & activism

The Washington Post The women and men of Holly- Witherspoon, as well as by the var- trousers. And when she stopped for wood wore black in support of ious grassroots activists who’d been the standard interview with E! t was basically an all-black red Time’s Up, an initiative aimed at invited to come along as their Entertainment, she quickly made carpet at the Golden Globe combating sexual harassment and plus-ones. it clear that she had come to speak Awards, which meant that vis- supporting gender parity across a It may have been Streep, her mind. Why was she wearing ually, it was rather multitude of industries. The goal because of course it would be black, asked Giuliana Rancic. She monotonous. There were was to replace the red carpet fash- Streep, who would offer the most was wearing black to show solidar- Ilovely gowns, chic trousers and the ion conversation with one about quotable comment. “We feel ity with women who have been occasional ensemble that left an gender equity and workplace safety. emboldened in this moment to marginalized and harassed. She was indelible impression and did what And mostly, it did. stand together in a thick black line wearing black to underscore the the best red carpet dressing is But the initiative is in its early dividing then from now.” need for gender parity in a broad intended to do, which is to leave stages and so there is not so much But it was Debra Messing, one swath of industries. And, by the way, you with the sense - true or not - to say about it other than it exists. of the first women down the red she was not pleased at all to dis- that the star in question has an eye And so that important information carpet, whose words had a partic- cover that even E! Entertainment, for a creative, daring gesture and was disseminated again and again ularly biting ring. The “Will and whose microphone she was speak- is therefore more interesting by everyone from Meryl Streep to Grace” star was wearing a black, ing into, pays its female because of it. Sarah Jessica Parker and Reese sparkly tunic over black silk broadcasters less than its male ones. TUESDAY 9 JANUARY 2018 COVER STORY 05

Tarana Burke who planted the seed for the #MeToo social media move- This was the red ment, and there were other leaders carpet on which focused on the lives of Latina fashion is not women, Native American women, farm workers and so on. supposed to matter. “We believe that people of all genders and ages should live free of violence against us. And, we believe The plan to wear black trickled that women of colour, and women out slowly. First it was a suggestion, who have faced generations of then it was part of an orchestrated exclusion - Indigenous, Black, multi-point fundraising and sensi- Brown and Asian women, farm tivity raising platform. Then it workers and domestic workers, dis- became an all-inclusive, everyone abled women, undocumented wear black even-you-folks-watch- women - should be at the centre of ing-the-red-carpet-at home in your our solutions,” the activists said in a pyjamas. It was a protest and then joint statement. “This moment in a sign of solidarity and then, well, no time calls for us to use the power of one quite knows exactly where it’s our collective voices to find solutions heading. The year is young. that leave no woman behind.” A smorgasbord of activists were The words on the red carpet, invited to walk the red carpet with sometimes repetitive, often vague, several of the stars most involved in occasionally halting, still managed the Time’s Up initiative. Streep was to bring attention to the issue at accompanied by Ai-Jen Poo, from hand. But what about the attire? the Domestic Workers Alliance, Attire can speak powerfully and Michelle Williams walked with eloquently to all sorts of issues, but

the decision to wear black on the all eyes are on their red carpet walk, red carpet comes with a unique set taking advantage of the power of of baggage. fashion and bending it to their will? This was the red carpet on which Perhaps. But why change one’s attire fashion is not supposed to matter. in response to sexual harassment? Or perhaps fashion was to matter To a great degree, red carpet more than ever. It was a red carpet dressing is a pretty lie. There’s noth- filled with activists and hashtags, ing spontaneous or organic or sheer dresses, jet beading, sheer particularly “real” about the images chiffon and lots and lots of borrowed that come from the red carpet. It is jewels. Specifically, it was filled with a fantasy. Beautiful public relations custom-made dresses crafted by for everyone concerned. design houses just for the occasion. Maybe the decision to stay mum And mostly, they received no on-air about fashion on the red carpet was credit. an over-correction. But there were Parker, whose pop culture fame lessons in the way a couple of design is, in part, due to her relationship houses handled the situation. Marc with the fashion industry, did not Jacobs announced that it had mention that she was wearing Dolce dressed Tracy Ellis Ross and & Gabbana on E!. Kerry Washington included a statement from Ross did not name drop Prabal Gurung. explaining her aesthetic choices, that Laura Dern didn’t give Giorgio Arm- read, in part: “I wear black today as ani a shout-out. a ‘we’ not as an “I”, as a celebration Fashion got tangled up in activ- of our collective power as women, ism. And it was never really clear, as an embodiment of sisterhood, sol- never quite explained, why mention- idarity and the work being done to ing fashion was taboo. Even the create structural change.” colour choice was a bit of a Fashion can best be weaponised muddle. when it’s allowed to speak boldly Were actresses, who know that and loudly. Not when it’s muffled. 06 COMMUNITY TUESDAY 9 JANUARY 2018

ICC-One Toastmasters Club celebrates New Year.

One of the oldest Toastmasters Clubs in Doha - ‘ICC-One Toastmasters Club’ celebrated New Year and 305th meeting on January 1, 2018 at Hotel Copthorne with theme of ‘celebration’. Club President, TM Zakaira Aboobacker opened the meeting and Charter member & past president TM S K Naidu presented the Theme of the Day.

Punjab Music Group presents musical evening, ‘sham-e-ghazal’.

unjab Music Group presents ‘sham-e-ghazal’ on Thursday, Jan- uary 18 from 8pm to 12pm. P The event will be taking place at Akbar Restaurant at Swiss Bel Hotel with a free entry family programme. Renowned singer and ‘tabla’ player, Ustad Ghulam Abbas, who was born in Lahore and is a student of Ustad Allah Rakha who is a legendary ‘tabla’ player from India will be performing along with a Pakistani singer, Masroor Fateh Ali Khan, nephew of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and a local singer, Waqas Amjad Iqbal. Singer Nazakat Ali Khan will be performing for the first time on the second day of the program which will take place on January 19 at Gulf Horizon Doha. The event will be sponsored by Doha Bank. Free passes are available at Akbar Restaurant.

Chittagong Friends Forum celebrates Qatar National Day

atar based Chittagong Friends Forum (CFF), Bang- Qladesh celebrated Qatar National Day at Salata Park on December 18. The programme was chaired by Forum President S M Farid-ul Haque. Yasin Chowdhury, Omar Faroque Chowdhury, Shahdat Hussain and Shams-ul-Alam were present. After the ceremony, prayers were done for the pros- perity of Qatar, strength and long life of the Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. TUESDAY 9 JANUARY 2018 HOLLYWOOD / BOLLYWOOD 07

‘Padmavati’ to release as ‘Padmavat’ on January 25

IANS Last month, the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) -- in fter months of uncertainty, consultation with a special advisory Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s con- panel—decided it will grant U/A Atroversial Hindi film certificate to the movie but subject “Padmavati” will release on January to five modifications, including title 25 as “Padmavat” with a U/A cer- change. tificate. “It will release as The makers were asked to add ‘Padmavat’ on January 25. The film disclaimers—one of them regard- has got U/A certificate,” sources at ing not glorifying the practice of Sati the film’s production banner and also relevant modifications in Viacom18 Motion Pictures told IANS. the song “Ghoomar” to befit the “Padmavati”—now “Padmavat”— character portrayed. was earlier slated for release on An official communication from December 1 but the studio had vol- team “Padmavat” regarding the untarily deferred it following a final modifications has not been long-stretched controversy. made yet. The movie, starring Deepika Film and trade business expert Padukone, Ranveer Singh and Sha- Girish Johar told IANS: “It’s a com- hid Kapoor, has been mired in a row plex situation for ‘Padmavat’. They after the Shree Rajput Karni Sena have too short a time before the claimed it distorted historical facts release, plus there are hurdles for related to the Rajput community. it as certain states have announced The group has been persistent a blanket ban, and the Karni Sena in its demand for a ban on the continues to oppose the movie. movie despite Bhansali’s clarifica- According to the buzz, the “Pad- tion before a Parliamentary mavat” release announcement has committee that the row over the also impacted the release date of movie was just based on rumours. movies like “Aiyaary” and “Pari”.

Ajay to start shooting for ‘’ Sterling K Brown makes history

ctor (pictured) (From tomorrow we’d do ‘Total with Golden Globe win will start shooting for the Dhamaal’).” Aupcoming comedy film A tweet from the official page ctor Sterling K Brown (pic- who I am, and it makes it that “Total Dhamaal” from today. of Fox Star Hindi, who will be tured) created history by much more difficult to dismiss Ajay yesterday tweeted: “Kal presenting the film, read: “Pre- Abecoming the first Afri- me or dismiss anybody who se karenge ‘Total Dhamaal’! senting more laughter and more can-American male actor to win looks like me.” madness. ‘Total Dhamaal’ is our a Golden Globe for Best Actor in Brown previously won an latest collaboration with Ajay a Television Drama for the role Emmy for his performance—a Devgn Films to give you your of Randall Pearson in hit series historic win as it made him the next dose of rib-tickling comedy. “This Is Us”. first black actor to win the Out- Directed by , this “Now, Dan Fogelman, standing Lead Actor in a Drama laugh riot is set to release on throughout the majority of my Series since 1998. December 7!” career, I’ve benefited from col- The film will be jointly pro- our-blind casting, which means, duced by Kumar along with ahey, let’s throw a brother in Ashok Thakeria and Ajay. The there’. That’s always really cool,” film also stars , Brown said while accepting the , , award. and Jaaved Jaaferi. He continued: “But Dan “Total Dhamaal” is the third Fogelman, you wrote a role for film in the comedy entertainer a black man that can only be franchise “Dhamaal”. It will be played by a black man. So what directed by Indra Kumar. It is I appreciate so much about this slated to release on December 7. is that I’m being seen for who I am and being appreciated for 08 GARDENING TUESDAY 9 JANUARY 2018

Winterberry’s great balls of fire blaze in January’s pale sunlight

The Washington Post for generous clusters of large red berries. After a few years, they are e are told that the sun eight feet tall, six feet across and rises in the east and sets heavy with fruit. Win the west. The gardener, The gardener will take any who is more attuned to light and shrub that peaks in January, and the shadow than most, knows that this winterberry holly and its related idea is off quite a bit at this time of hollies don’t hold back. It falls to year. the gardener to position them In early winter, the sun clings where the berries can be illumi- to the southern horizon and sleeps nated by the low sun. Putting them a lot. This skulking can have its ben- in a dark corner would reduce the efits. In the mornings now, the sun berry set and also rob the holly of creeps around my neighbour’s shed its dazzling display. to throw light on a stand of winter- Only the plants with female strings of pearls that have fallen to Cheer. A number of more compact berry hollies in a far corner of the flowers produce fruit, but you have earth, except they’re red. varieties are available for smaller garden. These are the hollies that to add a male to the mix. I planted I planted these shrubs five years gardens, though you’d still need a are naked in winter except three fruiting winterberries along ago, and the first year I wondered second, male plant for fruit. with a single non-fruiting male, if they were going to survive The most common of these is positioned on the edge of the dis- because they were half dead. Win- Red Sprite, whose oversized fruit As much as food, play. In May, the bees in search of terberries are native to wetlands appears on a shrub that is just three nectar take the pollen from the and heartily dislike dry conditions, to four feet tall. A variety named La songbirds need male and fertilize the female blos- especially when it’s hot. (This makes Have is even smaller. clean water through soms. By late summer, the fruit is them a great choice for problem wet Sparkleberry was developed at the winter for conspicuous even though the areas of the yard). I watered them the National Arboretum by cross- shrubs are smothered in pretty, when I remembered but because ing the winterberry with its Chinese drinking & bathing. elliptical leaves, free of the spines they were out of the way, they were cousin, Ilex serrata. The resulting Birdbaths should we associate with holly. The foli- neglected for the most part. For the plant has glossy red fruit that is be replenished age turns yellow in the fall and first few years there was little fruit. large and remarkably persistent looks good amid the bright red ber- Last year, lo, they put on a good through the winter months. Its male regularly with fresh ries, but the plant comes into its show. This year, they are spectac- consort is Apollo. Both are for large water. own once the leaves drop. Suddenly, ular. Moral: Plant for tomorrow, not gardens; they grow 12 feet high and the branches seem to have captured today. as wide. The species winterberry, Ilex For some reason, the birds and verticillata, is found in wetlands the squirrels have left the winter- from Nova Scotia to Texas, but there berry display untouched (so far), is a great variation and unpredict- and are happy instead to nibble ability in habit, size and even leaf away at the berries in the old Amer- shape, so garden winterberries tend ican hollies along another side of to be named varieties. Horticultur- the garden. If you have a bit of ists divide them into southern types, space for two or more medium- vigorous with fewer darker stems, sized shrubs, winterberry hollies and northern types, with slower will lend an air of native beauty and growth, earlier flowering and provide a path through the dark- smaller leaves. ness of the season now upon us. It’s important to get a male Gardening tip: As much as food, plant that blooms at the right time. songbirds need clean water through For southern types that would be the winter for drinking and bath- Southern Gentleman, for northern ing. Birdbaths should be replenished ones, Jim Dandy. Growers who raise regularly with fresh water. Heaters winterberry for florists’ cut sprays can keep them liquid when it’s like the early season varieties such freezing, but don’t add any form of as Maryland Beauty and Christmas antifreeze. TUESDAY 9 JANUARY 2018 FOOD 09

Julia Bainbridge One 4-inch knob fresh ginger The Washington Post root, peeled and minced (3 tablespoons) 1 cup sake (may substitute Chi- et’s face it: Slow cook- nese rice wine or dry sherry) ers are popular, but 1 1/2 cups no-salt-added dull. Mute. Kinda Kimchi-braised chicken broth sleepy. Even on its 2 1/2 cups chopped cabbage highest setting (of three kimchi, with juices Ltotal), my six-quart All-Clad slow 2 tablespoons light soy sauce cooker doesn’t simmer stock or chicken (see headnote) sizzle diced shallots. Sometimes Pinch crushed red pepper I’ll reset it in the middle of cook- flakes ing, just to hear that indifferent 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice chirp. “She’s not dead yet,” I say Cooked rice with cilantro and to myself, relieved. mint, for serving Hugh Acheson, the sharp, often pithy James Beard award- Steps winning chef/restaurateur, “Top Pat the chicken pieces dry, Chef” judge, author and self- then season liberally with salt all proclaimed “pot stirrer” on over. Twitter, is not dull. And this, I Heat the oil in a large skillet imagine, is why his publisher over medium heat. Once the oil asked him to write a book about shimmers, work in batches to slow cookers. brown the chicken pieces on both Plenty of chefs have written sides, transferring them to a plate for home cooks in the past cou- as you go. (This should take about ple of years — Portland, Oregon’s 10 minutes on the skin side and 3 Naomi Pomeroy, New York’s minutes on the second sides.) Missy Robbins and Marcus Sam- Once all the chicken’s done, uelsson, England’s Yotam add the shallots and ginger to the Ottolenghi, Sweden’s Magnus skillet and cook for about 3 min- Nilsson — but “it’s so unique for utes, stirring, until softened. Pour a person with that experience in the sake; increase the heat to and that level of authority to high and cook for about 2 minutes, want to do something as humble or just long enough for the wine to as a collection of recipes for slow evaporate. cookers,” says Clarkson Potter’s Transfer the shallot mixture to Francis Lam, Acheson’s editor on the slow cooker, then add the the project. It’s hard to imagine chicken pieces and broth. Add 1 1/2 Acheson, with his tightly cropped cups of the kimchi and its juice, haircut and his jeans turned up plus the soy sauce. Cover and cook at the cuffs, moving his tattooed on LOW for 4 hours. arm toward one of these electric Uncover and add the crushed countertop mini-ovens and hit- red pepper flakes and the lime ting “DOWN” or “UP” to set the juice, stirring gently to incorporate. time, then walking off to take out (The chicken will be falling-apart the dog or whatever. And that’s tender.) the selling point: People will be Divide the chicken, its kimchi curious to see what this pairing sauce and some rice among indi- looks like. vidual wide, shallow bowls or The fiery heat and complex- plates. Top each portion with some ity of cabbage kimchi mellows of the remaining cup of kimchi, into a lovely sauce for the bird and place a few pickled vegetables here. on the side of each one. Serve You’ll need a 6- to 8-quart slow warm. cooker. Light soy sauce is thinner and Nutrition: Per serving (not saltier than regular soy sauce, but tastes even better after a day’s cut into 8 pieces (giblets and wing including rice, cilantro and mint): you can use regular soy sauce here. refrigeration. tips removed) 680 calories, 39 g protein, 14 g car- Serve with pickled vegetables, Salt bohydrates, 44 g fat, 12 g saturated such as carrots, okra and daikon. Ingredients 1 tablespoon canola oil fat, 140 mg cholesterol, 1,260 mg Make Ahead: This chicken One 3- to 3 1/2-pound chicken, 2 shallots, minced sodium, 3 g dietary fiber, 5 g sugar. 10 TRAVEL TUESDAY 9 JANUARY 2018

Discovering the magic of Edinburgh, Scotland The Washington Post

he doors of the Airlink 100 bus from Edin- burgh airport hissed open at what we Tthought was the stop nearest to our hotel. The desk clerk I’d emailed said the stop was directly in front of the hotel, which was supposed to be close to the city centre. As the bus pulled away, we did not appear to be either opposite the hotel or near the centre of anything, except a row of low-rise brown stone structures and a four-lane road. We set off walking in the direction of the right stop, we hoped, dragging carry-on bags behind us as buses and cars whizzed past the narrow sidewalk. Just as I was settling in to the familiar hopeless mind-set of Day 1 in a new foreign city, jet-lagged, sleep-deprived and, more or less, lost, I glanced off to the right. There below us, a wide, swiftly moving stream of dark water flowed away beneath the graceful arch of a stone bridge, draped with vines, sheltered by ancient shade trees and bordered with quaint, stucco cottages with peaked roofs like something out of the Brothers Grimm. The cottage closest to the road had a red sandstone plaque built into the wall above the lone window and beneath the chim- ney. In gothic type, it read, “In accordance with the will of George Pape of Coltbridge House these cottages were built for the use of three poor wid- ows in all time coming. A.D. 1894.” It was the first of what I came to think of as our Edinburgh Harry Potter moments - when the ordinary Muggle reality suddenly parted to storybook riverside cottages we’d noticed on our modern art museum. A mile or so beyond that reveal something magical. As it turned out, this first day pointing toward something labelled yet another path leads to the 70-acre Royal wasn’t entirely fanciful thinking on my part. I Water of Leith. It turned out to be a walking path Botanic Garden Edinburgh, a spectacular array only discovered later that J K Rowling herself running 12 miles along a small, scenic river of specimen trees and plantings from around the said, in a 2008 speech accepting the Edinburgh through the city to the port of Leith, where among world (with its own cafe and restaurant). Some Award, “Edinburgh is very much home for me other things the Royal Yacht Britannia was detour signs had been put up (by the fools on the and is the place where Harry evolved over seven moored and open for tours. To us, the real attrac- town council, we were inevitably informed) books and many, many hours of writing in its tion was the path itself, dipping down from the where the path had been partially eroded. By the cafes.” busy surface streets into a tree-shaded, water- end of our trip, we were thoroughly charmed. I The city’s remarkably consistent buildings soothed landscape that might have been in the thought back to a moment as we were checking of mottled brown stone blocks, the most spec- deep countryside, complete with weeping wil- in 10 days earlier. I had anxiously asked the hotel tacular of them with sharply peaked roofs and lows and small waterfalls, and occasionally clerk if he thought the rain would continue all ostentatious turrets, are clear inspiration for the emerging into architecturally stunning neigh- week. He looked up and smiled charmingly. “Peo- architecture of the Hogwarts School of bourhoods dominated by buildings from the 18th ple come to Scotland for our personality,” he said. Wizardry. and 19th centuries. “Not our weather.” Edinburgh is a great city for wandering and A short distance along, another path splits But the truth was, the weather wasn’t all that discovery. One morning we noticed a sign by the off up a forested hillside leading to the city’s bad. All you had to do was wait 15 minutes. 11 TUESDAY 9 JANUARY 2018 HEALTH

Night shifts may up risk of common cancers among women

IANS cancers, the researchers found that this population had an increased f you are a woman and have risk of skin (41 percent), breast (32 been assigned night shifts at percent), and gastrointestinal can- Iworkplace for long, be a little cer (18 percent) compared with concerned about your health. women who did not perform long- According to new research, contin- term night shift work. uous shifts at irregular hours may A further analysis was con- increase the risk of common can- ducted which looked specifically at cers among women. long-term night shift work and risk The researchers found that of six types of cancer among female overall, long-term night shift work nurses. among women increased the risk Among female nurses alone, of cancer by 19 percent. those who worked the night shift Of all the occupations analysed, had an increased risk of breast (58 nurses had the highest risk of devel- China. The articles consisted of 26 percent), gastrointestinal (35 per- oping breast cancer if they worked For the study, published in the cohort studies, 24 case-control cent) and lung cancer (28 percent) the night shift. journal Cancer Epidemiology, studies and 11 nested case-control compared with those that did not “Our study indicates that night Biomarkers & Prevention, research- studies. work night shifts. shift work serves as a risk factor for ers performed a meta-analysis These studies were analysed for “Nurses that worked the night common cancers in women,” said using data from 61 articles compris- an association between long-term shift were of a medical background Xuelei Ma, co-author of the study ing 114,628 cancer cases and night shift work and risk of 11 types and may have been more likely to from West China Medical Center of 3,909,152 participants from North of cancer. undergo screening examinations,” Sichuan University in Chengdu, America, Europe, Australia and Asia. When analysing specific the researcher suggested.

Proper exercise may reverse damage to ageing heart Vaccination cuts f done enough and properly, found that the exercise needs to be journal Circulation, participants influenza risk in exercise may reverse damage performed four-to-five times a were divided into two different Ito sedentary, ageing hearts, say week. groups, one of which received two older adults researchers, adding that it may also “Based on a series of studies per- years of supervised exercise train- help prevent risk of heart failure in formed by our team over the past ing and the other group, a control future. five years, this ‘dose’ of exercise has group, which participated in yoga lder adults, who are more To reap the most benefit, the become my prescription for life,” and balance training. prone to catching flu, can exercise regimen should begin by said Benjamin Levine, lead author The regimen included exercis- Oreduce the risk by going late middle age (before age 65), of the study and Director of the ing four-to-five times a week, through repeated influenza vac- when the heart apparently retains Institute and Professor at Univer- generally in 30-minute sessions, cinations, says new research. some plasticity and ability to sity of Texas Southwestern Medical plus warm-up and cool-down. For the study, published in remodel itself. Centre. At the end of the two-year CMAJ (Canadian Medical Asso- In an earlier study, researchers For the study, published in the study, those who had exercised ciation Journal), the team looked showed an 18 percent improvement at the effect of repeated influ- in their maximum oxygen intake enza vaccinations in the current during exercise and a more than 25 and three previous seasons in percent improvement in compli- people aged 65 years and older ance, or elasticity, of the left admitted to 20 hospitals to ventricular muscle of the heart. determine whether repeat vac- Sedentary ageing can lead to a cination reduced severe stiffening of the muscle in the influenza. heart’s left ventricle, the chamber The prevention of severe that pumps oxygen-rich blood back and fatal infection caused by out to the body. influenza was observed mainly “When the muscle stiffens, you in patients who were vaccinated get high pressure and the heart in both the current and previous chamber doesn’t fill as well with seasons, which reinforces the blood. In its most severe form, recommendation of annual vac- blood can back up into the lungs. cination for influenza in older That’s when heart failure develops,” adults, the study noted. the researcher explained. 12 TECHNOLOGY / SCIENCE TUESDAY 9 JANUARY 2018

Apple urged to shield kids from Intel & AMD herald 8th-gen ill effects of iPhone addiction processor with wo key Apple shareholders have requested the Cuper- Radeon Graphics Ttino-based iPhone maker to take urgent steps to safeguard young users from the ill-effects of ollaborating with long- iPhone addiction. time rival chip In a letter, Apple shareholders Cmanufacturer AMD, Intel Jana Partners and the California Corporation yesterday State Teachers’ Retirement System, announced the 8th-generation who according to a Wall Street Intel Core processor with Radeon Journal report together control RX Vega M Graphics that has spe- about $2bn worth of Apple shares, cial features for gamers, content told the company to make its prod- creators and fans of Virtual Real- ucts safer for the younger users in ity (VR) and Mixed Reality (MR). the US. The new 8th-gen chipset will “We have reviewed the evidence use among students, the letter suggestion. The letter proposes come in two configurations—one and we believe there is a clear need urged Apple to invest in further modifying initial setup on an with “Radeon RX Vega M GL for Apple to offer parents more research towards handling this iPhone to let parents set an age and Graphics” (65W total package choices and tools to help them issue. Enhancing mobile device appropriate limits on screen time power) and the other with “RX ensure that young consumers are software so that parents (if they and social media that their kids can Vega M GH Graphics” (100W using your products in an optimal wish) can implement changes so access. total package power) which fea- manner,” the letter read. that their child or teenager is not Likewise, parents could be tures an unlocked configuration. Citing latest research into being handed the same phone as a given options to monitor how an Earlier in November, the chipset depression linked to smartphone 40-year old, is one of the iPhone is used. major first shared details about this new addition to the 8th-gen Intel Core processor family that brings together the Intel quad- SpaceX launches secretive Zuma spacecraft core CPU, Radeon RX Vega M graphics and 4GB dedicated HBM2 using Intel’s “Embedded IANS Multi-Die Interconnect Bridge” (EMIB) technology. paceX began the new year with a mystery-shrouded EMIB acts as a high-speed mission to deliver a government spacecraft, called intelligent information bridge SZuma, into orbit, the media reported. between the GPU and HBM2 and After more than a month of delays, a SpaceX Fal- reduces the usual silicon foot- con 9 rocket vaulted toward the skies at 8pm on Sunday print to less than half that of with the secretive payload. It launched from Cape discrete components imple- Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, reports CNN. mented separately, the company The space exploration firm, which is headed by Tesla claimed. Forthcoming devices (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk, had initially scheduled the Zuma that will feature this processor mission last November. will include the thin and light- Last week, SpaceX finally declared that both the weight 2-in-1s from Dell and HP rocket and the payload were “healthy” and ready for as well as the NUC that Intel had launch. introduced. The Intel NUC is a On Sunday, Zuma was delivered to low-Earth orbit, four-by-four inch mini PC with which is typically defined as any orbital path less than a customisable board that about 1,200 miles above the Earth’s surface, according accepts a wide variety of mem- to Nasa. ory, storage and operating When asked about the project in November, North- systems. rop Grumman (NOC) -- the Virginia-based aerospace Meanwhile, with 14.6 percent and defence company that built the spacecraft—declined market share, Samsung Electron- to give any details about which arm of the government ics replaced chip maker giant funded it. Intel to become the top player in “The US government assigned Northrop Grumman the global semiconductor indus- the responsibility of acquiring launch services for this try in 2017, market research firm mission,” the company said in a statement. Gartner said. TUESDAY 9 JANUARY 2018 CINEMA PLUS 13

NOVO — Pearl ROYAL PLAZA VILLAGGIO & CITY CENTER lnsidious: The Last Key (2D/Horror) 10:00am, 12:10, 2:20, 2:30, 4:30, 6:40, 7:15, 8:50, Aana Alaralodalaral (2D/Malayalam) 2:30pm 11:00, 11:40pm & 12:00midnight Tadeo Jones 2(Animation)2:30 & 4:15pm Loving Vincent (2D/Animation) 2:45pm Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle (2D/Action) 11:00, 11:30am, 12:00noon, 1:30, Masterpiece (2D/Malayalam) 6:00, 8:45 & 11:30pm 4:00, 4:20, 4:45, 6:30, 8:50, 9:00, 9:30 & 11:30pm Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle (2D/Action) 6:30pm Tadeo 2(Animation) 3D 10:00am, 1:20 & 4:40pm 2D 11:40am, 3:00, 6:20, 8:00&9:40pm Disaster Artist (2D/Drama) 4:30pm Tiger Zinda Hai (2D/Hindi) 8:30 & 11:00pm Ferdinand (2D/Animation) 10:00am, 12:10, 2:20 & 4:30pm Molly’s Game (2D/Drama) 5:00pm The Humanity Bureau (2D/Action) 7:30pm Pitch Perfect (2D/Comedy) 6:40, 8:50 & 11:00pm Insidious: The Last Key (2D/Horror) 9:15 & 11:15pm The Humanity Bureau (2D/Action) 10:30am, 2:40 & 6:50pm Bleeding Steel (2D/Action) 12:30, 4:40, 8:50 & 11:00pm Loving Vincent (2D/Crime) 10:00am, 2:00, 6:00 & 10:00pm ASIAN TOWN Disaster Artist (2D/Comedy) 12:00noon, 4:00, 8:00pm & 12:00midnight Masterpiece (Malayalam) 6:30, 7:30, 9:30, 10:30pm Molly’s Game (2D/Drama) 10:00am, 12:45, 3:30, 6:15, 9:00 & 11:45pm Aana Alaralodalaral (Malayalam) 5:30, 8:00 & 10:30pm Alaa Wadaakh (2D/Arabic) 2:00, 6:50 & 11:15pm The Greatest Showman (2D/Drama) 11:00am, 4:15, 9:30 & 11:45pm AL KHOR Star Wars: The Last Jedi 2 (2D IMAX/Action) 1:15 & 6:30pm Masterpiece (Malayalam) 12:00noon, 3:00, 6:00, 9:00pm & 12:00midnight MALL Molly’s Game 11:00am, 4:00 & 9:00pm Insidious 1:45, 6:45 & 11:45pm Tiger Zinda Hai (2D/Hindi) 12:30, 6:00 & 11:00pm Jumanji 3:30 & 9:00pm Chupan Chupai (2D/Comedy) 2:30pm Disaster Artist (2D/Drama) 5:00pm Tadeo Jones 2 (Animation) 2:30 & 4:00pm The Humanity Bureau (2D/Action) 7:15pm ROXY Tiger Zinda Hai (2D/Hindi) 5:00 & 11:30pm Tadeo Jones 2 (Animation) 10:30am, 12:30, 3:30 & 6:30pm Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle (2D/Action) 5:30 & 7:30pm Disaster Artist (2D/Drama) 10:30am, 12:45, 3:00, 5:15 & 7:30pm Masterpiece (2D/Malayalam) 2:15, 8:00 & 11:00pm Insidious: The Last Key 10:30am, 5:45, 8:00, 10:15pm & 12:30am Molly’s Game (2D/Drama) 9:00pm Masterpiece10:30am, 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 9:45 & 10:30pm Insidious: The Last Key (2D/Horror) 9:30 & 11:30pm Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle (Animation) 12:45, 3:15, 8:30 & 11:00pm THE HUMANITY BUREAU LANDMARK Loving Vincent (2D/Animation) 2:30pm Masterpiece (2D/Malayalam) 2:30, 8:30 & 11:15pm Tadeo Jones 2 (Animation) 3:00 & 4:30pm Tiger Zinda Hai (2D/Hindi) 5:30 & 8:15pm Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle (2D/Action) 4:00 & 6:00pm Aana Alaralodalaral (2D/Malayalam) 6:00pm The Humanity Bureau (2D/Action) 8:00pm Insidious: The Last Key (2D/Horror) 11:00pm Disaster Artist (2D/Drama) 9:45pm Molly’s Game (2D/Drama) 11:30pm A dystopian thriller set in the year 2030 that sees the world in a permanent state of economic recession and facing serious Note: Programme is subject to change without prior notice. environmental problems as a result of global warming. BABY BLUES

HAGAR THE HORRIBLE 14 BRAIN TEASERS TUESDAY 9 JANUARY 2018

CROSSWORD CONCEPTIS SUDOKU

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.

Yesterday’s answer

ALL IN THE MIND

ALBENIZ, BACH, BARTOK, BEETHOVEN, BELLINI, BERLIOZ, BIZET, BORODIN, BRAHMS, BRITTEN, BRUCKNER, BYRD, CHOPIN, COUPERIN, DEBUSSY, DELIUS, DVORAK, ELGAR, FAURE, GRIEG, HANDEL, HAYDN, HOLST, LISZT, MAHLER, MENDELSSOHN, MONTEVERDI, MOZART, PAGANINI, PROKOFIEV, PUCCINI, PURCELL, RAVEL, ROSSINI, RUBINSTEIN, SCARLATTI, SATIE, SCHUBERT, SCRIABIN, SIBELIUS, VERDI, VIVALDI, WAGNER.

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